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US11226165B2	Trigger group for semi-automatic firearms Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a hammer, a trigger element, a sear, a selector, and a disconnector assembly, the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a first position to retain the hammer in the cocked position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, and the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a second position to release the hammer to the striking position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, such that the firearm discharges once per cycle of the trigger element when the selector is in the first position, and fires once for each forward or rearward motion of the trigger element when the selector is in the second position.
US11226164B2	Stacked header, heat exchanger, and air-conditioning apparatus A stacked header branches one flow path into a plurality of flow paths. The stacked header includes an upper end part positioned at an upper end of the stacked header in a gravity direction, a lower end part positioned at a lower end of the stacked header in the gravity direction, and a flow path forming part positioned between the upper end part and the lower end part and having a flow path formed in the flow path forming part. At least one of the upper end part or the lower end part is a non-horizontal face part having a non-horizontal face slanted with respect to a horizontal plane.
US11226161B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger having an optimum design considering a thermal capacity of an end portion of an extrusion tube to significantly improve heat transfer performance by optimizing a shape and a thickness of the end portion of the tube, and a heat exchanger having an optimum design obtained based on a structured rule to enable easy application to other tubes with various dimensions. The heat exchanger has an end portion of a tube has a cross section in a quadrangular shape with rounded corners, each having a radius in a range of 15% to 45% of a height of the tube.
US11226157B2	Paint drying device A paint drying device where leakage of air between a drying chamber and a driving section accommodating chamber is prevented reliably. In the paint drying device in which the drying chamber and the driving section accommodating chamber communicate with each other via a through hole through which a power transmission tool extends, there are provided an air feeding passage for feeding air present outside the drying chamber to the driving section accommodating chamber by an air feeding fan and an exhaust passage for discharging air in the driving section accommodating chamber to the outside of the drying chamber by an exhaust fan. An air amount adjustment device is provided for adjusting a ratio between an amount of air to be fed to the driving section accommodating chamber via the air feeding passage and an amount of air to be discharged from the driving section accommodating chamber via the exhaust passage.
US11226146B2	Icemaker assembly A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment and a machine compartment positioned proximate the freezer compartment. An icemaker assembly is positioned within the freezer compartment. A fill tube extends from the machine compartment into the icemaker assembly. A first solenoid valve is coupled to the fill tube. A second solenoid valve is coupled to the fill tube, wherein the first and second solenoid valves are positioned within the machine compartment. A controller is configured to independently open and close the first and second solenoid valves.
US11226142B2	Hot water and energy storage A hot water energy storage system (100) comprises a storage vessel (102); a pump (151); a heat exchanger (152) arranged to receive water from the storage vessel (102) and to output water to the storage vessel (102); a diverting valve (158) to divert a proportion of the water output from the heat exchanger (152) back to an inlet of the heat exchanger (152), bypassing the storage vessel (102); a temperature sensor (120a-c) to measure a temperature of water within the system (100); and a control system (130). The control system (130) controls the pump (151) and the diverting valve (158), based on a temperature measurement of the water and the desired quantity of heat to be transferred by the heat exchanger (152), so as to maintain the return temperature of water entering the storage vessel (102) within a specified range whilst transferring the desired quantity of heat.
US11226141B2	Two-phase expendable cooling systems with passive flow control membranes An apparatus includes a heat sink configured to receive thermal energy from one or more heat sources. The heat sink includes a local reservoir configured to hold a liquid coolant, and the heat sink is configured to pass the thermal energy into the liquid coolant in the local reservoir in order to vaporize at least some of the liquid coolant. The apparatus also includes a membrane configured to allow vaporized coolant to pass through the membrane out of the local reservoir into an ambient environment and to prevent unvaporized coolant from passing through the membrane. The membrane is thereby configured to provide passive flow control for the liquid coolant. The membrane could include a vapor-permeable and liquid-repelling membrane. The membrane can also be configured to hold the liquid coolant in the local reservoir against one or more surfaces of the heat sink.
US11226133B2	Water heating apparatus [Problem] To provide a water heating apparatus which has a inverse combustion type burner installed within a case for a heat exchanger so as to cause heat to be transferred from an outer peripheral flange of the burner to the heat exchanger case. [Solution] This water heating apparatus is provided with: a fan for supplying combustion air; a chamber case which is connected to the fan and which has set therein a chamber where an air-fuel mixture is formed; a inverse combustion type burner for combusting the air-fuel mixture supplied from the chamber; a heat exchanger in which combustion gas generated by the burner is introduced into a case where water is heated; and sealing member which is installed between a peripheral flange of the chamber case and a peripheral flange of the case, wherein the burner is set inside the case, and an outer peripheral flange of the burner is anchored to an inner wall surface of the case.
US11226130B2	Valve control device, cooling device, and valve control method A valve control device includes a receiving unit, an opening degree control unit, and a fixing control unit. The receiving unit receives information concerning the measured temperature of a fluid to be cooled that is cooled by a vaporizer in a refrigerant circulation path that is equipped with the vaporizer and a condenser. The opening degree control unit variably controls the opening degree of a valve that controls the flow rate of the refrigerant that circulates through the circulation path in accordance with the difference between the measured temperature and a target temperature provided in advance. The fixing control unit fixes the opening degree of the valve with priority over variable control performed by the opening degree control unit in the case where a fixing condition based on the difference between the measured temperature and the target temperature and a valve opening degree variation condition is satisfied.
US11226129B2	Integrated smart actuator and valve device A system configured to modify an environmental condition of a building includes a valve configured to regulate a flow of a fluid and an actuator. The actuator includes a motor and a drive coupling, the drive coupling driven by the motor and coupled to the valve for driving the valve between multiple positions. The system further includes a flow rate sensor configured to measure the flow rate of the fluid through the valve and a processing circuit coupled to the motor and the flow rate sensor. The processing circuit is configured to receive a flow rate setpoint and a flow rate measurement, determine an actuator position setpoint based on the flow rate setpoint and the flow rate measurement, and operate the motor to drive the drive coupling to the actuator position setpoint. The flow rate sensor and the processing circuit are located within a common integrated device chassis.
US11226121B1	Protective roofing shield and method of use The present invention relates in general to the protection of central air conditioning systems during roof demolition and replacement, and more specifically, to a protective roofing shield for an outdoor air conditioning unit and method of use. One aspect of the protective roofing shield includes a framework and canopy that #partially encloses the outdoor air conditioning unit to guard against falling debris while not obstructing air flow to the outdoor air conditioning unit to prevent damage to the unit. The protective roofing shield may be adjustable in height and length to be compatible with different sizes, manufacturers and locations of outdoor air conditioning units. The protective roofing shield and method of use is designed to be easily assembled, disassembled, and conveniently transported from one roofing job site to another by a single user to improve efficiency for a roofing contractor.
US11226116B2	Air conditioning appliance and telescoping air plenum with self-adjusting divider An air conditioning appliance may have a telescoping plenum attached to a housing of the air conditioning appliance. The telescoping plenum may be receivable within a wall channel defined by a structure wall along an axial direction. The telescoping plenum may include an interior portion and an exterior portion. The interior portion may include a duct wall and an outer flange extending radially outward from the duct wall to contact an internal surface of a structure wall. The telescoping plenum may further include a divider wall defining an upper passage and a lower passage within the telescoping plenum. The divider wall includes an interior divider panel fixed to the interior portion and an exterior divider panel fixed to the exterior portion. Each of the interior divider panel and the exterior divider panel is axially slidable along the other of the interior divider panel and the exterior divider panel.
US11226113B2	Air conditioning system An air conditioning system and a method of installing the same are provided. In one aspect, an air conditioning system includes an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. The indoor unit is a split-system indoor unit that includes an indoor coil and an indoor fan for moving air over the indoor coil to condition a designated space. The outdoor unit is positioned within an opening defined by an exterior wall and includes an outdoor coil and an outdoor fan for moving air over the outdoor coil. The indoor coil of the indoor unit and the outdoor coil of the outdoor unit are fluidly coupled such that a sealed system is formed between the indoor and outdoor units. The outdoor unit can be a revamped packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC) with the indoor sealed components removed therefrom. A streamlined sleeve cover can be connected to a sleeve of the revamped PTAC.
US11226110B2	In-wall dehumidifier A dehumidifier includes a cabinet, a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser, and a fan. The cabinet is configured to be installed between studs in a wall. The evaporator is installed within the cabinet above the compressor. The condenser is installed within the cabinet above the evaporator. The fan is installed between the evaporator and a back surface of the cabinet. The fan is configured to generate the airflow that flows into the cabinet through the evaporator and out of the cabinet through condenser. The airflow flows through the evaporator and condenser in order to provide dehumidification to the airflow.
US11226107B1	Oven debris collection system An oven debris collection system configured to be mounted to an oven wherein the debris collection system provides a shelf that food items may be placed on as they are placed in the oven or removed therefrom. The oven debris collection system having a perforated shelf surface, and at least one removable debris tray there below to catch and retain the debris.
US11226103B1	High-pressure continuous ignition device A torch ignitor system provides a continuous flame to ignite fuel within a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The torch ignitor system includes a torch ignitor, a housing, a flow channel, and an outlet nozzle. The torch ignitor system is configured to receive high-pressure air from the high-pressure compressor region of a gas turbine engine to increase operational characteristics of the torch ignitor system, including fuel atomization, cooling of the torch ignitor system, and circulation of combustion air within the torch ignitor system.
US11226102B2	Fuel nozzle for a gas turbine engine A fuel nozzle for a combustor a gas turbine engine includes a flange with a first locator.
US11226088B2	Lamp base assembly and lamp A lamp base assembly and a lamp. The lamp base assembly includes: a base body, the light emitting module being provided on a surface of the base body; and supporting feet, the supporting feet being movably provided on a surface of the base body away from the light emitting module; the supporting feet are configured to move relative to the base body and protrude from a periphery of the base body when the lamp base assembly is in an unfolded state, and the supporting feet are configured to move relative to the base body and close to each other when the lamp base assembly is in a folded state.
US11226084B2	Stage light with additional visual effect A stage light with an additional visual effect includes a main light source and a lampshade, the main light source being located at a bottom of the lampshade. The stage light further includes at least one effect light source and at least one light-transmitting plate located at a light outlet of the lampshade. The effect light source and the main light source are controlled independently of each other. The light-transmitting plate has a first surface and a second surface, and a first side and a second side connecting to the first surface and the second surface, respectively. At least part of the light emitted by the effect light source enters from the first side and exits from the second side. The light emitting by the effect light source exits from the second side, so that the second side is illuminated, which decorates the stage light itself.
US11226069B2	Anti-static pressure tank A pressure tank for storing high- and low-pressure fluids/gases includes a hollow body with at least one outlet having a surrounding contact area, a boss connected to the outlet, and a static eliminator wall disposed inside the hollow body. The boss has at least one aperture extending into the interior of the hollow body and is connected over its entire surface with a complementary contact area to the contact area of the outlet. The aperture has a diffuser disposed at a bottom end thereof. The diffuser is one of part of the boss, part of a neckring, and part of a coupling piece. The diffuser seals the aperture in an axial direction and has diffuser openings pointing primarily only in a radial direction. The static eliminator wall surrounds the diffusor and is one of part of the boss, part of the neckring, and part of the coupling piece.
US11226067B1	Mechanism for sequenced deployment of a mast An autonomous mobile device with an extensible mast to raise and lower a payload, such as a camera, relative to a main body. The mast comprises a set of telescoping sections. A motor moves a flexible rack between a first spool and the mast to raise or lower the mast. For example, during extension a motor-driven pinion engages teeth on the flexible rack, pulling the rack from the first spool and pushing up the mast. A cable stored on a second spool may be extended and retracted with the flexible rack. The cable transfers one or more of data or power between the main body and the payload. A mechanism provides for sequenced deployment of the mast, with the innermost section moving first. While raising the mast, the mechanism engages between adjacent telescoping sections, locking them in place. While lowering the mast, the mechanism selectively releases section by section.
US11226062B2	Method for minimizing material mixing during transitions in a material processing system A method of minimizing material mixing in a piping system during a transition between a first material and a second material includes providing a plurality of pipe pigs in a first pipe section with the plurality of pipe pigs being sufficient to substantially fill a cross-section of the first pipe section and to define a plug having a leading edge and a trailing edge such that the leading edge is in contact with a first material and the trailing edge is in contact with a second material. Each pipe pig has a nominal size that is smaller than an effective diameter of the first pipe section. The plug is moved through the piping system by moving the second material. Advantageously, mixing of the first material and the second material is inhibited by the plug.
US11226059B2	Pipe connecting seat A pipe connecting seat has a sleeve and two positioning members. The positioning members are disposed on the sleeve at a spaced interval. Each one of the two positioning members has a positioning arm and a positioning pin. The positioning arm is openably, positionably, and pivotally disposed on the sleeve, and has at least one reinforcing protrusion for increasing strength of the positioning arm. The positioning pin is disposed on the positioning arm and is located out of the positioning arm for positioning the positioning arm and limiting a pivoting opening range of the positioning arm. When the pipe connecting seat is connected to two pipes, the two positioning members are always located on the sleeve and are not prone to loss. The operating convenience of the pipe connecting seat is increased.
US11226056B2	Servovalve There is provided an apparatus comprising a torque motor comprising a spring, armature, flapper assembly (“SAFA”), a body, wherein the spring, armature, flapper assembly is mounted onto the body, and a cap enclosing the spring, armature, flapper assembly. One or more cooling passages are provided within the body and are configured to receive cooling air and direct the cooling air onto the spring, armature, flapper assembly of the torque motor.
US11226052B2	Electric valve An electric valve includes a valve member switchable between a closing state to close a flow passageway of a valve body and an opening state to open the passageway. An adaptor is connected to the valve member. A motor drives rotation of a rotation shaft connected to the adaptor. A circuit board is electrically coupled to the motor and a backup battery pack. A microprocessor control unit is electrically coupled to the circuit board. The motor drives the valve member through the rotation shaft and the adaptor to switch between the opening and closing states. The microprocessor control unit controls a time delay for switching the valve member from the opening state to the closing state.
US11226047B2	Two-way two position in-line valve An in-line valve includes an in-line plunger having angled tooth cam surfaces mounted for non-rotational sliding along a conduit, and an in-line ported piston having angled tooth cam surfaces mounted to slide and rotate along the conduit. The angled tooth cam surfaces on the piston and plunger are resiliently biased in opposed facing relation so as to engage in rotationally sliding engagement over one another. This selectively indexes the piston into valve open and valve closed positions. The plunger is driven against the resilient return biasing of the piston by a modulated fluid pressure pulse from the fluid line attached to the valve. In the valve open position, a port in the piston passes the fluid through the piston and the plunger and along the fluid line. In the valve closed position, the port is closed off and the piston seals off the fluid flow through the piston and plunger.
US11226046B2	Fluid additive control valve A valve arrangement includes various improvements useable in the context of a fluid additive system, such as a water softener. For example, the valve assembly may include a seal assembly engaged by a reciprocating piston, in which the seal assembly includes a minimal number of parts, is easily assembled, and can be easily inserted in the bore of the valve body without jeopardizing the integrity of the seals. The valve assembly may further include a quick-disconnect system which allows a “control head” including a valve actuation system and electronic controls to be disconnected from the rest of the valve arrangement with only a partial rotation of the control head. The valve assembly may also include a venturi used for drawing regeneration fluid into the system, and an associated venturi cleaner system which allows a user to unclog the fluid-flow orifice of the venturi without any disassembly of parts of the valve arrangement.
US11226045B1	Debris tolerant valve A valve includes a valve body, a sleeve within the valve body and a rotatable valve element that has one portion within the sleeve to control flow of media through the valve and another portion extending from the valve body and coupled to an actuator that rotates the valve element. The valve element is rotatable to a first position to flow media to one port and to a second position to flow media to another port. The sleeve has a pair of side openings. Each side opening has an angled perimetrical edge and is aligned with a corresponding port member. A half dovetail shaped groove is formed by the angled perimetrical edge of each side opening, the corresponding port and the valve body. A seal is lodged within each groove to form a seal that exhibits reduced unswept volume and which wipes debris off the valve element as it rotates.
US11226034B2	Vehicle control data generating method, vehicle controller, vehicle control system, and vehicle learning device A CPU sets a gear ratio, which is an action, on the basis of an accelerator operation amount, a vehicle speed, a gradient, a curvature, and a current gear ratio, until a predetermined amount of time elapses. The CPU operates a transmission in accordance with the set gear ratio and obtains a rotation speed NE of a crankshaft at that time. When the predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the CPU updates an action value function by providing a reward in accordance with whether the number of times of switching the rotation speed NE or the gear ratio meets a standard.
US11226032B2	Air vent structure of oil pump for automatic transmission, and method for assembling air vent structure An automatic transmission has an oil pump driven by a travelling driving source. An air vent structure that expels air bubbles contained in automatic transmission fluid during pump operation has an air vent hole whose one end communicates with an outlet port of the oil pump and whose other end opens toward the oil pan. An air vent tube is connected to an opening end of the air vent hole. The air vent tube is extended up to a strainer lower side gap area located between a strainer and the oil pan, and a tube opening end of the air vent tube is placed in oil of the automatic transmission fluid.
US11226023B2	Chain closing link A chain-closing link for a bicycle chain including two closing parts. Each of the closing parts includes a closing plate having a retaining opening and a displacement region. Each of the closing parts also includes a chain pin. The closing plate includes a recess and/or a hole having a securing region.
US11226021B2	Three-dimensional printed disc brake rotor Ventilated disc brake rotors are presented that have significantly increased surface areas for cooling in comparison with currently manufactured disc brake rotors. In an embodiment, the rotors utilize a matric of cooling channels disposed between opposing outside surfaces of friction rings of the rotors. The plurality of cooling channels may be in the form of a three-dimensional lattice or matrix (e.g., repeating or stacked rows of cooling channels). When utilizing such a lattice or matrix, at least a portion of the cooling channels do not directly interface with either friction ring. Rather, at least a portion of the cooling channels interface with (e.g., are surrounded by) other cooling channels. As a result, the total cooling surface area of the rotor may be greatly increased compared to existing rotors.
US11226020B2	Antilock brake rotor assembly with corrosion resistant tone ring A brake rotor assembly is provided. The brake rotor assembly includes a brake rotor portion formed from a first material. A tone ring formed from a second material is coupled to the brake rotor portion. The tone ring is formed by an additive manufacturing process, a subtractive manufacturing process, or a combination thereof. The brake rotor portion may be cast from an iron or iron alloy. The tone ring is formed by an additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, process machine from a second material that is corrosion resistive, such as, for example, stainless steel.
US11226018B2	Caliper cover with biasly engaged mounts A caliper cover has a first mount and a second mount which are configured to engage with opposing sides of a brake caliper. A cover is engaged to the first and second mounts with a pair of struts extending between the mounts and the cover. Each mount is configured for engagement to the caliper without tools through a sliding to a preliminary position and then by imparting pressure to flex the body of the mount to expand and compress upon opposite sides of the brake caliper.
US11226011B2	Bellows comprising at least one internal groove A boot is provided with an improved sealing effect. The boot has a first and a second fastening region, and a pleated region between them, wherein the first fastening region comprises lobe regions and/or guide regions, and connecting regions and a connector seat region that has a connector seat region surface and an undersurface lying opposite it, wherein there is at least one inner groove in the lobe regions and/or in the guide regions, on the undersurface.
US11225993B2	Nut restrainer, centering tool, and methods of use In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, nut restrainers, centering tools, and methods of use are presented, particularly as applied to high strength bolted connections. Nut restrainers may have an interior profile including a circular profile section and a regular hexagonal profile section, a nut inserted into the nut restrainer may have lateral freedom of movement, and the nut restrainer may have a top plane with one or more centering protrusions. A centering tool for positioning a nut restrainer may have a non-circular head section, a cylindrical positioning section, a threaded section, and a cylindrical restrainer positioning section; a method of positioning a nut restrainer coaxial with a bolt hole using the centering tool.
US11225992B2	Fastening system and methods for use The present disclosure provides an insert of a fastening system. The insert includes (a) a flange, (b) a sidewall extending from the flange and defining a first through-hole, (c) a nut including a first end and a second end and defining a second through-hole, wherein the second end of the nut comprises two or more gripping fingers extending longitudinally from the first end of the nut and separated by two or more slots, and wherein the two or more gripping fingers are flexible in a radial direction and biased to converge inward such that the second through-hole is tapered from the first end of the nut to the second end of the nut, and (d) a stopper coupled to an interior surface of the sidewall and positioned between the first end of the nut and the flange.
US11225985B2	Fluid leakage detection device and reciprocating fluid pressure device A fluid leakage detection device includes: an annular member attached to a cylinder head, the annular member being configured such that a piston rod is inserted through the annular member; a passage formed in the annular member, the passage being configured such that a working fluid is guided to the passage from a gap between an outer circumference of the piston rod and an inner circumference of the cylinder head; and a detector configured to detect the working fluid guided through the passage, wherein the annular member includes a press-fitted portion, the press-fitted portion being configured to be press-fitted to an annular groove formed in the cylinder head.
US11225981B2	Vehicle with a boom comprising a hydraulic control circuit with a load control valve A vehicle including a control valve to lift and lower a boom. The vehicle further includes a control circuit to control a speed of the boom lowering via a pressure compensator that balances a first pressure signal downstream of a control valve during the boom lowering and a second pressure signal from a hydraulic user interface so that, upon increasing of the first pressure signal during the boom lowering, the control valve progressively closes.
US11225975B2	Gas turbine engine fan A gas turbine engine includes a core turbine engine and a fan mechanically coupled to the core turbine engine. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades, each fan blade defining a base and an inner end along a radial direction of the gas turbine engine. The fan also includes a hub covering the base of each of the plurality of fan blades. Further, the fan includes one or more bearings for supporting rotation of the plurality of fan blades. The one or more bearings define a fan bearing radius along a radial direction of the gas turbine engine. Similarly, the hub defines a hub radius along the radial direction of the gas turbine engine. The ratio of the hub radius to the fan bearing radius is less than about three, providing for desired packaging of the various components within the fan of the gas turbine engine.
US11225968B2	Scroll compressor A scroll compressor including a center housing; a front housing fastened to the center housing and forming a suction chamber; a rear housing fastened to the center housing and forming a compression mechanism accommodation space. Fixed scroll is in the compression mechanism accommodation space. An orbiting scroll interposes between the center housing and the fixed scroll forming a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll. Fixed scroll may include a fixed scroll end plate and a fixed scroll side plate protruded from outer circumferential portion of fixed scroll end plate, fastened to the center housing, and forming orbiting space of orbiting scroll. Outer circumferential portion of the center housing may be formed with an inflow hole for communicating with the suction chamber. Distal end surface of the fixed scroll side plate is formed with a suction port for guiding the refrigerant of the inflow hole to the compression chamber.
US11225965B2	Screw rotor and fluid machine body The invention reduces a pressure or thermal effect while reducing the mass of a screw rotor. There is provided a screw rotor having a helical tooth on an outer periphery, the helical tooth extending by a predetermined length in an axial direction, in which a radial cross section of the screw rotor includes a lobe portion having a predetermined thickness in a direction toward an axis and forming the helical tooth, and a hollow portion extending from an axial side inner surface of the lobe portion toward an axial side, and the predetermined thickness of the lobe portion differs between a high load side on the outer periphery of the screw rotor and a low load side on the outer periphery.
US11225957B2	Lubricant receptacle for a refrigerant compressor A lubricant holder for vertical conveying of lubricant using a crankshaft of a coolant compressor includes a sleeve element having a clear cross-section delimited by an inside wall, which cross-section extends along a longitudinal axis, from an upper end to a lower end, an inner element that has a mantle surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the inner element, from a lower end to an upper end, wherein in an operating state the inner element is arranged within the clear cross-section with its mantle surface, at least in certain areas. At least one groove of the inside wall and/or of the mantle surface, which groove runs in spiral shape, has a varying angle of inclination, which preferably increases from the lower end to the upper end of the mantle surface.
US11225952B2	Fluid pump A fluid pump includes a pump body with a manual operation bulb or a power supply unit provided on an upper end and an inlet and an outlet provided on both sides of a liquid passage. A suction pipe connected to the inlet of the pump body includes a bendable part between an upper suction pipe part and a lower suction pipe part which are formed in a rigid rod shape. A discharge hose shaped as a bellows tube is connected to the outlet of the pump body. A pipe sleeve has ends partially fitted into the upper suction pipe part and the lower suction pipe part. It is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the suction pipe and shaped as a cylinder or a “C” with one end cut out from the cylinder to facilitate moving its position from the bending part to the upper suction pipe part.
US11225948B2	Wind energy farm with cable stayed wind turbines A wind energy farm (1) comprising at least one first wind turbine (2) and at least one second wind turbine (3) is disclosed. Each wind turbine (2, 3) comprises a tower (7) mounted on a foundation, and at least one rotor (9) with a hub carrying a set of wind turbine blades (10). The at least one first wind turbine (2) is provided with at least three stay cables (4), each stay cable (4) being connected at one end to the tower (7) of said at least one first wind turbine (2) and at the other end to a stay cable foundation. At least one of the stay cable foundations and the foundation of one of said at least one second wind turbines (3) of the wind energy farm (1) are combined into a single combination foundation.
US11225946B2	Method for adjusting an adjustment device of a wind power plant In order to be able to better control the movement of the movable part of the wind power plant during an adjustment, the drive axles are tensioned against each other prior to the adjustment by rotating at least one drive axle relative to the other drive axles, and the drive axles are rotated together in the same direction of rotation during the adjustment the drive axles while maintaining the tensioning of the drive axles by way of a position control, until the desired end position of the movable part is reached.
US11225931B2	Piston for internal combustion engine having a target, and internal combustion engine comprising such a piston A piston for an internal combustion engine comprises a skirt defining an inner space of the piston and having a skirt bottom; and a target arranged under the skirt bottom to engage with a passage detector arranged in the engine. The target is supported by a holding body held at least partially inside the inner space of the piston. The present disclosure likewise relates to an engine comprising such a piston.
US11225915B2	Engine core speed reducing method and system A method for reducing an engine core speed is disclosed, which includes determining a condition of an engine during operation of the engine, and controlling an engine turbine clearance based on the condition of the engine so as to influence the engine core speed. An engine system comprising an engine core speed reducing system is also disclosed.
US11225907B2	Gas turbine engine pipe cover A low emissivity cover for a manifold pipe having an inner ring and an outer ring together which circumscribe the pipe.
US11225906B2	Device for maintaining at least one cooling tube on a turbomachine casing and the mounting method thereof The invention relates to a device (100) for maintaining at least one cooling tube (T) outside a turbomachine casing (19), comprising: a support (1), comprising an inner face turned towards the tube (T) and at least one left tab (12) for partially retaining towards the left of the tube (T), located on the side of this inner face and fastened thereto, a support (2), comprising an inner face turned towards the tube (T) and at least one right tab (22) for partially retaining towards the right the tube (T), located on the side of this inner face and fastened thereto, means (13) for fastening the support (1) to a flange (BAM) of the casing (19), means (23) for fastening the support (2) to a flange (BAV) of the casing (19), distinct from the means (13).
US11225893B2	Compact selective catalytic reduction system A selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for treating exhaust gas from a diesel engine is provided, along with a method of assembling such a system. The system comprises a frame, a SCR catalyst contained within a SCR canister, and an ammonia oxidation catalyst contained within an ammonia oxidation canister. Each of the SCR and ammonia oxidation canisters is removably attached to the frame.
US11225889B2	Silencer and ejector in which silencer is used A silencer is equipped with a hollow tubular portion in which a discharge flow passage is formed that communicates on one end side thereof with a discharge port of a fluid pressure device (ejector) through which a pressure fluid is discharged, a cap member attached to another end part of the tubular portion, a sound absorbing member attached to an inner wall surface of the tubular portion, and a plurality of discharge ports adapted to discharge the pressure fluid, which has passed through the discharge flow passage in an axial direction of the tubular portion, in radial directions perpendicular to the axial direction.
US11225888B2	Shared oil system arrangement for an engine component and a generator A method of distributing oil to a component within a gas turbine engine includes directing a first oil flow from an oil source to an engine component and back to the oil source, directing a second oil flow from the oil source to a generator driven by the engine and back to the oil source, monitoring a parameter of the second oil flow downstream of the generator and upstream of the oil source, detecting a contaminant in the second oil flow based on the parameter, and reducing the second oil flow to the generator when the contaminant is detected without reducing the first oil flow to the engine component. A shared oil system for a component of a gas turbine engine and a generator driven by the gas turbine engine is also discussed.
US11225886B2	Valve gear for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle A valve gear has a cam shaft with a firing cam and a braking cam. A first cam follower is allocated to the firing cam with the first cam follower being provided in a firing operation for actuating a gas exchange valve. A second cam follower is allocated to the braking cam with the second cam follower being provided in a braking operation for actuating the gas exchange valve. A changeover device switches between the operations and has a tilting lever mount having a pivotably mounted mounting element on which a tilting lever belonging to the first cam follower and a tilting lever belonging to the second cam follower are pivotably mounted. The tilting lever mount has two mounting screws respectively having a ball head and the ball heads each form a ball joint together with a ball head receiver of the allocated tilting lever.
US11225880B1	Turbine shroud ring for a gas turbine engine having a tip clearance probe A gas turbine engine assembly includes adjacent components and a probe assembly. The probe assembly is configured to measure a distance between the probe assembly and blades located radially inward of the adjacent components.
US11225876B2	Diffusion barrier to prevent super alloy depletion into nickel-CBN blade tip coating A diffusion barrier coating on a nickel-based alloy substrate comprising the diffusion barrier being coupled to the substrate between the substrate and a composite material opposite the substrate, wherein the diffusion barrier comprises a nickel phosphorus alloy material.
US11225875B1	Rail support beams Vane assemblies are described. The vane assemblies include a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform, a forward rail extending from the platform and arranged along a forward side of the platform, and an aft rail extending from the platform and arranged along an aft side of the platform. At least one support beam is provided extending in a forward-aft direction between the forward rail and the aft rail and separated from the platform by a first distance. The at least one support beam has a thickness in a radial direction of 40% or less of a total radial extent from the platform to an outer diameter edge of at least one of the forward rail and the aft rail and the at least one support beam has a thickness in a circumferential direction of 30% or less of a total circumferential extent of vane assembly.
US11225872B2	Turbine blade with tip shroud cooling passage A turbine blade includes a root for fixing the turbine blade to a turbine rotor; and an airfoil coupled to the root, the airfoil including a suction side and a pressure side, and at least one internal wall defining a coolant chamber in the airfoil for delivering a coolant through the airfoil. A tip shroud is coupled to a radially outer end of the airfoil by a suction side fillet and a pressure side fillet. The tip shroud includes a shroud body defining a substantially trident-shaped shroud cooling passage including: a trunk cooling passage, a center cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, a suction side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, and a pressure side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage. The center cooling passage is fluidly coupled to the coolant chamber to receive a coolant.
US11225869B2	In situ gas turbine prevention of crack growth progression Methods provided for remotely stopping a crack in a component of a gas turbine engine are provided, along with methods of remotely cleaning a surface area of a component of a gas turbine engine. The method can include inserting an integrated repair interface attached to a cable delivery system within a gas turbine engine; positioning the tip adjacent to a defect within a surface of the component; temporarily attaching the tip adjacent to the defect within the surface on the component; and drilling a hole into the base of the defect. An integrated repair interface is also provided.
US11225865B2	In-situ geomechanical testing A method of testing mechanical properties of an earth formation can include disposing a probe in a wellbore, impacting the probe against a wall of the wellbore, and measuring a parameter related to at least one of a displacement, displacement rate, strain, and strain rate, of at least one of the probe and the formation. Another method can include disposing a probe and a known material in a wellbore, and after the disposing, penetrating the known material with the probe. Another method can include disposing a probe in a wellbore, measuring a displacement of the probe into a wall of the wellbore while measuring a load applied to the probe, and applying fluid pressure to the formation via the probe.
US11225862B2	Virtual hoist stop for mobile drilling machine A virtual hoist stop system for a mobile drilling machine may include a sensor assembly configured to monitor a full/empty status of a plurality of pipe storage slots, a drill string status, and a height of a rotary head, an operator interface configured to receive hoisting input, and a control module. The control module may be configured to receive signals from the sensor assembly, determine a target height based on the signals, receive hoisting input from the operator interface, and automatically stop the rotary head from hoisting beyond the target height.
US11225849B2	Tool and method for cutting the casing of a bore hole A cutting tool includes an elongate main body having inlet and outlet ends with a fluid flow path defined therebetween. A piston is mounted within the main body and longitudinally movable with respect to the main body. One or more cutters are moveable between retracted and deployed positions. The piston and each cutter engage one another so that longitudinal movement of the piston with respect to the main body moves each cutter between the deployed position and the retracted position. A flow regulator is operable to divert fluid flowing into the inlet end of the tool selectively along a first path, which passes the through the piston to the outlet end of the tool, and a second path, in which the fluid tends to drive the piston longitudinally with respect to the main body.
US11225847B2	Universal riser joint for managed pressure drilling and subsea mudlift drilling An apparatus includes a tube having at least one flow outlet in communication with an interior of the tube. The apparatus includes valves for selectively connecting the flow outlet to one of a fluid return line and an inlet of a fluid pump. The apparatus also includes valves for selectively connecting the outlet of the pump to the fluid return line and closing the pump outlet. A method includes returning mud from a wellbore into a riser extending between the wellbore and a drilling unit on the surface of a body of water. Flow from a tube in the riser is selectively diverted to an inlet to a fluid pump or a mud return line extending from the tube to the drilling unit. When the flow is diverted to return mud flow in the riser is stopped above the tube. When flow is diverted to the inlet of the pump, the pump is operated to lift the mud to maintain a selected mud pressure in the wellbore.
US11225841B2	Method and apparatus for wellbore centralization A centralizer assembly installed on a casing section. A bow spring assembly having bow spring members is installed around the outer surface of the casing section and can rotate about the outer surface of the casing section. At least one portion of the casing section is swaged to increase the outer diameter of that section. Bow spring heel supports prevent bow spring members from contacting the outer surface of the central casing section when compressed. Non-abrasive materials prevent damage to wellhead or other polished bore receptacles.
US11225839B2	Attachment device for marine riser buoyancy module An attachment device for securing a buoyancy module to a riser, the attachment device comprising an annular collar which is split into at least two parts, and at least one flange part, which is separable from the collar and has a generally planar flange and a connecting formation by means of which the flange part may be releasably connected to the collar so that the flange extends radially outwardly relative to the collar.
US11225838B2	Underreamer cutter block A downhole cutting apparatus includes a cutter block. The cutter block includes a formation facing surface with cutting elements coupled thereto. The cutting elements are arranged such that at least one cutting element has a different exposure relative to the formation facing surface than at least one other cutting element. In some embodiments, a row of cutting elements may have a gradually changing exposure. The exposure may change such that cutting elements nearer the gauge of the cutter block have less exposure than cutting elements farther from the gauge of the cutter block. In additional embodiments, an underreamer may include multiple cutter blocks. The cutter blocks may each have a different configuration in a backreaming portion, gauge portion, underreaming portion, any part thereof, or in a combination of the foregoing.
US11225835B2	Downhole adjustable bend assemblies A bend adjustment assembly for a downhole mud motor includes a driveshaft housing, a driveshaft rotatably disposed in the driveshaft housing, a bearing mandrel coupled to the driveshaft, wherein the bend adjustment assembly includes a first position that provides a first deflection angle between a longitudinal axis of the driveshaft housing and a longitudinal axis of the bearing mandrel, a second position that provides a second deflection angle, and a third position that provides a third deflection angle, and an actuator assembly configured to shift the bend adjustment assembly between the first position, the second position, and the third position in response to a change in at least one of flowrate of a drilling fluid supplied to the downhole mud motor, pressure of the drilling fluid supplied to the downhole mud motor, and relative rotation between the driveshaft housing and the bearing mandrel.
US11225831B2	Covering for an architectural opening An arrangement for securing an end cap onto a rail of a covering for an architectural opening includes an elongated rail extending in a longitudinal direction and an end cap having a slightly arcuate shape when at rest. At least one post projects inwardly from the end cap into the rail to contact a surface that is fixed relative to the rail to secure the end cap to the rail in a flattened condition. When the end cap is coupled the rail, the arcuate shape of the end cap is flattened out.
US11225822B2	System and method for opening and closing vehicle door A method for opening and closing a door of a vehicle may include receiving a signal indicative of either opening or closing the vehicle door, determining whether the opening or closing will be performed by an operator or via a powered actuator based on the signal, and generating, if the opening or closing will be performed by the powered actuator, a first control signal indicative of a first position to which the door is to be moved. The method may further include controlling the powered actuator to cause the door to move from an original position to the first position.
US11225819B2	Door operating system A door operating system for moving a door about a vertical pivot axis between a closed position and an open position. The door operating system includes a driver including a free-ended output shaft and linkage for operably connecting the output shaft of the driver with door. An adjustable and selectively operable coupling is disposed between the free-end of the output shaft of the driver and the linkage. The adjustable coupling has a pair of coaxially spaced and adjustable interfaces. A first adjustable interface is defined between the free-end of the output shaft and the coupling while a second adjustable interface is defined between the coupling and the linkage whereby allowing for a high resolution, angular adjustment of the position of the door.
US11225818B2	Door leading edge sensor A door leading edge sensor has a door leading edge elastic member which is attached to a front end portion of a door in a door closing direction and includes a cavity extending in a direction intersecting with the closing direction; a linear pressure sensitive sensor is attached to the door leading edge elastic member and is disposed along the extending direction of the cavity. The pressure sensitive sensor has an insulator tube having such an elasticity as to be deformed in accordance with an elastic deformation of the door leading edge elastic member and has plural conductive members fixed to an inner surface of the insulator tube. The plural conductive members are in a non-contact state when the insulator tube is not deformed and are in contact with each other when the insulator tube is deformed.
US11225816B2	Sliding security door with passive deadlock prevention In a high-security sliding-door apparatus for closing and opening a corridor, the door having (a) a door frame having a track and a bi-directional effector, (b) a carriage having track-engaging rollers, (c) a slide plate slidably secured to the carriage and driven by the effector, and (d) a controller controlling slide-plate movement and enabling the door to be continuously closed but not locked, the improvement comprising centering apparatus for relative positioning of the slide plate and carriage, the centering apparatus including (1) a yoke attached to the slide plate at a yoke pivot and having a yoke cam surface thereabove, (2) a carriage-attached yoke-cam follower, and (3) springs having proximal ends attached to the yoke spaced above the yoke pivot and distal ends each attached to the carriage at points offset from the yoke pivot in opposite lateral directions, centering the door with the slide plate when unlocked.
US11225810B2	Outdoor portable privacy structure A portable privacy structure is disclosed herein. The portable privacy structure includes a a set of structure panels and a set of frame attachment brackets. Each structure panel includes a frame, a privacy screen, a plurality of fasteners and a surface attachment-means. The set of frame attachment brackets connect each structure panel together to provide a privacy wall system that is configured to provide privacy to a user thereof.
US11225801B2	Floor panel for forming a floor covering and method for manufacturing a floor panel A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a substrate, which substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material; wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts, which coupling parts allow that two such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel.
US11225791B2	Foldable modular wall systems A foldable modular wall system includes a track, one or more stationary wall modules, and one or more foldable wall modules. The foldable wall modules are pivotally and slidably connected to the track such that the foldable wall modules can be selectively moved between a closed confirmation and an open configuration. The foldable modular wall system can also include power hinge jumpers through which electrical wires can nm to power electronic components embedded in or disposed on the foldable wall modules.
US11225786B2	Dry process connected energy-consuming beam column joint based on corbel A dry process connected energy-consuming beam column joint based on a corbel includes a prefabricated concrete corbel column, pre-buried steel plates and connecting steel plates, wherein the corbel section of the prefabricated concrete corbel column is stepped, and a notch section of a prefabricated concrete notch beam is matched with the stepped section of the corbel and is in lap joint to the stepped section; the pre-buried steel plates are separately pre-buried on the upper and lower surfaces of the corbel and the prefabricated concrete notch beam, friction plates are arranged outside the pre-buried steel plates, and slight tooth spaces are arranged on the sides, facing the pre-buried steel plates, of the friction plates; and the connecting steel plates are arranged on the left and right sides of the prefabricated concrete notch beam and the corbel lap joint section.
US11225765B2	Frame assembly for supporting an implement on a vehicle A frame assembly for supporting an implement on a vehicle includes a support frame attachable to the vehicle, a lever pivotable about a first axis between first and second positions, and a biasing assembly connecting the lever to the support frame. A first end of the biasing assembly is supported against the lever to pivot about a second pivot axis being parallel to the first pivot axis and being vertically spaced relative to the first pivot axis when the support frame is removably attached to the vehicle and the lever is in the first position. A second end of the biasing assembly is supported against the support frame to pivot about a third pivot axis when the lever pivots about the first pivot axis. The third pivot axis is parallel to and is spaced from the first pivot axis when the support frame is removably attached to the vehicle.
US11225760B2	Construction vehicle A construction vehicle includes a frame, at least one drum, and a vibratory system. The vibratory system includes a first eccentric weight, a second eccentric weight, and a shift assembly adapted to vary an amplitude of the vibratory system. The shift assembly includes a shaft member adapted to move along a first axis for changing a position of the first eccentric weight relative to the second eccentric weight. The shift assembly also includes an actuator and a fork assembly adapted to move the shaft member along the first axis. The fork assembly includes a fork fixedly coupled to the actuator. The fork assembly also includes a housing member concentrically disposed around the shaft member, wherein the fork is pivotally coupled to the housing member at a pair of pivot points defined proximate to the second end of the fork. The fork assembly further includes a bearing member.
US11225759B2	Support layer for supporting an artificial turf assembly, and artificial turf system A support layer for supporting an artificial turf assembly. The support layer being formed of a polymeric foam, preferably having a density of between 20 and 70 grams per liter, such as a polyolefin foam; and having an upper side and a lower side, wherein in use the support layer has been placed with the lower side thereof on a base surface and supports, on the upper side thereof, the artificial turf assembly, the support layer including a plurality of through drainage holes extending from the upper side to the lower side for allowing liquid such as rain water to flow via the plurality of drainage holes from the upper side to the lower side, and also including a plurality of channels at the lower side for allowing liquid such as rain water to flow through the channels along the lower side, wherein each of said plurality of drainage holes debouches into one of the plurality of channels. The support layer is further included in an artificial turf system, that includes an artificial turf assembly with the support layer supported on a base surface such as a layer of sand, wherein the support layer forms, at the upper sides thereof, a closed support surface supporting the artificial turf assembly.
US11225752B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet configured to define a receiving space for receiving laundry, the cabinet having an open surface, a door hingedly provided at the cabinet for opening and closing the open surface of the cabinet, a laundry support unit provided in the receiving space for supporting laundry, and a machinery compartment provided in the cabinet for defining a space that is separate from the receiving space, the machinery compartment being provided therein with an air supply unit for dehumidifying or heating air in the receiving space and supplying the dehumidified or heated air into the receiving space. The air supply unit dehumidifies air in a room that communicates with the receiving space in the state in which the door is open.
US11225751B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet, a water tank provided inside the cabinet, and a detergent box provided in communication with the water tank to supply detergent to an inside of the water tank. The detergent box includes: a housing in communication with the water tank; a drawer received inside the housing; and a ventilation portion formed through the housing so as to allow an inside of the tank to communicate with an outside of the housing, and the ventilation portion includes a through hole formed through a side surface of the housing, and a protruding groove portion recessed from an inner surface of the housing and protruding from an outer surface thereof and to be open at upper and inner sides thereof, respectively, at a lower side of the through hole. The leakage of wash water through the ventilation portion of the housing may be suppressed.
US11225740B1	Element between backshift and primary backing method Inverted carpet designs can be provided having new features. Specifically, instead of providing loop side up (like almost all carpet), the reverse side is used as the wear side (with back stitches showing). New features, like providing design elements intermediate or on the primary backing and the back stitches can be provided with various embodiments.
US11225728B2	Film forming device and method for forming metal film using the same A film forming device that avoids a leakage of a liquid electrolyte and a method for forming a metal film using the film forming device are provided. The film forming device to form the metal film includes an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, a solution container that defines a solution containing space between the anode and the solid electrolyte membrane, and a power supply that applies a voltage between the anode and the cathode. The solid electrolyte membrane includes a first surface exposed to the solution containing space and a second surface opposed to the cathode, and is dividable along a division surface having no common point with the first surface or the second surface.
US11225727B2	Control of current density in an electroplating apparatus Various embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatus for electroplating metal onto substrates. In various cases, a reference electrode may be modified to promote improved electroplating results. The modifications may relate to one or more of the reference electrode's shape, position, relative conductivity compared to the electrolyte, or other design feature. In some particular examples the reference electrode may be dynamically changeable, for example having a changeable shape and/or position. In a particular example the reference electrode may be made of multiple segments. The techniques described herein may be combined as desired for individual applications.
US11225726B2	Composite plated product and method for producing same There are provided a composite plated product, which has little uneven appearance, a low contact resistance and good wear resistance, and a method for producing the same without the need of any silver-plating solutions containing cyanides and any silver-plating solutions containing silver nitrate as a silver salt. After carbon particles are caused to be suspended in water, an oxidizing agent is added thereto for carrying out a wet oxidation treatment of the carbon particles, and a silver-plating solution, which contains at least one sulfonic acid and the carbon particles treated by the wet oxidation treatment, is used for electroplating a base material to form a coating film of a composite material, which contains the carbon particles in a silver layer, on the base material to produce a composite plated product.
US11225725B2	Method for producing aluminum A method for producing aluminum includes: a dissolution step of dissolving a hydrate containing Al in water to prepare an aqueous solution that contains Al ions; an extraction step of bringing an organic phase that is composed of an extractant into contact with an aqueous phase that is composed of the aqueous solution to extract the Al ions in the aqueous phase into the organic phase; and an electrodeposition step of electrolyzing the organic phase as an electrolytic solution to electrodeposit metallic Al onto a surface of a cathode from the Al ions in the electrolytic solution.
US11225723B2	System and method for making hypochlorous acid using saltwater with sodium bicarbonate A system and a method are provided for making hypochlorous acid using saltwater with sodium bicarbonate. The system includes an electrolytic cell, a quantity of saltwater solution, and a quantity of sodium bicarbonate. The quantity of saltwater solution is poured into the electrolytic cell and then undergoes an electrolytic process. As a result of the quantity of saltwater solution going through the electrolytic process, a hypochlorous acid solution is yielded. In order to ensure a pure hypochlorous acid solution is formed, the quantity of sodium bicarbonate can be added into the electrolytic cell along with the quantity of saltwater solution before the electrolytic process or the quantity of sodium bicarbonate can be added into the hypochlorous acid solution after the hypochlorous acid solution is yielded. This process adjusts the pH level of the hypochlorous acid solution, and thus, produces a purer hypochlorous acid solution.
US11225720B2	Magnetic powder, and manufacturing method thereof A magnetic powder contains magnetic particles, a first coating layer disposed on surfaces of the magnetic particles and containing a first glass, and a second coating layer disposed on the first coating layer and containing a second glass different from the first glass. A method of manufacturing magnetic powder includes preparing magnetic particles, forming a first coating layer containing a first glass on surfaces of the magnetic particles, and forming a second coating layer containing a second glass different from the first glass on the first coating layer.
US11225719B2	Concentration controller, gas control system, deposition apparatus, concentration control method, and program recording medium for concentration controller In a concentration controller that intermittently leads out material gas from a vaporization tank, in order to control the flow rates of carrier and diluent gases so that the concentration of the material gas can be suppressed from overshooting immediately after the start of material gas supply period, the concentration controller is adapted to include: a concentration calculation part that calculates the concentration of the material gas on the basis of an output signal from a concentration monitor; and a set flow rate calculation part that, on the basis of actual concentration calculated by the concentration calculation part, an actual flow rate outputted from a flow rate control device or the set flow rate of the flow rate control device, and a preset target concentration, calculates the initial set flow rate of the flow rate control device.
US11225717B2	Fixture for coating of double-ended tools Fixture (1) for exposing two opposite ends of an object to be coated (6) to a vapor deposition while masking an intermediate portion (8) of the object against being coated, comprising an object holding device (OHD), whereas the object holding device (OHD) consists of at least one battery (3) of hole plate strips (2) which are designed and arranged that way that each single hole (retaining hole; H) is formed by a pair of hole plate strips (2) that way that the first segment (4) of the hole (H) is embodied by the preceding hole plate strip (2) and that the second segment (5) of the hole (H) is embodied by the subsequent hole plate strip (2).
US11225705B2	High-Mn austenitic stainless steel for hydrogen having excellent weldability, welded joint using same, device for hydrogen using same, and method for producing welded joint This austenitic stainless steel contains, by mass %: C: 0.3% or less, Si: 0.1% to 1.5%, Mn: 5.5% to 20%, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 10% to 20%, Ni: 4.0% to 12%, N: 0.40% or less, Cu: 4.0% or less, O: 0.02% or less, and either one or both of Ca: 0.01% or less and Al: 0.3% or less, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, and the following Formula (1) is satisfied. [Ni]+[Cu]+12.93[C]+1.11[Mn]+0.72[Cr]+0.88[Mo]−0.27[Si]+7.55[N]≥29.3 Formula (1)
US11225701B2	Hot dip galvanized steel sheet and hot dip galvannealed steel sheet A hot dip galvanized steel sheet and hot dip galvannealed steel sheet improved in uniform ductility and local ductility, yield strength and tensile strength, and low temperature impact property, characterized by having a predetermined chemical composition, having a metal structure containing, by volume %, retained austenite: over 5.0% and tempered martensite: over 5.0%, having retained austenite containing C: 0.85 mass % or more, and having a ratio [C]γgb/[P]γgb of an amount of segregation of C (number of atoms/nm2): [C]γgb to an amount of segregation of P (number of atoms/nm2): [P]γgb at prior austenite grain boundaries of 4.0 or more.
US11225697B2	Hot rolled light-gauge martensitic steel sheet and method for making the same A hot rolled light-gauge martensitic steel sheet made by the steps comprising: (a) preparing a molten steel melt comprising: (i) by weight, between 0.20% and 0.35% carbon, less than 1.0% chromium, between 0.7% and 2.0% manganese, between 0.10% and 0.50% silicon, between 0.1% and 1.0% copper, less than 0.05% niobium, less than 0.5% molybdenum, and silicon killed containing less than 0.01% aluminum, and (ii) the remainder iron and impurities resulting from melting; (b) solidifying at a heat flux greater than 10.0 MW/m2 and cooling the molten melt into a steel sheet less than 2.0 mm in thickness in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to below 1080° C. and above Ar3 temperature at a cooling rate greater than 15° C./s; and (c) hot rolling the steel sheet to between 15% and 50% reduction and rapidly cooling.
US11225694B2	Cooling panel for metallurgical furnace A cooling panel for a metallurgical furnace includes a body with a front face and an opposite rear face, a top face and an opposite bottom face and two opposite side faces. The body has at least one cooling channel therein, the cooling channel having openings in the rear face; wherein, in use, the front face of the body is turned towards a furnace interior. According to the invention, the cooling panel having at least one cooling pipe arranged in at least one elongate recess formed in the front face, where the cooling pipe has an elongate middle section and at either end thereof, an angled branch, the cooling pipe forming the cooling channel, and where the cooling pipe is arranged in the elongate recess such that the angled branches protrude through the openings in the rear face of the body.
US11225687B2	DNA sequencing by synthesis with nucleotide analogues and Raman detection This invention provides nucleoside polyphosphate analogues each of which comprises a tag comprising a plurality of Raman-scattering moieties; compounds comprising said nucleoside polyphosphate analogs. This invention also provides nucleotide polymerases with one or more attached and/or conjugated noble metal nanoparticles, wherein the noble metal nanoparticles are surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates thereby creating a region of enhanced sensitivity for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) within or adjacent to the polymerase. This invention also provides a surface with regions of enhanced sensitivity for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy comprising interspersed rough or nanostructured noble metal surface. This invention also provides methods for determining the sequence of a single stranded DNA or RNA polynucleotide using one or more of nucleoside polyphosphate analogues, polymerase with noble metal nanoparticles, and surface with noble metal.
US11225686B2	Compositions, methods, and kits for amplifying nucleic acids The present teachings are directed to compositions, methods, and kits for amplifying target nucleic acids while reducing non-specific fluorescence and undesired amplification products, sometimes referred to as secondary amplification products or spurious side-products. The enzyme inhibitors disclosed herein comprise a nucleotide sequence and at least one quencher. Complexes comprising an enzyme inhibitor associated with an enzyme, wherein at least one enzymatic activity of the enzyme is inhibited, are also provided. Methods for amplifying a target nucleic acid while reducing undesired amplification products are disclosed, as are methods for reducing non-specific fluorescence. Kits for expediting the performance of certain disclosed methods are also provided.
US11225683B2	Photocoupling method using probe containing photoresponsive nucleic acids Provided are: a photocoupling method that overcomes the problem of the stagnation of photocoupling with a target nucleotide using a probe containing a photo-responsive nucleotide, and that improves the photocoupling efficiency; and a photocoupling kit. The photocoupling method is characterized by hybridizing a target site present in a nucleic acid sample with a first probe having a sequence complementary to the target site and containing a photo-responsive nucleotide, in a reaction solution, and carrying out photocoupling by photo-irradiation, wherein self-assembly caused by the photo-responsive nucleotide contained in the first probe is suppressed. The photocoupling kit is characterized by comprising a first probe having a sequence complementary to a target site present in a nucleic acid sample, and containing a photo-responsive nucleotide; and a second probe being highly complementary to the first probe.
US11225680B2	Prediction-rule generating system, prediction system, prediction-rule generating method, and prediction method A computer of a prediction-rule generating system includes an input unit configured to input time series data of an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences included in activated sludge in which a water treatment is performed and water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment associated with data at each time constituting the time series data, a principal component analyzing unit configured to perform principal component analysis on the input time series data and calculate principal component scores of data at each time constituting time series data, and a prediction rule generating unit configured to generate a prediction rule for predicting water quality after a water treatment from an abundance proportion of microorganisms or nucleotide sequences on the basis of the calculated principal component scores and the input water quality information indicating water quality after a water treatment.
US11225675B2	D-lactate dehydrogenase, engineered strain containing D-lactate dehydrogenase and construction method and use of engineered strain The present invention provides D-lactate dehydrogenase, an engineered strain containing the D-lactate dehydrogenase and a construction method and use of the engineered strain. The present invention discloses a D-lactate dehydrogenase which has unique properties and is from Thermodesulfatator indicus, and the D-lactate dehydrogenase has good thermophily and heat stability. By using the D-lactate dehydrogenase and the gene engineering reconstruction method, a fermentation product of the reconstructed Bacillus licheniformis can be redirected to optically-pure D-lactic acid with a high yield from naturally produced 2,3-butanediol, and the optical purity of the produced D-lactic acid reaches 99.9%; and raw materials for fermentation are low-cost, and a fermentation state is between an anaerobic fermentation state and a microaerobic fermentation state. By using the inventive method for producing D-lactic acid through fermentation at high temperature, the production cost can be reduced, the production efficiency can be improved and there is a wide industrial application prospect for the inventive method.
US11225663B2	Methods to detect motor neuron disease comprising micro-RNAs The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting motor neuron-specific miRNAs in a population of cells or subject. More particularly, the invention relates to detecting motor neuron-specific miRNAs to detect and treat motor neuron diseases associated with dysregulation of motor neuron-specific miRNAs, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
US11225660B2	Methods and compositions for managing vascular conditions using miR-483 mimics and HIF1alpha pathway inhibitors This disclosure relates to the use of miRNA-483 and its target genes, UBE2C, pVHL and HIF1alpha, in managing the treatment of cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a miR-483 mimic and/or an HIF inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient for use in treating or preventing a vascular disease or condition. In certain embodiments, the miR-483 mimic is a double stranded nucleobase polymer or an expression vector that expresses mature human miR-483-5p and miR-483-3p sequences or operable fragments and variants.
US11225650B2	Methods of using FIX polypeptides The present invention provides methods of administering long-acting Factor IX; methods of administering long-acting, chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor IX; and methods of producing such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides using cells.
US11225648B2	Modified DNase and uses thereof Modified DNase I protein in which one or more amino acids of a DNase I protein are modified non-cellularly, are provided. The modified DNase I protein exhibits a DNA hydrolytic activity in the presence of actin and an improved DNA hydrolytic activity compared to a homologous non-modified DNase I protein. Processes of preparing the modified DNase I protein and uses thereof in, for example, reducing a DNA content in sputum and/or in treating a disease or condition associated with excess extracellular DNA in a fluid, secretion or tissue of a subject, are also provided.
US11225641B2	Probiotic Bifidobacterium strain Probiotic Bifidobacterium strain AH1714 is significantly immunomodulatory following oral consumption. The strain is useful as an immunomodulatory biotherapeutic agent.
US11225636B2	Method and system for cell cultivation The present invention relates to a method and system for aseptic material transfer from a storage container to a bioreactor. More precisely the invention relates to a method and system for aseptically transferring dry material, such as microcarriers for cell cultivation, to a bioreactor, comprising transferring microcarriers from a first container housing said microcarriers to a bioreactor for cell cultivation via r transfer tubing connecting the first container to the bioreactor, wherein the transfer is accomplished with pressurized air or gas supplied to the container.
US11225630B2	Liquid hand dishwashing cleaning composition with an alkyl alxoxy sulfate having a C13/C12 ratio of 60/40 to 80/20 The need for a liquid hand-dishwashing composition which provides further improved sudsing volume and longevity when washing dishware using diluted liquid hand dishwashing compositions, especially in the presence of greasy soil and particulate soil, while still providing the desired cleaning, is met when the composition is formulated with a surfactant system comprising a specific level of alkyl sulfate surfactant and a co-surfactant, when the alkyl chain of the alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant has a mol fraction of C12 and C13 chains of at least about 50%, and the C13/C12 mol ratio of the alkyl chain is at least about 57/43.
US11225629B2	Vetiver odorant Compounds of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof are provided, wherein the dotted lines represent a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond; and one R1 group represents a hydrogen atom and the second R1 group represents a methyl group. Also provided are their uses as perfuming ingredients to impart vetiver/rooty and powdery notes; e.g. in perfuming compositions or in consumer products.
US11225627B2	Lubricating grease of polyurea/high base number calcium sulfonate composite The invention discloses a lubricating grease with thixotropy and a preparation method thereof. The lubricating grease comprises a polyurea/high base number calcium sulfonate composite thickener, colloidally dispersed calcium carbonate solid particles in the form of calcite, a calcium borate or calcium borate composite, and a calcium soap of fatty acid having 12 to 24 carbon atoms. The above components are uniformly dispersed in an oil phase medium. The content of high base number calcium sulfonate in the lubricating grease is less than 22 wt %, and the lubricating grease has a worked cone penetration of 295 or less.
US11225624B2	Fluorine-containing ether compound, lubricant for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium A fluorine-containing ether compound represented by Formula (1) is provided, R1—R2—CH2—R3—CH2—R4 (1) (In Formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group that may have a substituent, R2 is a divalent linking group bonded to R1 via an ethereal oxygen, R3 is a perfluoropolyether chain, and R4 is an end group which is different from R1-R2 and includes two or three polar groups, in which each of the polar groups is bonded to a different carbon atom, and the carbon atoms bonded to the polar groups are bonded to each other via a linking group containing a carbon atom not bonded to the polar groups.).
US11225621B2	Deep vacuum regeneration of adsorbent media Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, apparatuses and methods for the use of deep vacuum for the regeneration of desiccant in compressed gas desiccant dryers. Through the use of a vacuum pump operably coupled to a gas dryer, the systems and methods described herein allow for a gas dryer system to reach a deep vacuum pressure, inducing liquid within the desiccant in a gas dryer tower to reach a boiling point induced by the low pressure and lower boiling point of water or liquid, allowing the water or liquid to change from a liquid to a gas. This phase change allows the liquid to separate from the desiccant. The vacuum pump is then able to remove or pull the vapor that has been released from the desiccant from the system.
US11225612B2	Catalyst and process for catalytic steam cracking of heavy distillate Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for producing light olefins from a hydrocarbon feed. The hydrocarbon feed and a water feed are introduced to a reactor to produce an effluent stream. The reactor is operated at a temperature and pressure such that cracking reactions occur in the reactor. The reactor includes a catalyst bed including a nanoscale zeolite catalyst having a crystal size ranging between 10 nm and 300 nm. The effluent stream includes the light olefins. The effluent stream is introduced to a first separator to produce a gas phase fraction and a liquid phase fraction. The gas phase fraction includes the light olefins. The liquid phase fraction is introduced to a second separator to produce a liquid hydrocarbon stream and a spent water stream.
US11225611B1	Online analyzer for biofuel production Disclose is an online analyzer to monitor conversion of a biofeedstock in a first hydrotreating stage to avoid catalyst poisoning in a subsequent stage. An example method of processing a biofeedstock may comprise hydrotreating the biofeedstock by reaction with hydrogen to form a hydrotreated biofeedstock. The method may further comprise monitoring conversion of the biofeedstock in the hydrotreating with an online analyzer.
US11225607B2	Thermoplastic composition and prepreg, composite material made of said prepreg, and uses of said composite material The present invention relates to the field of thermoplastic composite materials. Specifically, the invention relates to a fluorinated, flame-retardant thermoplastic composition, to the prepreg prepared from said composition, to the composite material containing said prepreg, to the methods enabling manufacture, and to the uses of said material. The invention also relates to the use of a thermoplastic prepreg for manufacturing fire-resistant composite materials.
US11225605B2	Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, method for producing polymerizable liquid crystal compound, polymerizable liquid crystal composition, optically anisotropic film, optical film, polarizing plate, and image display device An object of the present invention is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal compound having excellent solubility, which is used for the formation of an optically anisotropic film having excellent durability, a method for producing the same, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, an optically anisotropic film, an optical film, a polarizing plate, and an image display device. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound of the embodiment of the present invention is a polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by Formula (1), L1-SP1-A1-D3-G1-D1-Ar-D2-G2-D4-A2-SP2-L2 . . . (1) in Formula (1), the ClogP value of the group represented by L1-SP1-A1-D3-G1-D1 and the ClogP value of the group represented by L2-SP2-A2-D4-G2-D2 are different from each other, and at least one of the ClogP values is 3.3 or more.
US11225599B2	Fiber surface finishing Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a fluid for use in well treatment having a carrier fluid and a plurality of altered fiber particles having a plurality of defects on a surface of the fiber particles. The fluid may be used for a method of fracturing a subterranean formation. The method includes injecting a fracturing fluid into a wellbore through the subterranean formation, thereby creating a fracture network in the subterranean formation, the fracturing fluid comprising a proppant and a plurality of fibers having a plurality of defects on a surface of the fibers.
US11225587B2	Aqueous coating composition The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition that provides coatings with improved hydrophilic stain repellency.
US11225575B2	Rubber composition for inner liner, and pneumatic tire A rubber composition for an inner liner that has a carbon black and a modified silicone oil having a silanol group at a molecular terminal thereof can give a vulcanized rubber excellent in air permeability resistance and resistance to fatigue from flexing. This rubber composition can give a vulcanized rubber which can be restrained from being lowered in air permeability resistance and which is excellent in resistance to fatigue from flexing even when the rubber composition contains a process oil.
US11225568B2	Polyethylene copolymer and method for preparing same The present invention relates to a polyethylene copolymer which has excellent processability and long-term durability, and thus is useful for hollow molding of a pipe or the like.
US11225567B2	Aircraft tire An aircraft tire has a tread comprising a composition based on at least one elastomeric matrix comprising from 20 to 100 phr of isoprene elastomer and from 0 to 80 phr of a copolymer of butadiene and styrene; a reinforcing filler predominantly comprising carbon black; from 1 to 30 phr of at least one hydrocarbon resin predominantly composed of units derived from aromatic and cycloaliphatic monomers; and a crosslinking system.
US11225566B2	Latex and composite A latex including: a nitrile rubber containing an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit in a content of 8 to 50 wt % and an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer unit in a content of 1 to 10 wt %, and having an iodine value of 120 g/100 g or less; and a benzisothiazoline-based compound represented by the following general formula (1), wherein the content of the benzisothiazoline-based compound is 50 ppm by weight or more, with respect to the nitrile rubber, and a redox potential of the latex is 80 to 800 mV. In the general formula (1) mentioned above, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted organic group, R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted organic group, and “n” represents an integer of 0 to 4.
US11225565B2	Purification of sugammadex The invention deals with a novel process for purification of the pharmaceutically useful product sugammadex of formula (1).
US11225561B2	Polymer foam articles and methods of making polymer foams Molded polymer foam articles are described as having a novel a foam structure. The polymer foam articles include a continuous polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles therein which is present throughout the entirety of the article, including in the surface region extending 500 microns beneath the surface of the article. The surface region is further characterized as having compressed pneumatoceles. The novel foam structure is achieved even when molding polymer foam articles comprising a thickness of more than 2 cm, a volume of more than 1000 cm3; or both a volume of more than 1000 cm3 and a thickness of more than 2 cm. Methods of making the molded polymer foam articles are also described.
US11225555B2	Caprolactam formulations A process for the production of a masterbatch (M) which includes at least one lactam and at least one fiber material is provided herein. Also described herein is the masterbatch (M) and a polymerizable two-component system (pS), as well as a process for the production of a polyamide (P), the use of the masterbatch (M) for the production of the polyamide (P), and the polyamide (P). A molding made of the polyamide (P) is also described.
US11225553B1	Amine-substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-dionyl copolymers, polyimides, articles, and methods Amine-substituted copolymers that may include an amine-substituted pyrrolidine-2,5-dione moiety. Polyamic acids and polyimides, which may be formed by contacting an amine substituted copolymer with a dianhydride, or a dianhydride and a diamine. Articles, such as wires, having a surface on which a polyimide is disposed. Methods for forming polymers.
US11225552B2	Polyamide resin, molded article, and method for manufacturing polyamide resin Provide is a polyamide resin that can yield a molded article with good appearance and good solder reflowability, while keeping low water absorption rate; a molded article; and a method for manufacturing a polyamide resin. The polyamide resin, which is composed of a structural unit derived from diamine and a structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid; 70 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from diamine being derived from 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane, 1,4-bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane having a molar ratio (cis:trans) of 35:65 to 0:100, 70 mol % or more of the structural unit derived from dicarboxylic acid being derived from a straight chain aliphatic α,ω-dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 12 carbon atoms, the polyamide resin containing 20 to 100 ppm by mass of phosphorus atom, and containing calcium atom so that the molar ratio given by (phosphorus atom):(calcium atom) will be 1:0.3 to 0.7.
US11225548B2	Resin composition, heat-conductive flexible sheet using same, and heat dissipation structure There is provided a heat-conductive flexible sheet that is formed of a non-silicone material and excellent in flexibility as well as durability such as heat-aging resistance, hydrothermal resistance, and thermal shock resistance, and a heat dissipation structure using the same, as well as a resin composition that exhibits excellent handleability in the kneading step in producing a heat-conductive sheet and can be suitably used as a binder material for a heat-conductive flexible sheet. A resin composition comprising a blocked urethane prepolymer, a predetermined epoxy compound, and a curing catalyst, the blocked urethane prepolymer being a reaction product of an aliphatic diisocyanate compound and a hydrogenated polybutadiene polyol having a hydroxy group at each of both ends, wherein the reaction product has at an end thereof an isocyanate group blocked with an aromatic hydroxy compound; a heat-conductive flexible sheet formed of a cured product of a mixed composition comprising the same and a heat-conductive inorganic filler; and a heat dissipation structure using the same.
US11225528B2	Heterodimeric antibodies that bind CD3 and tumor antigens The present invention is directed to novel heterodimeric antibodies.
US11225522B2	Single domain antibody and derivative proteins thereof against programmed death-ligand (PDL1) The present invention relates to the field of medical biology and discloses a single domain antibody and derivative proteins thereof against programmed death ligand (PDL1). In particular, the present invention discloses a programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1) binding molecule and the use thereof, especially the use for treating and/or preventing or diagnosing PDL1 relevant diseases such as tumor.
US11225521B2	Heterodimeric antibodies that bind somatostatin receptor 2 The present invention is directed to antibodies, including novel antigen binding domains and heterodimeric antibodies, that bind somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2).
US11225519B2	Treatment of cancers using anti-NKG2A agents The present invention relates to HLA-E as a tumor escape mechanism in head and neck cancer. The invention relates to methods for the treatment of head and neck cancer, notably HLA-E expressing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, using antibodies that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A.
US11225518B2	Method for preparing anti-AMH antibodies and uses of same The present invention relates to a method for preparing anti-mammalian AMH antibodies comprising the steps of: (i) immunizing an animal with an AMH polypeptide or a polynucleotide encoding this AMH polypeptide, said AMH polypeptide comprising at least the 99 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, and at most the 560 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 2 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 2, (ii) preparing hybridomas from cells of a lymphoid organ of the animal having received the immunogen, (iii) selecting hybridomas secreting antibodies recognizing an AMH polypeptide comprising at least the 99 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, and at most the 255 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 8 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 8, but recognizing neither (a) an AMH polypeptide comprising at least the 131 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 13 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 13 and at most the 156 amino acids of sequence SEQ ID No. 11 or of a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 11, nor (b) any linear epitope located in the sequence SEQ ID No. 1 or a sequence having at least 75% identity with the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, and (iv) producing the antibodies. The invention also relates to the antibodies and antibody fragments and the use of same for assaying AMH, in particular in fertility.
US11225514B2	Nanobodies against cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) inhibitory factor (Cif) Provided are VHH or nanobodies that specifically bind to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) inhibitory factor (Cif), and uses thereof for diagnosis and treatment of Pseudomonas infection.
US11225511B2	BH3 peptides and methods of use thereof The invention provides peptides and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them. The invention further provides therapeutic, diagnostic and research methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of apoptosis associated disorders.
US11225510B2	Modified lantibiotics and methods of making and using the modified lantibiotics The subject invention pertains to a modified lantibiotic containing an intact cysteine at the C-terminus, particularly, a cysteine that is not decarboxylated and that contains a free carboxyl group. Derivatives of the modified lantibiotic comprising a moiety conjugated to the carboxyl group of the terminal cysteine are also provided. A bacterium that produces a modified lantibiotic having an intact cysteine at the C-terminus are also provided, wherein the bacterium is genetically modified to inactivate a gene that encodes a decarboxylase enzyme that decarboxylates the cysteine at the C-terminus of a precursor lantibiotic. Methods of producing a modified lantibiotic having an intact cysteine at the C-terminus by culturing a bacterium that synthesizes the modified lantibiotic and purifying the lantibiotic are also provided. Mutants of lantibiotics, particularly, mutacin 1140 having higher anti-bacterial activity or higher bacterial expression compared to mutacin 1140 are also provided.
US11225492B2	Heterocycles useful as anti-cancer agents The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof. It also provides pharmaceutical compositions, preparation and utilities thereof in treating diseases and disorders including cancers.
US11225490B2	Prodrugs of secondary amine compounds The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I:
US11225475B2	Substituted pyridines as inhibitors of histone deacetylase Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of conditions associated with inhibition of HDAC (e.g., HDAC2).
US11225471B2	Antidiabetic bicyclic compounds Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia Formula (I).
US11225468B2	Nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystal complexes The invention provides certain nicotine salt co-crystals and provides novel polymorphic forms of certain nicotine salts. In particular, certain nicotine salt-co-crystals are described, including nicotine and two different coformers. The invention further provides methods of preparation and characterization of nicotine salts, co-crystals, and salt co-crystals. In addition, tobacco products, including smoking articles, smokeless tobacco products, and electronic smoking articles comprising nicotine salts, co-crystals, and/or salt co-crystals are also provided.
US11225463B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of oral infectious diseases The invention relates to the compounds or its pharmaceutical acceptable polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III, formula IV, formula V, formula VI, formula VII, formula VIII, formula IX, formula X, formula XI and formula XII and, the methods for the treatment of oral infectious diseases may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, lozenge, spray, intravenous, oral solution, buccal mucosal layer tablet, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of oral infectious diseases.
US11225455B2	Separation of n-methylethylenediamine from EDA-containing mixtures The present invention relates to a process for removing NMEDA from a mixture comprising water (H2O), ethylenediamine (EDA) and N-methylethylenediamine (NMEDA) by a rectification in a rectification column (NMEDA removal), wherein the rectification is conducted at a bottom temperature TB of 155° C. or less and the mixture comprises at least the amount of water as required for the formation of a high-boiling azeotrope of EDA and water at the corresponding bottom temperature.
US11225454B2	Process for catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics The present invention generally relates to processes for the catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics. In particular, the present invention includes processes for the catalytic hydrogenation of halonitroaromatics such as 2,5-dicloronitrobenzene to 2,5-dichloroaniline over a platinum-containing catalyst. The present invention also relates to processes for producing 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic acid.
US11225451B2	Process for the preparation of 3,3,4-trimethylcyclohexylidene bisphenol (BP-TMC) The present inventions relates to the preparation of 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene bisphenol. Especially, the present invention relates to the preparation of 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene bisphenol from 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone and phenol in the presence of a gaseous acidic catalyst. The preparation comprises a first drying step and a second drying step wherein in the second drying step the temperature is increased in comparison to first drying step or in the second drying step the pressure is lowered in comparison to first drying step, or in second drying step both the temperature is increased and the pressure is lowered in comparison to the first drying step (d1).
US11225447B2	Process for purification of olefin feed comprising 1234YF The present invention relates to a process for purifying olefin feed comprising R-5 1234yf, R-40, R-134a, R-134, R-1225zc, and OFCB, comprising the step of separating different ternary and binary azeotrope compositions comprising 1234yf. The olefin feed is obtained from the pyrolysis of tetrafluoroethylene/chlorodifluoromethane with chloromethane/methane, optionally in presence of initiator.
US11225445B2	Process for the production of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene A process for the production of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene comprises the steps of: i) providing a reactor comprising a cover, a bottom, sidewalls connecting said bottom and said cover, at least one reagent supply line and at least one line for drawing off the products formed, said reactor further containing a liquid phase A; ii) providing a stream B comprising hydrofluoric acid heated to a temperature T1 of from 100° C. to 170° C. and providing a stream C comprising 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene and/or 1,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene; stream B and stream C supplying said reactor via said at least one reagent supply line; iii) reacting, in liquid phase A, stream B with stream C to form a stream D comprising trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene. Step iii) is carried out at a temperature T2 of between 50° C. and 110° C., and the temperature difference between temperature T1 and temperature T2 is greater than 30° C.
US11225441B2	Chromium-free silicate-based ceramic compositions with reduced curing temperature A composition based on a certain chromium-free silicate-based binder is described. The composition is an aqueous solution of lithium-doped potassium silicate in combination with an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder, zinc powder or a combination thereof. The coatings of the present invention are capable of achieving a full cure at temperatures as low as 350-450 degrees F. by the inclusion of a colloidal solution of a nano-sized ceria, thus making the coatings especially suitable for application on temperature sensitive base materials.
US11225436B2	Multilayer structure and method for producing same A layered structure having high adhesive properties, and high hardness or excellent transparency, is prepared on a base material such as a resin. A layered structure including: an organic-inorganic hybrid member containing a primary inorganic particle and an organic polymer covalently bound to each other, wherein the primary inorganic particle forms a network containing the polymer; and a particle aggregate layer containing a secondary particle which is deposited on the organic-inorganic hybrid member and is composed of an inorganic material or a metallic material; wherein in the organic-inorganic hybrid member, the primary inorganic particle and the secondary particle have different crystal particle sizes.
US11225428B2	Glass article manufacturing method Provided is a manufacturing method for a glass article, including: a supply step of supplying glass raw materials (4) onto a molten glass (2) accommodated in a melting chamber (3) of a glass melting furnace (1); a melting step of melting the supplied glass raw materials (4) through heating; and an outflow step of causing the molten glass (2) to flow outside the melting chamber (3), wherein the glass raw materials (4) supplied from one screw feeder (5) and another screw feeder (5), which are adjacent to each other out of a plurality of screw feeders (5), extend in parallel through intermediation of a gap (6) on the molten glass (2), and wherein the glass raw materials (4) are melted through heating only with an electrode (8) and an electrode (9) each immersed in the molten glass (2) in the melting chamber (3).
US11225422B2	Field groundwater filtering and sampling and moving-water flow index measuring device and method A field groundwater filtering sampling and moving-water flow index measuring device comprises a precipitation tank, an electrode measuring column of moving-water flow, a suction filter unit and a control unit; also provided is a measuring method by adopting the index measuring device. Sample filtering and electrode measuring work in the field groundwater sampling process can be integrally solved, sampling time point selection after well washing is scientifically and automatically achieved, and the sample filtering and collecting efficiency is remarkably improved; and meanwhile, the accuracy of testing various in-situ indexes such as pH value, oxidation reduction potential and the like in groundwater is remarkably improved in the design of moving-water flow electrode measurement. The method has good application prospect and value for carrying out groundwater monitoring and evaluation, remediation and governance, and the like.
US11225420B2	Removal of materials from water Various embodiments relate to an electrochemical cell for removal of materials from water and methods of using the same. A method of removing phosphorus from water includes immersing an electrochemical cell in water including phosphorus to form treated water including a salt that includes the phosphorus. The electrochemical cell includes an anode including Mg, Al, Fe, Zn, or a combination thereof, a cathode including Cu, Ni, Fe, or a combination thereof. The method includes separating the salt including the phosphorus from the treated water, to form separated water having a lower phosphorus concentration than the water including phosphorus.
US11225411B2	Continuous process for producing insoluble sulfur A method for producing insoluble sulfur, including: heating a sulfur to 200-700° C., quenching it with water, aqueous solution and other solvents, drying and solidifying the resulting substance at 40-80° C. for 3-15 h, to obtain an insoluble sulfur crude product; crushing the crude product in water into particles with a particle size of 50-400 meshes, wherein the water temperature is not higher than 80° C.; pumping the slurry of water and crude product into the upper part of an extraction column, pumping solvent into the lower part thereof; making the water and solvent from the top of the column flow into a separation tank to separate water phase and solvent phase, heating and evaporating the solvent phase to recover solvent and obtain soluble sulfur; heating and evaporating the insoluble sulfur and solvent from the bottom of the column to recover solvent and obtain purified insoluble sulfur.
US11225410B2	Method for controlling an ozone generator A method for controlling an ozone generator with a high-voltage electrode, at least one counter electrode, and a gap in which at least one dielectric is arranged and which is perfused by an oxygen-containing gas having a particle density ngas. The high-voltage electrode and the at least one counter electrode are provided with a connection for an electrical voltage supply for generating silent discharges in at least one discharge gap. Striking distances d of the discharge are distributed between a minimum striking distance dmin and a maximum striking distance dmax. For the generation of an ozone concentration >12 wt. % ozone, the voltage amplitude U0 of an AC voltage on the electrical voltage supply is selected so that U0<13010−21 Vm2ngasdmax*(CDL+Cg)/CDL, with CDL=capacitance of the dielectric and Cg=capacitance of the discharge gap.
US11225408B2	System and method for a mems transducer An embodiment as described herein includes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) with a first MEMS transducer element, a second MEMS transducer element, and a semiconductor substrate. The first and second MEMS transducer elements are disposed at a top surface of the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor substrate includes a shared cavity acoustically coupled to the first and second MEMS transducer elements.
US11225407B2	Comfort bridge for an english saddle A comfort bridge for use with an English saddle. The bridge is formed of sole bend leather of a particular size, shape, and thickness positioned between a tree point and the back of the saddle tree. The bridge is placed on each side of the saddle and either placed within a panel or attached thereto. The bridge increases the structural support area by carrying the rider's weight over a larger area under the rider's leg. Each bridge is tapered around the edges to provide a smooth connection to the saddle panel, and provide for the comfort of the rider by avoiding the large material stuffing mass that has been traditionally used in the saddle panels of early designs.
US11225401B2	Circuit and method for controlling electric power delivered to an electric motor A method and a circuit for controlling electric power delivered to an electric motor are disclosed. A forward control signal is transmitted when a forward command is received while a forward latch is not set. The forward latch is set and the forward control signal is stopped when a power level of the motor exceeds a threshold while the forward command is received. The forward latch is reset and a reverse control signal is transmitted when a reverse command is received. The reverse and forward control signals are not transmitted when no command is received. A reverse latch is optionally set when the power level exceeds the threshold while the reverse command is received. A winch connected to the motor has a cable wound thereon in a forward direction of the motor and unwound therefrom in a reverse direction of the motor, as controlled by the circuit.
US11225399B2	Escalator monitoring system, method, sound data collection device and fixture therefor The present invention discloses an escalator monitoring system, which includes a data collection device disposed near the parts of the escalator that require monitoring in order to collect data the parts relevant to the operation of the escalator, a data transmittal device used to send the collected data, a cloud processor used to receive the data, to compare the data against threshold data of the parts obtained under normal operating conditions stored in the database of the cloud processor, and to respond based on the comparison result. The present invention can collect the data and analyze it in any environment independent of subjective human judgment, predict possible failure without the need to stop the operation of the escalator, save maintenance time, reduce associated cost, and thus improve its safety and ride comfort.
US11225394B1	Motorized hose reel The motorized hose reel is a storage device. The motorized hose reel is configured for use with a hose. The motorized hose reel stores the hose. The motorized hose reel deploys the hose for use. The motorized hose reel retracts the hose for storage. The motorized hose reel comprises a hose structure, a spool structure, a control circuit, and a personal data device. The spool structure stores the hose structure. The control circuit is an electrically powered device. The control circuit deploys the hose structure from the spool structure for use. The control circuit retracts onto the spool structure for storage. The personal data device controls the operation of the control circuit.
US11225391B2	Sheet folding device with conveying roller capable of partially rotating around folding roller A sheet folding device includes a folding path, a positioning member, a first folding roller, a second folding roller, a folding blade, a guide path, and a conveying roller. The positioning member is to support a leading edge of a sheet fed along the folding path and align the sheet at an initial folding position. The first folding roller is to engage with the second folding roller to form a folding nip. The folding blade is to move to an insertion position to push the sheet on the folding path into the folding nip. The guide path is provided around the first folding roller to return the sheet that has passed through the folding nip to the folding path. The conveying roller is to partially rotate around the first folding roller, to engage with the first folding roller to form a conveying nip and to feed the sheet along the guide path.
US11225384B2	Packaging machine A packaging machine includes a series of stations or assemblies, including a carton feeding system and a product conveyor that receives a series of articles or products at a first, upstream or intake end of the packaging machine. The products generally can be grouped into a series of products, such as for forming six-packs, four-packs or other package configurations, and will be wrapped by or loaded into a series of carton blanks, after which the loaded cartons will be moved through a discharge station. The discharge station meters the loaded cartons or packages for discharge from the packaging machine.
US11225380B2	Conveyor system for the transport of packaged food products A conveyor system that utilizes a curved, closed-loop pathway defined by a profiled track and a plurality of wheel cars movably contained within and guided by the profiled track. The wheel cars have an attachment side facing towards an open side of the profiled track, and the track is arranged such that its open side faces into a substantially horizontal direction and such that the attachment side of the cars is oriented substantially vertically in any position along the pathway. One or more carriers, each having a carrier rack adapted to support a food product to be transported, are mounted to the attachment side of a respective one of the wheel cars. The carriers can pivot about an axis perpendicular to the attachment side of the corresponding car so as to maintain the carrier rack in a horizontal position as the carrier travels along the pathway.
US11225375B1	Batcher gate for asphalt silo handling An asphalt batcher has top and bottom coupling flanges that bolt to a silo, conveyor, and related apparatus. The batcher includes a receptacle for selectively receiving and retaining materials. The receptacle has a material splitter to divide material flowing into the batcher into at least two separate funnels. Adjacent to the outlet, each of the funnels have a receptacle side wall opening. At least one pair of removable batcher gate assemblies are readily inserted into and removed from the receptacle side wall openings. Each batcher gate assembly has a batcher gate door. The pair of batcher gate doors are placed offset from center, closer to the opposed outer walls, and open toward each other and therefore the center to guide materials from the batcher receptacle body out of the batcher and into the silo center. Receptacle side wall access doors provide inspection of and access to the two funnels.
US11225372B2	Metered valve The present device dispenses product from a pressurized container. The device has a metered valve that dispenses a predetermined fixed quantity of product upon actuation. The metered valve can be configured by the customer with a spacer to affect the amount of product continually metered.
US11225371B2	Valve assembly for an aerosol spray device A valve assembly (100, 500) for a pressurised or pressurisable container of an aerosol spray device is disclosed, wherein a valve stem (120) of the valve assembly (100, 500) is moveable between: a closed position in which a first sealing means (144) is biased against a second sealing means (148, 548) by a biasing means (146) such that a housing inlet (112) is not in fluid communication with an at least one valve stem inlet (178, 184); and an open position in which the first sealing means (144) is displaced from the second sealing means (148, 548) by a proximal end (174) of the valve stem (120) such that the housing inlet (112) is in fluid communication with the at least one valve stem inlet (178, 184), wherein, in the open position, a flow path is created from the housing inlet (112), around the outside of the first sealing means (144), and to the at least one valve stem inlet (178, 184).
US11225351B2	Delaminatable container A delaminatable container excellent in productivity is provided. The present invention provides a delaminatable container comprising a container body having an outer shell and an inner bag, the inner bag to be shrunk with a decrease in contents, wherein the container body includes a storage portion to store the contents and a bottom seal protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the storage portion, the container body is configured to seal the outer shell and the inner bag in the bottom seal protrusion, and the bottom seal protrusion includes a tapered portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the bottom seal protrusion and tapered from the bottom surface toward an end.
US11225347B2	Conveyor device for conveying food products A method for formatting food products on a conveyor device includes a) receiving the food products in a plurality of parallel conveyor tracks, some of which include product gaps; b) outputting the food products into the parallel conveyor tracks in a specific product format; c) detecting the product supply in the conveyor tracks incoming on the input side individually for each of the conveyor tracks; and d) filling the product gaps in the conveyor tracks with food products, so that on the output side all of the parallel conveyor tracks are supplied with the food products. The product gaps are also filled with food products from a product buffer in that at least one of the food products is transferred from the product buffer to the conveyor track only when an odd number of product gaps exist in one of the conveyor tracks.
US11225344B2	Reinforcing bar binding machine A reinforcing bar bending machine detachably mounts a wire reel thereto, feeds a wire from the mounted wire reel to a guide part provided at a tip portion of a binding machine main body, curls the wire at the guide part, feeds the wire around reinforcing bars to wind around reinforcing bars, cuts the wire with a wire cutting mechanism, and twists the wound wire to bind the reinforcing bars. The wire cutting mechanism is a cutter including a moveable blade configured to slide or swing to a fixed blade or to rotate inside the fixed blade and to cut the wire. The guide part is provided with a holding device to hold a cut end portion-side of the wire cut and separated in conjunction with a cutting operation of the moveable blade. The holding device bends and holds the cut end portion-side of the cut and separated wire.
US11225333B2	Fuel tank inerting system A fuel tank inerting module, a fuel tank inerting system for an aircraft, and a method of providing fuel tank inerting systems for aircraft are disclosed. The module includes an inlet for ullage gas from a fuel tank, a catalyst, an outlet for the ODA, sensors, filters and valves. The module is sized and shaped to fit in a range of positions near to fuel tanks in various aircraft. The inerting system includes one or more modules connected to the fuel tanks and a controller to control passage of ullage and ODA between the fuel tanks and the modules. The method includes providing an inert gas generation module compatible with any suitable aircraft, positioning one or more modules in an aircraft at locations near to a fuel tank to be inerted.
US11225332B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle provided with detachable motor arms The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes detachable motor arms. In this way, the UAV may be conveniently stored and transported, rapidly assembled in the field, and repaired in the event of a crash. The motor arms are also configured to separate from the fuselage in the event of a crash. An example unmanned aerial vehicle comprises: a fuselage and two motor arms. Each motor arm is detachably secured to the fuselage by two mechanical connectors and comprises a tube having a rotary wing propulsion system on each end and an electrical connector, positioned between the two rotary wing propulsion systems, configured to conductively interface with an electrical connector in an underside of the fuselage. The two mechanical connectors detachably securing each motor arm to the fuselage are configured to facilitate the separation of that motor arm from the fuselage during a crash.
US11225325B1	Payload delivery and drop device for unmanned aerial vehicle for automatic release upon surface contact Embodiments of a payload delivery and drop device for an unmanned aerial vehicle, and method of its use are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a moveable collar defining a lumen having a centerline, and a rigid bar that has a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion. The first portion of the rigid bar has a centerline and the second portion of the rigid bar has a centerline different from the centerline of the first portion. The second portion of the rigid bar is disposed within the lumen of the collar when the rigid bar is in a first position. The centerline of the first portion of the rigid bar is substantially non-parallel to the centerline of the lumen of the moveable collar when the rigid bar is in the first position. The centerline of the second portion of the rigid bar is substantially non-parallel to the centerline of the lumen when the rigid bar is in the second position.
US11225323B2	Centerline tiltrotor Embodiments are directed to a rotorcraft comprising a body having a longitudinal axis, a wing coupled to the body, a single tiltrotor assembly pivotally coupled to the body, and the tiltrotor assembly configured to move between a position generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis during a vertical flight mode and a position generally parallel to the longitudinal axis during a horizontal flight mode. The rotorcraft may further comprise an anti-torque system configured to counteract torque generated by the tiltrotor assembly during vertical flight. The rotorcraft may further comprise a center of gravity compensation system configured to manage a rotorcraft center of gravity during movement of the tiltrotor assembly between the vertical flight mode and the horizontal flight mode.
US11225312B2	Support for an outboard motor Disclosed herein are various devices for the support of an outboard motor. The device having a body with a plurality of notches shaped to couple various pieces of the boat, outboard motor, and/or mounting bracket.
US11225311B2	System comprising a tethered sail and a fixed station having means for folding the sail at the fixed station A traction system for a watercraft, including a sail and a fixed station that includes a mast and a winch which is connected to the sail by a traction cable, the system further including a bottom part that is supported by the traction cable, and fold lines, each of which has an end that is attached to a leading edge of the sail, and another end that is supported by the bottom part. The fixed station includes a base that accommodates the bottom element when the sail is retracted by the winch; and structure for grasping each fold line and pulling same towards the mast so as to retract the leading edge against the mast and fold the sail once the winch has retracted same close to the station.
US11225306B2	Hydrodynamic intelligent robot and control method thereof A hydrodynamic intelligent robot and a control method thereof, the robot includes a moving platform, a hydrodynamic system and a dynamic intelligent system. The hydrodynamic system includes at least one nozzle mounted on the moving platform and a hydrodynamic device electrically connected to the dynamic intelligent system and connected to the at least one nozzle by a pipeline for spraying water so that the moving platform is rotated and moved by spraying water through the nozzle; the dynamic intelligent system is configured to control the hydrodynamic device according to input instructions, so as to indirectly realize vector control of the nozzle's water quantity and control the moving platform to move autonomously and intelligently. The present disclosure can monitor states of the moving platform by pre-inputting control instructions, and automatically determine numerical parameters needed to be adjusted by algorithm, so as to realize autonomous intelligent motion of the moving platform.
US11225304B2	Insulation boxes An insulation box of an insulating barrier in a liquefied gas carrier includes a box structure that includes a bottom panel, a top panel, external pillars, and optionally at least one internal partition that define at least one void. The at least one void includes at least one multilayer insulation board. Each of the at least one multilayer insulation board includes at least one facer layer, at least one first polyurethane layer having a first density from 100 kg/m3 to 2000 kg/m3 according to ASTM D 1622, and at least one second polyurethane layer having a second density of less than 100 kg/m3 according to ASTM D 1622.
US11225302B2	Snowmobile Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a snowmobile including a chassis, a tunnel, an engine, a drive track and a drivetrain. The tunnel is attached to the chassis and includes running boards located on either side of the tunnel. The engine is attached to the chassis and within an engine bay. The drivetrain is operatively connected to the engine to deliver propulsive power to the drive track, wherein the running boards extend forward alongside at least a portion of the engine bay.
US11225301B2	Providing movement assistance to electric cycle on inclined structures A system for providing a movement assistance to an electric cycle is provided. The system includes circuitry communicatively coupled to an electronically-actuated driving mechanism and a sensor system of the electric cycle. The circuitry receives sensor information associated with the electric cycle through the sensor system and determines an inclination of the electric cycle with respect to an inclination-reference based on the received sensor information. The circuitry further determines occupancy information associated with a seat of the electric cycle based on the received sensor information. Based on the determined inclination and the determined occupancy information, the circuitry controls the electronically-actuated driving mechanism to drive at least one wheel of the electric cycle.
US11225299B2	Light assembly An improved light assembly includes aligned directional light sources mounted one behind another. A distal one of the light sources occludes light emitted from a proximal one of the light sources. A reflector is interposed between the light sources, with a convex surface facing the proximal one of the light sources. Thus, the light assembly projects a light field extending at least through an 180° hemisphere, and up to about 270° backwards from the forward orientation of the light field, well-illuminating lateral approaches to the assembly.
US11225297B2	Integrated bicycle rack and lock station An integrated rack and lock station for a bicycle includes a front wheel well adapted to receive at least a portion of the front wheel of the bicycle and a lock bar assembly which can be extended to lock the rear wheel and frame of the bicycle to the station.
US11225280B2	Steering device A steering device includes a pressing plate provided in a section of the adjustment rod protruding from the outside surface of one support plate section as a locked member. The pressing plate has a circular plate body externally fitted onto the adjustment rod and a locking plate section as an extended arm section. A tension spring is bridged between a section shifted in the width direction from the plate body of the locking plate section and the support bracket.
US11225272B2	Railway truck assembly having I-beam components A truck assembly is configured to travel along a track having rails, and includes a first side frame, a second side frame, and a bolster extending between the first side frame and the second side frame. One or more of the first side frame, the second frame, or the bolster includes at least a portion formed as an I-beam that includes a web having a first end and a second end opposite from the first end, a first flange extending from the first end of the web, and a second flange extending from the second end of the web. A thickness of the web increases away from a first neutral axis towards the first flange and the second flange.
US11225262B2	Remotely supervised passenger intervention of an autonomous vehicle Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing user intervention for a vehicle are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving an instruction to initiate an intervention session from a server, and providing, in response to receiving the instruction, a user interface associated with the intervention session for display on a terminal associated with the vehicle. The method further includes detecting, at the terminal, a user interaction corresponding to a command associated with operation of the vehicle, and generating a decision associated with the operation of the vehicle based at least in part on the command.
US11225247B2	Collision prediction and avoidance for vehicles Techniques and methods for providing additional safety for interactions with pedestrians. For instance, a vehicle may identify a region through which the vehicle and agent (such as a pedestrian) pass. The vehicle may determine a time buffer value and/or a distance buffer value based on the vehicle and the agent passing through the region. The vehicle may determine a time threshold and/or a distance threshold for passing through the region in the presence of the agent. The time threshold and/or the distance threshold may be based on a velocity of the vehicle, a safety factor, a hysteresis factor, a comfort factor, and/or an assertiveness factor. If the time buffer value is below the time threshold and/or the distance buffer value is below the distance threshold, the vehicle may yield to the agent. Otherwise, the vehicle may not yield to the agent within the region.
US11225239B2	Hybrid vehicle and method for controlling the same A hybrid vehicle may include an engine controller that determines an activation state of an oxygen sensor when the engine controller is requested to operate an engine and controls a voltage applied to the oxygen sensor depending on whether or not the oxygen sensor is in an activated state, and a vehicle controller that controls a voltage of a battery of the hybrid vehicle and applies the voltage of the battery to the engine controller. The engine controller outputs an activation demand signal for the oxygen sensor to be activated to the vehicle controller when it is determined that the oxygen sensor is not in the activated state.
US11225232B2	Fuzzy logic based traction control for electric vehicles Fuzzy-logic based traction control for electric vehicles is provided. The system detects a wheel slip ratio for each wheel. The system receives an input torque command. The system determines a slip error for each wheel based on the wheel slip ratio for each wheel and a target wheel slip ratio. The system, using the fuzzy-logic based control selection technique, selects a traction control technique from one of a least-quadratic-regulator, a sliding mode controller, a loop-shaping based controller, or a model predictive controller. The system generates a compensation torque value for each wheel. The system generates the compensation torque value based on the traction control technique selected via the fuzzy-logic based control selection technique and the slip error for each wheel. The system transmits commands to actuate drive units of the vehicles based on the compensation torque value.
US11225217B2	Airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus includes an airbag housed deployably, and an instrument panel covering the airbag in a deploying direction and forming a design surface of a vehicle cabin. The instrument panel includes, on the design surface facing the vehicle cabin, a character line including continuous protrusions toward the deploying direction. The instrument panel includes, on a surface facing the airbag along the character line, a tear line that ruptures at the time of deployment of the airbag.
US11225211B1	Vehicle power supply backup A vehicle power supply backup system includes a first vehicle battery, a second vehicle battery, a switch, and a controller. The first vehicle battery is configured to output electricity that has a first nominal voltage and that is used to supply electrical power to a first vehicle component. The second vehicle battery has multiple battery cells, and is configured to output electricity that has a second nominal voltage that is higher than the first nominal voltage. The switch is coupled between the first vehicle component and a designated subset of battery cells, which include one or more of the multiple battery cells of the second vehicle battery. The controller is configured so that when a backup condition of the first vehicle battery is detected, the switch is changed to the second state thereby causing the designated subset of battery cells to supply electricity to at least the first vehicle component.
US11225209B2	System and method for charging of battery of seat A system and method of charging a battery of a seat in which a seat battery for supplying power to an additional device as well as movement of the position of the seat is positioned in the seat, and thus, even if the position of the seat is changed, it is possible to supply continuous power to an additional device included in the seat. In addition, the position of the seat is moved to charge the seat battery, and the seat battery provided in the seat is charged in consideration of whether the passenger sits on the seat, the state of charge of the battery of the vehicle, or the like, thereby smoothly charging the seat battery.
US11225202B1	Vehicle seat display assembly A display assembly for a vehicle seat includes a housing portion that defines a space for receiving a display. The housing portion includes an angled rear wall. A coupling ledge extends from the angled rear wall. The coupling ledge defines a receiving slot within a recess. A coupling extension has a top edge and a bottom edge. The top edge of the coupling extension is coupled to a bottom of the housing portion. A hook is coupled to and extends from an inner surface of the coupling extension. The hook is disposed adjacent to the bottom edge of the coupling extension.
US11225197B2	Roof rack for vehicle A roof rack for a vehicle according an embodiment of the present invention comprises roof rails, and coupling members for attaching the roof rails to the body of a vehicle, wherein each roof rail has a hollow groove extending in the lengthwise direction, the bottom of the roof rail is open in the direction of attachment to the body due to the hollow groove, the open bottom part of the roof rail is provided with coupling member attachment parts, the coupling member attachment parts connect side walls formed due to the hollow groove, and the coupling members couple with the coupling member attachment parts.
US11225194B2	Camera mirror system vehicle integration A vehicle camera mirror system includes a CAN bus that carries vehicle parameter data having vehicle speed, steering angle, braking and/or engine RPM. A driver information system (DIS) graphically displays the vehicle parameter data to a driver, and a camera mirror system includes a camera which has a field of view at least one of Class II and Class IV views. A display is in communication with the camera and is configured to display the field of view, and a controller is in communication with the camera and the display. A wiring harness has first and second connectors that are respectively connected to the CAN bus and the DIS. The wiring harness includes a pigtail that has first and second wires that are electrically connected between the first and second connectors. The first and second wires are connected to the controller to provide the vehicle parameter data.
US11225191B2	Smart leather with wireless power A functional vehicle component and related methods include a functional leather assembly fixed over a vehicle component. The functional leather assembly includes a leather sheet, a flexible electronic circuit arranged on a first surface of the leather sheet that faces away from the vehicle component to thereby define an outermost surface of the leather sheet, and including a receiver coil inductively coupled to a transmitter coil on the vehicle component for wirelessly transferring power to the functional leather assembly. Power from a vehicle power source can be wirelessly transferred between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil to power electronic elements of the electronic circuit.
US11225190B2	Vehicle and method of controlling the same A vehicle includes a lever; a magnetic sensor configured to detect an angle of movement of the lever; an inputter configured to receive setting information regarding a lane change and a drive mode from a user; and a controller configured to determine whether to lock the lever based on at least one of the detected angle, the setting information, and the drive mode, and unlock the lever based on the drive mode and the lane change.
US11225182B2	Console apparatus with variable table A console apparatus with a variable table provided in a vehicle can include: a housing having an inner space with an open upper portion; a support configured to be vertically movable in the inner space of the housing; a table part rotatably connected to an upper end of the support; and a lifting part disposed in the housing and configured to fix a position of the support or adjust a speed of the support when the support is moved up or down.
US11225173B2	Seat-track assembly A vehicle seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The locking pawls may each include locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that the locking elements restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state.
US11225170B2	Balancing cells of a traction battery using statistical analysis A vehicle includes a traction battery having a plurality of battery cells and a balance circuit configured to selectively discharge one or more of the battery cells. A controller is programmed to estimate charge capacities of the battery cells and determine a standard deviation of the estimated capacities. The controller is further programmed to determine a skewness of the estimated capacities. The controller is also programmed to, in response to the skewness exceeding a first threshold, command the balance circuit to discharge one or more of the battery cells when a state of charge (SOC) of the traction battery is less than a second threshold, and, in response to the skewness being less than the first threshold, command the balance circuit to discharge one or more of the battery cells when the SOC of the traction battery is greater than the second threshold.
US11225157B1	EV home charging unit and method of use An enclosure that contains a NEMA 14-50 plug (or equivalent) and a 50 Ampere circuit breaker that will be wired directly to the main electrical panel of a home without any modifications to the electrical panel, designed primarily for speedy home electric charging. The invention does not require the use of an electrician or building permits and is portable between locations.
US11225149B2	Electric work machine An excavator comprising: a power supply that converts AC power supply voltage from a commercial power supply into DC power supply voltage; a battery that charges or discharges power from the power supply; an inverter that converts DC power supply voltage to AC power supply voltage; an electric motor that has power supplied thereto, and is controlled, by the inverter; a first electrical circuit that supplies power to the inverter from the power supply; a second electrical circuit that joins from the battery to the first electrical circuit; an inverter relay arranged between the inverter and a junction point between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit; a battery relay arranged between the junction point and the battery; and a power supply relay arranged between the junction point and the power supply.
US11225148B2	Controller for vehicle A target value obtaining section obtains a target value for the difference in rotational motion between a first motor and a second motor and a target value for output torque. A torque command value calculating section calculates a torque command value for the first motor and a torque command value for the second motor that achieve both of the target value for the difference in rotational motion and the target value for the output torque by using an inverse model of a motion model corresponding to a merging system.
US11225147B2	Drive unit for four-wheel drive vehicle In a drive unit for four-wheel drive vehicle that allows a motor for driving front wheels to be easily installed, a torque of an engine is transmitted to a rear wheel axle via a transmission and a rear propeller shaft, and a torque of a front drive motor is transmitted to a front wheel axle via a front propeller shaft. A front drive unit is disposed between the transmission and the rear wheel axle. A case of the front drive unit houses: a main shaft that transmits to the rear propeller shaft an output torque of the transmission; the front drive motor; and a sub-shaft that is disposed in a position shifted in a vehicle width direction with respect to the main shaft and transmits to the front propeller shaft an output torque of the front drive motor.
US11225141B2	Standing pedal for a vehicle A standing pedal is provided for a vehicle, comprising a support, a pedal arm, a rocker, a return spring for forcing the pedal arm into a direction of an idle position of the pedal arm, and a power transmission element. The return spring is linked to the support and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. The power transmission element is linked to the pedal arm and the rocker in a power transmitting manner. In order to provide a standing pedal for a vehicle, which is robust and shows an enhanced durability, the pivot axis of the pedal arm and the power transmission element are located on a common first side of the rocker with respect to a basic part of the rocker.
US11225140B2	Four-wheel drive vehicle A four-wheel drive vehicle includes right and left main drive wheels and right and left auxiliary drive wheels, and a drive force transmission system configured to constantly transmit a drive force of a drive source to the right and left main drive wheels and to transmit the drive force to the right and left auxiliary drive wheels depending on a vehicle state. The drive force transmission system includes a differential device, a propeller shaft, a drive force transmission device configured to adjust the drive force that is transmitted from the propeller shaft to the right and left auxiliary drive wheels, and an electronic control unit configured to control the drive force transmission device.
US11225136B2	Grille shutter A grille shutter includes a frame, a movable louver and a bracket provided at each of end portions of the frame. The frame includes an upper frame portion, a lower frame portion, a right frame portion and a left frame portion, wherein at least one of the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion includes a curved configuration in which a vehicle-rear-side edge of a portion of the one of the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion is convex towards a vehicle-front side, and the portion is positioned between the right frame portion and the left frame portion.
US11225135B2	Flap position sensing device of active air flap system and method of manufacturing the same A flap position sensing device of an active air flap system, and a method of manufacturing the same are described. The flap position sensing device includes a rotating body, a sensor casing, a first hall sensor and a second hall sensor, and a first permanent magnet and a second permanent magnet. The rotating body is formed of a resin material, and rotates the flap by receiving torque while the rotating body is coaxially fixed to a rotation shaft of the flap. The sensor casing is formed of a resin material, and is fixed to the housing to rotatably support the rotating body. The first hall sensor and the second hall sensor are integrally formed with the sensor casing by injection molding, and are disposed corresponding to an open position and a closed position, respectively, of the flap.
US11225130B2	Roof weather strip A roof weather strip includes a first panel and a second panel, and integrally includes: a mounting base; and a seal portion elastically contactable with an edge portion of the first panel. The mounting base includes: a first lip having a substantially J-shaped cross section, which covers an upper fitting protrusion of a holder portion from above a vehicle, extends downward of the vehicle, and abuts on at least both side surfaces of a fitting recess of the holder portion; and a second lip having a substantially transverse v-shaped cross section, which covers a lower fitting protrusion of the holder portion from below the vehicle, extends upward of the vehicle, and abuts on at least one of a lower surface of the fitting recess of the holder portion and a side surface of the lower fitting protrusion on the second panel side.
US11225127B2	Air blower device of air-conditioning system for vehicle having electric dust collector and controlling method thereof An air blower device of an air-conditioning system for a vehicle including: a blower case including a duct part having an indoor air inlet and an outdoor air inlet, an air blowing part connected with an inlet of an air-conditioning case and a connection part for connecting the duct part with the air blowing part, the connection part having an insertion part of which the certain area is hollowed; an indoor and outdoor air converting door disposed inside the duct part of the blower case to open and close the indoor air inlet and the outdoor air inlet; an air blower is disposed inside the air blowing part of the blower case to forcedly blow air; an electric dust collector located at the connection part through the insertion part of the blower case; and a cover for opening and closing the insertion part of the blower case.
US11225124B2	Ventilation valve for a vehicle A ventilation valve for ventilating the interior of a vehicle includes a valve frame with at least one through opening, and also at least one ventilation flap which is mounted on the valve frame and is pivotable between a closed position and an open position, wherein the at least one ventilation flap closes the at least one through opening in the closed position and opens up the at least one through opening in the open position. A resetting feature is provided for pivoting the at least one ventilation flap back out of the open position into the closed position.
US11225116B2	Amphibious multi-terrain water planing high speed tracked vehicle An amphibious multi-terrain water planing vehicle including: a. a hull having a top, a bottom, a front end, a rear end, a first side and a second side; b. at least one track frame, in exemplary embodiments a pair of track frames, mounted to the hull; c. a sole propulsion and water planing device including at least one continuous rotatable track having an outside surface and an inside surface, in exemplary embodiments a pair of continuous rotatable tracks, mounted to the at least one track frame, in exemplary embodiments each of the pair of continuous rotatable tracks mounted to each of the pair of track frames; the at least one continuous rotatable track, in exemplary embodiments the pair of continuous rotatable tracks not vertically adjustable relative to the hull wherein the vehicle when transitioning from land to water and vice versa requiring no modification, and wherein the vehicle is able to plane on water from a stand still position.
US11225112B2	Sidewall treatment for cooling and aerodynamics Provided is a pneumatic tire comprising a tread, sidewalls, a belt, and dimpled patterns, wherein each dimpled pattern is adapted to modify air flow and temperature. The tread defines the outward surface of the tire and extends in a radial direction, a circumferential direction, and a lateral direction. Each sidewall extends radially inwardly along a curved path from the tread to a bead and defines a lateral surface having maximum lateral extent. The belt extends under the tread. Each dimpled pattern is a surface treatment etched from a sidewall maximum lateral extent over a belt edge and onto the tread. Each dimpled pattern surface treatment modifies air flow at 180 mph over the tire to turbulent flow, and reduces steady state operating temperatures of the sidewalls.
US11225107B1	Axle carrier housing with reinforcement structure A vehicle axle assembly includes an axle housing and a carrier assembly. The carrier assembly includes a carrier housing and a differential assembly that includes a ring gear arranged in meshing engagement with a pinion gear. The gears are urged away from one another by separation forces during torque transfer. The carrier housing includes a curved wall circumscribed by a mounting flange as well as a plurality of integrally formed and parallel spaced apart gussets interconnecting the curved wall and the mounting flange. The gussets extend in a direction parallel to the gear separation forces to resist bending of the carrier housing. Other features increasing the structural rigidity of the one-piece carrier housing are discussed.
US11225100B2	Tunable directional color transition compositions and methods of making and using the same Color change compositions that transition from a first to second color state upon application of an applied stimulus are provided. Also provided are substrates having the compositions on a surface thereof, as well as methods of making and using the compositions.
US11225099B2	Tape cassette A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing, and a pressing portion and a first non-pressing portion on the front wall. The pressing portion and the first non-pressing portion are positioned to oppose tape type detecting switches of the label printer when the cassette is in the label printer. The pressing portion is configured to change a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches, and the first non-pressing portion is configured to avoid changing a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches. The first non-pressing portion is a planar area of the front wall extending in a tape width direction from a top surface of the housing to a bottom surface of the housing.
US11225097B2	Inkjet printer with temperature controlled substrate support An inkjet printer is described. The inkjet printer has a gas cushion substrate support having a metal support surface; a print assembly with a dispenser having ejection nozzles facing the support surface; a gas source fluidly coupled to the gas cushion substrate support by a gas conduit; and a thermal control system coupled to the gas conduit.
US11225094B2	Liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging apparatus is provided capable of preventing liquid from being discharged onto a medium to which any foreign substances adhere. A printing apparatus (10) (liquid discharging apparatus) includes a holding member (21) configured to hold a roll body (R1) on which a medium (M) is wound, a transport unit (40) configured to transport the medium (M) fed from the roll body (R1) held by the holding member (21) along a transport path (FP), a discharging unit (61) configured to discharge liquid onto the medium (M) transported by the transport unit (40), and a vibration unit (34) configured to apply vibration to the medium (M) being transported from the holding member (21) to the transport unit (40). In the transport path (FP), a path on which the medium M to be subjected to vibration by the vibration unit (34) is transported is referred to as a vibration transport path (FP1), and the vibration transport path (FP1) is configured to extend vertically upward as approaching from the holding member (21) to the transport unit (40).
US11225091B2	Print media pressure plates Examples described herein include examples print media handling system including a first media guide assembly comprising a sensor assembly, and a second media guide assembly comprising a retractable pressure plate and disposed opposite the first media guide assembly to guide a print media along a path between the first media guide assembly and second media guide assembly, the pressure plate moveable about an axis perpendicular to the path between an actuated position and a retracted position.
US11225088B2	Printing device housed within stand of display In an example, a device includes a display, a stand, and a printing device. The stand is positioned beneath and supports the display, and has a cylindrical shape. The printing device is housed within the stand and includes a spindle, a roller, a fluid ejection die, and a cutting mechanism. The spindle supports a roll of paper. The roller unrolls the paper from the roll of paper. The fluid ejection die ejects fluid onto the paper as the paper unrolls from the roll of paper. The cutting mechanism severs a portion of the paper from the roll of paper.
US11225084B2	Replenishable liquid storage tank including backpressure application member, and image-forming apparatus provided with the same A replenishing-type liquid storage tank includes a tank body, a backpressure application member, and upper limit indicator set in the tank body. Liquid is replenishable in the tank body and the tank body is configured to store the liquid therein. The backpressure application member is made from a material capable of absorbing liquid and is accommodated in the tank body to apply backpressure to the liquid stored in the tank body. The upper limit indicator is indicative of a liquid level of a maximum tolerable amount of the liquid that can be stored in the tank body. The backpressure application member has a portion positioned higher than the upper limit indicator.
US11225079B2	Head chip, liquid jet head, and liquid jet recording device There are provided a head chip and so on capable of improving the print image quality while suppressing the manufacturing cost. The head chip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes, and a cover plate having a first through hole, a second through hole, and a wall part. The plurality of nozzle holes includes a plurality of first nozzle holes arranged so as to be shifted toward the first through hole, and a plurality of second nozzle holes arranged so as to be shifted toward the second through hole. In a first ejection groove communicated with the first nozzle hole, a first cross-sectional area of a part communicated with the first through hole is smaller than a second cross-sectional area of a part communicated with the second through hole. In a second ejection groove communicated with the second nozzle hole, the second cross-sectional area is smaller than the first cross-sectional area. A first expansion flow channel part is formed in the vicinity of the first nozzle hole, and a second expansion flow channel part is formed in the vicinity of the second nozzle hole. A central position of the first expansion flow channel part coincides with a first central position of the first nozzle hole, or is shifted toward the first through hole. A central position of the second expansion flow channel part coincides with a second central position of the second nozzle hole, or is shifted toward the second through hole.
US11225078B2	Liquid ejecting unit and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting unit includes: a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid; a flow channel member that is attached to the liquid ejecting head and that supplies the liquid to the liquid ejecting head; and an electric coupling member configured to supply a signal to the liquid ejecting head, in which the electric coupling member has a first electric coupling portion, the liquid ejecting head has a second electric coupling portion electrically coupled to the first electric coupling portion, and the flow channel member restricts the electric coupling member from moving in a direction in which the first electric coupling portion is removed from the second electric coupling portion.
US11225063B2	Decorative material A decorative material includes a base material, a first cover layer, and a second cover layer. The first cover layer is laminated on the base material and covers the base material. The first cover layer is made of opaque synthesis resin. The second cover layer is laminated on the first cover layer and covers the first cover layer. The second cover layer is made of chromatic and transparent synthesis resin. The first cover layer contains first coloring pigment and bright pigment. The first coloring pigment has no luster. The bright pigment has luster. The second cover layer contains second coloring pigment. The second coloring pigment has no luster.
US11225058B2	Laminated glass To provide a laminated glass excellent in edge foaming resistance and rigidity. Laminated glass 1 in which a pair of glass plates and an intermediate film 4 provided between the pair of glass plates, are laminated, wherein the shear storage modulus of said intermediate film 4 is from 2 to 100 MPa, and the outer peripheral edge of the intermediate film 4 is present inside than the outer peripheral edges of the two glass plates constituting said pair of glass panels, at least at a part of the entire outer periphery of the laminated glass 1.
US11225050B1	Steel sheet for hot press and manufacturing method thereof Disclosed is a steel sheet for hot press forming, which includes: a base steel sheet; and a plating layer disposed on the base steel sheet and including a diffusion layer and a surface layer that are sequentially laminated, wherein the diffusion layer includes an Fe—Al alloy layer and an Fe—Al intermetallic compound layer that are sequentially disposed on the base steel sheet and each include silicon, and an area fraction of the Fe—Al intermetallic compound layer with respect to the diffusion layer is 84.5% to 98.0%.
US11225037B2	Method of producing fiber-reinforced composite material, resin base material and preform A production method for a fiber reinforced composite material includes heating a preform formed by laminating a prepreg layer (I) including a reinforcement fiber (A) and a thermosetting resin (B-1) with a resin layer (II) including a thermosetting resin (B-2) and a solid additive (C) to cure the thermosetting resin (B-1) and the thermosetting resin (B-2), the cured resin layer (II′) formed by curing the resin layer (II) having an average thickness of 35 μm or more and 300 μm or less.
US11225036B2	Method and system for tuning a tow placement system A method and system for managing tow end placement. A tow is laid up over a tuning surface. A first position of a first tow end of the tow and a second position of a second tow end of the tow are measured. A first error between the first position of the first tow end and an expected position for the first tow end, and a second error between the second position of the second tow end and an expected position for the second tow end, are computed. A determination is made as to whether at least one of the first error or the second error is outside of selected tolerances. A start timing offset of a tow placement system is adjusted if the first error is outside of selected tolerances and a stop timing offset of the tow placement system is adjusted if the second error is outside of selected tolerances.
US11225023B2	Machine for removing substrate material, for washing, and for drying parts produced by a 3-D printer A machine for removing substrate material from a part produced by a 3-D printer. The machine includes a housing having a working chamber defined therein. A spray header is disposed along at least a portion of the perimeter of the working chamber. A pump is configured and arranged to convey a fluid at varying pressures through the spray header. The fluid contacts the part and then flows to the bottom of the working chamber to a fluid outlet.
US11225021B2	Stereolithography apparatus material provision device In a stereolithography apparatus a material provision device for print material (16) to be cured, in particular a photopolymer, is provided. The material provision device (10) receives a material cartridge (12) which in turn receives the print material (16) and surrounds it on all sides. The material cartridge (12) may be connected to an outlet valve unit (20) in a liquid-proof manner via which the print material (16) may be output and which is received at least partially in the material provision device (10) and which is supported at least partially thereon or therein or sealed against it. The outlet valve unit (20) comprises a valve (100) which is opened and closed depending on the relative position, in particular the swiveling position, of material provision device (10) and stereolithography apparatus.
US11225014B2	3D part control using multiple pass liquid delivery According to an example, a 3D printer may include a delivery device and a controller. The controller may access a morphology of a part to be formed from a plurality of build materials in a layer, determine, based upon the accessed morphology, a first delivery pattern for the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer during a first pass over the layer and a second delivery pattern for the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer during a second pass over the layer to control a property of the part formed of some of the build materials in the layer. The controller may also control the delivery device to selectively deliver liquid droplets onto build materials in the layer according to the determined first and second delivery patterns respectively during the first pass and the second pass.
US11225012B2	Construction of tubular assemblies A method and apparatus for constructing a tubular assembly 40 comprising an inner portion (24) and a further portion (23) surrounding the inner portion. The inner portion (24) comprises reinforcement (37) and the further portion (23) being formed from a strip (50) of material comprising two opposed longitudinal marginal side portions (53). The apparatus comprises an assembly station (220) comprising a wall (253). The apparatus comprises means for advancing the inner portion (21) along a first path (231) extending passed the wall (253), and means for advancing the strip (50) along a second path (232) and causing the strip to encircle the wall (253) and thereby wrap about and surround the inner portion (21). The apparatus further comprises means (321) for introducing resinous binder into the reinforcement (37) as the strip (50) is being wrapped about the inner portion (21).
US11225004B2	Actuating device for adjusting at least one valve needle of an injection molding apparatus An actuating device for adjusting at least one valve needle of an injection molding apparatus with a hot runner manifold that has disposed thereon at least one hot runner nozzle with at least one valve needle extending there-through which may control the melt flow through the hot runner nozzle. The actuating device has a support plate that is connected to the at least one valve needle and movable in a first direction relative to the hot runner manifold. The actuating device further includes a reciprocating device for moving the support plate in the first direction relative to the hot runner manifold, wherein the reciprocating device includes a slider mechanism and an actuation drive that is connected to a trigger device for generating a linear motion, wherein the slider mechanism has at least one thrust rod that is disposed in a second direction at an angle relative to the first direction.
US11225003B2	Hot runner system A hot runner system having a nozzle received in a well in a mold plate. The nozzle has a melt channel, a nozzle body through which the melt channel extends, and a collar connected to and spaced apart from the nozzle body. A manifold is seated against the nozzle. The manifold has a melt channel in fluid communication between a source of moldable material and the nozzle channel. A bearing member against which a seating surface of the collar is supported is received in the well, and a biasing member is seated between a step in the well and the bearing member. The biasing member has plate loading surface and a nozzle loading surface. The nozzle loading surface and the plate loading surface are concentric with the seating surface of the collar and are circumferentially offset from the seating surface of the collar in opposite directions.
US11225001B2	Mold and device for marking work pieces A device for marking a work piece that is at least partially formed or reshaped through a thermal process is provided. The device includes a plurality of heating elements distributed laterally on a surface that is placed against the work piece and can be individually controlled for local heating of a work piece surface. Each of the heating elements includes a solid material with a surface structure and a heating structure. The surface structure includes at least one of a specifically or randomly varied topography. The surface structure can be at least partially heated through the heating structure.
US11224998B2	Thread forming apparatus and method for rotationally molded product A thread forming apparatus for forming threads in a rotational molding apparatus comprising a molding pin having a generally elongate shape, at least a portion of the molding pin having a threaded portion, the molding pin adapted to rotate along with the mold and receive the plastic material on at least the threaded portion, the molding pin being releasable relative to the mold such that once the plastic material coats the threaded portion of the molding pin and forms a threaded portion on the molded product, the molding pin is completely removed from the mold.
US11224991B2	Extruder screw having paths within the screw, extruder, and extrusion method An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.
US11224983B2	Shaving blade assembly comprising a blade unit and a skin contact member and a razor comprising a razor handle and such a shaving blade assembly A razor including a razor handle and a shaving blade assembly. The shaving blade assembly includes a blade unit and a skin contact member and a razor. The blade unit includes at least one shaving blade having a cutting edge. The blade unit includes a blade unit plane, and the cutting edge includes a first blade angle with regard to the blade unit plane. The skin contact member defines a contact plane, and the cutting edge includes a second blade angle with regard to the contact plane.
US11224982B2	Razor system A shaving cartridge (1) with connectors (3) on each side portion of the plurality of side portions (2C) of the housing (2D) and a plurality of cutting members (7). Each of the connectors is operable to permit the side portions to pivot relative to each other. Thus, the housing will assume different configurations and is operable to adapt to and follow a contour defined by a shaving surface.
US11224980B2	Back and body hair cutting devices, and related methods of use A back and body hair cutting device has: a hair cutting part; and an elongate handle part. The handle part may be sized to permit a user to remotely manipulate the hair cutting part into contact with all areas of a back of the user. The hair cutting part may be a multidirectional cutting device, for example if the hair cutting part has a multi-directional motorized blade that is structured to define a plurality of directions of skin travel and configured to cut hair when advanced over a skin surface in each of the plurality of directions of skin travel.
US11224976B2	Apparatus for loading/unloading workpieces into/from furnace An apparatus for loading/unloading workpieces, including a furnace heating a workpiece, and a robot loading and/or unloading a workpiece into/from the furnace. The robot may include a manipulator linkage and a fork at an end of the manipulator linkage. The fork may have an upper side on which a workpiece is placed while being loaded into and/or unloaded from the furnace. The fork may include a parallel arrangement of fork elements, each fork element in the fork having a length and rectangular cross section perpendicular to the length. Each fork element may have a workpiece carrying surface on which a workpiece is placed and an opposite surface to the workpiece carrying surface. The fork element may include a heat insulator disposed on the workpiece carrying surface at least over an area where a workpiece is placed to equalize longitudinal thermal expansions in the workpiece carrying surface and the opposite surface.
US11224968B2	Energy recovering legged robotic device A legged robotic device is disclosed. The legged robotic device can include a plurality of support members coupled together for relative movement defining a plurality of degrees of freedom, which can correspond to degrees of freedom of a human leg. The legged robotic device can also include actuators to apply forces or torques to the support members in the degrees of freedom. In addition, the legged robotic device can include potential energy storage mechanisms associated with the degrees of freedom operable to store potential energy as a result of relative movement of the support members in the degrees of freedom and to provide at least a portion of the stored potential energy to the support members as compensating forces or torques to assist the actuators. In one aspect, elastic potential energy can be stored. A spring rate and/or a zero position of the potential energy storage mechanisms can be dynamically variable.
US11224964B2	Dovetail anchor nut An apparatus, having an elongated main body (102) with a dovetail shape, a top surface (104), a bottom surface (106), a side surface (108) connecting the top surface and the bottom surface, a first end (120), a second end (122), and a chamfer (124) at a corner (126) of the side surface and the bottom surface at the first end. A size and shape of the elongated main body matches a size and shape of a frustoconical section (520) of a dovetail slot into which the elongated main body slip fits. A bottom (522) of the frustoconical section is spaced apart from a bottom of the dovetail slot.
US11224963B2	Holder Holder (1) for releasably connecting a handle to a tool (2), in which the holder (1) comprises a space (3) in which a handle end is introducible, in which this space (3) comprises a wall surface with one or more projecting cutting elements (5a, 5b) for cutting complementary screw thread by means of which the one or more cutting elements (5a, 5b) are releasably connectable, in which the holder (1) comprises a coupling portion (6) comprising the one or more cutting elements (5a, 5b) and a retaining portion (7), in which the coupling portion (6) is made of a first material comprising plastic and the retaining portion (7) is made of a second material, in which the hardness of the first material is greater than the hardness of the second material.
US11224956B2	Polishing apparatus A polishing apparatus has a polishing pad, a top ring for holding a semiconductor wafer, and a vertical movement mechanism operable to move the top ring in a vertical direction. The polishing apparatus also has a distance measuring sensor operable to detect a position of the top ring when a lower surface of the top ring is brought into contact with the polishing pad, and a controller operable to calculate an optimal position of the top ring to polish the semiconductor wafer based on the position detected by the distance measuring sensor. The vertical movement mechanism includes a ball screw mechanism operable to move the top ring to the optimal position.
US11224949B2	Devices and method for machining a workpiece The invention relates to a speed-changing shearing or forming active element insert which is designed to be detachably connected to an active element receptacle of a machine tool, the speed-changing shearing or forming active element insert having a speed-changing unit which is in the form of a hydraulic force/distance transducer, the force/distance transducer comprising a housing, the housing interior of which is supplied with a hydraulic fluid, and the force/distance transducer comprising a first piston which is in oo contact with the hydraulic fluid via one piston end and a second piston which is in contact with the hydraulic fluid via one piston end and the cross-sectional area of which is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the first piston. The invention also relates to the use of the speed-changing changing shearing or forming active element insert in a machine tool.
US11224948B2	Twin clamp and method for simultaneously clamping two elongate profile segments A twin clamp, comprising two receptacles (61, 62), each of which has two movable clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) and by means of each of which an elongate profile segment (71, 72) having a circular cross-section can be clamped in the contact section, each elongate profile segment having a centre axis (D71, D72) and an outside diameter, wherein two clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) of different receptacles (61, 62) are coupled to one another via a respective differential gearing (41, 42) and two clamping jaws (611, 612, 621, 622) of the same receptacle (61, 62) are coupled to one another via a synchronous gearing (51, 52) and the position of the centre axes (D71, D72) of the clamped elongate profile segments (71, 72) is independent of the size of the outside diameters of the elongate profile segments (71, 72).
US11224946B2	Apparatus and method for positioning a connecting rod relative components underlying a cylinder of an engine block An apparatus is provided for positioning a connecting rod relative to one or more components underlying a cylinder of an engine block, in tandem with assembling a cylinder liner to the cylinder of the engine block. The apparatus has a holder mechanism releasably holding a bottom end of the cylinder liner. A portion of the holder mechanism is configured to extend beyond the bottom end of the cylinder liner to define a groove that is disposed parallel to a circumference of the cylinder liner. A link pivotally connects the cylinder liner to the connecting rod. The link includes a first end defining a pin that is slidably engaged with the groove of the holder mechanism and a second end that defines an opening therethrough. The opening facilitates insertion of a fastener for releasably securing the link to a bottom end of the connecting rod.
US11224944B1	Apparatus and method for in-situ laser peening during additive manufacturing A method of manufacturing a part includes additively manufacturing, with an additive manufacturing machine, at least one wall of the part having a first thickness from powder in a powder bed, and peening, with a peening system, at least a portion of the wall of the part. The peening induces plastic deformation in the portion of the wall. The portion of the wall that is peened has a second thickness less than the first thickness of the wall prior to peening. The second thickness of the portion of the wall may be less than a minimum thickness limit achievable by the additive manufacturing machine.
US11224939B2	Apparatus for thermal processing An apparatus and a method for thermal processing within a processing region (1) at a workpiece surface (2) by means of a laser beam (6) emitted by at least one radiation source (5). Arranged in the beam path of the laser beam (6) between the at least one radiation source (5) and the processing region (1) on the workpiece surface (2), there is at least one element (10, 11, 12) by means of which the intensity of the laser beam (6) is modifiable in a locally defined manner within the processing region (1). As an alternative or in addition thereto, the intensity of at least one of the laser beams (6) is modifiable in a locally defined manner within the processing region (1) by a defined actuation of the plurality of radiation sources (5) such that a locally defined distribution of the intensity of the laser beam (6) striking the workpiece surface (2) is achievable within the processing region (1).
US11224934B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus to weld by preheating welding wire and inductively heating a workpiece Systems, methods, and apparatus to weld by preheating welding wire and inductively heating a workpiece are disclosed. An example welding system includes: a welding current source configured to provide welding current to a welding circuit, the welding circuit comprising an electrode wire and a first contact tip of a welding torch; an electrode preheating circuit configured to provide preheating current through a first portion of the electrode wire via a second contact tip of the welding torch; and at least one induction heating coil configured to apply induction heat to a workpiece, the welding current source, the electrode preheating circuit, and the induction heating coil configured to perform a preheating operation and a welding operation on the workpiece.
US11224933B2	Weld gun cap dresser cutter A tip dresser cutter including a circumferential portion having a circular shape rotatable about an axis of rotation, a center portion located radially inward from the circumferential portion proximate the axis of rotation, and a cutting flute extending radially between the center portion and the circumferential portion. The cutting flute including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a radially inward canted surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The radially inward canted surface includes a first section extending between the center portion and a first location on the cutting flute and a second section extending between the first location on the cutting flute and a second location on the cutting flute. The second section of the radially inward canted surface including a curved portion that is parallel to a plane of rotation of the cutting flute.
US11224929B2	Arc welding method There is provided an arc welding method. In the method, welding is performed in a spray transfer mode by feeding a welding wire. A first welding current Iw1 is flown during a first period. A second welding current Iw2 is flown during a second period. A third welding current Iw3 is flown during a third period, where 0
US11224928B2	Device for the separate application of solder material deposits The invention relates to a device (10) for the separate application of solder material deposits (11), in particular solder balls, comprising a conveying device (19) for separately conveying the solder material deposits from a solder material reservoir (12) toward an application device (33), the conveying device having transport holders that are formed as passage holes and that can each be moved from a receiving position, in which a solder material deposit is received from the solder material reservoir, into a transfer position P2, in which the solder material deposit is exposed to a pressure gas, and from which the solder material deposit is transferred to an application opening of an application nozzle (36) of the application device into an application position P3, wherein a detector device (69) is provided that serves to trigger a treatment of the solder material deposit arranged in the application position P3 with laser radiation emitted by a laser device, wherein the detector device has a reflection sensor (70) that detects reflection radiation (72) that is reflected by the solder material deposit arranged in the application position P3.
US11224925B2	Pipe cutter Cutting devices and associated methods are described. In one aspect, a cutting device includes an annular support body defining an axial space into which a pipe to be cut can be inserted, the body formed of a rigid material and including a blade-bearing portion and a non-blade-bearing portion, wherein the blade-bearing portion is secured to the non-blade-bearing portion by a hinge mechanism allowing the two portions to be movable between an open position in which a pipe can be inserted, and a closed position in which the pipe is engaged by the body, wherein a part of the blade-bearing portion spaced from the hinge mechanism includes a blade that protrudes radially inwards of the body, such that in use the urging of the two portions towards the closed position urges the pipe against the blade so that rotation of the cutting device around the pipe cuts the pipe.
US11224920B2	Coated tool A coated tool may include a base member and a coating layer located on the base member. The coating layer may include an alternating layer having first layers and second layers. The first layers may contain (TibNbdMe)CxN1-x (where M is one or more kinds selected from metals of Groups 4, 5 and 6 in the periodic table except for Ti and Nb, and Al, 0.2≤b≤0.8, 0.01≤d≤0.2, 0≤e≤0.7, b+d+e=1 and 0
US11224919B2	Method for correcting an axial position of a workpiece support A method of correcting an axial position of a workpiece support (1) used for removing material from a dental workpiece (2) which is held by the workpiece support (1) and is rotated together with the workpiece support (1) about a drive rotation axis (3) when material is being removed. The workpiece support (1) has at least two workpiece support parts (4, 5, 6) which can be separated from each other and connected to each other. One of the workpiece support parts (4, 5) has at least one compensation region (7) with a material projection (8) for introducing a compensation surface (9) by removing material, and the other workpiece support part (6) has a seating surface (10) for connecting to the compensation surface (9) in a form fitting manner.
US11224912B2	Casting device A casting device includes a bore formation core and a water jacket formation core. When a cavity is formed, gas existing in a space between both cores is suctioned through a flow path formed in the bore formation core under operation of a suctioning device. When the bore formation core is viewed from a side, this flow path exists above a virtual axial line that passes a center of the bore formation core and extends along a longitudinal direction of the bore formation core.
US11224910B2	Method of forming a bend of a predetermined bend angle in a shape memory alloy wire and method of making a self-expanding stent A method of making a self-expanding stent entails applying a bend stress sufficient to over-bend a portion of a wire by an amount in a range from about 85% to about 105%, where the wire comprises a Ni—Ti alloy and includes from about 40% to about 46% cold work. The bend stress is then released, thereby forming a bend having a predetermined bend angle in the wire. The application and release of the bend stress are repeated on successive portions of the wire in order to create a series of bends along a length of the wire in a predetermined bend pattern. The wire comprising the predetermined bend pattern is then positioned about a mandrel in an expanded stent geometry and heat set. Thus, a self-expanding stent is formed.
US11224908B2	Cutting method using a stamping press A cutting method using a stamping press according to the present disclosure is a method to cut a workpiece that is configured from a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet joined at a weld portion and that has a heat-affected zone around the weld portion, in which the workpiece is cut using a punch. The punch includes a flat portion and a projecting portion projected more toward the workpiece than a flat portion of the punch. The workpiece is positioned with respect to the punch at a position such that the projecting portion starts cutting at least at one out of the heat-affected zone or the weld portion before the flat portion cuts the workpiece. The workpiece is then cut by moving the punch and a die relative to each other in this state of positioning so as to shear across the weld portion on the workpiece.
US11224904B2	Device and method for in batch processing of spray cans A device for batch-wise processing of spray cans includes a first chamber for batch-wise separation of spray cans into solid parts, liquid and gas by separating means, feed means for feeding the spray cans into the first chamber, and first discharge means for discharging the solid parts from the first chamber. A wall of the first chamber is provided with a plurality of passages for allowing passage of the liquid and the gas but unsuitable for allowing passage of the solid parts, a second chamber surrounds the first chamber or at least the portion of the wall provided with the passages. The device further includes second discharge means for discharging the gas from the second chamber, and third discharge means for discharging the liquid from the second chamber. A method for batch-wise processing of spray cans using the aforementioned device.
US11224903B2	Vortex flush ball valve and method A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
US11224891B2	Powder center for supplying a powder coating facility with coating powder, and method for cleaning of the powder center A powder center for supplying a powder coating facility with coating powder includes a powder reservoir container and a powder conveyor for transporting powder out of the powder reservoir container in the direction of the powder coating facility. Moreover, the powder center includes a container lid that covers the powder reservoir container while powder is being conveyed and can be removed at least partly for the purpose of cleaning the powder reservoir container. Moreover, a cleaning unit for cleaning the powder reservoir container that can be moved from a parking position next to the powder reservoir container into a cleaning position inside the powder reservoir container by a manipulator is provided. Moreover, the powder center includes a controller by which the powder conveyor, the cleaning unit, and the manipulator can be controlled.
US11224889B1	Fluid dispensing apparatus and method A fluid dispensing apparatus is provided for dispensing fluids and objects without requiring use of hands. The fluid dispensing apparatus may include a body, footing, pedal, actuation rod, platform, dispensing object, container, container lid, sign member, and bolt. A method for dispensing fluids and objects without requiring use of hands using the fluid dispensing apparatus is also provided.
US11224886B2	Powder conveyor for the conveying of coating powder, and powder center comprising the powder conveyor for supplying a powder coating facility A powder conveyor for conveying coating powder includes a housing for a container that includes a top part of the housing with a powder inlet and an upper ledge as well as a bottom part of the housing with a powder outlet and a lower ledge. The upper ledge and/or the lower ledge is/are situated at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal line. A tube is provided whose tube ends are open such that the powder can pass through the tube. The tube is made of a porous air-permeable material and is clamped, on the end face side, between the upper ledge and the lower ledge. A powder inlet valve is connected to the powder inlet of the top part of the housing. A powder outlet valve is connected to the powder outlet of the bottom part of the housing.
US11224884B2	Alternating current electrospray manufacturing and products thereof Provided in certain embodiments herein are alternating current electrospray systems and processes for manufacturing depositions, such as thin layer depositions. In some embodiments, processes and systems provided herein are suitable for and configured to manufacture uniform depositions, such as having uniform thickness.
US11224874B2	Apparatus for automatic sampling of biological species employing disk microfluidics system A field portable diagnostic apparatus uses a rotatable disk in which a microfluidic circuit is defined. The microfluidic circuit includes a centrifugal separation chamber receiving a sample to stratify the sample. A magnetic bead holding chamber is communicated to a mixing chamber, where mass amplifying functionalized magnetic-nanoparticles, held in a buffer solution and contained in the magnetic bead holding reservoir communicated to mixing chamber, are mixed with the separated fluid delivered to mixing chamber from the separation chamber. The functionalized magnetic nanoparticles conjugate with a target analyte in the sample. A magnet in proximity to a SAW chamber including a SAW detector draws the functionalized magnetic nanoparticles toward antibodies immobilized on the SAW sensor surface A wash reservoir is communicated to the SAW sensor chamber, and a cleanup/waste reservoir is communicated to the SAW chamber for receive fluid after it has passed through the SAW chamber.
US11224870B2	Ligand, oligomerization catalyst comprising same, and method for producing ethylene oligomer by using oligomerization catalyst The present invention relates to a ligand, an ethylene oligomerization catalyst including the ligand, and a method for selectively producing 1-hexene or 1-octene from ethylene by using the catalyst. The ligand according to the present invention is a bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene with a phosphorus atom substituted with a fluoro-substituted phenyl, and when the ligand is used for ethylene oligomerization, the high temperature activity of the catalyst can be increased.
US11224854B2	Porous formed article, method for producing porous formed article, and production apparatus for porous formed article A porous formed article includes an organic polymer resin and an inorganic ion adsorbent and having the most frequent pore size of 0.08 to 0.70 μm measured with a mercury porosimeter. Such a porous formed article can be prepared by crushing and mixing a good solvent for the organic polymer resin and the inorganic ion adsorbent to obtain slurry; dissolving the organic polymer resin and a water-soluble polymer in the slurry; shape-forming the slurry; promoting coagulation of the shape-formed product by controlling the temperature and humidity of a spatial portion coming into contact with the shape-formed product, until the shape-formed product is coagulated in a poor solvent; and coagulating the coagulation-promoted shape-formed product in a poor solvent. A production apparatus can be used to prepare such a porous formed article.
US11224845B2	System, method, and apparatus to oxygenate water A system, method, and apparatus for oxygenation of a source of water, to increase the dissolved oxygen content of water. Aspects of the present invention harnesses and directs the power of water flowing through the system to extract oxygen present in air, rather than relying on the injection of gas or using other mechanical means. The water oxygenator is formed as an elongate cylindrical tube having a water inlet at a first end, a water outlet at a second end, and an air inlet proximal to the first end. The elongate cylindrical tube has an outer sidewall defining a mixing chamber within an interior cavity of the water oxygenator. The mixing chamber includes a plurality of baffles that are disposed in a spaced apart relation along a longitudinal length of the interior cavity.
US11224825B2	Separation system and method thereof A separation system for separating constituents from a solution by utilizing a carrier gas and a separation method thereof are disclosed. The separation system includes an evaporator, a solution distribution unit connected to the evaporator for distributing the solution into the evaporator, and a gas distribution unit connected to the evaporator for distributing the carrier gas into the evaporator. The solution is countercurrent to the carrier gas and upon contact, at least one constituent of the solution is vaporized and separated from the solution.
US11224823B2	Method and apparatus for sharing co-generated energy when processing essential elements derived from plant matter Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may provide electrical energy and thermal to extraction or separation equipment. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may extract and concentrate essential elements plant matter. An amount of wasted heat energy collected from an engine that powers an electrical generator may be provided to an evaporation or separation process when electrical power is provided to extraction or separation processing equipment. Computers or electronics that control equipment consistent with the present disclosure may be remotely controlled via a mobile electronic device, when desired. Such computers or electronics may receive sensor data related to the operation of plant matter extractors, related separation equipment, or other equipment may be used to manage a production line. As such, methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may extract essential elements from cannabis plant matter and process those essential elements into cannabis extracts or isolates.
US11224819B2	Systems and methods for maneuvering a vehicle An amusement park ride vehicle includes a chassis, a cabin, a slider, and a rotator. The chassis is configured to direct the ride vehicle along a ride path in a direction of travel. The cabin is configured to hold one or more passengers. The slider is configured to translate between a neutral position and a cantilevered position relative to the chassis in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel and to carry the rotator and the cabin along the direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel. The rotator is coupled between the slider and the cabin, and is configured to rotate the cabin relative to the slider.
US11224808B2	Game system, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein game program, information processing apparatus, and game processing method In an example of a game system, based on saved data of a plurality of players, a plurality of player characters are generated, and based on an operation on each of a plurality of operation devices, one of the player characters corresponding to the operation device is controlled in a virtual space. The game system can set any of the plurality of player characters as a main character, set the other player character as a sub characters, switch the main character and the sub character. Then, the game system controls a field of view of the game so that at least the main character is included in the field of view. The game system generates a game image based on the field of view to be displayed on a display device.
US11224804B2	Personalized remote game update capture and recording system for multi-player online games A system has a network-connected game platform for a specific player, executing first software on a first processor from a non-transitory medium, a game server connected to the network, streaming game data for a specific game to the network-connected game platform, the game server executing second software on a second processor from a non-transitory medium, and an interactive interface presented on a display screen of the first mobile device, the interactive interface displaying progress of the specific game, and comprising in addition a specific command input function. Through the command input function, the player is enabled to command the system to prepare a video clip, prepared using saved game updates, displaying activity in the game, over a period of time beginning and ending at times either preprogrammed, or set by selection through specific input functions provided to the player.
US11224803B2	Prominent display of targeted game in search results Prominent display of a targeted game in search results from a search within an online gaming platform. In some implementations, a server receives a search query from a device. The search query is executed against a data store of available games to obtain search results indicating a set of games. Based on one or more characteristics of the set of games, it is determined whether the search query is directed to a narrow search for a particular game in the set of games. In response to determining such a narrow search, the particular game is designated with a highlight indication, and the search results and highlight indication are transmitted to the device, causing display of a user interface that includes at least a portion of the search results. The highlight indication causes the device to display an identifier of the particular game as highlighted relative to other search results.
US11224791B2	Overhang climb strength trainer An overhead climb strength trainer apparatus comprises a frame bisected by at least one vertical frame portion, forming first and second climbing areas. First and second climbing panels are slideably mounted within the respective climbing areas and each include climbing holds and a panel hook. A line connects the first and second panel hooks, running through line guides and around a friction cylinder. The frame is configured for mounting at a predetermined angle of inversion for simulating an overhead climb as users manually raise and lower the first and second climbing panels in a reciprocating fashion within the first and second climbing areas respectively.
US11224772B2	Containment system for hazardous products A system for storing a hazardous product including a housing unit defining a product opening and a product door coupled to the housing unit adjacent to the product opening, wherein the product door is configured to form a seal with the housing unit about the product opening in response to a thermal event.
US11224767B2	Systems and methods for producing and delivering ultrasonic therapies for wound treatment and healing One embodiment is directed to a non-contact, medical ultrasound therapy system for generating and controlling low frequency ultrasound. The ultrasound therapy system includes a treatment wand including an ultrasonic transducer, a generator unit, and a cable coupling the treatment wand to the generator unit. The generator unit generates electric power output to drive the ultrasonic transducer and includes a digital frequency generator, wherein the generator unit digitally controls energy output at resonance frequency of the ultrasonic transducer.
US11224766B2	Neutron capture therapy system and target for particle beam generating device A neutron capture therapy system and a target for a particle beam generating device, which may improve the heat dissipation performance of the target, reduce blistering and extend the service life of the target. The neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron generating device and a beam shaping assembly. The neutron generating device includes an accelerator and a target, and a charged particle beam generated by acceleration of the accelerator interacts with the target to generate a neutron beam. The target includes an acting layer, a backing layer and a heat dissipating layer, the acting layer interacts with the charged particle beam to generate the neutron beam, the base layer supports the action layer, and the heat dissipating layer includes a tubular member composed of tubes arranged side by side.
US11224758B2	Irradiation device and method for irradiating a radiation absorbing medium, hearing aid device and laser surgery device, in particular for laser ear surgery, with such an irradiation device The invention relates to an irradiation device and a corresponding method for irradiating a radiation absorbing medium, as well as a hearing aid device and a laser surgery device comprising such an irradiation device. A radiation source is configured to generate one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation and to irradiate the medium with the one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation. A control unit is configured to control the radiation source such that the time course of the power or intensity of at least one pulse of the one or more pulses of electromagnetic radiation exhibits a rising slope and/or a falling slope, wherein the rising slope and/or falling slope has a maximum gradient which is smaller than a predetermined gradient value, whereby a generation of optoacoustic waves in the medium in response to the rising slope or falling slope, respectively, is avoided or significantly reduced.
US11224757B2	Exchangeable laser unit and array thereof Disclosed is an exchangeable laser unit and an array thereof. The exchangeable laser unit includes cartridge receivers and housings having a uniform shape and uniform optical interfaces. The cartridge receiver adopts the optical interface including a tapered cavity and cylindrical cavity, so that a precise mechanical connection can be achieved between the output of laser of the cartridge receiver and the output of the optical fiber of the housing without professional tools, facilitating standardization of the output components of the laser elements of the cartridge receiver. In addition, the upper-lower guide rails and the upper-lower channels having certain of inclination degree can realize the precise positioning of the cartridge receiver and the housing. When replacing one laser element by a laser element that emits laser with a different wavelength, it is only necessary to replace the cartridge receiver inside the housing. That is, the replacement of laser elements having different wavelengths is converted to the replacement of cartridge receivers, which greatly reduces the difficulty for medical personnel to switch laser wavelengths, and improves the popularization of laser therapeutic instruments in the medical field. In the exchangeable laser array of the disclosure, the cartridge receiver inside the housing can be replaced by other cartridge receiver that emits laser with a different wavelength, and the plurality of housings can be connected with a plurality of wavelength switchers in the back to realize selective output of the wavelength.
US11224748B2	Stimulation vector selection using pulse width data A method of programming an implantable medical device (IMD) configured to provide electrical stimulation via a plurality of stimulation vectors during delivery of the electrical stimulation of a plurality of pulse widths to a neural target. The method may comprise comparing strength-duration curve data for the plurality of stimulation vectors to one another, the strength-duration curve data representing, for respective pulse widths and stimulation vectors, a corresponding stimulation strength that evokes a physiological response associated with the neural target. The method may comprise selecting at least one stimulation vector of the plurality of stimulation vectors based on the comparison of the strength-duration curve data for the plurality of stimulation vectors. The method may comprise programming, in response to the selection, the IMD to deliver the electrical stimulation to the neural target via the selected at least one stimulation vector.
US11224740B2	Method and apparatus for temporarily anchoring sensory nerve stimulator (SNS) leads to the skin of a patient during SNS trialing and/or for temporarily anchoring other elongated flexible elements to the skin of a patient A novel method and apparatus for securing an object to a patient. In one form of the invention, the object comprises a sensory nerve stimulator (SNS) lead. And in one form of the invention, the object is secured to a patient using a capstan effect.
US11224739B2	Long-term wear electrode An electrode for long term wear includes a conductive mesh configured to disperse a therapeutic current across a surface area of the electrode, and a conductive adhesive material configured to conduct the therapeutic current from the conductive mesh in a direction substantially orthogonal to the surface area of the electrode. The conductive adhesive material is configured to be semi-conductive in a direction substantially lateral to the surface area of the electrode. The conductive adhesive material includes at least one of microscopic or nano-scale conductive particles or fibers of materials.
US11224738B2	Medical equipment electrodes Methods and system for guiding a rescuer in placement of a defibrillation electrode may include initializing one or more cameras disposed on the defibrillation electrode, and capturing image information via the one or more cameras. Each image in a series of images may be acquired by the cameras after a set time interval. The method may include determining a separation distance between the defibrillation electrode and the chest of the patient and comparing the separation distance to a threshold distance. The method may further include determining whether the separation distance is below the threshold distance and, once the separation distance is below the threshold distance, determining a current location of the defibrillation electrode based on the series of images, and providing positioning feedback via at least one output device, wherein the positioning feedback includes instructions to move the defibrillation electrode toward a preferred location on the patient.
US11224731B2	Needleless valve infection prevention and pre-opening device A disinfecting and pre-opening device is disclosed for use with a female needleless connector. The disinfecting and pre-opening device includes a housing comprising a chamber having a distal opening and configured to fit over the female needleless connector, and an elongated finger attached to the housing and disposed within the chamber such that the elongated finger opens the fluid path through the female needleless connector when the distal opening of the disinfecting and pre-opening device is placed proximally adjacent to the septum and the disinfecting and pre-opening device is advanced in the distal direction.
US11224728B2	Devices and methods for treating the skin using a porous member According to some embodiments, a skin treatment assembly comprises a tip comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a container configured to secure to the tip along the proximal end of the tip, wherein the container is configured to contain a liquid, and a porous member configured to extend at least partially within an interior of the container such that it contact a liquid contained within the container, wherein the porous member is configured to extend at least partially within an interior of the tip and is configured to facilitate the transfer of liquid from the container to the distal end of the tip.
US11224726B2	High-torque guidewires and methods for making and using them High torque guidewires and methods for making and using them are provided. A guidewire may include an inner core wire movable relative to an outer jacket. The outer jacket includes proximal and distal ends, a lumen extending there between, thereby defining a longitudinal axis, and one or more helical slots adjacent the distal end. The core wire includes a proximal portion, a distal portion slidably received in the outer jacket lumen and terminating in a curved distal tip that extends from the outer jacket distal end, and one or more pins on the distal portion, each pin slidably received in a respective helical slot in the outer jacket such that axial movement of the core wire relative to the outer jacket causes the pin to slide within the helical slot and rotate the distal tip relative to the outer jacket distal end.
US11224721B2	Rapid aspiration thrombectomy system and method An intravascular access system for facilitation of intraluminal medical procedures within the neurovasculature through an access sheath. The system includes an aspiration or support catheter having a flexible, distal luminal portion having an inner diameter defining a lumen extending between a proximal opening at a proximal end of the luminal portion and a distal opening at a distal end of the luminal portion. The catheter has a rigid spine coupled to at least the proximal end of the luminal portion and extending proximally therefrom. The system includes a dilator having a flexible, distal dilator portion sized to be received within the lumen of the luminal portion. Associated systems, devices, and methods of use are also described.
US11224716B2	Relief valve A relief valve in which a valve body is automatically properly opened/closed by pressure of gas while having a simple device structure, and a device including the relief valve. In a valve-closed state, a first pressure receiving surface portion receives pressure of gas from a valve hole to smoothly open a valve body, and in an open position after the valve is opened, a pressure receiving area is enlarged to a second pressure receiving surface portion, and the first pressure receiving surface portion and the second pressure receiving surface portion are surrounded by a peripheral wall portion formed on a back surface of the valve body. Thus, the valve body continuously receives the pressure with the pressure of the gas being reduced, thereby allowing the valve-opened state of the valve body to be stably maintained to set pressure.
US11224696B2	Apparatuses and method for injecting medicaments An injector for delivering medicament includes a first sleeve defining a longitudinal axis, a medicament container, and a locking tab. The medicament container is at least partially disposed within the first sleeve and configured for axial translation with respect to the first sleeve along the longitudinal axis. The medicament container includes a barrel, a needle mounted to a distal end of the barrel, a seal slidably mounted in the barrel, and a plunger rod. The locking tab extends through an aperture in the first sleeve and is in contact with or adjacent to a portion of the medicament container such that the locking tab restricts translation of the barrel with respect to the first sleeve along the longitudinal axis. The locking tab is configured to be movable to a second position in which the locking tab does not restrict translation of the barrel.
US11224694B2	Automatic injection device with reduced residual volume An automatic injection device including an injection syringe equipped with a syringe body and with a piston rod mounted movably in this syringe body so as to cover an injection stroke, a piston control member capable of changing between a configuration in which it is in engagement with the piston rod and a configuration in which it is disengaged from this piston rod, mechanism for moving the piston control member between its two configurations with respect to the piston rod. The mechanism for moving the control member between its two configurations includes a camway carried by a disengagement member and a cam carried by the control member. The disengagement member is movable with respect to the piston rod and the syringe body after the end of the injection stroke, in such a way as to cause the camway to interact with the cam.
US11224693B2	System and method for switching between medicament delivery control algorithms Disclosed herein are systems and methods for safely switching between medicament delivery control algorithms for control of an ambulatory infusion pump or other medical device. Infusion pumps and/or remote control devices may be capable of operating different algorithms for delivery of medicament and provided herein are mechanisms for safely transitioning between algorithms.
US11224691B2	System and method for predicting motor wear out in infusion systems A rotary drive for a medical device (10) includes a rotary motor (14) including a rotor (26). A rotary motion encoder (34) is connected to the rotor. The rotary motion encoder is configured to generate a number of encoder steps measuring a rotational distance of the rotor. At least one electronic processor (18) is programmed to determine at least one of a slippage value of the rotary motor measured during motor operation and a coasting value of the rotary motor measured after stopping motor operation based on comparison of an actual count of encoder steps and an expected count of encoder steps.
US11224690B2	Flexible container for an injection device The present disclosure relates to a flexible container for an injection device including a flexible bag having an interior volume to be filled with a liquid medicament, an outlet located at a first end of the bag, and a contraction member connected to the bag to displace a second end of the bag located opposite to the first end towards the first end.
US11224688B2	Transport lock assembly, and a medicament delivery device comprising the transport lock assembly A transport lock assembly for a medicament delivery device, wherein the transport lock assembly comprises a powerpack (30) having a locking member (50, 50′, 50″) configured to interact with a control member (60), which locking member (50, 50′, 50″) is movable, relative to the control member (60), from a first state in which the control member (60) is immobilized, to a second state in which the control member (60) is free to move; wherein the transport lock assembly further comprises a housing part (20) having a key member (22), such that assembly of the powerpack (30) with the housing part (20) causes the key member (22) to move the locking member (50, 50′, 50″) from the first state to the second state.
US11224685B2	Self-regulating device for modulating inflammation A bioreactor is provided which contains cells capable of producing cytokine inhibitors in response to cytokines, in a manner regulated by the local or systemic milieu of an individual patient and predicted by mechanistic computational simulations. The bioreactor transfers the cytokine inhibitors to a patient in need of control of the inflammation process as part of a disease or condition in the patient, such as sepsis, trauma, traumatic brain injury, or wound healing. Related methods also are provided.
US11224684B2	Peritoneal dialysis systems, devices, and methods A peritoneal dialysis device includes a disposable tubing set that includes a fill line with a patient access connector at one end and a dialysis fluid receiving end opposite the patient access connector end. The device also includes a fill-side pressure measuring sensor attached at the fill end and forming a disposable component of the tubing set and a patient-side pressure measuring sensor located at the fluid receiving end. The patient-side and fill-side pressure measuring sensors are adapted for measuring pressure in the fill line at the respective ends thereof. The device also includes a controller configured to regulate a rate of flow in the fill line responsively to a signal from the at least the patient-side pressure measuring sensor.
US11224676B2	Foam in wound treatment The present invention relates to a hydrophilic foam material, which is of particular use in wound treatment, and to a method for producing said hydrophilic foam material. The hydrophilic foam material has nucleating particles, wherein at least 85% of all foam cells in said foam material have an average cell size of 0.01 mm2 or less.
US11224675B1	Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) mercury discharge tube irradiated forced airflow face shield Disclosed herein is a forced irradiated air shielding mechanism that is an effective protective measure against Covid-19. The UV-C irradiated forced air flow face shield described herein is compact enough to be camouflaged under a cap. In this work it is mathematically proven that the described UV-C irradiated forced air flow face shield by itself provides more effective protection against the Covid-19 or similar airborne pathogens. The shield can be enabled using a mercury discharge tube or light emitting diode (LED) irradiator. Computational fluid dynamics is presented to show that positive irradiated air pressure ensures that the only air breathed by the wearer is irradiated. Also presented is a face shield testing apparatus.
US11224674B2	Essential oil atomizer An essential oil reflux-type atomizer comprising the following structures: a chassis, housing, atomization chamber, gas pump, gas tube, gas nozzle, oil nozzle, and filter atomization mechanism. Oil and gas flow together at the gas and oil nozzles to disperse and atomize the oil in the gas flow.
US11224669B2	Inactivation of pathogens in biological media The invention relates to the processing of fluid biological media, especially of culture media or cell- or virus suspensions, potentially containing active pathogens, with the aim of inactivating these pathogens and/or modifying ingredients in these biological media by thermal or radiological treatment.
US11224660B2	Stable cannabinoid formulations The present invention is generally directed to substantially pure cannabidiol, stable cannabinoid pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of their use.
US11224658B2	Orally dissolving melatonin formulation with acidifying agent that renders melatonin soluble in saliva A composition includes a pharmaceutical dosage form configured to disintegrate in oral saliva and maintain a pH of 4 or less within the saliva during the time the dosage form is dissolving therein, the dosage form including a therapeutically effective amount of melatonin in a polymer carrier matrix and a sufficient amount of acid to impart the pH to the saliva, the amount of disintegrant being sufficient to cause the dosage form to completely disintegrate in the saliva within ten minutes from contacting the saliva.
US11224654B2	Combinations and uses thereof The present disclosure describes a pharmaceutical combination of an anti-CD19 antibody and a phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and/or acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
US11224652B2	Multivalent pneumococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate composition Provided are mixed carrier, multivalent pneumococcal conjugate compositions comprising 16 different pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide-protein conjugates, wherein each of the conjugates includes a capsular polysaccharide from a different serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae conjugated to either tetanus toxoid or CRM197, wherein the Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are selected from 1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 12F, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, 22F, 23F, and 33F, wherein two of the capsular polysaccharides are conjugated to tetanus toxoid and the remaining capsular polysaccharides are conjugated to CRM197, and wherein the two capsular polysaccharides that are conjugated to tetanus toxoid are selected from the group consisting of serotypes 1, 3, and 5. Also provided are methods of producing the mixed carrier, multivalent pneumococcal conjugate compositions and methods of using the same for prophylaxis against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection or disease in a subject.
US11224650B2	Purification of herpes virus The present disclosure provides a method to prepare purified enveloped viral particle preparations employing ion exchange chromatography and tangential flow filtration.
US11224648B2	Antigen-adjuvant coupling reagents and methods of use The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for coupling an antigen to an adjuvant, immunogenic compositions and vaccines. The methods of the invention can be used to increase an immune response, or to treat cancer or an infectious disease.
US11224639B2	Compositions comprising sulforaphane or a sulforaphane precursor and a milk thistle extract or powder The invention relates to the combination of a sulforaphane precursor, an enzyme capable of converting the sulforaphane precursor to sulforaphane, an enzyme potentiator, and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention also relates to the combination of a sulforaphane or a derivative thereof and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention also relates to the combination of a broccoli extract or powder and a milk thistle extract or powder. The invention provides compositions and methods relating to these combinations.
US11224638B2	Treating seizure with recombinant alkaline phosphatase The present disclosure provides a method of treating seizure in a subject having aberrant alkaline phosphatase activities, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one recombinant alkaline phosphatase to the subject.
US11224625B2	Immunity-inducing agent The present invention relates to a novel immunity-inducing agent for treatment and/or prevention of cancer. Specifically, the present invention relates to an immunity-inducing agent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one polypeptide having immunity-inducing activity and selected from polypeptides derived from MRAP2 and modified forms thereof, or a recombinant vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide and capable of expressing the polypeptide in vivo, and a method for inducing immunity, comprising administering the immunity-inducing agent to a subject.
US11224622B2	Agent for preventing or treating fat-associated diseases and/or inflammation An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation. The present invention provides an agent for preventing or treating a fat-associated disease and/or inflammation, the agent comprising a Faecalibacterium bacterium or a processed product thereof.
US11224618B2	Formulations and methods for treatment of acne and inflammatory skin conditions Topically administrable compositions and methods for treating skin conditions in mammals, such as acne, rosacea, keratosis pilaris, photo-aging, and photo-rejuvenation. The composition includes a therapeutic amount of antihistamine selected from the group consisting of a non-sedating antihistamine, a physiologically acceptable acid of a non-sedating antihistamine, a salt of a non-sedating antihistamine, an amide of a non-sedating antihistamine, and a combination of two or more of these, and emu oil product selected from the group consisting of emu oil, a biologically active fraction of emu oil, and a combination of these. The composition further includes a therapeutic amount of topical retinoid. The combination of non-sedating antihistamine and retinoid with emu oil has been found to produce a synergistic effect that is more effective in the treatment of skin conditions than the compound used separately.
US11224617B1	Methods for the treatment of degenerative disc diseases by human birth tissue material composition Methods for treating degenerative disc disease by administering a human birth tissue material composition are provided. The method includes the step of administering a human birth tissue material composition onto or into at least one intervertebral disc or intervertebral space in need of treatment.
US11224612B1	Glycosaminoglycans from Alligator mississippiensis Glycosaminoglycans, particularly hyaluronic acid, are extracted from alligator carcasses, feet, backstraps, and eyeballs. The alligator-derived glycosaminoglycans can be used in treatments for cystic fibrosis (CF), in treating other inflammatory conditions, and for other purposes.
US11224609B2	Mithramycin derivatives having increased selectivity and anti-cancer activity Mithramycin side chain carboxylic acid (MTM-SA) derivative are provided, which include a substituted amino acid derivative, a substituted amino acid dipeptide derivative, or an unsubstituted dipeptide derivative. The MTM-SA derivatives are useful for treatment of cancer or neuro-diseases associated with an aberrant erythroblast transformation-specific transcription factor. Unique MTM-SA derivatives have increased selectively toward ETS transcription factor.
US11224607B2	Anticancer composition of traditional Chinese medicine and preparation method thereof A medication of natural Chinese medicine with sustained release for cancer treatment and its preparation method thereof contains active ingredients of: ginsenoside, Astragalus polysaccharide, zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), river bulrush (Sparganium stolonferum Buch.-Ham), Ternstroemia gymnanthera, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, licorice, Chinese skullcap (Scutellaria baicalnsis Georgi), Sculellaria barbata, paclitaxel, Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn., and Cannabidiol (CBD). The drug can restore body balance and promote self-recovery. The drug can be used as an alternative medicine or can be used in combination with conventional cancer treatment, and is especially target for patients suffered from toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which can increase the efficiency and reduce the toxicity of conventional cancer treatment and eliminate side effects of vomiting, hair loss, and unbearable soreness of the body.
US11224599B2	Therapeutic agents and methods The invention provides glucocorticoid receptor antagonists for treatment of infection, neoplasia, and fatty liver disease.
US11224597B2	Pharmaceutical compositions The present Invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of (3S,11aR)—N-[(2,4-difluorophenyhmethyl]-2,3,5,7,11,11a-hexahydro-6-hydroxy-3-methyl-5,7-dioxo-oxazolo[3,2-a]pyrido[1,2-d]pyrazine-8-carboxamide, useful in the treatment or prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections.
US11224596B2	PZA and cytochrome bc1 inhibitor combination treatment The present invention relates to novel combinations, which are useful in the treatment of tuberculosis.
US11224595B2	Subcutaneous delivery of poly(oxazoline) polymer conjugates The present disclosure provides polymer conjugates comprising a polymer and an agent, the agent linked to the polymer via a linking group containing a hydrolyzable moiety.
US11224583B2	Use of an RXR agonist in treating HER2+ cancers The present specification provides combinations of active agents for the improved treatment of Her2+ cancers and associated methods of treatments. The combinations comprise and RXR agonist and a Her2-targeted therapeutic agent and may optionally further comprise thyroid hormone.
US11224581B2	Composition for promoting ketone body production An object of the present invention is to provide a novel composition for promoting ketone body production. The present invention provides a composition for use in promoting ketone body production, comprising one or more amino acid(s) selected from the group consisting of citrulline, leucine, cysteine, taurine, glutamine and aspartic acid. The composition according to the present invention may further comprise either or both of a medium-chain fatty acid and a medium-chain fatty acid ester.
US11224579B2	Homotaurine-enriched compositions and methods of use for animal health The present disclosure generally relates to compounds comprising homotaurine that may be used in improving the general mental condition and/or general brain function of a non-human animal, and for the prophylaxis of chronic, aging-related mental deterioration in non-human animals. In addition, the present disclosure generally relates to compositions comprising homotaurine that may be used in determining whether a candidate veterinary compound and/or a candidate formulation can improve general mental condition and/or general brain function of animals and for the prophylaxis of chronic, aging-related mental deterioration in non-human animals.
US11224576B2	Process for the production of an abuse-proofed dosage form The present invention relates to a process for the production of abuse-proofed, thermoformed dosage forms containing, apart from one or more active ingredients with potential for abuse and optionally physiologically acceptable auxiliary substances, at least one synthetic or natural polymer with a breaking strength of at least 500 N.
US11224571B2	Oral dispersible vaccine comprising virosomes The present disclosure is directed to oral vaccine dosage forms and processes for producing the oral vaccine dosage forms. The dosage forms include lipid-based vesicles (e.g., virosomes, liposomes) harboring an immunogenic amount of at least one vaccinal target molecule, with or without adjuvant. Specifically, Applicants discovered a combination of the composition of the liquid virosome concentrates, the composition of the base matrix for the solid dosage form formulation (excluding the virosome concentrate), and the manufacturing conditions for the dosage forms that can produce a freeze dried sublingual dosage form having physical robustness, particle and antigen integrity and stability.
US11224569B2	Hydrogel capsules and process for preparing the same This invention is a hydrogel capsule with a fragrance encapsulated therein during the polymerization process. The hydrogel capsule is of use in fabric care or personal care formulations.
US11224568B2	Antimicrobial cleansing composition This invention relates to an antimicrobial cleansing composition, especially one which provides synergistic anti-dandruff efficacy. This is achieved through a judicious combination of anti-dandruff agent zinc pyrithione and thymol in a composition comprising synthetic anionic surfactant.
US11224567B2	Hair compositions comprising a cationic polymer/silicone mixture providing improved in-use wet feel A hair care composition providing improved in-use wet feel. The composition can contain from about 20% to about 45%, by weight, of a detersive surfactant and from about 0.01% to about 2.5%, by weight, of a cationic guar polymer. The hair care composition can produce a final rinse friction of from about 600 gf to about 2000 gf and a delta final to initial from of at least 150 gf. The hair care composition can be applied to the hair when it is dispensed from an aerosol foam dispenser as a foam.
US11224560B2	Composition comprising an associative thickener The present invention relates to a composition, preferably a cosmetic composition for a keratin substance, preferably skin, comprising: (a) at least one associative thickener; (b) at least one specific alkyleneoxide derivative; (c) at least one nonionic surfactant, other than (b), with an HLB value of 13.0 or less; and (d) water. The composition according to the present invention can prevent soaping and can provide excellent texture, when used, while providing sufficient thickening or gelling effects.
US11224556B2	Inhaler compliance device and monitoring system An aerosol mist compliance device maintains a patient's aerosol supply and monitors the patient's access to pills contained in the device to memorialize the patient's compliance with his/her respiratory inhalation regimen. The device has a housing, including an inner aerosol mist storage compartment and an electronics unit, a removable mouthpiece cap, a switch to detect removal of the mouthpiece cap and magnet away from the housing, and to detect a replacement of the mouthpiece cap and magnet to the housing, wherein activating the switch triggers a transition from an active state, to a dormant state, and vice versa. A transition from the dormant state to the active state, by replacing the mouthpiece cap to the housing generates an aerosol-taken signal. A microcontroller generates a compliance notification signal that is communicated to a Wi-Fi module or router within or attached to the electronics unit, to memorialize the apparent compliance.
US11224552B2	Suction apparatus An apparatus may include a first layer that includes a plurality of inlets and a surface feature; a second layer, where the surface feature opposes the second layer; an outlet, and a pattern defined on at least one of the first layer and the second layer, where the pattern defines a suction path from each inlet of the plurality of inlets to the outlet.
US11224536B2	Device, system and method of removing heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells Devices, systems and methods for removing heat from subcutaneously disposed lipid-rich cells are disclosed. In selected embodiments, suction and/or heat removal sources are coupled to an applicator. The applicator includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion. The rigid portion includes a thermally conductive plate and a frame coupling the thermally conductive plate and the flexible portion. An interior cavity of the applicator is in fluid communication with the suction source, and the frame maintains contiguous engagement between the heat removal source and the thermally conductive plate.
US11224533B2	Cervical collar A cervical collar that facilitates therapeutic hypothermia is provided and includes a cooling device having a front portion and a back portion fixedly coupled to the front portion on one side and removably coupled to the front portion on an opposite side. A fastening device removably couples the back portion to the front portion on the opposite side. The cooling device induces hypothermia in at least a portion of a patient. A sensor is provided that measures a physical characteristic of the patient.
US11224529B2	Tubular knitted stents A tubular knitted stent or stent graft for placement in a lumen or body passage is compressible, thus presenting a compressed outer diameter and a non-compressed outer diameter. The stent or stent graft has knitted loops each having a loop width, wherein the loop width to non-compressed outer diameter ratio is larger than 0.2 for at least one knitted loop.
US11224525B2	Prosthesis cover for a prosthesis, particularly for an artificial leg The present invention relates to a prosthesis covering (100) with a closed cross-section which comprises a first section (10), a second section (20) and a third section (30). The second section (20) is arranged in longitudinal direction between the first section (10) and the third section (30) and consists of other material than the other two sections. The second section (20) may optionally at least in a first subsection (21) be folded, doubled over, raised, lamella-like or multi-layer.
US11224511B2	Heart valve sealing devices and delivery devices therefor An implantable prosthetic device such as might be used to treat poor function of a diseased heart valve in a medical patient includes a body portion and an anchor portion including a plurality of paddles. Clasps attached to the paddles include fixed arms and moveable arms operable to secure the device to the patient's native valve leaflets.
US11224501B2	Thread insertion devices Devices and methods for inserting an implant into skin or other tissue of a patient can include an insertion device that can enclose and support a hyaluronic thread as it is injected into a patient's skin or other tissue. The device can include a cover member, a non-tubular support member, and the thread. The cover member can have a proximal portion, a closed distal portion, and an inner cavity extending from the proximal portion toward the closed distal portion. The thread can be positioned along a longitudinal length of support member, between the support member and the cover member. The non-tubular support member can extend within the inner cavity of the cover member. The cover member can be moveable relative to the support member to expose the thread.
US11224494B2	Ergonomically balanced surgical instruments holder It is the first surgical instrument holder designed specifically to maximize the efficiency of instrument exchange during surgery. It sits on top of the patient laying on the operating room table and fits the curvature of the average human torso while it places the chambers that hold the surgical instruments at the most natural angle for the hand of the standing surgeon. The size of the chambers is designed so it fits most laparoscopic surgical instruments in use today. It has two openings, an entrance opening and an exit opening. The entrance opening faces the surgeon and designed to enable the surgeon to insert the instrument without having to look at the holder. That enables the surgeon eyes to remain completely focused on the surgical field. That may increase the efficiency of instrument exchange. Which increases the efficiency of the operation. It also prevents the instruments from falling on the floor and the potential to break.
US11224486B2	Global synchronization of user preferences A robotic system includes a communication system coupled to communicate with one or more external devices that include first user preferences. The robotic system also includes memory storing a database including second user preferences. A controller is coupled to the user interface, the communication system, and the memory, and the controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the robotic system to perform operations. Operations may include retrieving the first user preferences using the communication system; retrieving the second user preferences from the database; resolving conflicts between the first user preferences and the second user preferences to create a final set of user preferences; and configuring the robotic system with the revised set of user preferences.
US11224484B2	Surgical sensor anchor system Surgical systems for use in surgical procedures utilizing robotic devices. The surgical system having one or more components for housing a sensor or one or more tools for anchor or sensor delivery. The surgical system may include a surgical sensor anchor and/or a surgical sensor anchor delivery tool. A method of performing a robotically assisted surgical procedure, comprising using a surgical sensor anchor during a surgical procedure which utilizes a robot to track movement of at least one portion of a body structure undergoing a surgical procedure or to track movement of a body structure near a surgical site.
US11224480B2	Medical devices and related methods A medical device includes a shaft including a lumen configured to direct a flow of fluid through the shaft and an electrode. A proximal end of the electrode and a distal end of the shaft form a coupling configured to releasably couple the proximal end of the electrode with the distal end of the shaft. When the proximal end of the electrode is coupled to the distal end of the shaft, fluid delivered through the lumen is emitted from the electrode.
US11224470B2	Bone screw and method of manufacture A bone screw comprises a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and a minor diameter. The shaft including a core having an angled surface relative to the axis. The angled surface extending from the minor diameter adjacent a proximal portion of the shaft to a distal portion of the shaft, and a wall disposed about the angled surface. The wall including at least one thread having an external thread form. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US11224469B2	Implants and related methods for bunion correction Implants, systems and related methods for correcting bunions are disclosed. The implants, systems and methods may include a first bone engaging implant configured to couple to a first bone, and a second bone engaging implant configured to couple to a second bone that is adjacent the first bone. The implants, systems and methods may further include a flexible cable member extending between the first and second implants that allows motion between the first and second implants but for movement of the first and second implants away from each other. The length of the cable member may draw the first bone towards the second bone and decrease an angle formed between therebetween. The cable member may be rigidly or slidably coupled to the first and second implants.
US11224461B2	Flexible fastening band connector A flexible fastening band connector can comprises a recess to receive a distal end portion of a flexible fastening band and lumen to receive the proximal end portion of the flexible fastening band. The lumen guides the proximal end portion of the flexible fastening band toward a fastening mechanism. The flexible fastening band connector can comprise an opening to receive a spinal rod. In operation, the spinal rod is coupled to additional devices to secure the spinal rod to portions of one or more vertebra. In some embodiments, a method of performing an operation, e.g. a spinal operation, on a patient using the disclosed connector is provided.
US11224460B2	Access device Various devices and methods are provided with respect to inserting multiple surgical instruments through a single surgical access device. A medical device including a flexible tissue retractor a releasable insert having multiple instrument openings, and a member such as a sleeve is disclosed. The insert can be in the form of an insert assembly including multiple components. The sleeve can support the insert with respect to the retractor such that the insert and sleeve can be removed together with the retractor remaining in the incision. A method of using the insert is also described.
US11224444B2	Patient specific template and method for partial knee replacement This invention relates to a surgical device for preparing the knee joint of a patient undergoing to partial knee replacement. The device is patient specific and has information about implant size, alignment and bone cut. This device consists of two parts, one is related to femoral template and the other one is related to tibial template. The femoral template positioned to a predefined location on the femur bone based on virtual planning of the surgery on specific software using 3D imaging. The femoral template allows to perform the posterior distal cut, drill and detect the location of the two holes relevant to the distal cut and implant pegs, while the tibial template allows the surgeon to make the tibial horizontal and vertical cuts; beside that, it has double slots which allows the surgeon to make extra bone removal if needed or when deciding to use larger size of polyethylene insert.
US11224443B2	Method and system for planning/guiding alterations to a bone A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone.
US11224439B2	Hemostatic clip device The present invention relates to a medical instrument, and particularly relates to a hemostatic clip device. The device includes a clamping component and a holder component. The head portion of the sleeve is provided with open slots for clamping arms to move. The tail ends of the outer side edges of clamping arms each is provided with a recess. A hole, corresponding to the position of the recess of one clamping arm, is formed in the other one. The sleeve is connected with the sleeve holder through inner core. The head end of the double-wire supporting arm is connected with the holes, and the other end is connected with wire rope and passes through the sleeve, the inner core, the sleeve holder and a bourdon tube so as to be connected with an operation handle. The device has the advantages of simple structure, firm clamping, convenient use and the like.
US11224438B2	Treatment of incompetent vessels A method of implanting an occlusive device in a perforator vessel may include introducing a needle through skin of a patient, and advancing the needle into a perforator vessel, the perforator vessel extending between a superficial vein and a deep vein. The method may further include distally advancing a delivery component from within the needle until a distal end of the delivery component extends into the deep vein and releasing a distal portion of the occlusive device into the deep vein. The needle may then be proximally withdrawn from the perforator vessel such that the device is exposed within the vessel, and the proximal portion of the device may be released into the superficial vein such that the device blocks flow through the vessel.
US11224436B2	Hemorrhage control device A hemorrhage control device for sealing a penetrating wound includes a tube having a connector engaged to a first end thereof. The connector can selectively engage a container so that the container is in fluidic communication with the tube. The container can selectively pressurize a fluid positioned therein so that the fluid is selectively dispensable through the tube. A shell is engaged to a second end of, and in fluidic communication with, the tube. The shell is selectively expandable from a compacted configuration wherein the shell is substantially circumferentially equivalent to the tube. The shell can be at least partially inserted into a penetrating wound in a mammal, such as a bullet wound. The shell then can be selectively expanded, as the fluid is dispensed from the container through the tube, so that the shell contacts a surface of the penetrating wound to control hemorrhaging.
US11224432B2	Timer circuit to control firing of powered surgical stapler An apparatus includes a body, a shaft extending distally from the body, a motor, a stapling assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft, and a timer circuit operatively coupled to the motor and the firing actuator. The body includes a firing actuator and the motor is configured to activate in response to a firing actuation of the firing actuator. The motor is further configured to deactivate after a first predetermined time period subsequent to the firing actuation. The stapling assembly is configured to selectively move from an open position to a closed position to clamp tissue and is operable to drive a plurality of staples into the clamped tissue in response to activation of the motor. The timer circuit is configured to activate a timer in response to the firing actuation. The timer is configured to run for a second predetermined time period. The timer circuit is configured to ensure deactivation of the motor upon expiration of the second predetermined time period.
US11224429B2	Tool assembly for a surgical stapling device A surgical device comprising a first jaw member, a second jaw member, a clamping member and a clamp apparatus is disclosed. The clamping member is slidably positioned to translate at least partially through the first jaw member. The clamping member engages the first jaw member and the second jaw member, and has a knife blade for cutting tissue. A flange of the clamping member is configured to engage a cam surface to pivot the second jaw member with respect to the first jaw member from an open position toward an approximated position. The clamp apparatus is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position for preventing a gap between proximal portions of the first jaw member and the second jaw member from exceeding a predetermined distance. The clamping member and the clamp apparatus are separately movable.
US11224425B2	Surgical linear cutter wishbone separation mechanism with detent A surgical stapler includes a first half having a first elongate member and a surface with staple forming pockets. The stapler also includes a second half for releasably coupling with the first half and including a second elongate member having a distal portion for deploying staples. The elongate members are pivotable relative to each other about a pivot axis when the halves are releasably coupled. The stapler further includes a latching member for selectively clamping the halves in a clamped state. The stapler also includes a detent member extending laterally from one of the halves toward the other. The stapler further includes a shoulder member positioned on the other of the halves and configured to selectively engage the detent member in response to rotation of the first elongate member away from the second elongate member to an open state in which the elongate members assume a maximum angular orientation.
US11224416B2	Method for intra-abdominally moving an organ A surgical tissue connector system for moving a first internal body tissue to a position away from a second internal body tissue and then holding the first internal body tissue in the position. Tissue connectors are secured to cords such that the length of cord between the tissue connectors can be easily adjusted in a laparoscopic work space.
US11224403B2	Intravascular ultrasound imaging apparatus, interface architecture, and method of manufacturing Solid-state ultrasound imaging devices, systems, and methods are provided. Some embodiments of the present disclosure are particularly directed to compact and efficient ultrasound transducer scanner formed from a substantially cylindrical semiconductor substrate. In some embodiments, an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) device includes: an ultrasound scanner assembly disposed at a distal portion of the flexible elongate member, the ultrasound scanner assembly including a semiconductor substrate having a plurality of transistors formed thereupon. The semiconductor substrate is curved to have a substantially cylindrical form when the ultrasound scanner assembly is in a rolled form, and the plurality of transistors are arranged in a cylindrical arrangement when the ultrasound scanner assembly is in the rolled form. In one such embodiment, the device further includes a plurality of ultrasound transducers formed upon the semiconductor substrate and arranged in a cylindrical arrangement when the ultrasound scanner assembly is in the rolled form.
US11224401B2	Ultrasonic measurement method, ultrasonic measurement apparatus, and program storage device readable by machine An ultrasonic measurement method includes irradiating an object to be measured with an ultrasonic wave, acquiring a reflection wave from the object, calculating at a processor an acoustic impedance in a depth direction of the object from the reflection wave, and estimating and outputting a thickness of the object based upon an inflection point determined by second-order differentiation of the acoustic impedance.
US11224393B2	Fluoroscopy system A fluoroscopy system includes a fluoroscopy device, an indicating assembly and a center control device. The fluoroscopy device includes a contoured support arm, an X-ray emitting unit, an X-ray sensor and a display unit. The contoured support arm has a first end part and a second end part opposite to the first end part. The X-ray emitting unit is located on the first end part and is configured to emit an X-ray. The X-ray sensor is located on the second end part to sense the X-ray. The display unit is electrically connected to the X-ray sensor. The indicating assembly is located near the contoured support arm and includes a plurality of light emitting units. Each of the plurality of light emitting units is rotatable and configured to emit a light plane. The center control device is electrically connected to the fluoroscopy device and the indicating assembly.
US11224383B2	Wireless communications system integrating electronics into orally ingestible products for controlled release of active ingredients Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a consumable capsule containing an active ingredient in at least one compartment movably sealed by a stimuli responsive actuator, and an activation device configured to communicate with the consumable capsule. The activation device is configured to emit a wireless signal to activate the stimuli responsive actuator of the consumable capsule, and the consumable capsule is configured to release the active ingredient into an external environment based on the activation of the stimuli responsive actuator.
US11224380B2	Animal health system and method for monitoring performance Systems and methods for monitoring an animal include receiving a plurality of biological parameters of the animal from a plurality of biological sensors, receiving location parameters of the animal from at least one location sensor, receiving weather parameters corresponding to ambient weather conditions proximate the animal from at least one ambient weather sensor, and comparing at least one of the parameters generated by the sensors with data representing at least one signature corresponding to the animal to determine if there is an irregular parameter. In response to an irregular reading/parameter being identified, then determining if the identified irregular parameter is related to a health condition of the animal and if the identified irregular parameter is not related to the health condition of the animal, then determining if the identified irregular parameter is related to an illegal activity.
US11224378B2	Therapeutic laser system and method A treatment system can include a channel generation system configured to expose an infected region of a target tissue with a laser beam traveling along an optical axis and focused at a focal volume located in or adjacent to the target tissue. The laser beam can have a wavelength ranging from about 100 nm to about 400 nm. The laser beam can be configured to generate at least a first channel in the infected region. The treatment system can also include a detection system configured to detect a first radiation generated by one or more of (i) the target tissue, (ii) a fungi coupled to the infected region in the target tissue, and (iii) an adjacent tissue located proximal to the target tissue as a result of interaction with the laser beam. The treatment system can also include a delivery system configured to deposit an active treatment agent in the at least first channel.
US11224376B2	Tinnitus testing device using brain waves and tinnitus testing method using same The tinnitus testing apparatus of this invention comprises a control part that in turn comprises: an auditory stimulus generation part that can generate a stimulus; and an AEP acquisition and amplitude measurement part that can acquire auditory evoked potential (AEP) brain waves of a examinee due to said stimulus and measure the specific amplitude of said acquired brainwaves; wherein said auditory stimulus is one or more of: a 1st stimulus containing continuous noise and pulse noise; and a 2nd stimulus containing pulse noise and continuous noise with a silent gap.
US11224371B2	Neural interface probe employing amorphous silicon carbide A neural interface device that comprises an implantable microelectrode body. The implantable microelectrode body includes a neural interface probe, which includes a thin film metal trace connected to an interface pad and an amorphous silicon carbide insulation. The amorphous silicon carbide insulation surrounds the thin film metal trace to form an outside surface of the neural interface probe. The interface pad is exposed to an ambient environment of the neural interface probe through an opening in the amorphous silicon carbide insulation. Methods of manufacturing the neural interface device are disclosed.
US11224366B2	Systems, methods, and devices for reducing the pain of glucose monitoring and diabetes treatment The various embodiments disclosed herein are devices that deliver electrical stimulation and/or vibration stimulation to the surface of skin in proximity to insulin injections and/or glucose testing in order to decrease or eliminate the pain of these procedures.
US11224364B2	Ingestible device and associated methods An ingestible device is disclosed which can produce spectral data of one or more analytes, as well as associated methods for characterizing the gastrointestinal tract of a subject which contains such analytes. Related kits and systems are also disclosed.
US11224360B2	Systems and methods for evaluating hearing health Systems and methods are provided for evaluating hearing health of a given user. An input audio signal is transformed into the frequency domain and a first and second hearing profile are applied to the input audio sample. The first hearing profile represents a healthy hearing standard and the second hearing profile is the given user's hearing profile. Using the hearing profiles, first and second perceptually relevant information (PRI) values are generated for the input audio sample. The first and second PRI values are analyzed against each other to generate a PRI index value for the given user, where the PRI index value is a hearing health index value for the given user. The given user's hearing profile may additionally be applied to differently processed audio samples to evaluate the amount of perceptual rescue offered by various digital signal processing algorithms.
US11224350B2	Apparatus and method for detecting artifact of blood pressure signal, and computer readable recording medium storing the method A method for detecting an artifact of a blood pressure signal includes measuring consecutive signals of blood pressure in real time, dividing the consecutive signals into a plurality of unit waveforms by searching systolic starting points and peak points from the measured signals, determining two outputs by applying N consecutive unit waveforms among the plurality of unit waveforms as an input to a deep belief network (DBN), and determining whether the signal is an artifact or a normal signal by using the two determined outputs. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to minimize various false alarms of bio-signal streams which are measured in real time by automatically eliminating ABP artifacts using a deep belief network (DBN) which is one of deep neural network (DNN) models capable of learning causes and shapes of various types of artifacts together.
US11224335B2	Image capturing system and electronic endoscope system An endoscope system includes an endoscope with an image pickup that generates image data by capturing an image of tissue illuminated with light containing wavelength regions spaced from and not overlapping with each other. The image pickup has an RGB filter, the wavelength regions include first and second regions corresponding to a B region and to a G region of the filter. A processor calculates an index representing a molar concentration ratio of first and second biological substances contained in the tissue based on the image data including information on the first and second regions. In the first region, image data B of the tissue varies depending on the molar concentration ratio, the second region contains isosbestic points of the tissue, and, in the second region, image data G has a constant value. The processor calculates the index based on the data B and G.
US11224332B2	Endoscope with camera module turning function An endoscope with a camera module turning function is revealed. The endoscope includes a housing provided with a mounting slot and an output portion, an insertion tube connected to the output portion, a bending member connected to the insertion tube and having a first upper turning hole and a lower turning hole, a first upper string passed through the first upper turning hole of the bending member and mounted in the insertion tube, a lower string passed through the lower turning hole of the bending member and disposed in the insertion tube, a first roller provided with a first string groove on the circumference thereof, a control member provided with a pin and a connecting rod, and an elastic member fixed on the housing and connected to the lower string. The pin is connected to the first roller while the connecting rod is connected to the pin and a control button.
US11224329B2	Medical observation apparatus A medical observation apparatus includes: a display unit that displays thereon an observation image corresponding to a result of examination on a subject; a first camera that performs imaging of plural persons surrounding the subject, and outputs a surrounding image; a selecting unit that selects, based on the surrounding image, an indicator from the plural persons; a line of sight detecting unit that detects a line of sight of the indicator; and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display thereon a superimposed image having a pointer superimposed on the observation image, the pointer being at a position according to a destination of the line of sight of the indicator.
US11224317B1	Toilet seat lifting handle A toilet seat lifting handle includes a first tubular structure secured about the hinge assembly of a traditionally configured toilet seat. A second tubular structure handle protrudes at a right angle at a first end of the first tubular structure thereby lifting or lowering the toilet seat lid when actuated.
US11224311B2	Grinder safety cap The invention involves a grinder safety cap suitable for medicinal items such as herbs or other consumable substances that may be desirably restricted from children, and which may require grinding and/or homogenizing before ingestion. The grinder safety cap is comprised of a cover shell and base shell, wherein the cover shell fits snugly over an upwardly extending top wall of the base shell. The base shell may have upwardly extending grinding protrusions, having sharp and/or serrated edges, capable of grinding, cutting, or otherwise reducing the particle size of a consumable substance. The cover shell may also have downwardly extending grinding protrusions. A consumable substance may be placed within a cavity or receptacle of the base shell, the cover shell may be placed over the top wall of the base shell so as to close the grinder safety cap, and the consumable substance may be ground by turning the cover shell.
US11224309B1	Chafing dish systems and devices A chafing dish set may comprise a stand, a water pan capable of being restably coupled to the stand, wherein the water pan comprises a holding portion configured to receive and hold a liquid, and a food pan capable of being restably coupled to the water pan, wherein the food pan comprises an interior portion configured to receive and hold at least one of a food and a liquid. In some embodiments, the chafing dish set further comprises a lid capable of being restably coupled to the food pan, wherein the lid is configured to substantially cover the interior portion of the food pan.
US11224307B2	Fiber optic light guide for generating illuminated indicia for an electric burner of a heating appliance A heating appliance includes a translucent cooktop and a burner in communication with the cooktop. The burner is operable between deactive and active states. The upper surface of the cooktop defines a cooldown state after the burner is moved from the active to the deactive state. A light module includes a light source and is in an illuminated state when the burner is in the active state and when the cooktop is in the cooldown state. A light guide extends from the light module and around a portion of the burner. The light guide is positioned such that the light source directs light through the light guide. The outer surface of the light guide includes a formed surface that directs light upward and through the cooktop, wherein the light guide is visible through the cooktop when the light module is in the illuminated state.
US11224304B2	Mounting bracket lock A mounting bracket lock may be configured to secure the mounting bracket of a window treatment housing to a rail of the housing. The mounting bracket lock may be slidably attachable to the rail and, when in a locked position, may prevent the mounting bracket from detaching from the rail. The mounting bracket lock may include a body that is mountable to the rail. The body may include a first portion that slidably attaches to the rail, and a second portion that receives a portion of the rail and a portion of the mounting bracket, thereby securing the mounting bracket in a locked position relative to the rail. The body of the mounting bracket lock may define one or more projections that extend therefrom, and that engage in a friction fit between corresponding surfaces of the mounting bracket when the mounting bracket lock is in the locked position.
US11224302B2	Receiving module A receiving module is disclosed herein. The receiving module can include a body and a door having a front shield and a rear shield coupled to the front shield at an angle. The body of the receiving module can include installation tabs that can include installation plates. The installation plates can be bent and placed against an installation surface to facilitate installation of the receiving module. The receiving module can be coupled to a container that includes a heating compartment and a cooling compartment to store delivered goods or packages in desirable temperature conditions. The receiving module can be modular and attached to different locations.
US11224299B2	Self-standing merchandise frame A Self-Standing Merchandise Frame is provided for displaying merchandise items in a store and allowing the attachment of multiple racks of numerous sizes, including 24 inches, 48 inches and 96 inches. The Self-Standing Merchandise Frame may be configured with a sign plate, a first and a second vertical tubes, an upper and a lower support and a base plate which structurally support the self-standing of the frame. Dependent on a particular application, the Self-Standing Merchandise Frame could be assembled as a single stand or a double stand. Dependent on a particular application, the Self-Standing Merchandise Frame could be assembled with a table.
US11224289B1	Shelf support assembly A shelf support assembly includes a longitudinal post and a shelf bracket. The longitudinal post is attached upright to a vertical surface and includes a front surface that extends from a base of the post. The post includes two opposing longitudinal flanges each extending from a lateral side of the front surface. Each of the two opposing longitudinal flanges include a plurality of concentric flange holes. The shelf bracket is attached in a cantilevered arrangement to the longitudinal post. The shelf bracket includes a support surface and a support arm extending vertically away from an end of the support surface. The support arm includes two opposing arms, each having a concentric arm hole such that, with the shelf bracket attached to the longitudinal post, the concentric arm holes are aligned with a pair of the plurality of concentric flange holes of the longitudinal post.
US11224275B2	Hair styling device A hair styling device and methods are disclosed. The device has a first blade section comprising a first blade section heating element having a first heating element surface. The device has a second blade section rotatably coupled to the first blade section via a pivoting device and configured to rotate about a pivot axis, wherein, the second blade section comprises, a second blade section heating element having a second heating element surface. The pivot axis is not co-planar with the first and second heating element surfaces.
US11224274B2	Hairstyling apparatuses and related methods A hairstyling apparatus is provided, the apparatus including: a barrel defining a hairstyling surface and a central longitudinal axis, wherein the barrel has a first proximal end and a second distal end; a heating element in thermal communication with the barrel; and a rotating member in rotating communication with the proximal end of the barrel which rotates around the central axis of the barrel, the rotating member including a rotating plate that surrounds the proximal end of the barrel and an axially extending tab from the rotating plate along a longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface over at least a portion of longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface; wherein the rotating member includes a comb member, extending from the rotating member (such as the rotating sleeve/collar) which is attached or assembled to the tab and comprises a plurality of comb teeth arranged along the longitudinal length of the hairstyling surface.
US11224273B2	Luggage system equipped with a semi-automatic battery power module ejection mechanism A luggage system employing a rechargeable battery power supplying assembly. A base housing component is mounted in an aperture formed in the rear housing portion, and has a top surface. A battery module casing is mounted to and beneath the base housing component. A rechargeable battery power module is contained in the battery module casing, and provides a DC battery recharging port and a set of DC power supplying ports. A semi-automatic battery power module ejection mechanism is mounted within a battery module casing.
US11224269B2	Retractable umbrella frame device Disclosed herein are retractable umbrella frame devices comprising a base body structure at least partially surrounding a central axis structure. The central axis structure can be connected to a skeletal frame structure comprising a plurality of arms having a first end connected to the central axis structure and a second free end. The plurality of arms can be moveably connected to the central axis structure, such that the arms can be retracted into or extended from the base body structure. In some embodiments, the base body structure comprises open portions along its length. In some embodiments, the retractable umbrella frame devices further comprise one or more secondary support structures at least partially surrounding the base body structure. In some embodiments, the retractable umbrella frame devices can further comprise guide structures connected to the one or more secondary support structures and the arms of the skeletal frame structure.
US11224267B1	Customizable necklace system and method A customizable necklace comprising a necklace body, a first fastener and a second fastener. The necklace body forms a closed loop. The first fastener is configured to disconnectably and selectively secure to different positions along the necklace body. Similarly, the second fastener is configured to disconnectably and selectively secure to different positions along the necklace body. The customizable necklace system is configured to adopt multiple usage positions, in which the first and second fasteners are attached to the necklace body and to one another forming a first loop and a second loop, wherein the first loop has a different size in each usage position and the second loop has a different size in each usage position.
US11224265B2	Articles and methods of manufacture of articles Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. Portions of the articles may be manufactured using rapid manufacturing and those portions may be joined with portions formed using conventional, non-rapid manufacturing techniques. The methods may also include performing a scan of an appropriate body part of a user, such as a foot, in order to create a customized article of footwear for the user.
US11224261B2	Knitted article with at least one scallop element and methods of manufacture In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to an article at least partially formed by a knitted component. In some embodiments, the article may include an upper for an article of footwear. The knitted component may include a seamless portion extending from a toe area, through a midfoot area, and to a heel area of the upper on at least one of a lateral and a medial side of the upper. A first course may at least partially form the knitted component, and the first course may extend from the heel area to the toe area of the upper.
US11224251B2	Aerosol-generating article comprising a liquid delivery element An aerosol-generating article (10) includes a mouthpiece (14) comprising at least one segment of filter material (18,20) and a liquid delivery element (22). The liquid delivery element (22) comprises: an upstream end and a downstream end; a double-walled annular body portion (28) comprising: an inner wall (34) defining a longitudinal channel (38) extending through the liquid delivery element (22); and an outer wall (32) integrally formed with the inner wall (34), the outer wall (32) circumscribing the inner wall (34) such that a cavity (36) is defined between the outer wall (32) and the inner wall (34), the cavity (36) having an opening in at least one of the upstream end and the downstream end and containing a liquid; and annular sealing means (40) inserted between the inner wall (34) and the outer wall (32) of the annular body portion (28) to provide a liquid tight seal at the opening or openings of the cavity (36). The inner wall (34) and the outer wall (32) of the annular body portion (28) are configured such that the inner wall (34) is breakable upon application of a compressive force to the liquid delivery element (22) in a transverse direction and such that upon breakage of the inner wall (34) the liquid is released from the cavity (36) into the longitudinal channel (38).
US11224249B2	Smoking article with heat resistant sheet material A smoking article includes a sheet material including a fibrous layer formed of cellulosic fibres and at least 50% by weight of inorganic filler material having a particle size in range of from 0.1 microns and 50 microns, wherein the sheet material has a tensile strength of at least 900 N/m. The fibrous layer includes a binder material, such as an organic binder material. The organic binder material can be a cellulosic binder material. A coating layer may be provided on at least one side of the fibrous layer.
US11224245B2	Non-chemically modified food starches A process for producing thermally inhibited starch, specifically thermally inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starch, is described, resulting in a viscostable starch product. The process comprising providing an alkaline starch, specifically an alkaline non-pregelatinized granular starch, having a pH of at least 8; subjecting the starch to a hydrothermal treatment, specifically to obtain a hydrothermally treated non-pregelatinized granular starch, said hydrothermal treatment being at a temperature of 45-200° C. with steam at a steam pressure of 0.1-15 bar or a gas mixture comprising water vapor at a partial water vapor pressure of 0.1-1 bar; dehydrating the starch, specifically the hydrothermally treated non-pregelatinized granular starch, to a moisture content of 2 wt % or lower and subjecting the starch to a thermal treatment by heating the starch to a temperature of 120-190° C. to obtain viscostability, cooling and optionally further processing the starch.
US11224240B2	Device and method for pasteurizing and filling medium into containers A device for pasteurizing and filling medium into containers includes a short time heating system for pasteurizing the medium, a single buffer container downstream of the short time heating system for receiving the medium, and a rotary filling device downstream of the buffer container. The filling device is connected to the buffer container in a buffer-free manner and pipes and/or one or more rotary distributors are disposed between the filling device and the buffer container. A method for pasteurizing and filling medium into containers, where filling the containers with the medium is performed by way of a device in a buffer-free manner using a filling device, includes: pasteurizing the medium in the short time heating system, buffering the pasteurized medium in the buffer container, and filling the pasteurized medium into the containers. The pasteurized medium is transported in a buffer-free manner from the buffer container to the filling device.
US11224230B2	Apparatus for tearing meat An apparatus for tearing meat is disclosed. The apparatus includes a gravity-fed hopper including at least one sidewall that forms a first opening configured to receive meat articles and a second opening configured to discharge torn meat articles. The apparatus includes a rotatable spindle element positioned at least partially within the hopper and downstream of the first opening. The rotatable spindle element includes a shaft having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of teeth coupled to the shaft, the teeth being spaced apart from one another. The apparatus includes a plurality of rods, which extend from the sidewall spaced apart from one another and which are interlaced with the plurality of teeth, and a motor coupled to the rotatable spindle element configured to rotate the rotatable spindle element to cause at least some of the plurality of teeth to rotate and pass between two different rods.
US11224221B2	Antibacterial composition including benzoic acid ester and methods of inhibiting bacterial growth utilizing the same Antibacterial compositions and methods for inhibiting bacterial growth are disclosed. The antibacterial compositions can include a carrier and an antibacterial agent including a benzoic acid ester. The benzoic acid ester can have a carbon chain having a length of two to ten. The benzoic acid ester can have a hydroxyl group on the carbon chain.
US11224214B2	Waterfowl decoy A method of simulating feeding movement of a waterfowl decoy in a body of water includes rotating a shaft of a motor of the decoy from a resting position to a first feeding position to cause the decoy to move from a horizontal position to a vertical position, from the first feeding position to a second feeding position to cause the decoy to move from the vertical position to a position between the horizontal position and the first feeding position, from the second feeding position to the first feeding position to cause the body of the decoy to move from the position between the horizontal position and the first feeding position back to the vertical position, and from the first or second feeding position back to the resting position thereby causing the body of the decoy to move back to the resting position.
US11224194B2	Tomato line FISXJ14-651 The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line FISXJ14-6515. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line FISXJ14-6515 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato tomato line FISXJ14-6515 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11224188B1	Pepper hybrid SVPB7971 and parents thereof The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB7971, pepper line SBR-8T17-6533, and pepper line SBY-8T16-6449. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB7971, pepper line SBR-8T17-6533, and pepper line SBY-8T16-6449 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPB7971, pepper line SBR-8T17-6533, and pepper line SBY-8T16-6449 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US11224179B2	Lettuce variety nun 06147 LTL The disclosure relates to a new and distinct variety of lettuce variety NUN 06147 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. NUN 06147 LTL is a Romaine short day variety comprising resistance Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) isolates B1:16-35 EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, and Lettuce Necrotic Spot Virus (LNSV).
US11224178B2	Lettuce variety NUN 01201 LTL The disclosure relates to a new and distinct variety of lettuce variety NUN 01201 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. NUN 01201 LTL is a short-day Iceberg lettuce variety for the Mediterranean cool autumn comprising resistance Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) isolates B1:16-36 EU and Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0.
US11224172B2	Compressed air artificial wind system and method thereof, firefighting equipment The present invention provides a compressed air artificial wind system including compressed air storage device, compressed air discharge device, artificial wind system base and controller; also a firefighting equipment including an extinguishing agent tank and the compressed air artificial wind system. The compressed air storage device includes row tubes and manifolds for production and storage of high/ultra-high pressure compressed air; the compressed air discharge device includes intake pipe, expansion chamber, Laval nozzle and wind-blowing tube; the artificial wind system base is built as an infrastructure. Large quantity of high/ultra-high pressure compressed air under control from the compressed air storage device and through the compressed air discharge device to spray out generating artificial wind with large air volume and high wind speed for meteorological control, forest firefighting, air defence and coastal defence, respectively.
US11224165B2	Agricultural header with one or more movable wing sections An agricultural header includes: a main section including a main frame carrying at least one cutting element; at least one wing section pivotably coupled to the main section and including a wing frame; and a linkage pivotably coupling the at least one wing section to the main section, the linkage including an upper bar and a lower bar which are both coupled to the main frame and the wing frame, the upper bar defining an upper bar axis and the lower bar defining a lower bar axis which is non-parallel to the upper bar axis.
US11224159B2	Downforce monitoring system for an agricultural row unit A downforce monitoring system for an agricultural row unit includes a controller configured to receive a first input signal indicative of torque applied to a gauge wheel support arm. The controller is also configured to receive a second input signal indicative of an angle of the gauge wheel support arm relative to a frame of the agricultural row unit. In addition, the controller is configured to determine a determined downforce applied to a soil surface by a gauge wheel rotatably coupled to the gauge wheel support arm based on the torque and the angle. The controller is also configured to output a first output signal of the determined downforce, to output a second output signal to a downforce actuator to control a downforce applied to the soil surface by the gauge wheel based on the determined downforce and a target downforce, or a combination thereof.
US11224156B2	Precision seeder A single-grain seeder for introducing seeds into soil, including a singulating member which is suitable for singulating seeds supplied from a storage container and for dispensing the seeds individually, wherein the single-grain seeder has an application unit for applying a dressing agent to a singulated seed, wherein the application unit is arranged with respect to the singulating member in such a manner that the dressing agent is applied to a seed after the seed has been singulated and prior to the seed being dispensed from the singulating member.
US11224152B2	Angle adjustable connecting part for farm equipment and hand tools An angle adjustable connecting part for farm equipment and hand tools easily detaches from a working part of farm equipment and a hand tool from a sack. A connecting part is formed on the front end of a working part of farm equipment or hand tool. A connecting part is also formed on the front end of a sack, thereby coupling the working part and the sack. The connecting part has a fixing hole formed in the center thereof, and multiple angle adjusting holes are formed concentrically outward. A fixing hole is formed at the center outward from the connecting part. A fixing plate has a fixing protrusion inserted into the angle adjusting hole. When a fixing screw is fixed to the fixing plate and the fixing hole of the connecting part, the fixing protrusion of the fixing plate is fixed to an angle adjusting hole of the connecting part.
US11229150B2	Component mounting system Component mounting system 1 includes electronic component mounting device 10, control device 100, image processing device 110, and storage device 115. Electronic component mounting device 10 includes mounting head 26, supply device 28, and component camera 90. Electronic component mounting device 10 holds a supplied electronic component with mounting head 26, and images the held electronic component with component camera 90. Controller 102 performs image processing on captured image data with image processing device 110 to determine the acceptability and position of the electronic component (S6). Controller 102 monitors the start and end of the storage period (S10, S13) based on the magnitude relationship between the error rate calculated from the determination result information in the error rate calculation process (S8) and the reference error rate (S9). If the image data captured with component camera 90 is stored within the storage period, controller 102 stores the image data in storage device 115 (S11).
US11229149B2	Electronic coupler removal tool An electronic coupler removal tool (100) that includes a housing (102), a wall (104), a hook member (106), an electronic coupler-receiving portion (108), and an electronic coupler-release mechanism (202), is provided. The housing includes a first surface (102a), a second surface (102b) and a third surface (102c). The wall extends substantially perpendicularly from the first surface. The hook member extends substantially perpendicularly from the wall and is configured to receive a cable portion (308) coupled to an electronic coupler (300). The hook member, the wall, and the first surface define the electronic coupler-receiving portion that is configured to slidably receive the electronic coupler. The electronic coupler release mechanism includes a plunger rod (204) having a first end (210) and a second end (212) and is movable with respect to the housing (102) to engage a locking tab (306) of the electronic coupler at least partially within the electronic coupler-receiving portion.
US11229147B2	Thermally-conductive electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbers with silicon carbide According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of thermally-conductive EMI absorbers that generally includes thermally-conductive particles, EMI absorbing particles, and silicon carbide. The silicon carbide is present in an amount sufficient to synergistically enhance thermal conductivity and/or EMI absorption. By way of example, an exemplary embodiment of a thermally-conductive EMI absorber may include silicon carbide, magnetic flakes, manganese zinc ferrite, alumina, and carbonyl iron.
US11229139B2	Isolating information handling system racks from shock and vibration in a modular data center A modular data center includes a container for housing at least one rack containing an information handling system. A frame is disposed within the container. The frame has several upper cross-members and several lower cross-members. A floor is coupled to the lower cross-members and the at least one rack is disposed on an upper surface of the floor. At least one lower bracket extends between the floor and the first rack and is affixed to the floor and a first rack to couple/secure the first rack to the floor. Several first isolators are mounted between the floor and the lower cross-members. The first isolators protect the first rack from mechanical shock and vibration.
US11229135B2	Multiple function chassis mid-channel An assembly is disclosed that includes a planar surface, a reconfigurable housing disposed on the planar surface, a hinge assembly coupled to the reconfigurable housing, a door coupled to the hinge assembly, the door having a latch that is configured to secure the door in a closed position against the reconfigurable housing and a seal configured to reduce airflow through the reconfigurable housing.
US11229134B2	Handle device, chassis and server A handle device is configured for a chassis body. The chassis body includes a main part and a cover plate. The handle device includes a base part and a handle part. The base part is disposed on the cover plate. The handle part includes an operative part, a coupling part and a shaft part. The coupling part is connected to the operative part. The shaft part is connected to the coupling part. The coupling part of the handle part is pivotally coupled to the base part. The shaft part is rotatably disposed on the main part. The handle part is movable relative to the base part so as to disengage the cover plate from the main part.
US11229133B2	Electronic device including magnet An electronic device includes a first housing including a first side surface, a second housing including a second side surface that may face at least a portion of the first side surface, a first magnet group disposed adjacent to the first side surface in the first housing and including a first designated pattern along a lengthwise direction, and a second magnet group disposed adjacent to the second side surface in the second housing and including a second designated pattern along a lengthwise direction, wherein the first designated pattern of the first magnet group and the second designated pattern of the second magnet group are alternately magnetized with an N pole or an S pole, and wherein the first housing and the second housing are coupled together to be rotatable by the first magnet group and the second magnet group.
US11229131B2	Enclosures having an anti-fingerprint surface Embodiments of an enclosure including a substrate having an anti-fingerprint surface are disclosed. The anti-fingerprint surface may include a textured surface, a coated surface or a coated textured surface that exhibits a low fingerprint visibility, when a fingerprint is applied to the anti-fingerprint surface. In one or more embodiments, the enclosure exhibits any one of the following attributes (1) radio, and microwave frequency transparency, as defined by a loss tangent of less than 0.03 and at a frequency range of between 15 MHz to 3.0 GHz; (2) infrared transparency; (3) a fracture toughness of greater than 0.6 MPa·m1/2; (4) a 4-point bend strength of greater than 350 MPa; (5) a Vickers hardness of at least 450 kgf/mm2 and a Vickers median/radial crack initiation threshold of at least 5 kgf; (6) a Young's Modulus in the range from about 50 GPa to about 100 GPa; and (7) a thermal conductivity of less than 2.0 W/m° C.
US11229130B2	Heat-insulation device and electronic product A heat-insulation device and an electronic product, the heat-insulation device is of a closed hollow structure, and includes a first cover body and a second cover body arranged opposite to each other; a vacuum cavity is formed in the heat-insulation device; the first cover body is made of a heat-conducting material; and a heat-conducting element is provided in the vacuum cavity, and a first end of the heat-conducting element is in contact with an inner wall surface of the first cover body.
US11229128B2	Display device A display device is provided. The display device includes a housing; a roller disposed inside the housing; a display unit configured to be rolled around the roller; a first arm and a second arm, wherein one end of the first arm is rotatably coupled to the display unit and another end of the first arm is rotatably coupled to the second arm; a lead screw disposed inside the housing; a slider configured to move along the lead screw according to a rotation of the lead screw; and a rod comprising one end rotatably coupled to the slider and another end rotatably coupled to the second arm such that the second arm is raised and lowered based on movement of the slider along the lead screw; wherein the rod and the second arm are rotatably coupled via at least a first connection member and a first intermediate member, wherein the first connection member is configured to pass through the second arm and the rod and the first intermediate member is configured to surround a portion of the first connection member which passes through the second arm.
US11229126B2	System and method for manufacturing flexible laminated circuit boards The present invention relates to an improved system and method for manufacturing flexible circuit boards (FSBs) using optical alignment and various bonding systems. The invention provides an improved process to connect together the layers of rigid-flex, flexible, and printed circuit boards while maintaining alignment of the layers prior to and possibly after a lamination step. An optical alignment system is provided, a preferred arrangement is enabled as an automated pinless bonding system (PBS), for securely gripping, aligning, transferring, and clamping, bonding and moving a bonded FSB employing a multi-axis orientation. An alternative manual optical alignment and bonding system is provided.
US11229120B1	Apparatus, system, and method for retaining thermal interface material between electrical components and heatsinks The disclosed interference-fit frame includes (1) a border dimensioned for installation around an electrical component coupled to a circuit board, wherein (A) the border forms an opening in which the electrical component resides when the border is installed and (B) at least a portion of the border constitutes a retention dam that rises beyond the electrical component when the border is installed, and (2) at least one protuberance that extends from the border into the opening. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11229118B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board, comprising a flexible insulating layer, a rigid insulating layer laminated on a portion of the flexible insulating layer, and a coverlay disposed on an upper surface of the rigid insulating layer, an upper surface of the flexible insulating layer, and a side surface of the rigid insulating layer positioned between the upper surface of the rigid insulating layer and the upper surface of the flexible insulating layer.
US11229108B2	Methods and apparatus for providing DC power for low voltage lighting A DC power supply for lighting includes low voltage driver electronics for any suitable load such as lighting along with a supervisory controller that communicates to the driver electronics via any suitable digital communication protocol. Each driver's output ports include a 3rd wire that communicates to the low voltage load fixture for the purpose of auto-negotiating the appropriate power level without first having to energize the fixture.
US11229106B2	Faceplate remote control device for use in a load control system A faceplate remote control device may be attached to a wall-mounted mechanical light switch that has a toggle actuator. The faceplate remote control device may include a toggle indicator that detects operation of the toggle actuator of the mechanical switch. The toggle indicator may cause the generation of an indication of detected operation of the toggle actuator. The toggle indicator may comprise a sliding member that is configured to move with the toggle actuator. The toggle indicator may comprise an obstruction detection device that includes an infrared (IR) transmitter and an IR receiver. The faceplate remote control device may include a control circuit and a wireless communication circuit. The control circuit may be configured to cause the wireless communication circuit to transmit one or more messages in response to detecting operation of the toggle actuator of the mechanical switch.
US11229105B2	Two-part load control system mountable to a single electrical wallbox A load control system includes a load control device and a remote control for configuring and controlling operation of the load control device. The load control device and remote control may be mounted to an electrical wallbox. The system may be configured by associating the remote control with the load control device, and actuating a button on the remote control to configure the load control device. A second remote control device may be directly or indirectly associated with the load control device. The load control device and remote control may communicate via inductive coils that are magnetically coupled together. The remote control may be operable to charge a battery from energy derived from the magnetic coupling between the inductive coils. The load control device and remote control may include near-field communication modules that are operable to communicate wirelessly via near-field radiation.
US11229099B2	Systems and methods for dimming control related to TRIAC dimmers associated with LED lighting System and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes. For example, the system includes: a voltage detector configured to receive a rectified voltage associated with a TRIAC dimmer and generated by a rectifying bridge and generate a first sensing signal representing the rectified voltage; a distortion detector configured to receive the first sensing signal, determine whether the rectified voltage is distorted or not based at least in part on the first sensing signal, and generate a distortion detection signal indicating whether the rectified voltage is distorted or not; and a phase detector configured to receive the first sensing signal and generate a phase detection signal indicating a detected phase range within which the TRIAC dimmer is in a conduction state based at least in part on the first sensing signal.
US11229097B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting the rate of change of the brightness of a light emitting diode (LED) light fixture Light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixtures are presented that use a low-pass filter to smooth out or eliminate discrete, step changes in LED light fixture brightness, that may result from the use of digital brightness level settings. Because some lighting applications require a fast response to changes in the set brightness level, and some applications require a slower response, one set of examples use a switchable RC low-pass filter circuit, with two or more selectable RC time constant values. Another set of examples use a programmable resistance integrated circuit to achieve a more continuously-variable time constant, for greater flexibility in adjusting the response time of the LED lighting fixture, in response to user brightness inputs. The user is able to control the maximum rate of change of the LED light fixture's brightness, in response to changes in the brightness setting.
US11229095B2	Electromagnetic wave food processing system and methods Embodiments herein include processing systems for food products and related methods. In an embodiment, a food processing system is included with a continuous processing channel divided into a come-up chamber, a main electromagnetic wave (such as microwave) heating chamber, and a cool-down chamber. The continuous processing channel can define at least two separate portions oriented for vertical product movement. In various embodiments, the come-up chamber, the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber, and the cool-down chamber are at least partially filled with liquid. The system can further include a product conveyor mechanism to convey food products to be processed continuously along a conveyance path passing from the come-up chamber through the main electromagnetic wave heating chamber and to the cool-down chamber. The system can further include an electromagnetic wave energy emitting apparatus configured to emit electromagnetic wave energy into the main heating chamber. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11229092B2	Heating circuit and induction cooking hob The invention relates to a heating circuit for induction heating coils of an induction cooking hob and to an induction cooking hob including such a heating circuit. In the heating circuit, there are in each case two auxiliary half bridges interconnected to excite a respective resonant circuit for an induction heating coil such that the resonant circuit is excited by a full bridge. Thereby, lost heat is considerably reduced. Via a connecting device the auxiliary half bridges can be controlled to excite induction heating coils, which are partly or fully covered by a cooking vessel.
US11229090B2	Multilayered nanowire arrays with lateral interposers A method for fabricating a multilayered metal nanowire array including providing a metal seed layer, stacking a plurality of porous templates on the seed layer so that a gap forms between each adjacent pair of templates, depositing by electroplating a metal in the pores so that the metal produces nanowires in the templates and lateral interposers in the gaps between the templates, and dissolving the templates so as to produce the multilayered nanowire array including the lateral interposers. The layers between the interposers can have the same or different thicknesses, the diameter and density of the pores in each layer can be the same or different and the metal deposited in the pores of the layers can be the same or different.
US11229088B2	Base station system A base station system includes a base station device (1), a wireless transmission device (2) and a data transfer device (3), each of which can be installed outdoors. Enclosures (12, 22 and 32) of the devices (1-3) each provide a degree of protection from water and dust ingress necessary for being installed outdoors. The enclosure (12) of the base station device (1) accommodates electronic equipment (11) functioning as a base station. The enclosure (22) of the wireless transmission device (2) accommodates electronic equipment (21) functioning as a radio station to perform wireless transmission with the other device for connecting the base station device (1) to a mobile backhaul network. The enclosure (32) of the data transfer device (3) accommodates electronic equipment (31) functioning as a router or a switch to transfer data packets or data flames between the base station device (1) and the wireless transmission device (2). This eliminates the need for construction of a building/shelter to install the base station system.
US11229086B2	Ad hoc communication network An ad hoc communication network includes at least one vehicle-side radio device connected to a vehicle, a plurality of track-side radio devices installed on a track of the vehicle, and a monitoring and control unit, which is connected to at least one track-side radio device for communication. The track-side radio devices communicate, without logical connection with other track-side radio devices located within the radio range and with the vehicle-side radio device and forward received data to other track-side radio devices located within the radio range. At least two other track-side radio devices are located in each direction along the track within the radio range of each track-side radio device. The track-side radio devices transfer received data to the closest and to the second closest track-side radio device in at least one direction along the track.
US11229082B2	Controlled interruptions to wireless signalling A method for mitigating intentional potential interruptions in data signal communication, the method comprising transmitting (S21) or receiving (S23) a data signal, determining when a portion of the data signal has been successfully transmitted (S22) or received (S24), when the portion of the data signal has been successfully transmitted or received, generating (S25) a transmission interruption signal, and in response to the transmission interruption signal, performing one or more maintenance operations, such as beamforming, that may potentially interrupt transmission or reception of the data signal.
US11229081B2	Method for performing beam failure recovery in wireless communication system and apparatus for the same The present disclosure provides a method for recovering a beam failure in a wireless communication system. The method performed by an user equipment (UE) according to the present disclosure includes receiving a resource configuration in relation to a beam failure recovery request from a base station (BS); receiving a beam reference signal (BRS) used for beam management from the BS; transmitting the beam failure recovery request to the BS using a first resource based on the resource configuration, when a beam failure even is detected; and reporting a measurement result by the beam reference signal to the BS.
US11229079B2	Information configuration method and terminal Embodiments of the present application provide an information configuration method and a terminal. The method includes: a terminal receives first configuration information sent by a target base station, the first configuration information comprising at least one secondary node configuration; if the first configuration information comprises one secondary node configuration, after the terminal receives the first configuration information, the secondary node configuration is in an active state; if the first configuration information comprises multiple secondary node configurations, the terminal selects, on the basis of the cell signal measurement signal in an inactive state, one secondary node configuration from the multiple secondary node configurations, and informs the target base station of the selected secondary node configuration so that the secondary node configuration is in an active state.
US11229069B2	Method and apparatus of supporting wireless femtocell communications A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment.
US11229053B2	Method, apparatus, and system for channel access in unlicensed band The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a system for adjusting a contention window size for performing channel access. In particular, the present invention provides a method comprising: receiving a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) responses for downlink transmission(s) in a reference subframe of the specific cell; setting a contention window size for a transmission in the specific cell; selecting a random number N within the contention window size; and performing, when a channel of the specific cell is idle for at least N slot periods, a downlink transmission on the channel, wherein the setting a contention window size comprises: increasing the contention window size to a next higher allowed value and maintaining the increased value when a ratio of negative acknowledgement (NACK) among the plurality of HARQ-ACK responses is equal to or more than a reference value, and setting the contention window size to a minimum value when the ratio of the NACK among the plurality of HARQ-ACK responses is less than the reference value, and an apparatus and a system therefor.
US11229051B2	Method and apparatus for carrier sensing Methods and devices for carrier sensing are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for carrier sensing implemented at a terminal device comprises determining at least one transmission resource schedulable for uplink data transmission on a channel operating in an unlicensed spectrum, determining at least one carrier sensing process respectively for the at least one transmission resource, and performing the carrier sensing on the channel according to the determined at least one carrier sensing process before reception of downlink scheduling information for the uplink data transmission.
US11229048B2	Uplink channel transmitting method, and terminal device The present application discloses an uplink channel transmitting method and a terminal device. The method includes: a terminal device receives uplink grant information transmitted by a network device, where the uplink grant information is used to indicate the terminal device to transmit a first uplink channel and a second uplink channel in a first time unit; and the terminal device transmits, according to priority of uplink channel, at least one of the first uplink channel and the second uplink channel in the first time unit in case that total transmitting power for the terminal device to transmit the first uplink channel and the second uplink channel exceeds maximum transmitting power for the terminal device; where the priority of uplink channel from low to high includes: an uplink channel without HARQ-ACK; and an uplink channel with HARQ-ACK.
US11229047B2	Transport block repetition handling for downlink and uplink transmissions Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, devices may implement transmission repetitions for transport blocks (TBs) to improve reception reliability. To support low latency, TBs may be transmitted in any transmission time interval (TTI) or mini-slot within a subframe or slot. The systems may implement processes to handle these TB repetitions near slot or subframe boundaries. For example, different resources in time for an initial TB transmission may correspond to different numbers of repetitions to avoid crossing defined boundaries. In some cases, TB transmission parameters, numbers of repetitions, or both may be modified based on a repetition window spanning multiple slots or subframes. A base station may transmit a grant indicating the initial resource in time, and a user equipment (UE) may determine the number of transmission repetitions for a TB based on a proximity of the initial resource in time to a defined boundary.
US11229042B2	Method and apparatus for determining and communicating multi-stage sidelink control information First stage SCI can be determined. The first stage SCI including information can indicate whether or not a second stage SCI is being transmitted. The first stage SCI can be periodically transmitted. The second stage SCI can be determined. The second stage SCI can be transmitted.
US11229031B2	Uplink control information transmitting method in wireless communication system and device using method An uplink control information (UCI) transmitting method and device in a wireless communication system are provided. The method receives a first ACK/NACK resource indicator (ARI) in a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP), receives a second ARI in a second downlink BWP, determines UCI transmitted in an uplink BWP according to whether a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicated by the first ARI is the same as a second PUCCH resource indicated by the second ARI, and transmits the determined UCI through the uplink BWP.
US11229023B2	Secure communication in network access points Disclosed is an access point (AP) for a network that includes security features for interacting with devices on the network. The other devices on the network may be other APs, client devices, or a backend configuration server. The access point includes a private key that is used to verify signals to and from (the private key may be different for different functions). In the case of other APs, the private key is used to verify control signals sent between the APs to identify and prevent a hijacked AP from taking control of the network by sending false control signals. In the case of a client device, the client device may use the subject AP's private key to identify that the subject AP is a trusted member of the network that may receive data. In the case of the backend server, the subject AP may verify configuration updates via use of the private key to prevent loading of malicious firmware.
US11229020B2	User terminal and radio communication method To appropriately control CSI reporting in a case where a configuration different from the configurations in the existing LTE systems is employed for communication, a user terminal includes a receiving section that receives information indicating whether to activate or deactivate channel state information reporting, in at least one of first downlink control information indicating UL transmission specifically to the user terminal, second downlink control information indicating the UL transmission to a plurality of user terminals, and MAC control information, and a control section that controls reporting of channel state information, based on the information indicating whether to activate or deactivate the channel state information reporting.
US11229018B2	PUCCH for MTC devices Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a device. A wireless device may be configured with a transmission time interval (TTI) bundling parameter. The device may then identify one or more resources for an uplink (UL) control channel based on the TTI bundling parameter (e.g., using either an implicit or an explicit indication from another wireless node such as a serving cell of a base station) and transmit the UL control channel using the identified resources. The device may also identify a downlink control information (DCI) format based on the TTI bundling parameter. For example, a resource allocation granularity level may be associated with the bundling parameter, and the length of a DCI field may depend on the resource allocation granularity level.
US11229016B2	Physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) design with power spectral density (PSD) parameters in new radio-spectrum sharing (NR-SS) Wireless communications systems and methods related to improving multiplexing capability in a frequency spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device obtains a configuration for communicating a communication signal in a frequency spectrum. The configuration is based on at least a number of wireless communication devices scheduled to communicate in a time period. The configuration indicates resources in the frequency spectrum over the time period and a frequency distribution mode of the resources. The first wireless communication device communicates, with a second wireless communication device, the communication signal in the frequency spectrum during the time period based on the configuration.
US11229014B2	Methods and apparatuses for transmitting control information Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and devices for transmitting control information. In example embodiments, a method implemented in a network device is provided. According to the method, a first configuration for transmitting first control information from the first network device to a terminal device is determined based on a first control resource set (CORESET). The first configuration being different from a second configuration for transmitting second control information from a second network device to the terminal device and the second configuration being determined based on a second CORESET. The first control information is transmitted to the terminal device based on the first configuration.
US11228999B2	Systems and methods for coarse and fine time of flight estimates for precise radio frequency localization in the presence of multiple communication paths Systems and methods for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, a method comprises initiating calibration, with processing logic, of at least one component of RF circuitry having a transmit chain and a receive chain of a first wireless node by generating a first loopback calibration signal and passing this first loopback calibration signal through the transmit chain and the receive chain of the first wireless node. The method further includes measuring a first transmit time delay for passing the first loopback calibration signal through the transmit chain and also measuring a first receive time delay for passing the first loopback calibration signal through the receive chain of the first wireless node.
US11228998B1	Communication device having dynamic multiple carrier selection A communication device, method and computer program product enable increased functionality using multiple subscriber identity modules (SIMs). The communication device is camped on a first network node of a first subset of network nodes of a first public land mobile network (PLMN) as one home PLMN using a first SIM. The communication device is camped on a second network node of a second subset of network nodes of a second PLMN as another home PLMN using a second SIM. The communication device monitors communication performance and level of quality of service available from the second PLMN while connected using the second SIM. In response to determining that the communication performance and/or the level of quality of service would be improved, the communication device triggers a radio frequency (RF) front end of the communication device to scan for, acquire, and register to one of the first subset of network nodes using the second SIM.
US11228996B2	Delivery time windows for low latency communications Generally, the described techniques provide for a device determining or receiving signaling including a packet delivery time window configuration that indicates delivery windows within which transmissions may be held and/or delivery opportunities within which communications are expected to be transmitted. For example, the device may identify a packet delivery time window configuration for communications with another device. The packet delivery window configuration may indicate a periodicity, offset, start time, end time, and/or duration of the delivery windows, among other information. Based on the identified packet delivery time window configuration, the device may delay transmission of the data packet (e.g., for the duration of one or more configured delivery windows). At, for example, the end of the respective delivery window, the device may deliver the data packet to a network device for which the information of the data packet is to be used.
US11228991B2	Link auto-negotiation between a radio equipment controller (REC) and radio equipment (RE) in an ethernet-based fronthaul network Techniques that provide link auto-negotiation between a radio equipment controller (REC) and a radio equipment (RE) are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes performing, by a proxy master, a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Layer 1 (L1) link auto-negotiation with a RE to achieve a L1 synchronization between the proxy master and the RE at a link bit rate; communicating the link bit rate from the proxy master to a proxy slave; performing, by the proxy slave, a CPRI L1 link auto-negotiation with a REC to determine whether a L1 synchronization between the proxy slave and the REC is achieved, wherein if the L1 synchronization is achieved, the link bit rate is a common matching link bit rate achieved; and upon the common matching link bit rate being achieved, establishing a CPRI link between the REC and the RE using the common matching link bit rate.
US11228989B2	Transmission power adjustments Example implementations relate to transmission power adjustments. For example, a system for transmission power adjustments may comprise a processing resource and a memory resource storing readable instructions to cause the processing resource to determine a network type for a wireless connection from a plurality of network types, and alter a transmission power for a transmitter based on the network type for the wireless connection.
US11228988B2	Communication circuit and control method for communication circuit A communication circuit includes a first transfer circuit that includes a first transmitter circuit, and a second transfer circuit that includes a second transmitter circuit that can transmit a signal simultaneously with the first transmitter circuit. The second transmitter circuit is configured to be placed in a transmission halt state when a difference between requested power and scheduled power is greater than a predetermined value, the requested power being requested transmission power, the scheduled power being transmission power to be transmitted based on the requested power.
US11228984B2	Signaling of full power uplink MIMO capability According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for transmitting on a plurality of antennas comprises signaling, to a network node, a wireless device power transmission capability. The wireless device power transmission capability identifies a power ratio value of a plurality of power ratio values that the wireless device supports for transmission of a physical uplink channel. Each value of the plurality of power ratio values corresponds to a transmission power capability and to a number of antenna ports. A power ratio refers to a ratio relative to a maximum power the wireless device is rated to transmit. The method further comprises transmitting a physical uplink channel using the number of antenna ports with a power scaled at least by the power ratio value.
US11228974B2	Wireless communications and power configurations Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may determine at least one power configuration parameter for a wireless device. The at least one power configuration parameter may be based on information received from the wireless device.
US11228973B2	Wireless sensing network communication method A wireless sensing network communication method is disclosed in which, describes a gateway device and backup gateway devices in a wireless sensing network communicate in a subscribe-publish-based scheme. The gateway device subscribes to a device capability event. The gateway device subscribes to a network disconnection event. When network disconnection occurs, the gateway device publishes a network disconnection event. The backup gateway devices receive notification of the network disconnection event and publish device capability events in response. The gateway device selects a backup gateway device as a primary gateway in the wireless sensing network fulfill failover purpose.
US11228968B2	Electronic apparatus and method of setting network of audio device Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method which is performable by the electronic apparatus to set a network of an audio device. Furthermore, provided are an electronic apparatus that may transmit, via a second communication method, access point connection information that corresponds to an access point that is connected via a first communication method to an audio device, and a method for setting a network of the audio device.
US11228955B2	Selection of wireless access points based on signal strength and network congestion In an example, a wireless client station detects a first signal emitted by a first wireless access point and a second signal emitted by a second wireless access point. The wireless client station extracts a first set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the first wireless access point and a second set of data indicative of the signal strength and network congestion of the second wireless access point. The wireless client station then computes a first performance metric of first wireless access point, based on the first set of data, and a second performance metric of the second wireless access point, based on the second set of data. The wireless client station determines that the first performance metric is greater than the second performance metric and initiates a connection to the first wireless access point in response.
US11228954B2	Method and device for effectively performing standby mode operation in next generation mobile communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system, and to a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. The present disclosure suggests a method for effectively performing a standby mode operation in a next generation mobile communication, and a device therefor and, more particularly, to a method for efficiently reselecting a cell, and a device therefor. Also, the present disclosure relates to: a method for making a report, including beam measurement information, at the time of measurement reporting of a user equipment, and a device therefor; a method for performing measurement reporting by way of layer 1/layer 2 signaling, and a device therefor; and a method for changing between RRC modes including an RRC inactive mode, and a device therefor.
US11228953B2	System information design for neighboring cells in a non-terrestrial network Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive system information associated with a set of neighboring cells included in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The UE may be connected to or camped in a current cell included in the NTN. The current cell may be associated with a current platform. The UE may monitor a neighboring cell, of the set of neighboring cells, based at least in part on the system information. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11228946B2	Communication method and device A communication method and a communication device are provided. The method includes: establishing a scenario and determining a task of the scenario, where a plurality of communication systems exist in the scenario, and the task is completed via at least one communication service; selecting at least one communication system for the task from the plurality of communication systems; and controlling the at least one communication system to transmit the communication service required by the task.
US11228945B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring vehicle to everything communication policy An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for obtaining a Vehicle to Everything Policy (V2XP). The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, at least one of first information and second information to a Policy Control Function (PCF), the first information being used for requesting a configuration of a policy for V2X communication over a PC5 interface, and the second information being used for requesting a configuration of a policy for V2X communication over a Uu interface; and receiving, by the terminal device from the PCF, at least one of the policy corresponding to the first information and the policy corresponding to the second information.
US11228944B2	Information processing device, communication system, and information processing method A communication system is a communication system that includes first and second information processing devices. The first information processing device performs control such that a signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which the second information processing device receiving a frame stops the reception of the frame is transmitted to the second information processing device. The second information processing device performs control such that the reception of the frame is stopped based on the signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which reception of the frame is stopped when the frame transmitted from the first information processing device is received.
US11228940B2	Communication system Provided is a high-speed communication system with the high reliability and the low latency under New Radio (NR). A base station device includes a plurality of distributed units (DU) that transmit and receive radio signals, and a central unit (CU) that controls the plurality of DUs. The CU duplicates a downlink packet addressed to a communication terminal device, and forwards the duplicated downlink packet to each of at least two DUs among the plurality of DUs. Each of the at least two of the DUs transmits, to the communication terminal device by the radio signal, the downlink packet obtained from the CU. Upon redundant receipt of the downlink packets, the communication terminal device removes a redundant downlink packet in accordance with a predefined downlink packet removal criterion.
US11228936B2	Service communication method and device This disclosure provides a service communication method and a device, and relates to the field of communications technologies. A solution carried out by access network device is: receiving, from a core network device, a bearer setup request message for requesting to set up a bearer for a service, where the bearer setup request message carries a service requirement of the service; setting up the bearer for the service; sending a bearer setup response message to the core network device, where the bearer setup response message is used to notify the core network device that the access network device has set up the bearer for the service; and sending, a bearer deletion request message to the core network device when the access network device determines that radio channel quality provided by the access network device does not meet the service requirement.
US11228926B2	Enhancement of quality of experience measurement collection reporting There are provided measures for enhancement of quality of experience measurement collection reporting. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving service quality reporting configuration information, generating service quality reporting resource limitation parameters, forwarding the service quality reporting configuration information, and deploying the service quality reporting resource limitation parameters. In some implementations, deploying includes transmitting the service quality reporting resource limitations parameters.
US11228922B2	Method and system for generating a contour In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises determining a free space path loss distance at a frequency of a transmitter; determining a morphology class for a geographic location of the transmitter; determining a scaling factor P corresponding to the determined morphology class; determining a circular analysis region based upon the scaling factor P; and generating a contour.
US11228912B2	Communication enabled circuit breakers Wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are described. Methods associated with such wireless communication enabled circuit breakers are also described. The wireless communication enabled circuit breakers may controlled by a remote entity. The remote entity may wirelessly case the wireless communication enabled circuit breakers to trip.
US11228911B2	Physical layer security management Various embodiments include methods, components and wireless devices configured to provide physical layer security in a communication system. In various embodiments, a wireless device processor may receive a first signature from a base station. The wireless device processor may determine a second signature based on the first signature. The wireless device processor may receive from the base station a communication that has been modified using a second signature determined by the base station. The wireless device processor may perform a matching operation to determine whether its second signature matches the second signature used to modify the base station communication. The wireless device processor may enable communications with the base station in response to determining that the second signature determined by its processor matches the second signature used to modify the communication.
US11228908B2	Data transmission method and related device and system Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and a related device and system. The system includes an access network device AN and user equipment UE. The AN is configured to receive a base key sent by a key management device in a core network, where the base key is a key generated from two-way authentication between the UE and the core; the AN and the UE are configured to process the base key according to a preset rule to generate an air interface protection key; the UE is configured to: protect a target field in an uplink protocol data unit PDU by using the air interface protection key; and the AN is configured to parse the target field in the uplink protocol data unit by using the air interface protection key.
US11228907B2	Handset identifier verification A network usage control method comprises receiving (S2, S5) a handset identifier (e.g. an IMEI number) of a requesting terminal device (2) seeking to use a mobile network (4); retrieving verification information (S7) for verifying an identity of an authorised terminal device associated with the handset identifier; verifying (S9), based on the verification information, whether the requesting terminal device (2) is the authorised terminal device; and controlling (S10, S11) usage of the mobile network by the requesting terminal ON device in dependence on whether the requesting terminal device is verified as the authorised terminal device. Cryptographic keys can be used to bind the handset identifier to a particular handset and verify that a device presenting a given handset identifier is actually the authorised handset for that handset identifier. This prevents thieves being able to circumvent blacklisted handset identifier of a stolen handset by cloning a valid handset identifier from another device.
US11228900B2	Method and apparatus for determining UE capability based on number of processed channels An apparatus and method are provided for counting a number of uplink and/or downlink channels per slot for a UE capability in order to determine a maximum number of channels a UE is capable of processing per slot. A UE counts all PDSCHs or PUSCHs that the UE is scheduled or configured to receive or transmit, respectively, except for exception 1, exception 2, or exception 3, and generates UE capability information based on the counted number of the PDSCH or PUSCH per slot.
US11228894B2	Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and storage medium A wireless communication apparatus includes (i) a wireless communicator capable of broadcasting an extended advertising packet having a large transmittable capacity and a compatible advertising packet having a transmittable capacity smaller than the extended advertising packet, and (ii) a processor. The wireless communicator periodically broadcasts the extended advertising packet based on a command from the processor. The processor sets offset information for acquiring of a time at which the extended advertising packet is receivable in an offset notification packet that is the compatible advertising packet, and broadcasts the offset notification packet via the wireless communicator. The offset information is set based on a transmission timing of the offset notification packet and a transmission timing of the extended advertising packet.
US11228882B2	Apparatus and method for controlling wireless communication linkage in vehicle An embodiment wireless communication linkage control apparatus is configured to determine a position determination technique of a mobile terminal based on state information of a vehicle, to determine the current position of the mobile terminal, thereby controlling maintenance or release of wireless communication linkage with the mobile terminal depending on the position of the mobile terminal.
US11228872B2	Interoperability device for interconnecting several communication networks, associated system and method An interoperability device to interconnect at least two communication networks, each including at least one local server defining and managing at least one local communication group including a plurality of local user equipment, the pluralities of user equipment having no user equipment in common, the interoperability device including s multimedia group management module, configured to: define a global communication group comprising the two local communication groups, generate and distribute an encryption key of the global communication group to the first and to the second local server, and a communication services management module configured to: manage the floor control seizure during each group communication within the global communication group and apply a network policy comprising communication rules defined by configuration.
US11228862B2	Graphical user interface with dynamically changing proximity-based tiles A graphical user interface (GUI) has dynamically changing user-selectable graphical tiles that automatically reorder in closest-to-farthest order based on a real-time location of an electronic computing device having a location tracking device. Physical entities near the device are displayed on the GUI. As the location of the device changes, the list dynamically changes in real time by reordering display of the tiles on the GUI so that a closest of the physical entities is displayed topmost. A points balance associated with a user of the electronic computing device is displayed. A window is displayed in response to triggering events. The user can select one of the tiles, or the device can come within a minimum threshold distance. In response to a selection or user input, an exchange value is received from an external computer server corresponding to a number of points. An electronic transaction is facilitated using the exchanged points.
US11228859B2	Location history access for lost tracking device In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a tracking server, a first tracking signal associated with a tracking device from a computing device. The first tracking signal is associated with a first location. The method includes receiving a second tracking signal associated with the tracking device from a computing device. The second tracking signal is associated with a second location. The method includes determining, based at least in part on the first tracking signal and the second tracking signal that a tracking device status associated with the tracking device has changed. The method includes providing, to a computing device, at least the first location and the second location, wherein the computing device is configured to display at least the first location and the second location via an interactive interface configured to enable a user to trace locations associated with the tracking device.
US11228854B2	Tinnitus treatment device and recording medium A tinnitus treatment device provides a sound stimulus for tinnitus treatment to a user who is a tinnitus patient on a unit time basis, and includes: a controller; and a recording medium in which a treatment program is stored. The treatment program is executed by the controller to perform: analogizing one or both of a RI effect curve and a TL decrease curve for tinnitus treatment sound provided to the user; generating the tinnitus treatment sound based on the one or both of the RI effect curve and the TL decrease curve which is analogized; and presenting the tinnitus treatment sound generated to the user via a sound presentation unit on the unit time basis to provide the sound stimulus to the user.
US11228853B2	Correct donning of a behind-the-ear hearing assistance device using an accelerometer Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for determining if a BTE portion of a hearing assistance device is determined to be either a “good fit” (i.e. placed correctly) or “bad fit” (i.e. placed incorrectly). The hearing assistance device includes a sensor in the BTE portion of the device. The sensor measures acceleration due to gravity in one or more of the x, y, and z directions, or any combination thereof. The measured acceleration is input into a pre-trained classifier model that outputs whether the BTE portion is placed correctly or not placed correctly. At least one of the hearing assistance device or a user device in communication with the hearing assistance device provides feedback regarding the positioning of the hearing assistance device. In aspects, the hearing assistance device or the user device guides the user to properly adjust placement of the BTE portion of the device.
US11228848B2	Hearing device comprising an adjustable vent A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.
US11228845B2	Systems and methods for acoustic hole optimization A microphone assembly includes an acoustic transducer having a back plate and a diaphragm, such that a surface of the back plate includes a plurality of holes. At least a portion of the plurality of holes are arranged in a non-uniform pattern. The non-uniform pattern includes holes of varying sizes spaced apart from neighboring holes by varying distances. The microphone assembly further includes an audio signal electrical circuit configured to receive an acoustic signal from the acoustic transducer.
US11228841B2	Speaker Disclosed herein is a speaker. The speaker includes a magnetic circuit device provided to generate a magnetic force, a voice coil configured to vibrate by the magnetic circuit device, and a damper configured to guide a movement of the voice coil, wherein the damper comprises a first portion, and a second portion having a different weave than the first portion.
US11228833B2	Apparatus and associated methods for presentation of audio An apparatus comprising means configured to: receive audio content from a remote user device, the audio content comprising primary audio and secondary audio, the secondary audio being different to the primary audio and comprising ambient audio; receive secondary audio importance information associated with said audio content and indicative of an importance of the secondary audio; receive current audio presentation information indicative of at least whether audio from one or more audio sources is currently being presented as spatial audio such that respective audio of the one or more audio sources is to be perceived as originating from one or more respective directions or ranges of directions around the user; provide for presentation of the primary audio; and provide for presentation of the secondary audio based on the secondary audio importance information and the current audio presentation information.
US11228824B1	Voice activated device with integrated heatsink and speaker Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for voice activated devices with integrated heatsinks and speakers. In one embodiment, an example device may include a light ring, a first light emitting diode, a heatsink having a first side and a second side, and a speaker assembly coupled to the first side of the heatsink assembly. The heatsink and the speaker assembly together may form a first sealed cavity. The device may include a reflector component coupled to the second side and configured to direct light towards the light ring. The reflector component may optionally include a substantially linear member and a bent member.
US11228818B2	Telecommunications panel with patching device installation features A telecommunications panel has various features for removably mounting patching devices to the panel. The telecommunications panel includes mounting flanges and ramp elements for facilitating mounting and removal of patching devices. The ramp element is associated with a receptacle opening of the panel and configured to contact a flexible latch of the patching device and depress the flexible latch as the patching device is received in the receptacle opening.
US11228817B2	Crowd-sourced program boundaries Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for determining boundaries within a content asset. A server may collect user interaction data for one or more content assets. Using the user interaction data, the server may determine commercial breaks or scene changes for the content asset. The server may apply best fit curves to the user interaction data, and determine commercial breaks or scene changes based on the best fit curves.
US11228815B2	Display apparatus and operation method of the same Provided is an artificial intelligence (AI) system for providing functions similar to the human brain, such as recognition, determination, etc., using a machine learning algorithm, e.g., deep learning, and an application thereof. A method includes establishing communication with a first device located in an available zone, the available zone being a range in which content is viewable; receiving a communication signal from a second device; receiving, from the first device, connection information of the first device and the second device connected to the first device; and identifying whether the second device is located in the available zone based on the communication signal received from the second device and the connection information of the first device and the second device.
US11228808B2	Delivery of different services through different client devices A system that handles delivery of a service through a client device or a secondary device paired with the client device, includes an interactive service provider and the client device. The interactive service provider inserts at least one of digital watermarks, fingerprints, and trigger identifiers at event opportunities in media content. The client device detects at least one of the inserted digital watermarks, the digital fingerprints, and the inserted trigger identifiers in the media content. The client device further renders overlay graphics on the media content and activates at least one of input devices in vicinity of the client device or the rendered overlay graphics. The client device receives trigger responses over an activated overlay graphic, via the activated input devices. The client device further displays an interactive view on the client device, to enable delivery of services in response to the received trigger responses.
US11228807B2	Method and system for selecting different versions of electronic media compositions in real time The approach disclosed herein allows an end user to seamlessly switch and enjoy different versions of the same composition in a broadcast with one simple user action or gesture such as, for example, a swipe, button, click, or other user action. In particular, by utilizing a plurality of instances of an automation playback system or database with identical media libraries containing different versions of the same compositions, running the different versions of a selected composition locked together, and utilizing mechanics within the application, site, or platform, the user can switch between, for example, an uncensored and censored version of the same composition in real time.
US11228805B2	Customized commercial metrics and presentation via integrated virtual environment devices A method of providing customized commercial content to a user includes providing first commercial content to a user, determining, using an integrated virtual environment device, whether the user substantially viewed the first commercial content, and providing second commercial content to the user based on the first commercial content and whether the user substantially viewed the first commercial content.
US11228797B2	Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a signal receiver configured to receive a first wireless signal; a signal transmitter configured to output a second wireless signal; and a processor configured to: identify an external apparatus based on an input key indicated by the first wireless signal as the first wireless signal is repeatedly received through the signal receiver; identify the second wireless signal based on the input key and the external apparatus; and control the signal transmitter to repeatedly output the second wireless signal while the first wireless signal is repeatedly received. Each of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal alternately comprises a signal section corresponding to the input key and an idle section, and the processor is further configured to control the signal transmitter to output the second wireless signal during the idle section of the first wireless signal.
US11228795B1	System methodology for building deterministic household objects without third party In an anonymous matching system, a demand-side service platform (DSP) may select segments to populate a target audience. A data warehouse platform and a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) platform ingest address lists, eliminate personally identifiable information (PII) from the address lists, and process the de-identified addresses to generate deterministic unique anonymous household identifiers (UHIDs). Households may be selected, for example, at the DSP's direction, to form a query request without exposing the PII. In response to the query request, the MVPD platform determines a matching UHID and includes a matching household attribute, such as an IP address or the like, in a query response without exposing the PII.
US11228786B2	Compressing frame based on errors of previous frames A method can include compressing a first original frame of a video stream to an intraframe, the intraframe comprising fewer symbols than the first original frame, compressing a second original frame to a first interframe, the first interframe referencing the intraframe and comprising fewer symbols than the second original frame, determining an intraframe error of the intraframe due to the compression of the first original frame, determining a first interframe error of the first interframe due to the compression of the second original frame, determining a compression level for a third original frame based on the intraframe error and the first interframe error, and compressing the third original frame to a second interframe, the second interframe referencing the intraframe and the first interframe and comprising fewer symbols than the third original frame, a number of symbols included in the second interframe being based on the determined compression level.
US11228783B2	Image decoding method and apparatus based on motion prediction in sub-block unit in image coding system An image decoding method according to the present document includes obtaining motion prediction information for a current block from a bitstream, generating an affine MVP candidate list for the current block, deriving CPMVPs for CPs of the current block based on the affine MVP candidate list, deriving CPMVDs for the CPs of the current block based on the motion prediction information, deriving CPMVs for the CPs of the current block based on the CPMVPs and the CPMVDs, and deriving prediction samples for the current block based on the CPMVs.
US11228782B2	Video encoding device and video decoding device using high-precision skip encoding and method thereof Provided is a video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus, the video decoding method including: determining prediction mode information of a current block and an index indicating a prediction candidate, from a bitstream; determining a prediction candidate list according to the prediction mode information; when the prediction mode information of the current block indicates a pre-set prediction mode, determining a motion vector indicated by the index indicating the prediction candidate from the prediction candidate list, and determining a prediction motion vector of the current block based on at least one of pieces of motion prediction information related to the motion vector; and determining a motion vector of the current block based on the prediction motion vector, wherein the pre-set prediction mode is a prediction mode different from a skip mode and a merge mode.
US11228776B1	Method for output layer set mode in multilayered video stream A method of decoding may comprise: receiving a bitstream comprising compressed video/image data; parsing or deriving, from the bitstream, an output layer set mode indicator in a video parameter set (VPS); identifying output layer set signaling based on the output layer set mode indicator; identifying one or more picture output layers based on the identified output layer set signaling; and decoding the identified one or more picture output layers.
US11228772B2	Rate control in video coding A method of rate control in coding of a video sequence to generate a compressed bit stream is provided that includes computing a sequence base quantization step size for a sequence of pictures in the video sequence, computing a picture base quantization step size for a picture in the sequence of pictures based on the sequence base quantization step size, a type of the picture, and a level of the picture in a rate control hierarchy, and coding the picture using the picture base quantization step size to generate a portion of the compressed bit stream.
US11228771B2	Sample-based angular intra-prediction in video coding A method for processing a prediction unit (PU) to generate predicted samples is provided that includes computing predicted samples for samples of the PU using sample-based angular intra-prediction (SAP) when lossless coding is enabled for the PU, and computing predicted samples for the samples of the PU using block-based angular intra-prediction when lossless coding is not enabled for the PU. Computation of the predicted using SAP includes determining an intra-prediction angle for the PU, and computing a predicted sample for each sample of the samples in the PU based on linear interpolation of two reference samples adjacent to the sample, wherein the two reference samples are selected according to the intra-prediction angle.
US11228767B2	Apparatus, a method and a computer program for video coding and decoding A method comprising: deriving a first prediction block (608) at least partly based on an output of a neural net (602) using a first set of parameters; deriving a first encoded prediction error block (614-620) through encoding a difference of the first prediction block and a first input block; encoding (620) the first encoded prediction error block into a bitstream; deriving a first reconstructed prediction error block (624) from the first encoded prediction error block; deriving a training signal (628) from one or both of the first encoded prediction error block and/or the first reconstructed prediction error block (624); retraining (630) the neural net (602) with the training signal (628) to obtain a second set of parameters for the neural net (602); deriving a second prediction block (608) at least partly based on an output of the neural net using the second set of parameters; deriving a second encoded prediction error block (614-620) through encoding a difference of the second prediction block and a second input block; and encoding (620) the second encoded prediction error block into a bitstream. The invention relates to image or video encoding or decoding, especially by online training a neural network (602) that is in the prediction loop.
US11228763B2	Residual coding to support both lossy and lossless coding An example device includes memory configured to store video data and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to determine whether transform skip mode is used for a current block of the video data. The one or more processors are configured to disable level mapping for residual coding based on transform skip mode being used for the current block. The one or more processors are configured to code the current block without applying level mapping.
US11228762B2	Cross-component IPM derivation The application provides a video processing method, comprising: receiving a bitstream representation of video data including a video block wherein the video block comprises samples in a first component and in a second component; deriving a first intra-prediction mode for the first component from second intra-prediction mode of sub-blocks for the second component in case that the video block of the second component is split into the sub-blocks; performing a conversion between the video block and the bitstream representation of the video block based on the first intra-prediction mode information.
US11228757B2	Method and a device for picture encoding and decoding An encoding method for encoding blocks of a picture part is disclosed in an embodiment. A reconstructed version of each block of the picture part, called reconstructed block, is determined. A plurality of candidate sets of filter parameters is obtained and an index is determined for each block of the picture part that identifies one of the candidate sets of filter parameters to be used for filtering the block. Each reconstructed block is filtered with the candidate set of filter parameters of the plurality of candidate sets of filter parameters identified by the index. The plurality of candidate sets of filter parameters, the blocks of the picture part and the index for each block are encoded in a bitstream. Advantageously, a plurality of candidate sets of filter parameters are determined such as to minimize a rate-distortion cost for each block of the picture part. For each block of the picture part, an index is determined that identifies one of the plurality of candidate sets of filter parameters to be used for filtering the block such as to minimize a rate-distortion cost for the block. The filter parameters of each candidate set of the plurality of candidate sets are refined using the reconstructed version of the blocks whose index identifies the candidate set.
US11228752B2	Device and method for displaying three-dimensional (3D) image A display device may include a panel including a plurality of pixels and an optical layer. The display device may include a processor configured to generate an image of the panel based on a location relationship between the pixels and the optical elements so that a plurality of rays corresponding to the image propagate evenly at a viewing distance. The location relationship is based on an optical parameter of the optical layer.
US11228751B1	Generating an image-based identifier for a stretch wrapped loaded pallet based on images captured in association with application of stretch wrap to the loaded pallet Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided that relate to using one or more vision sensors to capture images of a loaded pallet in association with application of stretch wrap to the loaded pallet by an automated pallet wrapping machine. The images are used to generate an image-based identifier for the loaded pallet that is then used for pallet identification by mobile robots and/or other automated agents in a warehouse or other environment. In some implementations, the images are captured by the vision sensor when the pallet is in the wrapping area of the automated pallet wrapping machine and while the vision sensor and/or the pallet are rotating. In some implementations, the image-based identifier may be assigned to pallet attributes and/or a de-palletizing scheme of the loaded pallet.
US11228744B2	Method for controlling projection system, projection system, and control program A method for controlling a projection system including a projector and a portable apparatus including a camera includes causing the projector to project light representing a pattern image, acquiring image data from the camera that captures the light, determining a path in the pattern image based on a change in the image data according to displacement of the camera, and generating a filter that changes a portion of an image projected by the projector in the range defined by the path.
US11228740B2	System and method for displaying high quality images in a dual modulation projection system A novel high efficiency image projection system includes a beam-steering modulator, an amplitude modulator, and a controller. In a particular embodiment the controller generates beam-steering drive values from image data and uses the beam-steering drive values to drive the beam-steering modulator. Additionally, the controller utilizes the beam-steering drive values to generate a lightfield simulation of a lightfield projected onto the amplitude modulator by the beam-steering modulator. The controller utilizes the lightfield simulation to generate amplitude drive values for driving the amplitude modulator in order to project a high quality version of the image described by the image data.
US11228735B2	LED or laser project light has more than 1 functions An LED or laser projection light has more than one function, which may include functions of a conventional all-purpose light device and additional projection light functions using different light sources to project a light beam, image, or digital data from a digital data storage means, as well as functions of a desk top light, floor light, garden light, emergency light, safety light, anti-burglar light, underwater light, street light, reading light, night light, light fixture, motion sensor light, power fail light, photo sensing light, dimmable light, spotlight, seasonal light, Christmas light and/or ornament, licensee products, cartoon character related products, promotion light, commercial light, sign, motion sensor light, blue tooth light, moving device light, car light, vehicle light, boat light, aircraft light, and or multi-function LED light or Laser, with rechargeable or non-rechargeable energy storage kits having preferred circuit means, switch means, sensor means, timer means, IC means, electric parts, and accessories.
US11228725B2	Photosensor A photosensor including: a first electrode; a second electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first charge blocking layer between the first electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer; a second charge blocking layer between the second electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer; a voltage supply circuit supplying a voltage to the second electrode such that an electric field directed from the second electrode toward the first electrode is generated in the photoelectric conversion layer; and a transistor. The first charge blocking layer suppresses movement of holes from the photoelectric conversion layer to the first electrode and movement of electrons from the first electrode to the photoelectric conversion layer, and the second charge blocking layer suppresses movement of electrons from the photoelectric conversion layer to the second electrode and movement of holes from the second electrode to the photoelectric conversion layer.
US11228715B2	Video surveillance system and video surveillance method A video surveillance system includes: a detection unit that detects a predetermined event on the basis of an image captured by a first imaging apparatus; and a control unit that controls a second imaging apparatus such that the second imaging apparatus captures an image of a predetermined position after the detection of the predetermined event.
US11228711B2	Shake correction control device, imaging apparatus, shake correction method of imaging apparatus, and program A shake correction control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires imaging information for selecting mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image, and a shake correction control unit. The shake correction control unit performs a first control for performing a switching control from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction by synchronizing shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction and a second control, different from the first control, for performing a switching control from the electronic correction to the mechanical correction based on the imaging information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US11228709B2	Constructing images of users' faces by stitching non-overlapping images An apparatus includes a support, a first camera, and second camera, and a processor. The support is configured to be mounted to a head of a user. The first camera is mounted on the support and positioned to capture a first image of a face of the user. The second camera is mounted on the support and positioned to capture a second image of the face of the user that is non-overlapping with the first image. The processor is mounted to the support and programmed to stitch the first image and the second image together to construct an image of the face of the user.
US11228706B2	Plate reconstruction of obscured views of a main imaging device using capture device inputs of the same scene An imagery processing system obtains capture inputs from capture devices that might have capture parameters and characteristics that differ from those of a main imagery capture device. By normalizing outputs of those capture devices, potentially arbitrary capture devices could be used for reconstructing portions of a scene captured by the main imagery capture device when reconstructing a plate of the scene to replace an object in the scene with what the object obscured in the scene. Reconstruction could be of one main image, a stereo pair of images, or some number, N, of images where N>2.

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