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US11221430B2	Multi-frequency landscape analysis system, method, and apparatus for furniture sensing A multi-frequency sensing system for capacitive, presence-sensing technology incorporated into furniture is provided. Embodiments of the sensing system include at least one capacitive sensor coupled to a furniture item for monitoring an amount of change in capacitance with respect to at least one sensing element coupled to the furniture item. The system further includes a landscape analysis component having a plurality of frequency samplers, which generates an average capacitance change associated with the furniture item. Further, the average capacitance change may be used to determine whether the indication of average capacitance change satisfies a capacitance threshold of the furniture item.
US11221420B2	Detection element, radiation detection device, and compton camera A detection element includes an exposed electrode on the first surface of an insulating substrate, the exposed electrode including first exposed electrode, second exposed electrode, third exposed electrode, and fourth exposed electrode provided; a first electrode pattern provided on a side opposite to the first surface, the first electrode pattern including a pattern connected to the first exposed electrode and the second exposed electrode, a pattern connected to the third exposed electrode and the fourth exposed electrode, a second electrode pattern having a first exposed portion and a pattern provided along the second direction, and a third electrode pattern having a second exposed portion and a pattern provided along the third direction, provided so as to sandwich the third electrode pattern between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern.
US11221417B2	Recovery of high precision position after GNSS outage A system and method for estimating a position. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving global navigation satellite system signals from a plurality of global navigation satellite system satellites; receiving a plurality of reference station measurements; receiving external error correction data; generating first position estimates with a Real-Time Kinematic method, based on the global navigation satellite system signals and on the reference station measurements; and generating second position estimates with a Precise Point Positioning method, based on the global navigation satellite system signals, on the external error correction data, and on first position estimates.
US11221412B2	Eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system The present disclosure provides an eye-safe laser triangulation measurement system, including a laser transmitter, an optical projection apparatus, a laser beam capturing unit, a cooperation unit, and an image processing apparatus. The laser transmitter is configured to generate point pulse laser of a pulse laser beam. The optical projection apparatus is disposed at a front end of the laser transmitter, and is configured to convert the point pulse laser into a line laser. The laser beam capturing unit is configured to capture reflected light obtained by the line laser at a target position to obtain a laser image. The cooperation unit is configured to control on and off of the laser transmitter, and control capture of the laser beam capturing unit. The image processing apparatus is configured to perform 3D modeling on the laser image to obtain a distance to the target position.
US11221409B2	Underwater detection apparatus and underwater detection method An underwater detection apparatus is provided, which may include a transmission transducer, a reception transducer, and processing circuitry. The transmission transducer may transmit a transmission wave in an underwater transmission space. The reception transducer may include a plurality of reception elements, each reception element generating a reception signal based on a reflection wave comprising a reflection of the transmission wave on an underwater target. The processing circuitry may perform beamforming in each of a plurality of reception spaces based on the reception signals, generate a 3D image data of the target based on the beamforming performed in each reception space, and extract a contour of the target detected in at least one of the reception spaces, and generate a contour image data to be displayed along with the 3D image data on a display unit.
US11221408B2	Radar unit assembly for a vehicle A radar unit assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body structure and a grille assembly mounted to the vehicle body structure. A radar unit is connected to the grille assembly.
US11221407B2	Flying body and program A flying body includes an observation data generation unit that generates observation data on the basis of radio waves received by a radar, an image generation unit that generates an image representing a monitoring space on the basis of the observation data generated by the observation data generation unit, and a detection unit that detects a detection target on the basis of the image generated by the image generation unit.
US11221406B2	Guided wave radar for consumable particle monitoring Method and apparatus for monitoring amounts of submerged solid consumable. A GWR (Guided Wave Radar) component can provide a measurement of a reflection at a fixed position in a particle bed. The reflection represents aggregate dielectric properties in a vessel. The measurement includes hydrocarbon and solid consumable properties of a mixture in the vessel, wherein a measurement value is indicative of a greater amount of the solid consumable in the mixture in the vessel. If data is measured by the GWR component indicating that the measurement value is approaching the measurement value of the hydrocarbon, this data is indicative that the material (e.g., solid consumable such as salt) in the vessel should be replenished.
US11221404B1	Devices, systems, and methods for radar-based artificial reality tracking using zero-crossing detection The disclosed computer-implemented method may include transmitting, by at least one radar device, a frequency-modulated radar signal to at least one transponder located within a physical environment surrounding a user, detecting, by a processing device communicatively coupled to the at least one radar device a signal returned to the at least one radar device from the at least one transponder in response to the frequency-modulated radar signal, determining a beat frequency of the returned signal by performing a zero-crossing analysis of the returned signal in the time domain, and calculating, based at least in part on the beat frequency of the returned signal, a distance between the at least one transponder and the at least one radar device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11221403B2	Impact detection devices and methods A impact detection system is provided which includes a user interface comprising a display, processor, and memory. The memory includes computer program code configured to cause an electronic device to receive impact detection data from at least one impact detection device and generate one or more notifications based on the impact detection data.
US11221401B2	Detector device with majority current and a circuitry for controlling the current The invention relates to a detector device assisted by majority current, comprising a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a plurality of control regions of the first conductivity type, at least one detection region of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type and a first source for generating a majority carrier current associated with an electrical field, characterized in that it further comprises control circuitry arranged for controlling the first source and controlling individually at least one of said first majority carrier currents.
US11221397B2	Two-dimensional FFT computation A system includes a hardware accelerator configured to perform a two-dimensional (2D) fast Fourier transform (FFT) on an M×N element array. The hardware accelerator has log2 M×N pipeline stages including an initial group of log2 M stages and a final group of log2 N stages. Each stage includes a butterfly unit, a FIFO buffer coupled to the butterfly unit, and a multiplier coupled to the butterfly unit and to an associated twiddle factor table. The hardware accelerator also includes butterfly control logic to provide elements of the M×N element array to the initial group of stages in an N direction of the array, and twiddle factor addressing logic to, for the twiddle factor tables of the initial group of stages, apply an indexed entry of the twiddle factor table to the associated multiplier. The indexed entry begins as a first entry and advances by N entries after every N cycles.
US11221395B2	Chip-based transmit channel architecture A radar system includes a transmit section to emit a transmit signal. A chip-based front-end portion of the transmit section increases a frequency of an input signal to produce an intermediate signal and amplifies signal strength of the intermediate signal to produce the transmit signal. The frequency of the input signal is in a range of 76 gigahertz (GHz) to 80 GHz. The radar system also includes a receive section to receive a reflected signal resulting from reflection of the transmit signal by an object.
US11221393B2	Method and processor for determining spatial information regarding a vehicle A method and processor to determine spatial information regarding a vehicle. The method includes receiving at least one initial frame of FMCW radar data including spatial information regarding the vehicle associated with a radar signal reflected back from the vehicle via a surface of at least one stationary object other than the vehicle. The method also includes receiving at least one further frame of FMCW radar data including: spatial information regarding the vehicle associated with a radar signal reflected back from the vehicle via the surface of at least one stationary object other than the vehicle, and spatial information regarding the vehicle associated with a radar signal reflected directly back from the vehicle. The method further includes using the at least one initial frame of radar data to correct for static clutter associated with the at least one stationary object in the at least one further frame of radar data.
US11221377B2	System and method for detecting stator faults in AC electrical machines A system and method for detecting a phase-to-ground fault in an AC electrical machine operates to receive measurements of three-phase voltages and currents provided to the AC electrical machine, compute at least one of a zero sequence component and a negative sequence component of voltage and current from the three-phase voltages and currents, and calculate a fault severity index (FSI) based on the zero or negative sequence component of voltage and current, so as to identify a phase-to-ground fault in the AC electrical machine. Calculating the FSI further includes determining a total value of the zero or negative sequence current, determining a noise-contributed value of the zero or negative sequence current included in the total value, determining a compensated value of the zero or negative sequence current based on the total value and the noise-contributed value, and calculating the FSI based on the compensated value.
US11221372B2	Battery performance evaluation device, and battery performance evaluation method A battery performance evaluation device executes an alternating current impedance acquiring process (S1), an OCV acquiring process (S2), and an SOC estimating process (S3). The alternating current impedance acquiring process involves acquiring a measurement result of an alternating current impedance of a target secondary battery, the alternating current impedance measured by applying an application signal to the target secondary battery within a specific frequency range. The OCV acquiring process involves acquiring an OCV of the target secondary battery. The SOC estimating process involves estimating an SOC of the target secondary battery to be 0%, if an imaginary component of the measurement result of the acquired alternating current impedance at a predetermined frequency within the specific frequency range is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the acquired OCV value is less than or equal to a second threshold value.
US11221371B2	Power storage device inspecting method and power storage device manufacturing method A power storage device inspecting method of inspecting a power storage device for an internal short circuit that includes: detecting an external resistance Re which is generated in an external circuit in a state in which probes of an external power supply are connected to external terminals of the power storage device; applying an initial output voltage VS(0) with which an initial device current IB(0) of a device current IB(t) is zero; applying an output voltage VS(t) from the external power supply to the power storage device; and determining an internal short circuit of the power storage device based on a change with time of the device current IB(t) or a stabilized device current IBs of the power storage device.
US11221370B2	Remaining battery energy estimation device, remaining battery energy estimation method, and storage medium A remaining battery energy estimation device according to an embodiment includes a current corrector, an SOC calculator, a voltage estimator, an SOC correction amount determiner, and a current error estimator. The current corrector determines a corrected current value on the basis of a current value and a current correction amount of a storage battery. The SOC calculator calculates an estimated SOC value of the storage battery on the basis of the corrected current value and an SOC correction amount. The voltage estimator determines an estimated voltage value of the storage battery on the basis of a temperature value of the storage battery, the corrected current value, and the estimated SOC value. The SOC correction amount determiner determines the SOC correction amount on the basis of a comparison between a voltage value of the storage battery and the estimated voltage value. The current error estimator determines the current correction amount on the basis of the SOC correction amount.
US11221367B2	Evaluation device, energy storage system, evaluation method and non-transitory computer readable medium According to one embodiment, an evaluation device includes first processing circuitry and second processing circuitry. The first processing circuitry calculates a feature value of an energy storage device based on voltage values measured from the energy storage device being subjected to charge-discharge-control according to charge-discharge command values. The second processing circuitry derives an evaluation function of a degradation state of the energy storage device according to a difference between a distribution of the charge-discharge command values and a reference distribution. The second processing circuitry evaluates the degradation state of the energy storage device, based on the evaluation function and the calculated feature value.
US11221362B2	Integrated circuit and test method for integrated circuit Provided is an integrated circuit and a test method for an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes at least one first branch and at least one second branch. The first branch includes at least one first capacitor. The first end of the first branch is electrically connected to the first end of the second branch, and the second end of the first branch is not connected to the second end of the second branch, to conduct a low-frequency test. The low-frequency test includes application of a low-frequency test signal between the first end of the first branch and the second end of the first branch to test the first branch.
US11221361B2	Controlling power dissipation in an output stage of a test channel An example test system includes an output stage to source at least one of voltage or current to a channel of a test instrument; a tracking circuit to detect a channel voltage following the output stage and to control a supply voltage to the output stage based on the channel voltage; and a controller to determine a power dissipation of the output stage based on the supply voltage and the channel voltage, and to control the output stage based on the power dissipation in the output stage.
US11221360B1	Multiple circuit board tester The present invention is directed to a system for testing printed circuit boards. The system is configured to test the simultaneously test a multiplicity of printed circuit boards. The system examines the electrical characteristics of a printed circuit board and is operable to identify if a printed circuit board meets a desired characteristic.
US11221359B2	Determining device operability via metal-induced layer exchange Techniques regarding determining device operability via a metal-induced layer exchange are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus, which can comprise a dielectric membrane positioned between an amorphous semiconductor resistor layer and an electrically conductive metal layer. The dielectric membrane can facilitate a metal induced layer exchange that can experiences catalyzation by heat generated from operation of a semiconductor device positioned adjacent to the apparatus.
US11221356B2	Single-fault-tolerant isolation resistance determination in a photovoltaic system A method for a single-fault-tolerant determination of an isolation resistance of a photovoltaic system including an inverter and a solar generator connected thereto is disclosed. The isolation resistance is determined as a function of a test voltage drop in a resistor network, wherein the resistor network is connected to a variable voltage source by way of a first terminal, to a first pole of the solar generator by way of a second terminal and to a ground terminal of the inverter via an isolation relay by way of a third terminal. A capacitor is disposed between the ground terminal and the first pole of the solar generator. The method includes a) applying a first DC voltage value to the first terminal when the isolation relay is closed using the variable voltage source, b) applying a second DC voltage value to the first terminal when the isolation relay is closed using the variable voltage source, c) generating an AC voltage at the first terminal using the variable voltage source when the isolation relay is closed, d) generating the AC voltage at the first terminal using the variable voltage source when the isolation relay is open, and e) testing a function of the isolation relay by comparing an amplitude of the test voltage between the acts c) and d).
US11221354B2	Switched closed loop read-out methods and systems for resonant sensing platforms Embodiments of the invention include a resonant sensing system comprising driving circuitry to generate a drive signal during excitation time periods, a first switch coupled to the driving circuitry, and a sensing device coupled to the driving circuitry via the first switch during the excitation time periods. The sensing device includes beams to receive the drive signal during a first excitation time period that causes the beams to mechanically oscillate and generate a first induced electromotive force (emf) in response to the drive signal. The first switch decouples the sensing device and the driving circuitry during measurement time periods for measurement of the induced emf.
US11221352B2	Magnetic-balance-system current sensor A current sensor 100 includes: a magnetic core 104 which focuses a magnetic field generated by continuity of a current to be sensed IP; an element 108 which outputs a sensing signal according to an intensity of the magnetic field focused by the magnetic core 104; a circuit 116 which applies a feedback current to a winding 118 based on the sensing signal from the element 108 and balances magnetism; and a coupling circuit 124 which couples supply paths 123, 124 of a power supply 122 to the circuit 116 and an application path 117 of a feedback current to the winding 118 via capacitors C1, C2.
US11221350B2	Probe device for improving transfer accuracy of needle traces of probes and needle trace transcription method therefor A probe device according to an embodiment is a probe device for inspecting electrical characteristics of an inspection target object, mounted on a mounting table, by electrically contacting probes and the inspection target object to each other. The probe device includes a support base having on an upper surface thereof a needle trace transfer member for transferring needle traces of the probes, a fixed support portion extending from a side of the mounting table and configured to fix and support the support base from below, and a movable support unit that is disposed below the support base and is configured to be moved up and down to be in contact with the support base and movably support the support base.
US11221349B2	Robot-assisted hardware testing A system and methods are provided for robot-assisted, interactive testing of electronic circuits comprising a test fixture comprising a robotic arm, a probe, and a bracket configured to hold a unit-under-test, wherein the probe is configured to be mounted on the robotic arm and to perform a probe action, and a computer system communicatively connected to the test fixture and comprising a graphics display, a user input device. The computer system is configured to present on the graphics display a logic schematic of the unit-under-test, to receive a user selection of a target element shown on the logic schematic, to determine the corresponding physical location on the unit-under-test of said element, to move the probe to the physical location of the target element, by means of the robotic arm, and to perform one or more probe actions.
US11221348B2	Impedance controlled test socket Methods, systems, and apparatus for electrical connector assemblies. The assemblies include a socket defining a signal cavity, the socket having a first socket opening and a second socket opening. The assemblies include a signal contact probe located within the signal cavity. The signal contact probe includes a first plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a first shell opening and located in the first socket opening. The signal contact probe includes a second plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a second shell opening and located in the second socket opening. The assemblies include an end insulation ring located in the second socket opening and around the second plunger, the end insulation ring configured to facilitate substantially constant impedance through the signal spring probe, and configured to restrict lateral movement of the second plunger within the second socket opening.
US11221339B2	Mapping protein binding sites and conformational epitopes using cysteine labelling and surface display library The present disclosure provides a rapid, scalable, and high-throughput method of identifying the precise regions in a receptor protein which are involved in binding of a molecule of interest. The method of the instant disclosure is useful where the crystal structure of a protein of interest is not available. Also provided are surface display libraries, and methods of making the same.
US11221336B2	Encoded chromophoric polymer particles and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides encoded chromophoric polymer particles that are capable of, for example, optical and/or biomolecular encoding of analytes. The present disclosure also provides suspensions comprising a plurality of encoded chromophoric polymer particles. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the encoded chromophoric polymer particles and systems for performing multiplex analysis with encoded chromophoric polymer particles.
US11221318B2	Adsorption/desorption-based sensor for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) Provided is a system for detection and discrimination of gases, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), in a sample comprising two chambers, a first chamber equipped with a crystalline microporous material (CMM) and a second chamber equipped with a gas detector. A gas sample is introduced first into the second chamber for detection by the gas detector and is then re-routed to the first chamber for adsorption/desorption on the CMM. The gas detector in the second chamber produces electronic signals that correspond to the adsorption/desorption profile for the gas, which allows for discrimination of the gas in the sample from other possible gas samples.
US11221311B2	Vapor and/or gas concentration and temperature sensor A vapor and/or gas concentration and temperature sensor includes a resonating structure having a first side with a functionalized surface and a second side opposite the first side, a first resonant frequency of a first vibration mode, and a second resonating frequency of a second vibration mode. Drive and sensing electrodes face the second side of the resonating structure. A direct current bias source is coupled to the resonating structure. A first AC voltage source provides the resonating structure with a first voltage having a frequency corresponding to the first resonant frequency. A second AC voltage source provides the resonating structure with a second voltage having a frequency corresponding to the second resonant frequency. A read-out circuit determines a vapor and/or gas concentration based on a difference between the frequency of the first voltage and a first read-out frequency and determines a temperature based on a difference between the frequency of the second voltage and a second read-out frequency.
US11221309B2	Microchip electrochemical cell assembly An electrochemical cell that includes a working electrode, which comprises of is made of gold, with gold-coated carbon nanotubes secured thereon via a conductive binder, wherein the electrochemical cell is utilized to detect the presence of bisphenol-A, or to determine a concentration of bisphenol-A in a solution. Various embodiments of the electrochemical cell, a method of producing the electrochemical cell, and a method of using the electrochemical cell for determining a concentration of bisphenol-A in a solution are also provided.
US11221299B2	Ultra-high-sensitive assay of protein and nucleic acid and kit, and novel enzyme substrate Provided is a ultra-high-sensitivity assay in which the assay can be made on a commonly used assay apparatus such as an absorptiometer and a plate reader or with naked eyes. The high-sensitivity assay in which the assay can be made on a commonly used assay apparatus or with naked eyes can be provided by combining an enzyme cycling method using thio-NAD(P) as a coenzyme, a labeling enzyme and a substrate for the labeling enzyme optimally, and by amplifying thio-NAD(P)H, which is a signaling substance, exponentially and then quantifying the thio-NAD(P)H colorimetrically.
US11221293B2	Two-dimensional second harmonic dispersion interferometer An interferometer having a fundamental beam generator, a first second harmonic generator, a waveplate, a second second harmonic generator, a harmonic separator, and a polarizing beam splitter, mounted uniaxially, (i.e., the components are aligned along one optical axis), wherein the interferometer is adapted to change a diameter of a beam to match a diameter of a sample, and to change the diameter of the beam back to its original diameter.
US11221289B2	Optical particle detector An optical detector for particles is provided, including: a channel configured to receive a fluid including at least one particle and to receive at least one incident light ray; a detection system including a plurality of photodetectors, each photodetector being configured to receive light rays coming from the channel and diffused by the at least one particle; and an angular filtering system including a plurality of angular filtering devices each associated with a photodetector of the plurality of photodetectors, each angular filtering device being configured to angularly filter the light rays coming from the channel before reception thereof by the photodetector with which it is associated.
US11221282B2	Measurement arrangement and measurement method for determining a constituent substance or quality parameter of water or waste water Measurement arrangement for determining a constituent substance or quality parameter of water by thermal decomposition in a reaction module, delivery of a reaction product to a detector, and evaluation of a detector signal for deriving a value of the constituent substance or quality parameter, wherein the reaction module is an elongated vessel having internal heating, and has a head section into which the sample is introduced, a reaction zone, as well as a foot section, from which the reaction product is output, wherein the reaction module, the heating, and means for the supply of samples and carrier gas are configured such that during the operation of the measurement arrangement an outer head temperature is TH≤80° C., and an outer foot temperature is TF≤150° C. at a maximum temperature in the reaction zone of TMAX≥1150° C.
US11221272B2	Springback variation cause analysis method A springback variation cause analysis method includes: calculating a first stress distribution in a press forming part; calculating a second stress distribution in the press forming part; calculating a difference between the second and the first stress distribution, and replacing and setting the first or the second stress distribution with the calculated stress difference distribution; calculating a first springback amount to be caused in the press forming part; changing a value of stress difference in a partial area of the press forming part in the stress difference distribution set for the press forming part; calculating a second springback amount; and analyzing a portion in the press forming part that is a cause of variation in springback amount in the press forming part due to scattering or variation in press forming conditions, based on the second springback amount and the first springback amount.
US11221266B2	Automatic zero reset for a pressure transducer Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are provided for automatically resetting a zero-offset calibration coefficient for a pressure transducer. Ambient pressure measurements from a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor can be received by a computing device and compared. Based on determining a difference in the received ambient pressure measurements, an updated zero-offset calibration coefficient can be generated. The updated zero-offset calibration coefficient can be transmitted to the first pressure sensor, which once received, causes the first pressure sensor to update a previously determined zero-offset calibration coefficient with the updated zero-offset calibration coefficient.
US11221265B2	Contact detecting device To yield fixed output as electrical signal when any positions of volume space is subjected to external pressure and the external pressure is detected. A contact detecting device includes a mounted base 60 with a predetermined shape, a design foam 10 that is bonded to the mounted base and covers it, and a limiter 7 that is mounted on the mounted base 60 or the design foam 10. The contact detecting device further includes a predetermined volume space 4 defined by the mounted base 60, the design foam 10, and the limiter 7. The contact detecting device further includes a sensor SEN that detects external pressure applied to the volume space 4 through the determination of the physical variation of the volume space 4. The physical variation of the volume space 4 is detected through the sensor determining, for example, variation in flow rate, flow velocity, or volume. In particular, the contact detecting device detects two-dimensional or three-dimensional contact on any position.
US11221249B2	Environmental sensor platform, system and method A platform, system, method, and computer readable media is provided which is configured for monitoring water level height of one or more bodies of water. In a version the system generally comprises one or more of the following components: (a) a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node associated with a predetermined geographical location near water, wherein each sensor node comprises: (i) a detector configured to collect environmental data pertaining to changes in water surface height; and (ii) a telemetry module configured to wirelessly transmit the environmental data collected by the detector; (b) a gateway device configured to receive and route the environmental data, the gateway device comprising a gateway device processor and non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by the gateway device processor to create a gateway device application comprising: (i) a software module configured to receive the environmental data; (ii) a software module configured to apply an algorithm to the environmental data to parse, clean and aggregate environmental data; (iii) a software module configured to wirelessly transmit the environmental data; (c) a cloud based platform configured to support real-time stream processing of sensor node environmental data, the cloud based platform comprising one or more cloud based servers comprising a cloud server processor and non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by the cloud server processor to create a server application comprising: (i) a software module configured to receive the environmental data; (ii) a software module configured to apply an algorithm to the environmental data to determine an environmental trend or condition; (iii) a software module configured to generate an environmental data report comprising environmental trend or condition; and (iv) a software module configured to transmit the environmental data report when certain environmental data parameters exceed predefined thresholds in the form of an alert; and (d) a device comprising a report processor configured to provide a report application comprising a software module configured to receive and display the environmental date report.
US11221248B2	Pump head and metering device Disclosed is a pump head with a specially configured elastic valve which enables secure closure of the pump head. It is ensured by the valve that complete emptying and, at the same time, secure closing of the pump head is ensured so that no residues of fluid to be metered remain in the storage state of the pump head. In addition, the present invention relates to a metering device which can be configured for example as squeeze bottle, as non-airless system or as airless system, the metering device comprising a pump head according to the invention.
US11221247B2	Communicating with two or more hosts A method of communicating with two or more hosts is provided. The method includes transmitting a first communication between a first host and a meter electronics and transmitting a second communication between a second host and the meter electronics.
US11221246B2	Air flow measurement apparatus A physical quantity sensing device is installed to a circuit board and is configured to output a signal, which corresponds to a physical quantity of air flowing through a physical quantity measurement passage. A physical quantity measurement passage inlet, which is communicated with the physical quantity measurement passage, includes a first inner surface and a second inner surface. A second distance, which is measured from the physical quantity sensing device to the second inner surface in a plate thickness direction of the circuit board, is larger than a first distance, which is measured from the circuit board to the first inner surface in the plate thickness direction of the circuit board.
US11221244B2	Clamp-on circumferential resonance ultrasonic flowmeter for collectively exciting and receiving circumferential modes of a pipe Clamp-on ultrasonic flow metering is provided by collectively exciting and receiving circumferential modes of the pipe. The pipe wall supports an infinite number of circumferential acoustic resonances. Each of these modes, in contact with a fluid, can mode-convert into the flow at a different rate. The mode-converted waves in the flow mode-convert back into the circumferential waves in the pipe once they travel across the flow. Furthermore, the moving fluid alters the rate of mode-conversion as a function of the flow velocity. At low frequencies, the wavelength is larger, thus the penetration depth in the flow is larger. As the frequency increases, the penetration depth becomes smaller. The variable penetration depth provides a methodology to sample the flow velocity profile.
US11221239B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method of detecting indentation formed in substrate A polishing device has a substrate stage which holds a substrate Wf, a processing head which processes a surface of the substrate Wf, an indentation detecting system which detects a position of an indentation in the substrate Wf, a movement mechanism which moves the processing head in a radial direction of the substrate stage, and a rotation mechanism which rotates the substrate stage, and the indentation detecting system has a fluid injection nozzle configured to inject a fluid to a circumferential edge portion of the substrate Wf when the substrate Wf is held on the substrate stage, a fluid measuring device which measures a physical quantity which is pressure or a flow rate of the fluid, and a position detector which detects the position of the indentation formed in the circumferential edge portion of the substrate Wf based on a change in physical quantity.
US11221231B2	Encoder An encoder includes a magnetic sensor having higher detection sensitivity to a magnetic field applied in a reading direction, while having lower detection sensitivity to a magnetic field applied in a direction forming a greater angle with respect to the reading direction, an encoder substrate having the magnetic sensor mounted thereon, a magnetic shield to shield against a magnetic field including a side portion covering sides of the magnetic sensor and a top-side portion covering a top of the magnetic sensor, a permanent magnet located to face the encoder substrate, a shaft having the permanent magnet attached to a tip end of the shaft, and a bracket to support the shaft in a rotatable manner, wherein on the side portion of the magnetic shield, a notch as a connector insertion portion is located not to overlap an extended area of the magnetic sensor in the reading direction.
US11221224B2	Method and device for generating path of unmanned vehicle on construction section Provide are a method and device for generating a path of an unmanned vehicle on a construction section. The method includes: when detecting a construction section, detected obstacle information is acquired; a current accessible area of the construction section is determined according to the type and position information of the obstacle, and each road point included in the current accessible area is determined; a terminal road point of a target driving path is determined according to the current accessible area; a current location of a vehicle is taken as a start road point, path search is performed in the road points included in the current accessible area according to the start road point and the terminal road point, and passing road points of the target driving path in the construction section are determined; and a target driving path is generated according to the start road point, the passing road points and the terminal road point.
US11221222B2	Automatic egress/ingress detection in an acoustic positioning system A method for finding door location in an automated way based on observations of people that are equipped with a device whose position is determined acoustically. By observing positioning transitions across internal structures such as walls, the location of doors can be automatically identified.
US11221218B2	Noise performance for vibrating structure gyroscopes A vibrating structure angular rate sensor comprises a MEMS structure includes a mount, a plurality of supporting structures fixed to the mount, and a vibrating planar ring structure flexibly supported by the plurality of supporting structures to move elastically relative to the mount. At least one primary drive transducer is arranged to cause the ring structure to oscillate in a primary mode at the resonant frequency of the primary mode. At least one primary pick-off transducer arranged to detect oscillation of the ring structure in the primary mode. At least three secondary pick-off transducers are arranged to detect oscillation of the ring structure in a secondary mode induced by Coriolis force when an angular rate is applied around an axis substantially perpendicular to the ring structure. At least one secondary drive transducer is arranged to null the induced oscillation in the secondary mode.
US11221207B2	Optical distance measurement system There is provided an optical distance measurement system including an image sensor and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to generate an image to be calculated according to at least one image captured by the image sensor, wherein different image regions of the image to be calculated correspond to different exposure times thereby improving the accuracy of the distance calculation.
US11221206B2	Device for measuring objects A device for measuring objects is provided, said device comprising a mobile base such that it is movable to objects to be measured. Then, the object may be measured by means of a measuring head fastened to a kinematic unit.
US11221204B1	Heterodyne photonic integrated circuit for absolute metrology A digital measuring device implemented on a photonic integrated circuit, the digital measuring device including a laser source configured to provide light, a first ring resonator configured to produce a first frequency comb of light from the laser source, wherein at least a portion of the first frequency comb of light is directed at a moving object, a local oscillator configured to provide a reference beam, at least one waveguide structure configured to combine the reference beam with light reflected from the moving object to produce a measurement beam, a first multiplexer configured to split the measurement beam into a plurality of channels spaced in frequency, and a plurality of detectors configured to detect an intensity value of each channel of the plurality of channels to measure a distance between the digital measuring device and the moving object.
US11221200B2	Blasting system and operating method for same The present disclosure relates to a blasting system, the blasting system including: a drilling device configured to form blasting holes on a blasting target on the basis of a blasting design map; a charging device configured to place explosives in the blasting holes; a worker terminal configured to generate position information indicating a position of the worker terminal; detonators each including a global positioning system (GPS) device, and configured to detonate the explosives by a blasting command; and a central control unit configured to transmit the blasting command to the detonators.
US11221199B2	High velocity, rimfire cartridge A .22 caliber rimfire cartridge includes a generally cylindrical casing having a rearward rimfire end and an opposing mouth end, wherein the rearward rimfire end has an annular rim connecting to a cylindrical casing portion extending to a casing forward edge and a bullet is disposed in the forward mouth end. In embodiments, the bullet comprises copper and a polymer binder. In embodiments, the bullet has a forward tapering portion with a central cavity, a first cylindrical portion with a first diameter and a cylindrical surface directly rearward of the tapering portion, a cylindrical driving band directly rearward of the first cylindrical portion, the cylindrical driving band having a second diameter greater than the first diameter and having an outer second cylindrical surface, a third cylindrical portion directly rearward of the cylindrical driving band, the third cylindrical portion having a third cylindrical surface with a diameter equal to the first diameter. In embodiments, the bullet is positioned with the third cylindrical surface mostly or entirely within the casing. In embodiments, the casing has a circumferential crimp positioned at the third circumferential portion. In embodiments, the third circumferential surface having a circumferential indentation at the circumferential crimp.
US11221198B2	Method and apparatus for aligning arrow nocks A nock may be used with an associated arrow and an associated crossbow. The nock may include a connection surface designed to connect the nock to the associated arrow and string guide impressions that may be designed to receive a bowstring to fire the associated arrow from the associated bow.
US11221193B2	Firearm accessory and method thereof A firearm accessory is operable in two modes. A first mode in which the firearm accessory is coupled, at least indirectly, to a firearm to define a foregrip. In the first mode, a blade on the accessory is in a sheathed position. A second mode in which the firearm is disconnected from the firearm to define a knife. In the second mode, the blade is in an extended position. In each mode and position, the tip of the blade is vertically above the upper end of the grip body. The firearm accessory has prongs that connect the grip body to an attachment mechanism or coupler. Within the coupler are flexible liner locks that have sloped protrusions that engage recess in the blade to lock the blade in the extend position. The liner locks may be flexibly unlocked by depressing a button carried by the grip body.
US11221187B2	Process for applying graphene layer to metallic firearm elements A process of eliminating friction and increasing structural hardness and durability and increasing longevity in the fabrication of metallic structures including at least one mechanical machining device with at least one cutting device, at least one element of material stock, and a reactionary lubricant, the process having the steps of placing the material stock on the working surface of a mechanical machining device, initiating the machining device wherein a cutting device will spin and be used to shape a firearm component, adding the reactionary lubricant to both the spinning drill bit engaged in shaping the firearm component and the firearm component's surface, and by an in situ chemical formation process the firearm component will obtain a layer of graphene formed through the friction, heat, and pressure bearing on spinning drill bit and firearm component surface, reducing the asperities in the material of the firearm component as the component is machined.
US11221184B1	Carbon nanotube heat pipe or thermosiphon Heat transfer systems and methods are provided. The heat transfer system includes an evaporator section integrated with or thermally joined to a heat dissipating system. The evaporator section is connected to a condenser section by a conduit. Together, portions of the evaporator section, the condenser section, and the conduit form a closed volume containing a heat transfer fluid. A superhydrophobic surface is present on at least a portion of the condenser section forming a part of the closed volume. The superhydrophobic surface can include a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes can be provided as a forest of carbon nanotubes extending from a rough surface.
US11221183B1	Advanced cooling system using throttled internal cooling passage flow for a window assembly, and methods of fabrication and use thereof A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages.
US11221180B2	Systems and methods related to staged drying of temperature sensitive materials A system and method for staged drying of temperature sensitive materials, the method comprising the following steps. Heated air is blown into a duct and solids are introduced into the duct at an elevated position along a vertical portion of the duct. The heated air and solids mixture is then transported along the duct for a desired retention time with adequate initial flash heating of the solids and then a gradual cool down of the solids. The solids are at an elevated temperature beyond the ambient dewpoint with evaporative cooling taking place. The solids and air mixture is then transported in the duct to a cyclone, where the solids are removed from the air. The air is exhausted out of the cyclone by an exhaust duct, and the solids are collected from the cyclone in a container.
US11221174B2	Refrigeration door system and door assembly with defrosting and related methods A door assembly for a refrigeration door system with a defrosting feature. The door assembly also includes a door frame. The door frame may include a top member having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and the top member may have a top conduit therein. The door frame may also include a first side member coupled transversely to the first end of the top member and having a first conduit therein, the first conduit being fluidly coupled to the top conduit, and a second side member coupled transversely to the second end of the top member and having a second conduit. The second conduit may be fluidly coupled to the top conduit. The door frame may further have orifices positioned along the top member, the first side member, and the second side member. The door assembly also includes a positive pressure source.
US11221172B2	Heat insulation box manufacturing method and heat insulation box A method for manufacturing a heat insulation box, wherein said method involves disposing an outer box over the outside of an inner box such that there is space therebetween, covering an opening with an elastic sheet from the outside of the outer box, inserting a jig into the opening from the outside of the outer box to force the elastic sheet into the space between the inner box and the outer box, and injecting the urethane foam heat insulating material into the space between the inner box and the outer box so as to foam therein to form a recess with the elastic sheet tightly adhering to the surface thereof.
US11221170B2	Ice compartment with driving unit, ice maker and household cooling appliance An ice compartment of a household cooling appliance has a driving unit for driving an ice storage container of an ice maker. The driving unit has a drive housing and at least one drive motor. A first receiving duct accommodates a first fastening part and extends completely through the drive housing. The drive housing can be fastened by the first fastening part to an inner liner wall of the refrigeration compartment. The first receiving duct extends across the entire depth of the drive housing and is open at a front end and a rear end. A second receiving duct extends completely through the drive housing. The drive housing can be fastened by the second fastening part to the same inner liner wall of the refrigeration compartment. The second receiving duct extends across the entire depth of the drive housing and is open at a front end and a rear end.
US11221167B2	Initialising system for a refrigerant compressor unit and method for initialising a refrigerant compressor unit In order to an initialising system for a refrigerant compressor unit, including a refrigerant compressor, an electrical drive motor for the refrigerant compressor and a compressor controller that determines the voltage and speed of the drive motor on the basis of sets of configuration parameters loaded into this compressor controller and controls the drive motor accordingly, wherein the initialising system has a compressor data memory, in which compressor data relating to respectively possible refrigerant compressors are stored, and a motor data memory, in which motor data relating to possible drive motors are stored, wherein the initialising system has a processor for performing the initialisation, a display unit and an input unit, wherein during initialisation the display unit and the input unit serve to determine the refrigerant compressor and the drive motor, and wherein the processor uses the compressor data of the determined refrigerant compressor and uses the motor data of the determined drive motor to generate compressor configuration parameters and motor configuration parameters and loads them into the compressor controller for the purpose of operating the drive motor.
US11221164B2	Heat exchange system and refrigerant cycle including heat exchange system A heat exchange system includes a dual expansion valve for a refrigerant cycle of a vehicle that includes a first inlet and a first outlet, a first flow restriction mechanism including a movable first valve element, by which a first refrigerant stream flowing through a first passage from the first inlet to the first out let can be controlled, a second inlet and a second outlet, a second flow restriction mechanism including a movable second valve element, by which a second refrigerant stream flowing through a second passage from the second inlet to the second outlet can be controlled, a control member for jointly moving the first valve member and the second valve member, a sensing element for sensing a temperature, and a valve driving member that is configured to drive the control member according to the sensed temperature.
US11221160B2	Wall sleeve A wall sleeve for recessed mounting into an opening in a wall. The wall sleeve includes a top sidewall, a bottom sidewall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall and a rear wall that cooperatively defines an enclosure with an enclosure opening located opposite of the rear wall. Each of the sidewalls have identical configurations, including portions defining at least one access opening and portions defining at least one mounting opening. The mounting openings having an effective diameter smaller than an effective diameter of the access openings.
US11221156B2	Central plant control system with decaying capacity adjustment Disclosed herein are related to a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for operating a group of central plant equipment to serve thermal energy loads of a building or building system. In one approach, a base capacity of one or more devices of the group of central plant equipment is identified. A change in requested load allocated to the one or more devices crossing the base capacity at a crossover time may be detected. In one approach, an adjusted capacity of the one or more devices is set such that the adjusted capacity is offset from the base capacity before the crossover time and decays toward the base capacity during a decay period after the crossover time. The requested load allocated may be compared with the adjusted capacity after the crossover time. The group of central plant equipment may be operated according to the comparison.
US11221155B2	Alternative feedback usage for HVAC system A control system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a controller. The controller is configured to control the HVAC system to condition an air flow based on first feedback from a first sensor of the HVAC system, receive second feedback from a second sensor of the HVAC system, and control the HVAC system to condition the air flow based on the second feedback instead of the first feedback when the first feedback from the first sensor being no longer available. The first feedback is indicative of a first operating parameter of the HVAC system, and the second feedback is indicative of a second operating parameter of a refrigerant flowing through the HVAC system.
US11221143B2	Combustor and method of operation for improved emissions and durability A combustor assembly comprising a deflector wall in which a plurality of openings is defined through the deflector wall and around the fuel nozzle opening. The plurality of openings defines a first set of openings at a first radius, a second set of openings at or greater than a second radius greater than the first radius, and a third set of openings at one or more of a third radius between the first radius and the second radius. The first set of openings defines one or more of a first angle relative to the radial direction between approximately 60 degrees and approximately 100 degrees. The second set of openings defines one or more of a second angle between approximately zero and approximately 30 degrees. The third set of openings defines one or more of a third angle between the first angle and the second angle.
US11221140B2	Pressure regulated piston seal for a gas turbine combustor liner A seal assembly to seal a gas turbine hot gas path flow at an interface of a combustor liner and a downstream component, such as a stage one turbine nozzle, in a gas turbine. The seal assembly including a piston ring seal housing, defining a cavity, and a piston ring disposed within the cavity. The piston ring disposed circumferentially about the combustor liner. The piston ring is responsive to a regulated pressure to secure sealing engagement of the piston ring and outer surface of the combustor liner. The seal assembly includes at least one of one or more sectional through-slots, bumps or channel features to provide for a flow therethrough of a high-pressure (Phigh) bypass airflow exiting a compressor to the cavity. The high-pressure (Phigh) bypass airflow exerting a radial force on the piston ring.
US11221134B1	Wall lamp with lighting effect resembling peacock feather spreading A wall lamp has a lamp housing having multiple decorative holes, a front decorative plate, an LED lighting assembly, and a rotating driver. The LED lighting assembly is disposed in the lamp housing and has multiple LED components. The rotating driver is mounted in the lamp housing and is connected to the LED lighting assembly. The LED lighting assembly driven by the rotating driver is rotated to change projecting positions of the LED components relative to the decorative holes of the lamp housing for generating a dynamic lighting effect that resembles peacock feather spreading and increasing dynamic variations of a decorative effect of the wall lamp.
US11221131B2	Flexible lighting apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Flexible lighting apparatus and method of manufacturing the same disclosed. The flexible light apparatus includes a net-structured flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), being manufactured in shape of net structure in which a plurality of through-holes are formed separately from each other in a body of the net-structured FPCB, and having predetermined circuit patterns formed thereon, a plurality of light sources, being mounted on at least one of predetermined mounting location among intersection and branch of the net-structured FPCB, and a supporting layer, having apertures formed thereon and being fixed to support the net-structured FPCB at bottom surface.
US11221130B1	Light string having twisted wires A light string is provided. The light string at least includes a wire set and a plurality of light-emitting diode chips. A first main wire segment of a first wire and a second main wire segment of a second wire are twisted together to form a main wire set. Non-bonding segments of the first sub-wire segments and the second sub-wire segments are respectively twisted together to respectively form a plurality of sub-wire sets. The sub-wire sets are spaced from each other and extended outward in a direction away from the main wire set. The light-emitting diode chips are respectively bonded to bonding segments of the sub-wire sets and spaced from each other on the sub-wire sets.
US11221126B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a light controller. The light emitting elements are for emitting lights. The light controller is disposed on the light emitting elements for the lights passing through, which is switchable in a first state and a second state. The light controller collimates the lights in the first state and diffuses the lights in the second state.
US11221118B2	Illumination module, vehicle lamp, and vehicle An illumination module, and a vehicle lamp and vehicle comprising the module. The illumination module, comprises a low-beam light source, a low-beam optical element, a high-beam light source, and a high-beam optical element. The low-beam optical element comprises a light incident portion and a reflection portion; the light incident portion is configured as a light gathering structure; the low-beam light source is provided at a position where the low-beam beam generated by the low-beam light source can pass through the light incoming parts; the reflection portion is provided below a light emission direction of the light incident portion, and a cut-off line is formed at a front end of the reflection portion; the high-beam light sources and the high-beam optical element are provided below the reflection portion. The illumination module is simple in structure and design and can improve light energy utilization efficiency while facilitating a compact and attractive design.
US11221117B1	Projection apparatus illuminating with cloud effect A projection apparatus comprises a housing with a projection opening, a light source component, a reflective bowl and a driving motor in the housing, and a transparent cover is mounted on the housing and protrudes upwardly out of the projection opening. The light emitted by the light source component is illuminated on the reflective surface, and then the light passes through the transparent cover after being reflected. The light source component, the reflective bowl and the transparent cover can project to produce a cloud effect.
US11221116B1	Post cap solar lighting fixture with base having a plurality of diameters The light fixture includes a bottom end having multiple stepped diameters dimensioned to fit in different posts; an outwardly curved transparent top cover; a solar panel positioned below the top cover; a central reflector provided below the solar panel; and a plurality of light elements arranged around the reflector.
US11221114B2	High-voltage neon light string The present invention relates to the field of neon lights, and in particular to a high-voltage neon light string. The high-voltage neon light string of the present invention is formed by connecting a controller and a plurality of light bars end to end. The number of light bars connected is determined according to a user's needs, and it is convenient for assembly and disassembly. The user can control a transmitter by keys or wirelessly to send signals with different pulse widths to the light bars, and LED units on the light bars receive the input signals and then display different colors according to data of the signals.
US11221112B2	LED illumination device having light reflecting and transmitting member A light emitting diode illumination device includes an LED illumination tube having a light transmission plate, an LED element provided in the tube, light reflecting members extending toward a main light irradiation direction symmetrically or asymmetrically with respect to a center line of the LED element, and light intensity and distribution control means for controlling intensity and distribution of a light irradiated from the LED element. The light reflecting member may include a light transmissive member to control the light intensity and distribution. The illumination device may further include light confining means for confining the light emitted from the LED element in a space between the light transmission plate and the light reflecting member and emitting the confined light to the outside of the LED illumination tube through the light transmission plate.
US11221111B2	Luminaire In an embodiment, a luminaire includes a housing with a reflector. A rail is positioned near the reflector and has a light thereon which is configured to emit light into the reflector. The light is reflected from the reflector and passes through a diffuser that can act to ensure the emitted light is desirably defuse. In an embodiment, the diffuser can be removed from the housing for service or replacement.
US11221110B2	LED light bulb construction and manufacture An LED light bulb with integrated power supply, and which may incorporate integrated communications and processing functions. The LED light bulb is designed to be efficiently manufactured in mass quantities using automated assembly techniques, and is constructed to exhibit the spatial light pattern of a regular incandescent bulb as closely as possible. Where communications and processing functions are integrated, the LED light bulb is able to communicate via wireless communications to a mobile phone, notebook, tablet, or other computing device.
US11221098B2	Conduit locking device A conduit locking device includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall disposed between the first end and the second end. The conduit locking device may further include a slide engaged with the sidewall of the housing, the slide including an extension arm and an end portion structurally configured to engage with an inner wall of a conduit. The slide may be extendable via the extension arm from a first position substantially adjacent to the sidewall of the housing to a second position disposed away from the sidewall of the housing, where, when in the second position, the slide is configured to retain the conduit locking device at a fixed position within the conduit through the engagement of the end portion with the inner wall of the conduit.
US11221093B2	Coated pipeline A subsea pipeline has a steel pipe surrounded by a thermally-insulating coating system having at least one thermal insulation layer. The thermal insulation layer has a thermally-insulating matrix in which elongate tensile elements of a thermoplastic polymer, such as monofilament yarns, are embedded. The pipe is preheated to promote bonding between the matrix and the elongate elements and between successive layers of the coating system.
US11221067B2	Control apparatus for vehicle A control apparatus includes an input torque acquisition unit acquiring an input torque input to an automatic transmission input shaft, a clutch torque acquisition unit acquiring a clutch torque of a clutch operated to change a gear stage of the transmission, a torque determination unit determining a change of the input torque and the clutch torque from a first state in which one of the input torque and the clutch torque is greater than the other to a second state in which the other one is greater than the one, a gear ratio calculation unit calculating an intermediate gear ratio between pre-shift and post-shift gear ratios, and a torque calculation unit, when the torque determination unit determines a change of the input torque and the clutch torque from the first state to the second state, executing a process of calculating a target engine torque based on the intermediate gear ratio.
US11221066B2	Ring gear mounting arrangement with oil scavenge scheme A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section including a turbo fan supported on a turbo fan shaft, a turbine section including a turbine shaft, and an epicyclic gear train interconnecting the turbo fan shaft and the turbine shaft. The epicyclic gear train includes a sun gear coupled to the turbine shaft, intermediary gears arranged circumferentially about and meshing with the sun gear, a carrier supporting the intermediary gears, and a ring gear including first and second portions each having an inner periphery with teeth, the first and second portions arranged about and intermeshing with the intermediate gears, the first and second portions abutting one another at a radial interface, the first and second portions including respective flanges extending along the radial interface radially outward from the teeth, and the teeth of the first and second portions being oppositely angled teeth.
US11221056B2	Connecting device A connecting device (10) comprises a first securing arrangement (16) for securing a first elongate article (12) to the connecting device (10). The first elongate article (12) is secured in a first orientation. The connecting device (10) comprises a second securing arrangement (18) for securing a second elongate article (14) to the connecting device (10). The second elongate article (14) is secured in a second orientation. The second orientation is transverse to the first orientation.
US11221052B2	Mount bush A mount bush includes a tubular member, a shaft member disposed inside the tubular member coaxially with an axis of the tubular member and including a coil, a permanent magnet provided on at least one of the tubular member and the shaft member, a magnetic viscoelastic fluid filled in an internal space, a first liquid chamber disposed in the internal space at a first side, a second liquid chamber communicating with the first liquid chamber, and a third liquid chamber communicating with the second liquid chamber, wherein the coil is disposed such that a magnetic path passing through the second liquid chamber in an orientation along at least one of the axial direction and the radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction is formed through electrical conduction, and the permanent magnet is disposed such that a magnetizing direction is formed along the magnetic path.
US11221045B2	Thin-wall bearing and processing method thereof A thin-wall bearing, including an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring surface of the outer ring is provided with an outer ring raceway, and the outer ring surface of the inner ring is provided with an inner ring raceway. A steel ball and a cage for installing the steel ball are arranged between the outer ring raceway and the inner ring raceway. A plurality of screw holes are evenly distributed in a circle around the side wall of the outer ring, and knurled screws are provided in the screw holes, respectively. The fit between the knurled screw and the screw hole 10-Φ9 is to be N6/h5. The radial clearance of the thin-wall bearing is greater than or equal to 0.01 but less than or equal to 0.09. A processing method of the thin-wall bearing.
US11221038B1	Apparatus for and method of creating a super hypermobile, super magnetic joint Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for creating hypermobile joints; hypermobile magnetic joints; super hypermobile joints; and super hypermobile, super magnetic joints. Joints can be simple magnetic, where one ferromagnetic element is a permanent magnet and the other is not; or super magnetic, where both are permanent magnets. Super hypermobile magnetic joints are created with two enclosures, joined magnetically and free to rotate around the other, with ferromagnetic elements inside the enclosures magnetized. As the moments of the magnetic domains of the enclosed magnetized ferromagnetic elements align parallel to each other inside each enclosure, as well as to the moments of the magnetic domains of the other magnetized ferromagnetic elements inside the other enclosure, the resulting magnetic attraction/attachment brings the enclosures together completing the joint. The frictional forces on the surfaces of the enclosures maintains the positions of the enclosures, and thus the joint.
US11221037B2	Safety hook A safety hook includes a hook body having an opening, a pivoting portion and a latching portion. A composite link includes a fixing rod and a guiding post. The fixing rod is pivoted at the pivoting portion, and the guiding post has a positioning portion, a sliding groove and a fastening portion. The guiding post encloses the opening through the fastening portion fastened with the latching portion. A rotating kit includes a sleeve and a pin, and the sleeve sheathes the guiding post and coupled to the composite link. A resilience component is sleeved outside the fixing rod and abutted the sleeve. The composite link is restricted when the sleeve is pushed by the resilience component.
US11221032B2	Terminal block A terminal block 1 includes a plate-like pedestal portion 10 provided with open collar mounting holes 12, and tubular collars 20 to be mounted into the collar mounting holes 12. An inner surface of the collar 20 is so tapered that an inner diameter decreases from one opening 13 of the collar mounting hole 12 toward another opening 13 of the collar mounting hole 12.
US11221024B2	Ceiling fan brace assembly A ceiling fan brace includes a brace having a first segment and a second segment moveable relative to the first segment. A case is removably coupled to the brace. The case has a lower wall, an opening positioned opposite the lower wall, an inner wall extending from the lower wall away from the opening, and an internal cavity at least partially defined by the inner wall. The internal cavity is sized to receive at least one electrical conductor. A passage extends adjacent to the inner wall to receive the brace.
US11221017B2	Method and system for integrated pitch control mechanism actuator hydraulic fluid transfer The variable pitch propeller assembly includes a hub. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a plurality of propeller blade assemblies spaced circumferentially about the hub. Each of the plurality of propeller blade assemblies configured to rotate a respective propeller blade. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a hydraulic fluid port assembly integrally formed and including at least three hydraulic fluid ports configured to receive respective flows of hydraulic fluid from a stationary hydraulic fluid transfer sleeve. The variable pitch propeller assembly also includes a pitch actuator assembly coupled in flow communication with at least three hydraulic fluid ports through respective hydraulic fluid transfer tubes. The pitch actuator coupled to the plurality of propeller blade assemblies to selectively control a pitch of the propeller blades. The pitch actuator assembly includes a travel stop configured to limit a rotation of at least one of the pitch actuator assemblies.
US11221016B2	Centrifugal compressor A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft rotating around an axis, and a plurality of impellers fixed to and integrally rotating with the rotary shaft so that a gas flowing from an upstream side in an axial direction is compressed by being pumped outward in a radial direction. At least one of the plurality of impellers has a design point of a flow rate coefficient φ which is 0.1 to 0.2, and a machine Mach number M0 of 1.1 to 1.3 and is configured to be operable between a flow rate coefficient minimum value φmin and a flow rate coefficient maximum value φmax. An operation range expressed by the following Equation (a) is 30% or higher, (Operation Range)={(Flow Rate Coefficient Maximum Value φmax)−(Flow Rate Coefficient Minimum Value φmin)}/(Flow Rate Coefficient Maximum Value φmax) (a).
US11221003B2	Control valve for a swash plate compressor having a passage controlled by three orifice holes and variable capacity compressor A control valve and a variable capacity compressor having a control valve or a passage connecting the control valve and a crank chamber. A fixed orifice hole is variable which is possible by selectively opening and closing a plurality of holes depending on the operation of the compressor.
US11221000B2	Lift system for opening a top portion of a nacelle A lift system for lifting an openable top portion of a nacelle of a wind turbine has first and second laterally spaced apart jacks pivotally connectable to a bottom portion of the nacelle and the top portion proximate a rear end of the nacelle. The first and second jacks are actuatable to raise and lower a rear of the top portion. The lift system further has a support member pivotally connectable to the bottom portion and the top portion proximate a front end of the nacelle. A front of the top portion is pivotable on the support member when the first and second jacks are actuated without raising or lowering the top portion where the support member is pivotally connected. The lift system permits opening the top portion where the top portion has a U-shaped lip into which a complementary inverted U-shaped lip of a rotor fairing is inserted, and permits opening substantially rectangular or non-rectangular nacelles.
US11220998B2	Wind turbine blade, wind turbine rotor, and wind turbine power generating apparatus A wind turbine blade includes: a blade body portion; and an anti-erosion layer disposed so as to cover a surface of the blade body portion partially. A center point of the anti-erosion layer in a circumferential length direction along a blade profile in a cross section orthogonal to a blade spanwise direction is shifted toward a pressure side from a leading edge of the blade body portion, at least in a part of an extension range of the anti-erosion layer in the blade spanwise direction.
US11220996B2	Control method for a wind turbine A wind turbine includes at least one wind speed sensor, a number of pitch-adjustable rotor blades, and a control system for changing the pitch of the rotor blades and/or a generator torque. The the control system determines at time intervals an error parameter as the difference between an estimated wind speed and a measured wind speed as measured by the wind speed sensor. Then, based on a number of pre-defined wind speed intervals, a group of error parameters is obtained over time for each wind speed interval. For each wind speed interval and for each group of error parameters a wind speed offset is determined based on the average of the error parameters within the group which wind speed offsets are used in adjusting the measured wind speed.
US11220992B2	Wind energy systems Systems can be used to harness energy from winds. For example, this document describes scalable systems having multiple wing-like blades that can efficiently convert wind power into electricity and other types of energy.
US11220989B2	Method of controlling engine restart of vehicle A method of controlling engine restart may include selecting, by a start controller, a first start situation and a second start situation for restarting an engine; determining a current possible start-up through the first and second start situations; prioritizing possible start-ups; and attempting to restart the engine by setting the first and second start situations as first start control and second start control, respectively, based on the priorities of the start-ups.
US11220988B2	Systems and methods for supplying power in a hybrid vehicle using capacitors, a battery and one or more DC/DC converters A system for discharging or charging a capacitor of a hybrid vehicle according to the present disclosure includes a target state of charge (SOC) module and a capacitor charge/discharge module. The target SOC module determines a target state of charge of the capacitor based on a speed of the vehicle. The capacitor charge/discharge module determines whether a state of charge of a capacitor is greater than a target state of charge. The capacitor charge/discharge module dissipates power from the capacitor to at least one of a battery of the vehicle and an electrical load of the vehicle when the state of charge of the capacitor is greater than the target state of charge.
US11220984B2	Electronic fuel injection throttle body assembly Present embodiments provide a throttle body which may be used with a variety of engines of different manufacturers. The throttle body may be used to replace mechanical or hydraulically controlled carburetors with electronic fuel injection. The throttle body may provide improved fuel pathways through and about the throttle body in order to move fuel to opposed side. The throttle bodies may have improved configuration of the fuel injectors. Further, the throttle body may have computer mounted on the throttle body and a notch formed in the throttle body to define a wire routing pathway from the computer to the injectors.
US11220980B2	Fuel system having isolation valves between fuel injectors and common drain conduit A fuel system includes a plurality of fuel injectors connected to a common drain conduit, and a plurality of isolation valve assemblies each positioned fluidly between the common drain conduit and one of the plurality of fuel injectors. Each isolation valve assembly includes a valve member movable between a closed position to block an injection control valve assembly in the fuel injector from the common drain conduit, and an open position, and a biaser biasing the isolation valve member toward the closed position such that fuel injectors are isolated from fluid pressure pulses produced by nozzle check actuation to limit cross-talk among the fuel injectors.
US11220977B2	High-temperature, wear-resistant coating for a linerless engine block A linerless engine block includes a polymer matrix composite having an internal surface that defines a bore. The polymer matrix composite has a first thermal conductivity at the internal surface of at least 5 W/m·° C. The linerless engine block also includes a first bond coating disposed on the internal surface within the bore, and a second wear-resistant coating disposed on the first bond coating within the bore such that the second wear-resistant coating is adhered to the polymer matrix composite by the first bond coating. A method of forming the linerless engine block is also described.
US11220972B2	Control apparatus for compression-ignition type engine An engine control apparatus includes an ignition control section and an injection control section. When the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the ignition control section causes an ignition plug to carry out: main ignition in which a spark is generated in a late period of a compression stroke or an initial period of a expansion stroke to initiate the SI combustion; and preceding ignition in which the spark is generated at earlier timing than the main ignition. Also, when the partial compression ignition combustion is carried out, the injection control section causes the injector to inject fuel at such timing that the fuel exists in a cylinder at an earlier time point than the preceding ignition. The energy of the preceding ignition is set to be higher when fuel concentration specified by a fuel concentration specification section is low than when the fuel concentration is high.
US11220967B1	Mass flow measurement system using adaptive calibration and sensor diagnostics New and/or alternative approaches to determine mass flow using a flow measurement device in a pulsatile flow context. The flow measurement device is configured to generate a delta-pressure measurement. A semi-physical valve model is generated for the flow measurement device, and the delta-pressure measurement is then is isolated using the model. A discharge coefficient map is determined for the flow measurement device by testing using sets of operating parameters for a system. The operating parameters of the system are then used to determine the discharge coefficient for use in estimating mass flow with the semi-physical valve model. The resultant estimated mass flow can be used to control the system, and a Factor of Effective Area estimate generated using the valve model can be used to determine the status of the flow measurement device and identify or predict a need for maintenance.
US11220964B2	Portable generator including proximity sensor A generator including an internal combustion engine having an exhaust outlet, a proximity sensor structured to detect a distance value indicative of a distance between the exhaust outlet and an object, and a controller. The controller includes a proximity circuit structured to receive the distance value from the proximity sensor and a shutdown circuit. The shutdown circuit is structured to receive the distance value from the proximity circuit, determine whether to initiate at least one of an alarm and a shutdown of the generator based on the distance value and a predetermined distance value minimum, and initiate at least one of the alarm and the shutdown of the generator based on determining that the distance value is less than the predetermined distance value minimum.
US11220950B2	Engine cooling system and method for a spark ignited engine Systems, devices, and method are disclosed for differentially cooling an internal combustion engine. A cooling system includes a first cooling circuit configured to lower a temperature of a cooling fluid to a first temperature where the first cooling circuit is configured to dispense a first portion of the cooling fluid to cylinder walls and non-cylinder or non-combustion surfaces of the engine. The cooling system also includes a second cooling circuit configured to lower the temperature of a remaining or second portion of the cooling fluid to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature where the second cooling circuit is configured to dispense the remaining portion of the cooling fluid to cylinder or combustion surfaces within one or more cylinders of the internal combustion engine.
US11220947B2	Method for detecting the icing of a particulate filter, especially of a gasoline particulate filter A method for detecting the icing of a particulate filter, especially of a gasoline particulate filter, includes determining the temperature of the exhaust gas flow flowing through the particulate filter, whereby icing of the particulate filter is detected on the basis of the determined temperature of the exhaust gas flow. The method is improved in that the temperature of the exhaust gas flow upstream from the particulate filter and the temperature of the exhaust gas flow downstream from the particulate filter are determined, whereby on the basis of the measured temperature difference, the heat input into the particulate filter and the quantity of water present in the particulate filter are determined, whereby the aggregates states of the water present in the particulate filter are calculated by drawing up a balance of the heat quantity.
US11220938B2	Device for lubricating a big-end bearing A device lubricates a big-end bearing on a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a piston with a fluid channel and an outlet channel fluidically connected thereto, and a connecting rod. The connecting rod has a small connecting rod eye, a large connecting rod eye and a connecting channel. The small connecting rod eye is fluidically connected to the outlet channel. The connecting channel forms a fluidic connection between the small and large connecting rod eyes so that a cooling lubricant fluid can be supplied from the fluid channel to the large connecting rod eye via the outlet channel, the small connecting rod eye and the connecting channel. In this way, the big-end bearing can be lubricated by cooling oil from the fluid channel of the piston.
US11220936B1	Methods and systems for diagnosing a clogged crankcase and for performing a crankcase clean out Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a clogged crankcase and performing a crankcase clean out. In one example, a method of operating an engine system including an engine includes measuring a crankcase pressure, and in response to the crankcase pressure increasing above a threshold pressure, determining a position of a clogged oil separator in a crankcase, and directing fluid to flow through the clogged oil separator and into the crankcase until a flow rate of the fluid through the clogged oil separator and into the crankcase increases above a threshold flow rate.
US11220935B2	Electromagnetic control device, in particular for adjusting camshafts of an internal combustion engine The application relates to an electromagnetic control device, in particular for adjusting camshafts or a camshaft section of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an energizable coil unit, via which, in an energized state, an armature mounted for movement along a longitudinal axis of the control device can be moved relative to a pole core between a retracted position and an extended position; at least one tappet, which is mounted for movement along the longitudinal axis and, in an extended position, interacts with the camshaft via a free end in order to adjust the camshaft and is connected at an inner end to the armature, wherein the tappet has a first diameter in the region of the free end and has a second diameter in the region of the inner end, and the first diameter is greater than the second diameter.
US11220932B2	Use of perfluoroheptenes in power cycle systems A process is provided for converting heat energy from a heat source to mechanical work or electricity by utilizing a working fluid comprising perfluoroheptene. The process comprises heating a working fluid using heat supplied from the heat source; and expanding the heated working fluid to generate mechanical work. Also provided is an organic Rankine power cycle system utilizing a working fluid comprising perfluoroheptene. Further provided is a method of replacing the working fluid of an Organic Rankine Power Cycle System designed and configured to utilize a working fluid comprising HFC-245fa with a working fluid comprising of a perfluoroheptene.
US11220931B2	Cooling system for a combustion engine and a WHR system A cooling system includes a first circuit (A) configured to cool a combustion engine (2) and a second circuit (B) configured to cool a condenser (19) in a WHR system. The second circuit (B) has a second radiator (16), a first inlet opening (B1i) at which the second circuit (B) receives a coolant from a first position of the first circuit (A), a condenser inlet line (18) configured to direct coolant to the condenser (19) and an outlet opening (Bo) at which the coolant is directed back to the first circuit (A). The second circuit (B) further has a second radiator bypass line (14) directing coolant past the second radiator (16), and a second valve device (13, 13′) configured to distribute the coolant between the second radiator (16) and the second radiator bypass line (14) such that a coolant mixture is received in the condenser inlet line (18) which is able to cool the working medium in the condenser (19) to a desired condensation temperature.
US11220927B2	Assembly for a turbomachine An assembly comprising a vent tube intended to be mounted inside a turbine shaft of a turbomachine. The vent tube has a radially inner annular part from which at least one annular centering part extends radially outwards. The centering part has a groove and a sealing part of a sealing member is mounted in the groove. The sealing part is designed to come into sealing abutment against an inner surface of the turbine shaft. The sealing member has a protective part covering at least one area of the centering part situated upstream and/or downstream of the groove.
US11220925B2	Turbine shroud with friction mounted ceramic matrix composite blade track A turbine shroud adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a seal segment and an attachment unit. The seal segment includes an arcuate shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis and a mount post that extends radially outward away from the shroud wall. The attachment unit includes a first carrier and a second carrier that cooperate to define a channel that receives at least a portion of the mount post.
US11220900B2	Downhole network interface unit for monitoring and control A downhole networking interface unit provides conversion between multiple native format signals of downhole instruments to power line communication messages exchanged with a controller positionable at the surface of a wellbore. Certain aspects and features provide methods of power line communication. In one aspect, a computing device may send and receive messages in a power line communication format over a cable to and from at least one downhole device. The computing device may send and receive messages in the power line communication format to and from a network interface unit that can be coupled to the cable. The network interface unit may have multiple interfaces for communicating downhole using differing types of native signals for differing types of downhole devices such as sensor, instruments, and inductive couplers.
US11220899B2	Gyro measurement while drilling system and method therefor A gyro measurement while drilling system, which includes a strapdown inertial unit, a filtering and level conversion module, a data acquisition and data communication module, a driving mechanism, a driving control module and a navigation computer. A gyro measurement while drilling method, which is used in the measurement while drilling system and includes one or a combination of the following methods: a full parameter variable compensation method, an initial alignment algorithm and a continuous measurement while drilling method. The system and method of the present disclosure can meet the most demanding application scenarios in the field of petroleum drilling measurement, i.e., measurement while drilling (MWD), and are compatible with other scenarios, such as wireline measurement, gyro steerable measurement and other application fields; the system and method also solve the problems of environmental adaptability, bias repeatability and bias error of a gyroscope in a high-temperature and vibration environment, and solve the technical problems of an inertial instrument in a deep steerable drilling application scenario from the perspective of systems.
US11220891B2	Shaped charge with tri-radii liner for oilfield perforating Provided are liners for a shaped charge and corresponding methods of use. An example liner comprises a generally conical shape having an apex, an open side, a liner wall comprising a thickness, and an axis extending through the center of the liner from the apex to the center of the open side. The liner comprises a liner height extending in a vertical plane from the center of the open side to the apex, a liner radius extending along a horizontal plane that is perpendicular to the axis at the open side of the liner and that extends from the axis to an outermost edge of the liner wall. The ratio of the liner height to the liner diameter is about 0.90 to about 1.10. The liner wall comprises an apex curvature, a first wall curvature, a second wall curvature, and a third wall curvature.
US11220888B2	Method for optimizing performance of an automated control system for drilling A method for optimizing performance of a drilling process by an automated control system for drilling, comprising obtaining a measure of performance for each drilling activity of a set of drilling activities for the drilling process; calculating an activity performance index for each drilling activity by obtaining reference data for each drilling activity, comparing the measures of performance for each drilling activity to the reference data for the particular drilling activity, calculating the activity performance index for each drilling activity based on the comparison; generating a drilling process performance index based on the activity performance indexes; comparing, for each of the drilling activities, a configuration of one or more drilling parameters to a reference configuration of drilling parameters associated with the reference data for the particular drilling activity; and adjusting the configuration of one or more drilling parameters associated with one or more drilling activities based on the comparison.
US11220883B1	Retrievable back pressure valve and method of using same The present invention is a retrievable back pressure valve device and method of using the same that may be placed in tubing during well completion and retrieved as desired by dropping a ball down hole, which then interacts with the valve to shear the positioning points allowing for retrieval as the valve is allowed to move up the well to be removed from same.
US11220879B2	Plug and plug and abandonment system The present invention relates to an abandonment plug for plug and abandonment of a well, said abandonment plug comprising a first end part being closable or closed, a second end part being tubular and having a groove in an inner face, an expandable metal sleeve arranged between the end parts, the end parts being more rigid than the expandable metal sleeve, and an unit releasably connected to the second tubular end part, the unit comprising at least one radially projectable fastening element, a unit sleeve, and a piston movable in the unit sleeve for, in a first position, forcing the radially projectable fastening element and, in a second position, being offset in relation to the radially projectable fastening element, allowing the radially projectable fastening element to move radially inwards. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a plug and abandonment system comprising the abandonment plug according to the present invention.
US11220877B2	Protective cap assembly for subsea equipment A protective cap assembly uses a heavy corrosion inhibitor fluid in the primary chamber (the central bore of the mandrel or hub) and a lightweight corrosion inhibitor fluid in the zones outside of the mandrel or hub. The protective cap assembly uses a two port hot stab receptacle and connects the first port to the primary chamber and the second port to the secondary inlet port with a secondary inlet check valve. The primary chamber is vented directly to the subsea environment. With the secondary inlet check valve added to the secondary inlet port, the second port of the protective cap assembly is connected directly to the secondary inlet check valve.
US11220875B2	Retrieval of bottom hole assembly components from a subterranean well An apparatus can include a cable head assembly with a cable head stinger connected to a weak link, and a release assembly including a bushing that radially outwardly supports a dog in engagement with an internal groove formed in an outer housing. A method can include connecting a bottom hole assembly to a wireline, the connecting including connecting the wireline to a cable head stinger of a cable head assembly; deploying the wireline and bottom hole assembly into the well; applying a tensile force to the wireline, thereby breaking a weak link of the cable head assembly; and then displacing the cable head stinger into engagement with a bushing of the release assembly, thereby permitting a dog to displace radially inwardly out of engagement with an internal groove in the release assembly.
US11220870B2	Cable system for downhole use and method of perforating a wellbore tubular A metal wellbore tubular wall of a wellbore tubular, having a cable system arranged on an outside thereof, is to be perforated downhole. The cable system contains a fiber-optic cable, and a magnetic-permeability element with a relative magnetic permeability μr,m of at least 2,000, such as an electrical steel, is configured along a length of the fiber-optic cable. The cable system is located by sensing the magnetic-permeability element through the metal wellbore tubular wall, using a magetic orienting tool which is being lowered into the wellbore tubular. subsequently, the metal wellbore tubular wall is perforated in a direction away from the cable system.
US11220868B2	Split threads for fixing accessories to a body An accessory is coupled to a body using a connection member inserted into a plurality of lateral recesses of a bore. The accessory includes a complementary connection mechanism to the connection member and is tightened in the bore with a torque. An example accessory is a nozzle for use with a drill bit. The nozzle includes threads and the drill bit includes a nozzle bore with lateral recesses. Partial thread segments are inserted into the lateral recesses, and the nozzle is threaded to the partial thread segments.
US11220866B2	Drilling oscillation systems and shock tools for same A shock tool for reciprocating a drillstring includes an outer housing. The outer housing has a central axis, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a passage extending axially from the first end to the second end. In addition, the shock tool includes a mandrel assembly coaxially disposed in the passage of the outer housing and configured to move axially relative to the outer housing. The mandrel assembly has a first end axially spaced from the outer housing, a second end disposed in the outer housing, and a passage extending axially from the first end of the mandrel assembly to the second end of the mandrel assembly. The mandrel assembly includes a mandrel and a first annular piston fixably coupled to the mandrel. The first annular piston is disposed at the second end of the mandrel assembly and sealingly engages the outer housing.
US11220859B2	Electromagnetically operated protection mechanism, system, and method A room protection mechanism for protecting access through a window or doorway includes a flexible barrier sheet adjustable between a collapsed, storage configuration, and a deployed configuration. The protection mechanism includes a housing storing the flexible barrier sheet in the collapsed configuration. Sheet magnetic elements are attached to the flexible barrier sheet, and structured to magnetically couple to frame magnetic elements mounted to a frame of the doorway or window. The protection mechanism can be deployed, such as in a school or other institutional setting, to position the flexible barrier sheet to block access through the doorway or window. The flexible barrier sheet may be formed of or include a ballistic material.
US11220853B2	Door presenter with toothed clutch A door presenter with a toothed clutch includes an extensible member that is controllable by a motor. The extensible member is driven by a lead screw, which is rotated by the motor via the toothed clutch to translate the extensible member. The toothed clutch includes a coupling disk and a coupling lever. The coupling disk is rotationally fixed to the lead screw, and the coupling lever is rotationally fixed to a drive gear driven by the motor. An axial load applied to the extensible member toward the toothed clutch causes rotation of the lead screw and coupling disk when the load exceeds a clutch disengagement threshold. The clutch will reengage after further relative rotation of the coupling disk and the coupling lever, which may occur in response to rotation of the lead screw or rotation of the coupling lever caused by actuation of the motor.
US11220851B2	Hinge lubrication device A device for lubricating a hinge includes a housing, a first elongated opening, a lubrication opening, a lubrication collection chamber, and an absorption element. The first elongated opening allows the housing to be placed over a portion of a hinge. The lubrication opening is for receiving a lubrication straw. The lubrication collection chamber is located at a bottom of the housing, and the absorption element is located within the lubrication collection chamber.
US11220840B1	Rekeyable lock with small increments A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes a plurality of key followers and a corresponding plurality of racks disposed in the plug assembly. Disengaging the racks from the key followers allows rekeying of the lock cylinder.
US11220831B2	Pipeline system of inflatable spa A pipeline system of an inflatable SPA is provided. The pipeline system includes an air inlet pipeline; a water inlet pipeline, distributed along a circumferential direction of the inflatable SPA; and a plurality of jets for massage, where each of the plurality of jets includes a first water inlet, a first air inlet and an air-liquid mixing outlet, the first air inlet is connected with the air inlet pipeline, the first water inlet is connected with the water inlet pipeline, and air and water can be mixed in each of the plurality of jets and sprayed from the air-liquid mixing outlet. The water with bubbles can be sprayed into pool cavity surrounded by an inner pool wall of the inflatable SPA, which can play a massage effect on users.
US11220828B2	Fastening element for wall formwork A fastening element which can be mounted on the upper side of a positionable formwork wall of a formwork system. The fastening element has an angular element with a first leg and a second leg. The first leg can take the form of a mounting part which can be fastened in a reversibly releasable manner to the positionable formwork wall. As an alternative to this, the first leg can be arranged directly or indirectly on the mounting part. The free end of the second leg has a connection possibility for a push-pull prop or is connected to a push-pull prop. The angular element is preferably designed to be pivotable with respect to the mounting part. With the positionable formwork wall set up, the positionable formwork wall can form, together with the fastening element and the push-pull prop, an arch into which a closing formwork wall can be inserted.
US11220826B2	Set of floor panels and method for installing this set of floor panels A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
US11220815B2	Underground storage system with V shaped support legs Individual four-sided shaped modules used in an assembly for underground storage of storm water and other fluid storage needs. Modules are assembled into a resultant four-sided tiling shape for maximized structural strength and material use efficiency. Internal four-sided shaped modules are assembled and encased by external four-sided shaped modules. Internal adjacent modules are in direct fluid communications with one another through a channel-less chamber. Internal four-sided shaped modules drain into four-sided shaped modules chamber where fluid is either stored or drained. Assemblies include various top and side pieces along with access ports for entry into said assembly.
US11220808B2	Kitchen faucet including a rotatable support arm A faucet including a base, an arm including a first end supported by the base, and a sprayer assembly supported by a second end of the arm. The first end of the arm is pivotable about a first pivot axis, and the sprayer assembly is pivotable about a second pivot axis.
US11220801B2	Center pintle hub A center pintle hub to be affixed to a base of a machine. The center pintle hub includes a base portion and a support portion. The base portion is formed to be affixed to the base. The support portion extends from the base portion and has a frusto-conical shape that can receive a center pintle shaft. The center pintle shaft can support a frame of the machine and provide rotation of the frame with respect to the base.
US11220800B2	System for anchoring a pile or jacket and corresponding method A system for holding a tubular sleeve (2) in a receiving structure during setting of a cement or other binder introduced in a fluid state between the sleeve (2) and the receiving structure, comprising:—at least one expandable structure (4) mounted on the sleeve (2), deformable from an inactive configuration allowing insertion of the sleeve (2) in the receiving structure to an active configuration immobilizing the sleeve (2) in the receiving structure,—at least one corresponding tool to be inserted in the sleeve (2), configured for acting on the expandable structure (4) to cause it to pass from the inactive configuration to the active configuration.
US11220787B2	Fine cellulose fiber-containing substance, method for manufacturing the same, and fine cellulose fiber dispersion A fine cellulose fiber-containing substance that has excellent dispersibility in water and can be manufactured easily. A method is for manufacturing the fine cellulose fiber-containing substance, and a method is for manufacturing a fine cellulose fiber dispersion. A fine cellulose fiber-containing substance contains fine cellulose fibers into which a phosphite containing a cation of an inorganic substance is introduced. The ratio of the cation of the inorganic substance with respect to 1 g of the fine cellulose fibers is 0.14 mmol or more. In manufacturing the fine cellulose fiber-containing substance, a phosphite is introduced into cellulose fibers, and then the cellulose fibers are defibrated to obtain a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers, during which an alkali metal ion-containing substance is added to the cellulose fibers, and the dispersion is concentrated. In manufacturing a fine cellulose fiber dispersion, the fine cellulose fiber-containing substance is mixed with water.
US11220784B2	Multi-layer papermaker's forming fabric with auxiliary bottom MD yarns A papermaker's fabric includes a series of repeat units, wherein each of the repeat units includes: a set of top machine direction MD yarns having a first diameter; a set of bottom MD yarns having a second diameter larger than the first diameter; a set of auxiliary bottom MD yarns having the first diameter; a set of top cross machine direction CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns and the auxiliary bottom MD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; and a set of stitching yarns arranged in pairs, wherein at least one of the stitching yarns of the pair interweaves with the top and bottom fabric layers.
US11220779B2	Door-lock with door sensing A door-lock for household appliances, comprising a casing (12) having an opening (14) for the insertion of a hook (15) carried by a door of said household appliance, a cam (16) rotatable relative to the casing (12) about a first axis (A) between a retaining position and a release position, wherein in the retaining position said cam (16) is adapted to lock said hook (15) in a closed door position, a locking slider (20) cooperating with said cam (16) and movable between an unlocking position and a locking position, wherein in the locking position the slider (20) locks the cam (16) in the retaining position, a locking pin (28) for locking the locking slider (20) in the locking position, a door sensing slider (32) movable between an open door position and a closed door position, the door sensing slider (32) having an abutment portion (36) including a top surface (38) and an inclined surface (40) and a door sensing pin (46) elastically biased against said abutment portion (36) of the door sensing slider (32), wherein in the open door position of the door sensing slider (32) the door sensing pin (46) is in contact with said top surface (38) and in the closed door position of the door sensing slider (32) the door sensing pin (46) is in contact with said inclined surface (40).
US11220778B2	Appliance comprising a water inlet module An appliance having: a control unit managing the operation of the appliance; at least one hydraulic component actionable for distributing water/treating liquids within the appliance; a plurality of sensors arranged for acquiring information regarding physical parameters associated with the operation of the appliance, and a module managing at least part of the water/treating liquids distribution within the appliance. The module includes the at least one hydraulic component; at least two sensors of the plurality of sensors, and a local control unit managing the operation of the at least one hydraulic component and/or receiving the information acquired by the at least two sensors.
US11220759B2	Method of manufacturing a group III-nitride crystal comprising a nucleation step, a pyramid growth step, a lateral growth step, and a flat thick film growth step A method of manufacturing a group-III nitride crystal includes: a seed crystal preparation step of preparing a plurality of dot-shaped group-III nitrides on a substrate as a plurality of seed crystals for growth of a group-III nitride crystal; and a crystal growth step of bringing surfaces of the seed crystals into contact with a melt containing an alkali metal and at least one group-III element selected from gallium, aluminum, and indium in an atmosphere containing nitrogen and thereby reacting the group-III element with the nitrogen in the melt to grow the group-III nitride crystal.
US11220756B2	Three-dimensional crystalline, homogeneous, and hybrid nanostructures fabricated by electric field directed assembly of nanoelements A variety of homogeneous or layered hybrid nanostructures are fabricated by electric field-directed assembly of nanoelements. The nanoelements and the fabricated nanostructures can be conducting, semi-conducting, or insulating, or any combination thereof. Factors for enhancing the assembly process are identified, including optimization of the electric field and combined dielectrophoretic and electrophoretic forces to drive assembly. The fabrication methods are rapid and scalable. The resulting nanostructures have electrical and optical properties that render them highly useful in nanoscale electronics, optics, and biosensors.
US11220752B2	Process for surface treatment of aluminum or aluminum alloys by an alkaline chemical bath A process for surface treatment of semi-finished aluminum products is provided. The process includes preparing an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and dissolved metallic aluminum, kept in suspension by adding complexing agents including gluconate and sorbitol, and placing a semi-finished aluminum product in contact with the aqueous solution, maintaining temperature of the aqueous solution within a predetermined range.
US11220751B2	Gear shaft and method of manufacturing A method of manufacturing a gear shaft including depositing only a first material via directed energy deposition (DED), forming a first portion of the gear shaft via the depositing only the first material via directed energy deposition (DED), forming a transitioning portion of the gear shaft via depositing of a varying ratio of the first material with a second material via DED, and forming a second portion of the gear shaft via the depositing via DED of only the second material.
US11220749B2	Particle coating method and particle coating apparatus A particle coating method includes placing magnetic particles in a vessel, fixing the magnetic particles by a magnetic force caused by a magnetic field generated in the vessel, and forming a coating film on surfaces of the magnetic particles by an atomic layer deposition method. Further, the method preferably includes forming a coating film on surfaces of the magnetic particles by an atomic layer deposition method in a state where the magnetic particles are fixed by the magnetic force in a first direction, thereby obtaining coated magnetic particles, and forming a coating film on surfaces of the coated magnetic particles in a state where the coated magnetic particles are fixed by the magnetic force in a second direction different from the first direction.
US11220748B2	Gas supply and layer deposition apparatus including the same A gas supply for a layer deposition apparatus including a plurality of charge distribution lines connected to a first gas supply source and a plurality of gas filling tanks respectively connected to the charge distribution lines is disclosed. Each of the gas filling tanks may be pressurized with a first gas from the first gas supply source, and a gas supply line connected to a second gas supply source. The apparatus may include a multi-dosing valve assembly connected to outlet portions of the gas filling tanks and configured to supply, sequentially, the first gas from the gas filling tanks to a process chamber. The multi-dosing valve assembly may include a flow path block having a main supply line connected to the process chamber and a backflow prevention valve block fastened to the flow path block and having an opening/closing valve therein.
US11220747B2	Complementary pattern station designs Apparatus and methods to process one or more wafers are described. A first processing station has a first gas flow pattern from one or more of a first gas diffuser, a first cooling channel pattern, or a first heater. A second processing station has a second gas flow pattern from one or more of a second gas diffuser, a second cooling channel pattern, or a second heater. The second gas diffuser, the second cooling channel pattern, or the second heater is rotated or translated relative to the first gas diffuser, the first cooling channel pattern, or the first heater to provide the second gas flow pattern complementary to the first gas flow pattern.
US11220745B2	Coated cutting tool A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate comprising a cubic boron nitride sintered body and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises a Ti carbonitride layer comprising Ti(CxN1-x); an average thickness of the Ti carbonitride layer is 0.5 μm or more and 5.0 μm or less; in the Ti carbonitride layer, R75 is higher than R25; in the Ti carbonitride layer, a texture coefficient TC (111) of a (111) plane is 1.0 or more and 2.0 or less; and in X-ray diffraction measurement of the Ti carbonitride layer, an absolute value of a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of 2θ is 0.1° or less on the (111) plane when the measurement is performed at each of ψ angles of 0°, 30°, 50° and 70°.
US11220730B2	Stable undercooled metallic particles for engineering at ambient conditions Undercooled liquid metallic core-shell particles, whose core is stable against solidification at ambient conditions, i.e. under near ambient temperature and pressure conditions, are used to join or repair metallic non-particulate components. The undercooled-shell particles in the form of nano-size or micro-size particles comprise an undercooled stable liquid metallic core encapsulated inside an outer shell, which can comprise an oxide or other stabilizer shell typically formed in-situ on the undercooled liquid metallic core. The shell is ruptured to release the liquid phase core material to join or repair a component(s).
US11220720B2	Electrical steel processing without a post cold-rolling intermediate anneal Embodiments of the present invention comprise; annealing steel sheets (e.g., hot rolled steel sheets or thin cast strip steel); cold rolling the sheets in one or more cold rolling steps (e.g., with annealing steps between multiple cold rolling steps); and performing one or more of tension leveling, a rough rolling, or a coating process on the sheets after cold rolling, without an intermediate annealing step between the final cold rolling step and the tension leveling, the rough rolling, or the coating process, or the customer stamping or final customer annealing. In order to achieve the desired properties for the steel sheet, stamping and final annealing is performed by the customer. The new process provides an electrical steel with the similar, same, or better magnetic properties than an electrical steel manufactured using the traditional processing that utilizes an intermediate annealing step after cold rolling and before the stamping and final annealing.
US11220710B2	RNA sequencing methods Described herein are methods for determining a sequence of a region of interest from an mRNA molecule. Sequenced polynucleotides can include a barcode region, a homopolymer region (e.g., a poly-A region), and a target region associated with the mRNA molecule. According to some methods, the barcode region omits the same base present in the homopolymer region. According to some methods, extension of the primer used for sequencing is stalled within the homopolymer region. According to some methods, sequencing flow cycles and the different barcode regions of the polynucleotides configured are such that the primer is extended to the end of the barcode region across the plurality of polynucleotides before being extended into the homopolymer region. According to some methods, two primers or a cleavable primer is used to separately sequence the barcode region and the target region.
US11220707B1	Compositions and methods for pairwise sequencing The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that employ the compositions for conducting pairwise sequencing and for generating concatemer template molecules for pairwise sequencing. The concatemers can be generated using a rolling circle amplification reaction which is conducted either on-support, or conducted in-solution and then distributed onto a support. The rolling circle amplification reaction generates concatemers containing tandem copies of a sequence of interest and at least one universal adaptor sequence. An increase in the number of tandem copies in a given concatemer increases the number of sites along the concatemer for hybridizing to multiple sequencing primers which serve as multiple initiation sites for polymerase-catalyzed sequencing reactions. When the sequencing reaction employs detectably labeled nucleotides and/or detectably labeled multivalent molecules (e.g., having nucleotide units), the signals emitted by the nucleotides or nucleotide units that participate in the parallel sequencing reactions along the concatemer yields an increased signal intensity for each concatemer.
US11220704B2	Method for measuring HbA1c Provided is a method of avoiding the influence of a coexisting substance in the measurement of HbA1c % for a whole blood sample by an enzymatic method. Specifically, provided is a method of measuring a ratio of a hemoglobin A1c concentration to a hemoglobin concentration in a sample by an enzymatic method, the method including: a first step of optically measuring the hemoglobin concentration; and a second step of optically measuring the hemoglobin A1c concentration, wherein, when HbA1c % is calculated by dividing the hemoglobin A1c concentration measured in the second step by the hemoglobin concentration measured in the first step, the hemoglobin concentration serving as a denominator, which is measured at a first wavelength, is corrected using a result measured at a second wavelength.
US11220703B2	Fluorometric and colorimetric quantification techniques with autonomously and reversibly stalling catalytic signal amplification Provided herein are analytical methods utilizing a self-limiting catalytic reaction, and compositions and kits useful therefore. In one aspect the method is used to quantify Pd, and in another, the method is a horseradish peroxidase assay.
US11220701B2	Method for enzymatic preparation of R-3 aminobutyric acid An R-3-aminobutyric acid preparation method with high efficiency and high stereoselectivity. The method comprises using aspartase with stereoisomerization catalytic activity derived from Escherichia coli to efficiently convert butenoic acid into R-3-aminobutyric acid. After only 24 h of reaction, the conversion rate is as high as ≥98%, and the ee value is ≥99.9%. The conversion efficiency is greatly improved, the reaction time is shortened, and the production costs are reduced. The method features a high yield, a high conversion rate, low costs, a short production cycle, a simple process, ease of enlargement, suitability for mass production and the like.
US11220693B2	Method for converting monocot plant genome sequence in which nucleic acid base in targeted DNA sequence is specifically converted, and molecular complex used therein The present invention provides a method of modifying a targeted site of a double stranded DNA of a monocot cell, comprising a step of contacting a complex wherein a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module that specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in the given double stranded DNA and a nucleic acid base converting enzyme are bonded, with said double stranded DNA, to convert one or more nucleotides in the targeted site to other one or more nucleotides or delete one or more nucleotides, or insert one or more nucleotides into said targeted site, without cleaving at least one strand of said double stranded DNA in the targeted site, wherein the double stranded DNA is contacted with the complex by introducing a nucleic acid encoding the complex into the monocot cell. Furthermore, also provided is a complex used for the method, wherein a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module that specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in a double stranded DNA of a monocot cell and a nucleic acid base converting enzyme are bonded.
US11220684B2	Platform and method for identifying past exposure to chemical agents or heavy metals A method for determining past exposure to chemical agents or heavy metals may include coating a capture material with a capture reagent. The capture reagent may be selected based on an ability of the capture reagent to bind with a target antibody, and the target antibody may be an indicator associated with a particular chemical agent or heavy metal. The method may further include interrogating a clinical sample associated with an individual by forming a mixture of the capture material and the clinical sample, and determining an exposure status of the individual to the particular chemical agent or heavy metal based on whether the capture material demonstrates capture of the indicator.
US11220682B2	Introducing method of l-dihydroxyphenylalanine in target protein Provided is a method of genetically incorporating an L-dihydroxyphenylalanine in a target protein.
US11220679B2	Polypeptides having trehalase activity The present invention relates to trehalase variants of the Myceliophthora sepedonium GH37 trehalase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US11220678B2	Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered PAM specificity Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered and improved PAM specificities and their use in genomic engineering, epigenomic engineering, and genome targeting.
US11220666B2	Bacterial strain clostridium histolyticum and methods of use thereof Bacterial strain Clostridium histolyticum was deposited in CCM (Czech Collection of Microorganisms at Masaryk University, Faculty of Science) under No. CCM 8656. This strain produces proteolytic enzymes including collagenase, elastinase, neutral proteases and clostripain under anaerobic conditions at a temperature from 25° C. to 45° C. The strain is used for the production of a mixture of two collagenases, col 1 and col 2, with molecular weight 116 kDa and 126 kDa, and possibly clostripain. The mixture of the above-mentioned collagenases and possibly clostripain obtained from the above-mentioned strain is used for the isolation of Langerhans islets.
US11220665B2	Production method of filamentous fungus pellet Provided is a method for producing a high-density filamentous fungal pellet. A method for producing a filamentous fungal pellet, comprising a step of germinating spores of a filamentous fungus in a culture medium containing a cationic polymer.
US11220657B2	Solid perfume composition delivering softening Solid particulate compositions for fabric treatment having at least one cationic polymer, at least one water-soluble carrier, at least one fragrance, at least one buffer system, and other optional ingredients. During a wash cycle, the compositions deliver softening to the fabrics. The disclosure further provides a method of making a solid particulate composition for fabric treatment including: mixing a water-soluble solid carrier and a buffer system to form a mixture; wherein the solid carrier is an aqueous salt having a water vapor partial pressure at a temperature from about 30° C. to about 100° C. that corresponds to the water vapor partial pressure of a saturated solution of the salt at the same temperature; adding a cationic polymer and a fragrance into the mixture; mixing the mixture; heating the mixture and obtaining a melt thereby; and cooling and shaping the melt into individual particles including melt bodies.
US11220650B2	Grease composition A grease composition containing a base oil and a calcium complex soap as a thickening agent, wherein a C18-22 straight chain, substituted or unsubstituted higher fatty acid; a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic monocarboxylic acid having a benzene ring; a C2-4 straight-chain saturated lower fatty acid; and a substituted or unsubstituted saturated dicarboxylic acid are used as carboxylic acids constituting the calcium complex soap.
US11220633B2	Process for the thermo-catalytic conversion of polymeric materials A continuous process for the cracking of a polymeric material, includes the continuous introduction of the polymeric material in a stream or bath of molten catalyst. A plant for the cracking of a polymeric material is also related and includes a closed circuit/environment containing a molten catalyst, and an element adapted to keep the molten catalyst in continuous motion.
US11220616B2	Barrier films Various polymeric barrier compositions are described which when formed into films, are useful in reducing transmission of odors. The films can be incorporated into a wide range of products such as multilayer barrier films used in medical applications and particularly in ostomy appliances. In certain versions, the films include semi-crystalline cyclic olefin copolymers.
US11220608B2	Powder mixture comprising organic peroxide Powder mixture comprising 20-80 wt % of one or more powdered organic peroxides selected from the group consisting of dibenzoyl peroxide and substituted dibenzoyl peroxides, 20-80 wt % of a powdered filler material, at least 60 wt %, thereof consisting of a solid inorganic flame retardant, and 0-20 wt % water.
US11220605B2	Fused anti-soiling and anti-reflective coatings A method for applying a coating to a surface includes the step of providing a reaction mixture comprising a silicon alkoxide and an alcohol. A reaction limiting amount of water is added. The silicon alkoxides and water are allowed to react to form silica precursor particles during an initial reaction period. A coating precursor composition is prepared by adding an acid soluble in the alcohol to the reaction mixture during a second reaction period after the initial reaction period. The precursor silica particles grow to form silica nanofeatures having a major dimension that is larger than a major dimension of the silica precursor particles. The coating precursor composition is applied to a surface, and the alcohol and water are allowed to evaporate and the silica nanofeatures to adhere to the surface and form a nanostructured layer on the surface. A coating precursor composition and a coated article are also disclosed.
US11220591B2	Rubber composition comprising a specific hydrocarbon resin A rubber composition based on at least: from 50 to 100 phr of one or more diene elastomers, referred to as very low glass transition temperature (Tg) diene elastomers, having a Tg within a range of from −110° C. to −70° C., selected from butadiene homopolymers, copolymers of butadiene and of a vinylaromatic monomer, having a content of vinylaromatic units of between 0 and 5% by weight, and mixtures thereof a reinforcing filler a crosslinking system; and from 40 to 150 phr of at least one hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin predominantly composed of units derived from C9 monomers, the resin having a content of aromatic protons of less than 25% and a content of ethylenic protons of less than 1%.
US11220590B2	Preparation having a low phenol content on the basis of thermoplastic polyurethane The invention relates to a preparation comprising A) thermoplastic polyurethane produced at least from the following starting materials: (a) isocyanate, (b) a substance which is reactive toward isocyanate and which preferably comprises (c) chain extender and/or (d) catalyst and, as other starting materials, (e) additional and/or auxiliary substances, which are either added to the thermoplastic polyurethane during the production process and thus are comprised in the thermoplastic polyurethane, where at least one of the starting materials comprises a phenoxy group or a derivative of the phenoxy group, and the phenol content of the preparation or the sum of the phenol contents of the thermoplastic polyurethane comprised in the preparation and of all of the other starting materials is less than 100 ppm by weight, and also to corresponding production processes and uses.
US11220585B2	Hollow particles and use of same Hollow particles each having a shell composed of at least one layer, wherein the at least one layer contains a nitrogen atom-containing resin having a refractive index of 1.57 or less.
US11220583B2	Block copolymer, ion-exchange membrane and method of preparing block copolymer A block copolymer, an ion-exchange membrane including the block copolymer and a method of preparing the block copolymer are provided. The block copolymer may include a hydrophobic repeating unit and a hydrophilic repeating unit.
US11220581B2	Polymer gel with crosslinker and filler An aqueous dispersion includes polyacrylamide, a crosslinker, and a filler. The crosslinker includes at least one of hydroquinone or hexamethylenetetramine. The filler includes at least one of a metal oxide or a nanomaterial. The metal oxide includes at least one of zirconium oxide, zirconium hydroxide, or titanium oxide. The nanomaterial includes at least one of graphene, graphene oxide, or boron nitride. In some cases, the filler is a nanocomposite of the metal oxide and the nanomaterial.
US11220577B2	Polyamide compound A novel polymer having self-healing properties is provided. The polyamide compound contains a dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (1) and a diamine unit represented by the following general formula (2). This polyamide compound is excellent in self-healing properties.
US11220567B2	Hydrophobically modified acrylic rheology modifiers having high carbon number hydrophobes A hydrophobically modified rheology modifier comprising: (a) from 1 to 20 wt % polymerized units of H2C═C(R)C(O)O(CH2CH2O)n(CH(R′)CH2O)mR″; (b) from 35 to 75 wt % polymerized units of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates; and (c) from 20 to 60 wt % polymerized units of C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomers; wherein R is H or CH3, R′ is methyl or ethyl; R″ is C29-C60 alkyl; n is an average number from 20 to 100 and m is an average number from 0 to 50, provided that n≥m.
US11220558B2	Method, an arrangement and use of an arrangement of preparing polymer A method and arrangement of producing polymer comprising polymerizing in reactor having a top zone having a generally conical shape, a middle zone in direct contact with and below said top zone having a generally cylindrical shape, a bottom zone having a generally conical shape thereby polymerizing at least one olefin, in the presence of a polymerization catalyst and fluidization gas to obtain (i) a first stream comprising fluidization gas and particles of olefin polymer, (ii) a second stream comprising fluidization gas and agglomerates of olefin polymer, (iii) a third olefin polymer product stream, —directing the first stream comprising fluidization gas and olefin polymer particles to a series of at least three cyclones connected to the fluidized bed reactor, —separating agglomerates of olefin polymer from the second stream, withdrawing from the fluidized bed polymerization reactor the third olefin polymer product stream.
US11220557B2	Method and system for polymerizing acrylates The invention relates to a method for polymerizing acrylates using a reactor (50). Reaction heat produced in the reactor (50) is discharged via a boiling cooler (40) in that gaseous vapors produced in the reactor (50) are supplied to the boiling cooler (40), and condensed vapors are returned to the reactor (50) from the boiling cooler (40). At least one component containing acrylate is at least partly added via the boiling cooler (40) and reaches the reactor (50) via the boiling cooler (40). The invention additionally relates to a system for polymerizing an acrylate, comprising a reactor (50) and a boiling cooler (40) for discharging reaction heat produced in the reactor (50). The boiling cooler (40) has at least one filling opening (46) for supplying at least one component containing acrylate.
US11220555B2	Genetic engineering of non-human animals for the production of chimeric antibodies The invention provides non-human cells and mammals having a genome encoding chimeric antibodies and methods of producing transgenic cells and mammals. Certain aspects of the invention include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and kits. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to diagnostic and treatment methods using the antibodies of the invention.
US11220552B2	Anti-CD20 combinations for treating tumors The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations and methods for treating cancers using combination therapy.
US11220545B2	Methods for upregulating immune responses using combinations of anti-RGMb and anti-PD-1 agents The present invention relates to methods for upregulating immune responses using combinations of anti-RGMb and anti-PD-1 agents.
US11220543B2	Antibody binding specifically to CD66c and use thereof The present invention relates to an anti-CD66c antibody and its use for treating cancer, and more particularly, it is possible to induce T-cell activation or humoral immune response using an antibody specifically recognizing CD66c. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a vector comprising the nucleic acid molecule, a host cell and the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is used for alleviation, prevention, treatment or diagnosis of CD66c-related disease.
US11220527B2	Peptides derived from the propeptide NTSR3 and their use in the treatment of depression Disclosed are new peptides derived from the neurotensin receptor 3 (NTSR3), and to their use, particularly in the treatment of various diseases, especially depression.
US11220522B2	Cytotoxic platinum complex, its preparation and therapeutic use Platinum(IV) complexes especially suitable for antitumor therapy and methods for their preparation. Further provided is a method for treating a subject, in particular a human, suffering from a disease including administering a platinum(IV) complex of the present invention, which disease is especially preferably but not exclusively a cancer. Further provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells by contacting the cells with a platinum(IV) complex of the present invention and a pharmaceutical composition including a platinum(IV) complex of the present invention. The platinum(IV) complexes of the present invention represent a novel class of platinum anticancer prodrugs for the treatment of diseases especially of cancer. The platinum(IV) complexes of the present invention exhibit advantageously high cytotoxic activity in various cancer types superior to commonly used platinum-based complexes. In addition, the complexes proved to be highly effective even against cisplatin-resistant cancers.
US11220514B2	Methods for the preparation of 1,3-benzodioxole heterocyclic compounds The present invention relates to novel methods for the preparation of 1,3-benzodioxole heterocyclic compounds of formula (I). The compounds are useful as PDE4 inhibitors.
US11220512B2	Biologically active taxane analogs and methods of treatment by oral administration The present invention relates to a novel chemical compound for use in the treatment of cancer, to compositions containing said compound, methods of manufacture and combinations with other therapeutic agents.
US11220508B2	TYK2 inhibitors and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of TYK2, and the treatment of TYK2-mediated disorders.
US11220501B2	Solid forms of {6-[(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yl)sulfanyl]-3-[(3S,4S)-4-amino-3-methyl-2-oxa-8- azaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl]-5-methylpyrazin-2-yl} methanol, a SHP2 inhibitor The present disclosure relates to crystalline solid forms of {6-[(2-amino-3-chloropyridin-4-yl)sulfanyl]-3-[(3S,4S)-4-amino-3-methyl-2-oxa-8-azaspiro[4.5]decan-8-yl]-5-methylpyrazin-2-yl}methanol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, the process of preparing the forms, and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.
US11220499B2	Dihydropyrimidinoisoquinolinones and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of inflammatory disorders A compound according to Formula Ia: wherein L1, G, and R1 are as described herein. The present invention relates to novel compounds according to Formula I that antagonize GPR84, a G-protein-coupled receptor that is involved in inflammatory conditions, and methods for the production of these novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions (for example inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung interstitial diseases (e.g. idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF))), neuroinflammatory conditions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, and/or diseases involving impairment of immune cell functions by administering a compound of the invention.
US11220486B2	Inhibitors of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase and uses thereof Herein are provided, inter alia, compounds capable of modulating the level of activity of low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMPTP) and methods of using the same. In embodiments, the compound has a structure according to Formula (I-A).
US11220473B1	Integrated GTL process An integrated process for converting light hydrocarbon gases into products. Pre-packaged equipment such as a gas turbine and process compressors may be used to efficiently integrate the process. The gas turbine may provide all or a portion of the oxygen required in the process as compressed air. The turbine may be configured with a gradual oxidizer that can oxidize the process tail gas and drive the turbine, providing power for the process.
US11220455B2	Flash annealing of silver coatings Methods of processing coated articles, such as transparencies, are provided comprising flash annealing one or more layers of the coated article. The one or more layers may be reflective metallic layers, such as silver layers, or comprise a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide, or a semiconductor.
US11220447B2	Combined sedimentation tank A combined sedimentation tank including a flocculation tank, a transition zone and a sedimentation tank which are sequentially connected along a direction that water flows. The sedimentation tank includes a sloping plate zone and a horizontal flow zone. The length of the sloping plate zone is a quarter of the total length of the sedimentation tank. A return pipe is arranged at the bottom of the sloping plate zone. Some of sludge in the sloping plate zone is returned to the flocculation tank through the return pipe to increase the concentration of the suspended solids in the flocculation tank, thereby forming the sediments.
US11220445B2	Process and apparatus for sized nutrient recovery from wastewater by elutriation Processes and apparatus are provided for recovery of dissolved species from wastewater streams, in the form of precipitates sized by elutriation. The processes may for example be controlled so that the recovered sized solids are in the form of relatively insoluble plant nutrients, such as struvite. The extracted nutrients may for example include solid species of phosphorus, and/or nitrogen, and/or potassium.
US11220434B2	Silicon carbide powder and method of preparing the same using a hydrophobic spherical silica aerogel The present invention relates to a method of preparing ultra-pure silicon carbide in which a super-porous spherical silica aerogel is used as a silica raw material. By preparing the silica aerogel particles using low-cost water glass, a reaction area with respect to a carbon raw material is increased to enable low-temperature synthesis of silicon carbide, the size and shape of silicon carbide powder may be uniformly controlled to prepare ultra-pure silicon carbide, and economic efficiency and productivity of the silicon carbide synthesis may be improved. Thus, it is expected that the silicon carbide powder prepared by the preparation method of the present invention may be provided as an optimized raw material for the preparation of silicon carbide sintered body and single crystal (ingot).
US11220430B2	Method and system for producing purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution Provided are a method and system for efficiently producing a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution having a high purity. This method for producing a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution comprises: step A for vaporizing a raw material containing a crude aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution; step B for condensing at least a portion of the gas and liquid obtained in step A, and separating the gas and liquid into a gas phase and a liquid phase; and step C for returning, into the raw material, at least a portion of a separation liquid which is the separated liquid phase, wherein step C further includes step D for adjusting the concentration of hydrogen peroxide in the separation liquid.
US11220425B2	MEMS cavity with non-contaminating seal A semiconductor device includes a first silicon layer disposed between second and third silicon layers and separated therefrom by respective first and second oxide layers. A cavity within the first silicon layer is bounded by interior surfaces of the second and third silicon layers, and a passageway extends through the second silicon layer to enable material removal from within the semiconductor device to form the cavity. A metal feature is disposed within the passageway to hermetically seal the cavity.
US11220422B2	MEMS device A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes a substrate, a proof mass, and a piezoelectric bump. The substrate has a surface. The proof mass is suspended over the surface of the substrate, wherein the proof mass is movable with respect to the substrate. The piezoelectric bump is disposed on the surface of the substrate and extends a distance from the surface of the substrate toward the proof mass.
US11220417B2	Hybrid clamp force control for lift truck attachment A hydraulic control circuit operable to selectively hydraulically link first and second hydraulic actuators and to bypass that hydraulic link.
US11220411B2	Coiler with accompanying attachments and bag A bag on which a coiler may attach. A coiling device that allows for attachments to be affixed to it, whether or not the coiler is attached to a bag. Attachments comprising a brush clip comprising a quickdraw setter/remover, brush, and other useful items.
US11220408B2	Feeding system for carton blanks A feeding system for carton blanks is disclosed, comprising a pivotable linkage, a gripper head connected to the pivotable linkage at a first rotational axis. The feeding system comprises a magazine configured to store a plurality of stacked carton blanks in a stacking direction. The carton blanks are confined in a cassette being dimensioned so that the carton blanks are confined to extend between proximal and distal internal surfaces of the cassette along a cassette direction which is perpendicular to the stacking direction and the first rotational axis. The proximal internal surface is arranged to align proximal edges of the carton blanks in a proximal alignment plane being perpendicular to the cassette direction, the proximal alignment plane extending between the gripper head and said first rotational axis. The first rotational joint is positioned in relation to the magazine such that there is a separation distance between the proximal alignment plane and the first rotational axis.
US11220399B2	Moisture prevention packaging system and methods A packaged article is composed of a bulk bag having a top end and a bottom end. Further included is a pallet having a first side and a second side. Also included are an outer bag having a first closed end and a first open end and a heatshrink bag having a second closed end and a second open end. The first closed end of the outer bag is between the bottom end of the bulk bag and the first side of the pallet. The first open end of the outer bag is gathered over the top end of the bulk bag to enclose the bulk bag within the outer bag. The second closed end of the heatshrink bag is proximate to the top end of the bulk bag and the second open end contacts the second side of the pallet.
US11220398B2	Intermodal container reducing the pollution of the environment A device forming a stackable container that can be used to transport products includes a portion forming a crate defining a base and four side walls and a top wall, secured to one another in a sealed manner, made mainly of a plastic material; a door for sealingly closing the crate, forming with the crate, when closed onto same, a sealed box; a system for drawing and compressing gases contained in the closed box; and at least one tight casing for storing the drawn and compressed gases, rigidly connect to the box and forming a bracing frame during transport and a flotation buoy when the container is immersed in water.
US11220395B2	Slit paper expansion method and apparatus An expansion devise includes an unexpanded slit sheet roll that is wound on a paper core that is wider than the slit sheet paper. The paper core is placed into a yoke that holds the paper in position on each side of the unexpanded slit sheet material. An adjustable downward pressure is exerted on the paper core and the paper core exerts pressure on the yoke. As the paper is pulled, this downward pressure creates the friction required to enable the unexpanded slit sheet to be unwind and fed while simultaneously expanding. A blank sheet is formed into a box that stabilizes slit paper sheet wound around a core member.
US11220393B2	Aerosol can configuration An aerosol can configuration includes an outer can, an inner container and a spray head with a discharge element. The spray head has an outlet valve connected to the interior of the outer can and an outlet valve connected to the interior of the inner container. The two outlet valves are opened jointly by pressing on the spray head, so that the contents of the outer can and the contents of the inner container jointly enter the discharge element. To form a foam, the outer can contains at least 30-70% by weight isocyanate, in particular diphenylmethane 4,4′-diisocyanate, 3-15% by weight polyol with an OH number of less than 300, and 5-30% by weight liquid gas at a critical temperature of ≥+70° C. At least 5-30% by weight polyol with an OH number of more than 300, and 1-10% by weight liquid gas with a critical temperature of ≥+70° C. are contained in the inner container.
US11220390B2	Laminate, blister pack, press-through package, and laminate manufacturing method A laminate has a substrate layer, an intermediate layer, and a fluorine-based resin layer in that order, in which the substrate layer contains any one or more kinds of a polyolefin-based resin, a polyester-based resin or a vinyl-based resin, the intermediate layer contains a polyethylene resin and a modified polyethylene resin, and the intermediate layer has a thickness of 5 μm or more and 50 μm or less.
US11220383B2	Wire tie with adhesive A tie article has a substantially elongated configuration having opposed first and second longitudinal edges. The tie article includes a base layer, a cover layer, a closure device, an adhesive and an extension. The base layer includes a central segment and two arm segments, each of the arm segments extending from opposing sides of the central segment. The cover layer overlaps the base layer. The closure device is sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer so that the base layer and cover layer are bonded together around the closure device. The adhesive is disposed on the central segment of the base layer. The extension is of either or both of the base layer and cover layer and extends beyond at least one of the first and second longitudinal edges. A method is described for attaching a second item to a first item with a tie article.
US11220381B2	Bottle sealing and preservation device The bottle-sealing and preservation device provides for the sealing of necked bottles, including those designed to hold pressure such as champagne bottles, using mechanical advantage to compress an O-ring against the inner surface of the bottle neck. The device can accommodate a wide range of bottle-neck diameters and includes a stabilizing ring that engages the bottle mouth. Optionally, the device may be fitted with a cylindrical cage in which an oxygen-scavenging sachet may be inserted to pull oxygen out of the bottle headspace, thereby preserving any remaining liquid therein that is susceptible to oxidation.
US11220378B2	Cap for a drink bottle or similar recipient Cap for drink bottle or similar recipient that comprises a base element comprising a drinking nozzle and a substantially tubular portion adapted to be secured to a neck of the bottle or recipient, a covering element comprising a flip top adapted to hermetically seal the drinking nozzle of the base element, and anti-tamper means of the top adapted to provide a visual indication of whether the top has already been removed for a first time from the drinking nozzle; the covering element comprises a tubular portion adapted to be secured to the outside of the substantially tubular portion of the base element, and the anti-tamper means of the top comprise an interlocking element extended from a lower edge of the top; wherein, the interlocking element is adapted to latch through the inside a front window of the tubular portion.
US11220373B2	Bottle pouch with rigid handle A bottle pouch with an integrated fitment and inner support handle piece includes a flexible pouch in the shape of a bottle including a flexible pouch body with a handle region, and a combined fitment and inner support handle piece including a rigid handle portion extending from the combined fitment and inner support handle piece. The combined fitment and inner support handle piece is coupled to the flexible pouch. The inner support handle piece extends from the inside of the fitment and is internal to the flexible pouch body and passes from the interior to the exterior of the flexible pouch body adjacent to the handle region of the flexible pouch body to form the rigid handle portion. In another form, the inner support handle piece extends from the outside periphery of the fitment and is external to the flexible pouch body, but is secured to the periphery of the flexible pouch body with one or more outer sleeves or loops.
US11220371B1	Airplane tray cover multi-compartment holder system and method An airplane tray cover multi-compartment holder system and method for holding and transporting a plurality of airplane tray covers. The system and method generally includes a case with a plurality of individual compartments for holding a tray cover isolated from other compartments. Individual compartments are defined by an arrangement of exterior and interior panels and surfaces. Each compartment has a corresponding door that is pivotable between open and closed positions. Each door has a window through which tray covers can be viewed without opening the door. A window may include a movable spring-biased latch for automatically latching the door to a stationary latch on the case as the door closes. The tray covers and compartments may have indicia that uniquely identify them. A tether with magnetic elements on its ends may be selectively attached to the case by joining the magnetic elements.
US11220369B2	Dual compartment dispensing box with top slide openings A multi compartment package with slide openings for storing and dispensing two different types or flavors of solid pourable product such as candies or mints is made from a single blank having a number of panels extending lengthwise and all foldably connected. From the blank the exterior of the package is formed having a front panel and a rear panel, and the interior having two compartments. The front panel has cut outs for dispensing the pourable product, and the rear panel connects to package enclosure tabs. Each compartment has a detachably connected slide, and the slides are glued to the package enclosure tabs to seal the package. To open the package, the slides are detached and moved to expose the cut outs through which the pourable product is dispensed. Conveniently, if all the product is not immediately consumed, the slides may be closed to retain freshness.
US11220365B2	Packaging system and method There is provided a lifting apparatus (16) comprising a lifting frame (16a) configured to be mechanically coupled to a packaging machine (12), and configured to couple with a feed device (14), wherein the lifting frame (16a) is configured to translate, raise and lower the feed device (14) relative to the packaging machine (12), and a packaging system comprising a packaging machine (12) with said lifting apparatus (16) wherein said packaging machine (12) is configured to detachably couple to a feed device (14), wherein the mass of the packaging machine (12) acts to counterbalance at least a portion of the mass of the feed device (14) whilst the feed device (14) is being translated, raised or lowered relative to the packaging machine (12). There is further provided methods of operating said packaging system for installing to and removing from the packaging machine (12) the feed device (14).
US11220363B2	Packaging method and transport packaging as well as a drone for receiving the packages The invention relates to a packaging method, a transport package, and use of the packaging method for transporting products by means of a drone. According to the invention, a product to be packaged is placed in an open inner wrapping that is pretensioned on elastic traction cables in order to hold the product approximately centrally in an outer package. After insertion, the wrapping is closed and evacuated until it lies tightly against the product, and the traction cables are thereby further tensioned.
US11220362B2	Method and system for wrapping ties in a facemask manufacturing process An automated system and method wrap the fastening ties around the body of a continuous stream of facemasks in a facemask production line. The facemasks are oriented such that each facemask has a leading pair of ties and a trailing pair of ties extending from a body in a conveying direction of the production line. The leading pair of ties is drawn below the body as the facemask continues to be conveyed in the conveying. The body is conveyed through a plurality of conveyor sections oriented at angles such that the conveying direction of the body changes at a junction from one conveyor section to an adjacent conveyor section. At the junctions between conveyor sections, an impinging force is directed against the body that causes the body to flip, thereby causing the leading and trailing pairs of ties to further wrap around the body.
US11220360B2	Machine for producing substantially cylindrical articles Machine and method for producing a substantially cylindrical article, which comprises a tubular body, a container element, arranged in the area of one end of the tubular element, a heat generating element, partially housed inside the container element, and loose material for generating flavour; in use, the loose material is inserted into the container element, vertically oriented, and the heat generating element is partially inserted into the container element by being moved downwards, so as to obtain a combined element; subsequently, the combined element is at least partially inserted into the tubular body.
US11220356B2	Non-destructive inspection using unmanned aerial vehicle Provided is a nondestructive inspection (“NDI”) system that includes an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) comprising a body structure and at least one support arm. The support arm includes a first arm portion having a first end coupled to the body structure and a second end coupled to a second arm portion. The second arm portion includes a first end coupled to the second end of the first arm portion and a second end coupled to an NDI scanning device. The support arm also includes a compliant member disposed between the first arm portion and the second arm portion. The NDI scanning device includes one or more NDI sensors.
US11220355B2	Nondestructive inspection techniques for rotorcraft composites A field deployable infrared imaging (FDIR) system and method for inspecting a composite component comprises a hand-held long-wave IR camera to capture a thermal image of the composite component, wherein the camera has an adjustable temperature control that captures an image with a 10 degree working range, a frame capture rate of at least 1 second for a length of time of not less than 90 seconds; and a processor for post-processing the thermal image using a second order derivative algorithm wherein the post-processed thermal image shows the defect better than the captured infrared image, and detects the one or more defects in the composite component.
US11220343B2	Frost protection system for an aircraft engine nacelle A frost protection system for an aircraft engine nacelle, the nacelle comprising an inner shroud provided with at least one acoustic panel and an air intake lip forming a leading edge of the nacelle. The protection system comprises a heat exchanger device including at least one heat pipe configured to transfer heat emitted by a heat source to the at least one acoustic panel.
US11220342B2	Aircraft seat device An aircraft seat device for an aircraft seat includes at least one mounting unit, having at least one seat bottom which is coupled with the mounting unit and is configured to implement a seating region and to this end has at least one main unit and at least one sub-unit that in relation to the mounting unit is implemented so as to be adjustable between a stowage position and a use position. The at least one adjustable sub-unit is configured for enlarging the seating region in at least one position, and having at least one actuation mechanism by means of which the adjustable sub-unit of the seat bottom is adjustable between its stowage position and its use position.
US11220340B2	Galley cart bay rub strip assembly with enhanced airflow A cart bay for an aircraft galley structure includes a housing defined by interior surfaces and capable of housing one or more removable galley carts in a secured position. Chilled air is introduced into the cart bay through a plenum of inlet to maintain perishable contents of the galley cart at a safe temperature. The side walls of the cart bay include rubstrip assemblies for guiding the galley carts in and out of the bay, absorbing impact and noise. The rubstrip assemblies may include a corrugated carrier layer behind a solid rubstrip; the corrugated carrier layer includes apertures for controlling and directing the flow of chilled air along the side walls to maximize the exterior surfaces of the galley carts reachable by the chilled air, separating the galley carts from the side walls and allowing chilled air to reach the side exterior surfaces of the galley carts via the apertures.
US11220336B2	Structure for controlling the aero-acoustic environment in an aircraft weapons bay An aircraft comprises a weapons bay, the weapons bay comprising a cavity having an opening through which stores may be deployed, and a door assembly for exposing/closing the opening of the cavity. A first store is held in the cavity via a launcher and a first structure is disposed inside the cavity, for controlling the aero-acoustic environment. The first structure for controlling the aero-acoustic environment is removeably mounted in the weapons bay, such that if the first store is exchanged for a second, different, store, the structure for controlling the aero-acoustic environment may be unmounted from the weapons bay and removed, to be exchanged for a second, different, structure for controlling the aero-acoustic environment.
US11220320B2	Lateral propulsion systems and architectures for high altitude balloons Aspects of the technology relate to propulsion systems for high altitude, long duration balloons, such as balloons that operate in the stratosphere for weeks, months or longer. A propeller assembly is used to provide lateral directional adjustments, which allows the balloon to spend more time over a desired region, reduce the return time to the desired region, reduce fleet overprovisioning, and increases the safety case by additional controls and avoidance abilities. A control assembly manages operation of the propeller assembly, including setting the pointing direction, speed of rotation and determining when to turn on the propeller and for how long. The propulsion system including the control and propeller assemblies is rotatable around a connection member of the balloon. Such rotation is independently adjustable from any rotation of the balloon's payload. The propeller blades may be made of plastic, which reduces weight and cost while providing sufficient speed at stratospheric altitudes.
US11220313B2	Mooring line length adjusting device and method A mooring line length adjusting device and method is disclosed. The device is arranged for connecting lower and upper mooring line section to its respective ends and for adjusting the total length of the mooring line. The upper section of the mooring line includes a chain segment at its end connected to the device. The device includes a locking element to lock the chain segment to itself. A connecting structure for a temporary pulling mechanism to pull the device in a direction to transfer tension from the upper mooring line section to the temporary pulling mechanism is a part of the device. The method discloses steps and details how to use the device.
US11220310B2	Snowmobile having a gearbox A snowmobile has a gearbox having a first shaft, a second shaft, first transmission gears mounted to the first shaft and second transmission gears mounted to the second shaft. A driven gear mounted to the first shaft engages a forward drive gear mounted to a countershaft. In a first configuration: the first shaft is coupled to the countershaft; when rotating, a driveshaft rotates in a same direction as the countershaft; and configurable portions of the countershaft and second shaft are free of gears. In a second configuration: the forward drive gear is in selective free-spin engagement with the countershaft; a reverse drive gear mounted to the configurable portion of the countershaft is in driving engagement with the countershaft; an actuator selectively transmits rotary motion from the countershaft to the gearbox; a reverse driven gear mounted to the configurable portion of the second shaft meshes with the reverse drive gear.
US11220307B2	Drive assembly for an electric vehicle An electric vehicle includes a frame, a wheel coupled to the frame, and a battery assembly including a housing supported by the frame. The housing includes a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side. A drive assembly of the electric vehicle is at least partially enclosed within a drive housing unit. The drive assembly includes a motor configured to receive power from the battery assembly and a gear assembly configured to transmit torque from the motor to the wheel. The drive housing unit is positioned below the bottom side of the housing.
US11220304B1	Systems and methods for controlling a lift axle An example method includes receiving, at a first frequency, sensor information indicative of an actual pressure level of a pilot fluid signal in a pilot line connecting an outlet port of a pilot supply valve to a pilot port of a main valve; determining an estimated pressure for the pilot fluid signal in the pilot line at a second frequency greater than the first frequency; determining a pressure estimate error based on comparing the actual pressure level to the estimated pressure; determining a pressure level error based on comparing the estimated pressure to a commanded pressure value; and operating the pilot supply valve in an open state to provide the pilot fluid signal to the pilot port of the main valve until the pressure level error is less than a threshold value.
US11220294B2	Tunnel structure for vehicle A tunnel structure for a vehicle is provided, and the tunnel structure includes a tunnel extending along a centerline of a center floor, and a plurality of crossmembers individually coupled to both side surfaces of the tunnel. Each crossmember has a closed cross-sectional shape. The tunnel structure further includes a plurality of bosses provided on the side surfaces of the tunnel, and an end portion of each crossmember received in and coupled to each boss. In addition, the tunnel includes a front tunnel disposed on a front of the center floor, a rear tunnel disposed on a rear of the center floor, and a center tunnel disposed between the front tunnel and the rear tunnel along the centerline of the center floor.
US11220280B2	Landscaping cart A landscaping cart is provided. The landscaping cart has a barrow portion operatively associated with a cart frame having wheels. The cart frame provides an open configuration dimensioned and adapted to accommodate the barrow portion in a nested condition so that the barrow portion can slide and rotate therein. The barrow portion provides an external spring mechanism that enables the barrow portion to move from a supported position on top of the cart frame to the nested position for the process of urging lawn debris into the barrow portion. The supported position facilitates upright transportation of the lawn debris retained in the barrow portion. The cart frame may provide a support bar for supporting the barrow portion in the nested condition. A bucket portion for compacting the lawn debris connects to a distal end of the barrow portion.
US11220275B2	Cabin system Disclosed is a cabin system configured to acquire first information about a first user and second information about a second user through a communication device, to specify each of the first user and the second user based on image data received from an internal camera or an external camera, to provide a control signal to a display or a speaker such that content is provided to a user based on an electrical signal generated by an input device, to determine a first boarding seat of the first user among seats according to the first information and to determine a second boarding seat of the second user among the seats according to the second information, and to determine the posture of the first boarding seat according to the first information and to determine the posture of the second boarding seat according to the second information.
US11220267B2	Vehicle control device and four-wheel drive vehicle A vehicle control device mounted on a four-wheel drive vehicle including a driving force transmission system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit calculates a command torque based on vehicle information. The electronic control unit estimates a temperature of a heat generating location in the driving force transmission system based on the command torque. The electronic control unit estimates the temperature of the heat generating location based on an estimated value of a driving force input to an input rotating member, when it is not possible for the driving force corresponding to the command torque to be transmitted to auxiliary drive wheels due to a magnitude of the driving force generated by a drive source or occurrence of a wheel slip.
US11220257B2	Autonomous parking control device and autonomous parking system An autonomous parking control device executes vehicle traveling control that calculates a command value of a propulsive force based on an operating state, and moves the vehicle to a target position autonomously by controlling a propulsive force generating device in accordance with the command value. The control device executes an additional command value varying process of adding a predetermined additional command value to the command value when the vehicle stops due to the propulsive force being insufficient during the vehicle traveling control, and decreasing or keeping the additional command value by a predetermined degree of suppression, when the vehicle which is stopped is started. Here, when executing the additional command value varying process in the first position far from the target position, the degree of suppression is set to be smaller as compared with a case of executing the process in a second position close to the target position.
US11220254B2	Hybrid drive transmission unit and method for operating a vehicle with a hybrid drive A hybrid drive transmission unit for a vehicle with an internal combustion engine and an electric motor for the drive part, includes a power-split transmission with sub-transmissions and a torsion-damping unit with a gyrating mass interconnected between the internal combustion engine and the power-split transmission. A clutch is interconnected between the internal combustion engine and the torsion-damping unit, by which the internal combustion engine can be activated, switching from the electromotive operating mode.
US11220226B2	Headliner system and method A headliner system includes a plurality of segments connected together and outlining a central opening and a central section received in the central opening. The central section is selected from a group of central sections consisting of a multisection panel incorporating an overhead airbag grid system, a panel incorporating a fold down display panel and a panel incorporating a pull down divider.
US11220224B2	Vehicular camera assembly with enhanced lens-imager joint A vehicular camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a camera housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a lens barrel supporting a lens. The lens barrel includes a first end and a second end, the second end having a lens barrel flange. The lens barrel flange may be coupled to the camera housing via adhesive, and the PCB may be coupled to the camera housing via adhesive. The lens barrel flange and the PCB are coupled to the camera housing at a common side of the camera housing. With the lens barrel flange coupled to the first portion of the camera housing, and with the PCB coupled to the second portion of the camera housing, the imager is optically aligned with the lens supported at the lens barrel. Optionally, the camera may include a lens holder having a metal portion and a plastic portion.
US11220222B2	Vehicle body rear structure A vehicle body rear structure includes: a rear panel provided in a rear part of a vehicle body; a bumper beam attached to a structural member provided in the rear part of the vehicle body; a sensor holding member attached to the rear panel; and a sensor attached to the sensor holding member and configured to detect surrounding information on a rear side of a vehicle, wherein an entirety of the sensor is positioned more forward than a rear end of the bumper beam, lower than a lower end of the bumper beam, and higher than a departure angle face.
US11220220B2	Vehicle storage compartment A vehicle storage compartment is provided herein. The vehicle storage compartment includes a frame including a cross member. A track system having first and second tracks is coupled to first and second sides of the frame, respectively. A rotatable member is coupled to the cross member and configured to move from a closed position to an open position. A cover coupled to the cross member and configured to extend along the first and second tracks from a first position to a second position.
US11220214B1	Vehicle viewing system and method including electronic image displays for rearward viewing by a driver A system and method provide rearward viewing for a vehicle driver. The rearward viewing system includes left side and right side video cameras for obtaining video image rearwardly outwardly from the sides of the vehicle. Left side and right side electronic image displays display portions of the images. A vehicle interior driver monitoring camera senses an upper body position of a driver. An electronic processor is configured to receive an upper body position and determine portions of the left side video images to display on the left side electronic image display, and to determine portions of the right side video images to display on the right side electronic image display. Additional movements of a driver adjust a field of view of the left side video images by changing portions thereof that are provided to the left side electronic image display. Right side and rearview images are also adjusted.
US11220211B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitter, a holding portion that slidably holds the light emitter inside a slide rail for a vehicle, and a light transmissive cover that covers the light emitter. According to a configuration, the cover of the light emitting device prevents a decrease in a communication performance of a signal transmission and reception device in which information on an electronic device is transmitted using an LED, as compared with a related art in which the communication performance decreases due to influence of scattering or shielding a light of the LED, the influence being caused by a grease which is heavily applied inside a slide rail of a vehicle and adheres to the LED.
US11220208B1	Emergency light accessory mount for a vehicle An accessory mount mountable to a roof of a vehicle. The accessory mount has a horizontal mounting surface spaced from and above emergency warning lights. Accessories, such as spotlights, may be mounted on the horizontal mounting surfaces. The accessory mount provides a platform above the emergency warning lights allowing unobstructed view of the emergency warning lights without any possible of obstruction by the accessory mounted on the horizontal mounting surface.
US11220204B2	Truck bed with selectively actuated magnetic floor sections A pick-up truck bed having controllably magnetized areas for retaining cargo or attachment devices. A first permanent magnet may be attached below the lower surface of the truck bed with a second permanent being rotatable relative to the first permanent magnet to control the magnetic flux provided to retain objects in the truck bed. Alternatively, one or more electromagnets may be provided that may be turned on to retain objects in the truck bed and turned off to allow removal of objects.
US11220197B2	Vehicle interior component A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base providing a compartment, two covers moveable between closed and open positions and a link to couple and decouple movement of the covers. One of the covers may remain open as the other is closed. The link may comprise two arms; one arm may move relative to the other to enable relative movement of the covers. One arm may comprise a depression and the other may comprise a protrusion to engage the depression to couple movement of the arms. The link may comprise a spring to hold the protrusion with the depression to couple movement of the arms; the spring may compress to enable disengagement of the protrusion and depression to enable relative movement of the covers. The component may comprise at least one of a console, a center console, a floor console.
US11220192B1	Systems and methods for providing an adjusted state of charge limit Systems and methods for providing an adjusted SOC limit are provided. In one embodiment, a system may include a recognition module, a position module, a charge state module, and a charging module. The recognition module is configured to identify a vehicle to receive a charge from a charging station. The position module is configured to determine a parked period when the vehicle will be present at the charging station based on a schedule. The charge state module is configured to calculate the adjusted SOC limit based on the parked period. The charge rate defines a charge period that is an amount of time that the charging station will provide charge to the vehicle. The adjusted SOC limit is calculated to reduce a time difference between the parked period and the charge period. The charging module is configured to set the adjusted SOC limit.
US11220186B1	Range enhancing mechanism An assist apparatus for an electric vehicle which is powered by rechargeable batteries. To assist in the range of the electric vehicle, a platform is secured or towed by the vehicle. On the platform is a hydrocarbon internal combustion engine/motor that generates electricity. The hydrocarbon engine/motor is activated, either manually, via a handheld switch, or automatically by sensors in the electric vehicle, to charge the rechargeable batteries within the electric vehicle.
US11220170B2	Reconfigurable battery-operated vehicle system A quadrotor UAV including ruggedized, integral-battery, load-bearing body, two arms on the load-bearing body, each arm having two rotors, a control module mounted on the load-bearing body, a payload module mounted on the control module, and skids configured as landing gear. The two arms are replaceable with arms having wheels for ground vehicle use, with arms having floats and props for water-surface use, and with arms having pitch-controlled props for underwater use. The control module is configured to operate as an unmanned aerial vehicle, an unmanned ground vehicle, an unmanned (water) surface vehicle, and an unmanned underwater vehicle, depending on the type of arms that are attached.
US11220168B2	Axle assembly for low floor vehicle An electric axle assembly includes a suspension frame and drive assemblies coupled to opposing sides of the suspension frame. The electric axle assembly engages with wheels of a vehicle for rotating the wheels to move the vehicle along a ground surface. A drive unit transfers motive force to the wheels through one or more gearsets and axle shafts.
US11220162B2	Door frame for vehicles A door frame for a vehicle includes an inner frame configured such that a roof part corresponding to a roof of a vehicle body and a pillar part corresponding to a pillar of the vehicle body extend to be integrated with each other. A first outer frame is configured to extend along the roof part of the inner frame and to be coupled to the roof part so that a first glass run is fixed to the first outer frame. A second outer frame is configured to extend along the pillar part and to be coupled to the pillar part so that a second glass run is fixed to the second outer frame. The first glass run and the second glass run are both capable of absorbing impact when the door glass is inserted thereinto.
US11220156B2	Air conditioner for vehicle The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, in which a means for fixing a cable connecting device is disposed integrally with an air-conditioning case, thereby having an optimized installation location, keeping rigidity, achieving weight lightening, and enhancing assemblability. The air conditioner is to condition air in the interior of the vehicle by heating or cooling indoor air, and includes: a cable connecting device for connecting an actuating means of a controller of the vehicle to actuate a door inside an air-conditioning case with an actuating means of the air-conditioning case by a cable; and a cable fixing part for fixing the cable connecting device to the air-conditioning case.
US11220148B2	Caster angle adjustment device for vehicle A caster angle adjustment device for a vehicle includes a variable lower arm connected to multiple points of a subframe via connection parts and connected to a steering knuckle at a single point via one of the connection pails, any one of the connection pails connected to the subframe being movably connected to the subframe to be changed in shape, and an actuator provided in the subframe and connected to the connection part movably connected to the subframe and configured to move a position of the connection part, so that a position of the steering knuckle is moved through the shape change of the variable lower arm to change a caster angle.
US11220143B2	Machine and method for fitting and removing a tyre A machine for fitting and removing a tyre from a corresponding rim of a wheel of a vehicle, comprising: a wheel-holder unit rotating about a first axis (A) and slidably coupled to a groove provided in a base; a column; an upper operating head, provided with at least one upper fitting tool, at least one further tool, angularly spaced from the upper fitting tool, by a predetermined angle, and a wall pressing tool that can be placed in a working position which is operatively in contact with the wheel simultaneously with the upper fitting tool.
US11220139B2	Aeroplane tire tread wear indicator Airplane tire with a tread wear indicator, with a circumferential ridge (4) of the tread (2) having an initial height H0 and an allowable remaining height HR. Wear indicator (6) comprises N cylindrical cavities (7) emerging on rolling surface (3) and independent of one another. The N cavities are divided into a first family of N1 wear cavities C1i (8) having respective initial depths P1i in pairs that are distinct and equal to i*(H0−HR)/N1, i being an integer number varying from 1 to N1, and into a second family of N2 positioning cavities C2j (9), j being an integer number varying from 1 to N2, each positioning cavity C2j having an initial depth P2j strictly greater than (H0−HR), such that only the N2 positioning cavities C2j (9) emerge on rolling surface (3) when height HR of circumferential ridge (4) is reached.
US11220136B2	Steel cord for reinforcing rubber article, method for manufacturing same, and tire Provided is a multi-twisted steel cord for reinforcing a rubber article, the steel cord having cord strength with a small loss as compared to the total strength of filaments constituting the cord and a high rubber penetration. The steel cord includes a plurality of twisted strands in a multi-twisted structure, each strand including a plurality of twisted filaments in two or more layers, in which at least some of the filaments have a tensile strength of 3,000 MPa or more, the steel cord satisfying a filament occupancy of 48% or more and less than 54%, a cord twist angle of 78° or more and less than 84°, an average crossing angle between adjacent filaments other than wrapping filaments of less than 17°, and a gap between adjacent sheath filaments constituting the strand of 0.065 mm or more.
US11220134B1	Modular tire lifting assembly A modular tire lifting assembly includes a yoke that has a pair of arms which are spaced apart from each other such that t a vehicle tire can be positioned between the pair of arms. The yoke is comprised of a plurality of modular sections such that the yoke can be disassembled for storage in a vehicle. A first handle and a second handle are provided and either can be removably attachable to the yoke. Either the first handle or the second handle angles upwardly from the yoke when removably attached to the yoke thereby facilitating the yoke to lift the vehicle tire when either the first handle or the second handle is urged downwardly. Additionally, the second handle has a length that is less than a length of the first handle.
US11220128B2	Apparatus and method of improved performance of hot stamped foil A composite component includes a plastic substrate and a transfer foil adhered thereto. The plastic substrate and the foil are proud and define a peripheral edge with a tight outer radius. A thin first coating layer, such as a base coat or primer layer, is applied over the plastic substrate and foil and adheres the both the plastic substrate and foil. A thicker second coating layer, such as a clear coat, is applied over the first coating layer and adheres to the first coating layer. The first coating layer has a lower viscosity than the second coating layer. The second coating layer is more ductile than the first coating layer. The first coating layer acts a primer layer for applying the second coating layer. The second coating layer therefore protects the substrate and transfer foil and can withstand thermal shock and water immersion.
US11220124B2	Self-inking stamp with removable stamp pad in carrying device having handles The technology describes a stamp and stamp pad for a self-inking stamp, having a housing or a carrying device for a pad for absorbing ink. The carrying device is rectangular in shape, having a base plate with longitudinal surfaces and lateral surfaces moulded thereon. On two surfaces running in parallel handle elements for the lateral gripping of the carrying device are arranged. On the lateral surface a handle element for the lateral gripping and pulling of the carrying device out of a stamp are formed of a plurality of parts displaceable within one another. The handle elements are formed for insertion in a clearance of a lower part of the stamp and do not protrude out of the outer surface of the lower part, so that an upper part of the stamp is displaceable via the clearance with the handle elements inserted in the lower part.
US11220112B2	In-line mixing printhead for multimaterial aerosol jet printing An aerosol jet printhead comprising an in-line static mixer can mix multiple aerosol streams for co-deposition from a single nozzle. A printhead was designed, fabricated, and tested, demonstrating in-plane functionally graded films. The inline mixing printhead can be used with a compact aerosol jet deposition system.
US11220104B2	Reducing inkjet aerosol In an example implementation, a method of reducing inkjet aerosol in a fluid drop ejection system includes imaging fluid drops from an ejection event as the drops travel from an ejection nozzle toward a substrate, determining the momentum of each fluid drop from the imaging, comparing the momentum of each fluid drop with a threshold momentum, and determining that a fluid drop will become aerosol when its momentum does not exceed the threshold momentum.
US11220101B2	Drying unit for drying printed substrates The invention relates to a drying unit (22) for drying printed substrates (21), comprising a chamber (23) with a gaseous medium which is oxygen-reduced by means of an inert gas, wherein the substrates (21) are guided through the chamber (23) or at least can be guided through the chamber, and the chamber (23) has an entrance for the substrates (21) to be guided into the chamber (23) in the transport direction (T) of the substrates (21). The entrance for the substrates (21) to be guided into the chamber (23) is formed by two cylinders (04; 06) which are positioned against each other longitudinally. The cylinders (04; 06) positioned against each other at the entrance of the chamber (23) form a printing unit (03). One of the cylinders (04) is designed as a printing cylinder (04), and the other cylinder (06) is designed as a cylinder (06) which interacts with the printing cylinder (04) and applies a printed image onto the affected substrates (21). The two cylinders (04; 06) which are positioned against each other under pressure at the entrance of the chamber (23) form a seal which runs axially to the cylinders (04; 06) for preventing the oxygen-reduced gaseous medium from leaking out of the chamber (23) and/or for preventing oxygen from the ambient air from entering the chamber (23). The printing unit (03) arranged at the entrance of the chamber (23) is designed as a printing unit (03) for an intaglio printing process.
US11220098B2	Imageable coating layer, thermal negative-working lithography printing plate, and platemaking method therefor The invention relates to an imageable coating layer, thermal negative-working lithography printing plate, and platemaking method. The coating layer includes constituents in parts by weight: a radically polymerizable compound 20-60 parts, a radiation-absorbing compound 0.5-12 parts, a free radical initiator 1-25 parts, a binding agent 10-70 parts, and a development accelerator 0.5-15 parts. The platemaking method includes the steps: S1, preparing a printing plate precursor that includes a substrate having a hydrophilic surface or is provided with a hydrophilic layer and imageable coating layer covering the substrate; S2, patternedly exposing the printing plate precursor, forming an exposed area and an unexposed area; and S3, removing the unexposed area via a development process. The employment of the imageable coating layer and the plate making method allows the implementation of a flexible development process of “on-press development” or “off-press development” and produces a printing plate provided with great printing performance.
US11220087B2	Cutting method for elastic membrane material and elastic filament A cutting method for an elastic membrane material and an elastic filament manufactured with the cutting method. The cutting method includes: preparing an elastic membrane material with flexibility; temporarily bonding the elastic membrane material with a cushion layer to form a semi-finished membrane material and supporting the elastic membrane material by the cushion layer; pulling the semi-finished membrane material continuously, and cutting the elastic membrane material into a plurality of filaments with a cutting device during the pulling process; and separating the cut filaments from the cushion layer, the separated filament being the elastic filament, and the elastic filament can be made into an elastic filament with functionality and special appearance. A fabric woven with the elastic filament has the effects of softness, close-fitting, excellent tactile impression and flexible. A functional layer can be provided on a surface of the elastic filament to make the elastic filament to have luminescent, reflective or conductive function.
US11220086B2	Stitchbonded, washable nonwoven towels and method for making A stitchbonded washable towel made from a stitchbonded fabric having a cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers, and an integrated nonwoven sheet of an outer sublayer of wood pulp fibers, and an inner layer of textile fibers substantially entangled with the wood pulp fibers, and confronting the cellulosic nonwoven sheet of cellulosic fibers. The stitchbonded fabric as uses a pattern of stitching yarns that fixes the cellulosic nonwoven sheet to the integrated nonwoven sheet. A post-treatment of the stitchbonded fabric in a heated aqueous solution containing soil release polymer gathers the fabric into the towel, and provides stain and soil re-deposition resistance.
US11220083B2	Tool and method for embossing packaging material with an embossing pattern having a code with low visibility and method of reading a code An embossing tool for embossing a combined embossing pattern into a packaging material, the combined embossing pattern including decoratively embossed structure and at least one embossed code, the embossing tool including a male and a female embossing device for cooperating with each other, embossing structures of the male and female embossing device formed to produce the combined embossing pattern into the packaging material in an embossing gap, the embossing structures of the male and the female embossing device include first embossing structures intended for making the at least one embossed code, which are inverse congruent male and female embossing structures having a polyhedral shape, and the decoratively embossed structures and the at least one embossed code produced by the embossing structures are arranged such that the at least one embossed code has a reduced visibility as compared to the decoratively embossed structures.
US11220077B2	Process for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels Process and an apparatus for applying noise-reducing elements to a tyre for vehicle wheels that has a radially inner surface with a service area and having a circumferential dimension. The process determines the position in circumferential direction of the service area on the radially inner surface of the tyre, determines the position in circumferential direction of a target area on the radially inner surface of the tyre based on the position in circumferential direction of the service area, and applies a noise-reducing element at the target area. The position in circumferential direction of the service area is determined by circumferentially inspecting the radially inner surface of the tyre starting from a reference position, detecting the angular position of the service area with respect to the reference position and determining the position in circumferential direction of the service area based on the angular position and on the circumferential dimension of the radially inner surface of the tyre.
US11220076B2	Laminated switchable panel and methods for making and using Method and composition for switchable panels are disclosed. Switchable films are placed between glass and liquid resin is injected between the glass and cured. The panels may be used for a wide variety of applications.
US11220064B2	Methods and apparatus for fabricating panels A composite sandwich panel includes a first composite part and a second composite part. A plurality of stiffeners extend between the first and second composite parts. A fiberglass composite perimeter edge closeout is positioned along one or more edges of the first and second composite parts. The fiberglass composite perimeter edge closeout controls a magnetic flux to bond the first and second composite parts to the plurality of stiffeners.
US11220062B2	Water-dispersible thermoplastic material comprising sulfonated copolymer for use in additive manufacturing A water-dispersible addition-type sulfonated thermoplastic copolymer material for use as a consumable feedstock additive manufacturing, wherein the water-dispersible thermoplastic copolymer is a reaction product of an addition-type reaction of a metal sulfonated monomer, the water-dispersible sulfonated thermoplastic copolymer being dispersible in tap water in less than one hour.
US11220043B2	Method for building three-dimensional cylindrical objects A method operates a three-dimensional object printer for production of cylindrical-shaped objects. The method uses a controller to operate an actuator operatively connected to a cylindrical member to rotate the cylindrical member within at least two supports, operate a plurality of ejectors in each of at least two printheads supplied with different materials to form portions of layers on the rotating cylindrical member with the different materials supplied to the at least two printheads, operate a linear actuator operatively connected to the cylindrical member to translate the cylindrical member bidirectionally in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the rotating cylindrical member between the two supports, and operate a curing device to modify the layers formed on the rotating cylindrical member while the cylindrical member is rotating within the at least two supports and translated in the direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotating cylindrical member.
US11220034B2	Blocked shrink bundling film Multi-layered blocked shrink bundling films include at least one layer that contains a blocking polymer. Materials and methods for forming multi-layered blocked shrink bundling films via a blown film extrusion process are described.
US11220024B2	Variable thickness preform for a bottle A preform for a container has a hollow cylindrical main body having a first thickness, a hollow cylindrical thick portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, and a curved end portion. Inner surfaces of the main body, the thick portion, and the end portion form a cavity.
US11220013B1	Folding knife blade engagement lock A folding knife with an improved locking mechanism for a blade pivoting from a closed position to a secure open locked position. A spring urged release locking arm is slidably disposed within the knife handle by guide pins. A locking arm projection is engaged on a blade shank retainment locking pin allowing selective repositioning of the locking pin during operation releasing the blade from closed retained position to fully open and extended lock position upon locking arm movement.
US11219994B2	Hand tool apparatus with adaptive ergonomic handle A hand tool apparatus is disclosed as providing an elongate, adaptive ergonomic handle portion. In at least one embodiment, the handle portion provides a pair of opposing handle ends. At least one of the handle ends provides an instrument portion. An at least one bendable core is positioned between the handle ends, the at least one core capable of being selectively bent into a variety of desired shape configurations, and substantially maintaining those shape configurations until the core is intentionally bent into a different desired shape configuration. As a result, the handle portion is capable of ergonomically conforming to a hand of a user while shifting a weight of the apparatus and encouraging proper positioning of the instrument portion during use of the apparatus, regardless of the specific procedure to be performed using the apparatus.
US11219986B1	Modified basin wrench A modified basin wrench including an elongated rod assembly, wrench head assembly, handle assembly, and a pivoting assembly is disclosed herein. The wrench head assembly is modified in a way to allow the user to fasten and/or loosen the water supply locknut and faucet shank nut simultaneously. The modified basin wrench further includes a handle assembly that is hingedly attached to the wrench head assembly by a pivot assembly in order to help the user grasp the faucet nut at a comfortable angle in hard to reach places. Furthermore, this can allow the user to fasten and loosen the water supply locknut and/or faucet shank nut without having to lie down. The modified basin wrench also includes a handle assembly that can be used to adjust the grip of the tool and allows the user to operate the wrench with one hand.
US11219985B2	Wrench for maximizing torque An open-end hexagonal wrench having opposing jaws extending forwardly from a handle, the respective jaws having forwardly disposed, opposing planar faces, the forwardly disposed planar faces respectively merging with outwardly curved diverging surfaces with protrusions for penetrating the side of a hexagonal fastener being turned without engaging a corner of the fastener. The rearward ends of the outwardly curved diverging surfaces respectively merging with rear, concave arcuate corners which in turn merge with gentle curves into a concave throat.
US11219984B2	Clamp with workpiece alignment feature A clamp mount and workpiece alignment apparatus is provided. Clamp including a workpiece alignment apparatus is provided. A method of clamping is provided. The clamp mount and workpiece alignment apparatus is used to mount to a support surface of a workpiece support and for positioning at least one workpiece relative to the clamp while the workpiece is supported on the support surface is provided. The apparatus includes a base, a base mount, a workpiece alignment guide, a clamp mount and an adjustable interface between the base and workpiece alignment guide.
US11219978B2	Utility knife with a replacement blade and a system and method for determining the end of life of the blade Utility knife with a replaceable blade and a system and method for determining the End of Life of the blade comprising one or more sensors for detecting blade use, a communication unit adapted to establish a wireless connection to a computer cloud network and to send and receive information via wireless transmission to be stored and processed by a control system with a control CPU and a control memory, the information being a series of values recorded by said sensor by time, stored in the control memory as data sets using machine learning or artificial intelligence for determining common or similar values of recorded parameters in the stored data sets or of values calculated from these parameters according to a predefined logic, for use as reference values indicating the End of Life of the blade.
US11219973B2	Conductive polymer composite as plastic solder There is provided a method for soldering a first non-metallic component to one or more metallic or non-metallic component, the method comprising the step of removably securing the first non-metallic component to the one or more metallic component by using a conductive polymeric composite or removably securing the first non-metallic component to the one or more non-metallic component by using the conductive polymeric composite, wherein the conductive polymeric composite used in the method comprises a blend of at least one filler material and at least one thermoplastic polymer.
US11219961B2	Wire electrical discharge machining system, wire electrical discharge machining method, and workpiece measurement method It is a purpose of the present invention to provide a wire electrical discharge machining system allowing a wire electrical discharge machining device and a robot to operate in conjunction with each other with high efficiency. A wire electrical discharge machining system 1 includes wire electrical discharge machining devices 7, 11, and 15, and a robot unit 17 that mounts a workpiece on the wire electrical discharge machining device. The wire electrical discharge machining devices 7, 11, and 15 may each perform either rough machining with supported cores or finishing machining after the cores are removed. Subsequently, core processing may be performed by means of a corresponding dedicated apparatus. Also, the core processing may be performed by means of a single common apparatus. The robot unit 17 mounts and collects the workpiece so as to allow these wire electrical discharge machining apparatuses to effectively operate, thereby providing wire electrical discharge machining with improved efficiency for the overall system.
US11219958B2	Portable band saw with chip vent and tire brush A hand-held band saw has a housing having an opening defining a cut zone. A first wheel and a second wheel are supported by the housing. The first and second wheels define a blade support portion configured to support a continuous blade to be driven through the cut zone. A handle extends from the housing, the handle having a grip portion. A blade guard is coupled to the housing and configured to move between open and closed positions with respect to the housing. The blade guard is configured to cover the blade support portion in the closed position. A chip vent is configured to provide an outlet for workpiece debris formed during a cutting operation, and a tire brush is configured to engage at least one of the first or second wheels to remove workpiece debris from the at least one of the first or second wheels.
US11219953B2	Coated cutting tool A cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer has, from a side closer to the substrate, a lower layer that contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlxTi1-x)N, and an upper layer that is formed on the lower layer and contains a compound having a composition represented by (AlyTi1-yN; the average thickness of the lower layer is 1.0 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less; the average thickness of the upper layer is 1.0 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less; and an area ratio GOSi of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the lower layer and an area ratio GOSs of crystal grains having a GOS value of 1 degree or lower in the upper layer satisfy GOSi
US11219936B2	Tools, machines, and methods for machining planar workpieces A tool for machining a planar workpiece, comprising an upper tool having a clamping shaft and an upper main body that lie on a common positioning axis, a tool body arranged opposite to the clamping shaft on the upper main body, the tool body comprising a bending edge, and a lower tool having a lower main body that receives a rotational body that is rotatable around an axis of rotation running in a direction of the bending edge of the tool body, wherein the upper tool and the lower tool are movable towards and away from each other in a stroke direction for machining the workpiece arranged therebetween, and wherein the upper main body defines a projection surface that is perpendicular to the positioning axis and the bending edge of the tool body is adjacent tangentially to the projection surface or is outside the projection surface.
US11219932B2	Method for controlling a rolling mill production system A method of controlling a rolling mill production system for production of a coil-shaped end product from a slab, the production including processing the slab by sequentially arranged production units, the processing by the production units resulting in a respective strip-shaped product having physical data, the method including modeling, under consideration of the physical data, the processing of a testing product by a plurality of production units arranged downstream from a given production unit while taking into account the physical data. If the modelling shows that, under consideration of the physical data, one of the products resulting from processing by the downstream production units does not meet a predetermined quality criterion, the intended manufacture of the product is interrupted and a signal relating to the interrupting is outputted.
US11219930B2	Filter cleaning method and filter cleaning apparatus The present invention provides a new filter cleaning method that has cleaning performance superior to that of ultrasonic cleaning. The method for cleaning a filter of the present invention includes the steps of: generating a shock wave; and bringing the shock wave into contact with a filter to which a filler adhered, wherein in the shock wave contacting step, a pressure applied to the filter by the shock wave is 0.07 MPa or more.
US11219923B2	Method for forming multilayer coating film This invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method comprising forming a multilayer coating film that has excellent blackness, high reflectance of an infrared laser, and excellent coating film performance. The method for forming a multilayer coating film includes forming a first colored coating film containing a titanium oxide pigment, in which the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 905 nm or diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 1550 nm, or both, is 40% or more; forming a second colored coating film containing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of (A1) a perylene black pigment, (A2) a black metal oxide complex pigment, and (A3) two or more pigments selected from the group consisting of blue pigments, red pigments, yellow pigments, and green pigments; forming a third colored coating film containing a carbon black pigment; and forming a clear coating film; wherein the multilayer coating film has a lightness L(45°) of 3 or less and a chroma C(45°) of 1 or less, and wherein the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 905 nm or the diffuse reflectance at a wavelength of 1550 nm of the multilayer coating film, or both, is 10% or more.
US11219920B2	System and method for making and applying a non-portland cement-based material A system and method for applying a construction material is provided. The method may include mixing one or more of 4%-45% volcanic rock by weight, greater than 0%-40% latent hydraulic material by weight, 10%-45% alkaline component by weight, and 20%-90% aggregate by weight to produce a dry binding agent mixture, using a dry mixer; and combining the dry binding agent mixture with water at a nozzle to produce a sprayable concrete compound.
US11219913B2	Wheel guard to shield wheels from tire dressing A wheel guard includes a cover having a cone shape with an outer surface, an inner surface, a top end, a bottom rim, a first terminal edge running from the top end to the bottom rim, and a second terminal edge opposite the first terminal edge and running from the top end to the bottom rim. A coupler is configured to releasably couple the first terminal edge to a plurality of different radial points of the cover, thereby adjusting a diameter of the bottom rim.
US11219909B2	Fluid product dispenser A fluid dispenser having a casing (E) provided with a dispenser head (11); and a refill cartridge (C) that includes a fluid reservoir (R). The refill cartridge (C) is axially insertable into the casing (E) in such a manner as to connect the fluid reservoir (R) to the dispenser head (11). The refill cartridge (C) and the casing (E) are provided with a connection mechanism (17, 253) that connects the refill cartridge (C) in the casing (E) by screw-fastening, so as to bring the fluid reservoir (R) into leaktight contact with the dispenser head (11). The movement, after screw-fastening, of the refill cartridge (C) in the casing (E) towards the dispenser head (11) delivers the fluid to the dispenser head (11).
US11219904B2	Facility for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension A facility for the centrifugal clarification of a suspension includes a centrifuge and a device with a container having a tubular envelope surface at least in sections for conducting the medium, which is arranged on a liquid outlet of the centrifuge. The container with a tubular envelope surface at least in sections includes an inlet for supplying a pressurizing gas, and the volume of the container with a tubular envelope surface at least in sections is smaller than the double receiving volume of the centrifuge.
US11219902B2	Methods and system for wheat milling Processes and systems for commercial scale milling of wheat are disclosed. Processes include multiple tempering steps of controlled duration and cubing of the wheat kernel between two tempering steps. The cubing between the tempering breaks the kernels, or stresses the kernels, in a manner that enables a high degree of separation of the bran and endosperm early in the flour production process. An embodiment includes tempering for a first period between hour and 2 hours, cubing in a roll crusher with longitudinal corrugations on one roll and circumferential corrugations on a second roll, removing fines from the cubed kernels, and further tempering of the cubed kernels for a period between hour and 2 hours.
US11219901B2	Robotic method for coating a multiwell plate by a polyelectrolyte multilayer film The invention concerns a robotic method for coating the bottom surface of at least one well of a multiwell plate by a polyelectrolyte multilayer film, the multiwell plate obtainable according to the method and the use thereof for cell culture.
US11219898B2	Molecular separation by diffusion using an EWOD device A method of operating an electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device performs microfluidic diffusion separation. The method includes the steps of: inputting a sample droplet into the EWOD device, wherein the sample droplet includes a mixture of particles including first particles and second particles that are different from each other; inputting a collection droplet into the EWOD device; performing an electrowetting operation to bring the sample droplet into contact with the collection droplet; at an initial time, initiating a process of particle separation by which a portion of the sample droplet is introduced into the collection droplet, wherein the first particles move through the collection droplet at a rate different from the second particles; and after a time interval from the initial time, performing an electrowetting operation to segment a leaving droplet from the collection droplet, wherein the leaving droplet has a higher concentration of the first particles relative to the second particles as compared to a concentration of the first particles relative to the second particles in the sample droplet at the initial time. The method may be performed by an AM-EWOD control system executing program code stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium.
US11219894B2	Microfluidic channel structure and fabrication method thereof, microfluidic detecting device and detecting method thereof A microfluidic channel structure and a fabrication method thereof, a microfluidic detecting device and a detecting method thereof are disclosed. The microfluidic channel structure includes a support portion; a foundation portion, provided on the support portion and including a first foundation and a second foundation spaced apart from each other; and a channel defining portion, provided on a side of the foundation portion that is away from the support portion and including a first channel layer and a second channel layer, the first channel layer covering the first foundation and the second channel layer covering the second foundation have a gap therebetween to define a microfluidic channel; and the first channel layer and the second channel layer are made of a same material.
US11219893B2	Housing for a simulation chamber A housing for a simulation chamber having a chamber body, a door arranged on the chamber body, and a controller housing, wherein the controller housing is arranged on the chamber body and comprises an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least one side surface, in that the door comprises an outer surface, an inner surface, and at least five side surfaces, wherein the controller housing is arranged on the chamber body in such a manner that, when the door is closed, at least one of the side surfaces of the door is arranged facing at least one of the side surfaces of the controller housing.
US11219892B2	Carbon based materials as solid-state ligands for metal nanoparticle catalysts High activity metal nanoparticle catalysts, such as Pd or Pt nanoparticle catalyst, are provided. Adsorption of metal precursors such as Pd or Pt precursors onto carbon based materials such as graphene followed by solventless (or low-solvent) microwave irradiation at ambient conditions results in the formation of the catalysts in which metal nanoparticles are supported on i) the surface of the carbon based materials and ii) in/on/within defects/holes in the carbon based materials.
US11219882B2	Catalyst device for treatment of formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds Disclosed herein are catalyst devices for removing formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds, and other pollutants from an air flow stream, A catalyst device includes a housing, a solid substrate disposed within the housing, and a catalyst layer disposed on the substrate. The catalyst layer includes a base metal catalyst at a first mass percent and a rare earth metal catalyst at a second mass percent.
US11219879B2	Aluminophosphate-metal oxide bonded body and production method for same An aluminophosphate-metal oxide bonded body including a metal oxide having a bonding surface on a part of the surface thereof, and aluminophosphate that is disposed on the bonding surface of the metal oxide, wherein an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or both of these is/are disposed on the bonding surface of the metal oxide, and the content rate of the alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or both is from 0.3 to 30.0% by mass with respect to all of the substances that are disposed on the bonding surface of the metal oxide. An aluminophosphate-metal oxide bonded body that provides a favorable bonded state even for complicated shapes is provided.
US11219877B2	Reactor for a metallocene catalyst-based solution polymerization process for preparing polyolefin polymers Disclosed is a reactor for solution polymerization process using a metallocene catalyst for preparing polyolefin. The reactor includes: a reaction vessel for mixing a hydrocarbon-based solvent and an olefin monomer to produce polyolefin; a feed inlet installed at a lower portion of the reaction vessel to feed a feed including an unreacted monomer, a solvent, and a catalyst into the reaction vessel; a guide pipe having a cylinder shape being open at respective ends, installed along a central axis of the reaction vessel, and dividing an internal space of the reaction vessel into an up-flow region where a reaction mixture flows upward and a down-flow region where the reaction mixture flows downward; a swirling flow-inducing blade attached to the exterior surface of the guide pipe, causing the reaction mixture in the reaction vessel to rise along the exterior surface of the guide pipe while forming a swirling flow.
US11219866B2	Gas sparger for an immersed membrane A gas sparger produces an intermittent flow of bubbles even if provided with a continuous gas flow. The sparger has a housing to collect a pocket of gas and a conduit to release some of the gas from the pocket when the pocket reaches a sufficient size. Optionally, a cover over an outlet from the conduit may break up or distribute the released gas. A large sparger for use with a commercial membrane module can comprise a plurality of smaller units.
US11219859B2	Supported catalyst, monolithic selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, preparation method therefor, and method for nitrogen oxides removal The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for NOx removal. In some embodiments, the catalyst comprises a support comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of TiO2, Al2O3, SiO2, ZrO2, CeO2, zeolite, TiO2 and WO3, and combinations thereof, and catalytically active components supported on the support. The catalytically active components comprise vanadium, antimony and at least one further component selected from the group consisting of silicon, aluminum and zirconium.
US11219847B2	Device for treating fluid A device for treating fluid, in particular a filter device, has first and second tubular elements (12), (14) forming an element assembly (10). One element (14) is accommodated in the other element (12) forming a flow chamber (33) between the two elements (12, 14), with a first element (12) arranged in the direction of the inflow side (29) of a fluid to be treated and a second element (14) arranged in the direction of the outflow side (31) of the treated fluid in the element assembly (10). During the fluid treatment, the flow is routed through both elements (12, 14) in succession from the direction of the inflow side (29) towards the outflow side (31). In a joint viewing direction (P), the first element (12) facing the inflow side (29) at least partially has a uniform or non-uniform contour and the second element (14) facing the outflow side (31) at least partially has a non-uniform or uniform contour.
US11219842B2	Thermal desorption of oily solids Methods and systems involving thermal desorption of an oily slurry are provided. In some embodiments, such systems include a desorption vessel including an inner chamber; a heating unit disposed adjacent to the desorption vessel configured to heat a slurry including solids and oil disposed in the inner chamber of the desorption vessel; and a plurality of vapor outlets in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the desorption vessel, wherein each vapor outlet is in fluid communication with a condenser or an eductor for condensing vapors generated by heating the slurry.
US11219833B2	Information synchronization method and apparatus, and storage medium This application discloses an information synchronization method performed at a server. The method includes: identifying a virtual scene of a game currently running at the server, the virtual scene including a virtual object, a first object and a second object within a field of view of a virtual object; obtaining first attribute information of the first object and second attribute information of the second object, in response to detecting a change of attribute information of the first object and the second object; determining a first distance between the virtual object and the first object and a second distance between the virtual object and the second object; and synchronizing the first attribute information and the second attribute information with a terminal corresponding to the virtual object based on the first distance between the virtual object and the first object and the second distance between the virtual object and the second object.
US11219825B2	Non-transitory computer-readable medium and video game processing system A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program is provided. The video game processing program causes a server to: set regions by grouping movable areas of a character in a virtual space; set a value to each region; propagate each belonging parameter to any adjacent region of the corresponding region so that an absolute value of the belonging parameter decreases and set the belonging parameter after decrease to the corresponding region in a case Where any other belonging parameter has not been set thereto yet; and calculate a sum of absolute values of two different belonging parameters in a region at which a moving number of regions from each region is substantially equal to each other or a boundary of the region, and set the region, the boundary of the region, or regions adjacent to the boundary of the region as an indicator portion.
US11219818B1	Collapsible polyhedron A collapsible, self-expanding polyhedron comprises a plurality of side members each connected with an elastic band that is sized to urge each side wall of adjacent side members together to form an expanded configuration. When the polyhedron is compressed on two opposing side members, which causes the other side members to separate into a collapsed configuration, the elastic band expands to a maximum length with maximum tension. Once the compression is released, the at least one elastic band retracts back to a minimum length and urges the side members back into the expanded configuration.
US11219814B2	Autonomous personalized golf recommendation and analysis environment Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable media configured to autonomously generate personalized recommendations for a user before, during, or after a round of golf. The systems and methods can utilize course data, environmental data, user data, and/or equipment data in conjunctions with one or more machine learning algorithms to autonomously generate the personalized recommendations.
US11219813B2	Apparatus for checking golf divot Proposed is an apparatus for checking a golf divot, which checks a position where a golf club comes into contact with the ground, a ground contact area, or a trace of the golf club when a user hits a golf ball with a golf club, so as to enable improvement of the user's swing, the apparatus including: a ball resting plate body having multiple pin-holes formed therethrough; multiple pins which are inserted into the pin-holes of the ball resting plate body, respectively, to vertically move and installed to allow upper end portions thereof to protrude upward from the ball resting plate body; and a ball resting plate body support means which supports the ball resting plate body in a state where the ball resting plate body is spaced a predetermined height apart from the ground.
US11219809B2	Practice device A practice device includes a base, a support tube, a post, an axle, a first ball rod, and a brake. The support tube extends upward from the base and has a support tube longitudinal axis. The post extends from the support tube and has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is engaged with the support tube and the second portion includes a first arm. The axle is coupled to the first arm and has a rotation axis. The first ball rod is coupled to a first practice ball and extends between the first practice ball and the axle. The first ball rod is coupled to a first practice ball and extends between the first practice ball and the axle. The first ball rod is configured to rotate about the rotation axis of the axle and when the first ball rod rotates about the rotation axis of the axle, the first practice ball contacts the brake to slow rotation of the first ball rod.
US11219806B2	Multipurpose pocket-sized golfers ball marker tool with specialized clasp/hook A specialized tool for golfers, this invention is small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket, in the form of a ball marker, with a line long enough to be useful, and a custom-molded hook/clasp to hold it together neatly. In addition to being a ball marker, this unique combination of features provides the user the length, accuracy, and speed-of-use necessary for: determining which ball is closest to (or farthest from) the hole, whether a ball is in or out of bounds, and a thin, straight line for putting practice; without unduly delaying the pace of play on the golf course.
US11219803B2	Golf club Aspects of the invention are directed to golf club having a crown, a sole, a face, and a primary alignment feature hard tooled into the golf club head. In some embodiments the golf club has a primary alignment feature comprising a line delineating a transition between at least a portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with a shade or color of the face. The primary alignment feature is hard tooled into the golf club head with the face of the golf club body.
US11219802B2	Ball striking device having a covering element A ball striking device may include a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The ball striking device may include a covering element located behind the rear surface. The covering element may be affixed to the rear surface of the ball striking plate with an adhesive member. The adhesive member may include a double-sided tape. Further, a thickened portion of the ball striking plate may be located behind a desired-contact region of the ball striking plate and the covering element may be affixed thereto. The covering element may be a highly-contoured element. The ball striking device may be a golf club head.
US11219781B2	Illumination for photodynamic therapy An illumination system (1) for photodynamic therapy is provided, the illumination system comprising an illumination source (2), which is configured to emit an electromagnetic radiation (3) to illuminate a target surface (4) during operation, and an electronic control unit (5), wherein the illumination source is configured such that the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the illumination source can be varied, wherein the electronic control unit is operatively connected to the illumination source and configured to control operation of the illumination source according to an illumination protocol during an illumination session performed with the illumination system, and wherein the illumination protocol comprises instructions to operate the illumination source during the illumination session in a plurality of different modes, the modes comprising: a) a first mode, wherein, in the first mode, the electronic control unit controls operation of the illumination source such that the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the illumination source is increased continuously or quasi-continuously from a base intensity B to a target intensity T within a first mode time interval, b) a second mode, wherein, in the second mode, the electronic control unit controls operation of the illumination source such that the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the illumination source is constant or substantially constant for a second mode time interval, and c) a third mode, wherein, in the third mode, the electronic control unit controls operation of the illumination source such that the illumination source is operated such that darker phases and illumination phases alternate for a third mode time interval, wherein the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the illumination source is lower in the darker phases than in the illumination phases, or wherein, in the darker phases the illumination source does not emit electromagnetic radiation whereas the illumination source emits electromagnetic radiation in the illumination phases. Furthermore, a computer program product and a kit for treating a disease are provided and a method for operating an illumination source and a method for treating a skin disease.
US11219779B2	Device for generating a very-low-frequency pulsed magnetic field carried by a very-low-frequency alternating magnetic field The invention relates to a device for generating a very-low-frequency pulsed magnetic field carried by a very-low-frequency alternating magnetic field and intended to be applied to a region of the human body, the device is provided with a plurality of pairs of angular magnet sectors of opposite polarity, the pairs of angular magnet sectors being centered on one same axis of rotation, angularly spaced apart from one another, and set in rotation at a predetermined speed about the axis of rotation so as to generate an alternating magnetic field at a predefined frequency, and at least one conductive wire coil centered on the axis of rotation of the angular magnet sectors and supplied with a pulsed electric current so as to generate a pulsed magnetic field superimposed over the alternating magnetic field generated by the setting in rotation of the angular magnet sectors.
US11219777B2	External defibrillation with automatic post-shock anti-tachycardia (APSAT) pacing A medical device such as an external defibrillator delivers electrical therapy using a special pulse sequence. The special pulse sequence includes a defibrillation shock that is automatically followed by a quick succession of automatic post-shock anti-tachycardia (APSAT) pacing pulses. Because of the pacing pulses, the defibrillation shock can be of lesser energy than an equivalent defibrillation shock of a larger energy. Accordingly, the external defibrillator can be made physically smaller and weigh less, without sacrificing the therapeutic effect of a larger external defibrillator that would deliver a defibrillation shock of higher energy. As such, the defibrillator is easier to configure for transporting, handling, and even wearing.
US11219775B2	Retention mechanism for an implantable lead Retention devices for use with an implantable medical device (IMD) are disclosed. An illustrative retention device may comprise an elongate body including a hollow lumen configured to receive a lead of the IMD and an outer surface configured to receive a suture. The retention device may also include a securing mechanism configured to push against tissue of a patient.
US11219773B2	Electrical connector cap for an implantable lead, implantable lead for use with said electrical connector cap, and implantable lead assembly The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector cap, in particular for an implantable lead, the electrical connector cap comprising an elongated body having at least one lumen and at least one through hole extending from an outer surface of the elongated body into the lumen, and at least one electrically conductive member arranged on an outer circumference of the elongated body over said at least one through hole of the elongated body. Furthermore, said at least one electrically conductive member comprises at least one through hole (extending from an outer surface of the electrically conductive member into the lumen through said at least one through hole of the elongated body. The disclosure further relates to implantable lead assemblies comprising said electrical connector cap, and to an implantable lead member usable with said electrical connector cap.
US11219771B2	Intra-cardiac communications using ultrasound to provide direct timing information without electrical interferences A medical system contains a first implantable device and a second implantable device. Each implantable device contains a communication unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal to the communication unit of another implantable device of the medical system. The first implantable device is configured to periodically transmit a broadcast message to at least the second implantable device using the communication unit of the first implantable device.
US11219767B2	Method for detecting pocket stability for an implantable cardiac monitor A computer implemented method for detecting pocket stability for an implantable cardiac monitor, including under control of one or more processors in the ICM, collecting impedance data over at least one cardiac cycle. The impedance data is processed to separate an impedance waveform that varies over the at least one cardiac cycle in a manner representative of cardiac functionality over the at least one cardiac cycle. A characteristic of interest is analyzed from the impedance waveform over the at least one cardiac cycle. A pocket stability state of the ICM is identified and recorded based on the analyzing operation.
US11219766B2	Method and device for feedback control of neural stimulation A method of controlling a neural stimulus by use of feedback. The neural stimulus is applied to a neural pathway in order to give rise to an evoked action potential on the neural pathway. The stimulus is defined by at least one stimulus parameter. A neural compound action potential response evoked by the stimulus is measured. From the measured evoked response a feedback variable is derived. A feedback loop is completed by using the feedback variable to control the at least one stimulus parameter value. The feedback loop adaptively compensates for changes in a gain of the feedback loop caused by electrode movement relative to the neural pathway.
US11219762B2	Therapeutic device for female genital predictive permeation A system and method are provided for performing predictive permeation on the skin of a patient, particularly where the skin has no corneum. For this purpose, a device is provided which has an elongated probe, with an electrode array that extends along an active segment of the probe. Also, a voltage source is connected to the electrode array to generate an electric field. Operationally, an electro-conductive emulsion is applied onto the skin of the patient where the predictive permeation procedure is to be performed and the probe is positioned to contact the skin to be treated. The emulsion then interacts with the electric field that is generated by the electrode array to increase the permeability of the skin. Particles from a blood sample of the patient are included in the emulsion, and are introduced into the skin during the predictive permeation procedure to increase skin density.
US11219756B2	Motor assembly for catheter pump A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.
US11219747B2	IV catheter with vein entry indication An intravenous catheter assembly that includes a catheter tube and an introducer needle that is disposed, at least in part, within the catheter tube when the introducer needle is in a ready for use position. The introducer needle includes a lateral surface that defines a relief that is positioned under the distal end of the catheter tube when the introducer is in the ready for use position to provide a flow path into a flash indication space.
US11219745B2	Fistula formation devices and methods therefor Described here are devices, systems, and methods for forming a fistula between two blood vessels. Generally, the systems may comprise a first catheter and a second catheter, which may comprise one or more fistula-forming elements. The first and second catheters may comprise one or more magnets, which may be used to assist in bringing the first and catheters in closer proximity to facilitate fistula formation. In some variations, the magnet may have a plurality of magnetic domains each characterized by a magnetic flux vector, with the magnetic flux vectors of the magnet passing through a common magnetic origin.
US11219729B2	Medical device system and method including an endotracheal tube A medical device system and method including an endotracheal tube configured for insertion into a patients mouth or nose are disclosed. The endotracheal tube may include an outer cannula extending from a proximal end to a distal end configured to be positioned between in a patient's trachea. The outer cannula may include a lumen extending from a first opening defined in the proximal end to a second opening defined in the distal end. The endotracheal tube may further include an inner cannula removably positioned in the lumen of the outer cannula. The inner cannula may include a proximal end that extends outwardly from the first opening of the outer cannula, a distal end positioned adjacent to the distal end of the outer cannula, and a passageway extending through the distal and proximal ends of the inner cannula.
US11219728B2	Medical tube apparatus An endotracheal tube apparatus to treat a patient comprising an endotracheal tube and a hub connection fitting; the endotracheal tube insertable into a trachea of the patient; the hub connection fitting connectable to the endotracheal tube; a ventilation passageway extending through the hub connection fitting and a ventilation lumen of the endotracheal tube; a plurality of ports joined with the hub connection fitting, the plurality of ports comprising at least a first port and a second port; a first passageway extending within the hub connection fitting, the first passageway in fluid communication with the first port; a second passageway extending within the hub connection fitting, the second passageway in fluid communication with the second port; a third passageway extending within the hub connection fitting and a secondary lumen of the endotracheal tube.
US11219724B2	Heating element A heating element including a ceramic body and a heating wire. The ceramic main body includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and the lower portion are integrally formed. A plurality of micro-pores for oil penetration are distributed in the upper portion and the lower portion. A shape of a periphery of the upper portion is matched with a shape of an interior of an atomizer for mounting the upper portion. A side of the upper portion is provided with a notch. The shape of the notch is matched with the shape of an air flowing tube of the atomizer. The lower portion extends downward from the side of the upper portion opposite to the notch. The heating wire is mounted to the ceramic main body, and the heating wire extends outward from the bottom of the lower portion.
US11219721B2	Attachment band for a fluid delivery apparatus and method of use An attachment band for a fluid delivery apparatus includes an annular body having a wall defining a hollow inner space, an adjacent pair of attachment apertures extending through the wall, and an indicator aperture extending through the wall opposite the pair of attachment apertures. The indicator aperture includes an indicator portion that is configured to present an indication to a user of the fluid delivery apparatus of a tightness of the attachment band. A first strap extends radially outward from the annular body of the attachment band and is substantially aligned with the attachment apertures. A second strap extends radially outward from the annular body and is substantially aligned with the indicator aperture.
US11219715B2	Injecting a supplemental fluid in a conduit to deliver a primary fluid A controller controls a fluid pump to deliver primary fluid from a first source at a desired rate through a respective conduit to a recipient. The controller monitors a volume of the primary fluid injected into the conduit. Subsequent to injecting a predetermined amount of the primary fluid into the conduit, the controller i) discontinues injection of the primary fluid into the conduit and ii) injects a secondary fluid through the conduit to advance a remaining portion of the primary fluid in the conduit to the recipient. The controller advances the secondary fluid into the conduit until a desired amount of the primary fluid is delivered trough the conduit to the recipient. Injection of the secondary fluid to push the remaining portion of the primary fluid reduces waste associated with the primary fluid.
US11219709B2	Systems and methods for treating blood According to some embodiments, a system may treat blood containing metformin outside the body of a patient. The system may include one or more pumps configured to pump blood in a fluid flow path at a collective rate over 4 liters per minute. The system may include one or more heat exchangers operable to heat at least a portion of the blood to a temperature of at least 42 degrees. The system may include one or more convection dialysis modules configured to perform convection dialysis on at least a portion of the blood at least after the one or more heat exchangers allow the blood to cool one or more degrees.
US11219698B2	Metal oxide nanoparticle-based T1-T2 dual-mode magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent The present invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent, particularly a metal oxide nanoparticle-based T1-T2 dual-mode MRI contrast agent that can be used not only as a T1 MRI contrast agent but also as a T2 MRI contrast agent, and a method for producing the same. The metal oxide nanoparticle-based T1-T2 dual-mode MRI contrast agent can provide more accurate and detailed information associated with disease than single MRI contrast agent by the beneficial contrast effects in both T1 imaging with high tissue resolution and T2 imaging with high feasibility on detection of a lesion.
US11219693B2	Antibody-drug-conjugate and its use for the treatment of cancer The present invention relates to an antibody-drug-conjugate. From one aspect, the invention relates to an anti-body-drug-conjugate comprising an antibody capable of binding to a Target, said antibody being conjugated to at least one drag selected from derivatives of dolastatin 10 and auristatins. The invention also comprises method of treatment and the use of said anti-body-drag-conjugate for the treatment of cancer.
US11219689B2	Boron enriched linker (“BEL”) compositions for boron neutron capture therapy and methods thereof Boron Enriched Linker (“BEL”) compositions and methods of making BELs are disclosed herein. Consequently, the BELs can be conjugated to antibodies or antibody fragments to create Antibody Boron Conjugates (“ABCs”) to provide a method of treating cancer, immunological disorders and other disease by utilizing a Neutron Capture Therapy modality.
US11219677B2	Immunotherapy of canine leishmaniasis The present invention provides a method for treating canine leishmaniasis by immunotherapy.
US11219675B2	Methods of cancer treatment using activated T cells Provided is a method of treating a cancer in an individual using activated T cells or PBMCs induced by antigen presenting cells (such as dendritic cells) loaded with a plurality of tumor antigen peptides. The method may further comprise administration of the antigen presenting cells loaded with the plurality of tumor antigen peptides to the individual. The methods may be used singly or in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also provided are precision therapy methods customized for the individual using neoantigen peptides or based on the mutation load in the tumor of the individual, methods of preparing the activated T cells, methods of monitoring the treatment, methods of cloning tumor-specific T cell receptors, an isolated population of cells comprising the activated T cells, and compositions and kits useful for cancer immunotherapy.
US11219674B2	Therapeutic cancer vaccine The present invention relates to vaccine(s) comprising cancer cells expressing antigen(s), excipients, optionally adjuvant wherein the said antigen(s) is expressed on contacting the said cancer cell with p38 inducer, for use in treatment of Cancer. The vaccine composition induces specific immune response against homologous and heterologus cancer cells of the tissue/organ. The invention also provides method of preparing the same.
US11219673B2	Compositions and methods for delivery of biomacromolecule agents The present invention relates to nanoparticles complexed with biomacromolecule agents configured for treating, preventing or ameliorating various types of disorders, and methods of synthesizing the same. In particular, the present invention is directed to compositions comprising nanoparticles (e.g., synthetic high density lipoprotein (sHDL)) carrying biomacromolecule agents (e.g., nucleic acid, peptides, glycolipids, etc.), methods for synthesizing such nanoparticles, as well as systems and methods utilizing such nanoparticles (e.g., in diagnostic and/or therapeutic settings).
US11219669B2	Method for preventing and treating liver fibrosis The present invention relates to a method for preventing and treating hepatic fibrosis, comprising administering an effective amount of plasminogen to a subject.
US11219667B2	Method for treating peripheral vascular disease using hepatocyte growth factor and stromal cell derived factor 1A The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating peripheral vascular disease, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient: (a) hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) or an isoform thereof, and stromal cell derived factor 1α (SDF-1α); or (b) a polynucleotide encoding the HGF and a polynucleotide encoding the SDF-1α. The peripheral vascular disease (for example, ischemic limb disease) can be more effectively prevented or treated through the significant promotion of vascular endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis in the case of singly using the composition of the present invention than in the case of using HGF, an isoform thereof, SDF-1α or a polynucleotide codes a protein thereof.
US11219666B2	Compositions and methods for treating pulmonary hypertension In some aspects, the disclosure relates to GDF/BMP antagonists and methods of using GDF/BMP antagonists to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate and/or severity of pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly treating, preventing or reducing the progression rate and/or severity of one or more PH-associated complications. The disclosure also provides methods of using a GDF/BMP antagonist to treat, prevent, or reduce the progression rate and/or severity of a variety of conditions including, but not limited to, pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary fibrosis, and right ventricular hypertrophy. The disclosure further provides methods of using a GDF/BMP antagonist to reduce right ventricular systolic pressure in a subject in need thereof.
US11219663B2	Composition containing cyclic dipeptide and sweetening agent Provided a composition excellent in biological safety and capable of enhancing GLP-1 secretion-accelerating effect due to a sweetening agent. The content ratio of the cyclic dipeptide or a salt thereof and a sweetening agent in a composition is controlled to fall within a specified range. Owing to this, GLP-1 secretion-accelerating effect due to the sweetening agent is enhanced.
US11219662B2	Methods for treating hypotension in a patient that has received an ACE inhibitor by administering angiotensin II The present disclosure relates to the use of angiotensin II, angiotensin III, or angiotensin IV in therapeutic methods for the treatment of hypotension, especially catecholamine-resistant hypotension.
US11219656B2	Method of using composition containing Hovenia dulcis Thunb. extract as active ingredient for prevention and treatment of bone diseases The invention relates to a composition containing extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., gallocatechin, and methyl vanillate as active ingredients for preventing and treating bone disease. The extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the gallocatechin, and the methyl vanillate according to the present invention are natural materials and thus cause no side effects, and may activate the Wnt/β-catenin pathway to promote bone formation rather than inhibiting bone decomposition, and therefore may be effective in treating osteoporosis and related diseases. In addition, the extracts of the fruit of Hovenia dulcis Thunb., the gallocatechin, and the methyl vanillate according to the present invention may have the effects regrowing hair and preventing and treating wounds and metabolic diseases related to the activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway.
US11219651B2	Recombinant herpes virus and pharmaceutical composition containing the same A recombinant herpes virus showing high antitumor activity is provided. In particular, a recombinant herpes simplex virus that expresses an ICP6 gene under control of a tumor-specific promoter or tissue-specific promoter on the genome of the virus is provided.
US11219649B2	Consortia of living bacteria useful for treatment of microbiome dysbiosis The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising specific consortia of living bacteria strains; to the manufacturing of such compositions, particularly by co-cultivation; and to the use of such compositions in pharmaceutical applications, such as the treatment of diseases associated with intestinal microbiota dysbiosis, particularly intestinal infections such as CDI (Clostridium difficile infection) and IBD (Inflammatory bowel diseases). When compared to the traditional FMT therapy () the inventive compositions () are more efficient and safer as demonstrated on an acute colitis model and therefore more appropriate for therapeutic use.
US11219648B2	Method for processing traditional Chinese medicine using calcium-based ion solution and application thereof A method for processing traditional Chinese medicine using a calcium-based ion solution and an application thereof. A solution formed by a calcium-based ion solution and Chinese spirits is used to soak a traditional Chinese medicine prescription; the calcium-based ion solution refers to a solution containing calcium ions with a mass percentage of 0.3-10%; and the Chinese spirits is a spirit containing more than 35% alcohol by volume. Also provided is an application of a soaking liquid for processing traditional Chinese medicine in preparing, from a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, a meridians and collaterals administration agent applied on skin, a preparation extracted from traditional Chinese medicine soaked using a soaking solution formed by “a calcium-based ion solution and a spirit” has a better effect of guiding skin penetration.
US11219642B1	Methods and compositions for treating heart conditions The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating heart conditions. In particular, the disclosure provides compositions comprising lithium, or a salt thereof, either alone or in combination with at least one additional anti-arrhythmia agent, and methods for treating heart conditions using such compositions.
US11219641B2	Use of lithium ascorbate to prevent and treat alcoholism and alcohol intoxication The invention relates to medicine, particularly to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and more particularly to the use of lithium ascorbate, in a dose of at least 5 mg/kg, as an agent for preventing and treating alcoholism and alcohol intoxication, and also providing protection of brain neurons and reducing demyelinating complications. The invention makes it possible to broaden the range of agents for this purpose.
US11219638B2	Anti-metastatic marine bacterial exopolysaccharide derivative and uses thereof The invention provides a low-molecular-weight (15 kDa) over-sulfated exopolysaccharide (GYS15) prepared from a marine native exopolysaccharide excreted by a mesophilic marine bacterium from a deep-sea hydrothermal environment, and relates to the use of this low-molecular-weight over-sulfated exopolysaccharide for the prevention or inhibition of metastases formation.
US11219637B1	Inhalation delivery methods and compositions for vitamin B12 A method for effective delivery of vitamin B12 to a human being involves positioning a delivery device containing a mixture comprising a form of vitamin B12 and water such that, when activated, the delivery device places at least a portion of the mixture inside of a users mouth in a form suitable for inhalation, and activating the delivery device while or before the user inhales. The form of vitamin B12 may be cyanocobalamin, methylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, and/or adenosylcobalamin. The delivery device may be an aerosolizer, atomizer, vaporizer, or humidifier. The mixture may also include flavorings. Water may be 20% or less of the mixture by volume. The mixture may contain no nicotine, propylene glycol, or diacetyl. A method for vitamin B12 supplementation includes determining that a person has a disorder causing the person to have a reduced ability to process B-vitamins and administering methylcobalamin by inhalation.
US11219633B2	Nucleobase analogue derivatives and their applications Disclosed herein are derivatives of nucleobase analogues. The disclosed compounds have a nucleobase moiety and an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid moiety, including pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof. Methods of using these compounds for the treatment of cancers such as pancreatic cancer are also disclosed.
US11219631B2	Foamable compositions, breakable foams and their uses A substantially surface active agent-free foamable composition which includes short-chain alcohol, water, polymer, fatty alcohol or fatty acid or a combination of fatty alcohol and fatty acid and propellant. A substantially surface active agent-free foamable composition which includes, water, polymer, fatty alcohol or fatty acid and propellant. A method of treatment using a substantially surface active agent-free foamable compositions.
US11219624B2	Topical formulation for a JAK inhibitor This invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations for topical skin application comprising (R)-3-cyclopentyl-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]propanenitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and use in the treatment of skin disorders.
US11219617B2	Methods of diagnosing and treating autism Methods for diagnosing and treating autism spectral disorders are encompassed. In one embodiment, a patient is diagnosed as having autism spectral disorder if at least one CNV in an mGluR network gene is found in a patient sample. Patients with at least one mGluR network gene CNV are effectively treated with (+)-5-oxo-Dprolinepiperidinamide monohydrate (NS-105).
US11219616B2	Dosing regimens of celgosivir for the treatment of dengue Methods of treating a dengue virus (DENV) infection in a human subject, comprising administering to the human subject a compound of Formula (I), or pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of Formula (I): A compound of Formula (I) can be administered within onset of fever to 72 hours of fever onset due to dengue infection and then every 6 to 12 hours until there is an improvement in the infection or between from about 1 day to about 10 days. The methods of the invention can be used to treat primary and secondary DENV1-4 viral infections.
US11219610B2	Bolus dose of hydroxycitric acid with glycerol A method of delivering a daily dose of hydroxycitric acid in the form of a salt as a single bolus that is as effective or more so than the same amount of active delivered via two or three administrations (b.i.d. or t.i.d.) using current delivery modalities. The method reduces the rate of occurrence of common adverse events with hydroxycitric acid salts, and reduces the occurrence of reverse effects on diets high in fat and/or alcohol. The method improves the uptake of the active compound thereby reducing the dose required.
US11219599B2	Method and composition for making an oral soluble film, containing at least one active agent A method of making an oral soluble film, containing at least one active agent, includes providing a well of a predetermined size; depositing a film forming composition in the well; depositing an active agent composition in the well, the active agent composition being different than the film forming composition, the film forming composition and the active agent composition forming an admixture in the well; and drying the admixture in the well. Alternatively, the method includes providing a well of a predetermined size; depositing a film forming composition including at least one active agent in the well, the film forming composition having a viscosity below 2000 centipoise; and drying the film forming composition in the well.
US11219594B2	Effervescent compositions of metformin and processes for preparation thereof The present invention relates to effervescent compositions of Metformin and optionally other anti-diabetic agents and processes for preparation thereof. More particularly provides an effervescent composition comprising Metformin, an acid and a base such that the composition is free of affirmatively added binders and granulating solvents. The effervescent composition of the present invention has retained carbon dioxide content of at least 90% of the input blend.
US11219588B2	Use of polyamines in compositions and methods for inducing or promoting skin darkening and regulating melanogenesis The present disclosure provides a method of inducing or promoting darkening of the skin and/or melanogenesis, a method of treating a skin condition or disorder, in particular hypopigmentation, comprising administration of a polycationic aliphatic amine, wherein said polycationic aliphatic amine preferably is putrescine, spermidine and spermine. The invention further includes corresponding methods of reducing or preventing darkening of skin and/or melanogenesis, or related methods of treating a skin condition or disorder, comprising administration of at least an inhibitor of polycationic aliphatic amine transport or synthesis, wherein said inhibitor is preferably trimer44NMe or difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) respectively.
US11219581B2	Nanoemulsions with neutralized fatty acid and a method producing the same The method for making a nanoemulsion is described. The method uses a neutralized fatty acid and does not require traditional surfactant in order to yield stable nanoemulsion having a diameter from 70 to 550 nm.
US11219580B2	Oral composition The present invention provides a mouthwash composition comprising a heterogeneous gel, wherein said heterogeneous gel comprises at least two gelling agents and two or more active ingredients, and wherein the composition provides the differential release of the active ingredients over a period of time.
US11219567B2	Patient support A patient support includes a conformable layer having a lattice of cells. Each cell having a base and extending to a top portion disposed opposite the base to form a column, and at least some of the cells within the lattice having a fluid passage extending from the base through the top portion of the cell. The patient support having a fluid flow path defined by a port connector configured to direct a fluid to a low air loss manifold, the low air loss manifold configured to direct and release the fluid towards the fluid passages of the conformable layer with the fluid passages configured to direct the fluid into a reduced zone having a surface area, and a spacer layer configured to receive the fluid in the reduced zone and disperse the fluid underneath a cover across a surface area larger than the surface area of the reduced zone.
US11219562B2	Mobile stretcher In a mobile stretcher, in order to change the height position of a patient support mounted on a chassis, the chassis geometry is modifiable by a hydraulic drive system. The drive system includes a linear actuator, a pressure supply unit, and a receiving space for hydraulic fluid. A manually actuatable unlocking valve unit directly connects a lifting working chamber of the linear actuator to the receiving space. The valve unit has a control space delimited by a piston element movably guided relative to the housing of the valve unit and which communicates with a lifting attachment, which communicates with the working chamber. The piston element is operatively connected to a valve body interacting with a valve seat of a relief valve between the lifting attachment and a tank attachment communicating with the receiving space. A mechanical actuation input acts on the valve body, with a spring element interposed.
US11219559B2	Nasal drip pad An apparatus that includes an absorber, a positioner, and an estimator, where the positioner and estimator are coupled to the absorber. The absorber includes absorbent material configured to capture nasal drainage. The positioner places the absorber in proximity to a person's nose. The estimator provides an indication of an amount of drainage captured by the absorber.
US11219542B2	Wearable apparatus for the treatment or prevention of osteopenia and osteoporosis, stimulating bone growth, preserving or improving bone mineral density, and inhibiting adipogenesis A wearable apparatus for the treatment or prevention of osteopenia or osteoporosis, stimulating bone growth, preserving or improving bone mineral density, and inhibiting adipogenesis is disclosed where the apparatus may generally comprise one or more vibrating elements configured for imparting repeated mechanical loads to the hip, femur, and/or spine of an individual at a frequency and acceleration sufficient for therapeutic effect. These vibrating elements may be secured to the upper body of an individual via one or more respective securing mechanisms, where the securing mechanisms are configured to position the one or more vibrating elements in a direction lateral to the individual, and the position, tension, and efficacy of these vibrating elements may be monitored and/or regulated by one or more accelerometers.
US11219541B2	Wheel lock for thumbwheel actuated device A wheel lock or clip for maintaining position of a thumbwheel or wheel of a rotary actuated delivery device includes an arcuate or curved body having a live hinge extending therefrom, the hinge connected to an arm having an engagement tooth extending therefrom. The tooth is operatively connected to tab for actuation by a user to disengage the engagement tooth from teeth of gear or barrel of a wheel or a thumbwheel of the rotary actuated device to thereby allow free movement of the wheel or thumbwheel.
US11219538B2	Prosthesis shaft retaining device and system composed of prosthesis shaft and prosthesis shaft retaining device A prosthesis socket retaining device and a system for securing a prosthesis socket to an upper extremity, comprising a securing part that can be guided along the torso below the axilla of the contralateral, unprovided side of a patient, and a coupling element which can be secured to the prosthesis socket and connected to the securing part, wherein the coupling element is displaceably mounted on the securing part.
US11219534B2	Spinal implant system and method A surgical instrument comprises an outer sleeve including an inner surface that defines a cavity. An inner shaft is fixed with the outer sleeve and extends within the cavity. The inner shaft includes a drive engageable in a torque interface with a first mating surface of a bone fastener. An inner sleeve is disposed between the inner shaft and the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is axially fixed and rotatable relative to the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes an element connectable in a connection interface with a second mating surface of the bone fastener. Systems, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US11219532B2	Stand-alone expandable interbody spinal fusion device with locking mechanism An expandable interbody spinal fusion device, including an inferior component including at least one hole, a superior component connected to the inferior component, the superior component including a plurality of catches operatively arranged to align with the at least one hole, and a locking screw operatively arranged to engage the plurality of catches and the at least one hole to lock the superior component with respect to the inferior component.
US11219531B2	Rotatable intervertebral spacing implant An intervertebral spacing implant, including: a seat having an interior surface and an exterior surface; branches having an anterior end and a posterior end, the anterior end of the branches coupled to the seat and extending in a direction away from the seat, each of the branches having an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, the seat and the branches forming a cage, the exterior surface of the seat and the exterior surface of the branches defining an internal volume of the cage, the cage including fenestrations; a spacer configured to fit within the cage and move in the direction away from the seat and toward the posterior end of the plurality of branches, the spacer and the cage configured such that the branches will move from an unexpanded position to an expanded position when the spacer is urged in the direction away from the seat.
US11219527B2	Combination intra-medullary and extra-medullary fracture stabilization with aligning arm A device provides a variety of fracture fixation options should a fracture occur after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty, and provides associated methods and apparatus for application of provided fixation. The ability to pre-engineer fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Said methods and apparatus include targeting devices which allow for intimate association of fixed angle locking screws in pre-drilled holes in an existing prosthetic, femoral nail, or other components including additional fixation components. Such apparatus and methods further include the use of alignment devices and other components to allow for ease of repair of fractures utilizing the pre-engineered solutions.
US11219526B2	Method of generating a patient-specific bone shell The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are described and illustrated below to encompass methods and devices for designing patient specific prosthetic cutting jigs and, more specifically, to devices and methods for segmenting bone of the knee and the resulting cutting guides themselves. Moreover, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for manufacturing customized surgical devices, more specifically, the present disclosure relates to automated systems and methods of arthroplasty cutting guides, systems and methods for image segmentation in generating computer models of knee joint.
US11219524B2	System and a method for delivery of an annuloplasty implant A delivery system and method for delivery of an annuloplasty implant for a patient are disclosed. The delivery system comprises a commissure locator device for locating a commissure, comprising; an extension member, a catheter, and wherein the extension member is extendable relative the catheter for location of at least one commissure of a cardiac valve, and a coronary sinus contractor for temporary insertion into the coronary sinus (CS) and having a displacement unit being temporarily transferable to an activated state in Which the shape of the annulus Of the heart valve is modified to a modified shape to be retained by said annuloplasty implant.
US11219523B2	Annulus rings with suture clips Disclosed herein are annular prosthetic devices, such as annuloplasty rings, that include suture clips integrated into or mounted within an annular frame. The clips can quickly secure to sutures to obviate the need to tied knots in the sutures during implantation. Embodiments comprise an annular frame having an open central region and a plurality of suture clips spaced angularly apart around the frame. Each of the suture clips can comprise two opposing tabs that extend toward each other such that the suture clip forms a gripping region between ends of the tabs and the gripping region is configured to grip a suture inserted through the suture clip between the two tabs. The annular frame and the plurality of suture clips can be formed from a single piece of flat material with the suture clip tabs being formed by laser cutting the piece of flat material, or the suture clips can be movable along a track formed in the annular frame.
US11219516B2	Gender-specific mesh implant with barrier for inguinal hernia repair Disclosed herein are gender-specific implantable mesh for inguinal hernia repair in a patient, comprising: a fabric layer comprising a side defining a surface area wherein the fabric layer is configured to enable tissue adhesion to said mesh; an anti-adhesive barrier comprising a shape configured to prevent direct contact between the fabric layer and both a spermatic cord and a genital nerve upon implantation, wherein the shape covers a part of the surface area on the side of the fabric layer, the part being less than 25%, and wherein the shape is oblique to a horizontally-oriented centerline and a vertically-oriented centerline; and a keyhole configured to fit the genital nerve and the spermatic cord of the patient therethrough without constriction, wherein the keyhole is oblique and inferior to a horizontally-oriented centerline and medial to a vertically-oriented centerline.
US11219511B2	Methods for placing an implant analog in a physical model of the patient's mouth A method of placing a dental implant analog in a physical model for use in creating a dental prosthesis is provided. The physical model, which is usually based on an impression of the patient's mouth or a scan of the patient's mouth, is prepared. The model is scanned. A three-dimensional computer model of the physical model is created and is used to develop the location of the dental implant. A robot then modifies the physical model to create an opening for the implant analog. The robot then places the implant analog within the opening at the location dictated by the three-dimensional computer model.
US11219500B2	Aerosol reduction systems and methods A system for reducing aerosols emitted from a patient on which a medical procedure is being performed. The system comprises a transparent dome and an adapter assembly configured to releasably support the dome. The system additionally comprises a support assembly configured to support the adapter assembly and the dome. The support assembly is adjustable such that the dome can be selectively positioned over an intended body area of the patient and block aerosols emitted from the intended body area.
US11219496B2	Surgical tool, medical treatment instrument, and surgical system A surgical tool according to one or more embodiment may include: an end effector; an elongate element that drives the end effector; a hollow shaft that includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion which is coupled to the end effector; a driving member which the elongate element led via the shaft is wound on; a guide pulley that is disposed between the proximal end portion of the shaft and the driving member and guides the elongate element; and a tension pulley that is disposed between the proximal end portion of the shaft and the guide pulley and biases the elongate element.
US11219495B2	Disabling surgical tools due to manual bailout A method of operating a surgical tool includes sending a command signal from a computer system to a motor to drive rotation of a drive shaft mounted within a drive housing of the surgical tool, monitoring one or more operational parameters of the motor with one or more monitoring devices in communication with the computer system, and measuring an unexpected change in the operational parameters of the motor with the monitoring devices. The unexpected change includes a measured operational parameter that is inconsistent with the command signal. The unexpected change is reported to the computer system as a bailout signal, and the surgical tool is disabled once the bailout signal is received at the computer system.
US11219486B2	Method for implanting a hip prosthesis and related system A method of implanting a hip joint prosthesis into a patient can include obtaining image data of hip joint anatomy of the patient. Physical activities that the patient desires to participate in subsequent to implanting the hip prosthesis can be determined. A size and an initial placement of the hip joint prosthesis based on the image data can be determined. A desired range of motion of the hip joint prosthesis based on the determined physical activities can be determined. A plan can be created comprising a desired implanted location of the hip joint prosthesis and based on the desired range of motion. The plan can be incorporated onto a guide. The plan can be executed with the guide thereby implanting the hip joint prosthesis into the patient at the desired implanted position.
US11219484B2	Methods and devices for delivering microwave energy The invention comprises novel microwave antennas wherein the microwave field profile generated by an antenna is tailored and optimized for a particular clinical application. The antennas disclosed herein incorporate one or more additional elements called shaping elements that use unique properties of microwaves such as interaction of a microwave field with one or more conductive or non-conductive elements to shape or redistribute the microwave field. Such shaping elements may be used to reduce the undesired backward coupling of the emitted microwave field to the transmission line. Such shaping elements may be used to increase the power efficiency of the antenna. The invention also discloses devices and methods for treating tissue with microwave energy emitted from the antennas for use in applications such as destroying a soft tissue by microwave ablation.
US11219478B2	Surgical tool A surgical tool for removing a portion of an implant is provided that includes a housing, a motor contained within the housing and coupled to the housing, and an output shaft having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the motor and the distal end has an opening configured to rotateably engage an implant. The surgical tool further includes a counter-torque sleeve extending around the output shaft having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, wherein the proximal end is coupled to the housing and the distal end is configured to couple to the implant relative to the counter-torque sleeve. Upon a rotational force to the implant, the forces transmitted by the output shaft and the counter-torque sleeve are balanced by the coupling of the output shaft and counter-torque sleeve through the housing.
US11219474B2	Pivotal bone anchor assembly with twist-in-place insert A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a receiver having an axial bore with a pair of opposed downward-facing shoulder surfaces pre-formed therein between a discontinuous guide and advancement structure and a bottom opening, a shank having a capture portion configured for positioning into the axial bore with the shank extending downward through the bottom opening, and a pressure insert having upward-facing contact surfaces. The pressure insert is configured for positioning into the axial bore of the receiver into a first position and for subsequent rotation about a longitudinal axis by a tool into a second position that locates the upward-facing contact surfaces at least partially under the downward-facing shoulder surfaces to inhibit the pressure insert from moving upwardly within the axial bore.
US11219472B2	Poly-axial implant fixation system A fixation system includes an elongated rod, a fastener, a yoke, and an insert. The fastener includes a head with a truncated top portion. The yoke receives the rod and includes a yoke opening and a yoke cavity. The yoke cavity supports the head allowing for angular movement of the fastener. The insert is inserted into the yoke above the fastener and includes an insert base and a plurality of prongs. The insert base defines a base cavity that provides clearance for the head. The prongs extend away from the insert base and contact the head of the fastener below the truncated top portion. At least one set of the prongs has a length such that when the fastener is moved to a position of maximum angular movement within the yoke, at least one of the prongs is out of contact with the head of the fastener.
US11219469B2	Bone screw and method of manufacture A bone screw includes a shaft with at least one thread having an external thread form. An implant receiver includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a solid configuration relative to the second portion. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11219465B2	System, apparatus, and method for cutting bone during an orthopaedic surgical procedure The present disclosure relates generally to orthopaedic surgical tools used to cut and/or resect a bone of a patient during an orthopaedic surgical procedure such as, for example, a joint replacement procedure.
US11219460B2	Surgical stapling apparatus with anvil buttress A circular stapling apparatus includes a buttress and an anvil head assembly. The anvil head assembly includes an anvil head and an anvil cap secured to the anvil head. The anvil cap is positioned to selectively secure the buttress to the anvil head. The anvil cap is flexible and includes an outer ring that is selectively movable relative to the anvil head to release the buttress from the anvil head.
US11219459B2	Device and method for connecting tubular structures A device and method for performing anastomosis is described. In one embodiment according to the present invention, the device comprises a ring that has a plurality of pins extending from various locations on the ring. During a procedure, the pins are passed through portions of tissue and the ring is everted or radially flipped inside out to connect the tissues together.
US11219455B2	Surgical instrument including a lockout key A surgical instrument comprising an elongate channel, an anvil, a staple cartridge, a firing member, and a lockout key is disclosed. The elongate channel comprises a blocking member. The staple cartridge comprises staples and a sled movable from a proximal end position to an intermediate position and then to a distal position during a staple firing stroke. The firing member is movable distally to advance the sled through the staple cartridge during the staple firing stroke to eject the staples from the staple cartridge. The firing member comprises a cutting edge. The lockout key is movably mounted to the sled. The lockout key is movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position during the staple firing stroke. The lockout key lifts the firing member over the blocking member when the lockout key is moved from the unactuated position toward the actuated position.
US11219450B2	Surgical suture apparatus A surgical suture apparatus for passing a double-ended surgical needle forwards and backwards includes a first and second jaw element, and an operating device to operate a first holding device in the first jaw element and a second holding device in the second jaw element to alternately hold a first needle-end by the first holding device and a second needle-end by the second holding device. The first jaw element and second jaw element are movable with respect to each other between a take-over position and an open position. The operating device includes a switch device movable between a first operating position, in which a needle is held by the first holding device, and a second operating position, in which the needle is held by the second holding device, and an activation device configured to move the switch device between the first operating position and the second operating position. The activation device includes a spring and a release device.
US11219445B2	Methods of tissue repair Methods of tissue repair. At least one example method includes: pulling a tissue in place over a bone location; abutting a distal end of a guide tool against the tissue at a first location, and driving a first bone anchor through a delivery tube of the guide tool, through the tissue, and into the bone at the first location, the first bone anchor coupled to a first suture line; abutting the distal end of the guide tool against the tissue at a second location displaced from the first location, and then driving a second bone anchor through the delivery tube, through the tissue, and into the bone at the second location, the second bone anchor associated with the first suture line; withdrawing the guide tool away from the tissue; and tightening the first suture line to create a first suture over the tissue.
US11219444B2	Surgical fastening A surgical device includes a first fastener having a planar profile, a second fastener having a concave surface, and a suture that can be manipulated to change a distance between the first and second fasteners. The second fastener has a curvature that substantially matches the curvature of a top surface of a clavicle bone in a direction perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle bone. A method of treating an acromioclavicular joint injury includes forming axially aligned passages through a patient's clavicle and coracoid process, passing a fastener having a concave surface through the passages, positioning the concave surface of the fastener against a top surface of the patient's clavicle with a long axis of the fastener extending perpendicular to a long axis of the clavicle, positioning a fastener having a planar profile below the patient's coracoid process, and adjusting a suture that couples the fasteners.
US11219442B2	Expanding knotless suture anchor A suture anchoring system having an implant body that defines a bore space extending longitudinally about a central axis from a proximal end to a distal end of the implant body. A tapering interference portion is provided on an interior surface of the implant body and extends into the bore space, the taper being toward the central axis of the implant body bore space from the proximal end to the distal end of the implant body. An anchor has a threaded anchor portion extending therefrom and defines a threaded bore, where the extended threaded anchor portion configured to be received in the bore space of the implant body. A slot is defined in the threaded anchor portion, the slot configured to receive the interference portion of the implant body; and a threaded plug is configured to be received in the threaded bore of the anchor.
US11219436B2	Tissue repair and sealing devices having a detachable graft and clasp assembly and methods for the use thereof Provided are tissue repair and sealing devices, and methods for the use of tissue repair and sealing devices, for use in both minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures and open, non-MIS procedures to rapidly repair tissue fenestrations and create a pressure-resistant, watertight seal in a tissue barrier. Tissue repair and sealing devices disclosed herein comprise an integrated graft and deployable clasp assembly and an applicator assembly having a clasp retain and release member that is slidably connected to a folded, deployable clasp. The applicator assembly places a graft on a tissue inner surface and a deployable clasp on a tissue outer surface to secure the graft to the tissue inner surface to, thereby, repair a tissue fenestration and create a watertight barrier.
US11219434B2	Method of surgical dissection and/or guidance of other medical devices into body A method of surgical dissection of tissue with a dissector comprising: an elongate shaft comprising a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion comprises a plurality of segments that articulate with respect to one another and the plurality of segments includes a distal segment having a distal end; and a handle attached to the proximal portion of the shaft, wherein the handle comprises controls for articulating the plurality of segments of the distal portion of the shaft with respect to one another, comprising the steps of: positioning the distal end of the dissector in a body; advancing the distal end through the body to dissect tissue; and simultaneously articulating the plurality of segments with respect to one another. A method of surgical dissection of tissue and guiding a second device to a desired physiological location with a first device.
US11219421B2	X-ray CT imaging apparatus An X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes: a supporter that is supported such that an X-ray generator and an X-ray detector are opposed to each other; a turning motor that turns the supporter about a shaft; a crosswise drive motor that moves the shaft in a crosswise direction; and a circuit that performs processing of controlling the turning motor and the crosswise drive motor and processing of setting the physique of a subject. When X-ray CT imaging is performed, the crosswise drive motor moves the shaft in synchronization with turning of the supporter about the shaft, and the supporter is caused to perform combined motion, which allows the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector to turn about a center of an X-ray CT imaging region, and position control of the shaft is performed according to the size of the physique of the subject.
US11219417B2	Tomosynthesis imaging apparatus Fifteen radiation tubes are arranged in a radiation source of the mammography apparatus. An irradiation field limiter has a plurality of first irradiation opening portions which are provided in an X direction and each of which is configured by a pair of a first opening and a second opening facing each other in an irradiation direction of radiation and defines an irradiation field of the radiation. The irradiation field limiter includes a first rotating member that is rotated to a first rotation position and a second rotation position about a rotating shaft parallel to the X direction. At the first rotation position and the second rotation position, the first irradiation opening portions which are arranged at an interval of one radiation tube face the radiation tubes in the irradiation direction. The first irradiation opening portions deviate from each other in the X direction. Among 15 radiation tubes, at least some of second radiation tubes, which are other than first radiation tubes facing the first irradiation opening portions at the first rotation position and do not face the first irradiation opening portions, face the first irradiation opening portions at the second rotation position.
US11219416B2	Graphically displaying evoked potentials A method for graphically displaying evoked potentials is disclosed herein. The method transforms each of an averaged evoked potentials into a single vertical line, wherein a first amplitude range is represented by a first color, a second amplitude range is represented by a second color, a third amplitude range is represented by a third color and a fourth amplitude range is represented by a fourth color.
US11219415B1	Thermal imaging system for disease outbreak detection A fever-causing disease outbreak detection system for an early warning of the outbreak of an infectious disease. The system uses an array of infrared detectors to measure the temperatures of individuals in a population. The measured temperatures are used to create a measured population temperature distribution. A central control unit generates a predicted population temperature distribution using environmental data such as local atmospheric conditions and compares the predicted population temperature distribution to the measured population temperature distribution. If an outbreak is detected, an alert is issued.
US11219411B2	Lung water content measurement system and calibration method A system and method for monitoring lung water content of a patient. The system may include microwave sensors and a processor. The system may transmit microwave signals into, and receive microwave signals from, the thorax of a patient using the microwave sensors. The received microwave signals may each have at least one frequency component with a magnitude and a phase. The system may analyze the phase of the received microwave signal corresponding to a first pair of the microwave signals to monitor changes in the lung water content. The system may analyze the magnitude of the received microwave signal corresponding to a second, different pair of the microwave sensors to determine whether the lung water content is increasing or decreasing. The system may also analyze the received microwave signals to determine a blood pressure indicator and to determine lung water content.
US11219404B2	Cognitive decline detection system Cognitive decline detection system includes obtainment unit and determination unit. Obtainment unit obtains the amount of movement during a sleep period and the amount of movement during a non-sleep period of a user for each day, the non-sleep period being the period other than the sleep period. Determination unit determines that the cognitive function of the user is lower during a determination period than during a comparison period set before the determination period when the frequency of days when a movement amount ratio falls below a predetermined ratio among days constituting the determination period is higher than that among days constituting the comparison period, the movement amount ratio representing the ratio of the amount of movement during the non-sleep period to the amount of movement during the sleep period.
US11219402B2	Systems and methods for producing imaging biomarkers indicative of a neurological disease state using gray matter suppressions via double inversion-recovery magnetic resonance imaging Systems and methods related to imaging biomarkers for determining neurological disease states of a subject are provided. In one embodiment, a method for producing an image indicative of a neurological disease using a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system is provided. The method includes directing the MRI system to perform a double inversion-recovery (“DIR”) pulse sequence to generate data where signals from gray matter and cerebral spinal fluid are substantially suppressed. The method also includes analyzing the DIR images, reconstructed from the acquired data, to identify cortical and white matter lesions. This includes identifying imaging biomarkers based on visual signatures of brain tissue, including white matter tissue. In some aspects, diffusion-weighted data may also be obtained using the MRI system. Diffusion-weighted data may be used in a tractography process to determine connectivities, or connectivity patterns between the identified lesions, including cortical lesions, to determine neurological disease states of the subject.
US11219401B2	Method, module and system for analysis of physiological signal The present disclosure provides a non-transitory computer program product embodied in a computer-readable medium and, when executed by one or more analysis modules, providing a visual output for presenting physiological signals of a cardiovascular system. The non-transitory computer program product comprises a first axis representing, subsets of intrinsic mode functions (IMF); a second axis representing a function of signal strength in a time interval; and a plurality of visual elements, each of the visual elements being defined by the first axis and the second axis, and each of the visual elements comprising a plurality of analyzed data units collected over the time interval. Wherein each of the analyzed data units comprises a first coordinate, a second coordinate, and a probability density value generated from an intrinsic probability density function of one of the subsets of IMFs.
US11219397B2	Sensor module for vital sign monitoring device A sensor module for a wearable vital sign monitoring device is disclosed. The sensor module includes a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The sensor module also includes a sensor die mounted to the first side of the substrate. The sensor die is configured to monitor a vital sign of a user. The sensor module further includes a waterproof coating that conformally covers the sensor die, at least a portion of the first side of the substrate, and at least a portion of the second side of the substrate.
US11219396B2	System and method for monitoring biometric signals A system for monitoring biometric signals of a user comprising: a garment configured to be worn by the user and comprising a mounting module having an array of connection regions; a set of biometric sensors coupled to the garment and configured to communicate with the array of connection regions to receive and transmit biometric signals indicative of muscle activity of the user; and a portable control module configured to couple to the garment in a first configuration and to decouple from the garment in a second configuration and comprising: a housing comprising an array of openings; a set of contacts, each including a first region that seals at least one of the array of openings and couples to at least one of the array of connection regions in the first configuration, and an electronics subsystem coupled to the housing and in communication with a second region of each contact.
US11219389B2	Gait analysis and alerting system A system has pressure sensors integrated with a first article of footwear worn by a test subject on a left foot, pressure sensors integrated with a second article of footwear, worn by a test subject on a right foot, positioning circuitry determining separation and direction of the first article of footwear relative to the second article of footwear, circuitry collecting readings from the first and second plurality of sensors, and from the positioning circuitry, as variables with respect to time, and communicating the readings to a computerized diagnostic apparatus. The computerized diagnostic apparatus processes the readings for a test period of time, determining gait characteristics for the test subject, including at least stride length and timing, and width of stance, and records the gait characteristics, time and date stamped, in a manner to be retrieved and displayed.
US11219381B2	Nursing bed based on heart rate monitoring and voice recognition Provided is a nursing bed based on heart rate monitoring and voice recognition. The nursing bed includes a nursing bed body, a drive motor and a controller. The nursing bed body includes a bed body fixed part, a bed body movable part and a connector. The bed body fixed part is hinged with a side of the connector, and the bed body moveable part is connected with another side of the connector fixedly. A motor base of the drive motor is installed on the bed body fixed part fixedly, an output shaft of the drive motor is connected with another part of the connector in a meshing manner, and the drive motor is configured to drive the bed body moveable part to swing through the connector.
US11219380B2	Blood pressure pulse wave measurement apparatus A blood pressure pulse wave measurement apparatus includes: first and second cuffs for pressing upper and lower limbs of a measurement subject; first and second detection units configured to detect first and second pulse waves transmitted from the cuffs through first and second tubes; and a control unit configured to calculate an ankle-brachial blood pressure ratio and a pulse wave velocity using the pulse waves. First and second delay elements are provided at specific positions in the lengthwise directions of the tubes. The first delay element delays a transfer characteristic of the first tube so the transfer characteristic of the first tube matches a transfer characteristic of a tube having a predetermined first reference length, and the second delay element delays a transfer characteristic of the second tube so the transfer characteristic of the second tube matches a transfer characteristic of a tube having a predetermined second reference length.
US11219373B2	Wearable apparatus, system and method for detection of cardiac arrest and alerting emergency response The disclosure provides wearable cardiac arrest detection and alerting device that incorporates a non-invasive sensor based on optical and/or electrical signals transmitted into and received from human tissue containing blood vessels, and that transcutaneously quantifies the wearer's heart rate. The heart-rate quantification enables the detection of the absence of any heart beat by the wearable detection and alerting device indicative of the occurrence of a cardiac arrest, wherein the heart is no longer achieving effective blood circulation in the individual wearing the device. The display on the wearable cardiac arrest detection and alerting device may include the elapsed time since the time of detection of a heart rate that is below a predetermine lower limit value, i.e., the detected occurrence of a cardiac arrest event.
US11219371B1	Determining biometric data using an array of infrared illuminators Methods, devices, and systems related to determining biometric data using an array of infrared (IR) illuminators are described. In an example, a method can include projecting a number of IR dots on a user using a dot projector and an array of IR illuminators, capturing an IR image of the number of IR dots using an IR camera, comparing a number of pixels of the captured IR image to a number of corresponding pixels of a baseline IR image using a processing resource, and determining biometric data of the user at least partially based on comparing the captured IR image to the baseline IR image using the processing resource.
US11219364B2	Automatic XY centering for digital microscope A method and system are described for automatically centering in an XY plane a field of view of a patient's eye under high magnification during ophthalmic surgery. The method includes automatically moving the center of the field of view to the center of a circular image detected in a real-time video signal acquired from the field of view of the patient's eye under high magnification during ophthalmic surgery. The system configured to perform the method has a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium accessible to the processor containing instructions executable by the processor to perform the method.
US11219358B2	Method and apparatus for detecting missed areas during endoscopy A method of processing images captured using an endoscope comprising a camera is disclosed. According to this method, regular images captured by the camera are received while the endoscope travels through a human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The regular images are mosaicked to determine any missed or insufficiently imaged area in a section of the human GI tract already travelled by the endoscope. If any missed or insufficiently imaged area is detected, information regarding any missed or insufficiently imaged area is provided. When a target area in the regular images is lack of parallax, the target area is determined as one missed area and an edge corresponding to a structure of the human lumen is highlighted. For a capsule endoscope, the endoscope can be configured to be controlled or steered to move so as to re-image the missed or insufficiently imaged area.
US11219353B2	Single use laryngoscope handle for use in dual component laryngoscope assembly Single use laryngoscope handle for use in an ISO 7376 compatible dual component laryngoscope assembly with an illumination arrangement. The laryngoscope handle includes a plastic hand grip, a plastic end cap, and at least one plastic frangible member for engaging a hand grip and an end cap in a pre-actuated position of an end cap which is broken on application of a relatively minor manual detachment force to the end cap, thereby precluding subsequent use of the laryngoscope handle.
US11219351B2	Device for endoscopic advancement through the small intestine An apparatus for advancing a device through a gastrointestinal tract. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes first and second grabbing mechanisms adapted to grab and release tissue of the gastrointestinal tract, the first grabbing mechanism being releasably attachable to the device, the second grabbing mechanism being attached to an outer element configured to at least partially surround the device, the first and second grabbing mechanisms being axially movable with respect to each other along the gastrointestinal tract; and a radially expandable blocking element disposed proximal to the first grabbing mechanism and movable with the first grabbing mechanism with respect to the second grabbing mechanism, the blocking element being adapted to move tissue of the intestinal tract with respect to the second grabbing mechanism when the blocking element is moved toward the second grabbing mechanism. The invention also includes corresponding methods.
US11219337B1	Portable sink assembly A portable sink assembly for includes a cube that is positionable in a sleeper of a semi tractor be accessible to a driver. A sink is recessed into the cube to contain water and a faucet is removably coupled to the cube. The faucet is directed into the sink to direct the water into the sink. A pump is positioned in the cube, the pump is fluidly coupled between a water source and the faucet for pumping the water to the faucet. A valve is coupled to the pump and the valve is actuatable between a minimum flow rate and a maximum flow rate. In this way the valve adjusts the volume of water delivered to the pump between a minimum amount and a maximum amount thereby facilitating the flow rate of the faucet to be adjusted.
US11219336B2	Sink top accessory An accessory item for a sink top is configured to increase the working surface area surrounding the sink. The sink top accessory includes multiple panels preferably made from silicone rubber, each panel having a rigid integrated frame structure. The panels are connected to each other using living hinges, which enable the accessory to be folded for storage. In use, the sink top accessory sits over the sink without obstructing use of the sink faucet, and operates to turn a large portion of the sink into usable work space by operating to extend the counter area around the sink into the sink, thus increasing the working surface area of the same.
US11219322B2	Cavity contour pillow A pillow can include a head support surface configured to support at least a portion of a person's head, a first support having a first support surface with a first apex disposed at a first height a second support having a second support surface with a second apex disposed at a second height, and a third support having a third support surface with a third apex disposed at a third height. The support surfaces can support at least a portion of a person's neck when at least a portion of their head is in contact with the head support surface. One or more of the heights can differ from one or more other heights. A pillow can include one or more openings and one or more inserts configured to be disposed therein.
US11219321B2	Hanging system and bracket thereof A hanging system and a method of hanging a support structure from a support surface. The hanging system may include a support structure and a hanging bracket for hanging the support structure from a support surface such as a wall. The support structure may include a mounting groove that accepts a portion of the hanging bracket to facilitate the coupling therebetween. The support structure may be able to slide side-to-side along the support surface while remaining coupled to the hanging bracket. The hanging system may alternatively, or additionally, include a reinforcement bracket. The reinforcement bracket may serve the dual purpose of holding the various mitered components of the support structure together and facilitating the hanging of the support structure from the support surface.
US11219311B1	Ergonomic multi-positionable workstation The present invention provides an ergonomic multi-positionable workstation having independently positionable and adjustable seating and work area components. The seating components can further comprise back, leg support, and head support components, and the work area components can further comprise a work surface or desk area and areas for accommodating a computer keyboard and monitor.
US11219310B2	Appliance pedestal system An appliance pedestal system having: a cabinet defining an enclosure having a front face and an opening through the front face; a drawer comprising an open-topped container movably mounted to the cabinet and configured to slide between a closed position in which a drawer front at a front end of the drawer is adjacent the front face of the cabinet and an open position in which the drawer front is spaced from the front the face of the cabinet; and a trim piece configured to be selectively connected to a bottom of the drawer at a location below the drawer front, or to the front face of the cabinet at a location below the drawer front when the drawer is in the closed position. The drawer may comprise other types of closure, such as a door. A method for installing the pedestal system is also provided.
US11219306B2	Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing electrical power Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a cabinet. The cabinet comprises a base and a top. The base has a substantially planar base cap. The top is positioned on the substantially planar base cap of the base. The top has a substantially planar top cap. The top comprises a plurality of electrical outlets and a plurality of Universal Serial Bus ports.
US11219302B2	Head for an oral care implement and oral care implement A head for an oral care implement comprises at least one tooth cleaning element of a first type and at least one tooth cleaning element of a second type. The at least one tooth cleaning element of the first type has a length extension along a longitudinal axis being about 1 mm to about 2 mm shorter than the length extension of the at least one tooth cleaning element of the second type along its longitudinal axis. The at least one tooth cleaning element of the first type is a tuft of a first type comprising a plurality of filaments, each filament having a longitudinal axis and a substantially cross-shaped cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-shaped cross-sectional area has four projections and four channels, the projections and channels being arranged in an alternating manner. The at least one tuft of the first type has a packing factor within a range from about 40% to about 55%, preferably from about 45% to about 50%.
US11219300B2	Multi-surface cleaning brush A multi-surface cleaning brush may include: a head portion, an optional handle, and an optional tail portion. The head portion may include a head and a hemi-spheroid region formed by a first plurality of bristles coupled to the head in which the first plurality of bristles may terminate distally from the head to form a substantially hemi-spheroid shape. The head portion and tail portion may be coupled to opposing ends of the handle. Preferably, the first plurality of bristles may comprise microfiber. Preferably, the brush may also include a radial region formed by a second plurality of bristles which may terminate distally from the head to form a substantially cylindrical shape, and the radial region may be positioned between the hemi-spheroid region and the optional handle. An optional handle may be configured as an ergonomically shaped hand grip so that the user's hand may grip the brush via the handle.
US11219299B1	Electronic tablet holder assembly An electronic tablet holder assembly for gripping an electronic tablet includes a panel that is positionable on a bottom side of an electronic tablet. A plurality of couplers is each coupled to the panel and each of the couplers releasably engages a bottom of the electronic tablet for attaching the panel to the electronic tablet. A hand strap is coupled to the panel and a user's hand is extendable therethrough to facilitate a user to grip the electronic tablet. A finger strap is coupled to the panel at a plurality of connection points to define a plurality of fingers loops. Each of the finger loops has a respective one of the user's fingers extended therethrough to enhance the user's ability to grip the electronic tablet.
US11219298B2	Squeezable hybrid water bottle with integrated filter A method of forming a hybrid, hand-held drinking bottle includes connecting a top element to a bottom element to form a seam therebetween. The top element includes a top wall extending around a top axis, and a top opening extending within the top element between opposed ends of the top wall. The top element is formed from a material that is of a first hardness. The bottom element comprises an end wall, a bottom wall extending around a bottom axis, and a bottom opening extending between the end wall and an opposing end of the bottom wall. The bottom element is formed from a material that is of a second hardness less than the first hardness. The top opening is in communication with the bottom opening when the top element is connected to the bottom element. The method further includes over molding a collar around the seam.
US11219296B2	Applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows The present invention relates to an applicator (2) for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care product (P) to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having a moulded applicator member (8) having: —a core (10) that extends along a longitudinal axis (X), and —double spikes (18) that are carried by the core (10) and are disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows, the double spikes (18) each having a recess that separates two arms, at least one first longitudinal row of spikes (18) being offset axially with respect to a second longitudinal row.
US11219294B2	Cosmetic applicator An applicator of topical formulas. The applicator includes a monolithic piece of material having two equally sized major surfaces separated by a thickness of the material, wherein each major surface has a convex surface section at a maximum that transitions to concave surfaces toward the periphery or diminishes toward the periphery, and the piece of material has a perimeter shape defined by the following: a first plane of symmetry bisecting both major surfaces into two similar halves; each half has a turning point maximum through which a second plane further divides each half into two approximate quadrants; a first approximate quadrant of each half has a concave periphery; and a second approximate quadrant of each half has a convex periphery.
US11219293B2	Exfoliating and nourishing applicator A disposable dual-ended aesthetic device—the “SkinSweep Wand”, features an exfoliating bristle brush, which may be treated with Baobab oil, which is ergonomically designed to gently exfoliate the dermis of the face and neck. An applicator head is provided for dispensing a nourishing topical liquid/serum specially formulated to nourish and reinvigorate the freshly-exfoliated skin. The device further comprises a unitary body, ergonomically designed for ease of use and comfort, which incorporates a vial section comprising a void dimensioned to contain a unit dose of the nourishing topical liquid/serum. The multi-functioned device is comprised of lightweight but rigid materials (e.g. plastic) that allow an individual to efficiently use the device to exfoliate, nourish and invigorate the dermis of their face and neck. Upon completion of the exfoliation and application of the liquid/serum the device is rendered readily disposable.
US11219288B2	Gift card box with slanted tray and slit The disclosed invention relates generally to a box for receiving and holding a transaction card. In particular, the invention relates to a box that has a cutout for viewing a transaction card and a slit for receiving a transaction card. The box permits a transaction card disposed therein to be visible, scanned, accessed, or otherwise activated without removing the gift card from the box.
US11219281B1	Buckle assembly A buckle assembly formed of a male buckle portion and a female buckle portion. The female buckle portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and a cavity between the top wall and the bottom wall and a locking slot in each of the side walls. The male buckle portion has a base, two locking legs, a center leg, and two intermediate legs between the locking legs and the center leg. The locking legs extend through the locking slots in the female portion, and locking pawls at the end of the locking legs engage the edges of the locking slots to secure the buckle portions together. Each locking leg is connected to a flexible retaining member that prevents the locking legs from being flexed outwardly beyond a predetermined point. The intermediate legs and/or the retaining members form stop surfaces that prevent the locking legs from being flexed inwardly beyond a point of contact with the stop surfaces.
US11219277B1	Fast button attachment by resilient flaps trapping A button assembly configured for fast button attachment on a garment cloth. The assembly comprises a button with attached multiplicity of resilient flaps, and a pole connecting a hemisphere (or a cone) to a disk. Fast button attachment on the garment cloth is achieved by placing the disk with the attached hemisphere (or a cone) facing an inner side of the garment cloth while placing the button outside opposite the hemisphere (or cone). Next, pushing outwards the hemisphere (cone) pierces the cloth by the hemispherical (or the conical) dome and inserts it into the button. The entering dome temporarily bends and afterwards releases the flaps, which end up resting diagonally on the pole above the hemisphere (or cone). The flaps then trap the hemisphere (or the cone) inside by preventing it from exiting the button. whereby, completing button's attachment by permanently attaching it to the garment cloth.
US11219276B2	Footwear having motorized adjustment system and elastic upper An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot of a wearer, the upper including one or more elastic portions and one or more substantially inelastic portions. The footwear may further include a plurality of lace receiving members fixedly attached to an outer surface of the upper on the inelastic portions of the upper. Also, the footwear may include a sole structure fixedly attached to the upper. In addition, the footwear may include a motorized tensioning system including a motorized tightening device and a tensile member extending through the plurality of lace receiving members, the tightening device being configured to apply tension in the tensile member to adjust the size of an internal void defined by the article of footwear by drawing two or more of the plurality of lace receiving members closer to one another.
US11219274B2	Footwear article with tongue reinforcer A footwear article includes a tongue and a tongue reinforcer, which helps the tongue maintain a shape and position when the tongue is subjected to forces or adjustments, such as from other footwear-article elements or from a wearer. For example, the tongue reinforcer may help the tongue maintain a shape and position when a wearer is inserting his or her foot into the footwear article or when medial and/or lateral quarters press inward on the tongue.
US11219266B2	Article of footwear with braided upper An article of footwear includes a braided upper comprised of a unitary braided structure. The unitary braided structure of the braided upper may be engineered with specific features tailored to particular activities. Different regions of the upper may have different braided configurations. For example, higher braid densities may be used in specific areas of the footwear to provide additional structural support or compression. Also, strands of a different material may be incorporated in different regions of the braided upper to provide specific properties to the footwear in those areas.
US11219261B1	Cap with aperture A cap with an aperture at the top permits the hair of the wearer to protrude therethrough. Upon on side and back of the cap is a seam which permits the hat to be opened and secured about the head of the wearer. The seam on the side and back may be closed using a mating fastener.
US11219237B2	Apparatus for roasting green bean The present invention relates to an apparatus for roasting green beans. The apparatus for roasting green beans according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a roasting kettle in which a roasting portion responsible for roasting green beans is formed; a heating member for heating the roasting kettle during roasting, the heating member being embedded in a heating hole formed in the roasting kettle and integrated with the roasting kettle; and a stirring device which is rotatably mounted inside the roasting kettle and stirs green beans during roasting. By providing heating to the roasting kettle during green bean roasting, the heating member embedded in the heating hole formed in the roasting kettle therefore enables more efficient roasting, resulting in a great decrease in the roasting time of green beans.
US11219234B2	Methods for making grill-type smoked food ingredients A method for making a liquid (e.g. water or oil)-based food ingredient, having grill flavour properties, comprises: combusting in the presence of oxygen, an intimate mixture of (i) 2-15 parts by weight smoke source and (ii) 1 part by weight flavour source, to generate smoke; and combining the smoke with a liquid carrier, yielding the food ingredient, wherein the flavour source comprises a lipid having an oleic acid content (whether free or esterified) of 20% or higher.
US11219232B2	Methods and compositions for affecting the flavor and aroma profile of consumables This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
US11219227B2	Partial calcification of free fatty acid mixtures, livestock feed compositions including them, and methods of making same The present invention includes a nutritional supplement composition that may be used for livestock and the like, as well as to a livestock feed mixture containing same. Also included are methods of preparing the nutritional supplement composition, the livestock feed mixture, as well as methods of providing nutrition to livestock and the like. The livestock feed composition comprises: (a) a solid particulate livestock feed material and (b) a solidified particulate mixture of (i) free fatty acid and (ii) a calcium salt of a fatty acid, the calcium salt of a fatty acid being present in a molar ratio amount in the range of from about 25% to about 55% of the amount of the free fatty acid. The preferred mixture is a solid having an onset melt point of between about 140 and 170 degrees Fahrenheit, and a hardness of from about 5 to about 15 Shore A units at 170 degrees Fahrenheit.
US11219218B2	Methods of enhancing algae production Method of inhibiting live grazing organisms in an algae composition are disclosed, which do not inhibit the algae. In certain embodiments the concentration of algae increases. In other embodiments the mortality of live grazing organisms is complete. The method contacts an algae composition with wastewater comprising free ammonia and maintaining pH of at least 8 for more than two hours.
US11219216B2	Method of improving tolerance of plants to herbicides using seed insecticide treatments Methods of increasing the tolerance of a plant to an herbicide and seeds for carrying out these methods are provided herein. The methods include treating the seeds of the plant with an insecticide prior to planting. The insecticide treatment makes the resulting plant more resistant to herbicides and in particular to post-emergence herbicides as compared to untreated seeds. The plants suitably do not have complete natural or complete engineered resistance to the herbicide. The treated seeds are then planted in a field and the herbicide is applied to the field. The resulting plants growing from the treated seeds have increased tolerance to the herbicide as compared to plants grown from seeds not treated with the insecticide.
US11219210B2	Compositions and methods for controlling weeds in crops Compositions and methods for controlling volunteer crop weeds in a crop by applying to weeds a herbicidally effective amount of a synergistic herbicidal composition that includes bromoxynil and a protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor are disclosed.
US11219205B2	Folding feather decoy An animal decoy device is presented. The animal decoy device comprises a panel or panels with a realistic representation of a turkey tail fan imprinted thereon and a plurality of pockets located on a central area substantially on a lower portion of the decoy, wherein each pocket is configured to retain a quill of a feather.
US11219201B2	Live bait pen A live bait pen having a porous housing having top end and a bottom end and an interior defined therein, a fence framework to contain live bait therein, a central axial member fixed centrally within the porous housing; a movable container surface disposed within the housing and mounted to a central collar, the collar extending upward from the movable container surface and slidably receiving the same wherein the container surface moves with the collar and limits travel of the container surface a sufficient predetermined distance to be maintained in a predetermined retention zone, a line extending into the pen a sufficient length to permit the movable container surface to extend to the bottom end, and an openable lid operably disposed on the top end of the side framework portion to provide easy insertion and removal of bait to and from the pen.
US11219198B2	Fishing appratus and method for controlling the same A fishing apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The fishing apparatus includes: a fishing rod having a reel and a motor connected with the reel; a brainwave collection unit arranged to collect a brainwave signal from a user of the fishing apparatus; and a control unit arranged to receive the brainwave signal collected by the brainwave collection unit. The apparatus generates a motor control signal according to the brainwave signal and transmits the motor control signal to the motor. The motor drives the reel to rotate under the control of the motor control signal. The fishing apparatus and the method for controlling the same as provided by the present disclosure are easy to use and labor-saving.
US11219194B1	Aquaponic nutrient generation module An aquaculture system including a fish tank, a floating media bioclarifier, and a mineralization tank. The mineralization tank includes a first influent inlet for receiving sludge having a first solids concentration from the bioclarifier, an effluent outlet for returning to the bioclarifier a fluid having a second solids concentration less than the first solids concentration, and a second influent inlet configured to receive influent from the fish tank which has bypassed the bioclarifier. A hydroponic system is configured to receive effluent from the bioclarifier.
US11219193B2	Instrumented device for characterising the capacity of a mouse to orientate itself A device is provided for studying the ability of at least one mouse to find its bearings in a maze, the device including a plurality of houses distributed around a central agora and in which at least one stimulator allows the at least one mouse to carry out certain activities and/or satisfy certain primary needs. Each house further includes at least one sensor for measuring the activity of the mouse in the house, and more particularly its use of the at least one stimulator. Finally, a sensor makes it possible to detect and measure the movements of each mouse in the device. Quantitative parameters originating from these measurements thus make it possible to highlight the quality of the geographical memory of the at least one mouse.
US11219191B2	Pressure activated recharging cooling platform A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers.
US11219190B2	Animal excreta disposal sheet The present invention provides an animal excreta disposal sheet capable of ensuring sufficient bonding strength between a surface sheet and a back sheet and preventing urine excreted from an animal from leaking to the outer side in the planar direction. This animal excreta disposal sheet (1) comprises: a center part (A1) that is located at the center of the animal excreta disposal sheet (1) and that is defined as a part in which a surface sheet (2), an absorbent body (3) and a back sheet (4) overlap one another in the thickness direction; and an outer circumferential part (A2) extending from the outer edge of the center part (A1) toward the outer edge of the animal excreta disposal sheet (1). The animal excreta disposal sheet (1) further comprises in the outer circumferential part (A2): a joining part (5) which extends so as to surround the center part (A1) and in which the surface sheet (2) and the back sheet (4) are joined via an adhesive; and a water-stop part (6) which extends so as to overlap at least a part of the joining part (5) in the thickness direction and is exposed so as not to protrude from a first surface which is a surface to which excreta is delivered.
US11219182B1	Soybean variety 5PFNQ73 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFNQ73 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFNQ73, cells from soybean variety 5PFNQ73, plants of soybean 5PFNQ73, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFNQ73. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFNQ73 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFNQ73, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFNQ73, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFNQ73. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFNQ73 are further provided.
US11219181B1	Soybean variety 5PLDE25 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLDE25 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLDE25, cells from soybean variety 5PLDE25, plants of soybean 5PLDE25, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLDE25. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLDE25 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLDE25, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLDE25, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLDE25. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLDE25 are further provided.
US11219179B2	Soybean cultivar 87272833 A soybean cultivar designated 87272833 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87272833, to the plants of soybean cultivar 87272833, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 87272833, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 87272833. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87272833. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87272833, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 87272833 with another soybean cultivar.
US11219178B1	Maize hybrid X85P993 A novel maize variety designated X85P993 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85P993 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85P993 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85P993, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85P993 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85P993 and methods of using maize variety X85P993 are disclosed.
US11219175B2	Wheat variety 6PJRS71B A wheat variety designated 6PJRS71B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PJRS71B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PJRS71B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PJRS71B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PJRS71B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PJRS71B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US11219173B2	Deep water culture hydroponic system The specification discloses a DWC hydroponic system that includes a plurality of grow tanks, a circulation pump, a nutrient supply line fluidly connecting the outlet of the circulation pump to the grow tanks, and a tank drain line fluidly connected to the grow tanks. Each of the grow tanks is fluidly connected in parallel between the nutrient supply line and the tank drain line. The system further includes a pump suction line fluidly connected to the inlet of the circulation pump, and a plurality of bridge connectors each fluidly connecting the tank drain line to the pump suction line in accordance with a defined pattern. The DWC system may further include a nutrient supply fluidly connected to the circulation pump intake through a valve arrangement.
US11219168B1	Seedling starter box device and method for transplanting seedling plants A transplanting device and method to eliminate seedling replanting stresses and reduce transplanting time, allowing several seedlings to quickly and efficiently go into the ground at one time in one fluid motion. The generally rectangular box has a sliding drip plate, supported above the box floor, creating an open region, allowing for water drainage and retention through the plurality of drain holes. The first short side and the opposing second short side are detachable and removable from the generally rectangular box. An alternative method provides an open top and open end slide tray in which a plurality of sliding drip plates are arrayed and separated into a plurality of plate spaces, having a plurality of seedling plants. A pair of slide handles is used to easily remove and identify the seedling plants.
US11219165B1	Motorized cart for transporting agricultural harvest containers A lug transport includes a lower assembly having a frame with an upper end and a lower end. An upper assembly is attached to the upper end of the lower assembly. A plurality of storage spaces is defined by the upper assembly. At least one wheel is rotatably attached to the lower end of the lower assembly to allow the lug transport to travel along a surface. The storage spaces are sized and shaped to each receive an agricultural lug. The storage spaces are also configured to prevent sliding of an agricultural lug when contained within a storage space.
US11219154B2	Planter row unit adjustment control A row unit for a seeding machine operable to plant seeds into soil. A frame supports a furrow opener, a gauge wheel, a seed dispenser, and a furrow closer. A row unit downforce actuator is operable to push the row unit frame toward the soil to adjustably control soil engagement forces for the furrow opener, the gauge wheel, and the furrow closer. An acceleration sensor is configured to detect accelerations of the row unit. A controller is in communication with the acceleration sensor and the row unit downforce actuator, and the controller is programmed with an algorithm to maintain a target downforce value during operation of the row unit. The controller is further programmed to abandon the target downforce value and relieve the row unit downforce actuator in response to a signal from the acceleration sensor indicative of acceleration of the row unit in excess of a predetermined threshold.

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