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| US11820392B2 |
Eliminatinon of safety enable hardware through use of can transceiver wakeup functions
In exemplary embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided, with the vehicle including vehicle systems, a communication bus, a first processor, and a communication bus transceiver. The first processor is configured to at least facilitate: determining whether a potential safety concern is present pertaining to control the vehicle systems; and providing communications along the communication bus of the vehicle, the communications including an indication of the potential safety concern. The communication bus transceiver is coupled to the first processor and configured to at least facilitate: recognizing the indication of the potential safety concern; and inhibiting the control for the vehicle systems when the indication of the potential safety concern is recognized by the communication bus transceiver. |
| US11820387B2 |
Detecting driving behavior of vehicles
Systems and methods for determining whether a vehicle is driving in an unsafe or unsatisfactory manner are disclosed. In some implementations, a system may determine one or more driving scores for a vehicle based on observations of a driving behavior of the vehicle during a time period. The system may generate an indication of unsatisfactory driving based on at least one of the one or more driving scores exceeding a threshold value. The system may provide the indication of unsatisfactory driving to one or more entities. In some aspects, the system may identify one or more dangerous driving attributes exhibited by the vehicle during the time period based on the observations received from the one or more devices. The system may also generate the indication of unsatisfactory driving based at least in part on the identified dangerous driving attributes. |
| US11820386B1 |
Distracted driving detection and mitigation
The present disclosure relates to detecting distracted driving on a mobile device and mitigating distracted driving by determining whether a mobile device is used by a driver of a vehicle or by a passenger of the vehicle. The system can determine that the mobile device is in a vehicle and modify the functionality of the mobile device to transition the mobile device into an automobile mode. Vehicle data and/or mobile device data can be used to determine a number of individuals in the vehicle. An identity of the operator of the mobile device can be authenticated based on authentication information obtained by the mobile device. Based on the authenticated identity of the operator of the mobile device, a driving score associated with the driver can be modified, where the score indicates a number of instances of distracted driving by the driver. |
| US11820382B2 |
System and method for smooth transmission engagement and disengagement
Systems and methods for transitioning a hybrid vehicle from park or neutral to drive or reverse are presented. In one example, a requested engine speed is adjusted in response to a transmission disengaging indication and a transmission disengaging timer when a transmission is being disengaged from a gear. In another example, the requested engine speed is adjusted in response to a transmission engaging indication and a transmission engaging timer when the transmission is being engaged to a gear. |
| US11820381B2 |
Electric concrete transportation cart
An electrically powered, self-propelled cart for safely delivering heavy loads, such as concrete, within job sites with unlevel, irregular, or sloped terrain. A cargo bucket is tiltable over front drive wheels for transporting and dumping cargo. Electric drive motors associated with a transaxle propel wheels at a selectable speed in response to an electric control module. A steering column rotates in response to manually operated handle bars and activates a sensor to generate signals delivered to the control module for throttle adjustments. The sensor may be a linear potentiometer, a rotary differential transformer or a rotary encoder or shaft encoder measuring angular displacement. Extreme steering displacements will electrically reduce cart speed notwithstanding the previous speed setting chosen by the operator through the steering column. |
| US11820369B2 |
Lane departure prevention apparatus
A lane departure prevention apparatus (17) has: a departure preventing device (172) for preventing a vehicle (1) from departing from a driving lane by controlling at least one of a steering apparatus (142) and a braking apparatus (13) selected on the basis of a state of the vehicle, when it is determined that the vehicle may depart from the driving lane; and a determining device for determining whether or not an abnormality condition that it is difficult for a person to normally drive the vehicle is satisfied, the departure preventing device prevents the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus even if the state of the vehicle is not a predetermined state in which the departure preventing device should prevent the vehicle from departing from the driving lane by controlling the braking apparatus, when it is determined that the abnormality condition is satisfied. |
| US11820360B2 |
Systems and methods for adjusting engine operating points based on emissions sensor feedback
A system includes at least one sensor coupled to an aftertreatment system and a controller having at least one processor coupled to at least one memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: adjusting an operating point of an engine in response to emissions information from the at least one sensor and based on a fault indicator regarding a component of the system; and, controlling an electric motor in response to the adjustment of the operating point of the engine based on a change in power output from the engine to assist in a desired emissions characteristic. |
| US11820358B2 |
Charging/discharging control device
A charging/discharging control device includes a route information acquisition unit, a section identification unit that identifies an excessive discharging section and an excessive charging section, and a charging/discharging control unit that controls charging and discharging of a battery. The charging/discharging control unit limits a charge current value in the excessive charging section to a fixed first upper limit value. The state of charge reaches a maximum state of charge at an end point of the excessive charging section when the charge current value is maintained at the first upper limit value. The charging/discharging control unit limits a discharge current value in the excessive discharging section to a fixed second upper limit value. The state of charge reaches a minimum state of charge at an end point of the excessive discharging section when the discharge current value is maintained at the second upper limit value. |
| US11820352B2 |
Remote caging apparatus and system for brakes
A remote caging system and method for remote caging for semi-trailer brakes is provided. The remote caging system comprises a remote control device, and a remote caging apparatus including a transmitter/receiver. The remote caging apparatus is installed on a semi-trailer truck brake. The remote control device sends and receives signals to and from the transmitter/receiver to engage and disengage the brakes. |
| US11820350B2 |
Brake pedal module
A brake pedal module for a “brake-by-wire” brake system of a vehicle is disclosed. The brake pedal module has a pivotably mounted brake pedal and a damping unit. The damping unit is mechanically coupled to the brake pedal in order to generate a resistance when the brake pedal is actuated. The damping unit comprises a housing and a piston mounted in the housing in such a way that it can be moved from an initial position into an end position. In its initial position, the piston is supported on a base of the housing via at least two elastic elements arranged in series. A further elastic element is arranged parallel to the at least two elastic elements on the base of the housing. The further elastic element is not subject to any load in an initial position of the piston. |
| US11820348B2 |
User-manipulable signal generating apparatus
A user-manipulable signal generating apparatus includes a base plate and an elongate pedal lever having first and second lever ends separated by a lever body. The first lever end is hingedly connected to the base plate. The second lever end is spaced apart from the base plate for pivotal movement with respect thereto. The lever body is configured to move pivotally between a predetermined home position and a maximum pivot position. An elongate resilient biasing beam has first and second beam ends longitudinally separated by a beam body. The first beam end is connected to the base plate. The second beam end is connected to the lever body. A sensor detects pivotal motion of the lever body and generate a signal responsive thereto. The beam body is biased toward an unflexed condition and, when in the flexed condition, urges the lever body in a return direction toward the home position. |
| US11820343B2 |
System and method for detection of multi-vehicle system separation
A leak control device includes a reservoir fluidly coupled with a brake pipe of a vehicle brake system. The leak control device also includes a conduit fluidly coupled with the reservoir and having an orifice that directs fluid out of the reservoir at a leak rate. The leak control device includes a valve fluidly coupled with and disposed between the reservoir and the conduit. The valve may open and direct the fluid out of the reservoir and out of the vehicle brake system at the leak rate responsive to a pressure of the fluid in the brake pipe being no less than a pressure of the fluid in the reservoir. |
| US11820342B2 |
Hydraulic motor vehicle braking system and method for operating same
A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system includes a first sensor device, a first functional unit, a second functional unit and a switching device. The first functional unit comprises at least one first electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be generated on respective wheel brakes, and a first control system which is designed to control the at least one first electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of a sensor signal of the sensor device. The second functional unit comprises at least one second electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be respectively generated on a subset of the wheel brakes, and a second control system which is designed to control the at least one second electrical brake pressure generator on the basis of the sensor signal in the event of a failure of the first functional unit. |
| US11820340B2 |
Reservoir for brake apparatus of vehicle
Disclosed are a reservoir for a brake apparatus of a vehicle. The reservoir includes a first reservoir tank, a second reservoir tank formed to be spaced apart from the first reservoir tank and provided with a port portion for supplying a brake fluid to the first reservoir tank, and a connection hose configured to connect the port portion to the first reservoir tank so that the brake fluid of the second reservoir tank is transferred to the first reservoir tank, wherein the port portion includes a first port unit protruding to the inside of the second reservoir tank and a second port unit protruding to the outside of the second reservoir tank. |
| US11820339B2 |
Brake fluid reservoir with filling adapter
The present disclosure relates to a brake fluid device comprising a brake fluid reservoir having a storage space, having a fastening device for fastening to a pressure generator unit of a motor vehicle brake system and/or to a mounting interface in a motor vehicle. The brake fluid interface has an outlet interface for transporting brake fluid into such a pressure generator unit, and having an inlet interface (15) for brake fluid. The brake fluid device further includes a filling adapter having a filling opening, having a receiving space, and having an outlet interface for brake fluid. A brake fluid line connects the outlet interface of the filling adapter and the inlet interface of the brake fluid reservoir and through which brake fluid is able to flow from the filling adapter into the brake fluid reservoir. An air line extends through the brake fluid line in such a manner that one of its two line ends is located inside the receiving space of the filling adapter and the other line end is located inside the storage space of the brake fluid reservoir. |
| US11820336B2 |
Adapter for motor vehicle wiper blade mount
The invention relates to an adapter for a wiper blade mount, the adapter comprising a cover configured to accommodate, inside a central opening, a removable attachment system which allows subsequent temporary fastening of said adapter to an articulated wiper blade arm, when said adapter is implemented on a wiper blade. To this end, the removable attachment system comprises one or more mounting members which take the form of U-clips configured to be removably inserted in the central opening and held in this configuration by means of temporary fastening means. The invention also relates to a wiper blade comprising such an adapter mounted on a wiper blade mount. |
| US11820333B2 |
Humidity measuring device and dew point temperature measuring device
Relative humidity or dew point temperature depending on changes in barometric pressure is measured without using any barometric pressure sensor. A humidity measuring device includes an elevation obtaining unit configured to obtain elevation of a humidity measurement point, a barometric pressure calculating unit configured to calculate barometric pressure at the humidity measurement point from a calculation formula into which a value of the elevation obtained by the elevation obtaining unit is input, and a humidity correcting unit configured to correct humidity on a basis of a barometric pressure value calculated by the barometric pressure calculating unit. |
| US11820332B2 |
Storage assembly of vehicle
A storage assembly includes a movable assembly configured to receive and support the weight of the load. The storage assembly also includes a base assembly configured to be fixedly mounted to the load-bearing portions of the vehicle roof of the vehicle. The base assembly is also configured to support movement of the movable assembly with the load, between a load-storage position and a load-access position, when the base assembly, in use, is fixedly mounted to the load-bearing portions of the vehicle roof, and the movable assembly, in use, receives and supports the weight of the load. |
| US11820325B2 |
Vehicle, information processing device, information processing method, and recording medium storing program
A vehicle includes a confirmation section that confirms, at a time of vehicle door locking, whether or not an information processing device configured to be used to perform the vehicle door locking, is inside the vehicle; a determination section that, in a case in which it has not been confirmed by the confirmation section that the information processing device is inside the vehicle, determines whether or not vibration or movement of the information processing device has been detected within a predetermined period of time from the door locking; and an actuation section that, in a case in which vibration or movement of the information processing device has not been detected by the determination section, actuates an alarm. |
| US11820322B1 |
Restraint system
An improved restraint system is provided. More particularly, the improved restraint system can include a harness and a booster seat. The harness can be attached to a seat belt of a vehicle. The harness can include a shoulder seat belt guide member for attaching a shoulder seat belt and also a lap seat belt guide member for attaching a lap seat belt. The improved restraint system can allow a child who is otherwise unsuitable for using a booster seat alone to use the booster seat in combination with the harness. |
| US11820317B1 |
Airbag cushion
An airbag cushion according to an embodiment may include a main body including a rear panel having a rear bonding line and a front panel having a front bonding line bonded to the rear bonding line and disposed to face a passenger when inflated by a gas introduced into an inner space formed between the front panel and the rear panel and a protruding chamber which is inflated and protrudes toward the passenger from the front panel, wherein the protruding chamber is provided with a folding structure in a state in which a part of the front panel is folded, and the folding structure is unfolded and inflated as the main body is inflated by the gas introduced into the inner space. |
| US11820315B2 |
Airbag cover structure for steering wheel
An airbag cover structure for a steering wheel. The airbag cover structure with a lighting emblem includes: a mounting plate with an airbag cushion; an inner cover including an inner locking portion, a storage portion, and an inner hinge portion; an outer cover including an outer locking portion, an indicating portion, and an outer hinge portion; and an absorption area provided on the inner hinge portion of the inner cover, and configured to concentrate and absorb stress generated by a force that unfolds a bent portion of the outer hinge portion during deployment of the airbag cushion. |
| US11820314B1 |
Seat airbag
A seat airbag includes a cushion part mounted to a seatback of a seat, at least two chambers connected to each other in a vertical direction of the seatback, and an inflator provided to supply inflating gas to the cushion part. |
| US11820312B2 |
Vehicle seat assembly with a vehicle seat and a side airbag assembly and side airbag unit
A vehicle seat assembly with a vehicles seat and a side airbag assembly is described. The vehicle seat has a seat-ing and a backrest comprising a frame. The side airbag assembly is attached to a side portion of the frame and comprises a side airbag being at least partially rolled to an airbag package in the not deployed state and extending from a rear end to front end in the deployed state. The airbag assembly further comprises at least one wrapper extending at least partially around at least a section of the airbag package. The airbag package has a length and a maximum thickness. The at least one wrapper ex-tends from a first end being attached to the side airbag at the rear end of the side airbag to a second end. |
| US11820310B1 |
Panel intrusion control
An apparatus for resisting entry of objects through a panel. The apparatus includes a weakened portion that extends laterally across a width dimension of the panel. The apparatus includes a stop structure spaced from the weakened portion that extends laterally across the width dimension of the panel to limit deformation. A bottom edge of the panel is configured to rotate about an axis extending along the weakened portion to abut the stop structure. |
| US11820307B2 |
Uniform deceleration unit
An apparatus and method for improving the safety and performance of an automobile in crash events is disclosed. The apparatus includes a front crash pad, rear crash pad, and a connection beam. Both crash pads and the connection beam are coupled to an automobile in such fashion as to absorb and dissipate energy by converting kinetic energy into strain energy. |
| US11820306B2 |
System and method for dampening impact to a vehicle
Systems and methods are provided for dampening impact to a vehicle. The system may include a vehicle frame component; a plurality of adjustable exterior vehicle body components coupled to the frame component, wherein the vehicle body components are on different sides of a vehicle and are configurable to dampen an external force exerted on the vehicle; a plurality of actuator components configured to adjust physical configurations of the vehicle body components relative to the frame component; a component configured to collect data representing an external environment of the vehicle; and one or more processors configured to detect, by processing the data, an external driving condition, wherein the external driving condition is an impending collision between the vehicle and one or more objects external to the vehicle, and when the external driving condition is detected, cause the actuator components to correspondingly adjust the physical configurations of the vehicle body components. |
| US11820304B2 |
Modular design structure of in-vehicle electrical appliances
A modular design structure of in-vehicle electrical appliances includes: a mobile power supply and a detachable device. The mobile power supply is disposed with an input interface and an output interface for power input and output, internally disposed with a power battery pack and a circuit control board and disposed with a mounting part including a top cover, a side wall of the top cover is disposed with a snap structure, an end of the top cover is disposed with current output contacts. The detachable device includes electrical modules each with a connecting part including a bottom cover, a side wall of the bottom cover is disposed with a notch matching with the snap structure, an end of the bottom cover is disposed with current input contacts matching with the current output contacts. Through modular design, the vehicle electrical appliance is smaller and convenient to carry. |
| US11820302B2 |
Vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants
A vehicle and method for vehicle noise reduction for vehicle occupants are provided. The method comprises detecting a position of a window of the vehicle; and controlling the duty of an operational component of the vehicle based on the position of the window of the vehicle and at least one of: a speed of the vehicle, and a presence of a sound-reflecting structure proximate to the vehicle; wherein the operational component is external to a cabin of the vehicle; and wherein noise generated by the operational component increases with a duty of the operational component. |
| US11820278B2 |
Lamp assembly for a vehicle
A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing and a securing system for securing the lamp assembly to the vehicle body. The securing system is arranged in the housing and comprises at least one latch movable between a retracted position and a locking position; an electromagnet to attract a ferromagnetic member secured to the latch in order to move the latch to the locking position; a receiver coupled to a transmitter located inside the vehicle body, the receiver and the transmitter being part of a wireless power transfer device, the receiver being configured to power the electromagnet; and a retaining system configured to retain the latch in the locking position and which can be released to an inactive state for allowing the latch to move to the retracted position. |
| US11820267B2 |
Vehicle seat
An assembly includes a seat bottom including a panel pivotable from a first position to a second position. The assembly includes a track supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes a spring in the track and urging the panel toward the second position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator maintaining the spring in compression and actuatable to release the spring. |
| US11820266B2 |
Shock mitigation seat and shock monitoring system
A shock mitigation seat 10 including a plurality of individual shock absorbing members 16 resilient to compression from a shock impact, the shock absorbing members 16 being positioned one adjacent another and such that at a certain stage of compression an individual shock absorbing member 16 resiliently deforms and comes into contact with one or more adjacent individual shock absorbing members 16 which thereby increases resistance to further compression. |
| US11820264B2 |
Vehicle seat with an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section, and method for fitting a cover on a seat section of a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat may have an upholstered section and at least one cover for capping a through opening in the upholstered section. The cover may have a support, a trim and a cap. A method for fitting the cover may have at least the following steps: fitting the trim and the cap to form a preassembled subassembly, fitting the support on a seat frame of the vehicle seat, positioning an upholstered section on the seat frame, and inserting the subassembly through a through opening in the upholstered section into the support. An edge region of a covering of the upholstered section is clamped between the trim and the support. The subassembly may be fitted to the support. |
| US11820263B2 |
Child safety seat
A child restraint for a vehicle, the child restraint comprising a body for supporting an occupant and at least one side impact element configured to be removably mounted with respect to the body in two configurations. |
| US11820262B2 |
Child safety seat
A child safety seat includes a seat portion and a backrest portion connected with each other, a headrest slidably connected with the backrest portion, a first and a second side support connected with the backrest portion and respectively protruding forward from the backrest portion at two sides thereof, the first and second side supports being configured to be movable relative to the backrest portion for modifying a transversal distance between the first side support and the second side support, and a linking mechanism adapted to movably link each of the first and second side supports to the headrest so that the headrest and the first and second side supports are movable concurrently relative to the backrest portion for adjustment. |
| US11820258B2 |
Flexible structural component and use
A structural component may have a flexible structure with at least one adjusting mechanism, which may be formed at least from a plurality of folded elements or lever elements and spacing elements that are coupled to one another in such a way that their upper surfaces are connected to one another by an upper flat element and their lower surfaces are connected to one another by a lower flat element. The upper flat element and the lower flat element may be configured to be moved in a defined manner in the event of a tilting movement of the flexible structure. |
| US11820248B2 |
Cold storage charging system and method
Systems and methods for temperature control for an energy source of a material handling vehicle. The system includes a battery management system in communication with the energy source that can also be in communication with a charger. The system further includes a counterweight case that supports the energy source, and a plurality of resistive heating elements positioned along one or more surfaces of the counterweight case. |
| US11820247B2 |
Multi-input multi-output renewable energy systems
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multi-input multi-output energy charging system to generate hydrogen, provide baseload energy to a facility, and provide electrical power to charge electric vehicles (EV). In an embodiment, a charging system includes a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system that generates electricity from one or more fuel inputs. One or more fuel inputs are renewable fuels. The charging system further includes a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system coupled to the SOFC system. The SOEC system generates hydrogen from the electricity received from the SOFC system and water input. The SOFC system facilitates the charging of an electric vehicle, storing charge in a battery, and providing electric power to a load from the generated electricity. The SOEC system facilitates refueling a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle from the generated hydrogen and storing the generated hydrogen in a hydrogen storage vessel. |
| US11820245B2 |
Stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer
A stationary induction charging device for wireless energy transfer may include a housing base, a housing cover, a transmitting coil, at least one magnetic field conductor, and a power electronics unit. The housing base and the housing cover may define an installation space and a venting space. The transmitting coil, the magnetic field conductor, and the power electronics unit may be arranged in the installation space. The housing base may include a plurality of coolant channels through which a liquid is flowable such that the housing base forms a heat exchanger. The plurality of coolant channels may be distributed within the housing base such that a region of the housing base arranged opposite the power electronics unit and/or a region of the housing base arranged opposite the venting space has a higher coolant channel density than a region of the housing base arranged opposite the transmitting coil. |
| US11820239B1 |
System and method for mitigation of intrusive electromagnetic fields
A system for at least partially preventing passage an intrusive electromagnetic field into an internal volume of a structure is provided. The system includes a plurality of shielding modules positionable adjacent one another on an exterior surface of the structure for covering at least a portion of the exterior surface. Each of the shielding modules including a sensor and a shielding coil positioned around the sensor. The sensor is configured to measure the intrusive electromagnetic field and generate a signal based on the measured field. The system further includes a control unit in communication with each of the shielding modules, the control unit controls supply of response currents to the coil based on the signal such that the coil radiates a counteracting electromagnetic field that at least partially prevents passage of the intrusive field into the internal volume of the structure. |
| US11820231B2 |
Vehicle with a compartment, an operating device and an electronic control unit
A compartment in a vehicle can be loaded by an object and an operating device having a user interface configured to output at least one output signal on a part of the user interface. The operating device is designed to cover the compartment. The compartment includes a sensing unit configured to detect the presence of the object when at least a part of the object is loaded into the compartment and the operating device includes control circuitry configured to display a digital image of the object on a part of the user interface. |
| US11820230B2 |
Dashboard unit with adjustable inclination for a motorcycle
A dashboard unit for a motorcycle includes a dashboard and a support element for the dashboard, which element is integral with, and secured on, a front part of the motorcycle vehicle. A movable support for the dashboard is placed between the fixed support element for the dashboard and the dashboard, the movable support for the dashboard being secured on the dashboard, a unit being provided for adjustment of the inclination of this movable support for the dashboard, which unit is interposed between the dashboard and the fixed support element for the dashboard, the adjustment unit including a cam unit which cooperates with the movable support for the dashboard, in order to vary the inclination of the dashboard. |
| US11820229B2 |
In vehicle driver feedback device
The disclosure relates generally to an in-vehicle feedback system, and more particularly, to an in-vehicle device with a display or graphical interface that collects driving data and provides feedback based on the driving data. The system may comprise an in-vehicle device that includes a graphical user interface and a processor and a data collection device wirelessly connected to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device may be configured to receive vehicle telematics data from the data collection device and the processor may process the telematics data in real time and cause the telematics data to be displayed on the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may include a speed display and an acceleration display. |
| US11820225B2 |
Vehicle display device
A vehicle display device includes: a display part having a front-side display part, a rear-side display part and an upper-side display part provided inside a vehicle cabin, each of the front-side display part, the rear-side display part and the upper-side display part having a display face; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face. The display face of the upper-side display part is provided at a roof head lining inside the vehicle cabin. |
| US11820221B2 |
Vehicle fuel level estimation
Estimating a fuel consumption includes receiving a request for estimating the fuel consumption between a first time and a second time; estimating a first fuel consumption value in a first time interval using fuel-sender resistance data; estimating a second fuel consumption value in a second time interval using fuel-injected mass data, where the first time interval and the second time interval are consecutive, non-overlapping intervals; and combining at least the first fuel consumption value and the second fuel consumption value to obtain a fuel consumption value. |
| US11820207B2 |
Sliding golf cart windshield assembly
A sliding golf cart windshield assembly includes a first elongated rail, a second elongated rail spaced apart from the first elongated rail, and an upper windshield pane having a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge. The upper windshield pane is slidably positioned between the first and second elongated rails. The assembly also includes a lower drive pulley, an upper drive pulley, and a drive belt stretched between the lower drive pulley and the upper drive pulley. In addition, the assembly includes a drive panel slidingly engaged with the second rail and secured to the upper window pane and the drive belt, and a motor coupled to the lower drive pulley and configured to rotate the lower drive pulley to raise and lower the upper windshield pane. |
| US11820206B2 |
Climate control device
A climate control device includes a radiant heater for radiating heat and a porous material attached to the radiant heater. The porous material desorbs a plurality of water molecules, in response to the porous material receiving heat from the radiant heater and raising a temperature of the water molecules in the porous material to a boiling temperature threshold. The porous material adsorbs the water molecules in response to the temperature of the water molecules falling below the boiling temperature threshold. |
| US11820204B2 |
Rotary apparatus
A rotary apparatus includes a motor, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the plurality of gears and the motor. The housing includes a first surface portion, a second surface portion facing the first surface portion and spaced apart from the first surface portion, and a sidewall portion provided at an outer peripheral portion of the first surface portion and the second surface portion and supporting the first surface portion and the second surface portion. One of the first surface portion and the second surface portion includes a vibration damping part opposing the output gear. |
| US11820203B2 |
Method for defrosting an external heat exchanger, which is operated as an air heat pump, of a cooling system for a motor vehicle, cooling system, and motor vehicle having such a cooling system
A method for defrosting an external heat exchanger, operated as an air heat pump evaporator, of a cooling system for a motor vehicle. The cooling system includes a refrigerant compressor connected to a primary and secondary section; an external heat exchanger; an evaporator; a heating register; a primary section valve which is closed in the air heat pump operation; and a secondary section valve which is open in the air heat pump operation. The method includes closing of the secondary section valve; opening of the primary section valve, so that refrigerant flows directly from the refrigerant compressor to the external heat exchanger; and setting an inlet-side pressure level of the refrigerant on the external heat exchanger to a target pressure which corresponds to a condensation temperature (Tkond) of the refrigerant in the range: 2° C.≤Tkond≤20° C., in particular 4° C.≤Tkond≤10° C. |
| US11820202B2 |
Pressure relief vent assembly
A pressure relief vent assembly that defines a plurality of enlarged water collection pockets and a plurality of water passage recesses that enable water to move between the water collection pockets and to be more evenly distributed relative to and in the respective water collection pockets, and thus is configured to inhibit water from entering an enclosed area through the pressure relief vent assembly. |
| US11820200B2 |
Air treatment apparatus
An agricultural vehicle has an operator environment with a roof portion, and an air treatment apparatus installed within the roof portion. The air treatment apparatus includes a vehicle HVAC system having an inlet plenum, other HVAC components and an outlet to the operator environment. The air treatment apparatus further includes an air filtration system having at least one external inlet and first and second filtration devices located between the external inlet and the HVAC inlet plenum. The roof portion is a hollow structure having upper and lower surfaces and front, rear, left and right sidewalls, and the first and second air filtration devices are disposed along one of the left and right sidewalls within the hollow structure of the roof portion. The HVAC system is preferably disposed along the rear sidewall within the hollow structure of the roof portion. |
| US11820198B2 |
Method for operating a vehicular refrigeration system having a refrigeration circuit with a heat pump function
A method for operating a refrigeration system for a vehicle, the refrigeration system including a refrigerant circuit with a heat pump function. The refrigerant circuit has an exterior heat exchanger, which is operated as a condenser or gas cooler to perform a refrigeration system mode or which is operated as a heat pump evaporator to carry out a heat pump mode. The refrigerant circuit further has an interior heating condenser or heating gas cooler for carrying out a heating mode. The interior heating condenser or heating gas cooler is fluidically connected downstream of the exterior heat exchanger with a reheating expansion device therebetween to carry out a reheating mode. The opening cross-section of the reheating expansion device is controlled in accordance with a refrigeration system parameter indicating the required reheating power. |
| US11820197B2 |
Vehicle control arm assembly
A vehicle includes a control arm having a first branch portion extended from a second branch portion, the first branch portion and the second branch portion being fixed with a frame of the vehicle, and a third branch portion extended from the second branch portion, and coupled with a wheel. The vehicle also includes a first joint fixing the first branch portion to the frame, and a second joint located behind the first joint along the frame in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and fixing the second branch portion to the frame with a first bracket extending along the frame, outward from the second branch portion in a vehicle lateral direction. The first bracket is fixed to the frame at a first bracket weakened portion, and configured such that the second branch portion separates the first bracket weakened portion from the frame while the first joint remains fixed to the frame. |
| US11820196B2 |
Suspension arm for a chassis of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, and vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle
A suspension arm for a chassis of a vehicle, having a first shell element which has a first open cross-section and having a second shell element which is connected to the first shell element and has a second open cross-section. The second shell element is arranged at least in part in the first open cross-section, and the open cross-sections are open in the same direction. |
| US11820194B2 |
Vehicle suspension system
A vehicle suspension system smoothly changes a vehicle posture with respect to a steering force and a steering angle by minimizing a kinematic roll at an initial turning stage, thereby allowing a driver to obtain the sensation of maneuvering the vehicle well. The suspension system includes a front suspension having geometry satisfying that a caster angle is +3° to +5°, a caster trail is +20 to +30 mm, an intersection point between a kingpin axis and ground is located on an inner side in a vehicle width direction of a center of a tire contact patch, and an anhedral angle of a lower arm is +2.8° to +7.2°. A rear suspension includes five links and has geometry satisfying that a virtual kingpin axis extends near the center of a tire contact patch of a rear wheel assembly and extends vertically at −2° to 0°. |
| US11820190B2 |
Coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system
Disclosed herein is a coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system that includes a coupled torsion beam axle (100) installed to extend in a transverse direction of a vehicle body, a pair of trailing arms (200) coupled to respective ends of the coupled torsion beam axle (100), and a transverse leaf spring (300) having both ends connected to the respective trailing arms (200) and a center portion connected to a body cross member (40), thereby reducing the number of parts and improving driving stability. |
| US11820189B2 |
Vehicle suspension control apparatus and method thereof
A vehicle suspension control apparatus includes a mode determination device that determines a suspension control mode corresponding to an identified front road surface, in response to the front road surface of a vehicle being identified, a suspension control amount calculation device that calculates an amount of suspension control for passing through the identified front road surface, based on the determined suspension control mode, and a controller that controls a suspension of the vehicle based on the calculated amount of suspension control. |
| US11820185B2 |
Suspension device
The suspension device according to the present invention is provided with a leaf spring extending in a belt shape, a first arm, a second arm, and a coupling member for rotatably coupling the first arm and the second arm, wherein: a first holding part for holding one end of the leaf spring and a second holding part for holding the other end of the leaf spring are provided; and the first and second arms each support the leaf spring by at least one portion that is different from the one end or the other end of the leaf spring. |
| US11820178B2 |
Tread depth measurement
A method of generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of a tyre on a vehicle, the method comprising: using a tread depth measurement device to record tread depth data for a tyre surface moving relative to the tread depth measurement device; generating a movement profile of the tyre surface; and using the movement profile of the tyre surface to map the tread depth data onto a base tyre structure, thereby generating a three-dimensional topological surface representation of the tyre. |
| US11820177B2 |
Tire wear measurement device using tire bending stiffness variation and tire wear measurement method using same
Provided is a technology of estimating a bending stiffness variation of a tire and estimating a tread wear amount of a tire using the same. A tire wear measuring apparatus wear includes a signal receiver configured to measure acceleration inside the tire with respect to an axial direction, which is a radial direction of the tire, for each point inside the tire, a signal analyzer configured to receive signal information from the signal receiver and estimate a tread wear rate of the tire by calculating a bending stiffness variation rate of the tire using axial acceleration inside the tire, a transmitter configured to receive and transmit analysis information, which is information on the tread wear rate of the tire, from the signal analyzer, and a control module configured to receive the analysis information from the transmitter and generate a control signal for a vehicle to which the tire is installed. Meanwhile, a physical change thereof is derived using a Flexible Ring tire model which is a mathematical model. |
| US11820175B2 |
Tyre
A tyre includes a crown main groove formed by unit patterns. Each of the unit patterns includes a first inclined element, a second inclined element, a first bent element, and a second bent element. The first inclined element extends obliquely. The second inclined element extends obliquely in a direction opposite to the first inclined element. The first bent element extends so as to connect between the first inclined element and the second inclined element. The second bent element is connected with the second inclined element. The first bent element is bent so as to be convex toward the first tread edge without having a component extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction. The second bent element is bent so as to be convex toward the second tread edge without having the component extending in parallel with the tyre circumferential direction. |
| US11820174B2 |
Tire
A tire comprises a tread portion comprising a shoulder land region provided with shoulder lateral grooves and circumferential sipes connecting between the shoulder lateral grooves. The shoulder lateral grooves are each provided with a chamfer. The circumferential sipes are each spaced apart from an axially inner end of the shoulder land region by an axial distance of from 30% to 100% of an axial width of the shoulder land region. The depths of the circumferential sipes are equal to or greater than the groove depths of the shoulder lateral grooves. |
| US11820173B2 |
Pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire manufacturing method
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a pair of bead portions; at least one carcass layer extending between the pair of bead portions; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; a pair of sidewall rubbers disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire lateral direction; and an electrically conductive portion extending between the pair of bead portions and having at least one separation portion, the electrically conductive portion having a linear structure, the linear structure including an electrically conductive linear member formed in a linear shape by molding an electrically conductive material with an electrical resistivity of less than 1×10{circumflex over ( )}8 Ω/cm. |
| US11820171B2 |
Axle assembly having a drive pinion and a preload nut and a method of assembly
An axle assembly and method of assembly. The axle assembly may include a drive pinion and a preload nut. The drive pinion may have a recess. The preload nut may have a deformable ring. The deformable ring may engage the drive pinion inside the recess to inhibit rotation of the preload nut. |
| US11820169B2 |
Wheel holding member for a vehicle
The wheel holding member for a vehicle has a rod-like shape, and includes: a thread portion, which is formed on an end portion on a proximal end side, and has a male thread threadedly engageable with a hub bolt hole formed in a wheel hub; a holding portion, which protrudes toward a distal end side with respect to the thread portion, and has no thread on an outer periphery thereof; and a tool insertion hole, which is exposed from an end surface on the proximal end side, and to which a tool for rotating the wheel holding member is insertable. A bottom surface of the tool insertion hole is located on the distal end side with respect to an end of the thread portion on the distal end side. |
| US11820167B2 |
Wheel device for vehicle
There is provided a wheel device for a vehicle including: a wheel having an opening formed between adjacent spokes; a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and having a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and an arc portion extending in a circular direction in the opening and suspended between the adjacent spokes. The arc portion has a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside thereof in the vehicle width direction, and the arc portion and the brake caliper are located at such positions that they overlap with each other in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction. |
| US11820160B2 |
Calibration of printing devices
Examples relate to methods of calibrating a printing device. A method comprises generating a calibration sheet of a calibrating medium having a length at least equal to the maximum printing width of a printbar of the printing device and printing a plurality of calibration patterns on the calibration sheet with the printing device to be calibrated. |
| US11820159B2 |
Nail printing apparatus and control method
A nail printing apparatus includes a print head to perform a printing operation in which an image on a nail of a person to be printed is printed by moving in a scanning direction and ejecting ink from a nozzle, and a control unit to control movement of the print head. In a case where movement of the print head is stopped regardless of controlling of movement of the print head associated with the printing operation, the control unit switches the controlling of movement of the print head after the stopping based on a stop position of the print head. |
| US11820154B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
A printing apparatus comprises a determination unit configured to, in a case where fluorescent ink is used in printing of an image, determine an order of printing by the fluorescent ink and printing by the light emission suppressing ink that suppresses light emission of the fluorescent ink, in the plurality of scans. The determination unit determines the order of the printing by the fluorescent ink and the printing by the light emission suppressing ink such that the fluorescent ink is printed to be in a layer lower than the light emission suppressing ink in a region of a dark portion of the image. |
| US11820152B2 |
Method and arrangement for calibrating a delivery rate of an ink pump of a printing device
A method and an arrangement for calibrating a delivery rate of an ink pump of a printing device with the aid of an ink container including a sensor unit for detecting at least a first fill level value. Based on the initial fill level of the ink container below the first fill level value, the ink pump conveys ink from an ink reservoir into the ink container up to a final fill level above the first fill level value, so that at least a predetermined volume between the initial fill level and the first fill level value is filled. Upon conveying the ink into the ink container, an ink pump parameter is determined as of reaching the initial fill level and until the first fill level value is reached. A delivery rate of the ink pump is determined based on the predetermined volume and the ink pump parameter. |
| US11820150B2 |
Device, board, liquid accommodation container, and printing system
A device outputs a first low voltage to a first terminal at a first timing in a period in which a voltage input to a second terminal is a high voltage. After outputting the first low voltage, the device outputs a second high voltage to the first terminal at a second timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a low voltage. After outputting the second high voltage, the device outputs a second low voltage to the first terminal at a third timing in a period in which the voltage input to the second terminal is a high voltage. |
| US11820143B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
A liquid ejection head includes a channel member, a pressurizing part, a cover member, and a sealing member. The channel member includes an ejection hole, a pressurizing chamber, an ejection hole surface, and a pressurizing chamber surface. The pressurizing chamber is connected with the ejection hole. The ejection hole surface is positioned on the ejection hole side. The pressurizing chamber surface is positioned on the pressurizing chamber side. The pressurizing part is positioned in a pressurizing region in the pressurizing chamber surface. The cover member stands on the channel member. The sealing member seals the cover member and the channel member. The channel member includes a groove positioned in the pressurizing chamber surface but outside the pressurizing region. The cover member is positioned in the groove. Further, the sealing member is positioned between a fixing portion in the cover member which is positioned in the groove and the groove. |
| US11820142B2 |
Element substrate, liquid discharge head, and manufacturing method of same
An element substrate used in a liquid discharge head that discharges liquid to a recording material includes a substrate, an energy generating element that generates energy used to discharge the liquid, circuit wiring that has an electrode portion for external electrical connection and that drives the energy generating element, and that is implemented on the substrate, a first protective film layer that has an opening portion for exposing the electrode portion and that covers the circuit wiring, an electroplating ground layer formed on the electrode portion, and an electroplated bump layer made of a metal material formed on the electroplating ground layer. A bent portion is formed in the first protective film layer by the first protective film layer covering a protruding portion that the circuit wiring has. A second protective film layer is formed on the first protective film layer and covers the bent portion. |
| US11820141B2 |
Element substrate, liquid ejection head, liquid ejection apparatus, and manufacturing method
An element substrate of a liquid ejection head includes an ejection element for ejecting a liquid, a plurality of electrode pads for receiving power for causing the ejection element to eject the liquid, and a sensor for detecting that the liquid has invaded the vicinity of the plurality of electrode pads. The sensor has first wiring connected with one electrode pad of the plurality of electrode pads and second wiring connected with one electrode pad different from the electrode pad connected with the first wiring. |
| US11820140B2 |
Dispense modes for multi-mode capable device
A system and method for ejecting one or more fluids from a digital dispense device. The method includes selecting a) fixed target areas and total fluid volumes for the target areas of the substrate; b) a predetermined droplet volume for the target areas; c) calculating a required number of droplets for the target areas; d) determining a maximum number of droplets per pixel based on the target areas; e) calculating a number of droplets per pass of an ejection head over the target areas; f) modifying one or more dimension of the target areas to create modified target areas; g) selecting and centering the modified spot size target areas in the target areas; and h) depositing fluids in the modified target areas while scanning the ejection head over the modified target areas. |
| US11820138B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus includes an integrated circuit that has a first output terminal outputting a first control signal and a second output terminal outputting a second control signal, a first transistor in which a second terminal and a third terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the first control signal input to a first terminal, and a second transistor in which a fifth terminal and a sixth terminal are electrically coupled to each other is made according to the second control signal input to a fourth terminal, a shortest distance between the first output terminal and the first terminal is shorter than that between the first output terminal and the second terminal, and a shortest distance between the second output terminal and the fourth terminal is shorter than that between the second output terminal and the fifth terminal. |
| US11820135B2 |
Print head
A print head includes a head portion that includes a driving element driven by a drive signal and ejects a liquid in response to the drive of the driving element, a flow path member provided with a liquid flow path for supplying a liquid to the head portion, a circuit board provided with a supply circuit for supplying the drive signal to the driving element and disposed between the head portion and the flow path member, and a light emitting element disposed between the circuit board and the flow path member, in which the flow path member is provided with a light guide tube that guides light emitted by the light emitting element to an outside of the flow path member. |
| US11820132B2 |
Machine learning model generation device, machine learning model generation method, program, inspection device, inspection method, and printing device
There is provided a machine learning model generation device, a machine learning model generation method, a program, an inspection device, an inspection method, and a printing device for inspecting a defect of a printed matter with high accuracy. A machine learning model for detecting the defect of the printed matter is generated by using, as learning input information, at least learning inspection data based on a captured image obtained by capturing an image of a printed matter as an inspection target and second learning reference data based on print digital data and using, as learning output information, at least learning defect information of the learning inspection data estimated by performing comparison processing of the learning inspection data and first learning reference data based on a captured image obtained by capturing the image of the printed matter. |
| US11820129B2 |
Label printer
Disclosed is a label printer for printing labels wound onto a roll that are applied to a carrier tape or that are linerless endless tape labels, having a housing in which a cartridge compartment is formed; a tape cartridge which at least comprises an unwinding mandrel, in which a label roll can be received, and which can be manually inserted into and removed from the cartridge compartment; and a printhead and a driven print roller, wherein the label tape of the label roll can be led between the printhead and the print roller. A spring device and a movable latching holder, which is preloaded into a latching position by a spring force of the spring device, allows the tape cartridge to be latched into the latching holder against the spring force on the insertion and to be unlatched from the latching holder against the spring force on the removal. |
| US11820124B2 |
Continuous-forms color measurement system
Systems and methods are provided for measuring a web. One embodiment is a measurement system that includes rollers which receive a web of print media marked with a printed job, a controller which determines that a segment of the web is stationary at the measurement system, an image measurement device that inspects the printed job, and a repositioning mechanism that repositions the segment within the measurement system relative to the image measurement device while portions of the web external to the measurement system remain stationary. |
| US11820123B2 |
Doctor blade system
A doctor blade system of a printing machine comprises a doctor blade (12), a blade support (14) and a clamping element (16), wherein the doctor blade (12) is arranged at a contact surface (24) on a front side (20) of the blade support (14) and pressed against the contact surface (24) by a pressing area (34) of the clamping element (16). The clamping element (16) has a bearing surface (40) arranged at a backside (27) of the blade support (14). |
| US11820122B2 |
Dryer unit for a printing machine and printing machine
A dryer unit (26), especially an intracolor dryer unit, for a printing machine is presented. It comprises a web inlet edge (34) and a web outlet edge (36) being substantially parallel to one another and defining a drying area (28) therebetween. Additionally, an air inlet and a first air outlet (38) being connected to the air inlet in an air-ducting manner are provided. The first air outlet (38) is positioned adjacent to one of the web inlet edge (34) and the web outlet edge (36) and a middle axis of the first air outlet (38) is inclined towards the respective other of the web inlet edge (34) and the web outlet edge (36) with respect to the drying area (28). Furthermore, a printing machine is described, comprising an impression drum, at least two ink application units and at least one dryer unit (26) as described above. |
| US11820121B2 |
Heat image forming device and method
A heating circuit having an array of switching heating elements (e.g., field effect transistors, thin film transistors) provides a transient heat pattern over a surface (e.g., substrate, imaging member surface, transfer roll surface) moving relative to the heating circuit, to produce a pixelated heat image and heat a target pattern on the surface. Heat is generated by current flow in the heating elements, and the power developed by the heating circuit is the product of source-drain voltage and current in the channel. Digital addressing may accomplished by matrix addressing the array. Current may be supplied along data address lines by an external voltage controlled by digital electronics understood by a skilled artisan to provide the desired heat at a respective heating element pixels addressed by a specific gate line. The circuit may include a current return line that may be low resistance, for example, by using a 2-dimensional mesh. |
| US11820117B1 |
Tool for patterning overlays
A tool for patterning an overlay for placement about a projection structure extending from a mount surface may be temporarily positioned for patterning the overlay in situ. The tool may be configured for engagement with the projection structure, and include a cutting edge that is arranged into a pattern emulating a perimeter of the projection structure. Application of the overlay against the cutting edge of the tool cuts a relief portion from the overlay in situ to obtain an opening having a boundary that is shaped to closely accommodate the projection structure perimeter. The tool is then removed and the overlay applied against the mount surface in surrounding relationship to the projection structure extending from the mount surface. |
| US11820113B2 |
Sealant film, multilayer film including same and packaging bag
A sealant film including a polyolefin layer containing polyolefin as a main ingredient, and a polycycloolefin layer as an outermost layer containing polycycloolefin as a main ingredient. The polycycloolefin contains two or more kinds of structural units selected from a structural unit (A) derived from a dicyclopentadiene compound, a structural unit (B) derived from a tetracyclododecene compound, and a structural unit (C) derived from a norbornene compound, and the polycycloolefin has a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 80° C. |
| US11820110B2 |
Polymeric films and packages produced therefrom
A heat-sealable multilayer film may include a support layer, a polyethylene heat-seal layer, and an intermediate peelable layer. The support layer may include at least one polymeric layer. Heat-sealed packages comprising the multilayer film described herein have peelable seals characterized by an appropriate peel strength substantially independent of the seal conditions and substantially free of stringing upon peeling. |
| US11820108B2 |
Floor panel and methods for manufacturing floor panels
A floor panel with a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer with a thickness of 1 millimeter or less and provided on the substrate. The decorative layer is provided on the substrate by means of a glue layer which is situated between the substrate and the decorative layer. The glue layer comprises hard particles with an average particle size which is at least one third of the thickness of the wood veneer. Methods for manufacturing such floor panels are provided. |
| US11820107B2 |
Interlayer film for laminated glass, roll, and laminated glass
Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which transmitted double images in the laminated glass can be suppressed. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, and the other end has a thickness larger than a thickness of the one end, and when an inclination of approximate line A and a maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle are calculated according to determination of a specific formula of approximate line A and calculation of deviation in partial wedge angle, the inclination of approximate line A is −0.05 mrad/m or less in at least one section A, and the maximum value of absolute values of deviation in partial wedge angle is 0.2 mrad or less. |
| US11820104B2 |
Aluminium alloy foil with reduced cracking during molding, battery packaging material, and battery
Aluminum alloy foil that, when used for battery packaging material, unlikely to develop pinholes or cracks even during molding of battery packaging material, and can exhibit excellent moldability. Aluminum alloy foil, which is for use in battery packaging material, wherein, with respect to cross section obtained by cutting aluminum alloy foil in vertical direction to rolling direction of aluminum alloy foil, which is a vertical direction to surface of aluminum alloy foil, proportion of total area of a {111} plane in total area of crystal planes of face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, is 10% or more; and with respect to cross section, a number average grain diameter R (μm) of crystals in face-centered cubic structure, obtained by performing crystal analysis using EBSD method, satisfies following equation: number average grain diameter R≤0.056X+2.0, where X=thickness (μm) of aluminum alloy foil. |
| US11820103B2 |
Steel sheet for hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion and manufacturing method for the same
The present invention relates to a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention is an aluminum alloy plated steel sheet, wherein an average Fe content in a plating layer may be 40 wt % or more, and a concentration gradient of a section having a Fe content of 45 wt % to 80 wt % in the plating layer may 7 wt %/μm or less of a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis. |
| US11820101B2 |
Underwater pipe comprising a sheath made of a polypropylene homopolymer
An underwater pipe, including a metal reinforcing layer around an inner polymeric sealing sheath capable of being in contact with hydrocarbons. The inner polymeric sealing sheath includes a homopolymeric polypropylene or a mixture of homopolymeric polypropylenes, wherein the homopolymeric polypropylene or the mixture has a density greater than 0.900 g/cm3, and a melt index measured at 230° C. under a mass of 2.16 kg of less than 10 g/10 minutes, its preparation method and its use for the transport of hydrocarbons. Such a sheath may be used in contact with hydrocarbons at high temperature. |
| US11820099B2 |
Corrugated cardboard plant
A corrugated cardboard plant has a corrugated cardboard production assembly having at least one device for producing at least one corrugated cardboard web which is laminated on one side, and a connecting device for generating a corrugated cardboard web which his laminated on both sides and which comprises the at least one corrugated cardboard web which is laminated on one side. The corrugated cardboard plant furthermore has a printed web/lamination web production assembly which has a printing device for printing a printed web, a printed web storage device, and a lamination web unwinding device for unwinding a lamination web. The corrugated cardboard plant moreover has a coupling/uncoupling assembly having a coupling device for coupling the printing device to the corrugated cardboard production assembly while using the printed web as the lamination web in the corrugated cardboard production assembly, and/or an uncoupling device for uncoupling the printing device from the corrugated cardboard production assembly while using the lamination web in the corrugated cardboard production assembly. |
| US11820097B2 |
Pressing method and apparatus
A pressing apparatus having a strainer cage and at least two feeding screws, which are arranged one behind the other in the feeding direction on a common screw shaft, wherein a pressure zone with no screw helix is arranged between the feeding screws. In the region of the pressure zone, the pressing apparatus according to the invention has a plurality of scraper shells, and these provide for improved efficiency of the pressing operation. |
| US11820096B2 |
Multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine
The present invention provides a multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine and a helical shaft thereof. The multi plate screw press sludge dewatering machine includes fixed rings, movable rings, the helical shaft, a sludge inlet tank and a sludge discharging tank; the helical shaft adopts a variable diameter variable pitch helical shaft, a lead angle arrangement sequence of a helical blade of the whole helical shaft is gradual reduction from the sludge discharging tank to the sludge inlet tank, and the lead angle arrangement sequence is gradually reduced from 16°-22° to 6°-14°; a pitch of the helical shaft is gradually increased along a direction from the sludge inlet tank to the sludge discharging tank; a diameter of a shaft body of the helical shaft is gradually increased along with a direction of the sludge discharging tank from a ⅓ position of a shaft length; and blockage prevention plates are arranged on two sides of the bottom of the helical blade. The helical shaft in the present invention is specially designed, so that the pitch is more reasonable, a helical angle is gentler, frictional resistance when sludge passes through the helical shaft may be effectively reduced, and phenomena of shaft blockage and shaft sticking of the sludge may be reduced. |
| US11820093B2 |
Hot-press device
A hot-press device includes: a heating furnace; a pair of punches which includes an upper punch and a lower punch provided in the heating furnace and vertically facing each other; a lower press ram which is connected to a lower surface of the lower punch; an upper press ram which is connected to an upper surface of the upper punch; and a pressing device which is connected to any one or both of the lower press ram and the upper press ram and presses the punch so that the pair of punches are close to each other, in which the lower press ram and/or the upper press ram includes a plurality of individual press rams which are disposed at intervals, each individual press ram having one end coupled to the pair of punches. |
| US11820090B2 |
Method and system for reading/writing data from/on RFID tags integrated/applied in/on tires conveyed on conveyor belts
A system and method is provided for reading and/or writing data from/on RFID tags of tires conveyed on a conveyor belt in a conveyance direction, wherein each tire is fitted with a respective RFID tag storing a univocal identifier of said tire. An antenna is installed over or nearby the conveyor belt and configured to radiate RF signals toward a footprint area on the conveyor belt and receive backscattered RF signals from said footprint area. A reader is connected to the antenna to operate the latter in transmission and reception. A preliminary calibration step is applied to the reader and a reading and/or writing step is carried out by operating the calibrated reader. |
| US11820089B2 |
Bag with coloured sheet for repairing composite panels, and colouration and repair method
An assembly includes a bag and of a composite panel exhibiting a damaged region to be repaired by polymerization of a repair piece using the bag. The bag includes a sheet intended to be laid over the panel. When the panel and the sheet are laid one atop of the other, the sheet exhibits regions capable of absorbing heat emitted by radiation onto it in a proportion that is dependent on the polymerization temperature needed for that region of the panel that corresponds to it, the radiation being partially absorbed by suitable colouration of the sheet in the region concerned. Determining those regions of the panel in which radiation is less well absorbed than in others means that the heating can be adapted to suit the needs of polymerization in terms of repair and that even polymerization can thus be obtained over the entire damaged region, thereby consolidating the repair. |
| US11820088B2 |
Structural reinforcements
A structural reinforcement for an article including a carrier (10) that includes: (i) a mass of polymeric material (12) having an outer surface; and (ii) at least one fibrous composite insert (14) or overlay (960) having an outer surface and including at least one elongated fiber arrangement (e.g., having a plurality of ordered fibers). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) is envisioned to adjoin the mass of the polymeric material in a predetermined location for carrying a predetermined load that is subjected upon the predetermined location (thereby effectively providing localized reinforcement to that predetermined location). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) and the mass of polymeric material (12) are of compatible materials, structures or both, for allowing the fibrous insert or overlay to be at least partially joined to the mass of the polymeric material. Disposed upon at least a portion of the carrier (10) may be a mass of activatable material (126). The fibrous insert (14) or overlay (960) may include a polymeric matrix. |
| US11820087B2 |
Material dispensing systems
A method of preparing a composite article including providing a first bias assembly with a first bias roll; providing a first non-bias assembly with a first non-bias roll; positioning the first bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a bias ply from the first bias roll along a bias path on a mold; cutting the bias ply; positioning the first non-bias assembly to a dispensing position; dispensing a non-bias ply from the first non-bias roll; and cutting the non-bias ply; wherein the bias path and the non-bias path are substantially parallel. |
| US11820085B2 |
Method and a system for producing a component or semifinished product with a fibre-reinforced foam core
A method for producing a component with a fibre-reinforced foam core has the steps of supplying a foam core having a first main surface and an opposite, second main surface, positioning at least one needle at the first main surface of the foam core, piercing the foam core with the needle, with the result that a needle tip penetrates through the first main surface into the foam core and then through the second main surface, hooking a reinforcing fibre into the needle tip, pulling the needle back, with the result that the reinforcing fibre is pulled through the foam core, and coating the reinforcing fibre with a resin while the needle is being pulled back. |
| US11820084B2 |
Sealing system for sealing a tube and an automated method of operating the same
Disclosed is an automated method (54) which includes directing rays from a source (34) to a tube (38) disposed between relatively movable first and second sealing plates (20, 32), capturing an image (70) of at least a portion of the tube (38) by an image capturing device (26), and transferring the captured image (70) to a processing device (24). The method (54) also includes determining a plurality of tube parameters by the processing device (24) based on the captured image (70), using an image processing technique and determining a plurality of sealing parameters from a database (44) by the processing device (24) based on the determined plurality of tube parameters. Additionally, the method (54) includes controlling the drive unit (22) and a heater (36) by the processing device (24) influenced by the determined plurality of sealing parameters, to respectively compress the tube (36) and perform heat sealing of the tube (38). |
| US11820083B2 |
Waveguide for plastic welding, arrangement for plastic welding, a welding method as well as a manufacturing method of a waveguide
A waveguide for plastic welding has an entry end, an exit end as well as a first and a second inner face arranged between the entry end and the exit end, which are arranged opposite to each other and by means of which laser light can be reflected. A first distance between the entry end and the exit end defines a length of the waveguide and a second distance between the first and the second inner face defines a thickness of the waveguide. The exit end may be arranged opposite to the entry end and a central plane of the waveguide may extend centrally from the entry end to the exit end. The first inner face comprises a continuously curved, concave shape so that a third distance between the first inner face and the central plane varies continuously from the entry end in the direction of the exit end. |
| US11820079B2 |
Stereolithography apparatus having a detection unit for optical adjustment and image modification
The present invention relates to a stereolithography apparatus for generating a three-dimensional object, comprising: an optical unit for projecting an image towards the photocurable substance for hardening the photocurable substance deposited in the focus layer; a control unit, characterized by further comprising: a detection unit which comprises: a detection means movably arranged in a detection region for detecting during the generation process or in a generation-pause the image projected by the optical unit and for outputting a detection signal; and a first driving means for moving the detection means into or out of the detection region, wherein the optical unit comprises: a second driving means linked to the optical unit for moving the focus layer into or out of the detection region, wherein the control unit adjusts the optical unit and/or modifies the image to be projected based on the signal indicative of the detected image. |
| US11820076B2 |
3D printing process and molding produced by this process using lignosulfate
The present invention relates to a material system for 3D printing, to a 3D printing process using a lignin-containing component or derivatives thereof or modified lignins, to soluble moldings that are produced by a powder-based additive layer manufacturing process and to the use of the moldings. |
| US11820075B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of imparting specified characteristics to additively manufactured foam
The disclosed exemplary apparatuses, systems and methods provide a three-dimensional foam molding, produced via a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process in which regions of respective layers of pulverant are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. These apparatuses, systems and methods may include layers of the pulverant comprising at least thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (TPU) coated upon a base particle, wherein the TPU is coated via one of spray drying and a fluidized vessel. |
| US11820073B2 |
Closed loop print process adjustment based on real time feedback
In some embodiments, a photoreactive 3D printing system includes: a moveable print platform; a resin tub comprising a membrane; a tension apparatus; a volume of resin contained within the resin tub; an illumination system; a print platform force sensor; and a print recipe comprising information for layers in a 3D printed part to be built on the print platform. In some embodiments, the photoreactive 3D printing system is configured to: project an image through the membrane at a polymer interface using the illumination system; moving the print platform in a z-direction; apply a tensioning force using the tension apparatus to induce a membrane tension on the membrane; measure an amount of print platform force using the print platform force sensor; and update the print platform movement in the print recipe during a printing run based on the amount of print platform force measured by the print platform force sensor. |
| US11820066B2 |
Arrangement for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine, thermoforming arrangement, and method
The invention relates to an arrangement for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine as a starting material for thermoforming. The arrangement has a deposition device on which cuttings of the starting material which are to be processed in succession can be provided, in each case in an at least partially automated manner, and a movable loading unit. This loading unit is set up for at least one of the cuttings to be received on the loading unit. The loading unit can be positioned to receive the cutting from the deposition device, and the loading unit can subsequently be positioned to deposit the cutting received from the deposition device in a working region of the thermoforming machine. The invention further relates to a thermoforming arrangement and to a method for supplying a semi-finished product to a thermoforming machine as a starting material for thermoforming. |
| US11820062B2 |
Extrusion methods wherein material is guided through a passage crossing over between adjacent cylindrical bodies
A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies. |
| US11820061B2 |
Additively manufactured self-supporting microfluidics
A printed structure including a plurality of overlying layers of elongate polymeric filaments stacked on a surface of a substrate. The elongate polymeric filaments are stacked on each other along their lengths to form a liquid impermeable, self-supporting wall. The liquid impermeable self-supporting wall forms a wall angle of about 30° to about 90° with respect to a plane of the surface of the substrate. |
| US11820060B2 |
Mold positioning device
There is provided a structure for positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face in an injection molding machine. The structure comprises a positioner configured to connect the first mold part to part of the injection molding machine, wherein the positioner is adjustable to position the first mold part on the mold mounting face. The structure further comprises controller executable instructions executable in a controller with which to resolve an alignment parameter of the mold using a feedback signal from a sensor. Further provided is a method of operating an injection molding machine which method comprises the steps of positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face using a positioner and appreciating an alignment parameter of the mold with reference to a feedback signal from a sensor. |
| US11820048B2 |
Mold and production method therefor
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mold having both good adhesion resistance and smoothness, and a production method therefor. Provided is a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in that the mold has a reinforced layer made of hard phases for a working surface and the working surface satisfies the arithmetic average roughness Ra≤0.1 μm and skewness Rsk≤−0.01. Also provided is a production method for a mold made of a composite material comprising hard phases and metal phases characterized in having: a shaping step for working the surface of the mold made of said composite material and adjusting to Ra≤0.1 μm; and after the shaping step, a surface layer-modifying step for etching the surface of the mold adjusted to Ra≤0.1 μm and removing the metal phases near the surface. |
| US11820044B2 |
System for producing a lightweight thermoplastic composite sheet
A thermoplastic composite sheet may be composed of a polymer material matrix and a lightweight material that is disposed throughout the polymer material matrix. The polymer material matrix may extend continuously throughout a length, width, and thickness of the thermoplastic composite sheet. The polymer material matrix may be a fully polymerized thermoplastic material. The lightweight material may be fully saturated by the thermoplastic material of the polymer material matrix. The thermoplastic composite sheet may include between 50 and 99 weight percent of the thermoplastic material and between 1 and 50 weight percent of the lightweight material. The thermoplastic composite sheet may be free of reinforcing fibers. |
| US11820043B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing cover member
A display device includes a display member configured to display an image in a first direction and a cover member on the display member. The cover member includes a flexible member including a front part defining a front plane perpendicular to the first direction, and a first side part connected to a first side of the front part and defining a first side plane different from the front plane, and a rigid member partially overlapping the flexible member and on the front part. |
| US11820041B2 |
Process for supercritical or subcritical partial delignification and filling of a lignocellulosic material
The invention concerns a process for treating lignocellulosic material, preferably wood, comprising the following successive steps: (1) extracting lignin by a fluid in supercritical or subcritical phase to extract 40 to 85% by weight % of the lignin of the initial material; (2) filling by a filling compound, preferably in the presence of a fluid in supercritical or subcritical phase; and (3) finishing, so as to obtain a composite material formed by a three-dimensional network of filling compound that is transformed and incorporated in a network of cellulose and lignin. |
| US11820040B2 |
Detachable protective device for table saw
A detachable protective device includes a base support, a mounting unit connected to the base support, and a quick-release unit. The base support has a mounting hole having an engaging portion and an open end portion. The quick-release unit includes a positioning pin extending movably through the mounting hole. The quick-release unit is operable to move the positioning pin between a locked position, where a large-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, and a release position, where a small-diameter section of the positioning pin is disposed in the engaging portion, thereby allowing separation of the mounting unit from the base support. |
| US11820037B2 |
Punch and draw stud having multi-start threads, and method of engaging same
A punch according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes a body having a punching edge and a wall forming a passageway therethrough, the wall having a multi-start thread formed thereon, and a draw stud according to some embodiments of the disclosure includes an elongated cylinder having a multi-start thread thereon which is configured to be coupled to the multi-start thread of the punch. The number of starts provided on the punch corresponds to the number of starts provided on the draw stud. The multi-start thread on the punch is engaged with the multi-start thread on the draw stud in use. A method using same to punch a hole in sheet metal is also provided. |
| US11820034B2 |
Tortilla slicing assembly
A tortilla slicing assembly includes a disk that is mountable to a horizontal support surface. The disk has a plate which is rotatably disposed on the disk and a stack of tortillas can be positioned on top of the plate. A support frame is coupled to and extends upwardly from the disk. A cutting unit is pivotally disposed on the support frame and the cutting unit is urgeable downwardly on the support frame to cut the stack of tortillas. Furthermore, the plate is rotated a pre-determined amount each time the cutting unit is urged downwardly to cut the tortilla into a plurality of triangular chips. |
| US11820032B2 |
Razor handle, attachment adapter, and razor assembly
The application is related to a handle, an adapter, and a razor assembly. The handle comprises a handle body having a distal end with a cavity opening therein; a pusher retained in the cavity and extending outwardly from the cavity; and a retaining element disposed on the distal end of the handle body. The adapter comprises an adapter body configured to connect with the handle, the adapter body having a channel therethrough, the channel being configured to receive a pusher of the handle, the adapter further comprising two arms extending distally from the adapter body, wherein one or more of the distal ends of the arms have a finger that is configured to engage a respective connecting region of a blade assembly. The razor assembly comprises the handle; the adapter; and a blade assembly. |
| US11820030B2 |
Cutting set with wave-shaped cutting edge
Blade arrangement for a hair clipper comprising a comb with an anterior edge, which contains tooth elements; a blade with an anterior cutting edge, which contains tooth elements, wherein the cutting edge at its anterior end is downwardly sloped towards the lower cutting edge, and wherein the blade is configured to be movable relative to the comb; a connecting device, which connects the comb and the blade relatively movable to each other; and a pretension element, which preloads the comb and the blade against each other characterized in, that the cutting edge of the blade have a wave shape, wherein the anterior cutting edge of the blade contains at least three tooth elements and/or the edges of each tooth element have a curved shape according to the wave shape. |
| US11820027B2 |
Everyday folding utility cutter
A foldable cutting device having a handle component and a blade holder component pivotally connected to the handle component. The foldable cutting device is movable between a closed position, in which the blade holder rests within a chamber in the handle component, and an open position, in which the blade holder pivots out from the handle. The foldable cutting device may have a release mechanism for assisting in the opening of the blade holder. The release mechanism may utilize tension components to assist in biasing the blade holder towards the open position. |
| US11820025B2 |
Safe motion planning for machinery operation
Systems and methods monitor a workspace for safety purposes using sensors distributed about the workspace. The sensors are registered with respect to each other, and this registration is monitored over time. Occluded space as well as occupied space is identified, and this mapping is frequently updated. Based on the mapping, a constrained motion plan of machinery can be generated to ensure safety. |
| US11820023B2 |
Robot system and computer program product
A robot system includes a robot including a plurality of fingers for holding a target object and a control device configured to control a motion of the robot. The control device includes one or more processors. The processors acquire an image of a first target object and a second target object taken by an imaging device. The processors control the motion of the robot based on the image such that the robot moves the first target object with at least one finger included in the fingers in a direction in which a gap is formed between the first target object and the second target object, inserts at least one finger included in the fingers into the gap, and holds the first target object. |
| US11820014B2 |
Simulated local demonstration data for robotic demonstration learning
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using simulated local demonstration data for robotic demonstration learning. One of the methods includes receiving perceptual data of a workcell of a robot to be configured to execute a task according to a skill template, wherein the skill template specifies one or more subtasks required to perform the skill, wherein at least one of the subtasks is a demonstration subtask that relies on learning visual characteristics of the workcell. A virtual model is generated of a portion of the workcell. A training system generates simulated local demonstration data from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell and tunes a base control policy for the demonstration subtask using the simulated local demonstration data generated from the virtual model of the portion of the workcell. |
| US11820008B2 |
Systems and methods for privacy management in an autonomous mobile robot
A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot includes receiving a privacy mode setting from a user interface, where the privacy mode setting is based on a user selection between at least two different privacy mode settings for determining whether to operate the mobile cleaning robot in an image-capture-restricted mode. An image stream of an image capture device of the mobile cleaning robot is permitted in an absence of a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings. At least a portion of the image stream is restricted or disabled based at least in part on a user-selection of a more restrictive one of the privacy settings. |
| US11820005B2 |
Substrate transfer robot for transferring substrate in vacuum chamber
A substrate transfer robot for transferring a substrate in a vacuum chamber, includes: a transfer arm platform having coupling holes, wherein a link connecting member with blades is engaged at a front area of the transfer arm platform and a support shaft of a lower support is inserted into the lower space of one of the coupling holes; and a first and a second transfer arm part each including an end effector for supporting the substrate, multiple transfer link arms and subordinate link arms, and a common link arm that are connected to each other or to the transfer arm platform, wherein, the transfer link arms include at least some of drive shafts, interlocked with transfer driving motors or speed reducers, and output shafts interlocked with the drive shafts, and wherein the end effectors are positioned at different heights from each other through using a bracket. |
| US11819996B2 |
Expression feedback method and smart robot
An expression feedback method and a smart robot, belonging to smart devices. The method comprises: step S1, a smart robot using an image collection apparatus to collect image information; step S2, the smart robot detecting whether human face information representing a human face exists in the image information; if so, acquiring position information and size information associated with the human face information, and then turning to step S3; and if not, returning to step S1; step S3, according to the position information and the size information, obtaining, by prediction, a plurality of pieces of feature point information in the human face information and outputting same; and step S4, using a first identification model formed through pre-training, determining whether the human face information represents a smiling face according to the feature point information, and then exiting from this step; if so, the smart robot outputting preset expression feedback information; and if not, exiting from this step. The beneficial effect of the method is: enriching an information interaction content between a smart robot and a user, so as to improve usage experience of the user. |
| US11819995B1 |
Cherry picker retrieval device
An inanimate magnetically attractable object retrieval apparatus configured to retrieve small, inanimate, magnetically attractable objects from confining spaces with magnetic forces. The apparatus comprises a head comprising magnetic material permanently attached to a first end region of a flexible body that has a tail with a width and a length. The length is able to be reversibly bent in a 180 degree arc with a diameter of 1 inch only in a plane perpendicular to a plane containing the width and the length of the tail and unable to be reversibly bent in a 180 degree arc with a diameter of 1 inch in a plane parallel to the plane containing the width and the length of the tail. |
| US11819994B2 |
Gap uniformity device
A device for creating a uniform gap between adjacent vehicle panels. The device includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. A grip portion is disposed along the elongate member between the first end and the second end. A first arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a first direction, and a second arm extends coaxially from the grip portion in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US11819992B2 |
Hammer tool
A hammer tool includes a head and a handle coupled to the head. The handle has a first and a second connecting end fixed to the head. The handle has a first and a second medial section and the first and the second connecting ends extend from the first and the second medial sections respectively. The first and the second medial sections are disposed side by side. The first and the second medial sections form at least one first and at least one second curved sections respectively. The at least one first and the at least one second curved sections abut against each other. |
| US11819991B2 |
Retaining device for use with a nail gun
A retaining device adapted for use with an electric nail gun includes a retaining member; a swing arm unit adapted to swing between a proximate position and a distal position with respect to a flywheel of the nail gun; an impact unit movably connected to the swing arm unit, including an engaging portion, and being movable between a pre-striking position, where the engaging portion is confined within the retaining member when the swing arm unit is at the distal position, and a striking position, where the engaging portion is removed from the retaining member; and a retrieving unit connected between the impact unit and the swing arm unit, and configured to bias the impact unit to move to the pre-striking position. |
| US11819989B2 |
Powered fastener driver
A powered fastener driver includes a cylinder and a piston positioned within the cylinder. The piston is moveable between a top-dead-center position and a bottom-dead-center position. The piston has a non-circular shape. |
| US11819988B2 |
Locking mechanism for enabling fishing plier to remain closed state
A locking mechanism for enabling a fishing plier to remain a closed state includes a fixed plier handle and a movable plier handle. The middle portion of the fixed plier handle is integrally provided with a first rotating part, and the middle portion of the movable plier handle is integrally provided with a second rotating part. The first rotating part and the second rotating part are rotatably connected through a fixed shaft assembly. A knob is disposed on the outer side of the first rotating part. Straight slide grooves are disposed between the second rotating part and the first rotating part. The inner end surface of the knob is provided with a control groove. A locking pin is inserted between the straight slide groove on the second rotating part, the straight slide groove on the first rotating part, and the control groove of the knob. |
| US11819987B2 |
Dual-mode adjustable pliers
Dual-mode adjustable pliers include a first handle member including a first handle and a first jaw and a second handle member including a second handle and a second jaw. The pliers may also include a channel disposed in the first handle member and an adjustable pivot affixed to the second handle member and disposed within the channel. The pliers may also include a movable mode selector member. In an engaged position, the mode selector member is engaged with both the first handle member and the second handle member, and, as the second handle is moved towards the first handle, the adjustable pivot moves within the channel. In a disengaged position, the mode selector member is not engaged with both the first handle member and the second handle member, and, as the second handle is moved towards the first handle, the adjustable pivot maintains a position within the channel. |
| US11819984B2 |
Tool illumination device
An illumination source disposed in a housing of a tool without the need for fasteners or snaps. The illumination source includes a number illumination elements, such as LEDs, disposed on a circuit board. A lens and the housing cooperatively direct light emitted by the illumination elements away from a user's eyes during use of the tool. |
| US11819980B2 |
Mandrel for holding a lens blank and method of making a lens using the same
A mandrel for holding and positioning an intraocular lens blank during manufacturing includes a shank portion having a central axis and a lens blank holding section configured to hold the lens blank. The holding section includes a central cavity formed concentrically with the central axis of the mandrel. Projections are formed on a surface of the central cavity and are configured to support a first surface of the lens blank at a fixed distance from the surface of the central cavity. A ring fits within a peripheral portion of the central cavity to hold a second opposing surface of the lens blank. A method for making an intraocular lens using the mandrel includes filling the space formed under the first surface of the lens with a liquid, such as water, freezing the liquid, and then machining and/or milling the second surface of the lens blank. |
| US11819979B2 |
Abrasive tool
An abrasive tool has an abrasive grain layer comprising a plurality of hard abrasive grains bonded by a binder, with a plurality of the hard abrasive grains each having a working surface formed to contact a workpiece, a ratio of a total area of a plurality of such working surfaces to an area of an imaginary plane smoothly connecting the plurality of working surfaces being 5% or more and 30% or less. |
| US11819978B2 |
Grinding material
A grinding material includes a base sheet and a grinding layer overlaid on a front face side of the base sheet and including abrasive grains and a binder for the abrasive grains. The grinding layer includes the abrasive grains of a plurality of types. Of the abrasive grains of the plurality of types, provided that first abrasive grains have the largest average diameter and second abrasive grains have the second largest average diameter, the percentage of the average diameter of the second abrasive grains with respect to that of the first abrasive grains is 5-70%. The total content of the abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 50-85% by volume. The content of the first abrasive grains in the grinding layer is preferably 1-25% by volume. The first abrasive grains are preferably diamond abrasive grains and the second abrasive grains are preferably alumina abrasive grains. |
| US11819977B2 |
Inversion mount for mounting an inverted die grinder
An inversion mount includes an upper mounting base, a lower mounting base, and an oblique drop arm connected from the upper mounting base to the lower mounting base. The upper mounting base is configured to normally mount to a downward-facing inversion mounting surface from below. The lower mounting base includes a non-rotary main body and a rotary latch assembly. The main body includes a forward receiver configured to axially receive a mounting insert from below as a rotary item. The latch assembly includes a side latch. The side latch extends alongside the main body, and is supported for radial pivotation between an open position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook below but not underneath the forward receiver, and a latched position, in which the side latch carries the inside hook underneath the forward receiver for hooked engagement with a side pocket behind the mounting insert. |
| US11819973B1 |
Self-service ice skate blade sharpening machine
An automated self-service machine for the selective sharpening of ice skate blades utilizes a pair of actuating mechanisms that operate a sharpening device. The sharpening device is disposed within a base and accessible only when activated. A user wearing the ice skate blade to be sharpened steps onto the base and inserts the ice skate blade within a slot where the sharpening blade resides. A control system is configured to enable a user to interface with it to provide the activation of the sharpening device and to enable financial transactions. |
| US11819971B2 |
Wind power blade multi-robot cooperative grinding and roller coating operation assembly line system
A wind power blade multi-robot cooperative grinding and roller coating operation assembly line system is provided and includes: a working platform; a blade tip transfer and tooling turning system and a blade root transfer and tooling turning system arranged on a middle of the working platform and configured to support and adjust a head and a tail of the wind power blade respectively; wind power blade automatic grinding robots and wind power blade automatic roller coating robots symmetrically arranged on the working platform and located on two sides of the wind power blade. An automatic processing of grinding and roller coating of wind power blades is realized, which can reduce labor intensity. An integration of omnidirectional transfer and weight of the wind power blades is realized, which can detect the weight in real-time. A blade sprain is avoided effectively, and a layout of an assembly line is more flexible. |
| US11819968B2 |
Rotary power tool
A rotary hammer includes a housing, a first motor supported by the housing and defining a first motor axis, a second motor supported by the housing and defining a second motor axis that is coaxial with the first motor axis, and a spindle coupled to the first motor for receiving torque from the first motor, causing the spindle to rotate. The rotary hammer further includes a reciprocation mechanism operable to create a variable pressure air spring within the spindle. The reciprocation mechanism includes a piston configured to reciprocate within the spindle in response to receiving torque from the second motor, a striker that is selectively reciprocable within the spindle in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an anvil that is impacted by the striker when the striker reciprocates towards the tool bit. The anvil imparts axial impacts to the tool bit. |
| US11819965B2 |
Device maintenance in semiconductor manufacturing environment
A system for maintaining a device in a semiconductor manufacturing environment that includes a controller configured to determine a distance travelled by the device within the semiconductor manufacturing environment, where the device has a feature that selectively engages a carrier configured to carry a semiconductor wafer such that the device moves the semiconductor wafer to different processing stations within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. The system also includes an inspection component configured to inspect the device responsive to the distance traveled by the device exceeding a distance threshold, a repair component configured to repair the device responsive to a repair indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component, and a cleaning component configured to clean the device responsive to a clean indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component. |
| US11819962B2 |
Torsion bar active length control and method of manufacturing
A method of manufacturing a torsion bar includes cutting a stock torsion bar material to a desired torsion bar length to form the torsion bar. The method also includes forming a first end portion by removing material from the torsion bar to form a first annular groove extending circumferentially about the torsion bar. The method further includes forming a second end portion by removing material from the torsion bar to form a second annular groove extending circumferentially about the torsion bar. |
| US11819961B2 |
Sticking detection device and arc welding robot system
A sticking detection device for detecting the presence or absence of sticking of a welding wire disposed in an arc welding robot to a workpiece includes a first sticking detection unit and a second sticking detection unit. The first sticking detection unit detects the presence or absence of sticking based on a voltage value detected with respect to voltage being applied to the welding wire and the workpiece. The second sticking detection unit determines the presence or absence of sticking based on the voltage value and a result of the detection by the first sticking detection unit. |
| US11819959B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus to preheat welding wire
A contact tip assembly with a preheating tip comprises a welding-type power source configured to provide welding-type current to a welding-type circuit, the welding-type circuit comprising a welding-type electrode and a first contact tip of a welding torch. The assembly also includes an electrode preheating circuit configured to provide preheating current through a portion of the welding-type electrode via a second contact tip of the welding torch, and a voltage sense circuit to monitor a voltage drop across the two contact tips, and the electrode preheating circuit adjusts at least one of the first current or the preheating current based on the voltage drop. |
| US11819956B2 |
Aluminum alloy brazing sheet and method for manufacturing the same
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux includes a brazing material cladded onto at least one side surface of a core material. An oxide is formed on a surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet by brazing heating, the oxide including any one or two or more of Mg, Li, and Ca and having a volume change ratio of 0.990 or less to a surface oxide film formed before brazing heating, and an atomic molar ratio of Mg, Li, and Ca to Al in the oxide formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy brazing sheet before brazing heating is 0.50 or less. The present invention provides an aluminum alloy brazing sheet having excellent brazability in brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux, and a method for manufacturing the same. |
| US11819954B2 |
Systems and methods for wire deposited additive manufacturing using titanium
A metallic part is disclosed. The part may comprise a functionally graded monolithic structure characterized by a variation between a first material composition of a first structural element and a second material composition of at least one of a second structural element. The first material composition may comprise an alpha-beta titanium alloy. The second material composition may comprise a beta titanium alloy. |
| US11819948B2 |
Methods to fabricate chamber component holes using laser drilling
Embodiments of a method of forming one or more holes in a substrate for use as a process chamber component are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming one or more holes in a substrate for use as a process chamber component include forming the one or more holes in the substrate with one or more laser drills using at least one of a percussion drilling, a trepanning, or an ablation process, wherein each of the one or more holes have an aspect ratio of about 1:1 to about 50:1, and wherein the substrate is a component for gas delivery or fluid delivery. |
| US11819943B1 |
Laser material fusion under vacuum, and associated systems and methods
Systems and methods for laser beam welding in a vacuum and for controlling laser beam welding processes, such as for use in manufacturing aerospace parts, are described herein. In some embodiments, a laser beam welding system can include an optical head movably positioned within a vacuum chamber. The optical head can be configured to direct a laser beam toward a part positioned within the vacuum chamber to melt and fuse the part. |
| US11819938B2 |
Sealing hollow structures
A method of sealing a hole in a wall of a hollow structure comprises providing a sealed chamber that is external to the structure and that is in fluid communication with an internal space of the structure via the hole. The structure may be a pipe-in-pipe structure and the internal space may be an annulus between outer and inner pipes. Fluid flows through the hole into or out of the chamber as the pressure and/or composition of fluid in the internal space is adjusted. Then, a plug is spun and friction-welded into the hole. The plug is inserted into the hole from within the chamber. |
| US11819937B2 |
Ultrasonic plus resistance welding for automotive applications
A welded assembly includes a first component including an aluminum material, a second component including a stainless steel, and a third component including a steel material. An ultrasonic weld is formed between the first and second components to join them and form a stack. A sealant and/or adhesive may be applied to the stack. A resistance spot weld is used to join the third component to the stack to form the welded assembly. The resistance spot weld encompasses a portion of the first, second, and third components, and a portion of the ultrasonic weld. The resistance spot weld is completely encompassed in the welded assembly, and thus is sealed from electrolyte in a surrounding environment. |
| US11819936B2 |
Wire electrode feeding apparatus and wire electrode feeding method
A wire electrode feeding apparatus or the like is provided, suitable for feeding a wire electrode along its original path without deviating from its original path. A conversion unit 9 feeds the wire electrode from a feeding inlet 21 to a feeding outlet 25 using a machining liquid. A roller 23 changes the feeding direction of the wire electrode. A discharging unit 27 discharges the machining liquid toward the feeding outlet 25 in a direction tangential to the contact face of the roller 23, to generate a flow of the machining liquid. On the other hand, a diverted flow path for the machining liquid is defined along the contact face of the roller 23 from the feeding outlet 25 side to the feeding inlet 21 side. An intake unit 29 takes in air according to the pressure of the machining liquid to supply the air to the diverted flow path. |
| US11819934B2 |
Dust collector
A dust collector in one aspect of the present invention comprises a dust collection portion, a communication portion, and an interlock operation control portion. When the communication portion receives an interlock command transmitted from an electric working machine, the interlock operation control portion makes the dust collection portion operate interlocking with the electric working machine. The interlock operation control portion includes a storage portion, in which identification information specific to the electric working machine with which the dust collection portion is to be made to perform the interlock operation is stored. |
| US11819932B2 |
Intelligent switching system for switching internal cooling and external cooling based on minimal quantity lubrication and method
An intelligent switching system for switching internal cooling and external cooling and a method are provided. The system includes a vision system, a cooling system and a control system. The vision system monitors a real-time milling state of a cutter, collects a real-time milling depth image that the cutter mills a workpiece, and transmits the collected real-time milling depth image to the control system. The control system includes a lubrication mode control center, and a motor control center. The lubrication mode control center receives the real-time image transmitted by the image collection control center; analyzes and processes the real-time image to obtain real-time milling depth data of the cutter. The motor control center receives a signal sent by the lubrication mode control center; analyzes and processes the signal, and transmits a control instruction to the cooling system. The cooling system executes a switching command issued by the control system. |
| US11819931B2 |
Drill
The invention relates to a drill comprising a drill tip, wherein the drill tip comprises at least one main cutting edge having a cutting corner, from which the main cutting edge extends to a center, wherein the drill tip comprises at least one additional cutting edge having an additional cutting corner, from which the additional cutting edge extends in the direction of the center, wherein the additional cutting edge is formed only on an outer portion of the drill tip and is thus shorter than the main cutting edge, wherein the additional cutting corner projects beyond the cutting corner. |
| US11819930B2 |
Material for built-up edge formation and built-up edge formation method
The present invention provides a material for built up edge formation having a resin block containing a high molecular weight compound having a weight average molecular weight of 5×104 or higher and 1×106 or lower, a medium molecular weight compound having a weight average molecular weight of 1×103 or higher and lower than 5×104, and a carbon. |
| US11819927B2 |
Cutting insert and cutting tool assembly including same
A cutting insert capable of performing front-turning and high feed back-turning according to one embodiment includes: an upper surface; a lower surface opposite to the upper surface in a vertical direction; a side portion configured to connect the upper surface and the lower surface; a mounting hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface; and a plurality of cutting edges formed at edges where the upper surface meets the side portion, wherein the upper surface has one or more cutting corners, the plurality of cutting edges include a major cutting edge and a minor cutting edge extending from the cutting corner, and a representative inclination of the minor cutting edge used for high feed back-turning is greater than a representative inclination of the major cutting edge used for front-turning with respect to a virtual reference plane perpendicular to the vertical direction. |
| US11819924B2 |
Turning process method for workpiece and machine tool
A turning process method for processing a step-shaped workpiece includes: feeding a tool in a rotation axis direction and/or a radial direction of a workpiece while rotating the workpiece; using a tool that includes an insert with a main cutting edge having a straight portion and a machine tool having a pivot shaft of the tool in the machine side; processing a peripheral surface of the small diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have a cutting edge angle of less than 90°, the cutting edge angle having an angle between the straight portion of the main cutting edge and the rotation axis direction; and processing an end surface and a peripheral surface of the large diameter portion by turning the pivot shaft so as to have the cutting edge angle of 90° or more at a front of the large diameter portion. |
| US11819920B1 |
Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques
Systems and methods for repairing compressor blades using hybrid manufacturing techniques. A tool for repairing a compressor blade has a plurality of support bases, and a slot configured for securement of said compressor blade to said mounting tool. The tool has a pair of support bases, each of which is configured for the building of a sacrificial support thereon to stabilize the compressor blade during repair. The tool is coupled to a hybrid manufacturing machinery and the sacrificial supports stabilize the compressor blade during additive and subtractive manufacturing processes. |
| US11819913B2 |
Wear resistant layer
A mixture for forming a wear resistant layer on a substrate comprises particles of a first wear resistant particle type, particles of a second wear resistant particle type and a wear resistant layer binder for binding the first and the second wear resistant particles in the wear resistant layer when the layer is formed. As well, wear resistant particle size distributions for the first and second wear resistant particle types have a first mode and a second mode. The first particle type is associated with the first mode and the second particle type is associated with the second mode. Moreover, a number of first wear resistant particles associated with the first mode is larger than a number of second wear resistant particles associated with the second mode. Further, the second mode is larger than the first mode. |
| US11819912B2 |
High-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, and component molding apparatus including semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus
Provided is a high-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, and a component molding apparatus including the semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus, and particularly, a high-quality semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus and method using optimized process parameters, which can optimize process parameters for manufacturing a semi-solid slurry such that a fine slurry structure and uniform spheroidized particles are obtained and can obtain high-quality products by increasing convenience and productivity of the apparatus, and a component molding apparatus including the semi-solid slurry manufacturing apparatus. |
| US11819903B2 |
Heat exchanger and corresponding production method
Heat exchanger, and production method, including at least two plates of metal material, overlapping and reciprocally joined together so as to define a perimeter edge of the heat exchanger, and at least one circuit for the passage of a heat-carrier fluid defined by at least one or more heat exchange channels made between the plates. |
| US11819901B2 |
Tool for press brake
A tool for a press brake includes a tool main body, an attachment portion formed on a base end side of the tool main body and configured to be detachably attached to a tool installation portion of the press brake by using a tool changer, and a bending portion formed on a distal end side of the tool main body and used to bend a plate-shaped workpiece. An engagement hole having a circular cross-sectional shape to be engaged with a bar-shaped finger of the tool changer extends through the tool main body in a thickness direction. An anti-rotation bottomed depressed portion configured to receive a distal end of an anti-rotation member of the tool changer is formed in a vicinity of the engagement hole. |
| US11819897B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing continuous stirrup
A method for manufacturing a continuous stirrup and an apparatus for implementing such method are provided. The method includes placing a planar structure formed of a wave-shaped rebar on a platform, fixing a side of the planar structure and using an elongated mold to abut against the other side of the planar structure to form an intermediate structure, flipping the intermediate structure, and abutting the elongated mold against the side of the planar structure to form a continuous stirrup. |
| US11819893B2 |
Methods and systems for processing dredge spoils
Methods and systems including processing dredge spoils to reclaim soil therefrom. The techniques may include a feed system for receiving dredge spoils, a dewatering system for removing water from the dredge spoils, and a grinder/mixer for grinding the dredge spoils from the dewatering system while mixing the dredge spoils with one or more additional materials. |
| US11819890B2 |
Nozzle cleaner and automatic analyzer using the same
A nozzle cleaner includes: a cleaning tank which stores a cleaning solution; a first conductive member that is disposed to be immersed into the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank when the nozzle is cleaned; an ultrasonic wave generating mechanism which is disposed so that at least a part of a second conductive member is immersed into the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank when the nozzle is cleaned and generates an ultrasonic vibration in the cleaning solution stored in the cleaning tank; a first voltage control unit which controls a potential applied to the first conductive member; and a second voltage control unit which controls a potential applied to the second conductive member, wherein the first voltage control unit applies a second potential V2 higher than a first potential V1 applied to the nozzle when the nozzle is cleaned to the first conductive member. |
| US11819886B2 |
Non-corrosive process for cleaning a recyclable material
The invention relates to a non-corrosive process for cleaning a recyclable material comprising the following steps: (a) providing a contaminated recyclable material; (b) treating the contaminated recyclable material at a temperature in the range of from 45-30° C. with a solution that contains one or more polyols to remove contaminants from the contaminated recyclable material, wherein the one or more polyols is (are) present in an amount of at least 15 wt. %, based on the total weight of the solution, thereby forming a liquid 10 mixture which comprises one or more polyols, contaminants removed from the recyclable material, and treated recyclable material; (c) separating at a temperature in the range 10-55° C. at least part of the recyclable material as obtained in step (b) from the liquid mixture as obtained in step (b); (d) allowing at least part of the remaining liquid mixture as obtained in step (c) to phase-1 separate into a polyol phase and a phase which contains contaminants removed from the contaminated recyclable material; (e) recovering the polyol phase as obtained in step (d); (f) recovering the phase which contains contaminants removed from the recyclable material as obtained in step (d); and 20 (g) recovering the separated recyclable material as obtained in step (c). |
| US11819885B2 |
Method for processing electronic/electrical device component scraps
Provided is a method for processing electronic and electrical device component scraps, which can selectively recover a substrate scrap including a substance intended to be recovered. A method for processing electronic and electrical device component scraps, including separating a substrate with lead wires contained in the electronic and electrical device component scraps before sorting the electronic and electrical device component scraps by magnetic sorting. |
| US11819882B2 |
Vibration motor and driving device
A vibration motor includes a first vibrating body including a first projection and a second vibrating body including a second projection, the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body receiving electric power and vibrating to generate a driving force and transmitting the driving force to a driven section, a first coil spring configured to urge the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body in a driving direction and restrict positions of the first vibrating body and the second vibrating body in the driving direction, and a case housing the first vibrating body, the second vibrating body, and the first coil spring. The first vibrating body, the second vibrating body, and the first coil spring are arranged in the driving direction. The number of first coil springs is smaller than the number of first and second vibrating bodies in the urging direction. |
| US11819875B2 |
Adhesive application system
Provided is an adhesive application system configured to apply a necessary and sufficient amount of an adhesive to a thin steel strip without causing an increase in the equipment cost. The adhesive application system comprises an adhesive application device having adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) for dispensing an adhesive to an adhesive application surface of a thin steel strip; a mechanism configured to elevate and lower the adhesive application device; and adhesive supply ports (17, 18) for supplying the adhesive at a predetermined pressure to the adhesive application device, wherein the adhesive application device has an end face that is to be brought into abutment against the thin steel strip, and wherein outlets of the adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) are spaced inwardly away from the end face of the adhesive application device so that the outlets of the adhesive dispensing nozzles (26, 27) are maintained at a predetermined distance from a lower surface of the thin steel strip. |
| US11819873B2 |
Machine for applying sealing material to a metal element, in particular intended for a metal package
Machine for applying sealing material to a metal element comprises at least one electromagnetic mandrel provided with a main body to house at least one electromagnet and a support to hold the metal element in position on a work surface following the excitation of the electromagnet; the main body is connected to drive means configured to make the support rotate on the work surface; the delivery device of the sealing material is positioned at least in proximity to the periphery of the metal element and is able to deliver sealing material when the metal element is held in position and made to rotate on the work surface by means of the support of the electromagnetic mandrel. |
| US11819870B2 |
System and method for efficient and ergonomic waterproofing of joints and fasteners
A system for efficiently and ergonomically waterproofing a weakness area of a roof. The system includes an airless sprayer system capable of attaching to one or more attachments. The airless sprayer system is connected to a reservoir containing a waterproofing liquid. The attachments include an encapsulating attachment and a duckbilled attachment, either attachment capable of connecting to an extending wand. The system may be used atop a roof by either placing the encapsulating attachment over a fastener or the duckbilled end over a seam and pulling the trigger of a spray gun of the airless sprayer system until either the fastener or seam are sufficiently covered in waterproofing liquid. By connecting the wand therebetween the spray gun and the attachment, the user of the system may be able to remain standing when applying the waterproofing liquid. A method for efficiently and ergonomically waterproofing a roof weakness using the system. |
| US11819869B2 |
Carrier liquid composition control for suspension plasma spraying
In some examples, a method comprising: controlling a first ratio of a first liquid to a second liquid to form a first suspension comprising a powder and a first carrier liquid composition comprising at least one of the first liquid or the second liquid; directing the first suspension comprising the first carrier liquid and the powder to a plume of a thermal spray device; forming a first portion of a coating comprising the powder on a substrate from the first suspension; controlling a second ratio of the first liquid to the second liquid to form a second suspension comprising a second carrier liquid composition and the powder; directing the second suspension comprising the second carrier liquid composition and the powder to the plume of the thermal spray device; and forming a second portion of the coating comprising the powder on the substrate from the second suspension. |
| US11819868B2 |
Material spray gun
A spray gun includes a gun body and valves configured to control flow of material and air through the gun body. A trigger is mounted to the gun body and is disposed relative to the valves such that the trigger actuates the valves in sequence to begin air flow and material flow. A sensor senses when the trigger is in an actuated state and the sensor causes a pump to begin pumping material to the spray gun. Release of the trigger causes the trigger to leave the actuated state. A detent mechanism holes the trigger in a detent state intermediate the actuated state and a resting state. The sensor does not sense the trigger with the trigger in the detent state. The trigger maintains the valves open with the trigger in the detent state. |
| US11819863B2 |
Paint sprayer saddle seal insertion tool and method
A reversible paint spray tip, including a barrel portion configured to be inserted into a barrel bore of a tip holder, and a tip flag portion attached to the barrel portion and positioned generally transversely of the barrel portion. The tip flag portion includes a handle portion defining a handle axis, integrally formed with a first end of the tip flag portion, and an alignment portion defining an alignment axis, integrally formed with a second and opposing end of the tip flag portion. The handle axis and the alignment axis are non-collinear and intersect at an angle relative to the handle portion to prevent interference of the handle portion and barrel portion with one or more guards of the tip holder when the alignment portion is positioned in the barrel bore while in an alignment position. |
| US11819861B2 |
Uniflow cyclone separator with stable vortex and tangential heavy phase extraction
A uniflow cyclone that has multiple inlets, normally achieved via a vane, a barrel length, then a solids collection channel of larger diameter but concentric with the barrel and a tangential solids outlet to either a plenum or a dust hopper. The gas flows past the enlarged channel and continues through additional barrel length to an outlet zone. The cyclone would normally have a concentric center pipe the extends from the vane to the gas outlet of the cyclone. |
| US11819855B2 |
Jaw crusher
A jaw crusher includes a stationary crusher jaw and a movable crusher jaw between which a crushing chamber and a crushing gap are formed. The movable crusher jaw can be driven by a crusher drive to generate a crushing motion. An overload protection mechanism includes a control unit, which, in the event of an overload, causes the crusher jaws to move relative to one another in such a way that the crushing gap is enlarged. An actuator unit is driven by the kinetic energy of a driven component of the jaw crusher, in particular the flywheels or the crusher drive driving the flywheels and the movable crusher jaw. At least one actuator is acted upon by the actuator unit using a transfer medium to effect the gap adjustment. |
| US11819854B2 |
Holder for placing analysis plates, and analysis kit
A placement holder 1 for an analysis according to the present invention includes a frame portion 10 for placing an analysis plate, and a coupling portion 11; wherein the analysis plate includes, respectively at opposite ends in a longitudinal direction thereof, protrusions protruding in the longitudinal direction; the frame portion 10 includes a pair of wall portions that are opposed to each other, and a space surrounded by the frame portion 10 has an area 12 in which the analysis plate is to be placed; the pair of wall portions have a pair of cavities 13 into which the protrusions of the analysis plate are to be inserted, and at least one of the pair of cavities 13 is a through hole; the wall portion having the through hole has, on an inner surface thereof, an inclined surface 14 formed such that an interval between inner surfaces of the pair of wall portions gradually decreases from an upper end side toward the through hole of the wall portion; and the coupling portion 11 is disposed below the pair of cavities 13 so as to couple one of the wall portions to the other wall portion. |
| US11819853B2 |
Cooling apparatus
An apparatus (1) for cooling containers, in particular vials, comprising at least one first cooling zone (200) for receiving containers, with a cooling zone base and a cooling zone wall (201), and a cooling device (300) for cooling air, and a first duct (113) for conducting the cooled air from the cooling device (300) into the cooling zone (200), wherein an outlet of the first duct (113) is spaced apart from the cooling zone base. |
| US11819850B2 |
Fluid handling device
A fluid handling device includes a sample channel configured to carry a sample; a dispersion medium channel configured to carry dispersion medium; a dispersion liquid generation part connected to the sample channel and the dispersion medium channel, and configured to generate dispersion liquid by dividing the sample by the dispersion medium, the dispersion liquid being liquid in which droplets of the sample are dispersed in the dispersion medium; and a dispersion liquid channel connected to the dispersion liquid generation part. The dispersion liquid generation part includes a protrusion. |
| US11819847B2 |
Nanofluidic device with silicon nitride membrane
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide nanopore devices, such as nanopore sensors and/or other nanofluidic devices. In one or more embodiments, a nanopore device contains a substrate, an optional lower protective oxide layer disposed on the substrate, a membrane disposed on the lower protective oxide layer, and an optional upper protective oxide layer disposed on the membrane. The membrane has a pore and contains silicon nitride. The silicon nitride has a nitrogen to silicon ratio of about 0.98 to about 1.02 and the membrane has an intrinsic stress value of about −1,000 MPa to about 1,000 MPa. The nanopore device also contains a channel extending through at least the substrate, the lower protective oxide layer, the membrane, the upper protective oxide layer, and the upper protective silicon nitride layer. |
| US11819844B2 |
In vitro system for evaluating the effectiveness of a deodorant
A process for evaluating efficacy of a deodorant product includes: introducing sweat into a main channel formed in a fluidic device satisfying particular requirements; measuring a flow rate of the sweat in the main channel and transmitting the flow rate to a controller; imposing a pressure set point on the pressure actuator by closed-loop control so the flow rate of the sweat in the main channel is controllable; contacting the sweat and a deodorant product and reacting the sweat and the deodorant product with each other, the deodorant product being provided in a particular manner, wherein while the sweat and the deodorant product react with each other, the flow rate of the sweat in the main channel is maintained at substantially zero; and determining at least one of a physicochemical parameter and a biological parameter of a product of the reaction between the sweat and a the deodorant product. |
| US11819840B2 |
Pipette tip for and method of automatically maintaining pipette tip depth in a fluid
A pipette tip for and method of automatically maintaining pipette tip depth in a fluid during a fluid transfer operation is disclosed. The pipette tip includes, for example, two electrodes that run substantially the full length of the pipette tip for measuring the resistance therebetween when submerged in a conductive fluid. A method is provided of automatically maintaining the depth of the pipette tip in a liquid throughout a pipetting operation, as the liquid surface rises or falls in its container, without any prior knowledge of the container geometry. |
| US11819822B2 |
Silica composite monolith as a solid phase extraction material
A silica monolith nested in a polymer sponge may be formed by applying a hydrolyzed mixture of siloxanes to a melamine-formaldehyde sponge, and may be used in methods of solid phase extraction. |
| US11819820B2 |
Engineered coal char
Provided herein are an adsorbent and method of treating water using the adsorbent. The adsorbent includes thermally- and chemically-treated lignite coal. The method includes contacting wastewater with the treated lignite coal. |
| US11819814B1 |
Locking assembly for a micro puree machine
Micro puree machines have a locking assembly for locking a container to a coupling on the machine, preventing the container from rotating out of the coupling during processing. The locking assembly includes at least one protrusion on the container configured to slidably engage a slot on an interior surface of the coupling when the container is rotated in a clockwise direction. The coupling has a clip that is moveable from a first position, in which the clip prevents rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction, to a second position, in which the clip allows rotation of the container in the counterclockwise direction. The clip is spring biased toward the second position. Pressing a button on the coupling moves the clip from the first to the second position. |
| US11819813B2 |
Mixing apparatus with a contactlessly magnetically drivable rotor
A mixing apparatus for mixing or stirring substances includes a mixing tank for receiving the substances, a rotor arranged in the mixing tank with which a vane for mixing or stirring the substances can be driven to rotate about an axial direction, and a stator arranged outside the mixing tank and with which the rotor can be driven contactlessly magnetically to rotate about the axial direction in the operating state and is supported magnetically with respect to the stator. A bar extends in the axial direction and is rotationally fixed to the rotor, and a limiting element fixed with respect to the mixing tank cooperates with the bar, with the limiting element being configured such that the bar rotates with respect to the limiting element and with a tilt of the rotor being limited by a physical contact between the bar and the limiting element. |
| US11819811B2 |
Premixing device and combustion device equipped with the premixing device
A premixing device includes: a gas flow passage forming member in which an x direction is used as an axial length direction, and a Venturi-shaped gas flow passage into which air can flow in from the outside is formed inside; and a blade portion positioned in the gas flow passage, extending in a y direction, and equipped with a fuel gas outlet. The blade portion includes first and second blade portions spaced apart from each other in a z direction, and an air flow path near the center through which a part of the air flows is formed between these first and second blade portions. At least one of a pair of surfaces of the first and second blade portions facing each other is equipped with an inner bulging portion that bulges in the z direction so as to squeeze a part of the air flow path near the center. |
| US11819808B2 |
Apparatus and a method for the preparation of a play, craft and/or toy compound
There is provided an apparatus and a method for producing a play compound and the play compound itself which, in one embodiment is a compound which sufficiently fluid to be pliable and is typically cold and slimy to the touch. The apparatus and a method provide a powder and liquid to a user, which can be a non-skilled person and thereby allow the mixing of the powder and liquid together by that person to form the play compound outside of a factory environment whilst ensuring that the play compound which is formed has the desired characteristics. Most typically the user which performs the mixing can be the end user, such as a child, who will play with the compound and so the formation of the play compound forms a new part of the play experience. |
| US11819803B2 |
Systems and methods for quantifying and/or verifying ocean-based interventions for sequestering carbon dioxide
A method for calculating carbon credits includes obtaining sensor data associated with at least a portion of a deployment for cultivating a target product in a body of water, executing at least one model based at least in part on the sensor data to generate an output predicting at least one characteristic associated with the target product, the deployment, or a portion of the body of water, and inputting the output into a quantification model. The quantification model is executed to generate an output associated with a predicted capacity of the target product to sequester carbon dioxide. An accuracy of the predicted capacity resulting from the output of the quantification model is greater than an accuracy of a predicted or inferred capacity resulting from the output of each model individually. Carbon dioxide offset credits are determined based on the predicted capacity resulting from the output of the quantification model. |
| US11819802B2 |
Methods and systems for providing corrosion resistant surfaces in contaminant treatment systems
Systems and apparatuses for neutralizing acidic compounds in flue gases emitted from a heat recovery coke oven. A representative system includes a spray dry absorber having a barrel that includes a plurality of wall plates that form sidewalls of the barrel. The wall plates include a steel plate and a corrosion resistant alloy cladded to the steel plate and the wall plates are oriented such that the corrosion resistant alloy faces toward and is in fluid communication with an interior area of the barrel. The alloy is resistant to corrosion caused by the acidic compounds in the flue gas and can prevent the steel plate from being corroded by these acidic compounds. |
| US11819799B2 |
Compact absorption column for CO2 capture
An acid gas absorber includes a co-current flue gas-lean solution section and a packed counter-current flue gas-liquid phase section useful in a method of capturing an acid gas from flue gas in a more efficient and cost effective manner. |
| US11819798B2 |
Scrubbing fluid and methods for using same
A scrubbing solution for removing contaminants, including particularly hydrogen sulfide, from a fluid. The scrubbing solution includes at least one scrubbing reagent which has a primary or secondary amine and an acid, which may be phosphoric acid. The fluid being scrubbed is passed through the scrubbing solution. The contaminants react with the scrubbing reagent securing them in the scrubbing solution. The fluid being scrubbed and the scrubbing solution are then separated. The scrubbing solution is heated and, if the scrubbing solution is under pressure, the pressure is reduced. The acid facilitates thorough removal of the contaminants, and especially the hydrogen sulfide, from the scrubbing solution. The scrubbing solution is then ready for reuse. Because the scrubbing solution is rendered substantially free of hydrogen sulfides, it can absorb other sulfide contaminants that might not otherwise be absorbed. |
| US11819790B2 |
Filter media including adhesives and/or oleophobic properties
Articles and methods involving filter media are generally provided. In certain embodiments, the filter media includes at least a first layer, a second layer, and an adhesive resin positioned between the first layer and the second layer. In some embodiments, the first layer may be a pre-filter layer or a support layer. The second layer may, for example, comprise fibers formed by a solution spinning process and/or may comprise fine fibers. In some embodiments, the adhesive resin may be present in a relatively low amount and/or may have a low glass transition temperature. The filter media as a whole may have one or more advantageous properties, including one or more of a high stiffness, a high bond strength between the first layer and the second layer, a high gamma, and/or a low increase in air resistance after being subjected to an IPA vapor discharge. The filter media may be, for example, a HEPA filter and/or an ULPA filter. |
| US11819787B2 |
Water-treating ceramic filter unit
A water-treating ceramic filter unit comprising a filter having pluralities of flow paths partitioned by porous ceramic cell walls and plugs alternately sealing the one-side or other-side ends of the flow paths; a housing containing the filter such that water to be treated is supplied from one end of the filter, and that the treated water is discharged from the other end of the filter; and seal members disposed on the outer edge portions of both end surfaces of the filter for longitudinally sandwiching and fixing the filter to the housing; the maximum of a gap between a side surface of the filter and the housing being equal to or less than the equivalent diameter of the flow paths. |
| US11819786B2 |
Filter device, column, and liquid chromatography device
A filter device includes a first filter, a first retaining member that has a hollow shape, the first filter being fitted inside the first retaining member, a second filter that has a smaller pore size than the first filter, a second retaining member that is disposed downstream of the first filter and that has a hollow shape, the second filter being fitted inside the second retaining member, and a spacer that has a hollow shape, that is disposed between the first retaining member and the second retaining member, that maintains a non-contact state between the first filter and the second filter, and that includes a first contact portion contacting the first filter. |
| US11819780B2 |
Capillary fitting
Fittings for capillaries, such as those in chromatographic systems, can be difficult to reliably assemble. The invention relates to a connector for providing a fluid connection between a capillary and a fluid conduit, said connector comprising: a capillary holder for receiving an end of the capillary, said capillary comprising inner capillary tubing, wherein the inner capillary tubing of the received end of the capillary is located within a compliant material sleeve; a deformable portion configured for deforming so that the compliant material of the sleeve in the capillary holder is deformed to create a seal between the inner capillary tubing and the connector; and a receiving portion configured to receive a fitting at an end of the fluid conduit; wherein the capillary holder and the receiving portion are connected so that the connector is configured to fluidly connect the capillary and the fluid conduit. |
| US11819779B2 |
Chromatographic separation method and chromatographic separation device
A chromatographic separation method for separating plural components contained in a liquid to be separated by a chromatography, with a separating device 1 including plural filling portions 10 filled with a separating agent for separating the plural components contained in the liquid to be separated, a supply portion 20 provided in each of the plural filling portions 10 to supply the liquid to be separated or an eluent for extracting any component contained in the liquid to be separated to the filling portion 10, and an extraction portion 30 to extract any component contained in the liquid to be separated from the filling portion 10, the method including: an upward supplying and extracting step of extracting any component contained in the liquid to be separated from an upward stream extraction portion while supplying the eluent to at least one filling portion 10 from an upward stream supply portion by an upward stream. |
| US11819775B1 |
Single-shot/repeating switching device of toy gun
A single-shot/repeating switching device is provided for a toy gun that includes an outer casing, a bolt seat, a trigger link, and a trigger section. The single-shot/repeating switching device includes: an adjustment hole formed between the outer casing and the bolt seat, an adjustment seat having a toothed rail, a pinion rod rotatably arranged on the toothed rail, an operating portion arranged on the pinion rod and extended to outside of the adjustment hole, a coupling portion formed on the adjustment seat and opposite to the toothed rail, and a movable arrestor joined by a joining part to the coupling portion. A user may push, from the outside the operating portion to cause corresponding motions of the pinion rod and the toothed rail so as to drive the movable arrestor by means of the adjustment seat to selectively block a movement of the trigger link for efficient single-shot/repeating switchability. |
| US11819773B2 |
Toy figurine with plush covering
A toy figurine comprising a figurine body with an identity selected from a set of identities and a removable plush costume covering the figurine body and obscuring the identity of the figurine body. The plush costume includes one or more separately removable portions and removing one or more of the separately removable portions reveals the identity of the figurine body. |
| US11819769B2 |
Marble racing game
A racing game comprising track modules formed from flat sheet material manipulated into three-dimensional track segments or modules, rigidified connectors to connect the track modules and specialized track accessories to form a modular racing track to race spherical objects. Racing track assemblies include elevated, helically-coiled assemblies that mimic Christmas tree shapes. |
| US11819766B2 |
Game watching system, program, watching terminal and connection device
A game of a type progressing through presentation of physical game items is enabled to be held or watched online. A game watching system enables watching of a competitive game progressing through presentation of physical game items between players. The game watching system includes: a playing terminal that is associated with a player, and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a physical game item of the player, a first display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a first display unit, and a first information communication unit; a watching terminal that is associated with a spectator, and includes: a second display control unit configured to control displaying of information on a second display unit, and a second information communication unit; and a connection device including a connection unit configured to establish communicable connection between a plurality of the playing terminals associated with players participating in the competitive game, and the watching terminal associated with the spectator of the competitive game. For the competitive game for which the communicable connection is established by the connection unit, the first display control unit of the playing terminal associated with each of the players participating causes the first display unit to display information on the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit of the playing terminal associated with another one of the players participating, when progress of the competitive game reaches a predetermined stage, whereas the second display control unit of the watching terminal associated with the spectator of the competitive game causes the second display unit to display the information on the physical game item acquired by the acquisition unit of the playing terminals associated with the players participating, regardless of the progress of the competitive game. |
| US11819765B2 |
Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets between users of an online gaming platform
Systems and methods for transfer of rights pertaining to game assets operate between users of an online gaming platform. Exemplary implementations may: tokenize a game asset into a tokenized game asset; record, on a distributed blockchain, ownership of a beneficiary right to a share resulting from selling the game asset; responsive to a sale of the game asset, transfer the share resulting from the sale to a first beneficiary; responsive to a transfer of ownership of a particular virtual item from the first beneficiary to a second beneficiary, and responsive to a second sale of the game asset, transferring a second share resulting from the second sale to the second beneficiary in accordance with the beneficiary right. |
| US11819752B1 |
Oral device to protect the tongue of a user, and methods of use
Apparatus and methods are described herein for preventing injury to the tongue of a user. An oral device can include a tongue protector configured to be disposed beneath the tongue of a user and having a tongue receptacle configured to receive the tip of the tongue of the user and cover a distal portion of the top surface of the tongue. The oral device can also include a left tooth protector and a right tooth protector configured to be disposed over only the left lower molars and canine and the right lower molars and canine of the user, respectively. A left coupler and a right coupler can couple the left tooth protector and the right tooth protector, respectively, to the tongue protector. The left coupler and the right coupler can be configured to allow limited movement of the tongue protector while retaining the tongue protector in the user's mouth. |
| US11819749B2 |
Golf club fitting apparatus
Provided is a fitting apparatus configured to acquire measurement data obtained by measuring a swing action of a test club by a golfer, calculate one or more first indices representing an amount of change in an openness of a face surface of a head included in the test club at a time of the swing action based on the measurement data, calculate one or more second indices representing a characteristic of the swing action based on the measurement data, select a balance of a golf club suitable for the golfer, according to the one or more first indices, select at least one of a weight and a moment of inertia of a golf club suitable for the golfer, according to the one or more second indices, and select a golf club having the balance and the at least one of the weight and the moment of inertia. |
| US11819747B2 |
Rebounding device for sports ball
A rebounding device for sports balls including a frame defining a frame opening, a net disposed within the frame opening, a cable extending around a perimeter of the net and a cable tensioning system configured to tension the cable around the perimeter of the net and thereby pull the net taut within the frame opening. |
| US11819745B2 |
High loft, low center-of-gravity golf club heads
A golf club and golf club head having a high static loft angle, low forward center of gravity, and enhanced z-axis gear effect via a large roll radius and/or tightly controlled moment of inertia about the CG x-axis, Ixx, associated with upward and downward twisting of the club head. |
| US11819740B2 |
Golf club heads with energy storage characteristics
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, and a crown. In many embodiments, the crown comprises an upper region comprising a top rail and a lower region. In some embodiments, a cavity is located below the top rail, is located above the lower region of the crown, and is defined at least in part by the upper and lower regions of the crown. The cavity comprises a top wall, a back wall, a bottom incline, a back cavity angle measured between the top and back walls of the cavity and at least one channel. |
| US11819736B2 |
Modular exercise machine
Commands are received from an exercise actuator via a control interface. Collaborative information about an exercise session is received via a software interface. A force from a central electromagnetic resistance unit is provided in response to the control interface and the software interface via a resistance mechanical interface. |
| US11819731B2 |
Abdominal and core exerciser device
There is provided a plank exercise device including a support portion adapted to receive arms or hands of a person and adapted to receive a display device, a destabilizer connected to the support portion, and a stationary base adapted to hold the destabilizer. |
| US11819729B2 |
Armchair for physical therapy with IoT functionality
There is provided an IoT therapy armchair, in unitary form, with a chassis having a back section, a pair of side sections connected to the back section with an armrest on a top surface of each side section with the back section and pair of sides defining a seating area. A front leg support section extends downward from and below the seating area and connects each of the side sections. A plurality of pressure hangers fastened to the chassis, each of which are capable of receiving an exercise accessory, each connected to a respective pressure transducer, that measures an amount of pressure applied to each of the plurality of pressure hangers. The amount of pressure applied and health sensors are communicated as an output signal to a computing device that create statistics, reports of health conditions, early warnings, alarms, and communicates online and provides interactive therapy guidance to users. |
| US11819728B1 |
Cooperative pair exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus includes a frame, a pair of opposed seat assemblies, each of which moves between a side and a joint of the base of the frame, a two-sided foot pad assembly that moves between joints of the base of the frame, and a two-sided handlebar assembly that moves along a curved raised section of the frame. A user sits on a seat, places his/her feet on a foot pad of the foot pad assembly, and grabs a facing handlebar. A user may resist or accept motion of the handlebar and foot pad assemblies cause by the other user. Users may take turns in causing such motion. |
| US11819726B2 |
Adjustable exercise device
An adjustable dumbbell device includes a dumbbell having two weight ring supported on a receptacle, a handle having two end housings to be coupled to the weight rings, two weight members engageable into the housing, two spring biased catches engaged in the weight member, two arms coupled to the spring biased catches for moving the spring biased catches into and out of the weight members, a carrier slidably engaged in the receptacle and having a pole and a stud of different height for engaging with the arms and for actuating the arms to disengage the spring biased catches from the weight members, and an actuator moves the carrier relative to the receptacle to control an engagement of the pole and the stud with the arms. |
| US11819724B2 |
Aquatic exercise equipment assembly and method of use thereof
Embodiments herein are directed to an aquatic exercising assembly. The aquatic exercising assembly includes a container having a liquid retention portion. The liquid retention portion includes a bottom wall, a pair of opposing sidewalls, and a pair of opposing end walls, a pedal assembly and a paddle assembly. The pedal assembly is rotatably coupled to the one of the pair of opposing end walls. The paddle assembly is coupled to each one of the pair of opposing sidewalls. The paddle assembly is movable between a rearward position and a forward position in a longitudinal direction. The pedal assembly is rotatably moved by a lower body movement of a user and the paddle assembly is moved by an upper body movement of the user. |
| US11819720B2 |
Fire-fighting nozzle, fire-fighting system and method for operating a fire-fighting system
A fire-fighting nozzle includes a tubular inlet having an inlet opening, the inlet extending along a longitudinal axis from the inlet opening toward a shut-off valve, a tubular outlet having at least one nozzle opening, the outlet extending along a transverse axis transverse to the longitudinal axis toward the nozzle opening, and a sealing valve being arranged between the inlet and the nozzle opening and sealing the outlet in a sealing region with respect to the inlet. A radial distance of the sealing region from the longitudinal axis is smaller than or equal to a smallest radial distance of the inner circumferential surface of the inlet opening from the longitudinal axis in a region between the inlet opening and the sealing region. |
| US11819719B2 |
Systems and methods of low clearance storage fire protection
A fire protection system includes a plurality of fluid distribution devices coupled to the fluid supply pipes to define four fluid distribution devices above a floor. The fluid distribution devices generate a spray pattern overlapping one another to define a rectangular fluid distribution area 2.5 ft. The rectangular area having a first pair of edges extending parallel to the fluid supply pipes and a second pair of edge extending perpendicular to the first edge. The fluid distribution devices are axially aligned above a corner of the rectangular area, the fluid distribution area defined by a grid of one square foot areas totaling an area no more than 12 ft.×8 ft., the rectangular area of fluid distribution having a total fluid density of at least 60 gpm/sq. ft., the rectangular area including a first zone of fluid distribution of a 4 ft.×4 ft. area. |
| US11819718B2 |
Systems, methods, and assemblies for improvement of explosion and fire resistant properties in fluid containers
The present invention includes systems, assemblies, and methodologies for inhibiting combustion within fluid containers, enhancing the safety of such containers. One aspect includes a novel base module from which assemblies of varying shape and size, suitable for disposing within a variety of different fluid containers, are created. In one embodiment, the base module is made from an expanded mesh which is rolled in a novel cylindrical configuration according to a novel methodology. In another embodiment, the base module may be combined with other base modules to form an assembly. The present invention is also directed to an apparatus and method for creating base modules which allows for varying density of the base modules and therefore varying flexural strength and rigidity of the assemblies. As such, the packing density of assemblies within containers may be optimized to produce the desired effect of inhibiting combustion within the container. |
| US11819716B2 |
Containment system for hazardous products
A system for storing a hazardous product including a housing unit defining a product opening and a product door coupled to the housing unit adjacent to the product opening, wherein the product door is configured to form a seal with the housing unit about the product opening in response to a thermal event. |
| US11819708B1 |
Robotic laser treatment safety system
A safety system for laser treatment, comprising a robotic controller configured to monitor a distance between a treatment device and a treatment area, the robotic controller configured to detect a manual movement of the treatment device and to generate a counterbalancing force in response to the manual movement and wherein the robotic controller is configured to increase the counterbalancing force if the distance between the treatment device and the treatment area is less than a predetermined distance. |
| US11819701B2 |
Medical devices including connector enclosures with sealed feedthrough passageways
Medical devices provide metallic connector enclosures. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with relatively thin walls in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to aid in miniaturizing the medical device. The metallic connector enclosures may be constructed with interior surfaces that deviate less from an ideal inner surface shape in comparison to polymer connector enclosures to allow for better concentricity of electrical connectors. The metallic connector enclosures may include a panel that allows access to the cavity of the connector enclosure where set screw blocks, lead connectors, spacers, seals, and the like may be located. Furthermore, the lead connectors within the metallic connector enclosures may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by being positioned within non-conductive seals that reside within features included in cavity walls of the connector enclosure. Similarly, set screw blocks may be separated from the metallic connector enclosure by non-conductive spacers present within the cavity. |
| US11819698B2 |
Medical device and method for determining atrioventricular synchrony
A medical device is configured to sense a cardiac signal that includes far field ventricular event signals and determine a ventricular activity metric from the sensed cardiac signal. The ventricular activity metric may be representative of a ventricular rate or an atrioventricular time interval. The medical device is configured to determine an atrioventricular synchrony metric based on the ventricular activity metric and generate an output based on the atrioventricular synchrony metric. The device may include a memory configured to store data corresponding to the atrioventricular synchrony metric. |
| US11819697B2 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting control parameters for cardiac event sensing
A medical device includes a motion sensor configured to produce a motion signal and a control circuit configured to set sensing control parameters and sense atrial events from the motion signal during ventricular cycles according to the sensing control parameters. In some examples, the control circuit is configured to determine a feature of the motion signal for at least some ventricular cycles, determine a metric of the motion signal based on the determined features, and adjust at least one of the sensing control parameters based on the metric. |
| US11819695B2 |
System and method for increasing left ventricular torsion by multi-point pacing
A method for increasing left ventricular torsion by multi-point pacing includes fitting a plurality of pacemaker points at an epicardium of a heart such that the plurality of pacemaker points are positioned proximate an apex of a left ventricular muscle of the heart and sequentially pacing the plurality of pacemaker points. The left ventricular muscle of the heart twists in response to the sequential pacing. A system for implementing multi-point ventricular pacing is also provided. |
| US11819687B2 |
Partial nerve conduction block using a separated interface nerve electrode (SINE)
Systems and methods that deliver a continuous partial nerve conduction block are described. A waveform generator can configure one or more direct current (DC) waveforms to provide a continuous partial nerve conduction block. One or more electrodes can deliver the one or more DC waveforms to provide the partial block to the neural structure. Feedback can be provided to the waveform generator related to the partial block. The feedback includes monitoring a property associated with the partial block and altering a parameter associated with the one or more direct current waveforms in response to the property associated with the partial block. |
| US11819682B2 |
Implant tool and improved electrode design for minimally invasive procedure
Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. An implantable baroreflex activation system includes a control system having an implantable housing, an electrical lead, attachable to the control system, and an electrode structure. The electrode structure is near one end of the electrical lead, and includes a monopolar electrode, a backing material having an effective surface area larger than the electrode, and a releasable pivotable interface to mate with an implant tool. The electrode is configured for implantation on an outer surface of a blood vessel and the control system is programmed to deliver a baroreflex therapy via the monopolar electrode to a baroreceptor within a wall of the blood vessel. |
| US11819680B2 |
Garments for wearable cardiac monitoring and treatment devices
A wearable cardiac monitoring and treatment device includes a garment, a plurality of ECG electrodes, a plurality of therapy electrodes, a therapy delivery circuit, and one or more sensors configured to monitor one or more physiological signals of the patient. The device also includes a controller configured to detect an arrhythmia condition, cause the therapy delivery circuit to deliver one or more therapeutic pulses to the patient on detecting the arrhythmia condition, detect that the garment is no longer worn about the torso of the patient prior to expiration of at least a prescribed duration of wear by detecting a loss of signal for at least a threshold period of time from one or more of the plurality of ECG sensing electrodes and/or one or more of the one or more sensors, and issue a notification that the garment is no longer worn about the torso of the patient. |
| US11819678B2 |
Blood pump
A blood pump comprises a pump casing a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet connected by a passage, and an impeller. The impeller comprises blades configured to convey blood from the blood flow inlet to the blood flow outlet, the impeller being supported in the pump casing by at least one contact-type bearing comprising a surface of the impeller facing a surface of the pump casing. At least one wash out channel extends through the impeller and is in fluid connection with the passage via a first opening and with the bearing via a second opening. The wash out channel is operatively associated with a secondary pump for pumping blood through the wash out channel towards the bearing. The secondary pump is formed at least partially by said at least one wash out channel extending through the impeller along a direction having at least one tangential directional component. |
| US11819674B2 |
Catheter assembly
A catheter assembly includes: a catheter including a circumferential wall and a distal opening; an inner needle inserted through the catheter, the inner needle having a sharp needle tip at a distal end of the inner needle; and a deflection suppression mechanism that supports the inner needle via the catheter to suppress deflection of the inner needle, the deflection suppression mechanism including a contact support portion that is configured to support the catheter when the catheter is advanced with respect to the inner needle. The circumferential wall of the catheter includes one or more side holes. In an initial state before the catheter is advanced with respect to the inner needle, the contact support portion is located proximal of a distal-most one of the one or more side holes and a gap is formed between an outer surface of the catheter and an inner surface of the contact support portion. |
| US11819673B2 |
Three position needle retraction
In some embodiments a system and method are described for safeguarding a hazard. The hazard, for example a needle point, may be moved between a protected retracted position, an active extended position and/or an intermediate position. Optionally in the retracted position, the hazard may be protected inside a housing. Optionally in the extended position, the hazard may be exposed. Optionally, in the intermediate position the hazard may be partially protected and/or concealed, for example by a shield and/or in an indentation. In some embodiments, compromising a shield causes the hazard to be retracted to the retracted position. |
| US11819672B2 |
Chemical liquid injector
A chemical liquid injector including a driving mechanism which applies a pressure to a chemical liquid in a container and pushes out the chemical liquid, and an injection control unit for setting operating conditions of the driving mechanism. The control unit has a main-injection condition determination section which determines injection conditions for a main injection, and an injection preliminary operation condition determination section which determines injection conditions for an injection preliminary operation, and is configured to execute the injection preliminary operation and the main injection consecutively in this order when injecting chemical liquid. |
| US11819662B2 |
MEMS fluid pump with integrated pressure sensor for dysfunction detection
The invention relates to a pumping device including a pump (1) comprising—a pumping chamber (11) having a variable volume, —an inlet (2) communicating with the pumping chamber (11) and comprising a valve, —an outlet (5) communicating with the pumping chamber and comprising a valve, —an actuator adapted to change the volume of the pumping chamber, —a fluidic pathway comprising said inlet (2), said pumping chamber (11), said outlet (5) and a downstream line (7) situated downstream of the outlet valve, —a pressure sensor (4) for measuring the pressure between the valves of said pathway, —processing means for processing the received pressure data from the pressure sensor (4). The invention also covers a method for detecting a dysfunction in a pumping device as defined above. |
| US11819661B2 |
Sliding flow controller
A flow controller having an internal tubing is provided. The flow controller may include an upper housing having a plurality of graduations, a lower housing engaged with and slidably coupled to the lower housing, and a cavity defined between the upper and lower housings for accommodating at least a portion of internal tubing. The flow controller may further include a flexible clamp having an upper section mounted in the upper housing and a lower section slidably disposed in the lower housing. The upper and lower housings may be slidably coupled relative to each other to transition the internal tubing from (i) an open position where a lumen of the internal tubing is uncompressed by the flexible clamp to (ii) a closed position where the lumen of the tubing is at least partially constricted by the flexible clamp. |
| US11819660B2 |
Injector cartridge door locking mechanism
An injector includes an injector housing and a cartridge door movably mounted to the injector housing between a fully closed position and an open position. A latching mechanism is movable between a latched position, locking the cartridge door to the injector housing in the fully closed position thereof, and an unlatched position, unlocking the cartridge door from the injector housing, thereby enabling movement of the cartridge door toward the open position. The latching mechanism is oriented in the unlatched position when the cartridge door is empty and the latching mechanism is configured to move to the latched position solely when a cartridge is present in the cartridge door and the cartridge door is subsequently moved to the fully closed position thereof. |
| US11819655B2 |
Valve, in particular for a device for administering a liquid medicament, and a corresponding device for administering a liquid medicament
The invention relates to a valve, in particular for a device for administering a liquid medicament, with a valve body (1) which has an interior (2) for receiving a liquid (20), wherein the valve body (1) has a liquid inlet (3) and an opposite liquid outlet (4) which both open into the interior (2), wherein the interior (2) accommodates a large number of micro channels (5) which extend in connection direction (x) between the liquid inlet (3) and the liquid outlet (4). A corresponding device for administering a liquid medicament is also described. |
| US11819654B2 |
Castellated check valves
A check valve includes an upper housing defining an inlet of the check valve, a lower housing defining an outlet of the check valve, and a cavity interposed between and defined by the upper and lower housings for fluidly connecting the inlet and the outlet. The check valve further includes a valve member mounted in the cavity to selectively permit fluid flow in a first direction, and prevent fluid backflow in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The valve member includes a valve body and a valve stem portion extending axially through a central axis of the valve body. The valve member may further include a plurality of feet disposed about and extending longitudinally from an outer circumferential perimeter of the valve body. |
| US11819648B2 |
Methods and devices to prevent premature birth
Methods and devices to affect types, proportion, quantity, distribution, or proliferation of microorganisms within a female reproductive system. |
| US11819642B2 |
Steerable guidewire and method of use
This invention is a transvascularly placed steerable guidewire, further including internal steerability and the ability to articulate in a direction at right angles to its longitudinal axis at or near its distal end. The steerable guidewire is generally fabricated from stainless steel and includes an outer tube, an inner tube, hub structures, and a distal articulating region. The steerable guidewire can be advanced through a body lumen in its straight configuration and then be selectively articulated or curved to permit negotiation of tortuous curvature. The steerable guidewire hub can be removed to permit advancement of catheters over its proximal end followed by re-attachment of the hub to permit deflection of the distal end of the steerable guidewire. Removal of the hub can result in a limp guidewire or maintenance of a forced curvature of the distal end of the guidewire. |
| US11819641B2 |
Vascular access devices with integrated safety features
Removable vascular access devices include integrated safety features configured to prevent unintended migration of guidewires into a patient's body. The guidewires include safety guidewires that provide a tactile and/or visual indicator of insertion length. Introducer sets include the removable vascular access devices, catheters and the guidewires. |
| US11819636B2 |
Endoscope pull wire electrical circuit
An endoscopic system includes an elongate shaft, a pull wire that runs a length of the elongate shaft, a handle coupled to a proximal portion of the elongate shaft, the handle housing a proximal portion of the pull wire, the handle being couplable to a robotic driver configured to tension the pull wire to cause articulation of the elongate shaft, and one or more conductors that run the length of the elongate shaft, the one or more conductors being electrically coupled to the pull wire at a distal portion of the elongate shaft and configured to form part of a closed electrical circuit with the pull wire. |
| US11819631B2 |
Catheter shaft and associated devices, systems, and methods
Systems, devices, and methods for detaching an implantable device from a delivery system are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward an elongated shaft having an inner surface that defines a lumen that extends distally from the proximal portion to an opening at a distal terminus of a distal portion. In some embodiments the distal portion includes an inner polymer structure having a first portion and a second portion positioned distal of the first portion along the length of the inner polymer structure. The first portion can have a first stiffness and the second portion can have a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. The distal portion can further include an outer polymer structure disposed around the inner polymer structure and a coil wound around the inner polymer structure and disposed within the outer polymer structure. |
| US11819630B2 |
Catheter and catheter assembly
A treatment method is disclosed, which includes preparing a catheter assembly by inserting an inner catheter into an outer catheter and screwing a protrusion of the outer catheter into a helical groove of the inner catheter; introducing the catheter assembly into the radial artery along a guide wire; pushing the catheter assembly along the guide wire to a target site in front of a stenosis of a blood vessel; releasing the screwing between the helical groove of the inner catheter and the protrusion of the outer catheter after a distal end of the catheter assembly reaches the target site; and causing the outer catheter to abut on at least a part of wall surfaces of a thoracic aorta and an abdominal aorta while drawing a helix and causing the treatment device to protrude from a distal end of the outer catheter at the stenosis. |
| US11819629B2 |
Catheter shaft with uniform bending stiffness circumferentially
A catheter shaft includes an inner layer defining an innermost circumferential surface of the catheter shaft and defining a lumen of the catheter shaft, and an outer layer defining an outermost circumferential surface of the catheter shaft. The inner layer is formed by a first polymer having a first durometer and a first melting temperature. The outer layer is formed by alternating first and second segments of the first polymer and a second polymer, respectively, that alternate in a circumferential direction. The second polymer has a second durometer softer than the first durometer and a second melting temperature lower than the first melting temperature. Each segment of the alternating first and second segments extend in an axial direction for substantially an entire length of the catheter shaft. A method of forming the catheter shaft via extrusion is also disclosed. |
| US11819627B2 |
Catheter hub and strain relief
A hub defines a lumen with a longitudinal axis along the length of the hub. An outer surface of a distal portion of the hub tapers inwardly toward the longitudinal axis as the distal portion extends distally. A strain relief includes a proximal portion configured to receive the distal portion of the hub. The strain relief defines a lumen that substantially aligns with the hub lumen when the proximal portion receives the hub. The hub and/or strain relief are configured to be fixedly attached to a catheter body such that a catheter body lumen substantially aligns with the hub lumen and the strain relief lumen when the strain relief receives the distal portion of the hub. Outer surfaces of the strain relief and hub define substantially similar distances to the longitudinal axis along an interface between the two outer surfaces when the strain relief receives the hub. |
| US11819623B2 |
Positive airway pressure device
A positive airway pressure (PAP) device for supplying a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes a flow generator configured to pressurize a flow of breathable gas and a humidifier configured to receive and humidify the pressurized flow of breathable gas from the flow generator. The PAP device also includes a power source. The flow generator, humidifier and power source are positioned so that heat generated by at least one of the flow generator and the power source is conveyed to water in the humidifier. |
| US11819621B2 |
Apparatus for connecting oxygen delivery control instrument to patient delivery device
A connector for connecting an oxygen delivery device to a patient interface. The connector includes a housing with a first lumen for delivering oxygen and a second lumen to allow pressure to be measured. A third optional lumen may allow for gas sampling. The housing surrounding the first and second lumen has a portion that includes encoding for determining the type of patient interface being used, as well as a depth indicator sensor. |
| US11819617B2 |
Mask system
A mask system includes a frame defining a breathing chamber, a cushion provided to the frame and adapted to form a seal with the patient's face, and a shroud provided to the frame and adapted to attach headgear. The shroud includes a retaining mechanism structured to connect the shroud to the frame. The retaining mechanism includes both a taper lock arrangement and a retaining clip arrangement. |
| US11819616B2 |
Mask system
A mask system including a headgear and cushion module and a seal and frame module provided to the headgear and cushion module. The seal and frame module includes a sealing portion adapted to form a seal with the patient's face and a frame portion adapted to form a breathing chamber. The headgear and cushion module includes a cushion region adapted to support and shape the sealing portion and a headgear region adapted to support and stabilize the mask system on the patient's face. |
| US11819607B2 |
Mist inhaler devices
A mist inhaler device (200) for generating a mist including a therapeutic for inhalation by a user. The device includes a mist generator device (201) and a driver device (202). The driver device (202) is configured to drive the mist generator device (201) at an optimum frequency to maximise the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator device (201). |
| US11819604B2 |
Breathing airflow detecting device for a nebulizing device
A breathing airflow detecting device for a nebulizing device is disclosed. The breathing airflow detecting device includes a case, wherein a light switching module and a light blocking element are arranged in the case. The light blocking element is arranged between optical routes of a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When airflow from an inlet blows and swings the light blocking element, the light blocking element blocks light or passes light to the light receiving element. When the light receiving element detects the variation of light, the light receiving element emits a signal from the output port of the light switching module to drive or stop driving a nebulizing device. As a result, when a patient breathes, the nebulizing device is driven such that the volume of the nebulized medicine is accurately inhaled into the patient's lungs. |
| US11819603B2 |
VAVD regulator contamination and condensation control
Embodiments include a vacuum assisted venous drainage (VAVD) system, including a regulator valve assembly configured to facilitate application of vacuum to a reservoir; a control unit configured to control the regulator valve assembly to facilitate controlling application of the vacuum; at least one pressure sensor coupled to the reservoir and configured to obtain pressure measurements of pressure in the reservoir; a heating element configured to heat the regulator valve assembly to a target temperature; and at least one temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the regulator valve assembly. |
| US11819602B2 |
Chemical pump housing for negative pressure system
A chemical pump assembly useful for negative pressure therapy includes a chemical pump housing having an inner chamber, a reactor located within the inner chamber, an opening provided in the chemical pump housing, a first pull tab which extends from the inner chamber to ambient through the opening, and a removable layer connected to the first pull tab. The reactor is configured to react with a selected gas found in air so as to consume the selected gas when exposed to air in the inner chamber. The removable layer shields the reactor from air in the inner chamber atmosphere until the removable layer is removed. |
| US11819600B2 |
Waste liquid receptacle, waste liquid reservoir and waste liquid suction system
A waste liquid receptacle includes first and second cover members for covering first and second openings, respectively. The first cover member is made of a material that is configured to: (i) be plastically deformed upward by a first suction force in a state where a second negative pressure is generated in an upper space; and (ii) plastically deform downward by a depressing force against the first cover member downward in a state where an openable and closable lid is open and the second negative pressure is released. The second cover member is made of a material that is configured: (i) not to be plastically deformed by a second suction force in a state where a first negative pressure is generated in a waste liquid receipt space; and (ii) to be broken without being plastically deformed when a depressing force is applied to the first cover member. |
| US11819599B2 |
Extracorporeal blood circulation device
Disclosed is an extracorporeal blood circulation device including a blood circulation circuit including a blood extraction line and a return line, a blood circulator in the circulation circuit and a control unit including a calculator arranged determining at least one parameter, recording it in a memory, and then comparing the standard value of the parameter with the recorded value. The device also includes a source of solution for liquefying blood clots, a device injecting and conveying the liquefaction solution in the circulation circuit, the control unit including a driver for the injector of the liquefaction solution. The control unit is arranged to actuate the driver when the value is exceeded, meaning that at least one clot has formed, the driver being arranged so that the liquefaction solution is present in the circulation circuit in an amount and for a time determined to be sufficient for liquefying the clot formed. |
| US11819596B2 |
Home renal therapy system and machine
A renal therapy system is disclosed. In an example, the renal therapy system includes a user interface device, such as a tablet computer. The renal therapy system also includes a renal therapy machine configured to perform a renal therapy. The renal therapy machine includes a data transfer interface configured to communicatively couple to the user interface device, a dialysis fluid pump, and a processor that operates a connectivity agent having an activated mode and a deactivated mode. When in the activated mode, the connectivity agent enables the processor to send data related to a performance of the renal therapy to a system hub. In the deactivated mode, the processor is prevented from sending the data to or receiving any data from the system hub. The user interface device is configured to receive data from and send data to the processor regardless of a status of the connectivity agent. |
| US11819594B2 |
Purified air and methods of making and using the same
Purified air is provided, having a TVOC content of from less than 5 ppb to about 500 ppb, a Biologicals content of from less than 1 CFU/M3 to 150 CFU/M3 and a Particulate content of from about 1,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3 to about 50,000 0.3 μm particles per ft3, or from about 600 0.5 μm particles per ft3 to about 500,000 0.5 μm particles per ft3. |
| US11819591B2 |
Iron-based alloy absorbable and implantable medical device for internal fixation
An iron-based alloy absorbable and implantable medical device for internal fixation. A substrate includes an iron-based alloy and degradable polymer. The mass ratio of the iron-based alloy to the degradable polymer is between 1:4 and 4:1. The weight-average molecular weight of the degradable polymer is between 150000 to 3000000, and the polydispersity index thereof is between 1 and 6. The device further includes antioxidants. The iron-based alloy is used as a load-bearing framework or reinforcement phase of the device. By adjusting the mass ratio of the iron-based alloy to the degradable polymer and the combination mode thereof, the corrosion rate of the iron-based alloy in the late period of the implantation is accelerated, and the quantity of corrosion products poorly soluble in the iron-based alloy is reduced. Adding antioxidants to the device further reduces the quantity of the corrosion products poorly soluble in the iron-based alloy. |
| US11819589B2 |
Absorbable biomedical polylactic acid composite material and preparation method therefor
The present invention relates to an absorbable biomedical composite material and a preparation method therefor, wherein the absorbable biomedical composite material comprises: a substrate particle containing a calcium phosphate compound; an intermediate layer which is coated on the surfaces of the substrate particle and has a first glass transition temperature, the first glass transition temperature being not higher than a normal body temperature; and a polymer matrix which is formed on the outer surface of the intermediate layer and has a second glass transition temperature, the second glass transition being higher than the first glass transition temperature. The present invention can provide an absorbable biomedical composite material which not only increases the mechanical strength but also improves the toughness. |
| US11819588B2 |
System and method for ultra-close proximity irradiation of rotating biomass
An irradiation system is provided which comprises a cabinet housing one or more X-ray tubes providing an irradiation source for a biomass contained within a cylindrical container arranged on a rotating device. The X-ray tubes generate directional X-ray beams and are provided in ultra-close proximity to the container, and the X-ray tubes can be configured to traverse the container. The rotational movement and traversal during the irradiation process ensure a more even irradiation of the entire biomass in the container. |
| US11819585B2 |
Technologies for sanitizing mist humidifiers
Technologies (e.g., devices, systems and methods) for sanitizing mist humidifiers are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a sanitization gas system and a connector unit. The connector unit is configured to install into an opening in the mist humidifier that is used in operation to release mist for humidification purposes. The connector unit includes an inlet passageway for supplying sanitizing gas (e.g., ozone) into the humidifier, and an exhaust system for removing sanitizing gas from the reservoir. |
| US11819584B2 |
Nucleic acid decontamination methods
Methods and cleaning compositions for reduction of nucleic acid contamination on surfaces, in air, and in solutions using modified pectin are provided. |
| US11819581B2 |
Touch screen display surface sanitization using antimicrobial light
A lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments, each light segments including one or more antimicrobial light sources, is configured to emit light sufficient to inactivate one or more microorganisms on a touch screen display surface. The lighting array may individually control activation of the one or more antimicrobial light segments based on user presence information, time of day information, and/or touch screen display usage information. A touch screen display assembly includes a housing, a touch screen display and a lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments. |
| US11819577B2 |
Fixed dose pharmaceutical composition of valsartan and sacubitril
This present invention relates to pharmaceutical composition comprising fixed dose combination of valsartan or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and sacubitril or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Further this invention also relates to process for the preparation of said composition and use of the said composition in treatment of certain diseases. |
| US11819576B2 |
Process for preparing nano-or microparticles comprising a carrier-polymer and one or more biologically active ingredients
A process can be used for preparing nano- or microparticles containing a carrier-polymer and a biologically active ingredient. The process is a solvent emulsion process involving an organic phase (OP) and an aqueous phase (AP) to form an emulsion. In the case of an oil-in-water emulsion (O/W), the organic phase (OP) contains the biologically active ingredient dissolved or dispersed therein. Alternatively, in the case of a water-in-oil emulsion (W1/O), the aqueous phase (AP) contains the biologically active ingredient dissolved or dispersed therein. The organic phase (OP) is saturated with the salt-containing aqueous phase (AP) and vice versa. |
| US11819574B2 |
Manufacturing of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes
Embodiments of the present application relate to batches of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) prepared by a commercial manufacturing process using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules. |
| US11819572B2 |
Treatment of pain by administration of sustained-release liposomal anesthetic compositions
In some embodiments provided herein is a method of treating pain, the method comprising administering into the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising multivesicular liposomes encapsulating bupivacaine phosphate, said multivesicular liposomes comprising bupivacaine or a salt thereof; phosphoric acid; a lipid component comprising at least one amphipathic lipid and at least one neutral lipid lacking a hydrophilic head group; and, optionally, a cholesterol and/or a plant sterol wherein said multivesicular liposomes are made by a process comprising: a) preparing a first aqueous component comprising phosphoric acid; b) preparing a lipid component comprising at least one organic solvent, at least one amphipathic lipid, and at least one neutral lipid lacking a hydrophilic head group; c) mixing said first aqueous component and said lipid component to form a water-in-oil emulsion, wherein at least one component comprises bupivacaine or a salt thereof; d) mixing said water-in-oil emulsion with a second aqueous component to form solvent spherules; and e) removing the organic solvent from the solvent spherules to form multivesicular liposomes encapsulating bupivacaine phosphate, wherein inadvertent administration of the pharmaceutical composition into the vasculature of the subject does not result in cardiac side effects or CNS side effects in the subject. |
| US11819571B2 |
Micelle constructs comprising curcumin
The invention relates to the treatment of cancer. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising a micelle construct attached to a curcumin molecule or a pharmaceutical equivalent, analog, derivative, or salt thereof, and a chemotherapy agent. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a micelle construct attached to curcumin or a pharmaceutical equivalent, analog, derivative, or salt thereof, and a chemotherapy agent. |
| US11819570B2 |
Temperature-resistant sugar-responsive gel
A sugar-responsive gel that is highly resistant to temperature changes, and a sugar-responsive drug delivery device including such a gel. The sugar-responsive gel, which comprises a gel composition including a monomer having a hydroxyl group in addition to a phenylboronic-acid-based monomer, can exhibit suitable temperature resistance. A sugar-responsive drug delivery device including such a sugar-responsive gel is less susceptible to the effects of temperature changes, and therefore can prevent undesirable excessive delivery of a drug such as insulin. |
| US11819561B2 |
Oral care compositions
This application provides, among other things, novel aqueous oral care compositions useful for combining and delivering poorly compatible ingredients, in particular, chlorhexidine and polyphosphate salts, by formulating the composition with a surfactant. |
| US11819559B2 |
Cosmetic compositions comprising an antimicrobial system with reduced eye irritation or discomfort
A cosmetic composition includes an antimicrobial system that includes an antimicrobial agent comprising 4-hydroxyacetophenone and one or more additional antimicrobial agents comprising piroctone olamine. The antimicrobial system can be used in a cosmetic composition wherein the composition is a makeup removal composition that is one of an O/W emulsion, a W/O emulsion, a micellar water, a makeup removing wipe, or a two-phase (or multi-phase) composition. The antimicrobial system may be free or essentially free of any one or more of parabens, alcohols, formaldehyde, and formaldehyde-derived compounds. In some particular embodiments, the composition is free or essentially free of parabens, formaldehyde, formaldehyde-derived compounds, pentylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, hexylglycerin, ethylhexylglycerin, octylglycerin, benzylglycerin, 3-heptoyl-2,2-propandiol, and 1,2-hexandiol. |
| US11819553B2 |
Glypican 3 antibodies and conjugates thereof
The invention provides murine, chimeric, and humanized antibodies that specifically bind to GPC3 and conjugates thereof. |
| US11819551B2 |
ASGPR-binding compounds for the degradation of extracellular proteins
Compounds and compositions that have an asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) binding ligand bound to an extracellular protein binding ligand for the selective degradation of the target extracellular protein in vivo to treat disorders mediated by the extracellular protein are described. |
| US11819550B2 |
Liquid protein formulations containing cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Concentrated, low-viscosity, low-volume liquid pharmaceutical formulations of proteins have been developed. Such formulations can be rapidly and conveniently administered by subcutaneous (SC) or intramuscular (IM) injection, rather than by lengthy intravenous infusion. These formulations include low-molecular-weight and/or high-molecular-weight proteins, such as mAbs, and organophosphates. The viscosity of the formulation is significantly reduced by the addition of one or more organophosphates. |
| US11819549B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation comprising ciclesonide
The disclosure relates to the field of medicine, in particular to the field of veterinary medicine. The disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical (medicament) formulation of glucocorticoids, especially ciclesonide or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof. |
| US11819547B2 |
Virus vaccination system and methods
A vaccine formation and delivery system includes a first chamber configured to store a live virus and a second chamber for storing an inactivated virus. The system further includes a UV radiation means used for irradiating the live virus. Personal dosage transfer chambers and a delivery system configured to attach to the personal dosage transfer chambers for delivering an inactive virus to a user. |
| US11819546B2 |
Helicobacter therapeutic
The present invention relates to method of treating and/or preventing inflammation in a subject caused by bacteria that express HtrA. The present invention further relates to immunogenic compositions comprising an HtrA polypeptide or fragment thereof, as well as a therapeutic and/or prophylactic vaccine for treating or preventing disease. |
| US11819541B2 |
Injection paradigm for administration of botulinum toxins
Disorders such as headaches can be treated by administration of a botulinum toxin to a patient suffering therefrom, such as a migraine headache. A combined a fixed site/fixed dose and an optional follow the pain variable dosage and injection site paradigm is disclosed for optimizing clinical effectiveness of botulinum toxin administration for patients suffering headache, particularly chronic migraine. |
| US11819537B2 |
Preventive or therapeutic method for inflammatory skin disease
The present invention provides a preventive or therapeutic method for an inflammatory skin disease, such as psoriasis, the method comprising administering an oligopeptide as an active ingredient. More specifically, the invention provides a preventive or therapeutic method for an inflammatory skin disease, the method comprising administering an oligopeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence containing a DE loop sequence of RANKL protein and a β-strand D sequence of RANKL protein placed adjacent to the N-terminal side of the DE loop sequence. |
| US11819536B2 |
Sustained release compositions and methods for treatment of temporomandibular joint degeneration
A composition for treating TMJ degeneration comprising a hydrogel of sclerostin and high molecular weight hyaluronic acid, or PLGA-encapsulated sclerostin, or sclerostin covalently linked to hyaluronic acid. |
| US11819533B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of fungal infections
The disclosure features non-irritating pharmaceutical compositions containing CD101 in pharmaceutical acceptable salt (e.g., CD101 acetate) or neutral form. The pharmaceutical compositions can be intravenously administered to a subject to treat fungal infections (e.g., candidiasis) in the subject. |
| US11819530B1 |
Long term treatment of hair loss
The invention relates to a method for the treatment and/or prevention of hair loss in a subject, wherein the therapeutic effects persist for at least 24 weeks or more after the last administration of the composition. Also disclosed are kits for treating and/or preventing hair loss. |
| US11819529B2 |
Composition for treating diarrhea
Disclosed in the present invention is a composition for treating diarrhea, comprising the following components calculated by weight ratio: Colocasia esculenta and antidiarrheal foods. The composition of the present invention has low cost, available raw materials, is safe and non-toxic, and is suitable for industrial production. The antidiarrheal effect of the product is remarkable. The rehabilitation time for the common diarrhea is 24-48 hours, and for the diarrhea caused by rotavirus is 48-72 hours, and the rehabilitation time is shortened by 2.5 days on average. The effective rate for persistent diarrhea within 5 days is 90.16%. For diarrhea of infants with milk protein allergy during the addition of supplementary feeding, six to eight kinds of foods can be added in one month, and thus the composition is especially suitable for infants and young children. |
| US11819528B2 |
Enhanced solubility of milk thistle extract
Described herein is a method for the production of a potent milk thistle extract. The method involves adding an oil to the milk thistle extract and results in an increase in the release rate of the plant drug. Also described herein is a product obtained by a method for the production of a potent milk thistle extract and the uses thereof. |
| US11819524B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating musculoskeletal diseases
Described herein are methods and compositions for using microbial agents (probiotics) and agents that promote growth of certain microbes (prebiotics) for management (including prevention and treatment) of musculoskeletal disorders, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, Paget's disease, stunting, osteoarthritis, osteomyelitis, and delayed or non-union fractures. |
| US11819521B2 |
Cellular compositions derived from prior organ donors and methods of manufacture and use thereof
The invention provides methods of making and using compositions for establishing mixed chimerism in a subject that include CD34+ cells and CD3+ cells derived from an apheresis product obtained from a subject that has previously donated a solid organ. |
| US11819517B2 |
Methods of using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in double-refractory melanoma
Methods of treating melanomas refractory to other therapies using tumor infiltrating lymphocytes are disclosed. |
| US11819516B2 |
Immunotherapy
Provided herein is technology relating to immunotherapy and particularly, but not exclusively, to compositions, methods, and kits for immunotherapy and activation of T cells using a peptide-major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) assembled on a protein scaffold for patterned signal presentation of T cell activating ligands to T cells. |
| US11819515B1 |
System and method of use for halotherapy sessions
A system and method of use for an operational halotherapy device and red light device in an enclosed space. The halotherapy and red light system generally comprise a machine disposed in the enclosed space that disperses salt particles into the air, and includes a red light device that emits red light waves. The combination of both devices produces a refractory phenomenon when the red light waves make contact with the salt particles dispersed in the air to cause a plethora of multi-dimensional dispersions of light waves. Moreover, every time a salt particle makes contact with a red light wave, a portion of the wave light is absorbed by the particle and its temperature increases, lessening the moisture in the particle. The lessening of moisture in the particle dries the particle further, which enhances the therapeutic properties of the inhalable salt particle. |
| US11819510B2 |
Food composition for ameliorating cerebrovascular diseases containing 2′- fucosyllactose and pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cerebrovascular diseases containing 2′-fucosyllactose
Disclosed are a food composition containing 2′-fucosyllactose and a pharmaceutical composition containing 2′-fucosyllactose that are effective in ameliorating, preventing or treating various cerebro-cardiovascular diseases caused by thrombogenesis, and a method for ameliorating a cerebro-cardiovascular disease caused by a thrombus by administering a composition including 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) to a subject in need thereof. The 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL) exhibits antagonistic (inhibitory) activity against CRP and collagen, which are agonists of platelets, and thus can be used to inhibit thrombogenesis due to abnormal platelet activity. |
| US11819507B2 |
Cholecalciferol sulfate salts and their use for the treatment of vitamin D deficiency
Pharmaceutically acceptable cholecalciferol sulfate salts are used for combating vitamin D3 deficiency. New cholecalciferol sulfate salts as well as pharmaceutical compositions of the pharmaceutically acceptable cholecalciferol sulfate salts are described as well. |
| US11819506B2 |
Use of glucocorticoids for the treatment of epithelial microbial infections of a fluid containing organ with a natural exterior orifice in mammals
The disclosure is directed to glucocorticoids for the treatment of epithelial microbial infections in fluid-containing organ having a natural exterior orifice in mammals; this new therapeutic use finds particular interest in the treatment of epithelial microbial infections of ear (such as otitis externa), udder (such as mastitis), and uterus (such as endometritis). |
| US11819503B2 |
Method of treating coccidioides infection
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of olorofim, 2-(1,5-dimethyl-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-N-(4-(4-(5-fluoropyrimidin-2-yl)piperazin-1-yl)phenyl)-2-oxoacetamide in the prevention and treatment of a fungal infection caused by a Coccidioides species. |
| US11819498B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating autophagy related disease states and conditions utilizing AMPK activation
The present invention is directed to the discovery that AMPK activation through Galectin 9 induces autophagy and affects other related processes in response to lyosomal damage which occurs and the use of that mechanism in the treatment of autophagy disease states and/or conditions. The use of modulators of AMPK and optionally a modulator of Galectin 9, TAK1 and/or a lysosomotropic agent for the treatment of autophagy-mediated disease states and/or conditions is described as are pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US11819492B2 |
Natural product derivatives for inhibiting cellular necroptosis, ferroptosis and oxytosis
The present invention relates to a compound of the following general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof, for use as drug, particularly intended for inhibiting a programmed cell death route selected from the group consisting of ferroptosis, oxytosis and cellular necroptosis. The present invention also relates to a compound of general formula (I) for use as a drug for neuroprotection as well as for preventing and/or treating disorders associated with cellular necroptosis or ferroptosis. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of general formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof. The present invention also encompasses the use of a compound of the general formula (I) for organs preservation. |
| US11819488B2 |
Nanosuspensions of salsalate and methods of using the same
The present invention is directed to nanosuspensions of salsalate and methods of making and using such compositions. |
| US11819486B2 |
Composition for external use on skin for inflammatory diseases
[Problem] To provide a composition for external skin use that has anti-inflammatory and antiallergic activity, and is very safe. [Solution] A composition for external skin use for inflammatory diseases contains dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) as the active ingredient thereof. It is preferable for the DGLA to be present as a glyceride, a phospholipid, or an alkyl ester. The amount of DGLA contained in the composition for external use is 0.1-50 wt %. |
| US11819485B2 |
Levodopa fractionated dose composition and use
There is provided a convenient new treatment of Parkinson disease by a frequent administration of optimal levodopa doses mimicking a continuous intravenous or infusion treatment, thus mitigating motor complications; and a new carbidopa/levodopa pharmaceutical unit form providing said new treatment. |
| US11819484B2 |
Retinoid derivatives with antitumor activity
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them: wherein meanings of the substituents are indicated in the description. Such compounds for use in the treatment of cancer and other diseases related to altered angiogenesis, such as arthritic pathology, diabetic retinopathy, psoriasis and chronic inflammatory disease, are also within the scope of the present invention. |
| US11819481B2 |
Supramolecular hydrogel applications to the carotid bodies to treat hypertension and sleep apnea in obesity
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea utilizing hydrogel compositions comprising drug amphiphiles with TRPM 7 antagonists for use in a subject, including use on the carotid body of a subject. |
| US11819480B2 |
Methods for treating cancer
Disclosed herein are methods of inhibiting tumor growth or producing tumor regression in a subject having a drug-resistant estrogen receptor alpha positive cancer or a mutant estrogen receptor alpha positive cancer. The methods entail administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of RAD1901 having the structure: or a salt or solvate thereof. |
| US11819479B2 |
Compositions for the treatment of blepharitis
Embodiments relate to a method for treatment of blepharitis in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of at least one cannabinoid, via the topical route. Optionally, the pharmaceutical composition is administered in combination with an additional agent selected from the group consisting of: an essential oil, a steroid, an antibiotic, an anti-parasitic, a disinfectant, an anesthetic, a terpene, a moisturizer and a vitamin. |
| US11819478B2 |
Selective gene therapy expression system
The present invention relates to an expression system for systemic administration comprising a sequence encoding a protein, said expression system allowing: the expression at a therapeutically acceptable level of the protein in the target tissues including skeletal muscles; and the expression at toxically acceptable level of the protein in tissues other than the target tissues, especially in the heart. |
| US11819477B2 |
Nanoparticles for selective death of cancer cells through ferroptosis, method of preparing the same, and use of the nanoparticles
Provided are nanoparticles for the selective death of cancer cells through ferroptosis and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the nanoparticles are in a form in which a cancer cell-targeting hydrogel and iron particles are bound and aggregated, and are selectively accumulated in cancer cells, and thus exhibit an effective cancer cell killing effect through ferroptosis, and accordingly, are expected to exhibit high therapeutic effects due to less side effects. |
| US11819476B2 |
Rapamycin analogs and uses thereof
The present invention provides compounds of formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same as mTORC1 inhibitors. |
| US11819474B2 |
Hair care compositions comprising malodor reduction materials
The present invention discloses a hair care composition comprising, based on total composition weight, a) a sum total of from about 0.1% to about 2% of a perfume with one or more malodor reduction materials having a wt % from about 0.0001% to about 2% of one or more of said malodor reduction materials; b) from about 0.01% to about 10% of a scalp active material selected from the group consisting of sulfur and mixtures thereof; c) from about 0.1% to about 40% of a surfactant. |
| US11819472B2 |
Pacifier for cooling of oral tissue
A pacifier for cooling of oral tissue including: a nipple having an outer shell forming an outer chamber which is configured to retain a first cooling medium having a freezing temperature below 0 degrees Celsius, an inner shell forming an inner chamber positioned inside the outer chamber and which is configured to retain a second cooling medium having a freezing temperature above the freezing point temperature of the first cooling medium to assist in chilling the first cooling medium; a handle coupled to a proximate end of the nipple; and a shield positioned between the handle and the proximate end of the nipple. |
| US11819467B2 |
Actuator for physical therapy
A robotic system comprising: a joint coupling a linkage to an additional linkage; and at least one cable; wherein the joint includes a motor having a shaft, a strain wave gear having a flexible member coupled to a circular spline, a conduit, and a bearing; wherein the motor is configured to rotate the shaft in a first direction and the strain wave gear is configured to rotate a rotatable member, the rotatable member including one of the flexible member or the circular spline; wherein the conduit is configured to rotate in response to rotation of the rotatable member; wherein the at least one cable passes through both the bearing and into the additional linkage but does not pass through either of the strain wave gear or the motor. |
| US11819460B2 |
Collision prevention system for overhead assembly
A collision prevention system for a surgical suite includes a supply unit adjustable along a movement path from an initial position to a subsequent position within the surgical suite. A sensor is operably coupled to the supply unit. The sensor is configured to sense an object proximate to the supply unit. A controller is communicatively coupled with the sensor. The controller monitors the object sensed by the sensor. An alert device is communicatively coupled with the controller. The alert device provides a notification when the object is sensed within the movement path and provides a prevention indicator corresponding to an alternate path. |
| US11819458B2 |
Laser systems and methods for alteration of eye color
A method for altering an eye color of a patient with a color alteration procedure is disclosed that may include determining a laser power to deliver to stromal pigment in an iris of the eye of the patient by at least retrieving a set of laser criteria for delivery of an exposure less than 100 times a maximum permissible exposure that causes elimination of at least a portion of the stromal pigment. A laser system may be set to deliver laser light at the laser power which is less than the set of laser criteria and the laser light may be delivered with the laser system. |
| US11819457B2 |
Methods and systems for OCT guided glaucoma surgery
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for aiding a surgeon to perform a surgical procedure on an eye. The surgical procedure includes inserting an elongate probe from an opening into the eye across an anterior chamber to a target tissue region comprising a trabecular meshwork and a Schlemm's canal. Exemplary systems include an optical microscope for the surgeon to view the eye with a microscope image during the procedure; an optical coherence tomography (OCT) apparatus configured to perform an OCT scan of a target location in the target tissue region during the procedure; and an image processing apparatus configured to generate an augmented image by overlaying an OCT image of target location and a graphical visual element identifying the locations, wherein the graphical visual element is registered with the microscope image to aid the surgeon in advancing a distal end of the elongate probe to the target location. |
| US11819456B2 |
Electrolytic device for treating an eye disorder
Devices and methods are described for electrolytically, ultrasonically, or both electrolytically and ultrasonically disrupting debris on an eyelid margin. A device includes an eyelid contacting portion having at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power supply electrically coupled to at least one of the first and second electrodes. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally have a shelf separating an upper portion from a lower portion with electrodes on the upper and lower portions. The eyelid contacting portion may optionally include at least one channel with electrodes. The device may optionally include an ultrasonic driver. Another device includes an ultrasonic driver but no electrodes. A method contacts debris on an eyelid margin with a first electrode and contacting a surface of an eyelid with a second electrode and supplying electrical energy to one of the first or second electrodes to disrupt the debris. Another method applies ultrasonic energy to the eyelid margin to disrupt debris on the eyelid margin. |
| US11819454B2 |
Intraocular injector
Assemblies for and methods of intraocular injection. An injector assembly includes a housing defining an internal chamber and having a slot on an external surface thereof; a cannula needle having a lumen and a cutout on an outer surface; a flexible arm having a proximal end affixed to the outer surface of the cannula needle and a distal end having a hook such that the hook is disposed within the cutout; a pushrod slidably disposed within the lumen; and a latch slidably disposed in the slot of the housing, the latch coupled to the pushrod such that translation of the latch causes translation of the pushrod to thereby eject an implant disposed within the lumen between the hook and pushrod. |
| US11819451B2 |
Injectable slush feed supply
A process and related assemblies for delivering slush through a tube towards a patient. Obtaining an elongated container partially filled with slush with a port end that has a first port and a second port. Placing the first port in fluid communication with tubing for delivery of slush towards the patient. Placing the second port in fluid communication with a source of gas which may be air. Subjecting the elongated container to automated repetitive movements so that the slush in the partially filled elongated container moves against interior surfaces within the elongated container. Ideally, two different forms of repetitive motion are used to impose complex movement upon the slush within the elongated container. Applying a pressure gradient to cause slush to flow out of the first port towards the patient. The elongated container may be made from a slush bottle with a reversibly engaged cap with the two ports. |
| US11819447B2 |
Urine collection apparatuses
A urine collection device suitable for female or male use. The device may be configured to the wearer and has an open cavity with one or more one way valves through which urine may flow into an enclosed cavity. The enclosed cavity comprises a valve through which collected urine may be expelled so that the device may be reused if desired. |
| US11819445B2 |
Accessory separate from and attachable to an adhesive body side member of an ostomy appliance
An accessory separate from and attachable to an adhesive body side member of an ostomy appliance is disclosed. The accessory includes a proximal surface that is attachable to a distal side of the adhesive body side member and a distal surface opposite from and connected to the proximal surface. The accessory has a pocket formed between the proximal surface and the distal surface of the accessory, with an opening formed to communicate with the pocket, and manipulable material disposed in the pocket. The manipulable material is adapted to be displaced out of the pocket through the opening and is adapted to absorb stoma moisture to prevent the stoma moisture from reaching an adhesive of the adhesive body side member to effectively increase a wear time of the adhesive body side member. |
| US11819444B2 |
Ostomy device with a switchable adhesive composition adapted to be switched by moisture activation of a switch initiator
An adhesive wafer adapted to attach a waste collecting bag to a skin surface of a user includes a switchable adhesive composition adapted to be switched from a first liquid state to a second adhesive state by moisture activation of the switch initiator. |
| US11819442B2 |
Orthotic clubfoot device and method
A dual-adjustable orthotic device to treat clubfoot and methods for using same. The device comprises a pair of paddles, adapted to attach footwear, attached at opposing ends of an adjustable torque bar the device has independent configuration systems to adjust the angle at which the paddles are oriented to the bar, and to adjust the torque loading applied to the paddles. These systems facilitate the independent adjustment of the device settings without changing the tensioning mechanism, stocking multiple devices, or having to disassemble and reassemble the tensioning structures. |
| US11819440B2 |
Orthopedic device providing metered toe traction with variable adduction, dorsiflexion and rotation angles, including lateral glide of the first metatarsal head
In device for placing a toe of a patient's foot in traction may broadly include a shoe portion (e.g., a sole, counter, and strap(s)); a toe attachment apparatus (e.g., a Chinese finger trap) having a cable extending therefrom; a pulley, with the cable wrapped about the pulley; and an apparatus (e.g., a ratchet, an actuator, and the like) configured to apply tension to the cable to create traction in the toe. A second actuator may adjust lateral positioning of the pulley relative to the shoe portion to set a desired angle of adduction for the traction provided to the toe by the cable. A meter may be coupled to the cable to indicate an amount of tension provided thereto. Another actuator may adjust elevational positioning of the pulley relative to the shoe portion to set a desired angle of dorsiflexion for the traction provided to the toe by the cable. |
| US11819437B2 |
Ankle foot orthosis
An ankle foot orthosis having a lower leg element, a foot element being pivotably coupled to the lower leg element around a pivot axis, and a first energy storing unit being adapted such that moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from a position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal loads the first energy storing unit with energy. The first energy storing unit is adapted such that the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is increased by moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in a plantar flexion direction from a first position in which the amount of energy stored in the first energy storing unit is minimal into a second position and moving the foot element relative to the lower leg element in dorsiflexion direction from the second position back into the first position. |
| US11819435B2 |
Device for providing active assistance to a body joint
A device for providing active assistance to a body joint including at least one spring module interconnecting first and second attachment parts. The at least one spring module including first and second elongate link members coupled to the first and second attachment parts respectively and pivotably coupled to each other at a pivot joint with a pivoting axis perpendicular to the first and second elongate link members; a coil spring extending longitudinally between the first and second elongate link members and across the pivot joint, whereby first and second ends of the coil spring are coupled to the first and second elongate link members respectively; and a coil-spring-retaining-member slidable relative to the first elongate link member in a manner so as to vary a portion of a length of the coil spring engaged and retained by the coil-spring-retaining-member to vary an effective length of the coil spring. |
| US11819434B2 |
Joint stabilization device, particularly for the patellofemoral joint
A joint stabilization device including at least support means positionable at the patellar portion of a leg of a patient; a sustaining element of elongated shape, having a first extremity and a second extremity opposite to each other, associated with the support means and positionable laterally to the patella of the patient; a first traction element and a second traction element associated with the first extremity and with the second extremity, respectively; and a first directing element and a second directing element which are associated with the sustaining element and interposed between the first extremity and the first traction element and between the second extremity and the second traction element respectively, wherein the first traction element and the second traction element are adapted to position the sustaining element in a predefined position, the first directing element and the second directing element being adjustable depending on the predefined position. |
| US11819431B2 |
Apparatus and method for deploying an implantable device within the body
The present invention provides systems and methods for deploying implantable devices within the body. The delivery and deployment systems include at least one catheter or an assembly of catheters for selectively positioning the lumens of the implant to within target vessels. Various deployment and attachment mechanisms are provided for selectively deploying the implants. |
| US11819430B2 |
Expandable stent and a method for promoting a natural intracranial angiogenesis process, and use of the expandable stent in the method for promoting a natural intracranial angiogenesis process
An expandable stent (1) to enhance the supply of blood to downstream tissue which is being supplied with blood through a diseased intracranial artery (100) with a stenosis (102) formed therein by plaque with a bore (103) therethrough. The expandable stent (1) comprises first and second end portions (3,4) joined by a central portion (5). The central portion (5) is configured in the expanded state of the stent (1) to be located in the bore (103) of the stenosis (102) with the first and second end portions (3,4) abutting non-diseased parts (104,106) of the artery (100) adjacent the proximal and distal ends (105,107) of the stenosis (102) for anchoring the stent (1) in the artery (100). The central portion (5) with the stent (1) in the expanded state is configured to apply a radial outward pressure to the stenosis (102) such that the diameter of the bore (103) of the stenosis (102) is maintained at its current diameter or increased to approximately 50% of the non-diseased parts (104,106) of the artery (100). |
| US11819423B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting artificial femoral components
A system for preparing a femur to receive an implant includes a saw blade positionable in a first saw blade slot of a distal cutting block and operable to form an axial cut surface on the patient's femur. The saw blade carries on a first side thereof nominal A/P sizing indicia that increments negatively from an anterior top of concavity of the medial condyle to a posterior top of concavity of the medial condyle, when the saw blade is positioned on the axial cut surface of the patient's femur. The saw blade also carries nominal M/L sizing indicia on a second, opposing side of the saw blade. An A/P chamfer cutting block is positionable on the axial cut surface of the femur and is coupled to at least one rotational guide that rotationally orients the A/P chamfer cutting block relative to the patient's femur. |
| US11819420B2 |
Spinal intervertebral body fusion device
The disclosure relates to a spinal intervertebral body fusion device including an adjustable spacer, a first and second pushing piece, and an operative piece. The adjustable spacer includes a first and second supporting plate. The first supporting plate portion is movably installed on the second supporting plate portion. The first and second supporting plate portions form a first and second opening respectively located at two opposite sides of the adjustable spacer. The first pushing piece located at the first opening and is partially clamped by the first and second supporting plate portions. The second pushing piece located at the second opening is partially clamped by the first and second supporting plate portions. The operative piece is movably disposed through the second pushing piece and screwed to the first pushing piece. The operative piece has an annular slot, and the second pushing piece is partially located in the annular slot. |
| US11819414B2 |
Prosthetic devices for a deceased human body and methods of use thereof
The present invention relates to the field of artificial prosthetic devices, which may more particularly be a bone replacement prosthesis, to be particularly disposed on or within, or otherwise used with, a deceased human body (e.g. corpse, cadaver). |
| US11819407B2 |
Heart valve prosthesis delivery system
A heart valve prosthesis delivery device can be modified in situ to facilitate retrieval of the device from a patient after delivery of a heart valve prosthesis. The device can include a nose cone that permits enclosures of the device to be drawn together in an aligned configuration, reducing the likelihood that the device will get caught on the prosthesis or vasculature as the device is retrieved from the patient. |
| US11819401B2 |
Intraocular lenses with customized add power
Intraocular lenses with a base optical power and a customized add power. The add power is customized based on at least one of ocular biometry of an individual, position of the intraocular lens in the eye and a preferred reading distance. |
| US11819400B2 |
Method and apparatus for an adaptive focus lens
Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptively focusing a lens. In one approach, electromagnetic energy is employed to modify a shape or thickness of a lens such that its refractive power and focal length are modified. In one aspect, a lens embodying adaptive focus features requires low power, and can be adjusted quickly. One or a plurality of electromagnets can be employed to compress or separate end portions of an embedded haptic, the force from which acts to alter the shape of the haptic, thus modifying the refractive power and focal length of a lens. |
| US11819398B2 |
Self-expandable surgical implant for correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
A self-expandable double-sided surgical implant including a peripheral pocket receiving an expansion ring. The surgical implant may be used for the correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernias. |
| US11819395B2 |
Continuous strips of sanitary napkins on a roll
A strip having a weakened region that defines first and second segments on either side thereof. The first and second segments include corresponding first and second sanitary napkins. |
| US11819393B2 |
Absorbent article with function-formed topsheet, and method for manufacturing
An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions. |
| US11819391B2 |
Absorbent article and method for manufacturing same
In order to prevent degradation of appearance, prevent a decrease in flexibility, and improve non-elasticity in a non-stretchable region in an elastic film stretchable structure, the invention is characterized by having an elastic film stretchable structure (20X) formed by stacking an elastic film (30) between a first sheet layer (20A) and a second sheet layer (20B), wherein a region having the elastic film stretchable structure (20X) includes a non-stretchable region (70) and a stretchable region (80) provided at least at one side of the non-stretchable region (70) in a stretching and contracting direction, the stretchable region (80) being stretchable in the stretching and contracting direction, the first sheet layer (20A) and the second sheet layer (20B) are joined via through holes (31) penetrating the elastic film (30) at the large number of sheet bond portions (40) arranged at intervals, and the non-stretchable region (70) does not have a section in which the elastic film (30) linearly continues along the stretching and contracting direction, due to presence of the through holes (31), even though the elastic film (30) continues in the stretching and contracting direction. |
| US11819390B2 |
Tampon pledget for increased bypass leakage protection
There is provided a tampon pledget that includes one or more enhanced features that result in the pledget exhibiting increased bypass leakage prevention. These enhanced features may include, but are not limited to, geometry, absorption, and any combinations thereof. There is also provided one or more methods for constructing a tampon pledget having increased bypass leakage protection. |
| US11819382B2 |
Tissue borne fixation system, device, and methods of making and using same
A surgical guide foundation system, device, and methods of making and using same. The surgical guide foundation system may include one or more foundation devices. The one or more foundation devices may include a main body portion, one or more fixation ports formed in the main body portion and forming a passage therethrough, and one or more carrier connectors (e.g., plug connector style latches) formed on the main body portion. The surgical guide foundation system may further include a guide component. The guide component may be configured to be engageable with one or more of the one or more carrier connectors. The main body portion may include protrusions formed on an inner facing surface of the main body portion and extending in a generally perpendicular direction therefrom. |
| US11819378B2 |
Orthodontic bracket covering ligature tie
A brace cap is disclosed, and a method for using such. The brace cap has an annular design with an asymmetric c-shape rotated around a central axis, configured to surround a brace bracket to prevent the brace bracket from irritating adjacent surfaces within a mouth of a user. The asymmetric c-shape has a first arm and a second arm, where the first arm is longer than the second arm. |
| US11819377B2 |
Generating 3D models of a patient's teeth based on 2D teeth images
Methods for obtaining an adjusted 3D model of patient's teeth based on a 2D image of the patient's teeth. In some examples, the method includes: obtaining a 3D digital model based on a scan of the patient's teeth; obtaining a 2D image based on a camera picture; iteratively comparing a distance between corresponding points on one or more teeth of the 3D digital model and of the 2D image, and generating an adjusted 3D model in which the one or more teeth of the 3D digital model are moved to reduce said distance, wherein iteratively comparing and generating comprises iterating until one or more deviations between the teeth of the 3D digital model and the 2D image are below a threshold. |
| US11819371B2 |
System for hybrid denture fabrication
Described herein is a system for hybrid denture fabrication. The system improve the efficiency of the fabrication process for both the dental service provider (e.g., dentist, dental surgeon, etc.) and the patient. A permanent hybrid prosthesis (e.g., the bridge and its reinforcing bar) can be fabricated within 24 hours of the surgical procedure using the system described herein. This makes it possible to deliverer the permanent hybrid prosthesis within 48 hours (or even within 24 hours) of the surgical procedure. Additionally, the system eliminates the need to provide the patient with a temporary denture following the surgery. Further, the system substantially reduces the patient's chair-time and/or the number of patient visits. |
| US11819365B2 |
System and method for measuring depth of instrumentation
Devices, systems, and methods for measuring the distance and/or depth to a target bone for surgery using a robotic surgical system. The surgical robot system may be configured to depict the distance from a guide tube of the robot to a target bone of a patient as a vector. The vector may represent a view of the guide tube when the guide tube's central axis is coincident with a line of intersection of two viewplanes of a 2D image of the target bone, for example, one viewplane being sagittal and one viewplane being axial. |
| US11819364B2 |
Ultrasound probe with moveable heat spreader and cable strain relief
An ultrasound imaging probe includes an ultrasound transducer assembly configured to obtain imaging data associated with a body of a patient; a chassis (304) fixedly secured to the ultrasound transducer assembly; a plurality of heat spreader members (430, 440) positioned around the chassis and configured to provide a thermal path for heat generated by the ultrasound transducer assembly while obtaining the imaging data, wherein the plurality of heat spreader members is movably coupled to the chassis; and a housing (510, 520) positioned around the plurality of heat spreader members, wherein the plurality of heat spreader members is configured to move relative to the chassis when the housing is positioned around the plurality of heat spreader members. |
| US11819363B2 |
Systems and methods to improve resolution of ultrasound images with a neural network
The current disclosure provides for mapping ultrasound images to resolution mapped ultrasound images using generative neural networks, while maintaining clinical quality of the resolution mapped ultrasound image, thereby enabling a clinician to evaluate ultrasound images in a preferred resolution without loss of clinically relevant content. In one embodiment the current disclosure provides for a method comprising, acquiring a ultrasound image of an anatomical region of a subject, wherein the ultrasound image is in a first resolution, selecting a target resolution, wherein the target resolution is distinct from the first resolution, selecting a clinical quality metric, selecting a trained resolution mapping network based on the target resolution and the clinical quality metric, mapping the ultrasound image to a resolution mapped ultrasound image using the trained resolution mapping network, wherein the resolution mapped ultrasound image is in the target resolution, and displaying the resolution mapped ultrasound image via a display device. |
| US11819356B2 |
Multi-sequence scanning methods and apparatuses, devices and CT systems
Multi-sequence scanning methods and apparatuses, devices and CT systems are described. A multi-sequence scanning method may include: in response to a parameter configuration command, configuring scan sequence parameters for a plurality of scan sequences in a scan protocol to obtain a target scan protocol, where the scan sequence parameters include a scan start time and a scan duration of each of the scan sequences, and a scan switching duration between the scan sequences, where a total scan duration of the scan sequences in the target scan protocol is configured to be less than or equal to a preset total scan duration, and where the scan switching duration between the scan sequences is configured in a shortest duration mode; and in response to receiving a scan command, controlling the CT system to scan a scanned object according to the scan sequence parameters configured in the target scan protocol. |
| US11819355B2 |
Methods and systems for automatic implant detection in mammography
Various methods and systems are provided for mammogram imaging. In one example, a method for an x-ray mammography system includes determining, based on a pre-exposure image of a subject acquired with the x-ray mammography system before acquisition of one or more main images, that the subject has an implant; automatically adjusting one or more imaging parameters in response to determining that the subject has the implant; and acquiring the one or more main images with the adjusted one or more imaging parameters. |
| US11819353B2 |
CT imaging method of coronary artery and computer readable storage medium
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a CT imaging method of coronary artery and a computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising: generating and outputting a global optimal phase image of a coronary artery; and generating and outputting a local optimal phase image of a particular trunk of the coronary artery based on a trunk selection command. |
| US11819351B2 |
Medical imaging apparatus, medical image processing apparatus, and image processing program
To obtain a predictive model that shows a diagnostic prediction result with higher accuracy and high medical validity. A medical imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that collects an image signal of an inspection target, and an image processing unit that generates first image data from the image signal and performs image processing of the first image data. The image processing unit includes a feature quantity extraction unit that extracts a first feature quantity from the first image data, a feature quantity abstraction unit that abstracts the first feature quantity to extract a second feature quantity, a feature quantity conversion unit that converts the second feature quantity into a third feature quantity extracted by second image data, and an identification unit that uses the converted third feature quantity to calculate a predetermined parameter value. |
| US11819343B2 |
Wearable system for capturing and transmitting biomedical signals
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for compressed sensing (CS). The CS is a signal processing concept wherein significantly fewer sensor measurements than that suggested by Shannon/Nyquist sampling theorem can be used to recover signals with arbitrarily fine resolution. In this disclosure, the CS framework is applied for sensor signal processing in order to support low power robust sensors and reliable communication in Body Area Networks (BANs) for healthcare and fitness applications. |
| US11819339B2 |
Thermosensitive nanosensor for instantaneous transcutaneous biological measurement
A thermosensitive nanosensor includes a substrate having a plurality of vertically standing nanostructures attached thereto, the plurality of vertically standing nanostructure being covered with a conductive material to form conductive coated nanostructures; a thermosensitive hydrogel adjacent to the plurality of conductive coated nanostructures; and a cover layer on top of the thermosensitive hydrogel to prevent loss of moisture and mechanical stress. |
| US11819338B1 |
Risk tolerance simulation and baseline
A system includes a biometric sensor configured to detect physiological data associated with anxiety of a user, a memory, and at least one hardware processor executing operations. The operations include selecting a plurality of stimuli from a pool of stimuli, the selected plurality of stimuli including at least one target stimuli associated with a subject matter and at least one generic stimuli not directly associated with the subject matter. The operations also include presenting each stimulus to the user, collecting sensor readings from the biometric sensor, and generating anxiety results. The operations also include determining an anxiety score based on the anxiety results, identifying a plurality of risk tolerance ranges, each risk tolerance range being associated with a category of risk tolerance, and determining a risk tolerance result of the user based on comparing the anxiety score to the plurality of risk tolerance ranges. |
| US11819332B2 |
Method and apparatus for measurement of neural response
A method for determining a desired location at which to apply a neural therapy. An array of electrodes is positioned proximal to neural tissue. A stimulus is applied from the array which evokes a neural compound action potential response in the neural tissue proximal to the array. A plurality of electrodes of the array simultaneously obtain respective measurements of the neural compound action potential response. From the measurements of the neural compound action potential response a desired location for a neural therapy is determined. |
| US11819331B2 |
Visualization of epicardial and endocardial electroanatomical maps
A method includes receiving a first representation of an internal surface of at least a portion of a wall of an organ of a patient, and a second representation of an external surface of at least the portion of the wall of the organ. The first and second representations are registered with one another. An exploded representation is generated from the first and second representations, that shows both the internal surface and the external surface. The exploded representation is presented to a user. |
| US11819328B2 |
Methods and systems for endobronchial diagnostics
Methods and systems for targeting, accessing and diagnosing diseased lung compartments are disclosed. The method comprises introducing a diagnostic catheter with an occluding member at its distal end into a lung segment via an assisted ventilation device; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung segment; and performing a diagnostic procedure with the catheter while the patient is ventilated. The proximal end of the diagnostic catheter is configured to be attached to a console. The method may also comprise introducing the diagnostic catheter into the lung segment; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung segment; and monitoring blood oxygen saturation. The method may further comprise introducing the diagnostic catheter into the lung segment; determining tidal flow volume in the lung segment; determining total lung capacity of the patient; and determining a flow rank value based on the tidal flow volume of the lung segment and the total lung capacity. |
| US11819325B2 |
Method for measuring level of muscle relaxation, processing device thereof and instrument for measuring muscle relaxation
Disclosed are a method for measuring the level of muscle relaxation, a device thereof and an apparatus for measuring muscle relaxation, and the method respectively obtains the sampled values of the acceleration and angular velocity of the measurement site via an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor or a speed sensor and an angular velocity sensor, in order to calculate the degree of muscle relaxation according to the sampled values of the acceleration and angular velocity. As the calculated results combine the sampled values of the acceleration and angular velocity of the measurement site, the accuracy of the calculated results is higher. Moreover, the measurement combines an acceleration sensor and an angular velocity sensor or a speed sensor and an angular velocity sensor, so that the apparatus for measuring muscle relaxation can be placed in any position of the measurement site without influencing the accuracy of the measured results. |
| US11819323B2 |
Method and devices for detecting viruses and bacterial pathogens
The embodiments disclose a method including making electrodes using an electrically conductive material for impedimetric detection of analytical targets in an electrochemical sensing platform device, collecting patient samples in a solution compartment of the electrochemical sensing platform device, binding primers and aptamers to electrodes for functionalizing electrodes for detecting and binding targeted viruses and bacterial pathogens, incubating oral fluid samples in the solution compartment using a heater, measuring electrode impedance changes, recording measured electrode impedance changes in a memory device, and integrating wireless technologies into the electrochemical sensing platform device configured for transmitting recorded measured data. |
| US11819322B2 |
System and method for monitoring airflow in a trachea with ultrasound
Described here are systems and methods for monitoring airflow changes in a patient's airway during a medical procedure or as a general patient monitoring tool. Doppler ultrasound signals are acquired from the tracheal wall of the patient and parameters from those Doppler ultrasound signals are compared to baseline parameters. When a threshold change is detected, an alarm can be provided to a user to indicate respiratory compromise, which can include early airway compromise or airway obstruction. |
| US11819320B2 |
Method and system for determining orientation of capsule endoscope
The present invention discloses a method and system for determining orientation of a capsule endoscope. An external magnetic field is provided outside the capsule endoscope, and an internal magnetic field is provided inside the capsule endoscope. Magnetic field data is obtained according to the external magnetic field and the internal magnetic field, and acceleration data of the capsule endoscope is obtained. When the polarization direction of the external magnetic field is horizontal, the orientation information of the capsule endoscope is obtained according to the acceleration data. When the polarization direction of the external magnetic field is non-horizontal, the orientation information of the capsule endoscope is obtained according to the acceleration data and the magnetic field data. |
| US11819319B2 |
Devices for detecting organ contents using impedance and methods of using the same to provide various therapies
Devices for detecting organ contents using impedance and methods of using the same to provide various therapies. In an exemplary embodiment of a device for detecting organ contents of the present disclosure, the device comprises a body having a detector coupled thereto, the device configured for placement at or near an outside of an organ and operable to detect contents on an inside of the organ using impedance. |
| US11819315B2 |
Human condition detecting device
A human condition detection device comprises a depth image-taking module for taking a depth image of a target area. A millimeter-wave radar module detects breaths or heartbeats in the target area to provide a signal. A thermal image-taking module takes a thermal image of the target area. A processor module determines whether a person is in the target area based on the depth image. The processor module determines whether there is any breath or heartbeat based on the signal if a person is in the target area. The processor module determines whether there is any abnormal vital sign of the person in the target area based on the signal and the thermal image if there is a breath or heartbeat in the target area. The processor module actuates the warning module to provide a warning if there is an abnormal vital sign of the person in the target area. |
| US11819314B2 |
Medical apparatus and test assisting method
A medical apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured: to receive an input of test result information including a test result of each of tests that are related to a biological valve and were carried out at two or more different times; to estimate one of a test time for a follow-up observation of the biological valve and a test time for replacing the biological valve, on the basis of a chronological change in an open/close state of the biological valve derived from the received test result information; and to output the estimated test time. |
| US11819313B2 |
System and method of using body temperature logging patch
Continuous temperature monitors can be used to collect frequent temperature data over large periods of time. A machine learning system trained with collected temperature data can be used to predict future temperature data for patients. Such predictions can be clinically beneficial for disease states in which fever can be fatal, particularly for those fevers having fast onset. For example, patients undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy may suffer fevers caused by cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Accordingly, a continuous temperature monitor is used to collect temperature data from CAR-T patients with high risk of CRS (or like patients with high fever risk), and the collected temperature data processed by a machine learning system to predict the patient's future temperature profiles. Results of analysis of the predicted temperature profiles may then be provided to the patient and/or clinician. |
| US11819312B2 |
Photoacoustic apparatus and method for controlling photoacoustic apparatus
A photoacoustic apparatus includes a laser light irradiating unit that irradiates an inside of a subject with pulsed light; a photoacoustic signal acquiring unit that acquires a photoacoustic signal from a photoacoustic wave from the subject; a light amount detecting unit that detects a light amount of the pulsed light; a correlation data memory that stores first correlation data and second correlation data; an energy estimating unit that estimates an energy on the basis of the amount of the pulsed light and the first correlation data; a pulse width estimating unit that estimates a pulse width on the basis of the estimated energy and the second correlation data; and a photoacoustic signal correcting unit that corrects the photoacoustic signal on the basis of a first difference between the estimated energy and a reference energy and a second difference between the estimated pulse width and a reference pulse width. |
| US11819310B2 |
3-axis side-view confocal fluorescence endomicroscope
An optical probe assembly as a confocal endomicroscope includes an optical focusing stage that focuses an output beam onto a sample and a mirror scanning stage that is movable for scanning the output beam in both a lateral two dimensional plane and an axial direction, using a side-view configuration. The side-view configuration allows for output beam illumination and fluorescent imaging of the sample with greater imaging resolution and improved access to hard to reach tissue within a subject. |
| US11819301B2 |
Systems and methods for onscreen menus in a teleoperational medical system
A teleoperational medical system comprises a teleoperational assembly including an operator control system, a first teleoperational manipulator, a first medical instrument, and a processing unit including one or more processors. The first teleoperational manipulators is configured for operation by an operator control device of the operator control system. The first teleoperational manipulator is configured to control the operation of the first medical instrument in a surgical environment. The processing unit is configured to display an image of a field of view of the surgical environment and display a menu proximate to an image of the first medical instrument in the image of the field of view. The menu includes at least one state indicator representing a state of a component of the first medical instrument. |
| US11819300B2 |
Robotic surgical system and method
The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for providing robotically assisted surgery that involves the removal of bone or non-fibrous type tissues during a surgical procedure. The system utilizes a multi-axis robot having a reciprocating tool that is constructed and arranged to remove hard or non-fibrous tissues while leaving soft tissues unharmed. The multi-axis robot may be controlled via computer or telemanipulator, which allows the surgeon to complete a surgery from an area adjacent to the patient to thousands of miles away. |
| US11819299B2 |
Single site robotic device and related systems and methods
Disclosed herein are various medical device components, including components that can be incorporated into robotic and/or in vivo medical devices. Also disclosed are various medical devices for in vivo medical procedures. Included herein, for example, is a surgical robotic device having an elongate device body, a right robotic arm coupled to a right shoulder assembly, and a left robotic arm coupled to a left shoulder assembly. |
| US11819296B1 |
Advanced system and method for a deep tissue massager
A system, device, and method for therapeutic deep tissue massage are disclosed. The therapeutic deep tissue massage device includes an apparatus for use in therapeutic massage applications in which forces are provided to an outer surface of a body of a user, whether human or animal, and subcutaneously within the user's tissues. Sensors in the apparatus monitor various conditions of the environment and of the user. The data can be used to adjust the operation of the apparatus. |
| US11819293B2 |
Systems and methods for registration of intra-body electrical readings with a pre-acquired three dimensional image
There is provided a method of displaying a pre-acquired three dimensional (3D) image of at least a portion of an organ of a patient, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of electrical readings, each from a different electrode mounted on a catheter inside the portion of the organ of the patient, wherein the electrodes are mounted on the catheter at known distances from each other, transforming the plurality of electrical readings to a corresponding plurality of image points using a mapping transformation that transforms each electrical reading of the catheter from inside the portion of the organ of the patient to an anatomically corresponding image point in the 3D image based on the known distances, and displaying the 3D image with a marking of at least one of the plurality of image points. |
| US11819291B2 |
Interventional device with PVDF ultrasound detector
An interventional device includes an elongate shaft (101) with a longitudinal axis (A-A′), and an ultrasound detector (102). The ultrasound detector (102) comprises a PVDF homopolymer foil strip (103). The foil strip (103) is wrapped around the longitudinal axis (A-A′) of the elongate shaft (101) to provide a band having an axial length (L) along the longitudinal axis (A-A′). The axial length (L) is in the range 80-120 microns. |
| US11819290B2 |
Direct visualization of a device location
A display may display a region of an anatomy that is not within the field of effect of an instrument. The additional views may assist in determining a location and orientation of an instrument. The instrument may be tracked with a tracking system to make the determination of image data to display. |
| US11819288B2 |
Trocar pose estimation using machine learning for docking surgical robotic arm to trocar
A surgical robotic system senses position or orientation of an object, which may be a trocar that has a magnetic field. Magnetic field sensors are coupled to a surgical robotic arm. A machine learning model coupled to the magnetic field sensors is trained to output three-dimensional position and/or three-dimensional orientation of the trocar or other object. Other aspects are also described. |
| US11819282B2 |
Systems and methods for surgical planning of arthroplasty procedures
A method for planning an arthroplasty procedure on a patient bone. The method may include accessing generic bone data stored in a memory of a computer, using the computer to generate modified bone data by modifying the generic bone data according to medical imaging data of the patient bone, using the computer to derive a location of non-bone tissue data relative to the modified bone data, and superimposing implant data and the modified bone data in defining a resection of an arthroplasty target region of the patient bone. |
| US11819279B2 |
Patient lumen system monitoring
A computer system is disclosed comprising a processor arrangement communicatively coupled to a data storage arrangement storing a digital model of a section of a lumen system of a patient; and a communication module communicatively coupled to said processor arrangement and arranged to receive sensor data pertaining to an internal parameter of said lumen system from a sensor within said section of the lumen system. The processor arrangement is arranged to receive said sensor data from the communication module; retrieve said digital model from the data storage arrangement; simulate an actual physical condition of said lumen system by developing said digital model based on the received sensor data; and generate an output relating to said simulated actual physical condition for updating an electronic device. Also disclosed is a method of monitoring a patient with such a computer system, a computer program product for implementing such a method and a patient monitoring system. |
| US11819278B2 |
Surgical kit for knee osteotomies and corresponding preoperative planning method
A surgical kit for performing a bone surgery, the surgical kit comprising an anchor module configured to be secured to a patient's bone with a removable module interface extending outwardly from an operative side of the anchor module; a cutting module configured to be superposable against the patient's bone, the cutting module having a slot extending therethrough along a plane and opening on a cutting module bone interface side and a cutting module operative side, wherein a bone-contacting surface of the anchor module is configured to contact the patient's bone on both sides of the plane; the cutting module being spaced from the anchor module by an open space, with and first and second connecting members connecting the cutting module to the anchor module. |
| US11819277B2 |
Intraocular pressure sensing material, devices, and uses thereof
Described herein are eye implants that can include a pressure-responsive material that can be capable of changing color in response to pressure exerted on it. Also described here are methods of implanting and using the eye implants described herein to monitor intraocular pressure in a subject. The pressure-responsive material can be used to diagnose and monitor human or animal subjects. |
| US11819274B2 |
Non-contact wide angle retina viewing system
A retina viewing system and method of using the same includes an ophthalmic microscope, a disposable lens attachment, and an electronic control unit (ECU). The microscope has an optical head and a set of internal focusing lenses, the latter providing the microscope with a variable working distance or focal length. The disposable lens attachment includes a resilient body with a proximal end connected to the optical head and a distal end connected to a high-power/high-diopter distal lens. The ECU executes instructions for viewing a retina or other intraocular anatomy of a patient eye. Execution of the instructions causes the ECU to automatically adjust the variable working distance or focal length of the microscope when viewing an image of the retina through the distal lens. |
| US11819270B2 |
Light energy sealing, cutting and sensing surgical device
The present disclosure is directed towards a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a housing and an end effector assembly operably connected to the housing. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members each having a tissue contacting surface, at least one of the first and second jaw members movable between a first, spaced-apart position and a second proximate position, wherein in the second position, the jaw members cooperate to define a cavity configured to receive tissue between the jaw members. The end effector also includes at least one light-emitting element coupled to at least one of the first and second jaw members, the at least one light-emitting element adapted to deliver light energy to tissue grasped between the first and second jaw members to treat the tissue. |
| US11819268B2 |
Simultaneous control of power and irrigation during ablation
Apparatus, consisting of a probe configured to be inserted into contact with a myocardium, and an electrode attached to the probe. A temperature sensor, incorporated in the probe, is configured to output a temperature signal. A pump irrigates the myocardium, via the probe, with an irrigation fluid at a controllable rate, and a radiofrequency (RF) signal generator applies RF power via the electrode to the myocardium, so as to ablate the myocardium. The apparatus also has processing circuitry that measures a temperature of the probe, based on the temperature signal, while the RF power is applied and, when the measured temperature exceeds a preset target temperature, iteratively reduces the RF power applied by the signal generator and concurrently iteratively varies a rate of irrigation of the irrigation fluid provided by the pump, until the measured temperature is reduced to the preset target temperature. |
| US11819267B2 |
Irrigated catheter with improved ablation tip electrode fluid distribution
A catheter has a two-piece tip electrode with a shell and a support structure defining a chamber, and a fluid distribution tube that extends longitudinally into the chamber, the fluid tube having fluid apertures along its length for distributing fluid more uniformly distributed throughout the chamber for improved cooling and thus minimizing the risk of char formation on regions of the tip electrode more prone to overheating. |
| US11819262B2 |
Device, system and method for treating swollen vascular structures
The present invention describes device, method and system for providing treatment for swollen vascular structures located in a body canal of a patient. The device, method and system described in here provide an easy and, practical treatment and with minimal or without disturb to the patient, including RF emission driven directly and specifically over such vascular structure, and by means of ultrasound technology verify the position of the vascular structure and whether it is closed before, during and after the RF application. The present invention is situated in the field of medical science, more precisely in treatment of vascular structures, and medical devices. |
| US11819261B2 |
Insulating grips for minimally invasive surgical instruments
A surgical instrument with insulating grips is described. The grips can include internal metal frames that are arranged to limit electrical conductivity within the grips and to other components that attach to a grip, such as a ratchet. The internal metal frames can be constructed of multiple internal portions, spatially separated from one another to interrupt electrical conductivity between the internal portions, but coated with an insulating overmold to provide mechanical coupling between the portions. An internal metal frame can also include a notch, cut-out, or other region partially surrounded by the structure of the internal metal frame, which can be coated with an insulating overmold to define a region of the grip that does not have an internal metal frame therein but which can include an attachment point for mechanically coupling other components while limiting electrical coupling between the metal frame and the other components. |
| US11819257B2 |
Compositions, treatment systems and methods for improved cooling of lipid-rich tissue
Compositions and formulations for use with devices and systems that enable tissue cooling, such as cryotherapy applications, for alteration and reduction of adipose tissue are described. Aspects of the technology are further directed to methods, compositions and devices that provide protection of non-targeted cells (e.g., non-lipid-rich cells) from freeze damage during dermatological and related aesthetic procedures that require sustained exposure to cold temperatures. Further aspects of the technology include systems for enhancing sustained and/or replenishing release of cryoprotectant to a treatment site prior to and during cooling applications. |
| US11819248B2 |
Pivotal bone anchor assembly with snap-in-place pre-lock friction fit bushing
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a body member with upright arms defining a channel for receiving a fixation rod, an axial bore having a bottom opening, a lower interior surface disposed about the bottom opening, and a downwardly facing recessed surface above the lower interior surface. The assembly also includes a shank comprising a partial spherical head positionable into the axial bore and an anchor portion for attachment to the bone. The assembly further includes a bushing insertable into the axial bore having an outer surface configured to resiliently snap under the downwardly facing surface so as to inhibit the bushing from moving upward in the axial bore, and a lower surface configured for biased engagement with the partial spherical head of the bone anchor, with the biased engagement providing a pre-lock press fitment about the partial spherical head so that the bone anchor and body member do not move freely with respect to each other prior to insert and securement of the fixation rod. |
| US11819246B2 |
Software for use with deformity correction
The present disclosure relates to software used in planning the correction of bone deformities preoperatively or postoperatively, and in particular relates to virtually manipulating rings and struts of an external fixation frame in order to plan the steps for making a desired correction to two or more bone portions of a patient. The software can be used prior to surgery, allowing a user to virtually define a bone deformity, and virtually add and manipulate fixation rings and struts to the bone deformity. Based on the virtual manipulations, a correction plan can be generated that describes length adjustments that should be made to the plurality of model struts over a period of time to correct the bone deformity. The software can also be used after surgical fixation of the fixation frame and struts to the deformed bone. |
| US11819243B2 |
Medical sheath and related systems and methods
A medical sheath includes an elongate member having a proximal portion defining a proximal end and a distal portion defining a distal end. A first lumen extends through the elongate member and is open at the proximal and the distal end for passage of a medical device through the lumen. The medical sheath further includes an anchoring mechanism that is deployable from the elongate member. The anchoring mechanism includes an anchor that is removably securable to an anatomical feature to secure the elongate member to the anatomical feature, and a connector securing the anchor to the elongate member. |
| US11819241B2 |
Transseptal crossing needle
A transseptal crossing needle has an elongate, flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end and an electrically conductive sidewall defining a central lumen. The distal end has a radially inwardly extending annular recess. The tubular body has a first outside diameter proximally of the annular recess and a second, smaller outside diameter in the recess. An electrode tip has a proximally extending connector residing within the annular recess, and the electrode tip has a third outside diameter distally of the connector, which is greater than the first diameter. An insulation layer encloses the sidewall and the connector, and has an outside diameter approximately the same as the third diameter to provide a uniform outside diameter throughout a distal zone of the needle. |
| US11819240B2 |
Ancillary system having an exhaust device for surgery
An ancillary system for surgery is provided. The ancillary system includes a trocar, a scalpel device and an exhaust device. The scalpel device includes a blade portion and a connecting arm. The exhaust device encapsulates at least a portion of the connecting arm of the scalpel device. The exhaust device is detachable from the scalpel device, and is configured to remove smoke, body fluids or biological tissues generated during a surgery to effectively improve the surgical process. |
| US11819236B2 |
Tissue-removing catheter
A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen includes a catheter body assembly having an axis and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis. At least a portion of the catheter body assembly is sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen. A handle is mounted to the proximal end portion of the catheter body assembly and operable to cause rotation of the catheter body assembly. The handle includes internal handle components that interface with the catheter body assembly. The internal handle components provide at least four interface locations spaced axially along the catheter body assembly. A tissue-removing element is mounted on the distal end portion of the catheter body assembly. The tissue-removing element is configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the catheter body assembly within the body lumen. |
| US11819231B2 |
Adaptive control programs for a surgical system comprising more than one type of cartridge
A surgical suturing system is disclosed. The surgical suturing system comprises a shaft, a firing drive comprising a motor, and an end effector extending distally from the shaft. The end effector comprises a needle driver configured to be actuated by the motor, wherein the needle driver is configured to drive a needle installed within the end effector. The end effector further comprises a needle track configured to guide the needle installed within the end effector through a needle firing stroke, wherein the end effector is configured to accommodate suturing needles having different sizes. The surgical suturing system further comprises a control circuit configured to sense the size of the suturing needle installed within the end effector and adjust the actuation stroke of the motor to accommodate the size of the needle installed within the end effector. |
| US11819230B2 |
Surgical tool with reduced actuation force
A surgical tool including a housing having a proximal end and a distal end the housing including a guide rail. The tool also includes a yoke slidably coupled to the housing, a handle pivotally coupled to the housing, and a link coupling the handle to the housing, the link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the link rotatably coupled to the handle and the second end of the link rotatably coupled to the yoke and slidable within the guide rail. The tool further includes a yoke pivot pin pivotably coupling the second end of the link to the yoke and a handle pivot pin coupling the link to the handle, wherein the handle pivot pin is disposed proximal compared to the yoke pivot pin. |
| US11819227B2 |
Treatment method, separation method, and filter assembly
Provided are a treatment method, a separation method, and a filter assembly capable of preventing so-called “Blue Toe syndrome” which is so-called cholesterol crystal embolism of which a fat-soluble compound such as cholesterol crystals generated during dilation of a stenosed site causes clogging in glomeruli of peripheral capillaries or kidney, acute renal failure, and the like. Cholesterol crystals generated from plaque during use of a balloon catheter are taken out of the body and removed using a centrifugal separation device or a filter, and usable living cells are returned to the body to reduce blood transfusion and reduce cholesterol crystal embolism. |
| US11819226B2 |
Tool and method for implanting fusion device into sacroiliac joint
Tools for positioning an implant into the sacroiliac joint. A directional cannula includes a main body having a bore that receives the implant. A cut-out, allowing access to the joint, is formed in a leading end of the main body. A pair of parallel prongs extend from the leading end of the main body in transversely spaced apart relation to one another. A drill guide has a main body of rectangular transverse cross-section and a cylindrical head formed integrally with the main body. A transverse width-reducing step is formed in the main body near its distal end. First and second bores are formed in the cylindrical head and in the main body. Both bores are eccentric relative to the drill guide longitudinal axis of symmetry. The drill guide is rotated 180° after first and second drilling operations, prior to third and fourth drilling operations. |
| US11819223B2 |
Customizable surgical bone-cutting jigsaw puzzle-type guide device and customizable surgical bone-cutting guide-traction-suction device
Provided is a customizable surgical bone-cutting jigsaw puzzle-type guide device. The customizable surgical bone-cutting jigsaw puzzle-type guide device includes: a main guide portion that includes a main contact surface lengthily formed along a required main incision line of a bone to be cut and shaped to be brought into contact with the bone, and a main guide surface forming a guide line together with the main contact surface along the same line as the main incision line and shaped to be brought into contact with a cutting blade for guiding the movement of the cutting blade during cutting of the bone; and a connection portion extending from the main guide portion and connected to a side of the bone such that the main guide portion may be supported on the bone, the connection portion being configured to be detachably attached to the side of the bone. |
| US11819220B2 |
Robotically assisted bone preparation for positioning of cutting block
Surgical punch tools and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. A surgical punch tool may include a stationary base component having a planar bottom side. The planar bottom side may include one or more posts extending therefrom. Each post may include an associated sharp pin. A movable actuation portion may be configured to move each sharp pin from a non-actuated position within the corresponding post to an actuated position extending through the base component and from the corresponding post. |
| US11819217B2 |
Embolic devices and methods of manufacturing same
A flat embolic braid having a first side comprising a first side surface, and a second side comprising a second side surface facing in an opposite direction than the first side surface, the braid having an elongated constrained configuration for being deployed through a delivery catheter, and a three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, wherein in the three-dimensional unconstrained configuration, the braid assumes a plurality of successive loops in which the braid is at least partially twisted between successive loops of the plurality, so that the first side surface faces externally of each loop, and the second side surface faces an interior of each loop, respectively, regardless of a change in direction and/or orientation of the braid. |
| US11819216B2 |
Embolic devices for occluding body lumens
An embolic device for placement in a body lumen, includes: an elongated member having a linear configuration when in room temperature, the elongated member being configured to form a first three-dimensional structure in response to body temperature; wherein the elongated member comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment, the second segment being located between the first segment and the third segment; wherein the first segment and the third segment are configured to change their respective shapes in response to the body temperature; and wherein the second segment that is located between the first segment and the third segment has a shape that is independent of the body temperature. |
| US11819209B2 |
Hand-held surgical instruments
A surgical instrument includes a motor-driven drive shaft, a distal firing rod coupled to a driven element of a surgical end effector, and a clutch mechanism coupled between the drive shaft and the distal firing rod. The clutch mechanism is configured to electrically connect the drive shaft and the distal firing rod upon the distal firing rod experiencing a threshold force. The electrical connection signals a processor that the threshold force has been exceeded. |
| US11819208B2 |
Handheld electromechanical surgical device with strain gauge drift detection
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a surgical device is disclosed. The surgical device includes a motor and a transmission assembly movable by the motor. The surgical device also includes a force sensor configured to measure force imparted on the transmission assembly. The device may also include a controller configured to: control the motor to move the transmission assembly to a starting position, interrogate the force sensor to receive a sensor signal, compare the sensor signal to a threshold, and determine whether the force sensor is faulty based on the comparison of the sensor signal to the threshold. |
| US11819207B2 |
Multipart suture
A multicomponent suture comprising first and second substantially elongate suture portions with respective first and second cross-sectional profiles, and further including respective first and second materials, one of said materials being bioabsorbable and a second of said materials being non-bioabsorbable. |
| US11819203B2 |
Surgical fastener deployment system
A system includes a first tube, a sharp coil at a distal end of the first tube, a second tube displaceable within the first tube, and a sharp housing at a distal of the second tube for storing fasteners. The housing can be positioned at a first tissue, and the coil rotated to advance the coil into engagement with the first tissue. The first tube is retracted to retract the first tissue, and then a first fastener is deployed at the first tissue location. Then, without removing the system from the patient, the distal end of the system is moved adjacent a second tissue location, and the process is repeated for a second fastener at the second tissue location. A suture extends between the first and second fasteners, and tension is applied to the suture to draw the first and second tissues toward each other to reconfigure the tissue. |
| US11819202B2 |
Systems and methods including an adjustable retractor frame
The system includes a frame composed of materials and geometry allowing selective deformation in a plane perpendicular to a patient's anatomy at the surgical site but resisting deformation in a plane parallel to the anatomy. The frame is connected to stabilizing features and sheets, which are attached to adhesive to secure the frame to the patient. The features, sheets, and adhesive layers extend both into and beyond the frame. An integrated sheet covers the prospective incision site on the patient. When positioned at the site, the frame conforms to the patient. Anchor points are distributed along the frame to reversibly secure and provide a stable base for surgical retractors, even when unilaterally applied. By adaptable positioning and design of the stabilizing members and adhesive layers on the frame, the system is able to provide optimal tractional stability when experiencing tensile loads in myriad surgical environments including ophthalmic and spinal surgery. |
| US11819194B2 |
Endoscope module
An endoscope module including an annular prism, an annular lens, an annular stop, and an annular image sensor is provided. The annular prism has an annular reflective inclined surface, a light incident surface, and a light emitting surface. The light incident surface faces a side surface and the light emitting surface faces away from a front surface. The annular stop is disposed on a side of the light incident surface of the annular prism and surrounds the annular prism. The annular lens is disposed between the annular prism and the annular image sensor. A lateral light from the side surface is reflected to the annular lens by the annular reflective inclined surface after passing through the annular stop and then entering the annular prism, and is then condensed to the annular image sensor by the annular lens. |
| US11819190B2 |
Methods and apparatus for efficient purging
A tissue visualization system comprises a flexible elongate shaft through which a lumen extends. The system also comprises a pliable visualization device coupled to a distal portion of the flexible elongate shaft. The pliable visualization device includes a chamber configured to receive a fluid. The system also comprises a piercing instrument configured to extend through the lumen and to penetrate a surface of the pliable visualization device. |
| US11819186B2 |
Compression device and pressure sensor for treatment of abnormal upper esophageal sphincter functionality
A compression device is used to increase intra-luminal pressure within the upper esophageal sphincter of a patient in order relieve an impact of an abnormal or defective upper esophageal sphincter anatomy, physiology, or functionality. In one implementation, the compression device is used in conjunction with an external pressure sensing device to determine the external pressure that is to be applied to the cricoid for a specific patient. The compression device can be a means for the management and/or treatment of abnormal upper esophageal sphincter functionality, or a means for strengthening an esophageal sphincter of a subject, or a means for curing esophageal reflux disease of a subject, or a means for improving vocal function in a subject, or a means for managing lung aspiration, or a means for applying cricoid pressure during anesthesia intubation, or a means for stabilizing body structures such as during medical imaging or radiation treatment. |
| US11819185B2 |
Flexible endoscope with skeleton structure
A flexible endoscope for insertion into the human body includes a flexible section arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope. The endoscope further includes a tip segment distally adjoining the flexible section, the tip segment being controllable by at least one tension cord. A skeleton is formed in a flexible controllable section with guide elements that are movable relative to one another, each of which guides at least one tension cord laterally. |
| US11819184B2 |
Auto clean machine, cliff determining method and surface type determining method
An auto clean machine, comprising: a chassis; a first light source, configured to emit first light; a second light source, configured to emit second light; an optical sensor, configured to sense optical data generated according to reflected light of the second light or according to reflected light of the first light; and a control circuit, configured to analyze optical information of the optical data; wherein if the first light source is activated, the second light source is de-activated and the control circuit determines variation of the optical information is larger than a variation threshold, the control circuit changes the first light source to be non-activated and the second light source to be activated. |
| US11819182B2 |
Dust remover for vacuum cleaner
A dust remover for a vacuum cleaner, in which dust adhering to a plurality of filters having a cylindrical shape for filtering dust introduced into the vacuum cleaner is removed by repeatedly hitting an inner wall of each of the plurality of filters through rotation of a motor, includes a filter support plate having a plate shape; a plurality of filters arranged spaced apart from each other at regular intervals below the filter support plate in a circumferential direction; a hitting module rotatably provided on the filter support plate to extend to an inner space of each of the filters and configured to hit an inner surface of each of the filters; and a pressure control damper rotatably provided on the filter support plate and configured to optionally open/close a suction pressure of each of the filters. |
| US11819181B2 |
Vacuum cleaner and dust plume reduction apparatus
A dirt collection and separation module can include a suction air flow around the perimeter of a tank to ingest fine dust that becomes airborne during the emptying process. Additionally, a trash can suction nozzle around a rim, a hand vacuum docking station, and an auxiliary suction nozzle that can fluidly couple the hand vacuum. |
| US11819178B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner has an airflow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member and a fan and motor assembly in the air flow path. The hand vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body and a handle having a hand grip portion. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a plurality of batteries. A portion of the motor and fan assembly and/or a portion of a filter component can be positioned between at least some of the batteries. The batteries may be contained in a removable storage chamber. The storage chamber may be removably mounted to the hand vacuum cleaner around at least a portion of a filter and/or fan and motor assembly. |
| US11819177B2 |
Resettable door locking device for an electric household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, and electric household appliance provided therewith
A door locking device (1) including a support body (6) which can be fixed to a door (5) of an electric household appliance, a bracket (7) which can be fixed to a structural element (3) of the electric household appliance and a latching device (8) including: a locking tooth (10) constrained to rotate and translate relatively to the support body and which can be coupled with a first end thereof (12) with a transversal element (11) of the bracket; a sliding stem (13) cooperating with a second end (14) of the locking tooth by means of conjugated cam profiles (15, 16) carried by the locking tooth and by a head (17) of the stem; a compression spring (18) associated with the stem for thrusting the cam profiles (15, 16) into contact; and a tilting element (19) hinged to the support body to cooperate with the transversal element (11) of the bracket independently of the locking tooth, to activate a microswitch (23) when the tooth is in a locking position, wherein it engages the transversal element (11) of the bracket. |
| US11819170B2 |
Cleaning toilet seats
Toilet seat cleaning devices, methods and systems are described. Toilet seat cleaning systems may include a toilet, a toilet seat, a sensor, and a fluid dispenser. Toilet seats may include a flow way, at least one opening and at least one surface whereon fluids from a fluid dispenser may be communicated. Fluid dispensers may include a fluid container and a dispenser mechanism. Methods of using toilet seat cleaning systems may include a user influencing the activation of a dispenser mechanism; the dispenser mechanism influencing the communication of fluid from a fluid container to a flow way; the fluid being communicated through the flow way and out of at least one opening and onto at least one surface of a toilet seat; and the fluid on the at least one surface of the toilet seat being engaged by the user in order to clean the toilet seat. |
| US11819163B2 |
Staged fryer heating system
Systems, methods, and computer program products for controlling a heating system in a fryer. At startup, a setpoint temperature for a cooking medium is set to a melt temperature. While in melt mode, each of a plurality of heating elements each located in a different region of a fry pot is sequentially activated to control an amount of heat provided to the cooking medium. Once the cooking medium has reached the melt temperature, the setpoint temperature is increased to a target cooking temperature. While in cooking mode, if an order to cook a food product is not received within a predetermined time period, the setpoint temperature is set to an idle temperature which is below the target setpoint temperature and above the melt temperature. The target cooking temperature is adjusted using a set of setpoint bias temperatures that is selected based on a cooking load. |
| US11819158B2 |
Automatic stir-frying device of food frying machines
An automatic stir-frying device of food frying machines is disclosed, comprising a machine body, a food frying pot, a food material stir-frying device and a master controller, wherein the food frying pot and the food material stir-frying device are respectively installed on the machine body, the food frying pot internally includes a scraper, the food material stir-frying device has a fixing frame and a track rod, a receive-send cylinder is installed on the track rod, a movable frame is fixedly mounted on the receive-send cylinder, a rotation motor is set up on the movable frame and connectively includes a stir-frying device, and the master controller is applied to control the receive-send motor and the rotation motor so as to drive the movable frame and the stir-frying device to stretch thereby entering the inside of the food frying pot to perform automatic stir-frying operations on loaded food materials and ingredients. |
| US11819156B2 |
Coffee machine filter cartridges
Exemplary embodiments of a filter cartridge for a coffee machine are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a coffee machine filter cartridge may include a filter body having a water inlet, a grate and a water outlet, and a lid held on the filter body. The water inlet is disposed around the water outlet. The water outlet connects to one end of the grate through a pipe. The other end of the grate is held on the inner wall of the filter body and comprises a cloth filter. A filter chamber between the pipe and the filter body has a descaling core. When filtering and descaling, the water flows sequentially through the water inlet, filter chamber, grate, cloth filter, pipe, and water outlet. The cartridge is structurally simple, convenient and accessible to users; preventing clogging of the internal parts of the coffee machine by slow dissolution of the descaling agent. |
| US11819153B2 |
Duvet and method
The invention is a duvet and method of operating same, the duvet comprising a base cover and tab sheet, the base cover defines a hollow interior accessible through a resealable aperture that continuously located along a base cover bottom edge that is adjacent to one base cover side edge, the hollow interior further configured to removably receive a quilt or the like and a continuous seam forms the base top edge and adjacent another base cover side edge, the tab sheet that has a pocket portion and base portion, the base portion attaches to the base cover proximate to the base cover bottom edge while the pocket portion forms an open-end pocket having an pocket aperture that opens out upon the base portion, the open-ended pocket being sufficiently constructed to accommodate at least a portion of an operator's hand. |
| US11819150B2 |
Handled holder for cups, containers, and the like
A cup holder that includes a sleeve, which is expandable from a flat position to an open position, in which the sleeve is configured to receive a cup; and a handle having first and second ends coupled to the sleeve to form a loop, wherein at least one perforation associated with at least one of the first and second ends of the handle provides for adjustability of the loop relative to the sleeve. |
| US11819149B1 |
Beverage insulator with adaptable beverage lift floor
A beverage insulator with an adjustable beverage lift assembly that allows a user to set a height for positioning a beverage container inserted within the open end of the beverage insulator so that the beverage container protrudes a sufficient amount for drinking from the top of the beverage container but keeps much of the beverage container surrounded by the beverage lift assembly. The user can adjust the beverage lift assembly to work with cans and bottles of different sizes. |
| US11819144B2 |
System for a convertible bed
A convertible bed with a moveable sidewall that can collapse from an upright and locked position to be stored underneath a mattress of the bed. The moveable wall includes pins that travel along sliding tracks that have J-shaped slots underneath the mattress during the conversion from open to closed positions. The moveable sidewall is lifted upward and inwardly to disengage the lock and the folds outwardly and downwardly to slide under the mattress for storage. |
| US11819141B2 |
Infant highchair
An infant highchair includes a standing frame including a support platform, a seat pivotally connected with the standing frame and having a seating surface, and a locking mechanism operable to lock the seat in position. The seat is rotatable between a first and a second position, the first position allowing a child to sit in contact with the seating surface, and the second position being suitable to receive installation of a removable child seat over the seat while disabling seating of a child on the seating surface, the seating surface moving around the support platform when the seat rotates relative to the standing frame, the second position of the seat uncovering the support platform so that a removable child seat is installable over the seat at least partially supported in contact with the support platform. The locking mechanism is operable to lock the seat in the first and second position. |
| US11819139B2 |
Compliant backrest
A backrest includes a primary frame having a pair of laterally spaced first uprights defining a first opening therebetween, a first front surface and a first rear surface. A secondary frame includes a pair of laterally spaced second uprights defining a second opening therebetween, a second rear surface facing the first front surface of the primary frame and a second front surface, wherein the secondary frame is coupled to the primary frame, and wherein at least portions of the first and second openings are aligned. A flexible shell overlies and is coupled to the second front surface of the secondary frame. The flexible shell includes a third rear surface visible through the aligned portions of the first and second openings. |
| US11819137B2 |
Chair with ergonomic motion features
A chair comprises a seat pan member, a seat back member having a lumbar support member, a lumbar support assembly operatively connected to the lumbar support member and configured for moving the lumbar support member, with respect to the seat pan member and the seat back member, between at least a first position and a second position, and an actuator configured to operate the lumbar support assembly for movement of the lumbar support member between at least the first position and the second position. When the lumbar support member is in the second position, the lumbar support member is positioned forwardly, in a direction toward the seated user's lower back, relative to the seat back member so as to enable the user to be seated forwardly on the seat pan member while being engaged with the lumbar support member. |
| US11819133B2 |
Body support assembly
The invention is directed to a body support assembly comprising (i) an upper cushion zone (6) and a lower cushion zone (7) and separated by a separation sheet (8). The cushion zones (6, 7) comprise of a compressible material which is permeable for air in all directions, (ii) a first flow path (10) for ambient air comprising an air inlet opening (11) at the bottom surface (3) of the support assembly, air displacement means (12), a first heat exchanger (13) and a single or separate air outlet opening (14) at the bottom surface (3) of the support assembly, (iii) a second flow path for air comprising an air inlet (19), air displacement means (20), a second heat exchanger (17), through the lower cushion zone (7), through openings (23) in the separation sheet (8) and through the upper cushion zone (6) and multiple air outlets (22) in the top surface (2). The heat exchangers (13, 17) are part of a Peltier effect unit (16) positioned within the cushion volume (4). |
| US11819132B2 |
Foldable toilet footrest
A foldable toilet footrest that includes a platform with a first leg and a second leg coupled thereto by hinges. The hinges can include a releasable locking system that allows the first leg and the second leg by to be fixed in an unfolded, use position or a folded, non-use position. |
| US11819124B2 |
Powered carousel shelf system for cabinets
A revolving shelf system including first and second side plates configured to be mounted on opposite side walls of a cabinet, a drive track configured to extend from an inner front face to an outer back face of each of the first and second side plates, at least one shelf member having first and second ends connected to the drive track, and a drive mechanism located on the outer back face of at least one of the first and second side plates, the drive mechanism configured to move with a rotation motion the at least one shelf member about the drive track. |
| US11819123B2 |
Multifunctional picnic table with dinner plates
The present disclosure discloses a multifunctional picnic table with dinner plates, including a left table board and a right table board which are hinged with each other; at least two detachable first table legs and detachable second table legs are mounted on upper and lower end surfaces of both the left table board and the right table board; the first table legs and the second table legs can be spliced end to end and extend; at least one first groove is formed in the upper end surfaces of the left table board and the right table board; and chopping board surfaces are arranged on the lower end surfaces of the left table board and the right table board. |
| US11819119B2 |
Modular conference table
A modular conference table allows meeting participants and office staff to quickly and effectively change the length of the conference table as the needs of the meeting participants change. The present invention includes a tabletop assembly including a first end-top, a second end-top, and a modular insert top. Additionally, modular conference table includes a leg assembly upholding the tabletop assembly. The legs assembly includes two terminal supports and center supports. The modular conference table can be expanded in order to accommodate the needs of the user by adding an additional number of modular insert tops, modesty panels, and center supports. Thus, the invention allows attendees of meetings and office staff to adjust the size of a conference table according to the size of the space or the needs of the user. |
| US11819112B1 |
Tool clip for power tools
A tool clip for attaching a power tool to an item worn by a user. The tool clip includes a first piece having inner and outer parts joined by a bend. The tool clip further includes a second piece having inner and outer parts joined by a bend. The second piece includes a release tab which passes through a slot in the first piece to engage the first and second pieces with each other. The first and second pieces each have a mounting hole such that a screw can be passed through the mounting holes and into an existing hole in the power tool. |
| US11819111B1 |
Caulk tool belt
A caulk tool belt including a belt assembly, pocket assemblies, and a heated pocket assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a convenient solution to storing an assortment of tools related to caulking as well as the caulking tubes themselves. The belt assembly wraps around a user and serves as a mounting point for the pocket assemblies and the heated pocket assembly. The caulking tubes are stored in a large front heated pocket. The heated pocket includes a heating element internally mounted between two layers of said heated pocket. During cold winter months the heating of the caulking tubes is integral to keeping the caulk malleable so that it may be more easily spread over surfaces and gaps. The heated pocket is powered by a rechargeable battery also located in its own belt mounted pocket. |
| US11819110B2 |
Hair extension work panel
The invention can be used by persons that use tape-in style hair extensions. The invention includes a flat panel with several horizontal entry points aligned in rows. Both sides of the panel are utilized. A tape-in style hair extension is fed into the panel through a horizontal entry point from one side and comes through on the other side. The hair is then fastened by the clip/fastener on the opposite side just above the horizontal entry point. Vertically, each set of horizontal entry points, coupled with a clip/fastener on the opposite side, is also spaced apart leaving room for the user to have workspace for each individual hair extension. Once the hair extension is secured by the clip/fastener, the user can then remove the old tape-tab and prepare the tape-in style hair extension for reuse by adhering a new tape tab to each extension. |
| US11819109B2 |
Makeup table
The present invention provides a makeup table capable of providing a refrigerating function to store cosmetics required to be refrigerated and providing a dressing table having a new function and structure such that a choice of consumer preferences is broaden, usability and functionality are improved, and competitiveness of a product increases. |
| US11819108B2 |
Smart mirror system and methods of use thereof
A system comprises a frame, a mirror coupled to the frame, an electronic display device coupled to the frame, a camera coupled to the frame, one or more processors, and one or more memory devices. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions that are stored in the one or more memory devices. The one or more processors executing the instructions causes the system to continuously display, on the electronic display device, a real-time video feed of a user within a field of view of the camera; identify and object within the field of view of the camera; and, subsequent to the identification, modify the continuously displayed real-time video feed based on at least the identified object. |
| US11819105B2 |
Reusable dispenser and cartridge
A deodorant dispensing apparatus including a reusable product dispenser and a deodorant refill cartridge releasably coupled to the reusable product dispenser. The reusable product dispenser includes a cylindrical housing, a base, a telescope, and a spring. The base is rotatably coupled to the cylindrical housing and operably coupled to the telescope. The spring is operably coupled to a spring holster of the base and the telescope. The deodorant refill cartridge includes a refill barrel and refill plunger. The refill plunger is rotatably coupled to the refill barrel, which retains a deodorant product therein. The refill barrel includes a latching mechanism for releasably coupling the refill barrel to the reusable product dispenser. |
| US11819104B2 |
Light solidifying device having a magnetic slide cover
Nail gel curing devices emitting ultraviolet light, as well as methods of their making and use are disclosed. The devices are useful for curing, inter alia, acrylic compositions, more particularly, acrylic nail gel compositions, and typically employ ultraviolet and/or visible light emitting diodes (“LED”) to cure such ultraviolet and/or visible light curable nail gel resins. |
| US11819095B2 |
Nose stud used for perforating and perforating apparatus
The present application provides a nose stud used for perforating and a perforating apparatus. The nose stud used for perforating comprises a needle tip and a needle bar, wherein the needle tip is connected to one end of the needle bar, and an easily bendable portion, which bends when the needle tip is subjected to a resistance force under a force applied by the needle bar, is provided at a joint. As a bendable structure is provided at the joint between the needle tip and the needle bar, the needle tip can bend relative to the needle bar after perforating the nose to avoid damaging tissues in the nasal cavity. |
| US11819094B2 |
Swivel lock quick release device
The swivel lock quick release device is adapted to selectively attach a user to a sports equipment. The sports equipment may be watersports equipment, such as a surfboard, a kite surfing apparatus, a stand-up paddle board, sailing equipment, a wake board, etc., or land sports equipment, such as fishing, camping, climbing, animal collars or leashes, tactical rifle apparatus, and hunting equipment. The swivel lock quick release device can have a pull release and a protrusion, the pull release and the protrusion being adapted to be selectively engaged in a locked position is provided. A slide handle, a portion of the pull release, is adapted to be selectively moved in a coaxial direction by the user to disengage the pull release and the protrusion. The pull release can also be adapted to rotate or swivel around the protrusion. |
| US11819088B2 |
Outsole pattern for an article of footwear
An outsole for an article of footwear with a forefoot region, a midfoot region, a heel region, a medial side, and a lateral side. The outsole can include a ground engaging surface with a plurality of cleats and a plurality of circular ridges including a first set of circular ridges and a second set of circular ridges. The first set of circular ridges can be concentrically aligned about a first epicenter in the forefoot region and the second set of circular ridges can be concentrically aligned about a second epicenter in the heel region. The plurality of cleats can include a first set of cleats in the forefoot region that can be aligned along a first circular ridge of the first set of circular ridges. |
| US11819084B2 |
Outsole plate
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a component including a first bundle of fibers affixed to a substrate, a ground-engaging assembly including a first traction element, a second traction element, and a connecting member extending between and connecting the first traction element and the second traction element, and a resin consolidating the first bundle of fibers and entrapping the connecting member to fix a position of the first traction element, the second traction element, and the connecting member relative to the substrate. |
| US11819082B2 |
Breakaway clasp for headwear
Embodiments are disclosed for a clasp including a top loop having a catch end, a bottom loop coupled to the top loop, the catch end positioned above the bottom loop at a first side of the clasp, and a depression at a second side of the clasp, opposite the first side, a thinnest part of the second side of the clasp being formed by the depression. |
| US11819081B1 |
Shower cap assembly
A shower cap assembly includes a shower cap that is wearable on a user's head. The shower cap has a water opening extending through the shower cap to facilitate water to be poured onto the user's head when the shower cap is being worn. A water hose is fluidly attached to the shower cap to drain the water poured into the shower cap for washing the user's hair. A bucket provided which is in fluid communication with the water hose to receive the water which drains from the shower cap. A lid is hingedly coupled to the bucket and a hose aperture extends through the lid to facilitate the water hose to be extended through the hose aperture when the lid is closed. A handle is coupled to the lid such that the handle can be gripped for opening and closing the lid. |
| US11819080B2 |
System and method for digital markups of custom products
Techniques for generating and using digital markups on digital images are presented. In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at an electronic device, a digital layout image that represents a form of a product for manufacturing a reference product; generating a digital markup layout by overlaying the digital markup image over the digital layout image; based on the digital markup layout, generating one or more manufacturing files comprising digital data for manufacturing the reference product; receiving a digital reference image of the reference product manufactured based on the one or more manufacturing files; identifying one or more found markup regions in the digital reference image; based on the found markup regions, generating a geometry map and an interactive asset image; based on, at least in part, the geometry map, generating a customized product image by applying a user pattern to the interactive asset image. |
| US11819076B2 |
Fabric material that is resistant to molten metals
Fabrics and garments are disclosed that have dual protection against molten metal splashes and electrical arc flashes. The fabrics can be made from spun yarns containing an intimate blend of fibers. The fibers contained in each yarn can include wool fibers, flame resistant cellulose fibers, and nylon fibers. In one aspect, relatively long wool fibers are incorporated into the yarns. |
| US11819073B2 |
Garment with cell phone pockets
This invention is directed toward a garment that is comfortable to wear and can safely, with easy accessibility, securely store a cell phone and other important items. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a pair of shorts, with an elasticized waistband that can be tightened by a non-elasticized drawstring cord. There is a seamless, knitted inner layer similar to “boy short” style underwear. This seamless, knitted “boy short” style underwear inner layer provides comfort to the user. Two vertical side hip interior pockets are sewn to the inner layer at the outside of the seamless, knitted “boy short” underwear at the hips of the user, making it comfortable for a user to carry a cell phone and/or other items. The shorts have a thin line of reflective fabric on the seams and hem of the shorts, providing safety for the user. |
| US11819069B2 |
Apparel item with integrated lighting system
Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item having an integrated lighting system and method of forming the apparel item having the integrated lighting system. The integrated lighting system comprises a power supply unit affixed to the apparel item, one or more light arrays having visible light sources affixed to the apparel item, and one or more conductive traces affixed to the apparel item, where the conductive traces extend from the power supply unit to the light arrays and electrically couple the two such that the light arrays are powered when the power supply unit is operating. |
| US11819063B2 |
Electrically heated smoking system
An electrically heated smoking system includes a secondary unit capable of receiving a smoking article having an aerosol-forming substrate. The secondary unit includes at least one heating element and an interface for connection to a primary power supply for supplying electrical power to the at least one heating element during a pre-heating mode, to increase the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate to an operating temperature. The secondary unit further includes a secondary power supply arranged to supply electrical power to the at least one heating element during a smoking mode, to maintain the temperature of the aerosol-forming substrate at substantially the operating temperature. The secondary unit also includes secondary circuitry. The electrically heated smoking system optionally includes a primary unit. |
| US11819061B2 |
E-cigarette
An e-cigarette includes a housing having a liquid section for holding a liquid and a battery section for holding a battery, which liquid section and battery section are configured to be coupled to each other, and a wick to take up the liquid, a heating member for heating the wick, wherein the liquid section includes a liquid reservoir provided with a liquid outlet to supply liquid to the wick and an air duct to create an air flow along the wick and to an air outlet. |
| US11819060B2 |
Electronic smoking article including a heating apparatus implementing a solid aerosol generating source
A smoking article is provided, having a component housing including a power source, and a tubular housing having a first end and a longitudinally-opposed second end, wherein the first or second end is configured to receive the component housing. The tubular housing includes an outer wall defining a cylindrical cavity. An aerosol-generating element is configured to be received within the cylindrical cavity, wherein the aerosol-generating element is configured to produce an aerosol in response to heat. An associated aerosol-generating element and related production methods are also provided. |
| US11819059B2 |
Electronic smoking article
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element comprises a plurality of fused metal beads or particles. |
| US11819055B2 |
Aerosol delivery device with multiple aerosol delivery pathways
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and related methods of delivering aerosol to a user. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing providing multiple aerosol pathways having a mouth-end opening through which aerosol can be inhaled by a user, the housing defining a first aerosol delivery pathway in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening and a second aerosol delivery pathway separate from the first aerosol delivery pathway and in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening. An atomizer including a heating element or piezoelectric element and a liquid transport element in fluid communication with an aerosol precursor composition is provided in fluid communication with the first aerosol delivery pathway. A flavorant-infused material is positioned within the second aerosol delivery pathway and adapted to produce a second aerosol upon contact between the flavorant-infused material and flowing air. |
| US11819047B2 |
Cam roller type horizontal extrusion cracking system for walnuts
A cam roller type horizontal extrusion cracking system for walnuts, including feeding, cracking and falling devices fixed accordingly on a stand. The feeding device includes a feeding box; an intermittent feeding roller is arranged therein; one side of the roller includes a feeding baffle plate, the other side includes an adjustable feeding scraper blade mechanism; and opposing feeding slots are formed in the roller. The cracking device includes an extrusion box body; movable and fixed tooth-shaped extrusion plates are oppositely mounted therein; one side of the movable plate opposite the fixed includes an extrusion cam; the plates have a plurality of tooth gaps; a walnut passes through the feeding device, falls into a gap between the plates; the cam drives the movable plate to do a periodic reciprocating motion, to synchronously cooperate with the fixed plate to perform extrusion cracking on the walnut. |
| US11819046B2 |
Juicing head
Improved juicing head of the type with juicing heads present in juicing systems, where the fruit to juice is housed in a recess of a female element and is guided to meet the head of a male element that is temporarily inserted in the recess, pressing the fruit and extracting the juice, wherein the head comprises ribs on its surface, said ribs arranged transverse to the direction of motion of the head. |
| US11819044B2 |
Phloretin
Provided herein is a method of reducing the off-taste of a food or beverage wherein the off-taste is selected from the group consisting of licorice, astringency, bitterness and sweet lingering comprising adding about 10 to about 40 ppm, phloretin to the food or beverage wherein the phloretin is provided in the substantial absence of a bitterness-masking aroma substance selected from the groups consisting of homoeriodictylol, homoeriodictyol sodium salt, homoeriodictylol potassium salt or mixtures thereof and wherein the phloretin does not significantly enhance the sweetness of the article or composition. |
| US11819042B2 |
Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferase circular permutants
The invention provides methods for making steviol glycosides, including RebM and glycosylation products that are minor products in stevia leaves, and provides enzymes, encoding polynucleotides, and host cells for use in these methods. The invention provides engineered enzymes and engineered host cells for producing steviol glycosylation products, such as RebM, at high purity and/or yield. The invention further provides methods of making products containing steviol glycosides, such as RebM, including food products, beverages, oral care products, sweeteners, and flavoring products. |
| US11819033B2 |
Clip detection
The present invention relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, and a guide unit for use in a clipping machine. The clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and being closed at the front end by a closure means, like a closure clip, a casing brake assembly arranged on the filling tube, for applying a braking force to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing while being pulled-off from the filling tube, gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto and a clipping device for placing and closing at least one closure means on the plait-like portion and a guide unit for guiding the closure means towards the clipping device. The guide unit comprises at least one sensing device having a first sensor element determining the presence or absence of a closure means in the guide unit. |
| US11819031B2 |
Composition comprising gluten-free flour and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose
A composition useful for making bread of high quality comprises a) a gluten-free flour, b) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 19 to 24 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, and c) a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a methoxyl content of from 27 to 30 percent and a hydroxypropoxyl content of from 4 to 12 percent, each being based on the total weight the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, wherein the composition comprises from 10 to 90 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose b) and from 90 to 10 weight percent of the hydroxypropyl methylcellulose c), based on the total weight of b) and c). |
| US11819028B2 |
Baking pan for tilted cakes
A baking pan for baking a tilted cake for producing a whimsical or mad-hatter cake, the pan includes a rim defining a first plane and a tilted bottom defining a second plane, the rim and bottom being interconnected by a sidewall, the two planes intersect at an acute angle and a support for positioning the pan on an oven surface so that the first plane is parallel to the oven surface. |
| US11819027B2 |
Streptomyces endophyte compositions and methods for improved agronomic traits in plants
This invention relates to methods and compositions for providing a benefit to a plant by associating the plant with a beneficial endophyte of the genus Streptomyces, including benefits to a plant derived from a seed or other plant element treated with said endophyte. For example, this invention provides purified endophytes, synthetic combinations comprising endophytes, and methods of making and using the same. In particular, this invention relates to compositions and methods of improving soybean and maize plants. |
| US11819026B2 |
Highly concentrated bacterial liquid soybean inoculant
This invention includes the composition of a highly concentrated liquid inoculant (between 1010 and 1011 cfu/mL) for soybean crops. The composition is packed and has a shelf life of up to 2 years stored at temperatures of up to 25° C. The inoculant may be applied in low doses onto seeds or in the furrow. |
| US11819021B2 |
Peptides and methods and uses thereof for modulating anaphase promoting complex (APC) activity
Novel activators of the APC complex and methods and uses of these activators are provided. In particular, the activators are used for increasing resistance to stress and/or increasing lifespan in a plant or mammalian cell, in a plant or mammalian embryo or in a plant or subject. The activators are also used for treating cancer in a subject. |
| US11819019B2 |
Protein-free semen cryopreservation
This disclosure provides a preserving composition comprising a cholesterol: carrier complex, optionally a cholesterol:cyclodextrin complex (CC complex) and/or a cell permeable antioxidant peptide and a biological buffer and optionally a cryprotectant, wherein the preserving composition is optionally substantially free of animal phospholipid, animal protein and/or animal lipoprotein. The disclosure also provides methods for the use of the preserving composition in cryopreservation of semen or sperm cells. Also provided is a kit comprising the preserving composition having a CC complex, a biological buffer, a cryoprotectant, a carbohydrate, a pH stabilizer, an antibiotic or antibiotic cocktail and/or a cell permeable anti-oxidant peptide. |
| US11819017B2 |
Door hinge mechanism for animal cage trap and method of mounting a cage trap door to a wire mesh cage trap using the same
A door hinge mechanism for a live catch wire mesh animal cage trap and a method of mounting a cage trap door to a wire mesh animal cage trap using the door hinge mechanism is provided. The hinge mechanism includes a door mounting portion and a roof mounting portion joined by a body portion. The door mounting portion captures a laterally extending upper edge bar of the door and positions the door relative to a laterally extending wire bar on the roof to couple the door to the trap body and create a hinge axle therebetween. The roof mounting portion, which is spaced rearwardly from the door mounting portion by the body portion, secures the hinge mechanism to the roof of the trap body. When so mounted, the hinge mechanism provides greater trap stiffness at the hinge, improved rigidity of the hinge mechanism and trap door, and reduced friction in the hinge pivot. |
| US11819014B2 |
Fishing reel, braking force control system and braking force setting device
A fishing reel includes a spool capable of winding a fishing line, a spool brake that brakes the spool, and a spool braking force controller capable of controlling braking force from the spool brake, wherein the spool braking force controller is configured to have a receiver capable of receiving an instruction from an external device, and to set braking force based on the instruction as to the braking force received by the receiver from the external device. |
| US11819013B2 |
Spinning reel
A spinning reel includes a reel body, a rotor, a spool shaft, and a drive body. The drive body has a shaft, a first gear disposed on the shaft for rotating the rotor, and a second gear disposed on the shaft for moving the spool shaft. The shaft, the first gear, and the second gear are integrally formed by forging. The first gear includes a first disk part disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft, and a first tooth part protruding axially from the first disk part. The second gear includes a second disk part disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the shaft to be spaced apart from the first disk part, and a second tooth part protruding from the second disk part radially away from an axis of the shaft. The second tooth part has a tip diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the first tooth part. |
| US11819003B2 |
Soybean variety 01083835
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01083835. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01083835. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01083835 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01083835 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US11819001B2 |
Soybean cultivar 02180205
A soybean cultivar designated 02180205 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 02180205, to the plants of soybean cultivar 02180205, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 02180205, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 02180205. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02180205. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 02180205, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 02180205 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11819000B2 |
Soybean cultivar 05030038
A soybean cultivar designated 05030038 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05030038, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05030038, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05030038, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05030038. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05030038. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05030038, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05030038 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11818998B2 |
Soybean cultivar 05370116
A soybean cultivar designated 05370116 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 05370116, to the plants of soybean cultivar 05370116, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 05370116, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 05370116. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05370116. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 05370116, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 05370116 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US11818997B1 |
Maize hybrid X13R077
A novel maize variety designated X13R077 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13R077 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13R077 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13R077, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13R077 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13R077 and methods of using maize variety X13R077 are disclosed. |
| US11818996B1 |
Maize hybrid X18R499
A novel maize variety designated X18R499 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18R499 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18R499 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X18R499, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18R499 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18R499 and methods of using maize variety X18R499 are disclosed. |
| US11818994B2 |
Brachiaria endophytes and related methods
The present invention relates to endophytes, in particular endophytes associated with plants of the Brachiaria-Urochloa species complex, plants infected with the endophytes, products produced by the endophytes, and related methods. |
| US11818993B2 |
Cultivation floor system for providing supply and discharge irrigation
A cultivation floor system has a floor on which plant containers are to be placed. The system includes a watertight basin and a water-permeable structure in the basin, which structure has a permeable top cloth which forms the top side of the floor on which plant containers are placed. The structure includes one or more water-retaining layers. A watering installation supplies water so that water is available for the plants in the plant containers. A perforated film is placed between the permeable top cloth on the one hand and the one or more water-retaining layers on the other hand, which perforated film is made of impermeable film material which is provided with distributed perforations in such a manner that the film reduces the free evaporation surface for water from the one or more water-retaining layers. |
| US11818991B2 |
Light source module for plant cultivation
A light source module for plant cultivation includes a main light source, an auxiliary light source unit, and a controller. The main light source unit emits background light which is visible light for growth of a plant. The auxiliary light source unit emits auxiliary light including UVB, UVC, or both to increase the content of phytochemicals in the plant. The controller controls operation of the main light source unit and the auxiliary light source unit based on a control signal. |
| US11818989B2 |
Irrigation device for promoting deep root growth of a plant
The present disclosure is an irrigation device for promoting the deep root growth of a plant. The irrigation device may comprise a tube and a hose, wherein the hose may have one or more slits that allow liquid to seep out if the water pressure in the hose is too high. The water pressure may get too high if the pores of the soaker hose become temporarily clogged, which may happen if a fertilizer solution is put into the irrigation system. |
| US11818986B1 |
Growing device
A growing system includes a tub having a lid attached thereto, the tub having an interior area; a tubing system secured within the interior area of the tub; a fluid reservoir housing a fluid pump, the fluid pump in fluid communication with the tubing system; a water tank positioned within the interior area of the tub and having a water level sensor therein; one or more lights configured to emit light into the interior area; a heat pump to emit heat into the interior area; a thermocouple and hygrometer to measure temperature and humidity within the interior area of the tub; and a controller having one or more controls to receive user commands to operate the fluid pump, the one or more lights, and the heat pump; the controller operates to control a microclimate within the interior area of the tub based on user preferences. |
| US11818982B2 |
Grain quality control system and method
A grain tailings elevator for a combine harvester includes a an elevator housing having an interior containing a conveyor arrangement configured to transport grain tailings through the elevator housing to a discharge outlet. The elevator housing has a side wall with a window to the interior of the elevator housing. A camera having a camera housing containing an image sensor is mounted to the side wall of the elevator housing over the window with the image sensor in registration with the window. The image sensor is trained on the conveyor arrangement and configured to image the grain tailings transported by the conveyor arrangement through the elevator housing. |
| US11818981B2 |
Automatically detecting outlier values in harvested data
In an embodiment, a method comprises determining, in received yield data, one or more passes, each pass including a plurality of observations. For each pass of the one or more passes, one or more discrete derivatives are determined, and based on the one or more discrete derivatives first outlier data is generated. First filtered data is generated by removing the first outlier data from the yield data. Furthermore, for each observation in the yield data, a plurality of nearest neighbor observations is determined, and used to determine a plurality of absolute differences in yield values. Based on the plurality of absolute differences, second outlier data is determined. Second filtered data is generated by removing the second outlier data from the first filtered data. Using a presentation layer of a computer system, a graphical representation of the second filtered data is generated and displayed on the computing system. |
| US11818979B2 |
Grass trimmer
A grass trimmer includes a trimming head, a driving device for driving the trimming head to rotate so as to cut vegetation and an operating device for a user to operate so as to control the driving device. The trimming head includes a spool and a line holding member, the spool is used to wind a cutting line, and the line holding member is formed with a line holding structure. The driving device includes a motor. The grass trimmer has an auto-winding mode. In the auto-winding mode, the motor drives at least one of the spool and the line holding member to make the spool and the line holding member rotate relatively so that the cutting line is wound on the spool automatically. |
| US11825757B2 |
Memory device having a ring heater
A semiconductor device includes a base structure of a memory device including a first electrode, first dielectric material having a non-uniform etch rate disposed on the base structure, a via within the first dielectric material, and a ring heater within the via on the first electrode. The ring heater has a geometry based on a shape of the via that produces a resistance gradient. |
| US11825747B2 |
Actuator
An actuator has a plurality of pairs of a flexible electrode having flexibility, and a base electrode having an opposed face that is opposed to the flexible electrode and is covered with an insulating layer. The flexible electrode is configured to deform to get closer to the opposed face when a voltage is applied to the flexible electrode and the base electrode. Each of the pairs is located on the same axis, and adjacent ones of the pairs are connected to each other. The axis intersects with the opposed face of the base electrode of each of the pairs. The base electrode of each of the pairs is divided into a plurality of electrode portions insulated from each other, and the voltage is individually applied to the electrode portions. |
| US11825746B2 |
Thermoelectric device
A thermoelectric device can comprise at least one first thermoelectric element, at least one second thermoelectric element, and a bridging structure. The bridging structure can include a bridging layer comprising a silver-gallium alloy. The silver-gallium alloy containing a bridging layer can provide flexibility and stress release to the thermoelectric device when subjected to multiple heating cycles, and may have a very low electrical resistance and thermal resistance. |
| US11825744B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and condensed cyclic compound for organic electroluminescence device
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and at least one organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one organic layer includes a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, thereby showing improved device efficiency and life. |
| US11825740B2 |
Amine compound and organic light-emitting device including the same
An organic light-emitting device and an amine compound, the organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes at least one amine compound represented by Formula 1: |
| US11825739B2 |
Boron-containing compound and organic light-emitting diode
Provided is a boron-containing compound suitable for the material of a blue light-emitting diode and an organic light-emitting diode using the same. The boron-containing compound has a structure represented by the formula (1): X is each independently —NR1—, —CR2R3—, —O— or —S—. In the —NR1— and —CR2R3—, R1 to R3 are each independently hydrogen, deuterium, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 5 to 30 core atoms, and R2 and R3 may connect with each other to form a ring. Cy1 is an aryl group having 5 to 30 core atoms. All or part of hydrogen atoms in the formula (1) may be substituted by deuterium, a halogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 5 to 30 core atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, or cyano group. |
| US11825735B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A compound of Formula I is disclosed. |
| US11825729B2 |
Terminal device
Provided is a terminal device, including a photosensitive element, a display panel provided with a light-transmitting region, and a circuit board disposed between the photosensitive element and the display panel and being provided with a light-transmitting hole. The light-transmitting region is a region where light is able to pass through the display panel. The light-transmitting hole is disposed between the photosensitive element and the light-transmitting region of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to a light-exiting surface of the display panel. |
| US11825727B2 |
Mask, method of providing mask, and method of providing display panel using the same
A method of providing a mask includes providing a first mask layer facing a second mask layer, in the second mask layer, providing a first opening which corresponds to a deposition opening of the mask, providing an auxiliary layer which faces the first mask layer with the second mask layer therebetween and covers the first opening, in the auxiliary layer, providing a second opening which corresponds to the first opening and exposes the first mask layer to outside the auxiliary layer, in the first mask layer, providing a third opening which corresponds to the first opening and the second opening by using the auxiliary layer as a mask and providing the auxiliary layer separated from the first mask layer and the second mask layer to provide the deposition mask having the first mask layer having the third opening and the second mask layer having the first opening. |
| US11825722B2 |
Display device and electronic device with ratio of area capable of transmitting light in color filter to area of light emitting region satisfying condition
Display device has display region of pixels including first pixel arranged in central portion of the display region and second pixel arranged between the first pixel and the edge of the display region. Each pixel includes first and second light emitting elements. Color filter layer is arranged on the first and second light emitting elements. The first light emitting element includes first color filter, and opening of the first light emitting element is defined by the color filter layer. The second light emitting element includes second color filter and having spectral transmittance characteristic different from the first color filter. Ratio of size of the opening to size of light emitting region of the first light emitting element is smaller in the second pixel than in the first pixel. |
| US11825716B2 |
Display device
An OLED display panel is provided which can control the problem of shedding even in high definition panels. Metal wiring 5 which conducts with an earth line of a flexible printed substrate 15 is provided on a substrate 1. A display area 2 comprised from a plurality of OLED elements is provided at the center of the substrate 1 and four low resistance metal films 3 are provided along each of four edges of the display area 2 on a surface of insulation films 8, 10 at the periphery of the display area 2. Among these, one low resistance metal film 3 conducts with the metal wiring 5 via a contact 3a. |
| US11825714B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display area which includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixels and a second display area including at least one second pixel and at least one light-transmitting portion, a peripheral area disposed around the display area, a data line including a first portion and a second portion spaced apart from each other in a predetermined direction with the light-transmitting portion therebetween, and a conductive pattern disposed at a different conductive layer from the data line. The conductive pattern includes a first pattern portion including a bypass portion that bypasses a periphery of the second display area in a plan view and disposed in the first display area, and the first pattern portion includes a first end electrically connected to the first portion of the data line and a second end electrically connected to the second portion of the data line. |
| US11825713B2 |
Display device
According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a flexible substrate, a first insulating film disposed on the flexible substrate, a switching element disposed on the first insulating film, a signal wiring electrically connected with the switching element, a first organic film disposed on the signal wiring, a connection wiring disposed on the first organic film, a second organic film disposed on the connection wiring and a pad electrode disposed on the second organic film. The connection wiring is located between the first organic film and the second organic film and is in contact with the first organic film and the second organic film. |
| US11825710B2 |
Display device
A display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate including a display area, a first peripheral area disposed outside the display area, and a second peripheral area disposed between the display area and the first peripheral area; a common voltage supply line disposed on the first peripheral area and the second peripheral area of the substrate; and a common electrode electrically connected to the common voltage supply line, wherein the common voltage supply line includes a first opening disposed in the first peripheral area; and a second opening disposed in the second peripheral area, and the first opening and the second opening are different in size or arrangement. |
| US11825701B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method thereof
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a barrier layer, a buffer layer, and a thin-film transistor (TFT) array layer. A plurality of first through-holes arranged apart from each other are defined in a display area, a plurality of second through-holes are defined in a bonding area, and the first through-holes and the second through-holes penetrate from an insulating layer to a side of the substrate near the barrier layer. The first through-holes and the second through-holes are filled with a flexible material, thereby improving bending resistance capability of the display panel, and reducing risks of cracking. |
| US11825700B2 |
Array substrate and fabricating method thereof, display panel, and display apparatus
The present disclose is related to an array substrate. The array substrate may include a base substrate; a driving transistor on the base substrate; an insulating layer on the driving transistor, the insulating layer comprising a via hole above a first electrode of the driving transistor; a conductive portion on the insulating layer; and a light emitting device on the conductive portion and electrically connected to the conductive portion. The conductive portion may be electrically connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor through the via hole. The light emitting device may be above the via hole, and an orthographic projection of the light emitting device on the base substrate may cover an orthographic projection of the via hole on the base substrate. |
| US11825699B2 |
OLED with a shape memory alloy bottom electrode, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus including the OLED
There is provided an organic light-emitting diode including: a pixel defining layer on a substrate and having a plurality of openings for defining pixel regions, wherein each pixel region is a region including one pixel therein; a plurality of first pixel electrodes on the substrate and in the plurality of openings, respectively, each first pixel electrode being at a peripheral portion of a corresponding opening adjacent to the pixel defining layer; and a plurality of second pixel electrodes on the substrate and in the plurality of openings, respectively, each second pixel electrode being at a central portion of the corresponding opening. Each first pixel electrode is between the pixel defining layer and a corresponding second pixel electrode, and the plurality of first pixel electrodes and the plurality of second pixel electrodes are in a same layer. Each first pixel electrode includes a shape memory alloy material. |
| US11825697B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate and a display device are provided. In the display substrate, the plurality anodes includes a first anode, a second anode, a third anode, and a fourth anode, the second planarization layer includes a first via hole, a second via hole, a third via hole and a fourth via hole, the first via hole is located between the first virtual straight line and a second virtual straight line passing through an center of the effective light emitting region of the light emitting element corresponding to the first anode and extending along the first direction, the first via hole is located at a side of a bisector line, extending along a second direction, of the effective light emitting region of the light emitting element corresponding to the first anode, the second direction intersects with the first direction. |
| US11825693B2 |
Transparent display device
A transparent display device includes a substrate on which a pixel including an emission area and a first transparent area is defined, and a light-emitting diode provided in the emission area and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode. The transparent display device further includes an anti-deposition layer provided in the first transparent area. The height of the light-emitting layer at an edge area of the emission area is higher than the height of the light-emitting layer at a center area of the emission area. Further, the second electrode is disposed over the entire surface excluding the first transparent area, and the height of the anti-deposition layer at an edge area of the first transparent area is higher than the height of the anti-deposition layer at a center area of the first transparent area. |
| US11825691B2 |
Display panel and water-absorbing magnetic nanoparticles
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display panel and a fabricating method thereof. In the solution, on one hand, water-absorbing magnetic nanoparticles in a packaging layer are distributed along a direction perpendicular to the cover plate at a side far away from an OLED component, or distributed along an extension direction of the packaging layer at a periphery of a region in which the OLED component is located, thus reducing the damage to the OLED component of a display substrate. On the other hand, since the water-absorbing magnetic nanoparticles have magnetic property, the water-absorbing magnetic nanoparticles can be doped in the packaging layer material in a packaging and waterproofing process, and a magnetic field is applied to induce the magnetic nanoparticles to move to the side far away from the OLED component or to the periphery of the region in which the OLED component is located. |
| US11825690B2 |
Display apparatus having blind hole in polarizer and preparation method thereof
A display apparatus and a preparation method thereof, the display apparatus includes a display panel whose display area has a first hole; a polarizer disposed on one side of the display panel, wherein the polarizer has a blind hole, the blind hole penetrates through an optical characteristic layer in the polarizer, and an orthographic projection of the blind hole on the display panel at least partially overlaps with the first hole; a first optical adhesive layer disposed on a surface of the polarizer away from the display panel, wherein the first optical adhesive layer includes a planar portion and a convex portion, and the convex portion is filled in the blind hole; a cover plate disposed on one side of the first optical adhesive layer away from the display panel. |
| US11825688B2 |
Display device including a lens array and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes: a first substrate; thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and a lens array including lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate, wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate. |
| US11825686B2 |
Display apparatus including a peripheral crack detection circuit
A display apparatus including a substrate; a display area arranged on the substrate and including a plurality of pixels, and a peripheral area arranged outside the display area; a dam surrounding the display area; a crack detector arranged between the dam and an end of the substrate and electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of pixels; a crack prevention dam arranged between the dam and the end of the substrate; and an encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, each covering the display area and a portion of the peripheral area. The first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer in the encapsulation layer extend to the end of the substrate. |
| US11825685B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a first layer having a display area including pixels and a non-display area surrounding the display area; a second layer disposed on the first layer and including an intermediate inorganic film and an intermediate organic film; a third layer disposed on the second layer and including display elements; a first dam structure disposed outside an edge of the intermediate organic film and extending along the edge of the intermediate organic film; a fourth layer including first and second encapsulation inorganic films; a fifth layer in disposed on the fourth layer; a sixth layer disposed on the fifth layer and including a light blocking layer, a plurality of color filters, and a seventh layer covering the light blocking layer and the plurality of color filters; and a second dam structure disposed on the non-display area and defining a boundary of the seventh layer. |
| US11825676B2 |
Quantum dot light emitting device and application
The present disclosure discloses a quantum dot light emitting device and application thereof. The quantum dot light emitting device includes: an anode and a cathode disposed oppositely, a quantum dot light emitting layer arranged between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transport layer arranged between the anode and the quantum dot light emitting layer, wherein a material of the hole transport layer is a copper-based quantum dot with a short-chain ligand on a surface. |
| US11825670B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device includes an auxiliary layer located between a first electrode and a hole injection layer or a hole transport layer and including a metal fluoride. The metal of the metal fluoride may be a Group III metal having a high work function of 3.8 eV or more. The hole injection barrier at the interface between the first electrode and the hole injection layer may be adjusted by the fluoride of the high work function metal in the auxiliary layer so that the electron-hole charge balance and the efficiency of the organic light-emitting device may be improved. |
| US11825667B2 |
Electronic semiconducting device and method for preparing the electronic semiconducting device
Compounds, including metal borate compounds, and electronic semiconducting devices including one or more of the compounds. Compounds may be used in a hole transport layer of the electronic semiconducting devices. Display devices, which may include a plurality of OLED pixels. The OLED pixels may include one or more compounds, including metal borate compounds. |