US11505168B2
First target braking forces for front and rear wheels are calculated by distributing a target braking force of automatic braking to the front and rear wheels at a first front/rear wheel distribution ratio when braking operation is started by a driver during execution of the automatic braking control, second target braking forces for the front and rear wheels are calculated by distributing the braking force requested by the driver to the front and rear wheels at a second front/rear wheel distribution ratio preset to be different from the first front/rear wheel distribution ratio such that a pitch moment applied to a vehicle body due to braking forces of the front and rear wheels becomes zero, and braking forces of the front and rear wheels are controlled so as to be sums of the first and second target braking forces of the front and rear wheels, respectively.
US11505165B2
The present disclosure relates to a device in which a brake member and an accelerator member are arranged in an actuation unit for actuating the brake and accelerator in a vehicle. The actuation unit can be moved from an active driving position during autonomous driving into an at least approximately horizontal position to form a leg rest, the brake member and the accelerator member being deactivated.
US11505164B2
The washing arrangement comprises at least one first wiper driving actuator and at least one second wiper driving actuator to move at least one wiper, and at least one nozzle for injecting washing fluid towards the target device, wherein the wiper driving actuators are linked to each other such that, in use, the wiper is driven by the first wiper driving actuator along a first line to contact the surface of the target device to be washed, and by the second wiper driving actuator along a second line to wipe at least one portion of the surface of the target device.
US11505163B2
A foreign matter removal device that removes foreign matters adhering to a lens (101) included in an in-vehicle camera (100), including a camera bracket (91) that attaches the in-vehicle camera (100) to a rear bumper panel (200b) of a vehicle in a state in which the lens (101) is exposed toward the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) of the vehicle, a high-pressure air generation unit disposed inside the rear bumper panel (200b) and configured to generate high-pressure air, and a nozzle unit provided with a nozzle (22) that injects the high-pressure air toward the lens (101), wherein a through-hole (92) is formed in the camera bracket (91), and the high-pressure air generated by the high-pressure air generation unit passes from the inside to the outside of the rear bumper panel (200b) through the through-hole (92), and is injected from the nozzle (22) toward the lens (101).
US11505161B2
The present disclosure is directed to an automotive computer in communication with a mobile device using an authentication manager to increase and/or reduce user privileges that determine a level of vehicle control or feature access that is granted to the user. The authentication manager may increase or decrease the user privilege to standard rider status until the authentication manager has confirmed elevated status for that user via a cloud security challenge question or via a local identification method such as using the mobile device authentication features. This process may be additionally triggered based on environmental or context-based use cases, such as a high traffic condition, local cyber-attack, or transportation of sensitive goods. The system may utilize the authentication to perform out of band pairing of the mobile device and the vehicle, which may add additional security.
US11505154B2
A vehicular seat cushion airbag is disclosed. The seat cushion airbag includes a first cushion, which is mounted on a seat cushion of a vehicle so as to be expanded at the rear portion of a passenger's thigh, and a second cushion, which extends from the first cushion in an upward direction of a bolster portion of the seat cushion so as to be expanded toward the lateral side surface of the passenger's thigh, wherein the first cushion is expanded at the rear portion of the passenger's thigh so as to prevent forward movement of the passenger's pelvis, and the second cushion is expanded toward the lateral side surface of the passenger's thigh so as to prevent outward spreading of the passenger's legs.
US11505148B2
A vehicle reinforcement assembly includes a detector and a reinforcement member. The detector is configured to be housed in an interior compartment of a vehicle. The reinforcement member is configured to be housed in the interior compartment at a location adjacent to the detector. The reinforcement member has a vehicle forward facing end that extends closer to a vehicle front end than the detector extends to the vehicle front end.
US11505144B2
In a power supply system, a first route includes a first power supply connected to a first load. A second route includes a second power supply connected to a second load. A connection path connects the first and second routes at a connection point. The first power supply includes a voltage generator generating an operating voltage operating the first and second loads. The second power supply includes an electrical storage device charging based on power supplied from the voltage generator. A switching circuit includes a first switch having a diode component with an anode and a cathode being directed to the electrical storage device and the connection path, respectively, and is disposed between the connection point and the electrical storage device. A switch state controller outputs a switch-off command to the first switch when the electrical storage device is in the fully charged condition.
US11505139B2
The present application relates to a method for providing vehicle functions in a motor vehicle, the vehicle functions being provided in a computing device of said motor vehicle on the basis of sensor data from a sensor device of the motor vehicle. The invention provides that the vehicle functions in the motor vehicle are coupled to the sensor device via an integration component, and the integration component procures the sensor data from one sensor unit or a plurality of sensor units of the sensor device independent of the vehicle functions by means of a respective sensor-specific detection routine and generates respective state data therefrom and each of the vehicle functions respectively retrieves at least some of the provided state data from the integration component by means of a sensor-independent retrieval routine.
US11505138B2
A wire harness including: a wire member; a protector that houses the wire member; a first corrugated tube that externally extends from an end of the protector and covers an outer circumference of the wire member; a second corrugated tube that is provided at a location that is on an opposite side to the protector with respect to the first corrugated tube and spaced apart from the first corrugated tube, and covers the outer circumference of the wire member; and an exterior cover that covers the outer circumference of the wire member.
US11505137B2
A sound-absorbing member has a Helmholtz resonance structure including an inlet passage and a hollow portion connected to the outside through the inlet passage, wherein the sound-absorbing member includes a first layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, the first layer includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the second layer includes a third main surface facing the second main surface and a fourth main surface opposite to the third main surface, the first layer includes a first through-hole penetrating through the second main surface from the first main surface and defining the inlet passage, the second main surface includes a second main surface opening defining an end portion of the first through-hole and a second main surface flat portion, the third main surface includes a third main surface opening defining an end portion of the hollow portion and a third main surface flat portion, the second main surface opening has an opening area smaller than the opening area of the third main surface opening, and a first air layer is formed at least at a portion between the second main surface flat portion and the third main surface flat portion.
US11505125B2
An external mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a support arm adapted to be affixed to an associated vehicle side door, and a housing movably connected to the support arm via a pivoting structure. The pivoting structure is connected to the support arm and to a bracket supported within the housing. A seal member surrounds the connection of the housing to the support arm. The seal member includes a base at least partially compressed by one of the support arm and the housing. The seal member includes an outer periphery portion defining a first seal lip and an inner periphery portion defining a second seal lip. One of the first seal lip and the second seal lip is configured to sealingly engage the support arm and the other of the first seal lip and the second seal lip configured to sealingly engage the housing.
US11505124B2
A vehicle hitch assistance system includes a first image sensor in connection with a portion of the vehicle and positioned forward of a forward hitch disposed in a cargo bed of the vehicle. The system further includes a controller configured to capture first image data with the first image sensor. The first image data depicts a coupler of a trailer. The controller is further configured to identify a trailer type of the trailer based on the first image data. The trailer type is configured to connect to the forward hitch. The controller is further configured to acquire position data identifying a coupler position of the coupler in the first image data, derive a vehicle path aligning the forward hitch with the coupler, and control a maneuvering system driving the vehicle along the vehicle path.
US11505120B2
A frunk lighting system applied to a vehicle is mounted on a hood provided with an emblem on a front of the vehicle to cover or open a space of a frunk, and has an illuminating direction of light emitted by a light source changed into lighting for the emblem and lighting for the frunk by movement of a rotating mechanism connected to a motor whose rotating direction is changed by a closing signal and an opening signal of the hood, thereby easily implementing an appearance design suitable for a future motorized vehicle with a light-emitting effect for the front emblem of the vehicle, and particularly, automatically switches the lighting, which has illuminated the emblem in a state where the hood is closed, toward the frunk to illuminate a frunk space, thereby maximizing visibility and usability of the frunk.
US11505116B2
A vehicle courtesy signaling device for communicating a wave to a proximate person at night includes a housing, which has a first face that is substantially transparent. A fastener engaged to the housing can selectively engage a rearview mirror or window of a vehicle so that the housing is removably engaged to the rearview mirror or the window, with the first face of the housing being visible through the window. A plurality of light emitting diodes is engaged to the housing and is positioned in an interior space defined thereby. The light emitting diodes selectively emulate a waving hand.
US11505114B2
A communication support device in a vehicle, which has left and right round lights in a front end part of the vehicle, includes: left and right notification devices having ring-shaped light-emitting parts with changeable light-emitting regions while surrounding the left and right round lights respectively when viewed from a front; and a control device controlling light emission of the ring-shaped light-emitting part so that the light-emitting region of the ring-shaped light-emitting part changes according to an operating state of the vehicle. Accordingly, communication of intention in a notification mode as if there were eye contact with a person outside the vehicle can be easily achieved.
US11505110B2
Each of a pair of left and right vehicle head lamps includes a plurality of optical units in a lamp chamber. A variable light distribution type optical unit that changes a light distribution mode of a high beam depending on a surrounding state and a traveling state of a vehicle is disposed in a first vehicle head lamp on a passenger seat side, and a figure drawing optical unit capable of forming a desired figure on a road surface in front of the vehicle by emitted light is disposed at a position symmetrical to the variable light distribution type optical unit in a second vehicle head lamp on a driver seat side.
US11505108B2
The present invention provides an enclosure mounted to the top of a vehicle for camping or spending time outdoors. The enclosure generally has a roof that slides from a closed, packed position on top of the vehicle for transport to an open deployed position cantilevered off the back or side of the vehicle. The sliding roof contains a shelter that drops down to create a space next to the vehicle protected from the elements but with access into the vehicle.
US11505094B2
Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a moving console. When a seat of a vehicle is moved forwards or rearwards, a console is automatically moved to a usable position adjacent to the seat, whereby it is possible for a passenger on the seat to conveniently use the console. In addition, when the seat is swiveled, the console is automatically moved to a position at which interference between the console and the seat is avoidable, whereby the seat is swiveled smoothly.
US11505090B2
An arrangement structure for a biological sensor includes a biological sensor of a non-contact type provided in a seat on which a human is seated. The biological sensor detecting biological information of the human with electromagnetic waves. The biological sensor is arranged at a position in the seat avoiding a member that constitutes the seat and interferes with passage of the electromagnetic waves.
US11505080B2
An apparatus (101) for controlling transfer of data to and/or from a vehicle (201), along with a system, a vehicle, a method, a computer program and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed. The apparatus (101) comprises a control means (102) configured to: determine a state of charge of the energy storage means (203) that is required at the end of a period in which charging of the energy storage means (203) by an external charging means (225) is performable; predict a state of charge of the energy storage means (203) at the end of the period if a transfer of data were to be performed; and enable the transfer of data to be performed during the period in dependence on the predicted state of charge of the energy storage means (203) at the end of the period being greater than or equal to the state of charge required at the end of the period.
US11505079B2
An ECU performs a process including: when a vehicle establishes a Ready-On state, selecting a CD mode; when discharging power is uncompleted and a scheduled time to return the vehicle is a time within a discharging period, setting a second target SOC as a mode switching value; and when the vehicle's power storage device has an SOC reaching the mode switching value and a surcharge imposed on a rental fee is unaccepted, switching the current control mode from the CD mode to a CS mode.
US11505077B2
A vehicle including a power receiving pad for wirelessly receiving power, a plurality of magnetic sensors for measuring a magnetic field of a power transmitting pad and obtaining magnetic field data, one or more processors, and one or more memory modules are provided. The one or more memory modules include a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to receive the magnetic field data from the plurality of magnetic sensors, and estimate a lateral misalignment of the power receiving pad with respect to a magnetic axis of the power transmitting pad. The magnetic sensors are arranged to detect at least an X-component and a Y-component of a magnetic field produced by a power transmitting pad.
US11505074B2
A battery charging assembly includes a load management system, a charging cord with a battery connector, and circuitry for detecting thermal buildup. The load management system monitors the heat buildup in a coiled portion of the charging cord and issues a corresponding signal to control the current flowing through the cord.
US11505070B2
Provided is an operating state display method in an electric vehicle in which the drive electric power is supplied from a battery to a travel motor. The operating state display method includes an eco-level setting step of setting an eco-level with respect to an operating state of the electric vehicle based on a vehicle speed of the electric vehicle and an output of the travel motor, and a display step of displaying in a vehicle cabin an eco-level gauge configured to expand or contract according to the eco-level.
US11505065B2
A vehicle control device includes a depression amount detection unit, a depression speed detection unit, a reaction force setting unit, and a reaction force generation unit. The reaction force setting unit sets a value of a reaction force in a manner of separating characteristics into advancement characteristics and return characteristics. The reaction force setting unit sets a value of a reaction force with respect to a depression amount in such a way that, in main advancement characteristics except for both ranges corresponding to start of depressing and end of depressing among advancement characteristics, a degree of increase of a value of a reaction force relatively decreases, as a depression amount increases until a predetermined ratio with respect to a maximum depression amount of an accelerator pedal reaches, and a degree of increase of a value of a reaction force relatively increases, as a depression amount increases after the predetermined ratio reaches; and sets a value of the reaction force in such a way that a value of the reaction force decreases, as a depression amount decreases.
US11505057B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes (a) a clutch control portion configured to output a hydraulic-pressure command value for supplying a hydraulic pressure to a clutch actuator of a clutch disposed between an engine and an electric motor, when the engine is to be started by being cranked by the electric motor, and (b) a learning control portion configured to execute a plurality of leanings for correcting a relationship representing a correlation between the hydraulic pressure and the hydraulic-pressure command value, wherein at least one of the leanings is a higher priority learning, and at least one of the leanings is a lower priority learning. The learning control portion is configured, when the higher priority learning is in an unconverged state, to cause a degree of reflection of a learning result of the lower priority learning to be lower, than when the higher priority learning is in a converged state.
US11505056B2
A P1 hybrid module for a vehicle includes a housing, a motor stator, an input shaft, a resolver rotor, an output flange, a motor rotor, a housing plate, and a resolver stator. The housing is arranged for fixing to an engine and a multi-speed transmission. The motor stator is fixed to the housing. The input shaft is arranged for driving connection to a flange of a damper. The resolver rotor is fixed to the input shaft. The output flange is arranged for fixing to a torque converter. The motor rotor is rotatably fixed to the output flange. The housing plate is fixed to the housing by a first fastener. The resolver stator is fixed to the housing plate radially outside of the resolver rotor.
US11505054B2
A hybrid electric/combustion propulsion/electric generator apparatus comprising: a driven shaft mating mechanism; a hub mating mechanism; an electric machine operable as an electric motor or generator, comprising a rotor comprising a drum; a clutch mechanism, comprising first and second mating mechanisms, axially slidable and engaged with the drum/rotor; and a selection mechanism for sliding the clutch mechanism into a start position (wherein the electric motor can rotate the centrifugal clutch to rotate the driving shaft), a neutral position (wherein rotation of the drum/rotor operates the electric machine as the generator), or a drive position, wherein the apparatus is operable in either a pure electric drive mode (electric motor drives the driven shaft clockwise or counter clockwise while the centrifugal clutch is disengaged), or a hybrid drive mode (engine and electric motor drive the driven shaft) or a propulsion/generation mode (engine drives the driven shaft and generator produces electricity).
US11505053B2
An inflatable camper skirt assembly includes a plurality of inflatable barriers. Each of the inflatable barriers has an inflation valve integrated therein to facilitate the inflatable barriers to be inflated with air. Each of the inflatable barriers is longitudinally elongated when each of the inflatable barriers is inflated with air for positioning beneath a camper. In this way each of the inflatable barriers can define a skirt extending around the camper thereby inhibiting wind from blowing beneath the camper. A plurality of deflate valves is provided and each of the deflate valves is fluidly integrated into a respective one of the inflatable barriers. Each of the deflate valves is actuatable into an open condition to deflate the respective inflatable barrier.
US11505052B2
A vehicle may include: a body including an opening; a door constituted of metal, the door being configured to open and close the opening; a rail garnish constituted of resin, the rail garnish being disposed along an edge of the opening; and a seal member disposed along an edge of the door and configured to seal a gap between the door and the body when the door closes the opening. The rail garnish may include a fixed portion, a contact portion, and a first bend and a second bend disposed between the fixed portion and the contact portion. The first bend and the second bend each may extend along the contact portion in a longitudinal direction of the rail garnish and are bent in different directions. A thickness of the rail garnish may be locally small at one or both of the first bend and the second bend.
US11505048B2
A tonneau cover lift; the tonneau cover lift includes a height-adjustable, lightweight tonneau cover assembly including a cover member and a rectangular frame supported by four telescoping, hydraulic support posts including a first-telescopic-leg, a second-telescopic-leg, a third-telescopic-leg, and a fourth-telescopic-leg. The cover member is sized and configured to cover a bed of a truck and may be remotely controlled using a remote activation unit. The tonneau cover lift expands a protected cargo capacity of a truck.
US11505046B2
A rail system for mounting a tarp enclosure to a platform, comprising a rail body having a channel and a bumper beneath thereof, and a carriage displaceable along the channel and attachable to the tarp enclosure so as to position the tarp enclosure over the rail body. A tubing system for the tarp enclosure, comprising a first member having four first tracks sized to slidably receive a cordon of the tarp enclosure, a second member having four second tracks sized to slidably receive the cordon, a tubing connector having four connector tracks sized to slidably receive the cordon. There is also provided a method for assembling a tubing assembly, comprising joining the first and second members to the tubing connector such that any one of the first tracks is in communication with a one of the second tracks via a one of the connector tracks.
US11505042B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a reinforcing patch. The vehicle body component defines a cavity. The reinforcing patch is disposed within and attached to the vehicle body component. The reinforcing patch includes a substrate and a reinforcing body attached to the substrate. The reinforcing body has a first tab, a second tab, and a first slit between the first and second tabs. The slit is at least partially filled by the substrate.
US11505037B1
A camper shell ventilation apparatus for ventilating a camper shell on a pickup truck includes a vent body coupled to a shell top of the camper shell. A blower body has a blower flange configured to be coupled to an inner side of the shell top of the camper shell below the vent body. A blower bottom side has an exhaust aperture extending through to a blower interior and a blower front side has an output aperture extending through to the blower interior. A blower is coupled to the blower body and is in fluid communication with each of a vent aperture and the output aperture to blow air into the camper shell. A power switch is coupled within a cab of the pickup truck to control the blower.
US11505036B2
A pressure relief valve flap includes an attachment portion, a main portion, and a hinge portion. The attachment portion is configured to be attached to the housing. The main portion has a lip and at least one damping feature. The lip extends around at least a portion of a periphery of the main portion. The hinge portion is disposed between and connects the main portion and the attachment portion. When the attachment portion is attached to the housing, the main portion is configured to move between a closed position and an opened position. When the main portion moves from the opened position to the closed position, the at least one damping feature is configured to engage the housing prior to the lip of the main portion and thereby dampen noise created when the lip of the main portion engages the housing.
US11505029B2
The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, and more particularly, to an air conditioner for a vehicle in which heating performance may be improved using an auxiliary heating heat exchanger and stability of a passenger may be improved by providing the auxiliary heating heat exchanger in an engine room.
US11505022B2
A wheeled vehicle includes a vehicle body, a vibration absorbing element, an auxiliary arm, a wheel, and a driving member. The vibration absorbing element includes a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed to the vehicle body. The auxiliary arm includes a connecting end and a free end. The connecting end is connected to the vehicle body. The free end is configured to swing relative to the connecting end. The free end is fixed to the second end. The wheel includes an axle, and the axle is rotationally connected to the free end. The driving member is fixed to the vehicle body and configured to drive the wheel.
US11505018B2
The present invention provides a vehicle hitch system having a plurality of modular and easily interchangeable accessory attachments. Each accessory attachment may be operable to secure one or more pieces of equipment useful for the user's preferred activities. The system may include a base and a plurality of different accessory attachments, the base comprising a vehicle mount, a connector, and a support frame, and each of the accessory attachments may comprise an accessory mount and an accessory support.
US11505016B2
The invention concerns a system and a method for detecting potential damages to tires of motor vehicles due to impacts against/on obstacles.
US11505014B2
A system for determining a tire change status in a vehicle is provided. The system includes at least one processing device and a storage device. The at least one processing device may be arranged to: calculate a value of at least one reference parameter which may be used in indirect tire pressure monitoring; store the calculated value of said at least one reference parameter in the storage device; retrieve a previously stored value of said at least one reference parameter from the storage device; determine a similarity parameter based on a similarity between the calculated value and the previously stored value of said at least one reference parameter; and determine a tire change status, indicating whether or not the tires have been re-filled or replaced, by comparing said similarity parameter with a threshold.
US11505007B2
A tire comprises a tread portion provided with zigzag circumferential grooves and lateral grooves so that hexagonal blocks are formed between the zigzag circumferential grooves. Corners of the hexagonal blocks adjacent to each other through the lateral grooves are partially chamfered to have chamfered parts, with respect to each of the lateral grooves, the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on one side in the tire circumferential direction is located in a different position in the longitudinal direction of the lateral groove than the chamfered part of the corner of the hexagonal block abutting on the lateral groove on the other side in the tire circumferential direction.
US11505002B2
A non-pneumatic wheel (1) comprises a crown reinforcing region (10) itself radially on the inside of a tread (7), the crown reinforcing region (10) comprising a plurality of reinforcing strips (12, 14) arranged in at least three layers of strips (12, 14) arranged in such a way that a virtual axis C-C substantially perpendicular to the strips intersects at least two strips in any axial position of the virtual axis in the crown reinforcing region.
US11505000B2
A modular drive system may include a motor assembly that includes a motor housing with a motor subassembly bolt pattern. The modular drive system may include a brake assembly that includes a brake housing with a brake subassembly bolt pattern. The modular drive system may include a final drive assembly that includes a final drive flange with a final drive subassembly bolt pattern.
US11504996B2
A system for coating removal comprises a frame having a platform extending within the frame. A plurality of heat lamps are mounted on the platform. The plurality of heat lamps are arranged to provide a heat density of at least 40 watts per square inch. A method of removing a coating is also disclosed.
US11504994B1
A stand may include a plurality of cells, each cell having an outer wall, an inner wall, a bottom edge, and a top edge separated from the bottom edge by a height. A perimeter of the outer wall may include a first plurality of segment, and a perimeter of the inner wall may include a second plurality of segments. Each segment in the second plurality of segments may be substantially parallel to a corresponding segment in the first plurality of segments. The cells may be arranged such that the bottom edge of each cell is aligned to a bottom plane, and the cells may be further arranged in at least a first row and a second row, wherein cells in the first row are lower in height than cells in the second row. Adjacent cells may be coupled to each other with a spacing connector that maintains separation therebetween.
US11504986B2
A printing device includes a first accommodating unit, an image-recording unit, a cutting unit, and a second accommodating unit. The first accommodating unit is configured to accommodate a printing medium therein. The printing medium is conveyed in a first conveying direction along a first conveying path. The cutting unit is configured to cut the printing medium to separate the printing medium into a first printing medium and a second printing medium. The second accommodating unit is configured to accommodate therein the second printing medium which has is produced by cutting the printing medium by the cutting unit. A length of the second accommodating unit in a printing medium conveying direction is shorter than a length of the first accommodating unit in the printing medium conveying direction. The second printing medium is conveyed to the second accommodating unit in a second conveying direction along a second conveying path.
US11504985B2
A recording apparatus includes a control unit that acquires information regarding shapes and sizes of a recording material and a transport material to which the recording material is to be bonded. The control unit is configured to operate in a first recording mode in which a positioning pattern is recorded on the transport material, the positioning pattern being used to position the recording material on the transport material, and also configured to operate in a second recording mode in which the data is recorded on the recording material positioned on the transport material during transport of the transport material.
US11504980B2
A machine for processing textile substrates includes a base configured to receive a substrate support carrying a textile substrate, and may further include a nozzle assembly supported above the base for applying pretreatment liquid to a pretreatment area of the substrate during relative movement between the nozzle assembly and the substrate support along a conveying direction. A forced air assembly is supported above the base for movement transverse to the conveying direction. A controller that controls the relative movement between the substrate support and the nozzle assembly along the conveying direction, or the movement of the forced air assembly along the second axis based on information related to a pretreatment area or a print area of the textile substrate in order to direct heated air from the forced air assembly onto an area of the textile substrate substantially corresponding to the pretreatment area or the print area.
US11504970B2
A printing fluid collector is described. In one example, the collector comprises a conveying mechanism for collecting printing fluid ejected from a printing fluid dispenser, and a connecting means for connecting the conveying mechanism to a printing system in an orientation such that the conveying mechanism is to collect printing fluid ejected from the printing fluid dispenser and convey the printing fluid in a direction which is substantially perpendicular to a direction of movement of a print medium along a print medium path.
US11504962B2
A gravure printing unit is usable for printing onto substrate according to a gravure printing method. The gravure printing unit has a forme cylinder, which comprises, on its circumference, an image-forming pattern of recesses, and has an inking unit for inking the pattern of recesses provided on the forme cylinder. The inking unit comprises a first inking unit cylinder, which comprises recesses in a region of its outer cylindrical surface that correspond to the recesses on the forme cylinder, and which form a nip point downstream with a second inking unit cylinder, which comprises, on its circumference, ink-transferring elevations or raised areas. The recesses are formed on the outer cylindrical surface of an ink transfer forme sheath. The first inking unit comprises a cylinder body which is or which can be mounted rotatably in the inking unit and on which a circumferentially closed ink transfer forme sheath, that carries the recesses of the first inking unit cylinder on its outwardly facing surface, is or can be detachably arranged. A printing press has such a gravure inking unit. A setting up method, an ink transfer forme sheath, and a method for producing the same are also disclosed.
US11504960B2
The present invention is to provide a method for producing a laminate having excellent adhesion properties. An embodiment of the present invention is a method for producing a laminate, the method including: a step 1 of dry-treating a surface A of a plastic to obtain a dry-treated plastic having a surface B that has been dry-treated; a step 2 of wiping the surface B with a cleaning tool containing a composition for wiping, the composition containing at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of water and polar solvents, and a silane coupling agent, to obtain a cleaned plastic having a surface C that has been wiped with the cleaning tool; and a step 3 of applying at least one selected from the group consisting of adhesives and primers on the surface C to obtain a laminated body.
US11504950B2
A glass lamination film includes a tinted zone in which one or more colored layers are disposed and a clear zone. The tinted zone includes a colored zone with a fixed color and a color change zone disposed between the colored zone and the clear zone, and a color of the color change zone has a varying density. A fade off zone has relative transmittance (Rt, %) of 30 to 80%. The color change zone includes the fade off zone having a distance of 15 to 25 mm. The colored layer includes a first colored layer and a second colored layer disposed below the first colored layer. An amount of plasticizer in the second colored layer is larger than an amount of the plasticizer in the first colored layer.
US11504943B2
A hollow body includes a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall includes a layer of glass and has a wall surface. The wall surface includes a surface region in which the layer of glass is at least partially superimposed by a plurality of particles. The plurality of particles is characterized by a particle size distribution having a D50 in a range from 1 to 100 μm. A hollow body having a wall surface including a surface region which is characterized by a coefficient of dry sliding friction of less than 0.15 is also provided.
US11504938B2
Paper products can be made from cellulose derived from corn husks. A method of making paper products may include obtaining corn husks, extracting cellulose fiber pulp from the corn husks, forming a paper sheet from the extracted cellulose fiber pulp, adding a chitosan acetic acid solution having a concentration of at least 5 wt. % chitosan to the paper sheet, forming the paper product from the paper sheet, and coating the paper product with a paraffin wax.
US11504933B2
A pressing apparatus 1 includes a storage 27 that stores a plurality of actual data which are load data which was actually measured and which are configured of a first information and a second information, and a plurality of reference data which is a reference for the load data, an adjustor 23 that expands and contracts the first information of at least one of an actual data pattern which is based on the plurality of the actual data stored in the storage 27 and an reference data pattern based on the plurality of the reference data stored in the storage 27 to correspond with each other, and a determiner 24 that determines appropriateness of a load applied to the ram 9 in a pressing operation based on a similarity of the actual data pattern adjusted by the adjustor 23 and the reference data pattern adjusted by the adjustor 23.
US11504929B2
A can crusher (102), having: a backing plate (120); a left crush-arm (126) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a left handle (130) and a left crush surface (128) that faces the backing plate when the can crusher is in a closed configuration (190); a right crush-arm (140) pivotally secured to the backing plate and having a right handle (144) and a right crush surface (142) that faces the backing plate when in the closed configuration; and a support plate (150). In a vertical orientation (152) the backing plate is oriented vertically; the support plate is disposed below horizontal sweeps (154, 156) of the crush surfaces; and the support plate supports a can in between the crush surfaces when the can crusher is in an open configuration (104).
US11504925B2
A thermoplastic surfacer for providing lightning strike protection to a composite component of an aircraft, methods of manufacturing the surfacer, and methods of applying the surfacer to a composite part. The thermoplastic surfacer includes a broadgood having an amorphous thermoplastic resin, one or more fillers embedded into the broadgood, and a lightning strike protection mesh or foil embedded into the broadgood. When applying the surfacer to a composite part of an aircraft, the method includes draping the surfacer on an at least partially unconsolidated composite part, consolidating the at least partially unconsolidated composite part by heating the part to a temperature at or above a melt temperature of a resins used in the part and in the surfacer, and filling at least one surface defect in the consolidated part using the amorphous thermoplastic polymer resin and milled fibers provided in the thermoplastic surfacer.
US11504922B2
The present invention relates to multi-layered composite structures and to methods for the preparation thereof. The present multi-layered composite structures are light weight and capable of high load bearing making the present multi-layered composite structures especially suitable to be used as load bearing structures in, for example, automotive. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods comprising the steps of a) providing a mould for said multi-layered composite structure; b) layering said mould with two or more layers forming the outer surface of said multi-layered composite; c) filling said layered mould with a mixture comprised of non-expanded heat-expandable microspheres and closing said mould; and d) subjecting said closed mould to a temperature of 80° C. to 140° C. during 1 to 230 minutes thereby providing a relative pressure in said closed mould of 0.1 to 20 bar through expansion of said heat-expandable microspheres thereby forming a multi-layered composite structure in said mould with a foam enforced inner core and a multi-layered outer surface; and e) separating the multi-layered composite structure from said mould.
US11504915B2
Methods, systems, and storage media for controlling a fast-moving path of a printer nozzle. In some embodiments, a method for controlling fast movement of a printer nozzle includes the following steps. (1) Obtaining a start position and an end position. The start position is a position of a fast-moving start point of the printer nozzle, and the end position is a position of a fast-moving end point of the printer nozzle. (2) Determining an optimal fast-moving path on a horizontal plane corresponding to a slice of a print target according to the start position and the end position, so that a length of the fast-moving path outside a polygon in the slice is the shortest. (3) Controlling the printer nozzle to move relative to a base of the printer according to the optimal fast-moving path on the horizontal plane.
US11504913B2
A multi-material three-dimensional printing apparatus is provided. The provided apparatus includes two or more print stations. Each of the print stations includes a substrate, a transportation device, a dispersion device, a compaction device, a printing device, a fixing device, and a fluidized materials removal device. The apparatus also includes an assembly apparatus in communication with the two or more print stations via the transportation device. The apparatus also includes one or more transfer devices in communication with the assembly apparatus. The apparatus also includes a computing and controlling device configured to control the operations of the two or more print stations, the assembly apparatus and the one or more transfer devices.
US11504903B2
Provided herein according to embodiments is a prepolymer compound of formula I: and a prepolymer compound of formula II: A polymerizable liquid composition comprising the prepolymer compound, methods of use in forming a three-dimensional object, and objects produced are also provided.
US11504893B2
The invention relates to a polymeric fibre derived from a copolymer of polyacrylonitrile and a comonomer. The fibre comprises a metal ion and/or silicon at from about 1 to about 15 wt %. A process for making the fibre is also described.
US11504884B2
Disclosed is a device for cooling particulate materials or particles, in particular granulates of polymeric materials, having an outer container with an, in particular frustoconical, outer shell surface and an inner container, which is arranged at least in sections in the interior of the outer container, with an, in particular frustoconical, inner shell surface, wherein an intermediate space is formed between the outer shell surface and the inner shell surface, wherein an inlet equipment for introducing a gas flow as well as the particles into the intermediate space is provided in an inlet-side initial region of the device, and wherein an outlet opening for the particles is provided in an outlet-side end region of the device opposite the inlet equipment, wherein the inlet equipment is so arranged and/or designed that the gas flow as well as the particles can be introduced substantially tangentially into the intermediate space.
US11504883B2
Provided is a resin particle producing method including: a fiber aggregate producing step of directly joining fibers containing a thermoplastic resin with each other to obtain a fiber aggregate; and a particle forming step of forming the fiber aggregate into particles to obtain resin particles.
US11504869B2
A workpiece processing device includes a workpiece supporting unit configured to support a workpiece so that the workpiece is rotatable around a first axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece, a cutting unit having a blade configured to cut a surface of the workpiece, a detecting unit configured to calculate a position of a vertex of the surface in a direction along a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the blade, and a control unit configured to control the workpiece supporting unit so that a cutting position on the surface is located at a vertex in the direction along the second axis, and relatively move the workpiece supporting unit and the cutting unit so that an incision direction of the blade is on a plane defined by the central axis and the cutting position, thereby forming a groove at the cutting position.
US11504863B2
A heat dissipation device and a robot using the same are provided. The heat dissipation device comprises a porous material layer, a transporting tube and a liquid. The at least one porous material layer is disposed on a housing surface of a robot. The porous material layer has an evaporation surface and an accommodation space. The evaporation surface is disposed through and exposed from the housing surface. The evaporation surface and the accommodation space are in fluid communication with each other. The transporting tube is connected to the at least one porous material layer and in fluid communication with the accommodation space. The liquid is transported into the at least one accommodation space through the transporting tube and exposed from the evaporation surface. Thus, the liquid evaporates at the evaporation surface to reduce a temperature of the housing surface of the robot via convection and evaporation.
US11504846B2
The present invention relates to a robot teaching system based on image segmentation and surface electromyography and robot teaching method thereof, comprising a RGB-D camera, a surface electromyography sensor, a robot and a computer, wherein the RGB-D camera collects video information of robot teaching scenes and sends to the computer; the surface electromyography sensor acquires surface electromyography signals and inertial acceleration signals of the robot teacher, and sends to the computer; the computer recognizes a articulated arm and a human joint, detects a contact position between the articulated arm and the human joint, and further calculates strength and direction of forces rendered from a human contact position after the human joint contacts the articulated arm, and sends a signal controlling the contacted articulated arm to move along with such a strength and direction of forces and robot teaching is done.
US11504833B2
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component includes inserting a cover body into an aperture of a housing, the cover body being disposed about a central axis concentric with the aperture of the housing, the cover body having a convex side and a concave side and an outer perimeter disposed about the central axis, the cover body defining a threaded bore concentric with the central axis, and deforming the cover body into retaining engagement with the housing by pressing against the convex side until the cover body is at least partial deformed and the outer perimeter is expanded compared to a pre-deformed state of the cover body.
US11504826B2
A quick-turning wrench includes a driving end with a first jaw and a second jaw. The first and the second jaws respectively have a first and a second side, which face one another. The driving end defines an engaging space between the first and the second jaws. The driving end has a first grip-surface section, a second grip-surface section, and a third grip-surface section. The engaging space is partially delimited by the first, the second, and the third grip-surface sections. The first grip-surface section is adjacent to the first side and extends along a flat first phantom surface. The second and the third grip-surface sections are adjacent to the second side and respectively extend on a flat second phantom surface and a flat third phantom surface.
US11504825B2
A holding apparatus, in particular a chuck, for a substrate comprises a main body with a upper side, a carrier element arranged in a recess of the main body so as to be vertically movable such that it can be adjusted between a protruding loading position and a retracted clamping position, the carrier element comprising a support surface for placement of the substrate. The support surface has a smaller diameter than the main body. A lifting element lifts the carrier element to the loading position. The carrier element seals the recess such that a sealed cavity is provided between the main body and the carrier element, which cavity can have a negative pressure applied thereto which counteracts the effect of the lifting element.
US11504820B2
This gantry type conveying device is provided with: a beam which is horizontally installed; a runner traveling along the beam; an elevator supported to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the runner; and a loading part which is supported by the lower portion of the elevator and on which a workpiece is loaded. This processing line has the gantry type conveying device and a machine tool. The machine tool is provided with: a base; and a workpiece supporting device provided movable with respect to the base in a forward and backward direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the beam when viewed in a plane.
US11504810B2
In order to cut a plurality of clumps having an approximately uniform shapes and approximately uniform dimensions out of a cell aggregate which has proliferated and appropriately eliminate contamination with fragments of different shapes or dimensions, when cutting the clumps of approximately uniform shape out of the cell aggregate which has proliferated, cutting lines along which the clumps of a specific shape are cut out are set such that the area of a peripheral part of the cell aggregate which is not cut by the cutting line exceeds the surface area of one of the clumps, and the cell aggregate is cut by irradiating with laser light in such a way as to trace the cutting lines.
US11504804B2
A method of confirming an optical axis of a laser processing apparatus includes placing an image capturing unit so as to be movable in X-axis directions, removing a second mirror and capturing an image of a laser beam with the image capturing unit for receiving the laser beam reflected by a first mirror, installing the second mirror and capturing an image of the laser beam with the image capturing unit for receiving the laser beam reflected by a third mirror, and determining whether an optical axis of the laser beam reflected by the first mirror and an optical axis of the laser beam reflected by the third mirror exist in one XZ plane or not on the basis of the captured images and a reference line in the captured images.
US11504796B2
Proposed is a resistance spot welding method to join parts to be welded which are a plurality of overlapping metal sheets, including: dividing a current pattern into two or more steps for welding; before actual welding, performing test welding; and subsequently, as actual welding, performing adaptive control welding, in which the two or more steps for welding include a step of securing a current path between the sheets directly below the electrodes and a subsequent step of forming a nugget having a predetermined diameter, and a welding interval time is provided between these steps. This method thus yields a good nugget without causing splashing even under special welding conditions.
US11504787B2
A welding or additive manufacturing wire drive system includes a welding wire spool and first and second drive rolls. One or both of the drive rolls has a circumferential groove. The system includes a first welding wire, drawn from the welding wire spool, and located between the drive rolls in the circumferential groove, and a second welding wire, drawn from the welding wire spool, and located between the drive rolls in the circumferential groove. The first welding wire contacts the second welding wire between the first drive roll and the second drive roll. The first welding wire further contacts a first sidewall portion of the circumferential groove, and the second welding wire further contacts a second sidewall portion of the circumferential groove. Both of the first welding wire and the second welding wire are radially offset from a central portion of the circumferential groove.
US11504784B2
A cutting tool with interconnected arms that increases the stiffness to weight ratio of the cutting tool is described. The principles of the invention can be applied to any cutting tool, such as a reamer, a milling cutter, a slotting cutter, and the like. In one example, a cutting ring includes a cutting head assembly with a leading arm, a trailing arm, and a cutting head supported by the leading arm and the trailing arm. The trailing arm interconnects with the leading arm of an adjacent cutting head assembly, and the leading arm interconnects with a trailing arm of another adjacent cutting head assembly. As a result of this interconnection of arms, the axial, radial and tangential stiffness to weight ratio of the cutting tool is increased. A support member may be included to further increase the stiffness to weight ratio.
US11504778B2
A pocket hole jig system is formed of a plurality of jig segments, wherein each jig segment includes a main body having a drill guide and a lock feature that protrudes outward on a first side of the main body and a recess that protrudes inward on a second side of the main body. The system also includes one or more spacers that have a main body of varying width and a lock feature that protrudes outward on a first side of the main body and a recess that protrudes inward on a second side of the main body. Jig segments and spacers may be connected together by inserting the lock feature of a jig segment or spacer into the recess of an adjacent jig segment or spacer. In one arrangement opposing jig segments and/or spacers lock together with a combination of rotational movement as well as sliding movement.
US11504775B2
Provided is a machining tool, including: a tool head, configured to contact a workpiece to be processed and process the workpiece to be processed; a tool shank including a body and a fixing recess formed by recessing from one end of the body in an axial direction of the body; and a fixing shaft including a shaft body formed by extending from the tool head and a shaft extension extending from the shaft body in a direction facing away from the tool head. The shaft extension is inserted into the fixing recess to achieve fixing. At least a portion of the shaft extension has a non-circular cross-section, and a shape of the fixing recess matches a shape of the shaft extension. Compared with the related art, the machining tool of the present disclosure has high processing precision and good reliability.
US11504773B2
Systems and methods for additive manufacturing systems implementing adaptive optics in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes an additive manufacturing system including a laser source configured to form an output beam, a scanning mirror disposed in an optical path of the output beam, wherein the scanning mirror is configured to reflect and scan the output beam at a range of scan angles, a deformable mirror disposed in the optical path of the output beam, wherein the deformable mirror has a plurality of configurations for reflecting and altering a wavefront of the output beam, wherein the configuration of the deformable mirror is based on the scan angle of the scanning mirror, and a print bed configured to hold a print material, wherein the output beam is configured to fuse the print material to form a build object.
US11504771B2
Methods for producing an object by generative manufacturing, a component, and a computer-readable medium. In one method, a sheet-like part is formed with bulges. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with an arch formed by arch segments converging in the buildup direction and meet at an arch tip. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a strut of a cloverleaf-like cross-sectional shape. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a sheet-like part connected to the object and formed to project obliquely forward from the object in the buildup direction. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a sheet-like part extending substantially along the buildup direction, the sheet-like part formed with apertures. In another method, a supporting structure is formed with a sheet-like part connected to the object and, in a region of transition of the same to the object to be generated, has a perforation and/or a predetermined breaking edge along a contour of the object.
US11504768B2
A method for producing hard metal powder suitable for manufacturing hard metal products including metal carbides and a binder is provided. An easy to carry out method that provides high quality hard metal powder includes: a) dissolving in water, water soluble raw materials and a binder source to form an aqueous solution, b) drying the aqueous solution to form a precursor powder having the raw materials homogenously distributed throughout the precursor powder, c) decomposing the precursor powder by heating the powder in an inert atmosphere to remove gas evolved in the decomposition of the raw materials, d) grinding the precursor powder and mixing it with a liquid media to produce a suspension, e) spray drying the suspension to agglomerate the precursor powder, and f) heat treating the agglomerated precursor powder to form a hard metal powder containing agglomerates of carbides evenly distributed and bonded to a metallic matrix.
US11504765B2
Provided is a titanium cast product for hot rolling made of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product including a melted and resolidified layer in a range of more than or equal to 1 mm in depth on a surface serving as a rolling surface, the melted and resolidified layer being obtained by adding one or more elements out of any one of or both of at least one α stabilizer element and at least one neutral element to the surface, and melting and resolidifying the surface. An average value of a total concentration of the at least one α stabilizer element and the at least one neutral element in the range of more than or equal to 1 mm in depth is higher than a total concentration of the at least one α stabilizer element and the at least one neutral element in a base metal by, in mass %, more than or equal to 0.1% and less than 2.0%.
US11504759B2
A guided retainer for movably coupling a holder to a plate of a stamping die for use in a press including a pin having an enlarged portion. A bushing received on and slidable relative to the pin into an abutting relationship with the enlarged portion. When the guided retainer is assembled with the holder and the plate, the guided retainer is capable of transferring motion of the holder to the plate during movement of the press to an opened position for insertion of a workpiece into the stamping die. The pin includes a groove and a retainer plate that is received in the groove. A stamping die configured to be used in a press to modify a workpiece. The stamping die including a holder that is adapted to be coupled to the press. A plate that is spaced apart from the holder and a guided retainer.
US11504755B2
A device for producing strip material, such as a hot strip. The device includes lateral guide elements which are arranged on both sides of the strip material and, in particular, along a roller table having several rollers, and at least one rotating wear body on each side guide element. In order to minimize the wear of guide elements when transporting the strip material over a roller conveyor, a speed control device regulates a rate of speed of the at least one wear element. Further, a position control device is provided for setting an extended position of the at least one wear element. The position control device sends control signals to a positioning drive for extending the at least one wear body to an extended position.
US11504751B2
A substrate processing device includes a processing container; a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate arranged within the processing container; a gas nozzle configured to spray gas within the processing container; a controller configured to control collision of the gas with the substrate held by the substrate holder. The controller is configured to remove particles adhering to the main surface of the substrate, by causing the vertical shock waves to collide with the main surface of the substrate.
US11504750B2
A cleaning process (blasted-particles cleaning process) includes performing, a plural number of consecutive cycles, an ultrasonic cleaning treatment including immersing a turbine rotor blade in a water basin and conducting an ultrasonic wave into the water basin to clean the turbine rotor blade, and a pressurized-water cleaning treatment including spraying pressurized water into an internal cooling flow channel after the ultrasonic cleaning treatment is performed. The cleaning process is performed after a bonding coat layer removing process of removing a bonding coat layer (first coating layer) by chemical treatment, and a cleaning process of cleaning the turbine blade by blast treatment. Heat tinging process is then performed.
US11504749B2
Embodiments described herein relate to hardware and software for waste item detection and recognition, along with an education or feedback system. Embodiments described herein use artificial intelligence, which embodies machine learning and computer vision, to detect waste items and generate feedback to nudge the user to dispose the waste items into appropriate receptacles while generating smart operational insights of a designated premise.
US11504735B2
The disclosure concerns a coating device and a corresponding coating process for coating components, in particular motor vehicle body components, with a coating agent (e.g. paint), with a coating robot with a first printhead which is mounted on the coating robot. The disclosure provides that the first printhead is exchangeably mounted on the coating robot and can be exchanged for a second printhead during a color change. Another variant of the disclosure, on the other hand, provides for a second printhead to be mounted on the coating robot in addition to the first printhead, the two printheads each applying a specific coating agent in order to enable a color change without changing the printhead.
US11504731B2
A method for automatic glue-spraying of stringers and inspection of glue-spraying quality based on measured data. Three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data of a stringer-skin assembly is collected by 3D laser scanner, and then processed by denoising and sampling. Feature points of an intersection line of a site to be glued of the stringer-skin assembly are extracted by K-means clustering method based on Gaussian mapping, and a minimum spanning tree is constructed based on a set of the extracted feature points. A connected region is established to obtain an initial feature intersection line of the string-skin assembly, which is optimized by random sample consensus algorithm to remove redundant small branch structures to obtain the actual glue-spraying trajectory. The quality of the glue sprayed on the stringer-skin assembly is inspected by line laser to determine positions of the defects, which are then subjected to secondary glue-spraying.
US11504720B2
The present invention relates to a method to grind mass in a grinder (1) wherein the mass is provided to the grinder (1) via a hopper (5) and transported by a feeder worm (2) to a rotating processing worm (3) which conveys the mass towards a cutting set (4) which grinds the mass and wherein the feeder worm (2) initially rotates in a first direction. During production the feeder worm (2) is periodically reversed and/or the speed of rotation of the feeder worm (2) is reduced in case the volume between the feeder worm (2) and the processing worm (3) tends to get blocked with the mass.
US11504706B2
Provided are a method of preparing a supported metallocene catalyst, and a method of preparing polypropylene using the catalyst prepared thereby. According to the present invention, provided is a supported metallocene catalyst capable of preparing an isotactic polypropylene polymer having a low xylene soluble content while having excellent catalytic activity.
US11504698B2
A Ni—Al2O3@Al2O3—SiO2 catalyst with coated structure is provided. The catalyst has a specific surface area of 98 m2/g to 245 m2/g, and a pore volume of 0.25 cm3/g to 1.1 cm3/g. A mass ratio of an Al2O3 carrier to active component Ni in the catalyst is Al2O3:Ni=100:4˜26, a mass ratio of the Al2O3 carrier to an Al2O3—SiO2 coating layer is Al2O3:Al2O3—SiO2=100:0.1˜3, and a molar ratio of Al to Si in the Al2O3—SiO2 coating layer is 0.01 to 1. Ni particles are distributed on a surface of the Al2O3 carrier in an amorphous or highly dispersed state and have a grain size less than or equal to 8 nm, and the coating layer is filled among the Ni particles.
US11504691B2
A microwave-based thermal coupling chemical looping gasification method and device. The device includes: a microwave radiation cavity; a loading recess of a microwave absorbing material; and a quartz pipe reaction cavity between the microwave radiation cavity and the loading recess of a microwave absorbing material. A microwave generator consisting of magnetrons is provided at a central portion of the microwave radiation cavity and below the loading recess. An infrared temperature-measuring probe group is arranged at two ends of the magnetrons. Two ends of the microwave radiation cavity are connected to a first and second three-way valves, in communication with the ambient atmosphere and a protection gas charging device. A protection gas cooling device and a protection gas circulating fan are sequentially connected in series on a pipeline between the valves.
US11504689B2
An encapsulated perfume composition comprising a slurry of core-shell microcapsules in a suspending medium, the core comprising at least one perfume ingredient, and the shell comprising a thermosetting resin formed by the reaction of shell-forming materials selected from monomers, pre-polymers and/or pre-condensates, and wherein the encapsulated perfume composition comprises a polymeric stabilizer that is a reaction product of a polymeric surfactant, and a silane that contains functional groups capable of forming covalent bonds with the shell.
US11504688B2
The present invention relates to extended release microparticles comprising a drug, and a preparation method therefor, and when the extended release microparticles comprising a drug are administered in order to replace conventional drugs that should be administered daily or monthly, the drug administration effect can be continuously maintained for one week to three months. In addition, the drug administration effect is maintained for a long time and, simultaneously, microparticles are prepared so as to have the average diameter of a fixed micro-size, and thus an effective drug concentration can be constantly maintained by controlling the release of the drug from the microparticles, and a foreign body sensation and pain can be reduced during drug administration since microparticles having a uniform size are included during application as an injectable drug.
US11504687B2
Described herein are coated chloride salt particles, including NaCl/TiO2 and NaCl/SiO2 core/shell particles, along with methods of making and using the same.
US11504682B2
A mixer base assembly comprises (a) a body having an upper end including a mating face for mixing vessel connection; a lower end including a cavity; a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall; an inlet port arranged in the first side wall; an outlet port arranged in the third side wall; a sampling port arranged in the fourth side wall; a probe port arranged in the third side wall; and, a fluid mixing chamber including a baffle and having a bottom wall; (b) an impeller seat arranged in the cavity in the lower end of the body; and, (c) a levitating magnetic impeller arranged in the impeller seat, the impeller comprising a magnet, a base, and at least two blades, wherein the blades extend above the bottom wall of the fluid mixing chamber into the fluid mixing chamber.
US11504674B2
A polyolefin microporous film having a laminated structure provided with at least one layer A containing a polyolefin and at least one layer B containing a polyolefin. 0 mass % to less than 3 mass % of polypropylene is contained in layer A and 1 mass % to less than 30 mass % of polypropylene is contained in layer B. When the proportion of polypropylene contained in layer A is represented by PPA (mass %) and the proportion of polypropylene contained in layer B is represented by PPB (mass %), PPB>PPA. In the polyolefin microporous film, the heat shrinkage ratio in TD at 120° C. measured upon applying, in MD, a constant load determined on the basis of the relationship: load (gf)=0.01×piercing strength (gf) of polyolefin microporous film×length (mm) in TD of polyolefin microporous film, is 10 to 40% inclusive.
US11504673B2
Disclosed herein are multi-layer structures comprising a first composite layer disposed over a second composite layer, wherein the first composite layer contains a first active material dispersed in a first polymer containing an elastomeric polymer and the second composite layer contains a second polymer which may have a second active material dispersed therein, wherein the first active material chemically or physically interacts with at least one toxic chemical and is selected from the group consisting of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), metal oxides, metal hydroxides, zeolites, and combinations thereof, and wherein the active material and the second active material (if present) are the same as or different from each other, and the first polymer and second polymer are the same as or different from each other, subject to the proviso that the first composite layer and the second composite layer compositionally differ from each other in at least one respect.
US11504659B2
Various example embodiments relate to a filtration system. The filtration system comprises a housing having a first housing end and a second housing end. The housing defines a central compartment therein. The housing comprises a key slot disposed on the first housing end and a housing key element protruding from the first housing end toward the second housing end. The filtration system further comprises a filter element positioned within the central compartment of the housing. The filter element has a first filter end and a second filter end. The filter element includes filter media and an endplate disposed on the first filter end. The endplate includes a central endplate opening, a key element configured for engagement with the key slot, and an installation guidance element formed along the central endplate opening. The installation guidance element is configured for engagement with the housing key element.
US11504657B2
A filter assembly and a method of operating the same to detect water leaks are provided. The filter assembly includes a filter housing for receiving a filter cartridge and at least partially defining a drain trough positioned below the filter cartridge for collecting leaked water. A light source is positioned proximate the drain trough for directing light through the drain trough and a light sensor is positioned proximate the drain trough for sensing the light directed through the drain trough. A controller uses the light sensor to monitor the light generated by the light source and determines that a leak exists when an intensity of sensed light is reduced by the leaked water.
US11504656B2
An oil filter for a motor vehicle has a filter cartridge which is disposed in an oil filter housing of the oil filter. The filter cartridge has a channel for filtered oil which is surrounded at least regionally by a filter material in the radial direction. At least one through opening is formed in a wall of the channel. An emergence of filtered oil via the at least one through opening into a channel for the filtered oil provided on sides of the oil filter housing is preventable by bringing the filter cartridge into a first position. An inlet into the channel provided on sides of the oil filter housing fluidically connectable to the at least one through opening by bringing the filter cartridge into a second position in which the filter cartridge is shifted relative to the first position in an axial direction.
US11504651B2
Foam mitigation using a variety of articles, systems, and methods is generally described. According to certain embodiments, surfaces with certain wetting properties can be used to reduce or eliminate the formation of foam from bubble-containing liquids. In some embodiments, a surface with certain wetting properties is configured and/or arranged within bubble-containing liquids such that the surface provides a gaseous fluidic pathway through which gas from the bubbles within the liquid may be channeled to a gaseous environment outside the liquid.
US11504650B2
The pressure fluctuations in a fluid degassing system may be diminished by independently controlling the intake phase and the exhaust phase of an evacuation pump. The speed of the pump's drive element may be modulated at least during the intake phase to more closely align with a pressure set point in a degassing module.
US11504646B2
A process for the primary clarification of feeds, including chemically treated flocculated feeds, containing the target biomolecules of interest such as mAbs, mammalian cell cultures, or bacterial cell cultures, using a primary clarification depth filtration device without the use of a primary clarification centrifugation step or a primary clarification tangential flow microfiltration step. The primary clarification depth filtration device contains a porous depth filter having graded porous layers of varying pore ratings. The primary clarification depth filtration device filters fluid feeds, including chemically treated flocculated feeds containing flocculated cellular debris and colloidal particulates having a particle size distribution of approximately about 0.5 μm to 200 μm, at a flow rate of about 10 litres/m2/hr to about 100 litres/m2/hr. Kits and methods of using and making the same are also provided.
US11504645B2
The present invention relates to a process for the electro extraction of molecules from a moving fluid donor phase into an acceptor phase, comprising the steps of: providing an electrically conductive donor phase moving at a first flow velocity and in electrically conductive contact with a first electrode, providing an electrically conductive acceptor phase in direct contact and immiscible with the donor phase, in electrically conductive contact with a second electrode; and providing a supporting or confining phase guide pattern to keep a defined interface between donor phase and acceptor phase, and (d) applying an electrical field between the first and the second electrode.
US11504641B2
A lighter-than-air toy drone having at least one balloon that is inflated with a lift gas. The drone has a first conduit progresses along a first axis and a second conduit that progresses along a perpendicular second axis. At least one motorized propeller is provided that can selectively moving air through the first conduit and the second conduit to propel the drone. The motorized propeller can also generate a gyroscopic force that acts to rotate said at least one balloon for directional steering.
US11504638B2
A toy robot includes a joint structure which includes first and second links and first and second connecting members, wherein each of the first and second links includes a central region and a pair of sidewall regions that are bent to extend to the left and right of the central region, and the pair of sidewall regions face each other. A first one of the sidewall regions of the first link and a second one of the sidewall regions of the second link partially overlap, the first connecting member includes a first shaft penetrating the overlapping region of the first and second sidewall regions, a third one of the sidewall regions of the first link and a fourth one of the sidewall regions of the second link partially overlap, the second connecting member includes a second shaft penetrating the overlapping region of the third and fourth sidewall regions.
US11504636B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for providing games in a chat interface. A conversation interface is presented in a messaging application to enable a plurality of participants in a conversation to exchange messages with each other. A request from a first participant of the plurality of participants is received to launch a gaming application. In response to receiving the request from the first participant, a first message is transmitted to a second participant of the plurality of participants that indicates the first participant has launched the gaming application. In response to receiving the first message, an option is presented to the second participant in the conversation interface, the option associated with the gaming application to enable the second participant to join the first participant in the gaming application.
US11504635B2
A media system employs techniques to create a framework for evaluating gameplay content in a vector-space. These techniques include monitoring frames for content streams that correspond to gameplay in a game environment, determining feature-values for features associated with the frames, mapping the content streams to position vectors in the vector-space based on the feature-values, and assigning a set of position vectors in the vector-space to an area in the game environment based on a relative proximity of the set of position vectors in the vector-space.
US11504630B2
The present invention describes methods to customize massively-multiplayer-online-game (MMOG) Avatars beyond what can be displayed during general game-play. General game play refers to when a user is in a game with control of their Avatar. One knowledgeable in the art would understand that MMOGs are limited by their game engines to the complexity of Avatars that may be displayed to a user during general game-play, while maintaining acceptable frame rates. Furthermore one knowledgeable in the art would understand that Avatar complexity may further be limited due to the target machine the MMOG is designed to run on. The current invention describes methods to produce a custom Avatar image for non-game use, wherein the custom Avatar has higher resolution and greater choices than are available in-game.
US11504629B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: facilitating communication between one or more controller devices operated by one or more users, respectively, and a data processing apparatus running an application program, wherein each controller device includes a plurality of actuation elements that are operable to be manipulated by a respective one of the one or more users to input desired operations to the data processing apparatus for use by the application program; obtaining a respective controller identifier from each of the one or more controller devices; and storing in a memory the controller identifiers in response to the control section in a sequential table, such that each entry in the sequential table includes at least a sequential table entry number and a respective one of the controller identifiers.
US11504627B2
A server executes various controls for teams, each of which has at least one player, to have a matchup with each other, and manages each team, including change of a team during the game, record of each team, players and a number of players belonging to each team, and duration of a team. Further, the server determines, during the matchup game, whether a team item acquisition condition is satisfied based on the record of each player who belongs to the team and the like, and allows the team that satisfies the team item acquisition condition to acquire a team item which provides an advantageous effect in the game.
US11504624B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a movement of a virtual object in AR, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: a virtual moving area is generated within a current image capture range of a control device; a virtual object is generated in the virtual moving area; and a position of a virtual identifier in the virtual moving area is adjusted according to a real movement of the control device, and the virtual object is guided to virtually move according to the position of the virtual identifier. The present disclosure solves a technical problem in the related art that a joystick-based racing control mode provided in an AR scene is complex and game experience is poor.
US11504618B2
Techniques for improving a user video game experience are described. In an example, a computer system receives event data from a plurality of user devices. Each event data includes an identifier of an activity in a video game and data indicating completion of the activity. The identifier can be predefined in program code of the video game. The identifier and completion data can be received based on an execution of the program code. The event data is processed to provide assistance videos to improve activity completion rates in the video game. The videos may be presented on the plurality of user devices.
US11504617B2
A game-streaming service of a service provider network is configured to assign virtual machine (VM) instances to game streaming requests using a value-based approach. In order to assign a VM instance to a game streaming request for streaming a game to a client device of a player associated with the game streaming request, the game-streaming service may determine one or more attributes of the game streaming request, such as player attributes and/or game attributes. The game-streaming service may also determine available VM instances allocated to a subscriber associated with the game streaming request, which may be located across disparate geographical regions. A value(s) may be determined based on the attributes of the game streaming request, and the value(s) may be used to select one of the available VM instances for streaming the game as part of a corresponding game session.
US11504609B2
A head mounted display (HMD) is provided. The HMD includes a housing and a view port of the housing. The view port has a screen for rendering an augmented reality scene. Included is a communications device for exchanging streaming data over a network. A depth camera integrated in the housing and oriented to capture depth data of an environment in front of the housing is included. A processor is configured to use the depth data captured by the depth camera to identify spatial positioning of real objects in the environment. A real object is rendered into the augmented reality scene, and the real object is tracked such that insertion of augmented reality objects are placed in coordination with movements of the real object shown in the augmented reality scene. The real object captured by the depth camera is the environment where a user wearing the HMD is located.
US11504607B2
A detection and tracking system and method using a camera unit on a robot, or alternatively a camera mounted inside the pool overlooking the bottom of the pool, for safety monitoring for use in and around water-related environments. The robot is able to propel itself and move throughout the body of water, both on the surface and underwater, and the camera unit functions both on the surface and underwater. The robot optimizes the cleaning cycle of the body of water utilizing deep learning techniques. The robot has localization sensors and software that allow the robot to be aware of the robot's position in the pool. The camera is able to send its video feed live over the internet, the processing is performed in the cloud, and the robot sends and receives data from the cloud. The processing utilizes deep learning algorithms, including artificial neural networks, that perform video analytics.
US11504597B1
A putting practice assembly for practicing putting on a variety of putting green conditions includes a putting mat that is longitudinally elongated to simulate a putting lane. The putting mat has a plurality of sections and each of the sections has a unique texture with respect to each other. In this way each of the sections facilitates a unique golf ball speed with respect to each other for practicing putting in a variety of putting green conditions.
US11504596B2
A golf practice device comprises a main frame which contains a compressible energy transfer pad and a flexible turf section which rests atop the energy transfer pad. The turf section is secured in the frame only along a forward end of the turf section. Additionally, the turf section is secured to the energy transfer pad at an end opposite from the forward end or along a length of the energy transfer pad. Thus, when the turf section is struck by a swinging golf club, the turf section will flex, bend and move relative to the frame, thereby simulating the feel of creation of a divot. A tee box may be removably attached to the frame for allowing a golfer to practice teeing off. Multiple main and tee boxes may be attached together, both lengthwise and widthwise.
US11504587B2
A golf club head has a hollow therein and comprises a face portion, a crown portion and a sole portion. The face portion comprises a central zone including a face center, and a peripheral zone surrounding the central zone. Each of the central zone and the peripheral zone has a flexural stiffness defined by E×t3/12, wherein E is the Young's modulus (GPa) and t is the thickness (mm) of the zone concerned. The ratio sc/sp of the flexural stiffness Sc of the central zone to the flexural stiffness sp of the peripheral zone is 5.0 to 55.0.
US11504574B2
A pedal exerciser includes a worm shaft meshed with a worm wheel. A crank drives rotation of the worm wheel through two pedals. A rotary disc assembly is journaled to and rotatable with the worm shaft. The rotary disc assembly has a conductive member that is non-magnetizable and that is rotatable around an axis of the worm shaft. A magnetic assembly is disposed near the conductive member and has a magnet facing the conductive member. The magnet produces a drag force to resist an exercising force when the conductive member is rotated to move past the magnet. An adjustment assembly moves the magnetic assembly toward or away from the rotary disc assembly to vary the magnitude of the drag force.
US11504568B2
The described embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing linear tension to multiple areas of a person to improve training and exercise. The tension can be applied by cables supplied from cable spools that are attached within a resistance assembly. The resistance assembly can be worn as a backpack during exercises, thereby providing a portable means through which tension can be provided to the body. The cables from the resistance assembly can be attached to appendages such as the wrists and legs of the person, and the tension provided by the cables can be adjustable. For instance, the tension can be made non-uniform across the body in order to improve the person's ability to maneuver in situations where there is an imbalance of force on the body.
US11504566B2
A modular weight training bag system, made up of a main bag constructed of heavy pliable fabric with a zipper-less closure, an inner lining that holds a granular material which adds weight and volume to the main bag, and also has a uniquely designed closure, using various size pouches to increase weight, an add-on weight attachments installed on the main bag for the purpose of quickly increasing the weight of the bag, a capsule sleeve for securing two main bags together, and a soft shell constructed to cover the main bag or capsule sleeve.
US11504564B2
An exercise machine and a resistance and brake compound control structure are disclosed. The resistance and brake compound control structure includes a sleeve, a push rod, an elastic member, a compound operating member, and a pushing member. The push rod is disposed in the sleeve. The elastic member exerts a force to the push rod for giving the push rod a return elastic force. The compound operating member includes an operating portion and a screw rod. The screw rod has a pushing end extending into the sleeve. The pushing member is disposed in the sleeve in a non-rotatable manner. The pushing member has a threaded hole. The screw rod is screwed to the threaded hole. The exercise machine uses the resistance and brake compound control structure to adjust resistance and brake.
US11504562B2
A fire detection device and method therefor are able to provide automatic activation so as to extinguish a fire. The fire detection can be rapid and temperature-based. In one embodiment, a heat collector can be provided to enhance thermal responsiveness. Activation of the fire detection device can be electrically induced to release an extinguishing agent at the fire. The activation can be protected such that it is durable and unaffected by vibrations.
US11504539B2
An example of a neurostimulation system may include a storage device for storing data representing physiological signals and a user interface including a user input, a display screen, and a presentation control circuit. The user input may be configured to receive a selection of signal(s) from the physiological signals and a selection of viewing mode from viewing modes including a metric mode and/or a presence mode. The metric mode allows for visualization of a signal property indicated by a parameter measured from the selected signal(s). The presence mode allows for viewing presence of a feature in the selected signal(s). The presentation control circuit may be configured to allow for the selection of the signal(s) and the viewing mode, to determine a segment of each of the selected signal(s) for presentation according to the selected viewing mode, and to present the determined segment on the display screen.
US11504535B2
A pacemaker system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC) operably coupled to a pacemaker lead. The DSC generates a pace signal including electrical impulses based on a reference signal. The DSC provides the pace signal via the pacemaker lead to an electrically responsive portion of a cardiac conductive system of a subject to facilitate cardiac operation of a cardiovascular system of the subject. The DSC senses, via the pacemaker lead, cardiac electrical activity of the cardiovascular system of the subject that is generated in response to the pace signal and electrically coupled into the pacemaker lead and generates a digital signal that is representative of the cardiac electrical activity of the cardiovascular system of the subject that is sensed via the pacemaker lead. The DSC provides digital information to one or more processing modules that includes and/or is coupled to memory and that provide the reference signal to the DSC.
US11504529B2
An intraseptal multi-electrode cardiac pacemaker has a plurality of first individual electrodes implanted at an interventricular septum at varying depths and/or lateral distances from the distal end of a flexible conduit and configured to provide a cardiac pacing therapy by stimulating left bundle branch conduction fibers. A plurality of second individual electrodes may also be implanted in the septum at suitable depths to stimulate conduction fibers of the right bundle branch. After implantation, first and second individual electrodes are interrogated to select a subset of electrodes suitable to deliver the pacing therapy according to a predetermined criterion such as capturing the left ventricle or capturing the right ventricle via normal conduction system of the heart at the lowest voltage level via corresponding bundle branches. A combination of the pacemaker with a cardioverter/defibrillator is provided by positioning a defibrillator coil near the distal end of the flexible conduit of the pacemaker.
US11504523B2
A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing, a clip attached to a top side of the housing, a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing, and a first electrode on the first prong. The clip is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a tissue. The first prong is configured to contact a heart. The first electrode is configured to contact the heart. Sensing circuitry in the housing that is configured to sense an electrical signal from the heart, and therapeutic circuitry in the housing is in electrical communication with the first electrode and is configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the heart through the first electrode.
US11504516B2
A port catheter includes a port housing and a port chamber formed in the port housing and closed by a septum. The port catheter also includes a first catheter connection communicating with the port chamber for the connection of a first catheter, a second catheter connection for connecting a second catheter connected to an infusion pump and supplying a fluid to the port catheter from the infusion pump, and a third catheter connection communicating with the second catheter connection for connecting a third catheter which discharges the fluid supplied by the infusion pump.
US11504515B2
Described herein is an implantable access port device with a catheter compartment which permits lengthening or shortening the catheter in response to changes in tension of the distal catheter. Implantable access port devices are used extensively in the medical field to facilitate the performance of recurrent therapeutic tasks such as repeated drug delivery, drainage, blood sampling, transfusions, or total parental nutrition. In current access port systems, the catheter is rigidly attached to the access port via a connection ring. As such, the system does not provide any flexibility or ability for catheter length adjustments, which can lead to long-term complications such as dislodgement of catheters, migration of catheters, port separation with extravasation, suture disruption, and mechanical failure of the access port system. These catheter-related complications carry serious risks for the patients. The implantable access port system described herein permits self-adjusting catheter length, thereby reducing catheter-related complications.
US11504512B2
In the preferred embodiment, a method of making microneedles comprises i) providing a microneedle template (300) having a plurality of microneedles cavities (360) on one surface, ii) preparing a casting solution (320) comprising at least one matrix material and its solvent, iii) subjecting said microneedle template (300) to a vacuum pressure for a length of time to deprive it of air, iv) dispensing the casting solution (320) over the air-deprived microneedle template, v) allowing the casting solution (320) to be drawn into the air-deprived microneedle cavities (360) completely, and vi) allowing the dissolving microneedles to solidify or dry in a controlled environment.
US11504488B2
A dilution spacer for a metered-dose inhaler comprises an enclosure defining a dilution chamber. An ambient air inlet and an outlet are in fluid communication with the dilution chamber. The ambient air inlet is positioned opposite the outlet whereby suction through the outlet from outside the enclosure draws ambient air into the enclosure through the ambient air inlet to generate an airflow path from the ambient air inlet through the dilution chamber and out of the outlet. The dilution spacer may include an actuator inlet configured to securely releasably interengage a metered-dose inhaler actuator mouthpiece, or may include a receptacle having an actuator nozzle and configured to receive a metered-dose inhaler canister, A metered-dose inhaler plume entering the dilution chamber intersects the airflow path thereto and airflow along the airflow path entrains and redirects at least a portion of the metered-dose inhaler plume toward the outlet.
US11504486B2
A pulmonary delivery device (300) with a first chamber (206) adapted to thermally vaporise a quantity of a first fluid to form a relatively warm first vapour and a second chamber (208) adapted to atomize a quantity of a second fluid without heating of the second fluid to form a mist of a relatively cold, second vapour, the device further comprising an outlet via which, in use, a user can inhale a mixture of the first and second vapours. The second chamber is in the form of a passive atomiser wherein the second chamber is selectively or continuously in fluid communication with air, the second chamber including at least one flavouring or aroma wherein the flavour is inhaled by drawing air through the chamber.
US11504478B2
The present specification relates to a subassembly for a drug delivery device, the subassembly comprising: a housing adapted to contain a drug container with a needle, a cap, and a spacer, wherein the housing has an inner surface forming a cavity configured to retain the drug container, wherein the cap is configured to be releasably connected to the housing, and wherein the spacer is arranged between the cap and the housing.
US11504474B2
The present invention relates to an auto injector (1) comprising a prefilled liquid medicament container, a hollow auto injector body (2) housing the medicament container. The auto injector body (2) has an elongated part, a first end side (21) and a second end side (22) and at least one through hole (3) arranged between the end sides (21, 22). The through holes (3) allow for flow of gas through the auto injector body (2) when the auto injector body (2) houses the medicament container. The invention further relates to a method comprising inserting the auto injector (1) into the package via an opening in a non-inert environment, and, in a non-inert environment and under atmospheric pressure: replacing the air in the package with inert atmosphere by one or several cycles of removing air and inserting inert gas through the opening, wherein the air and inert gas in part flows through the at least one through hole (3) of the auto injector (1). The method further comprises sealing the opening under vacuum.
US11504472B2
Methods and devices for accurately pumping small quantities of liquid to a patient with a broad range of flow and low cost.
US11504470B1
A drug delivery device has a housing with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A deformable drug reservoir is positioned within the housing and includes an outlet, with a needle fluidically connected to the drug reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the drug reservoir and said human body surface. A delivery assembly is associated with the drug reservoir and includes a roller and a drive assembly, with the drive assembly being controlled by the controller during a drug delivery routine to move the roller from a first position to a second position so as to cause the roller to contact and deform the reservoir, thereby conveying a drug from the reservoir via the outlet.
US11504465B2
Inline pumps with rear attachable syringes include a pump and a syringe with each designed so that the pump syringe system may be easily coupled and decoupled in the field. An end mount block on the pump has a slot shaped to accept a similarly shaped plunger button and plunger rod on the syringe. A user aligns the plunger button of the syringe next to the slot on the mount block of the pump, and slides the plunger button and rod into the inner cavity of the pump. Both the pump and the syringe have threaded couplers which securely couple the pump to the syringe by rotating the couplers with respect to each other.
US11504462B2
A cardiopulmonary bypass system is described that includes a cardiopulmonary bypass machine having a console, the console has a base and a frame connected to the base. The system further comprises a plurality of peripheral modules operatively connectable to the cardiopulmonary bypass machine via one or more cables. The system further comprises a cable chase having a first end and a second end, and a housing that extends at least partially between the first end and second end to at least partially enclose a channel for receiving one or more cables or conduits connected to one or more of the peripheral modules.
US11504461B2
An arteriovenous dialysis access graft configured to be implanted in a subject includes: at least one flexible conduit having first and second end portions, wherein the first end portion is configured to connect to an artery of the subject and the second end portion is configured to connect to a vein of the subject such that blood flows through the at least one conduit; and at least one cannulation chamber positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion of the at least one conduit. The chamber includes: an elongated housing having an inlet and an outlet, a posterior wall, a pair of sidewalls, and an open anterior portion defining a cannulation port; and a self-sealing material extending across the cannulation port. The posterior wall and the sidewalls of the housing are formed of a substantially rigid material.
US11504455B2
A processing technique for creating nanowires and hierarchically porous micro/nano structures of ceramic materials is provided. The process includes evaporation of micron-sized water droplets containing dissolved organic salts on heated substrates followed by thermal decomposition of the deposited material. The micron-sized droplets may be generated by supercritical CO2 assisted nebulization, in which high-pressure streams of aqueous solution and supercritical CO2 are mixed, followed by controlled depressurization through a fine capillary. Rapid evaporation takes place on the heated substrates and structures are generated due to CO2 effervescence from the droplets and evaporation of water, along with the pinning of the three phase contact line. Depending on the mass deposited, a mesh of nano-wires or membrane-like structures may result. Sintering of the membrane-like scaffolds above the decomposition temperature of the organic salt creates nanopores within the structures, creating a dual hierarchy of pores.
US11504438B2
Gas vesicles, protein variants and related compositions methods and systems for singleplexed and/or multiplexed ultrasound imaging of a target site in which a gas vesicle provides contrast for the imaging which is modifiable by application of a selectable acoustic collapse pressure value of the gas vesicle.
US11504436B2
The invention provides a novel class of MRI contrast agents based on biogenic hemin and compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof.
US11504430B2
The present invention provides a novel method for the preparation of 18F-fluoride (18F) for use in radiofluorination reactions. The method of the invention finds use especially in the preparation of 18F-labelled positron emission tomography (PET) tracers. The method of the invention is particularly advantageous where bulk solutions are prepared and stored in prefilled vials rather than being freshly prepared on the day of synthesis. Also provided by the present invention is a radiofluorination reaction which comprises the method of the invention, as well as a cassette for use in carrying out the method of the invention and/or the radiofluorination method of the invention on an automated radiosynthesis apparatus.
US11504428B2
A photosensitizer and derivative, application thereof. The photosensitizer has the structure of general formula I, wherein X is S or Se, Y is organic or inorganic ion, R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, alkyl, alkoxy, alkyl amido, alkyl azide and the like; R3 is selected from H, alkyl, alkoxy, amino sulfonyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl and the like, and L1 is a linker selected from —(CH2)n1— or —(CH2CH2O)n2—. The derivatives are molecular medicines with drug molecules of anticancer and chemotherapy or tumor targeting function connected to the said photosensitizer. The photosensitizer has excellent near infrared characteristics and low dark toxicity and is used in the field of photodynamic tumor therapy. The introduction of benzophenothiazine or benzophenoselenazine into derivatives with tumor-targeting function could improve the specific uptake of photosensitizer in tumor tissues. Moreover, clinical anticancer drugs can be introduced into the structure of benzophenothiazine or benzophenoselenazine to achieve the purpose of combining therapy of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy.
US11504423B2
Methods for generating immune responses using adenovirus vectors that allow multiple vaccinations with the same adenovirus vector and vaccinations in individuals with preexisting immunity to adenovirus are provided.
US11504411B1
An herbal formulation including effective amounts of cat's claw extract, Astragalus extract, Echinacea extract, Moringa extract; astaxanthin, black elderberry extract, vitamin B12, blackseed extract, oregano extract; garlic extract; tumeric extract, and vitamin E provides nutritional support for healthy immune function. The herbal formulation may be packaged in dosage forms that are particularly effective in fighting infections, and especially viral infections.
US11504407B2
Novel Bifidobacterium bacteria having an opioid peptide decomposition action and a noncollagenous glycoprotein decomposition action are provided. The present invention relates to one or more kinds of Bifidobacterium bacteria selected from the group consisting of Bifidobacterium bifidum MCC1092 (NITE BP-02429), Bifidobacterium bifidum MCC1319 (NITE BP-02431), Bifidobacterium bifidum MCC1868 (NITE BP-02432), Bifidobacterium bifidum MCC1870 (NITE BP-02433), and Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum MCC1110 (NITE BP-02430), as well as a composition for decomposing an opioid peptide and composition for decomposing a noncollagenous glycoprotein containing the Bifidobacterium bacteria as an active ingredient.
US11504406B2
A probiotic combination for inhibition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci includes Bacillus coagulans, Lactobacillus rhamnosus CG, Lactobacillus reuteri, and Lactobacillus acidophilus. The probiotic combination can inhibit growth, host cell attachment, or virulence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and also can inhibit virulence gene expression of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. The virulence gene includes at least one of asa1, acm, ebpA, ebpB, ebpC, efaA, sagA, esp, sgrA, and scm genes.
US11504396B2
Methods and compositions for treating cancer are disclosed. The compositions comprise immune cells pretreated with ponatinib, or immune cells co-administered with ponatinib, where ponatinib promotes survival and anti-cancer cytotoxicity of the immune cells.
US11504394B2
The present disclosure provides ionophore compounds, which are useful for facilitating delivery of a metal ion to a cell, tissue or organ of interest. The present disclosure provides compositions comprising the subject ionophore compounds. The present disclosure provides methods of delivering a metal ion intracellularly to a target cell. The present disclosure also provides methods of treating a condition associated with a metal deficiency in an individual.
US11504383B2
The present disclosure relates to crystalline forms of the compound 4-[(7-methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzothiazepin-4(5H)yl)methyl]benzoic acid hemifumarate, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and uses thereof to treat diseases and conditions associated with Ryanodine Receptor (RyR) dysfunction, in particular cardiac and musculoskeletal disorders and diseases.
US11504380B2
The invention relates to a method of treating cirrhosis which comprises administering to a subject in need thereof lanifibranor or a deuterated derivative thereof.
US11504379B2
The purpose of the invention is to develop, as drug-candidate compounds, a group of novel compounds having the activity of inhibiting functions of Pin1. The invention provides: a compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof; and a Pin1 inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for inflammatory diseases, a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for cancer, and a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for adiposity that use said compound/salt.
US11504377B2
This invention relates to agents that are inhibitors or activators of variant forms of endogenous proteins and novel methods of identifying such variants. Of particular interest are inhibitors and activators of endogenous protein variants, encoded by genes which have mutated, which variants often arise or are at least first identified as having arisen following exposure to a chemical agent which is known to be an inhibitor or activator of the corresponding unmutated endogenous protein.
US11504363B2
This invention is directed to the treatment of cancer, particularly lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, thyroid cancer that has metastasized to the bone. The invention is also directed to a method for treating bone cancer pain in an individual in need of such treatment comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a compound of Formula I.
US11504359B2
The present invention provides compounds having the general structural formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein, and additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for the use thereof for the treatment of any of a number of conditions or diseases involving abnormal or excessive fibrosis.
US11504358B2
A once-a-day controlled release oral dosage form of methazolamide is provided. The dosage form comprises a therapeutically effective amount of methazolamide and a high molecular weight binder. The dosage is configured for once-daily administration to a subject in need thereof, and releases methazolamide over a period of about twenty-four hours.
US11504346B2
Compositions of pro-chelator compounds are described herein. The pro-chelators may be activated in reducing conditions, such as in the intracellular space, so as to sequester metals such as iron. The pro-chelators may be used to target malignant cells or in the treatment in a condition associated with metal ion disregulation.
US11504345B2
The present invention relates to extended release liquid compositions of metformin. The extended release liquid compositions are in the form of suspensions or reconstituted powder for suspensions. Said extended release liquid compositions comprise cores of metformin coated with a release-controlling agent, wherein the coated cores are dispersed in a suspension base. Said extended release liquid compositions provide the desired uniform extended release profile throughout the shelf-life of the composition. Furthermore, said extended release liquid compositions are bioequivalent to a reference composition. It also relates to processes for the preparation of said extended release liquid compositions.
US11504344B2
This invention discloses a nutritional composition of matter that effectively provide a nootropic effect beyond the effects simple obtain by cannabinoids alone. Effectively reduce anxiety due to ingestion of xanthines containing oral products. Similarly reduce the side effects associated with the exogenous ingestion of yohimbine and its derivatives.
US11504342B2
A pharmaceutical active-containing transmucosal delivery device comprises a polymer film comprising a polymer matrix, wherein the film has a pH in the range of about 4 to about 9, and a pharmaceutical active composition disposed on a surface of the polymer film. The composition comprises at least one pharmaceutical active ingredient in the form of particles, and wherein the particles have an average particle size of about 100 nm to about 5 microns, an anti-crystallization agent, and a pH adjusting agent, wherein the concentration of the pharmaceutical active ingredient is at least 20% w/w relative to the total weight of the pharmaceutical active composition. The delivery device exhibits a residence time in the mouth of a subject ranging from about 5 minutes to about 30 minutes and is substantially mucoadhesive to a mucosa surface when placed sublingually under the tongue or placed buccally at the inner lining of the cheek.
US11504336B2
An extended release pharmaceutical composition of Clozapine The extended release composition of Clozapine provides an extended release pharmaceutical composition having Clozapine, a seal coating, an acidic coating, and an extended release coating. The composition is particularly suitable for dispensing a once-a-day solid oral pharmaceutical formulation which releases a therapeutically effective amount of Clozapine over an extended time period.
US11504335B2
The presently-disclosed subject matter relates to compositions of dual layer encapsulated cells, dual layer encapsulated stem cells. The presently-disclosed subject matter further relates to methods for improving retention of cells in vivo at a site of injury.
US11504333B2
The invention pertains to dispersible tablets comprising as active ingredient N-{3-[5-(2-Amino-4-pyrimidinyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-2-fluorophenyl}-2,6-difluorobenzenesulfonamide, methanesulfonate salt, processes for preparing the same, and processes for using the same.
US11504330B2
The invention provides ingestible particles comprising a water-swellable or water-soluble polymeric component, a lipid component, and optionally an amino acid, a vitamin and/or a micro-nutrient. The polymeric component may be embedded in the lipid component. The particle may further comprise an inert core and/or an outer layer which rapidly disintegrates after oral ingestion. The invention further provides methods for preparing the ingestible particles and uses thereof.
US11504329B2
Compositions for stabilizing and delivering proteins and/or other bioactive agents are disclosed. The bioactive agents are embedded or encapsulated in a crystalline matrix. Typically the bioactive agents are in the form of micro- or nanoparticles. The crystalline matrix confers enhanced stability to the agents embedded therein relative to other microparticulate or nanoparticulate bioactive agents. The carriers are especially useful for stabilizing bioactive macromolecules, such as proteins.
US11504325B2
Methods for quality control and optimizing the formation and characterization of micelles, vesicles or other aggregates are described herein. Pharmaceutically relevant peptides may be modified to form glycopeptide surfactants which form micelles or other aggregates with another surfactant. Glycopeptide and glycolipid surfactants can aggregate to form particles that enhance drug delivery. The glycopeptide surfactants may be drugs or pro-drugs which are delivered via the micelles or other aggregated structures.
US11504308B2
The present invention relates to a method for concealing wrinkles. The method for concealing wrinkles includes applying a cosmetic composition having an oil-wax gel for diffusing reflection of light at a wrinkled area to a skin, wherein the oil-wax gel is a gel comprising silicone oil and wax, wherein hardness of the oil-wax gel is 100 to 4000 dyn/cm2, and wherein the oil-wax gel comprises 5 to 95 parts by weight of the silicone oil relative to 100 parts by weight of the oil-wax gel and 1 to 50 parts by weight of the wax relative to 100 parts by weight of the oil-wax gel.
US11504304B2
A method for enhancing optical properties of sintered, zirconia ceramic bodies and zirconia ceramic dental restorations is provided. The porous or pre-sintered stage of a ceramic body is treated with an yttrium-containing composition and sintered, resulting in sintered ceramic bodies having enhanced optical properties. The enhanced optical properties may be substantially permanent, remaining for the useful life of the sintered ceramic body.
US11504301B2
A balloon type liquid medicine injector for continuously injecting a small amount of liquid medicine into a body of a patient is disclosed as to be easily assembled and to prevent unnecessary dead space while being inflated after a liquid medicine is injected, so as to be miniaturized. When a tube body is provided outside a fixed pipe, both ends of the tube body are folded and inserted into both ends of the fixed tube, to remove the dead space while being inserted inside the case. In addition, in a state where the both ends of the tube body are folded and inserted into the both ends of the fixed tube, an injection mechanism for injecting the liquid medicine or a stopper mechanism are coupled while pressing the tube body folded inward, so that a separate packing is unnecessary and the airtightness is maintained.
US11504292B2
The gait motion assisting device according to the present invention replicates movement of user's leg including thigh and lower leg around hip joint by pendulum movement of a rod-like rigid body, estimates hip joint angle and hip joint angular velocity of thigh calculated based on equation of motion of the pendulum movement by a state estimator using angle-related signal received from a thigh orientation detecting means as the observation, calculates the thigh phase angle using the estimated hip joint angle and the estimated hip joint angular velocity, and outputs assisting force having torque value calculated based on the thigh phase angle.
US11504287B2
An electric vehicle includes: a mobile base capable of traveling by an electromotive drive; a seat including a seating portion having a sitting surface; and a battery capable of supplying electric power used in the electromotive drive. The seating portion of the seat includes a receiving portion capable of receiving the battery and arranged on a seat lower side with respect to the sitting surface. The mobile base is changeable between an expanded state in which a wheelbase is expanded and a contracted state in which the wheelbase is more contracted than in the expanded state. The seat is movable between a sitting position that the sitting surface faces a vehicle upper side in an expanded state of the mobile base, and a retracted position that the seating portion is retracted from the sitting position to a vehicle front side in a contracted state of the mobile base.
US11504284B2
A spinal immobilization board (1) comprising a support body (2) adapted to support the torso and the head of a person; at least one apical anchoring strap (5) configured to secure the head of the person; and an anchoring belt (9) configured to secure a portion of the torso of the person. The board (1) further comprises a gripping means (11) comprising a first and a second lifting handle (12, 13) that are arranged in a respective perimeter portion of the board (1) and extend outwardly from the board. The first and second lifting handles (12, 13) are active on a portion of the board (1) adapted to be arranged near the armpits of the person in a handling condition of the board (1).
US11504272B2
The invention is generally directed to phacoemulsification systems and methods, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing transverse phacoemulsification. In accordance with one embodiment, a phacoemulsification system is provided having a handpiece with a needle, wherein the phacoemulsification system is configured to vibrate the distal end of the needle in both an effective transverse direction and an effective longitudinal direction when power, having a single effective operating frequency is applied to the handpiece.
US11504266B2
A snoring prevention pillow includes: a center protrusion (101) allowing sleeper's head and neck to laterally rotate in either left or right direction at the center of upper and lower surfaces of a pillow body (10); a neck support (102) formed on lower portions of the upper and lower surfaces of the pillow body (10); and headrest portions (103) formed at opposite sides of the center protrusion (101) and each having a groove shape that is thinner than the pillow body (10), wherein the headrest portions (103) each have the groove that becomes deeper from the lower to upper portion in the upper lateral direction such that the head and the neck of the sleeper can be tilted in the upper lateral direction.
US11504264B2
An ostomy output diversion device is used to cover and seal closely around a patient's stoma, to divert stoma effluent output through the device, into a container or reservoir, temporarily eliminating the need of an adhesive-based ostomy pouching system. The ostomy output diversion device is placed over the person's stoma, with the base ring surrounding the peristomal skin, the adjustable inner tube is retracted until the base ring is centered over the stoma, the body support strap is then placed over the device to secure it to the patient's body, the inner tube is then extended over the stoma, the patient applies the desired pressure against the skin, then secures the inner tube in place with the pressure adjustment lock. The device may also include an ostomy pouch mounting ring for attachment to an ostomy pouch, and a disposable receptacle.
US11504257B2
A dorsal night splint has dynamic adjustable features that allow the patient to adjust the splint while in use to control the stretching of the plantar fascia and Achilles. A semi-rigid flexible frame is included along with a tightening strap that is anchored to the frame and by which the patient can tension the strap and adjust the structure of the frame to fit the patient's desired therapeutic or prophylactic needs.
US11504248B2
A device for delivering a bone material to a surgical site is provided. The device comprises a body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the body is substantially transverse to the upper portion and has an opening for receiving a bone material. An internal chamber is disposed within the upper portion and the lower portion, and a plunger is slidably disposed in at least the internal chamber of the body. The plunger has a distal end configured for delivering the bone material out of the lower portion of the body, wherein movement of the plunger in a first position toward the lower portion of the body delivers the bone material from the lower portion of the body to the surgical site. Methods of delivering the bone material are also provided.
US11504246B2
A prosthetic disc can take the form of a sensing artificial disc that includes a resilient core and at least one sensor configured to sense one or more conditions within and/or experienced by the disc. The sensing artificial disc can serve as a replacement to a failed or injured disc between two vertebrae of a spine. The sensing artificial disc can include at least one element configured to change a condition or property of the resilient core in response to a condition sensed by the at least one sensor. A prosthetic disc can include therapeutic system configured to deliver medication to the body, which can include a reservoir of medication.
US11504240B2
A graft cage includes cross-sectional portions and longitudinal members. Each portion includes base transverse members forming a cage base; a first arm including first arm transverse members; a second arm including second arm transverse members; base connecting struts, each base connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the base members; first arm connecting struts, each first arm connecting strut extending between a first one of the first members and a second one of the first members; and second arm connecting struts, each second arm connecting strut extending between first one and second one of the second members. The longitudinal members connect the portions to one another. Intersections of the portions with the longitudinal members forming pores in the first and second arms. The pores receive an arm tip of a further graft cage therein to interlock the cage with the further cage.
US11504237B2
Cardiac valve repair devices with annuloplasty features and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A cardiac valve repair device configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an atrial fixation member configured to engage tissue within a left atrium proximate to a native mitral valve and a spring mechanism coupled to an inferior edge portion of the atrial fixation member. The spring mechanism has an extended state with a first length corresponding to a dimension of the atrial fixation member in a deployed state and a relaxed state with a shorter length corresponding to a desired dimension of the native valve annulus. When implanted, the spring mechanism contracts the atrial fixation member such that the native mitral annulus anchored to the atrial fixation member reduces in a cross-sectional dimension.
US11504235B2
The invention discloses an auxiliary balloon structure for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), which comprises a balloon head and a balloon body. When unexpanded, the balloon body has two conical ends and a cylindrical middle part. The conical ends are defined as a front and a rear conical part. The cylindrical middle part is provided with a mastoid structure. The front and rear conical parts are made of a semi-compliant material, while the cylindrical middle part is made of a non-compliant material.
US11504227B2
Provided is an injector assembly, comprising: —an injector, which has a plunger and a cannula and is designed to move an intraocular lens through the cannula by means of a translational motion of the plunger; —a magnetic coupling; and—a drive unit, which has a first coupling half of the magnetic coupling, a motor, which is designed to drive the first coupling half into a first rotational motion, and a housing, within which the first coupling half and the motor are encapsulated and which has an annular housing portion, which delimits a channel having a circular cross-section. The injector has a second coupling half of the magnetic coupling, and the injector and the second coupling half are arranged in the channel. The first coupling half is arranged around the annular housing portion and is thus designed to perform the first rotational motion around the annular housing portion and thus to drive the second coupling half into a second rotational motion by means of a magnetic field of the magnetic coupling, which magnetic field penetrates the annular housing portion. The injector is designed to convert the second rotational motion into the translational motion of the plunger.
US11504220B2
The invention relates to medicine, in particular, to gynecology and urology, namely, to for ligature delivery system for axial fixation of pelvic floor structures in pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Ligature delivery system for axial fixation of pelvic floor structures in pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence consisting of the mesh material that is woven from a non-biodegradable and biodegradable monofilament threads, according to the invention so that non-biodegradable threads are arranged along to the implant axis and are not linked with each other. The technical effect is providing the axial support that is physiological for apical structures of pelvic floor and minimizing risks of mesh-associated postsurgical complications.
US11504217B2
A personal care cleaning device (10) including a housing (12), a resonant drive actuator (20), which includes a rotor (24) having a first moment of inertia (Jr) and a stator (22) having a second moment of inertia (Js); a first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) having a first spring constant (krh), each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf spring elements (60) being connected the housing (12) and to the rotor (24) such that each leaf spring element of the first plurality of leaf springs elements (60) extends radially from the rotor (24) to the housing (12), each leaf spring element of the second plurality of leaf spring elements (62) being connected to the housing (12) and engaging with the stator (22), wherein the ratio of the first (krh) and second (ksh) spring constants is sufficiently similar to the ratio of the first (Jr) and second moments (Js) of inertia such that there is substantially no resulting torque transmitted to the housing (12) during operation.
US11504216B2
The present disclosure discloses a water flosser comprises a housing, a tooth irrigation portion, a water nozzle portion, a winding mechanism, and a water pipe configured to be bent and wound. The tooth irrigation portion is disposed in the housing and comprises a water inlet and a water outlet. The water nozzle portion is in communication with the water outlet of the tooth irrigation portion.
US11504214B2
The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems, and computer-implemented methods for forming and placing attachments for use with dental appliances, and more particularly to the design, manufacture, and use of three-dimensionally printed attachment templates for use with orthodontic devices. Dental attachment templates include a cavity with one or more openings for injecting and bonding attachment material directly on a patient's tooth, which allow accurate placement of the attachments while providing the dental practitioner flexibility during the attachment forming process. Digital dental attachment template model techniques can be used to accurately place the cavity and opening.
US11504208B2
A tool holder for use as a surgical assistant, the tool holder including: first and second beam members; a frame; at least one linkage member coupled to the frame and the first and second beam members; a mounting configuration to hold a tool, the mounting configuration being coupled to the first and second beam members; and a drive mechanism mounted with respect to the frame, wherein the at least one linkage member and the mounting configuration are coupled to the first and second beam members in a parallelogram configuration, the drive mechanism is configured to drive a tilt movement of the mounting configuration with respect to the frame by movement of the first beam member with respect to the second beam member to orient the mounting configuration to a tilt angle, and the drive mechanism is configured to drive a pan movement of the tool about a pan axis, the drive mechanism being further configured to orient the pan axis with respect to the frame dependent on the tilt angle.
US11504207B2
A magnetic marker for marking a site in tissue in the body. In one embodiment, the marker comprises a magnetic metallic glass. In another embodiment, the marker is in a non-spherical configuration having an anisotropy ratio less than 9. In yet another embodiment, the marker is in a non-spherical configuration having an anisotropy ratio less than 6. In yet another embodiment, the marker is in a non-spherical configuration having an anisotropy ratio less than 3.
US11504206B2
An apparatus for implanting a localization wire, wherein the apparatus exhibits a ready configuration and a relaxed configuration, includes a handle having a slot and a cannula disposed within the handle and having an insertion tip and a projection configured to selectively enter the slot. The cannula is movable between a ready configuration and a relaxed configuration. A localization wire is disposed within the cannula. An actuator is configured to retract the cannula into the handle.
US11504204B2
A medical or surgical sterile container includes a first container part, a second container part, and at least one closure system arranged on the second container part which is pivotable between a closed position, in which the first container part and the second container part are locked to each other by the closure system, and an open position, in which the first container part and the second container part are unlocked. The first container part has an integrally formed edge portion on which the closure system is immediately supported in the closed position, for transferring a closing force of the first container part to the second container part.
US11504197B1
Co-manipulation robotic systems are described herein that may be used for assisting with laparoscopic surgical procedures. The co-manipulation robotic systems allow a surgeon to use commercially-available surgical tools while providing benefits associated with surgical robotics. Advantageously, the surgical tools may be seamlessly coupled to the robot arms using a disposable coupler while the reusable portions of the robot arm remain in a sterile drape. Further, the co-manipulation robotic system may operate in multiple modes to enhance usability and safety, while allowing the surgeon to position the instrument directly with the instrument handle and further maintain the desired position of the instrument using the robot arm.
US11504179B2
A surgical system includes an active terminal, a return terminal, an active electrode, a return electrode, an active plug configured to connect to the active terminal, and a return plug configured to connect to the return terminal. The return plug is coupled to the return electrode and coupled between the active plug and the active electrode. The return plug is configured to break an electrical connection between the active plug and the active electrode when the return plug is not connected to the return terminal and to establish an electrical connection between the active plug and the active electrode when the return plug is connected to the return terminal.
US11504175B2
A bone plate having at least one screw hole adapted to receive a bone screw, a blocker having a blocking end for blocking a bone screw from further backout of bone the blocker being predisposed in a blocking position wherein the blocking end at least partially overlaps a portion of the screw hole, the blocker being moveable from the blocking position by contact with the bone screw during insertion of the bone screw into the screw hole, and a blocker fixation element having an open orientation at which the blocker can move from the blocking position and a closed orientation preventing substantial movement of the blocker from the blocking position. The blocker fixation element cannot be moved to the closed orientation unless the screw head passes the blocker, thereby revealing that the blocker fixation element is in position to prevent substantial movement of the blocker.
US11504170B2
A bone fixation assembly may include an elongate fixation member and a flexible tensioning element. The elongate fixation member may include a central longitudinal axis, a distal portion couplable to a first bone fragment of a bone, and a proximal portion couplable to a second bone fragment of the bone to provide fixation of the second bone fragment relative to the first bone fragment. The flexible tensioning element may be couplable to the proximal and distal portions of the elongate fixation member to secure the elongate fixation member to the bone. The flexible tensioning element may be configured to span a bone fracture intermediate the first bone fragment and the second bone fragment to preload the bone fracture in compression to resist tensile force imparted across the bone fracture, thereby maintaining fixation of the first bone fragment relative to the second bone fragment.
US11504148B2
A personal care appliance includes a housing having a first end and a second end located opposite and distal the first end, a treatment head member coupled to the first end of the housing, a sonic motor provided in the housing and being structured to oscillate the head member, and a drainage system comprising a pump provided in the housing, a first conduit fluidly coupled to the pump and the head member, and a second conduit fluidly coupled to the pump and the second end of the housing.
US11504133B2
Disclosed is an atrial appendage clip, including a first clip arm and a second clip arm that are symmetrically arranged; a first cavity and a second cavity are correspondingly provided in the first clip arm and the second clip arm along an axial direction thereof; a first spring and a second spring are correspondingly provided in the first cavity and the second cavity; the first spring is connected with the second clip arm via a first pull wire, and the second spring is connected with the first clip arm via a second pull wire, so as to form a closed loop structure; and as the first spring and the second spring are stretched or compressed, the first clip arm and the second clip arm are opened or closed therebetween.
US11504131B2
An in-vivo indwelling instrument in which a stretch resistant member or a resin tip at a distal end part of a coil does not easily stray from the coil, a delivering system for the in-vivo indwelling instrument, and a method for producing the in-vivo indwelling instrument is disclosed. An in-vivo indwelling instrument includes: a coil that is formed by winding a wire; a resin tip connected to a distal end part of the coil; and a stretch resistant member that is provided in a lumen of the coil and is connected to the resin tip. The coil includes a gap portion, and a part of the resin tip exists in the gap portion.
US11504130B2
Balloon catheters and methods are provided for selectively occluding blood flow into a right atrium of a patient's heart communicating with an inferior vena cava (IVC) and superior vena cava (SVC). In one embodiment, a catheter includes first and second balloons adjacent one another on a distal end of the catheter shaft. During use, the distal end is introduced into the right atrium and positioned such that the first balloon is located within the right atrium. The first balloon is expanded within the right atrium and the catheter shaft directed such that the expanded first balloon engages at least a portion of the IVC to prevent substantial inflow into the right atrium from the IVC. The second balloon is then expanded to limit inflow into the right atrium from the SVC, and a medical procedure is performed within the patient's body.
US11504129B2
A medical device has an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element adapted to contract a hollow body organ in such a way that said contractile element is adapted to be in a resting position or in an activated position, the activated position being defined with the contractile element constricting the hollow body organ and the resting position being defined with the contractile element not constricting the hollow body organ. The medical device further includes a tensioning device adapted to apply a force so as to tighten the contractile element around the hollow body organ, the tensioning device having a flexible transmission with a tensioning element arranged in a sheath. The sheath has an inner coiled wire coiled in a first direction, and an outer coiled wire surrounding the inner coiled wire and coiled in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
US11504126B2
Controls systems and methods are provided for controlling a surgical clip applier for applying surgical clips to a vessel, duct, shunt, etc., during a surgical procedure are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a control system is provided for controlling at least one motor coupled to a drive system on a surgical clip applier device for driving one or more drive assemblies and thereby actuating one or more actuation assemblies. The control system can be configured to communicate with the drive system of the clip applier tool and to control and modify movement of one or more drive assemblies and actuation assemblies based on certain feedback.
US11504124B2
Drive assemblies for surgical clamping and cutting instruments, as well as surgical clamping and cutting instruments using these drive assemblies, are disclosed. The drive assemblies may include a drive member, a locking member mounted to the drive member, and a spring. The drive member may be configured to releasably engage at least one of a knife or a shuttle of a surgical clamping and cutting instrument for translating the knife and/or shuttle in a distal direction through a firing stroke. The locking member may be movable from a first position permitting distal translation of the drive member through the firing stroke, and a second position inhibiting distal translation of the drive member through the firing stroke. The spring may be configured to bias the locking member toward the second position.
US11504123B2
An adapter assembly for selective connection to a surgical device is provided. The adapter assembly includes an outer tube having a distal end and a proximal end, a housing secured to the proximal end of the outer tube, and a cable drive assembly supported by the housing. The cable drive assembly includes a worm gear drive assembly, a cable gear assembly coupled to the worm gear drive assembly, and one or more cables coupled to the cable gear assembly and axially translatable within the outer tube.
US11504122B2
A surgical instrument comprising a first jaw, a second jaw rotatable relative to the first jaw about a pivot, and a firing system comprising a firing member is disclosed. The firing member is movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position. When the firing member is in its proximal unfired position, the pivot is nested within a recess defined in the firing member. In at least one instance, the firing member comprises a tissue cutting knife. In various instances, the firing member comprises a first cam slideably positioned within the first jaw and a second cam slideably positioned within the second jaw. In at least one such instance, the second cam is contained within a chamber defined in the second jaw when the firing member is in its proximal unfired position.
US11504121B2
A surgical stapling instrument includes a body portion and a tool assembly extending from the body portion. The tool assembly includes a jaw member, and a first connector assembly disposed within the jaw member. The first connector assembly includes a first connector housing and first and second connector members extending from the first connector housing. The surgical stapling instrument further includes a cartridge assembly selective receivable within the jaw member. The cartridge assembly includes a second connector assembly configured for electrical connection with the first connector assembly. The second connector assembly includes a second connector housing and first and second contact members disposed within the second connector housing. The first and second connector members of the first connector assembly are configured to engage the respective first and second contact members of the second connector housing when the cartridge assembly is received within the jaw member of the tool assembly.
US11504110B2
A locking suture construct having suture material with a first end and a second end, each attached to a first body in a slidable manner, a constricting member formed in the second end of the suture material, and a bight in the suture material between the first end and the second end. The bight can be pulled through the constricting member around a second body to create a locking loop. The first end and the second end are passed through the locking loop. Pulling the first end increases a perimeter of the locking loop and moves the constricting member toward the second body. When the constricting member reaches the second body, pulling the first end reduces the perimeter of the locking loop and moves/rotates the constricting member around the second body toward the first body to hold the first body in relative position to the second body.
US11504090B2
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a two-dimensional (2D) transducer array in which a plurality of transducers that transmit/receive an ultrasound signal to/from an object are arranged in two dimensions; an analog beamformer configured to perform analog beamforming in a first direction, and perform analog beamforming in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction on signals respectively received by the plurality of transducers; and a digital beamformer configured to perform digital beamforming on the signals that are analog-beamformed in the first direction, and perform digital beamforming on the signals that are analog-beamformed in the second direction.
US11504084B2
A radiographing control apparatus includes a hardware processor. A radiographic imaging apparatus is exposed to a radiation from an irradiating apparatus through the subject. The hardware processor retrieves pre-exposure image data which the radiographic imaging apparatus generates by performing a pre-exposure to the subject at a pre-exposure dose of less than a dose of a subsequent main exposure, and calculates a total dose required to obtain diagnostic image data to be used for diagnosis. The hardware processor outputs a main exposure dose based on the calculated total dose to the irradiating apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus. The hardware processor retrieves main exposure image data which the radiographic imaging apparatus generates by performing the main exposure to the subject at the main exposure dose, and combines the main exposure image data with the pre-exposure image data to generate the diagnostic image data.
US11504081B2
A mobile medical imaging device that allows for multiple support structures, such as a tabletop or a seat, to be attached, and in which the imaging gantry is indexed to the patient by translating up and down the patient axis. In one embodiment, the imaging gantry can translate, rotate and/or tilt with respect to a support base, enabling imaging in multiple orientations, and can also rotate in-line with the support base to facilitate easy transport and/or storage of the device. The imaging device can be used in, for example, x-ray computed tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications.
US11504080B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a photon counting detector, and processing circuitry. The X-ray tube radiates X-rays. The photon counting detector detects the X-rays radiated from the X-ray tube and transmitted through a subject. The processing circuitry adjusts a temperature adjustment amount used for regulating a temperature of the photon counting detector according to an imaging mode.
US11504078B2
A radiation protection material (10) is arranged between at least two layers (21, 22) of at least one plastic-containing element in order to produce a radiation protection element. At least part of the gas present between the at least two layers (21, 22) is removed. The at least two layers (21, 22) are connected with each other.
US11504065B2
A signal conversion circuit, a heart rate sensor, and an electronic device are provided, and the signal conversion circuit includes: a photoelectric conversion circuit, configured to convert an optical signal into a current signal; a differential signal conversion circuit, connected to the photoelectric conversion circuit, and configured to convert the current signal into a first differential signal and a second differential signal, where the first differential signal is an integration signal of the current signal in a first phase, and the second differential signal is an integration signal of the current signal in a second phase; and a subtraction amplifier, connected to the differential signal conversion circuit, and configured to amplify a difference value between the first differential signal and the second differential signal, to generate a third differential signal. The signal conversion circuit of embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively suppress ambient interference.
US11504059B2
A system for monitoring vital signs, configured to be used in conjunction with a computerized mobile device, the system including: a cover sensor assembly adapted to be operably engaged with the computerized mobile device, the cover sensor assembly having integrated therein at least one physiological sensor; a physiological data acquisition module configured to generate a physiological parameter measurement descriptive of a physical stimulus received by the at least one physiological sensor; and a validation module configured to control a validity status of the physiological parameter measurement.
US11504051B2
A system and/or method for determining human health uses a head-worn apparatus that comprises a head orientation sensor, an eye imaging device, and an electronic circuit. The head orientation sensor is configured for generating an electrical head orientation signal in response to head pitch or head yaw. The eye imaging device is configured for observing an eye feature from the sclera, cornea, iris, or pupil, and generates an eye electrical signal in response to eye position, horizontal eye movement, vertical eye movement, pupil size or eyeblinks at a plurality of times. The electronic circuit is configured for generating an ocular parameter measurement such as saccades, vestibulo-ocular reflex, vestibulo-ocular reflex cancellation, vergence, smooth pursuit, nystagmus, dynamic visual acuity, pupil size, and/or eyeblinks from the head and eye electrical signals. The ocular parameter measurement can be used to determine normal human health, a neurologic disorder, a biochemical health impairment, or a physiologic health impairment.
US11504041B2
The present disclosure relates to a device configured to be adhered to the surface of a mammal for recording physiological signals. The device may include a housing enclosing a circuit board and a flexible wing extending from the housing. The device may include an electrode coupled to the flexible wing and an electrical trace for transmitting an electrical signal between the electrode and the circuit board. The electrical trace may have an insulator with a conductive material and resistors printed on the surface of the insulator. The trace layer may include conductive vias for transmitting the signal from a bottom of the trace layer to a top of the trace layer. The housing may include a battery having a battery terminal connector configured to provide electrical access to both terminals on a single side of the battery. The housing may include a floating trigger button.
US11504029B1
Methods for controlling an aspect of an application in a mobile or wearable device and a mobile or wearable device user's representation in real time are described, where the user is performing a gait activity with a gait cadence, and the gait cadence is used for control. Additional user's mobility characteristics leveraged for control may include velocity and stride length, and the sensors utilized to obtain any contextual information may be accelerometers.
US11504020B2
A system for detecting an anomalous event in a person includes a body in contact with a skin surface of a person; a heat source for heating the skin surface to a target temperature; a skin temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the skin surface in contact with the heat source; a blood volume sensor for measuring a blood volume of the skin surface; and a hardware processor communicatively coupled to the heat source, the blood volume sensor, the skin temperature sensor, and an environmental temperature sensor. The hardware processor is configured to receive a baseline blood volume signal, output a heating signal to the heat source to initiate a heating cycle, receive a second blood volume signal from the blood volume sensor, compare the second blood volume signal to the baseline blood volume signal, and determine whether an anomalous biologic event has occurred.
US11504018B2
An electrode multiplexing physiological parameter monitoring ring, comprising a built-in power supply (2), a microprocessor module (1), an electrocardiogram monitoring analog front end (3), a skin conductance monitoring module (4), a first electrode (6), and a second electrode (7). The microprocessor module (1) is connected to the electrocardiogram monitoring analog front end (3) and the skin conductance monitoring module (4). The first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7) are connected to the electrocardiogram monitoring analog front end (3), and the electrocardiogram monitoring analog front end (3) processes electrocardiogram signals collected by the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7). The first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7) are further connected to the skin conductance monitoring module (4), and the skin conductance monitoring module (4) processes skin impedance signals collected by the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7). A coupling manner in which the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7) are coupled to the electrocardiogram monitoring analog front end (3) is direct current coupling or alternating current coupling, and is opposite to a coupling manner in which the first electrode (6) and the second electrode (7) are coupled to the skin conductance monitoring module (4). By means of the electrode multiplexing physiological parameter monitoring ring, electrocardiogram monitoring, heart rate monitoring, and skin conductance monitoring are implemented through only two electrodes, so that the number of electrodes is reduced, and system design is simplified.
US11503992B2
An intubation device for use in an endotracheal intubation procedure includes: a laryngoscope blade having a tip and a base; a handle attached to the base of the blade; a channel, the channel including a blade channel portion extending along the blade substantially from the tip to the base and including an outlet proximate to the tip and a handle channel portion extending partially along the handle from the blade channel portion; and a tube movement mechanism in the handle, the tube movement mechanism including a thumb interface.
US11503988B2
This invention relates to an endoscopic device, and more particularly but not exclusively to an endoscopic device suitable for use in diagnostic and/or surgical procedures. The endoscopic device includes a base and a shaft extending from the base. The shaft is at least partially flexible and includes a bending section that is selectively displaceable between a straight configuration and a bent configuration. The endoscopic device also includes an actuation arrangement for selectively displacing the bending section between the straight and bent positions. The actuation arrangement includes at least one actuator which is at least partially made from a shape memory alloy, and which is configured to displace the bending section of the shaft when electric current is passed therethrough. The actuator is located inside the base of the device.
US11503985B2
The subject matter discloses a medical imaging device, comprising a rigid elongated member, a rigid distal member connected to the rigid elongated member, wherein said distal member comprises a front camera and a first side camera and a foldable circuit board located within the distal member, said front camera and said first side camera are connected to foldable arms of the foldable circuit board, wherein said foldable circuit board is designed to be put in a foldable position and inserted into said distal member.
US11503984B2
A scope system is provided including an elongate tube with a distal portion and a lumen extending therethrough. The scope system also includes at least one accessory channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having with an accessory lumen extending therethrough, the at least one accessory channel movably disposed at least partially within the lumen of the elongate tube. The at least one accessory channel includes a distal section and a forward-viewing configuration and a side-viewing configuration. In the forward-viewing configuration, the distal section of the at least one accessory channel is substantially parallel to the distal portion of the elongate tube and in the side-viewing configuration, the distal section of the at least one accessory channel is arced at a radius greater than a radius of the distal portion of the elongate tube.
US11503982B2
An image processing apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: calculate a motion evaluation value on a motion of a subject in a determination target frame; acquire a difference evaluation value of the determination target frame; determine whether to perform defective pixel detection on an image of the determination target frame by using the motion evaluation value and the difference evaluation value; and when it is determined that the defective pixel detection is to be performed, detect a defective pixel by determining whether a pixel of interest that is a determination target is a defective pixel with respect to the image of the determination target frame, based on a pixel value of the pixel of interest and pixel values of neighboring pixels that are located in a vicinity of the pixel of interest.
US11503974B2
A cleaner performing autonomous traveling includes a main body, a driving unit moving the main body, a battery supplying power to the driving unit, a communication unit performing communication with a charging station to charge the battery, a sensor sensing a signal emitted from the charging station, and a controller controlling the driving unit such that the main body is docked to the charging station on the basis of the signal sensed by the sensor, wherein when the main body starts to move to dock to the charging station, the controller determines a kind of the signal sensed by the sensor and controls the driving unit such that the main body moves along a traveling path corresponding to a circle centered on a predetermined point on the basis of the determined kind of the signal.
US11503965B2
The invention relates to a multi-purpose container (1) with an air freshening function for receiving cloths (31), in particular for use in a drink holder of a vehicle. The multi-purpose container comprises a housing (10) with a lid (20) for forming a receiving space (13) in the housing (10). The lid (20) has an opening (22) for the removal of cloths (31) from the receiving space (13) and a receiving recess (21) for receiving the scented insert (40).
US11503964B2
A customizable cleaning brush, including a main body, a plurality of head members removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to brush, scrub, and massage a body of a user, a plurality of operation controls disposed on at least a portion of a first side of the main body to perform at least one of a rotation, oscillation, and vibration of the plurality of head members, and a plurality of pressure controls disposed on at least a portion of a second side of the main body to perform at least one of a speed control and a pressure control of the plurality of head members.
US11503962B1
A cutting board drain device for being a cutting board with a food slicer attachment includes a cutting board which is positioned on top of a sink basin. The cutting board has a top surface protruding into the cutting board whereby defining a space for a variety of food items to be stored within. A support is coupled to a front edge of the cutting board and helps to retain the cutting board in a fixed position relative to a sink basin. A plurality of stubs is positioned on the bottom surface of the cutting board and assist in reducing movement within the sink basin. The top surface has a drain providing an outlet for a variety of liquids held within the top surface. A slicer is attached to the top surface and has a blade for portioning a variety of food items.
US11503960B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher for washing fruits and vegetables with less water and minimum energy use. The dishwasher (M) comprises main body; first basket (S); bottom area (1) in which there are provided two-way valve (1a), first channel (1b) and second channel (1c); washing compartment (2) comprising third channel (2a), first water outlet (2b), second water outlet (2c) and drainage connection unit (2d); fruit and vegetable washing apparatus (F) located on the first basket (S) and comprising chamber (4) in which fruits and vegetables are washed, carrying member (2) providing connection to the first basket (S) and one side of which is connected with lower side of the chamber (4), first water inlet (7) through which water reaching the first water outlet (2b) is transmitted into the carrying member (2), second water inlet (8) transmitting water from the second water outlet (2c) into the chamber (4); and control unit which controls operation of the valve (1a) such that water is transmitted to the second channel (1c) for washing fruits and vegetables or to the first channel (1b) for washing dishes inside the dishwasher (M), in response to the user-selected washing program of the dishwasher (M).
US11503957B2
A device for storing and dispensing coffee beans, comprising a hopper defining a chamber adapted to contain the beans and provided, on the bottom, with an admission opening; a support base to support the hopper; a rotary dosing device rotatably mounted in a seat to rotate from and to a rest position, and provided with at least one cavity open on the outer surface of the rotary dosing device; and vacuum generating means to create and maintain the vacuum within the chamber. The dosing device has at least one annular groove engaged by a V-ring seal comprising a sealing lip, which, in said rest position, is compressed against an annular surface of the seat to seal the chamber and it is oriented relative to said seat, so as to be further compressed against said annular surface when subjected to a vacuum created in the chamber when air is sucked out therefrom.
US11503955B2
A coffee grinding apparatus includes a removable holder assembly having first and second arms that are spaced-apart from one another to define an open receiving area therebetween. The arms each include upper and lower tabs that extend inwardly into the open receiving area first and second distances, respectively. The first and second distances of the upper and lower tabs are configured to retain and support portafilter assemblies of various sizes for filling with coffee grounds using the coffee grinder apparatus. Another holder assembly for use with the coffee grinding apparatus may include opposed abutment surfaces for engaging inner and outer surfaces of a cup portion of various sized portafilter assemblies. Each disclosed holder assembly is configured to attach to a pedestal portion of the coffee grinding apparatus in use, and can be stored in a support base of the coffee grinding apparatus when not in use.
US11503945B2
A beverage making machine having a cartridge holder with an upper portion movable in pivotal and/or linear ways relative to a lower portion. An actuator for the cartridge portion may include a handle-actuated spur gear and link to move the upper portion, which may be guided in movement via a cam and cam follower engagement. Information from a cartridge detector may be used based on movement of cartridge holder portions, e.g., as an upper portion moves from an open position to a closed position. A mixing chamber may be held by a drawer so as to be removable, and movement of the drawer may engage/disengage the mixing chamber from a fluid supply.
US11503944B2
A beverage brewing assembly includes a mixing chamber configured to receive a first beverage material and defining an aperture configured to be selectively opened. A hot water source is operably coupled with the mixing chamber and is configured to selectively provide a predetermined quantity of hot water to the mixing chamber and thereby form a mixture comprising the first beverage material and the predetermined quantity of hot water. A brew basket is positioned below the mixing chamber and includes an outlet at a bottom of the brew basket. The brew basket is configured to house a second brewing material and is configured to receive the mixture from the aperture of the mixing chamber to interact with the second brewing material. A receptacle is positioned below the brew basket and is configured to receive a brewed beverage from the outlet of the brew basket.
US11503937B2
Embodiments provide methods and systems for designing decorative articles, such as cornice style window valances, wall accents and table accents, and method for making the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a kit used for making such a decorative article. The kit may include valance panel design forms, such as one side panel valance design form and one or two center panel design forms or one design form for all panels. The kit also includes one or more traceable style form sheets, one or more peel and stick style form sheets and design guide.
US11503935B2
Adjustable over-the-door hook assemblies with removable door spacers that accommodate different door thicknesses and different types of doors are disclosed. The door spacer may be selectively mounted on a support bracket, or may be removed from the bracket for use with thicker doors. A door bumper may also be provided on a lower portion of the hook assembly to vertically align the assembly and to prevent damage to the door.
US11503932B2
An insulating container can be configured to retain a volume of liquid, and include a canister having a first inner wall having a first end having an opening extending into an internal reservoir, and a second outer wall forming an outer shell. The opening can be sealed by a spout adapter, the spout adapter having an internal passageway extending between the internal reservoir and a spout opening, which may be smaller than the opening of the canister. The spout opening may be sealed with an upper cap that has a magnetic top surface. The upper cap may be selectively coupled to seal the spout opening, or may be magnetically coupled to a magnetic docking surface of a docking structure on the spout adapter.
US11503930B2
A multi-use pillow that provides for a shape guided by and contemplated for use in therapeutics, ergonomics, and comfort. The multi-use pillow comprises of an outer shell configured with a first enclosure, a second enclosure, and a channel separating the two enclosures. A first inner pod and a second inner pod are received into the first enclosure and the second enclosure, respectively, and are structured to conform to a size of their respective enclosures. The multi-use pillow may be folded at the channel and allow the pillow to be adapted for use as a stacked pillow or back support. The multi-use pillow may also be adapted for several sleeping styles conforming to proper lumbar and neck support.
US11503925B1
A free standing display case with a product display system capable of displaying product and delivering multiple different messages with the illumination of the product and the illumination of a product display panel separable from each other with the information on the illuminated product display panel generated from a backlit panel.
US11503924B2
An escapement mechanism of a cutlery dispenser causes a cutlery article to fall from a vertical stack onto a slide track that guides it to a dispensing position. A slide channel and head channel of the slide track can laterally confine the cutlery article. A dampening surface can reduce cutlery bouncing and skewing. The escapement mechanism can include at least three pivots and/or a coil return spring. Dispensers can be installed in a base in any desired combination and retained therein by compatible features such as flanges and slots that prevent dispenser tipping. In embodiments, individual dispensers can be horizontally slid part-way out of the base to access side features that would otherwise be obscured by a neighboring dispenser. A cutlery quantity indicator can laterally contact the cutlery stack and can pivot to display a low-cutlery signal when the cutlery stack falls below an indicator height.
US11503923B2
The present invention is a system and method for providing a comforter that is divided into three sections or panels, wherein a center panel of the comforter may be pulled down while allowing the remaining two outer panels to remain up and on top of the other occupants of the bed on either side of the center panel, wherein a small infant sleeper crib may be placed in the gap between the two outer panels of the comforter without any danger of the infant being covered by the center panel.
US11503917B2
A reversible seat assembly for use with an airplane. The reversible seat comprises a base assembly and a vertical assembly. The base assembly and the vertical assembly are connected to a support structure and are collectively disposable into and out of a first travel position, a second travel position, and a third travel position. In the first and second travel positions a user or passenger may assume a usual sitting position. In the third travel position the user may assume a reverse sitting position. The base assembly comprises a right segment and a left segment connected and rotationally movable to a central segment. The vertical assembly comprises a lower segment and an upper segment connected to and rotationally movable a middle segment. The reversible seat assembly may further comprise a back armrest connected to an opposite side of said middle segment and structure to provide support to the arms of the user.
US11503916B2
An adjustable bench-mountable cupholder has a bench connection bracket, an arm positioning bracket, an arm adjustment mechanism, a linkage arm, and a cupholder. The bench connection bracket is a rigid member that clamps the bench against a mounting surface of the arm positioning bracket. The arm positioning bracket enables the linkage arm to be articulatably connected to the bench. Specifically, the arm adjustment mechanism is a coupling system that is connected in between one end of the linkage arm and the arm positioning bracket; thereby enabling the linkage arm to be transitioned between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The cupholder is detachably mounted onto the linkage arm and is positioned away from the arm positioning bracket. This enables the cupholder to be positioned at a desired location when deployed.
US11503909B2
A self-close drawer mechanism includes a housing, a slidable self-close latch selectively positionable within the housing, a rotatable cam element in the housing, a flexible link system extending around the cam element, and a spring applying stored force to the sliding self-close latch through the flexible link. Dual cam surfaces in the cam elements realize a decreasing pull force as the user opens the drawer and provides smoother opening and closing operations with an improved user experience.
US11503907B2
A tool storage system has a universal mounting bracket coupled to a support surface formed with a plurality of apertures that align with differently sized support arms that support a tool therefrom. The apertures are aligned along a common horizontal plane and the support arms have different heights that allow tools to be hung therefrom in a nesting relationship so that more tools can occupy less space or area relative to the support surface. The nesting relationship of the tools provides for a first tool supported by the first arm to fit within a space defined by the second tool supported by the second arm. In some instance, the first and second arms may be part of a pair of support arms, respectively.
US11503903B2
A portable folding table system with folding and slide locking mechanism that secures the folding table in both storage and in-use position and can be wearable on a person. The table comprises at least two panels, with hinges between the section such that they may be folded along the intersections of the panels until the folding table is the size of one panel. Additionally, the table panels incorporate sliding locking mechanisms operable to lock the table in an unfolded position. Other features include: a cup holder operable to adjust for various sizes of beverage containers, strap attachment points operable to allow the table to be strapped to a person and kept level, and telescoping legs operable to be attached to the table and used to support it.
US11503899B2
An attachment aperture array matrix having a matrix layer, wherein the matrix layer comprises a plurality of spaced apart matrix apertures formed therethrough, wherein the matrix apertures are substantially octagonally shaped matrix apertures arranged in a repeating sequence of equally spaced rows and equally spaced columns.
US11503898B2
The invention concerns an applicator for cosmetic product, including a core extending along a longitudinal extension direction, called main direction, and one or more protrusions integral with the core, the protrusions extending from a proximal end connected to the core to a free distal end along an elongation direction so as to define a length. At least some of the protrusions, called non-linear protrusions, have a non-linear generator over at least some of their length, and in that at least some of the non-linear protrusions are installed to constitute a plurality of groups in each of which the non-linear protrusions are arranged so as to delimit centrally a space forming a cosmetic product reservoir.
US11503897B2
An applicator device for applying moisturizers, lotions, ointments, oils or the like to various body parts and difficult to reach areas, such as the back area, posterior area of legs, or the like. The device eliminates the need for assistance from any other individual for applying lotion over difficult to reach areas, and can help prevent or be used to treat rashes, dryness, eczema, psoriasis, and other serious conditions afflicting the skin. The device features an elongated handle attached to an applicator head having apertures for dispensing a solution onto the body of the user. The device includes a compartment for storing a solution in a specific amount and a push button mechanism to activate dispensing of the stored solution from the device.
US11503891B1
The hair dryer with a scent dispenser includes a housing with an air outlet at a first end thereof, and an air inlet at a second end thereof. An airflow conduit is disposed within the housing. A fan is mounted within the airflow conduit for drawing air into the airflow conduit, and a heating element is mounted within the airflow conduit for heating the air. The heated air is blown by the fan through the airflow conduit and out the air outlet. A scent container is received within the housing for storing a scented liquid. An air pump is in fluid communication with the scent container for delivering pressurized air into the scented liquid to produce scented air. The scent container is in fluid communication with the airflow conduit such that the scented air mixes with the heated air within the airflow conduit.
US11503888B1
A carrier for articles has a case with an interior compartment that holds sleeves called pages for holding articles. The pages are accessed when the case is opened. The pages are attached to the case inside the compartment so they may be rotated to access either side. The pages may be detached from the case. A kit comprising a case and a number of detachable and varied pages may be employed to construct a carrier according to the needs of the user.
US11503873B2
A cycling shoe comprises a sole defining an undersurface of the cycling shoe, the sole having connection holes configured for connection of a pedal cleat to the sole. An upper is connected to the sole and defining with the sole a foot-receiving cavity. An expansion zone is located in a lateral or medial subportion of a metatarsal portion and/or toe portion of the cycling shoe and configured to be opposite a portion of at least a fifth metatarsal of a wearer of the cycling shoe, the expansion zone being entirely surrounded by a window of structural upper paneling and defined by at least one panel having a greater stretching characteristics than the structural upper paneling of the window.
US11503866B2
Some embodiments provide a method (903) of using a wearable item and some wearable items (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) that are versatile, used for a variety of configurations and have a plurality of garment components (9) at least included as being a plurality of components (6). At least two of the plurality of garment components (9) are a panel (12) and versatile and comprise at least one dimension (341), side (342), free end (313), edge (343) and opposed ends (344). In at least one configuration, the wearable item is adapted to be used as at least one versatile garment and has at least two of the plurality of garment components (9) at least (a) attached together at an intersecting area with at least one of the two garment components extending from a side edge of the attached other garment component and without having an opposite end of any of the at least two of the plurality of garment components (9) attached to any of the plurality of garment components (9), and (b) used in at least one direction (D).
US11503862B2
A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes an internal power supply configured to hold power supplied to a heater configured to heat an aerosol source, a first connector connectable to an external device and including a first communication terminal, a controller configured to control power supply from the internal power supply to the heater and including a second communication terminal, a first communication path between the first communication terminal of the first connector and the second communication terminal of the controller, and a switch unit positioned on the first communication path and configured to set the first communication path to a conductive state or a disconnected state.
US11503859B2
The disclosure relates to an electronic atomizing device and an atomizer and a liquid injection structure thereof. The liquid injection structure includes an outer pipe provided with an exhaust port and a liquid injection assembly including a sleeve pipe disposed in the outer pipe and a liquid injection pipe disposed in the sleeve pipe. The liquid injection pipe is provided with a liquid injection port, and is axially movable relative to the sleeve pipe between a first position where the sleeve pipe seals the liquid injection port and a second position where the seal of the liquid injection port by the sleeve pipe is released. The sleeve pipe is axially movable relative to the outer pipe between a third position where the sleeve pipe seals the exhaust port and a fourth position where the seal of the exhaust port by the sleeve pipe is released.
US11503844B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for continuously processing foodstuffs with pulsed electric fields, comprising a conveyor belt that is guided in a housing. The conveyor belt guide encompasses the longitudinal edges of the conveyor belt respectively in a recess that is arranged e.g. within the side walls of the housing and is preferably formed by the housing floor and the lateral insulator panels mounted at a distance from the housing floor on the inner side of the side walls or are formed as a groove within the lateral insulator panels. The upper strand of the conveyor belt is guided through the guides above the housing floor within the housing.
US11503843B2
Proposed is a formed meat composition comprising additives, a process for producing a formed meat slug and a combined meat/formed meat slug. It is a disadvantage of established dried formed meat compositions that they require stabilizing desiccants and/or have an unnatural, open-pored fine structure. The novel solution proposed is a formed meat composition which, in addition to prey animal meat, glycerol and salt, merely contains additives in the form of prey animal nutriment. Also proposed is a process for producing a formed meat slug in which a common comminution of meat and additives in a manner modelled on hunting is carried out. Finally proposed is a combined meat/formed meat slug which comprises in its primary constituents only animal meat ingredients and the recited additives. The claimed subject matter provides the particular advantage that, despite additives, a denser, more stable and closed fine structure is achieved.
US11503842B2
The present invention is directed to non-soy oilseed protein products, very low in, or free of, beany, green, vegetable or similar flavour notes and useful for the fortification of food and beverage products and prepared without the use of salt in the process. The non-soy oilseed protein products of the present invention are obtained by extracting non-soy oilseed protein source with water to form an aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution, at least partially separating the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution from residual non-soy oilseed protein source, adjusting the pH of the aqueous non-soy oilseed protein solution to a pH between about 1.5 and a value about 1 pH unit lower than the typical pH of isoelectric precipitation to solubilize the bulk of the protein and form an acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution then separating the acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution from the acid insoluble solid material. The acidified non-soy oilseed protein solution may be dried following optional concentration and diafiltration to form a non-soy oilseed protein product, which may be an isolate. The acid insoluble solid material may be washed with acidified water and then dried to form another non-soy oilseed protein product. These products may be dried at the acidic pH at which they were prepared or may be adjusted in pH before drying.
US11503840B2
Methods for decreasing harmful effects of blue light on skin are disclosed that include topically administering to a subject in need thereof a composition of an effective quantity of a purified, enzymatic hydrolysate of Theobroma cacao L. beans comprising peptides and saccharides having a molecular weight between 200 Da and 10 kDa in a physiologically acceptable medium. The hydrolysate of Theobroma cacao L. beans is present in the composition at a concentration from 0.001 to 20% with respect to the total weight of the composition. The composition can be a cosmetic composition.
US11503839B2
The present invention abstract describes the steps of a process for the preparation of green tea and the respective end product, wherein, in the initial step of the proposed process, the young leaves (buds) of yerba mate are subjected to steam at between 90 and 100° for a certain time, the moisture is removed from the steaming step, and, after passing through the steam (steaming step) and twisting, the leaves are cooled (cooling step), rolled (1st rolling), dried for the first time (1st drying), rolled for the second time (2nd rolling), dried for the second time (2nd drying) and separated (segregation step).
US11503835B2
Brining apparatus includes a refrigerator, a sink, and a hollow housing to receive brining fluid and a turkey. The housing has an open mouth at the top. The apparatus also includes a cover which sealingly removably engages the mouth of the housing. The housing includes a valve to drain brining liquid from the housing. The housing and cover are shaped and dimensioned, when assembled, to fit in the refrigerator for cooling, and to fit in the sink to drain brining liquid from the housing.
US11503819B2
Systems and methods for providing a combined mosquito staging and dissection system are disclosed. The system can include a mosquito staging subsystem; a robotic pick-and-place station; and a dissection, extrusion, collection, and disposal subsystem. The subsystems can include one or more stations to provide orientation, decapitation, extrusion of salivary glands, and disposal of carcasses of the mosquitoes. The resident live sporozoites from the salivary glands can be used to produce Plasmodium SPZ-based vaccines.
US11503814B2
A fishing device includes a net disposed in a body of water containing fishes. A plurality of posts, wherein each post further includes a stem, a bottom cross disposed at a lower portion of the stem; a cross bar disposed at a top end of the stem; and a cord. The stem is an upright elongated protrusion extending from under a bottom to above a surface of the body of water. The cord is slidably secured to the cross bar. A first end of the cord is secured to a weight. A second end of the cord is secured to the net. The fishing device includes a release mechanism. The release mechanism grabs a portion of the cord to hold the weight in a first position adjacent to the cross bar. A bait system is disposed at or adjacent to a center of the net.
US11503812B2
Genetically modified mice and methods and compositions for making and using the same are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises humanization of an FcγRI protein.
US11503805B2
The silent pet treats dispenser has a bottom wall with a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The sidewall is provided with an aperture. A closure attaches to a top end of the sidewall and has a flange extending inside of the container. The flange has an aperture with the same size and shape as the aperture in the container sidewall. The closure can be silently rotated from a first position where the aperture in the flange aligns with the aperture in the sidewall to a second position where the apertures are not aligned. In the first position, the aperture in the sidewall is closed, preventing dispensing of the contents of the container. A tab extends from the flange and through the aperture in the sidewall to facilitate movement of the closure from the first position to the second open position.
US11503800B2
An animal feed mechanism with feed agitator assembly includes a feed bin, a funnel-shaped boot attached to a bottom of the feed bin, an agitator system installed in the boot, and a conveying device for conveying feed out of the boot. The agitator system is installed using boot mount brackets attached to end walls of the boot, and holes cut in the sidewalls of the boot after the boot mount brackets are attached. The boot mount brackets each include a lower ledge with a sufficient length to block the free flow of feed out of the holes cut in the sidewalls of the boot due to the angle of repose of the feed. The agitator system includes a motor driven agitator shaft with radial projections that can be inserted through the holes cut in the boot and supported at each end by bearings attached to the boot mount brackets.
US11503798B2
The pet cage includes a base, a top net plate and a plurality of side net plates, wherein the side net plates are sequentially connected end to end to form a fence space, the bottom of the fence space is connected with the base, and the top of the fence space is connected with the top net plate; a connecting structures for connecting adjacent side net plates with each other are arranged between the adjacent side net plates, and the connecting structure includes a clamping hook arranged on one side net plate and a clamping tongue arranged on the other side net plate for clamping and locking the clamping hook. Therefore, the invention has the advantages of simple manufacturing process, quick and convenient installation, high connection strength, safety and reliability.
US11503792B2
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H2009’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid processing tomato variety suitable for machine harvest and is adaptable to humid climactic conditions of regions such as the Northeastern United States and Italy. It is a full season variety with resistance to verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, root knot nematode, bacterial spot, bacterial canker and early blight. The superior vine health and extended field storage make it particularly valuable variety for production regions with high levels of rain that can promote bacterial and fungal diseases and delay field harvest.
US11503781B1
A hillside agricultural irrigation apparatus includes an agricultural irrigation pipe extending across a slope of hillside in a direction that is transverse to the slope, and braces coupled between the agricultural irrigation pipe and the hillside for disabling the agricultural irrigation pipe from sliding or rolling down the hillside, the braces are spaced apart longitudinally along the agricultural irrigation pipe and each includes a collar on the agricultural irrigation pipe, and at least one anchor coupled between the collar and the hillside anchoring the collar to the hillside disabling the agricultural irrigation pipe from sliding or rolling down the hillside.
US11503777B2
A plant cover device may include an enclosure having an upper end, a lower tubular end opposite the upper end, and a medial seam coupling the upper end and the lower tubular end. The upper end may include panels coupled together to partially define a plant-receiving cavity therein. Each of the panels may have a major mesh surface, and a panel seam extending along a peripheral edge of the major mesh surface, adjacent panels being coupled together at respective panel seams. The lower tubular end may include a major mesh surface and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being coupled to the medial seam. The lower tubular end may also partially define the plant-receiving cavity therein. The enclosure may have a curved flexible support carried by the medial seam, and a pole extending vertically from a surface to an apex of the enclosure.
US11503766B2
A header for a combine harvester includes a conveyor belt for conveying crop material in a conveyance direction, and an adjusting device for adjusting a tension of the conveyor belt. The adjusting device includes a cable that is movable with respect to a frame member of the header. A portion of the cable that is either directly or indirectly attached to one end of a roller for the conveyor belt extends either parallel to or substantially parallel to a tensioning direction of the conveyor belt for adjusting the tension of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt may be an infeed conveyor belt or a lateral conveyor belt of a draper header, for example.
US11503765B2
A doffer assembly for a cotton harvester having at least one drum and a spindle. The doffer assembly includes an outer housing and a plurality of doffers adapted to remove cotton from the spindle. The assembly further includes a drive unit coupled to the outer housing for rotatably driving the plurality of doffers independently of at least one drum and spindle. A drive shaft is rotatably driven by the drive unit, and an interface adapter is coupled between the drive shaft and the plurality of doffers. The drive unit may be an electric motor, hydraulic motor, a mechanical drive system, or a combination thereof.
US11503764B2
A sickle knife drive for an agricultural vehicle generally includes a first pump, a first motor, a second motor and a drive manifold having a plurality of connections used for connecting to other devices of the sickle knife drive and/or to devices outside of the sickle knife drive. Operation of the first pump in a forward direction causes the first motor to drive a sickle knife gearbox to cut a crop. During the forward direction, the second motor provides cooling to the fluid circuit. When the first pump direction is reversed, the agricultural vehicle supplements a fluid flow to the fluid circuit to clear any jammed crop from the sickle knives.
US11503760B2
A garden tool, including a main body, a walking wheel mounted on the main body and a control panel disposed on the main body. The control panel includes a main blade control assembly. The main blade control assembly includes a main blade button and a main blade pull rod. When starting the garden tool, the two actions of starting the main blade button and starting the main blade pull rod can be performed at intervals, but it needs to be completed within a certain time. The starting of the garden tool is completed in a short time by separately controlling the main blade button and the main blade pull rod, thereby ensuring the simplicity of operation and the safety of operation.
US11503756B2
In one aspect, a system for determining soil levelness as an agricultural implement is being towed across a field by a work vehicle may include a vision-based sensor configured to capture vision data associated with a portion of the field present within a field of view of the vision-based sensor. A controller of the system may be configured to receive, from the vision-based sensor, the vision data associated with the portion of the field present within the field of view of the vision-based sensor. Additionally, the controller may be configured to determine a soil levelness of the portion of the field present within the field of view of the vision-based sensor based on a spectral analysis of the received vision data.
US11510351B2
Precisely aligned assemblies can be complex, time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive and a need exists for better alternatives. Systems and methods described herein yield high precision printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) that contain pre-built alignment features to address this need. The work of precisely locating components on the PCBA to a final position in the overall assembly is already built in to the board. Locating features are used to precisely position one or more components, such as optical components, electro optical components, or mechanical components in assemblies. The locating features may be used to constrain the positions of those components, such as by kinematic coupling, solder wetting dynamics, semiconductor cleaving, dicing, photolithographic techniques for etching, constant contact force, and advanced adhesive technology to result in optical level positioning that significantly improves or eliminates assembly alignment challenges.
US11510346B2
According to one embodiment, an immersion cooling system includes a coolant tank that has liquid coolant and contains at least partially submerged within the liquid coolant 1) a thermoelectric cooling (TEC) element that is coupled to an information technology (IT) component that is mounted on a piece of IT equipment, and 2) a heat sink that is coupled to the TEC element, wherein the TEC element is configured to transfer heat generated by the IT component into the liquid coolant via the heat sink.
US11510342B1
An immersion heat dissipation structure is provided. The immersion heat dissipation structure includes a porous metal heat dissipation material, an integrated heat spreader, and a thermal interface material. The porous metal heat dissipation material has a porosity greater than 8%. The porous metal heat dissipation material and the integrated heat spreader have the thermal interface material arranged therebetween so that a thermal connection is formed therebetween. A super-wetting layer is formed on a connection surface between the porous metal heat dissipation material and the thermal interface material, and the super-wetting layer has a wetting angle of less than 10 degrees to water. Alternatively, a super-hydrophobic layer is formed on the connection surface between the porous metal heat dissipation material and the thermal interface material, and the super-hydrophobic layer has a wetting angle of greater than 120 degrees to water.
US11510336B2
An electronic device having heat dissipation function is proposed. The electronic device includes: a heating element (60) installed in a casing (C); a heat dissipation means (70) causing an ionic wind to flow into an inner space (S) of the casing (C); and a heat dissipation bridge (95). The heat dissipation bridge (95) exchanges heat with the ionic wind flowing in the inner space (S) by protruding in a direction of the heating element (60) and at least a portion of the heat dissipation bridge is connected to a heat sink and transfers heat received from the heating element (60) to the heat sink. Accordingly, two means of the heat dissipation means (70) and the heat dissipation bridge (95) simultaneously cool the heating element (60), so cooling efficiency is improved.
US11510332B2
An electrical control device including at least one power module which further includes at least one controlled power switch, at least one control card attached to the power module, and electrical connection which connect the control card to the control module. The electrical connection includes at least one pin which is electrically connected and extends from the power module, or, respectively, the control card, and at least one receptacle which is electrically connected and mounted on the control card, or, respectively, the power module, the pin being inserted, at least partially, into the receptacle. The pin and the receptacle is designed to provide an electrical connection between them whilst allowing the pin to be removed from the receptacle.
US11510329B2
Scalable-bandwidth aggregation boxes are disclosed that allow scalable electrical connection bandwidth of multiple servers in a rack to aggregation modules and compact bifurcatable optical cables to connect the aggregation modules to switches, while minimizing switch faceplate connector area requirements by using optical connectors. Users of a system including scalable-bandwidth aggregation boxes can choose a desired bandwidth cable to connect a server to a switch via an aggregation box. An aggregation box may include a scalable-bandwidth electrical connector on a faceplate, signal lines coupled between the scalable-bandwidth electrical connector and a board connector in the housing, and a serviceable bandwidth-aggregation module removably disposed in the housing.
US11510328B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing configured to include a hinge structure, a first housing structure that has a first face that is connected to the hinge structure and is directed in a first direction, a second face that is directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first lateral member that at least partly surrounds a space between the first face and the second face, and a second housing structure that has a third face that is connected to the hinge structure and is directed in a third direction, a fourth face that is directed in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, a second lateral member that at least partly surrounds a space between the third face and the fourth face, and that is folded about the hinge structure onto the first housing structure, a flexible display, a first magnet a second magnet and at least one electrical path.
US11510325B2
An optical transceiver includes a circuit board having a first side and a first edge; a thermal conductive member configured to be attached on the first side of the circuit board; the thermal conductive member having a first thermal conductive face inclined with respect to the first side of the circuit board and parallel to the first direction; a filling material having a thermal conductivity; and a housing having an inner face and an inner space, the housing being configured to house the circuit board, the circuit component, the thermal conductive member, and the filling material, and configured to hold the electrical connector at an end thereof in the first direction, the housing having a second thermal conductive face facing the first thermal conductive face with a spacing. The filling material adheres to the first thermal conductive face and the second thermal conductive face.
US11510323B2
The present application discloses a conductive laminated structure, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel. The conductive laminated structure provided by the present application comprises a substrate; an adhesion enhancement layer disposed on the substrate; a metal nanowire layer disposed on the adhesion enhancement layer and having a first opening to expose the adhesion enhancement layer; a wiring layer disposed on the metal nanowire layer and having a second opening at least partially overlapping the first opening to expose the adhesion enhancement layer; and an optical adhesive layer disposed on the wiring layer, filled in the second opening and the first opening and connected to the adhesion enhancement layer. Because the metal nanowire layer is in direct contact with the wiring layer, the conducting capability is enhanced, and a reduced contacting area is needed, so that the wiring layer can be relatively narrow.
US11510305B1
A static resistant fan apparatus, comprising: a conductive shaft; a first conductive fan blade connected to the conductive shaft and extending away from the conductive shaft; a second conductive fan blade connected to the conductive shaft and extending away from the conductive shaft opposite to the first conductive fan blade; a conductive support structure surrounding the conductive shaft, wherein an inner edge of the support structure is spaced apart from the conductive shaft a distance; and a conductive ground pass coupled between the conductive shaft and the support structure and spanning the distance, wherein the conductive shaft, the conductive support structure, and the conductive ground pass provide a path to ground for the first conductive and the second conductive fan blades.
US11510303B1
A light string controlling device capable of boosting power is provided. One or more batteries are accommodated into a control box. A control circuit controls a power converter circuit to convert power supplied by the one or more batteries according to an amount of power required for a light string to produce a desired lighting effect. A remote controller outputs a remote control signal to the control circuit to instruct the control circuit to control the light string to produce the desired lighting effect.
US11510298B1
A smart lamp system and method for monitoring a status of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The system can provide LED status monitoring using a logic controller communicating with at least one strip of LEDs. The system can utilize the logic controller to assign a unique identifier (ID) to the at least one strip of LEDs based on a physical position of a plurality of dual-inline package (DIP) switches incorporated within a smart lamp housing. The system can provide a hardware architecture to interface the logic controller with a power-line communication (PLC) transceiver. The system can establish a communication protocol between the PLC transceiver and a PLC receiver to efficiently communicate the statuses of the LEDs. The logic controller can generate a payload including a binary representation of the unique ID of the smart lamp and the statuses of the LEDs and transmit the payload to the PLC transceiver.
US11510290B2
An induction heating system includes an induction heating head assembly configured to move relative to a workpiece. The induction heating system may also include a temperature sensor assembly configured to detect a temperature of the workpiece and/or a travel sensor assembly configured to detect a position, movement, or direction of movement of the induction heating head assembly relative to the workpiece, and to transmit feedback signals to a controller configured to adjust the power provided to the induction heating head assembly by a power source based at least in part on the feedback signals. In certain embodiments, the induction heating system may also include a connection box configured to receive the feedback signals, to perform certain conversions of the feedback signals, and to provide the feedback signals to the power source. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, the induction heating system may include an inductor stand assembly configured to hold the induction heating head assembly against the workpiece.
US11510286B2
The present invention provides a heater temperature control circuit including a heater and a control circuit that controls a temperature of the heater, wherein the control circuit includes a bridge circuit in which a first circuit and a second circuit are connected in parallel, and an operational amplifier connected to the bridge circuit, wherein in the first circuit, the heater and a resistor are connected in series, and a midpoint of the first circuit is connected to one input portion of the operational amplifier, and an output value Vout from the second circuit is input to the other input portion of the operational amplifier, the output value Vout being obtained by multiplying a division ratio of a target resistance value Rh of the heater and a resistance value R1 of the resistor with a reference voltage Vref of the bridge circuit.
US11510285B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a heating element (210), in particular in a food processor (1) for the at least partially automatic preparation of foodstuffs, wherein the following steps are performed: a) detecting an electrical resistance of the heating element (210) such that at least one resistance value is determined, b) performing a heating operation on the heating element (210) based on the at least one determined resistance value to perform the heating operation depending on a temperature of the heating element (210).
US11510279B2
Disclosed is a method for selecting a path in a communication network. The method comprises transmitting, through a device connected to a target node, a beacon, to one or more nodes in the communication network. The beacon comprises a set of informative parameters. The method comprises calculating, by each node, a selective score towards one more paths to be selected for reaching the target node in the communication network. The method further comprises identifying, by each node, a target path from the one or more path. The target path is a path having a highest value of the selective score as compared to selective score for other paths in the one or more paths. The method further comprises selecting, by each node, the target path from the one or more paths for reaching the target node.
US11510271B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention provides a method of a SMF entity in a wireless communication system. The method comprises identifying whether to deactivate an UP connection of a first PDU session of one or more established PDU sessions, identifying whether the first PDU session supports an UP optimization based on the identification, and transmitting, to an AMF entity, a first message for deactivating the UP connection.
US11510259B2
A cellular telephone or similar wireless device possesses a directionally oriented wireless telecommunications facility to initiate and operate a second type of wireless connection. Optionally, the devices share mobile identification numbers (MINs), IP addresses, or MAC addresses. Also optionally, the devices create contacts in their contact databases reflecting the identity of the connection. By this means, a subsequent telephony-based or LAN-based connection may be instituted.
US11510255B2
A communication device comprises a first communication unit and a second communication unit of a same type as that of the first communication unit. The first communication unit or the second communication unit is configured to transmit, after wireless connection to an electronic apparatus is established, a waiting instruction signal for instructing the electronic apparatus to enter a state in which the electronic apparatus waits for a connection request.
US11510251B2
The present disclosure provides a method for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method may comprise: transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH); monitoring a downlink control channel (DCI) for scheduling a PDSCH related to the PRACH; and receiving the PDSCH on the basis of the DCI, wherein the DCI is detected on the basis of a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).
US11510249B2
A random access procedure may be provided by a network node for use with a user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication system. A demodulation reference signal, DMRS, configuration may be selected from among a set of DMRS configurations based on obtained information. A DMRS transmission may be controlled during the random access procedure based on the selected DMRS configuration. The UE may receive an indication of the DMRS configuration from the network node, may select the DMRS configuration from among a set of DMRS configurations based on the received indication, and may control DMRS transmission during the random access procedure based on the selected DMRS configuration.
US11510228B2
Some embodiments advantageously provide methods, wireless devices and network nodes for unscheduled uplink access on an unlicensed cell. According to one aspect, an exemplary process includes a wireless device for autonomously transmitting uplink control information, UCI, together with autonomous uplink, UL, data transmission. The process includes mapping the UCI to time-frequency resources of the PUSCH and transmitting the PUSCH with the UCI to a base station without a dynamic uplink grant from the base station.
US11510218B2
A network controller may include a memory and a processor. The memory may include instructions executable by the processor to receive a message from an access point. The message may comprise an interference event detected on a particular channel, wherein the particular channel is part of a particular channel list associated with the access point and stored at the network controller in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The memory may further include instructions executable to remove the particular channel from the particular channel list associated with the access point. The memory may further include instructions executable to determine a channel plan for a plurality of access points in the WLAN based on a corresponding plurality of channel lists including the particular channel list and deploy the channel plan to the plurality of access points.
US11510217B2
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. The method of a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs), the method includes: receiving, at a transmission (Tx) UE, resource assignment information transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB), the resource assignment information being associated with a D2D discovery signal to be transmitted in a discovery period; determining, at the Tx UE, that a D2D discovery signal associated with a first discovery type and a D2D discovery signal associated with a second discovery type are to be transmitted in a first subframe included in the discovery period; and in the first subframe, transmitting the D2D discovery signal associated with the second discovery type and dropping the D2D discovery signal associated with the first discovery type.
US11510216B2
Disclosed are a method and a device in a node for beam failure recovery in wireless communication. A first node receives M1 first-type reference signals, receives M2 first-type reference signals, and then transmits a first radio signal on a target radio resource. Measurements for the M1 first-type reference signals are used for generating first radio-link quality, and measurements for the M2 first-type reference signals are used for generating second radio-link quality; the first radio-link quality and the second radio-link quality are used for determining the target radio resource and the first radio signal; the target radio resource is one of a first radio resource, a second radio resource or a third radio resource; the first radio resource and the second radio resource correspond to a first index and a second index respectively; the first index is used for determining the M1 first-type reference signals.
US11510215B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic device including processing circuitry and a method for radio resource management (RRM) measurements. The processing circuitry determines, based on a signal received in a serving cell for the electronic device, a location and mobility of the electronic device. The electronic device is in one of a first state and a second state for RRM measurements. A normal level of RRM measurements is implemented for one or more neighboring cells when the electronic device is in the first state, and a relaxed level of RRM measurements is implemented for the one or more neighboring cells when the electronic device is in the second state. The processing circuitry determines whether the electronic device is to be switched from the one of the first state and the second state to another of the first state and the second state based on the mobility and the location.
US11510207B2
A device may determine a set of parameters related to a transmission of a packet. For example, a device may determine a transmission range indication for the packet, a Quality-of-Service (QoS) of the packet, or a combination thereof. The device may then determine a resource exclusion parameter related to the transmission of the packet based in part on the set of parameters. Following the determination, the device may transmit, to one or more other devices in a wireless communications system, control signaling including the resource exclusion parameter.
US11510203B2
A method and an apparatus for determining an uplink transmission beam are provided. The method includes: a base station transmitting uplink transmission beam indication information to a terminal; where the uplink transmission beam indication information includes beam type indication information, the beam type indication information is used to indicate that the uplink transmission beam for the terminal is obtained based on uplink reference signals, or the beam type indication information is used to indicate that the uplink transmission beam for the terminal is obtained based on downlink reference signals, so as to ensure that the base station is capable of selecting an uplink transmission beam for the terminal.
US11510202B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for communicating in a wireless communications system utilizing a plurality of frequency bands for downlink (DL) transmission and a plurality of frequency bands for uplink (UL) transmission. In an embodiment, a mobile device receives a DL signal via a DL frequency band. The DL signal contains DL-UL frequency band association information which is used to determine a UL frequency band for UL transmission. The mobile device configures its radio-frequency (RF) circuitry to operate in the UL frequency band for UL transmission.
US11510201B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for communicating in a wireless communications system utilizing a plurality of frequency bands for downlink (DL) transmission and a plurality of frequency bands for uplink (UL) transmission. In an embodiment, a mobile device receives a DL signal via a DL frequency band. The DL signal contains DL-UL frequency band association information which is used to determine a UL frequency band for UL transmission. The mobile device configures its radio-frequency (RF) circuitry to operate in the UL frequency band for UL transmission.
US11510200B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first wireless signal associated with a first communication device that interferes with a second wireless signal associated with a second communication device. Further embodiments include identifying a first frequency band in which the first wireless signal is assigned, the first frequency band associated with a first mobile network, and identifying a second frequency band in which the second wireless signal is assigned, the second frequency band associated with a second mobile network. Additional embodiments can include detecting the first wireless signal is above a first power threshold, and providing instructions to a base station associated with the first communication device. The instructions indicate the base station to assign first wireless signal associated with the first communication device from the first frequency band to a third frequency band associated with the first mobile network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11510197B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing multiple wireless links, e.g., between base stations and wireless headsets. Each wireless link communicates data packets (e.g., audio data packets) according to a wireless protocol (e.g., Bluetooth) defining a series of connection intervals having a defined number of frames (e.g., Bluetooth eSCO intervals including 6 or 12 frames per interval). A controller stores interval segmentation data specifying a first interval segment (including a first subset of frames) allocated to original transmissions of packets and at least one additional interval segment (including additional subsets of frames) allocated to retransmissions of failed packets. The controller uses the interval segmentation data to manage timing for packet transmissions and retransmissions by the various wireless devices, such that each device (a) sends transmissions only during the first interval segment and (b) sends retransmissions only during the additional interval segment(s), to thereby reduce interference between the various wireless links.
US11510193B2
Techniques are described herein for beam pair link procedures used in dual connectivity operations. A master base station may be configured to determine a timing window for a user equipment (UE) to monitor a downlink channel associated with a secondary base station. In some cases, the master base station may determine the timing window during a dual connectivity procedure or during a carrier aggregation procedure. The UE may monitor the downlink channel during the timing window and establish a beam pair link with the secondary base station based on the monitoring.
US11510189B2
A method for performing wireless communication by a first device includes: receiving, from a base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a sidelink (SL) resource, the DCI including information related to time between a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) resource and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and information related to the PUCCH resource; transmitting, to a second device, a plurality of physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) and a plurality of physical sidelink shared channels (PSSCHs) based on the DCI; determining a plurality of PSFCH resources based on an index of a slot and a sub channel related to the plurality of PSSCHs and a source ID of the first device; receiving a plurality of pieces of SL HARQ feedback related to the plurality of PSSCHs; and transmitting, to the base station, one piece of SL hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback on one PUCCH resource.
US11510188B2
A method and a device for transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention are provided, and the method may comprise: determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting a PUCCH; and transmitting the PUCCH via the PUCCH resource, wherein the PUCCH resource is determined to be one of 16 PUCCH resources in a PUCCH resource set, and the 16 PUCCH resources include a PUCCH resource having a start symbol index of 12 and a PUCCH resource having a start symbol index of 9, or include a PUCCH resource having an orthogonal cover code (OCC) of 0 and a PUCCH resource having an OCC of 1.
US11510182B2
A resource management method performed by a CP in C-RAN system includes configuring M user-centric cells for M terminals with a plurality of ANs, and determining a number K of orthogonal resource sharing groups sharing a same orthogonal resource; selecting K user-centric cells as group headers for the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, and adding the selected K user-centric cells as group headers to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; configuring the K orthogonal resource sharing groups by sequentially adding ungrouped user-centric cells to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups; and dividing total system resources into K orthogonal resources, and mapping the divided K orthogonal resources to the K orthogonal resource sharing groups, respectively.
US11510177B2
A wireless communications method and device are provided. The method and device lower bit overheads and reduce the complexity of terminal processing in the sending of a synchronization signal (SS) block. The method includes determining that a first indication field in a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH) included in a first SS block is used to indicate a physical resource block (PRB) grid offset between channels or signals of an SS block and a non-SS block or indicate resource information of a second SS block. The method further includes sending the first SS block, wherein when it is determined that the first indication field is used to indicate the resource information of the second SS block, the first indication field in the first SS block indicates the resource information of the second SS block.
US11510171B2
A position estimation apparatus estimates the position of a radio communication device that outputs a signal, where the apparatus includes a distance estimating section, a difference summing section, and a minimum difference candidate point determining section, where the distance estimating section estimates actual distances between wireless access points that receive the signal and the radio communication device as estimated distances based on the reception strength of the signal, where the difference summing section sums values based on differences between the distances between candidate points for the position of the radio communication device and the wireless access points and the estimated distances, where the minimum difference candidate point determining section determines a minimum difference candidate point, and where the position of the minimum difference candidate point is estimated as the position of the radio communication device.
US11510170B2
A method for forming a collaborative wireless sensor array comprising: connecting a plurality of wireless sensor nodes together, wherein each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes wirelessly communicate with one another; collecting data by the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; forming metadata on the data collected by each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; sharing the data and metadata with the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; and fusing the data and metadata to perform a task.
US11510166B1
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first device may receive a grant that schedules a wireless communication between the first device and a second device. The grant may indicate a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) configuration for a set of symbols associated with the wireless communication. The first device may receive control signaling that indicates a phase discontinuity associated with a first subset of symbols of the set of symbols. The first device may receive the wireless communication during a second subset of symbols of the set of symbols based on the DMRS configuration and the indication of the phase discontinuity. The first device may perform channel estimation based on receiving the wireless communication during the second subset of symbols.
US11510163B2
This document describes techniques and devices to synchronize communications between devices in a wireless mesh network. Based on the requirements of an end device that sleeps (e.g., is out of communication with the wireless mesh network) for periods of time, the end device indicates to a parent wireless mesh network device that the end device wants to configure operations in a synchronized-reception mode, which causes the parent device to reply with an indication of the clock accuracy of the parent device. The end device uses the clock accuracy of the parent device to determine parameters for synchronized-reception and transmits the parameters to the parent device. The end device activates its receiver based on the parameters to receive data from the parent device.
US11510162B2
Provided are a method by which a first device performs wireless communication, and a device for supporting same are provided. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a sidelink (SL) bandwidth part (BWP); receiving, from a network, SL synchronization priority order information set through global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)-based synchronization; receiving, from the network, information for indicating whether selection of a base station (BS)-related synchronization reference is disabled; detecting, on the basis of the information for indicating that the selection of the base station-related synchronization reference is disabled, a synchronization signal transmitted through the SL BWP by a GNSS-related synchronization reference or other UEs; and performing synchronization with respect to the GNSS-related synchronization reference or one synchronization reference from among the other UEs on the basis of the synchronization signal.
US11510160B2
The application relates to maintaining time-synchronization of a wireless connection between a network access node and a client device. The wireless connection may be configured for services with latency constraints. In one example, based on an expiry of a time alignment timer for the client device, the network access node transmits a control message to the client device. The control message instructs the client device to transmit a response signal to the network access node. The response signal can be used by the network access node to determine the timing advance for the wireless connection and adjust the timing advance.
US11510159B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a signal transmission method, a network device, and a terminal device. The method comprises: a network device detecting a first carrier, and determining, according to the detection result, a time-frequency resource granted a channel license from M1 time-frequency resources, wherein the M1 time-frequency resources are time-frequency resources that the network device configures for a first period on the first carrier and are available to transmit a first synchronization signal/PBCH block (SSB, or SS/PBCH block), wherein M1 is a positive integer, and M1≥2; and the network device transmitting the first SSB to a terminal device via the first time-frequency resource.
US11510140B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that enable a base station to appropriately determine a terminal in charge of receiving processing. Priority of a base station in charge of receiving processing of the terminal among base stations that have received a connection request from the terminal is set for each of a plurality of terminals, and a charged terminal in charge of the receiving processing is determined for each of a plurality of base stations according to the priority of the base station. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a wireless communication system in which a terminal and a base station perform wireless communication.
US11510136B2
A method performed by a first wireless device served by a first wireless access point in a first wireless communications network, the first wireless communications network being operated by a first network operator, comprises acquiring (202) a determination from a first reinforcement learning agent of whether to roam from the first wireless access point to a second wireless access point in a second wireless communications network, the second wireless communications network being operated by a second network operator. The method further includes roaming (204) from the first wireless access point to the second wireless access point, based on the determination.
US11510133B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a network node for updating system information (SI) in unlicensed spectrum includes determining to perform a SI update at a SI modification time, and for each SI update period of a plurality of SI update periods remaining before the SI modification time, transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device. The SI update notification includes an indication of a SI modification time for when the UE should acquire updated SI. In some embodiments, the method further includes determining that the SI modification time has passed and that the SI update notification was not sent successfully for at least one SI update period of the plurality of SI update periods and transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device including an indication that the wireless device should acquire updated SI immediately.
US11510131B2
This application provides wireless communications configuration methods and apparatuses. One method includes: receiving a routing configuration of a transmission path for a layer of the network device, wherein the routing configuration comprises an identifier of a first wireless backhaul node, the network device is a distributed unit (DU) of the donor node or a second wireless backhaul node connected to the DU, the CU and at least one wireless backhaul node is on the transmission path, and wherein the layer of the network device is capable of mapping, on a backhaul link based on identification information related to quality of service (QoS) requirement comprised in a data packet, the data packet to a radio link control (RLC) channel on a backhaul link for sending the data packet to a next-hop node of the network device on the transmission path; and performing the routing configuration on the layer.
US11510128B2
A path selection apparatus in a sensor tree includes a node moving unit that selects a first node in the sensor tree, and moves a second node to under a third node in the sensor tree if the total number of packets transmitted and received in the sensor tree is reduced as a result of the second node being moved to under the third node, the first node having a child node under the first node, the second node being located under a subtree of which a vertex is the first node, the third node not belonging to the subtree. If nodes under the subtree of which the vertex is the first node do not include anode that reduces the total number of packets as a result of being moved, the node moving unit moves a node that is included in the nodes under the subtree and does not change the total number of packets, to under the third node.
US11510127B2
A wireless device receives, from a base station of a first public land mobile network (PLMN), an indication of a failure of a second PLMN. In response to the failure, the wireless device sends, to the base station, an identifier of the second PLMN.
US11510124B2
Cross-optimization in wireless mobile networks. In an embodiment, a demand map is received for each of a plurality of networks. The demand map represents demand at a plurality of geographic locations in at least one cell of the network. Based on the demand maps, an optimal transfer of demand is generated between the plurality of networks at one or more of the plurality of geographic locations at which the plurality of networks overlap. Then, one or more parameters, to be used by at least one of the plurality of networks in a handover procedure, is determined, so as to produce the optimal transfer of demand between the plurality of networks at the one or more geographic locations at which the plurality of networks overlap.
US11510122B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes identifying, while the UE is in a connected mode with a network, a radio resource configuration of the UE, selecting a dedicated set of resources for the UE or a common set of resources for a plurality of UEs based at least in part on the identified radio resource configuration, and transmitting a pilot signal to the network using the selected set of resources. Methods for wireless communication at a network access device and a network access device controller are also described.
US11510088B2
A method and apparatus for managing measurement results for early measurement in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network, measurement configuration for early measurement, wherein the measurement configuration includes 1) a first frequency group for a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), and 2) a second frequency group for a second RAT. A wireless device transmits a measurement report including the measurements results of only one of the first frequency group and the second frequency group. A wireless device discards the stored measurement results of the other one of the first frequency group and the second frequency group which are not transmitted to the network.
US11510087B2
A method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first transmission and transmitting, by the UE, a first measurement report that is based on the first transmission and includes at least a first measurement result. The method further includes receiving, by the UE, a second transmission that includes a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and further includes transmitting, by the UE, a second measurement report that is based on the DMRS. The second measurement report includes at least a first value that is based on a difference between the first measurement result and a second measurement result that is based on the DMRS.
US11510075B2
This application provides a communication method and a communications device. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a cell in which a beam failure occurs; and sending, by the terminal device, first indication information to a network device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the cell in which the beam failure occurs.
US11510072B2
A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.
US11510066B2
The present technology allows coordination of channels of private wireless networks utilizing shared licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Wireless network operators in an enterprise location register to participate in a consortium and register licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum resources to be shared with other members of the consortium. The wireless network operators request an allocation of spectrum resources from the consortium. The consortium generates a radio resource management (“RRM”) plan for shared use of the licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum resources. The consortium combines the allocated licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum from each of the wireless network operators to meet the target RRM plan. The consortium monitors spectrum utilization to dynamically update the RRM. The consortium monitors spectrum utilization in real time to determine how closely the RRM plan matches the resources allocated to each wireless network operator.
US11510061B1
A pause command is sent to a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of a cellular device in response to detecting a cyberattack against the cellular device on the cellular network. To mitigate the cyberattack, the SIM card temporarily disconnects the cellular device from the cellular network for a pause time. The SIM card prohibits the cellular device from connecting to the cellular network during the pause time and automatically allows the cellular device to reconnect to the cellular network after the pause time.
US11510059B2
Example data security processing methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes setting up a first PDU session. A first base station derives a first user plane key based on a received base key and performs security processing on user plane data in the first PDU session by using the first user plane key and a security algorithm. A second PDU session is set up. The first base station derives a second user plane key based on the base key and performs security processing on user plane data in the second PDU session by using the second user plane key and the security algorithm. The user plane key includes a user plane encryption key and/or a user plane integrity protection key.
US11510054B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to providing authentication of access while reducing user input and, specifically to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for receiving device identification information from both a secured system indicating devices with authorization and from a third party telecommunications carrier indicating the mobile device account attempting to access a service provider. Embodiments provided include an apparatus configured to receive, from a mobile device, identification information associated with the mobile device. The apparatus further comprises computing an encrypted hash of the identification information and initiating a search of a registry for a matching entry that matches the encrypted hash of the identification. In an instance when an entry matches the encrypted hash of the identification information, the apparatus further comprises prompting the service provider to grant the mobile device access to one or more services provided by the service provider.
US11510051B2
Devices, methods, and a computer program for releasing transportation vehicle components and a vehicle-to-vehicle communication module. The device for releasing a vehicle component of a transportation vehicle includes at least one interface for communication with further vehicle components of the transportation vehicle and a control module for controlling the at least one interface to receive messages from the further vehicle components of the transportation vehicle and to verify the identity of the further vehicle components based on the received messages and the stored identification data of the further vehicle components. The messages on which the verification of the identity of the further vehicle components is based are messages used in regular operation of the vehicle component. The control module also releases the vehicle component in response to the identity of the further transportation vehicle components being consistent with the stored identification data of the further vehicle components.
US11510048B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US11510047B2
A mobile information handling system may include, in an embodiment, a wireless network interface; a wireless performance modulator to adjust the performance of the wireless network interface; and a sensor to receive input descriptive of the environment of the mobile information handling system and provide the input to the wireless performance modulator to adjust the performance of the wireless network interface based on information associated with the sensed environment received by the sensor wherein the sensor is a movement sensor to detect the movement of the mobile information handling system so as to determine, with the wireless performance modulator, whether to initiate a roaming process to search for a wireless network to communicatively couple the mobile handling system upon detection of movement above a threshold level.
US11510042B2
A game controller for a mobile device is provided. The game controller includes a control module, a first audio module, and a second audio module. The mobile device includes a first wireless communication module. The first audio module is wirelessly connected to an audio device. The second audio module is electrically connected to the mobile device, so as to control the mobile device to be wirelessly connected to the audio device. A pairing between the audio device and the first audio module and a pairing between the audio device and the first wireless communication module of the mobile device are performed before the audio device is used. The control module generates a control command according to a category of audio information of the mobile device, so as to output the audio information to the audio device through the first audio module or the second audio module.
US11510033B2
Transient user profiles are generated and broadcast to nearby recipient devices. In some implementations, a transient user profile is generated from a master user profile that includes user information. The master user profile can be stored in encrypted form on the user's mobile device or on a network-based computer system where it can be accessed upon authentication. The master user profile can include information provided by the user or retrieved from other network-based computer systems. The master user profile can include information that is labeled with security tags that indicate the class of users that may receive the user information. From the master user profile, a transient user profile can be generated in response to a sharing event and broadcast to other nearby recipient devices.
US11510031B2
A smart watch according to the present invention comprises: a reception unit to which an analog speech signal is inputted; a first amplification unit for amplifying the analog speech signal; an A/D converter for converting the amplified analog speech signal into a digital speech signal; a control unit for receiving and outputting the digital speech signal outputted from the A/D converter and outputting a digital speech signal received and inputted through an antenna; an RF transceiver for controlling signals such that the signal received through the antenna is inputted to the control unit, and the signal outputted from the control unit is transmitted through the antenna; a D/A converter for converting the digital speech signal into an analog speech signal; a second amplification unit for amplifying the analog speech signal; and a speech output unit for outputting the analog speech signal outputted from the second amplification unit.
US11510021B2
A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna. The at-the-head part is adapted for providing the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at least one cochlear electrode. The at least one cochlear electrode is adapted for converting the low frequency signal comprising audio to an output signal perceivable by a user as sound. The coupling element comprises an electrically conducting element coupled to the wireless interface. The electrically conducting element is at least a part of the second antenna and adapted for transferring the signal comprising audio at a low frequency from the behind-the-ear part to the at-the-head part and for transmitting and/or receiving high frequency signals via the second antenna.
US11510013B2
In some embodiments, an ear-mounted sound reproduction system is provided. The system includes an ear-mountable housing that sits within the pinna of the ear and occludes the ear canal. In some embodiments, the ear-mountable housing includes a plurality of external-facing microphones. Because the external-facing microphones may be situated within the pinna of the ear but outside of the ear canal, the microphones will experience some, but not all, of the three-dimensional acoustic effects of the pinna. In some embodiments, sound is reproduced by an internal-facing driver element of the housing using a plurality of filters applied to the signals received by the plurality of external-facing microphones to preserve three-dimensional localization cues that would be present at the eardrum in the absence of the housing, such that the housing is essentially transparent to the user. In some embodiments, techniques are provided for deriving the plurality of filters.
US11510012B2
An integrated optical transducer for detecting dynamic pressure changes comprises a micro-electro-mechanical system, MEMS, die having a MEMS diaphragm with a first side exposed to the dynamic pressure changes and a second side. The transducer further comprises an application specific integrated circuit, ASIC, die having an evaluation circuit configured to detect a deflection of the MEMS diaphragm, in particular of the second side of the MEMS diaphragm. The MEMS die is arranged with respect to the ASIC die such that a gap with a gap height is formed between the second side of the diaphragm and a first surface of the ASIC die and the MEMS diaphragm, the ASIC die and a suspension structure of the MEMS die delineate a back volume of the integrated optical transducer.
US11510007B2
A microphone adapter connects to and receives analog audio input from a microphone and an external music source, such as a smart phone. The microphone audio input signal and external music audio input signal are converted to digital signals and multiplexed into a digital wireless signal that may be transmitted directly to multiple speakers. The digital wireless signals are uncompressed, high definition digital audio signals transmitted in the 2.4 GHz band with a range of several hundred feet. The microphone adapter enables user to easily establish a pop-up public address system without the need for speaker cables, sound boards, mixers, and the like.
US11510002B2
A semiconductor device with a novel structure which can identify the sound source is provided. The semiconductor device includes a microphone array, delay circuits, and a signal processing circuit. The delay circuit includes a first selection circuit, which selects a microphone, signal retention circuits, which retain voltages depending on the sound signal, and a second selection circuit, which selects a signal retention circuit. Each signal retention circuit includes a transistor which includes a semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor in its channel formation region. The first selection circuit writes the voltage of discreet sound signals to the signal retention circuit. The second selection circuit selects at different timings the voltages which are retained in the signal retention circuit and generates the output signal corresponding to the delayed sound signal.
US11509999B2
A microphone array system or microphone array unit for a conference system is provided that includes a front board, side walls and a plurality of microphone capsules arranged in or on the front board mountable on or in a ceiling of a conference room. The microphone array system or unit is adapted for generating a steerable beam within a maximum detection angle range. The microphone array system or microphone array unit includes a processing unit which is configured to receive the output signals of the microphone capsules and to steer the beam based on the received output signal of the microphone array. The processing unit is configured to control the microphone array to limit the detection angle range to exclude at least one predetermined exclusion sector in which a noise source is located.
US11509987B2
An audio processing method may involve receiving media input audio data corresponding to a media stream and headphone microphone input audio data, determining a media audio gain for at least one of a plurality of frequency bands of the media input audio data and determining a headphone microphone audio gain for at least one of a plurality of frequency bands of the headphone microphone input audio data. Determining the headphone microphone audio gain may involve determining a feedback risk control value, for at least one of the plurality of frequency bands, corresponding to a risk of headphone feedback between at least one external microphone of a headphone microphone system and at least one headphone speaker and determining a headphone microphone audio gain that will mitigate actual or potential headphone feedback in at least one of the plurality of frequency bands, based at least partly upon the feedback risk control value.
US11509985B2
The present disclosure discloses an earphone charging device including a lower box portion having a main control circuit, an upper cap portion covering the lower box portion, and a display screen positioning around the lower box portion. The display screen includes a first portion firmly secured to the lower box portion and at least one second portion floatably connected to the lower box portion. The present disclosure can not only provide a high-leveled visual feeling of the large screen, but also realize a rapid storage of the display screen.
US11509980B2
A MEMS transducer includes a transducer substrate, a counter electrode, and a diaphragm. The counter electrode is coupled to the transducer substrate. The diaphragm is oriented substantially parallel to the counter electrode and is spaced apart from the counter electrode to form a gap. A back volume of the MEMS transducer is an enclosed volume positioned between the counter electrode and the diaphragm. A height of the gap between the counter electrode and the diaphragm is less than two times the thermal boundary layer thickness within the back volume at an upper limit of the audio frequency band of the MEMS transducer.
US11509970B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for group-watching video streams. In one aspect, the disclosed systems and methods may provide expert commentary and annotations to enhance the enjoyment and engagement with the streaming media. The expert may be identified to join the group-watching event or pre-existing expert annotations may be displayed to the viewers at the group-watching event. In another aspect, the systems and methods nay generate an overlay for the streaming media that includes expert provided annotations and comments about the streaming media.
US11509968B2
Systems and methods for controlling a graphical user interface in a live-game environment are disclosed. The systems and methods comprise obtaining a signal indicative of an output of a Hardware Random Number Generator (HRNG). The output of the HRNG comprising a symbol (e.g. an integer) within a predefined set comprising a plurality M of unique symbols (e.g. 1-75). Further comprising providing a graphical user interface on a display of a remote electronic device, where the graphical user interface comprising a graphical representation having a live video stream (or video feed) of at least the output of the HRNG, and a plurality of graphical elements, each graphical element defining or embodying a virtual card. Further comprising identifying the symbol of the output of the HRNG, determining a virtual card score for each virtual card of the plurality of virtual cards based on the identified symbol, and updating the graphical representation.
US11509962B2
A content compilation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory storing a software code configured to provide an editorial interface. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive compilation authoring data via the editorial interface, identify one or more end-user(s) for receiving a content compilation, access a consumption profile of the end-user(s), obtain, using the consumption profile and a first authoring criterion in the compilation authoring data, content items from one or more content sources. The software code further aggregates, using a second authoring criterion in the compilation authoring data, the content items into content subsets, groups, using a third authoring criterion, at least some of the content subsets to produce the content compilation, computes a desirability score predicting the desirability of the content compilation to the end-user(s), and provides, when the desirability score satisfies a predetermined threshold, the content compilation to the end-user(s).
US11509953B2
While presenting on a display apparatus videos of high picture quality obtained from portable video processing apparatuses such as a camera and a cellular, it is possible to communicate with the Internet and/or a home network. A display apparatus includes a first radio communication unit capable of receiving video information by radio from an external video processing apparatus, a second radio communication unit capable of connecting by radio to a network, and a control unit for controlling assignment of connection by radio transmission for each of the first and second radio communication units. The control unit assigns connection of the first radio communication unit with higher priority and controls the assignment of the transmission rate such that the transmission rate between the first radio communication unit and the external video processing apparatus is more than that between the second radio communication unit and the network.
US11509952B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for handing off media content. A media player client receives a request to transfer a media stream, which is playing on a first media device, to a second media device. In response to determining that the second media device comprises a larger screen than the first media device, the media player content determines, based on the genre and resolution of the media stream data, whether the media stream data can be transferred, from the first media device to the second media device.
US11509950B2
Systems and methods for controlling quality of content is provided. A confidence tool of an automated quality control system may receive a request to analyze a tag indicating content to be presented by a content presentation service. The tag may be indicative of a link to the content and a tracking pixel associated with the content. The confidence tool may determine whether the tag meets criteria (e.g., pixel whitelisting criteria, specification of a content presentation service). The confidence tool may notify a user whether the tag meets the criteria to prevent problematic content from being presented by the content presentation service.
US11509947B2
Various embodiments provide a system and methods for generating geographical models, determining geographical locations of set-top boxes using the geographical models, and modifying behavior of the set-top boxes based on their geographical locations. The set-top boxes determine their own geographical locations, regardless of whether the set-top boxes are capable of transmitting data to a content provider or include specialized equipment, such as a global positioning system, for determining geographical location.
US11509941B2
Devices, systems and methods for video processing are described. In an exemplary aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a conversion between a coded representation of a video comprising one or more video regions and the video. The coded representation includes first side information that provides a clipping parameter for filtering a reconstruction of a video unit of a video region using a non-linear adaptive loop filter, and wherein the first side information is signaled together with second side information indicative of filter coefficients used in the non-linear adaptive loop filter.
US11509940B1
At least a computer program product comprising computing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer storage medium is provided. The computer program product is provided for efficiently encoding or decoding a video frame to smooth out or reduce visual distortions such as visual artifact between different video subsections encoded with different compression methods within a video frame. In addition, an improved memory storage is provided for applying a raster scan search strategy for finding a reference image for the input video frame by applying a shift-based input addressing scheme to write to the memory storage and a corresponding shift-based output addressing scheme to read from the memory storage.
US11509929B2
A method for video processing includes: refining motion information of a video block by using a multi-step refinement processing, multiple refined motion vectors (MVs) of the video block being derived iteratively in respective steps of the multi-step refinement processing, and performing a video processing on the video block based on the multiple refined MVs of the video block.
US11509924B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry selects, as a method of determining a first MV precision, a first method or a second method using information of neighboring blocks that are blocks processed and neighboring a current block, and determines, as a motion vector for encoding the current block, a motion vector having the first MV precision determined. In the first method, one MV precision is fixedly determined as the first MV precision. In the second method, one MV precision is selected from among selectable MV precisions, the one MV precision selected is determined as the first MV precision, and selection information indicating the one MV precision selected is encoded into a bitstream.
US11509921B2
Methods and apparatuses for video encoding, comprising: receiving a video sequence; encoding the video sequence by using control flags for luma mapping with chroma scaling (LMCS) at a sequence level, a picture level, or a slice level, wherein the sequence level, the picture level, and the slice level are levels ranking from high to low; signaling a first control flag indicating whether the LMCS is enabled at a first level; and in response to the first control flag indicating the LMCS is enabled at the first level, signaling a second control flag indicating whether LMCS is enabled at a second level, wherein: the LMCS is enabled at the second level when a value of the second control flag equals to 1; the LMCS is disabled at the second level when the value of the second control flag equals to 0; and the second level is a lower level than the first level.
US11509912B2
An adaptive image transmission method for improving image quality, and a system thereof. The adaptive image transmission method for improving image quality includes the steps of: generating a reduced image by reducing an image for measuring a quality of an original image to be transmitted, by an image transmission system; measuring a restored image quality of the reduced image restored by decoding after performing pre-encoding on the reduced image, by the image transmission system; selectively resizing the original image based on the restored image quality, by the image transmission system; and encoding the selectively resized original image and transmitting the encoded image to an image reception system, by the image transmission system.
US11509911B2
Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums are provided. A coded video bitstream including a current picture is received. A determination is made as to whether a current block in a current coding tree unit (CTU) included in the current picture is coded in intra block copy (IBC) mode based on a flag included in the coded video bitstream. In response to the current block being determined as coded in IBC mode, a block vector that points to a first reference block of the current block is determined; an operation is performed on the block vector so that when the first reference block is not fully reconstructed or not within a valid search range of the current block, the block vector is modified to point to a second reference block that is in a fully reconstructed region and within the valid search range of the current block; and the current block is decoded based on the modified block vector.
US11509901B2
A method for colour component prediction, an encoder, a decoder and a storage medium are provided. The method includes that: prediction parameters of a current block are determined, the prediction parameters including a prediction mode parameter and a size parameter of the current block; when the prediction mode parameter indicates that a Matrix-based Intra Prediction (MIP) mode is adopted to determine an intra prediction value of the current block, an MIP weight matrix of the current block, a shift factor of the current block and an MIP input sample matrix of the current block are determined; and the intra prediction value of the current block is determined according to the MIP weight matrix, the shift factor and the MIP input sample matrix.
US11509892B2
A filter for video coding is provided, where the filter is configured for processing a block for generation of a filtered block, and the block comprises a plurality of pixels. The filter includes one or more processor configured to: scan, according to a predefined scan template, to obtain a current pixel of the block and its neighboring pixels of the current pixel; obtain spectrum components by performing transform for the current pixel and its neighboring pixels; obtain filtered spectrum components based on a filtering parameter and the spectrum components; obtain filtered pixels by performing inverse transform for the filtered spectrum components; and generate a filtered block based on the filtered pixels. The filter is provided allowing improving the efficiency for video coding.
US11509889B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; and changing the intra prediction mode to a wide angle intra prediction mode when the intra prediction mode is less than or equal to a threshold value and the current block is a non-square having a width greater than a height.
US11509886B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a first pixel including a photoelectric converter, a first node to which charge is transferred from the photoelectric converter, and a first transistor that resets a voltage of the first node, and configured to output a first signal in accordance with a voltage of the first node, a second pixel including a second node to which a predetermined voltage is supplied and a second transistor that resets a voltage of the second node, and configured to output a second signal in accordance with a voltage of the second node; and a control line connected to the first transistor and the second transistor. The first transistor resets the first node to a first voltage, and the second transistor resets the second node to a second voltage having a smaller amplitude than the first voltage.
US11509884B2
A stereoscopic VR HMD has left and right display portions in which one of the display portions is arranged with a transformation to improve the perceived virtual image resolution and therefore the perceived virtual image quality. The transformation can include offsetting sub-pixels of one of the display portions in the horizontal and if desired vertical dimensions relative to the other display portion. By applying very small (sub-millimeter) offsets along with appropriately adjusted image data, two slightly different virtual images form a stereoscopic image with a perceived increased of resolution in the binocular overlap zone established by the display portions.
US11509883B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a first display for the left eye of a user; a second display for the right eye of the user, that is spaced apart from the first display in a one direction; frames that hold the first display and the second display and are supported on the user's head; and an optical variable unit capable of varying the optical alignment of the first display or second display. An electronic device according to the present invention may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, robot, augmented reality (AR) device, virtual reality (VR) device, and device related to 5G services.
US11509880B2
A method and device is provided that compensates for different reflectivity/absorption coefficients of objects in a scene/object when performing active depth sensing using structured light. A receiver sensor captures an image of a scene onto which a code mask is projected. One or more parameters are ascertained from the captured image. Then a light source power for a projecting light source is dynamically adjusted according to the one or more parameters to improve decoding of the code mask in a subsequently captured image. Depth information for the scene may then be ascertained based on the captured image based on the code mask. In one example, the light source power is fixed at a particular illumination while an exposure time for the receiver sensor is adjusted. In another example, an exposure time for the receiver sensor is maintained/kept at a fixed value while the light source power is adjusted.
US11509875B1
Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing color consistency in images are disclosed. A method may include activating, by a device, a camera to capture first image data; while the camera is capturing the first image data, activating of a first light source; receiving the first image data, the first image data having pixels having first color values; identifying first light generated by the first light source while the camera is capturing the first image data; identifying, based on the first image data, second light generated by a second light source; generating, based on the first light, the second light, and a distance between the camera and the vehicle light, second color values for the pixels of the first image data; generating second image data based on the second color values; and presenting the second image data.
US11509854B2
A video signal transmission and reception system includes a video signal receiver in a video signal reception module, a video signal transmitter in a camera module, and a specific video signal transmitter in a specific camera module. In the specific camera module, a frame signal generated by a frame signal generator is sent to the video signal receiver from the specific video signal transmitter. The frame signal is sent to the video signal transmitters in a plurality of the camera modules from the video signal receiver.
US11509853B2
The present disclosure provides an image sensor and an image collection system. The image sensor includes: a pixel collection circuitry array including a plurality of pixel collection circuitries, each pixel collection circuitry being configured to monitor a change in a light intensity in a field of view and enter a triggered state when the change in the light intensity meets a predetermined condition; a boundary triggered pixel determination array configured to determine a boundary triggered pixel collection circuitry in the pixel collection circuitries in the triggered state; and a reading unit configured to respond to the boundary triggered pixel collection circuitry and output address information about the boundary triggered pixel collection circuitry.
US11509851B2
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a photodiode; a floating diffusion node configured to integrate photocharges generated in the photodiode; a first sampling transistor electrically connected to a first node; a first capacitor electrically connected to a first node and configured to store a charge corresponding to a voltage of the floating diffusion node which is reset; a second sampling transistor electrically connected to a second node; a second capacitor electrically connected to the second node and configured to store a charge corresponding to a voltage of the floating diffusion node in which the photocharges are integrated; and at least one mode transistor configured to adjust an equivalent capacitance of each of the first node and the second node according to a mode control signal.
US11509849B2
In an imaging device, a differential stage includes an input transistor having an input node connected to a floating diffusion portion, a first control line and a second control line are located in a plurality of sets, the first control line is connected to connection portions of some sets of the plurality of sets, and the second control line is connected to connection portions of the other sets of the plurality of sets.
US11509846B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a substrate having a pixel array unit sectioned into a matrix, a plurality of normal pixels, a plurality of phase difference detection pixels, and a plurality of adjacent pixels adjacent to the phase difference detection pixels, each provided in each of the plurality of sections, in which each of the normal pixel, the phase difference detection pixel, and the adjacent pixel has a photoelectric conversion film, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode that sandwich the photoelectric conversion film in a thickness direction of the photoelectric conversion film, and the lower electrode, in the adjacent pixel, extends from the section in which the adjacent pixel is provided to cover the section in which the phase difference detection pixel adjacent to the adjacent pixel is provided, when viewed from above the substrate.
US11509836B1
A method of processing first video data of a region from incoming video data collected by a camera. The method includes subscribing, by a first subscriber, to an endpoint at which the first video data is published after the first video data is preprocessed according to preprocessing parameters defined within a runtime configuration file. The preprocessing includes formatting the incoming video data to create the first video data of the first region of interest with a second field of view that is less than the first field of view. The method further includes processing, by a computer processor, the first video data to determine at least one output that is indicative of a first inference dependent upon the first video data. The preprocessing parameters that format incoming video data to create the first video data are dependent upon the processing to be performed on the first video data.
US11509828B1
The present invention relates to projectiles and munitions, and more specifically to such in flight. More particularly the present invention relates to projectiles and munitions in flight equipped with one or more image sensors adapted for acquiring image data of the environment surrounding the projection or munition in flight. The present invention further relates to systems and methods for correcting or stabilizing motion effects and artifacts present in the image data related to the movement or motion of the projectile or munition in flight, including spin or rotation of the projectile or munition.
US11509823B2
An imaging element incorporates a reading portion that reads out captured image data at a first frame rate, a storage portion that stores the image data, a processing portion that processes the image data, and an output portion that outputs the processed image data at a second frame rate lower than the first frame rate. The reading portion reads out the image data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel. The storage portion stores, in parallel, each image data read out in parallel by the reading portion. The processing portion performs generation processing of generating output image data of one frame using the image data of each of the plurality of frames stored in the storage portion.
US11509814B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an area sensor on which photoelectric conversion elements are arranged two-dimensionally, and that includes a plurality of regions, a reading unit for reading, from the area sensor, signals photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion elements, a focus detection unit for performing focus detection using the signals read by the reading unit, and a control unit for performing control as to from which region of the plurality of regions the reading unit preferentially reads the signals of the photoelectric conversion elements.
US11509810B2
An image capture apparatus which can be remotely controlled by an external apparatus. The image capture apparatus communicates with the external apparatus, generates a first operation screen which displays first information relating to the image capture apparatus and which includes a captured image, generates a second operation screen which is different from the first operation screen and displays second information relating to the image capture apparatus and does not include the captured image, and controls the image capture apparatus based on the operation request for the image capture apparatus received from the external apparatus. The image capture apparatus selectively transmits the first operation screen or the second operation screen to the external apparatus based on an instruction from the external apparatus.
US11509804B1
A universal light mounting box for retrofit is described. The retrofit light mounting box attaches to a junction box and receives electrical power from the junction box cables. The mounting box includes a canopy housing and a camera housing to provide wireless communication of both audio and video capabilities for the area around the junction box while also providing controlled power to a light fixture which is attached to the mounting box. A depending camera housing provides both audio and video signals which can be transmitted from the retrofit canopy housing electronics to a user's device.
US11509800B2
A thermoelectric element is provided between an on-board camera and a windshield. The on-board camera incorporates a temperature sensor, heat is caused to be transferred from the on-board camera to the windshield when a temperature of the on-board camera is equal to or greater than a threshold, and when the temperature of the on-board camera is lower than the threshold, a space formed by the on-board camera and the windshield is warmed by heat generated by the thermoelectric element itself, whereby condensation on the windshield is restricted.
US11509798B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a printing device is described. The printing device includes a print controller with a processor and memory. The print controller generates print instructions. Specifically, the print controller receives print image data representing an image to be printed and identifies enclosed regions in a background print agent plane. The print controller also determines a size of the enclosed regions of background print agent plane and responsive to the size of an enclosed region being smaller than a threshold size, removes the enclosed region from the background print agent plane. The printing device also includes a print agent distribution system to apply the background print agent and the image print agent to a substrate according to the print instructions.
US11509795B2
An auto-rotation module having a single-layer neural network on a user device can convert a document image to a monochrome image having black and white pixels and segment the monochrome image into bounding boxes, each bounding box defining a connected segment of black pixels in the monochrome image. The auto-rotation module can determine textual snippets from the bounding boxes and prepare them into input images for the single-layer neural network. The single-layer neural network is trained to process each input image, recognize a correct orientation, and output a set of results for each input image. Each result indicates a probability associated with a particular orientation. The auto-rotation module can examine the results, determine what degree of rotation is needed to achieve a correct orientation of the document image, and automatically rotate the document image by the degree of rotation needed to achieve the correct orientation of the document image.
US11509793B2
A server registers, into a first memory, user identification information and service information in a condition where a connection between the server and a target device via the Internet has not been established. The server registers, into a second memory, first device identification information in association with the user identification information and the service information registered in the first memory after receiving the first device identification information. After the connection between the server and the target device via the Internet has been established for a first time, the server causes a service providing server to provide the service to the user using the user identification information and the service information in the first memory in response to receiving the device identification information from a target device matching the first device identification information.
US11509789B2
An image forming apparatus includes an extended app as an application for implementing a function other than the standard functions of the image forming apparatus, and an apparatus capability service generating information on the capability of the image forming apparatus, the information being used by the extended app when the extended app uses a function. The information on the capability indicates whether a function used by the extended app is effective.
US11509758B2
Embodiments described herein provide a device for presenting for presenting visual content from a smart device, having a housing including a base pivotably connected to a display panel; and a receiver configured to receive a signal from the smart device and transmit the signal from the smart device to the display panel; where the housing is not configured to transmit a control signal to the smart device.
US11509756B1
A headset case includes a base providing a cavity for stowing a headset, the base including a bottom region configured to rest on a surface; a lid; and a hinge pivotably connecting the lid to the base. When the headset case is in a closed configuration, the lid covers the cavity. When the headset case is in an open configuration, a first section of the lid at least partially rests on the surface, and a second section of the lid, extending from the first section of the lid, is configured to prop up a smartphone by mechanically supporting the smartphone leaning against the second section of the lid while resting on the base.
US11509755B2
The present invention is directed to a method and means for enabling contact lens wearers to photograph their own eyes using an electronic device with a camera such as an iPhone with a macro lens, for example, Olloclip® Macro Pro Lens Set 7× lens, and a custom three-dimensional printed eyecup attachment. The eyecup attachment is designed to position the camera at a suitable and reproducible distance from the eye to ensure that the system can focus appropriately on the lens details. The eyecup attachment also serves to block stray light and diffuse the ambient lighting. In addition, the eyecup attachment ensures that the camera is held in the correct orientation while photos are being captured. The capture images are analyzed using image processing software to determine the angel of rotation of the contact lens.
US11509754B1
The mobile communication and gaming device is a personal data device. The mobile communication and gaming device is a programmable logical device. The mobile communication and gaming device has an interface that is configured for use with gaming applications. The mobile communication and gaming device comprises a logical appliance and a housing. The housing contains the logical appliance.
US11509727B1
A method for managing a communication session includes receiving a request to perform a task. The task is divided into one or more steps. One or more user devices are identified that can be used to perform one or more of the steps. One or more communication channels are identified that are available to the one or more user devices. The communication session is permitted to switch from one or more of the user devices and communication channels to complete the one or more steps of the task while maintaining a continuity of the communication session.
US11509725B2
Systems and methods for selecting tiering protocols based on data transmissions over mesh networks within defined spatial areas can be provided. A mesh network can be established within a defined spatial area. Each network device within the mesh network can be a user device or a supernode. Further, a wireless communication link can be established between the user devices and supernodes. A plurality of tiered protocols for tiering data transmissions can be accessed. Data to be transmitted over the mesh network can be analyzed to determine which tiered protocol to select. Path data that identifies a routing path from the a user device to a supernode can be generated, and the data can be transmitted according to the path data.
US11509723B1
A system described herein may provide a technique for the monitoring of one or more devices, such as Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices or other suitable types of devices, via one or more networks. The system may maintain readings associated with the IoT devices, and may identify a demand for a set of readings from a particular IoT device. The system may output a request to the particular IoT device. The request may indicate a maximum data size for a response to the request, as well as an indication of the latest time associated with readings received from the particular IoT device. The IoT device may respond with readings that were collected after the indicated latest time. The response may be restricted to the maximum data size. As such, the IoT device may refrain from providing a full set of readings that were collected after the indicated latest time.
US11509722B2
Provided is a server. The server comprises a communicator configured to receive or transmit data from or to an external network and a processor configured to receive, through the communicator, service data of an electronic device, device data of the electronic device, and weather data for the electronic device and to calculate emotion index data based on the service data, the device data, and the weather data. Accordingly, customer's emotion index data may be efficiently calculated.
US11509721B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to storing location information about storage nodes in cookies. A cloud-based service may send location requests to an orchestration service that instantiated storage nodes included in a storage cluster of the cloud-based service. The cloud-based service may receive location information that identifies in which computer zone that a given storage node is located. The cloud-based service may store the location information in cookies at a metadata store that is shared among the storage nodes. The cloud-based service may receive, from a client node, a search request to identify ones of the storage nodes that store particular data. The cloud-based service may return a set of cookies corresponding to identified storage nodes. The set of cookies may enable the client node to determine whether there is a storage node that stores the particular data and is within the same computer zone as the client node.
US11509712B2
In an online fashion community system (100) users provide personal image content, such as digital user fashion images (104, 700) that include users themselves modeling multiple fashion items as an ensemble, as the basis of community interaction. Users also provide information about the multiple fashion items, including information linking (108) to a provider of each fashion item and fashion data (106) such as brand, color, style, etc. User interface system (116) allows users to search among, access, and interact about the user fashion ensembles.
US11509704B1
A system configures a test case including a test script to validate a new product. The test script has a logic flow for communications through a sequence of network nodes and the test case includes pass/fail criteria for parameter data of packets communicated between the sequence of network nodes. The system initiates an automation engine that is configured to execute the test script and validates the new product based on actual parameter data relative to the pass/fail criteria. The system simulates the enhanced calling or messaging communications service to utilize by the new product during the test. The system instantiates a network probe that captures packets of the network nodes and extracts actual parameter data, which is compared to expected parameter data to generate test results relative to the pass/fail criteria. The system can present an indication that the new product passed/failed the test case based on the test results.
US11509693B2
A customer of a resource allocation service can register a function to be executed using virtual resources, where the function includes customer code to be executed. Customer events are defined as triggers for a registered function, and a resource instance is allocated to execute the registered function when triggering event is detected. An identity role associated with the triggering function is used to obtain access credentials for any data source which a triggering event might require for processing. An event-specific access credential is generated that provides a subset of these access privileges using a template policy for the registered function that is filled with values specific to the triggering event. The filled template policy and base credential are used to generate an event-specific credential valid only for access needed for the event. This event-specific credential can be passed with the event data for processing by an allocated instance.
US11509690B2
A system and computer-implemented method of monitoring a network is provided. The method includes receiving a packet of network traffic, wherein the packet has an associated source and destination address pair, where this pair constitutes a connection pair. The method further includes comparing the packet to a plurality of patterns and/or compare a source or destination address of the packet to known malicious addresses, and upon determining that the packet matches a pattern of the plurality of patterns or the source or destination address of the packet matches a known malicious address. The method further includes deploying a honeypot in a container for the pattern matching the packet, if not yet deployed, and forwarding all network traffic for the connection pair to the honeypot.
US11509686B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for DHCP-communications monitoring by a network controller in software defined networks is disclosed. A method comprises detecting that a virtualized compute instance is instantiated on a host computer; generating, and transmitting to a port manager executing on the host computer, instructions to set a BLOCK-EXCEPT-DHCP status on a port assigned to the virtualized compute instance; determining whether an IP address has been assigned to the port by a DHCP service; and if it has: generating, and transmitting to the port manager, instructions to set a NORMAL status on the port; generating, and transmitting to the port manager, a SpoofGuard configured with the IP address assigned to the port; based on notifications received from the SpoofGuard, determining whether the IP address assigned to the port of the virtualized compute instance has been misused, expired or spoofed; and if it has, transmitting instructions to set the BLOCK-EXCEPT-DHCP status on the port.
US11509681B2
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to receive, at a user interface of a trust platform configured to manage cloud assets operating in clouds of two or more cloud service providers, a request to view multi-cloud relative risk information for at least a subset of the cloud assets on which workloads of a given entity run. The processing device is also configured to obtain, utilizing application programming interfaces of the trust platform, first and second sets of cloud asset risk data generated by first and second pluralities of monitoring tools operating in tenant and management environments of the clouds of the two or more cloud service providers. The processing device is further configured to generate and provide, at the user interface of the trust platform, a unified view of the multi-cloud relative risk information utilizing the first and second sets of cloud asset risk data.
US11509678B2
The federal government requires organizations it partners with to comply with a higher level of security requirements and issues guideline detailing vulnerabilities within computer systems, assessments to be conducted, and security requirements. Previously, the security assessments required to be in compliance with the government's security requirements were mostly conducted manually, creating a labor and time intensive process. The present disclosure provides computerized systems and methods that intelligently and dynamically conduct automatic security assessments to determine security compliance for one or more applications. These systems and methods significantly improve the security assessment process and result in significant savings of time, labor, and money. The system receives the security requirements, identifies one or more applications to undergo a security assessment, generates a script comprising commands for conducting an automatic assessment of the one or more applications, conducts the security assessments on the one or more applications, determines whether the one or more application are in compliance with the security requirements and generates a report comprising the security assessment findings.
US11509676B2
In an embodiment, an asset may utilize one or more scanning techniques to detect a first set of software components that is not being natively tracked by an operating system of the asset, the one or more scanning techniques comprising one or more of an evaluation of metadata associated with one or more running processes of the asset, and an evaluation of file system information that characterizes the first set of software components. The asset may further store an indication of the first set of software components detected in accordance with the one or more scanning techniques, and may optionally report the indication to an external entity (e.g., a vulnerability management system).
US11509672B2
A system and method of detecting an unauthorized access, phish attempt, or ransomware attempt based on limiting network transmission of data packets within an authorized device range. The method includes establishing a router hop limit value to predetermine an authorized device range for data packets to be exchanged between communicating pair devices and limiting transmission of data packets to within the predetermined authorized device range by discarding data packets after reaching the predetermined authorized device range as a function of the established hop limit value, to exclude devices beyond the predetermined authorized device range. Analyzer, Explorer, Setter, Modifier and Monitor Modules interoperate to suppress spurious communications from remote intruders.
US11509671B2
A method of anomaly detection for network traffic communicated by devices via a computer network, the method including receiving a set of training time series each including a plurality of time windows of data corresponding to network communication characteristics for a first device; training an autoencoder for a first cluster based on a time series in the first cluster, wherein a state of the autoencoder is periodically recorded after a predetermined fixed number of training examples to define a set of trained autoencoders for the first cluster; receiving a new time series including a plurality of time windows of data corresponding to network communication characteristics for the first device; for each time window of the new time series, generating a vector of reconstruction errors for the first device for each autoencoder based on testing the autoencoder with data from the time window; and evaluating a derivative of each vector; training a machine learning model based on the derivatives so as to define a filter for identifying subsequent time series for a second device being absent anomalous communication.
US11509670B2
Methods and systems for detecting anomalous network activity. The system may receive network metadata regarding activity on a network and generate at least one of a z-score and a directionality magnitude related to the network activity. The system may then issue an alert upon detecting an anomaly exists on the network based upon at least one of the generated z-score exceeding a z-score threshold and the generated directionality magnitude deviating from a baseline directionality magnitude.
US11509662B2
Techniques process an access management permission. Such techniques involve: receiving, from a client, a first request for obtaining an access management permission of a file. The techniques further involve: obtaining a current score of the file, wherein the current score indicates a probability of receiving, after the access management permission is assigned to the client, a second request conflicting with the first request. The techniques further involve: assigning the access management permission to the client if it is determined that the current score is greater than or equal to a threshold score. Such techniques alleviate the need to assign, to a client, the access management permission of a file with a high probability of an access conflict, thus enhancing the performance of the server as well as the user experience.
US11509661B2
A system includes a hardware processor that executes a software code to receive an authorization request on behalf of a user for a stacked resource including resources offered separately by multiple resource providers, determine resource provider computers associated with the stacked resource, and send a look-up request including an electronic identity of the user to those computers, where the electronic identity is used as a look-up key for determining user attribute(s) of the user. The software code further receives the user attribute(s) from the resource provider computers, generates an accumulated access profile of the user based on the user attribute(s), applies the profile to a rules engine to determine a stacked access result, and routes the authorization request and the stacked access result to one of the resource provider computers, where that computer completes an authorization process for access to the stacked resource based on the stacked access result.
US11509650B2
Methods and systems for mapping a sharable resource using a one-time password are disclosed. An identifier included in a set of provided credentials uniquely associates the one-time password with an executable within a computing environment that hosts the sharable resource. When credentials are received in association with a mapping request, it is determined whether a supplied username corresponds to a user authorized to access the sharable resource and whether a representation of a supplied password received in association with the mapping request matches a representation of the one-time password. Validating the mapping request provides access to the sharable resource.
US11509648B2
A method includes detecting proximity between a mobile device and a remote device associated with a transaction reserved by a user of the mobile device and a mode of the electronic device. A verification password is sent to the remote device responsive to detecting the proximity and the mode. A device includes a module to detect proximity between the device and a remote device associated with a transaction reserved by a user of the device occurring within a predefined distance threshold and a processor coupled to the module. A device includes another module to detect a stationary mode of the electronic device occurring for at least a predefined duration threshold. The processor is sends a verification password to the remote device responsive to detecting the proximity and the mode.
US11509646B2
Methods and apparatus to clone an agent in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first management agent associated with a first component server in a virtualization environment, the first management agent configured to facilitate communication between the first component server and a virtual appliance, the virtual appliance to authenticate the first management agent based on first credentials including a first identifier and a first certificate. The example apparatus includes a second management agent associated with a second component server in the virtualization environment, the second management agent cloned from the first management agent and including a copy of the first credentials. The example second management agent is to: generate second credentials including a second identifier and a second certificate; authenticate with the virtual appliance based on the first identifier and the first certificate; and delete the copy of the first credentials.
US11509643B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide various methods relating to enclaves. For instance, a method of authentication for an enclave entity with a second entity may include receiving, by one or more processors of a host computing device of the enclave entity, a request and an assertion of identity for the second entity, the assertion including identity information for the second identity; using an assertion verifier of the enclave entity to determine whether the assertion is valid; when the assertion is valid, extracting the identity information; authenticating the second entity using an access control list for the enclave entity to determine whether the identity information meets expectations of the access control list; when the identity information meets the expectations of the access control list, completing the request.
US11509641B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to a computer system accessing a client credential set to authenticate with a destination computer system. A computer system may, subsequent to receiving an indication to make available an application for a particular user, retrieve configuration data specifying a reference to a key value. The computer system may maintain a data object that includes a client credential set for the particular user. In response to an occurrence of an event associated with the application, the computer system may access the client credential set of the particular user from the data object using the key value and an indication of the particular user. The computer system may then send a request including the client credential set to a destination computer system for authentication with the destination computer system and receive a response indicating whether the computer system has been authenticated.
US11509634B2
Systems and methods for secure messaging and automation are disclosed herein. An example method includes providing, by an application server layer, a user-facing application that accesses a data retention system and a predictive analytics system through a web services layer, the user-facing application being secured through use of a security token cached on a web browser that provides the user-facing application, establishing a security protocol or security token utilized between the application server layer and the web services layer that is different from the security token cached on the web browser; and performing asynchronous processing based on user interaction with a goal-based planning application that processes data from a plurality of user accounts.
US11509631B2
A proxy device coupled to a network receives communications between a client and a server on the network. The proxy device operates transparently to the client and the server, while coupled to receive and process the communications from a node on the network via a network port in a one-armed configuration. The proxy device communicates packets of the communications with an external tool coupled to the proxy device via a tool port and operates transparently to the nod and the tool. In certain embodiments, the tool may be a network security device, such as a firewall.
US11509623B2
A method includes identifying a plurality of local tracklets from a plurality of targets, creating a plurality of global tracklets from the plurality of local tracklets, wherein each global tracklet comprises a set of local tracklet of the plurality of local tracklets, wherein the set of local tracklet corresponds to a target of the plurality of targets; extracting motion features of the target from the each global tracklet of the plurality of global tracklets, wherein the motion features of each target of the plurality of targets from each global tracklet of the plurality of global tracklets are distinguishable from the motion features of remaining targets of the plurality of targets from remaining global tracklets; transforming the motion features into an address code by using a hashing process; and transmitting a plurality of address codes and a transformation parameter of the hashing process to a communication device.
US11509622B2
Some embodiments provide a method for connecting a client of a first network to a service of a second network. The method includes registering the service of the second network. The method then receives, from a client of the first network, a request to communicate with the service, the client not having an address of the service. The method further assigns an IP address to the service and sends the IP address to the client. Additionally, the method sends, to an inter-network hub that connects the first network and the second network, a message in order for the inter-network hub to establish a first tunnel between the inter-network hub and a first gateway associated with the client and a second tunnel between the inter-network hub and a second gateway associated with the service.
US11509621B2
The systems and methods include operations for: storing, by one or more processors, a plurality of content items in association with a content item generation template, each of the plurality of content items having been previously generated by a respective user of a plurality of users of a messaging application in accordance with instructions associated with the content item generation template; ranking the plurality of content items associated with the content item generation template; receiving input that selects an identifier of the content item generation template; and displaying the ranked plurality of content items to a given user of the messaging application in response to receiving the input.
US11509617B2
A messaging system for relaying messages to groups of inmates located in one or more controlled-environment facilities. The system receives a message from a user and a recipient designation identifying those inmates designated for receiving the message. The system performs a content check of the message or requests administrator authorization of the message, and then packages the message in a format designated by the facility. The packaged message includes the message itself, and also recipient information and other delivery information. The message may be packaged uniquely according to facility specifications. At the facility, the received message is unpacked. Recipients are identified from the recipient designation in the message, and delivery methods are retrieved for each of the intended recipients. Delivery of the message is then carried out, at a time designated in the message, according to the retrieved delivery methods.
US11509616B2
Implementations relate to providing information items for display during a communication session. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, during a communication session between a first computing device and a second computing device, first media content from the communication session. The method further includes determining a first information item for display in the communication session based at least in part on the first media content. The method further includes sending a first command to at least one of the first computing device and the second computing device to display the first information item.
US11509607B2
A chatbot system, a method of operating a chatbot system, a mobile application and a method of operation of a mobile application for providing conversational communications between a user and a primary system via chatbot. The communications utilise a modified message comprising a main component and a supplementary component.
US11509605B1
Systems and methods to automatically or manually generate various multi-stage pyramid network based fabrics, either partially connected or fully connected, are disclosed by changing different parameters of multi-stage pyramid network including such as number of slices, number of rings, number of stages, number of switches, number of multiplexers, the size of the multiplexers in any switch, connections between stages of rings either between the same numbered stages (same level stages) or different numbered stages, single or multi-drop hop wires, hop wires of different hop lengths, hop wires outgoing to different directions, hop wires incoming from different directions, number of hop wires based on the number and type of inlet and outlet links of large scale sub-integrated circuit blocks. One or more parameters are changed in each iteration so that optimized fabrics are generated, at the end of iterations, to route a given set of benchmarks or designs having a specific connection requirements.
US11509600B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: identifying a plurality of asset resources; selecting a workload for allocation of asset resources; determining which asset resources of the plurality of asset resources may be needed for allocation, determination of which asset resources of the plurality of asset resources may be needed for allocation taking into account on-premises asset resources and cloud-based asset resources the inventory of the available asset resources; and, performing a data center hybrid cloud asset allocation operation, the data center asset allocation operation allocating resources the workload based upon the determining.
US11509597B2
Embodiments of the application provide a data transmission method and a device. A sending device periodically obtains a first packet sequence number and a second packet sequence number. The first packet sequence number is a maximum value in packet sequence numbers respectively corresponding to packets that belong to a first data flow and that are received by a receiving device through a first data channel in a statistics period. The second packet sequence number is a maximum value in packet sequence numbers respectively corresponding to packets that belong to the first data flow and that are received by the receiving device through a second data channel in the statistics period. The sending device updates a packet cache queue of: the first data channel, the second data channel, or both the first and the second data channels, based on the first packet sequence number and the second packet sequence number.
US11509592B2
A network endpoint receiver controls packet flow from a transmitter. Packets are received via a network in packet traffic according to a push mode, where the transmitter controls pacing of transmitting the packets. Characteristics related to the packet traffic are monitored at the receiver. The monitored characteristics are compared to reception performance parameters, and based on the comparison, a decision is made to switch from the push mode to a pull mode for controlling the packet flow. The receiver transmits a pull mode request packet to the transmitter, where the pull mode request packet indicates a pacing of subsequent packets transmitted by the transmitter to the receiver in accordance with the pull mode. Pacing of further transmitted packets may be controlled by subsequent pull mode request packets sent over time to the transmitter by the receiver. Similarly, the receiver may control additional transmitters to transmit at equal or different rates.
US11509591B2
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving traffic associated with at least one of a mobile network and a Gi-Local Area Network (data-plane), wherein the traffic comprises one or more packets; determining a classification of the traffic to a service chain, wherein the service chain comprises one or more service functions associated at least one of one or more mobile network services and one or more data-plane services; routing the traffic through the service chain; and routing the traffic to a network using one of a plurality of egress interfaces, wherein each egress interface of the plurality of egress interfaces is associated with at least one of the one or more mobile network services and the one or more data-plane services.
US11509590B2
A network device may receive one or more packets, and may determine a flow control parameter, a rate limiting parameter, and a statistical sampling parameter associated with a slow counter. The network device may determine whether the flow control parameter satisfies a first threshold, whether the rate limiting parameter satisfies a second threshold, and whether the statistical sampling parameter satisfies a third threshold. The network device may identify a counter event associated with one of the one or more packets, and may selectively assign the counter event to a fast counter when at least one of the first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold being satisfied, or to the slow counter when none of the first threshold, the second threshold, and the third threshold being satisfied.
US11509588B2
A method (100) for managing the provision of a service between origin and destination endpoints over a communication network is disclosed. The communication network comprises at least two Autonomous Systems (ASs) and an Abstraction and Control of Traffic Engineered Networks Virtual Network (VN) between the origin and destination endpoints. The method comprises defining, at each of the origin and destination endpoints, a service segregation loopback interface corresponding to a subset of traffic belonging to the service (110). The method further comprises binding the subset of traffic to the VN by exposing the service segregation loopback interface defined at the destination endpoint as routing next hop only to traffic belonging to the subset (120).
US11509584B2
The present disclosure related to routing methods. One example method includes configuring a first path and a second path in charge of load sharing for a data flow, and configuring a third path in charge of reroute protection. A first group entry is generated for instructing the forwarding device to use the first path and the second path as load-sharing paths and use the third path to perform reroute protection on the first path and the second path. A flow entry for instructing to perform an operation of going to the first group entry is generated.
US11509579B2
A system, switch device, and method of operating a switch device are provided. An illustrative system is disclosed to include a first router block configured to receive a first type of Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) packet, a second router block configured to receive a second type of RDMA packet, and a gateway positioned between the first router block and the second router block. The gateway may be configured to translate the first type of RDMA packet received from the first router block for transmission as the second type of RDMA packet by the second router block.
US11509576B2
A protected stream manager includes one or more subsystems to receive a content stream in a virtual environment, obfuscate the content stream, and prioritize use of a processor to process the content stream.
US11509569B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to beam information for independent links. For example, beam information for one link may be sent on at least one other link. In some aspects, the independent links may involve a first device (e.g., a user equipment) communicating via different independent links with different devices (e.g., transmit receive points (TRPs) or sets of TRPs). For example, the first device may communicate with a second device (e.g., a TRP) via a first link and communicate with a third device (e.g., a TRP) via a second link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate beam switching for at least one other link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate link recovery for at least one other link. In some scenarios, one link can indicate link failure for at least one other link.
US11509560B2
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that cause the circuitry to generate a password for connecting to a communication relay apparatus based on an operation to use the communication relay apparatus; transmit, to the communication relay apparatus, an addition request signal representing a request to add an identifier for identifying the communication relay apparatus, the addition request signal including the identifier and the generated password for connecting to a network that is set in association with the identifier on a per-identifier basis; and transmit, to the communication relay apparatus, a deletion request signal, which includes the identifier, representing a request to delete the identifier upon determining that an elapsed time from when the communication relay apparatus has added the identifier has exceeded a possible usage time of using the network.
US11509557B2
A method receives error measurements from network elements. Groups of network elements are generated based on similarity of error measurements and a bitloading profile for each of the groups of network elements is generated based on the error measurements for each respective group. Each bitloading profile includes a modulation level determined to be sufficient for transporting content to respective groups of network elements. The method then assigns a set of bitloading profiles to each network element based on the groups of network elements and the bitloading profile generated for each of the groups. The bitloading profile for each of the groups of network elements and the assigned set of bitloading profiles are output to a network device. The network device uses the bitloading profiles to modulate content sent to respective customer premise equipment.
US11509547B2
A system and a method for facilitating a processing of a service request is provided. The method includes: accessing a plurality of previously received service requests; receiving a first new service request; determining a handling protocol for the first new service request; adding the received first new service request to the plurality of previously received service requests to generate an updated list of open service requests; and displaying a listing of a least a subset of the updated list of open service requests. The handling protocol includes a priority ranking of the first new service request and an identification of a proposed technician for resolving the corresponding problem. The determination of the handling protocol is performed by assigning weights to each of a set of predefined parameters and algorithmically combining the assigned weights to obtain an overall priority score.
US11509544B2
A method of determining an end-to-end, E2E, service level for a communications network (100) by a network management entity (101). The communications network (100) comprises one or more network domain. The method comprises obtaining (201) a first set of service level data for the one or more network domain. The first set of service level data for said one or more network domain comprises a summarized set of data derived from service level data monitored by said one or more network domain. The method further comprises determining (202) the end-to-end service level based on the obtained first set of service level data from the one or more network domain.
US11509541B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: identifying a data center asset for simulation; retrieving data center virtual reality session data associated with the data center asset; identifying a set of virtual reality map session data; and, performing a data center asset virtual reality map session operation for the data center asset based upon the data center virtual reality data and the set of virtual reality map session data.
US11509531B2
A command and response messaging mechanism for use between nodes of a homogeneous data grid can allow a configuration state to be quickly provisioned to the nodes of a cluster at run time for an application running on the data grid. For example, a processing device of a node can receive a global configuration state from a peer node in the grid network. The processing device can apply common values for symmetrical attributes from the global configuration state to a local configuration. The processing device can also apply individual node values for asymmetrical attributes from the global configuration state to the local configuration. The processing device can then run the application on the local node using the local configuration.
US11509529B2
A switch component secure upgrade system includes a dual-ported switch component, a central processing system that is connected to the switch component via the components read-only port, and a management controller system that is connected to the switch component via the components read-write port. The management controller system receives a component upgrade request that is encrypted with a management controller public key, decrypts the component upgrade request using a management controller private key, and validates the component upgrade request, which is signed with a release management private key, using a release management public key. In response to validating the component upgrade request, the management controller system validates a component upgrade payload that is included in the component upgrade request and, in response, upgrades the switch component via the read-write port using the component upgrade payload.
US11509522B2
Some embodiments provide a method for a global manager that manages a logical network configuration for multiple datacenters that each have a local manager for managing the logical network configuration within the datacenter. Based on detecting that a connection to a particular local manager of a particular datacenter has been restored after a period of unavailability, the method identifies a portion of the logical network configuration that is relevant to the particular datacenter. In a series of transactions, the method transfers the identified portion of the logical network configuration to the particular local manager. During the series of transactions, the method identifies modifications to the identified portion of the logical network configuration to be included in the series of transactions. Upon completion of the series of transactions, the method transfers a notification to the particular local manager indicating completion of the series of transactions.
US11509507B2
A reduced-complexity Internet of Things sensor is disclosed. An example apparatus comprises memory storing one or more sensor event messages, a radio configured to determine a sensor event, a counter configured to output incremental counter states, and a control circuitry. The control circuitry may be in communication with the memory, the radio, and counter, and the sensor. The control circuitry may be configured to determine, based on the sensor event, a select sensor event message of the one or more sensor event messages. The control circuitry may be further configured to output, via the radio signal, a packet comprising the select event message and an indication of a counter state associated with the sensor event message.
US11509498B1
Optimized automated access network connectivity is provided. A network connecting device (NCD) may perform an optimized access network setup process upon boot-up to connect to an access network. The optimized process may be determined by a cloud-based machine-learning system based on learned connecting and network usage behaviors. The optimized process may include a sequence of network connectivity evaluations configured to minimize the setup time associated with discovering and connecting to an access network. The optimized process may further reduce or eliminate the probability of device failure due to an erroneous access network implementation by establishing communications with a test server prior to committing an access operating mode to non-volatile memory. The NCD may be configured to modify the device's master configuration settings to include the optimized process such that when a master reset is performed, the device may utilize the optimized process to discover and connect to the access network.
US11509490B2
There are provided methods for associating an adapter controller with a device, among a plurality of devices, for instance a Power over Ethernet device or its controller, each device of the plurality being connected to a controller interconnected to other controllers by a power-over-data linear bus to which an item of power source equipment is also connected. The methods comprises an exchange of a pairing message comprising a unique identifier of the device to be paired with, wherein only said device from which is the pairing message receives power at the time of receiving the pairing message by the controller among the plurality of devices.
US11509486B2
A system and method of determining an attestation or identity score of a user of a communication device employs metadata stored in a plurality of client devices, such as IoT devices. A request for attestation, comprises a unique identifier associated with the communication device and an input or shared value. The unique identifier is used to identify, in a distributed ledger (blockchain), client devices that are paired with the communication device. Metadata stored in association with each of the client devices is retrieved and compared to the input or shared value, and a sub-identity score is determined based on the extent to which there is a match and the reliability of the client device. The sub-identity scores are combined to obtain an identity score reflecting a confidence level in the user and/or communication device.
US11509483B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provide a method of electronically signing content. Content to be signed and an attribute sharing item are presented at a signing device associated with a signer. It is detected that the signer has accessed the attribute sharing item to provide one or more identity attributes which uniquely identify the signer. It is also detected that the signer has initiated a signing action at the signing device. The signing action and the identity attributes are transmitted to a signing service which is configured to create an electronic signature including encrypting the content to be signed and the one or more identity attribute.
US11509480B2
A method of attestation of a host machine based on runtime configuration of the host machine is provided. The method receives, at an attestation machine, a request from the host machine for attestation of a software executing on the host machine, the request including at least one security-related configuration of the software at launch time and a corresponding runtime behavior of the software when the security-related configuration changes. The method then generates a claim based on evaluating a value associated with the at least one security-related configuration and the corresponding runtime behavior of the software when the value changes. The method also generates an attestation token after a successful attestation of the software and include in the attestation token the generated claim. The method further transmits the attestation token to the host machine.
US11509468B2
A method for verifying a secret decryption of an escrow agent by a client operatively connected to the escrow agent includes initiating enrollment of the client with the escrow agent, wherein the enrollment results the escrow agent generating a key pair comprising a public key and a private key, obtaining the public key from the escrow agent, wherein the private key is not shared with the client, encrypting the secret with the public key to obtain an encrypted secret, after encrypting the secret, encrypting, based on a verification trigger, a verification value using the public key to obtain an encrypted verification value, sending the encrypted verification value to the escrow agent, obtaining a secret decryption response from the escrow agent, making a determination, based on the secret decryption response, that the escrow agent is not capable of decrypting the secret, and based on the determination, performing a remediation action.
US11509465B2
A computing device may include a memory configured to store a group connection lease and a group user interface (UI) cache shared by different users within a user delivery group. The computing device may also include a processor coupled to the memory and configured to establish communications links with a plurality of smart card devices associated with different users within the user delivery group, initiate virtual sessions for the different users based upon the group connection lease responsive to establishing the communications links with the smart card devices, and launch the virtual sessions for the different users based upon the group UI cache.
US11509461B2
A method for securing an integrated circuit chip includes obtaining a first value from a first storage area in the chip, obtaining a second value from a second storage area in the chip, generating a third value based on the first value and the second value, and converting a first opcode command obfuscated as a second opcode command into a non-obfuscated form of the first opcode command based on the third value. The first value corresponds to a physically unclonable function (PUF) of the chip. The second value is a key including information indicating a type of obfuscation performed to obfuscate the first opcode command as the second opcode command. The third value may be an inversion flag indicating a type of obfuscation performed to obfuscate the first opcode command as the second opcode command.
US11509457B2
The present invention concerns a method for secure data classification by a computer platform. A client sends to the platform data to be classified in encrypted form using a first symmetric key. Similarly, a supplier sends to the platform parameters of a classification model in encrypted form using a second symmetric key. The invention uses a homomorphic cryptosystem defined by a public key and a private key. The platform performs a first transcryption step by deciphering the data to be classified in the homomorphic domain and a second transcryption step by deciphering the model parameters in the homomorphic domain. The classification function is then evaluated in the homomorphic domain for providing a classification result encrypted by said public key.
US11509452B2
A method for generating digital quantum chaotic orthonormal wavepacket signals includes the following steps: construct a N-dimensional Hermitian matrix Ĥ; calculate N eigen-wavefunctions φj of a quantum Hamiltonian system with the Hamiltonian Ĥ by some numerical calculation methods, wherein the Hamiltonian is the Hermitian matrix Ĥ; extract some or all of the eigen-functions φj with obvious chaos features as quantum chaotic eigen-wavefunctions according to a chaos criterion; generate some semi-classical digital quantum chaotic wavepacket signals φj(n) with the same mathematical form as the quantum chaotic eigen-wavefunctions and length N from the selected quantum chaotic eigen-wavefunctions according to the mathematical correspondence between the classical signal and the wavefunction in quantum mechanics. By combining the quantum state chaotic transition theory and the classical time-frequency analysis, some semi-classical quantum chaotic wavepacket digital signals are generated according to the mathematical correspondence between the classical time-frequency signal and the wavefunction in quantum mechanics.
US11509447B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enhanced carrier aggregation techniques described. For example, component carrier groups including multiple component carriers may be configured. In some cases, each component carrier group may be configured to include 2n component carriers. Also, component carriers may be managed on a per component carrier group basis. In some cases, a single management message may be used to communicate management information for a component carrier group. Similarly, a single control message may be used to communicate control information, such as physical layer parameters, for a component carrier group.
US11509434B2
A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data; and transmitting the frame, wherein the frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division, and among the plurality of OFDM symbols, OFDM symbols included in the second period include pilot symbols arranged along a time axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and a predetermined number of data symbols.
US11509429B2
The invention relates to a transmitting device for performing an initial and one or more retransmissions of data via a sidelink interface. A receiver and processor perform a resource sensing procedure to acquire information about radio resources usable for the device to transmit data at a later point in time. The processor performs an autonomous radio resource allocation to select time-frequency radio resources within a transmission window to be used for performing a first transmission of the data, based on information acquired by the resource sensing procedure. The processor determines a data transmission timing pattern, that indicates a transmission timing for performing one or more transmissions of data. A transmitter performs the first data transmission using the selected time-frequency radio resources and performs the data retransmissions at the transmission timing defined by the determined data transmission timing pattern with respect to the first data transmission.
US11509422B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU). For example, an EDMG wireless communication station (STA) may be configured to communicate an EDMG PPDU including a Channel Estimation Field (CEF) and/or a pilot sequence, which may be configured for an OFDM mode.
US11509421B2
In a distribution matching circuit, output data of a plurality of LUTs forming a hierarchical tree structure sequentially designates a combination of signal point groups in a signal space managed by an LUT in an immediately lower level, and signal point information after distribution matching is output for each LUT in the lowermost level.
US11509418B2
Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention are a polar code encoding method and device, the method comprising: utilizing a common information bit set to represent each of m polar code blocks, the polar codes in each polar code block having the same code length and different code rates, and m being greater than or equal to 2; according to the common information bit set corresponding to the polar code block, acquiring an information bit set corresponding to each polar code in the polar code block; and according to the information bit set corresponding to each polar code in the polar code block, conducting polar code encoding on information to be encoded, thus reducing polar code representation overhead, and solving the problem in the prior art of excessively high polar code representation overhead.
US11509413B2
For example, an apparatus may include a segment parser to parse scrambled data bits of a PPDU into a first plurality of data bits and a second plurality of data bits, the PPDU to be transmitted in an OFDM transmission over an aggregated bandwidth comprising a first channel in a first frequency band and a second channel in a second frequency band; a first baseband processing block to encode and modulate the first plurality of data bits according to a first OFDM MCS for transmission over the first channel in the first frequency band; and a second baseband block to encode and modulate the second plurality of data bits according to a second OFDM MCS for transmission over the second channel in the second frequency band.
US11509398B2
A control apparatus includes an optical wavelength change control unit that specifies, in response to a request to change a wavelength band of a first optical wavelength path used by a first transmission apparatus and a second transmission apparatus to a wavelength band of a second optical wavelength path, a first route between routers which is affected by the request and a service which uses the first route and that specifies a second route between the routers which detours the specified service; a router control unit that transmits a request to detour the specified service to the second route, to a start-point router and an end-point router on the first route; and a transmission apparatus control unit that transmits a request to change the wavelength band of the first optical wavelength path to the wavelength band of the second optical wavelength path, to the first transmission apparatus and the second transmission apparatus.
US11509396B2
Provided is a polarization multiplexing optical transmitting and receiving circuit that compensates for transmission side PDL so as to suppress a reduction in transmission power and makes a branching ratio of light from a light source variable between a transmission side and a receiving side according to a system to be used. The polarization multiplexing optical transmitting and receiving circuit includes an optical variable branching circuit that branches the light output from the light source, a light fixing symmetric branching circuit connected to one of outputs of the optical variable branching circuit and a light fixing asymmetric branching circuit connected to the other, optical receivers connected to two outputs of the light fixing symmetric branching circuit, respectively, optical transmitters connected to two outputs of the light fixing asymmetric branching circuit, a polarized wave rotator connected to one of the optical transmitters, and a polarized wave multiplexer that polarization-multiplexes the outputs of the optical transmitters.
US11509393B2
An optical wireless transmission system 10 includes a transmission device including at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to; generate a plurality of digital outphasing signals; orthogonally modulate the digital outphasing signals at an intermediate frequency; and set an intermediate frequency for satisfying a specified signal-to-distortion power ratio based on a sampling frequency, wherein the digital outphasing signals are orthogonally modulated at the intermediate frequency; a hardware optical fiber module configured to convert orthogonally modulated digital electrical signals into optical signals, transmit the optical signals through an optical fiber, and convert the optical signals into digital electrical signals; and a remote unit configured to combine the digital electrical signals transmitted by the hardware optical fiber module, and transmit a combined signal as a radio signal.
US11509388B2
A method is provided for off-loading MAC (medium access control) functionalities that were previously carried out by satellites, and carry out these functionalities by control gateways that are located on the ground, and by implementing that to simplify the operation and maintenance of the satellite communications network.
US11509387B2
In response to an instruction received from a base station, a signal forwarding device applies a signal forwarding scheme selected from a plurality of signaling forwarding schemes by a scheduler. The signal forwarding scheme may be applied by the signal forwarding device to forward signals from the base station to a user equipment (UE) device and/or from the UE device to the base station. The scheduler selects the signal forwarding scheme based on channel characteristics of the channel between the signal forwarding device and the UE device and/or the channel between the signal forwarding device and the base station. Although at least some of the channel characteristics are determined by the base station, at least some of the channel characteristics can be determined by the signal forwarding device in some situations.
US11509370B2
The technologies described herein are generally directed toward facilitating indicating frequency and time domain resources in communication systems with multiple transmission points. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include determining a first and a second transmission resource to use for transmission of a signal to a user device by, respectively, a first and a second network node. The operations can further include determining that the first and the second transmission resource comprise a same transmission resource. The operations can further include communicating, to a user equipment, a value corresponding to the first transmission resource and an indication that the first and the second transmission resource comprise the same transmission resource.
US11509359B2
An initiator device is provided with a generation circuit for supporting Single User (SU)-Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) operation and generating a first signal including a value that indicates which of a reciprocal MIMO phase and a non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training, and a transmission circuit for transmitting the first signal to a responder device. The responder device is provided with a reception circuit for receiving the first signal from the initiator device, and a processing circuit for determining on the basis of the value which of the reciprocal MIMO phase and the non-reciprocal MIMO phase is to be applied to SU-MIMO BF training.
US11509358B2
Disclosed is a method for receiving a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, which includes: receiving a CSI-RS associated with the SSB, in which the CSI-RS may be assumed to be quasi co-located (QCL) with the SSB.
US11509354B2
A vehicle control apparatus is to be provided in a vehicle including a wireless charger that charges a mobile device placed on the wireless charger. The vehicle control apparatus includes an interruption detector, a cause determination unit, and a notification controller. The interruption detector detects interruption of charging of the mobile device by the wireless charger, based on an operating state of the wireless charger. The cause determination unit determines whether a cause of the interruption of the charging is a first or second cause. The first cause is that the mobile device is moved by inertia during traveling. The second cause is that the mobile device is moved by a passenger. When the cause is determined as being the first cause, the notification controller notifies information about the interruption of the charging in a more prominent manner than when the cause is determined as being the second cause.
US11509349B2
A reception device includes an interference cancellation unit to extract a symbol from a received signal with a first signal inserted in a time direction of a data symbol, the symbol being a signal during an interval corresponding to the first signal, to reproduce an interference signal during an interval corresponding to the data symbol, and to output a first interference-cancelled signal obtained by extracting the data symbol from a signal obtained by cancelling the interference signal from the received signal, and an interference-power estimation unit to estimate desired signal power by subtracting second average power of a symbol of a first signal, extracted from the received signal, from first average power the data symbol to estimate first noise power by subtracting the desired signal power from third average power of the data symbol, to estimate second noise power from the first noise power, and to estimate interference power by subtracting the second noise power from the second average power.
US11509346B2
A transceiver disposed on a first die in a bidirectional differential die-to-die communication system is disclosed. The transceiver includes a transmission section configured to modulate a first data onto a carrier signal having a first frequency for transmission via a bidirectional differential transmission line; and a reception section configured to receive signals from the bidirectional differential transmission line, the reception section including a filter configured to pass frequencies within a first passband that includes a second frequency, the first frequency being outside of the first passband. According to some embodiments, the reception section is configured to receive, via the bidirectional differential transmission line, modulated data at the second frequency at a same time that the transmission section transmits the modulated data at the first frequency.
US11509339B2
A method of processing a radio frequency signal includes: receiving the radio frequency signal at an antenna of a receiver device; processing, by a radio frequency front-end device, the radio frequency signal; converting, by an analog-to-digital converter, the analog signal to a digital signal; receiving, by a neural network, the digital signal; and processing, by the neural network, the digital signal to produce an output.
US11509333B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing masked fault detection for reliable low voltage cache operation are disclosed. A processor includes a cache that can operate at a relatively low voltage level to conserve power. However, at low voltage levels, the cache is more likely to suffer from bit errors. To mitigate the bit errors occurring in cache lines at low voltage levels, the cache employs a strategy to uncover masked faults during runtime accesses to data by actual software applications. For example, on the first read of a given cache line, the data of the given cache line is inverted and written back to the same data array entry. Also, the error correction bits are regenerated for the inverted data. On a second read of the given cache line, if the fault population of the given cache line changes, then the given cache line's error protection level is updated.
US11509332B2
A datum is written to a memory, by splitting a binary word, representative of the datum and an error correcting or detecting code, into a first part and a second part. The first part is written at a logical address in a first memory circuit. The second part is written at the logical address in a second memory circuit. The error correcting or detecting code is dependent on both the datum and the logical address.
US11509321B2
The present invention provides a receiving circuit, wherein the receiving circuit includes a first ADC, an attenuator, a second ADC, a harmonic generation circuit and an output circuit. In the operations of the receiving circuit, the first ADC performs an analog-to-digital operation on an analog input signal to generate a first digital output signal, the attenuator reduces strength of the analog input signal to generate an attenuated analog input signal, the second ADC performs the analog-to-digital operation on the attenuated analog input signal to generate a second digital input signal, the harmonic generation circuit generates at least one harmonic signal according to the second digital input signal, and the output circuit deletes a harmonic component of the first digital input signal by using the at least one harmonic signal to generate an output signal.
US11509314B2
The present disclosure discloses an all-digital phase-locked loop. The all-digital phase-locked loop may include a time-to-digital conversion circuit configured to convert phase differences between a reference signal and a feedback signal into respective digital values and to output a first data signal and a second data signal corresponding to the respective digital values, a digital loop filter configured to select one of the first data signal and the second data signal as valid data and output a control signal by operating the valid data and a first register signal, a digitally controlled oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal and control a frequency of the oscillation signal in response to the control signal, and a divider configured to divide the oscillation signal and output the feedback signal to the time-to-digital conversion circuit.
US11509304B2
A power supply circuit portion for supplying power comprises a first power rail, a second power rail, first and second output terminals, an energy storage device connected in parallel with the first and second output terminals; and first and second switching portions. The power supply circuit portion has a first mode in which power is supplied to the first and second output terminals by the first and second power rails, and a second mode in which the first switching portion is arranged such that power is not supplied to the first and second output terminals and the second switching portion is arranged to disconnect the energy storage device from the first power rail.
US11509303B2
A switching activity report of simulated switching activities of a semiconductor circuit is accessed. A plurality of glitch bottleneck ratios corresponding to a plurality of pins in the semiconductor circuit are determined, comprising by: setting an initial bottleneck ratio on a leaf output pin; and backward traversing the semiconductor circuit to determine a plurality of glitch bottleneck ratios of pins in a fan-in cone of the leaf output pin. A plurality of total glitch powers associated with the plurality of pins is determined, a total glitch power of the plurality of total glitch powers being determined based on a glitch bottleneck ratio and a glitch power of a corresponding pin. One or more critical bottleneck pins among the plurality of pins are identified based on the plurality of total glitch powers. One or more gates associated with the one or more critical bottleneck pins are adjusted to reduce corresponding one or more total glitch powers of the one or more gates.
US11509298B2
A comparator configured to calibrate an offset according to a control signal, including an input circuit configured to receive a first input signal and a second input signal, and to generate a first internal signal corresponding to the first input signal and a second internal signal corresponding to the second input signal; a differential amplification circuit configured to consume a supply current flowing from a positive voltage node having a positive supply voltage to a negative voltage node having a negative supply voltage, and to generate an output signal by amplifying a difference between the first internal signal and the second internal signal; and a current valve configured to adjust at least a portion of the supply current based on the control signal.
US11509295B2
A flip flop includes a master latch and a slave latch. The master latch includes a delay circuit configured to receive a clock signal and generate a first internal signal, and is configured to generate an internal output signal by latching a data signal based on the first internal signal. The slave latch is configured to generate a final signal by latching the internal output signal. The delay circuit is further configured to generate the first internal signal by delaying the clock signal by a delay time when the clock signal has a first logic level and generate the first internal signal based on the data signal when the clock signal has a second logic level.
US11509292B2
A method for identifying a mechanical impedance of an electromagnetic load may include generating a waveform signal for driving an electromagnetic load and, during driving of the electromagnetic load by the waveform signal or a signal derived therefrom, receiving a current signal representative of a current associated with the electromagnetic load and a back electromotive force signal representative of a back electromotive force associated with the electromagnetic load. The method may also include implementing an adaptive filter to identify parameters of the mechanical impedance of the electromagnetic load, wherein an input of a coefficient control for adapting coefficients of the adaptive filter is a first signal derived from the back electromotive force signal and a target of the coefficient control for adapting coefficients of the adaptive filter is a second signal derived from the current signal.
US11509285B2
A sensor system that combines the sensing application of surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor and sensor signal transfer though the enclosure wall via acoustic means. The sensor system includes SAW sensor placed inside the enclosure and at least one pair of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) transducers, one mounted inside and second outside the enclosure wall, allowing the interrogation of SAW sensor from outside the enclosure. The external BAW transducer converts interrogation electrical pulse into acoustic pulse which travels though the enclosure wall to the internal BAW transducer. The internal BAW transducer converts the interrogation electrical pulse to electrical pulse and transfers it to SAW sensor. The response of the SAW transducer containing series of electric pulses is converted to the series of acoustic pulses by internal BAW transducer which propagates though enclosure wall. The external BAW transducer converts the series of acoustic pulses into series of electrical pulses and is received by the interrogation circuit for processing.
US11509271B2
A power amplifier module includes an output-stage amplifier, a driver-stage amplifier, an input switch, an output switch, an input matching circuit, an inter-stage matching circuit, an output matching circuit, and a control circuit. The input switch selectively connects one of a plurality of input signal paths to an input terminal of the driver-stage amplifier. The output switch selectively connects one of a plurality of output signal paths to an output terminal of the output-stage amplifier. The control circuit controls operations of the driver-stage amplifier and the output-stage amplifier. The input switch, the output switch, and the control circuit are integrated into an IC chip. The control circuit is disposed between the input switch and the output switch.
US11509268B2
A power control and indicator device for coupling to an acoustic string instrument preamp is provided. The device includes a light emitting diode having an anode terminal and a cathode terminal, a switch having a first terminal and a second terminal, the switch having a closed position that closes a circuit between the first and second terminal and an open position that opens the circuit between the first and second terminal, a battery connector having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the battery connector adapted to couple to a battery, a preamp connector having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, whereby with a battery connected to the battery connector, wherein with the switch in the closed position, the light emitting diode is powered and illuminates and the battery connector is coupled to the preamp connector, the battery provides power to the preamp connector, and wherein with the switch in the open position, the light emitting diode is not powered and does not illuminate and the battery connector is not coupled to the preamp connector and the battery does not provide power to the preamp connector.
US11509266B2
A system includes a data path and a phase-locked loop (PLL) coupled to the data path. The system also includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) coupled to the PLL. The VCO includes an LC circuit with first and second differential output terminals. The VCO also includes a first resistor coupled between the first differential output terminal and drain terminals of a first pair of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistors. The VCO also includes a second resistor coupled between the second differential output terminal and drain terminals of a second pair of CMOS transistors.
US11509265B2
An integrated circuit includes a first coupling terminal and a second coupling terminal disposed along a first side, an oscillation circuit which is electrically coupled to a resonator element via the first coupling terminal and the second coupling terminal, a temperature sensor, a temperature compensation circuit configured to compensate a temperature characteristic of the resonator element based on an output signal of the temperature sensor, and an output circuit to which a signal output from the oscillation circuit is input, and which is configured to output an oscillation signal, wherein d1
US11509261B2
Systems for generating solar power are provided. One such system includes a solar radiation collector and one or more side-emitting fiber-optic cables, coupled to the solar radiation collector. The system further includes one or more photovoltaic cell enclosures, including an outer housing and one or more photovoltaic cells, wherein the one or more side-emitting fiber-optic cables is positioned within the outer housing and configured to emit, to the one or more photovoltaic cells, solar radiation collected from the solar radiation collector.
US11509255B2
A short circuit detection system and method that identifies a short circuit between turns of a winding of a permanent magnet machine having a three-phase winding in response to detection of imbalances between the three motor phases at an instant in time. The imbalances are identified by monitoring motor terminal voltages and currents.
US11509244B2
A lead-free piezoelectric material includes perovskite-type metal oxide containing Na, Nb, Ba, Ti, and Mg and indicates excellent piezoelectric properties. The piezoelectric material satisfies the following relational expression (1): 0.430≤a≤0.460, 0.433≤b≤0.479, 0.040≤c≤0.070, 0.0125≤d≤0.0650, 0.0015≤e≤0.0092, 0.9×3e≤c−d≤1.1×3e, a+b+c+d+e=1, where a, b, c, d, and e denote the relative numbers of Na, Nb, Ba, Ti, and Mg atoms, respectively.
US11509242B2
An apparatus according to an embodiment includes an upper and lower arm connected between a high and a low potential end; a first capacitor connected at one end to the high potential end; a second capacitor connected at one end to the low potential end; a first regenerative rectifier circuit connected to another end of the first capacitor; a second regenerative rectifier circuit connected to another end of the second capacitor; a first conversion circuit to cause energy stored in the first capacitor to be discharged; and a second conversion circuit to cause energy stored in the second capacitor to be discharged.
US11509241B2
A power conversion system includes N power converters. Each power converter includes an input terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal. Each of the N power converters receives a DC power through the corresponding input terminal. The first output terminal of a first power converter of the N power converters and the second output terminal of an N-th power converter of the N power converters are connected in parallel to form an N-th total output terminal to output an N-th total output power. The first output terminal of an i-th power converter of the N power converters and the second output terminal of an (i−1)-th power converter of the N power converters are connected in parallel to form an (i−1)-th total output terminal to output an (i−1)-th total output power.
US11509229B2
A resonant core power supply includes a core with excitation, resonant, and load windings where the resonant winding is coupled to a tank circuit and a controller manipulates the phase, amplitude and waveform of an excitation signal applied to the excitation winding.
US11509226B2
A power converter includes a first circuit including an inductor and configured to convert an input voltage into a first voltage, a second circuit including a transformer and configured to convert the first voltage input to the insulating transformer to a second voltage, a control circuit configured to control the first circuit, a first power supply circuit including a first winding magnetically coupled to the inductor and configured to output a third voltage generated by the first winding to the first control circuit, and a second power supply circuit including a second winding magnetically coupled to the transformer and configured to output a fourth voltage generated by the second winding to the first control circuit. When the second voltage is not output the third voltage is output to the control circuit, and when the second voltage is output the fourth voltage is output to the control circuit.
US11509207B2
A wire bonding system is provided including a bond head assembly carrying a wire bonding tool. A wire bonding system also includes a linear motor system for driving the bond head assembly along a first horizontal axis. The linear motor system includes a moving magnet assembly including a magnet track and a plurality of permanent magnets coupled to the magnet track; a coil assembly arranged around the moving magnet assembly, the coil assembly including a plurality of teeth having first slots therebetween, the coil assembly also including a plurality of coils at least partially disposed in at least a portion of the slots; a position encoder system; a damper element positioned between the coil assembly and a base structure of the linear motor system; and a spring element positioned between the coil assembly and the base structure of the linear motor system.
US11509204B2
An axial air gap motor comprises: a frame; a stator that is arranged in an outer side of the frame in a radial direction; a first rotor that is spaced from one side of the stator in an axial direction, that has an air gap therebetween, and that is rotatably arranged in one side of the frame; and a second rotor that is spaced from the other side of the stator in the axial direction, that has an air gap therebetween, that is rotatably arranged in the other side of the frame, and that is connected with the first rotor in the axial direction.
US11509203B2
A claw-pole motor comprising a non-magnetic rotary shaft having a longitudinal axis, a plurality of flux concentrators extending along the longitudinal axis of the rotary shaft, and a plurality of magnetic claw poles extending along the longitudinal axis of the rotary shaft, each of the plurality of flux concentrators alternating with each of the magnetic claw poles about the rotary shaft, and a stator having a plurality of coil assemblies, each coil assembly including a solenoid coil and an enclosure having a upper portion and lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion of the enclosure having alternating stator teeth about the longitudinal axis.
US11509191B2
The present disclosure discloses an electric assembly and a vehicle having the same. The electric assembly includes: a box assembly; a motor, disposed in the box assembly; a transmission, disposed in the box assembly, where the transmission is power-coupled to the motor; and a controller, disposed outside the box assembly, and fixedly connected to the box assembly.
US11509188B2
An end plate for a motor with a motor casing. The end plate includes a body adapted to be coupled to the motor casing and cover an opening of the motor casing. The body defines a ribbed structure to shield a power terminal assembly disposed laterally outwardly with respect to the motor casing. The ribbed structure includes a first rib and a second rib spaced apart from the first rib, and the power terminal assembly is adapted to be coupled to and be captured in between the first rib and the second rib.
