US11156070B2
The present application describes compositions and methods for the controlled delivery of acid to a desired location, for example to a subterranean formation.
US11156061B2
A downhole valve has a valve body having at least one port and slidably receiving in a longitudinal bore thereof at least a first sliding sleeve for opening and closing the at least one port. The first sliding sleeve has a circumferential actuation groove. An actuation assembly is extendable into the first sliding sleeve and has an actuation housing axially movably receiving thereon a compressible sealing element and a slip assembly. The slip assembly has one or more slips radially outwardly extendable under a hydraulic pressure for engaging the circumferential actuation groove of the first sliding sleeve for opening the at least one port, and the actuation assembly is longitudinally extendable to position a portion thereof on an inner side of the one or more slips for supporting the one or more slips at a radially outwardly extended configuration.
US11156059B2
Thru-tubing completion systems and methods that employ a detachable sub-surface completion unit (SCU) anchoring seal that provides a seal between a SCU body and a wall of a wellbore of a well. The detachable SCU anchoring seal can be positioned in an un-deployed position that enables the detachable SCU anchoring seal to pass through production tubing disposed in the wellbore and in a deployed position that provides the seal. The detachable SCU anchoring seal is releasably coupled to the SCU body and has an internal passage having an internal diameter that is equal to or greater than an external diameter of the SCU body such that the detachable SCU anchoring seal can be deployed in the wellbore and decoupled from the SCU body to enable the SCU body to be moved through the internal passage of the SCU anchoring seal while deployed in the wellbore.
US11156053B2
A riser disconnect/reconnect system having a disconnection package (RDP) and a modified lower marine riser package (LMRP) are provided for quick disconnection of the marine drilling riser (MDR) from the LMRP to facilitate access to the LMRP or BOP stack. The RDP includes a flex joint and a hydraulically-actuated release connector (RC) with a connecting mandrel that engages a modified LMRP. In an emergency, the RDP is disconnected from the LMRP allowing access to the BOP stack for intervention. The RDP may be disconnected from the LMRP for recovery of the LMRP or BOP stack to the surface for repair or maintenance without recovering the MDR. The RC joins the flex joint to the uppermost annular blowout preventer in the LMRP. The release connector can be used in a standard or inverted position. Also provided are structural cages with complementary stab plates allowing access to various bypass ports and controls.
US11156046B2
The disclosure provides a method of obtaining logging data of subterranean formations and a logging system for doing the same. One example method includes: (1) conveying a logging tool and downhole tractor through a gravity-conveyed section of a borehole, and (2) obtaining logging data from the logging tool during the conveying, wherein the downhole tractor is employed for at least a portion of the obtaining of the logging data. Another example method includes: (1) lowering a logging tool and an open-hole tractor through a gravity conveyed section of an open borehole, (2) raising the logging tool and the open-hole tractor through the gravity conveyed section, (3) obtaining, from the logging tool during the raising, logging data associated with the gravity conveyed section of the open borehole, and (4) employing the open-hole tractor for at least a portion of the raising of the logging tool during the obtaining.
US11156034B2
A wellbore is drilled in a formation using a drill string assembly that includes a drill string. A drill bit is connected to a downhole end of the drill string. A notching tool is connected to the drill string. After drilling the wellbore to a depth from a surface in the formation, the drilling is paused. The notching tool is rotated. a notch is formed with the rotating notching tool. In subsequent operations, DSA is removed from the well and the fracturing fluid pumped from the surface can create fractures at the locations of notches. These fractures would improve wellbore connectivity with the reservoir for better oil and gas recovery.
US11156032B2
A window screen that allows for the easy fix of a torn screen. The screen is similar to contemporary window screens. However, this screen contains a grid of squares that can be between 4×4 inches and 8×8 inches in size. The border of each square is a solid fiberglass material which can be 0.5 to 1.0 inch in width. Inside of each square is standard window screen mesh. In the event of a tear, the mesh within the borders of the squares can be cut out. Then, a replacement patch which is the same shape of the removed area can be adhered in place. The patch should be cut so that it contains the surrounding fiberglass border. The border of the patch will be adhered to the window screen so that the borders of the patch overlap the borders on the screen making for a seamless repair.
US11156031B2
The present disclosure describes roll-up coverings of custom length and/or width for architectural openings, and a method of assembling the same. The custom covering includes at least one outer elongate tape, at least one inner elongate tape, and a plurality of slats. The tapes preferably have lengths along central longitudinal axis extending between first ends and second ends of the tapes that are selected to correspond to the custom length of the covering. The slats are preferably transverse to, spaced apart along, and coupled to the tapes at any desired location along the tape lengths to achieve desired spacings of the slats, thereby providing a subassembly of custom length. The slats may have lengths extending between first ends and second ends of the slats, orthogonal to the central axis of the tapes, and selected to provide a custom width of the subassembly.
US11156030B2
Door for a refrigerated cabinet, formed by multiple glazings that join a spacer frame, peripheral joints, and a reinforcement that makes it possible to do away with frame elements. The door comprises transparent vertical joints that connect the glass sheets of the glazing to transparent spacers.
US11156025B2
An exemplary damper module is configured for use with a latchbolt assembly, and generally includes a mounting bracket, a first slowing mechanism, and a second slowing mechanism. The latchbolt assembly generally includes a drive member, a latchbolt, and a retractor connected between the drive member and the latchbolt. Each of the slowing mechanisms is independently operable to slow the extension speed of the latchbolt. The first slowing mechanism includes a rack gear and a rotary damper including a pinion gear. The rack gear is configured to be mounted to the drive member, and the rotary damper is mounted to the mounting bracket. The second slowing mechanism includes a slowing arm and a biasing member engaged with the slowing arm. The slowing arm is movably mounted to the mounting bracket and is configured to engage the retractor.
US11156024B1
A window opening control devices in the nature of a modified vent stop includes a housing having a peripheral flange defining an opening and a body depending from the peripheral flange and further includes a butterfly shaped stop block mounted within the body of the housing for rocking motion about a generally centrally located pivot point between an open position, wherein a first wing of the stop block extends beyond the housing flange, and a closed position wherein the first wing is retracted into the housing. Movement of the stop block between the open and closed positions is effected by pressing on either the first wing of the butterfly shaped stop block or a second wing, and is preferably accomplished without the use of springs or other biasing assistance. The stop block is preferably provided with a pair of ridge projections that cooperate with spring legs located on the interior of the housing to form a detent to maintain the stop block in the closed position.
US11156018B2
A motor vehicle lock comprising a lock housing, an electric power supply and at least one illuminant which can be connected to the electric power supply, emits light into a light-guiding element and can be placed directly on a circuit board located inside the lock housing.
US11156015B1
A chain link fence with retained slats having slats inserted into the chain link fence and running between the top of the fence and the bottom of the fence. Between the top selvages and the top ends of the slats, between the bottom selvages and the bottom ends, of the slats, or between both the top selvages and the top ends of the slats and the bottom selvages and the bottom ends of the slats is inserted an elongate member having sufficient strength to retain the slats while also being sufficiently flexible to permit the chain link fence with the retained slats and the elongate member or members to be rolled in the traditional manner for a chain link fence, but not so flexible as to prevent the elongate member from being pushed into the desired position within the fence.
US11156013B2
A five-device-in-one awning includes: a spline hub, arched splines screwed to the spline hub, arched spline-extension prongs inserted into arched splines, elevator booms, an automatic-sliding elevator lock slidably attached to the arched splines, an elevator-lock lever attached to the elevator lock, elevator-boom hand paddles attached to the elevator booms, an adjustable dome attached to the arched spline-extension prongs for functioning as a weather shield or as a privacy shield or as a domed truck-bed cover or as a domed truck-side tent or as a curved projection screen or as a truck-side awning or as a tailgate awning or as an awning, a foot-stabilizing-and-reversing plate, and an attachable insertable reversible arch foot and attachable insertable reversible dual-arch feet screwed to the foot-stabilizing-and-reversing plate and the spline hub for attaching to a utility port or to a trailer hitch or to a tailgate slot of a pickup truck bed.
US11156012B2
A convertible hammock-shade tent configurable as a shade tent and a hammock comprising (I) A plurality of tiers comprising a first tier and a second tier wherein (a) the second tier has a plurality of perimeter sleeves and (b) each tier has positioned thereon a plurality of apertures; (II) A plurality of vertically adjustable telescoping posts comprising a first, second, third, and fourth post wherein each (a) is attachable to the first and second tiers by an attachment device and (b) comprises a plurality of post segments, each with an upper and a lower end, comprised of at least a first post segment with a lower end configured for securing the post to the ground and attaching the post to the first tier and a second post segment positioned above the first post segment and configured for attaching the post to the second tier; (III) Wherein the tiers and posts can be configured for use as a shade tent wherein the first tier comprises the shade tent floor and the second tier comprises the shade tent canopy positioned above the first tier and wherein (a) a bendable member is inserted into at least one second tier perimeter sleeve, and (b) a second tier support system is positioned below and proximal the second tier and comprises a first and a second cross brace, with each cross brace having a first and a second end, and a plurality of cross brace attachment members, wherein each cross brace end is attached to a cross brace attachment member attached to a second post segment of a post; and (IV) Wherein one tier can be configured for use as a hammock, wherein (a) the tier comprises a hammock panel having a panel first end and a panel second end wherein the panel first end is attached to a first erecting structure and the panel second end is attached to a second erecting structure, and (b) one or more panel perimeter apertures and one or more panel perimeter sleeves is proximal each panel end.
US11156010B1
A tower stores unmanned aircraft and shipping containers inside. The unmanned aircraft are controlled by the tower's integrated computer to enable immediate distribution of the shipping containers upon a customer request. Upon a customer request, the tower autonomously dispatches the unmanned aircraft stored inside to rapidly fly out of the tower to deliver a shipping container directly to a specified location outside. Once dispatched by the tower's computer system, the unmanned aircraft autonomously fly from storage in the tower through the tower's interior space and exit the tower through internal shafts that lead to an opening in its exterior walls to deliver a shipping container cheaper and faster than traditional means.
US11156009B2
Example aspects of an indicator for a compression post, a compression post for a building, and a method for using a compression post are disclosed. The indicator for a compression post can comprise a leg configured to engage a support plate of the compression post; and an indication portion supported by the leg and comprising; a first visual indicator configured to indicate that the compression post is in an uncompressed configuration; and a second visual indicator configured to indicate that the compression post is in a compressed configuration.
US11156004B2
The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a supplied building panel made of a wood material, in particular MDF or HDF, with an upper side and a lower side, wherein, in a first embossing step, a relief is embossed at least into the upper side as first strip-shaped depressions with two opposing side walls, a bottom wall connecting said side walls and a depth (T), and subsequently a decorative pattern (3) is printed on the embossed upper side of the building panel, and the decorative pattern is then sealed by applying an abrasion-resistant layer (4). According to the invention, additional depressions extending at an angle (α) transversely to the first depressions are embossed, and the large-format supplied building panel is divided into individual panels by carrying out a saw cut in and along each of the depressions.
US11156003B2
Disclosed is a stone or ceramic plate stabilized with the aid of fiber-coated stabilizing strips, which are mounted below the edges of the stone slat or incorporated below the edges in the stone slat. The strips are characterized in that, for reasons of optimizing the material, they have an arrangement of the fiber direction at the top and bottom for the respective load case as a tension belt and are therefore designed with unidirectional fiber layers and these fibers are as close as possible to the respective surface of the top and bottom lie to be stabilized stone plate. The tension belt preferably has a height or thickness which is greater than half the thickness of the stone slab to be stabilized and a width which is appropriate to the total load at the respectively occurring bending load.
US11155999B2
An awning assembly having an awning connection system for coupling an awning canopy to a support structure and providing a cover to the awning canopy when the awning assembly is in a closed position. The awning connection system comprises a unitary film segment having a distal end connected to the awning canopy and a proximal end for securing to the support structure. The unitary film segment further comprises an attached region for coupling the unitary film segment to the awning canopy.
US11155998B2
A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules.
US11155992B2
A tile setting structure comprises a floor panel and a plurality of wall panels each attached to either the floor panel or one of the other wall panels with a waterproof caulk. Each of the wall panels includes a first rigid layer, a second rigid layer attached to the first rigid layer by a thinset mortar, and a waterproofing layer formed of a flexible material and attached to the second rigid layer by the thinset mortar.
US11155986B2
A toilet odor elimination device that resides below a water tank lid of a water tank includes a housing with an intake chamber, a filter chamber in operational relationship to a micro fan chamber, a tubular exhaust tube and an at least one battery storage chamber. The toilet odor elimination device is activated by an on/off switch that resides in an electrical relationship to a power source located in the at least one battery storage chamber.
US11155983B2
The present inventive concept relates to a system (100) comprising: a water recirculating device comprising: a heating arrangement (112) arranged in a recirculating path (108); a mixing valve arrangement (122) in liquid communication with an external ON water path arrangement (114), said mixing valve arrangement (122) accepting as inputs hot and cold water from a hot and cold water source respectively, said mixing valve arrangement (122) being configured to form temperature regulated water (120) by combining said hot and cold water, said mixing valve arrangement (122) comprising a user input interface configured to control a proportion of said hot and cold water directed to said external water path arrangement (114); and a reference temperature determining arrangement (130) configured to determine a reference water temperature of said temperature regulated water (120); wherein said heating arrangement (112) is configured to adjust a water temperature of treated water towards said reference water temperature.
US11155966B2
A hydrolytic sheet is obtained by impregnating a base paper sheet with an aqueous agent. The base paper sheet has a weight per unit area of 30 to 150 gsm and includes a water-soluble binder. The aqueous agent includes a cross-linking agent which cross-links with the water-soluble binder and cellulose nanofiber.
US11155963B2
The present invention provides aqueous compositions for treating fluff pulp comprising (i) one or more acrylic acid polymers containing phosphinate groups and having a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 6,000 and (ii) from 5 to 50 wt. %, based on the total solids weight of the aqueous compositions, of one or more polyethylene glycols, having a formula weight of from 150 to 7,000, or, preferably, from 200 to 600. The present invention also provides individualized, intrafiber crosslinked cellulosic fibers comprising the cellulosic fiber and, in cured form, the aqueous compositions, as well as methods of making the individualized, intrafiber crosslinked cellulosic fibers.
US11155957B2
A sole plate cover covers all exposed surfaces of a steam iron's sole plate to contain fluids leaking from the iron and prevent injury from contact with hot surfaces. The flexible cover includes a plate formed with a plurality of vent holes, a side wall extending outward from the plate all the way around the perimeter of the sole plate, a vent plug extending out from the plate to block a steam vent on the sole plate, and flanges configured to hold the cover to the front and rear ends of the sole plate. A sole plate cover may include a flexible strap for holding closed a water tank cover on the iron. An optional pressure relief valve on the strap blocks a vent hole on the water tank to prevent leakage, opening in the event of an over-pressure condition in the tank.
US11155955B2
A dryer includes a cabinet including a front panel, a door coupled to the front panel, a base disposed on a lower portion of the cabinet, a condensate water tray disposed on the base and configured to receive water, a water tank configured to be withdrawn forward of the front panel and configured to store water received in the condensate water tray, and a cap configured to couple to the water tank. The water tank includes a front surface part disposed vertically below the front panel of the cabinet, a top surface part that extends rearward from an upper portion of the front surface part and that defines a water tank inlet configured to be coupled to the cap, and a side surface part that extends rearward from each of both sides of the front surface part.
US11155951B2
A method and apparatus for breaking a unit dose package in a chamber within a post located in a basket of a laundry washing machine. The method includes filling the basket and the chamber, increasing a rotation speed of the basket and/or the post to raise the water level in the basket and lower the water level in the chamber to cause a unit dose package within the chamber to move downwards; reducing the rotation speed to lower the water level in the basket and raise the water level in chamber to cause the unit dose package within the chamber to move upwards; and repeating the steps of increasing and reducing the rotational speed to cause the unit dose package to break open and at least partially dissolve. A laundry washing machine configured to perform this process is also provided.
US11155950B2
A method of preparing a fabric for perspiration exhaust pajamas and underclothing includes the following steps: (1) grey cloth weaving: weaving a perspiration exhaust fiber, a regenerated cellulose fiber, and spandex into a grey cloth; (2) singeing: singeing the grey cloth to obtain a singed grey cloth through a two-face-two-back singeing; and (3) moisture adsorption and perspiration exhaust finishing: immersing the singed grey cloth in a finishing liquid, taking out the singed grey cloth for drying, baking, washing, and then drying to a constant weight to obtain the fabric for perspiration exhaust pajamas and underclothing.
US11155948B2
Disclosed herein are methods of forming a fiber mat, involving forming an aqueous solution of at least one protein, at least one polysaccharide, and optionally a plasticizer, and electrospinning the aqueous solution onto a collector to form a mat.
US11155942B2
A composite structure may include a knit component and a bonded component. The knit component has a first surface and an opposite second surface, and the knit component includes a fusible yarn and a non-fusible yarn that form a knitted structure. The fusible yarn is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material, and the fusible yarn is located on at least the first surface. The bonded component is positioned adjacent to the first surface, and the bonded component is thermal bonded to the first surface with the thermoplastic polymer material of the fusible yarn.
US11155935B2
A method for forming porous fibers is provided. The fibers are formed from a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase, which includes a matrix polymer, and a nanoinclusion additive that is at least partially incompatible with the matrix polymer so that it becomes dispersed within the continuous phase as discrete nano-scale phase domains. The method generally includes traversing a bundle of the fibers over one or more draw bars that are in contact with a fluidic medium (e.g., water). In certain embodiments, for example, the draw bar(s) are submerged in the fluidic medium. The fluidic medium is lower than the melting temperature of the matrix polymer.
US11155932B2
A method for producing a piezoelectric single crystal ingot shows small variation in the concentration of PbTiO3 in the growth direction of single crystal. A complete solid solution-type piezoelectric single crystal ingot is produced by using the Bridgman method, including: filling a starting material, wherein a relaxor having a compositional formula Pb(B1, B2)O3 is blended with lead titanate having a composition PbTiO3 to give a preset composition, into a crucible for growth; heating to the melting temperature to give a melted liquid layer; then moving the crucible for growth toward the low temperature side; and thus starting one-direction solidification from the lower part of the crucible to thereby produce a single crystal. During solidification, the feedstock containing the relaxor and lead titanate having a maximum grain size ≤3 mm is continuously supplied into the crucible.
US11155927B2
Corrosion inhibitor compositions are provided that can include a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, optionally a dispersant, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof. Methods of mitigating or inhibiting corrosion of housing or conduits containing aqueous mediums are also disclosed. The methods can include the steps of pretreating the metal conduit with a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid, introducing an aqueous medium into the metal conduit, and injecting a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof into the aqueous medium.
US11155909B2
This high-strength free-cutting copper alloy comprises 75.4-78.0% Cu, 3.05-3.55% Si, 0.05-0.13% P and 0.005-0.070% Pb, with the remainder comprising Zn and inevitable impurities, wherein the amount of Sn existing as inevitable impurities is at most 0.05%, the amount of Al is at most 0.05%, and the total amount of Sn and Al is at most 0.06%. The composition satisfies the following relations: 78.0≤f1=Cu+0.8×Si+P+Pb≤80.8; and 60.2≤f2=Cu−4.7×Si−P+0.5×Pb≤61.5. The area percentage (%) of respective constituent phases satisfies the following relations: 29≤κ≤60; 0≤γ≤0.3; β=0; 0≤μ≤1.0; 98.6≤f3=α+κ; 99.7≤f4=α+κ+γ+μ; 0≤f5=γ+μ≤1.2; and 30≤f6=κ+6×γ1/2+0.5×μ≤62. The long side of the γ phase is at most 25 μm, the long side of the μ phase is at most 20 μm, and the κ phase is present within the α phase.
US11155903B2
Soft magnetic alloy embodiments for additive manufacturing and geometric structures formed therefrom
Disclosed herein are embodiments of soft magnetic alloy embodiments for use in additive manufacturing and structures fabricated from such alloys. In some embodiments, the fabricated structures comprise a continuous thin wall (or plurality thereof) having a geometry that promotes reduced eddy current losses and other performance enhancements. In some embodiments, the fabricated structures are used to make components, such as transformer cores and/or electric motors.
US11155899B2
Described herein are ternary alloys of copper (Cu), aluminum (Al) and tin (Sn). For example, the ternary alloys can comprise between about 0.5 weight percent (wt %) and about 5 wt % Al and between about 0.5 wt % and about 5 wt % Sn. The chemical composition of the alloys can be tailored such that the alloy maintains antimicrobial effect over time and is resistant to tarnish. The alloys are also hypoallergenic. Articles of manufacture, particularly those for use in medical facilities, comprising the alloy (e.g., as a surface layer) are also described, as are methods of reducing the incidence of microbial infection by providing surfaces comprising the alloy.
US11155898B2
The invention relates to a method for extracting rare earth elements contained in permanent magnets, which includes the steps of thermal treatment of the permanent magnet, crushing at the end of the thermal treatment in order to obtain particles with a size smaller than 2 mm, treatment by agitation of the particles in a solution containing an organic acid, and separation of the liquid phase from the solid phase.
US11155895B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to a method for obtaining cesium from aqueous solutions.
US11155885B2
A real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay that utilizes multiplex primers and probes with degenerate nucleotides to detect divergent species of lyssavirus is described. The probes used in the RT-PCR assay target a highly conserved region at the 5′ end of the lyssavirus genome and are modified with either a minor groove binder (MGB) or locked nucleic acid (LNA) nucleotides to increase their melting temperature. The described assay detects all known lyssavirus species with a sensitivity and specificity superior to traditional hemi-nested PCR and the direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) test.
US11155883B2
The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DP-004114-3 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome and the DNA sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are provided.
US11155875B2
The present invention relates to a method for discovery of a novel miRNA biomarker for cancer diagnosis, a biomarker for diagnosis of bile duct cancer or pancreatic cancer which has been discovered through the method for discovery of a biomarker, a method for diagnosing cancer, comprising a step in which cancer is diagnosed when f(x)>0 by substitution of the expression level of the miRNA biomarker, which is detected by the method for discovery of a miRNA biomarker for cancer diagnosis, in a sample into a novel SVM classifier function, a kit for diagnosing bile duct cancer or pancreatic cancer comprising the biomarker for diagnosing bile duct cancer or pancreatic cancer, and a computing device for performing a process of diagnosing cancer when f(x)>0 as a result of a calculation by substitution of the expression level of a miRNA biomarker, which is detected by the method for discovery of a miRNA biomarker for cancer diagnosis, into the novel SVM classifier function.
US11155872B2
This invention provides methods, compositions, and kits relating to detecting donor cell-free DNA in the circulation of a transplant recipient for the early identification of transplant rejection or for detection of damage to transplant cells.
US11155861B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US11155860B2
The invention relates to a method of characterising a target polynucleotide using a single-stranded binding protein (SSB). The SSB is either an SSB comprising a carboxy-terminal (C-terminal) region which does not have a net negative charge or a modified SSB comprising one or more modifications in its C-terminal region which decreases the net negative charge of the C-terminal region.
US11155859B2
Provided are methods and compositions for activating oligonucleotide aptamer-deactivated DNA polymerases, comprising cleaving the aptamer by endonuclease V enzymatic activity to reduce or eliminate binding of the oligonucleotide aptamer to the DNA polymerase, thereby activating DNA synthesis activity of the DNA polymerase in a reaction mixture. Mixtures for use in methods of the invention are also provided. In some aspects, the oligonucleotide aptamer comprises one or more deoxyinosine nucleotides providing for aptamer-specific recognition and cleavage of the aptamer by the endonuclease V enzymatic activity. Exemplary oligonucleotide aptamers, mixtures and methods employing endonuclease V enzymatic activity are provided. The methods can be practiced using kits comprising a DNA polymerase-binding oligonucleotide aptamer and at least one endonuclease V enzymatic activity having oligonucleotide aptamer-specific recognition to provide for specific cleavage of the aptamer by the endonuclease V enzymatic activity.
US11155836B2
The present invention encompasses compositions and methods to allow one to monitor formation of synthetic chromosomes in real-time via standardized fluorescent technology, eliminating the need for cumbersome, expensive, and possibly mutagenic analysis.
US11155832B2
The invention provides adenoviral vectors and compositions for the highly efficient transduction of T cells.
US11155828B2
The present invention provides the specific expression promoters in rice and the application. The present invention applies the promoter in the plant genetic engineering. The sequence of the promoter provided in the present invention is composed of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1; the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 2; Or the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 3.
US11155822B2
A transposon (TnC_T7) was developed to partially supply the transcriptional machinery during functional analysis of genomic/metagenomic libraries. This transposon was conceived and constructed to have the ability to integrate randomly into any episomal DNA, allowing the inducible expression of the adjacent DNA regions in both directions. In general, this genetic tool included a kanamycin resistance gene, two bidirectional T7 promoters and the T7RNA polymerase-coding gene, the latter under the regulation of the inducible arabinose promoter (PBAD). The experimental validation confirmed the TnC_T7 potential to be used in functional genomic/metagenomic studies, in order to partially overcome the limitations of the bacterial hosts, which prevent them to recognize most of foreign genes from DNA libraries.
US11155819B2
The present invention relates to the field of biomedicine, particularly to double-stranded RNA molecules targeting CKIP-1 and uses thereof, particularly to use of the double-stranded RNA molecules for the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, particularly rheumatoid arthritis.
US11155818B2
The present invention refers to human microRNA hsa-miR-665 for the treatment or prevention of heart diseases associated with cardiac hypertrophy and consequent pathological remodeling of the heart, in particular for preventing and/or treating heart failure (HF). Vectors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said miRNA for the disclosed uses are also within the scope of the present invention.
US11155813B2
The present disclosure provides oligonucleotides that comprise semi-random barcode sequences. Such oligonucleotides may be incorporated into reverse transcription primers, PCR primers, or portions of sequencing adapters in preparing sequencing libraries. The resulting sequencing libraries can be used for accurate sequencing, including DNA or RNA counting and mutation detection. Methods and kits for preparing sequencing adapters and sequencing libraries are also provided.
US11155811B2
Deep mutational scanning is a foundational tool for addressing functional consequences of large numbers of mutants, yet a more efficient and accessible method for construction of user-defined mutagenesis libraries is needed. Provided herein are nicking saturation mutagenesis, a single-day, single-pot saturation mutagenesis method using routinely prepped plasmid dsDNA as input substrate. Reproducibility and convenience of the method are demonstrated through validation by an external research laboratory.
US11155810B2
Methods and systems for sample preparation techniques that allow amplification (e.g., whole genome amplification) and sequencing of chromatin accessible regions of single cells are provided. The methods and systems generally operate by forming or providing partitions (e.g., droplets) including a single biological particle and a single bead comprising a barcoded oligonucleotide. The preparation of barcoded next-generation sequencing libraries prepared from a single cell is facilitated by the transposon-mediated transposition and fragmentation of a target nucleic acid sequence. The methods and systems may be configured to allow the implementation of single-operation or multi-operation chemical and/or biochemical processing within the partitions.
US11155807B2
The present disclosure provides a HTP microbial genomic engineering platform that is computationally driven and integrates molecular biology, automation, and advanced machine learning protocols. This integrative platform utilizes a suite of HTP molecular tool sets to create HTP genetic design libraries, which are derived from, inter alia, scientific insight and iterative pattern recognition. The HTP genomic engineering platform described herein is microbial strain host agnostic and therefore can be implemented across taxa. Furthermore, the disclosed platform can be implemented to modulate or improve any microbial host parameter of interest.
US11155806B2
Methods of sequencing and assembling a nucleic acid sequence from a nucleic acid sample containing repetitive or low-information regions, which are typically difficult to sequence and/or assemble are provided. The methods of sequencing and assembling introduce mutations into the sample to increase sequence diversity between various repetitive regions present in the nucleic acid sample. This sequence diversity allows various segments to assemble independently of different, but similar sequences present in the nucleic acid sample.
US11155803B2
The disclosure provides compositions comprising novel adenosine base editors (e.g., ABE8) that have increased efficiency and methods of using these adenosine deaminase variants for editing a target sequence.
US11155801B2
Unglycosylated lysostaphin variant protein, nucleic acid molecule, vector and host cell, as well as a method for production of unglycosylated lysostaphin variant protein in a yeast expression system are provided. The proteins are produced in a Pichia pastoris expression system and have been shown to have activity equivalent to wild-type lysostaphin. The lysostaphin variant proteins can be used as therapeutic proteins for treatment of diseases such as Staphylococcus aureus infection.
US11155800B2
Described herein are prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding conjugates that are useful for delivering therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of using the conjugates and compositions. Also described are processes for manufacture of the conjugates and the compositions containing them.
US11155796B2
Disclosed herein are CRISPR/Cas9-based gene activation systems that include a fusion protein of a Cas9 protein and a protein having histone acetyltransferase activity, and methods of using said systems.
US11155793B2
The present invention relates to the field of genetic engineering, particularly to phytase variant YeAPPA having improved pepsin resistance and acid resistance, and increased catalytic efficiency, by substituting Leucine at the 162th site of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.1 with glycine or proline or substituting glutamic acid at the 230th site of the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO.1 with glycine, proline or arginine, in the benefit of the development of economical feed enzyme industry.
US11155789B2
The present invention provides a microorganism-derived soluble coenzyme-binding glucose dehydrogenase which catalyzes a reaction for oxidizing glucose in the presence of an electron acceptor, has an activity to maltose as low as 5% or less, and is inhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline. The invention also provides a method for producing the coenzyme-binding glucose dehydrogenase, and a method and a reagent for measuring employing the coenzyme-binding glucose dehydrogenase. According to the invention, the coenzyme-binding glucose dehydrogenase can be applied to an industrial field, and a use becomes possible also in a material production or analysis including a method for measuring or eliminating glucose in a sample using the coenzyme-binding glucose dehydrogenase as well as a method for producing an organic compound. It became also possible to provide a glucose sensor capable of accurately measuring a blood sugar level. Therefore, it became possible to provide an enzyme having a high utility, such as an ability of being used for modifying a material in the fields of pharmaceuticals, clinical studies and food products.
US11155783B2
A non-immunogenic selection epitope may be generated by removing certain amino acid sequences of the protein. For example, a gene encoding a truncated human epidermal growth factor receptor polypeptide (EGFRt) that lacks the membrane distal EGF-binding domain and the cytoplasmic signaling tail, but retains an extracellular epitope recognized by an anti-EGFR antibody is provided. Cells may be genetically modified to express EGFRt and then purified without the immunoactivity that would accompany the use of full-length EGFR immunoactivity. Through flow cytometric analysis, EGFRt was successfully utilized as an in vivo tracking marker for genetically modified human T cell engraftment in mice. Furthermore, EGFRt was demonstrated to have cellular depletion potential through cetuximab mediated antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) pathways. Thus, EGFRt may be used as a non-immunogenic selection tool, tracking marker, a depletion tool or a suicide gene for genetically modified cells having therapeutic potential.
US11155777B2
Described herein are bioreactor support structures configured to be used with containers having different designs, and methods for making and using such bioreactors. The support structures described herein may include two or more agitator motors and control systems or an adjustable-position agitator motor, a removable spacer and/or lid, multiple configurations for ports and probes, and multiple exhaust filter heating blankets. Also described herein are methods of manufacturing a multi-agitator motor or adjustable-position agitator motor bioreactor, as well as methods of modifying an existing support structure to be used with a container not originally designed to be used with the existing support structure, and methods for operating these bioreactors.
US11155765B2
A composition obtained by reacting an O,O′-dialkyldithiophosphoric acid with a hydroxyalkyl acrylate or a hydroxyalkyl methacrylate, and reacting the product thereof with a dialkylphosphite provides good antiwear protection.
US11155762B2
A low friction wear surface operable at high temperatures and high loads with a coefficient of friction in the superlubric regime including MoS2 and graphene-oxide on the wear surface is provided, and methods of producing the low friction wear surface are also provided. The low friction wear surface remains with a coefficient of friction in the superlubric regime at temperatures in between about 200° C. and 400° C.
US11155760B2
Processes for natural gas production are described. The processes involve combining a membrane separation system and a thermal oxidizing system. The high and low hydrocarbon permeate streams from the membrane separation system are introduced into the thermal oxidizing system separately. The high hydrocarbon permeate stream provides fuel for the thermal oxidizing system, allowing a reduction in external fuel usage. The reduction in total fuel required yields increased gas production for the total plant. A solvent based acid gas removal system can optionally be included.
US11155756B2
The invention relates weldments useful as heat transfer tubes in pyrolysis furnaces. The invention relates to tubes that are useful in pyrolysis furnaces. The weldments include a tubular member and at least one mixing element. The tubular member comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element's aluminum-containing alloy can be the same as or different from the tubular member's aluminum-containing alloy. Other aspects of the invention relate to pyrolysis furnaces which include such weldments, and the use of such pyrolysis furnaces for hydrocarbon conversion processes such as steam cracking.
US11155748B2
An effective amount of amphiphilic star polymers and surfactants may be applied to downhole fluids containing oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions, such as drilling fluids, completion fluids, drill-in fluids, workover fluids, and remediation fluids, to stabilize the emulsions and improve rheological properties of these fluids for use in oil and gas production operations. The star polymers and surfactants may be applied to the downhole fluid separately or as a blend to generate emulsions within the fluid that have substantially uniform droplet size.
US11155745B2
This invention relates to a composition comprising 1.) a metal carboxylate, wherein the metal M is selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cn, Hg, Pb, Sn, Ni, Co, Ca, Fe, Zn and Mn, those metals being present as ions in a +2 or +3 charge state, and wherein the carboxylate anion is derived from a hydrocarbyl monocarboxylic acid having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such acids, 2.) a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, glycol ethers having from 4 to 15 carbon atoms, alkyl alcohols having from 1 to 10 carbons, and aromatic hydrocarbon solvents having from 6 to 30 carbons, and 3.) an emulsion breaker which is a polymeric nonionic surfactant.
US11155744B2
A method of reducing fluid loss includes pumping a wellbore fluid including resin coated solid particulate into a wellbore having fractures therein, the resin coated solid particulate forming a substantially impermeable plug in the fractures. A method of drilling a wellbore includes drilling a wellbore through a formation using a first wellbore fluid; and upon experiencing a fluid loss event to the formation, pumping a second wellbore fluid including resin coated solid particulates into the wellbore.
US11155740B2
Wellbore fluids may contain alkyl amine and cyclic organic acid complexes capable of controlling hydration in swellable formations such as shale- and clay-containing formations. Further, methods of drilling may utilize wellbore fluids containing a base fluid and a complex of alkyl amine and a cyclic organic acid.
US11155719B2
Removable, aqueous-based compositions, especially sealants useful for, inter alia, temporary craft applications and seasonal weatherization of buildings and methods of their use are disclosed. These sealants reduce the flammability risks and lingering odor problems associated using solvent-based systems, particularly during application. These compositions do not rely on additives that disrupt the adhesion of the compositions to the substrate and that leave undesirable residue on the substrate.
US11155713B2
The carborhodamine dyes disclosed herein are novel reagents suitable for automated incorporation of carborhodamine dyes into oligonucleotides that can be used in detection methods for nucleic acid targets. This disclosure provides an efficient and simple process for the preparation of carborhodamine compounds and introduces previously unknown reagents for the automated synthesis of oligonucleotide-carborhodamine conjugates.
US11155710B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one aromatic polymer and at least one fluorinated polymer, articles made from such compositions and uses thereof.
US11155706B2
A polymer composition including: a filler (A); a polymer (B) having a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene compound, having a peak temperature of a tan δ temperature dispersion curve of −110° C. or more and less than −30° C., and having a functional group capable of interacting with the filler (A); and a polymer (C) having a repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene compound and a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound, having a peak temperature of a tan δ temperature dispersion curve of −30° C. or more and 10° C. or less, and having a functional group capable of interacting with the filler (A), wherein the polymer (B) and the polymer (C) are incompatible with each other, and a concentration of functional groups per unit mass of the polymer (B) is higher than a concentration of functional groups per unit mass of the polymer (C).
US11155704B2
A methacrylic resin composition is provided which contains at least one methacrylic resin and satisfies conditions (I), (II), and (III) in a differential molecular weight distribution curve. (I) When a proportion (%) of a peak area from a starting point to a molecular weight of 30000 with respect to a peak area from the starting point to an end point is represented by W1, W1 satisfies 18≤W1≤27. (II) When a proportion (%) of a peak area from the starting point to a molecular weight of 80000 with respect to the peak area from the starting point to the end point is represented by W2, W2 satisfies 41≤W2≤52. (III) When a proportion (%) of a peak area from a molecular weight of 300000 to the end point with respect to the peak area from the starting point to the end point is represented by W3, W3 satisfies 10≤W3≤14.
US11155703B2
A curable composition contains a resin containing a curable group, a colorant, a polymerization inhibitor, and a polymerization initiator. A manufacturing method of the curable composition includes a colorant dispersing step of mixing together the resin containing a curable group, the colorant, and the polymerization inhibitor and a mixing step of mixing together the colorant dispersion and the polymerization initiator so as to obtain the curable composition. A cured film is obtained by curing the curable composition. A color filter, a solid-state imaging element, and an infrared sensor have the cured film. A manufacturing method of the cured film includes a curable composition layer-forming step, an exposure step, and a development step.
US11155701B2
A rubber composition is based on at least an elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a crosslinking system and a crumb rubber, said crumb having a particle size distribution such that it comprises less than 35% by weight of particles having a size of less than 50 μm and less than 30% by weight of particles having a size of greater than 200 μm.
US11155697B2
A process for the production of composite materials comprising nano-fibrillar cellulose gels, by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment, combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment, fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of the at least one filler and/or pigment until a gel is formed, subsequently providing at least one further filler and/or pigment and combining the gel with the at least one further filler and/or pigment.
US11155694B2
Provided are a polycarbonate resin composition comprising a polycarbonate resin, a black colorant, a yellow colorant, and at least one ultraviolet absorber selected from the group consisting of a benzotriazole-based compound, a benzophenone-based compound, and a triazine-based compound, and an optical molded article composed thereof.
US11155693B2
Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising (a) 10 to 99 weight percent of an ethylene-based interpolymer having the following properties: (i) a density of 0.93 g/cm3 or less, (ii) a high-shear viscosity (V100) at 190° C. and 10% strain of 1,200 Pa-s or less, and (iii) a shear thinning ratio (V0.1/V100) at 190° C. and 10% strain of at least 8; and (b) 0 to less than 10 weight percent of a filler, where the ethylene-based interpolymer is not prepared in a high-pressure reactor. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions may be employed as insulation layers in flexible power cables.
US11155677B2
A process for making a high molecular weight poly(hydroxy acid) polymer having good thermal stability and a weight average molecular weight of >100,000 by GPC. The process includes mixing glycolic acid and/or lactic acid, and a diol or di-acid initiator, and at least one multifunctional initiator to form a liquid monomer mixture in an agitated polycondensation reactor. Polycondensing to form a liquid reaction mixture comprising a pre-polymer having a weight average molecular weight of >10,000 by GPC, and greater than 80% by mole hydroxyl or carboxyl end-group termination, then crystallizing to form a first solid reaction mixture. Then solid state polycondensing the solid reaction mixture to form a solid reaction mixture having a moisture level less than 50 ppm by weight. Then mixing the solid reaction mixture with an appropriate reactive coupling agent in a melting and mixing extruder to couple and form the reaction mixture and form the poly(hydroxy acid) polymer.
US11155673B2
The present teachings contemplate relatively high glass transition temperature (Tg) polymers and/or other reaction products. A method may include reacting a diepoxide with a bisphenol in amounts and under conditions to produce a material that has a Tg as measured by differential scanning calorimetry according to ASTM E1358-08(2014) of at least about 90° C. at least about 100° C. (at least about 110° C., or at least about 120° C.
US11155671B1
A unique transport stabilizing combination for stabilizing items during conditions of movement comprises a viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay disposed upon a vehicular support member. The viscoelastomeric thermoset overlay component of the transport stabilizing combination is desirably viscoelastomeric, adhesive, cohesive, releasable, antipathogenic, cleansable and/or reusable. The vehicular support member is desirably an extension of a vehicle, and the transport stabilizing combination can stabilize a portable item against movement and damage during conditions of movement, such as rocking or during transport.
US11155670B2
An amorphous thermoset thiourethane polymer, comprising a sequential chain of a first type of monomer covalently bonded to a second type of monomer via thiourethane linkages, wherein the first type of monomer includes two or more thiol functional groups and the second type of monomer includes two or more isocyanate functional groups. Methods of synthesizing the polymer, bio-electronic devices comprising the polymer and methods of manufacturing such devices are disclosed.
US11155669B2
A manner for improving storage stability of a curable resin composition and close adhesion of a cured product to a polycarbonate. The present description relates to a curable resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): component (A): an isocyanate group-containing urethane prepolymer, component (B): a powder of a polyamine compound which is solid at 25° C., and component (C): at least one selected from the group consisting of a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having an alicyclic structure or a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having an aromatic ring, a monofunctional (meth)acrylate compound having a hydrolyzable silyl group, and a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate compound, where the composition does not substantially include a photoradical initiator.
US11155667B2
The invention relates to an in-situ process for preparing an alkylphenol-aldehyde resin. The process comprises the step of providing a raw alkylphenol composition. The raw alkylphenol composition comprises one or more alkylphenol compounds and at least about 1 wt % phenol. Each alkylphenol compound has one or more alkyl substituents. The raw alkylphenol composition is reacted directly, without pre-purification, with one or more aldehydes to form an in-situ alkylphenol-aldehyde resin. The invention also relates to an in-situ alkylphenol-aldehyde resin formed from the in-situ process, and its use in a tackifier composition and rubber composition. The tackifier composition and rubber composition containing the in-situ alkylphenol-aldehyde resin show, inter alia, improved tack performance.
US11155666B2
The present application may provide a block copolymer and a use thereof. The block copolymer of the present application has excellent self-assembly properties or phase separation characteristics, to which various functions to be required can also be freely imparted.
US11155656B2
An ethylene/1,3-butadiene copolymer containing ethylene units, butadiene units and UD units of cyclic, 1,2-cyclohexanediyl structure, and bearing, at one of its chain ends, an alkoxysilyl or silanol function, functional group F1 is provided. The UD units of cyclic structure are of the following formula:
US11155651B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a modified vinyl alcohol polymer having a sulfonic acid or a salt thereof, the polymer having notably improved water solubility as compared with a pre-modified vinyl alcohol polymer. A modified vinyl alcohol polymer (A) has in a side chain thereof a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof, and in the modified vinyl alcohol polymer (A), a degree of modification with the sulfonic acid group or the salt thereof is 0.01 mol % or more and 10 mol % or less, and a block character of residual vinyl ester units is 0.55 or more and 1 or less.
US11155633B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), bispecific antibodies that bind to PSMA and CD3, and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention bind human PSMA with high affinity and bind CD3 to induce human T cell proliferation. The invention includes antibodies that bind PSMA and CD3 and induce T cell-mediated killing of PSMA-expressing tumor cells. According to certain embodiments, the present invention provides bispecific antigen-binding molecules comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human CD3, and a second antigen-binding molecule that specifically binds human PSMA. In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of prostate tumors expressing PSMA. The antibodies and bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders in which an upregulated or induced targeted immune response is desired and/or therapeutically beneficial. For example, the antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers.
US11155628B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-c-Met antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind c-Met, c-Met-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and c-Met-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having c-Met related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
US11155626B2
The present invention relates to the biomedicine field, in particular to an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody and its applications. The invention obtains an anti-human PD-L1 humanized monoclonal antibody with good specificity, high affinity and stability by screening, and the antibody can specifically bind to human PD-L1 instead of binding to members of B7 family, and it can bind to active T-cells to strengthen the activation of T-cells, so it can significantly inhibit the growth of tumor.
US11155624B2
The disclosure provides antibody agents that bind to a programmed death-1 (PD-1) protein. Particular immunoglobulin heavy chain polypeptide and immunoglobulin light chain polypeptide sequences are explicitly provided. Also provided are related nucleic acids, vectors, compositions, and methods of using the anti-PD-1 antibody agent to treat a disorder or disease that is responsive to PD-1 inhibition, such as cancer or an infectious disease.
US11155623B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-CTLA4 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind CTLA4, CTLA4-antibody binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and CTLA4-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating a disease requiring either stimulation of immune responses or suppression. Stimulation is achieved using antibodies that block binding of human CTLA4 to human B7 and diseases amenable to treatment by stimulation and augmentation of prolonging of immune responses include cancers of the prostate, kidney, colon, lung or breast; pathogenic infections; diseases associated with the CNS e.g. amyloidogenic diseases including Alzheimer's disease; and diseases with inflammatory or allergic components. Diseases amenable to treatment include graft versus host disease, host versus graft disease, allergy, autoimmune diseases and other inflammatory diseases.
US11155619B2
The present invention provides molecules, such as ISVDs and Nanobodies, that bind to PD1 and LAG3 and, optionally to human serum albumin. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
US11155609B2
Anti-TauC3 antibodies that are at least several orders of magnitude more specific for TauC3 than for full length tau (2N4R) are described. Also described are methods of using anti-TauC3 antibodies.
US11155599B2
The present invention is directed to adenoviruses for use in cancer therapy which comprise one or more heterologous nucleic acid sequences encoding a tumor antigen, whereby the adenovirus expresses the tumor antigen(s) on its surface.
US11155596B2
The present disclosure relates to a class of engineered polypeptides having a binding affinity for programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), and provides a PD-L1 binding polypeptide comprising the sequence ERNX4AAX7EIL X11LPNLX16X17X18QX20 WAFIWX26LX28D. The present disclosure also relates to the use of such a PD-L1 binding polypeptide as a therapeutic, prognostic and/or diagnostic agent.
US11155595B2
Provided are compositions and methods for prophylaxis and/or therapy of a variety of cancers which express a NY-ESO-1 antigen. Included are recombinant T cell receptors (TCRs), polynucleotides encoding them, expression vectors that include the polynucleotides, and cells into which the polynucleotides have been introduced to produce modified cells, including CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, natural killer T cells, γδ T cells, and progenitor cells, such as haematopoietic stem cells. The modified cells are capable of direct recognition of a cancer cell expressing a NY-ESO-1 antigen by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II-restricted binding of the TCR to the NY-ESO-1 antigen expressed by the cancer cell without presentation of the antigen by antigen presenting cells. In embodiments, the NY-ESO-1 antigen is displayed by the tumor cells. Also included is a method for prophylaxis and/or therapy of cancer by administering modified cells that express a recombinant TCR. Methods for making expression vectors and/or cells which express a recombinant TCR and identifying TCRs to make the expression vectors are also included.
US11155593B2
Bi-specific fusion proteins with therapeutic uses are provided, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such fusion proteins, and methods for using such fusion proteins to repair or regenerate damaged or diseased tissue.
US11155591B2
The invention relates to IL-22 polypeptides, IL-22 Fc fusion proteins and IL-22 agonists, composition comprising the same, methods of making and methods of using the composition for the treatment of diseases. The invention also relates to IL-22 receptor associated reagents and methods of use thereof.
US11155587B2
Disclosed herein is a synthetic polypeptide with “n” number of repeats of a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. The synthetic polypeptide as disclosed herein is represented by an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, or SEQ ID NO: 5. The synthetic polypeptide of the present disclosure is used to prepare synthetic elastomeric hydrogel. Also, disclosed are the methods of preparing the synthetic polypeptide and the elastomeric hydrogel along with their uses.
US11155584B2
Described herein are unstructured polypeptides lacking any discernible repeat motif. Also described herein are fusion proteins including at least one of the unstructured polypeptides and at least one binding polypeptide. Further described are methods for treating a disease in a subject in need thereof. The methods may include administering to the subject an effective amount of the fusion protein.
US11155583B2
Stable pre-fusion respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) F proteins (or fragment thereof) are described. Compositions containing the proteins and uses of the compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of RSV infection are also described.
US11155576B2
Disclosed are peptides that contain up to about 35 amino acids, including a plurality of aromatic amino acid residues and either (i) an amino acid residue that is phosphorylated or sulfated, or (ii) an amino acid comprising an ester-moiety linked via peptide bond, or both (i) and (ii), wherein the peptide is capable of self-assembly to form nanofibrils in the presence of an enzyme that hydrolyzes the phosphate group, the sulfate group, or the ester-moiety. These peptides are enzymatically responsive hydrogelators, and they can be used to form pericellular hydrogels/nanofibrils upon exposure to target cells that secrete or express a surface bound ectoenzyme having hydrolase activity suitable to induce peptide gelation. These materials, and compositions containing the same, can be used for in vitro and in vivo cellular imaging, treating cancerous conditions, collecting a secretome from a cell upon which the pericellular hydrogels/nanofibrils form, and screening the collected secretome.
US11155569B2
The present invention relates to a method for degrading a polysaccharide in the field of food, medicine or chemical industry. In particular, a molecular chain of the polysaccharide is broken by ozone into polysaccharides with smaller molecular weights, oligoses and/or oligosaccharides. The polysaccharides include linear or branched glycans extracted from plants, traditional Chinese medicinal materials, animals, fungi, or microorganisms and sulfated polysaccharides or esterified polysaccharides formed by sulfation or esterification thereof. As an oxidizing agent in the reaction, the ozone can be used alone or can be used under the catalysis of a base, a metal ion, hydrogen peroxide, UV light, or activated carbon to accelerate the reaction. The method for degrading the polysaccharide in the present invention uses milder reaction conditions compared to a conventional acid-catalytic degradation method, has higher reaction efficiency and a controllable reaction process, does not need to use an acid, and reduces environmental pollution.
US11155565B2
The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidinyl imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
US11155564B2
The present invention relates to 2-oxo-1-imidazolidinyl imidazothiadiazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.
US11155557B2
Compounds of Formula (IA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of use as Janus kinase inhibitors are described herein.
US11155555B2
The invention relates to new quinoxaline, quinoline and quinazolinone derivative compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to processes for the preparation of said compounds and to the use of said compounds in the treatment of diseases, e.g. cancer.
US11155553B2
Ligands that are based on the pyclen macrocycle that are reinforced, which are useful for complexing elements such as radioelements and/or elements with magnetic properties.
US11155550B2
The present invention relates to methods of modulating activity of histone deacetylases (HDACs). The present invention also relates to methods of treating HDAC-associated diseases including, but not limited to, cancers, inflammatory disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders. The present invention also provides novel compounds and compositions thereof and methods of preparation of the same. The present invention also includes methods of inhibiting HDACs, and methods of treating HDAC-associated diseases using the compounds of the invention.
US11155548B2
A method of recovering a highly pure hydrocodone base from an impure hydrocodone preparation includes contacting the impure hydrocodone preparation with a weak acid in water to form a solution and adding a strong base to the solution in an amount sufficient to precipitate the pure hydrocodone base product. A highly pure hydrocodone base comprises less than 0.0025 wt % codeinone.
US11155545B2
The present disclosure relates to Ribociclib solid state forms, Ribociclib salts including Ribociclib succinate and solid state forms thereof, as well as processes for preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US11155544B2
The present disclosure provides compounds of formula (I) that are tyrosine kinase inhibitors, in particular Bruton tyrosine kinase (“BTK”) inhibitors, and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of BTK such as cancer, autoimmune, inflammatory, and thromboembolic diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
US11155539B2
Disclosed are 4-pyridinylmethyl-morpholines of formula A and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein. Also disclosed are processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment or prevention of conditions having an association with NR2B negative allosteric modulating properties.
US11155534B2
Disclosed are an EGFR inhibitor free base or acid salt polycrystalline form, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. The present invention specifically relates to an N-(5-((4-(1-cyclopropyl-1H-indol-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)-2-((2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)(methyl)amino)-4-methoxyphenyl)acrylamide free base or acid salt polycrystalline form, a preparation method therefor, and an application of the polycrystalline form in preparing a drug for treating an EGFR mutant activity-mediated disease. The present invention is used for inhibiting the activity of an L858R EGFR mutant, a T790M EGFR mutant and an exon 19 deletion activating mutant etc., may be widely applied in preventing and treating cancer, especially non-small cell lung cancer and other related diseases, and is expected to develop into a new generation of EGFR inhibitors.
US11155533B2
Crystalline Forms of Compound I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, methods of treating cystic fibrosis using the same, and methods for making the same are also disclosed.
US11155528B2
A compound of formula (I), wherein R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heteroaryl, R2 is an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heteroaryl, and R3 is an optionally substituted alkylamino, an optionally substituted cycloalkylamino, an optionally substituted arylamino, an optionally substituted heterocyclylamino, an optionally substituted heterocyclyl, and an optionally substituted dialkylamino. A pharmaceutical composition which includes the compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or excipient. A method of treating colorectal cancer in a subject, whereby a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of formula (I) is administered to the subject.
US11155522B2
Provided herein is a method for treating a monocarboxylate transporter MCT4-mediated disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises the step of administering to the subject a compound of structural Formula I and/or a salt thereof. The treatment of the monocarboxylate transporter MCT4-mediated disorder may inhibit activity of MCT4, or a mutant thereof, sometimes with at least a 100-fold selectivity for MCT4 over MCT1.
US11155519B2
By using ion exchange column chromatography or calcium carbonate to an aqueous solution containing a compound A represented by the following formula and citric acid, citric acid in the aqueous solution is removed and a crystalline compound A is obtained by being thereafter subjected to several steps. Further a high-purity noncrystalline compound A is obtained by using calcium carbonate, sulfuric acid, an organic solvent and the like to the aqueous solution containing the compound A and citric acid to remove citric acid and the crystalline compound A in the solution. The configuration of the crystalline compound A is an SS isomer in the RS notation system. The configuration of the noncrystalline compound A is an SR isomer.
US11155518B2
Provided herein is a compound of Formula I: wherein R represents a terpene hydroperoxyl selected from the group consisting of wherein R′ represents a alkyl group selected from the group consisting: CH3(CH2)8—, CH3(CH2)6—, and CH3—.
US11155517B2
This invention related to 4-substituted phenylamine derivatives of the general formula (I), wherein R1 to R9 and A have the meanings as defined in description. The invention further relates to methods for their preparation and use of said compounds to fight undesired phytopathogenic microorganisms, and agents for said purpose, comprising said phenylamine derivatives, all according to the invention. This invention further relates to a method for fighting undesired phytopathogenic microorganisms by application of said 4-substituted phenylamine derivatives of general formula (I) to such undesired microorganisms and/or to their habitat, according to the invention.
US11155515B2
The invention relates to a new process for the manufacture of fluoroaryl compounds and derivatives thereof, in particular of fluorobenzenes and derivatives thereof, and especially wherein said manufacture relates to an environmentally friendly production of the said compounds. Thus, the present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art processes, and in a surprisingly simple and beneficial manner, and as compared to the prior art processes, in particular, the invention provides a more efficient and energy saving processes, and also provides a more environmentally friendly process, for the manufacture of nuclear fluorinated aromatics, and preferably of nuclear fluorinated fluorobenzenes. Accordingly, in one aspect of the invention, an industrially beneficial process for preparing fluorobenzenes from halobenzene precursors using HF to form hydrogen halide is provided by the present invention. A beneficial and surprisingly simple use of chlorobenzene as an industrially interesting starting material in the manufacture of fluorobenzene is provided.
US11155513B2
A process for a reactive separation of organic molecules from biomass includes a reaction step for the biomass, a simultaneous extraction step using a solvent, and a filtration step to recover products, wherein the products comprise ferulic acid and/or coumaric acid. The products are extracted from the biomass in a pressurized stirred batch reactor using a liquid extraction solvent and a base in which the ferulate and the coumarate remain.
US11155505B2
Methods for preparation of olefins, including 8- and 11-unsaturated monoenes and polyenes, via transition metathesis-based synthetic routes are described. Metathesis reactions in the methods are catalyzed by transition metal catalysts including tungsten-, molybdenum-, and ruthenium-based catalysts. The olefins include insect pheromones useful in a number of agricultural applications.
US11155500B2
A refractory article includes a body having a first portion defining at least a portion of a first exterior surface of the body, the first portion including a carbide, and further including a second portion defining at least a portion of a second exterior surface of the body opposite the first exterior surface, the second portion including an oxide, and a thermal conductivity difference (ΔTC) of at least 10 W/mK between the first exterior surface and the second exterior surface, and an average Shell Temperature of not greater than 400° C.
US11155498B2
A hydratable cement composition which will bond to both asphalt and cementitious substrates is supplied for the repair of various surfaces. The composition comprises of a combination of Portland cement, calcium sulfoaluminate cement or calcium aluminosilicate, and an alkali metal salt activated pozzolonic powder, wherein the Portland cement content of the hydratable portion of the composition is greater than 20%. The composition is free from latex bonding agents and calcium aluminate. The composition is mixed with water to form a typical cement, mortar, or concrete consistency, placed and allowed to cure. The result is a self-adhering patch to damaged surfaces. The hydratable cement composition may also be used to fabricate items of original construction by casting into molds or forms.
US11155490B1
An article including an optically transparent, superomniphobic coating that is durable and relatively easy to keep clean, is disclosed. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an article comprising a substrate and a graded layer, the graded layer having a first side disposed adjacent the substrate, the first side comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide in a first glass phase and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide in a second glass phase, and opposed the first side, a second side comprising at least 45 wt. % silicon oxide, no more than 5 wt. % boron oxide, and 10-50 wt. % aerogel, the aerogel present in the graded layer as a plurality of distinct domains.
US11155489B2
Embodiments of the invention include a transparent material such as glass including a metal such as bismuth, particles of luminescent material such as a nitride phosphor disposed in the transparent material, and a coating disposed over the particles of luminescent material. The coating is formed to prevent reaction between the particles of luminescent material and the metal. The coating may be silica.
US11155488B2
A manufacturing method of a porous glass preform for optical fiber by depositing glass microparticles on a starting member, including supplying a vaporizer with organic silicon compound raw material in a liquid state and a carrier gas; in the vaporizer, mixing and vaporizing the organic silicon compound raw material in a liquid state and the carrier gas to convert the organic silicon compound raw material and the carrier gas into a raw material mixed gas; supplying a burner with the raw material mixed gas and a combustible gas, combusting the raw material mixed gas and the combustible gas in the burner, and ejecting SiO2 microparticles generated by the combustion from the burner; and depositing the SiO2 microparticles ejected from the burner on the starting member by repeatedly moving the vaporizer and the burner together, in a synchronized manner, parallel to the starting member in a longitudinal direction thereof.
US11155484B2
A method of providing, maintaining and using a youthful added microbe population for the treatment of wastewater. A method to obtain Class A sludge without the need for disinfecting procedures.
US11155481B2
Described herein are the methods of using a cationic alkyl polyglycoside in a fouling control composition to reduce microbial and/biofilm growth in a water system. The described methods or compositions are found to be effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used single quaternary compounds for reducing microbial or biofilm growth in water systems.
US11155480B2
Described herein are the methods of using a cationic alkyl polyglycoside in a corrosion control composition to reduce corrosion for metal surfaces in a water system. The described methods or compositions are found to be effective than those methods or compositions including commonly used corrosion inhibitors for water systems.
US11155476B2
Provided are methods of removing perchlorate from water. The methods include contacting water suspected of containing perchlorate with a cationic material. The cationic material includes one or more cationic metal atoms connected by an atom or molecule into an extended structure, and a charge balancing anion. The contacting removes perchlorate (e.g., selectively), if present, from the water. Water treatment vessels, systems and facilities that find use in practicing the methods of the present disclosure are also provided.
US11155474B2
Methods of treating water to promote the health of aquatic organisms are described. The method may include introducing pulverized kaolin into the water. The pulverized kaolin may have a particle size distribution such that at least 30% by weight of the particles pass through a 60 mesh screen. For example, the pulverized kaolin may be in the form of a dry powder having a d50 diameter less than 300 μm. The pulverized kaolin may remain dispersed or suspended in the water without dispersants and/or surfactants, e.g., to reduce the amount of at least one pathogenic microorganism present in the water and/or to reduce or prevent exposure of aquatic organisms to the pathogenic microorganism(s).
US11155472B2
The present disclosure relates to a one-dimensional nano-chain structure including a single crystal structure as a minimum repeat unit structure.
US11155466B2
The embodiment relates to a method for preparing a graphite sheet having a high thermal conductivity at a low cost without using an expensive polyimide film.
US11155463B2
A power generation system that includes a membrane reformer assembly, wherein syngas is formed from a steam reforming reaction of natural gas and steam, and wherein hydrogen is separated from the syngas via a hydrogen-permeable membrane, a combustor for an oxy-combustion of a fuel, an expander to generate power, and an ion transport membrane assembly, wherein oxygen is separated from an oxygen-containing stream to be combusted in the combustor. Various embodiments of the power generation system and a process for generating power using the same are provided.
US11155460B2
A sensor device includes a first and second Micro-Electro-Mechanical (MEM) structures. The first MEM structure includes a first heating element on a first layer of the first MEM structure. The first heating element includes an input adapted to receive an input signal. The first MEM structure also includes a first temperature sensing element on a second layer of the first MEM structure. The second MEM structure includes a second heating element on a first layer of the second MEM structure and a second temperature sensing element on a second layer of the second MEM structure. An output circuit has a first input coupled to the first temperature sensing element and a second input coupled to the second temperature sensing element.
US11155445B2
Provided is a lifting assembly for lifting a load, including an upper part and a number of independent lower parts, wherein the upper part includes a lifting beam, a suspension arrangement for suspending the lifting beam from a crane hook, and a locking assembly including an actuator arrangement realized to engage the upper part to a lower part; and wherein a lower part includes a lifting tool realized for connection to a load, and a locking interface realized to engage with the locking assembly of the upper part. A method of lifting a load using such a lifting assembly is also provided.
US11155444B2
An illustrative example elevator door interlock includes a base, a plurality of interlock bumpers supported on the base, and a latch supported on the base for movement relative to the base between a door locking position and a released position. The plurality of interlock bumpers are supported on the base with a gap between the plurality of interlock bumpers. Each of the interlock bumpers includes a contact surface configured to contact at least one vane supported on an elevator car door. Each of the interlock bumpers remains rotationally fixed relative to the base. The latch includes a latch bumper that is situated relative to the gap such that the at least one vane contacts the latch bumper and urges the latch into the released position when the at least one vane is at least partially in the gap.
US11155442B2
A termination assembly (28) for an elevator belt (16) includes a termination body (40) and a fixed wedge (48) secured to the termination body (40) and having a plurality of fixed wedge surfaces (52). A moving wedge (56) is located in the termination body (40) and has a plurality of moving wedge surfaces (60) interactive with the fixed wedge surfaces (52). When an elevator belt (16) is inserted into the termination body (40) between the moving wedge (56) and the termination body (40) and a tension load is applied to the elevator belt (16), the moving wedge surfaces (60) are urged to move relative to the fixed wedge surfaces (52) to apply a contact pressure to the elevator belt (16) thus retaining the elevator belt (16) at the termination body (40).
US11155433B2
A tape machine includes a base, one or more wheels connected to the base, one or more uprights extending upwards from the base, a roller connected to the base, and a tape roll housing connected to the uprights and configured to receive a roll of tape therein to allow for rotational unwinding of the roll of tape. A cutter connected to the base and moveable between an idle position and a cut position. A blade on the cutter is moveable to cut the tape when in cut position.
US11155417B2
Disclosed herein are aspects of conveyor systems and product mover systems. In one embodiment, an expandable conveyor segment, comprises an end frame; a plurality of x-bars coupled with each side of the end frame, each x-bar including: an outer bar having a first, second, and third joint point; and an inner bar having a first, second, and third joint point; wherein the inner bar is movably coupled to the outer bar by a double-shouldered spacer; and wherein each x-bar is movably coupled with at least one adjacent x-bar; and a plurality of rollers coupled between the plurality of expandable x-bars.
US11155415B1
The present disclosure relates to a belt clip set comprising a belt clip and at least two pilot bolts, the belt clip comprising a first leg having at least two guide openings and a second leg having at least two thread openings each associated with the guide openings. Each pilot bolt comprising a threaded region with an external thread, a bolt head for tightening the pilot bolt, and a tapered pin opposite the bolt head, where each pilot bolt can be received with some play in one of the guide openings in the first leg and via its threaded region screwed into the respective associated thread opening in the second leg, where each pilot bolt can be received with some play in one of the guide openings in the first leg and via its threaded region screwed into the respective associated thread opening in the second leg.
US11155408B2
A food product-carrying unit (10) for transferring food product from an in-feed section to an out-feed section of a small-scale, variable retention time (VRT) food storage system comprises a pair of opposing side portions (11, 12) joined by a pair of opposing end portions (13, 14) to form an open rectangular frame section (15). The side portions (11, 12) have formations (16, 17; 18, 19), respectively, thereon, which formations (16, 17; 18, 19) are adapted to reversibly link the food product-carrying unit (10) to corresponding formations on neighbouring food product-carrying units in the food storage system. A wheel (20, 21) is mounted at ends (22, 23), respectively, of end portion (13). Corresponding wheels (24) (only one wheel shown) are mounted at ends (25, 26), respectively, of end portion (14). The and each wheel (20, 21, 24) has an axle with a plastics wear part, and the wheels (20, 21, 24) are aligned such that, in use, the food product-carrying unit (10) is movable forwards and backwards on the wheels (20, 21, 24) in a straight line through the food storage system. The food product-carrying unit (10) also has a wear pad (27, 28; and 29) mounted on the and each end portion (13, 14), respectively, to the outside (31) of the frame section (15).
US11155401B2
A sanitary glove dispensing apparatus. The sanitary glove dispensing apparatus, dispenses connected protective gloves overlapped in a pre-determined pattern, by both cuff ends, so that finger ends of the protective gloves are not contaminated during dispensing and protecting remaining protective gloves in the apparatus from surrounding environment and from other users of the apparatus.
US11155393B2
A filter baffle assembly, including a filter cap engageable to a mouth of a container, the filter cap including a filter vent operatively attached to a liner situated within an inner space of the filter cap, and a gas permeable baffle disposed between a mouth of the container and the filter vent, covering the filter vent, the baffle including a single perforation to permit gas exchange between an interior of the container and the filter vent, and to protect the filter vent from contact with contents housed in the interior of the container. A gas permeable point baffle for protecting a filter vent from contact with the contents of a container, including a single perforation, the point baffle being welded to a liner and covering a filter vent operatively attached to the liner, housed within a cap engageable to the mouth of the container. A method for protecting a filter vent from the contents of a container.
US11155387B2
A container has an opening that can be closed by a lid and latching elements for releasably locking the lid. The latching elements are arranged in a region of overlap of the container wall and the lid side wall. The latching elements are separately inserted latching elements received in latching-element receptacles, and include latching hooks. The latching hooks can be brought into engagement with inversely corresponding latching-hook receptacles when the container opening is closed by the lid.
US11155386B2
A container includes a container body; and a cap that locks onto the container body, the container body and the cap being locked by putting the cap on the container body. The cap includes a cap body, a cover cap being held on the cap body so as to be displaceable and rotatable, and an urging portion that upwardly urges the cover cap. When a rotational force is applied to the cover cap being downwardly pressed, the cap body is displaced in conjunction with the cover cap, so that locking between the cap body and the container body is released, and in a state where the cover cap is not downwardly pressed, the cap body is not displaced in conjunction with the cover cap even when a rotational force is applied to the cover cap, so that locking between the cap body and the container body is not released.
US11155381B1
A package for a product that contains a first and a second thermoform container body that are configured to support the product. The first container body includes a first outer wall extending along a side of the first container body and defining a first mating surface and a first interlocking structure proximate the first outer wall and including an outer surface. The second container body includes a second outer wall extending along a side of the second container body, an inner wall disposed inwardly of the second outer wall and defining a second mating surface, and a second interlocking structure intermediate the second outer wall and the inner wall. The first and second interlocking structures are configured to interlock with one another when the outer surface of the first interlocking structure is placed in facing engagement with the inner surface of the second interlocking structure.
US11155374B2
Methods of forming a tobacco pouch having two or more compartments are disclosed. The methods include forming a multi-compartment tobacco pouch with a vertical form fill seal machine.
US11155373B2
To modify the headspace in a container to remove vacuum pressure, a container has a seal or cap which may provide a temporary opening into the container which is sealable under compression to provide a controlled raising of the internal pressure as the heated contents of the container cools. A sealing chamber (84) may enable the introduction of a fluid into the headspace (23b) to force the fluid level (40) lower. Other methods and apparatus are described.
US11155367B2
Provided is a single-axis pointing pure magnetic control algorithm for a spacecraft based on geometrical analysis to realize single-axis pointing control of the spacecraft through the pure magnetic control algorithm in which a magnetic torque is only output by a magnetorquer to interact with a geomagnetic field to generate a control torque. The algorithm uses a spatial geometry method to obtain an optimally controlled magnetic torque direction, thereby designing a PD controller. The problem that the traditional magnetic control method is low in efficiency and even cannot be controlled is overcome. The algorithm is simple and easy, can be used in the attitude control field of spacecrafts, and achieves the pointing control in point-to-sun of a solar array and point-to-ground of antennae.
US11155366B2
Cell-based space systems with nested-ring structures that interlock and can change configuration to support a mission are provided. The cells may self-assemble into a larger structure to carry out a mission. Multiple rotatable rings may be included in a cell, with a payload/control section in the center. The rings may provide power and/or data to trams that move about the rails. Trams may interlock with other cells, carry sensors or other devices, etc. Cells may be stowed in a cell stack that is deployable. Such cell-based systems may have various applications in space, on Earth, other celestial bodies, and underwater.
US11155357B2
An apparatus and method relating to a generator comprising a housing defining an interior and fluidly separating the interior from surrounding ambient air, at least one of a rotor or stator located within the housing, a cooling circuit passing through at least a portion of the housing to cool the interior and recirculating a coolant having a density greater than the ambient air, and a jet pump having a motive fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the cooling circuit, a transport fluid circuit fluidly coupled to the ambient air.
US11155353B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise: a floor panel for a rotorcraft; one or more puck fasteners in the floor panel, wherein each puck fastener comprises an attachment fitting and a plurality of internal flanges, wherein the plurality of internal flanges within each puck fastener are adjacent; and one or more seating fixtures coupled to the floor panel using the one or more puck fasteners.
US11155350B2
A flight vehicle including a frame having a bottom side configured to receive a user harness, port and starboard wings extend from port and starboard sides of the frame. Each wing may include at least one helium wing bag. The flight vehicle also includes a helium backpack secured to a top side of the frame, the helium backpack including an inflatable main helium bag configured for holding a main volume of helium. Each of the at least one helium wing bag may be fluidically isolated from the main helium bag. The flight vehicle may include a rigid base member, the inflatable main helium bag joined to an upper surface of the rigid base member via an elastic expansion member.
US11155341B2
Aircraft fly-by-wire systems and related vehicle electrical systems are provided. In one embodiment, an electrical system suitable for use with a control surface of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, is provided. The electrical system includes a plurality of communications buses and a plurality of control modules, wherein each of the plurality of control modules is connected to a respective subset of the plurality of communications buses that is unique among the plurality of control modules, and a plurality of actuation control modules associated with the control surface, wherein each of the plurality of actuation control modules is connected to a respective subset of the plurality of communications buses that is unique among the plurality of actuation control modules. Thus, each of the control modules is isolated from at least one of the communications buses.
US11155340B2
Methods and systems for operating actuator control electronics are described. In an example, a system can include a first lane and a second lane configured to be in communication with each other. The first lane can receive first data associated with a first pattern and send the first pattern to the second lane. The second lane can receive second data associated with a second pattern and send the second pattern to the first lane. The first and second lanes can each compare the first pattern with the second pattern. Based on the comparison, the first lane can select first input data and the second lane can select second input data. The first lane can generate a first actuator command using the first input data. The second lane can generate a second actuator command using the second input data. The first and second actuator commands can be bit-for-bit identical.
US11155338B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a component of an aircraft engine by communicating data over an inner control loop portion of a distributed engine control network for an aircraft; and controlling an operation of the aircraft engine by communicating encrypted data over an outer control loop portion of the distributed engine control network, wherein the data communicated over the inner control loop portion is unencrypted or encrypted with weaker encryption than the data communicated over the outer control loop portion.
US11155336B2
A reinforcing fiber structure for a propeller blade made of composite material is woven as a single piece to have an airfoil, a spar portion, and an enlarged portion. The fiber structure includes a zone of non-interlinking extending between the front and rear edges of the airfoil, and extending between an intermediate zone and the bottom edge of said airfoil. The spar portion extends inside the airfoil in the zone of non-interlinking, the spar portion extending outside the airfoil through the bottom edge of said airfoil. The enlarged portion extends from the spar portion outside the airfoil. The airfoil includes skins that are not interlinked with each other in the zone of non-interlinking and that surround the spar portion. The skins define two housings present inside the airfoil on respective sides of the spar portion and opening out through the bottom edge of the airfoil.
US11155335B2
A propulsion system includes a driving device and a propeller coupled with the driving device. The driving device includes a body portion and a lock portion disposed on the body portion. The lock portion includes a first snap-fitting portion. The propeller includes a hub having a receiving hole, a plurality of blades connected to the hub, and a second snap-fitting portion arranged on an inner wall of the receiving hole and configured to snap with the first snap-fitting portion.
US11155332B2
A winglet for attachment to a wing portion of an aircraft is disclosed having a winglet tip and a winglet root opposite from the winglet tip. The winglet has an opening for receiving therethrough a connector for connecting the winglet to a wing portion in use. The winglet has a retainer internal of the winglet for use in retaining the connector relative to the winglet. The retainer has a hole that extends along an axis that passes through the opening for receiving therethrough a portion of the connector when the connector is located through the opening. The retainer includes a body for reacting against a retention component with which the connector engages in use.
US11155330B2
A propulsion and lift system for an aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end and a pylon assembly coupled to the outboard end of the wing. The propulsion and lift system also includes a wing extension rotatably coupled to the outboard end of the pylon assembly. The wing extension is rotatable between a flight position in a flight mode and a stow position in a storage mode. The wing extension folds inboard in the stow position, thereby reducing a wingspan of the aircraft in the storage mode.
US11155328B1
An air vehicle comprises a payload vessel, a propulsion system, and a buoyancy lifting unit anchored on said payload vessel. The buoyancy lifting unit comprises a plurality of balloons and a plurality of buoyancy gas reservoirs arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns, a protractible rod, and a control system. Each of the balloons and buoyancy gas reservoirs is tethered to a lifting-joint on the protractible rod through a cable. The control system controls vertical move of the air vehicle to ascend through directing buoyancy gas flow from the buoyancy gas reservoirs into the balloons, and to descend through directing buoyancy gas flow from the balloons into the buoyancy gas reservoirs. The propulsion system controls horizontal move of the air vehicle to go forward and make turns.
US11155326B2
A bionic underwater robot for achieving a variety of motions is disclosed. The bionic underwater robot includes a head and one or more tail structures. Each of the one or more tail structures includes one or more joint structures. Each of the one or more joint structures includes a connection plate, and a modular assembly, comprising an upper servo motor, a lower servo motor, and a bevel gear mechanism, is motorized for performing various movement motions of the joint structure. The bevel gear mechanism is integrally formed by an intermediate bevel gear, a first bevel gear, and a second bevel gear. The upper servo motor drives the first bevel gear from a first side of the modular assembly, while the lower servo motor drives the second bevel gear from a second side.
US11155319B2
A hydraulic brake control device for a bicycle includes a housing having a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite the first side. The housing includes a first hydraulic line path and a second hydraulic line path, the first hydraulic line path including a first recess at the first side of the housing and the second hydraulic line path including a second recess at the second side of the housing.
US11155318B2
Apparatus is for, or is included with, a vehicle having a vehicular handlebar, and also having first and second pipe portions. The first elongated portion is configured to receive and support a vehicular handlebar, and to be slidably received, at least in part, in the second elongated portion. An engagement device is configured to selectively engage the first and second pipe portions with each other. The engagement device, in use, prevents the first and second pipe portions from rotating relative to each other. The engagement device is also configured to selectively disengage the first and second pipe portions from each other. The engagement device, in use, permits the first and second pipe portions to rotate relative to each other. A clamp assembly is configured to selectively clamp the first elongated portion and the second elongated portion with each other.
US11155315B1
A bicycle frame lighting system comprising a top light assembly and a bottom light assembly. The top light assembly is assembled to left and right sides of a top tube of a bicycle, wherein the top light assembly includes a pair of top light assembly components that can be detached and re-attached such that top tube is secured between a cavity formed between the top light assembly components. The bottom light assembly is assembled to left and right sides of a bottom tube of the bicycle, wherein the bottom light assembly includes a pair of bottom light assembly components that can be detached and re-attached such that bottom tube is secured between a cavity formed between the bottom light assembly components. The bicycle frame lighting system further comprises a battery housing holding a power source for powering the top light assembly and the bottom light assembly.
US11155311B2
System and apparatus for improving aerodynamics of a vehicle including: a plurality of stiffeners offset from each other; a first airfoil configured as a thin-form sheet; a second airfoil coupled to the first airfoil using the plurality of stiffeners, wherein a trailing edge of the first airfoil overlaps a leading edge of the second airfoil; an airflow inlet defined by a leading edge of the first airfoil and a pair of stiffeners of the plurality of stiffeners; and an airflow outlet defined by the trailing edge of the first airfoil, the leading edge of the second airfoil, and the pair of stiffeners.
US11155309B2
Embodiments include a mud flap having a barrier section configured to intercept and deflect matter discharged from the tire when rotating during vehicle operation. The barrier section including a plurality of horizontal louvers, each horizontal louver forming an elongate member having a length extending primarily in a direction of the mud flap width, where the plurality of horizontal louvers are spaced apart in the direction of the mud flap height in the form of an array, where the plurality of horizontal louvers are configured to intercept and deflect matter of a minimum size traveling along any linear trajectory path from the outer circumference of the tire/wheel assembly towards the front side of the mud flap while substantially maximizing the spacing between adjacent louvers to minimize aerodynamic drag. Other embodiments provide a method of using the mud flap.
US11155308B2
To provide a vehicle side body structure capable of securing vibration suppression performance while suppressing an increase in body weight by a connecting member that connects an outer reinforcement and an inner reinforcement. The present invention includes: a rear wheel house configured to include a wheel house outer and a wheel house inner; an outer reinforcement cooperating with the wheel house outer to define a first closed cross section that extends in a vertical direction and is provided along a part of a rear door opening edge; and an inner reinforcement cooperating with the wheel house inner to define a second closed cross section that extends in the vertical direction. A connecting member is provided to fix a striker to the outer reinforcement and connect a front flange of the outer reinforcement and each of a front wall and a front flange of the inner reinforcement.
US11155302B1
A family of vehicles is presented which exploit dynamic controls to stabilize in-line two wheeled vehicles. The stabilization results in improved safety at high speeds and on uncooperative surfaces. Stabilization affords balance at zero speed without auxiliary support means. Transformational wheel base length affords high visibility at low speeds and low drag at high speeds. In wheel chair configurations transforming wheel base length allows navigation up and down stairs.
US11155298B2
A vehicle maneuvering apparatus comprises a steering control system configured to control a steering angle of a plurality of steered wheels of a vehicle. The controller is further configured to control the vehicle to stop in a stopped position upon completing a vehicle alignment routine and identify an alignment error distance between the hitch and the coupler position in the stopped position. The controller is further configured to calculate a change distance of the hitch based on the steering angle and calculate an aligned steering error distance. The aligned steering error distance is calculated by comparing the change distance to the alignment error. Based on the aligned steering error distance, the controller may selectively suppress the steering angle alignment routine.
US11155297B2
An MDPS (Motor Driven Power Steering) system may include: a vehicle speed sensor configured to sense vehicle speed; a yaw rate sensor configured to sense a tilted state of the vehicle, and output a yaw rate value; a lateral acceleration sensor configured to sense lateral acceleration which acts in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and an MDPS controller configured to receive the vehicle speed, the yaw rate value and the lateral acceleration from the vehicle speed sensor, the yaw rate sensor and the lateral acceleration sensor, respectively, and calculate assist torque by estimating column torque.
US11155287B2
A vehicle control signal generator includes emulation circuitry for emulating at least one operation of at least one vehicle control circuit. The emulation circuitry is programmed or configured to determine or receive user input and based at least partially on the user input, generate at least one control signal for controlling at least one of the following onboard vehicle subsystems: a propulsion system, a train line control system, an air brake system, a dynamic braking system, a head of train (HOT) system, an end of train telemetry (EOT) system, a 4-Aspect cab signaling system, a positive train control (PTC) system, an event recorder system, or any combination thereof.
US11155279B2
The present disclosure discloses a rail transport system. The rail transport system includes: a rail, where the rail is provided with an escape passage; and a rail vehicle, where the rail vehicle includes a vehicle body and a plurality of bogies, the plurality of bogies respectively movably straddles the rail, and the vehicle body is connected to the plurality of bogies and pulled by the plurality of bogies to travel along the rail; and the vehicle body includes a plurality of compartments hinged sequentially along a length direction of the rail, the plurality of compartments forms at least one compartment group, the compartment group includes three compartments hinged sequentially, and the bottom of each of only compartments that are located at two ends of the compartment group and that are of the three compartments is connected to the bogie. The rail transport system according to this embodiment of the present disclosure has advantages such as facilitation of evacuation of passengers in an emergency, low costs, small occupied space, small rail weight bearing, high stability, and flexible steering.
US11155275B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a rope climbing robot capable of surmounting an obstacle and an obstacle surmounting method thereof. The rope climbing robot includes a robot body. The robot body includes a shell, a drive module and a guide module. The shell is longitudinally cut into an even number of shell segments, and is laterally cut into a corresponding drive housing segment and a corresponding guide housing segment according to mounting positions of the drive module and the guide module in the shell. There is at least one guide module and at least one guide housing segment, and a shell opening mechanism is further mounted in the shell. The shell opening mechanism includes a first shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the guide housing segment and a second shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the drive housing segment.
US11155274B2
A travel-lane determination unit determines whether a vehicle is going to enter a traffic lane on which a toll booth is provided. After it is determined that the vehicle is going to enter the traffic lane, a travel control unit stops the vehicle at a position before the toll booth in a travel direction of the vehicle.
US11155268B2
Utilizing passenger attention data captured in vehicles for localization and location-based services
Techniques are disclosed for utilizing passenger attention data captured in vehicles for vehicle localization and location-based services. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving sensor data from one or more sensors of an autonomous vehicle operating in an environment, and generating passenger attention data for a passenger of the autonomous vehicle using the sensor data. A processing circuit determines one or more physical features in the environment based on the passenger attention data. The processing circuit obtains physical feature data associated with the physical feature(s) and initiates one or more actions on the AV based at least in part on the physical feature data. The actions include but are not limited to requesting content for physical features(s) and assisting in localization of the autonomous vehicle.
US11155263B2
In some examples, a network computer system can monitor a plurality of mobile computing devices to determine a current location of a corresponding freight operator of a plurality of freight operators. The network computer system can record the current location of each of the plurality of freight operators in a data store of the set of memory resources. Additionally, the network computer system can repeatedly query the data store to determine when at least two freight operators of the plurality of freight operators that satisfy a set of drafting conditions. The set of drafting conditions including a proximity condition as between the at least two freight operators and a candidate commencement location. In response to the determination, the network computer system can implement a drafting arrangement between the at least two freight operators.
US11155258B2
A risk maneuver assessment system and method to generate a perception of an environment of a vehicle and a behavior decision making model for the vehicle; a sensor system configured to provide the sensor input in the environment for filtering target objects; one or more modules configured to map and track target objects to make a candidate detection from multiple candidate detections of a true candidate detection as the tracked target object; apply a Markov Random Field (MRF) algorithm for recognizing a current situation of the vehicle and predict a risk of executing a planned vehicle maneuver at the true detection of the dynamically tracked target; apply mapping functions to sensed data of the environment for configuring a machine learning model of decision making behavior of the vehicle; and apply adaptive threshold to cells of an occupancy grid for representing an area of tracking of objects within the vehicle environment.
US11155253B2
An electropneumatic parking brake system for a utility vehicle includes a pilot module configured to control at least a first control pressure. The pilot module has a pilot store connection configured to receive a store pressure from a compressed air device and at least one pilot valve combination. The electropneumatic parking brake system further includes at least one manually actuatable piston valve connected to a valve store connection and having a parking brake connection. The parking brake connection is ventilated in a first switching position of the piston valve and a parking brake pressure at the parking brake connection is controllable in a second switching position of the piston valve. The piston valve has a first pneumatic control connection at which the first control pressure is configured to be controlled in order to pneumatically switch the piston valve.
US11155243B2
An optical system to facilitate vehicle operation, a cleaning system to clean an optical element of the optical system and a hollow, protective plastic enclosure for use therein are provided. The cleaning system includes a flexible house having first and second ends, a nozzle fluidly coupled to the hose at the first end of the hose and a hollow protective plastic enclosure having a passageway extending through the enclosure and housing a portion of the hose within the passageway. The enclosure is configured to receive a camera assembly within an interior of the enclosure. The nozzle is configured and positioned at the first end of the hose to direct the flow of a cleaning fluid therethrough to an exterior surface of a transparent optical element to clean the exterior surface to allow the camera assembly to have an unobstructed view of an environment outside the vehicle.
US11155238B2
A transceiver is configured to: pair with a mobile device; and transmit a predetermined signal from an antenna to the mobile device. A zone module is configured to: receive a signal from the mobile device in response to the predetermined signal; and based on the signal, select a zone within which the mobile device is present from a group consisting of: a first zone that is defined by a first radius from the antenna; a second zone that excludes the first zone and that is defined by a second radius from the antenna, where the second radius is greater than the first radius; and a third zone that is radially outward of the second zone and that excludes the first and second zones.
US11155237B2
Perimeter alert defense systems and methods are described.
US11155225B2
A vehicle bumper cleaning device includes a selectively longitudinally movable, laterally-extending, bumper sweeper comprising a first end and an opposed second end and configured for disposition proximate an upper surface of a vehicle bumper. The vehicle bumper cleaning device also includes a selectively movable first actuator attached proximate the first end of the bumper sweeper. The vehicle bumper cleaning device also includes a selectively movable second actuator attached proximate the second end of the bumper sweeper, the selectively movable first actuator and the selectively movable second actuator configured to selectively and reversibly move the bumper sweeper rearward and forward across the vehicle bumper.
US11155224B2
To compensate for a decrease in reaction force of a bumper reinforcement, which is made of an aluminum alloy extrusion having two end portions subjected to bend forming and crushed portions on the respective end portions, against an impact load in end impact involved in crushing, and compensate for a decrease in energy absorption amount of the bumper reinforcement. Assuming a space between two flanges includes a first region from a center line of the thickness between the flanges to an outer flange and a second region from the center line to an inner flange in a cross section of the crushed portion perpendicular to an extrusion direction, area of the webs located in one (for example, the first region) of the two regions is larger than area of the webs located in the other region (for example, the second region).
US11155223B2
A lightweight bumper beam includes an elongated U-shaped monoblock cross member provided at respective ends with an attachment portion for attachment to a body in white of a vehicle. Each attachment portion is provided with two elongated reinforcing means extending between an inner top surface of the elongated U-shaped monoblock cross member and a bracket of said attachment portion. The elongated reinforcing means being arranged at a distance relative to each other so as to form a space therebetween, and said distance being smallest at an intermediate portion of said two elongated reinforcing means.
US11155219B2
There is provided a door trim including: an armrest; an ornament member coupled to the armrest; and a planar heater configured to warm the armrest or the ornament member. The planar heater is disposed between a resin core member and a surface member which form the armrest or the ornament member, and includes a nonwoven fabric and a heating wire fixed to the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric includes first and second bonded parts and a connection part connecting between the first and second bonded parts. The second bonded part is routed to be disposed on the back surface side of the armrest (the back surface side of the ornament member) by the connection part being inserted into an interface gap between the armrest and the ornament member. A thermostat is mounted on the second bonded part.
US11155214B2
A roof rack mounted on a roof panel of a vehicle includes a main body including a rail that extends along a lengthwise direction and forms the main body and support parts provided on opposite longitudinal end portions of the rail in the lengthwise direction, a hollow profile that extends along the lengthwise direction of the rail and that is integrally formed inside the rail, and a cap mounted on at least one of opposite longitudinal end portions of the hollow profile or disposed inside the main body.
US11155207B2
The present document describes a vehicle-side image capturing system and method that is capable of improving qualities of images captured at vehicle-side. The system includes: a controller, a plurality of cameras, a light sensor and an encoder each connected to the controller. The controller is configured to: receive an illumination intensity of a current environment from the light sensor, select one of the plurality of cameras that is adapted to the illumination intensity as a target camera, activate when the target camera is different from a currently operating camera, deactivate the currently operating camera then configure the target camera as an operating camera for image capturing, and receive images captured by the operating camera and transmit the received images to the encoder. The encoder is configured to encode the received images and transmit the encoded images.
US11155191B2
A seat assembly having improved trim appearance is provided as well as a method and mold tool for making the seat assembly. In certain embodiments, the seat assembly has at least one narrow trench having a substantially constant width of up to 5 mm, which provides for better tolerances when installing a trim cover on the cushion and provides improved appearance and comfort. In certain embodiments, the mold tool has at least one tool insert that is configured to create the at least one narrow trench with a substantially constant width in the cushion.
US11155186B2
A sliding device for a vehicle seat is provided with a pair of tracks and an improved releasing assembly. The sliding device comprises a pair of locking assemblies, one for each track, each including a plurality of locking pins for locking upper rails of the tracks to lower rails of the tracks. The sliding device further includes a releasing assembly for driving the locking pins to an unlocking configuration for adjusting the position of the vehicle seat. The releasing assembly comprises a releasing member having a pair of substantially parallel arms pivotally connected to the tracks, a crossbar extending transversely to the tracks and provided at each end with an engaging assembly for engaging the locking pins of the respective locking assembly, and a pair of connecting members configured to convert a rotational movement of end portions of the arms into a translational movement of the crossbar.
US11155181B2
A method for calculating a distance to empty (DTE) of an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a travel route along which the vehicle travels to a received destination, estimating cooling power consumption for cooling a battery by reflecting travel information predicted for the determined travel route, and calculating the DTE by reflecting the estimated cooling power consumption.
US11155180B2
A vehicle-to-building power system allows a vehicle to power a building. The system includes a power-receiving unit remote from a vehicle. The unit includes a cable configured to mate with a vehicle port and support high-voltage electrical loads between the vehicle and the power-receiving unit. The unit further includes a high-voltage inverter configured to convert a direct current (DC) power supplied from a vehicle battery to an alternating current (AC) power compatible with a building electrical system, and a high-voltage DC bus electrically connected to the inverter. The bus has one or more contactors that electrically connect the cable to the high-voltage inverter when closed and electrically disconnect the cable and the high-voltage inverter when open.
US11155179B2
A system for battery binding includes a service end electronic device, at least one battery device and at least one carrier device. The service end electronic device is configured to send a carrier identifier corresponding to a carrier device to a battery device for storage therein in order to bind the battery device to the carrier device.
US11155174B2
A fueling system can include an electric vehicle (EV) charging station and a non-charging fueling station for fueling vehicles other than EVs. The EV charging station includes a first control unit, a switching unit, and output connections that can be connected to EVs. The non-charging fueling station includes a second control unit and, for example, a liquid fuel pump. An integrated fuel management system is in communication with the EV charging station and the non-charging fueling station. The switching unit can direct a charging current from an input power supply to an output connection in response to commands from the first control unit that are issued according to a charging procedure. The first control unit can send state information for the EV charging station to the integrated fuel management system. The second control unit can send state information for the non-charging fueling station to the integrated fuel management system.
US11155173B2
An electric vehicle disclosed herein may include an AC inlet connectable with an AC power supply outside the vehicle, a main battery, and a power unit. The power unit may be connected to the main battery by a first battery power cable and a second battery power cable, and connected to the AC inlet by an AC inlet power cable. Inside the power unit, the AC inlet power cable may be connected to the second battery power cable via an AC/DC converter. Further, the first battery power cable may be connected to a power cable of a device other than the AC/DC converter.
US11155171B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a vehicle power system, which includes an electric motor, a primary power source that energizes the electric motor, wherein the primary power source employs a turbine to generate electricity, a second power source that supplements the primary power source to energize the electric motor, and a control component that monitors power provided to the electric motor by the primary power source, that determines that additional power needs to be provided to the electric motor in order to meet a driving requirement, and that directs additional power from the second power source to the electric motor.
US11155165B2
A power-takeoff (PTO) unit for a work vehicle includes a planetary gear driven by an engine of the work vehicle; a PTO spline connected in power transmission to the planetary gear and defining a gear ratio; a hydrostatic transmission driven by the planetary gear to control the gear ratio; a pressure sensor unit for sensing a differential pressure across a loop of the hydrostatic transmission; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to calculate a differential pressure in the loop from a calibration mathematical model representing an unloaded functioning of the PTO spline. The control unit is also configured to calculate a PTO spline torque from a further mathematical model. The model is based on the pressure drop, on pressure signals from the sensor unit, and on kinematic or hydraulic factors of the planetary gear and the hydrostatic transmission.
US11155162B2
Disclosed is a travel control apparatus applied to a vehicle which includes two coupling apparatuses individually changing coupling torques between a drive output part for secondary drive wheels and left and right secondary drive wheel axles and in which the ratio of rotational speed of the drive output part to the average of rotational speeds of primary drive wheels is greater than 1. The apparatus generates a yaw moment in a turning direction by using driving force. When a demand of further increasing the yaw moment arises, the control apparatus renders the braking force of the primary drive wheel on the turning locus inner side coincident with a target braking force changing with the travel state of the vehicle and decreases the coupling torque of the coupling apparatus corresponding to the secondary drive wheel on the turning locus outer side. As a result, generation of an anti-spin moment is avoided.
US11155156B2
A working vehicle includes an engine mounted in a front portion of a travelling vehicle, and a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas from the engine. The engine and the post-processing device are covered with a hood. An upper surface side of the hood is inclined to extend diagonally upward from a front side to a rear side. The post-processing device is mounted on an upper side of the engine, and is positioned on a rear and inner side of the inclined upper surface side of the hood.
US11155148B2
Integrated mounting systems for mounting electric drive components within electrified vehicles may include a cross brace assembly that mounts or supports one or more electric drive components relative to a vehicle frame. A cross brace assembly of the mounting system may include a cross brace, a first bridging side bracket, and a second bridging side bracket. The cross brace may be mounted to lower surfaces of vehicle frame rails and the bridging side brackets may be mounted to upper surfaces of the vehicle frame rails to provide a robust and serviceable mounting solution that evenly distributes vehicle loads.
US11155140B2
A vehicle occupant comfort system, comprises a processor that stores computer executable components stored in memory. A plurality of sensors sense ambient conditions associated with exterior and interior conditions of a vehicle. A context component infers or determines context of an occupant of the vehicle. A comfort model component implicitly and explicitly trained on occupant comfort related data analyzes information from the plurality of sensors and context component. A comfort controller adjusts environmental conditions of a passenger compartment of the vehicle based at least in part on output of the comfort model component.
US11155121B2
A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises a plurality of first oblique grooves 10A extending obliquely from a first tread edge Te1 positioned on one side in a tire axial direction toward a tire equator C. Each of the first oblique grooves 10A comprises a main body portion 12 extending from the first tread edge Te1 without reaching the tire equator C and a branch portion 13 branching off from the main body portion 12 and extending to cross the tire equator. The branch portion 13 terminates without being connected with other grooves than the first oblique grooves 10A.
US11155120B2
To provide a stage-corresponding caster device being entirely compact, able to smoothly and stably work, and able to easily get over a stage end face, a holder main body 1 attached to an attached member B and having a pair of left and right side wall portions 10, a main wheel supporting member 2 in which the main wheel 7 is pivoted to a lower portion 2b and an upper portion 2a is pivoted to the holder main body 1, a sub wheel supporting member 3 in which the sub wheel 8 is pivoted to a front portion 3c and a rear portion 3d is pivoted to the main wheel supporting member 2 coaxially with the main wheel 7, and a slide roller 30 attached to the sub wheel supporting member 3 on a forward position to the main wheel 7, are provided; and the holder main body 1 has a guiding groove 13 inclined backward and downward in side view on the side wall portion 10 to guide the slide roller 30, the front portion 3c of the sub wheel supporting member 3 is oscillated downward by contact of the main wheel 7 with the stage end face Ja, the sub wheel 8 is pressed to the stage upper face Jb, and the main wheel 7 climbs over the stage end face Ja.
US11155114B1
A multi-purpose sticker for decorating and sealing an envelope and also for attaching the sealed envelope to a package, such as a gift. The multi-purpose sticker generally includes a double-sided adhesive layer hidden below a decorative covering. With the decorative cover in place, one side of the double-sided adhesive of the sticker can be used to seal an envelope, and the sticker serves as a decorative sticker. If desired, the decorative cover can be peeled off to expose an adhesive in order to affix the sealed envelope to a package.
US11155107B2
A recording medium conveying apparatus includes: a mount member having an outer peripheral surface on which a recording medium is placed; a ventilation member provided along part of an inner peripheral surface of the mount member; an air chamber having air permeability to/from the outer peripheral surface side of the mount member through the holes provided in the mount member and the ventilation member; a suction unit; and a side wall member having side wall surfaces covering part of side surfaces of the ventilation member. A buffer region that is not provided with the ventilation member is included in a ventilation member-disposed region enclosed by straight lines passing through the first surface, the second surface, and the pair of side wall surfaces, in an arbitrary cross section that intersects the pair of side wall surfaces across the ventilation member and is perpendicular to the first surface.
US11155106B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus in which paper is stably transferred from a belt transportation unit on an upstream side to a belt transportation unit on a downstream side. Problems as described above are solved by using the image forming apparatus including a first belt transportation unit, a second belt transportation unit, and a third belt transportation unit that transports a recording medium received from the first belt transportation unit to transfer the recording medium to the second belt transportation unit, in which a diameter of an upstream side pulley of the third belt transportation unit is smaller than a diameter of a downstream side pulley of the first belt transportation unit and a diameter of a downstream side pulley of the third belt transportation unit is smaller than a diameter of an upstream side pulley of the second belt transportation unit.
US11155104B2
A medium heating device is provided, which is configured to heat a medium that is conveyed in a state where liquid is ejected onto the medium, and which includes: a support unit configured to support the medium that is conveyed in a state where the liquid is ejected onto the medium; a first heater configured to heat a first surface, of the medium, onto which the liquid ejected; and a second heater configured to heat a second surface of the medium opposite from the first surface. A region heated by the second heater includes a region downstream from a region facing the first heater.
US11155103B2
A printer including a print bar and a dryer system. The print bar operates to deposit printing material in accordance with a print job. The dryer system operates to intake and heat air from an internal region in which one or more electrical components of the printer are located. The dryer system directs the heated air through multiple outlets that are acutely angled with respect to a location or media of deposited printing material, to dry the printing material while cooling the internal region of the printer.
US11155101B2
According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to convey a tablet while sucking and holding the tablet by the discharge of air; an inkjet head configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor; an exhaust pipe which the air discharged from the conveyor passes through; an exhaust blower as a heat source that generates heat; a heat conductive member that is in contact with the exhaust pipe and the exhaust blower; and a housing configured to house the conveyor, the inkjet head, the exhaust pipe, the exhaust blower, and the heat conductive member.
US11155100B2
To stabilize image quality of a printed image. A thermal transfer printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a thermal head and a platen roll and forms an image on printing paper by causing the thermal head to heat an ink ribbon including a plurality of consecutive ink layers, each of which includes sequential panels of a yellow layer, a magenta layer, and a cyan layer and thereby transfer ink while transporting, between the thermal head and the platen roll, the ink ribbon and the printing paper that are superimposed on each other. The thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a sensor that detects ink content of the ink layers and a controller that controls energy applied to the thermal head during image formation on a basis of a result of the detection of the sensor.
US11155096B2
A liquid ejecting unit includes: a first chamber; a second chamber; a third chamber; a fourth chamber; a first liquid passage for supplying a first type of liquid to the first chamber and the third chamber; a second liquid passage for supplying a second type of liquid to the second chamber and the fourth chamber, the second type of liquid differing from the first type of liquid; a first fluid passage for supplying fluid to the first chamber and the second chamber; and a second fluid passage for supplying the fluid to the third chamber and the fourth chamber.
US11155092B2
A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.
US11155090B2
A liquid ejecting head including: a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject a liquid; a supply flow path configured to supply the liquid to the liquid ejecting portion; and a discharging flow path configured to discharge the liquid from the liquid ejecting portion, in which a supply portion along a horizontal plane in the supply flow path and a discharging portion along the horizontal plane in the discharging flow path have different positions with respect to a direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
US11155080B2
A method of cleaning a liquid discharge head includes first eluting a first electrode and second eluting a second electrode. In the cleaning method, the first eluting and the second eluting are executed such that a ratio between a first electric power amount used in the first eluting and a second electric power amount used in the second eluting is a ratio based on a ratio between an area of a first face of the first electrode and an area of a second face of the second electrode.
US11155075B2
A device is provided for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, which are contained in a coating that is applied to a first side of a web-type or a sheet-type substrate. An application device is arranged in the transport path of the substrate, by the use of which, the coating is applied or is applicable to the first side of the substrate, in at least one application site. A first cylinder, which is embodied as a magnetic cylinder, is arranged in the transport path of the substrate to be transported downstream of the application device and comprises a plurality of elements creating a magnetic field in the region of the outer periphery of the first cylinder. Another cylinder, which is embodied as a magnetic cylinder, is arranged in the transport path of the substrate to be transported and comprises a plurality of elements creating a magnetic field in the region of the outer periphery of that cylinder. A drying device or an hardening device is arranged on the transport path between a site of a winding-on of the substrate on the first cylinder and a site of a winding-on of the other cylinder. The first cylinder, which is embodied as the magnetic cylinder, is arranged in the transport path of the substrate to be transported on the second side thereof. The drying or the hardening device is oriented in the transport path of the substrate to be transported on the first side thereof.
US11155072B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize a computer aided design (CAD) model of a part to develop a layer representation of the part. The method includes: determining a build layer thickness of an additive manufacturing apparatus; identifying a feature of the part within the model; determining that the feature is not aligned along the z-axis based on the build layer thickness; and moving the feature within the model along the z-axis by a feature offset such that the feature is aligned along the z-axis.
US11155069B2
A method and associated system for forming composite materials is presented, including providing a composite charge having applied release films to top and bottom surfaces and positioned on a contoured forming tool such that a portion of the composite charge over hangs a second upper surface of forming tool. A fairing bar abuts the forming tool that has an uppermost surface positioned above the second upper surface of the forming tool. The combination of the positioning of the failing bar and the use of release film in contact with the composite charge allows the composite charge to conform to the contoured forming tool without bridging or wrinkling the composite charge when a forming membrane and applied vacuum are used.
US11155064B2
A laminate including: a rubber layer (A); and a fluororesin layer (B) laminated on the rubber layer (A), the rubber layer (A) being formed of a rubber composition for vulcanization containing: at least one unvulcanized rubber (a1) selected from acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and its hydride, styrene-butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, butadiene rubber, natural rubber, isoprene rubber, ethylene-propylene-termonomer-copolymer rubber, silicone rubber, butyl rubber, and acrylic rubber; at least one compound (a2) selected from 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene salts, 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene salts, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene, and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene; at least one compound (a3) selected from aldehyde-amine compounds and metal hydrates; magnesium oxide (a4); and silica (a5), the fluororesin layer (B) being formed of a fluoropolymer composition containing a fluoropolymer (b1) having a copolymer unit derived from chlorotrifluoroethylene.
US11155045B2
A drive system for driving an automatic welding machine for joining the edges of sealing sheets, comprising pressing/advancing rollers located vertically opposite one another and driven by a shared drive motor, downstream of which a transmission gear mechanism is connected, and an upper pressing/advancing roller is disposed rotatably about a roller rotational axis on a tensioning arm of the automatic welding machine, which is pivotable about a tensioning arm axis, and a lower pressing/advancing roller is disposed rotatably about a roller rotational axis on a frame of the automatic welding machine, which is supported by at least two drive rollers, wherein the drive motor and the transmission gear mechanism are rigidly attached to the frame, and the drive motor comprises a motor armature including a protruding rotational shaft, and the transmission gear mechanism comprises a rotatable protruding input shaft and output shaft.
US11155027B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing molded articles consisting of at least one molded article layer, said method comprising the steps of a) putting a layer support in place for accommodating at least one molded article layer; b) applying a molded article layer to a printing plate using a shaping tool; c) positioning the printing plate and the layer support or a previously produced molded article layer relative to one another; d) curing the molded article layer such that said layer becomes a previously molded article layer, and transferring the molded article layer; e) if necessary, putting the printing plate in place for accommodating additional molded article layers and repeating steps b) to d). The invention further relates to an apparatus for carrying out the disclosed method as well as to the use of molded articles obtained thereby.
US11155026B2
A film pasting tool is used to paste one surface of a film on a member-to-be-pasted at a predetermined position. The tool comprises a flexible tabular body, a first adhesive part, a front surface thereof being adhesive, provided on one surface of the body, and a second adhesive part, a front surface thereof being adhesive, provided on a part of a region other than a region where the first adhesive part is provided out of one surface of the body. An other surface of the film is pastable on the front surface of the second adhesive part, and when the other surface of the film is pasted on the front surface of the second adhesive part, the front surface of the first adhesive part is exposed in such a manner that the front surface of the first adhesive part is pastable on the member-to-be-pasted.
US11155018B2
Systems and methods for controlling the operation of a blow molder are disclosed. An indication of a crystallinity of at least one container produced by the blow molder may be received along with a material distribution of the at least one container. A model may be executed, where the model relates a plurality of blow molder input parameters to the indication of crystallinity and the material distribution and where a result of the model comprises changes to at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters to move the material distribution towards a baseline material distribution and the crystallinity towards a baseline crystallinity. The changes to the at least one of the plurality of blow molder input parameters may be implemented.
US11155016B2
A liquid blow molding apparatus for liquid blow molding a resin preform into a container having a prescribed shape. The apparatus includes a blow molding mold in which the preform is disposed; a blow nozzle that engages in an opening of the preform; a pressurized liquid supply that supplies a pressurized liquid to a supply path that is connected to the blow nozzle; and a seal member that is provided inside the supply path and opens and closes the supply path with respect to the blow nozzle. The pressurized liquid supply is configured to start supplying the pressurized liquid to the supply path after the seal member has begun to open.
US11155010B2
A method for preparing an article includes at least a first component of a polyolefin in conjunction with a second component of a polymer made by ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of norbornene type monomers. The method includes pre-treating a surface of the first component, applying a ring-opening metathesis polymerisable mixture of norbornene type monomers and a catalyst to the surface, and curing the ring-opening metathesis polymerisable mixture in contact with the surface, wherein the ring-opening metathesis polymerisable mixture has a η1000 at 30° C. of more than 9 sec. Articles such as a pipe line field joint or a protective element for a concrete tunnel lining element can be made using the method.
US11155005B2
Techniques for 3-D printing a tooling shell for use in producing panels for a transport structure, such as an automobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle, or other mechanical structure, are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material for use in molding the panels. A channel may be formed in a 3-D printed tooling shell for enabling resin infusion, vacuum generation or heat transfer. Alternatively, or in addition to, one or more hollow sections may be formed within the 3-D printed tooling shell for reducing a weight of the shell.
US11155000B1
A chopping machine includes a driving unit, a cutting unit, and a conveying unit. The cutting unit has a blade shaft and an immovable blade seat. The blade shaft has a plurality of movable blades. One side of the immovable blade seat is connected with an immovable blade. The conveying unit has a feeding member. Thereby, by putting a material into the feeding member, the driving unit drives the cutting unit and links the conveying unit to run. The material is chopped by the movable blades and the immovable blade, so as to improve the safety in use and reduce the situation that the material is jammed or nipped in the feeding process, and the purpose of labor-saving and fast operation is achieved.
US11154999B2
A shaving razor cartridge includes a housing and at least one razor blade. The housing extends between front and rear ends. The housing includes a blade support portion and a handle interface portion. The blade support portion is positioned between the front and rear ends. The blade support portion includes a cap and a guard that is spaced from the cap and cooperates with the cap to define a shaving plane. The handle interface portion is positioned between the front and rear ends and includes a front and rear wall. The front and rear walls each include a lower surface and an interior surface. The at least one razor blade is disposed in the blade support portion between the cap and the guard. The lower surfaces cooperate to define a lower opening. The interior surfaces cooperate to at least partially define a handle receptacle that extends to the lower opening.
US11154998B2
One embodiment of a dual sided razor comprises a handle and a cartridge attached to the handle, the cartridge further comprising a first shaving side and a second shaving side, the cartridge being switchable relative to the handle between the first and second shaving sides.
US11154993B2
A tool changer 30 with a master half 32 and tool half 34. Mating member 60, 138 enables the master half 32 and tool half to mesh with one another. A securing mechanism has a clasp 70 and a cam 72. The clasps 70 move between a release position and a grasping position. In the grasping position, the master 32 and tool halves 34 are secured together with one another. The cam 72 moves the clasps 70 between the release and grasping positions. From a release position, the master half 32 engages the tool half 34. The master half 32 moves horizontally with respect to the tool half 34. This, in turn, moves the cam 72 from its release position to its grasping position. In the grasping position, the clasps 70 grasp the tool half 34, the cam locks 72 in its grasping position and the master 32 and tool 34 halves secure with one another.
US11154991B2
An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.
US11154990B1
An example robot includes a hydraulic actuator cylinder controlling motion of a member of the robot. The hydraulic actuator cylinder comprises a piston, a first chamber, and a second chamber. A valve system controls hydraulic fluid flow between a hydraulic supply line of pressurized hydraulic fluid, the first and second chambers, and a return line. A controller may provide a first signal to the valve system so as to begin moving the piston based on a trajectory comprising moving in a forward direction, stopping, and moving in a reverse direction. The controller may provide a second signal to the valve system so as to cause the piston to override the trajectory as it moves in the forward direction and stop at a given position, and then provide a third signal to the valve system so as to resume moving the piston in the reverse direction based on the trajectory.
US11154984B2
A robot mechanism is provided, including a base, a main body, a motor, a driver, a bottom plate, a flexible heat conductive member, and a controller. The main body is connected to the base and has a housing. The motor and the driver are disposed in the main body, and the driver is electrically connected to the motor. The bottom plate is disposed on the housing and situated between the driver and the housing, and a gap is formed between the bottom plate and the driver. The flexible heat conductive member is disposed between the driver and the housing. The flexible heat conductive member contacts the driver. The controller is detachably disposed in the base.
US11154983B2
In a link actuation device, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms such that a posture of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub, and a posture of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end side link hub is arbitrarily changed by actuators provided to two or more link mechanisms. The manipulating device includes a posture acquirer for acquiring a distal end posture represented by a bending angle and a turning angle, from a coordinate position at which a distal end side spherical link center is projected onto a two-dimensional rectangular coordinate system that has an origin located on an extension of an axis of the proximal end side link hub and is orthogonal to the extension of the axis.
US11154974B2
The present embodiment discloses a hand-held tool and a clamping device thereof. The clamping device of a hand-held tool includes: a mounting base; a clamping unit configured to fasten a working tool in an axial direction; and an operation assembly, including an operating member and a driving member, where the operating member is capable of performing compound motion relative to the mounting base, and the operating member is operable to drive the driving member to selectively mate with and disengage from the clamping unit. In this way, the hand-held tool of the present embodiment has the clamping device. By way of compound motion, not only comfort of operation can be achieved, but also parts can be saved, thereby making the structure simpler and more reliable.
US11154964B2
An abrasive article comprising a first group including a plurality of shaped abrasive particles overlying a backing, wherein the plurality of shaped abrasive particles of the first group define a first non-shadowing distribution relative to each other.
US11154960B2
Provided is a polishing pad including a polishing surface having a zeta potential of +0.1 mV or more at a pH of 10.0. Preferably, a polishing pad including a polyurethane having a tertiary amine is provided. Further preferably, the polyurethane having a tertiary amine is a reaction product of a polyurethane reaction raw material containing at least a chain extender having a tertiary amine. A polishing method using the polishing pads is also provided, wherein the method is performed while supplying an alkaline polishing slurry.
US11154953B2
A clamping system for an ultrasonic welding apparatus configured to clamp a contact element in the ultrasonic welding apparatus is presented. The contact element has a flat elongate shape and a welding region, a clamping region, and a contacting region arranged along a longitudinal axis. The clamping system includes two clamping units mechanically connected to the ultrasonic welding apparatus which are arranged spaced apart from one another and are moveable toward one another. Each clamping unit defines a clamping finger which is movable to extend over the clamping region. Each clamping finger has a clamping face that is configured to press on a surface of the clamping region that is located opposite an anvil of the ultrasonic welding apparatus while in a clamped state.
US11154944B2
Tools are described having removable working elements, include saws having removable cutting elements. Interface geometries on one or more of a core structure and removable elements may be simple or complex geometries. Securement elements releasably hold the removable elements in place.
US11154939B2
Provided is a hole drilling machine and the method for drilling an oval hole and an inner-diameter-changing hole by means of the hole drilling machine, the machine and the method being configured so that the oval hole can be shaped with high accuracy and drilling of a complicated hole such as the inner-diameter-changing hole can be performed with high accuracy. A hole drilling machine 100 includes a spindle 101 and an auxiliary spindle 120 holding both end portions of a processing tool 102 having a cutting blade 103. The spindle 101 includes a spindle drive motor 106 configured to rotatably displace the processing tool 102 on a circular path, and a tool turnable-drive motor 105 configured to spin the processing tool 102. The auxiliary spindle 120 includes an auxiliary spindle drive motor 120b. In the auxiliary spindle drive motor 120b, a tool fitting portion 120a in which a tip end portion of the processing tool 102 is slidably fitted is synchronously rotatably driven on the same circular path as that for the spindle 101. A table reciprocatably-displacing mechanism 111 is provided between the spindle 101 and the auxiliary spindle 120. The table reciprocatably-displacing mechanism 111 reciprocatably displaces a work piece WK in an X-axis direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the spindle 101.
US11154935B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a platform, a dispenser configured to deliver a plurality of successive layers of feed material on the platform, at least one energy source to selectively fuse feed material in a layer on the platform, and an air knife supply unit. The air knife supply unit includes a tube having a plurality of holes spaced along a length of the tube, a multi-fluted helical screw positioned in the tube, a gas inlet configured to supply a gas into an end of the tube with the screw configured to guide the gas from the gas inlet through the tube and out the holes, and a spiral plenum surrounding the tube with the spiral plenum including an inner end to receive gas from the holes and an outer end to deliver the gas over the platform.
US11154932B2
A manufacturing method for a three-dimensional structure includes forming unit layers using at least one of a first flowable composition including first powder and a second flowable composition including second powder and solidifying at least one of the first flowable composition including the first powder and the second flowable composition including the second powder in the unit layers. In the forming the unit layers, both of the first flowable composition and the second flowable composition are caused to be present in plane directions crossing a thickness direction of the unit layers.
US11154926B2
A control method and apparatus for inhibiting slag entrapment in ladle (1) during continuous casting production. An optimal control model calculating unit (11) receives related signals and data sent by a ladle weight detector (4), a molten steel flow field detector (5), a slag detector (7), a sliding gate opening detector (9), and a process signal interface unit (10), performs calculation and analysis according to an optimal control model to obtain a corresponding optimal control strategy, and outputs the strategy to an electromagnetic brake (6) and a sliding gate controller (8) for slag entrapment inhibition control. Regarding the two processes where a vortex may be formed, by means of different optimal control strategies, which respectively inhibit or destroy the formation of a vortex, slag generation is postponed, and molten steel may flow out without bringing slag out, thereby reducing residual ladle steel and improving molten steel yield.
US11154922B1
Techniques for implementing and/or operating a system that includes a pipe fitting to be secured to a pipe segment and a swage machine. The pipe fitting includes a fitting jacket to be conformally deformed around tubing of the pipe segment. The swage machine includes a grab plate that interlocks with the pipe fitting, a die plate, in which a die is to be loaded in the die plate, a swaging actuator secured to the die plate, in which the swaging actuator facilitates conformally deforming the fitting jacket around the tubing of the pipe segment by causing the die plate and the grab plate of the swage machine to move toward one another, and a die retainer actuator secured to the grab plate of the swage machine, in which the die retainer actuator extends through the grab plate toward the die plate and pushes against the die.
US11154920B2
A rolling mill for rolling hollow or, in all cases, concave rod-shaped bodies, in particular tubes, in particular seamless tubes, said rolling mill comprising a rolling section (10) with a plurality of mill stands and/or rolling dies (11) arranged in succession to define a rolling axis Y, said rolling mill further comprising moving means for moving a mandrel (20) and a tubular blank (21) fitted onto an end portion (22) of said mandrel (20) along said rolling axis and through said mill stands or rolling dies (11) in succession; wherein said moving means are structured so as to move said mandrel (20) and said blank (21) along said rolling axis Y and through said mill stands or rolling dies (11) in succession by applying a traction on said mandrel.
US11154906B2
An ultrasonic sensor includes a two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers including a plurality of sub-arrays of ultrasonic transducers, wherein a sub-array of ultrasonic transducers of the plurality of sub-arrays of ultrasonic transducers is independently controllable, and wherein a sub-array of ultrasonic transducers has an associated receive channel. A plurality of shift registers is configured to select a receive pattern of ultrasonic transducers of the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers to activate during a receive operation. An array controller is configured to control selection of the ultrasonic transducers during the receive operation according to the receive pattern and configured to shift a position of the receive pattern within the plurality of shift registers such that the ultrasonic transducers activated during the receive operation moves relative to and within the two-dimensional array of ultrasonic transducers.
US11154905B2
A system may include a vibrating surface, a first mechanical transducer mechanically coupled to the vibrating surface, a second mechanical transducer mechanically coupled to the vibrating surface at a location different than that of the first mechanical transducer, a first signal path for driving the first mechanical transducer, wherein the first signal path comprises a first amplifier and a first filter having a first frequency response, a second signal path for driving the second mechanical transducer, wherein the second signal path comprises a second amplifier and a second filter having a second frequency response, and a control subsystem. The control subsystem may include an analysis block configured to cross-correlate a first vibrational energy at a first location of the vibrating surface with a second vibrational energy at a second location of the vibrating surface and a coefficient control block configured to adaptively modify at least one of the first frequency response and the second frequency response responsive to cross-correlation of the first vibrational energy and the second vibrational energy in order to maximize differences between the first vibrational energy and the second vibrational energy.
US11154902B2
To provide: a transparent conductive substrate containing silver nanowires and having excellent optical characteristics, electrical characteristics and light resistance; and a method for producing the same. A transparent conductive substrate characterized by comprising: a substrate; a transparent conductive film formed on at least one principal surface of the substrate, and containing a binder resin and conductive fibers; and a protective film formed on the transparent conductive film, wherein the thermal decomposition starting temperature of the binder resin is 210° C. or higher, and the protective film is a thermal-cured film obtained using a thermosetting resin.
US11154900B2
A display device according to one or more exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes: a display panel; a window on the display panel; an active surface layer on the window; and a hard coating layer on the active surface layer and having a curved surface.
US11154891B2
An accumulator is added in-line with a valve on an agricultural machine and downstream of the valve. The valve is controlled to apply liquid material to a field over which the machine is traveling.
US11154886B2
In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, “Flairosol” dispensing devices can be provided. Such devices utilize a combination of Flair® technology, pre-compression valves and aerosol-like pressurization of the dispensed liquid. Such a dispensing device has, for example, a main body comprising a pressure chamber, the latter being provided with a pressure piston and a pressure spring. The device further has a piston and a piston chamber which draws liquid from a container, for example, the inner container of a Flair® bottle, and fills the pressure chamber with that liquid as a user operates a trigger in various compression and release strokes. The piston chamber has both an inlet valve and an outlet valve, which serve to prevent backflow. Liquid exiting the piston chamber under pressure (supplied by, a user pumping the trigger) enters a central vertical channel which is in fluid communication with both the pressure chamber (above the pressure piston) and a dome valve provided near the outlet channel at the top of the dispensing head. The dome valve has a preset pressure, such that once exceeded by the liquid, opens and allows for a spray. If the liquid pressure drops below such preset pressure, the dome valve closes off the outlet channel, which serves to regulate the strength of the flow and preclude leakage. Alternatively, in an activated embodiment, for example, once the liquid is sufficiently pressurized, it can be dispensed by a user allowing the dome valve to open by pressing on an activation button that removes a dome lock.
US11154877B2
A specialty nozzle is provided having a pattern adjustment valve that may be adjusted to irrigate a substantially rectangular irrigation area. The nozzle may be further adjusted to irrigate three different substantially rectangular irrigation areas. The nozzle is adjustable to function as a left strip nozzle, right strip nozzle, and side strip nozzle. The strip irrigation setting may be selected by pressing down and rotating a deflector to directly actuate the valve. The nozzle may also include a flow reduction valve to set the size of the rectangular irrigation areas and may be adjusted by actuation of an outer wall of the nozzle. Other specialty nozzles are provided having a fixed pattern template to irrigate a rectangular area, such as left strip, right strip, or side strip.
US11154876B2
A conformal, cup-shaped fluidic oscillator spray nozzle member (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) is configured to generate one or more oscillating sprays from fluid flowing into a substantially open proximal end and distally into a substantially closed distal end wall with one or more centrally located orifices defined therein. A multi-input, multi-output cup-shaped fluidic oscillator (200, 300, 400) is configured to generate a selected fluid spray from a plurality of (e.g., 2-8) fluid product inlets which are configured in interacting pairs and feed into a common interaction region of the fluidic nozzle geometry. Optionally, an outlet “A” can be positioned in the interaction region and allow for air entrainment into the interaction region or external oscillating spray streams to generate a foamed spray of fluid product.
US11154875B2
A pulsating device with two preset pressure-responding normally-closed valves is disclosed. The first valve is used for accumulating fluid. The second valve is used for creating resistance so as to force the first valve to open widely. The second valve may be configured so it creates little to no resistance once opened. In some embodiments, the pulsating device converts a low controlled and/or continuous flow of fluid, such as water and/or air, to a high pulsating and/or intermittent flow. A pulsating device may operate, for example, one or more drip lines, pop ups, sprinklers, misters and/or other irrigation devices.
US11154857B2
A single-channel, chemical-immunological hybrid biosensor is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the hybrid biosensor includes a reaction strip 100 in the form of a porous membrane through which a sample 1 moves by capillary action. the reaction strip 100 is in the form of a porous membrane through which the sample 1 moves by capillary action. Biomarkers in the sample 1 are independently detected based on a chemical reaction and binding reactions on the reaction strip 100.
US11154847B2
The present invention relates to a catalytic article comprising a substrate having a catalyst composition disposed thereon, wherein the catalyst composition comprises a platinum group metal impregnated onto a porous support and a selective catalytic reduction catalyst, wherein the catalyst composition is substantially free of platinum; and wherein the catalytic article is effective in the abatement of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and hydrocarbons (HCs). The present invention further relates to exhaust gas treatment systems for treating an exhaust gas stream exiting a diesel engine.
US11154845B1
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a catalyst composition includes a catalyst support and at least one hydrogenative metal component disposed on the catalyst support. The catalyst support includes at least one USY zeolite having a framework substituted with titanium and zirconium and at least one beta zeolite also having a framework substituted with titanium and zirconium. A method of using such a catalyst in a hydrocracking process is also disclosed.
US11154843B1
Methods of producing a nano-catalyst material including forming a plurality of nano-scale features on a surface of a substrate material. The nano-catalyst material may be used for forming anchored nanostructure materials by heating the nano-catalyst material under a protective atmosphere to a temperature ranging from about 450° C. to about 1500° C. and exposing the heated nano-catalyst to an organic vapor to affix a separate nanostructure to each of the plurality of nano-scale features. The nano-scale features may be formed on the surface of the substrate material by mechanical or thermal processes.
US11154842B2
An exhaust gas purification underfloor catalyst characterized in having a catalyst layer having a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer containing alumina and CeO2, the noble metal content of the lower layer being at most 0.5 mass % in relation to the mass of the lower layer, the upper layer containing Rh, alumina, and CeO2, the amount of noble metals other than Rh contained being 1 mol % or less in relation to the total amount of noble metals contained in the upper layer, the total amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer and the upper layer being 14 g/L to 30 g/L, the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer being 7 g/L to 25 g/L, and the amount of CeO2 contained in the lower layer being 20% or more of the amount of CeO2 contained in the upper layer.
US11154837B2
A method of removing an organic pollutant from water by contacting the water with a ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder to adsorb the organic pollutant onto the ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder. A method of producing a ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder involving ball milling oil fly ash to provide ball milled oil fly ash particles with an average particle size of less than 1 μm and sonicating the ball milled oil fly ash particles in an aqueous medium to form the ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder. A method of improving recovery of valuable metals/elements from oil fly ash.
US11154836B2
A reactor that operates with ultraviolet light emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) to attain UV photoreactions or UV photo-initiated reaction in a fluid flow for various applications, including water purification. The UV-LED reactor is comprised of a conduit means for passing fluid flow, an ultraviolet light emitting diode (UV-LED), and a radiation-focusing element to focus the UV-LED radiation to the fluid in the longitudinal direction of the conduit proportionally to the fluid velocity in the cross section of the conduit.
US11154827B2
A cell bag rotator is constructed to slowly agitate a plurality of cell bags by rotation along a rotation axis that is at least partially horizontal. The cell bag rotator comprises a plurality of plates to which a respective cell bag is attached. The cell bag rotator is suitable for mixing cells with particles for performing various types of subsequent cell therapy processes on the cells.
US11154826B2
A mixing paddle that is configured to rotate about a horizontal rotation axis and includes at least one eccentric arm which includes a first portion inclined with respect to a plane containing the rotation axis, so as to cause the ingredients contained in the mixing chamber to move in a first axial direction when the mixing paddle rotates in a first direction of rotation, a second portion having a cross section oriented radially with respect to the rotation axis in order, when the mixing paddle rotates in a second direction of rotation, to bring about a radial movement of the ingredients towards the outside of the mixing chamber.
US11154825B2
Systems and methods for enhanced filtration and separation of fluid from microorganisms, toxins and other particles in a more efficient manner is provided. The system may include a selectively removeable fitting or replaceable filter media and is suitable for use with liquid dispensing devices such as hydrotherapy jets, shower heads, liquid nozzles, and bathtub faucets.
US11154823B2
A membrane comprising a crystalline material deposited on a porous support. The crystalline material is made of tectosilicate with a portion of the Si atoms substituted with metal atoms. The membrane is useful in the separation of oil and water.
US11154810B2
A method for revamping a CO2 removal section for removing carbon dioxide from a hydrogen-containing synthesis gas, wherein the CO2 removal section comprises an absorption section (2) wherein carbon dioxide is transferred to an absorbing solution and a stripping tower (3) for regeneration of the CO2-loaded solution, said stripping tower comprising an upper zone (4) where a first gaseous CO2 stream (10) and a partially regenerated semi-lean solution (11) are produced, and a lower zone (5) acting as a stripping zone where a second gaseous CO2 stream (12) and a lean regenerated solution are produced, the second CO2 stream (12) being a substantially pure stream containing less hydrogen and impurities than the first CO2 stream, and wherein the method of revamping provides the installation of sealing means (16) inside the stripping tower (3), arranged to isolate said second gaseous CO2 stream (12) from the first stream (10), so that the second stream (12) can be exported separately.
US11154808B2
A method for controlling display of information on a display device includes storing information corresponding to a broadcast program guide. When a signal is received based on activation of a specific key while the first broadcast program is displayed on a screen, information on the first broadcast program and information on a second program to be broadcast after the first broadcast program is detected. The first broadcast program is then displayed in a first region of the screen simultaneously with the information on the first broadcast program and the information on the second broadcast program in a second region of the screen.
US11154797B2
A filtering device includes a water pump, a filter cartridge, and a communicating tube for coupling the water pump with the filter cartridge. The filtering device further includes a flow switch attached to the communicating tube and configured to change switching states in response to a water flow rate in the communicating tube being lower than a predetermined value. The filtering device further includes a reminding device operably connected to the water flow switch. The reminding device generates a reminder signal when the state of the water flow indicates that the flow rate of the water in the communicating tube is lower than the predetermined value. The control system includes a control panel for the filtering pump, a central control system, and a filtration detecting system. The control panel is connected to the central control system and the central control system is connected to the filtration detecting system.
US11154796B2
Sand separation systems and methods according to which one or more energy sensors are adapted to detect a response to energy imparted to a sand separator of a known type. One or more computers are adapted to communicate with the one or more energy sensors. The one or more computers and/or the one or more energy sensors are pre-tuned. The one or more computers are configured to determine the unknown sand level in the sand separator of the known type based on: the response detected by the one or more energy sensors, and the pre-tuning of the one or more energy sensors and/or the one or more computers.
US11154795B2
The invention relates to a method for chromatographic separation, comprising at least one step of elution of species held on a stationary phase by means of an eluent, followed by a step of moving the eluent in contact with the stationary phase by means of a compressed gas. Preferably, the movement step takes place after a step of elution of the product(s) of interest and/or after a step of regeneration of the stationary phase.
US11154793B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for gas-liquid contacting and gas distribution in a bubble contactor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a gas-liquid distribution device that may be used in an ionic liquid co-current gas and liquid up-flow regenerator designed to distribute gas uniformly across the regenerator cross section through restriction orifices on a distribution plate with liquid upcomers.
US11154786B2
Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a game that includes at least two users that each have a preconfigured set of playable virtual entities. The users draw playable virtual entities from each of their respective sets of playable virtual entities, and can play the playable virtual entities in one or more battles to facilitate moving a virtual positional marker towards a goal or shooting a goal, wherein the battle procedures are based on a turn priority. Certain attributes are associated with the playable virtual entities so that playable virtual entity effects, OVR values, and salary values can affect which playable virtual entities are in a deck and how the playable virtual entities are affected by the location of the virtual positional marker and/or other playable virtual entities.
US11154783B1
Systems and methods to support player-initiated proof of in-game participation by unique digital articles in in-game events are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players; record usage information pertaining to player-owned unique digital articles on a permanent registry; present a player interface for a player to select an in-game event; store video information of the selected in-game event; and record references to the stored video information on the permanent registry such that the video information is accessible for viewing by users of the permanent registry.
US11154772B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a grip attachment that changes the shape of a handheld controller, allowing individual users to comfortably hold the controller while they interact with the controlled system. For example, some embodiments include a video game controller grip attachment having features that conform to fit securely with the video game controller, allow the user to hold the video game controller, and/or enable a user to grip a handheld controller in different configurations. In other embodiments, the grip for interfacing with one hand (e.g., the right hand) may be different than the grip for interfacing with the other hand (e.g., the left hand). In some embodiments, the grip has a palm swell element including a controller interface surface configured to at least partially accommodate a back surface of a handheld controller, and/or an outer surface extending an overall depth of the palm area of the handheld controller.
US11154766B2
The present disclosure provides a snow transport system with a frame comprising a base plate, a pair of opposed side plates mounted on opposed sides of the base plate, and a plurality of cross members extending between the side plates. A pair of convex lower track slides are mounted on lower portions of the pair of opposed side plates, and a pair of convex upper track slides are mounted on upper portions of the pair of opposed side plates. A drive wheel is mounted at an upper front portion of the frame, and an idler wheel mounted at a lower rear portion of the frame. A continuous track is wrapped around the drive wheel, the convex lower track slides, the idler wheel and the convex upper track slides. A motor assembly is mounted within the frame, and connected to the drive wheel through a transmission assembly. A push arm assembly is mounted to one side of the frame, the push arm assembly extending forwardly from the frame and having a push bar portion and user controls at a forward end thereof.
US11154759B2
A kit of parts for playing a tag game in low-light conditions includes first and second base markers, first and second plurality of team identifiers, and first and second plurality of batons. The base markers, team identifiers and the batons emit light.
US11154758B2
A pocket stabilizer for maintaining the spacing between the sidewalls of a lacrosse rim, comprising: a pair of ears each including an upper helix, a lower lobe and a medial segment disposed therebetween. The upper helix of the pair define a first dimension corresponding to a first sidewall spacing and the lower lobes of the pair define a second dimension corresponding to a second sidewall spacing. A stabilizing member is disposed between and integrates the medial segments of the pair of ears. The pocket stabilizer is placed within the pocket of the lacrosse head and slid downwardly into the throat such that the lower lobes and medial segments are wedged between the sidewalls of the lacrosse head rim to retain the shape of the rim and prevent plastic deformation thereof while the lacrosse head is not in use.
US11154754B2
A method of forming a golf club head assembly includes aligning a faceplate with a recess of a club head; welding the faceplate to the club head; then, after welding the faceplate, heating the club head and the faceplate to at least a solvus temperature of the faceplate for a predetermined amount of time; and then, after heating the club head and the faceplate, allowing the club head and the faceplate to air cool.
US11154752B2
A report of a state of a local exercise device based at least in part on a user response to an electromagnetic resistance unit in the local exercise device is sent. An update based on a state of a remote exercise device is received. The electromagnetic resistance unit is caused to change state in reaction to the received update.
US11154749B1
An exercise machine with adjustable handles that provide for multiple handle positions. The exercise machine with adjustable handles generally includes a frame with one or more rails, a carriage movably positioned upon the rails, and a pair of adjustable handles positioned near an end of the frame. The adjustable handles each have a handle portion that is movably connected to a corresponding handle stanchion to pivot from a storage position to an extended position.
US11154745B1
The present invention is a portable rowing machine that allows a user to perform rowing, skiing, paddling, or any other physical activities at any suitable location. The portable rowing machine contains a housing, a pulley, a flywheel, a planetary gear assembly, an anchor, a retraction mechanism, and a pull cord. The housing contains a central gear support. The pulley, the flywheel, the planetary gear assembly, and the retraction mechanism are positioned within the housing. The central gear support is positioned within the housing. The planetary gear assembly is positioned within the central gear support. The pulley and the flywheel are axially connected opposite to each other along the planetary gear assembly. The retraction mechanism is operatively connected to the pulley, where the retraction mechanism is configured to retract the pull cord into a spooled state around the pulley. The anchor is externally connected to the housing.
US11154742B1
An exercise device is portable and lightweight, where a user pushes levers (for example, handles or pedals) in a linear fashion. The levers may not be connected to each other and may be used alternately or both at the same time. Each lever is connected to a bearing mechanism inside of a housing, where the bearing mechanism reduces friction and creates stability when pushing the levers. The levers are attached to one or more sets of resistance bands that enable different levels of resistance by rotating a top dial to vary the intensity of physical activity. The device has a base having foldable base supports and foldable pedals, thus providing portability of the device. The exercise device may have a pedometer situated within one of the levers that counts the steps and may communicate with an application executing on a mobile device in order to measure the user's exercise performance.
US11154734B2
A magnetic quick connect for a fluid delivery system includes a male coupling member and a female coupling member. The male coupling member defines a first outer fluid communication path and includes a first magnetic material. A first inner member is disposed within the first outer fluid communication path and defines a first inner communication path. The female coupling member defines a second outer fluid communication path and includes a second magnetic material. A second inner member is disposed within the second outer fluid communication path and defines a second inner communication path. The male and female coupling members are detachably held together by an attractive force between the first and second magnetic materials such that the first and second outer communication paths are held in fluid communication, and the first and second inner communication paths are held in fluid communication.
US11154730B2
A medical device includes a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array configured to emit ultrasound to target tissue, and at least one thermoelectric cooler mechanically coupled with the CMUT array and configured to cool non-target tissue heated by the ultrasound. The medical device may be implemented in a catheter together with a solid thermal conductor coupled to the thermoelectric cooler and extending along the catheter, to conduct heat away from the thermoelectric cooler. A catheter or catheter sleeve includes a tubular wall for insertion into a body channel, and at least one thermoelectric cooler coupled to the tubular wall for cooling the body channel wall. A catheter sleeve includes tubular casing for insertion into a body channel and capable of encasing a catheter, and at least one sensor coupled to the tubular casing for sensing one or more properties of the body channel wall, such as temperature and pressure.
US11154729B2
An apparatus for applying an electron beam to a subdermal tumor generates a pulsed electron beam that is collimated to a diameter of less than 1 mm and less than 10 millimeter-milliradiant transverse emittance. A biopsy needle having an interior diameter less than 2 mm and length between 1 cm and 100 cm is inserted through the skin to the tumor, and the electron beam is electromagnetically directed through the needle, so as to reach the tumor without irradiating intervening normal tissue and with minimal irradiation of surrounding normal tissue. The electron pulsing rate can be in the S-band or Q-band, the beam energy can be between 1 Mev and 6 MeV, and/or the beam brightness can be less than 10 mm·mrad. A distal end of the biopsy needle can include an electron-permeable vacuum barrier, and the apparatus can be evacuated to less than 10−8 Torr.
US11154728B1
Embodiments are directed generally to an ionizing-radiation beamline monitoring system that includes a vacuum chamber structure with vacuum compatible flanges through which an incident ionizing-radiation beam enters the monitoring system. Embodiments further include at least one scintillator within the vacuum chamber structure that can be at least partially translated in the ionizing-radiation beam while oriented at an angle greater than 10 degrees to a normal of the incident ionizing-radiation beam, a machine vision camera coupled to a light-tight structure at atmospheric/ambient pressure that is attached to the vacuum chamber structure by a flange attached to a vacuum-tight viewport window with the camera and lens optical axis oriented at an angle of less than 80 degrees with respect to a normal of the scintillator, and at least one ultraviolet (“UV”) illumination source facing the scintillator in the ionizing-radiation beam for monitoring a scintillator stability comprising scintillator radiation damage.
US11154719B2
A method and device for dynamic device based AV delay adjustment are provided. The method provides electrodes that are configured to be located proximate to an atrial (A) site and a right ventricular (RV) site. The method utilizes one or more processors, in an implantable medical device (IMD), for detecting an atrial paced (Ap) event or atrial sensed (As) event. The method determines a measured AV interval corresponding to an interval between the Ap event or the As event and a ventricular sensed event and calculates a percentage-based (PB) offset based on the measured AV interval. The method automatically dynamically adjusting an AV delay, utilized by the IMD, based on the measured AV interval and the PB offset and manages a pacing therapy, utilized by the IMD, based on the AV delay after the adjusting operation.
US11154718B2
This document provides methods and materials involved in detecting and delivering neurochemical signals, electrophysiological signals, ions, or combinations thereof within a mammal. For example, systems that can include one or more implantable devices containing probes configured to detect neurochemical signals (e.g., neurotransmitter concentrations), electrical signals, ions, or combinations thereof and one or more implantable devices containing electrodes and/or microfluidic delivery components configured to deliver neurochemical signals (e.g., neurotransmitters), electrical signals, ions, or combinations thereof to one or more locations within a mammal are provided.
US11154717B2
An indication that a patient event occurred may be used to evaluate the efficacy of at least one therapy program and/or adjust therapy delivery to the patient. In some examples, the patient event indication includes patient input that may be received via an event indication button of a programming device. In some examples, therapy delivery may be adjusted by adjusting at least one therapy parameter value, switching therapy programs or therapy program groups or restarting a therapy cycle of a medical device.
US11154711B2
An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.
US11154707B2
This application discloses configurations for arranging transducer arrays on a person's head to impose tumor treating fields (TTFields) in the brain at field strengths that are as uniform as possible throughout the entire brain. In some embodiments, L-shaped sets of electrodes are positioned near the right and left ears, each with a horizontal arm above the ear and a vertical arm behind the ear. Optionally, these embodiments may be combined with a second pair of electrodes positioned on top of the head and behind the neck. In other embodiments, one pair of electrodes is positioned above the right ear and on the left/rear portion of the neck; and a second pair of electrodes is positioned above the left ear and on the right/rear portion of the neck. These configurations improve the uniformity of the electric fields imposed throughout the brain, and are particularly useful for preventing and/or treating metastases.
US11154706B1
Pill-sized pacemaker system including a pill-size pacemaker and a lead connector, the pacemaker having a distal end including a first screw hook and a proximal end including a first magnetic coupler, the lead connector having a distal end including a second screw hook and a proximal end including a second magnetic coupler, the first and second magnetic couplers being disc-shaped, each including at least one depth-wise electrode, wherein the first screw hook is for screwing the pacemaker to inner heart tissue and for sensing at least one signal from the inner heart tissue, the second screw hook is for screwing the lead connector to inner heart tissue and for sensing at least one signal from the inner heart tissue, and the pacemaker and the lead connector are electrically coupled via each depth-wise electrode of the first and second magnetic couplers when the first and second magnetic couplers are magnetically coupled.
US11154700B2
A ventricular assist device includes a stent for placement within a cardiac artery and arranged for placement, the stent arranged to have an open configuration defining a flow path, a rotor sized to fit within the stent and arranged for percutaneous placement the flow path, the rotor including a surface disposed about a central portion and angled with respect to the flow path and having a first plurality of magnets. A collar is sized for placement about the cardiac artery and includes a stator. A power source is coupled to the stator, and the stator and the rotor are arranged to rotate the rotor about an axis. A timing control module controls a rotational speed of the rotor. Accordingly, the surface of the rotor is arranged to move blood along the flow path in response to rotation of the rotor.
US11154695B2
An apparatus (10) for minimally-invasive, including non-invasive, prevention and/or treatment of hydrocephalus and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus (10), a housing (50) is sized for superjacent contact with a skull having a fontanel. Within the housing (50), a compartment (12) includes a pressure applicator (88), such as a fluid-filled bladder (22), under the control of a pressure regulator (14). The pressure applicator (88) is configured to selectively apply an external pressure to the fontanel. The compartment (12) includes a pressure sensor (90) configured to measure intracranial pulse pressure of the fontanel. Further, in one embodiment, the apparatus (10) can cause pulse pressure modulation by adjusting the intracranial pulse pressure via the pressure applicator (88). This enables a non-invasive measurement of the pulse pressure and modulation thereof in infants, for example.
US11154692B2
Intraluminal and endovascular devices and methods of manufacturing intraluminal and endovascular devices may be provided. In one implementation, an intraluminal device may include a sheath having a flexible distal bending segment and a core wire arranged within the sheath. The core wire may include a distal end portion doubled back in a loop within the sheath such that the distal tip of the core wire is situated proximally from the loop. The intraluminal device may also include a movement restrictor within the sheath that is configured to limit axial movement of the distal tip of the core wire. Limiting the axial movement of the core wire distal tip may cause the loop of the core wire to buckle, resulting in a bend in the distal bending segment of the sheath, when a force is exerted on the core wire.
US11154684B2
A valve assembly having a housing and a valve, the valve being disposed within the housing, a first indexed member integral to the housing, the first indexed member adapted to be complementary to a second indexed member, and a radio frequency identification device adapted to communicate with a radio frequency receiver, the valve being configured to align with a canister, seal the canister and open in a single movement. A drug containment device having said valve assembly is also disclosed.
US11154672B2
Systems and methods may include a gas source, a gas delivery circuit, and a nasal interface allowing breathing ambient air through the nasal interface. A gas flow path through the nasal interface may have a distal gas flow path opening. A nozzle may be associated with a proximal end of the nasal interface a distance from the distal end gas flow path opening. At least a portion of an entrainment port may be between the nozzle and the distal end gas flow opening. The nozzle may deliver gas into the nasal interface to create a negative pressure area in the gas flow path at the entrainment port. The nasal interface and the nozzle may create a positive pressure area between the entrainment port and the distal end gas flow path opening. Gas from the gas delivery source and air entrained through the entrainment port may increase airway pressure or lung pressure or provide ventilatory support.
US11154671B2
A nasal device comprises a first component and a second component and a connector for coupling the first component to the second component and configured to span a nasal septum of the user. The first component comprises a body for insertion into a nasal cavity of a nose of a user. The body comprises a loop structure having an inner surface defining an aperture and a reverse outer surface, the loop structure being configured for alignment with an interior contour of a nasal passage of the nose, a platform spanning the aperture defined by the inner surface of the loop structure, and a valve mechanism disposed on the platform for controlling fluid flow through the aperture. The first component further comprises at least one mount extending from the body.
US11154661B2
A drug delivery device includes a housing defining a shell comprising a front portion and a rear portion slidably coupled to the front portion, a drug delivery assembly at least partially disposed within the housing, at least one electronic component, a power source which powers the electronic component, and a switch assembly. The switch assembly is adapted to selectively cause the power source to provide power to the at least one electronic component.
US11154660B2
Diabetes management systems include an insulin delivery device and a monitoring device for detecting at least one characteristic relating to the insulin delivery device. Monitoring devices may comprise pen caps.
US11154651B2
A reduced-pressure system for delivering reduced pressure for medical purposes to a desired site and to receive fluids in one instance includes a reservoir having an interior space operable to contain the fluids. A reduced-pressure delivery conduit is placed in fluid communication with the interior space for delivering the reduced pressure to the desired site. A source conduit and a pressure sensor conduit are placed in fluid communication with the interior space. A pressure sensor is placed in fluid communication with the pressure sensor conduit. A reduced-pressure source is placed in fluid communication with the source conduit. A reduced-pressure control unit is associated with the pressure sensor and the reduced-pressure source and is operable to receive pressure data from the pressure sensor and supply data from the reduced-pressure source and to determine when a reservoir-full/blockage condition exists. Other systems and methods are presented.
US11154650B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site may include a base layer, a sealing member, a first and a second wicking layer, and an absorbent layer. The base layer may have a plurality of apertures and may be adapted to cover the tissue site. The sealing member and the base layer may define an enclosure. The first and the second wicking layer may each be disposed in the enclosure with the absorbent layer positioned between the first and the second wicking layer. A conduit comprised of an absorbent material that is vapor permeable and liquid impermeable may be in fluid communication with the dressing for providing reduced pressure to the dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US11154648B2
A system for measuring at least one fluid characteristic at various stages within a sorbent system that has a sorbent cartridge that has at least one material layer and at least one fluid passageway in at least one location in the sorbent system to provide a diverted sample stream from the various stages. At least one fluid characteristic of the diverted sample stream is measured.
US11154647B2
Techniques and apparatuses for access recirculation of a patient during dialysis treatment are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, and logic coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may be configured to determine a first hemoglobin concentration for a dialysis system, determine a change in an ultrafiltration rate, determine a second hemoglobin concentration modified due to the change in the ultrafiltration rate based on a dialysis system model of the dialysis system, and determine an access recirculation value for the dialysis system. Other embodiments are described.
US11154643B2
A stent having an inner surface and an outer surface, the stent comprising a coating composition comprising a platelet-activated adhesive on at least a portion of the outer surface thereof.
US11154638B2
A method of forming a scaffold is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method of forming a scaffold includes dissolving a polymer in a solvent to form a polymer solution; adding additive precipitating agent to the polymer solution; precipitating and expanding the polymer from the polymer solution to form a scaffold; and removing the solvent from the scaffold. In some embodiments, prior to adding the precipitating agent, the method further comprising adding at least one of calcium phosphate or a bioactive additive to the polymer solution to form a mixture including the polymer solution and the at least one of calcium phosphate or bioactive additive.
US11154634B1
An ultraviolet-C light fixture is provided, the ultraviolet-C light fixture comprising at least one ultraviolet-C light bulb to sterilize an air flow, an ultraviolet-C radiation field created by the at least one ultraviolet-C light bulb to sterilize the air flow, a top end cap, a base and a plurality of louvers, the plurality of louvers positioned proximate one another, the top end cap and the base to create a gap, the gap sized to allow ultraviolet radiation to pass outside the ultraviolet light fixture to create a sterilization field outside the ultraviolet light fixture to eradicate bacterial, viral or pathogen particles from the air flow surrounding the fixture and the gap sized to allow passage of the air flow containing a cloud of infectious bacterial, viral or pathogen particles to pass through a sterilization chamber within the ultraviolet light fixture to eradicate bacterial, viral or pathogen particles from the air flow.
US11154629B2
A sterilization system consisting of a mobile emitter, a sensing subsystem and a data logging subsystem is described. The emitter has one or more UV emitting lamps or devices. The sensing system comprises at least one remote UV sensor and at least one door sensor. The door sensor comprises a safety shut off door detector and may contain an emergency stop detector and arming detector to protect people from being exposed to UV energy. The system has a remote control for starting, stopping and setting system parameters which include but are not limited to: treatment time, dosage, room size, room number, unit number, floor, facility name, operator name, operator identification number, password, default dosage values, dosage, and patient identification number. The number of treatments per unit of time can be maximized because of the use of incident light measurement.
US11154623B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of opening a lipid bilayer by associating the lipid bilayer with a molecule that includes a moving component capable of moving (e.g., rotating) in response to an external stimulus; and exposing the molecule to an external stimulus before, during or after associating the molecule with the lipid bilayer. The exposing causes the moving component of the molecule to move and thereby open the lipid bilayer (e.g., by pore formation). The external stimuli may include an energy source, such as ultraviolet light. The opened lipid bilayer may be a component of cell membranes in vitro or in vivo. The opening of the lipid bilayer may allow for the passage of various materials (e.g., active agents, such as peptide-based drugs) through the lipid bilayer and into cells. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the aforementioned molecules for opening lipid bilayers.
US11154622B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods useful for treating disorders amenable to therapy via introduction of multigenic expression vectors. More particularly, the invention provides vectors and polynucleotides encoding polypeptides for treatment of cardiac disorders wherein said polypeptides may comprise a cytokine, a chemokine, and/or an angiogenic polypeptide, or functional derivatives thereof. Also provided, as compositions of the invention, are linkers useful for connecting and expressing functional (biologically active) polypeptides from single, multigenic-expression constructs.
US11154620B2
Provided herein are conjugates, compositions and methods for use in photoimmunotherapy, such as photoimmunotherapy induced by activation of a phthalocyanine dye conjugated to a targeting molecule that binds a protein on cell, for example, an IR700-antibody conjugate. In some embodiments, the phthalocyanine-dye conjugate can be activated by irradiation with near-infrared light. Features of the conjugates, compositions and methods, including the dose of the conjugate, provide various advantages, such as lower toxicity and/or improved efficacy. In some embodiments, also provided is a dual label phthalocyanine-dye conjugate in which the targeting molecule is conjugated to an additional fluorescent dye, which can be used for photoimmunotherapy while, for example, also exhibiting improved performance for imaging or detection. Also provided are therapeutic methods using the conjugates and compositions for treatment of diseases and conditions, including tumors or cancers.
US11154617B2
Provided are pharmaceutical means and methods for the prevention, treatment or amelioration of indolent or aggressive B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B NHL) and B cell leukemia comprising the administration of a bispecific single chain antibody construct to a subject in the need thereof and the use of said bispecific single chain antibody construct for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention, treatment or amelioration of indolent or aggressive B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B NHL) and B cell leukemia, whereby said construct is to be administered for at least 1 week in specified daily doses. Moreover, the invention relates to kits comprising a bispecific single chain antibody construct to be used in accordance with this invention.
US11154614B2
The present invention relates to the production of structural proteins and virus-like particles (VLPs) of flaviviruses and hepatitis C. Production is through use of a single expression cassette comprising a viral structural gene, a furin encoding gene and a bicistronic expression element such as an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) between the viral and furin genes. Both the viral gene and furin gene can include a partial capsid encoding sequence acting as a signal peptide to co-locate the viral protein and furin and to act as a membrane anchor for the viral protein and furin. A separate expression cassette comprising a non-structural viral gene can be combined with the initial cassette. The structural proteins and VLPs can be used in vaccines and in the treatment of viral infections.
US11154611B2
The invention relates to recombinant bovine leukemia viruses that have an attenuated phenotype and comprise a combination of at least two specific mutations. The invention also provides recombinant nucleic acids encoding such viruses, vectors comprising such nucleic acids, and host cells comprising such nucleic acids or vectors. The recombinant attenuated BLV viruses, recombinant nucleic acids, vectors and host cells allow for the preparation of improved vaccines, in particular vaccines suitable for the prophylactic treatment of BLV-associated diseases in subjects. The invention further provides methods for treating BLV-associated diseases in subjects and pharmaceutical compositions suitable for use in these methods.
US11154606B2
In certain embodiments, the present invention provides a poultry vaccine comprising an antigenic protein comprising a PlcC protein unit that is operably linked to a peptide linker that is operably linked to a NetB protein unit, where the vaccine is effective in stimulating a protective cellular and/or humoral immune response to C. perfringens. Methods are also provided for making the vaccine and for vaccinating poultry by administering such a vaccine.
US11154605B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile toxoid for use in a medicament for animals. The invention also encompasses an immunogenic composition comprising one or more C. difficile A toxoid and one or more C. difficile B toxoid and one or more C. perfringens Type A toxoid. The invention also encompasses vaccines comprising said immunogenic compositions, vaccines for use in the treatment and/or prevention of disease caused by C. difficile and C. perfringens, and kits thereof.
US11154604B2
The present disclosure provides for an adjuvant composition that is suited for injectable as well as transdermal administration. The adjuvant composition generally comprises a lipophile, a polymer of acrylic or methacrylic acid, saline, cholesterol, a saponin, and sodium hydroxide. A vaccine composition is also provided for that generally includes the vaccine composition of the present disclosure and an antigen. A method for vaccinating animals and humans utilizing the adjuvant composition of the present disclosure is also provided.
US11154596B2
Provided herein are methods for use in safe and effective thrombolysis, e.g., in therapy for a potential stroke or acute myocardial infarction (“AMI”) at a maximum arterial patency rate with minimal associated hemorrhagic side effects.
US11154594B2
The invention provides an animal feed composition comprising microbial α-amylase. The invention further provides methods of increasing the growth (weight gain), the average daily weight gain or the efficiency of feed utilization by an animal or reducing the number of days needed to achieve a desired weight in an animal, comprising feeding to the animal an animal feed composition of the present invention.
US11154590B2
An Nkx3.2 fragment with improved stability under a histopathological environment of arthritis and a pharmaceutical composition containing the Nkx3.2 as an active ingredient are disclosed. The Nkx3.2 fragment has a function to activate NF-κB at the similar level to full-length Nkx3.2 and resistance to proteolysis by Siah1. In addition, the Nkx3.2 fragment exhibited at least a 10-fold improvement in degenerative arthritis treatment effect compared with Nkx3.2 in an animal model-based in vivo efficacy evaluation. Therefore, the Nkx3.2 fragment can be favorably used in the prevention or treatment of arthritis.
US11154588B2
The inventors provide the use of a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism to inhibit the growth of and/or kill a plant pathogenic microorganism on a plant; the use of a chelating agent to increase the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; a method of inhibiting the growth of and/or killing a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising administering to a plant in need thereof a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism; and a method of increasing the activity of an antimicrobial that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising using said antimicrobial with a chelating agent. Also provided is a composition comprising a chelating agent and an antimicrobial agent that is effective against a plant pathogenic microorganism, use of said composition to inhibit the growth of and/or kill a plant pathogenic microorganism on a plant, and a method of inhibiting the growth of and/or killing a plant pathogenic microorganism comprising administering to a plant in need thereof said composition. Further provided is the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to kill, or inhibit the growth of, a plant pathogenic bacterium on a plant, and a method of killing, or inhibiting the growth of, a plant pathogenic bacterium on a plant, said method comprising administering to said plant a composition comprising an effective amount of an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof.
US11154587B2
Methods for treating immunodeficiencies are provided using peptide-based compounds.
US11154586B2
The present disclosure describes use of oxytocin, in combination with one or more other agents as described herein, for use for example in the treatment of certain conditions.
US11154583B2
The present invention relates generally to a herbal cream formulation useful for treatment of skin diseases and disorders, therapeutic and cosmetic applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to the composition of a topical cream useful for treating Eczema, Psoriasis, burn wounds, scars, keloids, Lipomas, Shingles, dry skin disorders, skin allergies and other related skin diseases. The present invention includes the composition and method of making the topical cream.
US11154573B2
Methods and composition for production of T cells are provided. Also provided are therapeutic methods using engineered T cells. For example, in certain aspects methods include preparing three dimensional cell culture compositions comprising stroma cells and hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells in a serum-free medium for producing T cells.
US11154564B2
The present invention relates to a new composition for use in the treatment of cough comprising one or more polysaccharide fractions of plantain, one or more polysaccharide fractions of marshmallow, honey, brown sugar, one or more polyphenolic fractions of agrimony comprising tannins.
US11154557B2
The present invention provides prodrugs and methods of use thereof.
US11154548B2
The invention discloses a monosubstituted or polysubstituted amphiphilic hypocrellin derivative, and a preparation method and application thereof. The amphiphilic hypocrellin derivative substituted by a group containing PEG, a quaternary ammonium salt or the like prepared according to the invention has an obvious red shift in its absorption spectrum and a significantly enhanced molar extinction coefficient, compared with the parent hypocrellin, can efficiently produce singlet state oxygen and other reactive oxygen species under photosensitive conditions; has different amphiphilicities and increased biocompatibility with cells or tissues by regulating its hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity; can meet the requirements of different clinical drugs, and solves the requirements of different drug delivery methods for different drug hydrophilicity and lipophilicity. Under identical conditions, the amphiphilic hypocrellin derivative photosensitizer according to the invention has higher ability to photodynamically inactivate tumor cells than the first and second generation commercial photosensitizers.
US11154540B2
This disclosure is directed to methods of treating ophthalmic disease/disorder or injury associated with neurodegenerative disease/disorder, such as progressive multiple sclerosis, or a neuro-ophthalmologic disorder in human patients using ibudilast.
US11154539B2
The invention provides a compound for use in the treatment of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (T-ALL), the compound having the formula (1): or being a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: n is 0, 1 or 2; Ar1 is selected from an optionally substituted phenyl, pyridyl, thienyl and furanyl; Q1 is selected from C(═O), S(═O) and SO2; A is absent or is NR2; R1 is selected from: hydrogen; an optionally substituted C1-6 non-aromatic hydrocarbon group; and optionally substituted 3- to 7-membered non-aromatic carbocyclic and heterocyclic rings containing one or two heteroatom ring members selected from O, N and S, and bridged bicyclic heterocyclic rings of seven to nine ring members of which one or two are nitrogen atoms, the carbocyclic and heterocyclic rings and bridged bicyclic heterocyclic rings; R2 is selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl; or NR1R2 forms an optionally substituted 4- to 7-membered non-aromatic nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring optionally containing a second heteroatom ring member selected from nitrogen and oxygen.
US11154538B2
This invention relates to methods of treating a patient with ovarian cancer having deficiencies in homologous recombination (HR) comprising administering to the patient (i) an effective amount of ganetespib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (ii) an effective amount of a DNA-damaging or repair-inhibiting agent.
US11154537B2
Methods for treatment for patients having depression and/or pain are contemplated as including an administration of first preparation comprising an antiemetic agent, preferably ondansetron, followed by a second preparation of a synergistic combination of ketamine and a benzodiazepine, preferably lorazepam, administered via a continuous intravenous infusion. Such methods may be seen to better alleviate depression and pain symptoms, and may result in reduced need for other medications.
US11154527B2
A composition and method for the prophylaxis and treatment of topical fungal infections is provided. Generally, the composition includes an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. In some forms, the composition further includes an anti-fungal agent. The method generally includes the steps of applying the composition topically once or multiple times. The composition and method can be used in combination with another form of fungal treatment, such as oral medications.
US11154525B2
The present invention refers to new purified compositions of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, or their salts or esters, characterized by being essentially free from other usually present—but structurally different—components, such as furan fatty acids, phytanic and pristanic acids, squalene, and some oligomers, as well as several “persistent” environmental pollutants, such as polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans, polychlorinated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl-ethers, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and others, which are also usually present and extremely toxic. The invention also refers to the purification method to obtain said compositions and the use thereof as food, food for special medical use, food and diet supplement, and drug.
US11154515B2
The disclosure describes compositions comprising beta-caryophyllene (BCP) and cannabidiol (CBD). The disclosure also describes compositions which further introduce low levels of THC. The disclosure further describes methods of making and using said compositions, including for the treatment of chronic pain, neurological disorders including epilepsy, addiction and inflammatory skin conditions. The disclosure further describes the use of fluorinated-CBD derivatives for treating inflammatory skin conditions.
US11154514B2
The present invention generally relates to targeted nanoparticle delivery to E-selectin- or P-selectin-positive cells or tissues. In particular, this invention discloses a method for preparing quinic acid-modified nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to cancerous cells or tissues via E-selectin- or P-selectin-mediated transcytosis. The invention described herein also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating cancers.
US11154505B1
The present disclosure provides extended release trihexyphenidyl compositions suitable for once- or twice-daily administration. The compositions comprise a core comprising at least one organic acid; at least one drug layer comprising trihexyphenidyl or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof over the core; and a functional coat over the drug-layered core. The compositions of the disclosure provide extended release with reduced Cmax, a Cmin:Cmax ratio of ≥0.4, Fluctuation Index of ≤1, while providing and maintaining at least a minimum therapeutically effective plasma concentration, of the trihexyphenidyl or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for at least about 10 hours. The compositions of the disclosure improve solubility of the trihexyphenidyl or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a pH of greater than or equal to 5, to provide and maintain at least a minimum effective concentration of the drug at such pH.
US11154491B2
Compositions for reducing skin aging are disclosed herein. The compositions can be topically applied to a skin region to reduce or prevent skin wrinkles, fine lines, thinning skin, sagging skin, skin dryness, and skin itchiness.
US11154488B2
Disclosed are compositions, systems and methods for treating keratinous fibers such as hair. The compositions and systems comprise an oxazoline functionalized polymer and an amino silicone compound. The compositions and methods are employed to improve the quality of the keratinous fibers.
US11154486B2
A composition and a method of washing urushiol off the surface of human skin. The composition includes a first solely C12 surfactant and a second solely C12 surfactant that are each in a non-buffered composition and the composition is free of each of the following: (1) any nonylphenol ethoxylate, (2) any pharmaceutically active drug or prodrug, or (3) any salt that affects the functional characteristics of either of the solely C12 surfactants.
US11154485B2
The invention relates to an antiperspirant cosmetic agent which includes at least one specific chitosan and which is free of aluminum-containing compounds, in particular free of halides and/or hydroxy halides of aluminum and/or zirconium. The present invention further relates to the use of a specific chitosan and to a non-therapeutic method for reducing body perspiration. Adding or using the at least one specific chitosan ensures that the sweat gland(s) is/are effectively influenced, thus resulting in a significant reduction in underarm perspiration even in the absence of antiperspirant aluminum-containing compounds.
US11154482B2
An isolated peptide consisting of FKCRRWQWRMKKL (SEQ ID NO: 1) for preserving the natural color of the hair, or slowing the decay in the natural pigment production of the hair follicle, or reducing the appearance of hair graying is provided. Also disclosed herein are methods and compositions for preserving the natural color of the hair, or slowing the decay in the natural pigment production of the hair follicle, or reducing the appearance of hair graying in a mammal subject.
US11154477B2
The disclosure provides personal care compositions that comprise a compound of formula (I) wherein n is an integer from 2 to 5, R1 is independently H or C1-C3 alkyl and R2 is an unsubstituted linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl and a cosmetically acceptable vehicle. In particular, the compound of formula (I) is diglycolamine acetamide The composition may be used to moisturise skin or hair.
US11154470B1
The present invention relates to the field of dental care, e.g., with toothpaste, tooth gel, mouth-wash, mouth spray or oral care foam. In particular, it provides an anti-inflammatory and senolytic dental care product with tooth whitening characteristics. The dental care product comprises calcium phosphate particles of a specific size, the self-assembling peptide P11-4 or oligopeptide 104 of SEQ ID NO: 1, an extract of a plant of the genus Rhododendron, preferably, an alpine rose or Alpenrose such as Rhododendron ferrugineum or Rhododendron hirsutum, and an extract of a plant of the genus Leontopodium, such as Leontopodium nivale, which is also called Edelweiss. The dental care product may further comprise an extract of a plant of the genus Eleutherococcus, such as Eleutherococcus senticosus, which is also designated Siberian ginseng or Acanthopanax senticosus. In addition to the proven tooth whitening characteristics of said product, which can be a medicinal product or a pharmaceutical composition, it further has a senolytic and anti-inflammatory effect. Thus, the invention provides a method for tooth whitening as well as a method of treating periodontal disease, and/or for eliminating or reducing the number of senescent cells in the gums of a subject. The gums of a subject can thus be rejuvenated, potential loose teeth stabilized, and the well-being increased.
US11154469B2
To obtain an inorganic blue fluorescent material that is composed of elements for which there are no suspected harmful effects on humans, and that has excellent texture when applied to skin. A fluorescent material for a cosmetic being a composite oxide containing from 0.0005 to 0.05 (in terms of a mole ratio relative to 1 mol of phosphorous in a molecule) of Ce in a compound represented by general formula CaaPbOc (3.2≤a≤5.0, b=2, c=a+5) and having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 10 μm.
US11154467B2
Described herein is a dosage of foam including from about 5 cm3 to about 70 cm3 of the foam. The foam includes from about 0.5 g to about 4 g of a detersive surfactant; from about 0.001 g to about 4 g propellant, a foam density of from about 0.05 g/cm3 to about 0.35 g/cm3; a bubble size distribution including an R32 of from about 5 μm to about 100 μm; and a gloss unit measurement of from about 4 to about 40 GU. The propellant is selected from 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene, 1,1 difluoroethane, and mixtures thereof.
US11154462B2
A naso/orogastric device having backflow blocking means and comprises a naso/orogastric tube sized and shaped for being disposed within the esophagus so that at least a distal end thereof being placed in the stomach lumen of a patient, at least one elastic esophageal body, positioned along the naso/orogastric tube, having a pressure dependent volume, at least one esophageal sensor that detects fluid around at least one segment of the naso/orogastric tube, and a pressure regulator that regulates a pressure within the elastic esophageal body according to the detection.
US11154459B2
This document relates to devices and methods for delivering a fluid to the surfaces of the oropharynx and/or to the palatine tonsils.
US11154453B2
An intelligent compression device for controllable compression. The compression device includes a compressible body and a microprocessor. The compressible body encircles a limb of a user and includes an elastomer layer and an activation layer. The elastomer layer includes voxelated liquid crystal elastomers that contract in response to a stimulus. The activation element, which is positioned proximate to the elastomer layer, supplies the stimulus. The microprocessor actuates at least a portion of the activation element layer.
US11154448B2
A funerary method includes disposing a deceased on an insert, the insert constructed primarily of paper material, and having side and end walls. At least one side wall and the end walls all have approximately the same height. The insert is provided on a tray having two end panels and a plurality of wood or metal side panels affixed to a bottom panel. The method also includes employing at least a first fabric segment to cover at least a portion of a top edge of at least one sidewall of the insert and at least a portion of the deceased human body, such that the deceased human body is sufficiently visible for identification. The method also includes later removing the insert and the deceased human body from the tray. A second insert having a second deceased human body is then disposed thereon on the tray.
US11154439B2
An absorbent article includes an absorber having a front surface side sheet, a back surface side sheet disposed on the back surface side of the front surface side sheet, cells each of which is surrounded by bonded portions of the front surface side sheet and the back surface side sheet and inside each of which the front surface side sheet and the back surface side sheet are not bonded, and particulate materials which include superabsorbent polymer particles and which are contained in each of the cells. The bonded portions are arranged in continuous line shapes or dotted line shapes so as to form same-sized regular hexagons, which connect each other as unit shapes to be a honeycomb shape. All the cells are the same-sized regular hexagonal cells each of which is surrounded by the bonded portions.
US11154438B2
An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction, and includes a fluid permeable topsheet, a fluid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet having, in the longitudinal direction, a front section, a rear section and a crotch section between the front section and the rear section. The absorbent core has two longitudinally extending side regions being spaced apart in the transversal direction by at least one longitudinally extending channel region. The channel region is of less basis weight than the side regions.
US11154433B2
A pant-like absorbent articles having handles on side panels of the article for ease of removal and donning of the absorbent garment is disclosed. The article includes a front waist region, a back waist region, and a chassis extending longitudinally between and interconnecting the front and back waist regions attached by at least one side panel. Formed within the side panel is at least one handle. The handle includes an aperture formed through the side panel. The handle further includes a reinforcing material operatively joined to the at least one side panel adjacent distal side edges of the aperture.
US11154432B2
Disposable pull-on diapers of the present disclosure may have optimized waist circumferential length and leg opening length.
US11154431B1
A garment comprises a main body including a front portion, a back portion, and a gusset connecting the front portion and the back portion. The gusset has left and right lateral edges partially defining respective left and right leg openings of the garment. A layer of absorbent material is coupled to an inner face of the main body at least at the gusset. A layer of waterproof material is sandwiched between the main body and the layer of absorbent material. Left and right elastic bands couple the layer of absorbent material and the layer of waterproof material to the main body along the respective left and right lateral edges of the gusset. A method for manufacturing the absorbent garment is also provided.
US11154430B2
The present invention provides a tampon pledget with one or more of the following properties: increased absorbency rate; high absorbent capacity and fluid retention; rapid expansion potential; and ease of ejection of the pledget from the applicator. Surprisingly, the one or more properties are achieved by using a modified dual cross-pad, folded, compressed tampon pledget design.
US11154425B2
Some embodiments disclosed here provide for a method fragmenting a cataractous lens of a patient's eye using an ultra-short pulsed laser. The method can include determining, within a lens of a patient's eye, a high NA zone where a cone angle of a laser beam with a high numerical aperture is not shadowed by the iris, and a low NA zone radially closer to the iris where the cone angle of the laser beam with a low numerical aperture is not shadowed by the iris. Laser lens fragmentation is accomplished by delivering the laser beam with the high numerical aperture to the high NA zone, and the laser beam with the low numerical aperture to the low NA zone. This can result in a more effective fragmentation of a nucleus of the lens without exposing the retina to radiation above safety standards.
US11154423B2
A system for corneal treatment includes a light source that activates cross-linking in at least one selected region of a cornea treated with a cross-linking agent. The light source delivers photoactivating light to the at least one selected region of the cornea according to a set of parameters. The system includes a controller that receives input relating to the cross-linking agent and the set of parameters. The controller includes computer-readable storage media storing: (A) program instructions for determining cross-linking resulting from reactions involving ROS including at least peroxides, superoxides, and hydroxyl radicals, and (B) program instructions for determining cross-linking from reactions not involving oxygen. The controller executes the program instructions to output a calculated amount of cross-linking in the at least one selected region of the cornea. In response to the calculated amount of cross-linking, the light source adjusts at least one value in the set of parameters.
US11154416B2
A menstrual device with a reservoir portion attached to a rim portion where the rim of the device is configured to improve use and comfort. The edge of the reservoir portion may be molded into the defined geometry of the rim portions. Additionally, the rim may have one or more channels and/or elements positioned within the defined geometry of the rim.
US11154412B2
A medical device system may include an elongate shaft having a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end, a release wire disposed within the lumen of the elongate shaft configured to releasably attach a medical device to the distal end of the elongate shaft, and a securement member fixedly attached to the proximal end of the elongate shaft and to a proximal end of the release wire. A proximal portion of the securement member may be configured to translate proximally away from the proximal end of the elongate shaft upon application of a proximally-directed force to the proximal portion of the securement member while the elongate shaft is maintained in a fixed position, wherein the proximal portion remains connected to the proximal end of the elongate shaft after proximal translation away from the proximal end of the elongate shaft.
US11154411B2
Apparatus (20) is provided for use with a guidewire (12). The apparatus includes a guide tube (22) having a guidewire-engaging portion (122) and a slit (28) extending proximally along a wall of the guide tube, from a distal end (32) of the tube, a proximal end (29) of the slit being located distally to a proximal end (30) of the tube. A first stent (52) surrounds the tube and is advanceable together with the tube into a lumen of a subject, the first stent being slidably advanceable off the distal end of the tube; and a second stent (54), proximal to the first stent, surrounding a proximal portion of the tube, and advanceable off the distal end of the tube into the lumen, and placed alongside the first stent subsequently to advancement of the first stent off the distal end of the tube. Other applications are also described.
US11154406B2
The present invention relates to a vertebral system comprising a vertebral implant (2) and a plurality of inserts, said implant being designed to be implanted in a vertebral segment composed of at least two vertebrae and including a body (20) the walls whereof delimit a cavity (23) leading to the outside of the body (20) through at least one opening in at least one of said walls, at least one passage (21) passing through the implant (2) from the periphery to an upper or lower surface to receive a bone-anchoring device (1) capable of anchoring the implant (2) in at least one of said vertebrae, the system being characterized in that it includes at least two inserts selected from among the following inserts: at least one graft insert (3, 3A, 3B, 4, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 202, 250) capable of being colonized by bone tissue and/or receiving at least one bone tissue graft and/or at least one substitute; and/or at least one bone-anchoring insert (210) comprising said passage (21) capable of receiving said bone-anchoring device (1).
US11154405B2
Articulating expandable fusion devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The articulating expandable fusion implant having a plurality of links is capable of being deployed and articulated inside an intervertebral disc space link by link. After the links are articulated into a polygonal shape, the links may be expanded outwardly into an expanded configuration. Instruments may be provided to articulate and expand the implant.
US11154402B1
An apparatus for installing a fusion implant into the sacroiliac joint (“SI Joint”). The apparatus comprises a working channel, a joint locator, an abrading device, and an insertion device. The joint locator is inserted into the working channel, and this combination, guided by a K-wire, is advanced into the SI Joint. The joint locator is removed, and the abrading device is used to abrade the sacrum and ilium inside the SI Joint. The insertion device then advances the implant into the abraded area of the SI Joint. The abraded area heals across the implant, thereby fusing the sacrum to the ilium and fusing the SI Joint.
US11154401B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for forming a patient-specific surgical implant based on mold system. The apparatus comprises a forming tool and a mold that may be generated using imaging and processing techniques and rapid prototyping methods. The mold apparatus includes at least two non-adjacent surface features for securing an implant forming material (such as a titanium mesh) during the forming process, enabling the implant forming material to be stretched beyond its elastic and thus permanently deformed with the correct patient-specific curvature. The implant may include one or more anatomic surface features for guidance and registration when transferring the implant to a patient.
US11154399B2
Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the transvascular delivery and deployment of a prosthetic heart valve. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an outer sheath, a tube member movably disposed within the outer sheath, a retention device coupled to the tube member, and a valve holder. A prosthetic heart valve is disposed within the outer sheath and includes an outer frame and an inner frame that is removably coupled to the valve holder. The outer frame is disposed in an inverted configuration relative to the inner frame. A first actuation wire is releasably coupled to a first portion of the outer frame and releasably coupled to the retention device at a first location on the retention device. A second actuation wire is releasably coupled to a second portion of the outer frame and releasably coupled to the retention device at a second location on the retention device.
US11154398B2
A method of placing an implant including a stent at a native heart valve site includes orienting an expandable body of the stent such that a first open end of the stent is upstream a second open end of the stent relative to a direction of blood flow through a native heart valve. The native heart valve includes native leaflets and an annulus. The method also includes radially expanding a plurality of positioning arches positioned around an outer perimeter of the expandable body. The method additionally includes inserting the plurality of positioning arches respectively within a plurality of pockets defined by leaflets of the native heart valve and a heart structure from which the native leaflets extend. The method further includes radially expanding the first open end of the stent into a position upstream of the annulus and out of contact with nerve bundles.
US11154393B2
Full contour absorbable implants for breast surgery redistribute breast volume between the breast's upper and lower poles in exact and desirable ratios. The implants preferably redistribute breast volume so that the upper pole breast volume is 20-40% of the total volume, and the lower pole breast volume is 60-80% of the total volume. The implants are also designed to provide specific curvatures to the poles of the breast, and to angulate the nipple areolar complex slightly skyward so that the patient's nipple is positioned at an angle above the nipple meridian reference line. The implants are designed to be transitory, with sufficient strength retention to allow transition from support of the breast by the implant to support by regenerated host tissue growing in and around the implants, without any significant loss of support during or subsequent to remodeling. The implants may optionally be used with permanent breast implants.
US11154390B2
Vascular filters and deflectors and methods for filtering bodily fluids. A blood filtering assembly can capture embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature. A blood deflecting assembly can deflect embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature.
US11154384B2
A dental appliance for positioning a patient's teeth includes a removable orthodontic tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to directly receive at least some of the patient's teeth and apply a resilient positioning force to the patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hard polymer layer having a hard polymer layer elastic modulus disposed between a first soft polymer layer having a first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and a second soft polymer layer having a second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. The hard polymer layer elastic modulus is greater than each of the first soft polymer layer elastic modulus and the second soft polymer layer elastic modulus. At least one of the first soft polymer layer and the second soft polymer layer has a flexural modulus of greater than about 35,000 psi.
US11154376B2
A method includes opening a first cuff portion of a first glove, the first glove has the first cuff portion connected to a first palm portion and the first palm portion is connected to a first finger portion, and positing a second finger portion of a second glove into the first cuff portion of the first glove, the second glove includes the second finger portion connected to a second palm portion and the second palm portion is connected to a second cuff portion. The gloves are contained in a dispenser and the connection of finger into cuff allows for single glove removal in succession.
US11154373B2
An instrument system includes an instrument, a drive system, and a controller operably connected to a first drive mechanism and a second drive mechanism of the drive system. The controller is configured to operate the first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism drive a flexible tensioning member of the instrument to cause movement of an end effector of the instrument while maintaining a tension applied to the flexible tensioning member of the instrument in a tension range.
US11154372B2
Embodiments of a system and method for surgical tracking and control are generally described herein. A system may include a robotic arm configured to allow interactive movement and controlled autonomous movement of an end effector, a cut guide mounted to the end effector of the robotic arm, the cut guide configured to guide a surgical instrument within a plane, a tracking system to determine a position and an orientation of the cut guide, and a control system to permit or prevent interactive movement or autonomous movement of the end effector.
US11154369B2
A system and method of use thereof are provided for dynamically generating an environmental map for use in robotic assisted surgery. The generated environmental map is used to plan a recovery tool path that an end-effector tool can safely and efficiently follow to re-position the tool back to a cutting position following the displacement of the tool from the cutting position. Additionally, the environmental map is used to update a virtual representation of a bone to provide a user with visual feedback as to the progression of the end-effector tool as the tool removes material from the bone during a surgical procedure.
US11154363B1
A method of locating a tool or device uses vision driven navigation augmented by inertial guidance. The vision navigation is in reference to fiducial markers in a room viewed by cameras mounted on the tool or device. The cameras calculate the location of the tool or device based on the fiducial markers. The combination of a camera fiducial location and inertial guidance assures knowing the tool's location and orientation regardless of interruption of line-of-sight. Using combined guidance provides a more robust and precise tool or device location and pointing. MEMS sensors and smart phone cameras can be used to make compact tools or devices.
US11154358B1
An adjustable, structure providing an ablation apparatus, having a preformed structure made from compliant material such as rubber like material, foam or gel, with particles made of electromagnetic energy absorbing material. An antenna for radiating emitted microwave energy to generate heat and thus cause cavity ablation is located inside of the conformable adjustable structure. When end effector portion is inserted into the body cavity, the compliant adjustable structure is compliant to conform to a profile of the cavity to be ablated, and microwave energy is received to heat the adjustable structure resulting in heat energy that will ablate the cavity tissue in contact with the compliant end effector. Additionally, the shape of the end-effector compliant structure can be differently formed, depending of shape of tissue cavity to be ablated.
US11154357B2
An apparatus includes a body, a catheter, and a fluid connector assembly. The catheter extends distally from the body and includes at least one electrode and at least one irrigation port. A fluid conduit is in fluid communication with the at least one irrigation port. A fluid connector assembly extends proximally from the body and includes a fluid connector body and a grounding member. The fluid connector body is configured to couple with a complementary connector associated with a fluid source. A proximal end of the fluid conduit is positioned in an interior region of the fluid connector body. The grounding member is interposed between the proximal end of the fluid conduit and the fluid connector body. The grounding member is in communication with the interior region of the fluid connector body such that the grounding member provides an electrical ground to fluid communicated to the fluid conduit via the fluid connector body.
US11154355B2
In various embodiments, a catheter comprising an expandable electrode assembly or basket is provided. In specific embodiments, the basket is particularly useful for mapping electrical activity at one or more locations within the heart. The basket can comprise a plurality of bendable or deflectable arms. At least one of the arms may have varied flexibility over its length in the form of one or more discontinuities of stiffness or flexibility at an elbow region or other variances in flexibility over the arm's length. Such variance in flexibility may allow the arm to assume a different bent configuration or respond to external factors more positively than possible with an arm having a static or near static flexibility or stiffness over its length.
US11154352B2
Apparatus, consisting of a probe with a temperature sensor and a transducer in contact with a living subject's tissue. A power supply delivers electrical power to the transducer for tissue ablation. A controller receives a signal from the temperature sensor and in response outputs a tissue temperature. During a first time period the power supply delivers no more than a first target power to the transducer, and reduces the power when a first maximum allowable temperature of the tissue is exceeded. During a transition time period the power supply delivers no more than a second target power, while reducing the delivered power when the first maximum allowable temperature of the tissue is exceeded. During a second time period the power supply delivers no more than the second target power, while reducing the delivered power when a second maximum allowable temperature, less than the first maximum allowable temperature, is exceeded.
US11154350B2
The present disclosure relates generally to catheter devices, including irrigated and non-irrigated ablation catheters. More specifically, this disclosure relates to irrigated ablation catheters including an irrigation lumen having at least one electronic device at least partially disposed therein. In many embodiments, the irrigation lumen further includes at least one sideport. In some embodiments, the electronic device has a distal end extending out of the irrigation lumen and into an electrode tip assembly. In some embodiments, a proximal end of the electronic device extends through the sideport in the irrigation lumen.
US11154346B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a handle assembly, and a knife drive assembly. The end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw, a knife, and an electrode assembly. The handle assembly includes a housing, and an arm. The arm may pivot the second jaw between the open position and the closed position. The knife drive assembly includes an input assembly, and output assembly coupled with the knife, and a compound pulley assembly. The compound pulley assembly includes a pair of pulley wheels each having an input track, an output track, an input cable, and an output cable. The input assembly can drive the input cable a first proximal distance in order to rotate the pair of pulley wheels in a first angular direction, thereby driving the output cable a first distal direction to actuate the knife from the pre-fired position toward the fired position.
US11154338B2
A system and a bone fixation plate for preventing a fastener from rotating so as to prevent the fastener from backing out is provided. The system includes a plate having an opening. A retention member having an arm extending into the opening is configured to engage the head of the fastener so as to prevent the fastener from rotating after the fastener is seated within a vertebral body or implant. In one embodiment, the retention member engages a top surface of the head of the fastener. In another embodiment, the retention member engages a side wall of the head of the fastener.
US11154337B2
Various exemplary methods and devices are provided for the delivery of spinal screws to a spinal implant site. A variety of exemplary configurations and implementations are provided, but, in general, a handheld tool is provided having a guide member with a lumen formed therein that is configured to deliver a spinal screw to a cervical spine implant. The tool can include various features that facilitate the delivery of the spinal screw to the implant. The tool can include a storage component, such as a magazine, that is configured to hold a plurality of spinal screws for delivery of multiple spinal screws during a surgical procedure.
US11154331B2
A modular tulip assembly has a rod receiving tulip and a saddle. The saddle is interlockingly held inside a distal portion of the tulip. The saddle has a locking projection. The tulip has a pair of grooves or recesses. The locking projection is positioned into the proximal tulip groove or recess and holds the saddle in a pre-loaded unlocked state ready to be pushed onto a head of an implanted bone screw. Upon receiving the head of the bone screw, the saddle can be moved distally relative to the tulip to a locked state by moving the locking projection distally into the distal tulip locking groove or recess.
US11154313B2
The invention provides a method of intravascular intervention that includes inserting a guidewire comprising an extended body into a lumen within tissue of a patient, advancing the guidewire into a chronic total occlusion, vibrating a proximal end of the guidewire with a mechanical vibrator, and crossing the chronic total occlusion while a distal end of the guidewire is vibrating.
US11154312B2
A reentry catheter for crossing a vascular occlusion includes an elongate flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end and at least one lumen extending there through. A reentry zone on the tubular body includes at least two and preferably three sets of opposing pairs of axially spaced exit apertures in communication with the lumen. The apertures are rotationally offset from each other and aligned in a spiral pattern around the tubular body. Each aperture may be defined within a radiopaque reinforcing ring embedded within the tubular body. A first set of opposing pairs of reinforcing rings may be separated axially from a second set of opposing pairs of reinforcing rings and may be connected by a flexible hinge section.
US11154307B2
A method of controlling automatic stop of a surgical drill 1) uses a smart module to receive instantaneous electrical signals of a driving device coupled to the surgical drill; 2) sets the length of a unit time, and sets the average of all instantaneous electrical signals received in a unit time as a reference electrical signal; and 3) compares the instantaneous electrical signal with the reference electrical signal. When the instantaneous electrical signal experiences a step drop with respect to the reference electrical signal, the smart module sends a stop command to the driving device to stop the operation of the driving device.
US11154296B2
An anvil-attachable layer for use with a surgical stapler, or fastening instrument, wherein a proximal end portion of the layer is attached to a staple cartridge assembly, for example. The layer may be attached to the staple cartridge assembly by an adhesive, weld, or a staple-cartridge-based clamp, wherein the attachment is weak enough to allow the layer to pull away from the staple cartridge assembly with stapled tissue. Alternatively, the layer can include two or more lateral slits that define a connector region that can be cut by a knife of a surgical stapler to release the layer.
US11154290B2
A bone anchor, including: a bone engaging member including: a first proximal bone engaging portion and a second distal bone engaging portion; and an expansion feature configured to allow radial expansion of the first bone engaging portion and the second bone engaging portion; an expander having a first proximal expansion portion and a second distal expansion portion and displaceable between a first position relative to the bone engaging member and a second position relative to the bone engaging member; a tissue capture feature; and wherein the first expansion portion of the expander is configured to expand the first bone engaging portion of the bone engaging member and the second expansion portion of the expander is configured to expand the second bone engaging portion of the bone engaging member when the expander is in the second position.
US11154281B1
A plug delivery system and method of use. The plug delivery device includes a support leg, a plunger, and an extractor. The support leg includes an internal receiving space configured to receive an implanted coaxial needle assembly through an opening in the distal end. The plunger extends at least partially through the internal receiving space of the support leg and has a longitudinally adjustable relation with respect to the support leg. The extractor is also configured to translate in a longitudinal direction with respect to the support leg and has a needle connection component configured to engage the coaxial needle assembly. The extractor can be moved distally in the longitudinal direction to engage the coaxial needle assembly and then moved distally to concurrently retract the coaxial needle assembly while the plunger remains relatively stationary to deploy the sealant plug residing in the coaxial needle assembly.
US11154280B2
It is an object of the present invention to enable prediction of a menstrual date while preventing a decrease in the accuracy of the prediction, even if there is a large variation among menstrual cycles. An information processing device determines a threshold value used to predict a menstrual cycle, based on the result of a comparison between a base cycle and a representative value of a plurality of reference cycles modified based on each of a plurality of candidate threshold values for an outlier. Alternatively, the information processing device removes a first outlier identified based on a first threshold value from among a plurality of past menstrual cycles, changes a second outlier based on a second threshold value to a length corresponding to a second threshold value, and then predicts the length of a menstrual cycle.
US11154278B2
An ultrasound signal processing device that generates, for each detection wave, a first complex Doppler signal sequence through quadrature detection of a reception signal sequence; generates tissue velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of observation points in a region of interest from the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates a second complex Doppler signal sequence by performing clutter removal filter processing on the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates first velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of the observation points from the second complex Doppler signal sequence; and generates, for each set of coordinates of the observation points, second velocity data based on the first velocity data and the tissue velocity data, and third velocity data by applying a correction to velocity values of the second velocity data that have an absolute value equal to or less than a threshold.
US11154273B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for mapping a section of a vasculature of a subject are described herein, including moving a probe to a first position adjacent the section of the vasculature; transmitting, by the probe, a first ultra-sound beam into a first portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving first ultra-sound data including at least one imaging parameter; moving the probe to a second position at the body of the subject adjacent the section of the vasculature and different from the first position; transmitting, by the probe, a second ultrasound beam into a second portion of the section of the vasculature through the body of the subject; receiving second ultrasound data including the at least one imaging parameter; and constructing a map of the section of the vasculature based on the first ultrasound data and the second ultrasound data.
US11154265B2
A radiographic image capturing system including (i) an instruction unit, (ii) a mammography apparatus that performs contrast imaging so as to compress a breast, by a compression plate, and to continuously execute first imaging, in which a first radiographic image is generated, and second imaging, in which radiation a second radiographic image is generated, and (iii) a controller that performs control to have the mammography apparatus perform the contrast imaging in a case in which an instruction signal is inputted into, and a period during which outputting of the instruction signal is stopped does not exceed a predetermined time, and to display information indicating a predetermined warning on a display unit prior to an interruption of contrast imaging, in a case in which the instruction signal is stopped before the second imaging is completed after start of the first imaging.
US11154263B2
An acquisition unit of a console acquires a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image. The first radiographic image and the second radiographic image are radiographic images which are output from a radiation detector by directing a radiation source to emit first radiation and second radiation in order to perform a moving image capture mode that continuously acquires a radiographic image required for the display of a moving image according to a preset frame interval. A receiving unit receives a request signal to request the generation of an energy subtraction image referred to for diagnosis. A generation unit generates the energy subtraction image in a case in which the receiving unit receives the request signal.
US11154244B2
A mobile apparatus that is automated to measure controlled and applied forces to sport surfaces allowing for safety assessment of athletic apparel and athletic surfaces, such as natural or artificial turf. The apparatus is capable of using not only horizontal and vertical forces, but also rotational moments, and all prescribed forces and moments in combination at the same or different times. The apparatus and related system can apply horizontal and vertical forces, and rotational moments, and link these forces and moments together and combine them to more closely mimic behavior of human foot during an athletic movement, thereby applying and measuring interactions between all forces and moments at the same or different times.
US11154241B2
A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.
US11154233B2
An apparatus and computerized method of classifying a wide complex heart beat(s) comprising: providing a computing device having an input/output interface, one or more processors and a memory; receiving one or more wide complex heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas, and one or more baseline heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas via the input/output interface or the memory; determining a signal change between the wide complex heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas and the baseline heart beat waveform amplitudes and/or time-voltage areas using the one or more processors; and providing the signal change via the input/output interface, wherein the signal change provides an indication whether the wide complex heart beat(s) is from a ventricular source or a supraventricular aberrant condition.
US11154229B2
A method and system is provided for pre-processing of an electroencephalography (EEG) signal for cognitive load measurement. The present application provides a method and system for pre-processing of electroencephalography signal for cognitive load measurement of a user, comprises of capturing the electroencephalography signal from the head of the user, detecting the plurality of system artifacts in the captured electroencephalography signal, detecting and removing noisy window from the captured electroencephalography signal, detecting an eye blink region and filtering out said detected eye blink region from the captured electroencephalography signal, utilizing the filtered electroencephalography signal for measuring the cognitive load of the user and subsequently computing different levels of mental workloads on the user using variation of spatial distribution of frontal scalp EEG electrodes for measured cognitive load.
US11154227B2
A physical and cognitive field-testing apparatus has a substantially planar touchscreen display on one surface, facing on one direction, and a second display facing in an opposite direction, Internet communication functionality with at least one Internet-based computerized server, a local processor and on-board digital memory, and first software executing on the local processor, an interactive window displayed on the touchscreen display as a result of the display data, comprising at least two graphic artifacts, visually associated with at least a balancing test and a coordination test, an accelerometer installed on the portable computerized appliance, at least two graphic artifacts, at least one of which is associated with the accelerometer.
US11154225B2
The disclosed technology includes device, systems, and methods for detecting an analyte using a biosensor. In some implementations, the biosensor may be a transdermal biosensor including a housing material, a nanocellulose material disposed within the housing material, an enzyme entrapped within the nanocellulose material that produces a chemical or biological product when exposed to a vapor or liquid, and a luminescent material within the nanocellulose material that emits visible light upon a chemical or biological reaction with the chemical or biological product.
US11154223B2
Disclosed herein are systems and processes for measuring, monitoring, processing, and visualizing biological data including blood glucose levels. In various embodiments, a biomarker monitoring fitness system may facilitate one or more of the monitoring of fitness data including blood glucose levels measured by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor for an individual user or group of users, the prediction of carbohydrate intake needs or insulin delivery needs during physical activity of a user and the active indication thereof to the user and/or a delivery system of the user, and the collection and management of de-identified and identifiable user fitness data including blood glucose data.
US11154220B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processor, in communication with a memory, executing a process including acquiring identification information of a wireless device and information for identifying a position of the wireless device; storing a learned model generated by performing machine learning by using a training dataset including a position of a person to which the wireless device is attached and a movement destination of the person to which the wireless device is attached; inferring the movement destination of the person to which the wireless device is attached from the position of the wireless device, based on the learned model; and reporting the inferred movement destination.
US11154219B2
A holding device for a breathing tube for use in lung function diagnostics is disclosed. This holding device consists of a material that is transparent for light having a wavelength in a first wavelength range but nontransparent for light having a wavelength in a second wavelength range. In other aspects, a lung function diagnostics device comprising such a holding device and a method for reading out a coding on a surface of a breathing tube for use in lung function diagnostics are disclosed.
US11154217B2
A breathing apparatus (1) is disclosed that is adapted to determine a transpulmonary pressure in a patient (125) when connected to said breathing apparatus. A control unit (105) is operable to set a first mode of operation for ventilating said patient with a first Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) level; set a second mode of operation for ventilating said patient with a second PEEP level starting from said first PEEP level; and determine said transpulmonary pressure (Ptp) based on a change in end-expiratory lung volume (ΔEELV) and a difference between said first PEEP level and said second PEEP level (ΔPEEP). Furthermore, a method and computer program are disclosed.
US11154215B2
There is provided a method that includes receiving pulse-oximetry measurements (SpO2) of a patient's peripheral arterial blood oxygen saturation during a first time period, and receiving breathing samples of the patient. The method further includes determining, using breathing samples of the patient, oxygen partial pressure measurements (PAO2) and carbon dioxide partial pressure measurements (PACO2) from exhaled air of the patient during a steady-state breathing of the patient during the first time period. The method also includes determining an arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaCO2), an oxygen deficit (PAO2−PaO2) and a respiratory exchange ratio (RQ) of the patient using the pulse-oximetry measurements (SpO2), the oxygen partial pressure measurements (PAO2) and the carbon dioxide partial pressure measurements (PACO2), and generating one or more signals based on the determining of the arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2), the oxygen deficit (PAO2−PaO2) and the respiratory exchange ratio (RQ) of the patient.
US11154214B2
Systems and methods for estimating a ventilatory threshold for a patient and estimating likelihood of pulmonary arterial hypertension are provided. An example method includes determining ratios of minute ventilation to rate of oxygen uptake based on breath-by-breath data for a patient. The example method also includes determining a ventilatory threshold based upon the determined ratios and determining a score based upon an end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PetCO2) value at the determined ventilatory threshold and a minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production relationship (VE/VCO2) value at the determined ventilatory threshold. The method also includes using the score to estimate a likelihood that the patient has pulmonary arterial hypertension and causing the estimated likelihood to be displayed on a user interface.
US11154211B2
A method and system to assess data from a dielectric probe to determine the health of tissue by denoising the data and clustering the data points. The assessment is used to assist medical professionals in the care patients.
US11154210B2
A method for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient can include determining whether a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension has an enlarged right ventricle or right ventricular dysfunction, where the patient has previously been administered a prostanoid and weaning the patient off of the prostanoid if the patient does not have an enlarged right ventricle or right ventricular dysfunction.
US11154203B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods that utilize temperature measurements taken with head-mounted sensors as well as images of a user's face to detect fever and/or intoxication. One embodiment of a system to detect fever includes a first head-mounted temperature sensor that measures skin temperature (Tskin) at a first region on a user's head, a second head-mounted temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the environment (Tenv), and a computer. The computer receives images of a second region on the user's face, captured by a camera sensitive to wavelengths below 1050 nanometer, and calculates, based on the images, values indicative of hemoglobin concentrations at three or more regions on the user's face. The computer can then detect whether the user has a fever based on Tskin, Tenv and the values.
US11154195B2
A system and method for comprehensive remote monitoring of a user's vital signs and bodily functions includes a wearable monitor in bi-directional communication with a gateway element that communicates with one or more external devices to allow remote access to user vital sign and bodily function information.
US11154192B2
A-confocal, interferometric measuring arrangement, a spatially resolving detector, apparatuses for positioning purposes and an evaluation unit. A beam splitter serves to output couple and image on the spatially resolving detector some of the light signal reflected by the cornea, upstream of which detector a reference light source with a delay line and a beam splitter are arranged in order to realize a superposition of the part of the light signal reflected by the cornea, to be imaged on the spatially resolving detector with a reference signal. The evaluation unit is determines the topography of the cornea from the simultaneously recorded signals of the interferometric measuring arrangement and the spatially resolving detector. The proposed solution combines a confocal FD OCT method with elements of imaging holoscopy and can thereby interferometrically measure the topography of the cornea with the necessary accuracy.
US11154190B2
The invention concerns a system for determining the topography of a diffusely reflecting curved surface, that comprises two telecentric projection branches that project fringe images of a Ronchi grating on the diffusely reflecting curved surface, and a viewing branch of which the optical system projects an image of the illuminated surface on its camera target, and comprises further a computer that receives the fringe images recorded by the camera target and calculates from these the topography of the anterior eye surfaces, in which system the projection sources are semiconductor diodes and the optical system of the viewing branch is two-sided telecentric.
US11154175B2
A coupling mechanism for removably coupling a storage cart to a surface maintenance machine includes a cart-side connector connectable to the storage cart and a machine-side connector connectable to the surface maintenance machine. The coupling mechanism includes a connecting rod engageable with the machine-side connector. The coupling mechanism includes a bracket assembly positioned between the cart-side connector and the machine-side connector. The bracket assembly can receive the connecting rod to engage therewith to facilitate a first relative movement between the connecting rod and a portion of the bracket assembly in a direction perpendicular to a floor surface on which the surface maintenance machine is traveling, and a pivoting of the bracket assembly about a pivot axis passing through the connecting rod.
US11154158B2
A drip coffee bag holder has a body. The body includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, and a second end wall. The first and second side walls are joined by the first and second end walls. The first and second side walls and the first and second end walls enclose a space with the first and second side walls being opposite to each other and with the first and second end walls being opposite to each other. The first and second side walls each have a bottom including a mounting portion configured to mount on a brim of a cup. The space is configured to receive a drip coffee bag.
US11154155B2
Valve (V) for a pressure vessel comprises a hollow cylindrical valve cover element (1) adapted to define an outer cover for a hollow body (2) adapted to be disposed, in use, to the inside of the element (1) itself in the hollow part (C) of the said element (1); and a pawl (3) adapted to be inserted and housed, in use, inside said hollow body (2).
US11154150B2
An article hanging device including a hub having a first side and an opposing second side, the first side having a plurality of openings; and a plurality of arms, each arm having a body portion located between a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of each arm is received within one of the openings of the hub and wherein the arm is in pivoting relation to the openings. The plurality of arms are adapted to support one or more articles. One or more attachments may be secured to the arms, such as one or more hooks, upon which the one or more articles may hang.
US11154134B2
Sliding element guide system for furniture including a cabinet unit rail, central rail, sliding element rail, and a carriage such that the cabinet unit rail, central rail, and sliding element rail are mounted so as to be movable in relation to one another. The system also includes synchronization means including a synchronization element to synchronize movements of elements of the system. Two identical synchronization elements are present on the central rail and are rotatably disposed on the central rail. The synchronization elements are disposed so as to be mutually opposite and mutually spaced apart on both sides of the central rail. The synchronization elements are configured on mutually opposite end sides of the central rail or on mutually opposite external sides of the central rail.
US11154126B1
A replenishable dispenser for dispensing a liquid product. The replenishable dispenser comprises a housing, a canister for storing the liquid product, a triggering unit, an application member and a suction assembly for dispensing the liquid product from the canister to the application member upon being actuated by the triggering unit. The canister is detachably connected to the housing to replace the canister upon being exhausted with a new canister to replenish the dispenser. The dispenser further includes an applicator tip detachably connected to a holding unit of the application member.
US11154121B2
Earrings, featuring a dual fastening mechanism combining threading with a ring of receiving substance.
US11154120B2
A slide fastener includes first and second stringers, an intermediate body, a first slider, and a second slider. The first and second stringers are separated by a first lateral distance in a first longitudinal portion, the first and second stringers are separated by a second lateral distance in a second longitudinal portion. A transition portion extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal extent of the intermediate body interposes the first and second longitudinal portions, and the second lateral distance is greater than the first lateral distance.
US11154118B2
The present invention is directed to a footwear accessory comprising a pad and sleeve that extends from sides of the pad. The pad having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the pad is wider at the proximal end in comparison to the distal end. The left and right sides of the pad tapers slightly inwards from the proximal end towards the distal end. The sleeve of the pad is configured to be snugly worn in the foot, such that when the foot accessory is worn, the pad is positioned over the bridge of the foot.
US11154117B2
A spacer textile material may include a first layer, a second layer, and a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer. The connecting members may form a series of at least ten rows that are separated by spaces. The rows have a width that is less than a width of the spaces, and the connecting members form at least one stabilizing row with a width that is greater than the width of the spaces.
US11154109B2
A 3D shoe blank is an integral knit fabric without any sewn portion made by a flat knitting machine and includes an upper portion knitted from at least a yarn, a front sole portion knitted from the upper portion with a folding line therebetween and two connection lines at two sides of the front sole portion and the upper portion, so the front sole portion is folded and connected to the upper portion to form a pocket structure, a rear portion knitted from the front sole portion, and a heel portion extending from a center rear end of the rear portion, two opposite sides of the heel portion respectively connected to a left rear end and a right rear end of the rear portion to form a 3D rear shoe portion with two joining lines between the heel portion and the rear portion on the two opposite sides.
US11154099B2
An article of apparel comprising a first panel joined to a second panel such that a neck opening, a right arm opening, a left arm opening, and a waist opening are formed, and a midline plane extends through the article of apparel from one side to the other and through at least the neck opening, right arm opening, and left arm opening to define an anterior portion and a posterior portion of the article of apparel. In some aspects, the first panel extends from the anterior portion to the posterior portion proximate to the neck opening. In other aspects, the second panel extends to the anterior portion inferior to the right arm opening and left arm opening to a right seam and a left seam, respectively.
US11154087B2
A method of isolating compounds from a tobacco-derived black liquor, including receiving a black liquor from a pulping process of an input material comprising a plant of the Nicotiana species, treating the black liquor with an acid to lower the pH of the black liquor to about 7 or lower in order to produce a precipitate and an acidified black liquor, separating the precipitate and the acidified black liquor, extracting the acidified black liquor with an organic solvent in order to produce an organic layer extract and an aqueous layer extract, and separating the organic layer extract and the aqueous layer extract.
US11154086B2
A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a first heater, a second heater, and a frame sandwiched between the first heater and the second heater. The frame may define open spaces therein and have a rigidity that is adequate to support the first heater and the second heater. The open spaces within the frame may be interconnected and sized for aerosol-permeability and capillary action. A nicotine-containing material, such as tobacco, may be disposed within the capsule.
US11154079B2
The invention describes products, uses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods to prepare products formed from Maillard reaction products from a sugar donor and/or sweet tea extracts, stevia extracts, swingle (mogroside) extracts, one or more sweet tea extract components, one or more steviol glycosides, one or more mogrosides, one or more glycosylated sweet tea glycosides, one or more glycosylated steviol glycosides or one or more glycosylated mogrosides and an amine donor/reactant.
US11154078B2
The present invention relates to a liquid food composition comprising a Sophora japonica and a broad-leaf bamboo extract, and more particularly, to a liquid food composition including a Sophora japonica extract, a broad-leaf bamboo extract, and xanthan gum. The liquid food composition includes a high content of the Sophora japonica extract while simultaneously ensuring the liquid properties, and thus can be used widely in the field of foods because the liquid food composition is applicable to liquid formulations.
US11154073B1
Versatile temperature control systems adaptable to many different applications employ different states and proportions of a pressurized dual phase medium in direct contact with a thermal load. In one aspect of the invention, thermal energy generated by pressurization of a gaseous medium is stored at a selected temperature level so that it is later readily accessible. In addition, in accordance with the invention temperature control of a two-phase medium can be exercised across selectable dynamic ranges and with different resolutions. In accordance with such features, the control can be exerted by varying the input flow rate of a mixture applied to a thermal load, or by controlling the back pressure of the flow through the thermal load. In accordance with another feature of the invention, substantial energy conservation can be effected by employing an ambient temperature evaporator configuration between the thermal load and the input to the compressor. This variant also utilizes the two-phase characteristics of the medium. Moreover, the system can be configured compactly utilizing a thermal reservoir for retaining thermal energy for special purposes. In a food processing system for providing a frozen product, for example, the thermal reservoir can be accessed to utilize the refrigerant itself in different operating modes, such as rapid heating and system cleansing. In the food processing application, target temperatures can be set and maintained on a platen which is to receive food ingredients using energy flows at two different enthalpies, to enable rapid freezing or temperature elevation.
US11154072B2
The invention relates to a system for producing and/or preparing confectionery compounds from at least one liquid raw material and granular and/or powder raw materials. The system includes at least one first mixing container and at least one other product-processing device. The first mixing container has at least one raw material inlet, a product outlet, and a mixing device for mixing the raw materials in an at least largely homogenous manner. According to the invention, at least the mixing container includes at least one spray device in an upper container region for introducing the at least one liquid raw material, wherein at least one exit cone of the spray device is oriented in the direction of an inner wall surface of the first mixing container at least in some regions. The invention further relates to a method for cleaning a system for producing and/or preparing confectionery compounds.
US11154071B2
Provided is the novel sweetener and sweetness enhancer iso-mogroside V, compositions comprising the sweetener/sweetness enhancer for use in consumables (food products and products place in the oral cavity including mouth wash and other dental hygiene products), and sweetened or sweetness enhanced food products comprising the novel sweetener/sweetness enhancer.
US11154063B2
A method for production of an additive case having the steps of preparing a zinc oxide concentration from a paste of nanometric zinc oxide that was previously subjected to surface treatment based on silane additives, preparing a silver concentrate starting from a silver paste of nanometric metallic silver, and preparing the additive paste by mixing the zinc oxide concentrate and the silver concentrate and a polymeric carrier with a compatible resin. The polymeric carrier and compatible resin are in a proportion of between 10:90 to 90:10. The steps obtains the additive paste of ZnO/AG° in masterbatch in pellet form.
US11154056B2
The present invention relates to surfaces which are featured with antimicrobial property. Combinations made with zinc pyrithione, chlorhexidine gluconate and/or triclosan are used in the invention. The invention enables to prevent biodegradation or biocontamination occurring on surfaces. In sectors where surface coating materials are widely used, the pathogen factors (bacteria, yeasts and fungi), which are the causes of surface-borne hygiene, allergy and infectious diseases, are controlled.
US11154041B2
The present disclosure relates to genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric (e.g., humanized) IL4R and/or IL4, and methods of use thereof.
US11154037B2
An animal-harness includes a line, two crimps along the line, and a ring. The line is formed at one end. The two parallel lines formed by the bight are crimped together by both crimps. The two crimps are spaced apart, and the lines therebetween form a gap. Through this gap, the line may be passed through to form a loop. The line of the bight may pass through the ring. This ring is large enough for the long end of the line to pass through it as well, so that another loop may be formed. Thusly, in use, two loops or formed. One loop may be passed around an animal collar region, and another around an animal girth, to form a secure and safe harness around the animal. The remaining length of the line is available to be used as a leash.
US11154033B2
One embodiment includes a pet food container that includes an upper bowl portion, a lower bowl connected with the upper bowl portion, and an inner base portion connected between the upper bowl portion and the lower bowl. The inner base portion includes multiple openings.
US11154026B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program.
US11154020B2
In various embodiments, an apparatus for growing plants is provided. The apparatus may include an irrigation apparatus, an accommodating space for accommodating one or more seed mats, and a controller which is configured to control the irrigation apparatus by a program controller. The irrigation apparatus includes a water circuit system for feeding water to the seed mats. The water circuit system includes at least one inlet, a water tank, at least one water circuit pump and at least one outlet. The irrigation apparatus includes a sensor which is configured to determine a conductance of the fed water.
US11154011B2
A system and method for sensing an edge of a region includes at least one distance sensor configured to detect a plurality of distances of objects along a plurality of adjacent scan lines. A controller is in communication with the at least one distance sensor and is configured to determine a location of an edge of a region within the plurality of adjacent scan lines. The controller includes a comparator module configured to compare values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances, and an identification module configured to identify the location of the edge of the region according to the compared values. In one example, the values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances include couplets of standard deviations that are analyzed and selected to identify the location of the edge.
US11154005B2
A lawn mower robot includes an outer cover; an inner body accommodated into the outer cover to mount wheels for traveling on both sides thereof; wheel drive motors mounted on both sides of the inner body, respectively, to drive the wheels, respectively; a rotating plate rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of the inner body; blades rotatably mounted on the rotating plate to mow the grass; a blade drive motor mounted inside the inner body to rotate the blades together with the rotating plate; a battery mounted inside the inner body to supply power to the wheel drive motor and the blade drive motor; a battery receiving portion extended upward in a protruding manner from a bottom surface of the inner body toward an inner space of the inner body to accommodate the battery therein; and a battery cover mounted to cover the battery receiving portion.
US11154002B2
In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement may include an agricultural implement configured to perform an agricultural operation on a field as the implement is moved across the field. A controller of the system configured to receive data indicative of a plurality of field characteristics of the field. The controller may also be configured to determine first and second soil moisture content values of the soil within the field at first and second depths below a field surface of the field based on the received data, respectively. Additionally, the controller may be configured to initiate adjustment of an operating parameter of the agricultural implement based on the determined the first soil moisture content value and the determined second soil moisture content value.
US11160197B2
A heat dissipation unit includes a main body having a first and a second plate member, which are closed to each other to together define an airtight chamber in between them. A working fluid is filled in the airtight chamber, and a first wick structure layer and a holding-down thin layer are provided between the first and the second plate member and superimposed in the airtight chamber. With the holding-down thin layer and the first wick structure layer being superimposed in the airtight chamber, the first wick structure layer is closely and flatly attached to the second plate member without warping.
US11160191B2
The disclosure relates to a flow-rate adjustment component and a liquid cooling device. The flow-rate adjustment component is configured to be in contact with a plurality fins, and every two adjacent fins are spaced by a passageway. The flow-rate adjustment component includes a covering portion and at least one blocking portion. The covering portion has at least one through slot. The covering portion is in contact with the fins to cover the passageways. The through slot is connected to the passageways. The at least one blocking portion is to block one end of at least one of the passageways.
US11160188B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and techniques of assembly of discrete modules of a control panel are disclosed. The modules can be independently wired, tested, and installed into a control panel. Module definitions are defined specifying components to perform the electrical function, a mechanical arrangement of the components, electrical connections, and logical interactions of the module. A bill of materials can be generated based on a designation of a set of modules for a control panel and the module definitions. Modularly assembled control panels are disclosed. An assembly frame is described herein for temporarily mounting components of a module for independent assembly of a control module and for eventual removal and installation into a control panel frame. The assembly frame may include a faceplate frame and side frames and temporary mounting features.
US11160185B2
A modular high density communications chassis, comprising a chassis and slidable carrier module is provided. The chassis comprises a second track having a first and second stage access fixing recess and a sectional sliding mechanism having a moveable squeeze-release latching rail mechanism. The slidable carrier module comprises a push-pull tab and a snap-fit mechanism, and is slidably mounted to the second track and squeeze-release latching rail mechanism. The slidable carrier module is slidably mounted to the chassis vertically. The snap-fit mechanism is configured to secure and release the slidable carrier module in and from a first stage position when corresponding to the first stage access fixing recess, and in and from a second stage position when corresponding to the second stage access fixing recess, via pulling and pushing of the at least a push-pull tab, respectively, providing staged access to the slidable carrier module and staged management of the connector cables extending to and therefrom.
US11160184B2
A circuit card assembly for a vehicle chassis is provided. The circuit card assembly may include a circuit card unit, a wedge-lock retainer unit, and a support bracket. The circuit card unit has a printed circuit board (PCB) defining a first fastener aperture. The wedge-lock retainer unit may define a second fastener aperture. The support bracket includes first and second elements. The first element may define a third fastener aperture and the second element may define a fourth fastener aperture. The PCB, the wedge-lock retainer unit, and the support bracket may be arranged with one another such that the first fastener aperture, the second fastener aperture, and the third fastener aperture are aligned with one another and such that the fourth aperture is oriented in alignment with a chassis aperture of a chassis.
US11160180B2
A securing apparatus for use with a fastening member includes a bracket and a locking member. The locking member is rotatably disposed on the bracket. The locking member includes a clamping portion and a handle, the clamping portion is used to cooperate with the locking member. By operating the handle, the locking member is rotated, so that the clamping portion is engaged with the locking member and the clamping portion is disengaged from the locking member.
US11160177B2
An electronic control unit for controlling a vehicle part is provided herein. The electronic control unit comprises a housing. The housing has an exterior surface and mounting elements on the exterior surface. The mounting elements are adapted for fastening the housing to a structure of a vehicle.
US11160175B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel comprising a first opening portion and a display area at least partially surrounding the first opening portion; a cushion layer under the display panel and comprising a second opening portion, the second opening portion corresponding to the first opening portion and having a planar size smaller than a planar size of the first opening portion; a supporting member in the first opening portion above the cushion layer; and a cover window supported by the supporting member and arranged above the display panel.
US11160171B2
The present invention relates to an etching solution composition for selectively etching only silver, a silver alloy, or a silver compound, and to a circuit forming method using the composition. The circuit forming method according to the present invention is characterized in that, in a substrate material in which an electrically conductive seed layer and a circuit layer are formed of heterogeneous metals, only the seed layer is selectively etched to enable the implementation of fine pitches. In addition, the present invention relates to a circuit forming method and an etching solution composition, wherein only a seed layer of silver (Ag), a silver alloy, or a silver compound is selectively etched without etching a copper (Cu) plated circuit.
US11160165B2
A component carrier and a method of manufacturing a component carrier are provided. The component carrier includes a stack having a front side and a back side, the stack including a plurality of stacked electrically insulating layer structures, a through hole being narrower in its inner portion compared to its exterior portions and extending through the plurality of electrically insulating layer structures so that sidewalls of each of the electrically insulating layer structures delimit respective parts of the through hole, and an electrically conductive filling medium filling at least a part of the through hole.
US11160154B2
A load control system may include load control devices for controlling power provided to an electrical load. The load control devices may include a control-source device and a control-target device. The control-target device may control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device. A user device may discover load control devices when the load control devices are within an established range associated with the user device. The user device and the load control devices may communicate via a wireless communications module. The established range may be adjusted based on the configurable transmit power of the user device or the wireless communications module associated with the user device. A discovered control-target device may be associated with a control-source device to enable the control-target device to control the power provided to the electrical load based on digital messages received from the control-source device.
US11160153B2
A lighting device arranged to be controlled via a wireless controller, wherein said lighting device comprises a light emitting load arranged for emitting light, a driver arranged for receiving a supply voltage and for driving said light emitting load based on said received supply voltage, an auxiliary supply arranged for supplying an auxiliary Direct Current, DC, supply voltage, a wireless receiver, connected to and powered by said auxiliary supply, arranged for wirelessly receiving, from said wireless controller, a control signal, and for activating said driver based on said received control signal, wherein said wireless receiver is arranged to operate according to a pulsed listen mode, said pulsed listen mode comprising active phases in which said wireless receiver is able to receive said control signal and non-active phases in which said wireless receiver is not able to receive said control signal.
US11160149B2
An emergency lighting unit including a power input. a light source, a battery configured to receive charging current from the power input. wireless communication circuitry configured to receive a wireless communication signal, and a controller connected to the wireless communication circuitry. The controller is configured to control the charging of the battery based on the wireless communication signal.
US11160148B2
An area lamp includes an emitter array and driver circuitry. The emitter array includes a number of solid-state light emitters. Each one of the solid-state light emitters is configured to provide light suitable for general illumination within a field of view such that light emitted from a first subset of the number of solid-state light emitters is provided to a different portion of the field of view than light emitted from a second subset of the number of solid-state light emitters. The driver circuitry is coupled to the emitter array and configured to provide drive signals to the emitter array such that the light provided from each one of the solid-state light emitters is independently controllable and a number of drive signals is less than the number of solid-state light emitters.
US11160147B2
A dimming circuit and a lighting device includes a signal processing unit having a first controllable switch connected to a to-be-processed dimming signal, a first port of a controller, and a first voltage signal; the to-be-processed dimming signal and the first voltage signal controlling turning-on/off the first controllable switch, the to-be-processed dimming signal being converted into a second voltage signal, and outputted from the second terminal to the controller; and the controller, extracting a corresponding dimming control signal based on change of the second voltage signal, and outputting the dimming control signal to a to-be-dimmed terminal. This circuit converts a electrical signal implements dimming control in conjunction with the controller, and the controller only processes weak electrical signals, thereby guaranteeing the reliability of the output voltage of the dimming circuit, and preventing the output voltage of the dimming circuit from harming the to-be-dimmed terminal.
US11160141B2
The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus for providing radiant heat for a small area. The invention provides the desired warmth, in a small, portable pod that does not produce gaseous odors or unwanted sounds, providing a safe, effective alternative to traditional space heaters.
US11160130B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products relating to Long Term Evolution (LTE)-new radio access technology (NR) tight interworking are provided. One method may include maintaining, by a network node, user equipment (UE) measurement configuration information, deciding on actions for the UE to perform at secondary cell group (SCG) change or secondary radio link failure (S-RLF), and receiving an indication, from the UE, when there is a change in the UE measurement requirements.
US11160127B2
A locating method in a multi-connectivity network, a terminal device, and a location management function entity are provided. The locating method may include determining, by the terminal device, the position of the terminal device using a first radio access technology (RAT). The locating method may also include sending, by the terminal device, a locating message of the terminal device to a location management function entity through signaling over an air interface using a second RAT. The locating message of the terminal device may include a first locating parameter of a cell of a first node corresponding to the first RAT and a second locating parameter of a cell of a second node corresponding to the second RAT.
US11160126B2
Wireless communications for asymmetric services are described. Asymmetric services (e.g., for downlink or uplink) may be associated with each other. Resources may be configured based on an association of asymmetric services.
US11160124B2
This application provides a wireless connection control method relating to a base station system including a centralized unit and a distributed unit, wherein the centralized unit communicates with the distributed unit, and the distributed unit communicates with a terminal through an air interface. The method includes: first receiving, by the distributed unit, a first message sent by the terminal, where the first message is used to request to establish an air interface control plane connection for the terminal; then sending, by the distributed unit, the first message to the centralized unit; and then receiving, by the distributed unit, a second message sent by the centralized unit, where the second message is used to instruct to establish the air interface control plane connection between the terminal and the distributed unit. The method may implement wireless connection control in a 5G system when functions of a base station are separated.
US11160119B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for configuring multiple logical channels; triggering a scheduling request (SR) associated with a first logical channel of the multiple logical channels; and if there is no SR resource corresponding to the first logical channel and if there is no on-going SR transmission on an SR resource corresponding to a second logical channel, initiating a random access procedure.
US11160114B2
An operation method of a terminal in a communication system includes receiving a message from a base station, the message including physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration information indicating a PRACH slot; determining a start symbol to which a PRACH is mapped among symbols constituting the PRACH slot based on a type of the PRACH slot; mapping the PRACH from the start symbol in the PRACH slot; and transmitting the PRACH mapped to the PRACH slot to the base station.
US11160113B2
Technology for switching from a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) is disclosed. A multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) user equipment (UE) can receive WLAN-specific dedicated physical random access channel (PRACH) allocation information from an evolved node B (eNB) to enable the multi-RAT UE to perform an inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover. The multi-RAT UE can initiate the inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover at the multi-RAT UE by performing random access with the eNB using the WLAN-specific dedicated PRACH allocation information.
US11160105B2
Disclosed are a scheduling request transmission control method and a related product. In the method, a terminal acquires reference information about a first parameter needing to be indicated to a network side device, wherein the first parameter is a parameter associated with cached data to be transmitted of the terminal. The terminal queries a pre-set mapping relationship between information about the first parameter and information about a second parameter of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, and acquires reference information, corresponding to the reference information about the first parameter, about the second parameter of the PUCCH resource, wherein the second parameter is a parameter associated with the PUCCH resource for transmitting a scheduling request (SR). The terminal transmits the SR for scheduling the cached data on the PUCCH resource determined by means of the reference information about the second parameter.
US11160103B2
Disclosed are a data transmission method and apparatus, which can improve the performance of a system. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving indication information sent by a network device, the indication information being used to indicate a first downlink scheduling time domain resource in a first time-frequency resource region, wherein frequency domain resources comprised in the first time-frequency resource region are a part of a system bandwidth; and the terminal device receiving, on a first downlink data time domain resource, data sent by the network device according to the indication information.
US11160101B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to enhancement of downlink control channel. A network device maps control information to a resource region. The control information is associated with data to be transmitted at a first subframe of a first cell. The resource region crosses a plurality of subframes and/or a plurality of cells. Then, the network device transmits the control information on the resource region to a terminal device.
US11160099B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages. The one or messages comprise: configuration parameters for a plurality of cells comprising a licensed cell and a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell; and one or more skipping parameters indicating uplink transmission skipping is configured. A downlink control information is received indicating an uplink grant for uplink transmission of one or more packets via a first subframe of a first cell in the plurality of cells. The uplink transmission is skipped in response to: the first cell being the licensed cell; and first criteria being met. The one or more packets are transmitted in response to: the first cell being the LAA cell; and the first criteria being met.
US11160096B2
This application discloses a method for determining transmission direction performed at a terminal and an associated computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, by the terminal, first configuration signaling, wherein the first configuration signaling indicates that one or more symbols in a slot are used to transmit data in a first transmission direction; obtaining, by the terminal, second configuration signaling, wherein the second configuration signaling indicates that at least one of the one or more symbols in the slot is used to transmit data in a second transmission direction; determining, by the terminal, transmitting data on the one or more symbols in the first transmission direction, and not transmitting data on the at least one of the one or more symbols in the second transmission direction, wherein the first configuration signaling is cell-specific radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
US11160090B2
A technology is disclosed for an evolved Node B (eNB) operable to transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a user equipment (UE). The eNB can determine a set of configuration indication fields numbered 1 to N, included in a downlink control information (DCI) format Y carried on the PDCCH, where N = ⌊ L format Y M ⌋ , Lformat Y is equal to a payload size of the DCI format Y, and M is a number of bits of each configuration indication field. The eNB can map the DCI format Y onto the PDCCH. The eNB can transmit to the UE the PDCCH with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by an enhanced interference mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA) Radio-Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the UE.
US11160085B2
The invention discloses a method and device for determining a transmission resource for device-to-device (D2D) communications and capable of enhancing D2D communication quality. The method comprises: determining a plurality of transmission resource sets, wherein each of the plurality of transmission resource sets comprises at least one transmission resource block and has a corresponding distance threshold; and determining, from the plurality of transmission resource sets, and according to current location information of first terminal equipment and distance thresholds of the plurality of transmission resource sets, a target transmission resource set for the first terminal equipment to perform D2D communication.
US11160073B2
A terminal is disclosed including a receiver that receives at least one of first configuration information about a Bandwidth part (BWP)-specific reserved resource and second configuration information about a cell-specific reserved resource; and a processor that controls receiving processes for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) under an assumption that the PDSCH is not allocated in a reserved resource corresponding to the at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information. In other aspects, a radio communication method for a terminal is also disclosed.
US11160071B2
The present disclosure provides for enhanced pipeline processing using different timing characteristics for aggregated carriers. A receiving device may receive a first component carrier and a second component carrier from a transmitting device during a subframe including a first set of symbols on the first component carrier and a second set of symbols on the second component carrier. The first component carrier may be a priority component carrier having a different timing characteristic than the second component carrier. The receiving device may process, using a hardware processing pipeline, the first set of symbols interleaved with the second set of symbols. The receiving device may transmit an acknowledgment, within the subframe, based on the processing of at least all of the first set of symbols.
US11160070B2
A base station that performs wireless communication with a terminal using a first frequency band which does not need the license to use for the wireless communication, the base station includes: a controller configured to generate a request signal for requesting data transmission of the terminal in the first frequency band and specifying a first transmission timing of the terminal; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the terminal the request signal, wherein, the request signal includes information used for specifying a second transmission timing, which is a next transmission timing when the terminal does not perform data transmission at the first transmission timing and is specified by an offset from a reference timing.
US11160068B2
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.
US11160057B2
Method and apparatus for improving precoding resource block group in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a configuration of functionality of PRB bundling from a base station. The method also includes the UE receiving an indication from the base station regarding whether the functionality of PRB bundling is applied to a TTI or not.
US11160053B2
Provided are methods and apparatuses for transmitting/receiving sidelink data. The method of a transmitter UE for transmitting sidelink data includes transmitting a radio resource allocation request message for requesting the allocation of a radio resource used for sidelink data transmission, receiving first radio resource information used for the sidelink data transmission and second radio resource information for sidelink data retransmission, transmitting sidelink data based on the first radio resource information, and when retransmission is triggered according to the reception of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information on sidelink data, retransmitting the sidelink data based on the second radio resource information.
US11160051B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink control channel in a next generation/5G wireless access network. The method includes receiving configuration information relating to a common search space (CSS) from a base station and receiving, through the common search space, a downlink control channel including information for scheduling remaining minimum system information (RMSI), wherein the configuration information is included in a master information block (MIB) received through a physical broadcast channel and is received from the base station.
US11160049B2
This application discloses a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a radio access network (RAN) node, a first message from an access and mobility management function (AMF) node, where the first message includes specified area related information of a terminal device, and the specified area related information is used to indicate a specified area of the terminal device; and when the RAN node determines, based on the specified area related information and first location information of the terminal device, that the terminal device moves out of the specified area, sending, by the RAN node, the first location information or first indication information to the AMF node or an SMF node, where the first indication information is used to indicate that the terminal device already moves out of the specified area.
US11160039B2
A method is described for providing extended wireless coverage. The method includes transmitting, by a station (STA), at least a first frame including one or more short training fields (STFs) and a legacy STF, each of the one or more STFs carrying a sequence of symbols that is orthogonal to a sequence of symbols carried by the legacy STF.
US11160034B2
Systems and methods for a self-calibrating and self-adjusting network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a signal strength parameter for a mobile device at a base station; obtaining a position of the mobile device at the base station; and associating the position and the signal strength parameter in a database. The method may further comprise one or more of: adjusting transmission power for the mobile device at the base station based on the associated position and signal strength parameter; computing the position of the mobile device at the base station; calculating an average of the signal strength parameter over a time window, and storing the average associated with the position. The signal strength parameter may include at least one of a block error rate (BLER) and a radio signal strength indicator (RSSI), and the position may be a global positioning system (GPS) position.
US11160027B2
A method for event notification can be implemented by a mobile terminal including a communication processing component and an application processing component. The method includes: a communication event is detected; a state of the application processing component is determined, the state of the application processing component including a sleep state and an awake state; when a communication event is detected, in response to determining that the application processing component is in the sleep state, notification information for notifying that the communication event is detected is stored into the communication processing component; and the stored notification information is sent to the application processing component when the application processing component is switched from the sleep state to the awake state.
US11160026B2
A system and method for conducting battery charge aware communications is disclosed. A system receives a content request from a client device, wherein the content request indicates one or more content items. The system retrieves the one or more requested content items from a content database at the system. The system determines whether the content request includes current remaining battery power data for the client device. In response to determining that the content request includes the current remaining battery power data for the client device, the system determines whether a current remaining battery power is below a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the current remaining battery power is below the predetermined threshold, the system analyzes the one or more requested content items to determine core content sections. The system transmits the determined core content sections to the client device.
US11160022B2
A controller for controlling a battery-powered device comprising a communication module configured for communicating with a server; the controller being configured for: obtaining at least one time condition indicated by a request received by the communication module from the server; determining a time schedule based on the obtained at least one time condition; transmitting at least one alive message to the server with the communication module according to the determined time schedule; and opening at least one reception window of the communication module according to the determined time schedule.
US11160017B2
A dual-radio AP including both a high-power (e.g., Wi-Fi) radio and a low-power (e.g., BLE) radio may support an assisted wakeup service for a power-limited dual-radio mobile device (STA). The power-limited STA may register with the AP for the assisted wakeup service, and may then disable its Wi-Fi radio (or otherwise initiate a lower-power mode). The power-limited STA may receive a BLE communication indicating the AP has pending Wi-Fi transmissions or updates applicable to the power-limited STA. In response, the power-limited STA may turn on its Wi-Fi radio and receive the pending transmissions or updates from the AP. If an AP does not include a low-power radio, then a high-power/low-power dual-radio STA that is not power-limited may serve as an assisted wakeup service proxy. The proxy may scan and trace the Wi-Fi beacons from the AP, and generate the BLE communication to the power-limited STA on behalf of the AP.
US11160016B2
Methods and systems are provided for managing mobility of users in a network of moving things. At an access point of a plurality of access points in the network of moving things, a wireless connection may be established using a radio frequency (RF) interface of the first access point, configured for communication of first end-user data by a first end-user device. Quality of communication with the first end-user device may then be assessed, based on at least one quality related parameter, and when the quality of communication fails to meet a particular quality criterion based on the at least one quality related parameter, quality of communication of the end-user device with each of one or more other access points may be evaluated, a particular other access point may be selected, and a request to handle communication of the first end-user data may be transmitted to the selected access point.
US11160010B2
An access control method, a base station and a terminal are provided. The method comprises: receiving a system message transmitted by a base station; determining whether to camp on a cell of the base station according to the system message to obtain a determination result; and performing, according to the determination result, a procedure of camping on the cell of the base station or a procedure of not camping on the cell of the base station.
US11160009B2
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment comprising a receiver receiving a minimum-system-information message from a first radio base station. System information for the first radio cell that can be acquired by the UE is UE Start carried within the minimum-SI message and one or more additional-SI messages. The minimum-SI message includes system information for accessing the first radio cell and at least one system information index, each of which is associated with one of the additional-SI messages. The SI message index comprises a value tag and an area pointer, the latter pointing to one area already defined. Processing circuitry determines whether the UE had already acquired before the additional-SI message associated with the same value tag and the same area. If the determination is positive, the processing circuitry determines that system information included in said additional-SI message acquired before is applicable to the first radio cell.
US11160005B2
Disclosed in embodiments of the present application are a method and device for determining a service path. The method includes: if a terminal device accesses a network by a first service path, obtaining a network load state of the first service path; and according to the network load state, switching a service path by which the terminal device accesses the network from the first service path to a second service path.
