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US11187464B2	System for adjusting temperature of transmission oil, heat exchange assembly and valve assembly A system for adjusting transmission oil temperature and a heat exchange assembly are provided. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat exchange core, a valve assembly, an adapter base, and a mounting plate fixed with the heat exchange core. The valve assembly is arranged in or partially located in a second passage of the heat exchange core. The valve assembly has a first valve port and a first notch. The heat exchange core further includes a through passage in communication with a fourth port. When a first valve port is opened, a third port is in communication with the fourth port through a first passage, the second passage, the first notch and the first valve port in turn. When the first valve port is closed, the third port is in communication with a fifth port through the first passage, the second passage and the first notch in turn.
US11187463B2	Apparatus and method for controlling concentration of oxygen in heating furnace An apparatus for controlling the concentration of oxygen in a heating furnace according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a first oxygen concentration bias setting unit for receiving a set first oxygen concentration bias; a second oxygen concentration bias calculation unit for, when a measured value of carbon monoxide in exhaust gas is out of an allowable carbon monoxide range, calculating a second oxygen concentration bias by using the measured value of carbon monoxide and the concentration of oxygen measured in the exhaust gas; an oxygen concentration bias providing unit for providing an oxygen concentration bias by using the first oxygen concentration bias and the second oxygen concentration bias; and an oxygen concentration set value correction unit for correcting a set value of the concentration of oxygen by using the oxygen concentration bias.
US11187456B2	Refrigerating device for a recreational vehicle The present invention is intended to provide a refrigerating device for a recreational vehicle, comprising a refrigerating chamber which is defined by side walls, an upper wall and a lower wall and a front opening, the refrigerating device further comprising a door which is configured to allow sealing of the front opening and to allow accessing the refrigerating chamber via the front opening, an input panel comprising a display, an input knob and a processing unit. The display depicts a plurality of items which correspond to a plurality of executable input methods to be triggered by a user via actuation of the input knob.
US11187455B2	Cargo-neutral testing of container during mode transition A cargo-neutral climate control diagnostic system for a climate controlled mobile container includes a controller configured and disposed to be connected to one or more climate control components. The controller is configured and disposed to identify a cargo-neutral test opportunity and conduct a test to determine an operational state of the one or more climate control components of the climate controlled mobile cargo container while maintaining a desired environment.
US11187453B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator has a moving basket. The refrigerator includes a door, a rail member, and a roller member. The door opens and closes a cabinet and has a separate storage room. The rail member is received in a rail receiving part provided at each of left and right opposite sides of the storage room and has a space therein. The roller member is coupled to the rail member so that the basket lifts and lowers along the rail member in the storage room. The insertion hole is defined by being open at the left and right opposite sides of the storage room corresponding to the rail receiving part. The insertion hole defines the trajectory of the lifting and lowering of the basket. The cover member is provided inside the rail receiving part and covers the insertion hole by being lifted and lowered during the lifting and lowering of the basket.
US11187446B2	Anomaly detection in a refrigeration condensor system Embodiments for fault diagnosis and analysis of refrigeration condenser systems by a processor. An energy usage anomaly is detected in a condenser by comparing an energy usage profile of the condenser against a knowledge domain of energy usage standards and energy usage standards anomalies.
US11187442B1	Portable internal combustion engine with heating and cooling capabilities A portable internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine having a fuel storage container and a first output shaft, the internal combustion engine rotates the first output shaft; a compressor engaged with the first output shaft, the first output shaft to provide energy thereto; an evaporative coil within a first housing and in fluid communication with the compressor and to receive a refrigerant from the compressor; a first fan engaged with the first output shaft and to pull air over the evaporative coil; a first outlet in gaseous communication with the first housing and to expel cool air via a first blower; and a control system to operate the internal combustion engine, the compressor, and first blower expel cool air.
US11187436B2	HVAC systems and methods with improved heating element control Systems, tools, and methods are presented that enable a circuit to introduce a random time delay before actuating a relay to start or stop a supply of electrical power to a heating element of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. In one instance, the circuit includes a time-delay switch electrically connected to the relay. The time-delay switch has a random time delay before entering a closed state or open state. The relay is operable to start and stop a supply of electrical power to the heating element in response to the switch entering, respectively, the closed state and the open state. Other systems, tools and methods are presented. Other systems, tools and methods are presented.
US11187432B2	Heat exchanger and corrugated fin A heat exchanger includes a tube, a corrugated fin, and a plurality of grooves. The corrugated fin has a plurality of bent portions and a plurality of fin main bodies disposed between the bent portions. The multiple grooves are arranged at specified intervals from each other and are formed on a surface of the corrugated fin to enhance the hydrophilicity of the surface. The corrugated fin includes a first thick portion in which at least one of the grooves is included and a second thick portion thicker than the first thick portion in a cross-sectional view along an extending direction of the bent portions.
US11187425B2	Thermostat variable fan-off delay A method for providing a variable fan-off delay after a thermostat call for cooling or after a heating on cycle for a Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The variable fan-off delay may be ended based on comparing a measurement of a Conditioned Space Temperature (CST) to a CST threshold. The CST threshold may be based on a previous measurement of the CST monitored during the current variable fan-off delay. The CST threshold may be an inflection point where the rate of change of the CST with respect to time equals zero plus or minus a confidence interval tolerance. The CST threshold may also be a fan-off delay differential offset or a thermostat setpoint differential where the variable fan-off delay is ended when the measurement of the CST during the variable fan-off delay crosses the differential at least once after the cooling or heating on cycle.
US11187413B2	Dirt collector system A combustor may comprise a combustion chamber encapsulated by a combustor casing, wherein the combustor casing comprises a casing forward portion, a casing radially inward portion, a casing radially outward portion, and a casing aft portion. The casing radially inward portion may comprise a dirt collector system comprising a hot panel adjacent to the combustion chamber; a cold shell panel coupled to the hot panel such that the hot panel is between the combustion chamber and the cold shell panel; and a dirt collector panel coupled to the cold shell panel such that the cold shell panel is between the hot panel and the dirt collector panel. The cold shell panel and the dirt collector panel at least partially define a dirt collecting space.
US11187410B2	Intermittent ignition device for a furnace An intermittent ignition device for use with a furnace includes a pilot assembly configured for installation in the furnace and a gas valve configured for installation in the furnace to selectively supply gas to the pilot assembly and a burner assembly of the furnace. The intermittent ignition device further includes an ignition control module that transmits signals to the pilot assembly and the gas valve. The intermittent ignition device further includes a power source positioned outside of the furnace that supplies power to the ignition control module and the gas valve.
US11187397B2	LED lighting apparatuses for backlight unit of a display An LED display lighting device is disclosed. The LED display lighting device includes: a substrate including a substrate base and a first electrode part and a second electrode part, both of which are disposed on the substrate base; a plurality of LED chips arranged in a matrix on the substrate; and a diffusion plate covering the upper portions of the LED chips. Each of the LED chips includes: a light-transmitting base; n LED cells disposed under the light-transmitting base and each including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer; an interconnection through which the n LED cells are connected in series; a first electrode structure through which the first conductive semiconductor layer of the first LED cell is connected to the first electrode part; and a second electrode structure through which the second conductive semiconductor layer of the n-th LED cell is connected to the second electrode part. The sum of the areas of the active layers of the n LED cells is at least 50% of the area of the light-transmitting base.
US11187381B2	Cryostat devices for magnetic resonance imaging and methods for making The cryostat may include an inner vessel configured to accommodate one or more superconducting coils, an outer vessel encompassing the inner vessel, and a thermal shield configured between the outer vessel and the inner vessel. The thermal shield may include an internal cylinder having a first end and an external cylinder encompassing the internal cylinder, the external cylinder having a second end. The thermal shield may also include a seal head configured between the internal cylinder and the external cylinder, the seal head having a first edge and a second edge. The thermal shield may further include a connecting component including a plurality of connectors. Each of the plurality of connectors may be configured to connect the first end of the internal cylinder with the first edge of the seal head and/or the second end of the external cylinder with the second edge of the seal head.
US11187374B2	Systems and methods associated with a holding device Systems and methods for a holding device. More specifically, embodiments are related to a holding device that is configured to secure a soft good.
US11187371B2	Apparatus for coupling a plurality of electronic devices A coupling apparatus is provided. The coupling apparatus includes a first coupling part coupled with a first electronic device, a second coupling part coupled with a second electronic device, and a connecting part coupled with the first coupling part and the second coupling part, respectively, to connect the first coupling part and the second coupling part. A distance between the first coupling part and the second coupling part is adjusted depending on a position where at least one of the first coupling part and the second coupling part is coupled with the connecting part. Other embodiments of the present disclosure are possible.
US11187358B2	Universal vacuum fitting clamp with torque control A sealing system for establishing real time sealing between two flange members is provided. The sealing system includes a seal assembly disposed between the flange members. The seal assembly includes an o-ring seal component held between an outer seal component and an inner seal component. A clamp body including a first clamp arm and a second clamp arm receive the flange members and the seal assembly positioned between the flange members. A coupling device of the sealing system is used to apply torque to clamp arms to draw them each other resulting biasing the flange member toward each other to establish sealing. Each of the clamp arms includes at least one window opening to expose a portion of outer seal component that includes an indicator configured for displaying an identification feature of the o-ring seal component of the sealing assembly.
US11187352B2	Parallel wire cable A parallel wire cable is produced from a plurality of wires arranged in a bundle for use as a structural cable. Each wire in the plurality of wires is parallel to every other wire in the bundle, and each wire in the plurality of wires is tensioned to a tension value.
US11187345B2	Paraffin actuated diaphragm valve A valve includes a valve housing defining a fluid flowpath therethrough, a valve element located in the valve housing and movable in the fluid flowpath to regulate a fluid flow therethrough, and a valve actuator operably connected to the valve element to urge movement of the valve element in the fluid flowpath. The valve actuator includes an actuator housing, a volume of paraffin located in the housing, and an actuator rod located in the actuator housing and operably connected to the valve element, such that phase change of the paraffin urges movement of the actuator rod between a first position and a second position, thereby moving the valve element between a retracted position and an extended position.
US11187336B2	Pressure relief device A pressure relief valve configured to vent a pressurized tank in the event of a fire is provided. The pressure relief valve includes a body, a vent passage, a plug and a latch. The vent passage is disposed through the body. The vent passage can be placed in fluid communication with an internal volume of a tank and with the atmosphere. The plug is moveably mounted in the vent passage. The latch has a blocking member disposed in contact with a control end of the plug in a first configuration and out of contact with the control end in a second configuration. The second configuration allows movement of the plug in the vent passage. One or both of a shape memory alloy wire and a trigger piston is configured to actuate the latch from the first to the second configuration. The shape memory alloy wire is configured to shorten when exposed to a temperature above a threshold temperature. The trigger piston moves, e.g., by a pressurized gas, in a trigger actuation passage to actuate the latch from the first configuration to the second configuration.
US11187332B2	Break-away check valve A break-away check valve is disclosed. The check valve may be configured between two passageways and may regulate the flow of liquid between the passageways. The check valve may include an actuation assembly that may actuate the check valve upon the system becoming dislodged or otherwise dislocated from at least one of the passageways.
US11187328B2	Attenuation element for use with valves A control valve includes a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve closure member displaceable a closed position and an open position. An attenuation element is provided and includes a plurality of hollow tubes including a first tube, a second tube and a third tube. Each tube includes a flow axis from an open first end to an open second end, and an inner surface defining a flow area and having a cross-sectional shape normal to the flow axis. A second end of the tubes is between the valve closure member and first ends of the tubes along their respective flow axes when the valve closure member is closed. The first tube, the second tube, and the third tube are integrally formed as a single, unitary structure.
US11187322B2	Piston ring having a stepped running surface A stepped piston ring (2) includes a ring outer side (5), an upper ring flank (6), and a lower ring flank (8). The ring outer side (5) on the upper edge has a notch (10, so that only a lower portion of the ring outer side (5) forms a contact surface (4).
US11187320B2	Shift system theft protection feature A steering column assembly includes a jacket assembly, a modular shift assembly, and a mounting bracket. The jacket assembly extends along a first axis. The modular shift assembly includes a shift bracket and a shift gate. The shift bracket is connected to the jacket assembly and defines a shift bracket opening. The shift gate is disposed on the shift bracket. The bracket defines a shift gate opening as well as first and second detents that extend from the shift gate opening. The mounting bracket is disposed on the shift bracket and has a tab that overlaps a portion of the shift gate.
US11187319B2	Method for learning position of dual clutch transmission gear motor A method for learning a reference position of a DCT gear motor is proposed. The method includes: a first voltage supply step of supplying voltage to the motor to allow the motor to rotate to a stored reference point; a second voltage supply step of repeating a process that increases the level of the voltage supplied to the motor to a higher level than the level of the voltage applied in the first voltage supply step and decreases the level, wherein the voltage is supplied to the motor to gradually increase the level thereof; a step of monitoring a position change of the motor; a step of stopping voltage supply to the motor when a temporary position change is generated in the motor to remove the temporary position change; and a step of setting the current position of the motor as a new reference point.
US11187312B2	Torque converter with stacked plate four-pass clutch A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell fixed to the cover; a turbine including a turbine shell; a stator including at least one stator blade axially disposed between the impeller shell and the turbine shell; and a lock-up clutch. The lock-up clutch includes: a piston plate non-rotatably connected to the cover; a dam plate; a centering plate axially disposed between the cover and the dam plate; a first chamber bounded at least in part by the cover and the piston plate; a second chamber bounded at least in part by the piston plate and the dam plate; a first channel connected to the first chamber and bounded at least in part by the cover and the centering plate; and a second channel connected to the second chamber and bounded at least in part by the centering plate and the dam plate.
US11187308B2	Actuator An actuator for driving a rotatable component includes a first, rotating member comprising a screw and a second member comprising a nut threaded to said screw, wherein rotation of said first member causes axial movement of said first or second member. The component also includes a third member coupled to the second member, wherein axial movement of said first or second member causes axial movement of said third member and a fourth, rotating member coupled to said third member and connectable to said component. The system also includes a bearing system located between said third member and said fourth member, said bearing system configured to cause said fourth member to rotate upon said axial movement of said third member so as to drive said component.
US11187301B2	Mechanical paradox planetary gear mechanism There is provided a mechanical paradox planetary gear mechanism, including: a sun gear configured to be rotatable together with rotation of an input shaft; a plurality of first planetary gears arranged around the sun gear at equal intervals, and configured to rotate about their own axes while revolving around the sun gear in a state in which the first planetary gears mesh with the sun gear; a first internal gear arranged around the plurality of first planetary gears, and configured to mesh with the plurality of first planetary gears; a second internal gear arranged in the same axis as the first internal gear; and a plurality of second planetary gears respectively arranged on the same axes as the plurality of first planetary gears, and configured to mesh with the second internal gear.
US11187298B2	Extension assembly for damper An extension assembly for a damper includes an extension post having an upper end and a lower end opposite to the upper end. The extension post includes a coupling portion, a narrow portion defining a deformed section, and a wide portion disposed between the coupling portion and the narrow portion. A diameter of the wide portion is greater than a diameter of the narrow portion. The extension assembly includes a retaining member having a sleeve portion received on the narrow portion of the extension post and a plurality of support portions extending from the sleeve portion. Further, the deformed section of the narrow portion secures the retaining member to the narrow portion. The extension assembly further includes a sealing ring disposed around the retaining member. The sealing ring is disposed between the wide portion of the extension post and the plurality of support portions of the retaining member.
US11187295B2	Hook member and tension spring [Problems] Objects include providing a hook member that can be easily attached to a coil spring and providing a tension spring that includes the hook member. [Solution] A hook member used for being attached to an end part of a coil spring in its axial direction is provided. The hook member includes a hook part for hooking a target member and an attachment part capable of being screwed with an outer circumferential surface and/or an inner circumferential surface of the coil spring. The attachment part has a sliding surface slidable with the outer circumferential surface and/or inner circumferential surface of the coil spring, and the sliding surface has a reverse shape of the outer circumferential surface and/or inner circumferential surface of at least the first turn constituting the coil spring.
US11187290B2	Aluminum ceramic composite brake assembly A brake assembly for use in a disc brake mechanism of a vehicle. The brake assembly includes an aluminum ceramic composite rotor connected to a central aluminum hub. The rotor includes projections extending radially inward toward the hub and engaging with through holes in the hub. The projections extend through the through holes to connect the rotor to the hub. The engagement between the projections and the through holes allows for radial movement of the projections relative to the through holes, which radial movement may be caused by thermal expansion of the rotor from heat generated during a breaking operation.
US11187282B2	High-speed, overrunning coupling and control assembly, coupling assembly and locking member which pivotally moves with substantially reduced friction A high-speed overrunning coupling and control assembly, coupling assembly and locking member which pivotally moves with substantially reduced friction are provided. At least one pivot projects from a main body portion of the locking member and enables pivotal motion of the locking member. The at least one pivot is sized, shaped and located with respect to the main body portion so that the at least one pivot makes contact with at least one bearing located between a pocket surface of a pocket and an outer surface of the at least one pivot to reduce friction during pivotal motion.
US11187278B2	Friction surface clutch and ancillary unit of a motor vehicle A friction surface clutch having two conical friction surface pairs each with an inner friction surface element and an outer friction surface element, wherein the inner friction surface element is mounted axially displaceable with respect to a rotational axis, and wherein a frictionally locking connection is set up and canceled in a manner which is dependent on the axial displacement position of the inner friction surface element. The inner friction surface element is coupled to a separate transmission element such that the inner friction surface element and the transmission element can be rotated jointly about the rotational axis, with the coupling being set up via a bearing contact between a guide surface on the inner friction surface element and a countersurface on the transmission element.
US11187276B2	Flexible coupling A flexible coupling comprises a flexible torque disc (24) having a first plurality of fixing points (24a) whereby it can be mounted upon a first rotatable component (12), in use, and a second plurality of fixing points (24b) whereby it can be mounted upon a second rotatable component (14), in use, a support ring (26), and mounting means (34) whereby the flexible torque disc (24) is secured to the support ring (26), the mounting means (34) restricting deflection of the flexible torque disc (24) relative to the support ring (26).
US11187275B2	Device for connecting a steering column to a steering gear housing A device for connecting a steering column to a steering gear housing comprising a shaft (2) having an end portion (20), a clamping collar (1) comprising two arms (10, 11) arranged relative to one another in such a way as to delimit a cavity (3) able to guide the shaft (2) into a position of engagement and keep the shaft (2) in the engaged position, and means (16) for clamping the arms (10, 11) onto the shaft in the engaged position with a set torque, the cavity (3) comprising a coupling zone (4) and an entry zone (5) situated to the rear of the coupling zone in the direction of insertion and dimensioned in relation to the coupling zone (4) in such a way as to prevent the clamping means from being clamped to the set torque when the end portion is situated in the entry zone (5).
US11187270B2	Liner with improved resistance to wear and a plain bearing including such a liner A bearing liner includes a binder with a resin material, a pre-preg, a structural yarn and a lubricating yarn, and particles of aluminum oxide (Al2O3). The particles of aluminum oxide may be embedded within the binder or within the lubricating yarn, or may be embedded within both the binder and the lubricating yarn. A plain bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring and such a liner interposed or disposed between the rings.
US11187265B2	Rolling bearing having a sensor and drive unit A rolling bearing (1) has an outer ring (3) and an inner ring (2) that can rotate in relation to the outer ring (3). A sensor (8) is arranged on the outer ring (3) and a master ring (13) is arranged on the inner ring (2). The master ring (13) can be detected by the sensor (8). The master ring (13) has an electrically conductive section (15), and a contact element (10) fixed on the outer ring (3) bears against the electrically conductive section (15) of the master ring (13).
US11187252B2	Mechanically programmable closed fluid actuation system Aspects of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus, and systems for actuating a soft robot. An actuation system includes a camshaft, a motor configured to drive the camshaft to rotate around a rotational axis, and an air bladder configured to expel fluid from the air bladder during compression and draw fluid into the air bladder during decompression. The system further includes a cam coupled to the camshaft that is configured to rotate around the rotational axis when the camshaft is driven and compress or decompress the air bladder based on a physical profile of the cam as the cam rotates around the rotational axis. The system also includes a soft robot coupled to the air bladder, wherein the soft robot is actuated to move based on the fluid inserted into the soft robot during compression or the fluid removed from the soft robot during decompression.
US11187251B2	Device and method for ring gate closing optimization This invention discloses in particular an actuation cylinder (10) for controlling the movement of a ring-gate (40) of a hydraulic machine, said actuation cylinder (10) comprising a body (18) forming a first chamber (22) provided with a first duct (26) and a second chamber (24) provided with a second duct (28) which are designed to receive an actuating fluid through said first duct (26) and said second duct (28), said chambers being separated from one another by a piston (20) connected to an actuating rod (14) and able to move in said body in a first direction in which the volume of the second chamber increases while the volume of the first chamber decreases, and in a second direction in which the volume of the second chamber decreases while the volume of the first chamber increases, said piston being provided with a rod (30) connected in said second chamber to an area (20b) of the piston turned toward said second chamber, said area (20b) having a surface less than an area (20a) of the piston turned toward the first chamber.
US11187247B1	Gas turbine engine with active clearance control A small gas turbine engine, such as is used to power a UAV, that includes at least one centrifugal compressor having an impeller with blades that form a gap between the blade tips and stationary shroud of the gas turbine engine, and where a resistance heating element is secured to or bonded to a compressor casing of the gas turbine engine in order to use heat to control the gap between the impeller blades and the stationary shroud. The resistance heating element is activated at cruise mode to move the shroud toward the impeller. Additionally or alternatively, the compressor casing is heated with bled-off compressed air to move the shroud toward the impeller. A capacitance tip clearance sensor can be mounted on the impeller shroud to monitor and control tip clearance in real time.
US11187245B2	Fan motor and manufacturing method of the same A fan motor according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: an impeller a hub connected to a rotary shaft and at least one blade formed on the outer surface of the hub; a shroud surrounding the outer circumference of the impeller; and a coating layer coated on the inner circumferential surface of the shroud. The coating layer may include: a polymer having strength lower than the strength of the blade; and a plurality of beads mixed with the polymer and having strength higher than the strength of the polymer.
US11187232B2	Vortex pump A non-chokable pump includes an impeller having vanes for delivering solids-containing media. At least a portion of the vanes include a vane section that branches from a vane extending from a hub region of the impeller. The vane section preferably has a curvature greater than the vane extending from the hub region.
US11187231B2	Scroll compressor Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor capable of optimizing a position where a load is applied from a support member to an orbiting scroll. The scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll fixed to an inside of a body, an orbiting scroll configured to orbit in engagement with the fixed scroll, a rotary shaft configured to allow the orbiting scroll to orbit, a holding member configured to hold the fixed scroll from a side opposite to the orbiting scroll, and a support member arranged between the rotary shaft and the holding member to support the orbiting scroll by a load applied to a position away from a center of the orbiting scroll.
US11187223B2	Home flood prevention appliance system A home flood prevention appliance system includes controller circuitry disposed in a shroud above a cover of a sump basin, and a plurality of electrically operated sump pumps disposed in a lower portion of a structural frame positionable below the cover in the sump basin. The system also includes a water control actuator operable as a water main control device for a domestic water distribution network and a flow meter to measure the flow of municipal water supplied to the network. The controller circuitry configured to selectively energize the pumps to extract liquid from a sump basin based on a liquid level in the sump basin. The water control actuator controlled by the controller circuitry to shut off a municipal water supply to the domestic water distribution network in response to detection of a leak. Communication circuitry included in the home flood prevention appliance may wirelessly communicate.
US11187221B2	Actuation system for a resonant linear compressor, method for actuating a resonant linear compressor, and resonant linear compressor An actuation system for a resonant linear compressor (50), applied to cooling systems, the latter being particularly designed to operate at the electromechanical frequency of said compressor (50), so that the system will be capable of raising the maximum power supplied by the linear actuator, in conditions of overload of said cooling system. Additionally, an actuation method for a resonant linear compressor (50) is disclosed, the operation steps of which enable one to actuate the equipment at the electromechanical resonance frequency, as well as to control the actuation thereof in over load conditions.
US11187203B2	Wind turbines, wind turbine blades, and methods for manufacturing wind turbine blades A wind turbine blade includes a plurality of layered sections coupled together end-to-end. Each section includes a side wall that forms a tubular structure and includes at least one bore. When the sections are coupled together, the bores generally align to form a conduit. A strengthening element extends through the conduit and is configured to reinforce the blade under load during use of the wind turbine. A wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle, and a rotor including a hub and at least one wind turbine blade including a plurality of layered sections extending from the hub. A method of forming a wind turbine blade through an additive manufacturing process is also disclosed.
US11187191B2	Charge forming device with tamper resistant adjustable valve A carburetor with a body with a cavity in which an adjustable fuel valve is received. To inhibit access to and manual adjustment of the valve, a cover may overlay at least a portion of the adjustable valve. In some forms, a releasable lock plate may be received between the cover and the adjustable valve. Specialty tools may release the lock plate and adjust the valve.
US11187185B1	Waste heat recovery lube oil management A waste heat recovery system comprising a thermal circuit. The thermal circuit includes a boiler and an expander fluidly coupled to the boiler. The thermal circuit further includes a power transfer system integrated to the expander. The power transfer system is configured to receive mechanical energy from the expander. The thermal circuit further includes an ejector fluidly coupled to the boiler and to the power transfer system. The ejector is configured to receive a motive flow of working fluid from the boiler. The ejector is further configured to receive a suction flow of working fluid from the power transfer system. The ejector is further configured to combine the motive flow of working fluid and the suction flow of working fluid.
US11187178B1	System and method for previewing vehicle emissions Methods and systems for operating an engine that includes an after treatment system are described. In one example, traffic data and navigation system data are a basis for deciding whether or not to increase heat output of an engine to ensure operation of the after treatment system. In particular, one or more actuators may be adjusted to minimize fuel consumption and/or reduce feedgas emissions while generating sufficient heat to maintain after treatment system operation.
US11187172B2	Controller and control method for internal combustion engine An engine controller executes a fuel introduction process of introducing, in a state in which the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is rotating, air-fuel mixture that contains fuel injected by a fuel injection valve into the exhaust passage without burning the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder. When the oxygen concentration of exit gas that has passed through a three-way catalyst decreases during the execution of the fuel introduction process, the engine controller executes a stopping process of stopping the fuel introduction process.
US11187161B2	Fuel flow control A fuel flow control system is configured to perform a method including: setting a fuel flow demand proportional to compressor discharge pressure; detecting an actual fuel flow; and applying an enhanced schedule for fuel flow demand while fuel flow demand is less than a predefined proportion of actual fuel flow.
US11187159B2	Pivot for sliding bearing and gear train The invention relates to a pivot pin (5) for an epicyclic gear train sliding bearing, having axially opposed, laterally open circumferential grooves (25a) providing flexibility to the pivot pin, each groove having a radial width and at least one depth (P). At least one of the circumferential grooves (25a,25b) has a said width and/or depth (P) which varies circumferentially.
US11187155B2	Sectional fuel manifolds A multipoint fuel injection system comprises an injection system segment including a circumferentially extending outer support defining a fuel manifold with a plurality of manifold passages extending circumferentially therethrough. A first connector is included at a first circumferential end of the outer support and a second connector is included at a second circumferential end of the outer support opposite the first circumferential end. The first and second connectors are each configured to connect each manifold passage with a manifold passages of a respective outer support of a circumferentially adjacent injection system segment. The system includes a circumferentially extending inner support and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart feed arms extending radially between the inner support and the outer support. A plurality of outlet openings extend in an axial direction from each feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles.
US11187140B2	Method for operating an internal combustion engine, dual fuel injector device, and internal combustion engine designed for carrying out such a method A method for operating an internal combustion engine including a step of concurrently introducing at least two combustible fuel jets into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. A first combustible fuel jet of the at least two combustible fuel jets is ignited at an ignition time point. In a first operating mode of the internal combustion engine a second combustible fuel jet which is different from the first combustible fuel jet of the at least two combustible fuel jets is ignited after the ignition time point.
US11187138B2	Concrete mixer vehicle An engine module for a mixer vehicle includes an engine, a cooling system, and a hood. The cooling system includes a radiator fluidly coupled to the engine and a fan assembly. The fan assembly includes a fan. The hood includes a housing and a door. The housing has a first end configured to be positioned proximate a mixer drum assembly and a second end configured to be positioned proximate a rear end of a chassis of the mixer vehicle. The housing defines an internal cavity within which the engine and the cooling system is disposed. The first end defines an inlet airflow cavity having a bottom surface and an air inlet. The second end defines an opening. The door is pivotally coupled to the second end and positioned to selectively enclose the opening.
US11187135B2	Vehicle exhaust system A vehicle exhaust system includes a tubular component which allow passage of exhaust gases therethrough. The tubular component includes an upstream pipe having a first end and a second end. The tubular component further includes a downstream pipe having a third end and a fourth end. The third end of the downstream pipe at least partially encloses the second end of the upstream pipe such that the upstream pipe and the downstream pipe together define a junction region and the fourth end defines a primary exhaust gas flow path. The downstream pipe at least partially defines an opening within the junction region such that the opening provides a secondary exhaust gas flow path.
US11187131B2	Double canning exhaust gas purification device A purification device includes an outer housing canning, extending along a longitudinal axis, and in which exhaust gas is configured to circulate A purification unit is housed in the outer housing canning and incorporates at least one inductive element. An inner induction canning is housed in the outer housing canning and surrounds the purification unit, and comprises an induction device configured to induce an electric current in the at least one inductive element. A holding and insulation assembly is housed in the outer housing canning and surrounds the purification unit. The holding and insulation assembly includes at least one of: an inner holding web positioned radially between the inner induction canning and the purification unit, and/or end rings surrounding the purification unit and positioned on either side of the inner induction canning in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US11187129B2	Exhaust gas purification catalyst An exhaust gas purification including: a base of wall flow structure having inlet side cells wherein an end on the exhaust gas inflow side is open and outlet side cells wherein an end on the exhaust gas outflow side is open, and a porous partition wall that partitions the side cells; and first and second catalyst layers disposed in the interior of the porous partition wall so as to be in contact with the side cells, wherein either of the catalyst layers contains an oxidation catalyst but does not contain a reduction catalyst, and the other contains the reduction catalyst but does not contain the oxidation catalyst; and a ratio of the lengths of the catalyst layers differs between a surface of the porous partition wall on the side in contact with the inlet side cells and a surface on the side in contact with the outlet side cells.
US11187128B2	After-treatment system for repower locomotives An SCR after-treatment system for a locomotive engine includes an enclosure defining an exhaust flow path from an inlet to an outlet, the inlet being flexibly connected to an exhaust outlet of the engine, an injector located in the inlet and configured to provide an aerosolized reductant into the exhaust flow path, a mixing tube extending from the inlet into the enclosure towards a back wall of the enclosure; a plurality of catalyst cells extending parallel to the mixing tube; the exhaust flow path traveling through the plurality of catalyst cells between the mixing tube and the outlet, and a side channel located between the mixing tube and the plurality of catalyst cells. The enclosure is configured to create low back pressure and an even distribution of the exhaust flow path across the plurality of catalyst cells.
US11187127B2	Exhaust gas treatment system and method with four-way catalyzed filter element An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas pathway configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, a first injector configured to selectively introduce a first reductant into the exhaust gas pathway in response to a sensed temperature of the exhaust gas being within a predetermined temperature range, and a first treatment element positioned within the exhaust gas pathway downstream of the first injector. The first treatment element includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) layer, a porous filter substrate, and a precious metal catalyst layer. The system also includes a second injector configured to introduce a second reductant into the exhaust gas pathway downstream of the first treatment element and a second treatment element positioned within the exhaust gas pathway downstream of the second injector. The second treatment element includes a SCR element.
US11187115B2	Camshaft adjusting device The disclosure relates to a camshaft adjusting device with a dry belt, a central valve arranged within a camshaft adjuster, and an actuator acting on the central valve. An oil-tight wet space is formed by the camshaft adjuster and the actuator or a component supporting the actuator, and oil present in the wet space can be evacuated by means of an oil path. A portion of this oil path extends axially through the output element of the camshaft adjuster. This oil path can pass the end-side contact face between the output element and camshaft, opening out into an axial bore of the camshaft which is distanced radially from the axis of rotation of the camshaft adjusting device. The axial bore runs beneath an oil feed connection formed on the outer surface of the camshaft for feeding oil to the central valve.
US11187112B2	Systems and methods for generating electricity via a pumped thermal energy storage system Systems and methods are provided for charging a pumped thermal energy storage (“PTES”) system. A system may include a compressor or pump configured to circulate a working fluid within a fluid circuit, wherein the working fluid enters the pump at a first pressure and exits at a second pressure; a first heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use; a second heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use; a third heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use, a turbine positioned between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, configured to expand the working fluid to the first pressure; a high temperature reservoir connected to the first heat exchanger; a low temperature reservoir connected to the second heat exchanger, and a waste heat reservoir connected to the third heat exchanger.
US11187111B2	Tool for removing an annular part of a turbomachine A tool for removing an annular part mounted around a shaft of a turbomachine, includes a holder configured to cooperate with a lifting system, a system for coupling and holding the annular part, the coupling and holding system being secured to the holder, the system for coupling and holding having an opening designed to receive the shaft of the turbomachine during the removal of the annular part, the coupling and holding system being rotatable with respect to the holder between a first position and a second position by a rotation system for tilting the annular part with respect to the holder when the coupling and holding system is fastened to the annular part.
US11187102B2	Method and system for mitigating bowed rotor operation of gas turbine engine Embodiments of systems and methods for operating a gas turbine engine defining a bowed rotor condition are generally provided. The systems and methods include rotating a rotor assembly defining a bowed rotor condition from approximately zero revolutions per minute (RPM) to within a bowed rotor mitigation speed range, in which the bowed rotor mitigation speed range is defined by a lower speed limit greater than zero RPM and an upper speed limit less than or equal to an idle speed condition of the gas turbine engine; applying a load at the rotor assembly via an energy storage device; adjusting the load to limit rotational speed or acceleration of the rotor assembly to within the bowed rotor mitigation speed range for a period of time; and removing the load to enable rotation of the rotor assembly to the idle speed condition following the period of time.
US11187095B1	Magnetic aft frame side seals A sealing arrangement includes a first aft frame and a second aft frame neighboring one another. The first aft frame and the second aft frame each include an inner portion and an outer portion. The outer portion radially separated from the inner portion. The first aft frame and the second aft frame further include a first side portion and a second side portion that each extend radially between the inner portion and the outer portion. A circumferential gap is defined between the first side portion of the first aft frame and the second side portion of the second aft frame. The sealing arrangement further includes a side seal that extends across the circumferential gap. The side seal includes one or more magnets. The side seal is at least partially held in place by the one or more magnets.
US11187094B2	Spline for a turbine engine An assembly for a turbine engine comprising a plurality of circumferentially arranged segments having first and second confronting end faces. The first and second confronting end faces include a multi-channel spline seal assembly. The multi-channel spline seal assembly includes at least a first and second channel wherein confronting first or second channels can receive at least one spline seal.
US11187085B2	Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having an asymmetric root turn A turbine bucket may include a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform at an intersection thereof, and a cooling circuit extending within the platform and the airfoil. The cooling circuit may include a root turn with an asymmetric shape to reduce stress concentrations therein. The asymmetric shape of the root turn may be asymmetrical along a path between a pressure side of the airfoil and a suction side of the airfoil. The asymmetric shape of the root turn may be asymmetrical within a plane defined by a radial direction and a circumferential direction.
US11187082B2	Method for making steel or titanium products containing a precipitation-hardening nickel-base alloy, and part Combining a precipitation-hardening nickel-base alloy with a steel or titanium substrate makes it very easy to repair parts, the nickel-base alloy having good erosion-resistant properties. A method for producing is disclosed. In particular for repairing, a component having a substrate, in particular turbine blades made of steel or titanium, in particular made of martensitic or precipitation-hardening chromium-rich steels, with a localized deposition weld or with an affixed shaped part, in which a precipitation-hardening nickel-based alloy is used as the localized deposition weld or as the shaped part, in which a laser powder deposition weld or an arc deposition weld is performed.
US11187076B2	Central storage unit for a measuring-while-drilling assembly for an oil drilling system An apparatus for collecting and storing sensor data for an oil drilling system is disclosed. The apparatus for collecting and storing sensor data may include a drill string including a bottom whole assembly which includes a drill bit and a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) assembly; a master board including a master board micro controller unit (MCU) in the MWD assembly; a plurality of sensor boards to sense and collect sensor data; a removable central storage unit, including a central storage unit MCU in the MWD assembly, to store sensor data collected by the plurality of sensor boards; and an internal bus coupled to the master board, the plurality of sensor boards, and the removable central storage unit to carry sensor data from the plurality of sensor boards to the removable central storage unit for storage by the removable central storage unit.
US11187074B2	Determining wellbore parameters through analysis of the multistage treatments A system and method to determine closure pressure in a wellbore that can include, flowing a fracturing fluid into the wellbore during a fracturing operation of at least one stage and forming a fracture, sensing fluid pressure and a flow rate of the fracturing fluid during the fracturing operation and communicating the sensed data to a controller, plotting data points of the sensed data to a visualization device which is configured to visually present the data points to an operator as a plot, fitting a curve to the data points which represent statistically-relevant minimum pressure data at various flow rates, determining an intercept of the first curve with a zero flow rate axis of the plot, determining the closure pressure based on a pressure value of the intercept, and determining an average fracture permeability based on the closure pressure.
US11187072B2	Fiber deployment system and communication A flow assembly is deployed downhole in a casing for a cementing operation. The flow assembly has a spool with an optical cable. As cement is pumped downhole and through the flow assembly, a dart attached to the optical cable on the spool is dragged with the flow of cement. Cement flow is stopped based on signals along the optical cable that the dart is at a desired location downhole.
US11187068B2	Downhole tools for controlled fracture initiation and stimulation A downhole tool can be advanced downhole a wellbore. The downhole tool can include an electromagnetic source, a directional antenna, and a casing. The casing can either completely or partially consist of ceramic materials. The directional antenna can be oriented to direct electromagnetic radiation generated by the electromagnetic source towards the ceramic materials of the casing. In response to receiving the electromagnetic radiation, the ceramic materials can absorb the electromagnetic radiation, which can cause the ceramic materials to rapidly increase in temperature.
US11187062B2	High density cluster based perforating system and method An ultra-short, high-density, perforating gun for use in a well casing includes a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis, only 2 charges located inside the gun carrier, the only 2 charges being positioned in a single plane transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a charge holder configured to carry the only 2 charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier. The gun carrier ranges in length from 4 inches to 11 inches. A diameter of the gun carrier ranges from 1 to 4 inches, and wherein at least one charge of the only 2 charges has a liner that has a subtended angle from 100° to 120°.
US11187061B2	Intelligent landing profile A method for securing a downhole assembly to a casing string disposed within a wellbore includes moving, in a first direction, at least a portion of the downhole assembly within a passageway of a landing nipple that forms a portion of the casing string; exchanging a wireless signal between a first communication device that is coupled to the downhole assembly and a second communication device that forms a portion of the nipple; and preventing further movement of the downhole assembly, relative to the nipple, in the first direction in response to the exchange of the wireless signal and when the first communication device is spaced from the second communication device in the first direction.
US11187059B2	Downhole sealing A downhole tool comprises a hollow body having a wall and a port in the wall, and a closing sleeve movable relative to the body to open and close the port. A seal is provided between the body and the sleeve and is configured to hold differential pressure. An isolation member may be deployed in the tool to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port. The isolation member may be deployed following initiation of a tool activation process, a successful outcome of the process being translating the closing sleeve and closing the port, and positioning the seal to hold a differential pressure. If it is detected that the outcome has not been achieved, the isolation member is deployed to isolate the seal from differential pressure and close the port.
US11187058B2	Pressure relief system for hydraulic pumping operations A pressure relief valve system for a fluid injection system is provided. The PRV system comprises one or more pressure transducers configured to sense fluid pressure within the fluid injection system. The transducers then generate electrical signals representative of fluid pressure readings within the fluid injection system in real time. Signals are received by a controller which compares pressure readings with a stored pressure threshold. An actuation signal is sent upon detecting a signal representative of a pressure that exceeds the stored pressure threshold, causing an electraulically-actuated valve to rotatably move to an open position. The PRV system includes a bypass feature that allows the operator to manually open or close a valve when the stored pressure threshold is reached. A method of controlling pressure during a wellbore operation is also provided.
US11187052B2	Explosive disconnect A coupling system includes a lower marine riser package having a connector at a bottom end and a blowout preventer having a connector at an upper end. Explosively frangible fasteners with explosively frangible nuts sealed off from the external environment are used to couple the connector on the lower marine riser package to the connector on the blowout preventer. A method for separating a lower marine riser package from a blowout preventer includes electronically triggering the detonation of a plurality of explosively frangible fasteners coupling the blowout preventer to the lower marine riser package.
US11187048B2	Single piece guides A rod guide for guiding and protecting a sucker rod in a fluid mineral extraction setting. The rod guide comprising a bore shell, and a guide bore, a first end, a second end, one or more glue ports, a plurality of glue dams and a plurality of flutes. The bore shell wraps around the guide bore. The bore shell comprises an outside surface and an inside surface. The plurality of flutes are arranged around the bore shell extending outward from a central axis. The plurality of flutes are configured to prevent the sucker rod from rubbing within a tubing, as the sucker rod is inserted and withdrawn from said tubing the rod guide and the guide bore comprises the central axis.
US11187045B2	Drill bit with wear shield This disclosure relates to a percussive drill bit comprising PCD studs and a hard facing material that is strategically located to minimise stud pop outs and the amount of hard facing material used.
US11187044B2	Production cavern A method includes spraying acid onto an inner wall of a wellbore formed in a subterranean zone with entrapped hydrocarbons that flow into the subterranean zone. Spraying the acid forms a subterranean cavern within a portion of the wellbore, the subterranean cavern being wider than the wellbore. The entrapped hydrocarbons flow into the subterranean cavern. The entrapped hydrocarbons include liquid hydrocarbons and water. The liquid hydrocarbons and the water separate under gravity within the subterranean cavern. The method also includes drawing the liquid hydrocarbons from the subterranean cavern to a surface of the wellbore.
US11187043B2	Steering systems and methods A steering assembly configured for circumferential disposition about a drill string above a drill head and having top and bottom surfaces, an under-gauge peripheral section, and an over-gauge peripheral section substantially opposing the under-gauge peripheral section, where the maximum under-gauge on the top surface in the under-gauge peripheral section is greater than the maximum over-gauge on the bottom surface in the over-gauge peripheral section.
US11187038B2	Ladder foot support apparatus A ladder foot support apparatus for creating a larger area to support a user's feet includes a base having a base outer side with a pair of parallel slots extending from a base top side through a base bottom side. The pair of slots is configured to receive a rail of a ladder. An upper face of a platform is coupled to the base bottom side and perpendicularly extends away from a base inner side. A lip is coupled to the platform and has a perpendicular portion extending down from a back edge and a return portion curving back up towards a lower face of the platform. The return portion is configured to selectively receive a rung bottom edge of a rung of the ladder.
US11187037B2	Collapsible ladder A collapsible ladder includes a first pair of legs and a second pair of legs, each of the first pair of legs and the second pair of legs is rotatably joined near tops thereof; a plurality of steps extending between one of the first pair of legs and one of the second pair of legs, each of the steps rotatably jointed about a mid-point thereof; a first vertical spar slidably connected to each of the steps near the mid-points thereof; a plurality of supports extending between a second one of the first pair of legs and a second one of the second pair of legs, each of the supports rotatably jointly about a mid-point thereof; and a second vertical spar slidably connected to each of the supports near the mid-points thereof. This configuration allows the ladder to be collapsed by raising the first and second vertical spars causing the steps and supports to fold about their mid-points permitting the first and second pair of legs to be generally folded/collapsed into a single column.
US11187031B2	Fastening system and window shade including the same A fastening system for a window shade includes a first and a second clipping base, and a first and a second clipping plate. In a first configuration, the first and second clipping bases are attached to each other with each of the first and second clipping plates respectively disposed between and in contact with the first and second clipping bases, whereby a first panel can be held between the first clipping base and the first and second clipping plates and a second panel can be held between the second clipping base and the first and second clipping plates. In a second configuration, the first and second clipping bases are attachable to each other without the first and second clipping plates, whereby a single panel of a window shade can be held between the first and clipping bases.
US11187030B2	Roller shutter for mitigating impact force A roller shutter may include a rotatable drum; a shutter curtain including a series of three or more elongate slats pivotally interlocked in a longitudinal-edge-to-longitudinal-edge arrangement and arranged parallel to the rotatable drum, wherein a first and second longitudinal end portions of each elongate slat may be respectively aligned to form a first side border and a second side border, respectively, of the shutter curtain, wherein the first and second longitudinal end portions of each elongate slat may be respectively provided with at least one eyelet-structure which protrudes therefrom, whereby a first and second rows of eyelet-structures are formed along the first and second side borders; and at least a first cord and a second cord respectively strung loosely through all eyelet-structures of respective row of eyelet-structures, and each cord may be configured to confine all eyelet-structures of the respective row of eyelet-structures within a length of each cord.
US11187028B2	Filling and sealing device and method for an insulated glass unit Methods for manufacturing insulating glass units (IGUs) include providing an unsealed IGU assembly that has first and second sheets of glass material and at least one spacer frame between the first and second sheets and sealed to at least one of the first and second sheets. The unsealed IGU assembly defines an interpane space and an IGU passage providing fluid communication between the interpane space and an environment external to the interpane space. In some cases the method includes positioning a filling device next to the IGU passage and introducing a gas into the interpane space through the IGU passage using the filling device. In some cases the method includes delivering a sealing material or sealing structure to the IGU passage with the filling device to seal the interpane space. Corresponding systems for manufacturing IGUs are also provided.
US11187011B2	Driving assembly for a lever-type door lock Disclosed is a lever-type door lock driving assembly which can be installed inside a mounting hole to enable miniaturization of the device, ensure general versatility, and prevent a fragile area from being generated inside the door. The present invention relates to a driving assembly for a lever-type door lock arranged in an installation hole to drive a latch operating body, wherein the mounting assembly comprise a mounting module having a truncated disc shape and having at least one driving plate therein; and a motor unit mounted on the truncated area of the mounting module and having a disk shape in a state of being coupled to the mounting module.
US11187008B2	Clutch engagement assembly of door lock and driving device thereof A clutch engagement assembly for a door lock device includes a first shaft having at an end thereof an insertion end portion in which a channel is formed; a second drive shaft having a hollow engagement end portion into which the insertion end portion of the first shaft is inserted; a driving member which provides a driving force; and a pin member that is installed in a state of being elastically supported in the engagement end portion of the second shaft and is movable by the driving member so as to extending through (be inserted in) at least a part of the first shaft and at least a part of the second shaft, thereby causing a clutch engagement or a disengagement between a first shaft and a second shaft. The clutch engagement assembly may provide a relatively small size structure of the door lock device and a firm engagement force.
US11187004B2	Umbrella stand assembly An umbrella stand assembly includes an auger that is insertable into a granular support surface. A plurality of pivots is each of the pivots is coupled to and extends laterally away from the auger. A plurality of paddles is each of the paddles is pivotally coupled to a respective one of the pivots. Each of the paddles is positionable in a deployed position has each of the paddles to rest on the granular support surface when the auger is driven into the granular support surface. In this way the auger is stabilized with respect to a vertical axis. A tube extends upwardly from the auger and insertably receives a pole of an umbrella. In this way the umbrella is positioned above the granular support surface for shade.
US11186998B2	System and method for a vented and water control siding A vented and water control system has improved drainage and integrated ventilation air space. The system includes a vented and water control panel located between sheathing panel and an exterior cladding panel, having a front surface; and a rear surface having a ventilation and drainage pattern integral thereto.
US11186980B2	Storm water drain system and components thereof and methods of use A method of removing sediment from fluid flow within a storm water drain pit by deflecting flow entering the pit towards the side walls of the pit by one or more deflectors. This reduces the energy of the fluid flow and promotes settling of sediment within the catch pit. Each deflector is preferably of a concave form and may be located in a storm water drain pit bag or suspended. A removable catch basin receptacle for a storm water drain pit includes a container has a low flow outlet defining a fluid path for fluid at a first level within the container to a second level, higher than the first level, outside the container. An overflow path provides a fluid flow path out of the container at a level higher than the first or second level.
US11186974B2	Fluidic faucet spray face and spray generation method A flow-restricted compound spray generating device 100 includes a spray face member 120B including at least one fluidic circuit oscillator defining geometry 132 including an outlet orifice 138 in the spray face member's central area configured to aim an oscillating spray 300 having a selected oscillating spray thickness distally along a spray axis 112. The spray face member 120B also includes a plurality of non-oscillating (e.g., laminar or jet) spray generating orifices 160B arrayed evenly around the spray face member's periphery to aim a plurality of non-oscillating laminar or jet sprays 302 distally along the spray axis 112 to provide a ring of high velocity streams arrayed around the central oscillating spray 300 to generate a compound spray 310 with an outflow which has a pleasing spray density with an apparent outflow thickness which is substantially equal to the spout orifice's diameter 320.
US11186972B2	Adjustable underground utility boxes with shortening prevention sleeves The present disclosure provides shortening prevention sleeves for adjustable underground utility boxes, underground utility boxes including such sleeves, and methods of preventing shortening of underground utility boxes with such sleeves. A sleeve comprises a substantially rigid elongate tube that defines an internal cavity. The tube is configured to allow a stem portion of an adjustable underground utility box to extend fully therethrough via the internal cavity. The sleeve also comprises an opening that extends along the length of the tube and provides a passageway into the internal cavity. The tube is configured to allow the stem portion of the box to pass through the opening and into the internal cavity. The sleeve is configured to extend over and along the stem portion and between enlarged top and bottom portions of the box to prevent the stem portion, and thereby the box as a whole, from shortening.
US11186971B1	Auxiliary valve for hydrant A valve assembly for a hydrant can include a main valve defining a bore; and an auxiliary valve assembled to and extending through the bore of the main valve, the auxiliary valve defining a fluid channel through the auxiliary valve, the auxiliary valve including: an upper auxiliary valve shaft; a lower auxiliary valve shaft, the upper auxiliary valve shaft movable in a vertical direction with respect to the lower auxiliary valve shaft, a position of the lower auxiliary valve shaft restrained with respect to a position of the upper auxiliary valve shaft within a predetermined movement range; and a sealing element preventing fluid flow through the fluid channel.
US11186968B2	Working machine A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump to be driven by power of the prime mover and to output operation fluid, a hydraulic actuator to be operated by the operation fluid, and a control device. The control device has a revolving-speed controller to increase and decrease a revolving speed of the prime mover, a first setting portion to set a limit value of the revolving speed of the prime mover, and a revolving-speed limiter to limit the revolving speed of the prime mover set by the revolving-speed controller to the limit value set by the first setting portion.
US11186963B2	Loader bucket brackets A bracket for installation onto a bucket of a front end loader. The bracket is configured for installation and removal from the bucket without the use of a tool, and includes an inner member configured to be received by the bucket, an outer member configured to be located around portions of the inner member and the bucket, and a lock configured to extend through a portion of the inner member and the outer member when the bracket is installed onto the bucket to maintain the outer member and the inner member from moving relative to one another when installed onto the bucket.
US11186957B2	System and method for cold planer control A method includes receiving information indicative of a cold planer travel path extending along a work surface, determining a mobile machine travel path extending along the work surface based at least partly on the information indicative of the cold planer travel path, and receiving sensor information associated with the work surface, wherein the sensor information is determined by at least one sensor of an autonomous mobile machine as the autonomous mobile machine traverses the mobile machine travel path. The method also includes generating a worksite map based at least partly on the sensor information, the worksite map identifying an object, wherein the object is disposed at least partly beneath a cut area to be formed by a cold planer, and controlling a position of a rotor of the cold planer, relative to the work surface and based at least partly on a location of the object identified in the worksite map.
US11186948B2	Method and a system for production of high molecular weight lignin A cooking method and a digester system wherein partly digested cellulosic fiber source is compressed during cooking to provide high molecular weight lignin and pulp.
US11186944B1	Method of making polyester fabric treated with a CBD powder This invention relates to a method for making polyester fabric treated with a CBD powder to provide a novel CBD finish on the polyester fabric. The polyester fabric is treated with a CBD powder to provide a novel finish. The treatment process includes a washing step, wherein the treating CBD water is added to a water channel before the finishing step. Then, the polyester fabric is passed through the water channel having the treating CBD water in the ratio of 1:1000, which is one gram of CBD powder to each 1000 grams of water. The flow rate of the treating CBD water has a ratio of 5:1000, which adds 5 grams of CBD powder to each 1000 grams of water in order to apply the correct treatment of CBD water. In addition, the polyester fabric moves at a speed of approximately 20 meters per minute through the water channel, and the bathing treatment has a normal temperature of 30-35° C. The maximum temperature of the drying machine is 220° C., but has a preferred range of 170-220° C. In addition, the polyester fabric passes through the drying machine at a speed of 20 meters per minute.
US11186939B2	Laundry machine control method for removal or reduction of creases A laundry machine having a refreshing operation and a control method of the same are disclosed. The disclosed method comprises a steam water supply operation of supplying wash water to a tub up to a water level for generation of steam while preventing the wash water to pass through a drum, when the refreshing course is selected, a steaming operation of heating the wash water by driving a washing heater, thereby generating steam, and a refreshing operation of refreshing the laundry by alternately executing, after the steaming operation, a tumbling driving operation to tumble the laundry within the drum through rotation of the drum and a spin driving operation to rotate the laundry within the drum in close contact with an inner surface of the drum, in accordance with high-speed rotation of the drum.
US11186937B2	Washing machine and control method thereof The disclosure discloses a washing machine and a control method thereof; the washing machine comprises an outer barrel, an inner barrel an inner barrel shaft drainage holes are formed in the bottom of the inner barrel; a sealing device is arranged at the outside of the bottom of the inner barrel; the sealing device comprises a sealing component and a pull ring component which sleeve on the inner barrel shaft; the sealing component is arranged at the bottom of the inner barrel and is capable of rotating along with the inner barrel; the pull ring component is connected to the sealing component in a relatively rotating mode and the sealing component, pulled by the pull ring component, can do axial motion along the inner barrel.
US11186933B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet and a drawer retractably provided in the cabinet. An accommodation unit is provided at the drawer and defines a space configured to receive washing water. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a guider. The guider includes a first body rotatably coupled to the cabinet, and a second body rotatably coupled to the first body and the drawer and configured to connect the first body to the drawer. A supply unit is connected to a water supply source. A water supply channel is provided along the guider and is configured to supply water between the supply unit and the accommodation unit.
US11186926B2	Poly(glycerol sebacate) fibers, fabrics formed therefrom, and methods of fiber manufacture A manufacturing process includes spinning at least one continuous poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS)/alginate fiber from a polymeric solution comprising PGS and alginate in water, drafting the at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber in at least one coagulation bath, and drawing the at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber from the at least one coagulation bath. A yarn includes at least one continuous PGS fiber. A continuous poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS)/alginate fiber forming system includes a feeding tank holding a polymeric solution of alginate and PGS, a pump, a spinneret, a first coagulation bath, a first winder, a second coagulation bath, a second winder, and a bobbin winder, the system forming at least one continuous PGS/alginate fiber from the polymeric solution of alginate and PGS.
US11186908B2	Apparatus and method of manufacturing display apparatus An apparatus for manufacturing a display apparatus includes: a chamber; a head unit configured to supply a process gas and a cleaning gas to an inside of the chamber; which has a storage space where the process gas or the cleaning gas is temporarily stored, and including a nozzle connected to the storage space and configured to guide the process gas or the cleaning gas from the storage space to the inside of the chamber; a susceptor unit arranged to face the head unit and on which a substrate is placeable; a cleaning gas supply unit connected to the head unit and configured to plasmarize the cleaning gas and supply the cleaning gas that is plasmarized to the head unit; and a cleaning gas ejection unit connected to the cleaning gas supply unit and configured to supply the cleaning gas to at least two portions of the storage space.
US11186907B2	Deposition apparatus for both lateral portions of substrate Disclosed is a deposition apparatus for a substrate, in particular, a deposition apparatus for both lateral portions of a substrate, in which at least one substrate is inserted in and mounted to a revolvably disposed substrate mounting drum in a direction from an outside circumferential surface toward an inside circumferential surface, one lateral portion of the substrate exposed protruding from an inside circumferential surface is subjected to deposition based on an inside source target, and the other lateral portion of the substrate exposed protruding from an outside circumferential surface is subjected to deposition based on an outside source target, thereby depositing wiring to both lateral portions of the substrate at once, and achieving a three-dimensional (3D) deposition improved in uniformity and quality.
US11186899B2	Magnesium-zinc-manganese-tin-yttrium alloy and method for making the same A magnesium alloy including about 2 percent by weight to about 8 percent by weight zinc, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 3 percent by weight manganese, about 1 percent by weight to about 6 percent by weight tin, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 4 percent by weight yttrium, and balance magnesium and impurities.
US11186896B2	Selective separation of elements or commodities of interest in aqueous streams A process for selectively separating a metallic constituent from other metals and other materials accompanying the metallic constituent in a mixture is described. The process comprises the step of providing the mixture in an aqueous solution such that the metallic constituent forms a complex anion in the solution. One or more of the other metals forms a cation or a complex cation in the solution. Another step includes contacting the solution with one or more additives to form layered double hydroxide (LDH) material in situ such that the complex anion is intercalated within interlayers of the LDH material and wherein one or more of the other metals are incorporated into the LDH material's crystal structure or matrix. Another step involves the addition of an LDH to an aqueous solution. The process involves selectively recovering the metallic constituent from the interlayer of the LDH by subjecting the LDH to a recovery treatment step(s) and as required, methods to modify the LDH to facilitate metal separation and recovery or contaminant stabilisation.
US11186885B2	High-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods, and production method for high-strength seamless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods The high-strength seamless steel pipe has a volume fraction of tempered martensite of 95% or more, and a prior austenite size number of 8.5 or more, and contains nitride inclusions having a size of 4 μm or more and whose number is 100 or less per 100 mm2, nitride inclusions having a size of less than 4 μm and whose number is 700 or less per 100 mm2, oxide inclusions having a size of 4 μm or more and whose number is 60 or less per 100 mm2, and oxide inclusions having a size of less than 4 μm and whose number is 500 or less per 100 mm2, in a cross section perpendicular to a rolling direction.
US11186874B2	ERK1 and ERK2 mutations that confer resistance to MAPK pathway inhibitors Isolated mutant ERK polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the mutant ERK polypeptides are provided. Methods of screening cancer-containing samples for an ERK polypeptide mutation that confers resistance to treatment with a first MAPK pathway inhibitor are provided. Methods of optimizing treatment of a subject having cancer and methods of identifying compounds useful in treating cancer are also provided.
US11186867B2	Next generation genomic sequencing methods Disclosed is an enhanced method for rapid and cost-effective analysis of sequences of a microorganism by semi-conductor sequencing, preferably ion-torrent sequencing. This method provides for full length analysis and of multiple areas (e.g. genes) of multiple genomes. These methods identify genetic mutations of a particular gene that are responsible for conferring resistance or sensitivity to an antibiotic or other chemical compound. Multiple different species, strains and/or serotypes of a particular organism are rapidly and efficiently screened and mutations identified along with the complete genome of an organism. By selecting primers pairs of similar size and GC content that produce amplicons with sequences spanning the entire genome, a single PCR reaction analyzed by ion torrent methodology can determine the sequence of a complete genome. Methods are useful to sequences the genomes of viral agents, such as influenza virus, and bacterial agents, such as tuberculosis bacteria.
US11186864B2	Nicking and extension amplification reaction (near) of Streptococcus species This invention relates to compositions, methods and kits for detecting the presence or absence of a bacterial species in a biological sample using isothermal nucleic acid amplification.
US11186860B2	Microchamber array device and method of analyzing inspection object using same A microchamber array device having built-in reaction microchambers, in which the dilution ratio can be greatly increased at the same time as dramatically raising cell recovery efficiency, and an inspection object analysis method using said device are provided. This microchamber array device is provided with: a microchamber array 1 for cell capture by electrophoresis comprising an arrangement of a substrate 2, electrodes 3 and photoresists 4; and a reaction microchamber array 6 which is separated from the capture microchamber array 1, and which is formed from reaction microchamber 8 comprising micro channels 7 arranged so as to be opposite of the aforementioned microchamber array 1.
US11186859B2	Multilayer electrochemical analyte sensors and methods for making and using them Embodiments of the invention provide multilayer analyte sensors having material layers (e.g. high-density amine layers) and/or configurations of material layers that function to enhance sensor function, as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.
US11186842B2	Complement component iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof The invention relates to iRNA, e.g., double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA), compositions targeting the complement factor B (CFB) gene, the complement component C3 gene, and the complement component C9 gene and methods of using such iRNA, e.g., dsRNA, compositions to inhibit expression of CFB, C9 and/or C3 and to treat subjects having a complement component-associated disease, e.g., paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.
US11186833B2	Variant polypeptides with improved performance and use of the same The present invention relates to polypeptide variants having alpha-amylase activity and an improved property, such as improved specific activity, as compared to the parent polypeptide. The invention further relates to use of the polypeptide variants, compositions comprising the polypeptide variants, and methods of producing the polypeptide variants.
US11186831B2	Mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase, gene thereof and transformant, and method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate Provided is a mutant PHA synthase which produces of a PHA copolymer with a high or low 3HH ratio while maintaining PHA productivity. The mutant PHA synthase is a mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase having an amino acid sequence having 85% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having at least one of the following mutations (a) to (c): (a) a substitution of serine at 389th position from N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than serine; (b) a substitution of leucine at 436th position from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with an amino acid other than leucine; and (c) a deletion of 11 to 19 amino acid residues from the C-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.
US11186830B2	Tuning bacteriophage host range Disclosed here are recombinant bacteriophages with tail fibers encoded by at least two subsets of genomic fragments from different bacteriophage having different host ranges.
US11186817B2	Chemically defined cell culture media additive The present invention relates to an optimal medium for growing a cell line auxotrophic for tetrahydrofolate (THF) and producing a desired material in the cell with high efficiency. In particular, the present invention provides a method for enhancing cell growth by adding tetrahydrofolate (THF), or a precursor or derivative thereof into a chemical composition cell medium.
US11186816B2	Microbes and methods for producing the same The disclosure is generally directed to methods for screening, identifying, and producing microorganisms capable of imparting beneficial properties to plants. In some aspects, improved plant-associated soil microorganisms are generated by experimental evolution using a plant root exudate or root exudate compound.
US11186814B2	Yeast strain having improved capability for fermenting xylose in the presence of acetic acid The invention relates to a method for selecting a yeast strain having improved capability for fermenting a pentose, advantageously xylose, in the presence of organic acid, advantageously acetic acid, in non-dissociated form, in which at least one yeast strain that is capable of fermenting said pentose is consecutively cultured in the following two media: a first growth medium comprising said pentose as the only carbon source and said organic acid in non-dissociated form; a second growth medium comprising another carbon source as the only carbon source, advantageously glucose, free of said organic acid in non-dissociated form, the consecutive culture in at least said two growth media being repeated at least twice, in the presence of rising concentrations of organic acid in non-dissociated form.
US11186809B1	High-concentration anaerobic fermentation apparatus A high-concentration anaerobic fermentation apparatus includes a liquid accumulation tank, a fermentation vessel, a feeding assembly, and a biogas residue collecting bin. The feeding assembly includes a hopper and a return conveyor belt including a first portion extending downward from the hopper till below a liquid level, a second portion extending upward from a bottom end of the first portion till above the liquid level, a third portion extending downward from a top end of the second portion till the liquid level, and a fourth portion extending upward from a bottom end of the third portion till out of the liquid level and above the biogas residue collecting bin. A pressure-feed flange is disposed at an outer side of the fermentation vessel, a feed channel is formed between the pressure-feed flange and the first portion, and a discharge channel is formed between the pressure-feed flange and the fourth portion.
US11186806B2	Treatment of sulfide scales Treating a sulfide scale includes contacting the sulfide scale with an oxidizing composition that includes a first oxidizer and a second oxidizer.
US11186801B2	Method for manufacturing oil gel capsules and method for manufacturing contact part for vehicle, including oil gel capsules An oil gel capsule includes an oil gel including an oil and a gelator, and at least one surfactant bonded to the oil gel. A contact part for a vehicle includes an overlay layer formed on a surface of the contact part, the overlay layer comprising oil gel capsules, wherein the oil gel capsules including an oil gel including an oil and a gelator, and at least one surfactant bonded to the oil gel.
US11186798B2	Thermally conductive silicone grease composition Provided is a thermally conductive silicone grease composition that comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having a specific kinematic viscosity; (B) an organopolysiloxane having a specific kinematic viscosity; (C) a spherical aluminum oxide powder which has a specific average sphericity, a specific number of surface hydroxyl groups, and a specific average particle size, and for which the proportion of coarse particles in a laser diffraction type particle size distribution of 25 to 45 μm is within a specific range; and (D) a spherical and/or amorphous zinc oxide powder which has a specific average particle size, and for which the proportion of coarse particles in a laser diffraction type particle size distribution of 25 to 45 μm is within a specific range. The composition has a thermal conductivity measured by the hot disk method conforming to ISO 22007-2 of 2 W/m·K or more and less than 5.5 W/m·K, has a coefficient of viscosity measured by a spiral viscometer at a rotation frequency of 10 rpm of 5 to 800 Pa·s, has insulation properties and high thermal conductivity, and has excellent flowability, workability, and heat dissipation properties.
US11186794B1	Hybrid fuel grain and method for making same A hybrid fuel grain is a solid homogenous mixture consisting of paraffin, thermoplastic adhesive, and black dye. A homogenous mixture of the three ingredients is heated in a preheated cast. The cast with the homogenous mixture therein in is placed in an oven. The temperature of the oven is reduced to a selected ambient temperature in accordance with a cooling schedule that comprises a two-step cooling process repeated until the selected ambient temperature is achieved.
US11186788B2	Methods for separating wax products from hydrocarbon feedstreams Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for separating a wax product from a hydrocarbon feedstream by a) conducting a hydrocarbon feedstream to a membrane separation zone; b) retrieving at least one retentate product stream from the first side of the membrane element; c) retrieving at least one permeate product stream having a wax phase and an oil phase from a second side of the membrane element, wherein a pour point of the wax phase of the permeate product stream is higher than a pour point of the oil phase of permeate product stream; and d) separating a wax product from the wax phase of the permeate product stream.
US11186786B2	Method for preheating naphtha in naphtha catalytic cracking processes A method of converting naphtha is disclosed. The method includes heating the naphtha in stages in different heating units. The naphtha is vaporized in the first heating unit. And the vaporized naphtha undergoes the largest temperature change of the process in the second heating unit. A third heating unit can be a part of the reactor. The reactor includes a catalyst which is contacted with the pre-heated naphtha to convert it to C2 to C4 olefins.
US11186784B2	Dehydrogenation process having improved run time New/fresh catalyst is added to a dehydrogenation unit and aged catalyst is removed from the dehydrogenation unit on a continuous or semi-continuous basis while the dehydrogenation unit is in operation. The conversion achieved by the higher activity catalyst results in the production rate of olefin product being maintained at near start-of-run production for longer, with a slower rate of decline. The higher activity catalyst extends run time, reduces feed consumption for each unit of olefin product, and minimizes fresh catalyst expenses.
US11186772B2	Etching composition, method for etching insulating film of semiconductor devices using the same and method for preparing semiconductor devices An etching composition includes phosphoric acid, a silane compound comprising at least one silicon (Si) atom, and an ammonium salt represented by Formula 1 below: wherein: L1 to L3 are independently substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbylene, R1 to R4 are independently hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, and Xn− is an n-valent anion, where n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US11186761B2	Method for treating a rock formation against the inflitration of sand using a geopolymer cement grout Treatment method for a rock formation against sand infiltration during production of fluid from this rock formation via a well drilled through said rock formation, comprising at least one step of injecting a geopolymer cement grout into said rock formation, in particular around the edges of said well and/or through said well.
US11186756B2	Epoxy-acrylic hybrid adhesive The invention relates to a two-component adhesive based on hybrid urethane-acrylate epoxies comprising a core/shell rubber demonstrating good T-peel strength. The adhesives are suitable for use in industry, e.g., as adhesives for transportation industry applications.
US11186748B2	Aqueous anionic functional silica slurry and amine carboxylic acid compositions for selective nitride removal in polishing and methods of using them The present invention provides aqueous chemical mechanical planarization polishing (CMP polishing) compositions comprising one or more dispersions of a plurality of elongated, bent or nodular anionic functional colloidal silica particles or their mixture with one or more dispersions of anionic functional spherical colloidal silica particles, one or more amine carboxylic acids having an isoelectric point (pI) below 5, preferably, an acidic amino acid or pyridine acid, and, preferably, one or more ethoxylated anionic surfactants having a C6 to C16 alkyl, aryl or alkylaryl hydrophobic group, wherein the compositions have a pH of from 3 to 5. The compositions enable good silicon nitride removal and selectivity of nitride to oxide removal in polishing.
US11186747B2	System and method for reducing viscosity variations in roofing asphalt An asphalt shingle coating system that includes a coater, a mixer, a viscosity gauge, a wax supply, a wax pump and a control system. The coater applies a layer of a coating asphalt mixture on an asphalt shingle substrate. The mixer mixes the coating asphalt mixture and is positioned upstream of the coater. The viscosity gauge may be positioned between the coater and the mixer, and it measures the viscosity of said coating asphalt mixture before it is delivered to the coater. The wax supply is in fluid communication with the mixer and a wax pump may deliver a volume of wax from the wax supply to the mixer, and the control system may selectively adjust the operation of the wax pump to substantially maintain a desired viscosity of said coating asphalt mixture.
US11186744B2	Flexible container coating compositions A coating composition includes: (a) 60 to 90 percent by weight of an active hydrogen-containing polyester having a number average molecular weight of at least 23,000, an acid value below 5 and a hydroxyl value below 10, (b) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of a polyanhydride, and (c) 5 to 30 percent by weight of a curing agent reactive with the active hydrogens associated with (a) and (b), the percentages being based on weight of resin solids of the coating composition, where the reaction product of the coating composition forms a single coating without including a thermoplastic polymer. The coating composition is useful in coating food and beverage containers, particularly 2-piece cans formed by drawing and redrawing (DRD).
US11186736B2	Double network bioinks The present invention relates to a double network bioink that is customizable and tailorable in terms of mechanical characteristics, diffusivity, and biological functionality that is printable at room temperature and cytocompatible. Double network bioinks of the present invention can be utilized as a standard for comparison and evaluation of bioinks and during calibration and/or are suited for the education field as a “blank slate” bioink that can be utilized to convey different scientific concepts. Specific bioinks included comprise: one or more biocompatible or non-biocompatible thickener; one or more polyethylene glycol based crosslinkable network; one or more photoinitiator; and/or optionally, one or more additives to impart desired and/or different characteristics to the bioink. In embodiments the thickener and polyethylene glycol based crosslinkable network form a structure comprising two interpenetrating networks.
US11186734B2	Epoxy resin emulsions for electrocoating An epoxy resin emulsion includes a continuous phase including an aqueous carrier and an acid. The emulsion also includes a dispersed phase including an epoxy resin. The epoxy resin is the reaction product of an amine compound and a first epoxy reactant. The first epoxy reactant itself includes the reaction product of (1) an aromatic diol monomer, (2) a di-glycidyl ether of Bisphenol A and/or a di-glycidyl ether of catechol, and (3) a C8-C18 alkyl phenolic end-capping agent. The (1) aromatic diol monomer has the structure: In this structure, each of R1-R4 is independently a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, a halide group, a cyano group, a nitro group, a blocked isocyanate group, or a C1-C8 alkyloxy group or wherein any two or more of R1-R4 may be a fused ring.
US11186733B2	Conductor film, and conductive film Provided is a conductor film obtainable using a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid. The carbon nanotube dispersion liquid contains carbon nanotubes (A), a polymeric dispersant (B) including a sulfonic acid group-containing monomeric unit and an ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid monomeric unit, and a solvent (C). Percentage content of the ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid monomeric unit in the polymeric dispersant (B) is greater than 20 mol % and no greater than 90 mol %.
US11186726B2	Aqueous polymer dispersion and aqueous coating composition comprising the same An aqueous polymer dispersion is composed of (i) an emulsion polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 30,000 daltons, wherein the emulsion polymer comprises as polymerized units, based on the dry weight of the emulsion polymer, (a) from 10% to 90% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated ionic monomer, (b) from 5% to 90% by weight of a photosensitive monomer, and (c) from 0 to 85% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer; and (ii) from 3.5% to 50% by weight of TEMPO and/or a derivative thereof, based on the total dry weight of the aqueous polymer dispersion. An aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous polymer dispersion and a binder provides coatings with improved durability.
US11186717B2	Enhanced powder flow and melt flow of polymers for additive manufacturing applications Provided are thermoplastic-nanoparticle compositions that exhibit enhanced powder and melt flow. The disclosed compositions, comprising nanoparticles being silylated, have particular application in additive manufacturing processes, such as selective laser sintering and other processes.
US11186714B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and molded product thereof A polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: a polycarbonate-based resin satisfying requirements (1) and (2); and a styrene-based resin blended into the polycarbonate-based resin, wherein a ratio of the polycarbonate-based resin in 100 mass % of a total amount of the polycarbonate-based resin and the styrene-based resin is from 50 mass % or more to 99 mass % or less: (1) the polycarbonate-based resin contains a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer containing a polycarbonate block formed of a specific repeating unit and a polyorganosiloxane block containing a specific repeating unit, and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin except the polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer; and (2) the polycarbonate-based resin has a structure in which a domain containing the polyorganosiloxane block is present in a matrix containing the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin as a main component, and a domain containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin and the polycarbonate block is present inside the domain.
US11186696B2	Reversibly cross-linkable resin Reversibly cross-linkable foam is provided. The reversibly cross-linked foam includes a first polymeric material, at least one reversibly cross-linkable monomer polymerized with the first polymeric material, and at least one blowing agent. The reversibly cross-linkable co-polymeric foam is thermally stable at temperatures of at least 10 degrees higher than otherwise identical polymeric foam that does not include the reversibly cross-linkable agent polymerized with the first polymeric material.
US11186695B2	Method for producing expanded thermoplastic polymers An improved process for fabricating expanded thermoplastic polymers (eTP) starting from non-expanded TP is disclosed whereby said process has improved thermal control, uses preferably environmentally friendly foaming gasses, avoids anisotropy and sticking of the eTP during the processing and minimises the duration of the charging step.
US11186692B2	Epoxy resin composition, fiber reinforced composite material, molded article and pressure vessel One purpose of the present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition which is for obtaining a fiber-reinforced composite material that combines heat resistance with tensile strength on a high level. The other purpose is to provide: a fiber-reinforced composite material obtained using this epoxy resin composition; and a molded article and a pressure vessel both containing the fiber-reinforced composite material. The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above purposes. Namely, the epoxy resin composition includes the constituent element [A]: An epoxy resin including an aromatic ring and having a functionality of 2 or higher and the following constituent element [B]: An acid anhydride-based hardener, and is characterized in that a cured object obtained by curing the epoxy resin composition has a rubber-state modulus of 10 MPa or less when evaluated for dynamic viscoelasticity and the cured object has a glass transition temperature of 95° C. or higher.
US11186689B2	Method to disperse nano-cellulose in organic polymer precursors This invention concerns a novel method to produce thermosets such as epoxies and polyurethanes comprising nano-cellulose. The method comprises contacting primarily water-bourne dispersed nano-cellulose with liquid thermoset precursors, specifically epoxy or amine in the case of epoxies, or glycols or similar in the case of polyurethanes. Nano-cellulose transfers to the organic phase, and water is removed at temperatures below 100° C. Thereafter the organic phase comprising nano-cellulose can be mixed with the reactive counterpart to yield nano-composites with improved properties. The products can be used for composite articles, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and other end-uses. Preferred embodiments are described in detail.
US11186684B2	Method for continuously producing a polyamide powder The present invention relates to a process for continuously producing a polyamide powder (PP) comprising at least one semicrystalline polyamide (P). The present invention further relates to the polyamide powder (PP) thus obtainable and to the use of the polyamide powder (PP) as sinter powder (SP), and also to a process for producing a shaped body by exposing a layer of a polyamide powder (PP).
US11186675B2	Epoxy resin composition and transformer comprising the same The disclosure describes an epoxy resin composition and a transformer including the same. The epoxy resin composition according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an epoxy resin having a glycol-based functional group in a main chain, a filler, a curing agent, and an imidazole-based catalyst, and the transformer according to an embodiment includes an insulated conductor wound in multiple layers in a vertical direction; a semi-conductive layer which is provided on the insulated conductor and disperses a concentrated electric field; and an insulator which is casted on the insulated conductor and the semi-conductive layer and forms an outer shape of the transformer, and the insulator consists of the epoxy resin composition including the epoxy resin having the glycol-based functional group in the main chain, the filler, the curing agent, and the imidazole-based catalyst.
US11186671B2	Reduced flammability flexible polyurethane foam A method of forming a flexible polyurethane foam that passes BS 5852:2006 source V (Crib 5) test. The method includes providing a modified polyisocyanate polyaddition (PIPA) 5 polyol formed by contacting a PIPA polyol dispersion with at least one carboxylic acid having a melting point above zero degree Celsius and present in a carrier solvent. The PIPA polyol dispersion has a polyol liquid phase content of 60 wt. % to 90 wt. % and a solid particle phase content of 10 wt. % to 40 wt. % based on a total weight of the PIPA polyol dispersion. From 10 weight percent (wt. %) to 80 wt. % of the modified PIPA polyol is combined with 90 wt. % to 20 10 wt. % of at least another polyether polyol based on a total weight of a polyol blend of the PIPA polyol and the at least another polyether polyol, where the polyether polyol is formed with propylene oxide and ethylene oxide and has an equivalent weight of 1,000 to 2,000 and a functionality of 3 to 6. The combination of the modified PIPA polyol and the polyether polyol are reacted with a polyisocyanate and a blowing agent to form the flexible polyurethane foam.
US11186662B1	Metallocene catalyst systems with chemically-treated solid oxides for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers Polymerization processes for producing ethylene-based plastomers and elastomers having densities less than 0.91 g/cm3 utilize a metallocene-based catalyst system containing a chemically-treated solid oxide. These polymerization processes can be conducted in a slurry reactor, a solution reactor, and/or a gas phase reactor. Ethylene polymers produced from the polymerization process can be characterized by a density of less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter of less than 0.2, and a ratio of HLMI/MI of at least 30, or a density less than 0.91 g/cm3, a CY-a parameter from 0.25 to 0.75, and a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 3.
US11186658B2	Vinyl chloride-based polymer and preparation method thereof The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer having improved processability due to excellent blendability, and the vinyl chloride-based polymer having a particle non-uniformity of 10 or more defined by Equation 1. Particle ⁢ ⁢ non ⁢ - ⁢ uniformity ⁢ [ E ⁡ ( X ) ] = 1 50 ⁢ ∑ i = 1 50 ⁢ X i [ Equation ⁢ ⁢ 1 ]
US11186648B2	Anti-CD40 antibody having engineered Fc domains and therapeutic uses thereof The disclosure provides CD40-binding molecules comprising engineered human IgG domains, for example, human IgG1, IgG2, and IgG4 variants having mutations in the hinge domain, which exhibit altered binding activity to one or more Fcγ receptors. Also described herein are methods for selectively activating or inhibiting immune responses in a subject using the CD40-binding molecules.
US11186644B2	Anti-neuropilin antigen-binding proteins and methods of use thereof Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding fragments thereof, that selectively bind to NRP-1 and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the antibodies, or antigen binding fragments thereof. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies, or antigen binding fragments thereof, such as therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US11186641B2	Fusion proteins targeting tumour associated macrophages for treating cancer The present invention relates to cancer immunotherapy. In particular, provided herein are fusion proteins for targeting tumor associated macrophages with immunostimulatory agents.
US11186640B2	Method for the identification of immunotherapy-drug combinations using a network approach This invention relates to systems and methods for evaluating the differentiality of a set of discrete random variables between two or more conditions, such as a malignant condition responding to treatment regime and one that is not. It also provides for the identification and selection of drugs that act in coordinated manner to phenocopy a genetic network of a malignant condition that responds to at least an immune checkpoint blockade agent.
US11186635B2	Monoclonal antibodies binding to the CD160 transmembrane isoform The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies that bind to the CD160-TM isoform. The inventors developed new monoclonal antibodies which bind to the CD160-TM isoform but dot not bind to the CD160 GPI-anchored isoform not to the CD160 soluble isoform. In particular, the antibodies of the present invention are suitable for amplifying NK cell activation and therefore cytotoxic functions NK cells.
US11186631B2	Anti-STAT3 bispecific antibody having cell-penetrating ability, and pharmaceutical composition containing same An anti-STAT3 specific antibody and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same is provided. The anti-STAT3 specific antibody includes a site that specifically binds to STAT3, and further includes a STAT3 site plus a DNA binding site that confer cell penetration ability, and the pharmaceutical composition includes the anti-STAT3 specific antibody as an active ingredient. The STAT3 specific antibody, and particularly the STAT3/DNA dual specific antibody having a dual specific characteristic, contains a DNA binding site that can penetrate cells and specifically bind to DNA in the nucleus, and thus can overcome the limitations of conventional antibody therapeutics that can target only extracellular proteins. The antibody can inhibit transcription factor activity of STAT3 by specifically binding to phosphorylated activated form of STAT3. Thus, the antibody could be used for the development of a therapeutic agent without side effects for various diseases caused by activation of STAT3.
US11186626B2	Broadly neutralizing antibody targeting the ebolavirus glycoprotein internal fusion loop This disclosure provides a method for preventing, treating, or managing an ebolavirus infection in a subject, where the method includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of at least one pan-ebolavirus internal fusion loop antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein the binding domain specifically binds to the epitope on two or more ebolavirus species or strains.
US11186613B2	Solid-phase support comprising IgG-binding peptide, and method for separating IgG The present invention provides an IgG-binding peptide which can be used for the purification of IgG and has excellent stability, e.g., alkali stability. The present invention also provides a method for purifying IgG using the IgG-binding peptide. Specifically, the present invention relates to a solid-phase support including an IgG-binding peptide, an IgG separation column including the solid-phase support, a kit including the solid-phase support or the column, and a method for purifying IgG using the solid-phase support or the column.
US11186610B2	Crystal of glutathione trisulfide dihydrate and method for producing same The present invention relates to a crystal of glutathione trisulfide dihydrate and a method for producing the same. According to the present invention, for example, the crystal can be provided by concentrating an aqueous solution in which glutathione trisulfide is dissolved and collecting the precipitated crystal of glutathione trisulfide dihydrate. In addition, the present invention relates to a simple method for producing polysulfide in an aqueous solvent using thiosulfate without using hydrogen sulfide, by stirring an aqueous solution in which a compound having a thiol group or a disulfide bond and thiosulfate are dissolved or by leaving the aqueous solution to stand.
US11186590B2	Somatostatin modulators and uses thereof Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
US11186589B2	Cyanoindoline derivatives as NIK inhibitors The present invention relates to pharmaceutical agents useful for therapy and/or prophylaxis in a mammal, and in particular to inhibitors of NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK—also known as MAP3K14) useful for treating diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disorders, metabolic disorders and autoimmune disorders. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of diseases such as cancer, inflammatory disorders, metabolic disorders including obesity and diabetes, and autoimmune disorders.
US11186578B2	Substituted pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines and pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidines as tyrosine kinase inhibitors A fused bicyclic compound having an effect in inhibition of the activity of a tyrosine kinase, and preparation, compositions, and uses thereof are disclosed. In particular, compounds of formula (I) and (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a solvate, a hydrate, a polymorph, a prodrug or an isotopic variation thereof, as well as a pharmaceutical composition including the same are disclosed. Compounds disclosed herein are substituted pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines and are selective irreversible inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase. The described compounds can therefore be used for preventing or treating diseases such as inflammation, autoimmune diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis), xenogeneic immune diseases and cancers.
US11186576B2	Pyrazolo[1,5-A][1,3,5]triazine and pyrazolo[1,5-A]pyrimidine derivatives as CDK inhibitors The present invention provides substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a][1,3,5]triazine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I), which are therapeutically useful, particularly as selective transcriptional CDK inhibitors including CDK7, CDK9, CDK12, CDK13 and CDK18, more particularly transcriptional CDK7 inhibitors wherein X, ring A, ring B, L1, L2, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, m, n and p have the meanings given in the specification and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases or disorder associated with selective transcriptional CDKs in a mammal. The present invention also provides preparation of the compounds and pharmaceutical formulations comprising at least one of the substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a][1,3,5]triazine and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a stereoisomer thereof.
US11186574B2	Inhibitors of EGFR and/or HER2 and methods of use The application relates to a compound having Formula X: which modulates the activity of HER2 and/or a mutant thereof, and/or EGFR and/or a mutant thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease in which HER2 and/or a mutant thereof, and/or EGFR and/or a mutant thereof, plays a role.
US11186573B2	Inhibitors of ROR gamma The present disclosure relates to salts and crystalline forms of a compound having the formula (I): Also described are processes for the production of the salts and crystalline forms described herein.
US11186567B2	AMPA receptor potentiators The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are defined in the specification, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the compounds for use as medicaments. The compounds potentiate AMPA receptor function and are expected to be useful in the treatment of central nervous system disorders, for example in the treatment of depressive disorders, mood disorders and cognitive dysfunction associated with neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.
US11186561B2	Compounds, compositions and methods for treatment of eye disorders and skin diseases Disclosed is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrate, solvate, crystal, co-crystal, enantiomer, stereoisomer, polymorph or prodrug thereof, which is useful for treatment of eye disorders, skin diseases and/or complications associated therewith. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising as an active ingredient at least one compound of formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Also disclosed is a method of treating an eye disorder, skin disease and/or a complication thereof in a subject in need thereof by administering at least one compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrate, solvate, crystal, co-crystal, enantiomer, stereoisomer, polymorph or prodrug thereof.
US11186560B2	Arthropod repellent chemicals Compositions and methods for repelling arthropods. The compositions include a carrier and an arthropod repelling compound, which can be a compound discovered by a novel and complex cheminformatic process to demonstrate repellency behavior across a broad spectrum of arthropods. The compound can be a thiane compound, a pyrrolidone compound, a cyclohexadiene compound, a cyclohexenone compound, a cyclohexene compound, a furanone compound, a pyran compound, a tetrahydropyran compound, a thiazolidine compound, a thiazoline compound, a dihydrothiophene compound, a dithiolane compound, a dithiane compound, an epoxide compound, an oxathiane compound, a cyclopentene compound, a cyclohexane compound, a quinoline compound, an oxazoline compound, a tetrahydropyridine compound, and an imidazolidinone compound, or a combination thereof.
US11186556B1	Salts of a thiazolidinone compound, solid forms, compositions and methods of use thereof Provided herein are formulations, processes, solid forms and methods of use relating to salts of (Z)-5-((Z)-3-chloro-4-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)benzylidene)-2-(propylimino)-3-(o-tolyl)thiazolidin-4-one.
US11186544B2	Piperidinone formyl peptide 2 receptor and formyl peptide 1 receptor agonists The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), which are formyl peptide 2 (FPR2) receptor agonists and/or formyl peptide 1 (FPR1) receptor agonists. The disclosure also provides compositions and methods of using the compounds, for example, for the treatment of atherosclerosis, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and related diseases.
US11186527B2	Method for producing plant seed containing endophytic micro-organisms The invention discloses a method for producing plant seed containing endophytic microorganisms characterised in by the following steps: contacting a flowering plant with a preparation of endophytic microorganisms, whereby the endophytic microorganisms enter the plant via the flowers and are conveyed to seed produced by the plant; and obtaining the plant seed containing endophytic microorganisms from the plant.
US11186525B2	Method to produce a protective surface layer having a predetermined topography on a ceramic matrix composite A method to produce a protective surface layer having a predetermined topography on a ceramic matrix composite is described. The method includes applying a slurry layer to a surface of a fiber preform, and drying the slurry layer to form a particulate layer. A surface of the particulate layer is machined to improve surface smoothness and to form a machined surface. A ceramic tape is attached to the machined surface, and a tool comprising one or more features to be imprinted is placed on the ceramic tape, thereby forming a compression assembly. Heat and pressure are applied to the compression assembly to consolidate and bond the ceramic tape to the machined surface, while the one or more features of the tool are imprinted. Thus, a protective surface layer having a predetermined topography is formed.
US11186524B2	Luminescent concrete composition and product Luminescent concrete compositions containing cement, fine aggregates such as sand, and a phosphor such as strontium aluminate. Glow-in-the-dark concrete products made therefrom and methods of producing such concrete products are also specified. The glow-in-the-dark concrete products demonstrate good mechanical strength (e.g. compressive strength) and skid resistance. The addition of phosphorescent strontium aluminate provides luminance that persists for up to 10 hours to the concrete products.
US11186521B2	Conductive ceramic composition having excellent electrical conductivity One embodiment of the present invention provides a conductive ceramic composition comprising: conductive non-oxide ceramic particles; oxide ceramic particles electrostatically bonded or co-dispersed with the non-oxide ceramic particles; and a binder resin.
US11186517B2	Chemically strengthenable lithium aluminosilicate glasses with inherent damage resistance A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 μm; in others, at least about 100 μm. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
US11186494B2	Method of making room temperature stable δ-phase bismuth(III) oxide Provided is room temperature stable δ-phase Bi2O3. Ion conductive compositions comprise at least 95 wt % δ-phase Bi2O3, and, at 25° C., the compositions are stable and have a conductivity of at least 10−7 S/cm. Related methods, electrochemical cells, and devices are also disclosed.
US11186484B2	Method of purifying boron nitride nanotubes Disclosed is a method of purifying boron nitride nanotubes through a simplified process. Specifically, the method includes preparing a starting solution containing boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), a dispersant and a solvent, centrifuging the starting solution or allowing the starting solution to stand to collect a supernatant, adding an acid to the supernatant and filtering a resulting product.
US11186479B2	Systems and methods for operating a MEMS device based on sensed temperature gradients An exemplary microelectromechanical device includes a MEMS layer, portions of which respond to an external force in order to measure the external force. A substrate layer is located below the MEMS layer and an anchor couples the substrate layer and MEMS layer to each other. A plurality of temperature sensors are located within the substrate layer to identify a temperature gradient being experienced by the MEMS device. Compensation is performed or operations of the MEMS device are modified based on temperature gradient.
US11186477B2	Systems and methods for coordinating remote fuel delivery to vehicles Methods and systems are provided for conducting remote refueling events of a passenger vehicle, and for coordinating said remote refueling events with a fuel tank fill level prior to the remote refueling event, a loading state of a fuel vapor storage device, and current and predicted fuel tank pressure. In one example, an amount of fuel that can be added to the fuel tank without overwhelming a capacity of the fuel vapor storage device is increased responsive to scheduling the remote refueling event to take place at a time when the fuel tank is at a negative pressure, thus resulting in partial purge of the fuel vapor storage device prior to commencing refueling. In this way, environmentally friendly refueling events may be enabled, thus reducing the potential for undesired evaporative emissions during refueling events.
US11186468B2	Winch capable of externally connecting motor to increase dynamic power A winch capable of externally connecting motor is to selectively assemble and increase an externally connected motor (a third motor) on a winch driven by a set of motors so that a driving device disposed inside a driving device box of the winch is driven by dynamic power supplied from three motor at the same time to provide greater pulling force and faster pulling rate for a rope wheel of the winch, thereby providing wider scope of application. Moreover, the externally connected motor (the third motor) can be disassembled when there is no need such that dynamic power is provided by two motors so as to save power and energy resource.
US11186462B1	Inflatable pipe drum systems and methods Techniques for implementing and/or operating a pipe drum system that includes a drum body. The drum body is to be disposed within an interior channel of a pipe coil that is formed from a flexible pipe including tubing that defines a pipe bore and a fluid conduit within a tubing annulus. The drum body includes a drum core implemented with substantially fixed dimensions and a fluid bladder layer implemented circumferentially around the drum core. The pipe drum system maintains the fluid bladder layer in a first state to enable the drum body to be inserted into the interior channel of the pipe coil after the pipe coil is formed and increases inflation of the fluid bladder layer from the first state to a second state to enable an outer surface of the drum body to push against an inner surface of the pipe coil to facilitate supporting the pipe coil.
US11186459B2	Medium cutting device and image formation apparatus A medium cutting device according to an embodiment may include: a fixed blade provided on one side with respect to a conveyance path in which a medium is conveyed in a thickness direction of the medium orthogonal to a surface of the medium and including a cutting edge thereof; a rotary blade provided on the other side with respect to the conveyance path in the thickness direction, and including a cutting edge thereof, wherein the rotary blade is configured to be rotated in a rotation direction so that the cutting edge of the rotary blade passes by the cutting edge of the fixed blade to cut at a cutting position the medium being conveyed; and a guide member provided upstream of the cutting position in a conveyance direction of the medium and configured to bias the medium toward the rotary blade side.
US11186452B2	Sequencing bulk material containers for continuous material usage In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for sequencing portable containers of bulk material to provide continuous bulk material usage at an outlet are provided. The disclosed sequencing techniques may involve identifying a sequence for opening different portable containers of bulk material (or identifying the “next” portable container to open) and automatically actuating the discharge gates of the portable containers in the desired sequence to provide a continuous flow of bulk material to the outlet (e.g., blender unit). The identified sequence may be executed through a control system communicatively coupled to actuators used to open/close the discharge gates of the portable bulk material containers. A GUI may be communicatively coupled to the control system to allow an operator to select the desired sequence for execution by the control system and to display information regarding the portable bulk material containers.
US11186450B2	Apparatus for handling metal sheets and operation method thereof An apparatus for handling sheets and the operating method thereof is disclosed, the apparatus including: a handling unit for gripping and transferring sheets to and from a sheet change support with a substantially horizontal attitude; and a receiving-transmitting electromagnetic beam unit which generate electromagnetic beams arranged on a plane which is intercepted by the sheets when they take up an attitude at least partially different from the horizontal one. The receiving-transmitting electromagnetic beam unit is fixedly arranged on at least a couple of linear bars arranged at the same height for generating a horizontal-mesh barrier, consisting of intersecting, stationary electromagnetic beams, generated by the receiving-transmitting unit, the barrier being defined above an area occupied by the sheet change support.
US11186441B2	Conveyor systems and methods Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for monitoring and removing contaminants from a conveyor surface based upon predicted frictional engagement qualities detected on a conveyor surface. In some examples, the methods may include monitoring the conveyor surface with at least one sensor configured to sense a condition on the conveyor surface. The sensor may detect the presence of a contaminant, and communicate the location of the detected contaminant to a processor. A treatment cycle may then be initiated to remove or displace the contaminant from the conveyor surface after the presence of a contaminant has been detected.
US11186440B2	Parts accumulator A parts accumulating section includes a cylindrical center member; and a hose helically wrapped around the outer periphery of the cylindrical center member, and connecting two predetermined steps of a parts production line to each other. The hose has an inner diameter dimension which enables parts to pass, in a predetermined attitude, through the hose with only a respective one of the parts disposed in the hose in the radial direction of the hose. A vibration generating section applies torsional vibrations to the parts accumulating section so that the parts are fed through the hose. The parts discharged from the upstream step are accumulated in the hose in the same order as they are handled in the upstream step. The parts are fed through the hose without generating surface damage to the parts due to their collision against each other, and are supplied to the downstream step.
US11186432B2	External floating roof tank shell extension The invention relates to an inexpensive technique and procedure to add storage capacity to existing hydrocarbon storage tanks that have a double seal floating roof. The additional storage capacity is obtained by installing an extension that is strong enough to provide the upper seal of the double seal arrangement to maintain a sealed vapor space that allows the roof to move higher within the existing peripheral wall of the storage tank.
US11186429B2	Capsule for making beverages A capsule containing a powdered food substance comprises a body including a lower wall and a lateral wall, and a lid fixed to the body. The lid and a central portion of the lower wall are pierceable to allow the injection of water into and the extraction of a beverage from the capsule. Between the lid and the lower wall, there is a permeable filter, which retains the powdered substance, the filter including a layered sheet of flexible material fixed to the body, and separating the powdered substance from the central portion. The sheet of flexible material is shaped to form, at the central portion, at least one projection towards the lid. At the projection the filter is distanced from the central portion and there is a compartment, located between the filter and the central portion, where a piercing element can be inserted following penetration through the central portion, without damaging the filter.
US11186414B2	Tamper-proof cap and spout and methods related thereto A cap (10) configured to interact with a spout (12), said cap (10) comprising: a proximal section (14), a distal section (16), a sidewall section (18) in between said proximal (14) and distal section (16); at least two rotating means (20) attached to said sidewall (18) wherein said rotating means (20) configured to be attached to a first tamper proof indicator; at least one cutting element (22) configured in the proximal section (14) of said cap (10) arranged to remove a second tamper proof indicator (24) provided in said spout (12); wherein said cap (10) is arranged such that said first tamper proof indicator is arranged to break or open before said second tamper proof indicator (24) of said spout (12) is removed when said cap (10) is being unscrewed from said spout (12). A spout (12) configured to interact with a cap (10), said spout (12) comprising: a neck (26) provided with a second tamper proof indicator (24) extending radially outside said neck (26) such that a membrane projection is formed; wherein said second tamper proof indicator (24) arranged to be separated from the neck (26) when said cap (10) is unscrewed.
US11186409B2	Reconfigurable pallet/dolly platform A reconfigurable pallet/dolly platform includes a top deck that includes a product support surface and an opposing underside. The underside includes pallet support leg attachment areas for receiving pallet support legs when configured as a pallet, and dolly wheel attachment areas for receiving dolly wheels when configured as a dolly. The product support surface includes pallet support leg receiving areas aligned with the pallet support leg attachment areas and configured to engage the pallet support legs from an identical platform stacked thereon when configured as a pallet. The product support surface also includes dolly wheel receiving areas aligned with the dolly wheel wells and configured to engage the dolly wheels from an identical platform stacked thereon when configured as a dolly. Each dolly wheel receiving area partially overlaps with one of the pallet support leg receiving areas.
US11186407B2	Single-use beverage barrel made of stainless steel A single-use beverage barrel for one-time use, produced from a primarily cylindrical casing part, deep-drawn bottom and lid parts, having an opening in the center of the lid part, which is sealed by a plastic fitting and wherein the casing part is produced from stainless steel and has a wall thickness of 0.8 mm or less and the bottom part and the lid part are also produced from stainless steel and have a wall thickness of 0.8 mm or less.
US11186405B2	Folding box with integral product holder A packaging apparatus forming a box with an integral product holder from a single biodegradable material. The box comprises a top flap, bottom flap, and side panels extending longitudinally therebetween, all the panels foldably connected such that the box substantially encloses a heavy object. The integral holder is preferably foldably connected to a side panel of the box to be placed within the box, and is sized such that the integral holder cradles the heavy object to prevent movement during shipment. Tabs are foldably connected to the integral holder and are adjacent to side panels to secure the position of the integral holder during transportation and storage.
US11186403B2	Stretch-blown plastic container with a handle region made integral and method of production for the plastic container A stretch-blown plastic container, includes a container body which encloses a filling volume with a container bottom; a container neck which adjoins an opposite end of the container body, having a container opening and an integrated handle region, the handle region being hollow and joined to the filling volume which is enclosed by the container body; and between the handle region and the container body, a through opening recessed and bordered over its entire periphery by wall parts of the container body and of the handle region which have been welded to one another.
US11186393B2	Attachment unit for attaching a container element, and apparatus for attaching container elements The present disclosure relates to an attachment unit for attaching a container element to a container body. The attachment unit comprises a retaining device adapted to retain the container body while the container element is being attached to the container body and an applicator for positioning the container element in the container body. The retaining device comprises at least one through-going positioning cavity being adapted to receive a portion of the container body. The applicator is aligned with the positioning cavity, such that the container element is displaceable by means of the applicator into the container body by moving at least partly through the positioning cavity of the retaining device. The attachment unit comprises an internal housing arranged to provide and maintain a protective gas atmosphere above the positioning cavity of the retaining device. The internal housing is adapted to at least partly enclose the applicator.
US11186387B2	Variable heat rejection device A heat rejection system that employs temperature sensitive shape memory materials to control the heat rejection capacity of a vehicle to maintain a safe vehicle temperature. The technology provides for a wide range of heat rejection rates by actuation of the orientation or position of a heat rejection panel which impacts effective properties of the heat rejection system in response to temperature. When employed as a radiator for crewed spacecraft thermal control this permits the use of higher freezing point, non-toxic thermal working fluids in single-loop thermal control systems for crewed vehicles in space and other extraterrestrial environments.
US11186386B2	Automated aircraft inspection system A method, apparatus, and system for inspecting a fuselage of an aircraft. A rail is positioned within an interior portion of the fuselage of the aircraft such that the rail extends through the interior portion of the fuselage. An inspection device is attached to the rail. The inspection device moves along the rail and the position of the rail enables the inspection device to inspect the interior portion. Video data is sent to a computer system over a wireless communications link between the inspection device and the computer system. The video data is displayed on a display system for the computer system. Inspection operations are performed in the interior portion of the fuselage with the inspection device attached to the rail when a group of commands to perform the inspection operations are received from the computer system over a wireless communications link between the inspection device and the computer system.
US11186383B2	Centrifugal fuel pump ice prevention A fuel pump arrangement including a housing and an impeller located within the housing configured for receiving cold fuel through an inlet of the housing, wherein the impeller includes a series of vanes for drawing fluid and a nose cone defining an axis, wherein the nose cone includes a channel therethrough for passing warm fuel to an exterior surface of the nose cone for mixing with the cold fuel.
US11186381B2	Integral multistage ring gear systems for aircraft A drivetrain for an aircraft includes an engine, a driveshaft to receive rotational energy from the engine and a gearbox including a multistage planetary gear system to receive rotational energy from the driveshaft. The multistage planetary gear system includes an integral multistage ring gear system having flanged and cantilevered ends. The integral multistage ring gear system forms a first stage ring gear at the cantilevered end and a second stage ring gear interposed between the flanged end and the first stage ring gear. The multistage planetary gear system includes a first stage sun gear, first stage planet gears and a first stage carrier. The first stage planet gears mate with the first stage ring gear. The multistage planetary gear system includes a second stage sun gear, second stage planet gears and a second stage carrier. The second stage planet gears mate with the second stage ring gear.
US11186374B2	Reclinable passenger seat A reclinable passenger seat including a base, a seat pan frame having a front end connected to the base via a first fixed pivot, a support arm having one end connected to the base via a second fixed pivot aft of the first fixed pivot, and a backrest frame having an upper backrest member and a lower backrest member. An opposed end of the support arm is pivotally connected to the lower backrest member at a first location spaced from the upper backrest member. A rear end of the seat pan frame is pivotally connected to the lower backrest member at a second location between the first location and the upper backrest member. The backrest frame and seat pan frame are configured to move simultaneously between a sitting configuration and a reclined configuration through pivoting motion about the fixed pivots and about the two locations.
US11186372B2	Table device A table device for a seat, in particular for an aircraft seat, includes a table unit which is configured for being adjustable at least between a use position and a stowage position, and has at least one locking module which has at least one attachment unit which is configured for being at least in part fixedly connected to a seat component, wherein the table unit at least in the stowage position is lockable to the attachment unit. The locking module has at least two force-fit and/or form-fit elements, by means of which the table unit in a locked state is coupled in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner to the attachment unit.
US11186364B2	Information processing method, control device, and mobile tethering body An information processing method includes the following steps performed using a processor: obtaining first region information indicating a first region; obtaining first position information indicating the position of an unmanned aerial vehicle tethered to a mobile tethering body using a tether; determining, using the first region information and the first position information, a first destination which is a destination of the mobile tethering body; and moving the mobile tethering body to the first destination. The first destination is a position located at least a predetermined distance from a point which is on the boundary of the first region and located the shortest distance from the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle, in the direction from the point on the boundary of the first region to the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US11186357B2	System and method for controlling rotorcraft In an embodiment, a method includes: obtaining a first signal from a first sensor of a rotorcraft, the first signal indicating measured angular velocity around a first axis of the rotorcraft; filtering the first signal with a lag compensator to estimate angular position around the first axis of the rotorcraft; and adjusting flight control devices of the rotorcraft according to the estimated angular position and the measured angular velocity around the first axis of the rotorcraft, thereby changing flight characteristics of the rotorcraft around the first axis of the rotorcraft.
US11186333B2	Drive shaft support devices and methods of supporting drive shafts for assembly A drive shaft support device that supports a drive shaft in a horizontal orientation during an assembly operation to a vehicle comprises an elongated support body and one or more drive shaft support arms that extend outward from the elongated support body. The one or more support arms include a mount portion that is mounted to the elongated support body and a support portion having a support surface that is configured to support the drive shaft thereon. A frame clamp is located at an end of the elongated support body and includes an upper support and a lower support that is spaced from the upper support to receive a frame portion of the vehicle therebetween and support the elongated body from the frame portion in the horizontal orientation.
US11186331B2	Scallop-resistant track link and method of making same A track link includes an elongate link body formed of a link body material that varies in hardness to form a first lower hardness zone, a second lower hardness zone, and a higher hardness zone. The higher hardness zone includes an upper rail surface of the elongate link body and extends substantially throughout the elongate link body outside of the first and second lower hardness zones, which surround the track pin bores. Related methodology for making a track link is also disclosed.
US11186324B2	Signaling system for fastening to a roof of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle A signaling system provides at least one emergency services signal for fastening to a roof of a motor vehicle. The signaling system includes a housing that is directed in the travel direction and has a low aerodynamic resistance. The signaling system furthermore has a signaling unit that is disposed within the housing and is configured for providing emergency services signals. The housing has at least two housing sides, wherein one housing side faces the roof, and the other housing side faces away from the roof. The side that faces the roof is adapted to the shape of the roof. The housing side that faces away from the roof corresponds to the suction side of an airfoil profile.
US11186321B2	Load absorbing structure for vehicle A load absorbing structure for a vehicle is provided. The structure includes a pair of front side members that are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle on a front side of the vehicle and a pair of side sills that are connected to the front side members, respectively. A pair of front pillars are connected to the side sills, respectively and a pair of connection members connect the front side members and the side sills corresponding thereto in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, respectively. A battery cross member is disposed transverse between the pair of connection members and a bottom surface of the battery cross member is disposed lower than a bottom wall of each connection member.
US11186311B2	Control circuit and motor control device A control circuit connected to a control device configured to control a motor connected to a rotation shaft that is convertible into a turning angle of a turning wheel, the control circuit includes a main circuit configured to calculates a rotation number indicating a rotational state of the rotation shaft based on a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the motor as a relative angle, a detection result communication unit configured to detect whether or not there is an abnormality in the main circuit and output a detection result to the control device, and a pseudo abnormality generating unit configured to set the detection result to be abnormal based on a pseudo abnormal signal from the control device.
US11186304B2	Method and electronic system for detecting rail switch degradation and failures Method for detecting rail switches degradation and failures, the method having the steps of applying a Discrete Wavelet Transform to stored measurement data relative to a switch move to be analysed and obtaining a feature vector associated with said switch move and including Discrete Wavelet Transform coefficients delivered by the applied Discrete Wavelet Transform; comparing the obtained feature vector with feature vectors associated with rail switch moves previously obtained and associating each to a respective health class among several given health classes; and determining a health class for the said switch move to be analyzed by selecting one of the health classes associated with the previously obtained feature vectors based upon the comparison step.
US11186296B2	Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and program A method for decelerating a vehicle, a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing the method, and reception apparatuses. The method includes monitoring a state of a driver of the vehicle, and causing a notification to be output based on the monitored state of the driver. The method further includes determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus and when operating in a manual operation mode, whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate after the notification is output. The vehicle is caused by the circuitry to decelerate based on the determination of whether to cause the vehicle to decelerate.
US11186292B1	Systems and methods for configuring a vehicle Methods and systems described in this disclosure identify a driver of a vehicle. The driver may have a profile indicating vehicle settings, and at least one of the vehicle settings may not be overridden by the driver. The vehicle may be configured according to the vehicle settings in the profile, such that the vehicle may not operate outside of at least one of the vehicle settings that cannot be overridden. An insurance rate for insuring the vehicle may be generated based at least in part on the vehicle settings associated with the profile.
US11186282B2	Automated lane change system and methods Driver assistance systems and autonomous driving systems have been attractive to researchers in the automotive industry to reduce the number of accidents and to increase driving efficiency. One of the most challenging tasks to safely and effectively automate is changing between traffic lanes. The systems and methods of the present application include applications of the Dynamic Windows Approach algorithm to guide a vehicle through an automated lane change procedure with improved safety and efficiency.
US11186281B2	Apparatus and method for preventing vehicle from falling An apparatus and a method for preventing a vehicle from falling into a sinkhole are provided. The apparatus prevents the vehicle from being unnecessarily stopped by determining whether to stop the vehicle based on a size of the sinkhole while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road. The apparatus includes a sensor that is mounted on the vehicle to measure a distance to a ground and a controller that determines a size of the sinkhole based on the distance to the ground and determines whether to stop the vehicle while preventing the vehicle from falling into the sinkhole on a road.
US11186275B2	Vehicle control system Provided is a vehicle control device capable of efficiently performing vehicle control for safe driving assistance. A vehicle control device (ECU) (10) mounted in a vehicle is configured to: detect a stopped vehicle (3) located forward of the vehicle (1) in a traveling lane of the vehicle (1); set a speed distribution area (40) which defines a distribution of an allowable upper limit value of a relative speed of the vehicle (1) with respect to the stopped vehicle (3); detect a traveling state of a vehicle traveling in an adjacent lane of the vehicle (1); and, based on the traveling state of the vehicle in the adjacent lane and the speed distribution area (40) with respect to the stopped vehicle (3), execute an avoidance control of avoiding a collision with the stopped vehicle (3).
US11186271B2	System and method for modifying driving behavior of an autonomous vehicle based on passenger satisfaction A system for modifying driving behavior of an autonomous vehicle based on passenger satisfaction of a passenger may include a first sensor structured to detect a first property of the passenger; a processor operably coupled to the first sensor, the processor structured to calculate a passenger satisfaction index based on the first property of the passenger; an automated driving system structured to operate the autonomous vehicle, the automated driving system being operably coupled to the processor. The processor may be structured to control the automated driving system to modify driving behavior of the autonomous vehicle in response to the passenger satisfaction index satisfying a first condition.
US11186266B2	Vehicle controller A vehicle controller is applied to a vehicle having an engine, a transmission, a clutch connecting and disconnecting a crankshaft of the engine and an input shaft of the transmission to each other, a vehicle wheel connected to a drive axle of the transmission, and an electric motor disposed to be capable of transmitting torque to the crankshaft The vehicle controller controls driving of the electric motor such that a rotation speed of the engine is reduced when an operation state of the engine shifts from operation to stop. The vehicle controller controls rotation of the crankshaft so as to avoid coincidence between a crank angle and a top dead center angle of the engine in a vibration amplification region amplifying an amplitude of vibration generated when the operation state of the engine shifts to the stop.
US11186262B2	System and method for controlling compounding in a brake actuator A system for controlling compounding in a vehicle brake actuator includes first and second valves configured to control, respectively, a first fluid pressure in a parking brake chamber of a brake actuator that acts against a spring force applied by a spring of the actuator to a pushrod of the actuator and a second fluid pressure in a service brake chamber of the actuator that applies a fluid force to the pushrod. A controller is configured to receive first and second fluid pressure signals indicative of the first and second fluid pressures, determine a total brake actuator force applied to the pushrod responsive to the first and second fluid pressure signals and control at least one of the first and second valves responsive to the total brake actuator force to adjust a corresponding one of the first and second fluid pressures and thereby obtain an adjusted total brake actuator force.
US11186260B2	Windscreen wiper device A windscreen wiper device includes an elongated wiper blade, a spoiler, and a connector assembly. The spoiler is coupled to and extends between opposite ends along the longitudinal length of the wiper blade. The connector assembly is operably attached to the spoiler and detachably connects the windscreen wiper device to an oscillating wiper arm adapted to oscillate the wiper blade along the surface of a curved windshield of a vehicle.
US11186259B2	Wiper drive device A wiper drive device includes: a drive member that is configured to cause a wiper blade to wipe a region of a windshield as a wiping operation, the region of the windshield including a to-be-imaged region of the windshield, the to-be-imaged region being included in a field of view of a camera which images a predefined imaging range near a vehicle through the windshield; and a stop section that is configured to stop the wiper blade in an outside region in response to that an anomaly that hinders the wiping operation occurs while the drive member causes the wiper blade to perform the wiping operation on the windshield, the outside region being a region of the windshield outside of the to-be-imaged region.
US11186253B2	Steering lock device A steering lock device includes a trigger that is displaced as a frame cover drops from a frame, an auxiliary lock device that holds a lock member in a locked position as the trigger is displaced under condition that the lock member is positioned in the locked position, a housed component that is arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in a guide hole, and a trigger coupling member that couples the housed component and the trigger. When the housed component is displaced, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.
US11186250B2	Air bag and air bag device Provided is an airbag configured so that, in the inflated state thereof, a recess is formed in a chest restraint area in the passenger facing surface of the airbag, and the portion of the airbag other than the recess has a large inflation thickness. A driver-side airbag 1 is formed by sewing a front panel 2 and a rear panel 3 together. The rear panel 3 is provided with a left tuck portion 12 which extends from the upper left to the lower left, and a right tuck portion 11 which extends from the upper right to the lower right. The tuck portions 11 and 12 increase the inflation thickness of the driver-side airbag 1. A recess 6 is formed in a passenger chest restraint area in the driver-side airbag 1 by a tether 20.
US11186249B2	Passenger airbag An airbag for a front passenger seat, comprising: an inlet port for inflation gas; a main body, formed of at least one panel of fabric, and comprising a retainer (3) adapted for mounting the airbag to a vehicle, and a passenger contact region; and at least one tether (4) located inside the main body and connecting the retainer (3) to the passenger contact region so as to restrain inflation of at least a portion of the passenger contact region, wherein the tether (4) is attached to the fabric panel along a generally vertical line by stitches (7) which pass through stitch holes which are located inside the main body.
US11186247B2	Vehicle curtain airbag device A control valve provided in a communicating portion restricts the supply of gas from a front main chamber to a rear delay chamber during an initial stage of inflation and deployment of the front main chamber. The control valve releases restriction of the supply of the gas from the front main chamber to the rear delay chamber during the later stage of inflation and deployment of the front main chamber.
US11186240B2	Grommet A first grommet includes a first tube-shaped portion for covering the outer periphery of the wire harness, and an expanded tube portion that expands in diameter and extends from the first tube-shaped portion, and at an end portion on the expanded side, has a seal portion into which the peripheral edge of the attachment hole Pa is to be fit. The covering portion protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the first tube-shaped portion in a state of being inclined toward the expanded tube portion in the axial direction of the first tube-shaped portion. Also, a first protruding portion that protrudes outward in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the first tube-shaped portion and is connected to the side surface on the expanded tube portion side in the axial direction of the covering portion is formed between the covering portion and the expanded tube portion.
US11186239B2	Grommet and wire harness A grommet includes: a main body part fitted to a penetration hole penetrating an attachment panel along an axial direction, stops water at the penetration hole, and has a wiring material inserted thereinto along the axial direction; and a tubular part unified with the main body part so as to have a tubular shape, and has the wiring material inserted thereinto. The tubular part includes a halved part formed to have a shape of a part of the tubular part in a circumferential direction, an open part where an inside of the tubular part is open at a position except a position where the halved part is formed in the circumferential direction, and an open/close part formed continuing from the halved part and is able to open and close the open part.
US11186229B2	Roof rack and vehicle including the same A roof rack mounted on a roof panel of a vehicle includes a main body including a rail that extends along a lengthwise direction and forms the main body and support parts provided on opposite longitudinal end portions of the rail in the lengthwise direction, a hollow profile that extends along the lengthwise direction of the rail and that is integrally formed inside the rail, caps mounted on opposite distal ends of the hollow profile and disposed inside the main body, and a pair of covers mounted on opposite side surfaces of each of the support parts.
US11186216B2	Cargo hauler for a pickup truck A cargo hauler for hauling cargo that includes a rack assembly with a stationary frame and a tilting frame pivotally connected to the stationary frame, a rail assembly detachably connected to and extending rearwardly from the tilting frame, a carriage assembly including a carriage frame configured for supporting the cargo, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism is configured for tilting the tilting frame relative to the stationary frame, and for towing the carriage assembly from the ground over the rail assembly and onto to the tilting frame, and for lowering the carriage assembly from the tilting frame over the rail assembly and onto the ground.
US11186203B2	Gear unit, electric gear motor and seat A gear unit (G) includes a gear housing (2) with at least one locking component (2.4, 2.4′) for a form and/or force-locking mounting of an electric motor (1) to the gear unit (G). The locking component (2.4, 2.4′) is configured as a circumferential edge or flange collar (5), in which a number of undercuts (2.4.1, 2.4.1′) are incorporated, in which the electric motor (1) can be locked by a form or force-locking connection. The gear housing (2) includes an additional locking unit (4) as an additional radial stop, which locking unit can be pressed into the locking component (2.4) to achieve a locked state. An electric gear motor (GM) includes at least one electric motor (1) and the gear unit (G). The locking component (2.4, 2.4′) can be form and/or force-lockingly connected to the motor locking element (A, A′). A seat (S) includes the electric gear motor (GM).
US11186183B2	Battery carrier with a peripheral frame and adhesive gap set in a defined manner Battery carrier for an electric motor vehicle, having a trough formed by a base and a peripheral frame coupled to the base, wherein the frame is formed from extruded hollow profiles and a cover is arranged on the frame. In the installation position, the frame has a web protruding in each case in relation to its upper side and/or lower side in such a manner that a defined gap with respect to the base and/or with respect to the cover is produced, with a sealant and/or adhesive being incorporated.
US11186179B2	Compensation apparatus for leakage currents A compensation apparatus compensates for leakage currents on conductors that include active conductors. The apparats (20) has a differential current measuring apparatus (22), a power supply unit (60), a first signal generator (33), an output stage (28) and a supply apparatus (39). The differential current measuring apparatus (22) captures a first signal at a first location of the active conductors and supplies it to the first signal generator (33). The first signal characterizes differential current on the active conductors. The first signal generator (33) generates a second signal to compensate for the differential current from the first signal and supplies this second signal to the output stage (28). The output stage (28) injects a compensation current into at least one of the active conductors via the supply apparatus (39) on the basis of the second signal.
US11186178B2	Monitoring system, server, terminal device, monitoring method, and storage medium This invention provides a technique for suppressing deterioration in the value of a power storage system. This invention provides a monitoring system comprising: a detection unit that detects that a detection value related to a power storage system satisfies a condition; a specifying unit that specifies the type of prohibited action executed in the power storage system that satisfies the condition; and a determination unit that, on the basis of the specified type of prohibited action, calculates the life of the power storage system and/or determines the time over which the power storage system can keep operating after the specification.
US11186170B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle according to an aspect of the present invention is configured to shift, in a transmission unit, a speed of a driving force from an engine mounted on a traveling body and to transfer the shifted driving force to a traveling unit and a work unit. The work vehicle includes: a mode shift switch that is configured to shift a maximum vehicle speed by the traveling unit or a maximum number of revolutions of the engine, the maximum vehicle speed and the maximum number of revolutions being set for each of a plurality of modes; and a work unit operation lever that is configured to be used for operating the work unit. The work unit operation lever is provided with the mode shift switch.
US11186166B2	Fuel tank ventilation valve A fuel tank ventilation valve includes a float valve, a float control mechanism, and a barrier member. The float valve includes a float and a float chamber. The float chamber is provided by a case. The float control mechanism controls the area of a fuel opening so that a fuel outflow speed from the float chamber is slower than a fuel inflow speed into the float chamber. The barrier member is located between an opening for a ventilation passage and the float. The barrier member suppresses fuel intrusion. The fuel tank ventilation valve is capable of preventing an outflow of a liquid component.
US11186165B2	Heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle A heat distribution device for hybrid vehicle is provided, including: an engine cooling circuit through which cooling water for cooling an internal combustion engine circulates; a MG cooling circuit through which a refrigerant for cooling a motor generator circulates; and a heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between the cooling water and the refrigerant. When it is determined based on a charging rate SOC of a battery that the battery can be charged, charging control is performed to charge the battery with electric power generated in a regenerative operation; when it is determined that the battery cannot be charged, heat dissipation control is performed to dissipate the heat generated by the regenerative operation to the engine cooling circuit side by the heat exchange between the refrigerant and the cooling water in the heat exchanger.
US11186164B2	Thermal management system for an electric drive system, preferably for a vehicle A thermal management system for an electric drive system, preferably for a vehicle, includes an electric drive including an electric motor and power electronics. The electric motor and the power electronics are integrated in a cooling circuit and are cooled by a coolant circulating in the cooling circuit. The coolant is circulated by a coolant pump. In the case of a variable thermal management system, the electric motor and the power electronics are in spatial contact with respective cooling units. The cooling units of the electric motor and of the power electronics are arranged parallel to each other and an electrically controlled coolant distributor is positioned between the coolant pump and the cooling units which coolant distributor has two outlets. One outlet leads to the cooling unit of the electric motor and one outlet leads to the cooling unit of the power electronics and the outlets of the cooling units are merged into a channel and led back to the coolant pump.
US11186150B2	Latching systems for tonneau covers The present invention is directed a tonneau system. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a tonneau system, which includes multiple frame bars interconnected by latches. At least one of latches includes a rod that is operably coupled to its main portion, which includes an opening to accommodate the rod. The rod attaches to a hook jaw that includes two openings for attaching to the truck frame. There are other embodiments as well.
US11186134B2	Electrically powered suspension system An electrically powered suspension system includes: an electromagnetic actuator generating a driving force for vibration damping of the vehicle; an information acquisition part acquiring information on a stroke velocity of the electromagnetic actuator; a damping force calculator calculating a target damping force of the electromagnetic actuator, based on the information on the stroke velocity acquired by the information acquisition part; and a drive controller based on the target damping force calculated. The damping force calculator performs frequency-shaping of the stroke velocity for suppressing a low-frequency component of the stroke velocity, calculates an adjusted damping force based on the information on the stroke velocity after the frequency-shaping, and adjusts the target damping force using the adjusted damping force calculated. The suspension system appropriately suppresses vibration near a system resonance point while keeping excellent ride quality of the vehicle.
US11186133B2	Suspension thrust bearing device and suspension strut equipped with such a device This disclosure relates to a suspension thrust bearing device, for use with a suspension spring in an automotive suspension strut of a vehicle. The device comprises a bearing having upper and lower annular bearing members in relative rotation, and a damping element made of resilient material and interposed between the lower annular bearing member and the suspension spring. The damping element comprising at least one deflecting flange for reducing any ingress of water and other pollutants between the upper and lower annular bearing members. The damping element is provided with an annular groove open axially towards the suspension spring, said annular groove radially defining a spring support surface on inner side, and the said deflecting flange on outer side.
US11186132B2	Suspension system for vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm disposed along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm includes a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a front lower external joint and a rear lower external joint, and two vehicle body-side end portions connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint and a rear lower inner joint, the two vehicle body-side end portions including first and second vehicle body-side end portions, wherein the first vehicle body-side end portion among the two vehicle body-side end portions is connected to the vehicle body interposing a compliance control arm between the first vehicle body-side end portion and the vehicle body.
US11186130B2	Slip hitch system and methods of use Disclosed is a slip hitch system for coupling and uncoupling trailers from tractors having a three point lift. The slip hitch system comprises a tractor component mounted directly to the three point lift or in other embodiments to a standard 3 point hitch connected to the tractor's 3 point lift. A trailer component is configured for mating with the tongue of one or more trailers to be moved. A tractor plate on the tractor component is configured for seating within a capture space of the trailer component. Elevation of the tractor's 3 point lift consequently lifts the trailer component and trailer tongue for trailer relocation. Once relocated, the 3 point lift is lowered and the trailer and tractor components are separated while the operator may remain in the tractor cab. Also disclosed are various locking mechanisms between the tractor and trailer components and methods of use.
US11186125B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of circumferential main grooves, a plurality of lug grooves, and a plurality of blocks. Raised bottom portions are formed on groove bottoms of shoulder circumferential main grooves that are the circumferential main grooves, among the plurality of circumferential main grooves, positioned most outward in a tire lateral direction, and shoulder lug grooves that are the lug grooves, among the plurality of lug grooves, positioned outward from the shoulder circumferential main grooves in the tire lateral direction and connected to the shoulder circumferential main grooves from outer sides in the tire lateral direction. The raised bottom portions are formed so as to exclude at least intersection portions where the shoulder circumferential main grooves and the shoulder lug grooves intersect.
US11186120B2	Multi-part, sprung rail wheel The present invention relates to a multi-part rail wheel with a wheel tyre, a wheel body, an elastic body arranged between the wheel tyre and the wheel body and via which the wheel tyre is supported on the wheel body, and at least one clamping element attached to the wheel body from one end face, via which the elastic body is braced against the wheel body and the wheel tyre by clamping means acting on the wheel body, the wheel body consisting of a light metal material in the region where the clamping means act. The rail wheel guarantees secure bracing of the components with simple assembly and disassembly. This is achieved by at least one counter-bearing element being provided on the end face of the wheel body opposite the clamping element. The counter-bearing element consists of a material which has a higher strength than the wheel body material.
US11186118B2	Paint can caddie and lid therefor A paint can caddie, including a can receiving portion to receive a base and at least a portion of an outer circumference of a paint can therein, and a paint storing portion circumferentially disposed around the can receiving portion to receive paint spilled from the paint can.
US11186108B1	Sublimation printing on to dark surfaces A heat transfer process on to a stainless steel cup with a dark surface involves a stainless steel dark surface treatment layer arranged on a base layer of the outer circular surface of the cup body. The stainless steel dark surface treatment layer is sequentially arranged as at least one wire screen printing layer, a resin layer, and a thermal transfer image layer. The is one or several screen printing layers on the dark rough surface to fill up the rough pits on the dark surface to form a smooth surface and then a thermal transfer resin coating is applied, followed by heat transfer printing. A colorful personalized product can thus be produced from the cup.
US11186107B2	Method of printing on media of a given media type A printing method comprising the steps of: supplying media of a given media type to a printer; printing images onto the media in accordance with given print specifications and settings, thereby to obtain a print result; measuring a performance indicator that is representative of a property of the print result; and comparing the measured performance indicator to a corresponding target value, wherein the target value for said performance indicator is obtained from an actual or simulated production print process on media of the given media type; and in that a message is produced when the measured performance indicator deviates from the target value by more than a threshold value.
US11186103B2	Printing management apparatus A printing management apparatus includes a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, in which, in a case where a printing apparatus, which performs printing on continuous form paper, processes plural jobs with respect to the continuous form paper in one-time printing, the processor calculates a length, which is acquired by excluding a part used to print the plural jobs from a length determined by a transport start spot, at which transport of the continuous form paper starts and a transport end spot at which the transport of the continuous form paper ends, as an amount of waste paper indicative of a part which becomes a loss of the continuous form paper, and outputs an amount of waste paper for each job of plurality of jobs, which is acquired by allocating the calculated amount of waste paper to the plural jobs.
US11186096B2	Card-issuing device A card-issuing device may include a card stack unit, a card feeding mechanism. A card reader unit configured to perform at least one of reading of data recorded on a card and recording of data onto a card, a printing unit, and a card-flipping unit. The printing unit may include a supply roll, a winding roll, and a thermal head. The thermal head may be arranged between the supply roll and the winding roll in a front-rear direction of the card-issuing device, the supply roll and the winding roll may be arranged above the thermal head, and the card stack unit, the card-flipping unit, the thermal head, and the card reader unit may be arranged in that order in the front-rear direction.
US11186095B2	Medium conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus Disclosed herein is a medium conveying apparatus in which unjamming can be efficiently performed. The medium conveying apparatus includes conveyance rollers configured to convey a card, a rotary unit configured to hold and rotate the card, sensors SN2 and SN26 configured to detect the distance the card has been conveyed, and a control section. If the distance the card has been conveyed that has been detected by the sensors SN2 and SN26 differs from a preset distance L1 (Yes in Step S320), the control section determines (in S328 and S336) whether the card can be positioned in a direction to be delivered from the rotary unit. If the card can be so positioned, a drive motor is controlled, rotating the rotary unit to position the card to be delivered.
US11186088B2	Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus Provided is a liquid ejection head comprising: an ejection opening row along a first direction; a pressure chamber with print-element; a passage communicating with the pressure chamber; a supply opening row along the first direction with supply openings extending in a second direction to supply liquid to the passage; a collection opening row along the first direction with collection openings extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the passage; a first common supply passage along the first direction to supply a liquid to the supply opening row; a first common collection passage along the first direction to collect a liquid from the collection opening row; a first supply side communication opening extending in the second direction to supply a liquid to the first common supply passage; and a first collection side communication opening extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the first common collection passage, wherein at least one of the first supply side communication opening and the first collection side communication opening is provided at a plurality of positions.
US11186086B2	Systems and techniques to reduce debris buildup around print head nozzles Systems and methods for industrial printing, e.g., using drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet print heads, include, in at least one aspect, a printing device including: a print head configured to selectively eject liquid through nozzles to form an image on a moving substrate; and a printhead enclosure configured to contain a pressurized airspace at least in front of the nozzles; wherein the printhead enclosure includes a slot that aligns with the nozzles to allow the selectively ejected liquid to pass through the slot when the selectively ejected liquid is ejected toward the moving substrate; and wherein the printhead enclosure is configured to contain the pressurized airspace and cause airflow through the slot at a flow rate that prevents dust and debris from entering the slot while the selectively ejected liquid passes through the slot and the airflow without a direction of the selectively ejected liquid being impeded by the airflow.
US11186085B2	Head A head includes a plurality of individual channels, a first common channel, and a second common channel. The plurality of individual channels are arranged in a first row in a first direction. The plurality of individual channels are arranged in a second row in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction intersect each other. The first common channel extends in the first direction and is fluidly communicated the plurality of individual channels. The second common channel extends in the first direction. The second common channel is fluidly communicated the plurality of individual channels and overlaps the first common channel in a third direction. The third direction is orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction.
US11186079B2	Oscillating roller and printing press having a plurality of printing units that have such a roller A roller for a printing unit of a printing press, has a roller outer body, which is mounted on a roller inner body, so as to be movable axially in a reciprocating manner. For the axial movement of the roller outer body, in at least a first direction, a pneumatic drive is provided. The pneumatic drive has at least one first chamber, which is mounted in the interior of the roller in the manner of a cylinder/piston system between one or more structural elements, that are fixed to the roller outer body, and one or more structural elements that are fixed to the roller inner body. The chamber can be pressurized with compressed air. The parts of the structural elements adjoining the chamber, and that are movable axially relative to one another, form a non-contact seal between themselves on their mutually facing sides.
US11186071B2	Underlay mat for floor coverings An underlay mat (10) for floor coverings, includes a polyurethane layer (14), a self-adhesive film (20) on the topside of the polyurethane layer (14) and which includes a carrier film (12), a layer of adhesive (22) applied to carrier film (12), and a mesh structure (24) made of fibers which is embedded in the adhesive layer (22), and a removable protective film (26) on the topside of self-adhesive film (20).
US11186069B2	Glass for autonomous car The invention concerns a trim element for a motor vehicle comprising at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient lower than 5 m−1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm and having an external and an internal faces. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1050 nm, is placed behind the internal face of the glass sheet.
US11186063B2	Lapped nonwoven with attachable backing and applications thereof A fibrous nonwoven material which is vertically lapped in its entirety or which includes one or more lapped regions which include vertically lapped fibers provides for padding to be applied to a substrate (e.g., an article of interest such as a handle for sporting equipment or tool, or on the inside of a motorcycle or bicycle helmet, etc.). The skin contacting surface of the nonwoven has regions which are relatively thicker than other regions, and air, sweat, and the like are allowed to easily pass through these regions for cooling, wicking of fluid and enhanced breathability. The lapped nonwoven includes a backing material which helps define the pad shape and which permits securing to a substrate. A hook and loop fastener may be affixed to the lapped nonwoven at the backing material so as to allow retrieval and replacement of the nonwoven on the substrate. An acquisition layer on the surface can be used on the surface of the nonwoven, and a carded consolidated web may be positioned within the nonwoven. The nonwoven may take a variety of shapes including the shape of a strip and the shape of a koozie.
US11186057B2	Press machine and press machine execution system A press machine is provided. Two vertical hydraulic cylinders are arranged on an upper beam plate of a press machine body, and the two hydraulic cylinders correspond to workbenches at corresponding positions in a one-to-one correspondence, constituting left and right working units, and a common mechanical drive unit and a common hydraulic drive unit are set for the left and right working units. The mechanical driving unit is composed of a driving motor through an electromagnetic clutch, an electromagnetic brake and lead screw nut driving mechanism driven by a gear pair. According to the load profiles during the working process of hydraulic press machine, the mechanical driving unit or the hydraulic driving unit are selected to provide energy for the two working units. A control method for the press machine, a press machine execution system and a control method for the press machine execution system are further involved.
US11186045B2	Systems for manufacturing modular rotor blades A system for manufacturing a rotor blade comprises a first tooling, positioned at a factory location and configured to assemble a first blade module, comprising a first-module skin and a first-module spar, each comprising a first thermoplastic polymer and a first reinforcement material. The system also comprises a second tooling, configured to assemble a second blade module, comprising a second-module skin and a second-module spar, each comprising a second thermoplastic polymer and a second reinforcement material. The system further comprises a first support, positioned at a field location and configured to receive the first blade module, and a second support, positioned at the field location and configured to receive the second blade module. The system also comprises a spar welding assembly, positioned at the field location and configured to join the first-module spar with the second-module spar.
US11186025B2	Method and apparatus for producing fibre-reinforced plastic mouldings A method and a device for producing fibre-reinforced plastic mouldings, using coated fibre strands. For the coating of the fibre strands, an air flow of ionised air is produced and guided through a Venturi nozzle. Powder from a storage container is taken by means of a screw conveyor and supplied to the Venturi nozzle, a flow of a powder-air mixture being present or forming behind the Venturi nozzle in the direction of flow. This stream is introduced into a chamber and fibre strands that are earthed or ionised unlike the powder are passed through the chamber and through the powder-air mixture flowing through the chamber, powder particles being deposited on the fibre strands. The fibre strands guided out of the chamber therefore have a coating, and the fibre strands coated in this way are supplied to a plasticising device of an injection moulding machine or an extrusion machine.
US11186024B2	Mold positioning device Disclosed herein, amongst other things, are structure and steps for positioning a first mold part of a mold on a mold mounting face in an injection molding machine. In particular, the structure and steps may include a positioner that is configured to connect the first mold part to part of the injection molding machine, wherein the positioner is adjustable to position the first mold part across the mold mounting face.
US11186017B2	Expansion device, three-dimensional image forming system, expansion method of thermally-expandable sheet, and recording medium An expansion device includes: an irradiation unit configured to irradiate a thermally-expandable sheet with light; a movement unit configured to relatively move the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit; an air-blowing unit configured to cool the irradiation unit by blowing air to the irradiation unit; and a control unit configured to execute a distension process of distending the thermally-expandable sheet by causing the irradiation unit to emit light while relatively moving the thermally-expandable sheet and the irradiation unit by the movement unit, wherein the control unit controls the air-blowing unit to stop or weaken blowing air toward the irradiation unit while the irradiation unit is caused to emit light in the distension process.
US11186016B2	Golf club head having multi-material face and method of manufacture A golf club with a multi-material face is disclosed herein. More specifically, the golf club head in accordance with the present invention has a multi-material striking face portion that is made out of a backing layer having a frontal pocket, made out of titanium, and an insert, made out of a composite material, adapted to be inserted into the frontal pocket. The frontal pocket and the insert could have complementary dovetail shaped undercut features to create a mechanical bond between these two components.
US11186006B2	Tube perforating machine The invention relates to tube perforating machine for perforating a hollow tube. The powered machine includes a mechanical timing system comprising a Geneva mechanism so that perforations are punched when the tube is held stationary and perforations cannot be punched when the tube is rotating or moving longitudinally within the machine.
US11185998B2	Information processing device and storage medium There is provided an information processing device including a passive ultrasonic sensor, a notification section that notifies a user, and a control section that, when detecting a feature indicating approach of an object learned in advance from sensor data detected by the ultrasonic sensor, controls the notification section to notify the user.
US11185997B2	Robot A robot includes: a first arm having a first body, a first housing fixed to the first body, and a first gear transmitting power to a rotary member supported by the first housing so as to be rotatable; a second arm supporting the first arm and having a second body, a second shaft having a second gear meshing with the first gear, and a second bearing supporting the second shaft so that the second shaft is rotatable relative to the second body; and a channel in the arms. An inlet of the channel is formed in an outer surface of the first body, an outlet of the channel opening into a space in which an outer peripheral surface of the second shaft and the second bearing are arranged inside the second arm, the channel extending from the inlet to the outlet through inside of the first body.
US11185994B2	Deformable sensors having multiple time-of-flight emitters A deformable sensor for detecting a pose and force associated with an object is provided. The deformable sensor includes a housing, a deformable membrane coupled to an upper portion of the housing, an enclosure defined by the housing and the deformable membrane and configured to be filled with a medium, a time-of-flight receiver positioned within the enclosure and a plurality of time-of-flight emitters arranged around the time-of-flight receiver within the enclosure. The plurality of time-of-flight emitters are configured to emit signals toward the deformable membrane at different times. The time-of-flight receiver is configured to receive signals reflected from the deformable membrane.
US11185993B2	Robot control device and robot system The control device for controlling a robot having a force detector includes an input device, a display, a memory, and a processor. The processor executes a program to repeat receiving of an input via the input device, selecting of an object of operation objects based on the input, and displaying of the selected object a predetermined number of times to complete an object operation flow. The processor converts the completed object operation flow into a control program for controlling the operations of the robot. The display displays a selection for selecting whether an integrator is applied to a difference between time series target force and time series measuring force for a specific control direction. The processor receives an adjusting input via the input device for adjusting an integral gain of the integrator when a result of the execution of the control program is in a predetermined condition.
US11185992B2	Drive mechanism and service robot having the same A service robot includes a robot body, a main post vertically mounted on the robot body, and at least one service unit provided on the main post to be movable vertically and to be rotatable, and including a service tool. The service unit includes a main plate that is disposed in an inner space of the main post, and a mounting member that is provided to be rotatable along an outer circumferential surface of the main post, and coupled to the main plate. The service tool is mounted on the mounting member, a vertical driving device is disposed in the inner space of the main post to move the main plate vertically, and a rotation driving device is installed on the main plate to rotate the mounting member.
US11185981B2	Robot control apparatus, robot control method, and program A robot control apparatus includes a section setter to set, on a straight line connecting a start point to an end point, an acceleration section until reaching a predetermined angular velocity, a constant velocity section in which the predetermined angular velocity is maintained, and a deceleration section in which the predetermined angular velocity is decreased, a segment setter to divide each of the acceleration section, the constant velocity section, and the deceleration section into a plurality of segments and to set segment distances of each of the acceleration section, the constant velocity section, and the deceleration section so as to equalize or substantially equalize moving times of the segments of the reference point to each other, and when the reference point is moved in each of the segments according to point to point control, an angular velocity setter to set an angular velocity of each of the segments based on a variance in an angle of a joint which becomes maximum with respect to each of the segments in each of the acceleration section, the constant velocity section, and the deceleration section.
US11185975B2	Walking control system and control method of robot A walking control method of a robot is provided. The method includes receiving a walking command of the robot including a link device having a plurality of links that correspond to both lower limbs. In response to receiving the walking command, implementing walking of the robot by providing torque to the link device to move a first lower limb is moved. In a double stance state where foot ends of the both lower limbs are simultaneously in contact with ground while the lower limb to be moved is changed, a driving force is generated in the double stance by adjusted the torque of the drive device to virtually move the foot ends of the both lower limbs by a predetermined stable distance in an opposite direction to a walking direction.
US11185964B2	Length extension assembly for a hand tool A length extension assembly for a hand tool comprises at least two elongated extension tubings each having a longitudinal passageway and being of a size and shape that one of the tubings may be selectively inserted into the passageway of the other tubing. The assembly also includes at least two elongated extension bars each of a size and shape that each extension bar may be inserted into an appropriate tubing. The tubings are provided with longitudinally spaced locking holes. Each bar is provided with a locking member which can enter and be engaged in one of the locking holes to connect the bar to its tubing. Optionally, one tubing could be inserted into the larger tubing and a locking member on the smaller tubing could be engaged in a locking hole of the larger tubing to connect the tubings together. Various length selections can be achieved by connecting a bar to at least one tubing or by connecting a bar to one tubing and connecting that tubing to a larger tubing. Additional length adjustment is achieved by the engagement of a locking member in an appropriate locking hole.
US11185962B1	Torque imparting device A torquing tool having an apertured head supporting a perimetral toothed surface closable about a rotary object in a self-fitting/clamping manner, wherein the aperture head provides a ratchet enable pawl operatively associable with the perimetral toothed surface.
US11185960B2	Positioning structure of clamper of threading machine for racket A positioning structure of a clamper of a threading machine for a racket contains: a rack, an engagement protrusion, an operation member, and two springs. A fixing holder is erected on a support plate of the threading machine, and the rack includes multiple first teeth, the fixing holder includes an accommodation chamber with an opening. The engagement protrusion is received in the accommodation chamber and includes a toothed extension on which multiple second teeth are formed. The engagement protrusion further includes a recess and an abutting fence. The operation member includes a drive portion and a push portion. The two springs are mounted on a top of the engagement protrusion, and two ends of each spring abut against the engagement protrusion and the fixing holder respectively so that each spring forces the engagement protrusion to engage with the rack.
US11185952B2	Flange fitting for tubular structures Devices, systems, and methods are directed to automated techniques for fitting flanges to tubular sections used to form tubular structures, such as large-scale structures used in industrial applications (e.g., wind towers and pipelines). As compared to manual techniques for fitting flanges to tubular sections, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure facilitate faster attachment of flanges, which may be useful for achieving cost-effective throughput. By way of further comparison to manual techniques, the devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure may, further or instead, facilitate achieving tighter dimensional tolerances. In turn, such tighter dimensional tolerances may be useful for forming thinner-walled, lighter, and lower cost tubular structures. Still further or in the alternative, automated techniques for fitting flanges to tubular sections may facilitate attachment of multipiece flanges or other non-traditional flange geometries.
US11185949B2	Method of manufacturing structural component for joining with another structural component by stress protected groove weld Method of manufacturing first structural component for or joining with second structural component by groove weld is provided. The first structural component has first surface, second surface and end portion. The component is bent at end portion to form bent portion defining convex and concave faces. First portion of bent portion is removed at convex face in form outer weld surface having first face extending from first surface, and second face connected to first face. Second portion of bent portion is removed at concave face to form inner edge surface having arcuate profile. Inner edge surface extends from second surface and connects to second face via transition portion. A portion of first face, second face, transition portion, and inner edge surface define root protrusion, having a root protrusion height, for first structural component. The root protrusion defines stress protected weld root region isolated beyond and away from root stress flow path.
US11185948B2	Laser drilling of metal foils for assembly in an electrolytic capacitor A capacitor and methods of processing an anode metal foil are presented. The capacitor includes a housing, one or more anodes disposed within the housing, one or more cathodes disposed within the housing, one or more separators disposed between an adjacent anode and cathode, and an electrolyte disposed around the one or more anodes, one or more cathodes, and one or more separators within the housing. The one or more anodes each include a metal foil that includes a first plurality of tunnels through a thickness of the metal foil in a first ordered arrangement, the first ordered arrangement being a close packed hexagonal array arrangement, and having a first diameter, and a second plurality of tunnels through the thickness of the metal foil having a second ordered arrangement and a second diameter greater than the first diameter.
US11185947B2	Welding structure and welding method for metal member A welding structure for a metal member includes a first member containing a metal member, a second member containing a metal member, a first solidifying portion, a second solidifying portion, and a third solidifying portion. The first solidifying portion is present from a first surface to a second surface of the first member. The second solidifying portion has a first end that is present in the second member and a second end that is connected to the first solidifying portion. The third solidifying portion has a first end that is present in the second member and a second end that is connected to the first solidifying portion. The third solidifying portion is shorter than the second solidifying portion. The second solidifying portion and the third solidifying portion are separated from each other in the second member.
US11185945B2	Method for manufacturing liquid cooling jacket Provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid cooling jacket including a jacket body and a sealing body joined to the jacket body. The method includes steps of: preparing; placing; first primary joining with a rotary tool; and second primary joining with the rotary tool. The rotary tool includes a base end pin and a distal end pin. The distal end pin includes a flat surface and a protrusion protruding from the flat surface. In the first primary joining and the second primary joining, friction stirring is performed in a state where the jacket body and the sealing body are brought in contact with the flat surface of the distal end pin and the base end pin and only the jacket body is brought in contact with a distal end surface of the protrusion.
US11185940B2	Systems and methods for controlling an output power of a welding power supply A method for controlling an output current of a welding power supply includes detecting, using control circuitry of the welding power supply, a root mean square (RMS) current setting. The method also includes calculating, using the control circuitry, an average current command based on the RMS current setting. The method also includes controlling, using the control circuitry, the output current using the average current command to produce an output substantially the same as the RMS current setting.
US11185938B2	Construction site device for determining the presence of a density gradient in a working material A construction site status monitoring device is provided including processing circuitry configured to receive sensor data from a sensor associated with a construction device including a working element, determine a presence of a density gradient in a working material based on the sensor data, and cause an automatic response relative to operation of he working element based on the determination of the presence of the density gradient.
US11185933B2	Drill body and drill A drill body and a drill are disclosed. The drill body has a rotational axis and comprises a central chip flute extending along a periphery of the drill body. A central chip flute cross-section has a centre line extending in a plane extending perpendicularly to the rotational axis, and through the rotational axis. The central chip flute cross-section has a depth, as seen along the centre line, and a width as seen perpendicularly to the centre line. The central chip flute cross-section has a maximum depth Dp within a range of Dp=0.75×D/2 to Dp=0.90×D/2, and a maximum width W within a range of W=0.75×D/2 to W=0.90×D/2, and wherein the maximum width W extends symmetrically about the centre line.
US11185923B2	Method of manufacturing aluminum alloy articles A method for making an article is disclosed. The method involves inputting a digital model of an article into an additive manufacturing apparatus comprising an energy source. The additive manufacturing apparatus applies energy from the energy source to successively applied incremental quantities of a powder to fuse the powder to form the article corresponding to the digital model. The powder includes an aluminum alloy having 2.00-10.00 wt. % cerium, 0.50-2.50 wt. % titanium, 0-3.00 wt. % nickel, 0-0.75 wt. % nitrogen, 0-0.05 wt. % other alloying elements, and the balance of aluminum, based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy.
US11185913B2	Fastening tool A fastening tool includes a bolt-gripping part, an anvil, a bolt-gripping-part driving mechanism, a motor, a housing, and thrust rolling bearings. The bolt-gripping-part driving mechanism includes a first mechanism part supported by the housing and a second mechanism part connected to the bolt-gripping part. The second mechanism part is configured to be driven in a longitudinal-axis direction by the first mechanism part being rotationally driven, so that the bolt-gripping part is moved in the longitudinal-axis direction relative to the anvil. The thrust rolling bearings are disposed on a first direction side and a second direction side of the first mechanism part, respectively.
US11185883B2	Methods for preparing nano-protective coating Methods and associated systems for preparing a nano-protective coating are disclosed. The method includes (1) placing a substrate in a reaction chamber of a nano-coating preparation equipment; (2) introducing an inert gas, wherein the inert gas includes helium (He) and/or argon (Ar); (3) turning on a movement mechanism so that the substrate is moved in the reaction chamber; (4) introducing a monomer vapor into the reaction chamber to achieve a vacuum degree of 30-300 mTorr; and (5) turning on a plasma discharge for chemical vapor deposition to form an organosilicon nano-coating on a surface of the substrate.
US11185881B2	Drying facility for painting A dehumidification forward passage is provided for guiding air withdrawn from a treating chamber as dehumidification-subject air A″ to an adsorption area of an adsorption/desorption type dehumidifying device. A dehumidification return passage is provided for guiding air A″ past through the adsorption area to the treating chamber. A desorption heat pump is provided for heating desorbing air HA to be flown through a desorption area of adsorption/desorption type dehumidifying device, with utilizing, as a heat sink, dehumidified air A″ which has flown through the adsorption area and sent to the dehumidification return passage. There is provided a sensible-heat heat exchanger configured to cool the dehumidification-subject air A″ present in the dehumidification forward passage through a heat exchange reaction with dehumidified air A″ present in the dehumidification return passage which has been cooled via absorption of its heat by the desorption heat pump.
US11185877B2	Dispenser for dispensing liquid or pasty materials A dispenser for dispensing liquid or pasty materials has a head part with a dispenser opening. The dispenser opening is formed by lip sections which lie directly on top of each other. A lip section for opening the dispenser opening can be lifted from the other lip section by means of a lifting part that engages on the lip section. The lifting part acts on the lip section with a loading direction that runs transversely to a dispensing direction of the material.
US11185874B2	Nozzle tips with neck portions for reduced cleaning times The invention relates to nozzle tips including a nozzle body and a tip portion, configured to minimize the accumulation of a resin on the nozzle tip as it is dispensed through the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can contain a central flow channel and an internal portion that branches and guides the resin into multiple exiting flow channels that define tangential pathways to the outer surface of the nozzle tip. The nozzle tip can include grooves that define extended, sharply angled flow paths for the resin. Nozzle tips can have a neck portion separating a nozzle body and a tip end of the nozzle tip; here, a doughnut-shaped space located around the neck portion can be defined by the base of the nozzle, the crown of the nozzle, and the neck portion, for encouraging turbulent flow of the resin to scour the nozzle tip during dispensing.
US11185870B2	Device and method for the selective fractionation of ultrafine particles An apparatus for a selective fractionation of ultrafine particles includes at least three separating columns fluidically connected in series by connecting lines. An infeed is arranged to feed into a connecting line which is arranged upstream of each separating column. Each connecting line comprises an inlet for a suspension of ultrafine particles to be separated and an inlet for at least one additional mobile phase. The inlets are alternately operated. A discharge branches off from a connecting line which is arranged downstream of each separating column. Each connecting line comprises an outlet for a first and a second discharge suspension of the ultrafine particles. The outlets are alternately operated. A control means provides a simultaneous switching of the through-flow switching position of the shutoff valves at the inlets and outlets. At least one magnetic field source for a magnetic field is arranged in each separating column.
US11185861B2	Multistage deterministic lateral displacement device for particle separation Multistage deterministic lateral displacement devices, methods of forming the devices, and methods of separating a fluid mixture including particles having three or more particle sizes generally include a first module and at least one additional module. Each module includes a condenser portion and a separate portion. The condenser portion is generally configured to focus a streamline of all particles to a center of a channel whereas the separator separates the streamline of all particles into two different streamlines. One of the streamlines focuses the largest particles in the fluid mixture along a sidewall of the channel and the other streamline of smaller particles is between opposing sidewalls that define the channel. Each additional module can be used to further separate the largest particles remaining in the fluid mixture from the smaller particles.
US11185843B2	Zirconium metal-organic framework and a method of capturing carbon dioxide A zirconium metal-organic framework, which is a coordination product formed between zirconium ion clusters and a linker that links together adjacent zirconium ion clusters, wherein the linker is of formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted alkyl, and R2 to R4 are independently hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl, an optionally substituted aryl, or an optionally substituted arylalkyl. A method of capturing CO2 from a gas mixture with the zirconium metal-organic framework.
US11185842B2	Carbon dioxide adsorbent, method for manufacturing the same, and carbon dioxide processing system A method for manufacturing a carbon dioxide adsorbent includes preparing an amine aqueous solution having an amine compound concentration ranging from 5% to 70% inclusive and a temperature ranging from 10° C. to 100° C. inclusive, impregnating silica gel with the amine aqueous solution, and aeration-drying the silica gel carrying the amine compound. The silica gel has a particle size ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm inclusive, an average pore diameter ranging from 10 nm to 100 nm inclusive, and a pore volume ranging from 0.1 cm3/g to 1.3 cm3/g inclusive.
US11185841B2	Highly porous powdered slaked lime composition The present invention concerns a powdery slaked lime composition having an Alpine fluidity greater than 50% and including a first fraction of particles having a size less than 32 μm and a second fraction of particles with the size greater than 32 μm, the second fraction being less than 10% by weight, compared to the total weight of the composition. The invention also relates to a method for producing same.
US11185836B2	Method for preparing a magnetic chain structure A method for preparing a magnetic chain structure is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of magnetic particles; dispersing the plurality of magnetic particles in a solution comprising a dopamine-based material to form a reaction mixture; applying a magnetic field across the reaction mixture to align the magnetic particles in the reaction mixture; and polymerizing the dopamine-based material on the aligned magnetic particles to obtain the magnetic chain structure. A magnetic chain structure prepared by the method is also provided.
US11185830B2	Fluid mixer A fluid mixer includes a flow splitter and a mixing chamber. The flow splitter includes an inlet for receiving a flow of fluid and is configured to split the flow of fluid into first and second fluid streams. The second fluid stream has a higher density than the first fluid stream. The mixing chamber includes a first inlet, a second inlet and a mixing well. The second inlet is positioned below the first inlet. The second inlet of the mixing chamber is configured to receive the first fluid stream and the first inlet of the mixing chamber is configured to receive the second fluid stream to promote mixing of the first and second streams in the mixing well.
US11185823B2	Electrodialytic system used to remove solvent from fluid and non-fluid flows A system includes an electrodialysis device with a salinate chamber through which a salinate stream flows. A desalinate chamber is separated from the salinate chamber by a central, ion-selective membrane. A desalinate stream flows through the desalinate chamber. An anolyte chamber and a catholyte chamber are on opposite outer sides of the salinate and desalinate chambers and separated therefrom by first and second ionic exchange membranes. A solvent exchange interface is in contact on a first side with the salinate stream and is in contact a media flow on a second side. The solvent exchange interface moves a solvent from the media flow to the salinate stream.
US11185817B2	Ammonia-based multi-zone double-loop process for ultralow emission of multi-pollutant An ammonia-based multi-zone double-loop process for ultra-low emission of multi-pollutant. From an absorption tower inlet, the flue gas successively passes through cooling concentration crystallization, sulfur oxide absorption, water washing and purifying and dust and mist removing zones, which are separated by gas permeable liquid collecting plates, forming clean flue gas and discharged from an outlet. The cooling concentration crystallization zone, the sulfur oxide absorption zone, and the water washing and purifying zone are respectively provided with a plurality of sprayers, and respectively use a concentration liquid, an absorption liquid, and a water washing liquid as spraying liquids. The absorption, concentration and water washing liquids, after converging respectively, into absorption, concentration crystallization and water washing circulation tanks, the absorption, concentration and water washing liquids, respectively, are sprayed in a circulating manner through absorption, concentration and water washing pumps.
US11185810B2	Air filter having fluted filter media An air cleaner includes a housing and an access cover. The internal volume of the housing can be reached through an opening in a side wall of the housing. A filter element having fluted filter media is removable and replaceable from the air cleaner. The housing is constructed and arranged to cam the element into sealing engagement with the housing. The access cover includes structure to help support and ensure proper seating of the filter element within the housing. A method of installing the filter element in the air cleaner includes sliding a portion of the filter element against a slide surface in the housing. A method of servicing an air cleaner includes tilting the filter element against a tilt surface in the housing to release a seal between the filter element and the housing. The filter element can have a handle to assist in servicing of the air cleaner. The housing can have a window to allow visual inspection of the internal component of the housing and to determine visually whether a filter element is installed therein.
US11185800B2	Apparatus and method for filtering aqueous liquid The invention relates to an apparatus for the filtration of aqueous liquid that is capable of effectively removing suspended particles from aqueous liquid during a prolonged period of time without clogging of the particulate filter media and associated pressure build-up. This filtration apparatus comprises: ⋅a filtration chamber comprising an inlet opening that is located near the bottom of the filtration chamber, and an outlet opening that is located near the top of the filtration chamber; ⋅a screen covering the outlet opening of the filtration chamber; ⋅a first dosing unit that is located upstream of the filtration chamber adapted to release water-soluble components into the stream of aqueous liquid that flows from the inlet to the filtration chamber; ⋅a particulate filter media that partially fills the interior of the filtration chamber; ⋅a flow regulator that regulates the flow rate of aqueous liquid through the filtration chamber and that can operate in a high flow rate mode or a reduced flow rate mode; ⋅a timer that controls the flow regulator; wherein the timer is programmed to alternatingly switch the flow regulator from the high flow rate mode to the reduced flow rate mode.
US11185793B2	Solid-liquid separating system and solid-liquid separating method A solid-liquid separating method and system for separating a processing object into solid and liquid, is simplified by using fewer devices. A solid-liquid separating system includes a processing tank that houses a processing object, a first and a second heat exchanger, a material A supplying means, a collecting tank, a closed system including the first and second heat exchangers, a compressor, and an expansion valve, and a material B that circulates while a state is changed in this system. A material A that is gaseous at normal temperature and normal pressure, can dissolve oil when liquefied, and does not dissolve water is gasified in the first heat exchanger while being separated from the oil, is liquefied in the second heat exchanger, and the liquefied material A is supplied to the processing tank by the material A supplying means. The oil is collected in the tank from the first heat exchanger.
US11185792B2	System, and associated method, for recovering water from air A system for recovering water from air includes a skirt supported by legs and at least one interior wall suspended from the skirt. At least one exterior wall extends from an accumulator and is spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the at least one interior wall, thereby defining a flow channel between the at least one interior wall and the at least one exterior wall. At least one thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is connectable to an electrical power source for transferring heat from a cool side of the TEC to a warm side of the TEC, the cool side being positioned on the at least one interior wall, not in the flow channel, for cooling the at least one interior wall, the at least one interior wall defining a condensing surface proximate the at least one TEC.
US11185781B2	Cognitive user experience optimization Optimization of user experience in an interactive environment is disclosed. User experience input is generated by a user during a session of interaction. A user perception on an interaction is determined based on analyzing the user experience input by use of a cognitive model of user perception. For a negative user perception, one or more difficulty of respective items in the interaction is adjusted to match a skill level of the user.
US11185768B2	Accessory for presenting information associated with an application A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an accessory having a plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, a plurality of light sources, wherein each light source emits a controllable spectrum of light through a corresponding one of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and a controller coupled to the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, and the plurality of light sources. The controller can be operable to detect tactile contact of each of the plurality of tactile-sensitive buttons, receive status information associated with a video game, and adjust the spectrum of light emitted by at least a portion of the plurality of light sources according to the status information to indicate one or more aspects of the video game. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US11185759B2	RFID system for facilitating selections at a table game apparatus In accordance with some embodiments, a system for facilitating a card game is equipped with RFID antennas or interrogators operable to detect initial wagers placed by players on a table surface of the system. The system is further equipped with an electronic shoe which deals cards for the game and a processor with is operable to receive data both from the RFID antennas and the electronic shoe. Upon receiving data from an RFID antenna that a player has placed an initial wager based on initial odds and receiving data identifying some (but not all) cards dealt for a hand, the processor is operable to calculate adjusted odds for a re-characterization wager that would replace the initial wager, and output on a display of the system an offer for the re-characterization wager that corresponds to adjusted odds.
US11185755B2	Virtual skycam system A system includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the at least one processor. In some embodiments, the at least one non-transitory computer-readable media stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a first set of sensor data within a first time frame and receiving a set of skycam actions within the first time frame. In certain embodiments, the operations also include generating a set of reference actions corresponding to the first set of sensor data and the set of skycam actions. In some embodiments, the operations also include receiving a second set of sensor data associated with a second game status, a second game measurement, or both. The operations also include generating a sequence of skycam actions based on a comparison between the second set of sensor data and the set of reference actions.
US11185753B2	Wrist worn monitoring device A wrist worn muscle movement monitoring device includes a wrist strap; a sensor that responds to muscle movement at a wrist wearing the wrist strap; and monitoring circuitry connected to the sensor.
US11185749B2	Bat having at least on disc along the length of the bat barrel An apparatus for a ball bat and a ball bat comprising at least one disc member that defines an outer diameter corresponding to an inner diameter defined by the ball bat to create a fit within close proximity between the at least one disc member and the ball bat. The at least one disc member can be located within the barrel portion of the ball bat. The at least one disc member can include at least one solid disc member that is located within a sweet spot of the ball bat. In some embodiments, the apparatus for a ball bat and the ball bat can further include an at least one insulation foam member. The at least one insulation foam member can separate the at least one disc member. The at least one insulation foam member can define a hollow center portion.
US11185745B2	Golf club head or other ball striking device having stiffened face portion A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a head that includes a face configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face, the body being adapted for connection of a shaft proximate a heel thereof. The face has a thickened portion including an annular tapered area that tapers in thickness between an upper boundary and a lower boundary and encloses an elevated area bounded by the upper boundary. The upper and/or lower boundary defines a shape having two lobes, each with an outer edge with a convex profile, and a connecting portion extending between the lobes, such that the connecting portion is defined by two outer edges extending between the outer edges of the lobes, wherein at least one of the outer edges of the connecting portion has a concave outer profile.
US11185740B2	User-paced exercise equipment Disclosed herein are examples of user-paced exercise equipment, as well as related circuitry, methods, and computer-readable media. For example, disclosed herein is a user-paced treadmill, including a belt, a motor coupled to the belt, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the motor. The control circuitry may be configured to change a velocity of the belt based at least in part on a body velocity and a leg swing velocity of a user of the user-paced treadmill.
US11185739B2	Electronic device, and method for providing personalised exercise guide therefor A system for providing a personalised exercise guide according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a wearable device for measuring a first bio-signal of a user using one or more sensors, and for transmitting to an electronic device and measured first bio-signal of the user; and the electronic device for receiving from the wearable device the measured first bio-signal of the user, for obtaining body data of the user based on the received first bio-signal of the user, for calculating a required quantity of exercise based on the obtained body data of the user and a preset goal, and for comparing and analyzing body data variation of the user that is estimated based on the calculated required quantity of exercise with the actual body data variation of the user due to exercise.
US11185731B2	Kettlebell A kettlebell includes a base seat, a plurality of weight plates stacked on the base seat, and a lift seat separably disposed on the base seat. The base seat includes a base main body, an adjusting module mounted to the base main body for adjusting configuration of the lift seat and the weight plates, and a locking module mounted in the base main body. The locking module is operable to switch between a locking state in which the locking module engages the adjusting module such that the adjusting module is not operable, and an unlocking state in which the locking module disengages from the adjusting module such that the adjusting module is operable.
US11185730B2	Neuromuscular activation vertical exercise device and method A vertical exercise device for triggering sympathetic and/or parasympathetic system responses comprising at least one foot support and a handlebar assembly. The foot support(s) may have a support surface configured to contact the entire ball of a user's foot during use, which may be inclined at an angle and substantially flat. The handlebar assembly may have at least an upper handle configuration and a lower handle configuration, and be adapted to keep a user's wrist within a safe range of motion during use. The positioning and orientation of foot support(s) and the handlebar assembly may each be independently adjustable in various aspects, such as horizontal and vertical displacement, rotation, tilt, angle, etc. The angle and depth of the support surface may each be independently adjustable. A horizontal vibration system may move one or more components of the device along the horizontal plane. Handlebars may have thumb plates to restrict grip.
US11185719B2	Methods and systems for controlling and acoustic energy deposition in various media A system and method for controlling acoustic energy deposition in various media or objects are disclosed. The system and method can generate an acousto-mechanical or acousto-elastic effect in the various media or objects. The acousto-mechanical or acousto-elastic effect can induce a fragmentation of the media or objects.
US11185716B2	Cranial immobilization apparatus for radiation therapy Controlling unit for a radiation source includes a mains-driven power supply terminal connectable to a mains-driven power supply, a battery-driven power supply terminal connectable to a battery-driven power supply, a failsafe power supply terminal, a processor unit to control the radiation source, and a patient-in-place sensor unit to provide a respective signal to the processor unit. The failsafe power supply terminal is connected to the mains-driven power supply terminal via a first diode and to the battery-driven power supply terminal via a second diode and he processor unit is connected to the failsafe power supply terminal to receive power from the higher voltage power supply terminal of the mains-driven power supply terminal and the battery-driven power supply terminal, respectively. The processor unit is adapted to shut down the radiation source in case a patient-not-in-place signal is provided.
US11185713B2	IORT device for radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients An IORT device (10) for radiotherapy treatment of cancer patients, comprising a source of particles, an accelerating device (11), which sends a beam of particles (12) on a target (14) through an applicator (15), a scattering filter (16), which allows the distance between the source of particles and the target (14) to be kept within a range compatible with the use of IORT devices (10) in standard operating rooms, and an optical system for collimating the beam of particles (12), which is placed between the scattering filter (16) and the applicator (15); specifically, the optical collimating system of the beam of particles comprises a primary screen (17), configured to shield the radiation produced by the scattering filter (16), a secondary screen (18), configured to shield the photons produced on the primary screen (17), and a collimating apparatus (19), which provides for housing the monitor chambers (20).
US11185702B2	Antenna assemblies for use with transcutaneously powered medical implants An antenna assembly for use with a medical implant includes an antenna that defines at least one turn and an electromagnetic shield.
US11185700B2	Systems and methods for dynamic control of heart failure therapy Systems and methods for monitoring and treating patients with heart failure (HF) are discussed. The system may sense cardiac signals, and receives information about patient physiological or functional conditions. A stimulation parameter table that includes recommended values of atrioventricular delay (AVD) or other timing parameters maybe created at a multitude of patient physiological or functional conditions. The system may periodically reassess patient physiological or functional conditions. A therapy programmer circuit may dynamically switch between left ventricular-only pacing and biventricular pacing, or switch between single site pacing and multisite pacing based on the patient condition. The therapy programmer circuit may adjust AVD and other timing parameters using the cardiac signal input and the stored stimulation parameter table. A HF therapy may be delivered according to the determined stimulation site, stimulation mode, and the stimulation timing.
US11185696B1	Non-invasive neuromodulation (NINM) for rehabilitation of brain function A method to provide non-invasive neurostimulation to enhance a subject's attention span, concentration, multitasking ability, or alertness includes (a) engaging a subject in a brain exercise requiring use of the subject's attention span, concentration, multitasking ability, or alertness; (b) providing intraoral cutaneous stimulation of at least one of the subject's trigeminal nerve, facial nerve or lingual nerve by delivering electrical pulses to one or more stimulators situated within the subject's oral cavity, the delivery of electrical pulses occurring contemporaneously with the subject's engagement in the brain exercise; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) on a periodic basis.
US11185692B2	Light touch therapeutic headset The present invention discloses a wireless and self-contained headset that delivers an electronic signal to a precise and self-locating position within bilateral conchae in both ears of a human user. The headset comprises an electronics housing that carries a specific waveform source. The waveform source generates the electronic signal, which is delivered simultaneously to both left and right ears of the human user. An array of silver electrodes housed within the bilateral earpieces cover with precision the location at the exact center of the relatively smooth plane of the conchae directly behind the external auditory meatus (ear opening/canal).
US11185685B2	Elastic neural electrode and method for fabricating the same An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.
US11185679B2	Blood-pressure-measurement tube Apparatus and methods are described including placing, into a subject's body, a blood-pump tube, with a blood pump disposed within the blood-pump tube. At least one blood-pressure-measurement tube, which defines an opening at a distal end thereof, extends to at least an outer surface of the blood-pump tube, such that the opening at the distal end of the blood-pressure-measurement tube is in direct fluid communication with a bloodstream of the subject outside the blood-pump tube. Blood is pumped through the blood-pump tube, using the blood pump. Pressure of the bloodstream of the subject outside the blood-pump tube is measured by measuring pressure of blood within the blood-pressure-measurement tube. Other applications are also described.
US11185671B2	Apparatus and process for producing CO2 enriched medical foam The present invention provides an apparatus for producing medical foam for wound care or hair stimulation. The apparatus includes a foam generation unit having a fluid reservoir, a fluid delivery line and a foam generation tip. The apparatus also includes a compressed gas unit having at least one container of compressed gas, a source of electric power, and a gas regulator valve. A supply of wound care or hair stimulating solution is communicably connected to the foam generation tip such that when the apparatus is operated medical foam is produced by the foam generator tip.
US11185668B2	Catheter insertion device with tip protector housing The present disclosure provides for a safety catheter assembly comprising a needle hub, a catheter hub, a tip protector housing. Various embodiments can comprises a push-off tab extending radially from the tip protector housing or a portion thereof, and/or structure can be added or removed to affect compliance between a catheter assembly and a catheter insertion device.
US11185664B2	Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method An intravascular access system for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature through an access sheath. The system includes an aspiration or support catheter having a flexible, distal luminal portion having an inner diameter defining a lumen extending between a proximal opening at a proximal end of the luminal portion and a distal opening at a distal end of the luminal portion. The catheter has a rigid spine coupled to at least the proximal end of the luminal portion and extending proximally therefrom. The system includes a dilator having a flexible, distal dilator portion sized to be received within the lumen of the luminal portion. Associated systems, devices, and methods of use are also described.
US11185662B2	Method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension through percutaneous ultrasound renal denervation Apparatus and methods for deactivating renal nerves extending along a renal artery of a mammalian subject to treat hypertension and related conditions. An ultrasonic transducer (30) is inserted into the renal artery (10) as, for example, by advancing the distal end of a catheter (18) bearing the transducer into the renal artery. The ultrasonic transducer emits unfocused ultrasound so as to heat tissues throughout a relatively large impact volume (11) as, for example, at least about 0.5 cm3 encompassing the renal artery to a temperature sufficient to inactivate nerve conduction but insufficient to cause rapid ablation or necrosis of the tissues. The treatment can be performed without locating or focusing on individual renal nerves.
US11185656B2	Pulsed pressure swing adsorption system and method A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system and methods for controlling each PSA cycle performed by the PSA system to produce oxygen enriched gas during productive portions of a user breathing cycle, and to cease production of oxygen enriched gas during non-productive portions of the user breathing cycle, is provided. The PSA system synchronizes PSA cycle phases including adsorption and desorption phases with a user's individual inhalation and exhalation phases, on a breath by breath basis, such that each PSA cycle can be dynamically varied from a succeeding PSA cycle, in real time in response to variations in the user's breathing cycle. An oxygen delivery device including a breathing cycle sensor provides breathing cycle inputs to a controller for use with at least one algorithm to detect breathing flow phases during each user breath, and to synchronize each PSA cycle to the user's breathing flow phases, on a breath-by-breath basis.
US11185654B2	Pressurized gas adaptor The present invention is an adaptor for connecting a pressurized gas, such as an oxygen supply, to two different outlets, with each outlet connected to a different gas delivery device. Gas delivery devices include, but are not limited to a nasal cannula, a c-pap machine, a bi-pap machine, a bubbler, or a nebulizer. The adaptor is provided with a valve located within the adaptor that can be used to direct the gas from the gas supply selectively to one of the two different outlets, or alternately, to both outlets at the same time.
US11185641B2	Devices for injection and dosing Skin can be treated by piercing skin with a plurality of needles of an injection device and ejecting a dose of fluid therethrough. The device can include a housing, a plunger disposed in the housing, a cartridge disposed in the housing, and one or more dosing chambers. The plurality of needles can be coupled to the housing and be in fluid communication with the cartridge. Advancement of the plunger can cause a dose of fluid to be ejected from the plurality of needles.
US11185637B2	Mixing syringe assembly A syringe assembly comprising a barrel for containing one or more medicaments, the barrel having a front outlet for allowing the expulsion of said one or more medicaments from the said barrel through said outlet, and a first stopper disposed in the barrel and axially moveable therein and defining a first volume in the barrel axially forwards of the first stopper and a second volume in the barrel axially rearwards of the first stopper. The first stopper has a two way valve that is moveable between a sealing configuration and an open configuration to selectively put the first volume in fluid communication with the second volume. The two way valve is moveable from the sealing configuration to the open configuration by an increase in fluid pressure in either of the first and second volumes. The syringe assembly additionally comprises a second stopper disposed in the barrel axially rearward of the first stopper and axially moveable therein, the second stopper providing a fluid tight seal at a rear end of the second volume. The syringe assembly further comprises a first plunger rod connected to the first stopper and extending axially rearwardly through the second stopper, the second stopper sealingly engaging with the first plunger rod but permitting axial sliding of the first plunger rod therethrough. The first plunger rod is axially moveable so as to axially move the first stopper and pressurise either of the first volume and second volume causing the two way valve to move into the open configuration and fluidly connect the first volume and second volume.
US11185636B2	Electrostatic rotary encoder A rotary encoder includes an electret unit, an electrostatic field sensor, and a controller. The electret unit generates an electrostatic field. The electrostatic field sensor is disposed proximate to the electret unit to sense a modulation of the electrostatic field that varies with rotation of one or more rotary components of the rotary encoder about a rotation axis of the rotary encoder. The controller is electrically coupled to the electrostatic field sensor to track activations of the electrostatic field sensor as the one or more rotary components rotate. The controller is configured to digitally encode a rotational position of the one or more rotary components based upon the activations.
US11185629B2	Dosing apparatus and injection device An injection device for subcutaneous delivery of fluid which comprises a puncture cannula and an indwelling cannula. In a starting position, a distal end region of the puncture cannula runs coaxially inside the indwelling cannula. The device comprises displaceably mounted first and second runners. The first runner is connected to the puncture cannula and the second runner to the indwelling cannula. A control element is movable over a predefined control area. The control element is configured such that, in a first part of the control area, the control element effects an equidirectional displacement of the first and the second runners, and hence fitting of the indwelling cannula and, in a second part of the control area, effects blocking of the second runner, and hence holding of the indwelling cannula in a dwell position, and return of the first runner and withdrawal of the puncture cannula into an end position.
US11185626B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for administering a substance Apparatus, kits, and methods for administering a substance are presented. A device for administering a substance includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated body defining an internal chamber extending between the proximal end and the distal end to direct the substance to the distal end, the distal end to connect with a tip, the tip to be at least partially inserted into an orifice of a body lumen of a subject, the tip having a shape configured to reduce leakage of the substance from the orifice upon the at least partial insertion. The tip includes an opening to pass the substance from the internal chamber into the body lumen; and a transducer to emit an ultrasound wave from the tip into the body lumen, thereby administering the substance to tissue in the body lumen.
US11185624B2	Negative-pressure therapy with disposable instillation pump chamber Systems, apparatuses, and methods for instilling fluid to a tissue site in a negative-pressure therapy environment are described. Illustrative embodiments may include a pneumatically-actuated instillation pump that can draw a solution from a solution source during a negative-pressure interval, and instill the solution to a dressing during a venting interval. A pneumatic actuator may be mechanically coupled to a disposable distribution system that can provide a fluid path between the solution source and a distribution component. A bacterial filter may be disposed in the fluid path between the actuator and the distribution component to prevent contamination of the actuator during operation. The distribution system may be separated from the actuator and disposed of after operation, and the actuator may be re-used.
US11185622B1	Method and system for controlled hyperthermia Methods and for treatment of cancer and other diseases including complications from late stage viral infections by inducing hyperthermia in a patient relying on withdrawing blood from the patient and returning the withdrawn blood to the patient to establish an extracorporeal flow circuit. Blood is heated by passing through the extracorporeal circuit at a controlled rate until a target body core temperature in is achieved. Usually, the blood will be subjected to a continuously re-circulating dialysis to balance electrolytes. Additionally, the blood will be subjected to a continuously recirculating regeneration through a carbon sorbent column where toxins and contaminants are removed. The blood temperature is maintained at the target blood temperature for a treatment period, and the blood is cooled after the treatment period has been completed. The method can also be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, hepatitis, sepsis, the Epstein-Barr virus, and patients with life threatening complications from other viruses, including the COVID-19 virus. A method for removing viruses from the blood supply in an external circuit is also presented.
US11185620B2	Fluid pumping device and blood purifying apparatus having the same Provided is a blood purifying apparatus including a blood purifying filter in which mass transfer occurs between blood and dialysis fluid, a blood tube connecting the blood purifying filter and a patient to allow blood to flow therethrough, a dialysis fluid supply tube connected to the blood purifying filter and allowing dialysis fluid to be supplied to the blood purifying filter therethrough, a dialysis fluid discharge tube connected to the blood purifying filter and allowing dialysis fluid to be discharged from the blood purifying filter therethrough; and a fluid pumping device. The fluid pumping device further includes a plurality of chamber each having an internal space, a chamber pressurizing member disposed inside the plurality of chambers and compressing or expanding the chambers to thereby allow a fluid to flow therethrough, and a flow controller controlling a flow passage.
US11185617B2	Drainage system with retention ring In one general aspect, the present disclosure provides a drainage system. The drainage system may include a container having an interior and a mouth, the mouth having an outer surface and an opening. A frangible seal may cover the opening. A cap may be secured to the mouth, and the cap may be in fluid communication with a drainage line. The cap may have an inner surface for engaging with the outer surface of the mouth. The drainage system may further include a retention ring with a collar having an inner surface configured to engage an outer surface of the cap, where the retention ring includes a bead for at least partially concentrating a restriction force provided by the retention ring on an adjacent area of the outer surface of the cap.
US11185614B2	Balloon catheter coated with an anti-restenotic active ingredient and a molecular dispersion agent that promotes transport The present invention relates to balloon catheters with or without crimped stent, whose surface is coated with at least one antirestenotic agent and at least one transport promoting molecular dispersant, as well as a method for the preparation of these medical devices.
US11185613B2	Selectively water disintegrable materials and catheters made of such materials Polymeric materials that are blends of polymers having differing water solubility rates are disclosed. The blends may be incorporated into at least a portion of a medical devices such as the shafts of flushable urinary catheters to provide suitable catheter stiffness/flexibility and catheter disintegration in water receptacles such as toilets. The blended material may provide the substrate of the catheter shaft or may provide one or more layers of the catheter.
US11185605B2	Device and related compositions and methods for use in surface decontamination Devices are provided for applying an indicator composition and, optionally, a disinfectant composition to an article being dispensed through the device. The device includes a housing at least partially surrounding an interior volume and having a wall defining a dispensing aperture extending through the wall, a reservoir having at least one chamber sized to contain an indicator composition, and an application mechanism positioned within the housing relative to the dispensing aperture. The reservoir optionally has a second chamber sized to contain a disinfectant composition. The application mechanism is configured to be in fluid communication with the reservoir to apply an amount of the indicator composition and the optional disinfectant composition from the reservoir to an article dispensed through the dispensing aperture. Related compositions, articles, and methods are provided.
US11185596B2	Endonuclease targeting blood coagulation factor VIII gene and composition for treating hemophilia comprising same The present invention provides a method for inducing an inversion of normal blood coagulation factor VIII (F8) gene, a method for correcting an inversion of blood coagulation factor VIII gene in which the inversion has occurred, and a Hemophilia A patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell in which the inversion is corrected, constructed using the same. The method of the present invention effectively reproduces the inversion of intron 1 and intron 22 of the F8 gene, which is responsible for the majority of severe hemophilia A, and thereby may be effectively used for studying the development mechanism of hemophilia A and as a research tool for screening therapeutic agents. The inversion-corrected induced pluripotent stem cell constructed according the method of the present invention enables an efficient and fundamental treatment for hemophilia A by restoring a genotype in which mutation has occurred to a wild type-like state, without limitation via normal gene or protein delivery.
US11185588B2	Pharmaceutical dosage forms comprising valganciclovir hydrochloride The invention provides novel solid pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral administration, after being constituted in water. The solid dosage forms comprise a therapeutically effective amount of valganciclovir hydrochloride and a non-hygroscopic organic acid present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the valganciclovir hydrochloride in a predetermined amount of water. The present invention also provides novel liquid pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral administration after constituting the solid pharmaceutical dosage form with water. A non-hygroscopic bulking agent may optionally be included in the above dosage form. These novel pharmaceutical dosage forms are useful in the treatment or control of viruses such as herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus. The present invention also provides a method for treating these diseases employing the solid and liquid pharmaceutical dosage forms and a method for preparing these pharmaceutical dosage forms.
US11185587B2	Pharmaceutical composition containing a mixture of proenzymes and enzymes Pharmaceutical composition containing a mixture of proenzymes and enzymes, containing proenzymes trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen and enzymes α-amylase and lipase as active substances, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, for simultaneous, separate and subsequent administration of the composition in parenteral or transmucosal way, the composition has anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic effects to cancer tumours and is intended for therapeutic, prophylactic and anti-metastatic use in mammals.
US11185584B2	Anti-IL-23 antibodies, compositions, methods and uses An anti-IL-23 antibody, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-23 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US11185582B2	Broadly neutralizing anti-human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) antibodies and methods of use thereof The present disclosure relates to anti-human cytomegalovirus (anti-HCMV) antibodies and vaccines as well as diagnostic and therapeutic methods of use.
US11185577B2	H3.3 CTL peptides and uses thereof Peptides that generate an immune response to glioma-related H3.3 proteins and methods of their use are provided.
US11185572B2	Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of CNS diseases An isolated human cell is disclosed comprising at least one mesenchymal stem cell phenotype and secreting brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), wherein a basal secretion of the BDNF is at least five times greater than a basal secretion of the BDNF in a mesenchymal stem cell. Methods of generating same and uses of same are also disclosed.
US11185565B2	Compositions including milk thistle and methods of use In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a dietary supplement including berberine in an amount up to about 1500 mg, cinnamon in an amount up to about 300 mg, chromium in an amount up to about 300 mcg, milk thistle in an amount up to about 150 mg, and pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium (PQQ) in an amount up to about 30 mg. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to a method for managing weight, maintaining healthy blood sugar levels, preventing diabetes, or alleviating symptoms associated with diabetes, including administering a composition to a subject. In some embodiments, the composition includes berberine in an amount up to about 1500 mg, cinnamon in an amount up to about 300 mg, chromium in an amount up to about 300 mcg, milk thistle in an amount up to about 150 mg, and PQQ in an amount up to about 30 mg.
US11185564B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of wounds, disorders, and diseases of the skin The present disclosure relates, in part, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more polynucleotides suitable for enhancing, increasing, augmenting, and/or supplementing the levels of Collagen alpha-1 (VII) chain polypeptide and/or Lysyl hydroxylase 3 polypeptide and/or Keratin type I cytoskeletal 17 polypeptide in a subject. The present disclosure also relates, in part, to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use for providing prophylactic, palliative, or therapeutic relief of a wound, disorder, or disease of the skin in a subject, including a subject having, or at risk of developing, one or more symptoms of epidermolysis bullosa.
US11185563B2	Method and composition for preventing, treating or relieving bone diseases The present invention discloses uses of treating, preventing or improving bone diseases by Lactobacillus or a composition including the Lactobacillus. The Lactobacillus and compositions can increase the blood calcium concentration, the trabecular bone volume density, the trabecular thickness, the trabecular number and the bone mineral density of a subject, and reduce trabecular spacing of the subject. Further, the present invention discloses a method for treating a subject diagnosed with a bone disease, through identifying the subject having the bone disease and administering to the subject an effective amount of a composition including at least one of Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 and Lactobacillus paracasei GKS6, wherein the Lactobacillus plantarum GKM3 is deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) with a deposition number of CGMCC 14565 on Aug. 25, 2017, and the Lactobacillus paracasei GKS6 is deposited in CGMCC with a deposition number of CGMCC 14566 on Aug. 25, 2017.
US11185559B2	Tumor microenvironment-responsive nanocomplex and anticancer composition comprising same Various embodiments of the present disclosure are to provide a tumor microenvironment-responsive nanocomplex capable of presenting a novel paradigm for tumor therapy by reprogramming tumor microenvironments and an anticancer composition containing the same.
US11185556B2	Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating glaucoma, containing adenosine derivative A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating eye diseases and an oral administration agent for preventing or treating eye diseases are provided. The pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating eye diseases comprises the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US11185554B2	Method of use of eritoran as a TLR4 antagonist for treatment of ebola and Marburg disease The present invention is directed to methods for treating ebola virus infections or Marburg virus infections comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11185552B2	Inhibitors of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase for treating cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions The present disclosure provides for methods of treating or preventing a cardiovascular disorder and/or a related pulmonary disorder in a subject. In certain embodiments, the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, non-salt amorphous form, solvate, poly-morph, tautomer or prodrug thereof.
US11185538B2	Compositions for treating glaucoma or reducing intraocular pressure Described herein are compounds and compositions for treating glaucoma and/or reducing intraocular pressure. Compositions may comprise an isoquinoline compound and a prostaglandin or a prostaglandin analog. Compounds described herein include those in which an isoquinoline compound is covalently linked to a prostaglandin or a prostaglandin analog, and those in which an isoquinoline compound and a prostaglandin free acid together form a salt.
US11185534B2	Prodrugs of glutamine analogs Prodrugs of glutamine analogs, such as prodrugs of acivicin, are disclosed.
US11185528B2	ALDA-1 treatment and prevention of pulmonary disease Methods of treating or preventing allergic or pulmonary diseases characterized by endothelial dysfunction with Alda-1 are presented. Treatment of pulmonary endothelial cells subjected to hyperoxia with Alda-1 showed an increase in ALDH2 activity and expression. Treatment with Alda-1 also illustrated a decrease in oxidative stress, a decrease in reactive oxygen species (ROS), a decrease in apoptosis, a decrease in inflammation and an enhancement of mitochondrial membrane potential.
US11185523B2	Use of bipolar trans carotenoids with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment of cancer The subject disclosure relates to compounds and compositions including chemotherapy agents and/or radiation therapy with bipolar trans carotenoids, and the use of such compounds for the treatment of various cancers including pancreatic and brain cancers.
US11185521B2	Substituted aromatic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis The present invention concerns the use of compounds for preventing and/or treating osteoporosis, for stimulating bone formation, for stimulating bone remodeling, for stimulating the differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts, for inhibiting bone resorption and for modulating serum level of adiponectin in a subject. These uses have been found for compounds represented by Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)—(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R1 is H, F or OH; R2 is H, F, OH, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(O)(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R3 is H, F, OH or CH2Ph; R4 is H, F, or OH; Q is 1) (CH2)mC(O)OH wherein m is 1 or 2, 2) CH(F)—C(O)OH, 3) CF2—C(O)OH, or 4) C(O)—C(O)OH.
US11185520B2	Composition comprising at least one water-soluble pharmaceutically acceptable salt of elafibranor having improved intestinal absorption A composition comprising, as an active principle, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of elafibranor, characterised in that the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of elafibranor is chosen from at least a salt of choline, of ethanolamine, or of diethanolamine, or of L-lysine, or of piperazine, or of calcium, or of tromethamine. More particularly, one or more embodiments relate to the use of elafibranor salts with a view to improving stability and solubility compared with elafibranor in the basic form thereof. These salts make it possible to establish pharmaceutical formulations in various advantageous forms as intravenous injections or formulations by enteral route having quicker and less variable absorption and consequently better bioavailability.
US11185510B2	Combinations of mRNAs encoding immune modulating polypeptides and uses thereof The disclosure relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture and therapeutic use of combinations of immunomodulatory polynucleotides (e.g., mRNAs) encoding an immune response primer polypeptide (e.g., an interleukin 23 (IL-23) polypeptide or an interleukin 36γ (IL-36-gamma) polypeptide), and an immune response co-stimulatory signal polypeptide (e.g., an OX40L polypeptide).
US11185509B2	Solid preparation having improved light stability A solid preparation includes a 4,5-epoxymorphinan derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, which is stable to light even without light shielding coating. The solid preparation includes an active ingredient composed of a 4,5-epoxymorphinan derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, and one or more stabilizing agents selected from the group consisting of n-propyl gallate, sodium hydrogensulfite, dibutylhydroxytoluene, butylhydroxyanisole, tocopherol and D-isoascorbic acid, wherein the amount of the above active ingredient is 0.00001 to 0.01% by weight of the solid preparation, and the amount of the above stabilizing agent is 0.005 to 5% by weight of the solid preparation.
US11185502B1	Packaged frozen cubes of cannabis juice purée that are non-psychoactive Non-psychoactive packaged frozen cubes of cannabis juice purée are provided. First, raw cannabis material is collected. Next, the cannabis material is blended with water, fruit juice, or vegetable juice and thickening agent to form cannabis juice purée. Next, the purée is poured into molds having an identical size and shape. Non-decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract is optionally added to increase potency. Next, the tray is frozen to obtain frozen cubes of cannabis juice purée. Next, the cubes are removed from the tray and packaged in a vacuum sealed bag. A dispensary can store the package in a freezer until distribution. The package includes a label describing amounts and types of cannabinoids present in each cube. The cubes are non-psychoactive and do not include decarboxylated cannabinoids. A consumer opens the package and deposits a desired amount of cubes into a blender with other ingredients to form a beverage with non-decarboxylated cannabinoids.
US11185497B2	Intranasal delivery of dihydroergotamine by precision olfactory device Methods are provided for acutely treating migraine headache with or without aura. The methods comprise administering to a subject with migraine headache an effective dose of a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising dihydroergotamine (DHE) or a salt thereof, wherein the dose is administered by an intranasal delivery device that provides, following intranasal administration, (a) a mean peak plasma DHE concentration (Cmax) of at least 750 pg/ml, (b) with a mean time to Cmax (Tmax) of DHE of less than 45 minutes, and (c) a mean plasma AUC0-inf of DHE of at least 2500 pg*hr/ml. Also provided are kits for acutely treating migraine with or without aura in which a liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising DHE or DHE salt is contained within a sealed vial that is attachable to a precision intranasal olfactory delivery device packaged therewith.
US11185492B2	Cosmetic compositions Disclosed are compositions and methods for their use for cosmetic applications. The composition can include tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, Phyllanthus emblica fruit extract, and tocopherol, ascorbic acid. The composition can further include vegetable amino acids. An effective amount of the composition can be applied on skin to stimulate collagen production and lysyl oxidase activity, inhibit tyrosinase, inhibit melanogenesis and/or COX-1 activity, and inhibit the matrix metalloproteinase enzyme activity in skin.
US11185489B2	Oral care particles and system for the administration thereof Disclosed is a system and method for the delivery, into interdental spaces, of oral care active agents contained in particles. The particles are made of one or more superabsorbent polymers (SAP), and are of size generally small enough to be easily applied into an interdental space. To this end, the particles typically have a length of below 1.5 mm. By virtue of the SAP's ability of absorbing several times its own weight in water, the particles will swell once in contact with saliva. As a result, the volume of the particles as applied in between teeth increases by at least eight times, thereby effectively making the particles larger than the average interdental gap size. The particles, once swollen, are thus held more firmly between the walls of the interdental space, thus preventing them from being easily washed away.
US11185488B2	Skin external preparation composition for moisturizing skin containing 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose A skin external composition containing 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose (hereinafter referred to as “PGG”) and its use to improve moisture balance of skin are disclosed. The skin external composition, due to containing PGG, stimulates the formation of filaggrin in keratinocytes, increases loricrin and involucrin expression, thereby stimulating the formation of a normal keratin layer, and as a result, can strengthen the skin barrier function to provide an excellent skin moisturization improving effect. Thus, the composition is effective in improving moisture balance of skin. A method for moisturizing the skin using the composition is also disclosed.
US11185481B2	Use of exosomes to promote or enhance hair growth We describe the use of an exosome for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition to promote or enhance would healing or hair growth, or both, in an individual. The exosome may be derived from a stem cell such as a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC).
US11185476B2	Dental composite The present application describes fib-reinforced dental composites (FRCs), processes for producing and uses of, the fibre-reinforced dental composites. More particularly, the fibre-reinforced dental 5 composites described herein comprise a polymerisable resin and from about 0.5% to about 25% w/w of fibres having a diameter of from about 3 μm to about 9 μm and a length of from about 60 μm to about 2 mm.
US11185471B2	Pressure-regulating vial adaptors In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor comprises a housing configured to couple the adaptor with a vial, an access channel, a regulator channel, and a regulator assembly. The access channel is configured to facilitate withdrawal of fluid from the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial. The regulator channel is configured to facilitate a flow of a regulating fluid from the regulator assembly to compensate for changes in volume of a medical fluid in the vial. The regulator assembly can include a valve configured to transition between a closed configuration and an opened configuration.
US11185470B2	Density flow meter for pharmaceutical formulation dosing Provided are systems and method for dosing a pharmaceutical formulation. These methods and systems can displace the pharmaceutical formulation through a density flow meter, wherein the density flow meter is configured to measure a density of the pharmaceutical formulation. Next, the pharmaceutical formulation can be dosed into preformed molds and the dosing process can be stopped when the density of the pharmaceutical formulation measured by the density flow meter is below a predetermined threshold.
US11185460B2	Self contained powered exoskeleton walker for a disabled user A walker for use by a mobility impaired disabled user. The walker supports the user while moving them through a set of movements correlating to a walking motion. The walker includes an exoskeleton, a power source in the form of a battery pack or other similar onboard power pack together with its associated power supply cables, and a control system The exoskeleton includes a rigid pelvic support member including a pelvic harness and a pair of leg structures. Each of the leg structures comprise an upper leg structural member, a lower leg structural member, a foot member, a main hip actuator, a knee actuator and a main foot actuator.
US11185451B2	Indirect printing of AGM The present invention relates to a method of applying absorbent gelling material (AGM) granules by indirect printing onto an carrier layer for use in an absorbent article, particularly diaper for babies or adults, training pants, pull-up diapers (diaper pants), sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like. These articles typically comprise the carrier layer with the AGM particles together with further layers, making up the complete article.
US11185450B2	Absorbent article A diaper (10) includes an absorbent assembly (20) including a topsheet (21), a backsheet (22), and an absorbent core (24), and has an article longitudinal direction (X) and an article lateral direction (Y). The absorbent core (24) is formed of a sheet-like article (1) including a plurality of absorbent units (4), each including a long base portion (2) and water-absorbent polymer particles (3). The sheet-like article (1) includes a plurality of unit portions arranged in the longitudinal direction (x1 direction), each unit portion including a plurality of the absorbent units (4) arranged side by side in the lateral direction (y1 direction). The sheet-like article (1) includes a pair of longitudinal joined regions (41, 41), a pair of lateral joined regions (42, 42), and intermediate lateral joined regions (43, 43). The sheet-like article (1) is joined to a constituent member adjacent thereto in the thickness direction (Z) at the pair of longitudinal joined regions (41, 41), the pair of lateral joined regions (42, 42), and the intermediate lateral joined regions (43, 43). Each unit portion includes a section in which neither the upper side nor the lower side thereof in the thickness direction (Z) is joined to the constituent member.
US11185442B2	Hybrid phacoemulsification needle A phacoemulsification needle comprises a hollow shaft with an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a distal end terminating in a distal edge. The shaft has a central bore extending there through. The central bore is defined by the interior surface of the hollow shaft. A first over mold is located on the exterior surface and distal edge of the hollow shaft. The first over mold covers at least a portion of a periphery of the exterior surface of the hollow shaft, the distal edge, and terminates at the central bore.
US11185441B2	Ocular device delivery methods and systems The present disclosure provides an ophthalmic article. The ophthalmic article may comprise a biocompatible matrix comprising a copolymer derived from a caprolactone monomer and at least one other monomer. The ophthalmic article may also comprise an active agent or a diagnostic agent. The ophthalmic article may be configured to associate to a haptic of an intraocular lens (IOL).
US11185439B2	Flexible cone-shaped intra-vaginal support device In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a flexible and non-absorbent vaginal insert device shaped to be held securely in place in a vagina when inserted, so as to improve symptoms associated with pelvic organ prolapse or urinary incontinence or both, is provided. The device is designed to be relatively easy to insert and remove. An applicator may be used to aid with insertion. The vaginal insert device comprises an upper portion, having a cone-shaped body, having a circular transverse cross-section throughout its length, having a wall with an interior side and an exterior side, an upper open end, a lower end, and a hollow interior, wherein the upper open end of the upper portion is the innermost portion of the device during insertion, and wherein the wall of the upper portion can be squeezed to make the upper portion more compact for easier insertion of the device, and wherein after insertion the wall expands back to its original shape. The device further comprises an exterior rim surrounding and protruding from the exterior side of the wall and being adjacent to the upper open end, and a plurality of ridges surrounding and protruding from the exterior side of the wall, and a removal portion extending from said lower end of said upper portion to assist in removal of the device. The device can also comprise one or more ventilation openings.
US11185438B2	Pessary for pelvic organ prolapse A collapsible pessary is provided, and can have a stem and at least one rotating petal member that can rotate between a collapsed state with a smaller diameter and a deployed state with a larger diameter. The collapsible pessary can have a plunger within the stem, and pushing the plunger upwards can cause the plunger to push upwards on a portion of the petal member, thereby causing the petal member to rotate into a deployed position. The pessary can be in a collapsed state wherein its overall diameter is at a minimum, or a deployed state, wherein its overall diameter is at a maximum.
US11185436B2	Methods and system for homogeneous dental appliance Methods and systems herein relate to receiving dentition data of a patient; processing the dentition data in a server to determine a vertical displacement and a forward mandibular position to enable the patient to breathe during sleep by opening the airway of the patient; and forming a homogeneous dental appliance via direct manufacture using the processed dentition data, the vertical displacement and the forward mandibular position, the dental appliance including a lower dental tray and an upper dental tray, the lower dental tray inclusive of a pair of vertical displacement bite pads with the vertical displacement and a first pair of button protrusions, the upper dental tray inclusive of a second pair of button protrusions, the first pair of button protrusions and the second pair of button protrusions providing the forward mandibular position when two elastic bands are attached to connect the upper dental tray and the lower dental tray.
US11185433B2	Hallux valgus sandal having at least one great toe strap section and one holding strap section A hallux valgus sandal for treating at least great toe malpositions, having a sole element with an outsole and a footbed, with a great toe strap section for the lateral positional fixing of the great toe and with a holding strap section, which holds the sandal on the foot when the sandal is worn. The wrap length of the great toe strap section can be changed in such a way that an adjustable corrective force can be exerted on the great toe. A metatarsus strap section is also provided, the wrap length of which can be changed, wherein both strap sections can be coupled to each other such that a metatarsus corrective force acting laterally on the metatarsal bone can be varied to press the metatarsal bone on the foot inner side in the lateral direction towards the foot outer side. As a result of said metatarsus corrective force, a hallux corrective force in the direction toward the foot inner side can be exerted, wherein the great toe strap section is guided backwards from the great toe at an angle and enters a channel on the inside of the sole element that is arranged in the metatarsus region of the sandal.
US11185423B2	Highly radiographically opaque metal based interbody Embodiments of bony region interbody systems, apparatus, and methods are described generally herein including a spinal interbody for insertion between vertebra, the interbody formed of metals or alloys while providing high radiographic visibility. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11185413B2	Tissue grasping devices and related methods A clip for immobilizing leaflets of a cardiac or venous valve includes a hub having a pair of tangle resistant spring-biased outer arms coupled to an inferior end of the hub and a pair of tangle resistant spring-biased inner arms adjacent to the outer arms and coupled to a superior end of the hub. A delivery catheter may be used to position the valve clip adjacent a target valve while the outer and inner arms are biased in an opened position relative to each other. After the valve leaflets are located between the opened outer and inner arms, the biasing forces may be released to allow the clip to self-close the clip over the valve leaflets.
US11185410B2	Bicuspid valve prosthesis, tricuspid valve prosthesis, and stent therefor A mitral valve prosthesis, a tricuspid valve prosthesis and a stent thereof. The stent is configured to support the heart valves of the mitral valve prosthesis and has a contracted configuration for delivery and an expanded configuration for deployment. The stent comprises, along its axial direction, an inflow section, a transition section and an outflow section, and the transition section is connected to the inflow section at one end and to the outflow section at the other end. When in the expanded configuration, the inflow section is located upstream of the outflow section with respect to the blood flow direction. The inflow section is less radially rigid than the outflow section and/or the transition section. Due to such a small radial rigidity, the inflow section can well adapt itself to the anatomy of the native mitral annulus. As a result, its pressure and interference on the aortic valve can be reduced, resulting in a significant decrease in the risk of leading to occlusion of the left ventricular outflow section. Additionally, during the release, the inflow section can adapt itself to changes in the diameter of the stent and thereby buffer radial deformation and axial displacement of the stent during its expansion, thus enhancing the release reliability.
US11185395B2	Systems and methods of automated in-situ preparation for mounting of prefabricated custom dental prosthesis A system and method of automated formation of a preparation stub, based on an a priori created computational geometrical model, configured to conform to a prefabricated fixed dental prosthesis, is described. The system includes a digital imaging facility with an image acquiring device and a three-dimensional data digitizer, a modeling facility with an exterior surface design module and an interior surface design module, a fabrication facility operatively with a computer-aided manufacturing module, as well as an application facility including an ablation tool and in-situ preparation module; application facility preferably includes an intra-oral feedbacking appliance with a distance measurement probe for automated feedback-controlled formation of a preparation stub.
US11185393B2	Dental implant for implantation facilitation and stabilization A bone implant and in particular a dental implant having an apical end configured to facilitate placement and stabilization within an implantation site, wherein the distal end of said apical end has a contoured surface, and the apical surface of said apical end has at least one apical surface recess extending toward the coronal part of the implant.
US11185391B2	Mixer assembly and device for dispensing a dental material A mixer assembly with a static mixing element arranged within a mixing channel. The mixer assembly has an inlet end, for receiving components of a substance and a dispensing end for dispensing a mixture from the components. The inlet end comprises for each component an inlet and an associated non-return valve. Each of the inlets is connectable for fluid communication with the mixing channel via the associated non-return valve.
US11185388B2	Surgical video production system and surgical video production method A surgical video production system consists of: an input part which records time codes in a moving, and inputs a focal distance of a lens and information of surgical tools, a recognition part which generates recognition information by recognizing the surgical tools, organs, tissue, and objects in the moving image, identifies unfocused video and shaky video, indicates markers corresponding to a first time code and a last time code of each of the unfocused video and the shaky moving image, and indicates the markers corresponding to the first time code and the last time code of the moving image corresponding to the event; an editing part, which deletes a part of the moving image using the markers or separates a moving image according to the event to generate an edited image; and a transformation part which transforms an edited image into a stereoscopic image.
US11185379B2	Comprehensive messaging system for robotic surgical systems One example method for comprehensively recording and reporting messages generated within a robotic surgical system includes capturing and storing network data on an internal network of the robotic surgical system. The method further includes subscribing to and receiving published messages from processes of interest executing on one or more task devices of the robotic surgical system. The received published messages each is associated with a priority. The method further involves sending at least a portion of the published messages according to the respective message priorities to a server device for analysis. Based on the analysis result, the method involves causing the surgical robotic system to be modified to improve its performance.
US11185378B2	Motor assembly A motor assembly and method of operating the motor assembly include a motor, a memory to store calibrated parameters of the motor, and electronics coupled to the memory and the motor. The electronics are configured to retrieve the calibrated parameters from the memory, provide the calibrated parameters to an external system, and receive control signals for driving the motor from the external system. The control signals are based on the calibrated parameters. The calibrated parameters include a motor speed versus no-load current relationship for the motor determined by a procedure that includes performing an initial calibration of the motor, wearing in the motor after performing the initial calibration, performing a final calibration of the motor after wearing in the motor, and storing the calibrated parameters in the memory based on the initial calibration and the final calibration.
US11185374B2	Apparatus and methods relating to intravascular positioning of distal end of catheter Systems and methods for navigation and positioning a central venous catheter within a patient. The system may include a first pole and a second pole designed to generate an electric field sufficient to obtain a plurality of field measurements. The system may include a stylet inserted into a medical device. The stylet may include a magnetic assembly configured to produce a magnetic field positioned along a distal portion of the stylet, and a stylet electrode positioned distal of the magnetic assembly. The stylet electrode may be designed to function as both an interior excitation electrode and an interior detection electrode. Advancement of the medical device in the patient may include using a conductance curve generated from the plurality of field measurements to identify an obstruction or malposition in the patient.
US11185367B2	Methods and systems for treating diabetes and related diseases and disorders Systems, devices and methods treat target tissue to provide a therapeutic benefit to the patient. A tissue treatment device comprises a tissue treatment element constructed and arranged to treat target tissue, such as duodenal mucosa and/or submucosal tissue. Patients treated can safely eliminate or reduce their daily insulin intake.
US11185365B2	High-frequency tool for medical resectoscopes High-frequency (HF) tools are used in medicine for manipulating body tissue, using an HF resectoscope. For electrical insulation of an electrode from an electrode support, the ends of the electrode are initially guided through ceramic tubes. These ceramic tubes are sensitive in particular to forces transverse to the longitudinal axis of the resectoscope. Disclosed herein is a high-frequency tool that has increased stability with respect to transverse forces. An electrode has two ends, which for establishing a connection to an electrode support are each insertable into a receiving opening of the ends of the electrode support, or positionable in front of the ends. The electrode is contacted in an electrically conductive manner, at least in the area of a receiving opening, with a conductor wire that is guided in the electrode support.
US11185364B2	HF surgical instrument An HF surgical instrument includes two instrument branches movable toward each other into a closing position. Each branch is equipped with at least one electrode and can be supplied with electric power from a power source. The HF instrument includes a separately configured bridge which is connectable to the power source via at least one electric connection or at least one electric line and includes at least one electrically conductive contact point for supplying the at least one electrode with electric power. The bridge can be introduced to at least one of the two branches so that the at least one contact point is electrically contacted by the at least one electrode. A method of assembling a HF surgical instrument includes equipping two instrument branches with at least one electrode.
US11185348B2	Method of in vitro fertilization with delay of embryo transfer and use of peripheral blood mononuclear cells A method of in vitro fertilization wherein the embryo is implanted into the uterus of a female patient at least two, and preferably three to twelve months after the eggs are retrieved from the patient in order to reduce the effect of autoimmune rejection of the embryo by the patient's autoimmune system and increase the probability and success of pregnancy and wherein prior to embryo implantation, the endometrium in the uterus is prepared for embryo implantation by introducing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) into the uterus. The procedure is combined with cryopreservation techniques to preserve the oocytes or the IVF-produced embryos of the patient.
US11185343B2	Surgical instrument having improved closing characteristics A surgical instrument includes an instrument shaft, two instrument branches that can be positioned relatively to one another in a working position and a rest position, a handle element on which an operating element is movably arranged for positioning the instrument branches, and a coupling mechanism having a translating unit that converts a movement of the operating element, non-linearly, into a relative movement of at least one of the two instrument branches. The coupling mechanism includes at least one bias element that biases the mechanism into the rest position and/or into the working position of the instrument branches.
US11185341B2	Catheter A catheter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a mesh member, a first hollow shaft, a front end tip, a guiding film, and a core wire. The mesh member has a tubular shape and is radially expandable and contractable. The guiding film is formed with a stretchable material and is disposed on the mesh member, the guiding film having a front end located between a base end of the front end tip and a front end of the first hollow shaft. A thickness of a base end of the guiding film is larger than a thickness of the front end of the guiding film.
US11185340B2	Orthopaedic surgical method and instrument assembly for reaming a patient's acetabulum A surgical instrument assembly includes a metallic hemispherical component and a driver component removably coupled to the hemispherical component. The metallic hemispherical component has a convex outer surface configured to engage a patient's natural acetabulum, a concave inner surface positioned opposite the outer surface and defining a cavity in the hemispherical component, a plurality of cutting teeth extending outwardly from the outer surface, and a plurality of apertures defined in the inner surface. The driver component has a shank and a plurality of ribs secured to, and extending outwardly from, the shank. Each rib has a tab that is received in a corresponding aperture of the hemispherical component to secure the driver component to the hemispherical component.
US11185331B2	Method for controlling end effector closure for powered surgical stapler A powered surgical stapler includes a motor unit, a movable member, a controller, a sensor assembly, an anvil, and an opposing deck surface. A method of operating the stapler includes controlling the motor unit to actuate the movable member to move from the open position towards the closed position. The method also includes sensing closure data using the sensor assembly. The closure data includes an initial tissue contact position, a gap formed between the anvil and the opposing deck surface, and an axial force on the anvil. The method also includes communicating the closure data to the controller. The method also includes determining at least one of an adjusted closure rate or an adjusted closure stroke using the closure data. The method also includes controlling the motor unit using at least one of the adjusted closure rate or the adjusted closure stroke.
US11185330B2	Fastener cartridge assemblies and staple retainer cover arrangements A cover member for a surgical staple cartridge. The cover member is configured to retain a wedge sled within the staple cartridge in a starting position when the cover member is attached to the body of the staple cartridge. The cover member includes a top portion that covers all of the fastener openings in the deck of the staple cartridge when the cover is attached to the cartridge.
US11185324B2	Anvil retention and release features for powered circular surgical stapler A surgical instrument includes a body assembly, a shaft assembly extending distally from the body assembly, an anvil, and a stapling head assembly. The stapling head assembly includes at least one annular array of staples, a staple driver, and a trocar. The trocar includes a shaft defining a longitudinal axis, an actuating feature coupled with a motor unit, and at least one coupling feature. The motor unit is configured to actuate the actuating feature to move the at least one coupling feature of the trocar in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the shaft between a contracted position and an expanded position. In the contracted position, the shaft of the trocar is configured to move along the longitudinal axis relative to the anvil. In the expanded position, the shaft of the trocar is configured to move together with the anvil along the longitudinal axis.
US11185317B2	Medical adhesive applicator Medical adhesive applicators are disclosed which allow medical adhesives to have long storage life and be easily dispensed in a controlled manner. In one embodiment, the applicator has a frangible glass vial with the medical adhesive. The frangible glass vial is held in a plastic enclosure with a dispensing tip. Attached to the plastic enclosure is a squeeze tube capable of imparting air pressure into the enclosure. In another embodiment, the applicator has a proximal chamber containing medical adhesive, a distal chamber for dispensing medical adhesive and one or more rupturable membranes between them. In another embodiment, an applicator pad is sized to retain the total volume of adhesive and initiator so that, in use, the entire volume of adhesive liquid is first loaded into the pad. So loaded, the adhesive and initiator mix evenly to provide an adhesive layer that cures puddle-free.
US11185316B2	Medical net-and-loop type retrieval instrument A medical net-and-loop type retrieval instrument has a distal loop and a retrieval net held on the loop by way of a net holding portion that is firmly held in the interior of the cross section of the loop. The medical net-and-loop type retrieval instrument is suitable for use in medical endoscopy.
US11185312B2	Medical image capturing control device, method, and program An imaging conditions acquisition unit acquires imaging conditions relevant to the positioning of an irradiation device and a radiation detector for acquiring a medical image. An imaging control unit controls the irradiation device and the like so as to acquire a pre-shot image or the medical image of the subject. A correction amount calculation unit calculates the correction amount of the imaging conditions based on the pre-shot image. A notification unit sends notification of the correction amount.
US11185303B2	Image processing apparatus, radiography system, image processing method, and image processing program An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a radiographic image generated by a radiation detector irradiated with radiation from a radiography apparatus including the radiation detector in which plural pixels, each of which includes a conversion element that generates a larger amount of charge as it is irradiated with a larger amount of radiation, are arranged; and a correction unit that corrects scattered ray components caused by scattered rays of the radiation included in the radiographic image on the basis of region information indicating a region of the radiation detector irradiated with radiation transmitted through a subject, using scattered ray correction data.
US11185298B2	Radiographic apparatus A radiographic apparatus includes a radiation detection panel configured to detect radiation, and a housing that covers the radiation detection panel. The housing includes an incident surface receiving the radiation, a side surface adjacent to the incident surface, a rear surface opposing the incident surface, and an inclined surface adjacent to each of the side surface and the rear surface. A recessed handle portion is provided on the inclined surface.
US11185289B2	Capacitive sensor for respiratory monitoring A system is provided for monitoring a patient on an air support system. The system comprises a capacitive sensor system having a capacitive sensor positioned at the underside of an air filled mattress, and a respiration signal processing module that receives the output of the capacitive sensor system and is configured to monitor patient respiration. Respiration is monitored by: periodically sampling the capacitive sensor system output to obtain measurements of incremental body displacement; analyzing a plurality of the samples to determine one or more values for parameters of patient respiratory rate; and determining when one or more of the parameter values indicate abnormal respiration. A corresponding method and computer program are also provided.
US11185287B2	Adhesive overlay A device-securing overlay includes a wearable strip that has a controlled applicant to fit over at least a portion of a wearable device, while an adhesive on an under portion of the wearable strip is placed in contact with at least a top portion of an outer rim of the wearable device as well as a surface upon which the wearable device is placed, without covering portions of the wearable device that require ventilation or an unobstructed view.
US11185280B2	System and method for facilitating analysis of a wound in a target subject A system and method for facilitating analysis of a wound in a target subject is provided. The method comprises obtaining one or more digital images of at least a portion of the wound; extracting a plurality of feature vectors from the one or more digital images; and identifying, using a first trained deep neural network, a type of wound tissue based on the plurality of extracted feature vectors.
US11185273B2	Device, system and use of a catheter system to record and map cardiac rhythm A catheter system to record and map electrical signals by cardiac tissues before, during, and/or after the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in a group of patients. The system can include an elongated body; a distal electrode assembly comprising a proximal stem, a plurality of spines emanating from the stem; and a plurality of nonconductive spine covers, each surrounding a respective spine. Each spine can cover one or more tensile members of the respective spine cover. The system can be configured to achieve clinically improved performance and safety of catheter configurations as to accessibility into target areas of a beating heart.
US11185271B2	Methods of making micro-molded electrodes and arrays A method of manufacturing a micro-molded electrode (160) having multiple individually addressable sensors (140) along a shaft (180) can include forming a recess in a mold substrate, depositing a structural material therein, depositing a conductive material at specific locations, providing a coating (190), and removing the mold substrate. A micro-molded electrode (160) having a base (170) tapering to at least one shaft (180) can include an electrode substrate, multiple individually addressable sensors (140), and a coating (190).
US11185260B1	State-based methods and systems using continuous glucose monitors and accelerometers to regulate glucose levels Embodiments include methods and systems for regulating a user's glucose levels. Systems comprise a processing unit in communication with a glucose monitor, an accelerometer, and a user interface. The glucose monitor generates glucose readings corresponding to the user's glucose levels and the accelerometer generates acceleration readings corresponding to the user's activity. The processing unit determines if the glucose readings indicate a glucose state and whether the acceleration readings indicate an activity state. If the glucose state and the activity state coincide, the processing unit sends a message to the user interface recommending a behavior that would influence the user's glucose level. Methods comprise determining, at a processing unit, if glucose readings indicate a glucose state, if acceleration readings indicate an activity state, whether the glucose state and activity state coincide and, if so, sending a message to a user interface recommending a behavior that would influence the user's glucose level.
US11185257B2	Hearing assistance device with brain computer interface The present disclosure relates to communication devices. Such devices may comprise input for receiving sound signal to be processed and presented to a user, and output for outputting the processed signal to a user perceivable as sound. Such processing may be performed by use of a processor for processing the sound signal in dependence of a setting or a set of setting to compensate a hearing loss profile. Further, the communication device may comprise a bio-signal acquisition and amplifier component in communication with a user interface for providing the bio-signals as input to the user interface, the user interface controlling the setting or set of setting for operation of the communication device.
US11185255B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a physiological parameter of persons engaged in physical activity The present disclosure provides system and method for monitoring of at least one physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity, for example, an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport such as football. The system includes a monitoring unit that actively monitors the physiological parameter of the person, wherein the monitoring unit generates an alert event when the monitored physiological parameter exceeds a threshold of the parameter. The monitoring unit determines whether the parameter exceeds an over-exposure threshold, wherein said threshold is based upon both a single incidence or cumulative incidences.
US11185250B2	Medical devices and related methods of use The present disclosure is directed to a method of determining a position of a medical instrument. The method may include inserting a first material into a body and adjacent to the medical instrument, analyzing at least one characteristic of the inserted first material, and determining the position of the medical instrument based on the analysis of the at least one characteristic.
US11185237B2	Calibration methods for blood pressure devices A method for calibrating a blood pressure monitoring system includes activating a reference monitor to perform a reference measurement of the blood pressure of a user as part of a calibration process. A wearable sensing device is activated to detect a parameter of user that is correlatable to the user's blood pressure. A processor of the user interface device processes the at least one parameter detected by the wearable blood pressure sensing device with reference to the reference measurement to determine a correlation factor that correlates the at least one parameter detected by the wearable blood pressure sensing device to the blood pressure of the user. The reference measurement includes an inflation phase, a measurement phase and a deflation phase. The processor is configured to only use the at least one parameter detected by the wearable blood pressure sensing device during the measurement phase in determining the correlation factor.
US11185235B2	Information processing method, information processing device, and recording medium An information processing device obtains measurement data for calculating biological information of a measurement subject from a sensor that performs measurement without contact. Based on content of the measurement data, the measurement data is classified into a group associated with at least a position of the measurement subject, the biological information is calculated from the classified measurement data, and the calculated biological information is compared with a reference value associated with a group to which the measurement data belongs. Then, a notification is made based on the comparing.
US11185232B2	Methods for measuring phase dynamics and other properties Systems and methods for measuring phase dynamics and other properties (e.g. intracranial pressure) are disclosed. For example, the system may generate a reference waveform and a measurement waveform using digital synthesizers, each waveform having an identical constant frequency but also a relative phase shift. Next, system may send a tone-burst, via a transducer, into a sample (e.g. a skull or a bonded material), and then receive a reflected tone-burst in response. Then, a phase difference between the received tone-burst and the measurement waveform may be determined with a linear phase detector. Next, the phase shift of the measurement waveform may be adjusted, by the determined phase difference, such that there is no longer any phase difference between the received tone-burst and the adjusted measurement waveform generated by the appropriate digital synthesizer. A similar adjustment may occur after subsequent tone-bursts, allowing accurate monitoring of continuously variable phase relationships.
US11185229B2	Multi-biometric-factor, internet of things (IoT), secured network A method for authenticating to a network comprising a plurality of Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices is provided. The method may include using a mobile telephone apparatus, a wrist-worn apparatus and a head-worn apparatus to monitor the level of at least one of a wearer's pulse, body temperature, voice, gait and/or other biorhythmic indicator. One of the aforementioned apparatus may operate as a hub apparatus. The method may further include using the hub apparatus to assign a federated biometric marker based at least in part on the first, second and third biometric markers. The method may also include using artificial intelligence to monitor for one or more outliers with respect to historical monitoring. Each of the one or more outliers may include a magnitude that exceeds a security threshold difference between the current magnitude and the historically monitored magnitude. When the difference in magnitude exceeds a security threshold difference between the current magnitude and the historically monitored magnitude the method may quarantine apparatus associated with the outlier.
US11185225B2	Surgical microscope with integrated optical coherence tomography and display systems An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the surgical microscope between a first eyepiece and magnifying/focusing optics, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye (an OCT image being generated based on a reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam). The surgical microscope additionally includes a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the surgical microscope between a second eyepiece and the magnifying/focusing optics. The beam splitter is operable to direct the projected OCT image along a second portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece such that the projected OCT image is viewable through the second eyepiece.
US11185224B2	Ocular monitoring headset A system for monitoring ocular movement can comprise a housing, a plurality of light sources, at least one imager, and a controller. The housing can define a cavity configured to allow each eye of a patient to view an interior region of the housing. The plurality of light sources can be oriented within the interior region of the housing. The at least one imager can be oriented to capture an image of an eye of a patient during an evaluation. The at least one controller can comprise at least one processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions. The instructions can be executed by the processor and cause the controller to receive image data from the at least one imager and illuminate the plurality of light sources in a predetermined and reconfigurable sequence.
US11185223B2	Determination of a change in a refractive error of an eye A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for determining a refractive error of an eye of a user are provided. The method for determining the refractive error of the eye of the user, wherein the eye of the user has a choroid, includes: ascertaining at least one value for a layer thickness of the choroid of the eye of the user over at least one region of the choroid; and determining a value for the change in the refractive error of the eye only from at least two values for the layer thickness of the choroid which were each ascertained at different times for the at least one region of the choroid, wherein the at least one region is selected from a nasal perifoveal region or a nasal parafoveal region.
US11185221B2	Ophthalmologic information processing apparatus, ophthalmologic apparatus, and ophthalmologic information processing method An ophthalmologic apparatus includes an OCT measurement unit, a corneal shape measurement unit, an eyeball model generator, and a site specifying unit. The OCT measurement unit is configured to acquire data of a subject's eye by deflecting measurement light using an optical scanner to project onto the subject's eye and detecting interference light between returning light of the measurement light from the subject's eye and reference light. The corneal shape measurement unit is configured to obtain curvature radius distribution on a cornea by detecting returning light of a measurement pattern projected onto a cornea of the subject's eye. The eyeball model generator is configured to generate an eyeball model using the curvature radius distribution on the cornea. The site specifying unit is configured to specify a traveling direction of the measurement light by performing ray tracing on the measurement light incident on each of a plurality of incident positions on the cornea based on a scan angle and the eyeball model, and to specify a position corresponding to an intraocular site of the subject's eye in the traveling direction based on the data acquired using the measurement light.
US11185220B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus An ophthalmologic apparatus includes: an ophthalmologic apparatus body having: an objective lens that faces a subject's eye; a first illumination optical system that irradiates a cornea of the subject's eye with illumination light emitted from a first illumination light source along an optical axis overlapping an optical axis center of the objective lens; an interference image capturing camera that takes an image of a corneal reflection light through the objective lens and outputs an imaging signal; and a calculation unit that calculates, based on a corneal reflection image, of a corneal reflection light, input from the interference image capturing camera, a thickness of a tear fluid film at each position on the corneal surface; and a guide rail that supports the ophthalmologic apparatus body. The guide rail supports the ophthalmologic apparatus body in a rotatable manner such that an optical axis center of the objective lens is positioned obliquely with respect to a horizontal direction orthogonal to a gravity direction.
US11185208B1	Magnetic sponge assembly A multi-layer sponge assembly is disclosed which contains a metallic disk that mates with a separate metallic element to allow the sponge to be elevated in a suspended position to dry.
US11185200B2	Robot cleaner A robot cleaner including: a main body, a driving unit configured to move the main body, and a suction device provided in the main body and configured to suction outside foreign substances, and the suction device may include a first suction member having a suction port provided at a bottom surface of the main body and configured to suction the foreign substances, and at least one second suction member formed to move relative to the first suction member and having a suction port configured to suction the foreign substances.
US11185199B2	Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a foreign-substance suction unit having a drum brush to suck foreign substances by the suction power rotating on a floor to be cleaned. The drum brush includes a rotary body having a cylindrical drum and foreign-substance collecting grooves formed at opposite end portions of the drum along a circumferential direction; a cleaning member disposed on a circumferential surface of the drum; at least one nozzle spirally extended across the cleaning member along a lengthwise direction of the drum to guide foreign substances toward the foreign-substance collecting groove; and a foreign-substance winding portion disposed in a portion of the foreign-substance collecting groove to wind the guided foreign substances. The drum brush may effectively guide, wind, and cut a hair and the like foreign substances on a carpet and the like bottom, thereby effectively preventing the hair and the like foreign substances from being piled up.
US11185195B2	Adjustable temperature treatment assembly An adjustable temperature treatment assembly includes a top seat and a bottom seat respectively connected to the wall in a shower stall. Two guided rods are connected between the top seat and the bottom seat. An up-and-down unit includes a threaded rod connected between the top seat and the bottom seat, a movable seat connected to the threaded rod, a rotary member, a holding member and a first driving member. The holding member is connected to the rotary member. A warm-hot water unit includes a heating box, and a shower head which is connected to a holding member. A control unit is electrically connected to the first driving member to spin the threaded rod to move the movable seat up and down. A driving member is controlled by the control unit to swing the rotary member together with the shower head left and right.
US11185190B2	Cleated continuous conveyor fryer and associated systems A fryer includes a cooking chamber for holding a cooking medium and at least one heating element positioned within the cooking chamber. The fryer further includes a conveyor belt for selectively advancing food product through the cooking chamber. The conveyor belt includes first and second chains coupled together by a plurality of elongate members extending therebetween. The conveyor belt further includes a plurality of paddles coupled to the first and second chains and extending therebetween to define a plurality of compartments. Each of the plurality of paddles includes a screen, and each compartment is sized to receive at least a portion of the food product. The conveyor belt defines a continuous loop.
US11185187B2	Wire chafing stand label A wire chafing stand of embodiments of the disclosed technology has an upper enclosed rim, a lower enclosed rim, and a detachable sign. The detachable sign has an elongated planar structure with front and rear sides. The front side has visible indicia. The rear side has an attachment mechanism sized to be removably attachable to the lower enclosed rim. This detachable sign is at an acute angle to a plane which is circumscribed by the lower enclosed rim in some embodiments of the technology. The sign has a bottom and top side between the front side and rear side. In some embodiments of the technology, this bottom side is adapted to rest against a same surface as the wire chafing stand rests, allowing the sign to be held/to rest at an acute angle while simultaneously being attached to and/or resting on the lower enclosed rim.
US11185181B2	Method and system for securing packages near a door The disclosed embodiments include an anti-theft system. The anti-theft system includes a netting, a male connector linkage, and a network of female connectors. The netting includes a set of safety loops along the periphery of the netting. The male connector linkage includes at least two male connectors connected by a linkage. The male connector linkage is woven through the safety loops then connected to individual female connectors within the network of female connectors. The network of female connectors is embedded within an opening on a door. The anti-theft system is operable to cling or secure a package to a door in order to prevent the theft of said package.
US11185180B2	Personal article holder for mobile devices One or more personal article holders and/or mobile structures to which personal article holders can be attached or are integrated into are provided. A personal article holder comprises an elongated body comprising a hollow interior and a first open end configured for allowing a personal article to be inserted into the hollow interior. The personal article holder comprises an attachment means configured to attach the personal article holder to a mobile device.
US11185179B2	Liquid consumption monitoring device A liquid consumption monitoring device for monitoring and encouraging consumption of a liquid includes a cup and a lid, which is selectively engageable to the cup to close a top thereof. The user is positioned to tilt the cup to dispense a liquid from the cup, through an opening positioned in the lid, into a mouth of the user. A flow meter engaged to the cup, proximate to the opening, measures a volume of the liquid passing through the opening. An interface is engaged to at least one of the cup and the lid and is operationally engaged to the flow meter. The interface receives a signal from the flow meter when the liquid passes through the opening. The interface selectively actuates at least one of a speaker and a bulb, upon receipt of the signal from the flow meter, to provide a sensory reward to the user.
US11185171B2	Mattress top panel and mattress assemblies with improved airflow Vertically lapped nonwoven material is used to provide enhanced breathability and comfort in mattresses by replacing foam material in one or more of, including all of top panel quilts, layers underneath the top panel quilts, and in side blocks which surround spring supports. The vertically lapped nonwoven may provide advantages in terms of cost, manufacturing ease, robustness in mattress design, while at the same time providing the user with a much more comfortable sleeping experience.
US11185167B1	Collapsible chair canopy Various embodiments of collapsible canopies for chairs and other objects are described, which have a sheet of material coupled to a frame that when expanded creates the canopy. The frame preferably comprises first and second support pieces that can be coupled together at opposite ends. Each of the support pieces can comprises two or more struts that are hingedly coupled in series, such that the at least two struts can pivot or move about a hinge from (i) a collapsed configuration where one of the struts is stacked on top of the other strut to (ii) an expanded configuration where the at least two struts extend in opposite directions from the hinge.
US11185163B2	Alignment tool An alignment tool that is easy to use during the installation and fastening of storage rack is disclosed herein. The alignment tool comprises a first end having a conical shape and a second end defining an opening therein, and the opening extending into said cylindrical body along the longitudinal axis. Once the storage rack is installed, the alignment tool can be easily removed with a removal tool through a hole in the alignment tool.
US11185155B2	Rotary brush washing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for washing and sanitizing elongate rotary brushes used for cleaning fruit, produce, and other food products includes revolving the brushes along a travel path about a housing (14) and simultaneously spinning the rotary brushes about their individual longitudinal axis (18), applying a cleaning solution to the spinning rotary brushes in a cleaning zone of the housing, then applying a spray to the spinning rotary brushes in a spray zone of the housing.
US11185126B2	Electronically controlled bladder assembly An electronically controlled bladder assembly includes an adjustable pressure bladder and a constant pressure reservoir connected by an electronically controlled valve. The electronically controlled valve is operated in a manner that inflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is below a target pressure and in a manner that deflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is above the target pressure. The inflation and deflation of the adjustable bladder are achieved in an iterative manner by controlling the flow of fluid between the constant pressure reservoir and the adjustable bladder over several cycles of heel strikes.
US11185125B2	Footwear with jointed sole structure for ease of access An article of footwear includes a sole structure that has a front midsole component and a rear midsole component. A connecting member connects the front midsole component to the rear midsole component. The connecting member defines a groove at a lower side of the sole structure between the front midsole component and the rear midsole component. The front midsole component and the rear midsole component are pivotable relative to one another at the groove between a use position and an access position. Confronting surfaces of the connecting member at the groove are closer to one another in the access position than in the use position so that the groove is relatively open in the use position, and the groove is relatively closed in the access position.
US11185106B2	Smoking article assembly A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokeable material, which is smoked in use. The modular apparatus comprises a first inserter configured to insert a first rod article between two tobacco rods, a first rod divider configured to divide the first rod article into at least two parts, a separator configured to separate a first group comprising a rod of smokeable material and one of said parts from a second group comprising a rod of smokeable material and another of said parts and a second inserter configured to insert a second rod article between the first and second groups.
US11185105B2	System and method for dispensing toppings A system for dispensing toppings onto a topping vehicle may include a hopper platform, hoppers, a retaining plate, a blade, and a hopper-advancing pin. The hoppers each include a hopper bracket slidably engaging the hopper platform. The blade is mounted on the retaining plate and may reciprocate relative to the retaining plate. The hopper-advancing pin is movable relative to the hoppers between deployed and stowed positions. The hopper-advancing pin may engage one of the hopper brackets in the deployed position such that movement of the retaining plate between retracted and extended positions causes movement of the hopper bracket and a respective hopper along a length of the hopper platform. The hopper-advancing pin may be disengaged from the hopper brackets in the deployed stowed position to allow movement of the retaining plate between the retracted and extended positions without causing movement of the hopper brackets.
US11185100B2	Methods for modulating taste receptors Amino acids present in domains of an umami taste receptor are described herein, wherein the amino acids interact with at least one nucleotide derivative and/or at least one transmembrane compound that potentiates, modulates, increases, and/or enhances the activity of the umami receptor. Such compounds can be used in flavor compositions to enhance the umami taste and/or palatability of food products.
US11185098B2	Frozen food A frozen noodle product includes: a frozen noodle block, as a main food portion, obtained by freezing and hardening a cooked food; and a sauce portion obtained by freezing and hardening a sauce to be eaten together with the cooked food. The frozen noodle block has a sauce-portion arranging surface on which the sauce portion is arranged. An opening is formed in the sauce-portion arranging surface. The sauce portion is arranged on the frozen noodle block such that the lower end side, which is a part of the sauce portion, is inserted in the opening and the upper end side, which is the remaining part thereof, projects from the sauce-portion arranging surface side.
US11185086B2	Packaged ambient coffee beverage with aerated texture upon hand shaking A coffee beverage in a container wherein same may be foamed by shaking to provide a pleasant aerated texture/mouthfeel.
US11185074B2	Microbiocidal quinoline (thio)carboxamide derivatives Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to agrochemical compositions which comprise compounds of formula (I), to preparation of these compositions, and to the use of the compounds or compositions in agriculture or horticulture for combating, preventing or controlling infestation of plants, harvested food crops, seeds or non-living materials by phytopathogenic microorganisms, in particular fungi.
US11185073B2	Microbiocidal quinoline (thio)carboxamide derivatives Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1. Furthermore, the present invention relates to agrochemical compositions which comprise compounds of formula (I), to preparation of these compositions, and to the use of the compounds or compositions in agriculture or horticulture for combating, preventing or controlling infestation of plants, harvested food crops, seeds or non-living materials by phytopathogenic microorganisms, in particular fungi.
US11185071B2	Anti-microbial polymer compositions, fibers, and yarns The present disclosure relates the polymer compositions, fibers, and yarns having near-permanent antimicrobial activity, and a method of producing the same. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial polymer composition from 50 wt % to 99.9 wt % of a polymer, from 5 wppm to 1000 wppm of zinc, and from 0.005 wt % to 1 wt % of phosphorus, wherein fibers formed from the polymer composition demonstrate a zinc retention rate of greater than 20% when tested in a dye bath test.
US11185055B2	Bird feeder A bird feeder includes a pushbutton activated positioning mechanism in a hub of a hinged cover for fastening or unfastening a rope having a bottom end secured to a feeding pan. The cover is releasably secured to a seed container by a latch. Together they prevent the cover from being accidentally disengaged from the seed container.
US11185053B2	Walkway and walkway system for an aviary The present embodiments provide an aviary, a walkway for an aviary, and a walkway system for an aviary. The walkway includes a ramp and at least one support disposed below the ramp.
US11185051B2	Animal training method, apparatus, and system for achieving heeling behavior An animal training system used to train an animal includes a movement controlling device and a wearable device. The movement controlling device includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is coupled to a first connecting member. The second segment is coupled to a second connecting member. The wearable device includes a first attachment point and a second attachment point. The first attachment point is located at a midline position of the wearable device. The first segment is configured to detachably couple to the first attachment point via the first connecting member. The second segment is configured to detachably couple to the second attachment point via the second connecting member.
US11185050B2	Mineral based animal litter A clumping litter is provided that includes a hydrophilic light weight material, a clumping agent, and a mineral particulate combined to form pellets sized to from 4 to 40 US mesh in diameter. A clumping litter is also provided in which the hydrophilic light weight material is wood flour, the mineral particulate is dolomite or limestone is also provided that also includes sodium bicarbonate, a clumping agent, and solubilized citric acid combined to form the pellets. A clumping litter is also provided in which the hydrophilic light weight material is a paper pulp and powdered clay that are combined with mineral particulate combined to form the pellets.
US11185045B2	Bean variety SVGF2091 The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGF2091. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGF2091 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGF2091 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGF2091, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US11185043B2	Soybean variety 01077334 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077334. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077334. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077334 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077334 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11185040B1	Soybean cultivar 1849290 A soybean cultivar designated 1849290 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 1849290, the plants of soybean 1849290, to plant parts of soybean 1849290, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 1849290 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 1849290, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 1849290, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 1849290 with another soybean cultivar.
US11185034B2	Variety corn line LFA7750 The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LFA7750, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LFA7750 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LFA7750, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LFA7750, and plants produced according to these methods.
US11185033B2	Hybrid spinach ‘E03D.1051’ Hybrid spinach ‘E03D.1051’ is described. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid spinach ‘E03D.1051’, to the plants of hybrid spinach ‘E03D.1051’, to methods for producing hybrid plants, and to methods for producing other spinach lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid spinach ‘E03D.1051’.
US11185032B1	Disease resistance alleles in soybean The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plants having increased resistance to bacterial pustule disease. A soybean plant or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Disease resistant soybean seeds, plants and germplasms are also provided.
US11185031B2	Citrus greening resistant orange trees and related methods thereof A composite orange tree having a fruiting cultivar scion grafted to a citrus-greening resistant, or a salinity-resistant rootstock, or a rootstock having both citrus-greening and salinity resistance, is described herein, as are methods of growing such a composite orange tree.
US11185030B2	Tomato hybrid DR5800TJ and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR5800TJ and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR5800TJ and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US11185023B2	Integrated actuator coil and decoder module for irrigation control An integrated actuator coil and decoder module for use in decoder-based irrigation control systems, and related methods of manufacture and installation, are provided herein. In one implementation, an irrigation control device comprises a body, decoder circuitry located within the body, a coil located within the body and coupled to the decoder circuitry, the coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of a device controlling irrigation equipment in response to signaling from the decoder circuitry. Also included is an electrical connection coupled to the decoder circuitry and adapted to couple to a control wire path of a decoder-based irrigation control system. The decoder circuitry and the coil are integrated into a single device.
US11185012B2	Agricultural cutting mechanism with quick-change blade An agricultural cutting mechanism for use with an agricultural machine has a disk rotatable about an axis of rotation, a post secured to the disk, a blade, and a yieldable blade retainer. The blade is removably secured to the disk. The blade comprises a keyhole in which the post is positioned. The blade retainer is secured to the disk to move relative thereto between a blocking position blocking radially inward movement of the blade to the replacement position so as to maintain the blade in the use position and a service position releasing the blade to move radially inward to the replacement position for replacement of the blade with another blade. A blade for use with an agricultural cutting mechanism is also disclosed.
US11185009B2	System and method for on-the-go measurements of temperature and dielectric properties of soil and other semi-solid materials A system for measuring temperature and dielectric properties of soil and other semi-solid materials on-the-go uses a long-wearing non-ferrous wear plate with two metal prongs supported by the wear plate to measure dielectric properties. The metal prongs each have a mounting end soldered to a printed circuit board containing a capacitance sensor circuit. The metal prongs have exposed ends arranged to contact the semi-solid material being measured. The sensor circuit has an oscillation frequency of 50 to 100 MHz to allow rapid dielectric measurements to be made as the sensor moves through the semi-solid material. In one embodiment, the system includes an implement for traversing a field, a shank with a leading edge for opening a furrow in soil, and a spring-loaded mounting system for biasing the wear plate downwardly relative to a shank to maintain a consistent pressure of the wear plate and metal prongs against the soil.
US11185007B1	Methods and systems for prioritizing management of agricultural fields A computer-implemented method of prioritizing agricultural field management includes training a machine learning model using historical machine data, receiving machine data, classifying the machine data, generating an agricultural prescription instruction set; and performing the agricultural prescription instruction set. A computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to train a machine learning model using historical machine data, receive machine data, classify the machine data, generate an agricultural prescription instruction set; and perform the agricultural prescription instruction set. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to train a machine learning model using historical machine data, receive machine data, classify the machine data, generate an agricultural prescription instruction set; and perform the agricultural prescription instruction set.
US11185004B2	Vehicle-trailer combinations A system that includes an agricultural tractor that includes a steering mechanism for steering at least one surface-engaging member so as to cause changes in a direction of movement of the agricultural tractor; and an agricultural implement that is towed behind the agricultural tractor. The system further includes at least one forward sensor for sensing one or more objects or conditions located forwardly of the agricultural tractor and at least one lateral sensor for sensing one or more objects or conditions that when sensed are located laterally of the agricultural tractor or implement. The system further includes a controller that acts in dependence on at least one output of the at least one lateral sensor to take account of a presence of the one or more objects or conditions sensed by the at least one lateral sensor.
US11191201B2	Data creation device and data creation method A data creation device including a component data storage section to link in advance and store lead component shape data and multiple types of holding tools; a holding tool data storage section to store holding tool data including moving directions of the multiple holding tools and clamping directions for holding the lead component; a mounting data acquisition section to acquire mounting data including the types and mounting positions on the board of previously-attached components and lead components; an installation order determination section to extract, for each lead component according to a determined mounting order of lead components on the board based on shape data and mounting data of lead components, a holding tool to mount lead components without interfering with previously-attached components, and determine the installation order of holding tools; and an allocation data creation section to create allocation data according to the determined installation order.
US11191200B2	Component mounting method The component mounting method is a method for mounting a component using a component mounter including a mounting head, a component camera as an imaging device configured to image a component, a first component holding section provided on the mounting head and capable of holding a first component, and a second component holding section capable of holding a second component at a position lower than the first component, the component mounting method having steps wherein the first component holding section picks up the first component, the imaging device images the first component, the second component holding section picks up the second component while the first component holding section holds the first component, and the second component is imaged while the first component holding section holds the first component and the second component holding section holds the second component.
US11191195B2	Electronic device including magnet and magnetic shield According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include: a foldable housing including: a hinge; a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction opposite the first direction; and a second housing connected to the hinge and including a third face facing a third direction and a fourth face facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be folded relative to the first housing about the hinge, wherein, in a folded state, the first face faces the third face, and, in an unfolded state, the third direction is the same as the first direction; a display including a first portion and a second portion extending from the first face to the third face to form the first face and the third face, respectively; a digitizer including a third portion disposed between the first portion of the display and the second face and a fourth portion disposed between the second portion of the display and the fourth face; a first magnet disposed in the first housing to overlap the third portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the second face; a second magnet disposed in the second housing to overlap the fourth portion of the digitizer when viewed from above the fourth face and to face the first magnet in the folded state; a first magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the first housing, the first magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the first magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the first magnetic shield member does not overlap the first magnet in the folded state and overlaps the first magnet in the unfolded state; and a second magnetic shield fixed to the hinge and at least partially disposed in the second housing, the second magnetic shield configured to be movable relative to the second magnet wherein, when viewed from above the second face, the second magnetic shield member does not overlap the second magnet in the folded state and overlaps the second magnet in the unfolded state.
US11191186B2	System and method for fluid cooling of electronic devices installed in an enclosure A system and method for cooling electronic devices disposed within the inner volume of an enclosure. The inner volume of the enclosure contains one or more single phase or multi-phase thermally conductive fluids and may contain solid or sealed hollow structures that displace and direct thermally conductive fluids.
US11191181B1	Custom server assembly A server assembly service determines configurations for custom assembled servers based on time-series utilization metadata for servers executing workloads similar to workloads that are to be executed on the custom assembled servers. The server assembly service determines trends in the time-series utilization metadata and compares the identified trends to associations between workload utilization trends and application classes to determine one or more application classes for applications executing the workloads. The service uses the determined application classes to select server configurations for custom servers that are to be assembled to execute workloads similar to the workloads related to the server utilization metadata. In some embodiments, the service selects custom server configurations without access to applications or application data for workloads of concern. For example, the service may select custom server configurations without using profiling techniques that may intrude on customer privacy by requiring access to underlying applications or application data.
US11191179B2	Arrangement and method for establishing a ground connection between a circuit card and a housing of an electrical device The ground connection between the circuit card and the housing and the housing connection side is implemented by at least one plug-in connection of variable insertion depth. This design is particularly advantageous for producing corresponding devices in an automated manner because, owing to the assembly of the devices, the contact-connection of the circuit card to ground also takes place automatically, specifically as desired in the advantageous form of meshed grounding with simultaneous compensation of the housing tolerances which is made possible by the plug-in connection of variable insertion depth.
US11191177B2	Electronic device including waterproof structure An electronic device including a waterproof structure is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first face, a second face that faces in a direction substantially opposite to the first face, and a side surface that at least partially encloses a space between the first face and the second face, a middle plate arranged between the first face and the second face inside the housing to be substantially parallel to the first face, extending from the side surface, and including at least one opening, a printed circuit board arranged between the middle plate and the second face, a display arranged between the middle plate and the first face, and including a face directed toward the second face, and a seal member configured to hermetically seal the at least one opening of the middle plate, and arranged between the face of the display and the middle plate.
US11191167B2	Method and system for in situ sintering of conductive ink A method of manufacturing a conductive element is disclosed. The method being executed by an additive manufacturing system and comprises: dispensing a modeling material on a receiving medium to form a layer, and dispensing a conductive ink on the layer of modeling material to form a conductive element. In some embodiments of the invention the modeling material comprises a sintering inducing agent, and in some embodiments of the present invention a sintering inducing composition is dispensed separately from the modeling material and separately from the conductive ink.
US11191166B2	Fabrication method of flexible electronic device A fabrication method of a flexible electronic device is provided. A flexible substrate is placed directly on a rigid substrate. A portion of an edge of the flexible substrate is heated, such that the heated portion of the edge of the flexible substrate constitutes a melted edge. An electronic element is formed on the flexible substrate and located in an area region surrounded by the melted edge. A separation process is performed, such that the melted edge is separated from the flexible substrate to form a flexible electronic device.
US11191160B2	Flexible base substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display device A flexible base substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The flexible base substrate includes a first flexible substrate. The first flexible substrate includes: a first flexible film layer including a flexible film layer body, and a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other on a surface of a side of the flexible film layer body; a first spacer layer on the first flexible film layer and including a plurality of first islands spaced apart from each other; and a first groove between adjacent first islands. The first groove is filled with a first organic material, and a height of the first organic material is smaller than a height of the first groove in a direction perpendicular to the flexible film layer body.
US11191156B2	Link loopback device The present disclosure disclosed a link loopback device comprising a substrate and a flexible circuit board. The substrate comprises an interface connecting end, a transmitting end, and a receiving end. The interface connecting end is electrically connected to the transmitting end and the receiving end. The flexible circuit board comprises a first electrical connecting end and a second electrical connecting end. The first electrical connecting end of the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the transmitting end of the substrate, and the second electrical connecting end of the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the receiving end of the substrate, forming a link between the flexible circuit board and the substrate. Just like testing with a direct attach cable (DAC), the link loopback device of the present disclosure can simulate a complete actual link to improve the accuracy of the test effectively.
US11191152B2	Printed circuit board signal layer testing A printed circuit board (PCB) may include a signal layer having a functional region and a PCB signal layer testing region. The PCB signal layer testing region may include a first differential pair having a first length formed on the signal layer, a second differential pair having a second length, different than the first length, formed on the signal layer and a third differential pair having a third length, different than the first length and different than the second length, formed on the signal layer.
US11191148B2	Accelerating apparatus for a radiation device The present disclosure relates to an accelerating apparatus for a radiation device. The accelerating apparatus may include a plurality of acceleration cavity units including a plurality of acceleration cavities. Each of the plurality of acceleration cavity units may be configured to accelerate a radiation beam passing through an acceleration cavity. And the accelerating apparatus may further include a plurality of coupling cavity units each of which may include a coupling cavity. Two adjacent acceleration cavities may be electromagnetically coupled via the coupling cavity. The plurality of acceleration cavity units may have a plurality of holes each of which may be configured to be in fluidic communication with the corresponding coupling cavity. And an edge region of each of at least a portion of the plurality of holes may include continuously varying curvatures.
US11191138B1	Light control systems, methods, devices, and uses thereof Disclosed is a lighting control system that transmits lighting control signals digitally over a conductor which also provides power to the lights being controlled. The lighting control system includes a controller which transmits the control signals and one or more receivers that are associate with lights or other loads, the receivers receiving the digital signals from the controller and causing the lights or other loads to perform the actions required by the control signals.
US11191134B2	Microwave heating apparatus with rotatable antenna and method thereof A microwave heating apparatus and a method for heating/browning a piece of food by means of microwaves are provided. The microwave heating apparatus comprises a cavity arranged to receive, in a substantially horizontal browning region, a piece of food to be browned. The microwave heating apparatus further comprises a microwave source for generating microwaves and a rotatable antenna arranged at the cavity bottom for supplying the generated microwaves. The antenna is configured to produce at least one radiating lobe pointing towards the browning region such that the intersection between the radiating lobe and the browning region forms a hot spot, thereby forming a ring-shaped heating pattern in the browning region under rotation of the antenna. The present invention is advantageous in that a microwave heating apparatus with an improved crisp function is provided.
US11191130B2	Induction heating cooking device An induction heating cooking device includes a cooking table having an auxiliary slit through which light passes; an induction coil for generating a magnetic field so as to inductively heat a cooking container placed on the cooking table; at least one light source disposed at the outer edge of the induction coil; an optical member for changing the traveling direction of light emitted the light source and concentrating the light, and a main slit through which light emitted from the optical member passes so as to form a flame image on the cooking container. The induction heating cooking device forms a virtual flame image on the lower surface of a cooking container at the time of operation of the induction coil, thereby enabling the heating state of the cooking container to be easily recognized.
US11191118B2	Secondary path configuration One or more devices, systems, and/or methods for facilitating use of a radio bearer using a secondary path are provided. For example, a configuration message may be used to determine whether a secondary path is present. The secondary path may be configured based upon the configuration message.
US11191115B2	Bluetooth communication method and apparatus The present invention relates to a Bluetooth communication method. The Bluetooth communication method may comprise the steps of: performing a supported pairing feature procedure by a client; transmitting, to a first server, a first write request message requesting a writing of a control point attribute for indicating a periodic advertising operation, by the client; receiving, from the first server, a first write response message, in response to the first write request message, by the client; and receiving, from the first server, a first indication message for indicating whether to perform the periodic advertising operation, by the client. In this case, information associated with the periodic advertising operation may include at least one of periodic advertising mode information indicating that a periodic advertising mode is supported and periodic advertising synchronization procedure information indicating that a periodic advertising synchronization establishment procedure is supported.
US11191114B2	Method, apparatus and system for obtaining device-to-device communication resource A D2D communication method includes: determining, by a base station in a first network, that a D2D communication timeslot in the first network needs to be configured, where the D2D communication timeslot is used for D2D communication between a first terminal in the first network and a second terminal in a second network, and the first network and the second network are different home networks; sending, by the base station, a resource request to a third terminal in the first network, where the resource request is used to instruct the third terminal to report, to the base station, information used to configure the D2D communication timeslot; and receiving, by the base station, a resource request response sent by the third terminal, where the resource request response includes the information used to configure the D2D communication timeslot and obtained by the third terminal from the second network.
US11191111B2	Bluetooth connection establishment method, device and system The present disclosure provides a Bluetooth connection establishment method, a Bluetooth connection establishment device and a Bluetooth connection establishment system. The method includes: scanning a quick response (QR) code corresponding to a controlled terminal device, and identifying the QR code through a preset algorithm to obtain device information corresponding to the controlled terminal device; transmitting the device information to a cloud server, thereby enabling the cloud server to extract the device unique identifier and the device model identifier from the device information, and to find functional characteristics corresponding to the controlled terminal device according to the device model identifier; receiving the device unique identifier and the functional characteristics transmitted by the cloud server; and establishing a Bluetooth connection with the controlled terminal device according to the device unique identifier, and outputting and displaying a function page corresponding to the controlled terminal device according to the functional characteristics.
US11191103B2	PRACH and SR transmissions for new radio in unlicensed spectrum Uplink signaling in unlicensed or shared spectrum may be subject to listen before talk procedures resulting in failed signaling transmissions. A user equipment (UE) may perform uplink signaling using a configuration based on whether a base station has entered a channel occupancy time (COT) shared with the UE. A UE may determine that the UE has an uplink transmission for a base station. A UE may determine whether the base station has entered a channel occupancy time that is shared with the UE. A UE may determine configured random access or scheduling request transmission resources based on the channel occupancy time, wherein a density of transmission opportunities is greater outside of the shared channel occupancy time than within the shared channel occupancy time. A UE may transmit a random access message or the scheduling request on selected configured resources.
US11191100B2	Data transmission method and apparatus Disclosed are a data transmission method and apparatus, which can improve the performance of a system. The method comprises: a terminal device receiving indication information sent by a network device, the indication information being used to indicate a first downlink scheduling time domain resource in a first time-frequency resource region, wherein frequency domain resources comprised in the first time-frequency resource region are a part of a system bandwidth; and the terminal device receiving, on a first downlink data time domain resource, data sent by the network device according to the indication information.
US11191094B2	Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting, by a terminal, an uplink signal in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, scheduling request (SR) resource information and data resource information; transmitting an SR through any one of a UE-wise SR resource and a group-wise SR resource allocated through the SR resource information; and repeatedly transmitting uplink data through a plurality of resource areas allocated through the data resource information, wherein one UE-wise SR resource may be allocated to each first resource area set consisting of N resource areas, and at least one group-wise SR resource may be allocated to each resource area. The UE is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11191086B2	Method and apparatus for mitigating signal interference in a feedback system A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that includes adjusting a filter in electrical communication between an input terminal and a demodulator. The filter is applied to an information bearing signal, e.g., to mitigate interference, received at the input terminal, resulting in a filtered signal. An error signal is received, indicative of errors detected within information obtained by demodulation of a modulated carrier of the filtered signal. A modified filter state is determined in response to the error signal and the filter is adjusted according to the modified filter state, e.g., to improve mitigation of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11191085B2	Method and apparatus for coordinating in-device coexistence interference, user equipment and communication device The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for coordinating IDC interference, user equipment and a communication device. The method of coordinating the IDC interference includes: receiving an IDC interference report reported by user equipment, wherein the IDC interference report carries IDC interference information of the user equipment in the EN-DC scenario, and the IDC interference information includes an interference parameter indicating IDC interference; determining information for coordinating IDC interference based on the IDC interference report; and sending the information for coordinating IDC interference to the user equipment. The technical solutions of the present disclosure enable the user equipment to actively report the IDC interference report when the IDC interference occurs in the EN-DC scenario, and then perform IDC interference coordination based on the information for coordinating IDC interference configured by a base station, thereby improving data transmission performance of the user equipment.
US11191057B2	Geolocating a user equipment A device may determine an identity associated with a user equipment (UE) or traffic on multiple interfaces of a network by correlating identifiers associated with the UE or the traffic across the multiple interfaces. The identity may uniquely identify a subscriber associated with the UE or the traffic. The traffic may identify a set of cells, with a respective set of beams, associated with the UE. The device may determine a respective set of measurements for the respective set of beams after determining the identity. The device may determine a location of the UE based on the set of cells, the respective set of beams, and the respective set of measurements. The device may perform one or more analyses related to the UE, the set of cells, or the respective set of beams.
US11191054B2	Method and apparatus for estimating a position of a mobile device using bundled positioning reference signals An entity, such as a mobile device or base station, measures downlink position referencing signals (PRS) occasions or uplink position sounding referencing signal occasions for supporting estimating the position of the mobile device. The entity, for example, performs a plurality of positioning measurements from a plurality of consecutive PRS occasions received in a bundle from one or more base stations or from a mobile device. Each PRS occasion may include one or more slots and may be narrowband or non-narrowband. The bundled, e.g., consecutive, PRS occasions may be transmitted with a periodicity that is sufficient to maintain a desired throughput. Moreover, with the use of bundled PRS occasions, power consumption of the mobile device, as well as effects of clock drift and mobile device movement, may be minimized.
US11191051B2	Determining a reference timing for a discovery procedure Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a client device may receive a discovery signal from a host device; determine whether to use a receive timing from the host device, an internal timing of the client device, or a combination of the receive timing and the internal timing to configure a reference timing; configure the reference timing, for transmission of a response to the discovery signal, using the receive timing from the host device, the internal timing of the client device, or the combination of the receive timing and the internal timing based at least in part on the determination of whether to use the receive timing, the internal timing, or the combination of the receive timing and the internal timing; and transmit the response to the host device using the configured reference timing. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11191045B2	Mesh network system and techniques The present relates to a node to be integrated in a network of wirelessly connected nodes, to a network system, to method for operating a node of a network, and to a method for communicating within a network. A method is disclosed for communicating within a network of cooperatively synchronized nodes, configured to broadcast data packets to the network during broadcast phases through a flooding mechanism, each data packet comprising hop data. The method comprises, for each broadcast phase, broadcasting a data packet from a source node during a predetermined time slot; and receiving the data packet at one or more destination node during said predetermined time slot. The broadcasting and receiving are repeated according to the hop data, at respective predetermined time slots, wherein each destination node corresponds to a source node in a next execution of broadcasting and the data packet received corresponds substantially to the data packet to be broadcasted in the next repetition.
US11191041B2	Method and device for controlling transmission power of terminal in D2D communication The present disclosure relates to a communication scheme for fusing IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4G system and subsequent systems thereafter. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, and the like) on the basis of the 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method performed by a transmission terminal for transmitting a device-to-device (D2D) communication data is provided.
US11191039B2	Wireless system capable of using shared frequency, radio resource allocation method in wireless communication using shared frequency, and base station A wireless system can use a shared frequency mainly used by an existing first wireless system under predetermined sharing conditions, and includes a communication unit performing wireless communication with a terminal accommodated in a communication area, at least one sensor disposed around the communication area and measuring reception power of a signal sent from the inside of the communication area via the communication unit, a memory storing beam data indicating a correspondence relationship between a beam direction of the signal and a measurement result in the sensor, a determination unit determining allowable maximum transmission power of the signal in each beam direction on the basis of the sharing conditions and the beam data, and an allocation unit allocating a radio resource to the terminal on the basis of the allowable maximum transmission power in each beam direction and channel state information reported from the terminal.
US11191029B2	Open-loop power control method and device Disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are an open-loop power control method and device, relating to the field of wireless communications and comprising: sending a first signal/channel to a second wireless node; indicating the transmission power of said first signal/channel to the second wireless node; or sending the first signal/channel and a fourth signal/channel to the second wireless node; indicating the transmission power of said fourth signal/channel to the second wireless node; said transmission power is used by the second wireless node to calculate the downlink path loss and determine the transmission power of the uplink random-access signal. The invention is capable of ensuring, in a user-centered access context, that an appropriate transmission power is used to send an uplink random-access request, thus resisting the impact of path loss and preventing interference between uplink users.
US11191021B2	Computer-readable medium, communication terminal, and method for making appropriate selection between promptly receiving communication signal and reducing power consumption A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores an OS and an application configured to, when executed by a processor coupled with a communication terminal, cause the communication terminal to, when a first condition is satisfied, provide the OS with a first instruction to receive a communication signal from one or more communication devices at intervals of a first period, when a second condition different from the first condition is satisfied, provide the OS with a second instruction to receive the communication signal at intervals of a second period longer than the first period, and each time the OS, having received one of the first and second instructions, causes the communication terminal to receive the communication signal from one of the one or more communication devices in accordance with the received one of the first and second instructions, receive information of the one of the one or more communication devices.
US11191006B2	Method for determining validity of system information block and apparatus supporting same A method for determining the validity of a system information block (SIB) by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method includes: receiving, from a serving cell, a first version index indicating a version of a first system information block; determining a valid sub index to be mapped to a terminal capability of the terminal, among a plurality of sub-indices configuring the first version index; and comparing a valid sub index of a second version index indicating a version of a second system information block stored in the terminal with a valid sub index of the first version index, so as to determine whether the version of the first system information block is identical to the version of the second system information block.
US11191004B2	Method and nodes for mobility on demand enforcements The embodiments herein relate to a method for mobility enforcement performed by a control entity. The method comprises receiving a first control plane transmitted by a wireless communication device, WCD; and in response to receiving the first control plane message obtaining mobility information for the WCD. The mobility information for the WCD identifying at least one of: a set of one or more allowed regions. a set of one or more allowed radio access technologies, RATs, and a set of one or more access points. The method further comprising transmitting to the WCD a response message, said response message identifying at least one of: the set of allowed regions, the set of allowed RATs, and the set of one or more access points. The embodiments herein relate to a control entity performing the method, a corresponding method performed by a wireless communication device, WCD, and a corresponding WCD.
US11190999B2	User equipment, mobile communication system, and cell selection method A user equipment includes: selection means configured to receive a plurality of signaling values and a plurality of maximum transmission power values corresponding to the plurality of signaling values from a base station, to select one signaling value of the plurality of signaling values, and to select the maximum transmission power value corresponding to the selected signaling value; and control means configured to perform cell selection or cell reselection by determining whether a reception level value in a cell to be determined satisfies a predetermined condition using a correction value, which is obtained by subtracting a compensation value based on the maximum transmission power value from a minimum reception level value predetermined for the cell to be determined in the cell selection or cell reselection, and the reception level value measured for the cell to be determined.
US11190995B2	User equipment, AMF, core network apparatus, P-CSCF, and communication control method In an IMS emergency call connection of a call which a user equipment cannot recognize as an emergency call, a user equipment transmits to an IMS an IMS emergency call connection signal of the call which the user equipment cannot recognize as the emergency call, and in a case that a reject or redirection message indicating an emergency call connection is received from the IMS, the user equipment determines whether to transmit the IMS emergency call connection signal again to a core network to which the user equipment is connected or whether to transmit the IMS emergency call connection signal again to another core network in the same PLMN. Accordingly, a user equipment, a core network apparatus, a control method to be performed by an IMS apparatus, and the like are provided for the user equipment to connect to a network suitable for an emergency call service in the 5th generation (5G) mobile communication system, which is a next-generation mobile communication system.
US11190989B2	Mobility management for inter-gNB (next generation node-b) handover in new radio (NR) systems A Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The gNB is configurable to operate as a source gNB. The gNB is configured with logical nodes including a gNB central unit (gNB-CU) and a gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU). The gNB-CU comprises a gNB-CU control plane (gNB-CU-CP) for control-plane functionality, and a gNB-CU user plane (gNB-CU-UP) for user-plane functionality. When a handover of a User Equipment (UE) from the source gNB to a target gNB is performed, the gNB transfers, from the gNB-DU to the gNB-CU-UP, a downlink data delivery status (DDDS) message to indicate that the gNB-CU-UP is to stop transfer, to the gNB-DU, of downlink data intended for the UE.
US11190987B2	Method and apparatus for associating application with network slice, and communications system This application is directed to a method and an apparatus for associating an application with a network slice, and a communications system. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, display instruction information, an identifier of a first network slice that the terminal is allowed to access, and service feature information corresponding to the first network slice. The method further includes: displaying the service feature information corresponding to the first network slice on a first display interface of the terminal based on the display instruction information, and generating a first network slice selection policy when detecting an operation of associating a first application with the first display interface. The first network slice selection policy can include a mapping relationship between the first application and the identifier of the first network slice corresponding to the first display interface.
US11190984B2	Quality of service processing method and device Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure a QoS processing method and a QoS processing device. The QoS processing method includes transmitting, by a target base station, a first message to a source base station. The first message at least comprises first information and second information; the first information is configured for notifying the source base station that the target base station is incapable of meeting a QoS requirement on one or more flows of a UE; and the second information is information of a QoS parameter capable of being accepted by the target base station and recommended with respect to the one or more flows.
US11190981B1	Systems and methods for monitoring and managing network traffic in a private cellular network A router of a private cellular network is configured to receive data packets from a plurality of endpoints; analyze the data packets to determine a corresponding source of each data packet; determine whether each corresponding source is a valid source; drop a data packet for which the corresponding source is invalid; for a data packet received from a valid source, determine whether to process the data packet internally or forward the data packet for external processing and route the data packet to a corresponding destination, the corresponding destination being one of a local enterprise network or a corresponding home cellular network of the valid source from which the data packet is received, wherein the private cellular network is configured to service a confined physical location in which home cellular networks of data packets received from valid sources do not provide cellular connectivity that meets a threshold level of cellular service.
US11190979B2	Methods and apparatus for forwarding packets between child nodes and parent nodes This application provides a packet sending method, applied to a communications system including at least two nodes, the at least two nodes include at least one parent node having a child node, a packet sent by the child node is forwarded by the parent node, and the method includes: receiving, by a first node, first instruction information, where the first instruction information is used to instruct the first node to send a packet after a first moment, and the first node is a parent node; and sending, by the first node, a first packet according to the first instruction information.

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