US11531218B2
The present disclosure discloses a dimming mirror and a manufacturing method thereof, and a dimming apparatus. The dimming mirror includes a dimming layer including a plurality of dimming units. Each of the dimming units includes a first driving structure and a second driving structure opposite to each other, and an elastic supporting structure disposed between the first driving structure and the second driving structure. The first and second driving structures and the elastic supporting structure enclose a dimming chamber. The first and second driving structures are configured to adjust a dimming angle of the dimming unit by adjusting a gap width of the dimming chamber, such that a response wavelength of the dimming mirror is adjusted. The present disclosure facilitates the improvement of the flexibility of the dimming mirror.
US11531215B1
Eyewear including a see-through display, a battery, and a frame forming at least one electrical contact for connection to a battery charger for battery charging. The electrical contact is large compared to the size of a battery charging contact to allow easy alignment. The frame may be tied to ground in one example, and to a positive potential in another example. In another example, the frame may be formed into a left portion that is electrically isolated from a right portion. The left portion has a contact coupled to a ground electrode of the battery and is configured to connect to a ground electrode of the battery charger. The right portion has a contact coupled to a positive electrode of the battery and is configured to connect to a positive potential of the battery charger.
US11531204B2
A membrane assembly 150 for a variable focusing power optical assembly 100 is disclosed. The membrane assembly 150 comprises a distensible membrane 155 that is held under tension around its periphery (boundary B) by at least one bendable support ring 159 and one or more bending actuators 170, each comprising a selectively operable self-bending strip, which are attached contiguously to respective discrete sections of the support ring 159 for actively controlling the curvature of those sections of the support ring 159. Also disclosed is a variable focusing power optical assembly 100 comprising such a membrane assembly 150. Further disclosed is an article of eyewear 80 comprising at least one such variable focusing power optical assembly 801.
US11531201B2
There is disclosed an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate having an input aperture, an output aperture, at least two major surfaces and edges, an optical element for coupling light waves into the substrate by total internal reflection, at least one partially reflecting surface located between the two major surfaces of the light-transmitting substrate for partially reflecting light waves out of the substrate, a first transparent plate, having at least two major surfaces, one of the major surfaces of the transparent plate being optically attached to a major surface of the light-transmitting substrate defining an interface plane, and a beam-splitting coating applied at the interface plane between the substrate and the transparent plate, wherein light waves coupled inside the light-transmitting substrate are partially reflected from the interface plane and partially pass therethrough.
US11531198B2
A head-up display has a display element, a projection system, a diffusing plate, and a mirror element. In such head-up displays, frequently irritations due to stray light occur. A head-up display that produces less irritation from incident stray light is therefore desirable. The diffusing plate has focusing elements on its side facing the projection system and a light-blocking mask on its side facing away from the projection system.
US11531194B2
A microscope includes an illumination unit for illuminating a region of a specimen to generate an illuminated region, an imaging optical unit for magnified imaging of the illuminated region, an image sensor disposed downstream of the imaging optical unit for capturing the magnified image of the illuminated region, a camera for recording an overview region of the specimen without using the imaging optical unit and a control unit for controlling the image sensor and the camera. The overview region includes a part of the illuminated region and a non-illuminated region of the specimen. The control unit actuates the camera to make a recording of the overview region. The control unit actuates the image sensor to cause a recordation of the magnified image of the illuminated region. The control unit generates an overview image based on the recording of the overview region and the recording of the magnified image.
US11531191B2
A photographing optical lens assembly includes eight lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. Each of the eight lens elements has an object-side surface towards the object side and an image-side surface towards the image side. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The object-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the eighth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof.
US11531187B2
The present disclosure provides an optical imaging lens assembly, the optical imaging lens assembly sequentially includes, along an optical axis from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a refractive power, where an object-side surface thereof is a concave surface and an image-side surface thereof is a convex surface; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; a sixth lens having a refractive power, where an object-side surface thereof is a convex surface and an image-side surface thereof is a concave surface; and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power.
US11531180B2
A multi-group lens assembly (10), a camera module (100), and an electronic device (200) therefore are provided. The multi-group lens assembly (10) includes at least two group units (11 and 12). At least a first gap (15) is provided between the at least two adjacent group units (11 and 12) to compensate a difference between the multi-group lens assembly (10) and an optical design system, thus allowing an optical system of the multi-group lens assembly conform to the optical design system of the present invention.
US11531179B2
A lens includes a cover part and a light-shielding part. The cover part includes a lens part, a connection part, and a plurality of flange parts, formed with a thermosetting first resin and continuous to one another. The light-shielding part covers lateral end surfaces and an upper surface of each of the flange parts and outer lateral sides of the connection part and formed with a thermosetting second resin having a greater light-absorptance or a greater light-reflectance than the thermosetting first resin.
US11531178B2
An apparatus implements a fiber breakout assembly. The fiber breakout assembly includes a tube and a plug. The tube includes a trunk portion and a plug receiving portion. The plug includes multiple entry holes and is configured to be inserted into the plug receiving portion of the tube. A crimp post is formed as part of the tube and includes one or more crimp retention features.
US11531174B2
An interposer apparatus for co-packaging an electronic integrated circuit and a photonic integrated circuit may include a dielectric substrate; an optical waveguide disposed on the dielectric substrate to optically couple the photonic integrated circuit disposed on one side of the dielectric substrate with at least one of another photonic integrated circuit disposed on the dielectric substrate or an optical device disposed on the dielectric substrate; and a metal interconnect disposed through the dielectric substrate to electrically couple the photonic integrated circuit disposed on the one side of the dielectric substrate with an electronic integrated circuit disposed on the other side of the dielectric substrate.
US11531167B2
A connector for coupling a fiber optic cable with a connection point includes a connector body at a first end of the connector and extending in a longitudinal direction and a connector housing at a second end of the connector. The connector body defines a first longitudinal conduit configured to receive a duct, and the duct is configured to slidingly receive the fiber optic cable. A compression fitting is configured to be received about a first end of the connector body and to slide relative to the connector body in the longitudinal direction to radially compress the first end of the connector body to grip the duct. The connector housing includes a second longitudinal conduit substantially aligned with the first longitudinal conduit in the longitudinal direction and a connection portion configured to couple the fiber optic cable to the connection point. The first longitudinal conduit and the second longitudinal conduit are configured to slidingly receive the fiber optic cable.
US11531158B2
An aspect relates to a system with an optical faceplate for use with a two dimensional display. The optical faceplate comprises a contact surface at a bottom side of the optical faceplate for contacting the two dimensional display. The optical faceplate further comprises a three dimensional display surface at a top side of the optical faceplate, and an optic light guide material provided between the contact surface and the three dimensional display surface.
US11531157B2
A first multimode optical fiber carries a mode division multiplexed (MDM) optical signal. The MDM optical signal is transmitted into a second multimode fiber from the first multimode optical fiber. The first and second multimode fibers are coupled via a fiber connector. The lateral offset between the two fibers at the connector is less than 2 μm.
US11531155B1
A backlight module includes a case body, supporting structures, light-emitting elements, and an optical module. The case body includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. Each of the support structures includes two supporting members and a bearing member. Two supporting members are respectively disposed on the first side wall and the second side wall. Each of the supporting member includes a fitting portion, an extending portion, and a bending portion. The fitting portion is fixed to the first side wall and the second side wall. The bearing member is disposed between the two supporting members. The light-emitting elements are respectively disposed on the bearing surface of the bearing member of the corresponding supporting structures. The optical module is disposed on the extending surface of the extending portion of each of the supporting structures. A display device is also provided.
US11531150B2
An anti-forgery color conversion film includes a photonic crystal structure whose color is converted by an external stimulus such as a breath. The photonic crystal structure includes a first refractive index layer including a first polymer exhibiting a first refractive index; and a second refractive index layer which is alternately laminated with the first refractive index layer and includes a second polymer exhibiting a second refractive index. A consumer who purchases an article including the color conversion film may easily distinguish the authenticity of the article.
US11531148B2
An optical coating for a glass substrate includes an inner metal or metal alloy layer, a first pair of transparent conductive oxide or dielectric layers, and a pair of outer metal or metal alloy layers. The optical coating includes an eye-weighted transmittance of less than about 20% and an eye-weighted reflectance of less than about 30%, as measured with a D65 illuminant according to the CIE 10° Standard Observer.
US11531146B2
An active metasurface includes a number of periodically-repeated unit cells arranged on a substrate, each of the unit cells including a high-index dielectric block; a heat source positioned to selectively modulate heat applied to the high-index dielectric block; and an insulating undercut region at an interface between the high-index dielectric block and the substrate.
US11531140B2
The object of the present invention is to provide an optical laminate capable of reducing reflectance not only with respect to light incident vertically but also light incident obliquely, and further capable of obtaining a neutral reflected color tone even when light is incident obliquely. The optical laminate includes a base material, an antireflection film provided on one surface of the base material, and a light shielding film provided on the other surface of the base material. The optical laminate satisfies all of the following characteristics (i) to (iii): 0.5
US11531134B2
A multi-sensor electromagnetic (EM) system and method for measuring gradients of EM signals. The multi-sensor EM system includes a frame; a transmitter device attached to the frame and configured to generate a primary EM field; a receiver device attached to the frame and configured to record a secondary EM field generated by the earth after being excited by the primary EM field; and a gradient sensor device attached to the frame and configured to record a gradient of the secondary EM field.
US11531131B2
A method for modeling a subsurface volume includes receiving a plurality of ordered seismic images including representations of objects in the subsurface volume, generating flow fields based on a difference between individual images of the plurality of ordered seismic images, and identifying the objects in the seismic images based on the flow fields and the plurality of ordered seismic images.
US11531129B2
Systems and methods for picking seismic stacking velocity based on structures in a subterranean formation include: receiving seismic data representing a subterranean formation; generating semblance spectrums from the seismic data representing the subterranean formation; smoothing the semblance spectrums; and picking stacking velocities based on the smoothed semblance spectrums.
US11531122B2
A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a sensor array in which a plurality of sensor units are arranged and a driving unit for driving the sensor array, wherein each sensor unit includes u detection element for detecting radiation and a sampling unit configured to be able to sample a signal from the detection element, the sampling unit is connected to a signal line configured to propagate a signal from the detection element, the driving unit uses the sampling unit to perform a first sampling driving operation and a second sampling driving operation to sample the signal propagating through the signal line, and the driving unit starts the second sampling driving operation before the completion of the first sampling driving operation and completes the second sampling driving operation after the completion of the first sampling driving operation.
US11531119B2
Coordinated smart contract-based satellite management and operation is provided by obtaining terms of smart contracts that govern utilization of a constellation of Earth-orbiting satellites, which form a space-based data center, in transmitting data between the constellation of satellites and ground stations for receiving data transmissions. Different service providers operate different satellites of the constellation and different ground stations of the collection, and the smart contracts further govern servicing of requests made between the different service providers. A service provider operates satellite(s) of the constellation pursuant to the smart contracts and ground station(s) of the collection of ground stations. This includes receiving a request for data stored on a satellite, selecting a device to which the satellite is to send the data, the selecting being made between at least (i) a ground station and (ii) another satellite of the constellation, and initiating sending the data to the selected device.
US11531115B2
A tracking problem detection system for a machine may include tracking diagnostic circuitry including one or more tracking diagnostic processors configured to receive a location signal indicative of a location of a machine and a path signal indicative of a path location associated with at least a portion of a path for the machine to follow while maneuvering. The tracking diagnostic processors may also be configured to determine a tracking difference between the path location and the location of the machine, and determine a frequency of a signal associated with the tracking difference and/or a frequency of a signal associated with a yaw rate associated with the maneuvering. The tracking diagnostic processors may also be configured to detect, based at least in part on the frequencies of the signals associated with the tracking difference and/or the yaw rate, a tracking problem associated with maneuvering the machine.
US11531109B2
Technologies for managing a world model of a monitored area includes a roadway server configured to receive LIDAR sensing data from a LIDAR sensing system positioned to monitor the monitored area and generate a world map of the monitored area based on the LIDAR sensing data. The world model includes data that identifies objects located in the monitored area. The roadway server may distribute the world model to automated vehicles traveling through the monitored area via a stream or in response to directed requests. The roadway server may also receive sensor data from the automated vehicles, which may be used to generate the world model. The roadway server may distribute the world model to other interested devices located in or near the monitored area.
US11531103B2
A measurement apparatus that includes a laser apparatus outputting a frequency-modulated laser beam, a branching part branching the frequency-modulated laser beam into a reference light and a measurement light, a beat signal generation part generating a beat signal by mixing the reference light and a reflected light that is reflected by radiating the measurement light onto an object to be measured, an extraction part extracting a signal component corresponding to a resonator frequency of the frequency-modulated laser beam, a clock signal generation part generating a first clock signal on the basis of the signal component, a conversion part converting the beat signal into a first digital signal using the first clock signal, and a calculation part calculating a difference in a propagation distance between the reference light and the measurement light on the basis of the first digital signal.
US11531101B2
Provided are a sensor unit and function activation method that make it possible to collectively activate the functions of a plurality of sensor units. A sensor unit 10, which can be connected to other sensor units 10 to form a unit series, comprises an activation unit 64 for activating a prescribed function on the basis of a signal from the outside and a signal output unit 65 for outputting a trigger signal for activating a prescribed function to the outside on the basis of a signal from the outside.
US11531077B2
The cooling component may include a coolant pipeline component and a load-bearing component. The coolant pipeline component may include multiple flexible coolant pipelines with high thermal conductivity arranged side by side, the multiple coolant pipelines arranged side by side being securely arranged on the load-bearing component in such a way that a coolant liquid intake pipe and liquid output pipe are arranged uniformly in parallel in a serpentine layout without crossing over each other; so that the multiple coolant pipelines can be installed in a close fit with a Z coil of a gradient coil in such a way as to be orthogonal to the Z coil. Aspects of the present disclosure advantageously increase the support roundness of a cooling layer, and further ensure the magnetic field homogeneity of a coil supported thereby.
US11531071B2
A magnetic field detection device of an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a first magnetic field detection element having a first resistance value increasing upon application of a first magnetic field in a first direction and decreasing upon application of a second magnetic field in a second direction; and a second magnetic field detection element having a second resistance value decreasing upon application of the first magnetic field and increasing upon application of the second magnetic field. The first and second magnetic field detection elements each include first and second magneto-resistive effect films coupled in series. The first magneto-resistive effect film has a first major-axis direction inclined at a first inclination angle relative to the first direction. The second magneto-resistive effect film has a second major-axis direction inclined at a second inclination angle relative to the first direction. The magnetic field detection device satisfies conditional expressions (1) and (2).
US11531054B2
A circuit for detecting faults affecting a power transistor comprises a conditioning circuit, a first fault status circuit, and a fault signaling circuit. The power transistor is turned on and off by assertion and de-assertion, respectively, of an input signal. The conditioning circuit produces a conditioned gate voltage signal from a gate voltage of the power transistor. The first fault status circuit asserts a first fault indication when the conditioned gate voltage signal is greater than a first fault reference voltage during a first interval after the assertion of the input signal. The fault signaling circuit asserts a fault signal in response to the first fault indication being asserted, and de-asserting the fault signal in response to the input signal being de-asserted.
US11531052B2
A reflectometry system for analyzing faults in a transmission line, a reference signal being generated, in an initial step, and injected in the transmission line, the system includes a device (CPL) for acquiring the analog signal back-propagated in the transmission line, an equalization circuit (EGA) configured for equalizing the amplitudes obtained on the reflectogram for the peaks of the injected signal after its point of injection into the transmission line and of the signal reflected on the end of the transmission line, a binarization device (B) for converting the back-propagated analog signal into a signal digitized over two quantization levels, a correlator (COR) configured for correlating the digitized signal with the reference signal in order to produce a time-domain reflectogram, a module for analyzing the time-domain reflectogram in order to identify the presence of faults in the transmission line.
US11531046B2
A sensor device includes a silicon substrate having an active surface; a first sensing area disposed near a first edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate such that the first sensing area has at least one first magnetic sensing element is made of a first compound semiconductor material and contact pads; and a second sensing area disposed near a second edge of the active surface of the silicon substrate, such that the second edge is substantially opposite to the first edge, such that the second sensing area has at least one second magnetic sensing element made of a second compound semiconductor material and contact pads. A processing circuit is disposed of in the silicon substrate and is electrically connected via wire bonds and/or a redistribution layer with the contact pads of the first and second sensing areas.
US11531034B2
This disclosure provides methods and kits for lysing red blood cells from whole blood.
US11531033B2
Methods and reagents for diagnosing, prognosing, and treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are disclosed, involving calculating an SLE risk score for a subject based on a level of each of an erythrocyte C4d (EC4d) marker, a B-cell C4d (BC4d) marker, antinuclear antibodies (ANA), anti-Smith antibodies (anti-Sm) and optional rule-out markers (SS-B/La, Scl-70, Jo-1, CENP, MCV).
US11531031B2
The invention relates to a system, comprising: a) a sample processing unit, comprising an input port and an output port coupled to a rotating container having at least one sample chamber, the sample processing unit configured provide a first processing step to a sample or to rotate the container so as to apply a centrifugal force to a sample deposited in the chamber and separate at least a first component and a second component of the deposited sample; and b) a sample separation unit coupled to the output port of the sample processing unit, the cell separation unit comprising separation column holder (42), a pump (64) and a plurality of valves (1-11) configured to at least partially control fluid flow through a fluid circuitry and a separation column (40) positioned in the holder, the separation column configured to separate labeled and unlabeled components of sample flowed through the column.
US11531022B1
A breath analyte capture device includes a breath input port into which a user exhales a breath sample, and a cartridge insertion port for receiving a disposable cartridge containing an interactant. During exhalation of a breath sample, at least a portion of the breath sample is routed through the cartridge such that the analyte (such as breath acetone) is captured by the interactant. In some embodiments, the concentration of the analyte in the breath sample is measured by monitoring a chemical reaction that occurs in the disposable cartridge. The chemical reaction may be monitored by illuminating the cartridge at each of multiple light wavelengths while measuring reflected light.
US11531019B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining a property of construction material. According to one aspect, a material property gauge operable to determine a property of construction material is disclosed. The gauge may include an electromagnetic sensor operable to measure a response of construction material to an electromagnetic field. Further, the electromagnetic sensor may be operable to produce a signal representing the measured response by the construction material to the electromagnetic field. An acoustic detector may be operable to detect a response of the construction material to the acoustical energy. Further, the acoustic detector may be operable to produce a signal representing the detected response by the construction material to the acoustical energy. A material property calculation function may be configured to calculate a property value associated with the construction material based upon the signals produced by the electromagnetic sensor and the acoustic detector.
US11531016B2
A method includes applying heat to a metal oxide sensing element of a gas sensor, varying the heat applied to the metal oxide sensing element for at least a time interval, and measuring an electrical resistance of the metal oxide sensing element versus variation of the heat for a time interval. The measurement of electrical resistance of the metal oxide sensing element versus variation of the heat applied to the metal oxide sensing element is compared to a set of corresponding reference measurements associated with a plurality of different target gases. A further sensor parameter versus the variation of electrical resistance and variation of the heat applied is measured to obtain a three-dimensional trajectory corresponding to variation of the sensor resistance, the variation of said heat and the variation of the further sensor parameter. This comparing includes comparing the trajectory in three dimensions to a set of reference three-dimensional objects.
US11531003B2
An analyte detector for detecting at least one analyte in at least one fluid sample is proposed. The analyte detector comprises at least one multipurpose electrode exposable to the fluid sample. The analyte detector further comprises at least one field-effect transistor in electrical contact with the at least one multipurpose electrode. The analyte detector further comprises at least one electrochemical measurement device configured for performing at least one electrochemical measurement using the multipurpose electrode.
US11531002B2
A gas sensor (100) extending in an axial direction AX including: a gas sensor element (120) which detects the concentration of a specific gas in a gas under measurement; a tubular metallic shell (110) having a polygonal tool engagement portion (110B) surrounding the gas sensor element (120); a tubular outer tube (103) which extends rearward from the metallic shell (110), surrounds the gas sensor element (120), and has an opening (103E) at a rear end thereof; a sealing member (191) which seals the opening (103E); and a tubular heat dissipating member (104) which surrounds the outer tube (103) and reduces the amount of heat transferred from the forward end side of the gas sensor (100) through the outer tube (103) to the sealing member (191). The maximum diameter D1 of the heat dissipating member (104) is equal to or less than the opposite side dimension D2 of the tool engagement portion (110B).
US11530999B2
To separate porosity from surface roughness, length scales for pore size and surface roughness are identified. These length scales are determined from surface roughness measurements and confirmed via NMR pore body calculations and pore size capillary pressure measurements. A filter removes pore contribution to surface roughness measurements and delivers intrinsic surface roughness. Additional filters and methods determine the minimum magnification on which to base surface roughness calculation, based on size of the field of view and where measured surface roughness approaches intrinsic surface roughness as magnification increases but larger magnification increase sampling time and difficulty. Sample irregularities, such as saw marks, are also filtered out or determined to be too large to remove via filter and another area of measurement is located. With the pore corrected quantification of surface roughness, surface relaxivity and pore distribution can be calculated with greater accuracy.
US11530987B2
A photonic gas sensor and a method for producing a photonic gas sensor are disclosed. In an embodiment a photonic gas sensor includes a component housing with at least one cavity, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip arranged in the cavity and configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation in a first wavelength range, a radiation-detecting semiconductor chip arranged in the cavity and configured to detect electromagnetic radiation in a second wavelength range and an active sensor element having a fluorescent dye configured to emit electromagnetic radiation in the second wavelength range upon being excited by electromagnetic radiation in the first wavelength range, wherein an intensity of the emitted electromagnetic radiation in the second wavelength range changes reversibly in presence of a gas to be detected.
US11530984B2
The present disclosure relates to a spectrometer comprising a spectral decomposition device and a radiation detector. These components are configured such that the spectral decomposition device can break up an incident electromagnetic measuring radiation into components in a wavelength-dependent manner. The radiation detector can measure the intensity of at least one of these components. The spectrometer is configured such that the spectrometer transmits analysis information from the analysis of a food or of a food component to a food preparation device and/or outputs it to the user via an output device. The present disclosure further relates to a system including a control device as well as to a method. In this way, a reproducible cooking result as well as an output of the nutritional values and the actual energy content of the prepared food can be made possible.
US11530980B2
A gas sensor includes a multi-wafer stack of a plurality of layers and a measurement chamber. The plurality of layers includes a first layer comprising a sensor element that has a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) membrane; and a second layer comprising an emitter element configured to emit electromagnetic radiation. The measurement chamber is interposed between the first layer and the second layer. The measurement chamber is configured to receive a measurement gas and further receive the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter element as the electromagnetic radiation travels along a radiation path from a first end of the measurement chamber to a second end of the measurement chamber that is opposite to the first end.
US11530979B2
Multifocal photoacoustic imaging systems and methods that implement an ergodic relay to encode photoacoustic signals detected from a plurality of illuminated optical foci regions.
US11530978B2
A positioning support (1) for positioning components to be inspected during their inspection by means of an optical control apparatus, comprising a chasing base (3) acting as interface to the optical control apparatus, a sliding base (5) able to slide along an axis “Y” in a plane of the chasing base perpendicular to the optical axis; a plate (7) able to slide along an axis “X” perpendicular to the axis “Y” in a plane parallel to said sliding base; jigs or bars (15) for positioning a plurality of components to be measured on said plate.
US11530976B2
A particle analysis method and apparatus, including a spectrometry-based analysis of a fluid sample (1), comprises the steps of creating a sample light beam S and a probe light beam P with a light source device (10) and periodically varying a relative phase between the sample and probe light beams S, P with a phase modulator device (20), irradiating the fluid sample (1) with the sample light beam S, detecting the sample and probe light beams S, P with a detector device (40), and providing a spectral response of the at least one particle (3), wherein the light source device (10) comprises at least one broadband source, which has an emission spectrum covering a mid-infrared MIR frequency range, and the phase modulator device (20) varies the relative phase with a scanning period equal to or below the irradiation period of irradiating the at least one particle (3, 4).
US11530975B2
To provide a technology of efficiently and effectively sorting microparticles to be sorted from a sample solution. The present technology provides a control device being a device that controls a processing condition when sorting microparticles from a sample liquid flowing through a flow path, the control device provided with a control unit that controls a sorting processing condition on the basis of a content of microparticles to be sorted in the sample liquid. In the control device according to the present technology, the control unit may control the sorting processing condition on the basis of a surviving rate and/or an activation rate of biological particles to be sorted with respect to the sorting processing condition.
US11530968B2
An apparatus for analyzing the particulate matter content of an aerosol includes an aerosol chamber configured to receive an aerosol, the particulate matter content of which should be analyzed, at least one ultrasonic generator configured to produce ultrasonic waves in the aerosol received in the aerosol chamber, an ultrasonic detector configured to detect ultrasonic waves produced by the at least one ultrasonic generator in the aerosol, and an evaluator having a data exchange communication link with the ultrasonic detector and configured to ascertain the matter content on the basis of signals output by the ultrasonic detector. The ultrasonic generator and the ultrasonic detector are positioned relative to one another such that a path length to be traversed by ultrasonic waves between the ultrasonic generator and the ultrasonic detector is less than 1 cm.
US11530962B2
An automatic robot control system and methods relating thereto are described. These systems include components such as a touch screen panel (“TSP”) robot controller for controlling a TSP robot, a camera robot controller for controlling a camera robot and an audio robot controller for controlling an audio robot. The TSP robot operates inside a TSP testing subsystem, the camera robot operates inside a camera testing subsystem, and the audio robot operates inside an audio testing subsystem. Inside the audio testing subsystem, an audio signals measurement system, using a bi-directional coupling, controls the operation of the audio robot controller. In this control scheme, a test application controller is designed to control the different types of subsystem robots. Methods relating to TSP, camera, and audio robots, and their controllers, taken individually or in combination, for automatic testing of device functionalities are also described.
US11530949B2
A spectral filter module includes a spectral filter that splits light having a wavelength corresponding to an input drive voltage from incident light and outputs the light, a drive unit that outputs the drive voltage based on an input wavelength command value, and a drive controller that outputs the wavelength command value and changes the wavelength command value every time a trigger signal is input from the outside.
US11530946B2
A method and a device for detecting a focal position of a laser beam, particularly a machining laser beam in a laser machining head, includes an optical element which is arranged in the laser beam converging toward the focal point and which is designed to outcouple a reflection from the laser beam path, and a sensor arrangement which is designed to detect beam characteristics of said laser beam in the region of the focal point in the laser extension direction, and which measures the outcoupled reflection of the laser beam at at least two locations that are offset to one another in the extension direction, in order to determine the current focal position.
US11530932B2
The invention is a method of characterizing a road for at least one route travelled by at least one road user, with sensors: a three-axis accelerometer (ACC) and a geolocation sensor (GPS). The method comprises a measurement step (MES), a measurement processing step for disregarding (AFF) the effects related to the road user's speed in order to determine vibrations due to the road roughness, and an analysis of the vibrations to characterize (CAR) the condition of the road.
US11530930B2
A transportation vehicle having a navigation system and an operating system connected to the navigation system for data transmission via a bus system. The transportation vehicle has a microphone and includes a phoneme generation module for generating phonemes from an acoustic voice signal or the output signal of the microphone; the phonemes are part of a predefined selection of exclusively monosyllabic phonemes; and a phoneme-to-grapheme module for generating inputs to operate the transportation vehicle based on monosyllabic phonemes generated by the phoneme generation module.
US11530926B2
A method of restoring navigational performance for a navigational system, the method comprising receiving by a first navigational system and a second navigational system a collection of data points to establish a real-time navigational route for the aircraft, comparing navigational performance values and/or drift ranges and establishing a new navigational route based on the collection of data points.
US11530920B2
A method of controlling movement of a machine may include receiving, from a plurality of IMU modules mounted on a corresponding plurality of components of the machine, a plurality of signals indicative of orientation measurements and motion measurements for the components of the machine on which the plurality of IMU modules are mounted. The IMU modules include a corresponding number of state estimators, and form a mesh network communicatively coupled to a communication bus. The method may also include fusing the signals, determining estimates of output orientation data and output motion data for the components of the machine based on the fused signals, determining a real time value for at least one of position, velocity, or acceleration of the components of the machine based on a kinematic evaluation, and applying the determined real time value in an implementation of a controlled operational movement of the components of the machine.
US11530919B1
This technology includes methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and pattern navigation aiding devices that obtain one or more images of a section of sky. Stars comprising at least one or more artificial stars in the one or more obtained images of the section of the sky that are in an image pattern that match above a set threshold at least one previously shared beacon pattern are identified. Navigational information from the identified image pattern with the at least one or more artificial stars that matches above the set threshold the at least one previously shared beacon pattern is determined and output to provide navigational assistance.
US11530918B2
An integrity monitoring system for a first image sensor includes an electronic processor configured to receive sensor data for the provision of image data associated with an environment of the avionic sensor. The electronic processor is configured to monitor the avionic sensor for integrity. The electronic processor is configured to perform at least one of: determining a presence of an optical feature associated with optics of the first image sensor, comparing overlap information derived from the sensor data and other sensor data, comparing characteristics of a digital output stream of the sensor data to expected characteristics, or comparing a first motion derived from the image data and a second motion derived from avionic position equipment.
US11530913B2
Methods and systems for estimating a value of a quality metric indicative of one or more performance characteristics of a semiconductor measurement are presented herein. The value of the quality metric is normalized to ensure applicability across a broad range of measurement scenarios. In some embodiments, a value of a quality metric is determined for each measurement sample during measurement inference. In some embodiments, a trained quality metric model is employed to determine the uncertainty of defect classification. In some embodiments, a trained quality metric model is employed to determine the uncertainty of estimated parameters of interest, such as geometric, dispersion, process, and electrical parameters. In some examples, a quality metric is employed as a filter to detect measurement outliers. In some other examples, a quality metric is employed as a trigger to adjust a semiconductor process.
US11530912B2
A distance measurement device includes a light-emitting-unit that emits irradiation light toward an object; a light-receiving unit that receives reflected light from the object; a distance-calculation unit that calculates a distance to the object based on a transmission time of the reflected light received; a posture-adjustment mechanism that adjusts a posture of at least the light-receiving-unit; and a posture-controller that drives the posture-adjustment mechanism. The light-receiving unit is formed of a two-dimensional sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arrayed, and the distance-calculation unit calculates two-dimensional distance data from received light data in each of the pixels of the two-dimensional sensor. The posture-controller controls the posture of the light-receiving unit via the posture-adjustment mechanism such that a direction of a pixel array of the two-dimensional sensor is inclined by a predetermined angle θ with respect to a direction of a ridge of the object to receive the light.
US11530904B2
A novel electroshock device is provided. The novel electroshock device includes a weapon body, a magazine, and at least one electroshock projectile which is used by being positioned into a magazine and ensures that a target is subjected to shock by being fired to the target, and which has no physical connection with the magazine or with a weapon body after being fired to the target.
US11530903B2
A short-range conducted electrical weapon (“conducted electrical weapon”) may be configured to deploy electrodes having a minimum spacing when coupled to a target at short-range. The conducted electrical weapon may comprise a housing. The housing may comprise a target end opposite a grip end. The grip end may be configured to removably receive a cartridge. The cartridge may house two or more electrodes. The target end may comprise one or more activation buttons or terminals. In response to the activation buttons or terminals being activated, the electrodes may be launched from the cartridge in the grip end. The electrodes may be disposed in the cartridge at an obtuse angle relative to the placement of the opposite electrode. The obtuse angle may enable the electrodes to be deployed effectively at short range.
US11530887B2
Provided is a handgun recoil spring guide rod having an elongated rod body configured to fit within a compression recoil spring. An axially elongated slot is formed transversely through the body and a blocking member that is configured to fit entirely within the slot and pivotably movable between a first position entirely within the slot and a second position partially protruding from the slot, such that it engages the recoil spring to hold the spring in a more compressed condition.
US11530878B2
A heat exchanger includes a first fluid pathway enclosed in a heat exchanger body to convey a first fluid through the heat exchanger body and a second fluid pathway enclosed in the heat exchanger body to convey a second fluid through the heat exchanger body and facilitate thermal energy exchange between the first fluid and the second fluid. The first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway together are arranged in a spiral arrangement extending along a central axis of the heat exchanger.
US11530874B2
A dry box and a control method therefor, and a preparation method for an organic electroluminescent device are provided. The dry box includes a cavity and a hot plate arranged in the cavity. The hot plate includes a plurality of heating spots, the plurality of heating spots being arranged towards the hot plate to support a surface of a device to be dried, and some of the temperature of the plurality of heating spots being different and the heating spots being insulated from each other.
US11530873B2
The noodle driving apparatus includes an enclosure having a lateral partition separating the enclosure into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. At least one first cool-air provision device and at least one warm-air recovery device are disposed to a side inside the upper chamber. A number of first cool-air inlets and warm-air inlets are configured on the partition toward another side of the upper chamber. Noodles to be dried are placed in the lower chamber. Cool air produced by the first cool-air provision device is introduced into the lower chamber through the first cool-air inlets to absorb moisture from the noodles. Warm air produced from the first cool-air provision device is collected by the warm-air recovery device and introduced into the lower chamber through the warm-air inlets to dry the noodles. The noodle driving apparatus thereby achieves improved drying performance, enhanced energy consumption, and better drying quality.
US11530861B2
A refrigerator includes: an ice maker for generating ice; an ice bin for storing the ice and including a rotational blade that is rotated in order to discharge the ice; a motor for generating power for rotating the rotational blade; a manipulation pad provided on the door of the refrigerator and manipulated to discharge the ice from the ice bin; a manipulation sensing part for detecting the manipulation of the manipulation pad; and a controller for operating the motor when the manipulation of the manipulation pad is detected by the manipulation sensing part, wherein the controller rotates the motor in one direction to discharge the ice from the ice bin and the controller rotates the motor in the other direction, which is the opposite direction of the one direction, for a set period of time when the manipulation of the manipulation pad is no longer detected.
US11530853B2
An apparatus includes a first expander, a first load, a first work recovery compressor, a valve, and a first compressor. The first expander expands a refrigerant. The first load uses the refrigerant to cool a space proximate the first load. The work recovery compressor compresses the refrigerant from the first load and is driven by the first expander. The valve reduces the pressure of the refrigerant from the work recovery compressor. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant from the valve.
US11530852B2
Cooling device 1, in particular a freezer 2, having a closable cooling space 3, an electrically operated cooling circuit, and preferably a cold storage pack 4, wherein the at least one closable cooling space 3 and the cold storage pack 4 can be cooled by the electrically operated cooling circuit. The cooling device has a power distributor 5 for distributing electrical power of at least one regenerative power source 6 to an electrically operated cooling circuit of the cooling device 1 and to at least one further electricity consuming device 7. In addition, the power distributor 5 has a control system with a computing unit 23, a memory 24 and priority logic. The priority logic is used to preferentially supply the electrically operated cooling circuit of the cooling device 1 with electricity if there is a lack of electrical power of the at least one regenerative power source 6.
US11530850B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of chiller systems including thermoelectric modules, and corresponding control methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a compressor chiller system generally includes a refrigerant loop having a refrigerant fluid, a compressor connected in the refrigerant loop to compress the refrigerant fluid, and a condenser connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the compressed refrigerant fluid from the compressor and to condense the compressed refrigerant fluid. The system also includes a heat transfer component connected in the refrigerant loop to receive the condensed refrigerant fluid from the condenser, and a coolant loop having a coolant fluid. The heat transfer component is connected in the coolant loop to transfer heat from the coolant fluid to the condensed refrigerant fluid. The system further includes a thermoelectric module connected in the coolant loop. The thermoelectric module is adapted to transfer heat into and/or out of the coolant fluid.
US11530847B2
A cryocooler includes a cold head including a displacer movable in an axial direction, a drive piston connected to the displacer to move the displacer in the axial direction, an expansion chamber formed with the displacer, a piston drive chamber formed with the drive piston, a spool valve including a valve drive chamber, a spool that moves between a first position and a second position in response to a pressure of the valve drive chamber, and a pressure control mechanism configured to control a pressure of the valve drive chamber so that the spool reciprocates between the first position and the second position, and to generate a pressure fluctuation having an opposite phase to the pressure fluctuation in the expansion chamber in the piston drive chamber in synchronization with the reciprocation of the spool.
US11530846B2
A reduction in a permeability of refrigerant gas is suppressed while increasing a filling factor of regenerator material particles with respect to a stage of a cold head. A cold head includes a stage including regenerator material particle groups, and a metal mesh material partitioning the regenerator material particle groups. The metal mesh material has quadrangular mesh holes each having a length of a long side of 1/10 or more and ½ or less of each of average particle sizes of the regenerator material particle groups.
US11530841B2
A hydrodynamic heater includes an inlet port for receiving a stream of fluid from an external source and an outlet port for discharging a stream of heated fluid from the hydrodynamic heater. A hydrodynamic chamber operates to selectively heat fluid present within an interior region of the hydrodynamic chamber. The hydrodynamic chamber includes an inlet port and an outlet port located along an interior wall of the hydrodynamic chamber. The hydrodynamic chamber inlet port is fluidly connected to the inlet port of the hydrodynamic heater. The hydrodynamic heater includes a fluid metering device having an inlet fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic heater inlet port and an outlet fluidly connected to the inlet port of the hydrodynamic chamber.
US11530840B2
A filtration device is provided, configured to be assembled between a tube seat and an air diffuser of a ventilation system, including: a main body, at least one filter and at least one light source. The main body includes an air inlet connected with the tube seat, an air outlet connected with the air diffuser and a shielding portion blocking between the air inlet and the air outlet. The shielding portion defines at least one passage. The at least one filter is disposed on the main body and corresponds to the at least one passage. The at least one filter has a photocatalyst material disposed thereon. An illumination area of the at least one light source corresponds to the at least one passage. A distance between the at least one light source and the at least one filter is smaller than or equal to 100 mm.
US11530838B2
An HVAC actuator (1) comprises a motor (12), a motor controller (13) coupled to the motor (12), and a heating apparatus (14) thermally coupled to the HVAC actuator (1). The HVAC actuator (1) further comprises a condensation controller (15) coupled to the heating apparatus (14). The condensation controller (15) is configured to monitor at least one condensation parameter, and to control the heating apparatus (14) using the at least one condensation parameter.
US11530836B2
The present disclosure provides an air conditioner and a control method thereof. The control method of the air conditioner is capable of acquiring a voice of a user including a state of the user, transmitting the voice of the user to an external server, receiving, from the external server, a control command acquired by using a cooling tendency of the user and the state of the user determined on the basis of a usage history of the air conditioner, and controlling the air conditioner on the basis of the control command. In particular, at least a part of a method of acquiring a control command on the basis of a cooling tendency of a user may use an artificial intelligence model trained according to at least one of machine learning, a neural network, and deep learning algorithms.
US11530830B2
In an air-conditioning apparatus, an indoor unit and an outdoor unit are connected to each other by a refrigerant pipe through which refrigerant flows. The air-conditioning apparatus includes: a refrigerant detection unit that detects a leak of the refrigerant in the indoor unit; a notification unit that makes a notification indicating occurrence of the leak of the refrigerant; a controller that controls at least the notification unit; and a remote control unit configured to operate the indoor unit. When the refrigerant detection unit detects the leak of the refrigerant, the controller controls the notification unit to make in a first mode the notification indicating the occurrence of the leak of the refrigerant, and make the notification in a second mode different from the first mode after a predetermined time period elapses from time at which the notification in the first mode is made. Thus, since the notification of the refrigerant leak is made two steps, that is, in the first mode in a first step and in the second mode in a second step, it is possible to cause a user to pay more attention to the notifications, and thus cause the user to easily notice the notification. It is therefore possible to cause the user to sufficiently know the refrigerant leak.
US11530828B2
A camera takes an image of a user. A room environment information sensor detects room environment information about an environment in a room where the user is present. An estimation unit estimates a concentration degree of the user based on the image of the user taken by the camera and the room environment information sensed by the room environment information sensor.
US11530824B2
A packaged air turnover unit is described herein. The packaged air turnover comprises a compressor and condenser within a housing of the packaged air turnover unit. The packaged air turnover unit further includes one or more heat exchanges to cool air and one or more heaters to heat air, providing either cooling or heating to a space depending on the configuration of the unit.
US11530817B2
A combustor including a combustor lining, a tile including a recess at an end defining a receiving surface, and a tile holder. The tile holder includes an elongate retaining head having a combustor surface configured to face a combustion chamber of a combustor, and a securing portion extending from the head, the securing portion being configured to secure the head to a combustor lining. The retaining head extends laterally with respect to an elongate direction of the retaining head to define a retaining surface laterally adjacent to the securing portion; and the retaining surface cooperates with the receiving surface of the tile to retain the tile against the combustor lining. There is also disclosed a tile holder and a tile.
US11530806B2
A lighting test method that includes connecting a housing including driver electronics and a junction box to a main power source. The main power source is connected to a main power connector in the junction box. The driver electronics includes a first terminal. The method further includes connecting a power testing module to the first terminal to the driver electronics to determine whether the main power source is correctly connected to the main power connector in the junction box. The method further includes replacing the power testing module with a second terminal of a light engine housing. Connecting the first and second terminals provides that the driver electronics are in electrical communication with a light engine within the light engine housing.
US11530804B2
A light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting module, a second light-emitting module, a conductive layer and an insulation layer. The first light-emitting module includes a first substrate having a first cavity, a first sidewall, and a light-emitting component disposed on the first substrate. The second module includes a second substrate having a second cavity corresponding to the first cavity and a second sidewall corresponding to the first sidewall. The conductive layer is directly connected to the first cavity and the second cavity and electrically connect the first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module. The insulation layer is directly connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
US11530795B2
The present disclosure relates to a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a board; a light source disposed on one surface of the board; and a reflector configured to transfer heat to the board and receive heat from the board and having a reflective surface for reflecting light emitted from the light source, thereby simplifying a structure and improving spatial utilization and a degree of design freedom.
US11530790B1
A space projection lamp includes the convex lens, an uneven reflective plate, motor, light source, integrated main control and power input. The bottom surface of the uneven reflective plate is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the motor. The convex lens and the light source are respectively arranged on both sides of the uneven reflective plate. The light emitted by the light source passes through the convex lens after being reflected by the uneven reflective plate. When the light source irradiates the uneven reflective plate from the side, the reflection is projected out through the imaging of convex lens, forming a layered light effect. When the motor rotates with uneven reflective plate, it will form a multi-level dream light effect.
US11530779B2
An extendable grip for a mobile device includes a base configured to couple with a mobile device or a case of the mobile device. The plurality of elastic elements are coupled with the base at a first end. The plurality of elastic elements are coupled with a top at a second end. The plurality of elastic elements are configured to provide an expansion force that biases the top away from the base towards a neutral position when in the collapsed position. The base and the top are configured to produce a magnetic force that biases the top and the base towards one another. The extendable grip has the neutral position and a collapsed position. A distance between the top and the base is greater in the neutral position than in the collapsed position. The magnetic force is stronger than the expansion force in the retracted position.
US11530775B2
A method for detecting a payload on a carrier configured to support the payload includes obtaining a obtaining at least one motion characteristic of the carrier. The at least one motion characteristic is indicative of a coupling state between the carrier and the payload. The method further includes assessing the coupling state between the carrier and the payload based on the at least one motion characteristic. Assessing the coupling state between the carrier and the payload includes at least one of assessing whether the payload is coupled to the carrier or assessing whether the payload is correctly mounted at the carrier.
US11530773B2
A pipe repair device includes a body defining a first body end, a second body end, and a middle body section therebetween; a pivotable arm attached to the body, wherein the pivotable arm is pivotable relative to the body to radially reposition the pivotable arm relative to the body; a locomotion subsystem configured to drive the pipe repair device through a pipe, the locomotion subsystem mounted to the pivotable arm and configured to engage an inner surface of the pipe; and a stent mounted to the body, the stent comprising a sealing layer and a spring.
US11530771B2
A plug removal tool may include a mount for attaching the plug removal tool to a structure and a plug nut. Additionally, the plug removal tool may include at least one rigid arm extending between the mount and the plug nut. Further, the at least one arm may have at least one translational degree of movement and at least one rotational degree of movement.
US11530767B2
A tool-less joiner clamp includes a hinged circular body having a forward mating flange and an aft mating flange configured to selectively attach to a forward section flange and an aft section flange of an underwater vehicle, respectively. The forward mating flange has a threaded inner diameter configured to integrate with a threaded outer diameter of the forward section flange, such that rotating the joiner clamp about the forward section flange causes the clamp to move in an axial direction. Also included is a cam lock for selectively closing and tightening the tool-less joiner clamp onto the forward and aft section flanges of the vehicle and may include a quick release mechanism for opening the cam lock. The clamp may also include collapsible handles, and multiple buttons configured to press against a flat surface of the aft mating flange when the joiner clamp is rotated about the forward section flange.
US11530759B2
A valve device includes: a shell provided with a chamber formed on an inner surface with an inlet and first and second outlets; a valve core provided with a main abutting portion, and first and second separation portions that are separated by the main abutting portion; and a driving portion driving the valve core to rotate, The valve core includes an auxiliary abutting portion. The auxiliary abutting portion is arranged that the area of the surface of the first separation portion opposite to the valve seat surface is closer to the area of the surface of the second separation portion opposite to the valve seat surface when the auxiliary abutting portion is not provided.
US11530749B2
Provided is a seal ring configured so that stable lubrication performance can be provided across a wide range of rotation speed. A seal ring for sealing a clearance between a rotary shaft and a housing includes multiple static pressure grooves provided at a sliding surface of the seal ring and arranged in a circumferential direction, the static pressure grooves being opened on a sealed fluid side and closed on an outer diameter side, a circumferential length of each of the static pressure grooves being shorter than a radial length of each of the static pressure grooves.
US11530739B2
A ball-planetary continuously variable transmission (CVT) capable of stable control in forward and reverse rotation over a range of speed ratios including underdrive and overdrive is provided. Imparting a skew angle (zeta) causes unbalanced forces that change the tilt angle (gamma), resulting in a change in speed ratio of the CVT. Angularly orientating a control system of the CVT with a positive offset angle (psi) configures the CVT for operation in a first direction of rotation or angularly orientating the control system with a negative offset angle (psi) configures the CVT for operation in a reverse direction of rotation. A control system for configuring the offset angle (psi) may lead or trail the planets. The control system may configure a larger offset angle for more stable control or may configure a smaller offset angle for higher sensitivity in potential rollback scenarios.
US11530726B2
A robot cleaner having a fan brake device is provided, which includes a main cleaner body having an accommodating slot used to contain a dust box and a fan, and at least one brake device is disposed inside the accommodating slot. The brake device is disposed at a notch on the bottom of the dust box for the fan to be inserted into, and under the junction line between the notch and the bottom edge of the dust box. Therefore, when the dust box is taken off from the main cleaner body, the flexible element of the brake device can press a soft stopper upward and then the soft stopper presses against the bottom of the fan blade of the fan to stop the fan.
US11530716B2
A wall hanging system by which a wall décor item such as a ledge, a frame, artwork, or the like may be mounted to and hung from a wall. The wall hanging system may include a first mounting assembly that is coupled to the wall and a second mounting assembly that is coupled to the wall décor item. The first and second mounting assemblies may be engaged to mount the wall décor item from the wall. One of the first and second mounting assemblies may include a post and the other of the first and second mounting assemblies may include a cavity. The post may be inserted into an insertion portion of the cavity and then slid to a nesting portion of the cavity to lock the first mounting assembly to the second mounting assembly.
US11530715B2
A fastener includes a base member; a first member, on the base member and having a through bore; a second member, on the base member and spaced from the first member to form a receiving portion to receive a panel structure, including an aperture defining an internal surface, the internal surface including at least one stop member protruding radially inwardly, and a nut member, coaxially aligned within and frangibly connected to the internal surface, including at least one block member protruding radially outward from an outer surface of the nut member to stoppingly engage with the at least one stop member. During use, the nut member moves from a first position, where the nut is frangibly connected to the internal surface, to a second position, where the least one block member abuttingly engages with the at last one stop member.
US11530708B2
A compressor housing includes: an intake flow path-forming section configured to form an intake flow path; a shroud portion including a shroud surface curved in a protruding manner to face blades of an impeller; and a scroll flow path-forming section configured to form a scroll flow path through which gas is guided outside the compressor housing. A groove portion extending in a circumferential direction is defined in the shroud surface and, in a cross-sectional view taken along an axis of the impeller, the groove portion includes a downstream side wall surface, wherein a distance from the axis of the impeller to the downstream side wall surface increases toward an upstream side from a downstream side end portion of the groove portion, and an upstream side curved surface that is recessed between an upstream end of the downstream side wall surface and an upstream side end portion of the groove portion.
US11530707B2
A fan including a hub and a plurality metal blades is provided. Each of the blades extends from the hub and is inclined relative to a radial direction of the hub. Each blade has a distal edge away from the hub, and has a pair of wingtips at the distal edge.
US11530692B2
A hydraulic pressure supply unit has a storage chamber which stores hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic pump which is arranged within the storage chamber and dips at least partially into the stored hydraulic fluid, and an electric motor which drives the hydraulic pump. The electric motor is arranged below the hydraulic pump in a separate motor chamber which is situated below the storage chamber, is dry, and is not connected fluidically to the storage chamber. The electric motor is coupled in a thermally transmitting manner to a separating floor, the upper side of which delimits the storage chamber and is wetted continuously with stored hydraulic fluid.
US11530691B2
A sealing ring includes a first sealing element having a first mating surface and a second sealing element having a second mating surface. A high-pressure boundary extends across at least a portion of the first sealing element and across at least a portion of the second sealing element, and a low-pressure boundary extends across at least a portion of the first sealing element and across at least a portion of the second sealing element. The first mating surface, the second mating surface, or both, includes a recess open to the low-pressure boundary and not open to the high-pressure boundary. The recess may include a groove, for example. The first mating surface is sealed against the second mating surface by a first force acting on the first sealing element and a second force acting on the second sealing element. These forces act to pressure-lock the assembly.
US11530686B2
A wind generator for sailboats including a mast (A) provided with crosstrees (C), including: at least one wind generator (1) provided with a distribution of blades (2) arranged to rotate integrally with a shaft (6) of axis (a) in response to receiving a wind flow in an active direction (v) incident to the blades distribution; an electric generator (3) operatively connected to the generator (1) for converting the rotation of the blades (2) into electricity, comprising structure (22, 41) for fixing the generator (1) to a crosstree (C), and with the blades (2) being movable from an open operating position (P1) of maximum incidence of wind flow (F) to a closed non-operating position (P2) of minimum obstruction.
US11530682B2
Disclosed is a vertical axis wind turbine air concentration tower with reduced radar cross section. The air concentration tower has a polygonal outer perimeter, a pivot located at each vertex of the polygonal outer perimeter, and an inwardly-positioned rudder blade operatively connected at each pivot. Each inwardly positioned rudder blade has a first wind-neutral position, and is pivotable through a plurality of angles that adjust based on an incoming wind direction, such that the incoming wind is channeled to the vertical axis wind turbine, which is located approximately at a center area of the polygonal outer perimeter. A radar absorbent material is applied to the vertical axis wind turbine air concentration tower to reduce the radar cross section. The air concentration tower is designed to provide higher wind speed to the vertical axis wind turbine than the surrounding ambient air.
US11530676B2
A power supply system for a watercraft includes a first battery, a second battery, and a battery management device. The battery management device connects the first battery to a first engine to supply an electric power from the first battery to start the first engine. The battery management device connects the second battery to a second engine and a third engine to supply an electric power from the second battery to start the second engine and the third engine.
US11530674B2
Provided is a start-stop control apparatus to be mounted in a vehicle including an engine, a starter motor configured to restart the engine, and an auxiliary battery configured to supply electric power to the starter motor. The start-stop control apparatus includes a stop processing unit and an engine measuring unit. The stop processing unit stops idling of the engine while the vehicle is being stopped. The engine measuring unit measures an internal loss of the engine. The stop processing unit determines whether to stop the idling of the engine on the basis of the internal loss measured by the engine measuring unit and the state of charge of the auxiliary battery.
US11530672B2
The present disclosure is intended to provide an internal combustion engine that can inhibit fuel from adhering to a piston and can reduce generation of soot. An internal combustion engine includes a piston, a cylinder accommodating the piston, and an injector including a nozzle that has a plurality of nozzle holes configured to inject fuel into the cylinder from above the cylinder. Among the plurality of nozzle holes, a sixth nozzle hole an axial direction of which is the most deflected toward the piston has a nozzle hole diameter larger than nozzle hole diameters of the other nozzle holes, and the nozzle hole diameter of the sixth nozzle hole corresponds to at least 20% of the total of the nozzle hole diameters of the other nozzle holes.
US11530667B2
A cylinder head (1) disclosed herein includes a cylinder head main body (10) having an intake port (3) communicating with a combustion chamber (2) of an engine; and an insulation member (20) being arranged at an inner side of the intake port (3), made of resin, and formed into an annular shape. A step part (14) is formed at a downstream side of the insulation member (20) in a flow direction of intake air in the intake port (3) such that the intake port (3) has a cross section perpendicular to the flow direction at the downstream side smaller than a cross section perpendicular to the flow direction at an upstream side of the flow direction; and an annular seal member (21) that seals a space between the insulation member (20) and the step part (14) is arranged between the insulation member (20) and the step part (14).
US11530639B2
The present invention pertains to a pre-chamber body for an internal combustion engine. The pre-chamber body comprises a pre-chamber tip with a pre-chamber defined by an encircling side wall and at least one flow transfer passage fluidly connecting the pre-chamber and an exterior of the pre-chamber body (1), the flow transfer passage extending through the encircling wall, wherein the side wall is provided with at least one stiffness reduced section in proximity or adjacent to the flow transfer passage.
US11530636B2
A heat management system for air-cooled engines suitable to power yard care equipment or vehicles. The system may generally comprise an engine, a blower configured to blow ambient cooling air across the engine, and an exhaust system comprising an exhaust header and a muffler. The exhaust header has an inlet end which receives heated exhaust gas from the engine and an outlet end fluidly coupled to the muffler. An air control baffle is configured to redirect a portion of the cooling air from the blower towards the exhaust header and the muffler to enhance cooling the exhaust system. The system may further include an outermost protective shield exposed to equipment operators and an inner heat barrier or shield located between the muffler and protective shield. The system is designed to ameliorate both radiative and convective sources of heat transfer to maintain the protective shield at temperatures below established industry standards.
US11530633B2
A system and method of safely servicing a liquid-tight container installed in a location where flammable vapors or electrostatic shock exist, where the structure of the container is fabricated of a non-conductive material. The electrostatic charge build-up inside the container is achieved by coating the inside surface with a dissipative plastic and connecting the dissipative coating to a conductive feed-through with a metallic layer, where at least one of the metallic layer or the conductive layer extends over at least the region between a lower design fill level and an upper design fill level. The conductive feed-through is connected to a system static ground point which is isolated from electronic power supply grounds.
US11530632B2
An oil filter for a motor vehicle includes a filter cartridge disposed in an oil filter housing. A piston of the filter cartridge is displaceable in the oil filter housing in an axial direction of the filter cartridge. The filter cartridge has a closure element where the closure element is held at an end of at least one strut of the filter cartridge and where a free end of the at least one strut is supported in the oil filter housing. The piston is displaceable relative to the at least one strut in the axial direction of the filter cartridge.
US11530624B2
A tool holds and axially fixes a high-pressure shaft of an aircraft engine in a state where a high-pressure turbine stage is demounted. The tool includes: a shaft end cap having an inner radius, which is adapted to a predetermined shaft diameter, the shaft end cap plugs onto a turbine-side end of the high-pressure shaft; a shaft end cap receptacle receives the shaft end cap in a radially movable manner and in an axially limited manner in a first direction; a connector is fastenable to the shaft end cap receptacle and has a shank, which is insertable into the high-pressure shaft, the connector being configured to axially secure the shaft end cap receptacle; and a spring element, which is positionally fixed with respect to the shaft end cap receptacle, the spring element being configured to apply a predetermined spring force to the shaft end cap in the radial direction.
US11530621B2
A system for use in servicing a machine. The system includes a tubular body including a longitudinal axis, a tip end, a dispensing nozzle defined at the tip end, and an interior channel in flow communication with the dispensing nozzle. The tubular body is configured to be flexible. An actuator is configured to selectively modify an orientation of the tubular body, and a reservoir is in flow communication with the interior channel. The reservoir is configured to supply a maintenance fluid to the tubular body for discharge from the dispensing nozzle.
US11530616B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine, including: a first finger seal assembly, the first finger seal assembly including two layers each being secured to each other, the two layers each having a plurality of slots that are offset from each other when the two layers of the first finger seal assembly are secured to each other; a second finger seal assembly, the second finger seal assembly including two layers each secured to each other, the two layers each having a plurality of slots that are offset from each other when the two layers of the second finger seal assembly are secured to each other; and an arc-shaped segment finger seal assembly located between the first finger seal assembly and the second finger seal assembly, the arc-shaped finger seal assembly including two layers each secured to each other, the two layers each having a plurality of slots that are offset from each other when the two layers of the arc-shaped finger seal assembly are secured to each other.
US11530598B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products can be used for determining the amount of oil removed by a miscible gas flood. One of the methods includes identifying locations of oil within a volume representing a reservoir rock sample. The method includes identifying locations of gas within the volume. The method also includes determining the amount of oil removed based on locations within the volume where oil is either coincident with the gas or is connected to the gas by a continuous oil path.
US11530595B2
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for horizontal well completions, including dual monobore completions, without certain well intervention operations. More specifically, the embodiments described herein generally eliminate certain well intervention operations, such as cleaning of cementing-related equipment and accessories (e.g., plugs, balls, and so forth), performing logging operations, running and cementing intermediate casings, and so forth. In certain embodiments, a production casing may be run into a wellbore and cemented into place within the wellbore directly adjacent a surface casing of the well. In certain embodiments, the production casing comprises first and second tubular sections longitudinally separated by an intermediate tapered section.
US11530586B2
A casing patch system comprising a base tubular with two anchor/seals coupled to the base tubular and an expansion tool comprising two expansion devices positioned such that upon expansion of the first anchor/seal, the second expansion device engages the second anchor/seal, which allows reduction of the expansion forces due to sequential expansion and reduces the length of the displacement necessary for setting the casing patch, eliminating the need for resetting the thruster, which allows deployment and setting of the casing patch on a wireline. In another embodiment, the expansion device comprises two swages coupled to a shaft at a distance between them approximately equal to the length of the anchor/seal. The swage diameters are selected such that the expansion forces of the anchor/seal by front and back swages are approximately equal, resulting in significantly less expansion force compared to the expansion force necessary for expansion by a single swage, which allows a high degree of anchor/seal expansions unachievable by single swage expansion devices.
US11530576B2
A drill bit includes a bit body providing one or more blades and defining a cone section extending from a centerline of the bit body a first distance, a nose section extending from the cone section a second distance, a shoulder section extending from the nose section a third distance, and a gauge section extending from the shoulder section a fourth distance. The drill but further includes one or more cutting elements mounted to the one or more blades outside of the cone section such that the cone section is void of cutting elements, and a plurality of milling elements secured to the bit body within the cone section.
US11530573B2
A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
US11530572B2
A barrier having a gate and a frame where each of the frame and gate is reduced in at least one of a height and length dimension so as to be shipped and stored in a box of minimal size.
US11530571B1
A pet travel door system may include a door having an integrated pet travel door. The door may include a main body member having a door panel. A passageway may be formed in the door panel. A recess may be formed within the top and/or the bottom of the passageway. The system may include a structural member matingly engaged with the recess and a U-shaped structural member that overlies the recess having the structural member matingly engaged thereto. The structural member and the U-shaped structural member may have a through channel formed through a portion thereof. The main body member may have a respective receiving channel formed therein. The through channels formed in the structural member and the U-shaped structural member may be positioned to align with one another and with the respective receiving channel formed in the main body member.
US11530564B2
An assist apparatus for assisting a user or an occupant of a vehicle to get out of the vehicle, the assist apparatus configured to be capable of opening a door of the vehicle automatically upon a request operation for opening the door by the user.
US11530563B2
The invention relates to an automatic door system including a first door leaf of a first door leaf arrangement that can be displaced in the longitudinal direction. A floor-side guide rail arrangement extends in the longitudinal direction and includes a first floor rail arrangement. The at least one first door leaf includes an engagement element which is arranged on an underside of the at least one first door leaf. The at least one first floor rail arrangement includes at least one first floor rail and at least one connection and/or functional element, wherein the at least one connection and/or functional element is arranged on an end side of the at least one first floor rail. The at least one first floor rail includes at least one first guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction. The at least one engagement element of the at least one first door leaf of the at least one first door leaf arrangement is inserted into the at least one first guide groove and is guided in the longitudinal direction by the at least one first guide groove.
US11530554B2
A process and apparatus for providing a cabinet security system is disclosed. The system includes a magnetic lock to be mounted on a movable cabinet panel and a catch that is mounted on a cabinet frame and configured to engage the magnetic lock to hold the cabinet panel in a closed position relative to the cabinet frame.
US11530546B1
A motorized garage extension connected to a garage and a driveway, the motorized garage extension including a plurality of walls connected to the garage to move from retracted against the garage in a first position to at least partially extended away from the garage in a second position, and move from extended away from the garage in the second position to retracted against the garage in the first position, a plurality of wall receiving tracks disposed on at least a portion of the driveway, each of the plurality of wall receiving tracks to move of at least one of the plurality of walls in response to movement of the plurality of wall receiving tracks, and a roof unit connected to at least a portion of the plurality of walls to cover at least one of the plurality of walls, the plurality of wall receiving tracks, and the driveway in an extended position, and expose at least one of the plurality of walls, the plurality of wall receiving tracks, and the driveway in a retracted position.
US11530542B2
A partition mount system includes an integrated plunger assembly. The integrated plunger assembly is constructed and arranged to be integrated into an interior of an end of an extension pole, for example a standard telescoping extension pole. Mounting of the plunger in an interior portion of the pole in this manner provides for a sleek design that is relatively lightweight. Assuming that the pole in which the anchor is mounted is part of a telescoping pole system, the anchor and plunger do not interfere with full travel of the interior pole with respect to other poles in the telescoping system. In this manner, operation of the telescoping pole system is not inhibited by the integrated plunger assembly.
US11530537B2
A sound absorbing system comprising: A wall (5); A wall bracket (1) that is affixed to the wall, the wall bracket comprising a fixing plate (6) which is affixed to and lies along the wall surface; a spacer element (7) connected to and projecting from the fixing plate so as to extend away from the wall and a support element (8) connected to the spacer element; A panel bracket (2) comprising a hook element (11) arranged to hang on the support element of the wall bracket and at least one barb (12) connected to the hook element and extending away from the wall And an acoustic panel (4) affixed to the panel bracket by means of the at least one barb penetrating the panel; such that the acoustic panel is positioned spaced away from the wall at a distance X from the wall and generally parallel to the wall.
US11530533B2
The system disclosed herein is directed to a plunger adapted for use with a protective sleeve for shielding contaminants from the plunger. In one example, a plunger has a handle having a first end and a second end. A flexible cup is coupled to the first end of the handle. The flexible cup has an interior surface and an exterior surface. An inlet is disposed on the exterior surface of the flexible cup. A through-hole is located in the flexible cup offset from the inlet. A connector is coupled to the inlet between the flexible cup and the handle. The connector is configured to join the first end of the handle to the flexible cup.
US11530522B2
A manhole assembly including a base, riser, and cap. The base having an upper surface forming a bench, a bottom surface, and a radially outward surface with penetrations there through; and a radial spigot in the radially outward upper edge of the base. The base having a corrosive-resistant layer covering the channels, bench, and radial spigot. Also disclosed is a riser comprised of a corrosive-resistant polymer pipe having a radially outward surface, an inner surface and a bottom surface in contact with, supported by, and sealed to the radial spigot. The cap having a radial spigot, and access hole; the radial spigot in the radially outward bottom edge of the cap resting upon and sealed to an upper edge of the riser. The radially outward surface of the cap and base are aligned with the radially outward surface of the riser.
US11530503B2
A tool allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs in three dimensions before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Based on a laser input file with a pattern, a laser will burn the pattern onto apparel. With the tool, the user will be able to create, make changes, and view images of a design, in real time, before burning by a laser. The tool can be accessed or executes via a Web browser.
US11530502B2
A method of manufacturing an article may include loading a soluble bobbin thread into an embroidery machine and then driving a needle thread through a base sheet with a needle of the embroidery machine according to a programmed first pattern that provides a series of loops of the needle thread extending outward from a bobbin side of the base sheet. The method may further include bonding the needle thread to a needle side of the base sheet opposite from the bobbin side. A spacer layer may be disposed at the bobbin side of the base sheet, and may be removed after the needle thread is bonded to the base sheet. The loops may be loops of a hook-and-loop fastener or ball control features in various articles manufactured according to the method.
US11530485B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of preparation technology and provides an ultralimit alloy and a preparation method therefor. The ultralimit alloy comprises an alloy matrix. A bonding layer and a ceramic layer are successively deposited on a surface of the alloy matrix. The alloy matrix includes one of a magnesium alloy matrix, an aluminium alloy matrix, a titanium alloy matrix, an iron alloy matrix, a nickel alloy matrix, a copper alloy matrix, a zirconium alloy, and a tin alloy. For an ultralimit magnesium alloy, an ultralimit aluminium alloy, an ultralimit nickel alloy, an ultralimit titanium alloy, an ultralimit iron alloy and an ultralimit copper alloy, the bonding layer is a composite bonding layer, the ceramic layer is a composite ceramic layer, and the outside of the composite ceramic layer is further successively deposited with a reflecting layer, a catadioptric layer, an insulating layer and a carbon foam layer.
US11530484B2
Systems and methods for highly reproducible and focused plasma jet printing and patterning of materials using appropriate ink containing aerosol through nozzles with narrow orifice and tubes with controlled dielectric constant connected to high voltage power supply, in the presence of electric field and plasma, that enables morphological and/or bulk chemical modification and/or surface chemical modification of the material in the aerosol and/or the substrate prior to printing, during printing and post printing.
US11530477B2
Molybdenum(0) coordination complexes comprising at least one cycloheptatriene ligand and optionally one or more neutral ligands which coordinate to the metal center by carbon, nitrogen or phosphorous are described. Methods for depositing molybdenum-containing films on a substrate are described. The substrate is exposed to a molybdenum precursor and a reactant to form the molybdenum-containing film (e.g., elemental molybdenum, molybdenum oxide, molybdenum carbide, molybdenum silicide, molybdenum nitride). The exposures can be sequential or simultaneous.
US11530473B2
Disclosed are high-strength, highly deformable aluminum alloys and methods of making and processing such alloys. More particularly, disclosed is a heat treatable aluminum alloy exhibiting improved mechanical strength and formability. The processing method includes casting, homogenizing, hot rolling, solutionizing, pre-aging and in some cases pre-straining. In some cases, the processing steps can further include cold rolling and/or heat treating.
US11530457B2
A saliva-based testing method that bypasses the need for RNA isolation/purification is described herein. In experiments with inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus spiked into saliva, this method has a limit of detection of 500-1000 viral particles per mL, rivalling the standard NP swab method. Initial studies showed excellent performance with 100 clinical samples. This saliva-based process is operationally simple, utilizes readily available materials, and can be easily implemented by existing testing sites thus allowing for high-throughput, rapid, and repeat testing of large populations.
US11530452B2
The present invention provides compositions, kits, and method for determining the levels of expression of human polyoma or papillomavirus species and RNA transcripts. These levels can be used for the prognosis of risk of developing virally-induced cancers. The ratio (R) between early and late transcripts is indicative of HPV infections associated with higher risk of developing genital neoplasia and cancer.
US11530449B2
This document relates to methods and materials for detecting premalignant and malignant neoplasms. For example, methods and materials for determining whether or not a stool sample from a mammal contains nucleic acid markers or polypeptide markers of a neoplasm are provided.
US11530441B2
The methods, compositions, and kits of the disclosure provide a novel approach for a whole genome, unbiased DNA analysis method that can be performed on limited amounts of DNA. can be used to analyze DNA to determine its modification status. Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method for amplifying bisulfite-treated deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules comprising: (a) ligating an adaptor to the DNA molecules, wherein the adaptor comprises a RNA polymerase promoter comprising bisulfite-protected cytosines; (b) treating the ligated DNA molecules with bisulfite; (c) hybridizing the bisulfite-treated DNA molecules with a primer; (d) extending the hybridized primer to make double stranded DNA; and (e) in vitro transcribing the double-stranded DNA to make RNA.
US11530438B2
Provided herein is a circular proximity ligation assay in which proximity-probes are employed as bridges to connect two free oligonucleotides via a dual ligation event, resulting in the formation of a circle. The circles are then quantified by, e.g., qPCR. The addition of an extra oligonucleotide is believed to enhance specificity by decreasing the probability of random background ligation events. In addition, circle formation may have selective advantages, as uncircularized DNA can be removed by a simple exonuclease treatment and it has streamlined the workflow by eliminating preamplification prior to qPCR.
US11530434B2
An evaluation method is a method for evaluating a cell mass containing a plurality of aggregated cells, and includes an imaging step of capturing an image of light obtained from the cell mass by irradiating the cell mass with light, an analysis step of setting a reference point for the cell mass included in image data obtained by the imaging step, setting sampling circles centered on the reference point, and determining a parameter for a state of the cell mass based on image data included in regions on the sampling circles, and an evaluation step of evaluating the cell mass based on the parameter.
US11530432B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, components, and compositions for cell-free synthesis of glycosylated carrier proteins. The glycosylated carrier proteins may be utilized in vaccines, including anti-bacterial vaccines. The glycosylated carrier proteins may include a bacterial polysaccharide conjugated to a carrier, which may be utilized to generate an immune response in an immunized host against the polysaccharide conjugated to the carrier. The glycosylated carrier proteins may be synthesized in cell-free glycoprotein synthesis (CFGpS) systems using prokaryote cell lysates that are enriched in components for glycoprotein synthesis such as oligosaccharyltransferases (OSTs) and lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) including OSTs and LLOs associated with synthesis of bacterial O antigens.
US11530425B2
The disclosure provides systems, methods, and compositions for a target specific nuclease and a blunting enzyme to correct frameshift mutations for genome editing and treatment of diseases. In some embodiments, the target specific nuclease and the blunting enzyme are combined with a guide RNA and/or a microhomology-mediated end joining (MMEJ) inhibitor.
US11530421B2
Disclosed herein is a functional nucleic acid that includes i) one or more coding nucleotide sequences encoding a genome editing endonuclease; ii) regulatory sequences operably linked to the one or more coding nucleotide sequences; and iii) one or more genome editing endonuclease-recognized sequences, wherein the functional nucleic acid is configured to express the endonuclease in a host cell and thereby provide a cellular endonuclease activity in a sequence-specific manner in the host cell, and wherein cleavage of the functional nucleic acid by the endonuclease inactivates the cellular endonuclease activity. Methods of using the present functional nucleic acid, and systems and kits that find use in performing the same are also provided.
US11530415B2
The present disclosure includes refactored thaxtomin biosynthetic gene clusters including thaxtomin modules including one or more thaxtomin genes such that the expression of the refactored thaxtomin biosynthetic gene cluster produces at least one thaxtomin compound in the absence of thaxtomin-inducing conditions. Also included are genetically engineered Streptomyces bacterium from a non-pathogenic Streptomyces strain comprising an exogenous, refactored thaxtomin biosynthetic gene cluster of the present disclosure, such that the expression of the refactored thaxtomin biosynthetic gene cluster provides the genetically engineered Streptomyces bacterium with the ability to produce at least one thaxtomin compound in the absence of thaxtomin-inducing conditions. The present disclosure also includes methods of producing thaxtomin compounds, analogs, or intermediate with the refactored thaxtomin biosynthetic gene clusters and genetically engineered bacteria of the present disclosure.
US11530408B2
This application relates to therapeutic siRNA agents and methods of making and using the agents.
US11530407B2
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of gene expression and/or activity, and/or modulate a gene expression pathway. Specifically, the invention relates to double-stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules that are capable of mediating or that mediate RNA interference (RNAi) against target gene expression.
US11530405B2
The invention relates to anti-CRISPR genes and anti-CRISPR proteins, and their uses in various biotechnology applications.
US11530393B2
The present invention provides, among other things, improved methods for purifying I2S protein produced recombinantly for enzyme replacement therapy. The present invention is, in part, based on the surprising discovery that recombinant I2S protein can be purified from unprocessed biological materials, such as, I2S-containing cell culture medium, using a process involving as few as four chromatography columns.
US11530383B2
The present invention provides methods to improve the health and vigor, including enhancement of the growth of plants, including important crop plants. In particular, the present invention provides methods of treating or preventing a rhizogenic or tumorigenic plant disease caused by bacteria, comprising administering to the plant an effective amount of at least one isolated Paenibacillus strain or of an extract of at least one isolated Paenibacillus strain, wherein said at least one Paenibacillus strain comprises a 16S rRNA sequence with at least 93% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
US11530377B2
The bioenvironmental simulation device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one mounting unit on which cells to be measured are placed, a rotational force application unit configured to rotate the mounting unit so as to apply a rotational force to the cells to be measured placed on the mounting unit, and a culture liquid flow device through which a culture liquid flows across the mounting unit, wherein the culture liquid flows by the culture liquid flow device so as to apply a shear force to the cells to be measured.
US11530376B2
An azeotropic composition a formulated with 1,1,1,3,3,3,-hexafluoro-2-methoxypropane and a second component selected from the group consisting of isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, methanol, and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene. The azeotropic composition exhibits a substantially constant boiling point at a constant pressure and is useful for various cleaning and degreasing applications.
US11530374B2
A laundry care composition comprises a laundry care ingredient or adjunct and at least one compound that is capable of changing from a first color state (i.e., the initial color state in the composition) to a second color state that is perceptibly different from the first color state. A method for treating textile articles comprises the steps of: (a) providing a laundry care composition as described above; (b) adding the laundry care composition to a liquid medium; and (c) placing the textile articles in the liquid medium.
US11530363B2
To provide a lubricant solution capable of forming a uniform coating film by using a solvent composition which has a small impact on the global environment and which is excellent in solubility of the fluorinated ether compound, and a method for producing a substrate provided with a lubricant coating film. A lubricant solution comprising a solvent composition which comprises a HCFO and at least one member selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6-tridecafluorohexane, 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6-tridecafluorooctane, nonafluorobutyl methyl ether, nonafluorobutyl ethyl ether and 3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane, and a fluorinated ether compound which is a fluorinated ether compound having a perfluoropolyether chain and CF3 groups at both terminals, wherein the perfluoropolyether chain does not have a branched structure.
US11530349B2
A method is described for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore including injecting into the formation a treatment fluid including a rheological modifier; at least one viscoelastic surfactant (VES) at a concentration of between about 0.1 and about 10 percent by weight; and a formation-dissolving agent selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acid, glycolic acid, sulfamic acid, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, methylsulfamic acid, chloroacetic acid, aminopolycarboxylic acids, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, polyaminopolycarboxylic acids, salts thereof and mixtures of said acids and salts.
US11530348B2
Provided is a composition that may include a mixture of an ionic liquid and a surfactant in an aqueous composition, where a carbonaceous hydrocarbon-bearing formation has a wettability value and comprises hydrocarbons, where there is an interfacial tension value between the aqueous composition and hydrocarbons present in the carbonaceous hydrocarbon-bearing formation, where the aqueous solution may be configured to modify the wettability value of the carbonaceous hydrocarbon-bearing formation from a first value to a second value that is more water-wet than the first value, and where the presence of the ionic liquid in the aqueous composition may not substantially impact the value for interfacial tension between the hydrocarbons in the carbonaceous hydrocarbon-bearing formation and the aqueous composition. Further provided is a method that may introduce the aqueous composition into a carbonaceous hydrocarbon-bearing formation.
US11530342B2
This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: I. a first component comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of β-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component comprising at least one primary amine or at least one secondary amine, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
US11530330B2
An inkset and a process for direct inkjet printing color images on dyed synthetic fabrics is provided herewith, based on forming an image on the fabric in the form of a well-adhered crosslinked film, using an acid-immobilized ink composition, while avoiding dye migration from the fabric to the image in the process of curing the film, using a low-temperature curing crosslinking agent and curing the image at a temperature lower than 120±5° C.
US11530329B2
Formulations for removal of deposits, the formulation prepared according to specific manufacturing processes. The formulation may be used to clear and clean deposits from surfaces. In some examples, the deposits may include spray paint deposits on concrete, brick and metal surfaces such as graffiti. In some examples, the formulations may include active salt agents comprising molybdenum and aluminum cations.
US11530323B2
An epoxy resin composition including components (A), (B), (C) and (D); wherein a content of the component (A) is 60 to 90 parts by mass, and a content of the component (B) is 10 to 40 parts by mass, with respect to epoxy resins; the epoxy resin composition has a characteristic that, when cured and formed into a cured product, the cured product has a glass transition temperature of 200° C. or higher; and a viscosity at 100° C. of the resin composition is 5 to 35 Pa·s, wherein Component (A) is an aromatic epoxy resin having at least 3 glycidyl groups in one molecule, Component (B) is an aromatic epoxy resin having two glycidyl groups in one molecule, Component (C) is an aromatic polysulfone resin having a reduced viscosity of 0.18 to 0.30 dl/g; and Component (D) is an aromatic amine compound.
US11530320B2
Polypropylene composition comprising a polypropylene base material, a carbon fibre and an adhesion promoter with an excellent impact/stiffness balance, its preparation, articles comprising the composition and the use of the composition.
US11530313B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a surface treated filler material product with succinic anhydride(s), a surface treated filler material product, a polymer composition, a fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread comprising the surface treated filler material product and/or the polymer composition, an article comprising the surface treated filler material product and/or the polymer composition and/or the fiber and/or filament and/or film and/or thread as well as the use of a mono-substituted succinic anhydride for decreasing the hydrophilicity of a calcium carbonate-containing filler material surface and the use of a surface-treated filler material product for initiating the crosslinking reaction in epoxide resins.
US11530302B2
The present invention concerns a method to prepare a filler with a hyaluronic acid, which has improved properties of chemical-physical stability over time and optimal viscosity for cutaneous injection. In particular the method comprises a first step in which the hyaluronic acid is crosslinked, and a subsequent step for the neutralization and hydration of the crosslinked hyaluronic acid.
US11530281B2
An ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene has a viscosity average molecular weight (Mv) greater than 1×106. The polyethylene is spherical or are sphere-like particles having a mean particle size of 10-100 μm, having a standard deviation of 2-15 μm and a bulk density of 0.1-0.3 g/mL. Using the polyethylene as a basic polyethylene, a grafted polyethylene can be obtained by means of a solid-phase grafting method; and a glass fiber-reinforced polyethylene composition comprising the polyethylene and glass fibers, and a sheet or pipe prepared therefrom; a solubilized ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene; and a fiber and a film prepared from the solubilized ultra-high molecular weight, ultra-fine particle size polyethylene may also be obtained. The method has simple steps, is easy to control, has a relatively low cost and a high repeatability, and can realize industrialisation.
US11530279B2
A method for producing a polyolefin with a wide molecular weight distribution can comprise: polymerizing one or more monomers in the presence of a catalyst system in a loop reactor to produce a polyolefin product having a polydispersity index of 2.5 to 8, wherein the loop reactor comprises two or more reactors in series, and wherein the loop reactor has a loop thermal gradient of 50° C. to 150° C. and/or a standard deviation of inter-component thermal gradients along the loop reactor of 10° C. to 50° C.
US11530276B2
The present invention provides binder directed to and binding to a DPP3 protein or functional derivative thereof and its use in a method of prevention or treatment of diseases or acute conditions in a patient, wherein said disease or acute condition is associated with oxidative stress. With this context, specifically the present invention provides a binder being directed to and binding to an epitope according to SEQ ID NO.: 2, wherein said epitope is comprised in a DPP3 protein or a functional derivative thereof, and wherein said DPP3 binder recognizes and binds to at least three amino acids of SEQ ID NO.: 2.
US11530275B2
The invention provides anti-cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3) antibodies and methods of using the same.
US11530273B2
The present invention relates to improved anti-CD73 antibodies which, in comparison to prior art anti-CD73 antibodies bind to a membrane-bound form of CD73 protein having cancer-promoting role and inhibit its enzymatic activity, while essentially not inhibiting a soluble form of CD73 protein involved in cardioprotection. The present invention further relates to methods of generation of such specific anti-CD73 antibodies and uses thereof including uses as medicaments and in methods for treatment, amelioration, prophylaxis and diagnostics of cancer.
US11530254B2
An antibody is provided that inhibits infection of cells with a norovirus. The antibody is a nanoantibody comprising a polypeptide described in (a), (b), or (c), and inhibiting infection of intestinal cells with HuNoV GII.4: (a) a polypeptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 9, or SEQ ID NO: 13; (b) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence comprising a substitution, deletion, insertion and/or addition of one or several amino acids with respect to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 9, or SEQ ID NO: 13; and (c) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of 80% or more to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 9, or SEQ ID NO: 13.
US11530253B2
The present disclosure provides genetically modified antibody-producing cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences associated with immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region, the IgH locus. In particular, these cells are generated using a CRISPR/Cas 9-mediated editing process. The disclosure also provides specific guide RNA (gRNA) guide sequences that target the chromosomal sequence of immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region in the Switch regions.
US11530250B2
The present invention relates to tyrosine-specific functionalized insulin analogs and processes of making such tyrosine-specific functionalized insulin analogs using R-3H-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-(4H)diones (PTAD).
US11530237B2
Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein , A, R1, R2, R3a, R4a, R4b, R5, R7a, and R7b are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of the present invention and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
US11530226B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical agents useful for therapy and/or prophylaxis in a mammal, and in particular to azepane compounds, pharmaceutical composition comprising such compounds, and their use as menin/MLL protein/protein interaction inhibitors, useful for treating diseases such as cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and diabetes.
US11530223B2
Disclosed are compounds having potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of conditions such as depression and related disorders. Orally delivered formulations and other pharmaceutically acceptable delivery forms of the compounds, including intravenous formulations, are also disclosed.
US11530221B2
Disclosed are a compound selected from novel pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidin-2-one derivative compounds having excellent anti-proliferative activity against cancer cells, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, hydrates thereof and stereoisomers thereof, a method for preparing the compound, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, alleviating or treating cancer metastasis and proliferative diseases containing the compound as an active ingredient, and an anticancer composition against cancer cells, containing the compound as an active ingredient. The compounds of this invention exhibit most excellent selective inhibitory activity against LCK and anti-proliferative activity against cancer cells, thus being useful for inhibiting cancer cells, and for preventing or treating cancer metastasis and proliferative diseases.
US11530218B2
Disclosed are spirocyclic compounds of Formula I, methods of using the compounds for inhibiting KRAS activity and treating cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders associated with KRAS activity such as cancer.
US11530216B2
Disclosed herein are deuterated compounds of the formula which are useful as colony stimulating factor-1 receptor inhibitors (“CSF-1R inhibitors”).
US11530208B2
A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or N-oxide thereof and the use of the same in therapy: wherein Z, Y, R1, W, V, and R3 are as defined in claim 1.
US11530201B2
The present invention relates to a triazine compound according to formula 1: suitable for use as a layer material for electronic devices, and to an organic semiconductor layer comprising at least one compound according to formula 1, as well as to an organic electronic device comprising at least one organic semiconductor layer, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US11530200B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein Q is selected from O or S; R1 is a 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group consisting of one or more carbon atoms, and one or more nitrogen and/or oxygen atoms, and substituted with a monovalent, optionally substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or heterocyclic group, wherein the 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl group of R1 may optionally be further substituted; R2 is an α,α′-substituted cyclic group which may optionally be further substituted; R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, —OH, —NH2, —CN, —R5, —OR5, —NHR5 or —N(R5)2; or R3 and R4 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form a 3- to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted cyclic group; and R5 is independently an optionally substituted C1-C4 alkyl group. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.
US11530198B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treatment of parasitic infections, such as T. gondii, T. cruzi, P. falciparum, T. brucei, or L. major infections, using the novel inhibitors of the invention.
US11530194B2
Disclosed embodiments concern novel interleukin receptor associated kinases (IRAK) inhibitors and compositions comprising such inhibitors. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compounds and compositions. The disclosed compounds and/or compositions may be used to treat or prevent an IRAK-associated disease or condition.
US11530191B2
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
US11530189B2
This disclosure provides compounds and compositions which may be modulators of MAGL and/or ABHD6 and their use as medicinal agents, processes for their preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions that include disclosed compounds as at least one active agent. The disclosure also provides for method of treating a patient in need thereof, where the patient is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder comprising administering a disclosed compound or composition.
US11530181B2
The instant invention describes compounds having IL-6 modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by IL-6.
US11530178B2
The present invention relates to hyper-branched compounds, a method of synthesizing the hyper-branched compounds and applications of the hyper-branched compounds. The hyper-branched compounds of the present invention include hyper-branched fluorinated compounds, hyper-branched fluorinated graphene and hyper-branched amine functionalized graphene oxide.
US11530164B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems comprising vaterite and magnesium oxide.
US11530159B2
An optical glass has a refractive index (nd) of 1.64 or more. A P value represented by the following formula (1) is in a range of 7.0
US11530151B2
Process of sewage treatment in a continuous, linear and flexible channel, through a modified aerobic biological reactor system, or transformation of an existing anaerobic biological reactor into a modified aerobic biological reactor, coupled with a modified flexible flotation/decantation system, intended for the sewage treatment, to be carried out in a treatment plant, in a continuous, linear and flexible channel, using, as preliminary treatment, a garbage grid and a sandbox, to remove these debris, followed by a primary treatment, where the sewage receives the primary treatment inside an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, or inside a pond aerated, facultative or anaerobic, transformed into an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, or even inside an anaerobic reactor—UASB transformed into an aerobic reactor—modified MBBR, followed by a secondary treatment.
US11530150B2
The invention provides a method for preparing drinking weak alkali water and strontium-rich electrolyte raw water from distilled water obtained in the process of producing salt from well and mine brine, which comprises procedures of pressure reduction treatment, primary filtration, membrane separation treatment, activated carbon adsorption treatment, secondary filtration treatment, sterilization and disinfection treatment and the like on the salt-making distilled water in sequence so as to remove insoluble solid impurities, sulfides, microorganisms and other substances in the raw water, and separate or enrich ions, thereby preparing the weak alkali water suitable for drinking and the strontium-rich electrolyte raw water capable of being used for functional beverage production. The method provided by the invention can not only realize the comprehensive utilization of resources, but also obtain new products, significantly improving the economical efficiency of the process.
US11530148B2
Disclosed are methods of treating wastewater using a membrane bioreactor and achieving a target phosphorus concentration for the membrane permeate stream. These methods include the steps of dosing a wastewater stream with a rare earth clarifying agent and passing the dosed wastewater stream through the membrane to obtain a membrane permeate stream with a permeate concentration that is less than the phosphorus concentration of the influent stream. This permeate concentration also can be equal to or less than a target phosphorus concentration. In the methods as disclosed herein, the rare earth clarifying agent can be chloride salts of one or more rare earth elements and in certain embodiments, the rare earth clarifying agent can be CeCl3 and LaCl3.
US11530139B2
A cooperative fuzzy-neural control method is designed in this present invention. Due to the difficulty for cooperatively controlling the concentrations of the dissolved oxygen and nitrate nitrogen in wastewater treatment process, a cooperative fuzzy-neural control method is investigated. In this proposed method, firstly, a interval type-2 fuzzy neural network is employed to construct the cooperative fuzzy-neural controller. Secondly, a parameter cooperative strategy is proposed to cooperatively optimize the global and local parameters of the cooperative fuzzy-neural controller to meet the control requirements. This proposed cooperative fuzzy-neural control method can cooperatively control the concentrations of the dissolved oxygen and nitrate nitrogen in wastewater treatment process. The results illustrate that the proposed cooperative fuzzy-neural control method can achieve the high control accuracy and guarantee the normal operations of wastewater treatment process under the different operation conditions.
US11530130B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure including an epitaxial layer overlying a MEMS substrate. The method includes bonding a MEMS substrate to a carrier substrate. The epitaxial layer is formed over the MEMS substrate, where the epitaxial layer has a higher doping concentration than the MEMS substrate. A plurality of contacts is formed over the epitaxial layer.
US11530128B2
Method and device for controlling the quantity of liquid contained in a cartridge for an aerosol generating device, wherein the cartridge has a container and a liquid contained in the container and wherein, according to which is measured the quantity of liquid contained in the cartridge; and compared the quantity of liquid with a reference quantity of liquid.
US11530127B2
A fluid dispenser for use for birds and animals and for use to purify water for human consumption is described, the dispenser having a fluid container and a valve rod that move relative to each other to open and close valves to an inlet funnel at an upper end of the dispenser and to a fluid reservoir at a lower end of the dispenser.
US11530117B2
A lifting apparatus for lifting a tank car is provided. The lifting apparatus can include a first arm to surround and not contact a tank car jacket and a second arm to surround and not contact the tank car jacket.
US11530111B2
A cord management apparatus includes a housing, a reel rotatably disposed within the housing, and a button operably coupled to the reel and configured to control extension and retraction of a window blind cord attached to the reel, according to various embodiments. The housing may include a back portion and a front portion. The front portion may be at least one of detachably and pivotally coupled to the back portion such that the housing is openable to allow a user to have access to an internal chamber defined by the housing.
US11530108B1
A bungee spool for collecting and storing bungee cords in a portable manner comprising a core and two rims where at least one has multiple slots radiating and the slots have raised inner edges outward from the point where the rim joins the top of the cylinder.
US11530105B2
A drive unit (4) of the belt (3) for a molding machine (1) of bored fins comprises a fixed front part (12) and a movable rear part (13) driven longitudinally with a forward and backward movement to and from the fixed front part (12). Both parts (12, 13) of the drive unit (4) include support plates (16, 31) on the upper surfaces thereof for vertical teeth (20, 35) with oblique top (22, 37) which protrude upwards under elastic thrust (24, 39) and are suitable for being inserted into corresponding bored collars (52) of the belt (3) downstream of a boring unit (2). The upper surfaces of each of the two parts (12, 13) of the drive unit (4) support at least a further support plate (17, 32) for vertical teeth (21, 36) of greater diameter, which is liftable and lowerable by a control panel (50).
US11530104B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, an opening/closing member supported on the apparatus body, a sheet support supported on the opening/closing member, and a rotary feeding member provided on the apparatus body to feed the sheet supported on the sheet support in a feeding direction. A first engagement member is provided in the apparatus body, and a second engagement member is provided on a downstream end portion of the sheet support in the feeding direction and engages with the first engagement member in a vertical direction that intersects an axial direction of the rotary feeding member when the opening/closing member is positioned at the open position. The rotary feeding member is lowered toward the sheet supported on the sheet support in a case where the opening/closing member is positioned at the open position.
US11530102B2
A device is provided for feeding sheets to a sheet-processing machine having at least one processing mechanism. A feeder head is provided for cyclically separating the sheets from a pile of such sheets and has transporting suckers for transporting the sheets to a belt table. The belt table has at least one revolving transport belt which is guided over at least two feed rollers. A first drive is assigned to at least one feed roller and a sheet flap, which is connected to a pivotally mounted shaft, is provided between the transporting suckers and the at least one transport belt. A second drive is assigned to the shaft, for pivoting that shaft. A sheet arrival sensor, which is arranged between the belt table and the processing mechanism, generates first signals representing the arrival of the sheets for a sequence of sheets. A clock generator generates second signals representing the angular position of the at least one processing mechanism, and has a controller, which controls the first drive as a function of the second signals and which controls the second drive as a function of the first and second signals.
US11530101B2
A control unit is capable of selectively executing a first mode and a second mode, the first mode being a mode in which a plurality of sheets having different sizes including a non-standard size are fed by the feeding unit, and the second mode being a mode in which a plurality of sheets having different sizes including only standard sizes are fed by the feeding unit. If the detection unit detects a sheet in a state where the supporting portion is located at the second position and the first mode is selected, the control unit waits for an instruction to start sheet feeding without causing the lifting unit to lift the supporting portion to the first position, and causes the lifting unit to lift the supporting portion to the first position in response to the instruction to start sheet feeding.
US11530095B2
A link for a conveyor chain includes a first portion and a second portion laterally spaced apart from the first portion. The first portion includes a first sprocket-engaging pin, and the second portion includes a second sprocket-engaging pin. The first sprocket-engaging pin and the second sprocket-engaging pin protrude laterally away from one another. The first sprocket-engaging pin and the second sprocket-engaging pin may each have an oblong cross-section. At least one retainer can secure a connecting pin against movement relative to at least one of the first portion and the second portion, and each retainer can be positioned substantially within one of the first portion and the second portion.
US11530091B2
Waste chute devices and methods for using the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method for operating waste chutes comprises: receiving, using a hardware processor of a waste chute device, an identity associated with a user of the waste chute device; in response to receiving the identity associated with the user, allowing, using the hardware processor, a door of the waste chute device to be opened; determining, using the hardware processor, a number of items and at least one type associated with the items that have been placed in an opening of the waste chute device; determining, using the hardware processor, that the door of the waste chute device has been closed; updating, using the hardware processor, information associated with the user based on the number of items and the at least one type of items that have been placed in the opening of the waste chute device; and providing, using the hardware processor, the user with the updated information.
US11530087B2
The invention relates to a pack of electrically heated cigarettes, which comprises a container and a lid hinged one another; wherein the container comprises a top chamber which houses a group of cigarettes, a bottom chamber and a dividing wall, which divides the top chamber from the bottom chamber; and wherein a drawer is provided, which is arranged in the area of the bottom chamber and can slide between a closed position, in which the drawer is completely arranged inside the container and an open position, limited by a limit stop device, in which the drawer is partially pulled out of the container; the distance between the dividing wall and the top wall of the lid when the latter closes the top opening of the container, being between 4.5 and 5.5 centimetres; and the distance between the bottom wall of the drawer, when the latter is in the relative closed position, and the dividing wall being between 3.5 centimetres and 4.5 centimetres.
US11530083B2
A racking protection device that includes a housing and vibration monitor. The vibration monitor is arranged to record the vibration transmitting through a racking component. The housing includes an alert for alerting a user when the racking requires inspection for damage to impacts. The vibration monitor records the frequency and time of each impact. The vibration monitor includes a memory that counts and records the number of minor impacts. The vibration monitor determines a minor impact when the peak frequency is between a minimum and maximum pre-set level for a predetermined time period. When a predeteiiiiined number of minor impacts is exceeded, the alert is arranged to alert the user to inspect the racking for damage. When the frequency exceeds the maximum pre-set level for a predetermined time period the vibration monitor determines that a severe impact has occurred and the alert is arranged to alert the user to inspect the racking for damage.
US11530082B2
Plate (10) for a metal cage (110) for a tank (130) containing a liquid, wherein said metal cage (110) comprises a base frame (120) on which a base of said tank (130) rests and a plurality of horizontal bars (111) and vertical bars (112), associated with each other and forming a grid, which contains said tank (130), said plate (10) being separably mounted with at least two bars (111, 112) of said plurality of horizontal (111) and vertical bars (112), characterised in that said plate (10) comprises a vertical wall (14) and at least two through openings (15) hollowed in said vertical wall (14), at least two C-shaped engagement elements (20), each C-shaped engagement element comprises a first portion (23) adapted to pass through a through opening (15) of said at least two through openings (15) and adapted to enclose at least a first portion (113) of a bar (111, 112) of said plurality of said bars (111, 112) and a second portion (24) adapted to enclose at least one end portion (11, 12) of said plate (10) and at least a second portion (114) of a bar (111, 112) of said plurality of said bars (111, 112).
US11530081B2
The present invention relates to a rigid plastics-material internal container (12) from a thermoplastic plastics material for a pallet container (10) or a similar large-volume retainer for storing and for transporting liquid or free-flowing filling materials, having a flexible inliner (28) from a thin-walled plastics-material or composite-material film that is inserted into the rigid plastics-material internal container (12). For filling and removal at the base, the thin-walled inliner (28) at the base side has at least one filling and removal connector (42), said filling and removal connector (42) at the front being fixedly welded into a corresponding filling and removal connector (32) at the base side of the rigid plastics-material internal container (12). For filling from above and removal of the filling material at the base side, the rigid plastics-material internal container (12) and the thin-walled inliner (28) can in each case also be provided with an upper filling connector, wherein in this instance the upper filling connector (44) of the thin-walled inliner (28) is likewise fixedly welded into the filling connector (30) of the rigid plastics-material internal container (12). The thin-walled inliner (28) that is inserted in the rigid plastics-material internal container (12) in the assembled final state by way of vacuuming bears in a fully planar manner on the internal surface of the rigid plastics-material internal container (12), and in the empty non-filled state as well as in the filled state of the rigid plastics-material internal container (12) adheres in an immovable fixed manner, as if adhesively bonded, on the internal surface, in particular also on the upper base of the internal container.
US11530079B2
A transparent, plastic, one-piece, tamper-resistant/evident container includes a cover portion including an outwardly extending peripheral flange and a base portion having an upper peripheral rim. A tamper-evident hinge joins the cover portion with the base portion. The hinge includes a frangible section. When the container is closed, the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the cover portion abuts the upper peripheral rim of the base portion and the upper peripheral rim of the base portion extends beyond an outer edge of the outwardly extending peripheral flange of the cover portion and deters opening the container.
US11530076B2
A recloseable zipper pouch includes a recloseable zipper with interlocking profiles. At least one of the profiles has a grasping flange with a free end positionable both above and below the interlocking profile, and an attachment flange below the interlocking profile and attached to the wall of the pouch at an anchored portion on the attachment flange. The grasping flange is unattached to the first wall between opposite sidewall edges of the pouch. The complementary interlocking profile is attached to the opposite pouch wall. Some pouches can also include an opening in a side wall of the pouch to provide access to a portion of the grasping flange.
US11530068B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a container including a casing configured to contain a content, the casing including an inner layer having an inner layer opening and an outer layer having an air communication port communicating between a space between the outer layer and the inner layer and the outside. The method includes preparing a casing in which at least part of the inner layer and at least part of the outer layer are in contact with each other, inserting a support column inside the inner layer through the inner layer opening of the prepared casing, and separating the inner layer from the outer layer by supplying air into the space through the air communication port to bring part of the separated inner layer into contact with the support column. The support column includes a columnar portion and an extending portion extending from the columnar portion.
US11530065B2
A method accurately detects biting of a foreign object in a packaging machine. A control apparatus controls a packaging machine that sequentially seals and/or cuts a packaging material transported in a first direction using a rotor. The rotor is arranged to have a tangent to its outer circumference portion in contact with the packaging material extending in the first direction. The rotor is drivable and rotatable by a driver. The control apparatus includes an information obtaining unit that obtains information indicating a rotational position of the rotor and a status value of the driver in predetermined cycles, and a determination unit that determines a presence of an abnormality in a sealed portion of the packaging material using, from the information obtained by the information obtaining unit, a status value of the driver corresponding to a rotational position of the rotor falling within a predetermined range or being a predetermined position.
US11530060B2
The invention includes a method used to place article groups into outer packagings (22) packaging apparatus (10). Article groups are transferred by a handling device (26) from a staging location (46) to a conveyor line (20) and are placed into the outer packagings (22). The conveyor line (20) serves to successively transport outer packagings (22). At least some of the articles (14) of a particular article group are directed and/or guided during a placing procedure by a centering device (32) assigned to the conveyor line (20) and moved along with the outer packagings (22), which are being transported on the conveyor line (20) and which are to be loaded with article groups.
US11530058B2
A method for automatically closing an open packaging box with a cardboard lid, said box comprising a polygonal bottom panel defined by three or more bottom panel edges and sidewalls joined over respective crease lines to said bottom panel edges, each sidewall forming a substantially right angle with the bottom panel, said lid comprising a polygonal top panel defined by three or more top panel edges and corresponding to the bottom panel of the box to be closed and flaps joined over respective crease lines to said top panel edges and adapted for being folded onto a corresponding one of said sidewalls, the method comprising a step of folding each flap along the respective crease line partially towards a position, in which the flap forms a substantially right angle with said top panel and placing the lid above said box such that the top panel and the bottom panel are substantially aligned and such that, seen onto each sidewall, each flap overlaps one of the sidewalls, a step of releasing the lid allowing it to be guided by the partially folded flaps into a position on the box, in which the top panel and the bottom panel are aligned, and a step of folding each flap onto the respective sidewall fully into said position, in which the flap forms a substantially right angle with the top panel.
US11530050B2
[Object] To provide a control device which enables a flight vehicle device to obtain a highly precise image. [Solution] Provided is the control device including an illuminating control unit configured to adjust a light amount of an illuminating device according to an inclination of a body of a flight vehicle device that has an imaging device configured to photograph a photographing target and the illuminating device configured to illuminate the photographing target.
US11530046B2
An aerial vehicle safety apparatus includes a safety mechanism, a drive mechanism, an ejection mechanism, and a control mechanism. The safety mechanism is used for securing safety of at least one of an aerial vehicle and an object outside the aerial vehicle. The drive mechanism includes at least one drive unit serving as a drive source of the safety mechanism. The ejection mechanism ejects the drive mechanism together with the safety mechanism. The control mechanism controls operations of the drive mechanism for the drive mechanism to drive the safety mechanism after the ejection mechanism starts ejection of the safety mechanism.
US11530033B2
A thrust producing unit with a fail-safe electrical drive unit that drives a rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft. Fail-safe electrical drive unit may include input shafts, fixedly attached belt pulleys that are fixedly attached to the respective input shafts, output shaft that is coupled to rotor, freewheeling belt pulleys that are mounted to output shaft by means of respective freewheels such that output shaft rotates freely when output shaft rotates faster than one of the freewheeling belt pulleys belts that connect fixedly attached belt pulleys with the respective freewheeling belt pulleys, and electric motors that are coupled with the respective input shafts.
US11530018B2
A subsea vehicle capable of supporting inspection of underwater objects while underway includes a body that provides a capability to allow the subsea vehicle to submerge underwater and follow or position near an object while maintaining an orientation to the object appropriate for inspection of, and safety requirements for, the object. The vehicle includes a set of deployable, semi-rigid arms to support the movement of inspection sensor probes near or lightly touching the inspection target with the probes. A controller helps tracks the intended inspection object using various sensor inputs along with a priori knowledge of the object to drive and position the subsea vehicle such that the appropriate orientation to the inspection target is maintained.
US11530011B2
The device provides an energy return mechanism associated with flexing and straightening of the scooter rider's support leg. The device includes an energy return mechanism having an end connected to the scooter such that resilient force exerted by the mechanism is longitudinally aligned with the scooter to act in a generally rearward/upward direction. A free end of the mechanism cradles the front of the rider's support leg, just below the knee. When the rider flexes the support leg, the resilient mechanism distorts in a longitudinal direction. When the rider straightens the leg, the forces stored in the resilient mechanism supplement the force of the rider's muscles. Thus, the device reduces the amount of energy used by the rider. The mechanism can be configured as an accessory to a conventional scooter or be integrated into a scooter. Certain embodiments are foldable and compatible with the foldable scooters.
US11530009B2
A vehicle can have: (1) a first pair of rear wheels with a first pair of tires configured to be able to bear a weight of the vehicle and (2) a second pair of rear wheels with a second pair of tires installed on the second pair of rear wheels and configured to be selectively inflatable. The first pair of wheels can be disposed on a first pair of axles. The second pair of wheels can be disposed on the first pair of axles or on a second axle. In an inflated state, the second pair of tires can be configured to be able to bear the weight of the vehicle. In a deflated state, the second pair of tires can lack being configured to bear the weight of the vehicle. An individual or a controller can cause the vehicle to have a conventional configuration or a dually configuration.
US11529999B2
A vehicle may include: a roof; a back door; a pillar provided next to the back door, having a tubular shape, and extending slantingly downward and backward from the roof; a vertical member provided below the pillar, extending along a vertical direction, and connected to the pillar from below; and a reinforcing member provided inside the pillar at a connection between the pillar and the vertical member and joined to the pillar.
US11529991B2
A control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes an accelerator pedal and a steering wheel configured to be operated by a driver, an accelerator opening sensor configured to detect an accelerator opening corresponding to operation of the accelerator pedal, a steering angle sensor configured to detect a steering angle corresponding to operation of the steering wheel, and a controller configured to set an additional deceleration to be applied to the vehicle in order to control a posture of the vehicle based on the detected steering angle, when the steering wheel is turned, and apply the additional deceleration to the vehicle. The controller sets the additional deceleration based on the detected accelerator opening, in addition to the steering angle, and sets the additional deceleration larger while the vehicle is towing than while the vehicle is not towing, when the additional decelerations are compared at the same accelerator opening.
US11529989B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a steering apparatus capable of improving a function of a bearing that supports a steering shaft. A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft, a first housing member, a second housing member, and a bearing. The steering shaft rotates according to a rotation of a steering wheel. The first housing member is located on one side in a rotational axial direction of the steering shaft, and includes a cylindrical portion and a flange portion. The cylindrical portion surrounds the steering shaft. The flange portion extends in a radial direction with respect to a rotational axis of the steering shaft to an outer side of the cylindrical portion in the radial direction. The second housing member is provided on the other side in the rotational axial direction, and forms a housing together with the first housing member. The second housing member includes a connection portion and a containing portion. The connection portion is connected to the flange portion of the first housing member. The containing portion contains a part of the steering shaft. The bearing is provided at a position that overlaps the flange portion in the rotational axial direction on an inner peripheral side of the cylindrical portion of the first housing member, and supports the steering shaft.
US11529979B2
Systems and methods for adjusting operation of a train are disclosed. A method may include: receiving one or more infrared images of a brake line of the train; detecting one or more leaks of the brake line based on the one or more infrared images; and adjusting a brake command based on the detected one or more leaks.
US11529978B2
A system is provided for detecting an abnormal gait condition of a railway vehicle, including a first control chain and a second control chain connected to a digital output adapted to supply or not supply power to a load. The first control chain comprises a first sensor for detecting first detection data of movement of the railway vehicle, and a first control unit for receiving the first detection data, executing a first program for checking an abnormal gait and for controlling first electronic control means for supplying or not supplying power to the load. The second control chain comprises a second sensor for detecting second detection data of movement of the railway vehicle, and a second control unit for receiving the second detection data, executing a second program for checking an abnormal gait, and for controlling second electronic control means for supplying or not supplying power to the load.
US11529974B2
A method for data management for an autonomous vehicle may include transmitting a polling request to a first server to obtain a task. The task may be a remote task request, and the task may be associated with obtaining, from the autonomous vehicle, data related to one or more subjects via a mobile network. The method may also include receiving the task from the first server based on the polling request. The method may also include obtaining the data based on the task. The method may also include transmitting the data to a second server via the mobile network.
US11529971B2
The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for autonomous driving control, an electronic device, and a storage medium; the application relates to the technical field of autonomous driving. A specific implementation solution is: obtaining movement data of a pedestrian, where the movement data includes a velocity component of the pedestrian along a width direction of a lane and a time of duration that the pedestrian cuts into a driving path of the autonomous vehicle from one side; determining a movement direction of the pedestrian according to the movement data and the movement information of the pedestrian; and generating a driving strategy for the autonomous vehicle according to the movement direction of the pedestrian. Therefore, the movement direction of the pedestrian can be accurately predicted, which facilitates the autonomous vehicle to avoid the pedestrian and insures driving safety.
US11529969B2
In response to a request to pull over an ADV at a destination point at a side of a lane, a path including a first segment, a second segment and a transition point is planned. The transition point is determined based on at least one of a distance to the destination point or a predetermined distance to a boundary of the side of the lane. The first segment from a start point to the transition point is generated by using a quadratic programming (QP) operation. The second segment from the transition point to the destination is generated based on a shape of the boundary. The ADV is controlled to pull over to the destination point according to the planned path.
US11529964B2
A vehicle automated driving system 100 comprises a surrounding environment information acquiring device 10, a vehicle information acquiring device 20, a driver information acquiring device 30, a package selecting part 90, a package proposing part 91, an automated driving executing part 92, and a rejection count detecting part 93. The package selecting part determines the driving assistance package based on at least one of the surrounding environment information, the vehicle information, and the driver information, selects the determined driving assistance package if the rejection count of the determined driving assistance package is less than a predetermined threshold value, and selects a driving assistance package different from the determined driving assistance package if the rejection count of the determined driving assistance package is the threshold value or more.
US11529958B2
A calculation apparatus includes a control unit configured to calculate a necessary distance that is necessary for a vehicle to perform lane change from a first travel lane to a second travel lane by combining a first distance that the vehicle travels while the vehicle waits to start the lane change, a second distance that the vehicle travels while a speed of the vehicle is adjusted, and a third distance that the vehicle travels while executing the lane change.
US11529946B2
A control system for a movable body configured to move by utilizing a motor torque generated by a drive motor, is provided. The system includes the drive motor including a rotor configured to output a rotational force and provided with a variable-magnetic-force magnet, and a stator opposing the rotor with a gap therebetween and provided with a plurality of coils, a powertrain component provided so as to be associated with the drive motor, and a controller having a magnetization controlling module configured to control magnetizing current flowing through the coils so as to change a magnetic force of the variable-magnetic-force magnet. During a demagnetization control in which the magnetic force of the variable-magnetic-force magnet is reduced by the magnetization controlling module, the controller operates the powertrain component to suppress a decrease in a moving force applied to the movable body due to a decrease in the motor torque.
US11529943B2
A quickshifter-equipped vehicle control unit includes an engine speed calculator configured to calculate an engine speed and a shift controller configured to operate in a quick shift mode and in a normal shift mode. The quick shift mode is a mode in which upon detection of the shift operation, the shift controller adjusts an output of an engine while keeping a main clutch in an engaged state, and the normal shift mode is a mode in which upon detection of the shift operation, the shift controller controls a clutch actuator to bring the main clutch into a disengaged state. The shift controller selects the quick shift mode when the engine speed is higher than a predetermined rotational speed threshold, and selects the normal shift mode when the engine speed is lower than the rotational speed threshold.
US11529938B2
A method for operating an electromechanical brake booster. A pedal force is ascertained, a brake pressure is ascertained from the pedal force by an actuator, and the brake pressure applied to frictional brakes is set, thereby producing a vehicle deceleration. The actuator has a standard configuration wherein, in response to the pedal force, a brake pressure is ascertained that produces a specified standard deceleration of the motor vehicle if a specified disturbance variable has a specified standard value. The influence of the disturbance variable on the vehicle deceleration is compensated. The actuator has at least one control parameter for setting a compensation configuration, an actual value of the disturbance variable is detected, and the compensation configuration is set based on the respective difference between the ascertained actual value and the standard value.
US11529929B2
The present invention proposes a wiper system being capable of ensuring wiping quality for the windshields with complex surfaces. The wiper system comprises: a wiper arm (19), on which a wiper blade (12) for cleaning a surface (16) of an object to be cleaned is provided; a first electrical motor (1) driving the wiper arm (19) to swing; a second electrical motor (9); a sensor (13) measuring a parameter representing the position of the wiper arm on the object to be cleaned; a control unit (7) receiving said parameter from said sensor (13) and utilizing said parameter to control the rotation angle of the an output shaft (18) of the second electrical motor (9), such that the output shaft (18) drives rotate the wiper blade (12) under control to change the rotation angle of the central plane of the wiper blade with respect to the wiper arm. The present invention also proposes a vehicle comprising said wiper system.
US11529919B2
A ride vehicle for an attraction of an amusement park includes a ride seat, a pivot adapter configured to rotate relative to the ride seat, a gear of the pivot adapter comprising a first set of teeth, a passenger restraint piece coupled to the pivot adapter and configured to rotate with the pivot adapter between a closed and an open position, and a cap having a second set of teeth. The cap is configured to be positioned to engage the gear of the pivot adapter such that the second set of teeth of the cap engages with the first set of teeth of the gear, and engagement between the second set of teeth and the first set of teeth substantially blocks movement of the pivot adapter relative to the ride seat in a rotational direction.
US11529918B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a device, from at least one data source, data related to an occupant of a transport, determining, by the device, a destination of the occupant based on the data related to the occupant, determining, by the device, a departure time of the occupant based on the destination, requesting, by the device, a transport at a location of the occupant at the departure time, and adjusting, by the device, an environment of the transport based on the data related to the occupant and the destination.
US11529912B2
A wire harness including: a wire; a cover that covers the wire; and a cushion provided between the wire and the cover, wherein: the cover is provided with a hole in an intermediate portion of the cover in an extension direction of the wire, and the cushion is provided between the hole and the wire in a first direction intersecting the extension direction.
US11529907B2
An access ladder assembly for a work vehicle to enable an operator to move from a ground position to a walkway of the work vehicle. A support rail includes a rail first end connected to a crossbar and a rail second end spaced from the rail first end. A slider is movably connected to the support rail to move from the rail second end toward the rail first end. An actuator includes an actuator first end connected to the crossbar and an actuator second end spaced from the actuator first end, wherein the actuator includes an extended position and a retracted position. A step is operatively connected to the actuator second end and is operatively connected to the slider, wherein the step includes a lowered position when the actuator is at the extended position and a raised position when the actuator is at the retracted position.
US11529899B2
The invention relates to a surface structure (10) for a contact surface or support surface (23) of a vehicle equipment part, in particular for a vehicle head restraint (40) or vehicle armrest, the surface structure (10) being elastically deformable, the surface structure (10) comprising at least one surface body (13, 13a, 13b), each surface body (13, 13a, 13b) being connected to at least one other surface body (13, 13a, 13b) and/or to the vehicle equipment part by means of at least one elastically deformable connecting element (16).
US11529894B1
A car seat securing assembly includes a pair of locking units that can each be positioned between a seat portion of a vehicle seat and a backrest portion of the vehicle seat. Each of the locking units includes a latching element which extends outwardly between the seat portion and the backrest portion. The latching element in each of the locking units is biased into a released position to engage an engagement on a child car seat. The latching element in each of the locking units is urgeable into a locked position to secure the child car seat to the vehicle seat. A first lever is pivotally coupled to a respective one of the locking units to urge the latching element between the released position and the locked position. A second lever is pivotally coupled between each of the locking units to urge the latching between the released position and the locking position.
US11529887B2
A battery management system includes one or more processors, a battery comprising a plurality of cells, an output device, an input device, and a memory having an input module, a battery characteristic prediction module, and an output module. The input module includes instructions that cause the one or more processors to receive a mode selection from a user via the input device. The battery characteristic prediction module includes instructions that cause the one or more processors to predict a characteristic of the battery based on the mode selection using an active machine learning model to predict the characteristic of the battery. The output module includes instructions that cause the one or more processors to output an estimated cost to the output device based on the characteristic of the battery determined by the active machine learning model.
US11529883B2
An electric vehicle charging system and an operation method thereof are provided. The electric vehicle charging system may include a controller, a camera configured to capture a vehicle that is present in a charging station and transmit image information about the vehicle to the controller, a guide unit configured to receive guidance from the controller and output the guidance, and a plurality of chargers provided in the charging station and communicably connected to the controller. The controller may analyze information about the vehicle based on the image information received from the camera, may guide a member vehicle registered to receive charging service to move to a charger for members, may guide a nonmember vehicle to move to a charger for nonmembers, and may adjust a ratio of the number of chargers for members to the number of chargers for nonmembers according to an estimated waiting time for charging of the vehicle. The electric vehicle charging system may transmit and receive a wireless signal on a mobile communication network constructed according to 5th generation (5G) communication.
US11529877B2
A control method of vehicle handling includes determining that a driving state of a vehicle is an understeer state from an electronic stability control, determining a position of an accelerator from an accelerator position sensor in response to determining that the driving state of the vehicle is the understeer state, and controlling a motor torque of a front wheel side of the vehicle to be smaller than a motor torque of a rear wheel side of the vehicle according to the position of the accelerator.
US11529871B2
A control device configured to control a vehicle is provided. The device comprises a traveling control unit configured to set an effect degree of a braking force to be given to the vehicle, and an output control unit capable of displaying, on a display device of the vehicle, an indicator representing an upper limit of a settable level of the effect degree.
US11529862B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving propulsion of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting a vehicle configuration associated with an arrangement of a set of hub motors that are selectively attachable on driven wheels of the vehicle, loading a control setting according to the arrangement to one of a series configuration and a parallel configuration to indicate a power source for the driven wheels as one or more of a motor of the set of hub motors and a central propulsion system. The set of hub motors is structured to be selectively attached to the driven wheels without removing the driven wheels from the vehicle. The method includes managing power delivery to the set of hub motors and the central propulsion system of the vehicle to propel the vehicle according to the control setting.
US11529858B1
The invention provides an improved cover for a vehicle, which includes a frame and a hinge, so that the cover can be unfolded to substantially cover the vehicle and folds back into a storage position.
US11529851B2
Composite vehicle door components formed by sheet molding compound-resin transfer molding assemblies
A lightweight and simplified vehicle door assembly is provided with four main components, an upper frame positioned about the window, an inner frame structure, an outer body panel, and a composite reinforcement component. The composite reinforcement component provides an all-in-one solution for a side impact cross beam, as well as an upper door reinforcement, a front door pillar reinforcement, and a rear door pillar reinforcement. The composite reinforcement component acts to reinforce the overall door structure, offers resistance to a side impact that limits the intrusion into the passenger compartment, and offers resistance to a frontal impact by maintaining the spacing between the vehicle A and B pillars (for a front door) and pillar C and D for a back door. A coupe vehicle door in which there is no window frame may be reinforced with the composite reinforcement component. The composite reinforcement component may have continuous or chopped fibers.
US11529834B2
A vehicle including a frame; a motor; at least one ground engaging member; at least one suspension member pivotally connecting the ground engaging member to the frame; at least one double bonded bushing being disposed in an end portion of the at least one suspension member; at least one wear plate disposed between a first end of the at least one double bonded bushing and the frame, the at least one wear plate being rotationally fixed relative to the frame, the first end of the at least one double bonded bushing abutting the at least one wear plate, the at least one wear plate being selectively removable from the vehicle; and at least one shaft extending through a portion of the frame, the at least one double bonded bushing, and the at least one wear plate.
US11529831B2
A central tire inflation system configured to monitor and maintain an air pressure on the tires of a vehicle includes a housing, a central processing unit, a controller, and a valve. The housing has a plurality of walls and a bottom forming an interior volume. The central processing unit has the necessary electronics to receive, store, transmit and manipulate data. The controller has a plurality of modes of operation wherein the modes of operation include default parameters for air pressure within the tires of the vehicle. The valve is configured to direct air flow as required into or out of the tires, the valve being operably coupled to the controller. The central tire inflation system is configured to monitor air pressure of the tires and provide inflation or deflation thereof based the mode of operation.
US11529827B2
A transmission assembly installed on a freehub body of a bicycle is provided. The freehub body rotates about a rotation axis and is provided with a torque transmission portion on a radial outer side. The transmission assembly includes a first adapter having a main body portion connected to the torque transmission portion, a second adapter having a second connecting portion and a pressing portion connected to the second connecting portion, and a friction member. The main body portion is sleeved on the freehub body and includes a first connecting portion having a first thread portion. The second connecting portion has a second thread portion adapted to be screwed to the first thread portion of the first connecting portion. The friction member is disposed in an accommodation space formed by the pressing portion, the radial outer side of the freehub body and one side of the first connecting portion.
US11529825B2
A paint package lid (14, 114) includes a base wall (54) having a lid base wall upper surface (56) and a lid base wall lower surface (58), a container coupling rim (60) disposed radially outwardly with respect to the base wall and having a rim upper surface (62), and a closure well (64, 164) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the base wall. The closure well includes a radially outer wall (82) extending downwardly with respect to the base wall, a lower wall (84) extending radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and establishing a lowermost surface (85) of the lid, and a neck (86, 186) disposed radially inwardly with respect to the radially outer wall and extending upwardly from the lower wall and having a closure coupling (95). Also disclosed is lid and closure assembly and a paint package (10, 110, 210) including the lid.
US11529817B2
According to one embodiment, a paper conveyance device includes a conveyance unit configured to convey long cut paper in a longitudinal direction, a measuring unit configured to measure a length of the cut paper in the longitudinal direction, which is conveyed by the conveyance unit, a reversal mechanism that reverses a front surface and a back surface to each other with conveying the cut paper, and a reversal unit configured to convey the cut paper in the reversal mechanism. The reversal unit conveys the cut paper at a first speed when the measuring unit measures that the length of the cut paper is less than a predetermined length, and conveys the cut paper at a second speed slower than the first speed when the measuring unit measures that the length of the cut paper is equal to or more than the predetermined length.
US11529811B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid and an attachment portion to which a liquid container that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is detachably attached. The attachment portion includes a liquid inlet portion that is coupled to a liquid outlet provided in the liquid container, and an urging mechanism that urges the liquid container in a direction opposite to an attaching direction in which the liquid container is attached to the attachment portion. The urging mechanism includes an elastic member that is in close contact with the liquid container attached to the attachment portion and that is provided below the liquid inlet portion in a direction of gravity.
US11529807B2
A print head drive circuit that drives a print head including an ejection portion having a piezoelectric element and a changeover switch, with a selection signal including a first information block and a second information block for selecting whether or not to drive the piezoelectric element, and a switching timing signal for changing a logic level to control a switching timing of the changeover switch, outputs the first information block in which a logic level of the selection signal changes without changing a logic level of the switching timing signal in a first period, changes the logic level of the switching timing signal, and does not change the logic level of the selection signal in a second period, and outputs the second information block in which the logic level of the selection signal changes without changing the logic level of the switching timing signal in a third period.
US11529799B2
A method for the production of an elastic laminate, comprising the following steps in a same production line: to coextrude a first web of elastic film (F) with at least three layers (F1, F2, F1), comprising at least two different polymer materials, to feed contemporaneously said coextruded first elastic film (F) web and two second nonwoven webs (T1, T2) to a thermal, binding calender (14), wherein the first elastic film web is arranged between said two second nonwoven webs when entering the calender; wherein said first elastic film web, during the movement from the coextrusion step to the thermal binding step, passes from a melted state, in the coextrusion step, to a solidified and cold state when entering the calender, to join, through spot welding in said calender, said second nonwoven webs with respective opposite outer layers of said first elastic film web, thus producing an intermediate web (P1), to stretch mechanically said intermediate web according to a direction transverse to the same web.
US11529791B2
A belt includes at least one fabric having a first face and a second face parallel to a longitudinal plane of the belt, wherein the fabric includes: a first weft layer formed by a plurality of multifilament weft yarns essentially parallel to each other; a second weft layer formed by a plurality of monofilament weft yarns essentially parallel to each other, wherein the multifilament weft yarns of the first weft layer are overlapped with respective monofilament weft yarns of the second weft layer; and a plurality of multifilament warp yarns wherein the fabric has a weft dominance satin weave on both sides.
US11529783B2
A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.
US11529777B2
Methods and apparatus for performing repair operations using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A UAV carries a repair patch ensemble containing all repair materials (including a repair patch, a heating blanket and other ensemble materials) in a prepackaged form to the repair area. During flight of the UAV, the repair patch is vacuum adhered to the heating blanket. Vacuum pressure is also used to hold the repair patch ensemble in position on the composite surface of the structure. Then the hot bond process is enacted to bond the repair patch to the repair area. In accordance with one embodiment, the hot bond process involves heating the repair patch to adhesively bond the repair patch while applying vacuum pressure to consolidate the composite material. Then the repair patch is released from the ensemble and residual ensemble materials (heating blanket, bleeder material, and release films) are removed by the UAV.
US11529774B2
A method and system for determining the quality and configuration of a structure that is constructed from a thermoformable material, such as a thermoplastic or thermoset material, and in particular thermoplastic composite tapes, where heat is applied to cure the thermoformable material. The quality of the build is monitored during the construction of the structure by determining the differential heat flux in the material as it cools from its elevated temperature. The system and method also may determine the location of defects in a structure being constructed so that remedial measures may be taken or production operations halted to address the defect. A transient thermal effect is applied to the structure being monitored, such as the thermoformable material being applied, which may be implemented from the applied heating of the thermoformable construction application process or additional heating.
US11529773B2
A molding machine places strips of a tape material side by side and molds the tape material into a molded shape having a web portion and a flange portion, the tape material including a continuous fiber bundle extending in a longitudinal direction. The molding machine includes spreading unit able to increase a width of the tape material by spreading the tape material, and a laying roller that places the tape material which has passed through the spreading unit onto a surface of a molding tool. The spreading unit continuously changes the width of the tape material to avoid generation of a gap between adjacent strips of the tape material, the adjacent strips being adjacent to each other when the tape material is placed on the surface of the molding tool, and the laying roller places the strips of the tape material side by side in a plurality of rows.
US11529772B2
An apparatus and a method for preparing a multi-directional continuous fiber-reinforced composite material. The apparatus includes an electrostatic fiber-splitting device configured to controllably split a fiber bundle, a powder spreading device configured to spread a powder, and a pre-press molding device configured to cut the fiber and compact the powder. The electrostatic fiber-splitting device includes a rotatable fiber-splitting table. The pressing plate is controlled by an electromagnet, and the pressing plate is energized to generate a high-voltage electrostatic field to disperse the continuous fiber bundle into monofilament fibers.
US11529769B2
A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article contains inorganic fibers (A), organic fibers (B), and a thermoplastic resin (C), the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article containing 5 to 45 parts by weight of the inorganic fibers (A), 1 to 45 parts by weight of the organic fibers (B), and 10 to 94 parts by weight of the thermoplastic resin (C), based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the inorganic fibers (A), the organic fibers (B), and the thermoplastic resin (C), the inorganic fibers (A) in the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article having a weight average fiber length (Lwa) of 0.01 mm or more and 3 mm or less, the organic fibers (B) having a weight average fiber length (Lwb) of more than 4 mm and 20 mm or less.
US11529768B2
A method of forming a nipple for a baby bottle, comprises: forming a lower conical wall section; forming a higher conical wall section molded above the lower conical wall section; preventing deformation of the higher conical wall section; and cutting an opening through the higher conical wall section into an interior section of the nipple.
US11529767B2
A method and apparatus for making bags from a film that follows a film path through a bag machine includes an input section located on the film path, a sealing section located on the film path downstream of the input section, an output section located on the film path downstream of the sealing section, and a controller, connected to control the sealing section. The sealing section includes a sealer that includes a heater block and a manifold. There is an air flow path from the heater block to the manifold. Air is heated in the heater block in response to a control signal provided by the controller to the heater block. The heated air is provided through the air path to the manifold. A temperature sensor is disposed in at least one of the air path and the manifold.
US11529758B2
A blow mold method for a double-walled container, including: blowing in which an intermediate molded article is molded by stretch blowing a preform housed in a die; and pressing in which the intermediate molded article is pressed inside the die and a double-walled container is molded. During the pressing, an internal floor-corresponding section is pressed such that internal wall-corresponding section is inverted as far as the inside of an outer wall-corresponding section, in a state in which heat retention is maintained such that the internal wall-corresponding section can be inverted as far as the inside of the outer wall-corresponding section.
US11529753B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced resin molded article capable of effectively reducing the occurrence of a preform with poor resin impregnation, and such a manufacturing device thereof. After it is detected that a predetermined amount (the same amount) of resin has been individually poured into a plurality of cavities provided in a mold, the fiber layers of preforms are impregnated (compressively filled) with resin. Pressure sensors for detecting a resin injection amount are used. When closing runners, a small gap is formed in the runners.
US11529751B2
A structure has a plurality of modules of cementitious material; a first module exhibiting a reciprocal coupling surface and hooking portions defining at least one cavity, a second module exhibiting a respective reciprocal coupling surface—countershaped and in contact with the reciprocal coupling surface of the first module—and a hooking portion defining at least one cavity extending along at least partially the stratification direction; a connecting element engaged, on one side, inside the cavity of the hooking portion of the first module and, on the other side, inside the cavity of the hooking portion of the second module. The connecting element is configured for stably constraining the first and second modules and holding these latter in contact with each other. Further, a process makes a structure of reinforced cementitious material.
US11529749B2
A perforating apparatus for perforating a web capable of making at least one plurality of holes in a zone of the web in a precise way and without imperfections or lacerations in the web. The present invention also relates to a process for perforating the web capable of making at least one plurality of holes in a zone of the web in an efficient way and without snags occurring. The present invention also relates to a machine for producing sanitary absorbent articles comprising at least one perforating apparatus.
US11529746B2
The present disclosed subject matter provides a razor blade head with finger slots, depressions (indentations) which extend into the razor blade head, for receiving human fingers, allowing for the razor blade head, typically attached to the handle of a razor, and therefore, the razor, to be manipulated with more precision, control, and force, than by using the handle alone.
US11529740B2
A vertically driving marking robot includes a robot body; at least one magnet constraining the robot to move parallel to a vertical, magnetically responsive surface; a drive configured to displace the robot relative to the surface while the robot is held to the surface; a holder configured to hold a marker; an accelerometer measuring a gravity vector; a computing device in communication with the optical sensors, the accelerometer, and the drive. The computing device includes a processor and computer-readable memory, wherein the computer-readable memory includes non-transitory program code for at least one of the following actions: (a) generating a drift correction to compensate for drive slippage drift in response to and as a function of the gravity vector and (b) commanding the drive to displace the robot along a desired trajectory in response to the drift correction.
US11529736B2
Systems and methods for detecting an escalator in a surrounding environment by a robotic apparatus are disclosed herein. According to at least one exemplary embodiment, an escalator may be determined based on an escalator detection parameter being met. The escalator detection parameter my further require detection of two side walls separated by a distance equal to a width of an escalator and detection of a depreciation in a floor equal to that observed between a stationary portion and a moving first step of an escalator.
US11529729B2
A power tool includes a body housing including a first grip, inlet facing a front surface of the first grip, first outlet, and second outlet; a brushless motor held on the body housing and including a rotational shaft; an output unit supported on the body housing in a reciprocable manner; a power transmission mechanism between the brushless motor and the output unit in the body housing to transmit rotational motion of the rotational shaft to the output unit; a controller held on the body housing to control the brushless motor; and a fan held on the body housing and mounted on the rotational shaft. The body housing allows air drawn through the inlet and having cooled the brushless motor to be divided into first and second outlet blows respectively cooling the power transmission mechanism and discharged through the first outlet, and cooling the controller and discharged through the second outlet.
US11529728B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a motor of a hand-held power tool by means of a blockable operating element, wherein a first position and a second position of the operating element are ascertained. According to the disclosure, the motor remains deactivated if a deviation of the ascertained first position from the ascertained second position is less than a threshold value.
US11529712B2
An apparatus for performing chemical mechanical polish on a wafer includes a polishing head that includes a retaining ring. The polishing head is configured to hold the wafer in the retaining ring. The retaining ring includes a first ring having a first hardness, and a second ring encircled by the first ring, wherein the second ring has a second hardness smaller than the first hardness.
US11529709B2
Processing data during polygon processing is stored in the processing data storage unit 17. The position detection unit 18 detects a cut-start position A and a cut-end position B of a workpiece based on a change in the processing data. The position detection unit 18 detects a processing surface based on the cut-start position A and the cut-end position B.
US11529707B2
A main spindle device for a machine tool has a hollow main spindle, which is supported by a housing such that the hollow main spindle can rotate. The main spindle device is provided with: an annular cylinder, which is fixed to the housing, and is formed extending into the main spindle, said annular cylinder having an opening formed in the axis line direction of the main spindle; and a cooling path formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to face the inner circumferential surface of the main spindle.
US11529704B2
A method for coating a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings that adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part. A device analyzes the surface of a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings which adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part, the device being usable in the aforementioned method. The disclosed device and/or the disclosed method is used during the manufacturing and/or overhauling of parts of a turbomachine.
US11529701B2
An article is produced by welding a first piece to a second piece by a laser beam. The first piece includes an open cavity and a first sealing surface. The second piece has a second sealing surface. The first piece and second piece are inside chamber with a controllable internal pressure that is changed to cause a flow of a gas from the open cavity. The open cavity is closed by moving at least one of the pieces. The first sealing surface forms a partially gas tight preliminary joint with the second sealing surface. The first piece and the second piece define an interface. The chamber is opened after the preliminary joint has been formed. A welded seam is formed by focusing a laser beam to the interface after the chamber is opened. The first sealing surface and the second sealing surface are substantially planar.
US11529688B2
A hydraulic-expansion chuck for clamping a workpiece includes an annular body, an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface, and an axis of rotation. The chuck also includes a channel integrated into the annular body for receiving a pressurized hydraulic fluid to clamp the workpiece. The channel has an annular peripheral channel section formed radially between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface. The chuck also includes a holding contour with a plurality of expansion lugs disposed on the inner circumferential surface and a plurality of further channel sections branching off from the channel. At least one of the plurality of further channel sections extends into a respective lug of the plurality of expansion lugs, and the hydraulic-expansion chuck is manufactured by an additive manufacturing process.
US11529684B2
A metal laminating/shaping device includes a base, a head unit including a base material injection device, and drive devices that change a positional relationship between the base and the head unit in a spatial coordinate system. The base material injection device includes a base material heating unit that heats a base material that is a metal piece having a fixed shape such that a temperature of an interior of the base material is raised to a temperature below a melting point and a temperature of a surface of the base material is raised to the melting point, and a base material injection unit that injects the heated base material toward the base. The metal laminating/shaping device can form a metal shaped article having a complicated structure at a low cost.
US11529682B2
A metal-powder and/or ceramic-powder press device includes at least one first punch (11) which, in a pressing position, is arranged to pass from a first side into a die opening, filled with ceramic and/or metal powder, of a die (13). At least one second punch (12), in the pressing position, is arranged to pass from a second side into the die opening, filled with ceramic and/or metal powder, of the die (13). A position measuring device determines a position of the first punch (11) and includes a first measuring element (16) and a second measuring element (19). The first measuring element (16) is connectable to the first punch (11) and the second measuring element (19) is connectable to the second punch (12), such that a relative position of the measuring elements to one another changes during the pressing operation. A sensor device determines the change in the relative position.
US11529680B2
A distributor device for use in a filling shoe for filling a mould cavity of a powder compression die, the distributor device having an inlet portion connectable to a powder supply; an outlet portion with an outlet opening; and a distributor portion arranged between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The distributor portion includes one or more guide elements arranged to divide the distributor portion into a plurality of distributor channels. The distributor channels have an input with an input cross-sectional area at an upstream end of the distributor channel and an output with an output cross-sectional area at a downstream end of the distributor channel, wherein the input cross-sectional area differs from the output cross-sectional area for at least one of the distributor channels.
US11529678B2
The method can include: using a mold, casting an encapsulation onto a workpiece including solidifying the encapsulation around the workpiece in the mold and extracting the encapsulation from the mold, and cooling the extracted encapsulation using a vortex tube.
US11529674B2
A refractory metal core (RMC) finishing method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, performing a plurality of finishing operations on a plurality of RMC samples, analyzing one or more properties of at least a portion of the plurality of RMC samples and selecting a combination of finishing operations for generating an RMC having desirable properties for manufacturing a part free from defects.
US11529670B2
A method for cutting a cast strand or intermediate strip using shears. In order to facilitate improved rolling of the section having significantly reduced thickness, the method according has the following steps: a) bringing part of the completely solidified cast strand or intermediate strip in the conveying direction (F) of the cast strand or intermediate strip in front of the shears; b) placing a first blade of the shears onto the one surface of the cast strand or intermediate strip and placing a second blade of the shears onto the other surface of the cast strand or intermediate strip and performing a cut by carrying out a relative movement of the two blades, wherein at least one of the blades is in a pushed-forward position; c) upset forging or upset forging with stamping a wedge-shaped contour on the end of the cast strand.
US11529664B2
A press system providing excellent energy efficiency for a whole press system and capable of achieving low prices is provided. A die cushion apparatus constituting a press system supports a cushion pad, includes a hydraulic cylinder which generates a die cushion load on the cushion pad when a slide of a press machine descends, the press machine includes a hydraulic cylinder which generates part of a press load on the slide when the slide descends. The pressure generation chamber of the hydraulic cylinder for generating a die cushion load and the pressure generation chamber of the hydraulic cylinder for generating part of the press load can communicate with each other via pipes and a first logic valve for a period during which the die cushion load acts.
US11529660B2
The invention relates to a method and a rolling device for rolling a rolled material. The rolled material is guided through a roll gap between two working rollers of a reversing roll stand, alternatingly in two opposing rolling directions. A lubricant for lubricating a contact zone is introduced into the contact zone in which the rolled material is in contact with the working rollers, and a coolant is applied to the rolled material and/or the working rollers. In a mixture with a carrier gas, the lubricant is sprayed onto the working rollers and/or onto the rolled material exclusively on an outlet side of a pass. The coolant is applied to the working rollers and/or to the rolled material exclusively on an inlet side of a pass.
US11529656B2
A wash station includes a wash nozzle for cleaning an exterior portion of a probe and a basin allowing for waste fluid to be collected. The wash nozzle includes a vertically-elongate cavity with side slits on opposing side portions. A fluid inlet port may be connected to a side portion of the cavity to provide fluid. Fluid may additionally or alternatively come from within the probe. The basin includes an elongate body with an opened end to receive and secure the wash nozzle. One or more access slots may be provided on opposing side portions of the basin. The probe passes through an access slot or over a portion of the basin and through a side slit of the nozzle to enter the cavity for cleaning. A geometry of the cavity allows the wash nozzle to fill to a predetermined level while waste fluid flows out through the side slits.
US11529651B2
A vibration excitation device comprises an input shaft, eccentric blocks and eccentric torque output shafts. The input shaft can drive the eccentric torque output shafts to rotate, and the eccentric blocks sleeve the outer sides of the eccentric torque output shafts. The eccentric blocks on the eccentric torque output shafts synchronously rotate along with rotation of the eccentric torque output shafts and generate a centrifugal force. The centrifugal forces of the eccentric blocks on one pair of exactly opposite eccentric torque output shafts are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, but each pair of centrifugal forces forms a force couple. The magnitude and direction of the torque of each force couple periodically change based on the sine function rule over time, and under the action of the torques of the two pairs of force couples, the vibration excitation device generates an arc vibration in a horizontal direction.
US11529644B2
A robotic apparatus for painting a workpiece includes a redundant axis robot for use in a robotic painting system. The redundant axis of rotation provides the robot arm additional flexibility in avoiding obstacles and reaching an interior of the workpiece to apply paint thereto. The robotic apparatus could be a seven-axis robot arm or a five-axis parallel link panel opener robot arm for opening and/or closing the panel. The robot arms are mounted on at least one vertically oriented column adjacent a path of travel of the workpiece through a painting booth and the robot arms can be mounted on a common base.
US11529638B2
A shower head water collecting device includes a water collecting hanging component, a temperature sensing element, an assembling component, a solar panel, and a temperature displaying element. The water collecting hanging component is provided for a shower head to be hung thereon and collects the water spraying from the shower head. The temperature sensing element is disposed inside the water collecting hanging component to sense the temperature of water spraying from the shower head. The assembling component is mounted on top of the water collecting hanging component. The solar panel and the temperature displaying element are disposed in the assembling component. The solar panel is electrically connected to the temperature sensing element and the temperature displaying element, wherein the solar panel harvests the light energy from the outside and converts it into electrical energy to supply power to the temperature sensing element and the temperature displaying element.
US11529632B2
The present invention features the application of a simple, inductively-coupled measurement system into the cap of standard laboratory sample tubes, thus enabling continuous, wireless ionic sensing of a bevy of samples. The system may be powered by a compact Class E amplifier using inductive coupling via a designed resonance frequency of 1 MHz. Other frequencies can be used, such as the popular near-field communication (NFC) frequency of 13.66 MHz. Signals are transmitted back via load modulation at frequencies a fraction of the power carrier frequency, thus allowing for extraction of the signal frequency. Results clearly show that modulation frequency tracks closely with open circuit potential, and the system features good sensitivity and linearity. This system holds promise for a host of applications.
US11529631B2
A reaction processor includes: a reaction processing vessel including a channel in which a sample moves and a pair of air communication ports, a first air communication port and a second air communication port, provided at respective ends of the channel; a temperature control system that provides a medium temperature region and a high temperature region between the first air communication port and the second air communication port in the channel; and a liquid feeding system that discharges and sucks air in order to move and stop the sample inside the channel. One of the pair of air communication ports of the reaction processing vessel that is farther away from the high temperature region communicates with the liquid feeding system via a tube. One of the pair of air communication ports of the reaction processing vessel that is closer to the high temperature region is opened to atmospheric pressure.
US11529626B2
The present invention relates to a low-cost, thermally reversible valve for paper-fluidic diagnostic devices. In particular, this invention demonstrates a tunable valve mechanism fabricated by wax-ink printing and localized heating via thin-film resistors to sequentially release liquids through a cellulose or nitrocellulose membrane. The wax-ink valve can obstruct fluid flow for a sustained time and are thermally actuated to release a controlled amount of liquid past the valve. This integrated paper-fluidic diagnostic assay device requires minimal user involvement, can be easily manufactured and tuned to meet various fluid delivery timing and incubation needs.
US11529619B2
Zeolite catalysts and systems and methods for preparing and using zeolite catalysts having the CHA crystal structure are disclosed. The catalysts can be used to remove nitrogen oxides from a gaseous medium across a broad temperature range and exhibit hydrothermal stable at high reaction temperatures. The zeolite catalysts include a zeolite carrier having a silica to alumina ratio from about 15:1 to about 256:1 and a copper to alumina ratio from about 0.25:1 to about 1:1.
US11529616B2
The invention relates to a catalyst system and process for preparing dimethyl ether from synthesis gas as well as the use of the catalyst system in this process.
US11529614B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a coated hydroprocessing catalyst comprising: a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising a porous support and at least one metal supported on the porous support; wherein the porous support comprising silica, alumina, titania, or combinations thereof; and the at least one metal selected from IUPAC Groups 6, 9 and 10 metals; a catalyst activation agent, a catalyst deactivation agent, or both loaded onto pores of the porous support, the catalyst activation agent comprising at least one sulfur compound and the catalyst deactivation agent comprising at least one nitrogen compound; and a coating layer on a surface of the hydroprocessing catalyst, the coating layer encapsulating the catalyst activation agent, the catalyst deactivation agent, or both within the hydroprocessing catalyst, wherein the coating layer comprises a polymer, or a paraffinic oil.
US11529612B2
The present invention relates to the field of catalytic cracking, and discloses a composition capable of reducing CO and NOx emissions, the preparation method and use thereof, and a fluidized catalytic cracking method. The inventive composition capable of reducing CO and NOx emissions comprises an inorganic oxide carrier, and a first metal element, optionally a second metal element, optionally a third metal element and optionally a fourth metal element supported on the inorganic oxide carrier, wherein the first metal element includes Fe and Co, and wherein the weight ratio of Fe to Co is 1:(0.1-10) on an oxide basis. The inventive composition has better hydrothermal stability and higher activity of reducing CO and NOx emissions in the flue gas from the regeneration.
US11529609B2
A preparation method of a resin-based iron oxide-containing composite phosphate removal adsorbent is provided. An alkaline anion resin is taken as a base, a potassium ferrate is used as an iron source, and a characteristics of ferrate ions easily adsorbed on a surface of the anion resin are utilized to prepare resin-based iron oxide-containing composite phosphate removal adsorbent by one-step in-situ hydrolysis precipitation, compared with the related art, a preparation process of the disclosure is relatively simpler, a time period is shorter, and a production cost is lower. It has a strong ability to eliminate interference from other anions in the waste effluents, and it has a strong adsorption capacity, fast adsorption speed and large adsorption capacity for the phosphate. Moreover, it has the advantages of strong regeneration ability and multiple repeated use times.
US11529606B2
The invention relates to a device consisting of a reactor facility for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid or gaseous media or mixtures of the two. In the context of this invention, electrolytic treatment with relation to flow dynamics means the combination of the production of at least one rotating fluid eddy and the eversion of the eddy by means of electrolysis taking place in the reactor facility. The guided fluid eddy is efficiently treated, cleaned and disinfected by this combination in the reactor facility according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method for the electrolytic treatment, with relation to flow dynamics, of fluid media in the reactor facility according to the invention.
US11529595B2
An inclinable mixer for mixing bulk material is provided herein. The inclined mixer comprises a mixing chamber which comprises a longitudinal trough defined by a first and second side wall oppositely opposed, the trough having a front end opposite a back end, a discharge opening positional substantially in the bottom of the chamber toward the back end, and a front wall spanning the front end of the trough. The mixer also comprises an auger situated longitudinally in the trough for mixing bulk material, and a driving device for rotating the auger when a driving force is applied, wherein the mixing chamber is inclined at least during mixing such that the back end is raised relative the front end.
US11529593B2
An elongate diffuser (10) comprises a diffuser body (30), and a membrane (20) attached so that introduction of gas at a working pressure into the diffuser displaces part of the membrane (20) from contact with the diffuser body (10) providing an elongate sealed compartment (50) between the membrane (20) and a surface (32) of the diffuser body (30). The gas can pass from the compartment (50) through the membrane (20) for aeration of fluid in which the diffuser (10) is immersed. The diffuser body surface (32) which bounds the compartment (50) is recessed away from the membrane (20) in use, to contribute to the lateral cross sectional area of the compartment (50) and facilitate distribution of gas along the diffuser by the compartment (50). An automatic purge valve for purging water from a gas feed pipe of a diffuser is also disclosed.
US11529588B2
A cleaning solution for accelerated cleaning of a membrane having an enzyme and an agent having a pH that is compatible with the enzyme. The cleaning solution may additionally include one or both of a binding agent and a surfactant. Once the cleaning solution has been included in a solution that is used to contact the membrane for a defined period of time, one or both of a binding agent and a reducing agent may be added to the solution that has contacted the membrane. Optionally, one or both of increasing a pH of the solution and increasing a temperature of the solution may be used to reduce an activity of the enzyme.
US11529584B2
Apparatus and methods for treating acid gas, which utilizes multi-stage absorption cycle of ammonia desulfurization to treat acid tail gas after pre-treatment of the acid gas, thereby achieving the purpose of efficient and low-cost treatment of acid tail gas. The parameters of the acid tail gas may be adjusted by a regulatory system such that the enthalpy value of the acid tail gas is in the range of 60-850 kJ/kg dry gas, for example, 80-680 kJ/kg dry gas or 100-450 kJ/kg dry gas, to meet the requirements of ammonia desulfurization, and achieve the synergy between the acid gas pre-treatment and ammonia desulfurization. Furthermore, hydrogen sulfide may be converted into sulfur/sulfuric acid plus ammonium sulfate at an adjustable ratio.
US11529579B2
A filtration device includes a first channel member, a second channel member, and a filter. The first channel member has a recess recessed inward from an outer wall surface. A groove is formed is the recess and has an opening in a recessed surface of the recess. First and second channels, each defined by a through-hole, are formed in the first channel member and are connected to the groove. A first connection part connects the groove with the first channel. The second channel member has a projection that detachably mates with the recess. The second channel member includes a discharge channel that has an opening in a projecting surface of the projection, the opening being located over the groove. The filter is disposed along the groove, and positioned at the opening of the discharge channel. When the first and second channel members are placed in a operative relationship, a third channel is formed by the projecting surface of the projection and the opening of the groove. The third channel is connected to the first channel via the first connection part. The third channel at which the filter is positioned has a smaller cross-sectional area than the first channel.
US11529574B2
A pipeline strainer is provided having a cavity, a screen assembly disposed in the cavity, the screen assembly having an open first end and an open second end and a screen axis extending from the open first end to the open second end, a fluid inlet arranged at the open first end of the screen assembly, such that the fluid inlet is open to an interior of the screen assembly, a fluid outlet adjacent the open first end of the screen assembly. The fluid outlet is open to a straining surface of the screen assembly. A fluid axis extends from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet where the fluid axis crosses the screen axis at or near the fluid inlet.
US11529572B2
A filtration assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a first housing for fluid and a second housing opening for fluid. A containment cover is removably coupled to the housing. The containment cover defines a cover opening, a cover surface, and a flow passage. The cover opening is in fluid communication with the housing. The cover surface is substantially continuous around a circumference of the containment cover. The cover surface includes an open portion in fluid communication with the second housing opening. The flow passage is formed by a first passage surface and a second passage surface. The flow passage includes a first end in fluid communication with the cover opening. A second end is in fluid communication with the second housing opening through the open portion of the cover surface. The flow passage extends radially outward from the cover opening.
US11529565B2
A system, apparatus, and method for constructing or providing a ride surface for an amusement attraction, such as an inflatable surfing attraction. The ride surface may be formed via the connection of a plurality of ride surface portions or segments. A mechanism may be incorporated to smooth the ride surface and define a more continuous ride surface between the plurality of ride surface portions or segments.
US11529563B2
Methods and systems are provided for executing a video game for a plurality of players. The method includes determining a plurality of golden paths associated with a gameplay of each of the plurality of players. The plurality of golden paths includes a plurality of main story quests associated with the plurality of golden paths. The method includes processing the gameplay to identify player gaming metrics for the plurality of players as the plurality of players progresses along the plurality of golden paths associated with each of the plurality of players. The method includes generating a dynamic quest for each of the plurality of players. The dynamic quest is generated with one or more sub-parts to influence one or more of the plurality of players to move toward a game environment associated with a first player of the plurality of players. The game environment of the first player includes a co-op game space. The method includes granting the one or more of the plurality of players access to enter the co-op game space based on the player gaming metrics of the one or more of the plurality of players. The co-op game space enables the first player and the one or more of the plurality of players to engage in an objective in the video game for a period of time. The one or more of the plurality of players returns to their respective golden paths upon engaging in the co-op game space. In this way, a video game is executed for a plurality of players which can provide players of different experiences and different levels a same game space where the players can join together and engage with one another to perform an objective or task in the video game.
US11529551B2
A method for manufacturing an artificial climbing structure comprises: a) providing a framework, suitable for supporting the artificial climbing structure; b) mounting at least one structural panel on the framework; c) providing at least one covering panel, comprising patterns; d) mounting the covering panel on the structural panel in a removable manner; e) mounting at least one climbing hold on the covering panel; and f) fixing the climbing hold to the structural panel, through the covering panel, and in a removable manner.
US11529549B2
A pull up system including a bar member a support assembly. The bar member is coupled to the support assembly and the support assembly is attachable to an outside surface. A bar locking fastener is likewise disclosed, as is a support assembly for a pull up system.
US11529543B2
An exercise apparatus includes a linear arm portion having an elongate arm member with proximal and distal ends and an elongate support member having proximal and distal ends. The arm member can be slidably mounted to the support member by a sliding joint. A linear arm brake assembly can be coupled to the arm member for resisting linear motion of the arm member. A torso portion can be included to which the linear arm portion is rotatably mounted about a second axis by rotary shoulder joint. The linear arm portion can be configured, and the rotary shoulder joint can be positioned along the length of the support member at a location that substantially balances the linear arm portion about the rotary shoulder joint at least when the arm member is in the retracted position.
US11529542B2
An adjustable kettlebell device comprising a solid right circular frustum as a base, a post, a sleeve, one or more weight plates, one or more quick release clamps, and a removable handle. The post has an outer diameter compatible with standard weights, and a sleeve that slides over the post has an outer diameter compatible with Olympic weights. The handle is configured to facilitate an addition/removal of the weight plates, and may be swapped with different sized handles for use with different sized hands.
US11529529B2
A magnetic-vibration and magnetoelectric therapy device, comprising an upper computer and a lower computer; the upper computer is used to send control instructions to the lower computer, and the lower computer is used to output stimulation signals acting on a human body based on the control instructions. The lower computer comprises a control unit, a magnetic vibration unit, a magnetoelectric unit and an electrical stimulation unit; the control unit is connected with the magnetic vibration unit, the magnetoelectric unit and the electrical stimulation unit respectively, the magnetic vibration unit is used to generate a vibrating magnetic field acting on a human body, the magnetoelectric unit is used to generate a vibrating rotating magnetic field acting on a human body, and the electrical stimulation unit is used to generate electrical stimulation signals acting on a human body. The device can be used to treat chronic prostatitis.
US11529526B1
An automated external defibrillator (AED) system includes shock generating electronics, a battery configured for providing power to the shock generating electronics, power management circuitry configured for controlling the shock generating electronics and the battery, and a controller configured for controlling the power management circuitry. The AED system is housed in a small enclosure that provides a hand-carryable device, and the enclosure includes an externally mounted clip that enables the device to be wearable on a user's belt. Cardiac pads are stored separately and are plugged into the device to automatically power on the device. An associated AED method is designed for a trained user to operate the AED system.
US11529519B2
A method of localizing brain regions for the purpose of guiding placement of electrodes and related implants is disclosed. The inventive method involves effecting a pulse in a patient's brain, temporally aligning readings taken from an electrode at various depths, measuring local field potentials at each depth during interstimulus intervals, performing a coherence analysis comparing the local field potential measurements of the different depths, and determining a corresponding brain region for the depths compared.
US11529515B2
The present method and system provides a neuromodulation therapy including receiving a plurality of input data relating to a patient, the input data including brain value measurements and body value measurements. The method and system includes analyzing the input data in reference to reference data generated based on machine learning operations associated with existing patient data and reference database data. Based thereon, the method and system includes electronically determining, a brain malady and a severity value for the patient and electronically generating a treatment protocol for the patient, the treatment protocol includes transcranial stimulation parameters. Therein, the method and system includes applying a transcranial stimulation using the transcranial stimulation parameters based on the treatment protocol.
US11529506B2
A catheter for ultrasonic-driven bladder therapeutic agent delivery, including: a tube having a proximal expandable portion and a distal end, and at least one transducer sleeve accommodating at least one ultrasound transducer mounted on the tube between the proximal expandable portion and the distal end.
US11529505B2
Embodiments of an apparatus include a needle cartridge configured to attach to and interface with an actuating device. The needle cartridge includes a housing, a needle group assembly, and a fluid port. The housing forms a cavity and includes a first aperture and a second aperture opposite the first aperture. The needle group assembly includes a needle and a needle holder. The needle group assembly is configured to move in a reciprocating motion relative to the housing along an axis from the first aperture to the second aperture. During the reciprocating motion, the needle fully retracts into the cavity through the first aperture. The fluid port is integrated with the housing and includes a hollow projection forming a conduit and extending away from the housing. The fluid port includes a third aperture, wherein the fluid port is configured to interface with a fluid delivery system.
US11529501B2
A device and method for intravascular treatment of atherosclerotic plaque prior to balloon angioplasty which microperforates the plaque with small sharp spikes acting as serrations for forming cleavage lines or planes in the plaque. The spikes may also be used to transport medication into the plaque. The plaque preparation treatment enables subsequent angioplasty to be performed at low balloon pressures of about 4 atmospheres or less, reduces dissections, and avoids injury to the arterial wall. The subsequent angioplasty may be performed with a drug-eluting balloon (DEB) or drug-coated balloon (DCB). The pre-angioplasty perforation procedure enables more drug to be absorbed during DEB or DCB angioplasty, and makes the need for a stent less likely. Alternatively, any local incidence of plaque dissection after balloon angioplasty may be treated by applying a thin, ring-shaped tack at the dissection site only, rather than applying a stent over the overall plaque site.
US11529471B2
A sliding cover for a liquid delivery device, such as a cap (100) for a pen injector (200), incorporates a set of sensors including an optical sensor (110) with an output which changes during uncapping or capping motions on passing of a plunger (220) of the pen injector. This output is used together with a position sensor (120) to determine the position of the plunger along a cylinder (210) of the liquid delivery device. By monitoring changes in the plunger position, the quantity of dosages delivered by the liquid delivery device can be determined, displayed, stored and/or transmitted to an external device for further data processing or storage. Preferred implementations of the invention employ optical sensors with a converging beam (115), and/or position sensors employing linear potentiometer strips (132).
US11529469B2
A support structure for a medicament container is disclosed that is arranged to accommodate an elongated plunger rod, where the support structure has at least one flexible element arranged to be moved in contact with, and to exert a force, on a distal end surface of the medicament container, wherein the at least one flexible element is provided with a contact member arranged to contact an outer surface of the plunger rod and to be moved out of contact with the plunger rod when moved in contact with the medicament container.
US11529468B2
Syringes which are suitable for dispensing and injecting medical foams for sclerotherapy are described and claimed. The syringes of the invention comprise a syringe barrel having a nozzle and a bore to receive a syringe plunger; a syringe plunger defined by a front end and a rear end connected by a tubular walls and having an internal hollow duct between the front end and the rear end, and through which foam can flow; and an injectate chamber formed by insertion of the front end of the plunger into the barrel. The syringes comprise a flow-disruptor arranged to modify the flow of foam as it enters the injectate chamber. In certain embodiments the syringes comprise waste chambers which capture and retain poor quality foam. The syringes are particularly useful for dispensing foams made with little or no nitrogen content and are configured to reduce the risk of air contamination during dispensing the foam. Kits comprising the syringes together with a suitable source of foam and methods of dispensing foam form further aspects of the invention.
US11529466B2
Ambulatory medical devices, which includes ambulatory medicament pumps, and blood glucose control systems that provide therapy to a subject, such as blood glucose control, are disclosed. Disclosed systems and devices can implement one or more features that improve the user experience, such as prompting and/or facilitating the user to order additional infusion sets, sensors, and/or other components to facilitate treatment.
US11529465B2
A method of operating an infusion pump includes transmitting light through or around a drop of fluid suspended from an end of a drip tube for the infusion pump, the end of the drip tube located in a drip chamber for the infusion pump, wherein the drip tube is configured for connection to a source of the fluid; receiving, using an optical system for the pump, light transmitted through or around the drop; transmitting, to a specially programmed microprocessor and using the optical system, data regarding the received light; and, using the microprocessor to calculate a volume of the drop using the data.
US11529464B1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided herein for delivering medication (e.g., insulin) via a wearable pump having a patch-style form factor for adhesion to a user's body. The reusable pump may be coupled to a disposable cap housing a microdosing system for delivering precise, repeatable doses of medication to a cannula configured to deliver medication to a target infusion area beneath the user's outer skin layer. The system further may include an applicator for inserting the cannula into the user's skin and/or applying an adhesive pad to the skin.
US11529462B2
A temperature compensation flow-limiting device and an elastomeric infusion system are provided. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device is disposed in the infusion tube of the elastomeric infusion system to improve instability, caused by changes to temperature, of the flow velocity of the fluid inside the infusion tube to keep the flow velocity of the fluid stable. The temperature compensation flow-limiting device includes an inner layer and an outer layer; the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the inner layer is greater than that of the outer layer. When the temperature of the fluid inside the infusion tube increases, the inner layer expands and the internal diameter decreases as it is limited by the outer layer.
US11529460B1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided herein for delivering medication (e.g., insulin) via a wearable pump having a patch-style form factor for adhesion to a user's body. The reusable pump may be coupled to a disposable cap housing a microdosing system for delivering precise, repeatable doses of medication to a cannula configured to deliver medication to a target infusion area beneath the user's outer skin layer. The system further may include an applicator for inserting the cannula into the user's skin and/or applying an adhesive pad to the skin.
US11529456B2
A fluid injector system includes a powered fluid injector, a connection port configured to receive a single-use disposable set having tubing connected to a fluid inlet port at a first end and connected to a waste outlet port at a second end, and a detector associated with the connection port and configured to generate a signal in response to a sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic wave emitted from the single-use disposable set during a priming operation of the single-use disposable set. In some examples, the detector is configured to generate a signal if the frequency of the wave emitted from the single-use disposable set is outside a predetermined range of frequencies corresponding to a predetermined range of frequencies of air expelled from the tubing. A method for detecting the multiple uses of a single-use disposable set connected to a fluid injector system is also provided.
US11529448B2
A pressure measurement pod for use in blood circuits includes a pressure sensing pod defining a chamber and having a rigid wall portion and an integral flexible wall portion forming a flexible, moveable, fluid-impermeable diaphragm with a first major side thereof facing an interior of the chamber and a second major side opposite the first major side. The second major side faces outwardly away from the chamber, and the pod has ports on sides of the chamber. The internal surfaces of the chamber and ports are shaped such that any contour following the internal surfaces to the outside of one of the ports traces only surfaces characterized by positive or neutral draft angles such that invasive mold portions may be withdrawn through the ports thereby permitting the pressure measurement pod to be molded in a single shot molding process.
US11529446B2
The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment device comprising a hydraulic system II comprising a plurality of flow paths, the blood treatment device having a control unit 40 which provides an operating mode for disinfecting the hydraulic system with a liquid which can be supplied via one of the flow paths. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating an extracorporeal blood treatment device with a hydraulic system comprising a plurality of flow paths. The blood treatment device according to the invention is characterized in that the hydraulic system II has a valve device 23 which provides several switching positions. The valve device 23 has an inlet 25A for the liquid for disinfecting the hydraulic system and a plurality of outlets 26A, 27A, 28A, wherein in a switching position the inlet 25A is connected to one of the outlets 26A, 27A, 28A and in another switching position the inlet is connected to a plurality of outlets 26A, 27A, 28A. The inlet 25A of the valve device 23 is in fluid communication with the flow path via which liquid for disinfecting the hydraulic system II can be supplied, and the outlets 26A, 27A, 28A of the valve device 23 are in fluid communication with another flow path of the hydraulic system, so that liquid can simultaneously be supplied to the individual flow paths.
US11529438B2
Medical devices, substrates and biologic therapies for bone repair and guided tissue regeneration are disclosed. More particularly, bone graft substitutes and bone void fillers which comprise a porous collagen matrix and calcium deficient hydroxyapatite ceramic granules for delivery of osteoinductive or other therapeutic agents are disclosed.
US11529437B2
Disclosed are a biological tissue matrix material, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof in an otological repair material. The biological tissue matrix material comprises an extracellular matrix. The extracellular matrix comprises a collagen fiber, a growth factor and fibronectin. The biological tissue matrix material has a low amount of DNA residue, a low immunogenicity, a high anti-infection ability, and a strong repair capability.
US11529436B2
Disclosed are bioprinted, three-dimensional, biological skin tissues comprising: a dermal layer comprising dermal fibroblasts; and an epidermal layer comprising keratinocytes, the epidermal layer in contact with the dermal layer to form the three-dimensional, engineered, biological skin tissue. Also disclosed are arrays of engineered skin tissues and methods of making engineered skin tissues.
US11529435B2
The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a porous film, including: preparing a polymer mixture solution, wherein the polymer mixture solution includes polycaprolactone and at least one hydrophobic polymer; adding solid particles as a dispersing agent to the polymer mixture solution and mixing the solid particles with the polymer mixture solution, wherein the amount of solid particles added is enough to convert the polymer mixture solution into a solid mixture; drying the solid mixture to form a film; and washing the film with a washing fluid to remove the solid particles from the film to form the porous film, wherein the weight ratio of the polycaprolactone to the at least one hydrophobic polymer is about 1:0.1-10, and wherein the weight ratio of the polycaprolactone and the at least one hydrophobic polymer to the solid particles is about 1:0.01-250.
US11529434B1
A control system and pathogen inactivation method to reduce cross-contamination within operational devices that experience sequential touching of touch spots on the operational device by multiple people. Additionally, the system controls and then executes the reconfiguration of touch spot position to increase the probabilistic time interval between sequential touches from a first person to a second person physically interacting with the operational device. The dynamic reconfiguration control system reduces the probability of cross-contamination between sequential personal touches in sequential user sessions.
US11529433B2
A cellulose-containing article for treating an area of skin, wherein the article comprises BNC in an amount of at least 1% by weight and at most 15% by weight, comprises fluid in an amount of at least 85% by weight and at most 99% by weight, has an average thickness of at least 0.5 mm and at most 8 mm, wherein the BNC is of microbial origin.
US11529423B2
A biodegradable polyethylene glycol derivative in which a polyethylene glycol chain is linked by an acetal linker capable of accurately controlling the hydrolysis rate under different pH environments in the living body, and whose division rate into a polyethylene glycol chain of low molecular weight in the living body can be accurately controlled. The biodegradable polyethylene glycol derivative is represented by formula (1) or formula (2) as described.
US11529422B2
Provided herein are poly-1-hydroxymethylethylene hydroxymethyl formal (PHF)-based drug delivery systems. Also disclosed are methods of making antibody-drug conjugates and methods of treatment using these conjugates.
US11529417B2
Compositions and methods are provided for improved wound healing. In particular, provided herein are compositions and methods for the direct delivery of Sirtuin-1 (Sirt1) or vectors encoding Sirt1 to the wounds (e.g., of diabetic patients).
US11529415B2
This disclosure provides IL-21 binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. In certain aspects the anti-IL-21 antibodies and fragments thereof can be hybridoma-derived murine monoclonal antibodies, and humanized versions thereof. In certain aspects the binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof provided herein inhibit, suppress, or antagonize IL-21 activity. In addition, this disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases or disorders, e.g., inflammatory, immune-mediated, or autoimmune diseases or disorders associated with IL-21-mediated signal transduction. In a particular embodiment, the disclosure provides methods for treating or preventing Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using IL-21 binding molecules, e.g., anti-IL-21 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof.
US11529399B2
The present invention provides isolated monoclonal antibodies (e.g., humanized and human monoclonal antibodies) that bind to human Inducible T Cell COStimulator (ICOS) and exhibit therapeutically desirable functional properties, e.g., the ability to stimulate human ICOS activity. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of the invention, expression vectors, host cells, and methods for expressing the antibodies of the invention are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies of the invention can be used, for example, as an agonist to stimulate or enhance an immune response in a subject, e.g., antigen-specific T cell responses against a tumor or viral antigen. The antibodies of the invention can also be used in combination with other antibodies (e.g., PD-1, PD-L1, and/or CTLA-4 antibodies) to treat, for example, cancer. Accordingly, the antibodies can be used in therapeutic applications and methods to detect ICOS protein.
US11529396B2
The invention provides compositions and methods useful for the treatment and prevention of conditions associated with short telomere length.
US11529394B2
The present disclosure provides a polypeptide conjugates comprising GLP-1 receptor agonist and a peptide linker, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Methods of using such for treating diseases are also provided.
US11529379B2
A method for reducing the likelihood of an individual developing colorectal cancer includes the use of a CRISPR system to selectively kill pathogenic bacteria, such as Klebsiella and E coli, within the individual. Preferrably, the growth of a beneficial bacteria, such as Akkermansia, Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Fusobacterium, Coprococcus, Lactobacillus, Propionibacterium, Ruminococcus, Veillonella, Prevotella, and Streptococcus bacteria, is also enhanced. Reduction of certain virulence factors, such as colibactin, using a CRISPR system, as well the employment of immune checkpoint inhibitors, is effective in treating individuals with cancer and who suffer from a chronic infectious disease.
US11529377B2
The present invention relates to vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Sphingomonas and compositions as well as uses thereof. In some embodiments, the composition is a drug carrier which delivers a drug to the brain. In some embodiments, the invention provides a method of suppressing the secretion inflammatory mediators by pathogenic vesicles using said vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Sphingomonas or compositions thereof. In some embodiments, the invention provides methods of diagnosing hepatic cirrhosis, liver cancer, myocardial infarction, renal insufficiency, diabetes, brain tumors, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, depression, autism, and/or atopic dermatitis.
US11529376B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating acute or chronic systemic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) with extracellular vesicles, e.g., exosomes obtained from human cardiospheres or cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs), wherein systemic GVHD involves, e.g., at least two organs selected from the group consisting of the skin, mucosa, gastrointestinal tract, liver, lungs, joints and fascia, genitalia, and eyes. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical formulation comprising extracellular vesicles, e.g., exosomes obtained from human cardiospheres or CDCs, for systemic administration, e.g., intravenous infusion, to a human subject in need of treatment of systemic GVHD.
US11529368B2
The invention provides a colon cleansing solution comprising: a) 300 to 2000 mmol per litre ascorbate anion provided by ascorbic acid, one or more salts of ascorbic acid, or a mixture thereof; and h) 10 to 200 g per litre polyethylene glycol. The invention also provides methods and kits associated with, or making use of the solutions. The invention also provides a method of cleansing the colon of a subject comprising: —administering to the subject an effect amount of a first cleansing solution; and then after a time interval—administering to the subject an effective amount of a second cleansing solution, wherein the two cleansing solutions are as described in the specification.
US11529365B2
A method and composition including an effective amount of one or more synthetic neutral HMOs are disclosed for modulating the microbiota in the gastro-intestinal tracts of non-infant humans who are carriers of the human fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) genetic mutation and for improving one or more gastrointestinal conditions.
US11529364B2
A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2′-fucosyllactose (2′FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.
US11529360B2
Estrogen and progesterone replacement therapies are provided herein. Among others, the following formulations are provided herein: solubilized estradiol without progesterone; micronized progesterone without estradiol; micronized progesterone with partially solubilized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone; solubilized estradiol with micronized progesterone in combination with partially solubilized progesterone; and solubilized estradiol with solubilized progesterone.
US11529354B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions, including synergistic combinations, for the treatment of tuberculosis.
US11529344B2
This invention relates to combination therapies comprising an EZH2 inhibitor and a chemotherapeutic agent, and associated pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, and pharmaceutical uses.
US11529342B2
Methods and compositions are provided for treating neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and bipolar disorder. The methods entail administering to a patient diagnosed as having a neuropsychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, attention deficit disorder, mild cognitive impairment, dementia bipolar disorder, etc.) or as at risk for a neuropsychiatric disorder a benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, and/or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, in combination with a neuropharmacological agent (e.g., an antipsychotic, an antidepressant, medications for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, cognitive impairment, or dementia, etc.) where the benzoic acid, benzoic acid salt, or benzoic acid derivative, and/or a sorbic acid, sorbic acid salt, and/or sorbic acid derivative, is in an amount sufficient to increase the efficacy of the neuropharmacological agent.
US11529337B2
Provided is a method of treating or lessening the severity of pain in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a compound of formula (I), defined as described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11529329B2
A powdered composition is disclosed, the powdered composition comprising a complex between one or more cannabinoids having at least one phenolic moiety and a basic ion exchange resin. Also, an orally dispensable delivery vehicle, a method of manufacturing the powdered composition, a method of manufacturing the orally dispensable delivery vehicle, composition for use as a medicament, composition for use in a treatment, method of treatment, and use of a basic ion exchange resin as a stabilizing agent are disclosed.
US11529328B2
A method for forming crystalline solid dispersions (CSDs) of a pharmaceutical agent with low water solubility is described. The properties of the CSDs are described. Also described is the enhancement of bioavailability of the pharmaceutical agent resulting from formation of the CSD.
US11529327B2
The invention relates to a method of customizing a nail-biting and/or finger sucking treatment solution, and a kit for providing a nail-biting and finger sucking treatment that is customizable for a wide range of afflicted users seeking to break a persistent nail-biting and/or finger sucking habit. In exemplary embodiments, the composition kit includes two separate containers, a first container having a nail growth-promoting, waterproofing composition that may be applied directly on a user's nails; and a second container may include an additive for customizing a bitterness factor of the first composition. Typically, the first container includes an applicator such as a brush. To facilitate adding the additive in a manner that is easily customizable, the second container may include a dropper for adding small doses of the additive composition to the first composition. The customizable kit allows the user to safely adjust the bitterness so that the treatment remains effective.
US11529321B2
The present invention relates to use of an aminomethylenecyclohexane-1,3-dione compound, more particularly to use of a compound shown in the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof alone or in combination with other drug in preparing a drug for regulating or treating a disease related to autophagy, especially mammalian ATG8 homologous proteins.
US11529316B2
The invention relates to a novel use of ultrafine nanoparticles, of use as a diagnostic, therapeutic or theranostic agent, characterized by their mode of administration via the airways. The invention is also directed toward the applications which follow from this novel mode of administration, in particular for imaging the lungs, and the diagnosis or prognosis of pathological pulmonary conditions. In the therapeutic field, the applications envisioned are those of radiosensitizing or radioactive agents for radiotherapy (and optionally curietherapy), or for neutron therapy, or of agents for PDT (photodynamic therapy), in particular for the treatment of lung tumors.
US11529303B2
A kit-of-parts and a process for dyeing keratinous material, such as human hair, are provided. The method includes applying a coloring agent (a) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (a) includes (a1) at least one amino-functionalized silicone polymer, and (a2) at least one color-imparting compound, and (a3) optionally, a film-forming polymer different from (a1). The method further includes applying a post-treatment agent (b) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (b) includes (b1) at least one acid, and (b2) optionally, a film-forming polymer. In the method, at least one of the agents (a) and/or (b) comprises at least one film-forming polymer.
US11529302B2
Provided is a composition including: an acrylamide compound represented by general formula (1) below; urethane (meth)acrylate having a SI value of 3 or less in a skin sensitization test; and a polymerization initiator having a molecular weight of 800 or greater, where in general formula (1), R1 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 6 carbon atoms, X represents an alkylene group containing 1 through 6 carbon atoms, and Y represents any one selected from the group consisting of general formula (2) below and general formula (3) below, where in general formula (2), R2 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 10 carbon atoms, and * represents a binding site with X above, where in general formula (3), R2 represents an alkyl group containing 1 through 10 carbon atoms, and * represents a binding site with X above.
US11529299B2
The present invention is directed to a hair care composition having an effective amount of a 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material and an effective amount of an iron chelator; wherein the combination of the iron chelator and the 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material provides high anti-fungal efficacy.
US11529291B2
A feeding bottle includes a bottle enclosure defining a hollow bottle chamber, wherein the enclosure defines a feeding outlet at a first end and an attachment structure 26 at a second end. A bottom housing defines an instrument compartment extending between a closed exterior portion of the bottom housing and a separation surface within the bottom housing, wherein the bottom housing is configured for detachable connection to the attachment structure 26 of the bottle enclosure. A relief valve is positioned within the separation surface of the bottom housing. A pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the separation surface of the bottom housing and connected by a passageway to the instrument compartment in the bottom housing, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to detect changes of pressure in the bottle enclosure.
US11529288B2
A cap and seal system for a liquid medicament container. The system comprises a cap formed from a substantially rigid material, and has a retention component integrally formed therewith. A seal is formed from a material which is less hard than the cap and positioned within the cap such that, when the retaining component retains the cap on a container in use the seal is positioned such that it forms a fluid tight seal between the cap and the container. A recess is formed in the seal through which a liquid outlet channel can pass in use to access the contents of the container via the cap and the seal.
US11529287B2
A septum includes a disc made of an elastomeric material that is capable of being pierced by a needle and resealing itself when the needle is withdrawn. Embedded in the middle of the disc, from top to bottom, is a ring made of a material that is more rigid than the elastomeric material of the disc. The ring has a center circular opening that is filled by the elastomeric material of the disc. The outer circumference of the ring is greater than the circumference of the disc and extends outwardly beyond the circumference of the disc. The outer part of the ring interacts with the inner screw threads of a cap and supports the septum in the cap. A plurality of additional openings equally spaced about the ring adjacent its outer circumference are also filled with the elastic material of the disc to provide additional support for the septum.
US11529271B2
The disclosure relates to absorbent articles having at least a first belt which comprises a first, second and third zone. The at least first belt provides improved fit in the low motion zone of a wearer while being able to adapt easily to the motion of the wearer outside the low motion zone.
US11529266B2
An elastic sheet stretchable structure in which a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer are bonded through joint holes penetrating an elastic film at a plurality of sheet joined portions arranged at intervals is included. Joined portion groups in the stretchable region are in a relationship of intersecting a stretchable direction line at respective positions in an orthogonal direction or in a relationship of not intersecting the stretchable direction line at a separation width of 0.5 mm or less in the orthogonal direction of the stretchable direction line. The joined portion groups are in a relationship of not intersecting an oblique line at a predetermined separation width in the orthogonal direction in an oblique line group of oblique lines q in the orthogonal direction intersecting the stretchable direction line within an angle range γ of 45 degrees or less.
US11529257B2
A condom apparatus including at least one of a condom containing a compound of Formula 1 wherein the condom is configured to deliver one or more active ingredients selected from the group consisting of arginine, a vasodilator, nitrates, an ergot alkaloid, a long acting alpha-adrenoceptor blocker, a short acting alpha-adrenoceptor blocker, an anti-hypertensive, a prostaglandin, and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor is disclosed.
US11529249B2
A self-expanding braided stent includes at least a distal radial expansion ring added to a distal end of the stent body to increase a radial expansion force of the self-expanding braided stent in deployment of the stent, and to facilitate advancement of the stent through a delivery sheath by a core advancement wire. A proximal radial expansion ring is optionally added to a proximal end of the stent body to allow the stent to be recaptured following partial deployment by retraction of the core advancement wire, prior to full deployment of a proximal portion of the stent body.
US11529247B2
Hybrid terrain-adaptive lower-extremity apparatus and methods that perform in a variety of different situations by detecting the terrain that is being traversed, and adapting to the detected terrain. In some embodiments, the ability to control the apparatus for each of these situations builds upon five basic capabilities: (1) determining the activity being performed; (2) dynamically controlling the characteristics of the apparatus based on the activity that is being performed; (3) dynamically driving the apparatus based on the activity that is being performed; (4) determining terrain texture irregularities (e.g., how sticky is the terrain, how slippery is the terrain, is the terrain coarse or smooth, does the terrain have any obstructions, such as rocks) and (5) a mechanical design of the apparatus that can respond to the dynamic control and dynamic drive.
US11529243B2
The present invention provides cervical implant (30) comprising an upper surface (38), a lower surface (40), a posterior portion (34) and an anterior portion (36) and including a perimeter (42) and one or more apertures (44,46) within said anterior portion for receiving securing means, said apertures having respective longitudinal axes M1, M2, characterised in that said axes extend in a direction substantially through said anterior portion (36) and converge at a point in a plane outside of said perimeter (42).
US11529241B2
Methods for securing a intervertebral cage to one or more levels of the spine with fixation. The fixation, which is typically a staple, is intended to be driven perpendicular to the proximal face of the cage and in-line with the inserter. After the cage is placed and positioned according to surgeon preference, a single piece fixation clip is then deployed and fixed in a manner that produces a zero-profile device.
US11529229B2
To provide an intraocular lens to which a mark for assisting more accurate fixation in an eye has been applied. Provided is an intraocular lens including an optical part having a mark that is detectable under illumination of a specific wavelength range outside a wavelength range of visible light, and a support part that supports the optical part, in which the mark is indicated by a geometric pattern that allows for identification of an optical center position of the optical part and information regarding posture of the optical part in an eye.
US11529222B2
A device for artificially inseminating a mammal with sperm from a male breeding animal is disclosed, the sperm being introduced through the vagina of the animal into or onto the uterus of the animal which is to be inseminated. The device comprises a tube which can be moved on the uterus through the vagina of the animal which is to be inseminated, and a heatable chamber for accommodating a thin tube containing the sperm, and a drive for removing the sperm from the thin tube and the uterus-sided opening of the tube. The device comprises a mechanism enabling the thin tube to be moved out from the chamber into the tube.
US11529221B2
A predetermined bone site in a patient selected for restoration is exposed, contacted with an aqueous, methylene blue containing phosphoric acid solution for a time period of at least 3 minutes but no more than about 15 minutes, and thereafter cleansed ultrasonically to remove any bacteria that may be present. Preferred phosphoric acid concentration in the aqueous solution is about 37 percent by weight.
US11529215B2
Method and system for establishing an initial position of a tooth, determining a target position of the tooth in a treatment plan, calculating a movement vector associated with the tooth movement from the initial position to the target position, determining a plurality of components corresponding to the movement vector, and determining a corresponding one or more positions of a respective one or more attachment devices relative to a surface plane of the tooth such that the one or more attachment devices engages with a dental appliance are provided.
US11529199B2
A surgical instrument adaptor comprises a member including a first mating surface that is removably attachable with a surgical instrument and a second mating surface that is connectable with an actuator. An image guide is attachable with the member and oriented relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the surgical instrument. Systems, surgical instruments, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US11529193B2
A system comprising: one or more field generating coils configured to generate a magnetic field; a sensor comprising a shell that contains a ferrofluid, the sensor configured to be introduced in proximity to the magnetic field, wherein the ferrofluid causes distortion of the magnetic field when the ferrofluid is in proximity to the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the ferrofluid is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.
US11529179B2
A bone material dispensing device is provided. The bone material dispensing device comprises a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. The proximal end having a first opening and the distal end having a second opening. The first opening and the second opening configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a plunger. A locking member is provided that is pivotably connected to an upper surface of the housing and extends adjacent to the upper surface of the housing. The locking member comprises a locking surface extending adjacent to the distal end of the housing configured to engage a portion of a tubular member, a funnel, or a combination thereof. The locking member is movable in a locking position to lock the portion of the tubular member, the funnel, or the combination thereof with the housing. A bone material dispensing system and a method of implanting bone material with the bone material dispensing system are also provided.
US11529177B2
The fracture fixation plate (1) is suitable for application to the proximal humerus, wherein •a) the fracture fixation plate (1) has an elongate body section (2) which has a free distal end (3) and a proximal end (4) to which there are adjoined, on each side, a right wing (5) having the center line (11) and a left wing (6) having the center line (12); •b) the body section (2) and the two wings (5, 6) are provided with a number of screw holes (7) for receiving bone-fastening elements (8), and the fracture fixation plate (1) has a bone contact face (9) and an opposite surface (10), and •c) the two wings (5, 6) have different lengths. Furthermore, •d) the two wings (5, 6) are curved, and •e) the extensions of the two curved center lines (11, 12) form an obtuse angle a.
US11529176B2
A bone plate having at least one variable angle locking hole is described. The variable angle locking hole allows a bone anchor having a threaded head to be driven into underlying bone while oriented at an angle with respect to a central hole axis of the hole that is within a range of angles at which the head is configured to threadedly mate with the at least one thread of the bone plate. Accordingly, the bone anchor can be driven into the underlying bone until the threaded head threadedly purchases with the bone plate inside the variable angle locking hole.
US11529165B2
To provide a catheter having a simple structure capable of excising an atheroma in a blood vessel and capable of obtaining ultrasonic images of a blood vessel. [Solution] A catheter 10 has a shaft 11 having an opening 20 in a part of the side wall on the distal end side, a cutter 12 which is located in the vicinity of the opening 20 in the internal space of the shaft 11 and which can move in the axial direction 101 of the shaft 11, a balloon 23 which is disposed on the side opposite to the opening 20 with respect to the axis of the shaft 11 and which outwardly expands from the side wall of the shaft 11, and a phased array ultrasound probe 17 disposed along the circumferential direction 102 of the outer peripheral surface of the side wall in the vicinity of the opening 20 at least on the same side as the side where the opening 20 is provided with respect to the axis of the shaft 11.
US11529164B2
A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, and an end effector. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with the ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic blade includes a recess region having a plurality of recesses. The recess region is tapered such that the cross-sectional area of the recess region decreases along the length of the recess region. The ultrasonic blade is also curved such that a central longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic blade extends along a curved path. A reference circuit is used to account for voltage drops of unknown values during operation of the surgical apparatus.
US11529161B2
A grasper device for mini-invasive surgery procedures is provided, having two jaws, each of which having two elastically-deformable elements fixed one another and developing according to a main longitudinal direction, in particular a front element which contacts the tissue to be grasped and a back support element receiving a grasping force from a proximal command and having a higher modulus of elasticity than the front element. During the application of a grasping force Fz, the two elements deform along a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the main longitudinal direction and to the grasping force Fz.
US11529160B2
A remote operation-type surgery system is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom slave arm, which is able to be mounted with a medical instrument including a shaft portion and an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft portion; a first input device configured to receive a first input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm; a second input device configured to receive a second input to operate the multiple-degree freedom slave arm and different from the first input device; a touch panel configured to set an operation mode for the multiple-degree freedom slave arm operated by the second input device; and a controller configured to control the multiple-degree freedom slave arm based on the first input or second input, wherein the controller is configured to: determine whether or not an in-operation signal is turned on.
US11529149B2
A method for performing an efficient and thorough percutaneous discectomy includes making into the patient a percutaneous incision, which is a small stab wound, no more than approximately 10 mm in length. A stimulated combination neuro-monitoring dilating probe is passed through an approximately 10 mm or less skin incision and into a patient's disc space to establish a safe path and trajectory through Kambin's Triangle. Once a neuro-monitoring dilating probe is in the disc space, a second dilator is placed over the neuro-monitoring dilating probe and impacted into the disc space. Neuro-monitoring dilating probe may then be removed. An access portal optionally combined with a force dissipation device may then be placed over the second dilator and into the disc space. The second dilator is removed and then discectomy instruments may be placed through the access portal to perform the discectomy.
US11529147B2
This disclosure relates to drill guides and depth control apparatus for use with a variety of customized or standardized surgical instruments. In embodiments, the apparatus comprises at least a body portion and a collar portion, one or more of which are configured to be coupled to a cutting instrument, such as a drill bit, in a specified location and manner to prevent unwanted movement. In embodiments, the assembly of the body and collar portions may be incrementally adjusted to alter the desired depth of the cutting instrument. Methods for using the foregoing apparatus are also disclosed herein.
US11529134B2
An apparatus and method are provided for a syndesmosis treatment construct configured to be placed into a cinched configuration that presses a first bone against a second bone. The syndesmosis treatment construct comprises a proximal fixator to contact the first bone and a distal fixator to contact the second bone. A first suture and a second suture are parallelly looped through the distal fixator. A free splice slidably rides on proximal ends and distal ends of both of the first and second sutures. The distal ends are looped through the proximal fixator and bound within a stitch splice. The proximal ends are passed outside of the stitch splice and through the proximal fixator. The free splices compress and seize the proximal ends during pulling of the proximal ends by a practitioner so as to maintain the cinched configuration.
US11529128B2
A deep tendon reflex-eliciting device actuated by pressure against a patient's skin, which releases a spring-loaded mass that delivers an impulse through a fully-enclosed housing. This device includes a weight contained within the casings, and a mainspring in communication with the weight. The mainspring has a bias toward expansion. In the compressed position, the mainspring is also compressed, and the weight is pushed backwards into the rear casing. The weight is released to be driven forward by the mainspring. The weight strikes the inside of the forward casing, delivering an impulse to a surface against Which the device is pressed. A reset spring can push apart the forward and rear casings to reset the device to its expanded position. A case screw is also included which is able to consistently set the impact force of the device.
US11529124B2
An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasound transceiver configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the object, based on a beamforming parameter of the ultrasound imaging apparatus; and an image processor configured to generate scanning lines forming a frame based on the received ultrasound echo signal, generate sub-frames by sorting the scanning lines into respective groups having the scanning lines with similar properties, based on the beamforming parameter, perform image-processing of the generated sub-frames, and recombine the scanning lines from the image-processed sub-frames to generate an ultrasound medical image corresponding to the frame.
US11529123B2
In backscatter coefficient imaging, a backscatter coefficient of one region of interest relative another region of interest is used to avoid calibration. The system effects are removed by using a frequency-dependent measure of the backscatter. The relative frequency-dependent backscatter coefficient is determined by an ultrasound scanner.
US11529114B2
A control device of a mammography apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image as radiography information in a case in which the radiographic image of the breast is captured and a generation condition setting unit that sets generation conditions in a case in which an ultrasound image of the breast is generated, on the basis of the radiographic image acquired by the acquisition unit. The generation condition setting unit analyzes the radiographic image to detect the amount of mammary glands in the breast and sets, as the generation conditions, an amplification factor of an ultrasound image signal and a dynamic range which is a width of a grayscale value of the ultrasound image assigned to a value of the ultrasound image signal, according to the detected amount of mammary glands.
US11529108B2
A positron emission tomography (PET) technique that can enhance the image resolution and system sensitivity of a clinical PET/CT scanner for imaging a whole body or a target region of a subject is provided. The system includes a detector array and a detector panel. The detector array includes an array of gamma ray detectors defining a field of view of a scanner and configured to detect at least one coincidence event. The detector panel includes an array of gamma ray detectors having a higher intrinsic spatial resolution than the detector array and positioned in closer proximity to a patient table than the detector array. The detector panel is positioned outside the field of view defined by the detector array during at least a portion of scanning by the PET system. The detector panel is configured to detect at least one coincidence event in cooperation with the detector array. The control unit is configured to control the detector array, the detector panel, and the patient bed to operate in cooperation with each other.
US11529107B2
Computer-implemented methods of enabling an on-the-fly generation of at least one user-defined montage from EEG electrodes positioned in a patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp. The methods includes generating a graphical interface to display a view of the patient's brain and/or scalp overlaid with the EEG electrodes, each of which is uniquely identified with reference to its position in the patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp, displaying a tool within the graphical interface for selecting at least one electrode from the displayed EEG electrodes, indicating a reference electrode corresponding to the selected electrode, accessing EEG signals corresponding to the electrode and the reference electrode, and generating another graphical interface to display an EEG trace indicative of a comparison of EEG signals of the electrode and the reference electrode.
US11529106B1
A tool for predicting that a person is likely to be abnormally hydrated over a future time interval, and in some cases to alert the person or a medical professional to intervene. From a series of physiological measurements, a tissue electrical impedance spectrum curve, which comprises a phase spectrum curve in an embodiment, is determined and changes in the shape of the curve are ascertained. The measurements may be received using one or more sensors worn by the person. In some embodiments, current and historic spectrum curvature are applied to an evolutionary algorithm, such as particle-swarm optimization (PSO) or differential evolution (DE), to determine an inference regarding the persons future hydration status. In one embodiment, a statistical forecast for the next epoch immediately beyond the present one, is determined.
US11529100B2
A pressure sensitive device including a body having a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite the proximal portion, the distal portion being made of a shape memory alloy, a flexible diaphragm at least partially surrounding the body and defining a fluid chamber between the flexible diaphragm and the distal portion of the body, and a non-compressible fluid disposed within the flexible diaphragm and exhibiting a hydraulic pressure in communication with the flexible diaphragm.
US11529098B2
A contact lens includes a contact lens body and a glucose detection sheet disposed on the contact lens body. The glucose detection sheet includes a glucose recognition layer, a photonic crystal array is provided in the glucose recognition layer, and the glucose recognition layer is configured to recognize glucose.
US11529090B2
In order to help reduce the effects of motion sickness, there is provided a method for reducing motion sickness in a subject which comprises acquiring a sequence of video images, extracting measurements of a heart-rate of the subject over a first period of time from the sequence of video images using photoplethysmography (PPG), calculating at least one trend in the measurements, determining a presence of motion sickness when the at least one trend is positive over a first time window, the first time window being included in the first period of time, and generating an event arranged to generate a corrective action. It is often possible to detect the onset of motion sickness before the subject actually feels the symptoms. Indeed, by the time the symptoms appear, corrective action is much less effective. Therefore, by detecting the onset early and alerting the subject so that they can react, it is possible to avoid the attack of motion sickness or, at least, reduce significantly its effects.
US11529089B2
Medical device systems and methods for operating medical device systems conserve energy by efficiently managing computational demands of the systems. A first analysis, having relatively lower computational processing demand than at least a second analysis, processes signals from a subject to determine a first estimate of a propensity for the subject to have a neurological event. If the first estimate meets a set of specified criteria, a second analysis is performed to determine a second estimate of the propensity for the subject to have a neurological event.
US11529088B2
Methods and systems for use of the Q-wave to R-wave interval to guide placement of a leadless cardiac pacemaker are disclosed. An implant delivery device is equipped with sensing electrodes to sense R-wave onset in a ventricle of a patient's heart to allow placement at a location of last or latest onset of the R-wave. Guidance tools are provided to assist in determination of the Q-wave to R-wave interval during implantation. For a chronic system, a cooperative approach is disclosed in which an implantable medical device and a leadless cardiac pacemaker exchange data to determine Q-wave to R-wave intervals and enhance cardiac resynchronization therapy delivery by the leadless cardiac pacemaker.
US11529084B2
The detection and diagnosis of a variety of cardiovascular disorders and levels of heart condition, using a novel method and system, according to a comprehensive analysis of cardiac electrical signal via the frequency domain, time domain, spatial domain.
US11529082B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for identifying impairment using measurement devices.
US11529078B2
This fluid evaluation device is provided with an irradiation unit for irradiating a fluid with light, a light reception unit for receiving scattered light from the fluid and outputting a light reception signal, and an estimation unit for estimating at least one from among flow rate and density by mapping input points, which are on a first plane defined by flow rate and frequency and are expressed by light amount information indicating the amount of scattered light included in the light reception signal and frequency information indicating a frequency for a beat signal resulting from the Doppler shifting of the light included in the light reception signal, onto a second plane defined by fluid flow rate and fluid density.
US11529074B2
Devices, systems, and methods can be used to suggest a discovery to an individual related to their health and wellness, including receiving data about the individual from a user interface regarding a goal for the individual, querying the individual regarding their perception of the goal, determining, a likely state of the individual (e.g., readiness to change), and selecting a subset of discoveries to display to the individual from a database that correspond to both the goal for the individual and the likely state of the individual. Displaying information may include receiving motion data including duration of motion, classifying a type of activity the individual is engaged in based on the motion data and likely intensity of the activity, and displaying a graphical user interface including a color spectrum, depending on one of the type of activity, intensity of the activity, or duration of the activity.
US11529067B2
A security check method includes: pre-creating at least four concurrently operating threads, one thread being responsible for movement control and data acquisition, one thread being responsible for imaging processing, one thread being responsible for interface displaying, and one thread being responsible for target detection and recognition; then the four concurrently operating threads divide original echo data of a human body to be checked into data of a plurality of adjacent overlapped azimuthal segments during data processing and perform individual processing on the data of each azimuthal segment. The security check system includes a thread creating unit, a first thread parallel unit, a second thread parallel unit, a third thread parallel unit, a fourth thread parallel unit, and a thread loop control unit. Because subsequent data processing is not required to be performed after the acquisition of all data is completed, the time for a security check process is reduced.
US11529064B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for measuring a biometric signal by using a radar. The disclosed method measures a plurality of biometric signals by using a radar by: (a) receiving the plurality of biometric signals from the radar; (b) calculating distance information of the received plurality of biometric signals and classifying the same on the basis of a distance; (c) selecting a signal having a largest variance according to a time; (d) further selecting a number of signals among signals having a distance with the signal selected in the step (c) smaller than an arbitrary distance from the distance-based classified signals; (e) converting all signals selected from a time domain to a frequency domain; (f) calculating a reliability of each biometric signal from the converted distance-based signals; and (g) detecting a corresponding biometric signal by selecting the distance-based signal where the calculated reliability is highest.
US11529061B2
What is disclosed is a system for measurement and analysis of blood pressure of a test subject comprising a blood pressure measuring cuff unit; a waveform analysis subsystem coupled to said blood pressure measuring cuff unit via a network; and wherein said cuff unit acquires a digital pulse pressure waveform from a wrist of the test subject, said digital pulse pressure waveform is transmitted over said network to said waveform analysis subsystem, and said waveform analysis subsystem processes said digital pulse pressure waveform to extract one or more blood pressure parameters and hemodynamic parameters.
US11529060B2
A method for providing personalized health assessment of a subject includes: receiving a raw electrocardiography (ECG) signal of a subject from an ECG device and a raw blood pressure (BP) signal of the subject from a BP waveform detector; calculating a beat-to-beat ECG signal from the raw ECG signal; calculating a beat-to-beat BP signal from the raw BP signal; calculating a beat-to-beat pulse arrival time (PAT) signal that is measured as a time delay between the beat-to-beat ECG signal and the beat-to-beat BP signal; calculating an interpolated beat-to-beat PAT signal and an interpolated beat-to-beat BP signal by interpolating the beat-to-beat PAT signal and the beat-to-beat BP signal, respectively; assessing a subject-specific relationship between the interpolated beat-to-beat PAT signal and the interpolated beat-to-beat BP signal; and estimating a real-time blood pressure of the subject based on the subject-specific relationship.
US11529059B2
Provided is a film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus configured in a such a way that a plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and a circuit unit are formed on a film-type piezoelectric element so as to easily attach the apparatus to the skin and an electrical signal as well as an electrical signal of a human body is simultaneously measured using the plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and the circuit unit. Accordingly, the film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus simultaneously measures electrocardiogram (ECG) and ballistocardiogram (BCG) from the simultaneously measured electrical signal and vibration signal of the human body and extracts biomedical information of various types of health indexes such as a heart rate, a stress index, BCG, a blood pressure, an amount of physical activity, a respiration rate, and VO2max from the two different biomedical signals.
US11529054B2
A MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance NMR)-based PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury) diagnostic system and method uses MRS signals, already pre-processed by the MRS scanner software. The signals are collected in vivo from specific regions of the brain. A wavelet decomposition is applied to the MRS signals, and the amplitude of the wavelet coefficients and their location in the MRS signals are used as features for training diagnostic classifiers of disease states. These classifiers are identified through analysis of features of individuals whose health status is known. Once the classifiers are trained, patients can be diagnosed by using the same wavelet features extracted from in vivo MRS scans of their brain regions.
US11529045B2
An endoscope-cleaning device ensures effective cleaning of an endoscope. The endoscope-cleaning device includes a long flexible core member inserted into a twisted tubular body including a weft yarn including a microfiber yarn, wherein the microfiber yarn is made of polyester and the tubular body is twisted at 5 twists/5 cm to 15 twists/5 cm.
US11529043B2
A medical control device includes: a light source controller configured to modulate pulsed light by changing a crest value of a pulsed current and emit the pulsed light a plurality of times from the light source in one frame; an imaging controller configured to cause an image sensor to sequentially generate a pixel signal at a specific frame rate; and an image processor configured to use a pixel signal obtained by multiplying the pixel signal for specific one frame from each pixel of a specific horizontal line by a ratio of an amount of exposure of specific pulsed light made in the specific one frame to a total exposure amount obtained by adding each exposure amount of all of the pulsed lights exposing the specific horizontal line within the specific one frame including an illumination period of the specific pulsed light.
US11529040B2
Some implementations of the disclosure relate to an adapter, comprising: a channel running through the length of the adapter from a first opening to a second opening of the adapter, wherein a shaft of an endoscope is configured to be threaded through the channel; a first coupler configured to removably secure the adapter to a second coupler of the endoscope, the first coupler comprising the second opening; and a rigid attachment segment comprising a surface configured to removably couple the adapter to an instrument or second adapter. The surface of the rigid attachment segment may include multiple grooves and sections alternating along the longitudinal length of the rigid attachment segment, each section protruding relative to the grooves and comprising a recessed indentation or protrusion; and the multiple sections and grooves configured such that the instrument or second adapter can be coupled to the adapter in multiple lengthwise positions.
US11529038B2
An endoscope having an insertion tube with a distal optical module and a releasable handle. In a semi-robotic embodiment, the handle comprises haptic controllers and a computer configured for steering and/or adjusting physical properties of the insertion tube in response to one or more command inputs from the haptic controllers. The computer may also convert image data received from the optical module into two-dimensional images displayable on a monitor. The endoscope may have inertial measurement units (IMUs) for providing data to the computer for creating a digital three-dimensional image representation of an anatomy model and/or for facilitating handling properties of the endoscope.
US11529036B2
A robotic device for working on a surface includes a body including: a tool for working on the surface; a controller moving the body along the surface; a first set of at least two rotors mounted to the body and generating thrust in a first direction towards the surface; and a second set of at least two rotors mounted to the body and generating thrust in a second direction away from the surface. A sensor measures a distance between the body and the surface, and a computer adjusts the first set of rotors and the second set of rotors in response to the sensor to place the body in position to work on the surface. In particular, the first set of rotors and the second set of rotors generate a net force on the body to it in non-contact position to work on the surface.
US11529031B2
A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone and a dirt chamber external to the cyclone. The cyclone comprises a dirt outlet in communication with the dirt chamber, a cyclone chamber rear end that is axially spaced from and opposed to a cyclone chamber front end and a sidewall located between the cyclone chamber front end and the cyclone chamber rear end. The cyclone air inlet and the cyclone air outlet are located at the cyclone chamber rear end wherein, when the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the central longitudinally extending axis is oriented generally horizontally. A plate is positioned at the front end of the cyclone chamber. The dirt outlet comprises a gap that is provided at the cyclone chamber front end and the gap is provided at a location that is spaced axially inwardly towards the cyclone chamber rear end.
US11529024B2
A portable solar shower is a showering device that can heat the water in a tank to a user defined temperature, with the help of a large solar panel. In order to accomplish that, the device includes a thermostat that displays multiple temperatures, a vacuum insulated water tank that helps maintain the temperature of the water at the user defined temperature level for long hours, and a retractable showerhead and shower pipe. Further, the device is mounted over an upper surface of a vehicle, thereby not compromising any luggage or trunk space of the vehicle. The portable solar shower further includes a power unit that provides power to water pumps and all the necessary circuitry within the device. Furthermore, the device includes an additional smaller solar panel that can provide energy to the power unit, thereby enabling the user to run the shower unit on natural renewable sources of energy.
US11529023B1
A shower chair that is easy to assemble, relatively lightweight in construction making it easy to lift into and out of a shower, is rust resistant, and is easy to clean and reduces the likelihood of residue buildup thereby minimizing potential health concerns. The chair is formed such that it minimizes ridges and crevices and includes rounded seams that improves the effectiveness of cleaning the surfaces of the chair and includes antimicrobial materials that reduces the growth of bacteria.
US11529017B2
A cleaning device having a handle and one or more cleaning members. A first of the cleaning members has a first finger, a second finger spaced apart from the first finger, and a compliant member extending from the first finger to the second finger. The compliant member is constructed at least partially from a metallic material. The first finger is spaced from the second finger to accommodate a cross-member of a cooking grate between the first finger and the second finger such that the compliant member contacts the cross-member. A second of the cleaning members has an elongation and a first bar and a second bar extending transverse to the elongation, the second bar spaced from the first bar along the elongation. The second of the cleaning members is configured to be inserted between adjacent cross-members of a cooking grate and, after insertion, rotated.
US11529015B2
A beverage maker platen overflow sensing system is disclosed. The sensing system includes a process control board (PCB) in communication with solenoid valves of a manifold, the solenoid valves controlling the flow of hot water (e.g., for brewing coffee or tea) into a server positioned in a platen of the beverage maker. The PCB further includes an overflow detection circuit connected to the solenoid valves. Two signal probes are positioned near the forward edge of the platen. Similarly, ground probes are positioned in the platen below the signal probes and providing a ground path to the PCB. The overflow detection circuit generates an electrical signal between the signal probes and detects an overflow state when fluid in the platen grounds the signal between the signal probes and the ground probes. While the overflow persists, the overflow detection circuit ceases the water flow by electrically signaling the solenoid valves to close.
US11529008B2
Disclosed is a heating food tray for child. The heating food tray for child according to the embodiments of the present invention is provided with a heat generation unit to provide a function of heating food contained in the food tray or keeping a temperature of the food. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention provides the heating food tray including the control unit to execute or stop the heating or heat-keeping function when the temperature deviates from a preset value.
US11529005B1
A self leveling picture frame assembly for automatically leveling a picture includes a picture frame defining a viewing space to display a picture. An insert is insertable into the picture frame to retain the picture in the picture frame. A leveling chamber is integrated into the insert and the leveling chamber contains a leveling fluid. The total quantity of leveling fluid is substantially less than a volume of the leveling chamber thereby facilitating the leveling fluid to travel freely in the leveling chamber. Moreover, the leveling fluid collects in the lowest point of the leveling chamber when the picture frame is hung on a vertical support surface. In this way the leveling fluid can level the picture frame on the vertical support surface.
US11529004B2
A wig storage system comprising a wig clip hanger and a protective storage case. The wig clip hanger holds a wig without damaging or ruining the shape of the wig and prevents the wig from slipping out of place. A corresponding protective storage case accommodates the wig while attached to the wig clip hanger. The storage case closes around the wig, protecting it from dirt, moisture, and tangling.
US11528995B2
A balancing pressure bearing apparatus including a connecting base and bearing components is provided. Inside the connecting base is any material selected from a volume-incompressibe fluid, semifluid and elastic element, and arranged thereabove is each bearing component. The bearing components have bearing surfaces for supporting any pressing-down human body part and pressure reduction. When the connecting base is pressed down, a Pascal phenomenon is generated for a pressure applied to the fluid, semifluid or elastic element inside the connecting base to be transmitted equally in all directions. Each portion thereof has the same pressure for balancing pressure of the supportive bearing surfaces pressed by any two human body parts, thereby reducing and balancing pressures thereon to achieve a more comfortable contact sensation of pressure release and a correct posture effect. Hence, the invention can serve as a cushion, seat, backrest, mattress or pillow product.
US11528994B2
The present invention relates to a seat frame, including a lower base; an upper base; and a plurality of rotating devices disposed on the upper base or the lower base and including at least one rotating device capable of horizontally rotating the lower base relative to the upper base. The lower base is connected to the upper base. When the rotating devices make the lower base horizontally rotate relative to the upper base, the upper base and the lower base do not fall off each other. A plurality of connecting devices are disposed on the upper base. The present invention eliminates the noise generated in the rotating process; and a telescopic support enables the size of the seat frame to be adjustable, the installation is simple and convenient, the use effect is good, and it is more stable and is suitable for popularization.
US11528992B2
The present disclosure provides a power recliner including a seatback having an angle that is adjusted when an external gear coupled to an accommodation groove of an internal gear is eccentrically rotated as wedges are operated, in which a support groove having a level difference is formed in the accommodation groove of the internal gear and maintains a predetermined radius based on a burring part, in which the wedges are installed and inserted into the support groove so as to be moved along the support groove, and in which when a load is applied to a seatback, the wedges are dually in contact with a cam and an inner stepped surface of the support groove or dually in contact with the burring part of the internal gear and the inner stepped surface of the support groove to disperse the load, thereby improving maximum strength of the recliner.
US11528989B1
A dust wand cleaner for dust wands that have radially-arrayed fibers that protrude to a define a generally cylindrical fiber head. The cleaner includes two open end sections and a midsection. Each end section has an internal passageway that preferably narrows from a first width that easily receives an inserted end of a generally cylindrical fiber head of a dust wand to a second width that compresses the fibers of the dust wand. The midsection has an internal passageway that is aligned with the internal passageways of the end sections, that is wider than the second width and that has inwardly extending bristles. When a dust wand is passed through the aligned passageways of the two open end sections and the midsection, debris adhering to the dust wand fibers is removed from the dust wand by being combed by the bristles.
US11528984B2
The present disclosure provides an attachment device comprising a first subassembly, comprising a mounting component, a retainer component, coupled to a second subassembly comprising a first rotatable component, a second rotatable component, and a trigger assembly. The mounting component comprises an opening defining at least one slot. The retainer component is coupled to the mounting component defining a first cavity. The spring component, housed in the first cavity, is coupled to the retainer component. The first rotatable component is coupled to the second rotatable component to define a second cavity extending from a first surface of the first rotatable component to a second surface of the second rotatable component. A trigger actuator of the trigger assembly is housed in the second cavity. The first rotatable component defines at least one tab defined to be received within the at least one slot of the mounting component.
US11528983B1
A multifunctional pill box carrying pouch is revealed. The pill box carrying pouch includes at least one pill box, at least one pouch, and at least two long ties. The pill box is a rigid rectangular box while the two long ties form a single longer tie. The respective long ties are detachably connected to the pouch by the two second connecting members. The pill box carrying pouch has a limb-carrying mode and a waist-carrying mode. Users can select the limb-carrying mode of the pill box carrying pouch when user's limb is injured and a support for the limb is required. By the two long ties arranged adjacent to each other and tightened around an arm or a leg of the human body, the pill box carrying pouch is closely attached to the wound on the limb for supporting wounded area or for hemostasis.
US11528973B1
A case for an electronic device. The case includes a lower housing having a cavity to receive the electronic device, and an electrical connector configured to couple to the electronic device. A lid is attached to the lower housing with a pivotable joint allowing the lid to rotate between a closed position where the lid is aligned over the cavity and an open position where the lid is angularly displaced allowing the electronic device to be removed from the cavity. The case also includes a hinge that provides the pivotable joint. The hinge is configured such that, when the lid is in the closed position, it is biased to remain closed via a detent, and, such that the lid has one or more stable positions between the fully open and fully closed positions.
US11528971B2
An article of jewelry comprising; a frame; and a decorative element secured within the frame, wherein two-dimensional array of optical phase shifting structures is embedded in the decorative element; wherein the two-dimensional array of optical phase shifting structures project an image when illuminated with a light source.
US11528969B2
Provided is a timepiece band that improves durability, water resistance, and fit. The timepiece band includes a first band, which is a single part, configured from metallic glass with an elastic modulus greater than or equal to 30 GPa and less than or equal to 70 GPa, and an elastic limit greater than or equal to 2% and less than or equal to 20%, and a second band, which is also a single part, configured from metallic glass with an elastic modulus greater than or equal to 30 GPa and less than or equal to 70 GPa, and an elastic limit greater than or equal to 2% and less than or equal to 20%.
US11528968B2
An article of manufacture having a zipper assembly with a slider apparatus, the slider apparatus configured with an attachment that may add decorative elements to the slider. The attachment may be configured to the slider using a mount that may include an inner opening that may receive the slider.
US11528957B2
A plurality of orthotic systems are provided. One bi-layer system is constructed from a single sheet of fabric that is molded into two layers. One tri-layer system includes a base layer; a mid-layer, and an upper layer. The upper layer is joined to the mid-layer and the mid-layer is joined to the base layer. The coupling of the base layer, the mid-layer and the upper layer create a rear spring section, a mid-spring section and a front spring section in which the upper layer is suspended over the mid-layer and the heel portion is suspended on the proximal heel end of the base layer.
US11528956B2
A plurality of orthotic systems are provided. One bi-layer system is constructed from a single sheet of fabric that is molded into two layers. One tri-layer system includes a base layer; a mid-layer; and an upper layer. The upper layer is joined to the mid-layer and the mid-layer is joined to the base layer. The coupling of the base layer, the mid-layer and the upper layer create a rear spring section, a mid-spring section and a front spring section in which the upper layer is suspended over the mid-layer and the heel portion is suspended on the proximal heel end of the base layer.
US11528945B2
A garment for postnatal women for absorbing postpartum bleeding and providing soothing effects during post-partum recovery. The maternal under garment includes an exterior layer having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. An interior layer overlaps the exterior layer along a front panel and a rear panel of the garment. An upper perimeter of the front panel includes a V-shape, wherein a nadir of the V-shape is centrally positioned on the front panel to comfortably rest below a stomach area of a woman. The maternal under garment includes an adjustable waist band to retract as the stomach area becomes smaller postpartum. Multiple layers are disposed between the interior and exterior layer, such as an absorbent layer for absorbing postpartum bleeding, a cooling layer for soothing genitals during postpartum recovery, and an antibacterial layer for assisting with pain relief and the healing process after birth.
US11528940B2
A cartridge and an atomizer having the cartridge are disclosed, the cartridge includes a micro-porous body with an absorption surface and an atomization surface; a heating element embedded in the micro-porous body; the heating element disposed between the absorption surface and the atomization surface; the heating element includes a first surface and a second surface; the heating element is bored with multiple spaced through holes, the through holes are extending from the first surface to the second surface.
US11528933B2
In one aspect an aerosol-generating device comprising a smoking article and a heat source is described. The smoking article includes a smokable material and a cooling agent, the smokable material including a tobacco component. The heat source is disposed to heat, but not burn the smokable material in use. The cooling agent comprises a compound or a combination of compounds according to either of the following formulae, racemates, enantiomers and salts thereof (I, II).
US11528932B2
A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
US11528929B2
A nutritional supplement composition for treatment of bladder disorders, in particular, overactive bladder (OAB) includes therapeutically effective amounts of pumpkin seed extract, nitric oxide precursor, vitamin D3, prebiotic fiber, preservative, and stabilizer.
US11528926B2
A thermal increase system may be coupled to a containment structure for containing a load. The system includes a plurality of shelf support structures disposed within a cavity. The plurality of shelf support structures is configured to support a repositionable electrode at a plurality of positions within the cavity. The system includes a first electrode disposed at a first surface of the containment structure, wherein the repositionable electrode is disposed within the containment structure so as to divide the cavity into separate volumes. The system includes a radio frequency signal source electrically connected to one or both of the first electrode and the repositionable electrode. The radio frequency signal source is configured to provide radio frequency energy to either or both of the first electrode and the repositionable electrode.
US11528923B2
The present invention relates to a wet pet food palatability-enhancing composition comprising at least: —one or more free amino acids A1, —one or more sugars A2, and —one or more inorganic phosphate compounds B with an amount P of phosphorus, wherein the amount P of phosphorus is from 1% to 5% based on the total weight of said wet pet food palatability-enhancing composition, and wherein the ratio R1 of A1/(A1+A2+P) is superior to 0.30. The present invention also relates to a method for producing this wet pet food palatability-enhancing composition as well as a wet pet food having enhanced palatability comprising this wet pet food palatability-enhancing composition.
US11528922B2
A system, machines and consumables for the preparation of portioned amount of a cooled edible product constituting a defined number of servings which may be 1, 2, 3, etc. are provided. One example of such an edible product is ice cream.
US11528921B2
A die assembly (10) used with a tray (11) employed in a continuous confectionary stark moulding machine/process, in which a plurality of the trays (11) are used. The tray (11) is of a rectangular configuration and includes upwardly extending side walls (12) that surround a space (13) that receives starch, in powder form, typically the powder would be flour.
US11528908B2
An acaricide includes a surfactant and a penetrant. The acaricide has good, quick-acting effects, long effective period, safe and environment friendly, good stability, and a wide range of applications. The acaricide is not only capable of being used for exterminating agricultural and forest mites, but is also capable of being used for exterminating medical and animal husbandry mites. The acaricide has few to none drug residues and has good stability in acaricidal effect. Moreover, the acaricide is convenient to use, and may be used either alone or added directly into other insecticides.
US11528907B2
The present invention relates to novel heteroaryl-triazole and heteroaryl-tetrazole compounds of the general formula (I), in which the structural elements Y, Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meaning given in the description, to formulations and compositions comprising such compounds and for their use in the control of animal pests including arthropods and insects in plant protection and to their use for control of ectoparasites on animals.
US11528906B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US11528902B2
A device to aid in the production and regeneration of tissues and organs, standing alone, or on or inside of the human body, with a method of fabrication of tissues and organs and use of the device.
US11528888B2
A system for feeding farm animals comprises two milk tanks and a drawing line. The two milk tanks are configured to receive a stored full milk quantity and the drawing line comprises two drawing line portions each comprising a drain valve and each connected to one of the two milk tanks. A preparing unit is configured to prepare a liquid ration and a connecting line configured to connect the drawing line with the preparing unit. a cleaning unit comprises at least one cleaning agent container configured to receive a cleaning agent, and a cleaning agent supply apparatus configured to supply cleaning agent from the cleaning agent container to the two milk tanks. A control is configured to actuate the cleaning unit, the preparing unit, and each drain valve to guide the cleaning agent guided from one of the two milk tanks through the connecting line into the preparing unit.
US11528878B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKUU81 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKUU81, cells from soybean variety 5PKUU81, plants of soybean 5PKUU81, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKUU81. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKUU81 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKUU81, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKUU81, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKUU81. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKUU81 are further provided.
US11528876B1
A novel maize variety designated X90P469 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90P469 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90P469 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90P469, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90P469 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90P469 and methods of using maize variety X90P469 are disclosed.
US11528874B1
A novel maize variety designated X15P092 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P092 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P092 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P092, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P092 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P092 and methods of using maize variety X15P092 are disclosed.
US11528873B1
A novel maize variety designated X15P082 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P082 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P082 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P082, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P082 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P082 and methods of using maize variety X15P082 are disclosed.
US11528872B1
A novel maize variety designated X13P461 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13P461 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13P461 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13P461, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13P461 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13P461 and methods of using maize variety X13P461 are disclosed.
US11528869B1
A novel maize variety designated X00P570 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00P570 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00P570 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00P570, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00P570 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00P570 and methods of using maize variety X00P570 are disclosed.
US11528864B1
A novel maize variety designated X15P097 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15P097 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15P097 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X15P097, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15P097 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15P097 and methods of using maize variety X15P097 are disclosed.
US11528862B1
A novel maize variety designated PH47F1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47F1 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47F1 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47F1 or a locus conversion of PH47F1 with another maize variety.
US11528859B2
An automated growing system comprises a plurality of vegetative production lines for moving a plurality of planted growing channels from a first end to a second end of a growing area, a plurality of flowering production lines for moving the channels from the second end to the first end, and a first conveyor belt for moving planted growing channels from the plurality of vegetative production lines to the plurality of flowering production lines. Each production line may comprise a frame, a conveyor assembly configured to receive growing channels, a fertigation delivery line comprising a plurality of regulators spaced therealong for depositing fluid into the growing channels, a drainage trough, and an air supply duct positioned under the conveyor assembly, the air supply duct comprising a plurality of openings therein for delivering conditioned air to plants growing in the growing channels. Each growing channel may comprise a trough having a first end higher than a second end, a flange extending laterally from each of a pair of opposed lateral edges of the trough and having a plurality of leach lines on an upper surface thereof extending a different predetermined distance from the first end toward the second end, and a fertigation receiving structure attached to the first end of the trough and configured to direct fluid falling therein into the leach lines of each flange.
US11528848B2
An agricultural baler includes a main bale chamber having an inlet for receiving crop material. A strawhook arrangement includes a plurality of strawhooks and an actuation mechanism for moving the strawhooks between an open position wherein the inlet to the main bale chamber is open, and a closed position wherein the inlet to the main bale chamber is closed. The actuation mechanism includes a two-bar linkage and an actuator. The two-bar linkage has a first bar with a first end and a second end, and a second bar with a first end and a second end. The first end of the first bar is pivotally coupled with the strawhooks, and the first end of the second bar is pivotally coupled with a fixed structure of the baler. The actuator is coupled with the second ends of the first bar and the second bar. The actuator is operable to apply pushing or pulling forces to each of the second ends and thereby selectively move the strawhooks between the open position and the closed position.
US11528845B2
A mower has a plurality of rotary cutters for cutting a crop and a swathing unit for forming a cut crop into a swath. In some embodiments, the swathing unit includes an auger and a housing that extends around at least part of the auger and provides a swathing aperture through which cut crop material is ejected to form a swath. In some embodiments, the housing includes at least one guide plate that can be adjusted to adjust the width W of the swathing aperture.
