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US11338834B2	Lowered bidirectional trolley A bidirectional trolley (1) comprising a drawbar (Abstract2), two pivoting front wheels (6, 6′) a push handle (3), a loading and unloading plan (4) for a box (5) for moving items. The bidirectional trolley comprises a rotary system (10), placed in the rear portion of the trolley (1), and comprising two non-pivoting wheels (8′, 8″) placed on the same horizontal axis, a pivoting wheel (8) placed at 45° with respect to the other two non-pivoting wheels (8′, 8″) and a hook (12), configured for assuming a resting position in which it is completely retracted under the plan (4) between the two non-pivoting wheels (8′ and 8″), in order to permit to an operator to approach the most to the box (5) for moving items, for an easy unloading and loading of the box (5) itself.
US11338833B2	Electric rail vehicle A Rail Drone can include: a payload interface, a drivetrain, and a rail platform(515). The Rail Drone can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The Rail Drone can integrate a standardized payload interface and an autonomous electric road vehicle platform into a rolling stock architecture. The Rail Drone can be a stand-alone, payload-agnostic, motive element which can be independently or cooperatively capable of carrying heavy loads across long distances at various cruising speeds.
US11338829B2	Oil carryover reduction system A system is provided that includes a controller configured to determine one or more propulsion-generating vehicles in a group of propulsion-generating vehicles that have an increased risk for damage to an engine system based on operation at a fueling level that is less than a designated threshold fueling level for at least a designated time period. The controller is further configured to determine respective power outputs for the propulsion-generating vehicles in the group such that the one or more propulsion-generating vehicles having the increased risk for damage to the engine system do not operate below the designated threshold fueling level for longer than the designated time period.
US11338819B2	Cloud-based vehicle calibration system for autonomous driving In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for calibrating autonomous driving vehicles at a cloud-based server includes receiving, at the cloud-based server, one or more vehicle calibration requests from at least one user, each vehicle calibration request including calibration data for one or more vehicles and processing in parallel, by the cloud-based server, the one or more vehicle calibration requests for the at least one user to generate a calibration result for each vehicle. The method further includes sending, by the cloud-based server, the calibration result for each vehicle to the at least one user.
US11338817B2	Detection of a decreasing performance of a sensor A method for detecting a decreasing performance of at least one sensor is described, in particular in a vehicle, wherein a setpoint trajectory of the vehicle is calculated, the setpoint trajectory is driven by the vehicle or is simulated by an artificial intelligence, the actual trajectory driven by the vehicle or the simulated trajectory is compared with the setpoint trajectory, a performance of the at least one sensor is tested by the control unit if a deviation of the actual trajectory or the simulated trajectory from the setpoint trajectory is determined, in which test each sensor of the vehicle is alternately deactivated and with the aid of at least one alternative sensor the setpoint trajectory is driven by the vehicle or is simulated by an artificial intelligence. Furthermore, a control unit, a computer program and a machine-readable storage medium are described.
US11338815B1	Telematics system, apparatus and method A system and process for using telematics data to determine a vehicle operator. Telematics data is captured from a telematics device which retrieves data from a vehicle associated with a plurality of vehicle operators. A driver electronic signature is determined from the captured telematics data and then compared to determined driver signatures stored in memory and associated with the vehicle from which the telematics data is captured. A vehicle operator is then determined from comparing the determined driver signature with driver signatures stored in memory.
US11338808B2	Autonomous driving method and apparatus The present disclosure provides an autonomous driving method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving a currently collected image transmitted by a unmanned vehicle, where the currently collected image is an image collected in a target scenario; acquiring current driving data according to the currently collected image and a pre-trained autonomous driving model, where the autonomous driving model is used to indicate a relationship between an image and driving data in at least two scenarios, and the at least two scenarios include the target scenario; and sending the current driving data to the unmanned vehicle. Robustness of the unmanned driving method is improved.
US11338800B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control apparatus includes a time-to-collision acquisition unit that acquires time to collision that is a time period until a time of collision of an own vehicle with a front obstacle, an overlap rate acquisition unit that acquires an overlap rate indicating a relative positional relationship between the own vehicle and the front obstacle in a lateral direction perpendicular to a traveling direction of the own vehicle, a determination unit that performs execution determination of automatic braking control of the own vehicle, on the basis of the time to collision and the overlap rate, and that, when the overlap rate is increasing by the front obstacle approaching the own vehicle in the lateral direction, determines start timing of the automatic braking control as earlier timing than when the overlap rate is not increasing, and an automatic controller that executes the automatic braking control at the start timing.
US11338799B2	Driving support apparatus A driving support apparatus (10) executes collision prevention control for avoiding collision with the object when a possibility of a vehicle (VA) colliding with an object based on object information (e.g., distance, direction, and relative speed) acquired by a millimeter wave radar device (21) and a camera device (22) is high. Further, the driving support apparatus does not execute the collision prevention control when an accelerator pedal operation amount is equal to or larger than a stop threshold value. However, the driving support apparatus executes the collision prevention control even when the accelerator pedal operation amount is equal to or larger than the stop threshold value within a specific period of from a start point at which a predetermined erroneous operation condition is satisfied, to an end point, which is a time point after a predetermined consideration period has elapsed since the erroneous operation condition has no longer been satisfied.
US11338794B2	Hybrid vehicle launching methods and system Methods and systems are provided for operating a hybrid vehicle during launch conditions from rest. In one example, a threshold speed below which a clutch is closed during a vehicle launch is adjusted so that driver demand wheel torque is held constant for a constant accelerator pedal position until the clutch is closed.
US11338785B2	Extending the life of electromagnetic brake control circuits A method may include receiving, via a processor, a request to enable movement of a rotor. The method may involve sending a first signal to a mechanical relay system in response to receiving the request, such that the second signal may cause a mechanical relay to close. The mechanical relay system is configured to couple a first conductor to an EM brake. The method may also include sending a second signal to a solid-state relay system after sending the first signal to the mechanical relay system, such that the second signal may cause a solid-state relay to close. The solid-state relay system may couple a second conductor to the EM brake, such that the EM brake may open after receiving power via the first conductor and the second conductor.
US11338777B2	Two speed trailer jack A linear jack includes a first outer sleeve, an inner sleeve disposed at least partially within the first outer sleeve, a second outer sleeve disposed at least partially within the inner sleeve, a translating screw disposed at least partially within the second outer sleeve, and a cover sleeve coupled to the translating screw. The first outer sleeve is threadedly coupled to the inner sleeve. The second outer sleeve is threadedly coupled to the translating screw. The translating screw is disposed at least partially within the cover sleeve. The cover sleeve is configured to translate with the translating screw.
US11338770B1	Tractor trailer monitoring system with trailer air supply control and theft prevention and method of use A tractor trailer monitoring system includes a network having a server and a database; a first computing device; a monitoring platform to be accessible from the first computing device; a tractor trailer system, having a tractor unit; an air supply control system to control air supply to a brake system of the trailer, the air supply control system having a CPU to receive commands from the first computing device; the first computing device and monitoring platform are to receive an identifying code from a user to activate air supply to the brake system of the trailer.
US11338767B2	Seatbelt retractor A spool 20 and a locking base 40 are connected through a torsion bar 70. A stop gear 82 and a positioning member 86 are engaged through threads with the male thread 42c of a locking base 40 so as to be separated from each other a predetermined distance. The locking base 40 and the torsion bar 70 are mounted to the spool 20 while the distance of separation between the stop gear 82 and the positioning member 86 is accurately set to a specified distance. When the tension of webbing increases due to the movement of a vehicle occupant in a vehicle collision and provides the torsion bar 70 with EA rotation while twisting the torsion bar 70, the stop gear 82 advances toward the positioning member 86 and comes into contact therewith.
US11338760B2	Cushion of airbag apparatus A cushion of an airbag apparatus may include: a rear panel having a gas inlet formed at the rear thereof, and a first connecting end formed along the edge thereof and deployed forward when gas is introduced into a primary filling room open to the front; and a front panel having a second connecting end formed along the edge thereof at the front of the rear panel and coupled to the first connecting end, and a passenger support region which is formed at the front surface thereof and deployed forward when gas is introduced into a secondary filling room open to the rear.
US11338755B2	Energy absorbing feature for seatback A seat includes a seat bottom having an occupant support surface, a seatback connected to the seat bottom, the seatback having an occupant support side cooperating with the occupant support surface, and a rear side, and an energy absorbing feature including a rigid member connected to the rear side of the seatback. The rigid member is movable between a storage position adjacent the seatback, and a deployed position extending into a cargo space of a vehicle upon detection or occurrence of an impact event. In the deployed position, the rigid member is capable of interfacing with cargo, a cargo floor, or both, to reduce force imparted on and deflection of the seatback and deflect cargo from impacting the seatback.
US11338740B1	Monitor mounting apparatus A monitor mounting apparatus for use in connection with passenger vehicles such as aircraft, trains, and buses. The unique pivoting mechanism of the mounting apparatus permits lowering of the monitor in a manner that permits the top of the monitor screen to be visible even to the tallest of passengers.
US11338738B2	Tread device for a retractable step access system for a vehicle, and retractable step access system with a tread device A tread device for a retractable step access system for a vehicle includes a tread and at least one wiper device. The wiper device is coupled or couplable movably to the tread and configured in the form of a flap and is arranged and designed to wipe off dirt and to form a ramp by lying, under the force of gravity, on the retractable step. The wiper device is arranged and designed to lie on the retractable step both in an operating state, in which the retractable step is arranged protruding from under the tread, and also in a rest state, in which the retractable step is arranged underneath the tread.
US11338733B2	Device-based systems and methods for detecting screen state and device movement A method for determining usage of a mobile device in a vehicle by a user includes receiving a first value indicating an “off” state of a screen at a first time, operating at least one sensor of the mobile device to obtain first movement measurements, and classifying the first movements as usage movements. The method also includes generating an indication of mobile device usage, receiving a second value indicating an “on” state of the screen at a second time, operating the at least one sensor to obtain second movement measurements, and classifying the second movements as usage movements or non-usage movements. The method further includes maintaining the indication of mobile device usage in response to the second movements being classified as usage movements or changing the indication of mobile device usage to an indication of mobile device non-usage in response to the second movements being classified as non-usage movements.
US11338724B2	Apparatus and method for generating illuminance information of vehicle An apparatus for generating illuminance information of a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus for generating illuminance information of a vehicle includes a camera configured to capture an image outside the vehicle, and a controller configured to generate vehicle external illuminance information that is provided for vehicle function control based on brightness of the image.
US11338722B2	Control system for autonomous vehicle lighting An automotive lighting control system is provided. A light-emitting diode (LED) system of an at least partially autonomous vehicle can include a first group of LEDs including cyan and amber LEDs, a second group of LEDs including cyan and at least one of red or amber LEDs, a third group of LEDs including cyan LEDs, and a controller configured to receive a first control signal indicating whether the at least partially autonomous vehicle is in autonomous drive mode or manual drive mode and cause the cyan LEDs of the first, second, and third groups LEDs to provide perceived cyan light when and only when the autonomous vehicle is in the autonomous drive mode.
US11338720B2	Tool for replacing a strap of a tie-down apparatus A tie-down apparatus includes a frame, a reel, a coils spring and a strap-replacing tool. The reel is supported on the frame. The coil spring includes an end connected to the frame and another end connected to the reel. The strap-replacing tool for gear includes a gear and a pawl. The gear is connected to the reel at an end and formed with teeth on a periphery. The is pawl engaged with the teeth of the gear so that the pawl prevents the gear from rotation in a first sense of direction and that the pawl allows the gear to spin in a second sense of direction opposite to the first sense of direction. The pawl keeps the gear in position against torque provided from the coil spring via the reel that tends to rotate the gear in the first sense of direction.
US11338703B2	Seat unit A seat unit includes a light receiving circuit configured to output a pulsed light detection signal in two levels depending on a light reception, a switch input circuit configured to output a pulsed on-off signal in two levels depending on whether a switch mounted on the seat is turned on or turned off, a logic circuit configured to output a turn-on signal upon receipt of the light detection signal in a level indicating the light reception and the on-off signal in a turn-on level, a light emitting circuit configured to emit light upon receipt of the turn-on signal, and a delay circuit configured to delay the light detection signal. The switch input circuit cuts off, upon receipt of the delayed light detection signal in a level indicating no light reception, the power supply from a battery to the switch and to output the on-off signal in the turn-on level.
US11338700B2	Battery swapping to manage in-vehicle battery communication Battery swapping includes receiving a swap request for swapping a set of discharged batteries in a vehicle with a set of charged batteries at a charging station. Based on a battery swapping count provided by a user, the set of charged batteries including first and second subsets of charged batteries are selected from a plurality of charged batteries available at the charging station. At least one of a static ID or a dynamic ID is assigned to each charged battery. Each charged battery in the first and second subsets is configured as a master battery and a slave battery by integrating at least the respective static and dynamic ID in a corresponding battery management system of each charged battery, respectively, for facilitating in-vehicle battery communication. Further, the set of charged batteries is released from a charging and storing platform to a swapping platform for swapping.
US11338698B2	Method and apparatus for an active convertor dolly The disclosure is directed at a method and apparatus for an active convertor dolly for use in a tractor-trailer configuration. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a system to connect a tractor to a trailer. The apparatus further includes a charge generating system for translating the mechanical motions or actions of the dolly into electricity or electrical energy so that this energy can be used to charge a battery or to power other functionality for either the dolly or the tractor-trailer. The active dolly may also operate to assist in shunting the tractor-trailer.
US11338697B2	Vehicle-mountable control device and charging system A vehicle-mountable control device configured to control a vehicle including a charging port for DC power and an auxiliary device includes a determination unit and an information obtainment unit. The information obtainment unit is configured to obtain prescribed facility information about a power feeding facility. The determination unit is configured to permit an auxiliary device driving mode when it is determined that the power feeding facility corresponds to the auxiliary device driving mode based on the facility information, and not permit the auxiliary device driving mode when it is determined that the power feeding facility does not correspond to the auxiliary device driving mode based on the facility information.
US11338691B2	Electric vehicle charging using tire positions A charge head is connected to a charge inlet of an electric vehicle to supply an electric charge to recharge the battery of the vehicle. The charge head is attached to a connecting device that moves the charge head to the charge inlet. A sensor is provided to sense the locations of the tires of the vehicle. The system then uses the relative location of the charge inlet to the tires to determine the location of the charge inlet in order to move the charge head.
US11338686B2	Inductive power transfer pad An inductive power transfer pad for a system for inductive power transfer to a vehicle includes a stationary part and a movable part which, in a resting position, rests on the stationary part and which is upwardly movable in a Z-direction relative to the stationary part in order to reach a higher position. The stationary part has a frame surrounding the stationary part on at least three sides, the frame having at an upper edge which is oriented towards the movable part. The upper edge has at least one first supporting surface on which the movable part rests when it is in the resting position, wherein the at least one supporting surface on the upper edge is an inclined surface. The movable part includes at least one first contacting surface which contacts the at least one first supporting surface when the movable part is in the resting position, with the first contacting surface fitting to the first supporting surface.
US11338684B2	Systems and methods for restricting power to a load to prevent engaging circuit protection device for an aircraft A system for restricting power to a load to prevent engaging circuit protection device for an aircraft. The system includes an energy source of an aircraft. The system further includes a plurality of sensors configured to sense at least an electrical parameter of a load of the plurality of loads. The system further includes an aircraft controller configured to receive electrical parameter of a load of the plurality of loads from the plurality of sensors, compare the electrical parameter to at least a current allocation threshold, detect that the electrical parameter has reached the current allocation threshold, calculate a power reduction to the load, and reduce power from the at least an energy source to each load of the plurality of loads by the power reduction. The system further includes at least an electrical circuit of an aircraft, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a circuit protection device.
US11338678B2	Vehicle display device A vehicle display device that includes: a display part having a plurality of display faces that display information and that are provided at at least one location among a front face, a rear face, an upper face or a side face inside a vehicle cabin; a detection part that detects an orientation and a posture of an occupant; and a control part that selects a display face in accordance with the orientation and the posture of the occupant detected by the detection part, and controls display by the display part such that information is displayed at the selected display face.
US11338673B1	Selectable four-wheel drive system A drive system for a vehicle having a rear drive assembly powered by a first power source, a front drive assembly in selective electrical communication with a second power source, a selector switch to selectively permit or prevent electrical communication between the front drive assembly and the second power source, and an output capacity sensor to detect an output of the first power source, where the rear drive assembly drives the vehicle when the selector switch is in a first position and both the rear and front drive assemblies drive the vehicle when the selector switch is in a second position and the output capacity sensor detects that the output of the first power source meets a threshold output.
US11338671B2	Hydraulic transaxle A hydraulic transaxle of the present invention includes an axle, a hydraulic static transmission (“HST”), a center case that has pair of oil passages for circulating the hydraulic oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, and a gear mechanism that transmits an output of the HST to the axle. A case supports the axle and accommodates the HST while also forming an oil reservoir. A hydraulic motor of the HST includes a motor shaft, a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders fixed to the motor shaft, a plurality of pistons inserted into the cylinders, a fixed swash plate abutted by the plurality of pistons, and a fixed swash plate holder that supports the fixed swash plate with respect to the case. The motor shaft of the hydraulic motor is supported by the center case and the fixed swash plate holder.
US11338669B1	Electric motor and gear assembly A reduction drive assembly includes a spindle that defines an aperture and a motor output shaft extending through the aperture. The reduction drive assembly includes an output hub and a planetary gear assembly. The planetary gear assembly includes a ring gear fixed to the output hub, a first stage sun gear coupled to and driven by the motor output shaft, a second stage sun gear, a planetary gear carrier engaged to the second stage sun gear, first stage planetary gears each of which is supported by a respective support pin of the planetary gear carrier and meshed with the first stage sun gear and the ring gear, carrier pins extending from a first end of the spindle, and second stage reduction gears each of which is rotationally mounted on a respective one of the carrier pins and is meshed with the second stage sun gear and the ring gear.
US11338663B2	Transmission and drive system of a motor vehicle A transmission (2) of a motor vehicle includes a first input shaft (7) for a first prime mover (3), a second input shaft (8) for a second prime mover (4), and an output shaft (9). A first sub-transmission (5) includes the first input shaft (7) and a countershaft (11) coupled to the first input shaft (7) via a constant ratio. Gearwheels (16, 17, 18) are arranged on the countershaft (11), which mesh exclusively into gearwheels (12, 13, 15) arranged coaxially to the first input shaft (7). At least some of these gearwheels (14, 15) mesh into gearwheels (20, 21) arranged on the output shaft (9). Shift elements (A, B, C, D) are associated with the first input shaft (7) as well as with the countershaft (11), which provide either a gear with a first number of instances of gearwheel meshing or a winding-path gear with a second number of instances of gearwheel meshing. A second sub-transmission (6) includes the second input shaft (8) and is designed as a planetary transmission. A ring gear (22) forms the second input shaft (8) of the second sub-transmission (6). A carrier (23) is permanently coupled to the output shaft (9) and to a gearwheel (18) arranged on the countershaft (11). Shift elements (F, E) are associated with the planetary transmission, via which, a sun gear (24) is fixedly connectable to the housing or the planetary transmission is bringable into direct drive.
US11338651B2	Guide for sliding glazing, in particular automobile The guide for sliding glazing intended to be added and fastened onto a glazing and to cooperate with a sliding joint. The guide comprising a body of elongated shape and a longitudinal base extending along the axis of elongation of the body. A first face of the guide applied and fastened onto a glazing surface and a second face opposite the first face, the second face cooperating by sliding with said joint. The longitudinal base including a thinned portion at at least one free longitudinal end. A thickness of the thinned portion, in a direction substantially perpendicular to said first face, decreasing at least in the longitudinal direction in such a way that said second face is flush with said glazing surface on said at least one free end.
US11338650B2	Hard support corner for a soft top A quarter window assembly for a soft top cover assembly that is removable. The quarter window assembly is connectable to the soft cover assembly. The quarter window assembly has a hard corner assembly mountable to features connected to a vehicle. The hard corner assembly is an injection molded plastic assembly. The quarter window assembly also has a panel carrying at least one window, and the panel is secured to the hard corner assembly.
US11338643B2	Heat pump system and method of operating same A heat pump system for air conditioning a vehicle, in particular an electric or hybrid vehicle, includes an air conditioning unit which has an air conditioning evaporator and a heating heat exchanger, for air conditioning a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A condenser transmits heat from a refrigeration circuit into a coolant circuit, and a chiller transmits heat from the coolant circuit into the refrigeration circuit. The coolant circuit has two branches which are parallel to one another downstream of a low temperature cooler, namely a heating branch which can be shut off and in which the condenser and the heating heat exchanger are arranged, and a cooling branch, in which the chiller and a low temperature heat exchanger for cooling a vehicle component are arranged. The low temperature cooler, the condenser and the heating heat exchanger are connected in series with respect to one another. The heat pump system has a plurality of operating modes.
US11338636B2	X-shaped spring device for a motor vehicle wheel suspension system An X-shaped spring for a transportation vehicle wheel suspension system having, per wheel side, a first leaf spring and a second leaf spring made from fiber-reinforced arranged to lie above one another and combined at a respective first end on a first fastening device for transportation vehicle body-side support, wherein the first leaf spring has a second fastening device at its second end for wheel-side support, and the second leaf spring is supported at its second end on the transportation vehicle body side. Towards its second end, the second leaf spring is an arc section curved away from the first leaf spring.
US11338634B1	Vehicle capable of multiple varieties of locomotion The present invention presents a vehicle that is capable of utilizing different methods of movement by rotating its propellers to accommodate air, ground, or water locomotion. The present invention includes being able to change the direction of the thrust mechanism, so that it creates thrust in the direction of flight, but it is hinged to provide full protection to the blades in the ground modality. In the case of the water implementation, these propellers are also used to provide horizontal thrust to the vessel.
US11338633B2	Tow hitch insert and cover The present invention is for a tow hitch insert assembly that allows for natural dangling and swinging motion of an elongated member from a trailer hitch. The elongated member can be of a variety of shapes and in one version is a replica of testicles. The elongated member is coupled to an insert tube main body by a rod that extends through the tow hitch insert assembly. Surrounding the rod are springs on each side, sandwiching the elongated member, which allows for oscillation of the elongated member within the tow hitch insert assembly. In another version, the elongated member is secured via a slotted plate, and the elongated member has a spheroid top wider than the slot of the slotted plate, which permits the elongated member to slide and rotate within the tow hitch insert assembly.
US11338632B2	Inflation system for tubeless tires An inflation system for tubeless bicycle tires may include a valve, a sealant canister, a pump head, and/or a valve core adapter. The valve, sealant canister, and pump head may collectively facilitate sealant injection into a tire by a user. The valve has an external valve seat, and includes a valve body, a valve stem extending through the length of the valve body, and a retaining mechanism for the valve stem disposed interior to the valve body. The valve stem is configured to move relative to the valve body, such that a resilient seating surface disposed at a proximal end of the valve stem is displaced relative to a valve seat formed by an exterior surface of a proximal end of the valve body.
US11338624B2	Tire and tire manufacturing method A tire includes: a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core, and folded back around the bead core; a first rubber sheet which covers a folding end of the carcass ply folded back from an inner side in the tire-width direction; and a second rubber sheet which covers the folding end of the carcass ply folded back from an outer side in the tire-width direction, in which an electronic component is provided between the first rubber sheet and the second rubber sheet.
US11338608B2	Tablet device for recording notes or markings in underwater or severe environment A tablet-like device is configured to have a slightly negative buoyancy and to hold a sheet of waterproof synthetic paper, or another removable, waterproof recording sheet, onto which notes or messages or sketches can be recorded via a writing implement, in an underwater or marine environment, or another extreme or severe environment. Since the tablet device is configured for use of sheets of waterproof synthetic paper, divers can work with their own personal pre-printed material underwater. Further, the tablet device also has the advantages of cost savings and reduced environmental impact.
US11338605B2	Paper sheet processing apparatus A paper sheet S is intermittently transported by a transport mechanism 6 and each processing unit 7, 8 operates while the transport mechanism pauses the transport operation. An information acquisition unit 9 obtains paper information from the paper sheet. A control unit 10 stores the paper information of the paper sheet to be processed for each processing unit, updates the data of the memory in a manner such that the paper information of the paper sheet associated with the previous processing unit is associated with the next processing unit every time the transport mechanism transports, and configures the settings of each processing unit for the next processing operation based on the paper information every time the processing operation of the processing unit is completed.
US11338593B1	Method for controlling the movement of transparent media during final curing to minimize print head degradation A method is disclosed for reducing the scatter of UV light during a final curing operation in the three-dimensional printing on the surface of transparent and semi-transparent media. The method precisely controls the movement of media during a final cure step in the printing of an expressed inkjet image on the surface of transparent media. The method also controls a number of factors during final curing operation such as the lateral movement of media under a final cure lamp, the number of rotations that media undergoes during final curing, the timely modulation of UV lamp power during final curing, and the selection of UV emitter segments positioned away from a inkjet print head to reduce the amount of potential UV radiation from impinging upon one or more of the adjacent printing heads.
US11338591B1	Defective nozzle correction mechanism A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store nozzle correction logic and one or more processors coupled with at least one physical memory device to execute the nozzle correction logic to receive a uniformity compensated transfer function for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, receive an average missing neighbor transfer function, receive a defective nozzles list including one or more of the plurality of pel forming elements indicated as defective during print production; and perform missing neighbor processing by applying the average missing neighbor transfer function associated with the pel forming element determined to be a neighbor of a defective pel forming element.
US11338590B2	Recording condition determining method and recording device A recording condition determining method is executed by a recording device performing recording by a main scanning and a sub scanning. The method includes a patch recording step of recording patches onto a recording medium by the overlap-processing in which the main scanning is performed on a partial region of the recording medium in an overlapping manner a plurality of times, the patch recording step including recording the patches at a plurality of different positions in a main scanning direction by a plurality of types of the overlap-processing under respectively different recording conditions. The method further includes a selection accepting step of accepting selection of a patch from among a plurality of the recorded patches, and a determination step of determining, as the recording condition of the overlap-processing of an actual recording, the recording condition of the overlap-processing associated with the patch selected in the selection accepting step.
US11338588B2	Print material feed system An inkjet printer has a print assembly and a print material feed system comprising a first circulation circuit and a second circulation circuit, the first circulation circuit fluidly coupled between the second circulation circuit and the print assembly.
US11338584B2	Liquid ejection apparatus Provided is a liquid ejection apparatus which, in a case of performing wiping operations at a plurality of different wiping pressures, can perform each wiping operation at a suitable wiping pressure and a suitable angle. To achieve this object, a liquid ejection apparatus is configured such that the angle of the wiping surface of a wiper to an ejection port surface can be changed while the wiper is out of contact with the ejection port surface and is not performing wiping, and the ejection port surface can be wiped with the wiper after the wiping surface angle is changed.
US11338580B2	Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus has a conveyance roller configured to convey a sheet in a first direction, an encoder provided at the conveyance roller, a head having a plurality of nozzles aligned in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and being configured to jet liquid to the sheet which is conveyed in the first direction by the conveyance roller and a controller having a power circuit configured to apply voltage to the head for jetting the liquid. The controller is configured to: determine a jetting frequency for the head based on a signal outputted from the encoder; and change an output voltage of the power circuit depending on the determined jetting frequency.
US11338564B2	Device and method for laminating a laminating foil element onto a component, device and method for applying adhesive, system for laminating, component to be laminated with a laminating foil element, and use of a deposit part for keeping ready a laminating foil element The invention relates to a device for laminating a laminating foil element onto a component having a profiled lamination plane using a lamination tool, by means of which tool the laminating foil element is laminated onto the component, the lamination tool comprising a first tool half and a second tool half, and the device comprising a deflection arrangement for deflecting portions of the laminating foil element out of the profiled lamination plane.
US11338562B2	Antifogging laminate It is a main object of the present invention to impart higher antifogging properties to the hydrophilic material formed of a crosslinked resin, having a surface enriched with hydrophilic groups, previously proposed by the inventors. The laminate of the present invention includes a water absorbing layer (B) and a hydrophilic layer (A) provided in this order on a substrate, wherein the hydrophilic layer (A) is formed of a crosslinked resin having an anionic, cationic or nonionic hydrophilic group, and has a gradient of hydrophilic groups (intensity of hydrophilic group on surface of the hydrophilic layer (A)/intensity of hydrophilic group at ½ of thickness of the hydrophilic layer (A)) of not less than 1.1; and the water absorbing layer (B) is formed of a crosslinked resin having a water absorption rate per unit mass (g) of in the range of 5 to 500 wt %.
US11338560B2	Functional fabric and manufacturing method therefor Provided is a functional fabric including a base fabric layer; and an insulation flexible sheet attached to at least one surface of the base fabric layer. The insulation flexible sheet includes a first flexible base; and an insulation coating layer attached to at least one surface of the base. The insulation flexible sheet may additionally include a second flexible base on the insulation coating layer. Accordingly, the functional fabric may have effective insulation properties by using silica particles having pores in a small amount used, and may have excellent strength due to the strength of the silica particles. In addition, Manufacturing methods of an insulation flexible sheet and a functional fabric are provided.
US11338539B2	Method for manufacturing paper straw The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a paper straw, the method comprising: a paper roll transmission step, a paper strip heating step, a bonding and shaping step and a cutting step. Wherein, a plurality of raw paper rolls face a connection position jointly to transmit a raw paper strip, the raw paper strip includes a paper material and a dry hot-melt adhesive. The dry hot-melt adhesive of the raw paper rolls is heated for changing into flow hot-melt adhesive. Then the raw paper rolls is transmitted to the connection position for rolling jointly, and the flow hot-melt adhesives are bounded on another raw paper strip to form a pipe. Finally, the pipe is cut to form at least one paper straw after the pipe exceeds a setting length. The present invention uses dry adhesive to manufacture paper straw, without the excessive glue problem and mold phenomenon of the traditional wet bonding method as well as without an extra dry fixing step of traditional manufacture process, so the productivity will be raised significantly, and the defect rate will be reduced.
US11338526B2	Method for assembling thermoplastic tubes by induction welding A method for assembling two tubes (1, 2) made from thermoplastic materials, that involves welding by heating two applied rotational contact surfaces of two parts of two tubes (1, 2), respectively, arranged end to end or overlapping coaxially (XX′). The method involves induction heating of at least one conductive welding element (4), arranged at the interface (3) between the two contact surfaces, by generating a magnetic field at said conductive welding element or elements, such that the melting of the thermoplastic materials constituting said contact surfaces produces a continuous and sealed weld at said interface on at least one closed loop along the entire perimeter of said interface.
US11338519B2	Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring a powder layer in additive manufacturing processes Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring a powder layer in additive manufacturing are disclosed. A method includes receiving leading and trailing image data from an image signal processor that is optically coupled to a plurality of leading and trailing optical fibers arranged on a moving powder distributor, the leading and trailing image data corresponding to images of the powder layer, selecting at least one point on the powder bed that is located within a leading region of interest, determining first characteristics of the point, when the point is located within a trailing region of interest due to movement of the moving powder distributor, determining second characteristics of the point, and comparing the first characteristics to the second characteristics to monitor the powder layer distributed by the moving powder distributor.
US11338516B2	Build material recovery for a three-dimensional (3D) printer A build material recovery system for a three-dimensional (3D) printer can include a selective solidification device to create a 3D object using build material, a build processing device to separate the 3D object from unfused build material, a material separating and conditioning device to condition the unfused build material, and a material storage device to store the conditioned build material.
US11338513B2	Plant for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object Plant for additively manufacturing at least one three-dimensional object, comprising at least one process station for an additive manufacturing process, wherein at least one functional component, preferably a lifting device for a powder module, of the process station is at least partially enclosed by a housing structure of the process station, wherein the process station is coupled or can be coupled with at least one powder module, wherein the housing structure comprises at least one opening for loading and/or unloading the at least one powder module into or from the process station, wherein a platform is provided that is arrangeable or arranged adjacent to the at least one opening, wherein the platform comprises at least one positioning unit with at least one positioning surface for positioning a module carrier which is adapted to carry the at least one powder module.
US11338507B2	Coalescing agent concentrations and contone densities for three-dimensional objects In some examples, at least one agent distributor may be to selectively deliver mixtures of coalescing agent and carrier onto portions of a layer of build material at variable coalescing agent concentrations and variable contone densities. A controller may be to control the at least one agent distributor to selectively deliver the mixture to a portion of the layer at a selected coalescing agent concentration and a selected contone density.
US11338506B2	Lamination molding apparatus A lamination molding apparatus includes a chamber that covers a molding region, an irradiator that irradiates a material layer formed in the molding region with a laser beam or an electron beam and forms a solidified layer, a supply port that supplies an inert gas to the chamber, a discharge port that discharges the inert gas from the chamber, an inert gas supplier which is connected to the supply port and supplies the inert gas to the chamber, a fume collector, and an oxygen concentration adjustor. The fume collector has an inlet, a charging section, a collecting section, and an outlet. The oxygen concentration adjustor is connected between the discharge port and the charging section and supplies, to the fume collector, an adjusting gas having an oxygen concentration higher than an oxygen concentration of the inert gas which is discharged from the discharge port.
US11338485B2	Oral care implement having multi-component handle A method of forming a handle for an oral care implement. The method may include first forming a core structure out of a first hard plastic. Next, an elongated handle body may be formed out of a second hard plastic, whereby during formation the elongated handle body is made to partially surround the core structure, while leaving opposing surfaces of the core structure exposed. Finally, a grip cover may be formed out of a resilient material and positioned over at least a portion of the elongated handle body. The oral care implement handle formed by the method may include a handle having an elongated handle body and a core structure. The elongated handle body may have openings in opposing surfaces. The core structure may be partially surrounded by the elongated handle body while protruding from the openings.
US11338482B2	Resin molding device and method A movable mold includes a main mold part, a separate mold part separate from the main mold part, and a relative movement mechanism moving the separate mold part relative to the main mold part in a driving direction of a mold driver.
US11338479B2	Autoclave, autoclave system, and method for curing a part Disclosed here is an autoclave system for curing a part. The autoclave includes a gas recirculation system, at least partially external to a vessel pf the autoclave system and fluidly coupleable to the vessel such that gas contained in the vessel is delivered to the gas recirculation system, passed through the gas recirculation system, and recirculated back into the vessel. The autoclave system also comprises at least one mold core, located within the vessel. The mold core comprises a conduit extending through the mold core and the mold core is configured to define a shape of the part. The gas delivered to the gas recirculation system from the vessel is gas received directly from the conduit of the mold core.
US11338468B2	Method for continuous acetylation of wood elements The disclosure relates to a method for continuous acetylation of wood elements. The acetylation is conducted with an acetylation medium at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg in a substantially oxygen free environment. Alternatively, the method includes the steps of: (a) feeding wood elements in a substantially oxygen free environment to a continuous acetylation reactor, and (b) treating the wood elements with an acetylation medium in the continuous acetylation reactor under wood acetylation reaction conditions, at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg. The process can acetylate wood elements to a high acetyl content in an efficient way, without compromising on the quality of the material. The acetylated wood elements can be used in the production of medium density fibreboards with superior qualities such as dimensional stability and durability.
US11338467B2	Multi-length bucking attachment A bucking apparatus to be used in conjunction with a loader and topping saw that are mounted to a logging platform or trailer. The bucking apparatus is attached to the loader and includes a plurality of hatches. The hatches can be adjusted for different lengths so that different length logs can be cut when eliminating faults from the trees. The hatches of the bucking apparatus are measured to be particular distances from the topping saw and so, when a tree is pulled through the topping saw with the loader, the end being held can be aligned with one of the hatches, and then the saw can be engaged thus creating a log of the particular length.
US11338466B2	Arrangement for replacing a saw chain on a motor saw The present invention refers to a motor saw arrangement comprising a support plate attached to the motor saw chassis or motor saw motor, a detachable clamping plate and a detachable guide bar arranged between the support plate and the clamping plate. The support plate is provided with two first recesses and at least one threaded hole, while the clamping plate is provided with two protrusions adapted to fit inside the respective two first recesses when the clamping plates is attached to the support plate and the protrusions each have a height that exceeds a corresponding height of the guide bar. The guide bar is provided with two keyhole-shaped slots and with a longitudinal slit between the two keyhole-shaped slots and the support plate is further provided with an alignment means. The invention further relates to a method to remove and/or replace a saw chain from a guide bar and to a guide bar intended and adapted for the motor saw arrangement described herein.
US11338457B2	Knife A knife includes a blade having a first side face and a second side face. The blade includes zirconia as a main component, and includes a cutting region including at least a ridge portion between the first side face and the second side face. When a portion including the cutting region in the first side face is referred to as a first cutting face, and a portion including the cutting region in the second side face is referred to as a second cutting face, the proportion of cubic crystals of zirconia in the first cutting face is larger than the proportion of cubic crystals of zirconia in the second cutting face.
US11338449B2	Methods and systems for electroadhesion-based manipulation in manufacturing Systems, apparatus, and methods of manufacturing an article using electroadhesion technology for the pick-up and release of materials, respectively.
US11338447B2	Structural load cell cases for encasing sensors in robotic systems A structural load cell case for a pick and place robotic system that prevents torsion, bending, and overloading from damaging sensors is disclosed. The structural load cell case includes a base, an inner tube that houses the load cell, and a roller sleeve outside the inner tube. The base is adapted to connect to a load and includes a compression spring interfaced with a first part of the load cell. The roller sleeve includes a plurality of roller bearings in contact with the inner tube. The inner tube is free to slide along an axis of the roller sleeve up to pre-determined limits, but is constrained from rotating or translating in directions other than the axis of the roller sleeve.
US11338445B2	End effector force sensor and manual actuation assistance An automated positioning system and methods of controlling the same. The positioning system includes a multi-joint positioning arm, an end effector coupled to a distal end of the positioning arm, a force-moment sensor (FMS) coupled to the end effector and a controller coupled to communicate with the positioning arm and the FMS. Using signals from the FMS, at least one external force or torque applied to the end effector is determined. A drive velocity for moving the end effector is determined, based on the at least one external force or torque. One or more joint movements of the positioning arm for moving the end effector is calculated, according to the drive velocity. The positioning arm is moved according to the one or more calculated joint movements.
US11338443B2	Device for managing the movements of a robot, and associated treatment robot The invention relates to a device for managing the movements of a robot configured to treat a surface, said device including: acquisition means for acquiring a three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated; and determination means for determining a sequence of movements on the basis of said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated; said determination means comprising at least one three-dimensional generic model (m1-m3) for which a plurality of sequences of movements (Tx) are known; said device including adjustment means for adjusting said generic model (m1-m3) with said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated that are able to deform said generic model (m1-m3) and known sequences of movements (Tx) so as to correspond to said three-dimensional representation (Re) of said surface to be treated.
US11338436B2	Assessing robotic grasping Methods and systems for assessing a robotic grasping technique. The system in accordance with various embodiments may include a warehouse management system for retrieving and storing items, a robotic manipulator for grasping an item, and analysis module configured to receive data regarding a first grasp attempt by the robotic manipulator and analyze the received data to determine whether the robotic manipulator successfully grasped the item.
US11338430B2	Article carrying robot Included are a bottom portion having a traveling portion, a body portion having a first pillar portion and a second pillar portion extending in a vertical direction, respectively, from one end and another end in a horizontal direction of the bottom portion, and a top portion including one end connected to an end of the first pillar portion opposite to the bottom portion and including another end connected to an end of the second pillar portion opposite to the bottom portion, an article storage portion that forms an opening with the first pillar portion, the second pillar portion, the top portion, and the bottom portion in such a way that the opening penetrates the body portion, and fixing portions provided in the first and second pillar portions to sandwich the opening and pair up with each other, for fixing an article storage auxiliary instrument.
US11338426B2	Cordless power cutter The cordless power cutter that is lightweight and weight-balanced between a power section housing a battery pack as a power source and a cutting section including a motor in a belt-free drive system and rotatable disk blade. The weight balancing of the cordless power cutter allows the tool to remain parallel to a horizontal surface, such as the ground, without tilting, when the operator lifts and holds the tool by only a gripping or transverse portion of the lifting handle. The motor has a motor axis that is not perpendicular to the disk axis and that is rearward of the disk axis to provide a depth of cut. The weight-balance and motor positioning allows the cordless power cutter to achieve ease of handling and operation.
US11338424B2	Insert bushing arrangement, breaking hammer and related method An insert bushing arrangement of a breaking hammer, a breaking hammer and a method of supporting a breaking tool of a breaking hammer is provided. The insert bushing arrangement includes a bearing support inside which an insert bushing is mountable. Between the bearing support and the insert bushing is one or more intermediate material layers for preventing jamming of the components.
US11338421B2	Pneumatic nail gun A pneumatic nail gun includes a gun body, a muzzle connected to the gun body for receiving a nail, a cylinder unit disposed in the gun body, an air valve unit having a cover portion, and a striking unit having a piston. The cylinder unit includes a gas storage chamber, a striking cylinder having a cylinder chamber 510 in fluid communication with the gas storage chamber, and at least one gas storage cylinder in fluid communication with the gas storage chamber for receiving a gas having a pre-determined gas pressure. The cover portion is operable to interrupt fluid communication between the cylinder chamber and the gas storage chamber, and to allow the fluid communication such that the piston is pushed by the gas to strike the nail.
US11338418B2	Joint press adapter A slip-on adapter that is adapted to be coupled to existing adapters that have already been developed. The slip-on adapter couples to existing adapters by positive retention on either the outside diameter or inside diameter of the existing adapter. For example, the slip-on adapter can include an O-ring that grips the outside diameter of the existing adapter that it is slipped onto. The slip-on adapter can also be used as a “flip adapter” with different geometries at both ends for use with two different size ball joints. This allows for less expensive adapters for new size ball joints by connecting to existing adapters, rather than requiring full machining of a new adapter.
US11338412B2	Direction controller for a ratchet screw driver A ratchet screw driver includes a holder, a toothed wheel, two pawls, a direction switch and a ring. The toothed wheel, the pawls and the ring are inserted in the holder. The pawls are biased from each other. Each of the pawls includes a boss and a toothed face. The direction switch is connected to the holder, movable between two positions relative to the holder, and formed with two bosses. The ring includes two cutouts and two hooks. The cutouts receive the bosses so that the ring is rotatable with the direction switch. One of the hooks is engaged with the boss of one of the pawls to firmly engage the toothed face of the remaining one of the pawls with the toothed wheel when the ring is moved to one of the positions by the direction switch.
US11338409B2	Three-zone carrier head and flexible membrane A flexible membrane for a carrier head of a chemical mechanical polisher includes a main portion, an annular outer portion, and three annular flaps. The main portion has a substrate mounting surface with a radius R. The annular outer portion extends upwardly from an outer edge of the main portion and has a lower edge connected to the main portion and an upper edge. The three annular flaps include a first annular flap joined to an inner surface of the main portion at a radial position between 75% and 95% of R, a second inwardly-extending annular flap joined to the annular outer portion at a position between the lower edge and the upper edge, and a third inwardly-extending annular flap joined to the upper edge of the annular outer portion.
US11338400B2	Double row compressor stators A method of manufacturing a compressor stator having: a first stator blade with a first leading edge and a first trailing edge; a second stator blade disposed a circumferential distance from the first stator blade, the second stator blade having a second leading edge disposed an axial distance from the first leading edge and a second trailing edge disposed an axial distance from the first trailing edge; the method comprising: using additive manufacturing to deposit and fuse together progressive layers of metal material commencing at a substrate to form the first stator blade, the second stator blade, at least one intermediate support structure disposed between the first stator blade and the second stator blade, and at least one primary support structure disposed between the substrate and at least one of: the first stator blade; and the second stator blade; and removing the primary support structure and the intermediate support structure.
US11338399B2	Production method of bathroom hardware shells A method that includes heating a bar having an outer diameter and a length to a first temperature for a first time; extruding the heated bar to form a hollow blank having a wall thickness; forming a semi-finished blank by closing one end; bending the semi-finished blank to have an angle between first and second parts of the semi-finished blank; placing the bent semi-finished blank in a die, which is heated to a second temperature; forming a shell by injecting a gas onto or into the bent semi-finished blank after closing the die through a gas inlet in the die at a pressure for a second time, which causes the bent semi-finished blank to fit a cavity of the bathroom hardware shell shaping die; removing the shell from the die and forming a water faucet hole therein; and plating an outer surface of the shell with a coating.
US11338390B2	Two-color high speed thermal imaging system for laser-based additive manufacturing process monitoring Monitoring melt pool temperature in laser powder bed fusion by providing a build laser that produces a laser beam that is directed onto the melt pool and produces an incandescence that emanates from the melt pool, receiving the incandescence and producing a first image having a first spectral band and a second image having a second spectral band, and determining the ratio of said first image having a first spectral band and said second image having a second spectral band to monitor the melt pool temperature.
US11338389B2	Battery case sealing method and a sealed battery manufacturing method In a battery case sealing method, a lid is fitted to an opening of a battery case, and then a side wall on an inner side of the battery case and a side surface of the lid are brought into contact with each other. The side wall forms the opening. In a state where the side wall on the inner side of the battery case is in contact with the side surface of the lid, a boundary portion between the side wall and the side surface of the lid is welded by irradiating a laser beam in a direction from an outer side of the battery case toward the inner side of the battery case in a thickness direction of the lid.
US11338387B2	Engraving in a computer numerically controlled machine A method for dithering can include receiving, at a computer numerically controlled machine comprising a laser, a motion plan corresponding to a first image. The output of the laser can be dithered, in accordance with the motion plan, to effect a change in a material within an interior space of the computer numerically controlled machine. The change can substantially reproduce at least a portion of the first image on the material. The dithering can include providing laser energy to the material at a native resolution based at least on a spot size of the laser. The spot size can be determined based at least on one or more parameters of the computer numerically controlled machine and/or one or more properties of the material. The laser energy can be delivered at locations separated by a distance no less than the spot size.
US11338384B2	Numerical control plasma special-shaped cutting machine tool The present disclosure discloses a numerically-controlled plasma special-shaped cutting machine tool including a bracket, a cross beam, a feeding mechanism, a clamping mechanism, a gun head moving mechanism, a material conveying system, a material receiving device, a dedusting system, an electrical control system, and an outer cover. The present disclosure adopts plasma cutting, and the surface quality is obviously improved. Material conveying and cutting are performed by a predetermined program programmed in advance, and the dimensional precision of the machining is well ensured. Workers only need to place a workpiece material on the material conveying system, and the machine tool can perform automatic cutting. The labor intensity of the workers is greatly reduced, the cutting is continuously performed, and the machining efficiency is remarkably improved.
US11338353B2	Systems and methods for heat exchanger manufacturing Systems and methods for pressure expanding a tube to fit a heat exchanger fin are disclosed. The systems can include one or more pressure relief devices, and each pressure relief device can be configured to release at least some pressurized fluid via a respective auxiliary flow path in response to a pressure of the pressurized fluid being greater than a predetermined pressure relief threshold.
US11338351B2	Cam driven multi-output bodymaker A can bodymaker includes a mounting assembly and a forming system. The forming system includes a plurality of forming assemblies, each forming assembly coupled to the mounting assembly, each forming assembly including a ram assembly with an elongated ram body, and a ram drive assembly operatively coupled to each forming assembly. The ram drive assembly is a direct ram drive assembly.
US11338350B2	Method for permanently fastening cams on a carrier tube A method for permanently fastening a cam on a cam carrier may involve positioning the cam on the cam carrier in a predefined axial and angular position. By way of the positioning, an end face of the cam carrier is aligned with an end face of the cam. The method may also involve positioning a cam segment formed by the cam carrier and the cam in an assembly device. The cam carrier may then be deformed such that the cam is secured at least in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner against movement in an axial direction on the cam carrier. A deformation tool of the assembly device may be advanced in an axial direction onto the end face of the cam carrier, and the cam carrier may be deformed such that material of the cam carrier is forced outward in a radial direction against the cam.
US11338339B2	Cooling a roll of a roll stand A cooling device (7) for cooling a roll (5) of a roll stand (1). The cooling device (7) includes a chilled beam (13) for receiving and discharging a coolant. The chilled beam (13) has multiple full jet nozzles (21) disposed on a discharge side (19) of the chilled beam (13), the side facing the roll (5) and extending parallel to a roll axis (17) of the roll (5). Through each of the full-jet nozzles, a jet of coolant having a nearly constant jet diameter can be sprayed from the chilled beam (13) towards the roll (5) in a discharge direction (23).
US11338333B2	Laser cleaning system A laser cleaning system including a laser source, an energy-transferring optical fiber, a laser cleaning head, a coreless motor, a connection lens barrel, and a mirror.
US11338332B2	Cleaning station for optical elements A cleaning station for an optical element is providing, including: an optical element holder configured to hold the optical element; a first drive configured to rotate the optical element holder around a rotation axis coinciding with an optical axis of the optical element when held by the optical element holder; a cleaning nozzle configured to project a cleaning jet of a cleaning liquid towards the optical element; and a separate drying nozzle configured to project a drying jet towards the optical element, the cleaning nozzle and the drying nozzle being configured to move in order to direct the cleaning jet and the drying jet, respectively, successively to different locations on the optical element.
US11338331B2	Sorting installation and method for the sorting of objects A sorting installation sorts objects and contains a sorter for conveying objects and also an end station facility accepting objects. The sorter is configured to bring at least a few of the objects conveyed on the sorter in an object introduction direction, which is different from a local direction of object conveyance of the sorter in an area of the sorter adjoining the end station facility, into the end station facility. In order to make possible a fine distribution of the objects that is favorable in terms of the effort involved, the end station facility has a first object store, a second object store and also a transport facility. The transport facility is configured to transport the objects brought by the sorter into the end station facility optionally along a first transport path to the first object store or along a second transport path to the second object store.
US11338325B2	Touch feedback and sensing device A touch feedback and sensing device includes a circuit board, a piezoelectric ceramic actuator on the circuit board; and at least one strain sensor on the circuit board. The piezoelectric ceramic actuator includes a piezoelectric ceramic block, a cathode and an anode on the piezoelectric ceramic block. Different voltages are applied to the cathode and the anode to vibrate the piezoelectric ceramic block. The circuit board vibrates with vibration of the piezoelectric ceramic block. The at least one strain sensor is configured to detect and monitor vibration of the circuit board.
US11338322B2	Method for coating the visible surfaces of motor vehicle wheel rims In a method for coating motor vehicle wheel rims, a polymer priming layer, a polymer intermediate layer, a decorative layer of a heat-cured polymer layer with embedded flake-like metal pigments covering the visible surface of the decorative layer, and a polymer cover layer are consecutively applied to the wheel rim metal surface. The coated wheel rims achieve a polished metal appearance by producing the polymer intermediate layer with a high-gloss surface and applying the decorative layer to the high-gloss surface of the polymer intermediate layer in the wet spraying method with a layer thickness of max. 2 μm, where it is dried at ambient temperature and, before applying the polymer cover layer, it is fixed to the polymer intermediate layer via a thermal post-treatment so that it adheres to the surface thereof with a cross-cut pull-off strength of Gt=0 to Gt=2.
US11338320B1	Composition for aerosol cans, method of making and using the same A volatile organic compound (VOC) free low radiant flux radiation curable composition for aerosol containers including an acrylate-terminated compound component, a thiol monomer or oligomer component, a photoinitiator component, a surface additive component, and an ethanol-based reducer, wherein the composition does not include an acetone component. Moreover, other implementations are directed towards methods of using the aerosol containers to apply the UV Curable Composition.
US11338318B2	Coating composition for preventing adhesion of advertising material and method for coating by thereof A coating composition contains 25 to 35 parts by weight urethane synthetic resin solution, acrylic resin solution, or epoxy resin solution; 5 to 35 parts by weight urethane pigments, acrylic or epoxy pigments; 10 to 20 parts by weight PE-thermoplastic resin beads, phenol resin beads, melamine resin beads, epoxy resin beads, polystyrene resin beads or glass beads; 40 to 52 parts by weight organic solvents comprising urethane thinner and toluene; and 2 to 4 parts by weight curing agent, forms a coating sheet which can be attached to public or private installation, such as walls, poles, street lights, or traffic lights, to prevent adhesion of unlawful or unwanted materials on the installation, and can be provided with color tones same as those of the private or public installations in order not to defile the appearance of the street.
US11338315B2	Articulating nozzle An improved nozzle assembly includes a housing having an inlet for directing media (e.g. cleaning fluid) into the housing, and a nozzle core rotatably coupled to the housing. The nozzle core includes a sprayer shaft and a vane coupled thereto. The sprayer shaft defines a peripheral outlet, and is adapted for passage of media from the housing through the outlet. The vane is adapted to receive media from the inlet to rotationally bias the nozzle core in a first direction and radially orient the outlet to an activated position. The nozzle core is rotationally biased in a second direction opposite the first to radially orient the outlet to a home position different than the activated position. A system including the nozzle assembly, and methods of using each of the same, are also disclosed.
US11338314B2	Nozzle device and nozzle unit In order to enable the outflow direction of a fluid to be changed and to enable the outflow position of the fluid to be freely set, a nozzle device (7) of the present invention comprising: a flow path body that flows or holds a fluid and that has a flow path wall (6); and a nozzle unit (1) including a nozzle body (3) having a spherical surface on an outer periphery thereof and having a fluid passage (3a) formed thereinside, a holding mechanism of the nozzle body (3), and a securing member (4) that fixes the holding mechanism to the flow path wall (6), wherein the holding mechanism is made of a pair of thin plate members (2), each having a contact holding portion (2b) in contact with the spherical surface of the nozzle body (3) and having a flat portion (2a), and the holding mechanism rotatably holds the spherical surface in a state in which the nozzle body (3) is sandwiched by the contact holding portions (2b) of a pair of the thin plate members (2).
US11338313B2	Applicator with collapsible wand An applicator comprises a housing having a liquid input, a pump, a motor, and a power source; a trigger for providing selective control over the pump; a wand hingedly connected to the housing; and a nozzle coupled to the wand for discharging liquid from the applicator. The nozzle and the liquid input are in fluid communication via the pump and various conduits of the applicator.
US11338312B2	Print head and associated operating method The disclosure concerns a printhead for the application of a coating agent to a component, in particular for painting a vehicle body component with a paint. The disclosure provides that the printhead is designed in such a way that it enables a color change during coating operation and can be rinsed with a rinsing agent during a color change in order to rinse out coating agent residues from the printhead.
US11338311B2	Fluid application device having a nozzle with individually metered orifice or orifices A fluid application device and method of controlling the dispensing of the from the fluid delivery device are provided. The fluid application device includes a metering device configured to receive the fluid and has one or more metering pumps configured to meter the fluid flowing through each pump, a discrete fluid delivery conduit extending from each metering pump, the fluid delivery conduit configured to receive the metered fluid, and a nozzle assembly fluidically connected to the metering device. The nozzle assembly includes one or more orifices. Each metering pump is fluidically connected to at least one orifice, respectively, of the one or more orifices via a respective delivery conduit. The method includes positioning the metering device upstream from the one or more orifices and controlling a flow rate of the fluid delivered from each metering pump to at least one orifice associated with the metering pump.
US11338304B2	Fluid separator device A device for separating and extracting suspended solids and particles from a fluid is shown. The device can include a hydro-cyclonic process unit, a variable geometry vortex process unit, a reverse coalescence and flocculation process unit and a fixed geometry vortices separator process unit. The fluid to be treated can enter the device through a fluid inlet and travel and recirculate through the several process units. The process units can collectively induce vorticose separation of the fluid and separate suspended solids and particles within the fluid. The suspended solids and particles can then be extracted from the device via one or more extraction fluid outlets. After the desired amount of suspended solids and particles has been removed, the processed fluid can be discharged from the device.
US11338303B2	Bearing arrangement of a screw of a solid bowl screw centrifuge In a bearing arrangement of a screw of a solid bowl screw centrifuge, having a centrifuge axis, a first axial bearing and a second axial bearing, which are provided for taking up an axial force of the screw, an elastic member is provided, on which the second axial bearing is supported for supporting the axial force of the screw in the axial direction.
US11338301B1	Pan for separating granular material A pan for separating granular material may include a bottom wall and a sidewall. The sidewall may have an upper perimeter and a lower perimeter, and the lower perimeter may be coupled to the bottom wall so that the bottom wall and sidewall are watertight or otherwise configured to hold a volume of water. Preferably, the upper perimeter may be larger in dimension than the lower perimeter. A baffle plate may be coupled to the sidewall so that the baffle plate may be positioned between the upper perimeter and the lower perimeter. The baffle plate may have a proximal surface and an opposing distal surface, and portions of the proximal surface may contact the sidewall. A pocket may be formed between the bottom wall, the first baffle plate, and a portion of the sidewall that is between the bottom wall and sidewall.
US11338290B2	Sorting biological and non-biological moieties using magnetic levitation Systems and methods for levitating populations of moieties, cells, or other such units using one or more magnets in a microfluidic environment are provided. These systems and methods may be used to, for example, separate or sort heterogeneous populations of the units from one another, to assembly a multi-unit assembly during the levitating of the units, and to evaluate samples at the point of care in real-time. These systems and methods may also utilize a frame that enables an imaging device, such as a smartphone, to capture the units in real time as they are manipulated in the system.
US11338288B2	Peristaltic pump and analyzer for testing a sample A peristaltic pump and an analyzer for testing a biological sample, wherein the pump includes a pump head that is constructed as a screwless assembly, wherein the pump includes a bayonet and/or a beam coupling, and/or wherein rollers of the pump are configured to be pivoted about corresponding pivot axes that intersect with the roller axes.
US11338286B2	Detection of microscopic objects A substrate for use in manufacture of a production master plate for production of a detection disc for carrying samples in an apparatus for detection of microscopic objects in a fluid, the substrate having a channel and separate focus structure, wherein the focus structure is a groove.
US11338280B2	Catalytic reactor system treatment processes There are provided methods of treating a catalyst-containing reactor system with a liquid solvent to remove contaminants from the reactor system. An exemplary method includes the steps of: isolating the reactor system to be treated from upstream and downstream equipment; reducing the temperature and pressure of the isolated reactor system by flushing with a hydrogen rich gas; injecting a non-aqueous liquid solvent into the reactor system at an injection point while continuously flowing hydrogen-rich gas through the reactor system; maintaining the solvent in a liquid state while flowing the solvent continuously through the reactor system; and terminating the step of injecting solvent and terminating the continuous flowing of hydrogen-rich gas. The exemplary method is free of the injecting of a carrier gas into the reactor system comprising alkanes selected from the methane, ethane, propane, butane and pentane.
US11338272B2	Catalyst capable of directly decomposing urea and method for urea decomposition using the same The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for directly decomposing urea, a method for preparing the same and a system for decomposing urea including the same, whereby the efficiency of decomposing urea to ammonia may be improved while preventing the formation of a byproduct such as biuret at temperatures of 200° C. or below by controlling the oxygen composition of the catalyst including titania and ceria.
US11338268B2	Composition for mineralizing carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide gases and uses thereof The invention relates to a composition for mineralising carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide gases, which comprises a mixture of magnesium (between 1 and 25%), iron (between 1 and 23%), calcium monoxide (between 1 and 25%), titanium dioxide (between 0.1 and 11%) and silicon dioxide (between 16 and 75%), with a particle diameter between 100 nm and 4000 μm. The composition causes the mineralisation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and of the gaseous chemical compounds known as “nitrogen oxides” (NOx) in the atmosphere. This composition can be added or mixed as an additive in paints, dyes, resins and elastic polymers (gum and natural rubber) in parts with wear, and for any type of covering.
US11338267B2	Water-absorbent resin particle Disclosed are water-absorbent resin particles comprising a crosslinked polymer comprising a monomer unit derived from a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein an artificial menstrual blood volume increase rate as measured in an artificial menstrual blood swelling test conducted in the order of i), ii), and iii) is 70% or more. i) putting 1.0 g of water-absorbent resin particles into a measuring cylinder with an inner diameter of 27 mm. ii) injecting 10 ml of artificial menstrual blood into the cylinder at once to swell the water-absorbent resin particles. iii) measuring a volume (A) of the swollen water-absorbent resin particles after 60 seconds from the injection and calculating an artificial menstrual blood volume increase rate according to Equation (I) below. Artificial menstrual blood volume increase rate (%)=(A−B)/B×100 . . . (I), A . . . Volume (ml) of swollen water-absorbent resin particles, B . . . Volume (ml) of injected artificial menstrual blood.
US11338254B2	Methods and systems for composition compounding Systems and methods that implement a GUI functional block that allows a user to specify a compounding formula for a composition, an ingredient validation functional block configured for receiving a code on a container holding a first ingredient, consulting a database to derive a formulation ingredient to be used in preparing the composition, determining if the first ingredient matches the formulation ingredient, a planetary mixer control functional block configured for consulting the database arrangement at least partly on a basis of the specified compounding formula to determine mixing parameters for a planetary mixer that are associated with the specified compounding formula, causing a motor assembly of the planetary mixer to apply superimposed rotation and revolution movements to a container in accordance with the mixing parameters determined from the consulting, preventing operation of the motor assembly if the determining step fails to match the first ingredient to the formulation ingredient.
US11338252B2	Substrate for liquid filter A substrate for a liquid filter, which includes a polyolefin microporous membrane, the polyolefin microporous membrane having a water permeation efficiency of 1.21 to 2.90 ml/min·cm2, the polyolefin microporous membrane having a bubble point of 0.40 MPa to 0.65 MPa, the polyolefin microporous membrane having a compressibility of less than 15%.
US11338246B2	Nozzle filter Devices and methods for the filtration of particulates from a liquid stream are provided. A filter cartridge includes a housing configured to be placed in-line with a stream of liquid and a plurality of hollow fiber filter members disposed within the housing. The hollow fiber filter members are potted at one end of the housing and configured to capture particulates from the stream of liquid via surface energy. The filter cartridge can provide low pressure loss filtering and is capable of being placed within a small space.
US11338237B2	Hollow filter element, in particular for gas filtration A hollow filter element for insertion into an openable filter housing has a filter medium body configured as a hollow body surrounding an inwardly positioned flow space. At least one end disk is connected to the filter medium body and covers an axial end face of the filter medium body. A positioning element is arranged at the at least one end disk and interacts with a housing-associated blade of the filter housing. The positioning element receives the housing-associated blade with form fit in two different transverse directions relative to the longitudinal axis of the filter medium body. The positioning element has a positioning recess.
US11338235B2	Filter device comprising a filter element in a filter housing A filter device is provided with a filter housing provided with a housing wall and with a filter element arranged in the filter housing. The filter element has an annular filter medium body and an end disk arranged at an end face of the filter medium body. The filter medium body surrounds in a ring shape an inwardly positioned flow space for receiving a fluid to be filtered. An annular circumferentially extending flow path is positioned between an outer contour of the end disk and an inner side of the housing wall of the filter housing. Guide vanes project into the annular circumferentially extending flow path. The guide vanes are fastened at the end disk at the filter element. A cover is arranged at the end disk at the filter element and covers a portion of the annular circumferentially extending flow path.
US11338230B2	Fuel filter and mounting support of which the outlet is sealed by a valve in case of removal of a filter insert The fuel filter has an outlet for the filtered fuel in a lower base portion of a casing, and a valve associated with the outlet. The filter insert has an internal space in which filtered fuel flows and that accommodates a central member capable of moving the valve to an open position when the insert is in an operational configuration in the casing. The valve is urged, by default, to a sealed position cutting off the flow to the outlet, for example by resilient return arranged between the bottom of the filter and a wall of an interface that guides the lower end of the central member. The central member and the filter insert form a removable unit, and it is therefore possible, typically by way of a cover/removable unit fastening, to automatically obtain the sealed position after opening the top cover.
US11338226B2	Filter pipe fitting A filter pipe fitting is provided for use in connecting a supply pipe to drip line tubing used within heap leach mining. The filter pipe fitting includes first and second ends. The pipe fitting's first end includes male threads for threadably affixing to female threads formed in the sidewall of a supply pipe. The pipe fitting's first end further includes a filter element preferably including longitudinally extending slats forming longitudinally extending slots. The filter element preferably has a closed end, which may or may not be disengageable from the slats. The pipe fitting's second end includes male threads for affixing to a ring nut. The second end further includes a male clamping surface for engaging a female clamping surface circumferentially found on the interior of the ring nut. The male and female clamping surfaces are utilized to clamp onto the tubular end of drip line tubing.
US11338221B2	Heat exchanger Disclosed is a shell-and-tube heat exchanger type with a tube bundle and has a redistribution chamber connected to tubes of the tube bundle and to a duct. The duct extends between the redistribution chamber and the shell.
US11338215B2	Reversible toy The present disclosure includes embodiments directed to a reversible toy. The reversible toy may include a body including first and second material layers defining opposing first and second surfaces and a sealed cavity therebetween. The body may be reversible between first and second positions to alternatingly present the first and second surfaces as an outer body surface defining a body exterior. The other of the first and second surfaces may alternatingly define a stored body surface defining an interior cavity. The body exterior may define the same shape in both the first and second positions. An interior cavity opening may have a diameter. At least portions of the body may collapse through the opening when the body is moved between the first and second positions. The diameter may be defined by a stitched edge, which may define a terminal bottom edge of both the first and second material layers.
US11338211B2	Information processing apparatus and game image distributing method An application execution unit 110 generates a game image. A message generation unit 112 generates a notification message. An image processing unit 118 generates a distribution image including the game image. A distribution processing unit 126 distributes the distribution image to one or more information processing terminals through a shared server. A setting unit 114 allows a user to set whether or not the notification message is included in the distribution image so as to be visually recognizable, and registers setting contents in a storage apparatus.
US11338209B2	Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating conducting a competition between participants Disclosed herein is a method of facilitating conducting a competition between participants, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method comprises receiving a registration request from a participant device, registering a participant, identifying first participants, transmitting a participant list to the participant device, receiving a selection of a first participant from the participant device, generating a challenge notification, transmitting the challenge notification to a first participant device, receiving participant content from the participant device, receiving first participant content from each first participant device, analyzing the participant content and the first participant content, selecting a participant content and a first participant, transmitting the participant content and the first participant content to a viewer device, receiving a score for each of the participant and the first participant from the viewer device, analyzing the score, determining a winner of the competition, generating a reward for the winner, and storing the reward.
US11338208B2	Information processing program, information processing server, and information processing system Provided is an information processing program for causing a computer to realize: a joint-event generation management unit that consumes a first parameter and generates a joint event; a number-of-players determination unit that determines an upper-limit number of players allowed to participate in the joint event; a joint-event participation management unit that consumes a second parameter and that permits other players to participate in the joint event; a privilege management unit that grants an execution privilege for the joint event to a player; a joint-event execution control unit that starts the execution of the joint event when replies have been accepted from all the players except the player who has been granted the execution privilege; a reward providing unit that provides a reward to each player; and a joint-event number-of-times checking unit that checks whether the number of times for execution of the joint event has reached the upper-limit number.
US11338206B2	Information processing system, information processing apparatus, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having information processing program stored therein, and information processing method A plurality of content groups are stored in a memory, and some of the content groups are determined as selectable target groups by a selection. One content group is selected from among the selectable target groups on the basis of a user's operation, and a selection process is executed for the one content group. A content selected is given to the user, and a given status of each content is stored in the memory such that this given content is excluded. In addition, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, selectable target groups are selected again. At this time, the given status of each content in each content group is retained regardless of which content groups are set as the selectable target groups.
US11338199B2	Interactive latency measurement The described technology is generally directed towards techniques to measure interaction latency. Interaction latency can be measured at a client device by measuring time intervals between user inputs and corresponding feedback, such as video frames responsive to the user inputs. Feedback can comprise communication bursts received at the client device. The communication bursts can be detected and correlated with user inputs in order to measure interaction latency. Feedback can also comprise video response features which are responsive to the user inputs. Received video frames can be analyzed to discover response features, and video frames including the response features can be correlated with user inputs in order to measure interaction latency.
US11338184B2	Golf game A golf game having an elongated mat with a first end, a second end, sides, a top surface, and a bottom surface. Adjacent each end are a plurality of holes with each hole having a removable plug. Along the sides, the first end, and the second end are rails that preferably fold up from the edges of the mat by remaining interconnected by male/female slots.
US11338182B2	Golf club heads with stiffening ribs A hollow golf club head comprising a first component and a second component. The first component comprises a crown return extending rearwardly from a strikeface and forming a portion of a crown; a sole return extending rearwardly from the strikeface and forming a portion of a sole; a sole extension extending rearwardly from the sole return; and a back rail connected to the sole sections. The back rail comprises a top wall, a rear wall, and a lip, which together define a channel extending along the back rail in a heel to toe direction. The second component comprises a heel side wing and a toe side wing that extend from the crown to the sole around a heel end of the club head. The channel is configured to receive a weight portion. The first component comprises a majority of the overall mass of the golf club head.
US11338175B2	Connected stationary exercise machine Stationary exercise machine. In one aspect of the disclosure, a stationary exercise machine may include one or more moveable members configured to be moved by a user, an actuator configured to selectively adjust the speed of, or the amount of resistance on, the one or more moveable members, and one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive a video, execute the video set to a first difficulty level, receive a second difficulty level, and execute the video reset to the second difficulty level.
US11338170B2	Exercise bar A portable exercise device for use in resistance training programs is provided, which can comprise: a hollow structure; multiple resistance bands, each shorter than the hollow structure; multiple anchor members for securing the resistance bands to the hollow structure; multiple attachable and detachable handles; wherein one end of each resistance band is coupled to an anchor; wherein an opposing end of each resistance band is operably configured for attachment to a handle; such that each resistance band is contained completely within the hollow structure during rest and is capable of extending outside the hollow structure during use when attached to a handle. Such devices can be used by attaching a handle to a resistance band at each end of the hollow bar, gripping the bar with hands, placing feet in the handles, and moving the bar away from the feet to create resistance in the bands thereby exercising the user's body. Such devices can also be used by attaching a handle to the resistance band at each end of the hollow bar, whereby the handle is three-sided and each side serves a different adapted function; for example, one side may be configured for gripping by a user's hand, one side may be configured for engaging by the user's foot, and one side may be configured to anchor to an anchoring structure.
US11338168B2	Fitness exercise apparatus A fitness exercise apparatus includes a main frame, a seat frame, a plurality of elastic cords, a plurality of pulling units and a pair of handles. The main frame includes a support unit having bottom and top portions. The seat frame includes a guide rail, and a seat assembly slidably disposed on the guide rail and movable toward and away from the support unit. Each elastic cord extends from the bottom to the top portion of the support unit. Each pulling unit includes a plurality of pulley sets provided on the main frame and the seat frame, and a plurality of wires each of which is looped around a corresponding pulley set and connectable with a corresponding elastic cord. Each handle is connected to a selected one of the elastic cord and the wire.
US11338167B2	Exercise device and method of use An exercise device that simultaneously incorporates both balance and resistance training comprises a base including a rear and a front portion; a balancer disposed in the base proximal to the front portion of the base and configured to both support a user thereon and move with weight shifting by the user thereon; one or more lines retractably disposed in the front portion of the base; a resistance mechanism disposed in the base and operably associated with the one or more lines, wherein both balance and resistance training are provided by the balancer and the resistance mechanism when a user attempts to balance the user's weight on the balancer while pulling on the one or more lines.
US11338165B2	Multiple movement exercise device An exercise device for allowing multiple exercise movements is provided. The device includes a substantially cube-shaped frame, and a unit for doing exercise movements on at least one side of the frame.
US11338162B2	Low molecular weight polyethylene glycol (PEG) in fluorine containing fire fighting foam concentrates It has been discovered that low molecular weight poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) can be used in place of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether (DGME) in fire foam concentrates without compromising the desirable properties provided by DGME. Surprisingly it has been found that lower molecular weight PEG with a weight average molecular weight Mw of 400 or less provides comparable performance to DGME with considerably lower toxicity. Use of this PEG permits preparation of fire foam concentrates that exclude DGME completely and that are less toxic than conventional DGME-containing concentrates.
US11338158B2	System and a method for delivering breathing gas to passengers on-board an aircraft A system for delivering breathing gas to passengers on-board an aircraft, including: a source of breathing gas, at least one face mask for passengers, a reservoir associated with each face mask, a delivery valve for each face mask, the delivery valve being disposed between the source of breathing gas and the reservoir, the reservoir being disposed between the delivery valve and the face mask, a sensor associated with each reservoir and configured to sense a filling of the reservoir, and a controller configured to control the delivery valve in a continuous supply mode to provide a continuous flow of breathing gas to the reservoir and to interrupt the continuous flow of breathing gas when the filing sensed by the sensor is a filling threshold.
US11338155B2	Radiation irradiation system and positioning assembly for radiation irradiation system The present disclosure provides a positioning assembly for a radiation irradiation system. The positioning assembly includes a shielding body made of polymer and radiation shielding material capable of shielding the radiation and a sealing bag for accommodating the shielding body, when the target to be irradiated is placed on the positioning assembly, the positioning assembly is recessed with a shape of the target at the position where the target is placed and forms a contour corresponding to the target to position the target to be irradiated.
US11338152B2	Light therapy bandage A radiant energy bandage assembly is disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment, the radiant energy bandage assembly comprises an encased flexible PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) including a plurality of radiant lamps and a plurality of apertures aligned with the plurality of radiant lamps. A control pod docking interface operatively connected to the flexible PCBA provides an interface to operatively connect a user control pod to control a dosage of radiant energy to a user treatment area.
US11338151B2	Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
US11338146B2	System for adjusting ventricular refractory periods A system is provided for controlling a left univentricular (LUV) pacing therapy using an implantable medical device (IMD). The system also includes one or more processors configured to determine an atrial-ventricular (AV) conduction interval (ARRV) between the A site and a first RV sensed event at the RV site, determine an inter-ventricular (VV) conduction interval (RLV-RRV) between a paced event at the LV site and a second RV sensed event at the RV site, and set a ventricular refractory period (VRP) based on at least one of the AV conduction interval or the VV conduction interval and a predetermined offset. The one or more processors are also configured to blank signals over the RV sensing channel during the VRP.
US11338141B2	Paresthesia-free spinal cord stimulation occurring at lower frequencies and sweet spot searching using paresthesia Methods and systems for testing and treating spinal cord stimulation (SCS) patients are disclosed. Patients are eventually treated with sub-perception (paresthesia free) therapy. However, supra-perception stimulation is used during “sweet spot searching” during which active electrodes are selected for the patient. This allows sweet spot searching to occur much more quickly and without the need to wash in the various electrode combinations that are tried. After selecting electrodes using supra-perception therapy, therapy is titrated to sub-perception levels using the selected electrodes. Such sub-perception therapy has been investigated using pulses at or below 10 kHz, and it has been determined that a statistically significant correlation exists between pulse width (PW) and frequency (F) in this frequency range at which SCS patients experience significant reduction in symptoms such as back pain. Beneficially, sub-perception stimulation at such low frequencies significantly lowers power consumption in the patient's neurostimulator.
US11338136B2	Cranial nerve control device using both of monitoring according to real-time brain activity change and combined central and peripheral nerve stimulation A cranial nerve control device includes: goggles worn on a patient head; a functional electric stimulator adapted to apply peripheral nerve stimulation to a patient; a plurality of module guides provided to the goggles; a functional electric stimulator controller adapted to control the functional electric stimulator; a transcranial current stimulator-combined near-infrared spectroscopy measurement module controller adapted to control the transcranial current stimulator-combined functional near-infrared spectroscopy measurement module; and a simulation device connected to both the transcranial current stimulator-combined near-infrared spectroscopy measurement module controller and the functional electric stimulator to provide feedback of a transcranial current stimulation control signal to the transcranial current stimulator and feedback of a functional electrical stimulation control signal to the functional electric stimulator while monitoring the patient brain activity.
US11338132B2	Treatment device using high frequency A treatment device using a high frequency according to the present invention includes: a plurality of electrodes which transfers high frequency energy to the skin; a plurality of pads each of which is provided on one surface thereof with at least one of the electrodes; and a plurality of elastic members which independently and elastically support the other surfaces of the plurality of pads, respectively, so that plurality of electrodes can be three-dimensionally and closely attached to the curved surface of the skin. Accordingly, even when treating a body region having many curves, the attachment of the electrodes is efficiently maintained. In addition, although a hand piece moves in a state in which the plurality of pads are attached to skin, the plurality of pads can be maintained in the skin attached state while actively coping with the curves.
US11338126B1	Synchronous drive system and method of using same A synchronous drive system for simultaneously driving more than two or more rotational tissue screws and a method for simultaneously affixing a medical device to tissue employing the synchronous drive system. The synchronous drive system is particularly configured to affix an apical cuff to cardiac muscle tissue by simultaneously driving a plurality of rotational tissue screws through the apical cuff and into cardiac muscle tissue thereby affixing the apical cuff to the cardiac muscle tissue.
US11338122B2	Winged needle set securement A connector to secure a winged needle set to a catheter assembly may include a male luer lock. The male luer lock may include a tapered male discharge nozzle and a locking ring surrounding the tapered male discharge nozzle. The locking ring may be internally threaded. The connector may include a septum configured to prevent flow through the tapered male discharge nozzle. The connector may include an arm, which may include a first end, a second end, and a hinge portion disposed between the first end and the second end. The first end may be coupled to the male luer lock. In response to the hinge portion moving from an open position to a closed position, the arm may be configured to secure the winged needle set to the connector.
US11338112B2	Devices for monitoring movement of a secured catheter during a procedure A device for securing and monitoring movement of a catheter includes a film having an adhesive disposed on a body-facing surface for securing the film to a body. The device also includes a base mounted on the film, the base comprising a first portion of a guide channel for receiving the catheter. A cover is coupled to the base via a hinge, the cover comprising a second portion of the guide channel, the cover further comprising a rounded portion extending from a distal end of the cover, wherein in the closed configuration, the catheter is completely enclosed by the rounded portion and the first and second portions of the guide channel. The device also includes a positional shift indicator fixedly attached to the catheter and configured to indicate positional shifts by the catheter within the guide channel.
US11338101B2	Oxygen supply device and method for controlling same An oxygen supply device supplying a user with an oxygen gas for inhalation acquires information of the user on percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) using a sensor unit, and calculates, from SpO2, the first moving average value and the second moving average value calculated over a time span longer than the first moving average in a control unit. The control unit calculates a Dip frequency during predetermined time from the SpO2 information, and when the calculated frequency is equal to or larger than the first threshold, the control unit switches the control from the control based on the first moving average value of SpO2 to the control based on the second moving average value.
US11338100B2	Blowing device and fluid control device An inner peripheral surface of an upper plate of a first case has a first inclined surface that faces an outer peripheral surface of a seal holding member of a motor in a radial direction of a rotary shaft. An inner peripheral surface of a seal fixing member has a second inclined surface that also faces the outer peripheral surface of the seal holding member in the radial direction. The outer peripheral surface has third and fourth inclined surfaces along an axial direction of the rotary shaft. An outside diameter on sides of the third and fourth inclined surfaces that are far from each other is greater than an outside diameter on sides of the third and fourth inclined surfaces that are near each other. A sealing member is installed in an annular space that is surrounded by the first, second, third, and fourth inclined surfaces.
US11338097B2	Active self-locking type syringe An active self-locking type syringe includes a barrel, needle hub, plunger assembly, plunger protection cover, needle cap, needle tube, needle point protection sleeve, spring, guiding limit assemblies, initial clamping assemblies and a trigger ring plug. In an initial state, the trigger ring plug is located in a trigger cavity and is not in contact with the trigger parts or is in contact with the trigger parts but not enough to separate the initial clamping assemblies, the inner wall of the trigger ring plug and the needle hub are sealed, and the outer wall of the trigger ring plug and the inner wall of the barrel are sealed. In the above structure, the trigger ring plug arranged in the trigger cavity is triggered from the interior of the barrel close to a patient end, and the needle point protection sleeve is released.
US11338091B2	Needleless injector assemblies and related methods A needleless injector assembly can have a spring injector and an ampule. The spring injector can include a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion defining a bore and having a casing located in the bore and fixed relative to the first housing portion but the second housing portion can be rotatable relative to the casing. The casing can have a threaded receiving end at an end to threadedly receive a threaded end of an ampule. A pin having an end can project from the second housing portion and into an opening of the first housing portion and wherein the pin is retractable away from the first portion before the second housing portion is rotatable relative to the casing.
US11338086B2	Infusion devices and related patient ratio adjustment methods Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device to deliver a bolus amount of fluid influencing a physiological condition in a body of a user involves identifying, based on measurement values for the physiological condition, a residual value for the physiological condition resulting from the bolus amount of the fluid and determining an updated ratio for a subsequent bolus by adjusting an initial ratio influencing the bolus amount to compensate for the residual value. The updated ratio may be stored in a data storage element for use in determining a subsequent bolus amount in lieu of the initial ratio value.
US11338078B2	Delivery-and-fluid-storage bridges for use with reduced-pressure systems Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented that facilitate the provision of reduced pressure to a tissue site by using a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge, which separates liquids and gases and provides a flow path for reduced pressure. In one instance, a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge includes a delivery manifold for delivering reduced pressure to a treatment manifold at the tissue site and an absorbent layer proximate the delivery manifold adapted to receive and absorb liquids. The delivery manifold and the absorbent layer are encapsulated in an encapsulating pouch. A first aperture is formed proximate a first longitudinal end of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge for fluidly communicating reduced pressure to the delivery manifold from a reduced-pressure source, and a second aperture is formed on a patient-facing side of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge. Reduced pressure is transferred to the tissue site via the second aperture. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed.
US11338077B2	Adjustable liposuction cannula A device for removing fat from a body can include a pair of nested hollow members that each has at least one opening and an adjustment means for adjusting the orientation of the nested hollow members from a first configuration to a second configuration to change an amount of overlap between openings in the nested hollow members. The nested members can be deformable to change the shape of the openings.
US11338076B2	System and method of using frequency analysis to monitor flow rates A system for controlling a fluid procedure comprising a reusable separation apparatus controlled by a microprocessing controller. A sterile circuit is configured to associate with the reusable separation apparatus and provide a first fluid flow path in association with a pressure sensor in communication with the controller and a first pump configured to transmit pulsatile pressure signals to the pressure sensor during operation in association with the first fluid flow path. The reusable apparatus and the controller are configured to receive from the pressure sensor pressure signals comprising the pulsatile pressure signals, perform a frequency analysis of the pressure signals received by the pressure sensor over a time duration, derive a first rotation rate of the first pump or a first fluid flow rate at the first pump from the frequency analysis, and provide a response action based on the first rotation rate or the first fluid flow rate.
US11338073B2	Membrane for an oxygenator for gas exchange in the bloodstream, oxygenator having such a membrane, and method for producing such a membrane The invention relates to an oxygenator for gas exchange in the bloodstream, comprising a housing, a first interior chamber for blood arranged in the housing, a second interior chamber for gas arranged in the housing, and a membrane separating the interior chambers. According to the invention, the membrane has a silicone layer and a reinforcing structure reinforcing the silicone layer.
US11338068B2	Two-part implantable therapy delivery device An implantable therapy delivery device that includes a porous pouch and a cell encapsulation device configured to fit inside the porous pouch. The porous pouch may include a bio-absorbable material and/or a vascularization promotor, and the porous pouch may be packaged separately from the cell encapsulation device.
US11338063B2	Placental tissue grafts modified with a cross-linking agent and methods of making and using the same Described herein are tissue grafts derived from the placenta that possess good adhesion to biological tissues and are useful in wound healing applications. In one aspect, the tissue graft includes (1) two or more layers of amnion, wherein at least one layer of amnion is cross-linked, (2) two or more layers of chorion, wherein at least one layer of chorion is cross-linked, or (3) one or more layers of amnion and chorion, wherein at least one layer of amnion and/or chorion is cross-linked. In another aspect, the grafts are composed of amnion and chorion cross-linked with one another. In a further aspect, the grafts have one or more layers sandwiched between the amnion and chorion membranes. The amnion and/or the chorion are treated with a cross-linking agent prior to the formation of the graft. The presence of the cross-linking agent present on the graft also enhances adhesion to the biological tissue of interest. Also described herein are methods for making and using the tissue grafts.
US11338061B2	Dynamic bioactive bone graft material having an engineered porosity The present disclosure relates to a dynamic bioactive bone graft material having an engineered porosity. In one embodiment, a bone graft material is provided having bioactive glass fibers arranged in a porous matrix that is moldable into a desired shape for implantation. The material can be substantially without additives and can include at least one nanofiber. The porous matrix may include a combination of one or more pore sizes including nanopores, macropores, mesopores, and micropores. In another embodiment, a bone graft implant is provided having a matrix comprising a plurality of overlapping and interlocking bioactive glass fibers, and having a distributed porosity based on a range of pores provided in the bioactive glass fibers. The distributed porosity can comprise a combination of macropores, mesopores, and micropores, and the matrix can be formable into a desired shape for implantation into a patient.
US11338058B2	Injectable peripheral nerve specific hydrogel The present invention relates to a peripheral nerve-specific hydrogel material, which is deliverable in a minimally invasive fashion, sustains the growth of neurons, and speeds recovery following surgical reconstruction.
US11338055B2	Wound dressing This invention relates to a packaged sterile wound dressing comprising a dressing saturated with a pain relieving composition, a method of providing pain relief due to a wound of a subject using said dressing, and a method of manufacturing the packaged sterile wound dressing.
US11338054B2	Phosphocalcic cement composition comprising blood A method for promoting spine fusion inside intersomatic cages, comprising placing a fusion cage between two vertebral bodies, and injecting a bone cement paste inside said fusion cage, said bone cement paste containing a powder component comprising α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) particles having an average size greater than or equal to 9 μm, and a liquid component comprising blood.
US11338048B2	Apparatus for irradiation An irradiation apparatus configured to be coupled to an irradiation chamber containing a material to be irradiated, comprising: a support structure; one or more radiation sources coupled to the support structure; and a heat exchange mechanism thermally coupled to the one or more radiation sources. The heat exchange mechanism comprises one or more of a thermoelectric cooling device, a vapor chamber, a heatsink, a heat dissipation structure, a fan, and a cooling coating. The one or more radiation sources comprise one or more UV radiation sources, one or more UV-C radiation sources, one or more visible radiation sources, or a combination thereof. Optionally, the one or more radiation sources comprise a plurality of radiation sources arranged in an array. Optionally, the one or more radiation sources deliver a combination of wavelengths to the material to be irradiated.
US11338047B2	Method for disinfecting a water system of an aircraft A method for disinfecting a water system of an aircraft includes letting-in of hot water at an inlet of the water system by a first ground service unit; flushing the hot water from the inlet, through water pipes of the water system, to an outlet of the water system; and letting-out of the hot water at the outlet, by the first ground service unit or a second ground service unit; the hot water being flushed into the inlet and out of the outlet over a predefined disinfection period; and the hot water being provided at the inlet via a continuous-flow heater of the first ground service unit.
US11338032B2	Methods of preparing anti-human papillomavirus antigen T cells Disclosed are methods of preparing an isolated population of human papillomavirus (HPV)-specific T cells comprise dividing an HPV-positive tumor sample into multiple fragments; separately culturing the multiple fragments; obtaining T cells from the cultured multiple fragments; testing the T cells for specific autologous HPV-positive tumor recognition; selecting the T cells that exhibit specific autologous HPV-positive tumor recognition; and expanding the number of selected T cells to produce a population of HPV-specific T cells for adoptive cell therapy. Related methods of treating or preventing cancer using the T cells are also disclosed.
US11338031B2	Vaccine against RSV The present invention relates to novel nucleic acid molecules encoding a pre-fusion RSV F protein or immunologically active part thereof, wherein the pre-fusion RSV F protein comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2. The invention further relates to the use of the nucleic acid molecules, or vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules, as a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
US11338026B2	Identification of immunologically protective neo-epitopes for the treatment of cancers Described herein are methods of identifying immunologically protective neo-epitopes from the cancer tissue DNA of cancer patients using biophysical principles as well as bioinformatics techniques. The identification of immunologically protective neo-epitopes provides pharmaceutical compositions with a limited number of tumor-specific peptides suitable for personalized genomics-driven immunotherapy of human cancer. Specifically disclosed herein is a method of using the conformational stability of an epitope in an MHC protein-binding groove to predict immunogenicity of peptides in a putative neo-peptide set from a tumor from a cancer patient. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration are also included.
US11338021B2	Combination therapies The invention provides combination therapy for use in treating a bacterial biofilm in a subject comprising (a) a polypeptide having serine protease activity and (b) one or more antibiotic compounds. Also provided are compositions and methods of use of the same.
US11338017B2	Small peptide compositions and uses thereof Interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) peptides, IP-10 peptide variants and in silico designed C-X-C chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) peptide agonists are described. The small peptides can be used for inhibiting pathological tissue remodeling and treating fibrosis in a subject, such as a subject with fibrosis of the heart, lung, liver, kidney or skin. The peptide agonists can also be used to treat cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction and ischemia-reperfusion injury. Also described are in silico designed peptide antagonists that bind CXCR3 or ligands of CXCR3. These antagonist peptides block CXCR3 signaling by disrupting interaction of CXCR3 with its ligand. Antagonist peptides can be used, for example, to treat myocarditis and atherosclerosis. In additional embodiments agonists and antagonists of CXCR4 are disclosed.
US11338016B2	C-terminal fragment of tetanus toxin (Hc) for treatment of depression C-terminal domain of the heavy chain of tetanus toxin (Hc-TeTx) provides therapeutic effects in motor impairments associated with Parkinson disease (PD), and provides long lasting antidepressant effects, thus useful in treating and mitigating depression, particularly PD-depression co-morbid condition. A method for treating or mitigating depression, including administrating an effective amount of C-terminal domain of the heavy chain of tetanus toxin (Hc-TeTx) to a subject in need thereof. A method for treating or mitigating motor impairments associated with Parkinson's disease (PD), including administrating an effective amount of C-terminal domain of the heavy chain of tetanus toxin (Hc-TeTx) to a subject in need thereof.
US11338013B2	Combination therapy for C3 inhibition In some aspects, the present invention provides certain combination therapies comprising compstatin analogs.
US11338011B2	Method of treating diseases Methods of treating acromegaly in a subject are described herein. Exemplary methods include orally administering to the subject at least once daily at least one dosage form comprising octreotide, wherein the octreotide in each dosage form is 20 mg, and wherein the administering occurs at least 1 hour before a meal or at least 2 hours after a meal.
US11338007B2	Combination formulation of three antiviral compounds Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising three antiviral compounds. In particular, the pharmaceutical compositions comprise an effective amount of velpatasvir, an effective amount of sofosbuvir, and an effective amount of voxilaprevir. Also disclosed are methods of use for the pharmaceutical composition.
US11337996B2	Clay product and uses thereof The present invention relates to a combination of an anti-toxin, The present invention relates to a combination of an anti-toxin, an immunomodulator and a component that provides energy to mucosal cells, which may be useful for decreasing effects of Clostridia sp. or coccidia sp based diseases or other enteric diseases or by generally improving gastro intestinal health or function.
US11337983B2	Dactinomycin compositions and methods for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia The disclosure provides a method for treating NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) by administration of a composition comprising dactinomycin.
US11337977B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising Akt protein kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising Akt protein kinase inhibitors with therapeutic activity against diseases such as cancer as well as processes for their preparation and their use as medicament.
US11337976B2	Compounds and methods for kinase modulation, and indications therefor Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of making and using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
US11337972B2	Pharmaceutical preparation and use thereof A pharmaceutical preparation includes a first active component, a second active component and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The first active component is at least one selected from the group consisting of a neutral endopeptidase inhibitor and a precursor, an active metabolite, a stereoisomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug and a solvate thereof. The second active component is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a precursor, an active metabolite, a stereoisomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug and a solvate thereof. The pharmaceutically acceptable excipients include one or more disintegrants and/or one or more fillers.
US11337971B2	Dopamine D3 receptor selective antagonists/partial agonists and uses thereof Disclosed herein are novel methods of treating pain in a patient in need thereof by providing to the patient a selective dopamine D3 receptor antagonist/partial agonist which when used with an opioid analgesic, can mitigate the development of opioid dependence, by preventing the need for dose escalation while either maintaining the opioid analgesic effect or providing analgesia with a lower dose of the opioid. In addition, the D3 antagonists/partial agonists described herein may be used to augment the effectiveness of current Medication Assisted Treatment regimens (e.g. methadone or buprenorphine) for the treatment of opioid use disorders.
US11337964B2	Isoindoline derivative, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof Disclosed are a novel isoindoline derivative, a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The compound of formula I, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, co-crystal, stereoisomer, isotopic compound, metabolite or prodrug thereof disclosed in the invention can regulate the generation and/or activity of PDE4 and/or TNF-α so as to effectively treat cancer and inflammatory diseases.
US11337958B2	Compositions and methods of treating and reducing risk of conditions associated with elevated 4-ethylphenyl sulfate Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating anxiety or stress in an animal, for reducing elevated levels of 4-EPS in an animal with elevated 4-EPS levels, for preventing elevated levels of 4-EPS in an animal and for promoting growth of beneficial microbes in an animal's microbiome and inhibiting growth of non-beneficial microbes. The methods comprise administering to the animal an effective amount of soy protein and vitamin C. Compositions are disclosed which comprise amounts of soy protein and vitamin C effective for use in the methods.
US11337957B2	Compositions comprising urolithin compounds The invention provides compositions comprising a medium chain triglyceride and a urolithin. The invention also provides uses and methods associated with, or making use of the compositions, such as a medicament, dietary supplement, functional food or medical food and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a muscle-related pathological condition.
US11337942B2	External use composition comprising paeonol and panthenol or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as active ingredients Provided are a medical ointment of a novel combination containing paeonol and a pharmaceutical use thereof. The medical ointment of a novel combination includes paeonol and panthenol, and further includes at least one selected from Centella asiatica, coenzyme Q10, neomycin sulfate, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of these. In the medical ointment of a novel combination, specific ingredients that are effective for local pain relief are mixed with ingredients having other effects in a certain ratio to address the problems of the cut treatment ointment of the related art, so that excellent effects may be obtained in relieving itching and reducing pain while inflammation is effectively treated.
US11337939B2	Dapsone formulations and methods of using same A method for treating patients with COVID-19 and/or other respiratory conditions include administering a dosage of 75-100 milligrams of dapsone twice daily. A variety of dapsone formulation and delivery devices are disclosed, including an inhaler, nasal spray, nasal gel, otic formulation, intravenous formulation, oral solution, oral suspension, patch and suppository.
US11337933B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of erectile dysfunction The subject invention pertains to methods and compositions for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) (e.g., impotence) in a subject in need thereof utilizing one or more cannabinoid and one or more anti-ED drug.
US11337929B2	Drug delivery formulation for treating mental illness or central nervous system disorder A drug delivery formulation for treating a mental illness or a central nervous system disorder is disclosed. The drug delivery formulation includes a microcapsule containing a biodegradable polymer and a drug and a crosslinked hydrogel and a method for preparing the same. The drug delivery formulation can slowly release a drug at a constant rate without a burst of drug release in the early stage of drug administration to maintain a constant blood drug level over a long period of time and thus enjoys the advantage of preventing excessive initial release of drug, thereby obtaining a desirable sustained release profile by single administration without necessity for multiple administrations divided at regular time intervals.
US11337924B2	Targeted polymerized nanoparticles for cancer treatment The invention relates to a novel drug delivery vehicle. Various embodiments of the invention provide a hybrid polymerized liposomal nanoparticle comprising both polymerizable lipids and non-polymerizable lipids. Therapeutic agents can be loaded into the polymerized liposomal nanoparticle and targeting agents can be conjugated to the surface of the polymerized liposomal nanoparticle. Also described in the invention are methods, compositions and kits that utilize the hybrid polymerized liposomal nanoparticle to treat disease conditions such as various cancers.
US11337918B2	Method and system for making personalized nutritional and pharmaceutical formulations using additive manufacturing The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a system and method of preparing personalized nutritional and/or pharmaceutical formulations using additive manufacturing technology. Active pharmaceutical or dietary supplement ingredients are suspended in thixotropic stable carrier medias. The thixotropic suspensions are deposited onto a surface of a solid substrate, which can be a snack bar or small wafer used as a mechanical carrier. The disclosed system enables each additive active ingredient to be variably dosed based on a formula that is determined for each specific individual and manufactured on demand. Once the active ingredients are deposited on substrate, the entire assembly can be enrobed with one or more edible solid coatings to seal the active ingredients and provide taste-masking agent characteristics to the assembly.
US11337915B2	Shampoo composition for improving scalp and hair conditions The present invention relates to a composition for improving scalp and hair conditions, and more particularly to a composition for improving scalp and hair conditions, containing: an extract of ginseng, rooibos, green tea, Phellodendri cortex, Citrus unshiu peel, Angelica gigas, Illicium verum, ginger, Cnidium officinale, Paeonia japonica and capsaicin; and dry powder of ginseng, rooibos, green tea, Phellodendri cortex, Citrus unshiu peel, Angelica gigas, Illicium verum, ginger, Cnidium officinale, Paeonia japonica and capsaicin. The shampoo composition for improving scalp and hair conditions according to the present invention is advantageously safe even when used for a long period of time, prevents hair loss, dandruff, etc. through scalp cleanliness, sterilization, blood circulation and nourishing, moisturizes and nourishes the hair, gives the hair luster, and has an excellent hair conditioning effect.
US11337913B2	Cosmetic process for treating keratin fibres, comprising the application of a base composition and of a composition comprising an amino silicone The present invention relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin fibres, preferably human keratin fibres such as the hair, in particular for conditioning keratin fibres, using a combination of at least two different compositions, the first composition comprising one or more oxyalkylenated and preferably oxyethylenated silicones and one or more cationic surfactants and the second composition comprising water and one or more amino silicones. The invention also relates to a kit comprising the two compositions. Finally, the invention relates to a ready-to-use cosmetic composition for treating keratin fibres.
US11337908B2	Personal care compositions with cystine Personal care topical compositions at skin-tolerant pH with cystine which is solubilized or has small crystal size below 20 microns. A process of making the composition is also described.
US11337902B2	Aqueous oral care fluoride treatment compositions, and methods An aqueous oral care fluoride treatment composition, a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface, and a method of reducing the incidence of dental caries, wherein the composition includes: 0.1 wt-% to 3.0 wt-% of a crosslinked poly acid having carboxylic acid side groups; a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer; 1.0 wt-% to 2.5 wt-% of sodium fluoride; 0.025 wt-% to 1.75 wt-% of a multivalent cation salt; and at least 60 wt-% water; wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the aqueous composition.
US11337897B1	Bioactive adhesive system compositions and methods of use A bioactive borate glass adhesive system is described for its composition and use in adhering a plurality of dental restorative components onto a tooth surface. The adhesive system comprises silanated borate bioactive glass particles and a biocompatible resin blend. The bioactive adhesive system functions as a non-degradable, permanent adhesive in tooth restoration in the presence of saliva. In addition, the bioactive borate adhesive system may be used for re-mineralization, de-sensitization and self-healing of dentin and enamel by releasing and depositing calcium and phosphate ions onto the exposed and damaged tooth surface.
US11337896B2	Medication adherence monitoring In one example, the present disclosure describes a device, computer-readable medium, and method for monitoring a patient's medication adherence. In one example, an apparatus includes a set of contact pins to electrically engage a conductive trace circuit of a unit dose packaging and to generate a signal in response to a break in the conductive trace circuit, a processor comprising a plurality of analog channels to detect and record the signal, a cellular modem to send, via a data network to which the apparatus is connected, information about the signal to a medication adherence monitoring service, a housing containing the set of contact pins, the processor, and the cellular modem, wherein the housing is configured for removable insertion of the unit dose packaging, and a lock to reversibly lock the unit dose packaging in the housing.
US11337893B2	Adaptor for medical containers An adaptor for medical containers includes a hinge and a latch to attach the adaptor to respective support. The hinge includes a pivot to allow pivoting when a pivoting surface of the respective support and the pivot come in contact with each other. The adaptor can also include a zone for the reception of syringes, bags, vials and/or bottles.
US11337892B2	Grasping facilitators and uses thereof and kits involving the same A grasping collar is featured that has a flexible main body having an exterior surface with surface cavities configured for finger reception; a hole extending within an interior region of the body along an X-axis direction and being a through-hole relative to the body; an elongated slit extending in the X-axis direction, and in a radially inward direction from an exterior surface of the body into communication with the hole, the elongated slit including a thinner slit section extending in the X-axis direction for a portion of an overall length of the body as well as a wider slit section extending in the X-axis direction for a remaining portion of the overall length of the body. Methods of utilizing and assembling the grasping collar are also featured.
US11337884B1	Apparatus allowing a user to make leaping strides while walking or running An apparatus includes: a frame, a pivoting arm, a seat, and one or more biasing members. The frame includes a front wheel and a rear wheel, the front wheel being steerable. The pivoting arm pivotally attaches to the frame. The seat is attached to the pivoting arm. Lastly, the one or more biasing members span between the frame and the pivoting arm and influence the pivoting motion of the pivoting arm relative to the frame. In use, the apparatus is able to provide a user with a sense of weightlessness while the user travels forward by foot.
US11337872B2	Patient support systems and methods for assisting caregivers with patient care A patient support system for providing customized user menus. The system comprises a patient support apparatus, a user interface configured to receive input from a user, and a display configured to display user menus or information. The user menus may comprise indicia representative of the operational functions of the patient support apparatus. A controller determines the customized user menu based on usage characteristics, a position of the user interface in proximity to the patient support apparatus, a location of the user interface within a facility, an identification of the user, and/or a patient condition. A touchscreen and/or a mobile device may comprise the user interface and the display. The mobile device may be removably coupled to the patient support apparatus. Methods for improving patient care by providing the customized user menu are also disclosed.
US11337867B2	Disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article which enables the liquid absorbent structure to fit the body stably, without a shift in position of the waist opening edge part when worn. A liquid absorbent structure further has an end flap positioned between a front-end edge of the liquid absorbent structure and a front-end edge of an absorbent core. A front waist region has a stretchable sheet extending inward in a vertical direction Y from a waist opening edge and overlapping with the end flap, a plurality of waist elastic members extending in a lateral direction X and overlapping with at least the end flap, a first region positioned between the waist opening edge and the front-end edge of the liquid absorbent structure, and a second region including the stretchable sheet and the waist elastic members, at an inner side in the vertical direction Y of the front-end edge of the liquid absorbent structure.
US11337865B2	Bandage for mixing separated liquids communicated to the skin of wearer A bandage device having a flexible body with a plurality of fluid reservoirs thereon each containing a liquid topical treatment therein. Mixing areas located between the respective fluid reservoirs on the bandage provide for mixing and formation of liquid mixtures of the respective liquid topical treatments flowing thereto from the respective fluid reservoirs located adjacent thereto. The liquid mixtures from the mixing areas when absorbed through the skin of a wearer of the bandage yield an enhanced synergistic effect exceeding that of the individual fluids such medications or essential oils.
US11337849B2	Occlusion device for reversible occlusion of a biological tube The present methods, systems, and devices relate to an occlusion device for blocking a biological tube, the biological tube being prone to a peristaltic wave having a wave length, and where the occlusion device comprises at least two sections, where each section is connected by at least one narrowing to at least one other section. The occlusion device is of an elastic material, and each section is configured to deform when a force is applied by the peristaltic wave, and the length of at least one of the at least two sections corresponds substantially to the wave length of the peristaltic wave in the biological tube, so as to absorb the peristaltic wave. The methods, systems, and devices relates to reversible contraception of female and/or male gendered species intervening with biological tube, which are responsible for transportation of fertility fluids, such as the transportation of spermatozoes or oocytes in for example the human reproductive system.
US11337847B2	Feces treatment agent for colostomy An object of the present invention is to provide a feces treatment agent for colostomy, which on the assumption that characteristics required as a lubricant are shown, can maintain or improve the feces discharge properties from a colostomy pouch, inhibit the development of feces odor, and improve operativity and portability. A feces treatment agent for colostomy, in which an agent A including (1) a granular water-soluble lubricant, (2) a granular water-absorbing gelling agent, (3) sodium bicarbonate, and (4) a component including at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, limonite and zinc sulfide is contained in a water-soluble base material.
US11337846B2	Elongated sleeve for bracing a human penis during erectile disfunction An elongated sleeve for use by men suffering erectile disfunction is described that includes a first open end for leaving the penis head and base of the penis body exposed to tactile stimulation. The invention teaches penile support braces which prop up a semi-erect penis during intercourse.
US11337841B2	Methods and devices for supporting a patient's leg to increase comfort and assist in recovery The present disclosure relates to a support system for patients recovering from medical procedures, including from total knee replacement surgery. The disclosed system may include a foot support unit which supports a patient's feet, where the foot support may have leg grooves separated by a divider and a tapered height. The foot support may be placed in a patient's bed. Additionally hip support wedges may be placed beneath a patient's hip, where the hip supports provide the benefit of counteracting a leg's natural tendency to rotate outwards. The disclosed foot support and hip wedges promote proper alignment and in that way provide comfort and assist in recovery.
US11337838B2	Conforming anchor for duodenal barrier An apparatus comprises a sleeve, a seal, and an anchor assembly. The sleeve is flexible and non-permeable and is configured to fit in a duodenum. The seal is positioned at the proximal end of the sleeve and is configured to seal the proximal end of the sleeve against the stomach mucosa, the pylorus, or the duodenum mucosa. The anchor assembly comprises a pair of atraumatic anchor ends and a resilient member positioned between the anchor ends. At least a portion of the resilient member extends along at least a portion of the length of the sleeve. The resilient member is configured to bias the anchor ends generally toward each other, to thereby substantially anchor the sleeve in the duodenum. The sleeve is configured to prevent chyme from contacting the mucosa of the duodenum; and to prevent enzymes excreted in the duodenum from mixing with chyme in the duodenum.
US11337835B2	Shape memory bioresorbable polymer peripheral scaffolds Bioabsorbable scaffolds having high crush recoverability, high fracture resistance, and reduced or no recoil due to self expanding properties at physiological conditions are disclosed. The scaffolds are made from a random copolymer of PLLA and a rubbery polymer such as polycaprolactone.
US11337827B2	Prosthesis revision systems and methods A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a revision procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the revision procedure.
US11337826B2	Intervertebral spacer and plate Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may include an intervertebral spacer and a plate member.
US11337825B2	Steerable implant assembly A steerable expandable implant including a base member, an adjustable member coupled to the base member, the adjustable member movable between a collapsed position and an expanded position, a pivot member rotatably received by the base member and configured to receive a tool such that the tool and the pivot member are rotatable relative to the base member between a first position and a second position, wherein the pivot member is translationally fixed relative to the base member, and a first control member received by the base member, wherein manipulation of the first control member causes the adjustable member to move between the collapsed position and the expanded position.
US11337817B2	Responsive biomechanical implants and devices The present disclosure includes prosthetic devices, including implants for joints and external prosthetics. The prosthetic devices allow for full articulation of the joint, while absorbing impact of the components during normal use that will reduce wear on the device components and prolong life. The device may include a bone implantable component and a bearing component having an articulation surface that is sized and shaped to substantially mate with at least a portion of the bone implantable component and a damping mechanism that includes a contact member disposed at least primarily inside a cavity; a biasing member biasing the contact member toward an upper aperture of the cavity and means for capturing the contact member within the cavity.
US11337811B2	Apparatus for delivering a constricting cord to a cardiac valve annulus with spooling feature A cardiac valve annulus may be constricted by using an apparatus to deliver a cord to the annulus, affixing the cord, and subsequently tightening that cord. In some embodiments, this apparatus includes a housing, a spool, and an elongated core with lumens that run through the core. The lumens are dimensioned to slidably accommodate portions of the cord. The cord, the lumens, and the spool are configured so that after a distal loop portion of the cord is anchored to the annulus, movement of the housing in a proximal direction will (a) cause the core to progressively move in a proximal direction with respect to portions of the cord and (b) cause extension sections of the cord to progressively unwind from the spool and be progressively drawn into the lumens.
US11337807B2	Side-deliverable transcatheter prosthetic valves and methods for delivering and anchoring the same A side-deliverable prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame and a flow control component. The outer frame has a supra-annular region, a subannular region, and a transannular region therebetween. The flow control component is mounted to the outer frame such that at least a portion of the flow control component is disposed in the transannular region. The prosthetic valve has a delivery configuration for side-delivery via a delivery catheter and is expandable when the prosthetic valve is released from the delivery catheter. The subannular region of the outer frame is disposable in a first configuration as the prosthetic valve is seated in an annulus of a native heart valve and is transitionable to a second configuration after the prosthetic valve is seated in the annulus of the native heart valve.
US11337798B2	Optimization of replacement heart valve leaflets A method for optimizing a shape of a replacement valve leaflet, wherein the shape of the replacement valve leaflet is determined by defining variable parameters of the replacement valve leaflet. The variable parameters may comprise: a valve height; a leaflet coaptation height, a first set of two control points for a first B-spline plane of symmetry; and a second set of two control points for a second B-spline plane tangent to a frame of the valve. The method may further comprise creating iterations of potential shapes of the replacement valve leaflet by changing one or more of the variable parameters using modeling software. The method may also comprise calculating the maximum stresses or strains on each of the potential shapes.
US11337796B2	Intraocular lens The present invention relates to an intraocular lens comprising: a primary lens (1000) having a first focal length, a first surface, and a second surface; a secondary lens (2000) having at least two focal lengths, a first surface (2100), and a second surface (2200), wherein the second surface (2200) of the secondary lens (2000) conforms to the first surface of the primary lens (1000), while the secondary lens (2000) is attached to the primary lens (1000) by peelable adhesive forces over substantially its second surface (2200).
US11337795B2	Intraocular lens including silicone oil An intraocular lens (IOL) having an optical axis extending in an anterior-posterior direction and an equator extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis is described. The IOL includes: an elastic anterior face located anterior to the equator; a posterior face located posterior to the equator, wherein the anterior face, the posterior face, or both comprises a poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomer having a durometer between about 20 Shore A to about 50 Shore A; and a chamber located between the anterior face and the posterior face comprising a silicone oil comprising polysiloxanes comprising diphenyl siloxane and dimethyl siloxane units, the silicone oil having a maximum viscosity of about 800 cSt at 25° C.
US11337790B2	Systems and methods for protecting the cerebral vasculature Vascular filters and deflectors and methods for filtering bodily fluids. A blood filtering assembly can capture embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature. A blood deflecting assembly can deflect embolic material dislodged or generated during an endovascular procedure to inhibit or prevent the material from entering the cerebral vasculature.
US11337785B2	Personal care systems, products, and methods A personal care system having personal hygiene products and a display for assisting the user is described. The personal care system can include a personal care product (e.g., an electric toothbrush), an interactive display in data communication with the personal care product. The display provides information associated with a plurality of characteristics of a personal care regimen to the user. The display is in data communication with a network and operable to receive information from the network, and the display is operable to run one or more applications to display the information received from the network.
US11337779B2	Magnetic clear aligner system An aligner utilizes a magnetic interaction to reposition teeth. The aligner includes an inner layer sized and shaped to correspond to an exterior of a dental mold for an arrangement of teeth. The aligner includes an aligner magnet coupled to an exterior of the inner layer. The aligner includes an outer layer sized and shaped to correspond to an exterior of the inner layer and the aligner magnet. The inner layer is received within the outer layer and the aligner magnet is between the inner layer and the outer layer. The aligner magnet is positioned to magnetically interact with a magnetizable component attached to a select one of the teeth.
US11337776B2	Tip for an air abrasion dental tool According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a tip for fitting to a nozzle of an air abrasion dental tool. The tip comprises a tip body having a central bore that extends through the length of the tip body from an inlet end to an outlet end. The inlet end of the tip body is configured to receive and form an interference fit with the nozzle of the dental tool. The outlet end of the central bore is provided with at least one flexible prong that extends outwardly from the outlet end in a direction that is substantially parallel to longitudinal axis of the central bore.
US11337773B2	Dental apparatus An apparatus assisting in dental procedure, comprising: a body adapted to be received with an oral cavity; an anchoring means for securing the body within the oral cavity such that it at least partially surrounds one or more teeth; a dental device located within the body and adapted to move in a plurality of planes relative to the one or more teeth; and a controller for controlling the dental device to move into a suitable position relative to the one or more teeth and once located in position carry out work on or about the one or more teeth.
US11337766B2	Robotic surgical system and methods utilizing a cutting bur for bone penetration and cannulation Disclosed herein are techniques for preparation of a bone structure wherein a robotically controlled cutting bur is utilized for both milling the entry point at the outer cortical region and cannulation of the cancellous bone region for receipt of an implant. A robotic manipulator supports and moves the cutting bur and one or more controllers analyze measurements from sensors and, in response, control the robotic manipulator and/or the cutting bur for purposes such as landmark detection to determine entry point, avoiding tool skiving at entry point, and avoidance of cortical wall breach during cannulation. Also described are techniques for managing feed rate, rotational cutting speed, or mode of operation depending on operational conditions surrounding various stages of cannulation. A control interface is also provided to enable the user to manage or adjust cutting bur operation and feed rate.
US11337759B2	Laser device for dermocosmetic treatments and tracing kit A laser device for dermocosmetic, medical, or aesthetic treatments, comprising: A) a laser system comprising a lamp-pumped source; B) an optical fibre transporting the laser beam produced by said source; C) a handpiece or a scanner connected to said optical fibre, comprising a lens and mirror system projecting the image of the laser beam onto the area to be treated; characterized in that said optical fibre has a rectangular section and said image is rectangular. A method of dermocosmetic laser treatment characterized by rectangular laser spots is also claimed. It is a further object of the present invention a tracing kit, which allows the marking of a surface area, preferably of biological tissue, with a fluorescent or photosensitive substance invisible to light. Such an invisible and fluorescent or photosensitive substance absorbs the electromagnetic radiation with the proper wavelength emitted by the illuminator and reflects it in the visible spectrum.
US11337750B2	Ablation catheter with flexible electrode A flexible tip electrode for an ablation catheter is disclosed. The catheter includes a catheter body and a hollow elongate tip electrode disposed at a distal end of the catheter body. The electrode includes a sidewall provided with one or more elongate gaps extending therethrough. The one or more elongate gaps providing flexibility in the sidewall for bending movement of the tip electrode relative to a longitudinal axis of the catheter body.
US11337746B2	Smart blade and power pulsing An ultrasonic device may include an electromechanical ultrasonic system defined by a predetermined resonant frequency, the electromechanical ultrasonic system including an ultrasonic transducer coupled to an ultrasonic blade. A method of controlling energy delivered to the ultrasonic device may include determining an impedance of the ultrasonic transducer during a transection process, analyzing the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer, profiling the ultrasonic blade based on the impedance, and adjusting a power delivered to the transducer during the transection process based on the profile of the blade. The method may further include pulsing, the power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer, determining changes in tissue characteristics of tissue located in an end effector, wherein the changes in tissue characteristics is determined between pulses, and adjusting power delivered to the ultrasonic transducer based on the tissue changes throughout the transection. An ultrasonic instrument may include components configured to effect the method.
US11337744B1	System and method for scaphoid fixation A system and method for installation of a k-wire through a scaphoid or other fractured bone can include a guide block for accurate trajectory of a k-wire. A support frame for a guide block can be casted and/or secured into place, and a CT scan is obtained, so the fractured bone and the location of the window can be known in the same three-dimensional space. An ideal k-wire trajectory can be plotted through the fractured bone, and a guide block with a lumen can be designed and printed using a three-dimensional printer. The guide block can be inserted into the frame so the lumen aligns with the ideal k-wire trajectory, and a k-wire can be inserted through the lumen into the fractured bone. The net effect would be ideal placement of the k-wire that would facilitate the ultimate insertion of a percutaneous screw to provide fixation of the fractured bone.
US11337743B1	Autoloading screwdriver apparatus An autoloading screwdriver apparatus is provided which includes a base; a screw cartridge received by the base; a driver supported within the base that is selectively engageable with a screw of the screw cartridge by manually displacing the driver toward a working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus; and a handle grip movably coupled to the base and configured to be manually displaced in a longitudinal direction toward the working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus to move the driver into engagement with the screw and to displace the screw to the working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus for presenting the screw to be screwed into a target substrate. The autoloading screwdriver apparatus may further include a control element manipulable by a user to activate rotational movement of the driver to drive the screw into the target substrate.
US11337742B2	Compliant orthopedic driver Embodiments of a compliant orthopedic driver are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, compliant orthopedic driver includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a driver axis; a driver tip disposed at the distal end of the body, wherein the body includes at least one compliant portion configured to allow the driver flex about at least two axes transverse to the driver axis.
US11337740B2	Bone plate and method for use in a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) A tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) system is provided for surgical correction of a stifle joint of an animal. The system includes a bone plate, fixed angle locking screw, compression screw, and a K-wire. The bone plate includes first surface and a second surfaces having common structure such that each can be positioned against the bone. The plate has a first shaft portion with a dynamic compression screw hole having a major length both extending along a first axis, and second shaft portion with a second axis and K-wire slot defining a major axis angled relative to the second axis but parallel to the first axis. The locking screw has double lead threads and the threaded holes in the plate have quad-lead threads.
US11337739B2	Multiplanar fixation plate for fracture repair Bone surgical plate devices and methods for use in bone fracture surgeries, for example, clavicle fracture surgery. The systems and methods can include a plate device with specific design features including but not limited to differing designs, geometries, and configurations in multiple segments of the device.
US11337737B2	Osteotomy plate, plate driver and method for their use An orthopedic plate is specifically configured for use in osteotomies, in which part of the plate extends into a portion of a first bone segment and part is external to the cortical surface of an adjacent bone segment to fix the segments to allow them to fuse. The plate has a first end and a second end where the end which is inserted into the bone has a chamfer and a through hole having a hole axis optionally at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis of the plate, and which can receive a screw, peg or pin. The second end of the plate includes a locking screw hole and optionally including a compression slot extending in a direction toward a screw hole in the opposing end. Optionally, the non-locking hole has a shroud that forms an arc or portion of a cylinder over the hole. A plate driver having a recess that holds the plate is used to insert the plate into the bone.
US11337735B2	Pivotal bone anchor assembly with favored-angle receiver having upper tool engagement grooves and break-off extensions A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a receiver with an axial bore communicating with a bottom of the receiver through a lower opening, with the bottom of the receiver including an angled planar surface extending upward to define an expanded portion of the lower opening. The receiver further includes upright arms with opposed internal surfaces extending between front and back faces of the upright arms to define an open channel, side outer surfaces opposite the internal surfaces extending downward toward the bottom of the receiver, break-off extensions integrally formed with and extending upwardly from inner edge portions of top surfaces of the upright arms, and non-threaded tool engagement grooves extending horizontally and entirely across the side outer surfaces to the front and back faces of the upright arms, with each tool engagement groove being isolated from the axial bore and located below the top of the respective upright arm.
US11337733B2	Derotation apparatus for treating spinal irregularities Treatment of spinal irregularities, including, in one or more embodiments, derotation apparatus and systems that can be used to reduce the rotation of vertebral bodies. Derotation apparatus that may comprise a tube assembly comprising an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve disposed over the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve may have a distal end for attachment to an implant. The tube assembly may further comprise a handle assembly. The tube assembly may further comprise a ball joint assembly disposed between the tube assembly and the handle assembly. The ball joint assembly may comprise a ball joint configured for attachment to a coupling rod. The ball joint assembly further may comprise a reducing extension below the ball joint, the reducing extension being sized to fit in a central bore of the inner sleeve. Orthopedic fixation devices comprising a ball joint are also disclosed.
US11337725B2	Handpieces for tissue treatment A dermatological skin treatment device is provided. The device comprises a handpiece and a cutting tool, wherein the tool is inserted through the conduit and percutaneously inserted into a tissue disposed within a recessed area of the handpiece. The device and method cut the fibrous structures under the skin that cause cellulite at an angle substantially parallel to the surface of the skin and replace these structures with a non-cellulite forming structure by deploying a highly fibrous mesh through a single needle hole to create a highly fibrous layer directly or through wound healing processes.
US11337716B2	Surgical instrument with increased actuation force A surgical instrument with improved end-effector gripping force. The instrument comprises a shaft, which may be inserted into a body of a patient. The articulated end-effector is mounted on the distal extremity of the instrument shaft and comprises a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely actuated by the surgeon's hands. This remote actuation is accomplished through mechanical transmission, mainly along flexible elements, which are able to deliver motion from a set of actuation elements, placed at a proximal extremity of the shaft, to the instrument's articulated end-effector. The articulated end-effector further comprises one or more cam-and-follower mechanisms that are able to amplify the force transmitted by the flexible elements so that the actuation force at the instrument jaws is maximized and the tension on the transmission elements minimized, thus increasing the fatigue resistance and life of the instrument.
US11337714B2	Restoring blood flow and clot removal during acute ischemic stroke Devices for restoring blood flow to facilitate lysis of clots and/or enable capture of clots are disclosed. The devices can be configured to be disposed within a lumen of a microcatheter that is inserted within neurovasculature above a carotid siphon to a location of a clot. The devices can include an elongate pusher member and a self-expandable capturing member coupled to a distal end of the elongate pusher member. The capturing member can comprise a generally cylindrical body having an cell structure that is configured to compress the clot against an inner wall of the neurovasculature and capture the clot at least partially on a surface of the generally cylindrical body upon deployment of the capturing member from the microcatheter, thereby restoring blood flow to the neurovasculature downstream of the clot.
US11337699B2	Magnesium infused surgical buttress for surgical stapler Surgical stapling apparatuses have a surgical buttress attached thereto. The surgical buttress includes an elongate rectangular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and opposing lateral sides running along the elongate rectangular body from the proximal portion to the distal portion. Magnesium is on a surface and/or in pores of the surgical buttress.
US11337694B2	Surgical cutting and stapling end effector with anvil concentric drive member A surgical end effector for use with a surgical instrument that includes an elongate shaft assembly that includes a rotary output drive shaft is disclosed. An elongate channel is attached to the elongate shaft assembly. An anvil frame that comprises a proximal end and a distal end is selectively movable between open and closed positions relative to the elongate channel. An anvil concentric drive member is rotatably supported by the anvil frame and is configured to receive rotary drive motions from the rotary output drive shaft of the surgical instrument when the anvil frame is in the closed position. A firing member is in driving engagement with the anvil concentric drive member for linear travel through the end effector.
US11337689B2	Benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment device A benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment device. The benign prostatic hyperplasia treatment device includes: an anchor assembly including a pair of first and second anchors arranged at upper and lower portions of the outer surface of the prostate gland, and a ligature connecting the first and second anchors with each other so that the first and second anchors continuously compress the prostatic tissues to secure the opening of the prostatic urethra; a sheath inserted into the urethra and having a needle, which guides the anchor assembly to be deployed at the prostate gland; a needle manipulation part for manipulating movement of the needle so that the needle is deployed through an end portion of the sheath.
US11337687B2	Double row collapsible suture construct Tissue fixation and repair constructs and methods of repair using the same are provided. An exemplary tissue fixation and repair construct can include a first implantable anchor coupled to a suture having a fixed tail and a tensioning tail. The fixed tail can include an overhand knot located distally adjacent to the finger trap, such that the overhand knot substantially abuts the finger trap when adjacent thereto, a fixed stopper knot configured to prevent further movement of the fixed tail through a second implantable anchor when the second implantable anchor is placed onto the suture, and a finger trap. The tensioning tail can be passed through the finger trap and overhand knot, and can be used to adjust the tension of the tissue fixation and repair construct when the first implantable anchor and the second implantable anchor are inserted into bone.
US11337682B2	Biopsy device having a linear motor A biopsy device includes a device housing, a linear motor, and a controller circuit. The controller circuit has a processor circuit, a first feedback circuit, and a second feedback circuit. The first feedback circuit and the second feedback circuit operate simultaneously. The processor circuit executes program instructions to control an axial advancement of the distal end of the linear motor shaft in accordance with a linear motor shaft advancement profile based on first control signals received from at least one drive characteristic sensor of the first feedback circuit, and executes program instructions to keep the distal end of the linear motor shaft at a constant axial position, as offset by the position indicated by the linear motor shaft advancement profile, based on second control signals received from the housing position detector of the second feedback circuit so as to compensate for user movement of the device housing.
US11337681B2	Wearable fluidic device and system for sweat collection and extraction A sweat collection device includes a flexible body having a first, outwardly facing surface and a second, skin-facing surface, and a sweat collection channel formed in the body, the sweat collection channel having a first end defining a sweat inlet port, and a second end defining a sweat outlet port. The sweat inlet port and the sweat outlet port are configured to be closed and sealed such that the sweat collection device and the collected sweat therein may be stored and shipped.
US11337680B2	Integrated device for faeces sampling and occult blood detection Disclosed is an integrated device for faeces sampling and occult blood detection, which has functions of quantitative collection, dissolution, filtration, detection with immune test strips of the faecal sample, and is convenient to carry and operate, and the device does not leak any liquid during storage, transportation and detection. The device can accurately collect a constant sample with no pollution and leakage, and can quickly determine results of occult blood without the aid of other items. The device can detect faecal occult blood at any time and at any place, can help to overcome the problem of low rate of inspection due to the inconvenience of faeces submission and inspection, further promote the detection of faecal occult blood, and can improve the early diagnosis and screening rate of colorectal cancer of the population.
US11337666B2	X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus An X-ray fluoroscopic imaging apparatus includes an operation element that includes a motion axis selection switch and a plurality of direction switches; and a control element that controls a shifting of a relative location between an imaging element and a table relative to a motion-axis by the motion-axis selection switch to a shiftable predetermined motion-axis mode.
US11337662B2	Extra oral dental imaging apparatus with patient positioning accessory detection Certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments herein can include—a support frame, —a movable gantry that supports an x-ray source and an x-ray sensor in correspondence with the x-ray source and that is movable relative to the support frame, —a patient positioning accessory support member configured to support a patient positioning accessory of a specific type that is adapted to be used in the apparatus for conducting a specific examination on a patient, where the patient positioning accessory comprises at least one passive identification element that identifies the specific type of the patient positioning accessory, and the apparatus further comprises an active identification system that is configured to cooperate with the at least one passive identification element of the patient positioning accessory in order to identify the specific type of the patient positioning accessory.
US11337658B2	Method and device for detecting a neural response in a neural measurement A method for processing a neural measurement obtained in the presence of artifact, in order to detect whether a neural response is present in the neural measurement. A neural measurement is obtained from one or more sense electrodes. The neural measurement is correlated against a filter template, the filter template comprising at least three half cycles of an alternating waveform, amplitude modulated by a window. From an output of the correlating, it is determined whether a neural response is present in the neural measurement.
US11337648B2	Method and system for using artificial intelligence to assign patients to cohorts and dynamically controlling a treatment apparatus based on the assignment during an adaptive telemedical session A method includes receiving data pertaining to a user that uses a treatment apparatus to perform a treatment plan. The data includes characteristics of the user, the treatment plan, and a result of the treatment plan. The method includes assigning the user to a cohort representing people having similarities to the characteristics of the user. The method includes receiving second data pertaining to a second user, the second data comprises characteristics of the second user. The method includes determining whether at least some of the characteristics of the second user match with at least some of the characteristics of the user, assigning the second user to the first cohort, and selecting, via a trained machine learning model, the treatment plan for the second user, and controlling, based on the treatment plan, the treatment apparatus while the second user uses the treatment apparatus.
US11337643B2	Machine learning systems and techniques for multispectral amputation site analysis Certain aspects relate to apparatuses and techniques for non-invasive and non-contact optical imaging that acquires a plurality of images corresponding to both different times and different frequencies. Additionally, alternatives described herein are used with a variety of tissue classification applications including assessing the presence and severity of tissue conditions, such as necrosis and small vessel disease, at a potential or determined amputation site.
US11337623B2	Mapping the trajectory of a part of the anatomy of the human or animal body A method for mapping the trajectory of a part of the anatomy of a human or animal body. The method comprises receiving signals from a sensor attached to part of the anatomy, which include three dimensional position information indicating the location of the sensor, determining from the signals at least two angles of rotation of the part of the anatomy to which the sensor is attached with respect to a centre of rotation of another part of the body, transforming the signals to provide two dimensional coordinate data where a first dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a first angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy, and a second dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a second angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy; and stores the two dimensional coordinate data.
US11337622B2	Method and apparatus for providing economical, portable deficit-adjusted adaptive assistance during movement phases of an impaired ankle A method is described for providing deficit-adjusted adaptive assistance during movement phases of an impaired ankle. The method includes determining, on the processor, a value for a deficit parameter for each movement phase of a compound ankle function based on a difference between a parameter trace for a normal subject and the parameter trace for an impaired subject. The method further includes determining, on the processor, an adaptive magnitude for the robot-applied torque based on the value for the deficit parameter. The method further includes applying, to the robot joint, the adaptive magnitude for the robot-applied torque in only a first plane for the current movement phase, based on an adaptive timing. An apparatus is also described for providing deficit-adjusted adaptive assistance during movement phases of the impaired ankle.
US11337620B2	Wearable respiratory energy harvester An energy harvesting device includes a housing (2), a moveable device (12) disposed within the housing and including a first surface including a first material (15) and a second surface including a second material (17), wherein the moveable device is operable to move to bring the first and second surfaces together and apart to cause contact and separation between the first and second materials, a first strap (4) attached to the housing, a second strap (6) coupled to the moveable device, wherein movement of the second strap causes operation of the moveable device, and electronic circuitry (20) structured to harvest energy from the electrical charge generated by the contact between the first and second materials.
US11337615B2	Smart wristband for multiparameter physiological monitoring An ergonomically designed smart wristband for clinical-grade multiparameter monitoring is disclosed. The smart wristband incorporates multiple sensors including custom-designed reflective arterial pulse sensors, a thermopile sensor, and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes. When the smart wristband is worn on the wrist, the biosensors contact the skin. The smart wristband may tether wirelessly to a mobile or any other computing device to continuously acquire and stream information like arterial pulse waveform and temperature data. Algorithms running on the computing device or onboard microprocessor analyze the acquired data to report parameters like blood pressure, body temperature, respiration, and blood oxygen. The device can also operate in a fully-standalone mode to accomplish continuous multiparameter physiological monitoring, analysis, and reporting. Whenever the user touches an electrode on the device with a finger of the other hand, an ECG signal is additionally acquired for monitoring parameters such as heart rate and heart rate variability.
US11337614B2	Multi-target vital sign detection system and method A multi-target vital sign detection system includes a transmitter, a receiver and a processor. The transmitter is configured to transmit a millimeter wave signal to a detection area, and the receiver is configured to receive a reflecting millimeter wave signal reflected by a plurality of targets in the detection area. The processor is configured to: generate signal strength versus distance data by analyzing the received reflecting millimeter wave signal; perform an extreme value reserving process to generate signal extreme value versus distance data; perform a peak search algorithm to obtain a peak list including a plurality of peak values and a plurality of corresponding peak distances; generate a distance array including a plurality of distance variables; and perform a vital sign detection algorithm to generate multiple sets of vital sign data.
US11337604B2	In vivo object identification, counting, and imaging based on light backscattered from a plane behind the object A method to image an in vivo object in an eye includes illuminating an object in the eye by a light source; configuring one or more detectors to receive light from a conjugate plane behind a confocal plane of the object, the conjugate plane acting as a light screen; receiving at the one or more detectors a backscattered light from the light source which has been refracted at least in part by the object before being backscattered from the light screen to provide a detector data; and processing the detector data over a time period by a computer to generate information about the object.
US11337600B2	Endoscope An endoscope (1) having a heating device (7) with at least one stiffened area (9, 10, 27) on a printed circuit board (8). At least one heating element (11) of the heating device is arranged in the stiffened area (9, 10, 27), and the heating device (7) is laid flat, from the outside, on a metallic head part (4) at the distal end (3) of the endoscope.
US11337598B2	Laser video endoscope Laser video endoscope has laser guide, illumination guide and image guide which extend through optical probe and through hand piece that supports the probe. Hand piece is connected by optical fiber cable to laser energy source and illumination source. Image is transmitted from hand piece to image processing interface by camera assembly optically coupled and mounted directly to hand piece and via electrical cable extending from camera assembly. Camera and its electrical cable can be uncoupled from hand piece and reused. The rest of the product, including probe and hand piece, can be disposed of after each medical routine. Probe can have proximal portion and distal portion such that proximal portion extends from distal end of hand piece, and outside diameter of proximal portion as measured at least near the distal end of hand piece is greater than the outside diameter of the distal portion.
US11337589B2	Bending operation device and endoscope A bending operation device includes a bending operation lever, a wire pulling member, bending operation wires, and tubular members. The bending operation lever is tiltably supported to have an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of an operation unit of an endoscope. The wire pulling member includes arm portions displaced in conjunction with tilt motion of the bending operation lever. The bending operation wires are connected to the arm portions. The bending operation wires cause bending motion of a bendable part disposed in an insertion section of the endoscope. A respective one of bending operation wires is inserted in each of the tubular members. The tubular members (i) change extension directions of the plurality of bending operation wires and (ii) guide the plurality of bending operation wires to the plurality of arm portions.
US11337572B2	Environmental control unit for dust and odor control An environmental control unit comprises a housing, a vacuum cleaner, a filtration unit, and a blower. The vacuum cleaner is positioned in the housing and is configured to receive a tool contaminant stream produced by at least one tool. The vacuum cleaner filters particulate matter from the tool contaminant stream, thereby producing a filtered air stream. The filtration unit is also positioned within the housing and comprises at least one filter. The blower is positioned within the housing downstream of the filtration unit. The blower is configured to create negative air pressure within the second compartment to draw an area contaminant stream from an exterior of the environmental control unit into the housing. A second blower may also be present. The blower draws the filtered air stream and the area contaminant stream through the at least one filter in the filtration unit to produce a filtered mixture stream.
US11337570B2	Stick vacuum cleaner with improved filter The invention relates to a stick vacuum cleaner comprising a handheld vacuum cleaner adapted to be docked to a stick. When the handheld vacuum cleaner is docked to the stick an air path is formed connecting an air outlet of the handheld vacuum cleaner with an air outlet provided in the stick. In the air path or outside the air outlet provided in the stick, a filter is provided.
US11337568B1	Toilet paper roll holder The present invention is a toilet paper roll holder that includes a pair of elongate arms, a vertical support, and a base member. Each of the elongate arms has a first surface. The first surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms are curved to have a roll of toilet paper positioned thereon. Each of the elongate arms has a second surface. The second surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms are biased inwardly therein. The second surface corresponding to each of the elongate arms face each other. Each of the elongate arms is secured to the vertical support. The vertical support is positioned between the elongate arms. The vertical support has the elongate arms being spaced apart from each other providing tension to the elongate arms to retain the roll of toilet paper. The base member has a top surface and a peripheral edge. The vertical support is secured to the top surface of the base member. Each of the elongate arms, the vertical support, and the base member are formed from a rigid or a semi-rigid material.
US11337565B1	Marking device A selectively attachable marking device for permitting a user to distinguish between multiple articles which otherwise look the same or similar, particularly textile articles such as bath linens, bed linens, or table linens. The device has a clip-like structure, and may be preferably provided with retaining ribs to resist undesired slippage of the device off an edge of the textile article with which it is used.
US11337563B2	Two-piece foam piston pump A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
US11337562B2	Device for dispensing gel or liquid The device for dispensing gel or liquid contained in a container comprising a reservoir provided with a pump set in motion relative to the reservoir, comprises a body. The body comprises in the lower part, an actuating pedal and at the top, above a support for a reservoir of said container, a space for receiving any gel or liquid container having dimensions less than predetermined maximum dimensions. The body also comprises a piston for transferring the vertical movement of the pedal to the reservoir support, setting the reservoir in upward movement under the action of the pedal, and a stop for retaining the pump of the container provided with a pouring spout. The pump causes a part of the gel or liquid contained in the reservoir to be expelled when the reservoir is moved by the action of the pedal.
US11337539B2	Integrated brewing and drinking utensil An integrated brewing and drinking utensil comprises a first liquid receiver body, a second liquid receiver body, a connector, a sealing member and a filter. The first liquid receiver body includes a first end and a first open end. The second liquid receiver body includes a second end and a second open end. The connector includes a channel having a first connection end and a second connection end. The first connection end is detachably connected to the first open end, and the second connection end is detachably connected to the second open end. The first connection end is hermetically connected to the connector through the sealing member, and/or the second connection end is hermetically connected to the connector through the sealing member. The filter is provided with a filtering hole. The filter is connected to the connector and is located between the first connection end and the second connection end.
US11337535B2	System and method for securing a volume holder to a base A system and method for securing a volume holder to a surface is provided. Generally, the system and method utilizes a base or volume holder containing one or more magnets or ferrous materials. The volume holder and base are attracted to one another through magnetic forces. The base may be attached directly to a surface or the base may be attached to a sub-base. The base or sub-base are attached to a surface and a volume holder is removably secured to the base. The system and method may be temporary, permanent, or semi-permanent.
US11337532B2	Handle, cover and cup capable of holding items A handle, a cover, and a cup capable of holding items are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The handle includes a hard handle body connected with a carrier, and at least one carrying notches provided on the handle body, and the carrying, notch has a width to hold or support the held item. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the handle with notches can be used as a handle as well as a stand at the same time to support, other items to be held at a predetermined angle, in addition the function of the carrier is further expanded.
US11337530B2	Three dimensional mattress system with environment control A three dimensional mattress system with environment control is provided which may be configured to provide three dimensional body support to a user. In some embodiments, the system may include a rigid frame that may form a frame cavity. Optionally, the system may include one or more temperature regulators. A plurality of pillows may be positioned within the frame cavity, and a user may be supported by the plurality of pillows. Optionally, one or more air moving devices may be configured to move air external to the frame through the plurality of pillows, and one or more air filters may be configured to filter air moved by the air moving devices.
US11337527B2	Chair armrest A chair armrest which includes an armrest body, a first component, a second component, and a mounting seat is revealed. The armrest body consists of an armrest cover, an armrest base and a rectangular space formed therein. The first component is mounted in the rectangular space of the armrest body and arranged at a first sliding slot of the armrest base while the second component is mounted in the rectangular space of the armrest body and disposed on the first component. The mounting seat is for loading the armrest body. The armrest body can be moved relative to the first component, the second component, the mounting seat and the protruding axis in the lengthwise direction by the first sliding slot for position adjustment. Thereby the chair armrest can be rotated or moved in the lengthwise/widthwise direction for adjustment under the condition that the overall thickness thereof is effectively reduced.
US11337524B2	Ergonomically adjustable recliner A recliner for variable adjustment between a substantially horizontal position and an ergonomic seating position includes right-hand and left-hand side parts, which are each made up of an outer side part and an inner side part. The recliner also comprises a backrest element and a seat-surface element, which are connected to one another for rotation via a first bearing rod, as well as a foot-part element, which is connected to the seat-surface element for rotation via a second bearing rod. The foot-part element is mounted between the right-hand and left-hand side parts via a third bearing rod. The first, second and third bearing rods are each mounted for translatory movement in a corresponding guide in the right-hand and left-hand side parts such that the backrest element, the seat-surface element and the foot-part element can be adjusted in a variable manner between a substantially horizontal position and an ergonomic seating position.
US11337519B2	Storage system and article retrieving method An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
US11337510B2	Personal effects holder with receiving face Embodiments relate to a personal effects holder device. The holder device includes a first portion having a lip defining an aperture forming a holder portion adapted to receive one or more personal effects; and a depending second portion joined to the first portion via a connector portion, the second portion including a first catch and a second catch.
US11337509B2	Backpack with airflow system A backpack includes a back panel having an airflow system. The airflow system includes protrusions extending from a base of the back panel and defining boundaries of lateral and vertical flow channels. The flow channels are configured to promote active airflow through the back panel.
US11337502B2	Edge angel eyebrow guide and haircutting template stencil device A multifunctional grooming template and stencil designed to be an all-in-one tool used to assist the user in cutting, trimming, shaping and drawing of the eyebrows, hairline, mustache, sideburns, beard and goatee facial patterns provided on the template. The design allows for simplistic shaping of each facial feature by allowing minimal adjustments for each section while the template is overlaid on the face and head. Straps are adjustable, elastic and removable so they can be removed at the user's discretion and fit all size heads and faces in various orientations. This feature enables hands free options. Slots are placed so that the invention can be mounted to the face and head in various orientations using the straps. A wide variety of shapes and curves comprise the template to maximize grooming by allowing the user to fill in, trim or cut the pattern of their choice with ease and consistency.
US11337501B2	Hair color cartridge and compositions for use in the hair color cartridge The instant disclosure relates to hair coloring base compositions and developer compositions that can be incorporated into a hair color cartridge, which combines the compositions and dispenses them onto hair. The hair color cartridge includes: (a) one or more hair coloring base compositions and; (b) one or more developer compositions, which can be combined to form an active hair coloring composition and dispensed onto hair. The hair coloring base compositions typically include one or more oxidative dye precursors; one or more alkalizing agents; one or more reducing agents; optionally, one or more cationic conditioning polymers; one or more surfactants; one or more water-soluble solvents; and water. The developer compositions typically include one or more oxidizing agents; one or more surfactants; and water. The unique components and fluid characteristics of the various compositions are such that devices or appliances comprising them accurately combine and dispense the hair coloring base composition(s) with the developer composition(s) in a predetermined ratio with excellent consistency for application to hair.
US11337494B2	Slide fastener A zipper assembly including a left side tape configured with a plurality of left fastener teeth, and a right side tape configured with a plurality of right fastener teeth, defining together a zipper path, and at least one primary slider member slidingly displaceable along the zipper path for interlocking engagement or disengagement of left fastener teeth with corresponding right fastener teeth, wherein at least a portion of the zipper path is configured with a raceway extending through alternating neighboring left fastener teeth and right fastener teeth, said raceway configured for slidingly accommodating a flexible strip articulated at a first end thereof to the at least one slider member.
US11337492B2	Automatic retention apparatus An apparatus for automatically adjusting tension on retention member to hold multiple objects together. Examples include using retention apparatus to obtain optimal fit and use of a human wearable item such as article of footwear. Sensors may be used to sense changes in movement of the article of footwear, of the person wearing it, or of a third object such as a vehicle carrying the person. A retention member may surround at least a portion of the objects, and an actuator may be included that automatically rotates a rotating member such as a gear or pulley that may be coupled to the retention member. The rotating member may be configured to automatically adjust tension on the retention member many times per second based on control signals from control logic responsive to the sensors.
US11337479B2	Time trial bicycle helmet with ear shield A helmet can include a helmet body and a shield. The helmet body can include a front portion and a tail portion, and the shield can include two ear portions connected by a brow portion. The shield can be releasably coupled to the helmet body. The ears of a helmet user can be exposed with respect to the helmet body and covered with respect to the shield. The brow portion of the shield can extend across the front portion of the helmet. The tail portion of the helmet can be tapered and the front portion of the helmet can have a rounded leading edge, such that the helmet body has a tear drop form factor.
US11337471B2	Garment Described is a garment (10) having an integrated first pocket (55) into which the garment (10) may be packed, when not in use and wherein the first pocket (55) has an opening (180) arranged at the lower end of the garment (10).
US11337466B2	Method for manufacturing core-material-containing garment, and core-material-containing garment A method for manufacturing a core-material-containing garment, the method includes: a feeding step of feeding fabric (2) in a wound state onto a conveyor table (1) without relaxing or substantially relaxing the fabric (2); a core material application step of applying a reactive hot-melt adhesive to the fabric (2) on the conveyor table (1) to form a core material (12); an adhesive application step of applying a bonding hot-melt adhesive (13) configured to bond the fabric (2); and a drying step of drying the applied bonding hot-melt adhesive (13), and in the core material application step, the reactive hot-melt adhesive is mixed with nitrogen gas and foamed, and the reactive hot-melt adhesive is applied using an application device provided with a resin discharge unit that is movable in at least two axial directions of vertical and horizontal directions.
US11337457B2	Aerosol-generating system having an outer housing There is provided an aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge assembly, the device including a device inner housing defining a device cavity, an electrical heater, and a device outer housing; and the cartridge assembly including a cartridge assembly inner housing defining a substrate compartment, an aerosol-forming substrate positioned within the substrate compartment, and a cartridge assembly outer housing, and a portion of the cartridge assembly inner housing is configured to be received within the device cavity, and, when the portion of the cartridge assembly inner housing is received within the device cavity, at least a first part of a downstream edge of the device outer housing abuts at least a first part of an upstream edge of the cartridge assembly outer housing so that the cartridge assembly outer housing and the device outer housing form a system outer housing.
US11337454B2	Smoking article with combined ventilation and filtration efficiency adjustment The invention relates to a smoking article (10) comprising a tobacco rod (12) and a filter, the filter comprising a filter unit (14) comprising a first segment (16) of filtration material; a second segment comprising a tubular element (18) of filtration material upstream of the first segment (16), the tubular element (18) having an outer diameter (D2) and an inner diameter (D1). An inner surface of the tubular element (18) is substantially air impermeable. The second segment further comprises a frangible or irreversibly collapsible flow restrictor (24) disposed in the tubular element (18). When the flow restrictor (24) is in a substantially unbroken or non-collapsed state, the filter unit (14) has a first RTD. When the flow restrictor (24) is broken or collapsed, the filter unit (14) has a second RTD, the second RTD being smaller than the first RTD.
US11337453B2	Liquid aerosol formulation of an electronic smoking article A liquid aerosol formulation for an electronic smoking article includes an aerosol former, water, nicotine, and an acid including tartaric acid. The acid is included in an amount sufficient to provide the liquid aerosol formulation with a pH ranging from about 4 to about 8.
US11337448B2	Emulsified savoury food concentrate The present invention relates to an emulsified savoury food concentrate comprising by weight of the food concentrate: a. 15-50 wt. % water; b. 15-60 wt. % edible oil; c. 13-40 wt. % by dry weight of non-gelatinised starch; d. 50-350 mmol per 100 g of food concentrate of alkali-metal cation selected from Na+, K+ and combinations thereof; e. Yeast mannan in an amount of at least 0.6% by weight of the edible oil; and f. 0-10 wt. % of vegetable powders and/or vegetable extracts; wherein the w/w ratio of oil to water is at least 0.8:1 and wherein the w/w ratio of non-gelatinised starch by dry weight to water lies in the range of 0.35:1-2.1:1. The present invention further relates to a process of preparing the emulsified savoury food concentrate and to a method of preparing an edible savoury product using the emulsified savoury food concentrate.
US11337447B2	Planococcus and method for improving fermentation quality of low-salt fish sauce by Planococcus The present invention discloses Planococcus and a method for improving fermentation quality of a low-salt fish sauce by Planococcus, and relates to the application field of food microbiology technology. The Planococcus strains have been deposited in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center (CGMCC) under CGMCC NO. 17057, CGMCC NO. 17058, CGMCC NO. 17059, and CGMCC NO. 17060. The production cycle of fermented fish sauce using the Planococcus strains is greatly shortened, and the fermentation temperature is reduced. The fish sauce obtained by this method is transparent brown red, and has the unique aroma of aquatic products without impurities such as suspension or flocculent. The finished fish sauce has low salt content and high amino acid nitrogen content (according to the Chinese fish sauce industry standard, the fish sauce is classified as first-grade fish sauce). The contents of total volatile basic nitrogen and histamine are lower than the national standard.
US11337444B2	Rapid hydrolysis process for oat-based beverage composition Rapid hydrolysis methods for producing oat-based beverage compositions, and compositions produced thereby. Continuous flow process to yield a hydrolyzed oat-based beverage in only a few hours, comprising a sequential treatment of an oat flour slurry with glucoamylase and then alpha-amylase enzyme with respective hydrolysis times of less than about 1.5 hours to yield a final hydrolyzed oat slurry, and finishing the composition with one or more flavorings or additional ingredients yield the oat-based beverage composition.
US11337435B2	Product and method of producing dairy products comprising dairy-derived emulsifying salts Dairy products are produced by subjecting a starting dairy material to nanofiltration to remove monovalent ions to produce an ion-depleted dairy permeate; passing the ion-depleted dairy permeate through an ion exchange column and subsequently with a sodium-containing eluting solution to produce sodium phosphate and sodium citrate derived from the starting material; concentrating the sodium phosphate and sodium citrate; and combining the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate with dairy components. The dairy product contains an amount of the concentrated sodium phosphate and sodium citrate sufficient to cause fat in the dairy product to be emulsified and protein in the dairy product to be hydrated. In addition or alternatively, a dairy by-product stream may be subjected to ion exchange to remove calcium therefrom; concentrated, and combined with dairy materials naturally containing phosphate and citrate in order to adjust the citrate+phosphate-to-calcium ratio to reach an emulsified dairy product.
US11337433B2	Fruit ferments containing propionate and use thereof The present invention discloses a method to prepare a fruit ferment containing propionic acid and/or a salt thereof comprising i) obtaining a liquid fruit preparation, ii) optionally supplementing the liquid fruit preparation with water and/or with additional components to support fermentation, iii) fermenting the optionally supplemented liquid fruit preparation with a propionic acid-producing bacterial strain, iv) optionally further processing the fermentation product, to obtain the fruit ferment. Next to a propionic acid-producing bacterial strain, a lactic acid-producing bacterial strain may be used in the fermentation. The invention also relates to a fruit ferment obtainable by said method.
US11337432B1	Automated crab meat picking system and method A vision guided intelligent system for automated crab meat picking operates in a fully automated or semi-automatic modes of operation using a crab meat picking routine based on (a) the CNN model localization of back-fin knuckles algorithm, and/or (b) the Deep Learning model which accurately locates not only knuckle positions, but also crab legs and crab cores, with a high pixel accuracy (up to 0.9843), and low computation time. The subject system uses a concept of analyzing crab morphologies obtained from digital crab images, and, using a Deep Learning architecture integrated in the system, segments crab images into five regions of interest in a single step with high accuracy and efficiency. The image segmentation results are used for generating crab cut lines in XYZ and angular directions, determining starting cutting points in Z plane, and guiding cutting tools and end effectors to automatically cut crabs and harvest crab meat.
US11337427B2	Antimicrobial agents and their use in therapy The present invention provides an agent, or a composition containing an agent, for use in treating or preventing a bacterial infection in a subject, wherein said agent comprises: (i) an oligopeptidic compound comprising a PCNA interacting motif and a domain that facilitates the cellular uptake of said compound, wherein the PCNA interacting motif is X1X2X3X4X5 (SEQ ID NO: 1) and wherein: X1 is a basic amino acid; X2 is an aromatic amino acid; X3 is an uncharged amino acid other than an aromatic amino acid, Glycine (G) and Proline (P); X4 is any amino acid other than Proline (P), an acidic amino acid or an aromatic amino acid; and X5 is a basic amino acid or Proline (P); or (ii) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a sequence encoding the oligopeptidic compound of (i). In certain aspects the agent and compositions of the invention may be used as single agents. In other aspects of the invention agents and compositions of the invention may be used in conjunction with one or more additional active agents, such as antibiotics.
US11337421B2	Method for producing antimicrobial nanofilms packaging cover based on Titanium nano-dioxide through extrusion for extension of food shelf-life The present invention relates to a method for producing antimicrobial nanofilms packaging cover based on Titanium nano-dioxide through extrusion for extension of food shelf-life. The method comprises the steps of providing nano-silver and nano-clay particles which are antimicrobial agents to enhance mechanical properties of packaging in food industry; and evaluating effects of nano clay and nano silver packaging on the growth of these bacteria within 6 days of shelf life keeping at 4° C. The silver and clay nanoparticles are analyzed using AFM, SEM, FESEM, EDX, FTIR and TEM, wherein the size of clay and silver nanoparticles are measured 15 nm and 35 nm, respectively.
US11337417B2	Game call apparatus for attracting animals to an area An apparatus for attracting an animal to an area includes a housing, recordable memory media contained within the housing for storing a pre-recorded ultrasonic sound and a prerecorded audible sound. An audible sound emitter contained within the housing is also provided for emitting the prerecorded audible sound. Further, an ultrasonic sound emitter contained within the housing for emitting the prerecorded ultrasonic sound and second pre-recorded sounds that simulate first and second distinct sounds each made by a species of animal in the environment. A user interface, such as a hand held unit, is also provided to play back the audible and ultrasonic sounds simultaneously to produce a blended sound for attracting an animal. The apparatus may further include a first amplifier for amplifying the audible sound and a second amplifier for amplifying the ultrasonic sound. A low pass filter for filtering the audible sounds and a high pass filter for filtering the ultrasonic sounds from a mono file may also be included. The ultrasonic sound simulates ultrasonic vocal sounds of animals and the audible pre-recorded sound simulates audible vocal sounds of animals.
US11337410B2	Fish hook apparatus A fish hook apparatus including a head member, a shank, a bend section, a point element, and securing elements and a method for producing a controllable action in a bait are provided. The head member is defined by a top nose element, opposing side walls, and a bottom end. The head member includes a channel with openings at the top nose element and an opposing side wall for passing a fishing line. A securing element, coupled to the bottom end of the head member, secures a head of the bait. Another securing element, coupled to any location of the bait, secures one end of the fishing line exiting from the head member to the bait. Controllably tugging the fishing line curls the secured bait backwards towards the head member and springs the secured bait forwards to produce a controllable action, for example, a worm-like action in the bait.
US11337406B2	Rigging and method for rescuing an animal stuck in the water Rigging for pulling an animal stuck in the water, such as a horse or cow, includes at least one elongated abdominal portion which is adapted for placement along a ventral side of the animal behind at least one foreleg of the animal; and a back portion which is adapted for placement along a dorsal side of the animal, where the abdominal portion includes at least one bending-stiff insert element, so that the abdominal portion can be inserted with an inserting motion behind at least one foreleg of the animal.
US11337396B2	Soybean cultivar 92312145 A soybean cultivar designated 92312145 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 92312145, to the plants of soybean cultivar 92312145, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 92312145, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 92312145. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92312145. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 92312145, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 92312145 with another soybean cultivar.
US11337391B2	Early flowering plants This document relates to materials and methods for generating early flowering oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants. For example, oilseed plants (e.g., modified oilseed plants) having one or more modifications in a polypeptide involved in early flowering (e.g., early flowering six (ELF6)), as well as materials and methods for making and using early flowering oilseed plants are provided.
US11337388B2	Maize plants with improved disease resistance The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing one or more markers that are associated with resistance to fungi. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing at least one marker associated with resistance to Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) infection for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel FSR resistant germplasm.
US11337380B2	Plant cultivation facility A plant cultivation facility includes multiple cultivation racks, each of the cultivation racks including multiple shelves for cultivating plants and a pair of closed sides extending in a longitudinal direction, the shelves each forming a tube inner space extending in the longitudinal direction. Each shelf includes an air inlet formed as an opening on one end of the tube inner space and an air outlet formed as an opening on the other end. The plant cultivation facility further includes: a cultivation room containing the cultivation racks; an air-conditioning room separated from the cultivation room; an air-conditioning device positioned in the air-conditioning room for sucking air from the cultivation racks through the air outlets into the air-conditioning room; and a discharge pipe positioned in the air-conditioning room, the discharge pipe being connected to the air-conditioning device for forwarding air from the air-conditioning room to be released into the cultivation room.
US11337378B2	Plant cage A plant cage includes an annular base configured to surround a portion of a plant. The base includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced stake openings formed therethrough. Each of the stake openings is inclined relative to a central axis of the base. The base is formed from a first segment releasably coupled to a second segment. The plant cage further includes a plurality of stakes. Each of the stakes is configured to extend through one of the stake openings formed in the base. A first portion of each of the stakes is received in the ground and a second portion of each of the stakes extends away from the ground into a substantially conical shape.
US11337375B2	Apparatuses for treating agricultural matter Methods and apparatuses to activate, modify, and sanitize the surfaces of granular, powdered, or seed material placed in a continuous flow of a low-temperature, reduced-pressure gas plasma. Said plasma may be created with radio-frequency power, using capacitive-inductive, or a combination of both types of discharge. The plasma is generated at pressures in the 0.01 to 10 Torr range. RF frequency ranges from 0.2 to 220 MHz, and correspond to a plasma density between about ne×108−ne×1012 or 0.001 to 0.4 W/cm3. Inserts and electrodes may be temperature controlled to control process conditions. RF discharge may be pulsed or modulated by different frequency in order to stimulate energy exchange between gas plasma and process material. The apparatuses may be grounded, biased and mechanically activated (e.g., vibration, rotation, etc.).
US11337373B1	Bale stacker A bale stacker and method of using a bale stacker for consolidating a plurality of bales into a bale stack. The bale stacker including a bale stacker chassis supported for translational motion over a surface and one or more: of a bale lift, a bale receiving platform disposed over the bale stacker chassis to receive bales released from the bale lift, a bale transfer table disposing a plurality of bales in bale stack, a bale stack bed having at least one fork movable to abut a bale stack on said bale stack bed, a bale shuffler operable to engage the bale stack to align the bales in the bale stack, and a bale stack push of operable to engage the bale stack disposed on said bale stack bed in primarily vertical orientation to push a plurality of bale stacks off from the bale stack bed.
US11337363B2	Calibrating a depth control system of a row unit in an agricultural planter In one aspect, an agricultural planted is associated with an apparatus, a system and/or a method for calibrating a depth control arrangement in each of one or more row units adapted for attachment to a toolbar of the planter, where each row unit has a depth controlling linkage arrangement operatively connected to an adjustable-depth gauge wheel of the row unit. The linkage arrangement includes a load-sensing element that is monitored during adjustment of a calibration mechanism of the linkage arrangement to remove tolerance stack-up in the linkage arrangement and achieve a uniform desired value of the present load on the linkage arrangement of each of the one or more row units that is consistent with a zero-depth or other reference depth setting.
US11337362B2	Row unit with vision system for maintaining seed orientation Systems, implements, and methods for seed orientation during planting operations of agricultural plants of agricultural include a system for seed orientation having a vision system positioned in proximity to a seed disk. The vision system determines seed orientation data for seed on the seed disk. A seed belt receives seed from the seed disk and the seed belt adjusts an orientation of the seed from the seed disk to a desired seed orientation with a furrow during planting.
US11337354B2	Automatic target recognition and management system An apparatus for controlling weeds, which includes a tine formation adapted to remove or disrupt targeted weeds, and a tine support assembly adapted to support the tine for movement about a first control axis in a generally vertical direction between an engaged position wherein the tine formation in use contacts a ground surface for removal or disruption of targeted weeds and a disengaged position wherein the tine formation is substantially retracted from the ground surface. The tine support assembly is further adapted to support the tine for movement about a second control axis in a generally horizontal direction. The tine support assembly further includes a first actuation mechanism adapted to effect movement of the tine about the first control axis, and a second actuation mechanism adapted to effect movement of the tine about the second control axis. The apparatus also includes a sensing system for sensing aspects of an environment and generating data indicative thereof, and a classification system for identifying target weeds within the environment on the basis of the data from the sensing system. A control system is adapted to activate the first and second actuation mechanisms of the tine support assembly in accordance with a predetermined control logic thereby sequentially to position the tine for disruptive contact with the targeted weeds.
US11343950B2	Rotational removal of electronic chips and other components from printed wire boards using liquid heat media Systems and methods for the removal of electronic chips and other components from PWBs using liquid heat media are generally described. According to certain embodiments, PWBs comprising solder can be positioned within a rotatable housing. The rotatable housing can, in some embodiments, be at least partially immersed within a liquid heat medium. The liquid heat medium can be heated and/or maintained at a temperature sufficiently high to melt the solder. In some embodiments, the rotatable housing can be rotated while it is at least partially immersed in the liquid heat medium. The rotational force can aid, according to some embodiments, in the removal of solder, electronic chips (including those in which an integrated circuit is positioned on a piece of semiconductor material, such as silicon), and/or other electronic components attached to one or more surfaces of the PWB.
US11343947B2	Power converter cooling An active laminar flow control arrangement may comprise a variable speed constant frequency (VSCF) converter comprising a housing, a compressor, an electric motor operably coupled to the compressor, and a laminar flow control duct. An airflow is received by the housing from the laminar flow control duct in response to the electric motor driving the compressor for cooling the VSCF converter.
US11343940B2	Configurable cold-plates of datacenter cooling systems A cold plate that is configurable and for a datacenter liquid cooling system is disclosed. The cold plate includes a first section, a second section, and an intermediate layer, which is changeable and has first channels to enable flow of a coolant through the intermediate layer, and has second channels or at least one adapted second channel to concentrate the coolant or the flow of the coolant to at least one area within the configurable cold plate corresponding to at least a heat generating feature of an associated computing device.
US11343938B2	Airflow control system with external air control A cooling system includes one or more air channeling sub-systems that provide cooling air to electronic equipment, at least one heat removal sub-system that removes heat from the cooling air in at least one of the air channeling sub-systems, at least one temperature sensor measures a wet bulb temperature of outside air, and at least one controller. At least one of the air channeling sub-systems includes an outside air damper operable allow outside air into the air channeling sub-system. The at least one controller at least partially opens the outside air damper if a wet bulb temperature measured at the at least one temperature sensor drops to or below a predetermined temperature.
US11343935B2	Foolproof frame assembly and server chassis including the same A foolproof frame assembly includes a blocking component fixed on a case, and first and second frames disposed on opposite sides of the case. Each of the first and second frames has a foolproof component fixed to one of two side plates thereof and blocking one of two through holes on its bottom plate. When the first frame is in a first mounting position, the blocking component passes through another through hole and form a space with another side plate of the first frame for one of two mounting side plates of the mounting frame to be disposed therethrough. When the second frame is in the first mounting position, a space occupied by its foolproof component overlaps a space occupied by the blocking component. When the first and second frames are respectively in the first and second mounting positions, the foolproof components block the two mounting side plates.
US11343928B2	Auto-lock structure for riser A lock assembly is disclosed that includes a base formed from a magnetic flux conducting material, the base secure to a chassis. A pin slidably disposed in the base and configured to move from a first open position to a second closed position. A magnet, disposed on a surface of a riser and configured to create a force on the pin that causes the pin to move from the open position to the closed position when the riser is disposed with the chassis.
US11343927B2	Display module and electronic device including the same A display module and an electronic device including the same are provided. The display module includes a display panel including a first edge and a second edge facing the first edge, a support plate on a rear surface of the display panel, and an adhesive layer between the display panel and the support plate. The adhesive layer includes first and second areas providing a first adhesive force and a third area providing a second adhesive force different from the first adhesive force and disposed between the first area and the second area, the third area extending from the first edge to the second edge. The third area has a first width in a central area between the first edge and the second edge and a second width in areas adjacent to the first edge and the second edge, the second width being different from the first width.
US11343921B2	Electronic unit An electronic unit includes a first case made of metal; a second case made of metal; a frame made of synthetic resin arranged inside an assembly of the first case and the second case; a relay member made of metal that is separate from the frame and includes a first connection portion electrically connected to the first case, a second connection portion electrically connected to the second case, and a coupling portion coupling the first connection portion and the second connection portion; a first screw that passes through the first case and the first connection portion from the outside of the first case and is fixed to the frame; and a second screw that passes through the second case and the second connection portion from the outside of the second case and is fixed to the frame.
US11343919B2	Packaged electronic devices with top terminations An embodiment of an electronic device includes a circuit component (e.g., a transistor or other component) coupled to the top surface of a substrate. Encapsulation is formed over the substrate and the component. An opening in the encapsulation extends from the encapsulation top surface to a conductive feature on the top surface of the component. A conductive termination structure within the encapsulation opening extends from the conductive feature to the encapsulation top surface. The device also may include a second circuit physically coupled to the encapsulation top surface and electrically coupled to the component through the conductive termination structure. In an alternate embodiment, the conductive termination structure may be located in a trench in the encapsulation that extends between two circuits that are embedded within the encapsulation, where the conductive termination structure is configured to reduce electromagnetic coupling between the two circuits during device operation.
US11343918B2	Method of making printed circuit board and laminated structure A method of making a printed circuit board includes a step of providing a double-sided plate that is an insulating substrate having conductive layers on respective surfaces thereof, a first coating step of coating a first surface of the double-sided plate with a first photosensitive resin film, a second coating step of coating a second surface of the double-sided plate with a second photosensitive resin film, a first exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the first surface after the first and second coating steps, and a second exposure step of exposing the photosensitive resin film coating the second surface after the first exposure step, wherein a maximum depth of a depression in an outermost surface of the second photosensitive resin film used in the second exposure step is less than 1.0 μm.
US11343910B2	Elastic printed conductors The development of stretchable, mechanically and electrically robust interconnects by printing an elastic, silver-based composite ink onto stretchable fabric. Such interconnects can have conductivity of 3000-4000 S/cm and are durable under cyclic stretching. In serpentine shape, the fabric-based conductor is enhanced in electrical durability. Resistance increases only ˜5 times when cyclically stretched over a thousand times from zero to 30% strain at a rate of 4% strain per second due to the ink permeating the textile structure. The textile fibers are wetted with composite ink to form a conductive, stretchable cladding of the silver particles. The e-textile can realize a fully printed, double-sided electronic system of sensor-textile-interconnect integration. The double-sided e-textile can be used for a surface electromyography (sEMG) system to monitor muscles activities, an electroencephalography (EEG) system to record brain waves, and the like.
US11343902B2	System for parallel cooling of components on a circuit board A cooling system for cooling a set of components on a circuit board includes a vapor chamber for distributing heat over a larger surface area, a fan in a housing configured to direct a first airflow in a first direction to a first heatsink and direct a second airflow in a second direction opposite the first direction to a second heatsink. The heatsinks can have different sizes and the fan can be located relative to a midpoint of the vapor chamber or the circuit board or positioned relative to a component on the circuit board.
US11343894B2	Drive circuit for a light-emitting diode light source A controllable lighting device may utilize a controllable impedance circuit to conduct a load current through an LED light source. The controllable impedance circuit may be coupled in series with a first switching device, which may be rendered conductive and non-conductive via a pulse-width modulated signal to adjust an average magnitude of the load current. The controllable lighting device may further comprise a control loop circuit that includes a second switching device. The second switching device may be rendered conductive and non-conductive in coordination with the first switching device to control when a feedback signal is provided to the control loop circuit and used to control the LED light source. The control loop circuit may be characterized by a time constant that is significantly greater than an operating period of the load current.
US11343889B2	Circadian lamp and method for operating such lamp A lighting system with a lamp including a lighting area with a disc-shaped part emitting cold-white light and ring-shaped part emitting warm white light is provided. The lighting system is programmed to automatically and periodically change between light from these two parts.
US11343885B2	Light source device, lighting circuit, and driving method A light source device includes a light source unit having a dielectric barrier discharge lamp and a lighting circuit. The lighting circuit includes a transformer; a switching element; a controller for the switching element; a detector that detects current flowing through or voltage on a primary or a secondary side of the transformer; and a determination unit. The controller is configured to enable performing a steady-state operation of controlling ON/OFF of the switching element at a steady-state operation frequency (f1) to steadily light the dielectric barrier discharge lamp; and a determination operation of controlling ON/OFF of the switching element at a determination operation frequency (f2) higher than the steady-state operation frequency (f1), and the determination unit determines whether or not to stop the lighting operation based on the current or the voltage detected by the detector when the controller controls the switching element at the determination operation frequency (f2).
US11343882B2	Cooking utensil having contactless driven consumer with a driving unit of the consumer operating based on direct optical detection of the consumers movement A cooking utensil includes a drive unit which is configured to drive at least one consumer, and a receiving unit which is configured to receive energy in a contactless manner and to supply energy to the drive unit. The cooking utensil can be part of a cooking system which further includes a cooktop apparatus having an induction unit configured at least to supply energy for the receiving unit of the cooking utensil.
US11343879B2	Multi-zone pedestal heater without vias A support pedestal is provided that includes a substrate having a top resistive layer defining a first set of zones and a bottom resistive layer defining a second set of zones. Each zone of the first and second set of zones is coupled to at least two electric terminals from among a plurality of electric terminals, and a total number of electric terminals is less than or equal to a total of the first and second set of zones.
US11343877B2	E-vaping device cartridge with internal infrared sensor A cartridge for an e-vaping device includes an infrared sensor configured to measure infrared radiation emitted by at least a portion of a heating element coupled to a dispensing interface in the cartridge. The field of view of the infrared sensor may encompass an entirety of the heating element. The infrared sensor may be an infrared light emitting diode. The e-vaping device may include control circuitry configured to determine the temperature of the heating element based on sensor data generated by the infrared sensor and control the electrical power supplied to the cartridge based on the temperature of the heating element. The control circuitry may control the electrical power to maintain the temperature of the heating element below a threshold temperature. The control circuitry may determine the heating element temperature based on accessing at least a portion of the sensor data stored at a storage device in the cartridge.
US11343874B2	Relay transmission method and device Disclosed in the present invention are a relay transmission method and, device, enabling reduction of complexity of relay transmission and a decrease of transmission latency. The method comprises: a relay terminal apparatus receives a first lower-level data frame sent by a transmitting-end apparatus to a receiving-end apparatus, wherein the first lower-layer data frame is obtained by the transmitting-end apparatus by means of processing a MAC PDU carrying identifier information of a remote terminal apparatus; the relay terminal apparatus determines, at the lower layer, whether the first lower layer data frame is required to be forwarded; and the relay terminal apparatus forwards, at the lower layer, the first lower-layer data frame, wherein the transmitting-end apparatus is the remote terminal apparatus, and the receiving-end apparatus is a network apparatus; alternatively, the transmitting-end apparatus is a network apparatus, and the receiving-end apparatus is the remote terminal apparatus.
US11343871B2	Method and apparatus for determining radio link failure in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for a base station to determine a radio link failure includes: receiving at least one first uplink signal from a terminal; determining whether to trigger uplink resource allocation by using information based on the at least one first uplink signal; transmitting, in case that the uplink resource allocation is triggered, an uplink grant to the terminal; receiving at least one second uplink signal from the terminal based on the uplink grant; and determining whether a radio link failure has occurred based on the at least one second uplink signal.
US11343866B2	Method, apparatus and computer program related to secondary cell group reactivation in multi-radio access technology-dual connectivity There is provided a method comprising, at a user equipment operating in connection with a first radio access technology network and a second radio access technology network, determining that communication using the second radio access technology is to be suspended and in response to the determining, suspending communication using the second radio access technology and storing a configuration relating to the second radio access technology such that communication using the second radio access technology can be reactivated via at least one of the first radio access technology network and the second radio access technology network.
US11343864B2	Device pairing An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving data relating to a first command from a user; recognizing the data relating to the first command as being directed to a first user device; receiving data relating to a second command from a user; recognizing the data relating to the second command as being directed to a second user device; determining that the first user device and the second user device are to be paired with one another based on the data relating to the first command and the data relating to the second command; and pairing the first device with the second device; wherein one or more of the data relating to the first command and the data relating to the second command comprises data related to a non-touch input modality. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11343863B2	System and method for communicating across multiple network types The present invention relates to a system and method for communicating across multiple network types. In particular, the system and method is suitable for, but not limited to, initiating communication through a suitable network based on a set of rules. Further, the system and method is suitable for, but not limited to, using a single number when delivering the communication to prevent recipients from confusing plural numbers of senders.
US11343854B2	Algorithm to predict optimal Wi-Fi contention window based on load A novel method that dynamically changes the contention window of access points based on system load to improve performance in a dense Wi-Fi deployment is disclosed. A key feature is that no MAC protocol changes, nor client side modifications are needed to deploy the solution. Setting an optimal contention window can lead to throughput and latency improvements up to 155%, and 50%, respectively. Furthermore, an online learning method that efficiently finds the optimal contention window with minimal training data, and yields an average improvement in throughput of 53-55% during congested periods for a real traffic-volume workload replay in a Wi-Fi test-bed is demonstrated.
US11343849B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting contention-based data in wireless communication system to which non-orthogonal multiple access scheme is applied Provided are a method and a device for performing communication using a non-orthogonal code multiple access scheme in a wireless communication system. A terminal divides a terminal identifier into a first field, a second field, a third field and a fourth field and selects a first reference signal based on the first field and a maximum number of reference signals, a second reference signal based on the second field and the maximum number of reference signals, a third reference signal based on the third field and the maximum number of reference signals, and a fourth reference signal based on the fourth field and the maximum number of reference signals. Based on the first reference signal, the second reference signal, the third reference signal or the fourth reference signal, the terminal transmits contention-based data to a base station.
US11343840B2	Communication method and apparatus using beamforming in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. The present disclosure discloses a communication method and apparatus between a terminal and a base station in a communication system to which beamforming is applied.
US11343837B2	Method for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system, and device for supporting same The disclosure proposes a method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system and apparatus for supporting the same. Specifically, a method of transmitting an uplink data channel by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprises receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information for scheduling an uplink data channel in an nth transmission time unit, receiving, from the base station, second downlink control information for scheduling an uplink data channel in an n+kth transmission time unit, and when information by the first downlink control information is inconsistent with information by the second downlink control information, transmitting an uplink data channel which is based on the first downlink control information to the base station, wherein the second downlink control information may be discarded by the UE.
US11343829B2	Monitoring method and terminal apparatus in internet-of-vehicles system Provided are a monitoring method and terminal apparatus in an Internet-of-Vehicles system. The method comprises: a terminal apparatus generating instruction information on a media access control layer, the instruction information being configured to instruct the terminal apparatus to monitor, on a physical layer, at least one resource pool of one transmission duration; and the terminal apparatus sending to the physical layer the instruction information. In embodiments of the present invention, the terminal apparatus effectively improves a data transmission rate by means of selectively monitoring a resource pool (e.g., a resource pool of 1-ms TTI and a resource pool of a 0.5-ms TTI), thus reducing data transmission delay, and accordingly improving user experience.
US11343825B2	Frequency adjustment within a wireless communication system for a moving vehicle A wireless communication system for a moving vehicle, and a method of operation of a wireless communication system for a moving vehicle, are described. The wireless communication system comprises an antenna system configured to receive a received signal from a further antenna system and to transmit a transmitted signal to the further antenna system, communication control circuitry to control operation of the antenna system, and analysis circuitry. The analysis circuitry is configured to obtain at least one item of information from the received signal, and perform a Doppler adjustment process to determine, based on the at least one item of information, an adjusted transmitted frequency (ft) to be used for transmission of the transmitted signal from the antenna system, such that an observed frequency of the transmitted signal at the further antenna system is a predetermined uplink frequency (fUL).
US11343820B2	Radio resource allocation in a narrowband communication system Methods and apparatuses of resource allocation for wireless communication are presented. In an example, a user equipment may contain radio circuitry and processing circuitry such that the user equipment is configured to obtain a set of multiple indices, where each index in the set of multiple indices corresponds to a different uplink resource allocation from a set of uplink resource allocations formed from twelve contiguous subcarriers. In an aspect, the set of uplink resource allocations includes an allocation of the twelve contiguous subcarriers, two allocations of six contiguous subcarriers, four allocations of three contiguous subcarriers, and twelve allocations of a single subcarrier. In a further aspect, the user equipment can receive an index indication corresponding to an index from the set of multiple indices from the base station. Also, the user equipment can transmit data to the base station using the resource allocation corresponding to the received index indication.
US11343817B2	Multi-tier density-aware location-based channel assignment and adaptive power control method for mobile ad-hoc networks A method, and software application, are disclosed for managing data communication transmissions among a plurality of wireless communication nodes that are configured to communicate using a time division multiple access (TDMA) network that is based upon a TDMA frame including a plurality of timeslots. The method is individually performed by each of the nodes, and comprises the steps of: a) obtaining a plurality of K Channel Assignment Functions (CAFs), wherein: 1) K is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and J is an integer ranging from 0 to K-1, and 2) the J-th CAF from the plurality of K CAFs is in a one-to-one correspondence with a J-th channel set, and a J-th Maximum Transmission Interference Range Function (MTIRF), wherein 2a) the J-th CAF assigns one channel from the J-th channel set to an input set of spatial coordinates (SOSC) identifying an input geographic location, and 2b) the J-th MTIRF assigns a J-th Maximum Transmission Interference Range (MTIR) value to the input SOSC; b) obtaining a set of network topology metrics (NTMs), wherein each of the NTMs is associated with at least one threshold; c) obtaining one or more measurements for each of the NTMs; d) obtaining a current SOSC identifying the current geographic location of the node performing the method; e) selecting a CAF based, at least in part, on 1) the current SOSC, 2) the one or more measurements for each of the NTMs, and 3) the at least one threshold associated with each of the NTMs; f) selecting a channel from a list of channels comprising the channel assigned to the current SOSC by the selected CAF; g) calculating a transmission power level (TPL) based, at least in part, on the MTIR value assigned to the current SOSC by the MTIRF corresponding to the selected CAF; and, h) transmitting data using the selected channel and the calculated TPL.
US11343811B2	Data transmitting method and device, and storage medium Provided are a data transmitting and feedback method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The data transmitting method includes: selecting a grant-free resource to send a data packet, where the grant-free resource is K continuous time slots of one frequency band, where the K is an integer greater than 0.
US11343810B2	Channel state information reporting in wireless communications A wireless communication method is described for receiving a reporting configuration associated with one or more reporting criteria. The received reporting configuration is also linked to one or more channel state information (CSI) resource settings that provide a configuration information. Each CSI resource setting identifies one or more resource sets, and each resource set includes one or more reference signal resources. Based on one or more reporting criteria, a user equipment can generate a report that can be transmitted to a base station.
US11343809B2	Methods and related devices of channel state information (CSI) reporting for bandwidth part (BWP) switch operation A method for Channel State Information (CSI) reporting includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a Channel State Information (CSI) reporting configuration from a base station (BS) on a first Bandwidth Part (BWP), receiving a first BWP switch indication from the BS on the first BWP, switching an active BWP of the UE from the first BWP to a second BWP, reserving the CSI reporting configuration after switching the active BWP, receiving a second BWP switch indication on the second BWP or a third BWP after switching the active BWP, switching the active BWP back to the first BWP, and automatically sending a CSI report based on the CSI reporting configuration without receiving any CSI reporting activation command from the BS after switching the active BWP back to the first BWP.
US11343804B2	Phase-tracking reference signal mapping Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may determine that a phase-tracking reference signal (PTRS) will not be transmitted based at least in part on a mapping value associated with transmitting the PTRS, and may identify another mapping value associated with transmitting the PTRS, wherein the other mapping value is different from the mapping value. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may identify a symbol in which a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) is to be muted, and may map, based at least in part on a mapping value configured on the wireless communication device, a PTRS relative to the symbol in which the DMRS is to be muted. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11343798B2	Communication system In a communication system, a plurality of base stations includes an MeNB being a first base station, and a plurality of SeNBs to be connected to the MeNB. At least one of control plane data about control of communication and user plane data about a user is transmitted to and received from a user equipment (UE) via the first base station being the MeNB. The control plane data and the user plane data are contained in information provided by a core network about communication with the UE. The communication system can simplify processing of at least one of control plane data and user plane data when a communication terminal device communicates with a plurality of base station devices.
US11343797B2	Paging related methods and apparatus Efficient paging in a communications system including macro and small cell base stations is described. A macro cell base station receives, from a network node, a request to page a UE and determines a set of base stations including one or more small cell base stations, which are to attempt to page the UE. The macro cell base station communicates the paging request to the selected one or more small cell base stations. A small cell base station, using unlicensed spectrum, may fail in its paging attempt due to current unavailability of the unlicensed spectrum (LBT fails to clear) resulting in no paging signal transmitted; the reason for failure is communicated from the small cell base station to the macro cell base station via a paging response message. The macro cell base station in turn communicates a paging response message to the network node communicating the reason for failure.
US11343796B2	Method for paging, terminal equipment, and network equipment Provided are a method for paging, a terminal equipment, and a network equipment. The method comprises: a terminal equipment receives indication information sent by a network equipment, the indication information being used for indicating the paging mode used by the current cell of the terminal equipment; the terminal equipment obtains a paging message according to the indication information. In embodiments of the present invention, a network equipment indicates, by means of the indication information, the paging mode used by the current cell of a terminal equipment, so that the terminal equipment can distinguish the paging mode used by the current cell of the terminal equipment, thus paging-related information can be correctly decoded, thereby correctly obtaining a paging message.
US11343787B2	Method and system for processing node registration notification The present disclosure relates to the field of mobile communication, and specifically, to a method and system for processing node registration notifications. The method is applicable in a distributed system comprising a forwarding router, a plurality of central nodes, and a plurality of serving nodes. Each of the central nodes is connected to the forwarding router and at least one of the serving nodes, respectively. The connecting line from one of the central nodes to the forwarding router and the connecting line from the central node to the serving node belong to the same operating network. The method and system of the present disclosure are adopted to reduce the impact on communication between different serving nodes in an operating network.
US11343781B2	Link establishment between a radio equipment controller (REC) and radio equipment (RE) in a fronthaul network Techniques that provide link establishment between a radio equipment controller (REC) and a radio equipment (RE) in a fronthaul network are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes performing, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Layer 1 (L1) link auto-negotiation operations to establish a CPRI link between the REC and RE. A proxy slave may achieve a hyper frame number (HFN) synchronization with the REC at a link bit rate for a first CPRI bit stream and communicate the first CPRI bit stream and the link bit rate to a proxy master. The proxy master may communicate a second CPRI bit stream to the proxy slave to transmit to the REC. The L1 link auto-negotiation operations are completed and CPRI link is established between the REC and the RE when the REC achieves a HFN synchronization for the second CPRI bit stream.
US11343779B2	System and method for providing look-ahead dynamic power control for carrier aggregation Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing dynamic power sharing at a user equipment (UE). A first uplink transmission is configured. An offset is determined from a starting symbol of the first uplink transmission. Based on the offset, a group of overlapping uplink transmissions on one or more component carriers (CCs) is defined. The group of overlapping uplink transmission include at least the first uplink transmission. A total power is shared among uplink transmissions in the group of overlapping uplink transmissions.
US11343778B2	Transmit waveform shaping for wireless communications devices Systems, methods, and devices shape waveforms associated with transmission of data from wireless communications devices. Methods may include identifying, using a processing device, a plurality of portions of a Bluetooth packet for transmission from a wireless communications device, the plurality of portions comprising a first portion and a second portion. Methods may also include determining, using the processing device, a first transmit power associated with the first portion and a second transmit power associated with the second portion, the determining being based, at least in part, on whether the first portion or second portion is used in packet detection. Methods may further include transmitting the first portion of the Bluetooth packet using the first transmit power, and transmitting the second portion of the Bluetooth packet using the second transmit power.
US11343776B2	Method for terminal to transmit uplink signal, and terminal A method for a terminal to transmit an uplink signal is provided. The method includes: receiving an instruction sent by a serving base station and used for determining transmit power; selecting an uplink power control formula from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to the instruction; obtaining transmit power of an uplink signal by using the selected uplink power control formula; and transmitting an uplink signal by using the transmit power. According to the application, a terminal is not only capable of selecting, according to a receiving manner, an associated uplink power control formula to determine a transmit signal, but also capable of using the uplink power control formula for a different configuration parameter of a non-periodical SRS to determine suitable transmit power to transmit an uplink signal.
US11343775B1	Method and system for managing power consumption of a mobile device in an emergency A system and method for managing power consumption in a mobile device during an emergency is disclosed. The system includes an emergency management system running on a mobile device. The emergency management system can automatically enable one or more power saving modes when an emergency alert is received by the mobile device. The power saving modes may include a reduced communication mode. In the reduced communication mode the mobile device only communicates for brief periods at recurring intervals. The power saving modes may also include a simplified display mode. The simplified display mode may display content on the display of a mobile device in a way that reduces power consumption.
US11343772B2	Two-part wake-up signal A wake-up signal includes a first part and a second part. The first part is related to a cell of a base station transmitting the wake-up signal and includes a synchronization signal for synchronizing a terminal with the base station. The second part is related to one or more terminals.
US11343740B2	5G and SDN powered virtualized personal device framework A system may allow for generic end user mobile devices to be operated using a virtualized personal device framework. The virtualized personal device framework may provide for a collective intelligence network platform that allows offloading of heavy computing processes onto virtual instance in a cloud network and enables crowd sourcing services for smart cities that may provide smart emergency services in which end-users collaborate.
US11343738B2	Handover-based connection resume technique A wireless communication technique includes sending, from a target wireless node to a source wireless node, a message to start a handover process, wherein the message includes an identification of a wireless device and an indication field, and transmitting, upon receiving a handover request during the handover process, a message to the wireless device to resume reconnection.
US11343724B2	User equipment context management method, apparatus, and device The present invention discloses a user equipment context management method, apparatus, and device, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving, by a first control plane entity, a service request message of user equipment UE, where the service request message includes service information requested by the UE; obtaining location information of the UE, determining, based on the service information requested by the UE, a mobility level of a service requested by the UE, determining, based on the location information of the UE and the mobility level of the service, an effective range of a context of a network resource bearing the service of the UE, and managing the context based on the effective range of the context.
US11343720B2	Preemptive handover preparation and tracking/paging area handling and intelligent route selection in a cellular network A concept for handovers in cellular networks, a concept for improved handling of tracking/paging areas for, for instance, user entities in inactive modes and a concept for enabling intelligent route selection in cellular networks are presented.
US11343719B2	Method for reserving and allocating resources for ultra-low-latency uplink service flow based on air interface slice A method for reserving and allocating resources for an ultra-low-latency uplink service flow based on an air interface slice includes: virtualizing an air interface resource of a base station side into an ultra-low-latency slice resource and a non-ultra-low-latency slice resource; recording a collision situation on reserved resources in each retry window, and dynamically adjusting a size of the reserved ultra-low-latency slice resource; after detecting that a terminal transmits ultra-low-latency data on the ultra-low-latency slice resource, performing a resource reallocation and determining whether an idle resource is presented; if presented, allocating the idle resource to the terminal transmitting the ultra-low-latency data and returning the borrowed non-ultra-low-latency slice resource after transmitting the ultra-low-latency data; and if not presented, borrowing the non-ultra-low-latency slice resource allocated to a non-ultra-low-latency terminal and returning the borrowed non-ultra-low-latency slice resource after transmitting the ultra-low-latency data.
US11343712B2	V2X communication device and V2X communication method of V2X communication device Disclosed is a method for receiving a V2X message by a V2X communication device. A method for transmitting a V2X message comprises the steps of: acquiring CBR information indicating a congestion state of a channel; determining a state and substate of a channel for a distributed congestion control (DCC) on the basis of the CBR information; on the basis of the state and substate state, generating transmission period information and transmission structure information for the V2X message; and generating the V2X message on the basis of the transmission period information and the transmission structure information. Here, the transmission period information indicates a transmission period of the V2X message, and the transmission structure information indicates a structure of the V2X message transmitted in the transmission period.
US11343711B2	UE and communication control method for UE A notification is made of information in one PDU session establishment procedure to a terminal apparatus, the information being associated with information for identifying one NW slice that is a target of congestion control and the information for identifying another NW slice associated, to prevent a PDU session establishment procedure using information for identifying multiple NW slices at a time. As a method for interpreting the information for identifying the other NW slice associated, two implementation schemes are defined that use explicit notifications from a network and rules configured for the terminal apparatus. In a case that NW slice based congestion control is applied, information for identifying the NW slice to which establishment of a PDU session is allowed is notified as an exception. In a case that the terminal apparatus notified of a DCN ID during the 5GS connection moves to the EPS after application of 5GS congestion control, connection to the DCN ID that provides the same service level as the NW slice of the target of congestion control is also prevented. This provides a communication control method for implementing a management processing such as 5G congestion control initiated by a terminal apparatus or a network.
US11343709B2	Hidden WLAN detection for better ecosystem design in 5G Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device and base station using a first radio access technology to monitor traffic load on a second radio access technology. A wireless device may monitor traffic of the second radio access technology and may transmit one or more traffic load reports to the base station. The base station may, based on the report(s) and its own observations, determine whether a hidden network of the second radio access technology is present at the wireless device.
US11343708B2	Data transmission method and device, and computer storage medium Disclosed in the present invention are a data transmission method and device, and a computer storage medium, the method comprising: a terminal transmits data and attribute information corresponding to the data to a network; and the network transmits data and attribute information corresponding to the data to the terminal, the attribute information corresponding to the data comprising at least one of the following: quality of service (QoS) stream information, protocol data unit (PDU) session information, network slice information, external network information for data transmission and identification information of the terminal.
US11343705B2	Method and apparatus and computer programs for providing suitable quality of service (QoS) options in response to a request that relates to a service having a QoS requirement Methods, apparatuses and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and for a base station of a mobile communication system. The method for a transportation vehicle includes transmitting a request to a base station of a mobile communication system, wherein the request relates to a service having a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement; receiving a response to the request message from the base station, wherein the response includes information related to available QoS options suitable for the service; and transmitting an updated version of the request, wherein the updated version is based on the information related to available QoS options.
US11343704B2	Method and apparatus for assigning identifier, base station and user equipment A method of assigning an identifier includes: assigning an AS QoS flow identifier to a current QoS flow; determining mapping relationship between an NAS QoS flow identifier and the AS QoS flow identifier; transmitting the mapping relationship and an SDAP PDU separately or simultaneously to UE, wherein an SDAP header of the SDAP PDU carries the AS QoS flow identifier assigned to the current QoS flow.
US11343702B2	Techniques for controlling a network This disclosure describes systems, devices, apparatus, and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for controlling a network with one or more access points (APs). A controller may be configured to schedule at least some resources of the one or more APs to improve network efficiency. The APs may measure and report a variety of information and statistics to the controller. The controller may determine one or more transmission parameters and one or more operations a given AP is permitted to perform during a respective time interval. The controller may communicate the one or more transmission parameters using an indication, such as a message. At least one AP associated with the controller may communicate with stations (STAs) using the one or more transmission parameters.
US11343699B2	EPS bearer context status synchronization upon inter-system change from evolved packet system (EPS) to fifth generation system (5GS) A method for synchronizing evolved packet system (EPS) bearer context status between a user equipment (UE) and a network can include locally deactivating an EPS bearer context of a packet data network (PDN) connection at the UE while the UE operates in S1 mode without notifying the network serving the UE, wherein interworking to a fifth generation system (5GS) is supported for the deactivated EPS bearer context, and upon inter-system change from S1 mode to N1 mode, including an EPS bearer context status information element (IE) in a registration request message indicating which EPS bearer contexts are active in the UE before the inter-system change.
US11343684B2	Self organizing backhaul radio A self-organizing backhaul radio (SOBR) and related arrangements are disclosed. A “primary” link between an first SOBR enabled radio and a second SOBR radio includes a secondary transmission link, referred to as a signature control channel (SCC), as a spread spectrum modulated signal embedded within and transmitted simultaneously with the primary link. The SCC transmissions from the first SOBR radio may be utilized by other SOBR enabled radios to determine an interference level to or from the first SOBR radio's primary link. The SCC transmission may be utilized to allow transmit beam forming between SOBR-enabled radios without damaging other friendly SOBR radios within the propagation distance of the transmitted signals based upon the detection of the SCC transmissions.
US11343682B2	Method and apparatus for channel access in wireless communication system The disclosure relates to a channel access method and apparatus in a wireless communication system. In the method according to an embodiment of the disclosure, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information related to a beam used in an unlicensed spectrum and configuration information related to transmission of a synchronization signal block from a base station, determine a threshold value used for a channel access procedure based on the configuration information received from the base station, and transmit a signal through the unlicensed spectrum according to whether the unlicensed spectrum is in an idle state, determined based on the determined threshold value.
US11343680B2	Techniques for accessing a cell using an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes winning a contention for access to an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, transmitting a request message upon winning the contention for access to the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and receiving a response message over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The request message is transmitted by a user equipment (UE) on an enhanced physical random access channel (ePRACH), to access a cell that operates in the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The response message is received in response to transmitting the request message.
US11343670B2	Identifying devices with transpositional modulation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for transmitting, by a first device, a transmission signal that includes a carrier signal modulated with a TM signal. Receiving a response signal from a second device in response to the transmission signal. Determining, whether the response signal includes the TM signal.
US11343667B2	Method for discovering bluetooth device and bluetooth device The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for discovering a Bluetooth device. One example method includes receiving, by a second Bluetooth device, a first broadcast frame from a first Bluetooth device, determining, by the second Bluetooth device, whether the first broadcast frame includes first indication information, and if the first broadcast frame includes the first indication information, sending, by the second Bluetooth device, at least one second broadcast frame within a preset time period after receiving the first broadcast frame The second broadcast frame includes second indication information, and the second indication information is used to instruct a Bluetooth device receiving the second broadcast frame to exchange information with the second Bluetooth device.
US11343666B2	Waveform design of discovery signals Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some wireless communications systems, a wireless device may broadcast a discovery preamble to identify a receiving device or to identify a suitable beam for communicating with a receiving device prior to broadcasting a discovery message to the receiving device. In such systems, the wireless device may use the techniques described herein to generate the discovery preamble and to reduce interference between discovery preamble transmissions and avoid data loss. In one example, a wireless device may append a cyclic prefix (CP) to a discovery preamble with a suitable length to protect the discovery preamble from interference from another transmission. In another example, the wireless device may generate a cyclically periodic signal including multiple copies of the discovery preamble so a receiving device may be able to receive a portion of the signal and identify the discovery preamble.
US11343663B2	Beacon-triggered activation of a near field communication application An automated method is provided for activating a NFC application in a mobile interface device. In this method, the device receives from a beacon a wireless beacon signal comprising at least one beacon identifier. The wireless beacon signal is processed by the mobile interface device to determine the at least one beacon identifier. The mobile interface device determines based on the at least one beacon identifier, whether to activate the NFC application. Responsive to a determination that the NFC application should be activated, the mobile interface device transitions the NFC application from a passive state to an active state. NFC communication is then established between the mobile interface device and at least one NFC transmitting device disposed within a beacon range volume defined by the beacon location and the beacon range.
US11343662B2	Method for resource selection in D2D communication and terminal device The present disclosure discloses a method for resource selection in D2D communication and a terminal device, the method includes: performing, by a physical layer of a first terminal device, sensing in a first resource pool on a first carrier within a time interval [n+T1, n+T2] to obtain a first resource set, and resources in the first resource set can be used for the first terminal device to transmit a target service, where n is a time when the target service arrives, or a time when the first terminal device determines that performing sensing is required, 0≤T1
US11343661B2	Base station, terminal, transmission method, and reception method In a base station, control circuitry determines, based on an offset for defining a frequency position of a narrowband allocated to an MPDCCH and a resource block group size of a system band, allocations of a first EPDCCH set and a second EPDCCH set that constitute the MPDCCH. The MPDCCH is a PDCCH for MTC. The second EPDCCH set has a different number of PRBs from the first EPDCCH set. A transmitter transmits a control signal according to the allocations of the first EPDCCH set and the second EPDCCH set. Further, the control circuitry controls a number of RBGs in which both the first EPDCCH set and the second EPDCCH set are allocated to be zero or one.
US11343652B2	Resource selection for user equipment (UE)-shared multicast feedback This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for resource selection supporting user equipment (UE)-shared multicast feedback. In some systems, a UE and a base station may support multicast communications. The base station may configure a set of physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources that the UE may use for multicast feedback messages. The base station may transmit an indication of the set of PUCCH resources to the UE, and the UE may determine to use a PUCCH resource of the set of PUCCH resources based on one or more indications from the base station. The UE may fail to receive a multicast message from the base station and may transmit a UE-shared negative acknowledgment (NACK) feedback message. The base station may re-transmit the multicast message according to a set of transmission parameters that is based on which PUCCH resource was used by one or more UEs for multicast NACK feedback.
US11343646B2	Method and apparatus for localization An electronic device and a method of the electronic device for performing localization in a wireless communication system are provided. The electronic device and method comprise: receiving, from a plurality of anchor nodes, signals for the localization; performing ranging measurements of the signals based on a range and an angle of arrival (AoA) of the signals; determining whether at least one of the plurality of anchor nodes is not detected based on the ranging measurements; determining, based on a determination that the at least one anchor node is not detected based on the ranging measurements, whether at least one other anchor node in the plurality of anchor nodes is located on a line of sight (LOS) from the electronic device, wherein the LOS is determined based on the AoA of the signals; and performing the localization based on the at least one other anchor node.
US11343640B2	Power efficient operation at significant locations A device and method for a user equipment (UE) to implement power savings mechanisms when operating within a significant location. The UE identifies that the UE is at a significant location. The significant location is a location relative to a currently camped cell of a network. At a first time and at the significant location, the UE performs a type of operation related to the network connection. The UE stores information corresponding to the performance of the type of operation at the first time in a profile associated with the significant location. At a second time and at the significant location, the UE performs the type of operation related to the network connection. The performance of the type of operation at the second time is modified based on the information stored in the profile associated with the significant location.
US11343635B2	Stereo audio An apparatus is provided that includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code with the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to analyze a level difference between a left channel and a right channel of a stereo audio signal and to determine if the level difference between the left channel and the right channel is above a threshold. The apparatus is also caused to conditionally, if the determined level difference is above the threshold, move signal energy from a louder one of the left channel and the right channel to the other of the left channel and the right channel to create a processed left channel and a processed right channel of a processed stereo audio signal. A corresponding method is also provided.
US11343628B2	Hydrophobic structure for hearing device A hearing device is provided. The hearing device is suitable for being at least partially inserted into an ear canal is provided. The hearing device comprises a barrier. The barrier is configured to prevent foreign matter inside the ear canal from passing. The barrier comprises a body and a structure. The body has a surface. The structure is a microstructure or a nanostructure. The structure is formed on at least a first part of the surface. The first part is thus configured to hinder the foreign matter from adhering thereto. The structure and the body are monolithic.
US11343627B2	Hearing device A hearing device has a housing in which a receiver is arranged as an electrical component. An antenna arrangement is formed, which has a winding in the form of a coil, which is arranged around the receiver with the interposition of a shielding foil. The shielding foil has a section extending around the receiver and several lugs adjoining it, which project beyond the receiver, the lugs enclosing between them an interspace adjoining the receiver. The shielding foil has in particular two layers, namely a magnetic layer and an electrical shielding layer. By this arrangement an antenna arrangement with high sensitivity is formed and at the same time a shielded partial area is created in the inter-space in which further components can be arranged. Due to the design of the lugs, which are particularly flexible, they can be attached to an inner wall of a housing.
US11343608B2	Coaxial compression driver A coaxial compression driver including a housing, a first vibrating membrane for relatively lower frequencies housed in the housing where the first vibrating membrane faces a first compression chamber in communication with a first acoustic conduit, a second vibrating membrane for relatively higher frequencies housed in the housing, where the second vibrating membrane faces a second compression chamber in communication with a second acoustic conduit the first vibrating membrane and the second vibrating membrane arranged in the housing being coaxial or substantially coaxial with respect to each other, the first acoustic conduit and the second acoustic conduit converge into a common output acoustic conduit, and the coaxial compression driver includes a passive low pass filter at least partially housed in the first acoustic conduit.
US11343601B2	Portable solar powered smart speaker system A portable speaker system includes a tunnel with at least one internal speaker facing inwardly into the tunnel such that acoustic resonance amplifies desirable frequencies of sounds emitted by the internal speaker. The portable speaker system includes solar panels and is waterproof. A display touch screen permits operation of the speaker system. The portable speaker system is adapted to receive input of audio files from a variety of sources. A non-transitory storage medium permits storage of the audio files and a CPU is programmed to permit playback of audio files in a desired sequence or from a desired live-streaming source. The smart speaker can utilize Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and/or telecommunication connectivity to receive and/or play audio files, and can queue files from multiple sources for playback.
US11343576B2	On-demand live media content streaming Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising receiving an initial request for content from a first user; sending one or more subsequent requests to other user(s), such as those at or near a location associated with the live content; receiving replies from the other users; presenting options to and receiving a selection from the first user; sending a confirmation request to a selected user; and receiving, by the first user, the live content from the selected user. In some embodiments, the method includes charging first user a fee for requesting and/or receiving the live content; and paying a fee to the selected user. The second fee may be specified by the selected user. In any case, the users need not know each other. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11343570B2	Systems and methods for providing a storyline selection interface Systems and methods are provided herein for providing a storyline based media content. At least two storylines may be identified, each storyline specifying an order of providing a plurality of episodes from a plurality of interrelated series. Identifiers of the plurality of episodes are displayed. Then identifiers of a first set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the first storyline are graphically modified to indicate relevance to the first storyline. Identifiers of a second set of the plurality of episodes that are relevant to the second storyline are also graphically modified to indicate relevance to the second storyline. A first and second storyline identifier are generating for display to enable storyline selection. The interrelated series are then provided to a user device in the order specified by the selected storyline.
US11343569B2	System and method for context aware detection of objectionable speech in video Embodiments provide a system and method for filtering speech in a video. Speech in video may contain objectionable or profane words that need to be filtered. To ascertain whether a word or phrase is objectionable, the contextual information from surrounding words and the contextual information from detected objects and scenes in the video are used. Unwanted words may be filtered or collected and presented to the user.
US11343568B2	Digital media system A digital media system is configured to support any one or more of multiple features with respect to virtual-reality content. Examples of such features include directional picture-in-picture (PIP) windows based on viewing direction, directional audio based on viewing direction, user recommendations based on anomalous viewing times of certain visual features in video content, dynamic adjustment of time-to-live (TTL) durations prior to requesting deletion of video files uploaded to a content distribution network, dynamic adjustment of durations of video files to upload based on network capacity, dynamic adjustment of quantities of video files per set to upload based on network capacity, dynamic resizing of top-depicting or bottom-depicting regions within the picture areas of sets of video files, dynamic resizing of the picture areas themselves within sets of video files, or any suitable combination thereof.
US11343560B2	Systems and methods for synchronizing audio and video The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for synchronizing audio and video. The systems and methods may perform operations including: obtaining a data stream including a sequence of video frames and a sequence of audio samples; inputting the sequence of video frames into a video channel, the sequence of video frames being processed and outputted from the video channel; inputting, for processing, the sequence of audio samples into an audio channel, the audio channel including a data buffer configured to buffer processed audio samples, a volume threshold of the data buffer being determined according to a time for processing one or more successive video frames; determining that a data volume of audio samples buffered in the data buffer exceeds the volume threshold; and in response to a determination that the data volume of buffered audio samples exceeds the volume threshold, outputting the buffered audio samples from the audio channel.
US11343559B2	Method and apparatus for receiving, sending and data processing information related to time such as leap second and daylight saving time (DST) A receiving apparatus is provided. The receiving apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive reference time information and metadata including information for executing processing related to the reference time information. The circuitry is configured to execute processing related to the reference time information based on the metadata. The metadata includes a first offset value between the reference time information and a discontinuous time, a second offset value between the discontinuous time and a local time, and a date and time at which a change in a daylight savings time (DST) status is to occur. The local time is determined based on the reference time information and the metadata.
US11343558B1	Systems, methods, and media for providing an enhanced remote control that synchronizes with media content presentation Systems, methods, and media for providing an enhanced remote control that synchronizes with media content presentation are provided. In some embodiments, the method for presenting and inhibiting media content includes: receiving, using a hardware processor, a request to execute a media application for presenting media content on a media device, wherein the media application is associated with user preference settings that indicate a threshold amount of time for viewing media content and wherein the media device is controlled by a remote control device; causing, using the hardware processor, presentation of a media content item to begin; determining, using the hardware processor, whether the timing parameter for viewing media content from the user preference settings has been met; and, in response to determining that the timing parameter for viewing media content has been met, causing, using the hardware processor, the media application executing on the media device to end the presentation of the media content item and transmitting, using the hardware processor, a message to the remote control that disables the remote control from controlling the media device.
US11343555B2	Allocation of under delivery units utilizing an optimization framework A television advertising management system that handles a plurality of deals for a plurality of advertiser, determines which of the plurality of deals have a guaranteed audience, and are under delivering, and allocates reserve under delivery units to each of the plurality of deals that are under delivering to bring each of the plurality of deals that are under delivering to corresponding attainable lower targets while honoring corresponding deal constraints. An under delivery value is maximized such that the attainable lower targets are met, while honoring corresponding deal constraints to provide an allocation solution, and a total penalty from deviations from selling title mix distributions, and weekly distributions is minimized for each of the plurality of deals that are under delivering subject to an additional lower bound on the under delivery value.
US11343540B2	Conditionally parsed extension syntax for HEVC extension processing A system for signaling extension functions used in decoding a sequence including a plurality of pictures, each picture processed at least in part according to a picture parameter set is disclosed. An extension presence signaling flag is read and used to determine whether flags signaling the performance of extension functions are to be read. The flags are only read if indicated by the extension presence signaling flag.
US11343536B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block; and changing the intra prediction mode to a wide angle intra prediction mode when the intra prediction mode is less than or equal to a threshold value and the current block is a non-square having a width greater than a height.
US11343535B2	Method of coding and decoding images, coding and decoding device and computer programs corresponding thereto A method of coding at least one image comprising the steps of splitting the image into a plurality of blocks, of grouping said blocks into a predetermined number of subsets of blocks, of coding each of said subsets of blocks in parallel, the blocks of a subset considered being coded according to a predetermined sequential order of traversal. The coding step comprises, for a current block of a subset considered, the sub-step of predictive coding of said current block with respect to at least one previously coded and decoded block, and the sub-step of entropy coding of said current block on the basis of at least one probability of appearance of a symbol.
US11343530B2	Image encoding/decoding method and device, and recording medium having bitstream stored thereon The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. The method for decoding an image includes: deriving an initial motion vector from a merge candidate list of a current block; deriving a refined motion vector using the initial motion vector; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the refined motion vector.
US11343520B2	Video transmission device and video transmission method The present disclosure aims to provide a method for detecting a GOP boundary of an encoded bit stream of each layer and associating GOPs of the layers for hierarchical transmission in a video transmission device that transmits a hierarchically encoded bit stream. The present disclosure provides a video transmission device and a video transmission method that detect a GOP head access unit in a base layer of a hierarchically encoded bit stream by analyzing the base layer and detect a head access unit of an enhancement layer of an identical GOP to that of the aforementioned access unit from a decoding time stamp of the access unit by using the relationship between a decoding time stamp of the base layer and a decoding time stamp of the enhancement layer.
US11343519B2	Method and apparatus of motion vector prediction for scalable video coding Inter-layer motion mapping information may be used to enable temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) of an enhancement layer of a bitstream. For example, a reference picture and a motion vector (MV) of an inter-layer video block may be determined. The reference picture may be determined based on a collocated base layer video block. For example, the reference picture may be a collocated inter-layer reference picture of the reference picture of the collocated base layer video block. The MV may be determined based on a MV of the collocated base layer video block. For example, the MV may be determined by determining the MV of the collocated base layer video block and scaling the MV of the collocated base layer video block according to a spatial ratio between the base layer and the enhancement layer. TMVP may be performed on the enhancement layer picture using the MV of the inter-layer video block.
US11343516B2	Signaling of video coding tools supporting various chroma formats A method of decoding an encoded video. The method includes obtaining the encoded video bitstream and determining whether a chroma array type of a video sequence included in the encoded video bitstream is a first chroma array type indicating that the video sequence includes multiple color planes and that the multiple color planes are jointly. In addition, based on determining that the chroma array type is not the first chroma array type, the method further includes setting a value of at least one syntax element to zero without parsing the at least one syntax element from the encoded video bitstream, and based on the value of the at least one syntax element being zero, decoding the video sequence without applying at least one tool corresponding to the at least one syntax element.
US11343512B1	Systems and methods for compression with constraint on maximum absolute error Systems and methods for performing rate-distortion optimization includes receiving an original data corresponding to a block of an image frame, and identifying a reconstructed version of the original data that minimizes a cost function. The cost associated with a particular reconstructed version of the original data may be based on an encoding rate associated with the particular reconstructed version of the original data, and a distortion between the original data and the particular reconstructed version of the original data in response to a supremum norm of error between the original data and the particular reconstructed version of the original data being less than or equal to a threshold value.
US11343509B2	Mode dependent motion vector difference precision set A method of processing a video bitstream includes determining a motion precision set based on coding information of a current block. A conversion between a video block and a coded representation of the video block is performed based on the motion precision set. The conversion corresponds to a reconstruction of the current block. In some example aspects, a motion vector difference (MVD) precision of a current block from a motion precision set is determined based on a selected motion precision set and a MVD precision index. A conversion between a video block and a coded representation of the video block using an MVD is performed based on the MVD precision. The MVD represents a difference between a predicted motion vector and an actual motion vector used during motion compensation processing.
US11343508B2	Method for determining prediction direction, decoder, and computer storage medium A method for determining a prediction direction is provided. The method is implemented by a decoder. The method includes: acquiring a Direct Mode (DM) in a chroma intra prediction mode of a block to be decoded (S101); and determining an index number of a prediction direction in a DM derived mode based on an offset N and an index number M of a prediction direction in the DM to determine the DM derived mode (S102).
US11343499B2	Method and apparatus for processing video signal A method of processing video signal according to a present invention comprises determining a transform set for a current block comprising a plurality of transform type candidates, determining a transform type of the current block from the plurality of transform type candidates and performing an inverse transform for the current block based on the transform type of the current block.
US11343491B2	Unequal weight planar motion vector derivation A system and method of planar motion vector derivation which, in some embodiments can employ an unequal weighted combination of adjacent motion vectors. In some embodiments, motion vector information associated with a bottom right pixel or block adjacent to a current coding unit can be derived from motion information associated with a top row or top neighboring row of a current coding unit and motion information associated with a left column or left neighboring column of a current coding unit. Weighted or non-weighted combinations of such values can be combined in a planar mode prediction model to derive associated motion information for bottom and/or right adjacent pixels or blocks.
US11343483B2	Display device A display device comprises a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a timing controller performing an operation for displaying an image on the display panel, wherein the timing controller includes a second image data converter generating output image data by converting luminance of an object depending on a disparity of the object included in a left eye image and a right eye image for reducing power consumption of a display device by using depth map information of image data is proposed.
US11343476B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus comprises a light source device, an image data processing module, a light modulating device and an image synthesizing device. The light source device is configured to emit first light and second light. The image data processing module is configured to receive original image data of an image to be displayed, wherein the original image data of the image to be displayed is based on image data within a second color gamut range and comprises original control signal values of m colors of each pixel; the second color gamut range covers a first color gamut range and has a portion that exceeds the first color gamut range. The image data processing module is further configured to map the original control signal values of the m colors into m corrected control signal values corresponding to the first light and n corrected control signal values corresponding to the second light.
US11343471B2	Information processing device and information processing method for communication using three-dimensional space There is provided an information processing device that includes a reception unit configured to receive data from a communication destination, a generation unit configured to generate spatial image information placed at a predetermined position in a three-dimensional space by using captured images of a plurality of the communication destinations, and a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display the generated spatial image information on a display unit.
US11343465B2	Varying audio visual compression based on AI detection or classification results In one embodiment, a computing device receives, from one or more cameras, a video stream comprising multiple frames, where the video stream is received at a first quality. The computing device analyzes, using a machine-learning model, images in the frames, where the machine-learning model has been trained to detect one or more objects-of-interest in the images. The computing device identifies a sequence-of-interest including consecutive frames of the video stream, where at least one object-of-interest was detected in at least one of the consecutive frames. The computing device generates a video package including the sequence-of-interest.
US11343463B2	Video script generation, presentation and video recording with flexible overwriting A distributed computer system including a story application for a mobile computing device enables generation, presentation, and sharing of media using the device. Under control of a programmed story script, the story application invokes a camera of the device for recording a clip during an iteration for a character in a story while presenting a story script in a teleprompter manner. A clip for each different character in the story may be received to be combined therewith and presented as a scene on mobile computing device for viewing. Another iteration for the character may be recorded, and a resulting new clip may be combined with the clips for the other characters, or with different clips for the other characters, to generate another scene for the story script. Media presentations of the same story include multiple scenes each having a different interpretation. Scenes and/or clips may be shared using different applications.
US11343460B2	Participation management system for videoconferencing A method may include receiving a videoconference stream from a client device of a plurality of client devices participating in a videoconference, the videoconference stream comprising video content of a user of the client device and audio content of the user of the client device. The method may also include generating, during the videoconference and based at least in part on at least one of the video content and the audio content, a participation metric for the user of the client device, displaying, to the user and during the videoconference, first information based on the participation metric, updating the participation metric during the videoconference to produce an updated participation metric, and displaying, to the user and during the videoconference, second information based on the updated participation metric.
US11343453B2	TDI image sensor capable of exposure control and control system including the same Disclosed is a time delayed integration (TDI) image sensor capable of exposure control, including a pixel area including a plurality of line sensors, a light mask configured to block the incidence of light on part of the line sensors, and a scan controller configured to generate a line control signal and an exposure control signal based on the line trigger signal and to control movement of charges in the plurality of line sensors based on the generated line control signal and exposure control signal.
US11343440B1	High dynamic range point spread function generation for image reconstruction A method includes capturing, by a camera disposed behind a display panel of an electronic device, a plurality of point spread functions (PSFs) through a semi-transparent pixel region of the display panel. Each of the plurality of PSFs is captured at a different exposure time. The method further includes determining, for each of the PSFs, pixel intensity data for each of a plurality of pixel locations of the PSF. The pixel intensity data is associated with the exposure time of the respective PSF. The method further includes calculating, for each pixel location, a weighted average pixel intensity value based on the pixel intensity data and the exposure time for the respective pixel location over the plurality of PSFs, and generating a high dynamic range (HDR) PSF utilizing the weighted average pixel intensity values.
US11343431B2	Vehicle camera telemetry system A vehicle camera telemetry system has a remotely mountable camera apparatus which has a stem having a magnet for magnetic affixation to a metallic body of a vehicle in use. The apparatus further comprises a camera device connected from the distal end of the stem by an adjustable coupling. The stem may further be telescopic for length adjustment so as, for example, extend the length of the stem from less than 22 cm to greater than 29 cm. The camera device has an image sensor and a wireless transmitter for transmitting image data obtained therefrom to a connected mobile device using a wireless connection, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. As such, in use, the camera apparatus may be affixed to various parts of a vehicle and/or an associated trailer, caravan or the like.
US11343426B2	Notifying apparatus, image capturing apparatus, notifying method, and storage medium for making a notification of motion blur There is provided a notifying apparatus. A detecting unit detects a motion amount of an object from an image obtained through first shooting, the first shooting being carried out repeatedly at predetermined intervals of time. A converting unit converts the motion amount into a motion blur amount that will arise in second shooting, on the basis of the predetermined intervals of time and an exposure time used in the second shooting. A determining unit determines whether or not to make a motion blur notification on the basis of a predetermined notification condition. A notifying unit makes a notification of motion blur on the basis of the motion blur amount when it has been determined that the motion blur notification is to be made.
US11343421B2	Photography auxiliary device for a mobile communication unit A photography auxiliary device for a mobile communication unit, including: a bottom plate (1), a lens hole (11) arranged on the bottom plate (1), a shaft (7), walls surrounding the base plate (1), a gear (6) rotatably connected to the shaft (7), and a first rack (4) and a second rack (5) at opposite ends of the gear (6); the wall includes a first side wall (2) and a second side wall (3), the first side wall (2) is provided with a groove (21), the second side wall (3) is provided with a through hole (31); an end portion of the first rack (4) is provided with a shutter button (41) located in the through hole (31); an end portion of the second rack (5) is provided with an elbow (51) located in the groove (21); the second rack (5) is arranged in parallel with the first rack (4). When the shutter button (41) is pressed, the elbow (51) moves upward together with the second rack (5) and presses the volume button for driving the photography.
US11343420B1	Systems and methods for eye-based external camera selection and control Presented in the present disclosure are system and methods embodiments that allow a user to wear a contact lens that provide a virtual framework for the user to retrieve information from one or more remote cameras and implement remote camera control via eye movement tracked by one or more motion sensors embedded within the contact lens. The remote camera control may include, but not limited to, pan, tilt, and zoom control. A user may activate projection of content captured from a remote camera and control the remote camera via an established communication link. The communication link may be a direct link or indirect link via one or more intermediate devices, e.g., a server and/or an accessory device. This unique way of projection activation and camera control by tracking eye movement provides a convenient and secure way for remote camera control without involvement of hands or voices.
US11343408B2	Terminal and non-transitory computer readable medium for transmitting first identification information in place of second identification information A terminal includes a relay unit, a memory, and an access unit. The relay unit relays communication between a different terminal and a server that requires two-step authentication at a time of providing a service. The memory stores first identification information for identifying the different terminal. The access unit accesses the server. In a case where data to be transmitted to the server includes second identification information for identifying the terminal, the access unit transmits the first identification information, in place of the second identification information included in the data, to the server.
US11343407B2	Shading correction device, reading device, image forming apparatus, shading correction method, and non-transitory recording medium A shading correction device includes first and second extractors, an intersection calculator, a phase shift amount calculator, a phase shifter, a generator, and a corrector. The first extractor extracts a first periodic component of original shading data. The second extractor extracts a second periodic component of a second reading result. The intersection calculator calculates a first intersection of the first component and a reference level and a second intersection of the second component and the reference level. The phase shift amount calculator calculates a phase shift amount at each of plural positions with a difference between the first and second intersections. The phase shifter shifts a phase of the first component with the phase shift amount. The generator generates corrected shading data including the phase-shifted first component and the original shading data with the first component smoothed. The corrector performs shading correction based on the corrected shading data.
US11343400B2	Separating mechanical elements in an image forming apparatus after a predetermined period of time An apparatus includes an image forming portion 10 for forming an image on a sheet; a first rotatable member 100; a second rotatable member 101 cooperative with the first rotatable member to form a nip for fixing the image formed by the image forming portion, on the sheet; a pressing mechanism 112, 113 for pressing the first rotatable member toward the second rotatable member; a moving mechanism 120 for moving the pressing mechanism between a first position in which the nip is formed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and a second position in which the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member are spaced from each other; and a controller 800 for controlling an operation of the moving mechanism, wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a control mode in which a pressure releasing operation is executed such that the pressing mechanism is shifted from the first position to the second position after elapse of a predetermined time after completion of execution of the image formation job. The apparatus includes a manual operating portion 831 in which selection and setting can be executed as to whether to execute the operation in the control mode.
US11343397B2	Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a support section in contact with a mounting surface on which the apparatus is mounted, an apparatus body including a reader, the apparatus body, and a position holding section. The position of the apparatus body can be switched between a first position in which the apparatus body is not in use and a second position in which the apparatus body reads a document using the reader, and in which a projected area of the apparatus body on the mounting surface is larger than that in the first position, and the center of gravity of the apparatus body is lower than or equal to a rotation axis center of the apparatus body in a vertical direction viewed in a rotation axis direction of the apparatus body when the apparatus body is in the first position or in the second position.
US11343395B2	Apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium An apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to identify a user who is operating the apparatus provided with the processor and execute display control involving controlling display of a notification related to a process executed by the apparatus on a display device provided in the apparatus in accordance with whether or not the identified user is a commander who has given a command for executing the process.
US11343380B2	Premises system automation Systems and methods for management of a premises are disclosed. One or more premises devices may be located at a premises. A computing device located at the premises may be in communication with the one or more premises devices. The computing device may also be in communication with an external network. The computing device may process data associated with the one or more premises devices using one or more automation rules.
US11343366B2	Microphone control The present subject matter relates to techniques of controlling a position of a microphone coupled to a headset. In an example implementation of present subject matter, the position of the microphone coupled to the headset is changed between a first position and a second position, depending upon a signal received by the headset.
US11343363B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal includes a main unit, a first sub unit provided with a touch screen, and a second sub unit. The first and second sub units are communicatively connected to the main unit. The first surface has a bracket groove recessed therefrom. The main unit is provided with a bracket capable of rotating into or out of the bracket groove. When the bracket is rotated out of the bracket groove, the first sub unit is mountable to the first surface, the second sub unit is capable of detachably leaning against the bracket, and a first angle between a touch surface of the touch screen and a display surface of the second sub unit is greater than 90°. When the bracket is rotated into the bracket groove, the first sub unit is mountable to the first surface, and the second sub unit is detachably mountable to the second surface.
US11343353B2	Method and system of dispatching requests in a content delivery network The present disclosure disclosed a method and a system for precisely dispatching a request in a content delivery network (CDN), which comprises: a domain name system (DNS) authorized by a CDN of a target website receiving, from a local DNS of a terminal in which a client is located, an IP address of the local DNS and a domain name of the target website of service content requested by the client; finding, in a shared dispatching database, an address of an optimal CDN node server of the target website that is suitable for providing service to the client based on the IP address of the local DNS and the domain name of the target website, returning the found address to the client. The disclosed method and system are able to solve the issue of low processing efficiency in CDN caused by an increase in resolution time needed in a process of IP dispatching and the issue of address error during the dispatching.
US11343351B2	Content distribution network supporting popularity-based caching A content delivery network may provide content items to requesting devices using a popularity-based distribution hierarchy. A central analysis system may determine popularity data for a content item stored in a first caching device. The central analysis system may determine that a change in the popularity data is beyond a threshold value. The central analysis system may then transmit an instruction to move the content item from the first caching device to a second caching device in a different tier of caching devices than the first caching device. The central analysis system may update a content index to indicate that the content item has been moved to the second caching device. A user device may be redirected to request the content item directly from the second caching device.
US11343343B2	Method of, and a message broker function for, detecting race conditions in a service based communication architecture network A method of detecting race conditions in a service based communication architecture network (600) comprising a Message Broker, MB, function (210) mediating messages, relating to service procedures, between one or more services available to a User Equipment, UE, (11) communicating within the service based communication architecture network (600). The method comprising receiving, by the MB (210), from the services, a message relating to at least one of start and end of a service procedure. Determining, by the MB (210), based on the received message, that the service procedure causes a race condition, and intervening, upon detection of a race condition, in executing the service procedures. There is also provided a Message Broker, MB, function (210) arranged for detecting and handling race conditions, a communication network (600) comprising an integrated message broker and race condition handler (210) and a computer program product.
US11343341B2	Push notifications from multiple tenant servers An indication is sent to a host server device. The indication includes a request for a push notification service identification (PNSID). The PNSID is used to establish a secure registration between one or more applications on the computing device of a user and the host server device. The PNSID is received from the host server device. An input is received from the user. The input includes one or more application server devices that may send push notifications to the computing device. A unique key is generated for each application server device. The PNSID and a different unique key are sent to each application server device. Each different unique key is associated with a different application server device. A registration is received from each application server device.
US11343340B2	IOT device identification Providing an interested party with network availability of certain devices may provide a method including one or more of receiving user requirements for a user device, identifying IoT devices based on a degree of matching between manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices and the user requirements, verifying the manufacturer-defined capabilities based on tests that expose risks with the manufacturer-defined capabilities of the IoT devices in comparison to current operating features of the IoT devices, determining that no single IoT device satisfies the user requirements based on the verifying, identifying a group of IoT devices which meet or exceed the user requirements, and outputting information about the group of IoT devices including information about exposed risks with manufacturer-defined capabilities of the group of IoT devices via a user interface which enables selection and use of IoT devices included within the group of IoT devices.
US11343336B1	Automatically syndicating licensed third-party content across enterprise webpages Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for automatically syndicating licensed third-party content across enterprise webpages are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes generating, in connection with licensed third-party content, one or more licensed third-party content syndication files comprising a set of fields related to enterprise product information, licensed third-party content format information, license-related governance information, and enterprise webpage-based distribution information; processing at least a portion of the licensed third-party content using the one or more licensed third-party content syndication files; and automatically syndicating the at least a portion of the licensed third-party content, in accordance with the processing, across multiple user interfaces associated with one or more enterprise webpages, using at least one application programming interface.
US11343333B2	Service data transmission method and apparatus, computer device, and computer-readable storage medium This application discloses a service data transmission method and apparatus, and a device, which belongs to the field of communications. The method can include splitting a service stream into a plurality of service substreams, where the service stream include at least one of an asymmetric service stream and a hybrid service stream. The method can further include establishing network slices respectively corresponding to the plurality of service substreams, at least one network slice corresponding to the service substreams being transmitted by using a packet duplication mechanism, and transmitting service data of each service substream by using the network slices corresponding to the each service substream.
US11343319B2	Method and a system for user authentication in an offline mobile calibration or checklist performing device The present invention discloses a method and a system for user authentication in an offline mobile calibration or checklist performing device. At first, the work is assigned online in a Calibration Management Software (CMS), where the relevant data is selected and sent to a mobile device. In the field environment as offline, the mobile device requests user credentials from the user, and if valid, the user is able to perform the assigned task. With each obtained result, credentials are asked for saving the results into the mobile device. When the user returns from the field, he/she connects the mobile device with the CMS, and transfers the obtained work data from the mobile device to the CMS.
US11343314B1	Stream-based logging for distributed storage systems Generally described, aspects of the present application correspond to maintaining a message stream for a network-based data store, which stream includes messages reflecting modifications to the data store. Messages within the stream may be used to revert a state of the data store to a prior point in time reflected within the messages of the stream, such as by “rewinding” operations on the data store by use of the messages within the stream. Messages in the stream may further be used to asynchronously update a replica of the data store.
US11343306B2	Method, device and system for downloading data block of resource file The present disclosure belongs to the field of data transmission, and provides method, device and system for downloading data blocks of resource files. The method includes: when a target peer needs to download a target resource file, the target peer notifies a tracker server of a file size and a URL of the target resource; the tracker server forwards the file size and the URL to super peers preset in a P2P network to notify the super peers to prepare data blocks of the target resource file meeting the file size and the URL; after the super peer is ready, the tracker server recommends the super peer to the target peer in a form of a peer list; furthermore, the target peer downloads the data blocks of the target resource file from the super peer. With technical solutions of the present disclosure, validity of the resource file downloaded by the target peer may be guaranteed.
US11343283B2	Multi-tenant network virtualization infrastructure Some embodiments provide a method for a network management and control system that manages a virtual infrastructure deployed across a set of datacenters. Based on input from a top-level user of the virtual infrastructure, the method deploys a first logical network within the virtual infrastructure and defines one or more second-level users of the virtual infrastructure. The method receives input from a second-level user of the virtual infrastructure to define a second logical network and connect the second logical network to the first logical network. The first and second logical networks use a same data model and the second-level users are restricted from viewing configuration of the first logical network.
US11343279B2	System and methods for developing secure platform to deliver end-to-end protection and safety for transactions using multi-dimensional, multi-layered security control The embodiments herein disclose a system or a platform for multi-dimensional, multi-layered security control. The system includes Identity management module, Payload data handling module, heuristic network Management module, Application interface Manager, and an encapsulator or Modulator while leveraging a dynamic Validator. A Shielding protector is provided for safety of servers, devices, systems and clouds. The identity management module safeguards passwords, PINS, user information, and device data. The dynamic ID, time-based, multi factor elements is used to embed both ID and data. The Payload data handling module provides data wrapping, random-segmenting and flow-chains. The heuristic network Management module performs routing of watermarking, and obfuscation map tracker. The Application interface Manager works on DDMLSORI techniques to block out any unwanted Access while validating actual transactions using Qualifiers. The Encapsulator or Modulator and Validator module fortifies system resources, applications, databases, message exchanges with control mechanism.
US11343275B2	Detecting potential domain name system (DNS) hijacking by identifying anomalous changes to DNS records Systems and methods are described for scanning or monitoring of Domain Name System (DNS) records of an entity for identifying anomalous changes to the DNS records that may be indicative of possible DNS hijacking. According to one embodiment, DNS monitoring engine running on a network security appliance protecting a private network, or implemented as a cloud-based service can be used for monitoring DNS records of the entity. Any modification in the monitored DNS record(s) can be detected within a pre-defined or configurable time-frame. The detected modification can be determined to be anomalous or not, by assigning a criticality value based on current value and previous value of one or more fields of the DNS record, one or more attributes of the DNS record and one or more derived attributes based on the DNS record.
US11343264B2	System and method for determining the confidence level in attributing a cyber campaign to an activity group A system and method is provided for determining the confidence level in attributing a cyber campaign to an activity group. The system and method allows for determining information gaps that need to be filled in order to perform attribution with higher degree of confidence. The system and method is able to extract quantitative data from the campaign intrusion set data and perform a multi-stage analysis and comparison with quantitative data extracted from threat intelligence feeds/platforms and/or vendor intelligence reports. This allows for identifying an activity groups that may be attributed for the campaign with the associated level of confidence.
US11343261B2	Technologies for proving packet transit through uncompromised nodes Technologies for proving packet transit through uncompromised nodes are provided. An example method can include receiving a packet including one or more metadata elements generated based on security measurements from a plurality of nodes along a path of the packet; determining a validity of the one or more metadata elements based on a comparison of one or more values in the one or more metadata elements with one or more expected values calculated for the one or more metadata elements, one or more signatures in the one or more metadata elements, and/or timing information associated with the one or more metadata elements; and based on the one or more metadata elements, determining whether the packet traversed any compromised nodes along the path of the packet.
US11343248B2	Sidecar architecture for stateless proxying to databases A mechanism for providing connection to a database is described. A connection to the database is intercepted. The connection is assigned to an instance of the database. A sidecar is configured to proxy the connection to the database. The sidecar is stateless and passes all communications for the connection to the instance of the database.
US11343244B2	Method and apparatus for multi-factor verification of a computing device location within a preset geographic area A location multi-factor verification method may comprise initiating a boot process of a client device via firmware of the client device, receiving, via a network interface device, an access point (AP) beacon frame identifying a nearby AP, transmitting the AP beacon frame to a location determination service via the network interface device, receiving a geographic location estimation from the location determination service, based on the AP beacon frame, transmitting the geographic location estimation to the nearby AP, and granting a user of the client device access to an operating system of the client device if a boot process authorization instruction is received at the client device via the network interface device.
US11343239B2	Systems and methods for controlling third-party access of a protected data resource A method for controlling third-party access of a protected data resource is disclosed. The method includes: receiving an access token associated with a first application, the access token indicating access permissions for the first application to access a user account at a protected data resource; receiving a first request to perform a first access operation of accessing the user account using the access token; determining whether the first access operation is permitted based on the access permissions; in response to determining that the first access operation is not permitted: modifying the first request to obtain a second request for performing a second access operation of accessing the user account using the access token, the second access operation complying with the access permissions for the first application; transmitting the second request to a server associated with the protected data resource.
US11343235B2	Secure device notifications from remote applications Methods and systems for securely delivering notifications from remote applications to client devices are described herein. A computing device may listen for notifications from a remote application and receive notification data from the remote application. The computing device may select a notification service for delivery of the notification data to the client device. The computing device may determine whether a client agent application is running as a foreground process on the client device. The computing device may send, to a notification service, notification data for delivery to the client device. At least a portion of the notification data may be encrypted prior to sending to the selected notification service.
US11343234B2	Multi-domain extension to cloud security Presented herein are methodologies for implementing multi-domain cloud security and ways to partition end-points in data center/cloud network topologies into hierarchical domains to increase security and key negotiation efficiency. The methodology includes receiving, from a first endpoint, at a cloud security protocol stack, a packet encrypted in accordance with a cloud security key negotiated between the first endpoint and a second endpoint; extracting a cloud security globally unique domain-id from the packet; querying a cloud security domain repository using the cloud security globally unique domain-id as an index to identify a first cloud security domain, among a plurality of cloud security domains, to which the first endpoint and the second endpoint belong; and selecting the first cloud security domain to process the packet.
US11343218B2	Systems and methods for enabling users of a social networking system to assist each other in making connections with other users A disclosed computer-implemented method may include (1) receiving, from a participant of a discovery service of a social networking system, a request for a friend of the participant to assist the participant in making connections with other participants of the discovery service, (2) identifying at least one set of information that is associated with the discovery service and that is designated as private to the participant, and (3) providing the friend of the participant with access to at least a portion of the set of information via a recommendation interface that enables the friend of the participant to make recommendations to the participant regarding the set of information to assist the participant in making connections with other participants of the discovery service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11343201B2	Intent-based orchestration using network parsimony trees Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing intent-based orchestration using network parsimony trees. In various embodiments, in response to receiving a request for network services that comprises desired characteristics and performance parameters for the requested network services without information regarding specific hardware, hardware type, location, or network, a computing system might generate a request-based parsimony tree based on the desired characteristics and performance parameters. The computing system might access, from a datastore, a plurality of network-based parsimony trees that are each generated based on measured network metrics, might compare the request-based parsimony tree with each of one or more network-based parsimony trees to determine a fitness score for each network-based parsimony tree, and might identify a best-fit network-based parsimony tree based on the fitness scores. The computing system might identify and might allocate network resources based on the identified best-fit network-based parsimony tree, for providing the requested network services.
US11343192B2	Packet processing method, and device A packet processing method, where a server allocates an identifier of a network slice to a terminal device based on a service type of the terminal device and sends the identifier of the network slice to a control device. The control device determines parameter information of the network slice based on the identifier and determines a forwarding path based on the parameter information. Then, the control device adds a forwarding resource included in the forwarding path to a forwarding resource of the network slice. When the terminal device sends the service packet, the service packet is forwarded using the forwarding resource of the network slice. Hence, the control device dynamically determines the forwarding resource for the network slice based on a service requirement such that a forwarding resource in a network can be fully used, saving forwarding resource and improving network flexibility.
US11343186B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for packet based transmission of multiple data signals Apparatus, systems and methods for receiving one or more input signals and providing output signals in various video, audio, data and mixed formats are described. One or more input processors receive the input signals. Each of the input processors provides one or more packetized signals corresponding to one or more of the input signals received at the input processor. Each output processor can receive one or more packetized signals and generate one or more output signals. The output signals correspond to one or more of the input signals, additional locally generated signals or data relating to the signals or any combination of such signals. Use of a packet router according to the invention allows input signals encoded as one set of packetized signals to be recombined to provide additional packetized signals incorporating the same or different combinations of the packetized signals.
US11343184B2	Methods and apparatus to manage a physical network to reduce network dependencies in a multi-fabric virtual network A disclosed example of managing a network includes a packet receiver to receive a packet at a second switch from a first switch via an inter-switch link between the first and second switches; a packet analyzer to determine whether the packet includes a load-based teaming (LBT) egress control value; a packet transmitter to handle the packet according to an LBT policy when the packet analyzer determines the packet does not include the LBT egress control value; and a packet modifier to terminate the packet at the second switch when the packet analyzer determines the packet does include the LBT egress control value.
US11343179B2	Transfer device and transfer method A transfer apparatus configured to control transfer of a packet from a transmission source node to a destination node through segment routing includes: a storage unit storing node management information T1 indicating, for each node that functions as a transmission source node or a destination node, an SID list acquisition method of the nodes; a packet reception unit for receiving a reception packet from the destination node; an information setting unit for, if a destination-side SID list acquisition method of the destination node and a transmission source-side SID list acquisition method of the transmission source node do not match each other based on the node management information T1, setting the information that is needed to execute the transmission source-side SID list acquisition method in the reception packet; and a packet transmission unit configured to transmit the reception packet that was subjected to the setting to the transmission source node.
US11343174B2	Networking aggregation synchronization system A system includes a first aggregated networking device that is coupled to a second aggregated networking device via an inter-aggregated-networking-device link and that is configured to provide a first portion of a link aggregation to a connected device, The first aggregated networking device receives a first packet via a first aggregated port that is included in the first aggregated networking device and that provides the first portion of the link aggregation to the connected device. The first packet includes first information for synchronizing at least one process running in the first aggregated networking device with respective corresponding processes running in the second aggregated networking device. The first aggregated networking device copies, using a first network processing system, the first packet to provide a first copied packet and provides, using the first network processing system, the first copied packet to the second aggregated networking device via the inter-aggregated-networking-device link.
US11343168B2	Interconnected region controller, interconnected region control method, and computer storage medium The present disclosure provides a region interconnect (RI) controller including a region interconnect routing module configured when a tenant is created. The region interconnect routing module is configured to assign a first identifier to the tenant for identifying traffic of the tenant, in a core switching network, create a virtual routing forwarding instance for the tenant and bind the first identifier and the virtual routing forwarding instance, and to activate a dynamic routing protocol in the core switching network and bind a dynamic routing protocol instance to the virtual routing forwarding instance, where virtual routers corresponding to the tenant and distributed in a plurality of independent network partitions are associated with the region interconnect control method and a computer storage medium. The technical solution of the present disclosure achieves a direct intranet connection in a heterogeneous SDN network region.
US11343165B1	Method, apparatus and computer program product for improving dynamic retry of resource service Methods, apparatuses and computer program products for implementing dynamic retry of a resource service in a network system are provided. An example method may include: transmitting a first service request to the resource service, determining a first service availability indicator, calculating a first service availability estimate associated with the resource service based on the first service availability indicator, and determining whether to transmit a second service request based on the first service availability estimate. The example method may be repeated by an example apparatus continuously for each transmitted service request.
US11343154B2	Systems and method for providing an ontogenesis wisdom and action engine Systems and methods for controlling operations of a Computer System (“CS”). The methods comprise: collecting information about events occurring in CS; performing automated ontogenesis operations using the collected information to determine a context of a given situation associated with CS using stored ontogenetic knowledge, define parameters for different sets of actions that could occur in the context of the given situation, simulate the sets of actions to generate a set of simulation results defining predicted consequences resulting from the performance of certain behaviors by nodes of CS, select a best simulation result from the set of simulation results, and determine whether a system action specified by the best simulation result might cause an undesirable unintended consequence; and using the parameters associated with the best simulation result to optimize control and performance of CS, when a determination is made that the system action will not cause the undesirable unintended consequence.
US11343153B2	BGP logical topology generation method, and device A BGP logical topology generation method includes obtaining, by a controller, node information of a first forwarder and BGP session information of the first forwarder, and obtaining node information of a second forwarder and BGP session information of the second forwarder; and generating, by the controller, a BGP logical topology between the first forwarder and the second forwarder according to the node information and the BGP session information of the first forwarder, and the node information and the BGP session information of the second forwarder that are obtained.
US11343131B2	Preemption indication for new radio Preempting a slot with a mini-slot for use in a wireless transmitter of a wireless communication network is presented. The method includes preempting a slot transmission to a wireless receiver with a mini-slot transmission to the wireless receiver, wherein the slot transmission comprises a plurality of time-frequency regions (TFRs), each TFR comprising a plurality of sub-regions. The method further includes transmitting a preemption indication to the wireless receiver, where the preemption indication includes: a TFR position in time of one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission, a TFR position in frequency of the one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission and an identifier of one or more of the plurality of a sub-regions of the one or more preempted TFRs.
US11343127B2	Method for demodulating digital signals using multiple digital demodulators Method for processing a sequence of digital signal samples including a first sub-sequence and a second sub-sequence. Forming a first block of samples comprising the first sub-sequence and a second block of samples comprising header samples followed by the second sub-sequence. Demodulating the first block of samples through a digital demodulator to produce a first block of symbols, and the second block of digital signal samples through a second digital demodulator to produce a second block of symbols. The second demodulator implementing a carrier synchronisation or symbol rate synchronisation starting with the header samples, which comprise samples in a number adapted in such a way that the synchronisation is effective before the second demodulator demodulates the second sub-sequence. Reconstructing a sequence of symbols by concatenating the first symbol block with the second symbol block.
US11343123B2	Sensing-assisted channel estimation Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide for use of a linear chirp signal as a basis for a sensing signal. Modification of the linear chirp signal by a signature function can allow a receiver of the sensing signal to determine an identity for a source of the sensing signal. Accordingly, upon processing the received sensing signal to obtain path parameter estimates, the receiver can direct a transmission of an indication of the path parameter estimates to the source of the sensing signal. Aspects of the present application relate to performing multi-node, multi-path channel estimation on the basis of processing the received sensing signal. Conveniently, the processing is performed with low complexity.
US11343116B2	Method and system for detecting and defending against abnormal traffic of in-vehicle network based on information entropy A method for detecting and defending against abnormal traffic of an in-vehicle network based on information entropy, including the following steps: step 1: setting a sliding window; step 2: setting a threshold; step 3: collecting and processing traffic; step 4: calculating information entropy in the sliding window when the window is full; and step 5: detecting traffic of a controller area network (CAN) bus and an in-vehicle Ethernet. Based on impact of abnormal traffic on the information entropy, the information entropy in the sliding window is calculated in real time and compared with the preset thresholds, to detect whether an abnormality occurs.
US11343102B2	Password protection based on Merkle tree proofs An approach is provided that receives a password that corresponds to a user identifier. A number of hashing algorithms are retrieved with the specific hashing algorithms that are retrieved being based on the received user identifier. The password is hashed using each of retrieved hashing algorithms resulting in a number of hash results. The hash results are combined with the combining of the hash result eventually resulting in a combined hash result. An expected hash result that corresponds to the user identifier is retrieved and compared to the combined hash result. The password is verified based on the results of the comparison.
US11343095B2	Cryplet binding key graph The disclosed technology is generally directed to secure transactions. In one example of the technology, a first enclave to be used for executing a cryptlet binary of a first cryptlet is identified. The first enclave may be a secure execution environment that stores an enclave private key, and the first cryptlet may be associated with at least a first counterparty. A cryptlet binding that is associated with the first cryptlet may be generated, and may include counterparty information that is associated with at least the first counterparty. Cryptlet binding information may be provided to a cryptlet binding key graph, and a location of a first hardware security module (HSM) that stores a key that is associated with the first counterparty may be received from the cryptlet binding key graph.
US11343089B2	Cryptography system and method A cryptography system for the protection of data in transit using a post-quantum encryption key management system that eliminates the need for PKI or other asymmetric key management systems used in today's solutions, while allowing encryption of data in transit with no hands-on management including configuration of routers, switches, etc. The present system includes a multi-factor post-quantum key management mechanism that strengthens existing symmetric encryption systems and industry standard key generators on existing hardware through the post-quantum age.
US11343080B1	System and method for data privacy and authentication A system and method for insuring privacy, access control, and authentication for electronic user data submitted to social media platforms, email systems, web sites, and other electronics and software based communication and storage systems is provided. Control over user data is provided such that the user can determine which other users may have access to the data, and only such permitted users will be able to access the data. All other parties, including the operators of the system platform in use, will not be able to view the submitted data. Authentication is provided such that the viewer of the data is ensured that the author of the data is in fact the author indicated in the data, and that the data has not been modified since it was submitted. Data privacy, access control, and authentication is provided in a seamless and convenient manner for both the author and recipients of the data.
US11343079B2	Secure application deployment A computing system includes persistent storage configured to store a plurality of software applications and a distribution application configured to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a first cryptographic key of a pair of asymmetric cryptographic keys, where a second cryptographic key of the pair is stored by an on-premises computational instance, obtaining a selection of a software application from the plurality of software applications for installation, and obtaining an identifier associated with the on-premises computational instance. The operations additionally include encrypting the software application by way of a symmetric encryption algorithm and using a third cryptographic key, and encrypting the third cryptographic key by way of an asymmetric encryption algorithm and using the first cryptographic key. The operations further include generating an installation file that includes the software application as encrypted, the third cryptographic key as encrypted, and a representation of the identifier.
US11343075B2	RAM hashing in blockchain environments Blockchain environments may mix-and-match different encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes when mining blockchain transactions. Each encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work scheme may be separate, stand-alone programs, files, or third-party services. Blockchain miners may be agnostic to a particular coin's or network's encryption, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes, thus allowing any blockchain miner to process or mine data in multiple blockchains. GPUs, ASICs, and other specialized processing hardware components may be deterred by forcing cache misses, cache latencies, and processor stalls. Hashing, difficulty, and/or proof-of-work schemes require less programming code, consume less storage space/usage in bytes, and execute faster. Blockchain mining schemes may further randomize byte or memory block access, further improve cryptographic security.
US11343068B2	Secure multi-party learning and inferring insights based on encrypted data Respective sets of homomorphically encrypted training data are received from multiple users, each encrypted by a key of a respective user. The respective sets are provided to a combined machine learning model to determine corresponding locally learned outputs, each in an FHE domain of one of the users. Conversion is coordinated of the locally learned outputs in the FHE domains into an MFHE domain, where each converted locally learned output is encrypted by all of the users. The converted locally learned outputs are aggregated into a converted composite output in the MFHE domain. A conversion is coordinated of the converted composite output in the MFHE domain into the FHE domains of the corresponding users, where each converted decrypted composite output is encrypted by only a respective one of the users. The combined machine learning model is updated based on the converted composite outputs. The model may be used for inferencing.
US11343067B2	Sampling point identification for low frequency asynchronous data capture An asynchronous data capture device comprises an edge spread detector circuit, a clock generator, and a data sampling circuit. The edge spread detector circuit uses a first clock frequency that is a multiple of a second clock frequency, identifies transitions in a data stream transmitted to the device at the second clock frequency, and determines a sampling point based on the identified transitions. The clock generator adjusts a phase offset based on the sampling point and generates a clock signal having the second clock frequency and the adjusted phase offset. The data sampling circuit uses the second clock frequency and samples the data stream at the sampling point. In some implementations, the edge spread detector determines a sampling point that is isolated from the identified transitions, and the clock generator adjusts the phase offset to cause a rising edge at the sampling point.
US11343065B2	Serial bidirectional communication circuit and method thereof A serial bidirectional communication method is provided. The method includes: performing a downlink transmission and performing an uplink transmission. The downlink transmission includes: receiving first downlink data through a first transmission terminal, wherein the first downlink data comprises at least one control command, and the at least one control command is cascaded and configured to control at least one electronic device; removing one, corresponding to a local device, of the at least one control command from the first downlink data to form second downlink data, wherein the local device is one of the at least one electronic device; and when there is a control command remaining in the second downlink, outputting the second downlink data through a second transmission terminal. The uplink transmission includes outputting first uplink data through the first transmission terminal. The first uplink data includes local information generated by the local device.
US11343064B2	Systems and methods to improve co-existence between fixed wireless access and short range devices in 802.11ay A method of a second node for a co-existence operation in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises transmitting, to a first node, a first extended schedule element (ESE) frame including a time-division multiplexing service period (TDD-SP) bit, receiving, from the first node, a preamble or a second ESE frame including a short device co-existence (SRD Co-Ex) indicator that is set to one based on the TDD-SP bit, and changing a transmit-receive slot pattern based on the received preamble or SRD Co-Ex indicator for the co-existence operation.
US11343060B2	Zero division duplexing mimo radio with adaptable RF and/or baseband cancellation An intelligent backhaul radio is disclosed, which can operate by zero division duplexing for use in PTP or PMP topologies, providing for significant spectrum usage benefits among other benefits. Specific system architectures and structures to enable active cancellation of multiple transmit signals at multiple receivers within a MIMO radio are disclosed. Further disclosed aspects include the adaptive optimization of cancellation parameters or coefficients.
US11343058B2	Cell search procedure using primary synchronization signals (PSS) and secondary synchronization signals (SSS) in a wireless communication system A method for establishing a duplex connection for data transmission between transmission units in a communications system, wherein the transmission units each have a transmit unit and a receive unit, where the duplex connection includes oppositely directed, unidirectional transmission channels, by which a communications link for each data transmission between respective transmit and receive units of the transmission units is established, during a synchronization phase transmit units independently emit in a periodically repeated manner a first synchronization signal respectively, where following detection and synchronization with the respective first synchronization signal by the respective receive unit, the respective transmit unit belonging to the same transmission unit is instructed to emit at least once a second synchronization signal respectively, where a changeover to data transmission is implemented once the second synchronization signal respectively has been detected at least once by respective receive units of the transmission units.
US11343051B2	Integrated circuit for controlling radio communication Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS code generation unit (201) which generates an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) for measuring uplink line data channel quality; an SRS arrangement unit (202) which frequency-multiplexes the SRS on the SR transmission band and arranges it; and an SRS arrangement control unit (208) which controls SRS frequency multiplex so as to be uniform in frequency without modifying the bandwidth of one SRS multiplex unit in accordance with the fluctuation of the reference signal transmission bandwidth according to the SRS arrangement information transmitted from the base station and furthermore controls the transmission interval of the frequency-multiplexed SRS.
US11343038B2	Electronic device, wireless communication method and computer readable medium The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. The electronic device includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a discovery reference signal for an unlicensed band. The discovery reference signal contains a primary synchronization signal, a secondary synchronization signal and a channel state information reference signal.
US11343035B2	Coding over multiple resource units (RU) in extremely high throughput (EHT) systems Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The STA may determine a portion of a channel occupied by an incumbent device. The STA may refrain from communication in a first subset of resource units (RUs) that overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may determine a combined RU that comprises two or more RUs of a second subset of RUs that do not overlap the portion of the channel occupied by the incumbent device. The STA may encode a physical layer convergence procedure protocol data unit (PPDU) for transmission in the combined RU. The PPDU may be encoded in accordance with joint coding across the RUs of the combined RU.
US11343029B2	Method and apparatus for improving resource efficiency in a wireless communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, apparatuses and computer program products for improving resource efficiency in a wireless communication system. A method implemented at a network device comprises: setting, for a terminal device, a first number of repetitions to be used for a first transmission from the terminal device; detecting the first transmission from the terminal device based on a second number of repetition; in response to detecting the first transmission correctly based on the second number of repetitions, comparing the second number with the first number; and in response to the second number being less than the first number, identifying a resource for remaining repetitions after the second number of repetitions of the first transmission as being reusable for a further terminal device. Embodiments of the present disclosure may improve resource usage efficiency of the wireless communication system, and at the same time support coverage enhancement.
US11343025B2	Chain broadcasting in vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications The subject matter described herein is directed towards a technology that increases the reliability of transmitting information, and extends the coverage of a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network by propagating received information in a multiple-stage chain communication in a wireless communication system. A transmitting device transmits a communication message with repetition data indicating number of times the communication message is to be retransmitted in the wireless communication system. A receiving device determines from the repetition data that the communication message is intended to be retransmitted, modifies (e.g., decrements) the repetition data, and retransmits the communication message in association with the modified repetition data.
US11343020B2	Data compression method and device A radio communication method and device are provided. The method includes: performing a compression processing on uplink control information to be transmitted in a target time unit, wherein the compression processing includes a compression processing performed on Coding Block Group (CBG)-based feedback response information included in the uplink control information; and transmitting the uplink control information after the compression processing in the target time unit.
US11343016B2	Measurement resource indication method and related device A measurement resource indication method applied to a communication system supporting various signal measurements includes: receiving, by a user device, first measurement resource indication information from a network device, the first measurement resource indication information being used for indicating that a first signal measurement reuses part or all of measurement resources of a second signal measurement; wherein the second signal measurement is a signal measurement configured with the measurement resources, and the first signal measurement is a signal measurement not configured with any measurement resource.
US11343015B2	Channel-aware construction of polar codes Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for channel-war polar code construction.
US11343009B2	Optical communication component, optical transmitter, and control method An optical communication component includes three or more couplers, a pair of waveguides, a phase shifter, a detector, and a controller. Each of the couplers multiplexes two input optical signals and two-branch outputs the multiplexed optical signals. Each of the pair of waveguides connects between the couplers and outputs each of the optical signals two-branch output from one of the couplers to another one of the couplers. The phase shifter, included in each of the waveguides, adjusts a phase amount of each of the optical signals passing through the waveguides. The detector detects an amount of power of the optical signal that has been subjected to phase adjustment and that is two-branch output from a most downstream coupler, from among the couplers, located in the traveling direction of the optical signal. The controller controls, based on the detected amount of power, each of the phase shifters.
US11342990B2	State estimating device and communication system A state estimating device includes a pre-processing unit and an estimating unit. The pre-processing unit acquires data representing at one or more of a phase of a signal transmitted from a transmission unit of a transmission device and received at a reception unit of another transmission device via a transmission path, a reception strength, a reception quality, a voltage after conversion into an electric signal, and a signal processing parameter used in reception processing, and processes the acquired data into feature data to be used for state estimation. The estimating unit estimates a state of the transmission path, an abnormal state of the transmission unit, or an abnormal state of the reception unit, on the basis of the feature data.
US11342977B2	Method and apparatus of fusing radio frequency and sensor measurements for beam management A method for beam management by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining reference signal measurements from signals received from one or more base stations. The method also includes obtaining, from a motion sensor, motion information of the UE. The method further includes generating beam management information for the beam management based on the reference signal measurements and the motion information. The method additionally includes identifying a beam based on the generated beam management information. The method also includes performing wireless communication based on the identified beam.
US11342966B2	Information indicating and determining method and apparatus, and computer storage medium The present application discloses an information indicating and determining method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, being used for indicating QCL group information of a DMRS port, enabling a terminal to determine the QCL group information of the DMRS port. The embodiments of the present application provide an information indicating method, comprising: determining QCL group information of a demodulation reference signal DMRS port; and notifying a terminal of the QCL group information.
US11342959B2	Positioning transmission of a packet Provided is a machine-implemented method to send data from an electronic device, comprising positioning transmission of a packet in a channel slot preferred zone of a channel slot instance according to a statistical profile of at least one component of message flow in a network over which the packet is to be transmitted. The method may determine a statistical profile of components of the message flow and select at least one statistical profile as a basis for composing the channel slot preferred zone. The components of the message flow may comprise a sender electronic device, a network, a packet for transmission, a recurring channel slot and a receiver electronic device.
US11342954B2	Protection device for a piece of electronic equipment The disclosed technology relates to a protection device for a piece of electronic equipment comprising a housing having a female port. In one aspect, the device comprises a shell suitable for receiving the housing of the equipment, having a male port matching the female port, such that when the shell receives the housing, the male port is engaged in the female port of the equipment. At least one slider that can be moved along an axis by a user to a setpoint position. A position sensor sensing the position of the cursor is configured to transmit a signal representative of the setpoint position to the male port.
US11342953B2	Controller device for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle A controller device for a motor vehicle, in particular for an autonomously operable motor vehicle, having a controller for operating the motor vehicle, and a protective device for protecting the controller from electromagnetic interference fields or interfering signals. The protective device has a receiver device for acquiring electromagnetic interference fields or interfering signals, a processing device for providing information about an electromagnetic interference field or interfering signal acquired by the receiver device, and a control unit that evaluates the acquired field and/or interference signal as a function of the acquired information.
US11342946B1	Neural network kernels for signal processing in lieu of digital signal processing in radio receivers An artifact-suppressing neural network (NN) kernel comprising at least one neural network, implemented in replacement of a DSP, provides comparable or better performance under non-edge conditions, and superior performance under edge conditions, due to the ease of updating the NN kernel training without enlarging its computational footprint or latency to address a new edge condition. In embodiments, the NN kernel can be implemented in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), which can be configured as a direct DSP replacement. In various embodiments, the NN kernel training can be updated in near real time when a new edge condition is encountered in the field. The NN kernel can include DCC lower layers and dense upper layers. Initial NN kernel training can require fewer examples. Example embodiments include a noise suppression NN kernel and a modem NN kernel.
US11342940B2	Data processing method and apparatus A data processing method includes performing first equalization processing on a data stream that comprises a plurality of sub-data stream segments, performing segment de-interleaving on the data stream, separately performing first forward error correction (FEC) decoding on each sub-data stream segment in a data stream, performing, according to an equalization termination state of each sub-data stream segment, second equalization processing on each sub-data stream segment, performing second FEC decoding on the data stream, and outputting the data stream obtained according to the second FEC decoding in response to a preset iteration termination condition being met, or performing, in response to the preset iteration termination condition not being met, according to the equalization termination state of each sub-data stream segment obtained according to the first equalization, the second equalization processing on each sub-data stream segment obtained according to the second FEC decoding.
US11342930B2	Track and hold circuits for high speed ADCS A dither capacitor, separate from the capacitor sampling the input signal, can be used to inject the additive dither in the switched-capacitor network of the track and hold circuit. This implementation can be referred to as a split-capacitor dither injection. The dither capacitor can be connected to a summing node of the switched-capacitor network. Using a separate capacitor allows the dither to be isolated from the capacitor that is sampling the input signal and avoids kick-back errors.
US11342915B1	Cold spare tolerant radiation hardened generic level shifter circuit A level shifting circuit, the circuit comprising a VL input; an I/O VL; a VCC input; an I/O VCC; a first pull-up resistor disposed between the VL input and I/O VL; a second pull-up resistor disposed between the VCC input and I/O VCC; a first pull-up assist circuit comprising a first pull-up assist p-channel MOSFET having a source/body, drain, and gate, the source/body and drain being connected to VL and I/O VL; a second pull-up assist circuit comprising a second pull-up assist p-channel MOSFET having a source/body, drain, and gate, the source/body and drain being connected to VCC and I/O VCC, respectively; a pass-gate n-channel MOSFET in operative communication with I/O VL, I/O VCC, and VL, the pass-gate being configured to reduce the voltage level of a signal driven from I/O VCC to the voltage level of I/O VL; and a one-shot circuit configured to detect a I/O VL or I/O VCC transition from a low state to a high state, to produce a pulse in response thereto, and to communicate that pulse to the gates of the first and second pull-up assist p-channel MOSFETs, wherein the second pull-up resistor is configured to increase the voltage level of a signal driven from I/O VL to the voltage level of I/O VCC.
US11342901B2	Crystal resonator plate and crystal resonator device An AT-cut crystal resonator plate includes: a vibrating part having a rectangular shape in plan view that is disposed on a center of the AT-cut crystal resonator plate and that has excitation electrodes respectively formed on a first and a second main surfaces; a cut-out part having a rectangular shape in plan view that is formed along an outer periphery of the vibrating part; an external frame part having a rectangular shape in plan view that is formed along an outer periphery of the cut-out part; and a connecting part that connects the vibrating part to the external frame part and that extends, in a Z′ axis direction of the vibrating part, from one end part of a side of the vibrating part along an X axis direction. The connecting part includes wide parts whose widths gradually increase only toward the external frame part.
US11342900B2	Quartz crystal resonator, quartz crystal resonator unit, and method of manufacturing quartz crystal resonator A quartz crystal resonator that includes an AT-cut quartz crystal blank including a first main surface and a second main surface that face each other and each of which has long sides extending in an X-axis direction of the quartz crystal blank and short sides extending in a Z′-axis direction of the quartz crystal blank, and a first side surface and a second side surface that are located adjacent to the long sides of the first main surface and the second main surface; a first excitation electrode and a second excitation electrode; and an extension electrode that extends from the first main surface to the second main surface along the first side surface and that is electrically connected to the first excitation electrode. Each the first and second side surfaces have a first m-plane face and a second m-plane face.
US11342899B2	Crystal resonator device In a crystal oscillator, a crystal resonator and an IC chip are hermetically sealed in a package. The crystal resonator includes: a crystal resonator plate including a first excitation electrode formed on a first main surface, and a second excitation electrode, which makes a pair with the first excitation electrode, formed on a second main surface; a first sealing member covering the first excitation electrode of the crystal resonator plate; and a second sealing member covering the second excitation electrode of the crystal resonator plate. A vibrating part including the first excitation electrode and the second excitation electrode of the crystal resonator plate is hermetically sealed by bonding the first sealing member to the crystal resonator plate, and the second sealing member to the crystal resonator plate.
US11342894B2	Driver circuitry and associated methods A method for using driver circuitry to drive a load having an unknown impedance magnitude includes (a) in a configuration mode of the driver circuitry, determining a required power supply voltage for a driver stage to drive the load, and (b) in a driving mode of the driver circuitry, (1) driving the load via the driver stage in response to an input signal, and (2) controlling a power supply to provide the required power supply voltage to the driver stage as a static voltage, while driving the load via the driver stage in response to the input signal.
US11342888B2	Tri-phasing modulation for efficient and wideband radio transmitter According to an aspect, there is provided a method for power-amplification of a transmission signal, comprising: obtaining the transmission signal with phase and amplitude modulation; generating a power-amplified polar signal for approximating a power-amplified transmission signal by power-amplifying a first constant-envelope signal with one of two or more first amplification factors based on the transmission signal; generating an outphasing pair of a first power-amplified outphasing signal and a second power-amplified outphasing signal based on the transmission signal; and combining the power-amplified polar signal, the first power-amplified outphasing signal and the second power-amplified outphasing signal to provide the power-amplified transmission signal.
US11342884B2	Crystal oscillator and phase noise reduction method thereof A crystal oscillator and a phase noise reduction method thereof are provided. The crystal oscillator may include a crystal oscillator core circuit, a bias circuit coupled to an output terminal of the crystal oscillator core circuit, a pulse wave buffer coupled to the output terminal of the crystal oscillator core circuit, and a phase noise reduction circuit coupled to the output terminal of the crystal oscillator core circuit. The crystal oscillator core circuit may generate a sinusoidal wave. The bias circuit may provide a bias voltage of the sinusoidal wave. The pulse wave buffer may generate a pulse wave according to the sinusoidal wave. The phase noise reduction circuit may generate a reset signal including at least one reset pulse for resetting the bias voltage. In addition, the reset signal is generated without calibrating the at least one reset pulse to a zero-crossing point of the sinusoidal wave.
US11342882B2	Temperature control for energy storage system An energy storage system includes a plurality of battery strings, each battery string including a plurality of batteries coupled electrically together; a plurality of temperature sensors; an enclosure housing the plurality of battery strings and the temperature sensors; a plurality of fans positioned in different locations within the enclosure; and a temperature control system. The temperature control system includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components, and a controller. The controller is programmed to execute the method that includes determining fan speed operating commands based at least in part on sensed temperatures at the different locations, and operating the fan speed in response to the operating commands provided to the respective fans.
US11342881B2	Systems and methods for controlling fan motors with variable frequency drives A fan assembly is provided. The fan assembly includes a fan, a motor that is coupled to the fan, and a variable frequency drive (VFD) that is coupled to the motor. The motor includes a maximum rated speed that is greater than a maximum structural speed limit of the fan, and the VFD includes a current output limit configured to limit an operational speed of the motor to be less than or equal to the maximum structural speed limit of the fan.
US11342880B2	Capacitor capacitance estimation device, control system, and capacitor capacitance estimation method A capacitor capacitance estimation device including processing circuitry to segment a section signal into a plurality of signals and to generate a plurality of pieces of frequency domain data by converting each of the plurality of signals obtained by the segmentation into a plurality of component values in a frequency domain. Each of the plurality of signals having a predetermined duration. The processing circuitry further configured to extract a component value of a frequency corresponding to a carrier frequency from the plurality of component values in each of the plurality of pieces of frequency domain data, to use the extracted component value as a value at time corresponding to the corresponding one of the extracted signals, and to generate time-series data representing a plurality of the extracted component values in a time series, to estimate a capacitance of a capacitor from processed and filtered time-series data.
US11342876B2	Drive system and method of operation thereof for reducing DC link current ripple A system and method for operating a drive system coupleable to one or more DC and AC electrical ports is disclosed. The drive system includes a DC link, at least one DC-DC converter, at least one DC-AC converter, a DC link capacitor, and a control system configured to control operation of one or more of the at least one DC-DC converter and the at least one DC-AC converter relative to one another based on operational parameters thereof. In controlling operation of one or more of the at least one DC-DC converter and the at least one DC-AC converter, the control system controls at least one of a switching frequency of the at least one DC-DC converter, a switching frequency of the at least one DC-AC converter, a DC-DC converter carrier signal phase, a DC-AC converter carrier signal phase, and a duty cycle of the at least one DC-DC converter.
US11342875B2	Electric motors with neutral voltage sensing An electrical machine includes a with a parallel first and second phase windings. A first neutral bus is connected to the first phase winding and a second neutral bus is connected to the second phase winding. A first voltage sensor is coupled to the first neutral bus and a second voltage sensor coupled to the second phase winding for monitoring current imbalance between the first and second phase windings.
US11342872B2	Method for reliable control of high rotor pole switched reluctance machine A system and method for reliable control of a high rotor pole switched reluctance machine (HRSRM) utilizing a sensorless reliable control system. The method comprising: energizing at least one of the plurality of stator phases; measuring a first current value and time taken by the first current value to reach a first peak value or preset threshold value of current; determining a self-inductance value; measuring a second current value and time taken by an adjacent un-energized stator phase to reach a second peak value of current; determining a mutual inductance value; and estimating a rotor position utilizing the self-inductance and mutual inductance values; and controlling the HRSRM based on the estimated rotor position.
US11342871B2	Angular position error estimation at standstill for high-frequency voltage injection According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for performing angular position error estimation. The apparatus operates (601) a synchronous motor (111) according to a pre-defined pulsating torque signal using a sensorless vector control method with high-frequency voltage injection. The pre-defined pulsating torque signal has a zero mean and corresponds to a torque operating point. The apparatus measures (602) a first value of an estimated angular position at a first time instance corresponding substantially to an end point of the pre-defined pulsating torque signal and second values of the estimated angular position and an estimated angular speed at a second time instance occurring after the first time instance. Based on the measured values, the apparatus estimates (603) an error in the estimated angular position and stores (604) the error to a lookup table. After performing said steps for one or more pre-defined pulsating torque signals, the apparatus operates (607) the synchronous motor (111) using the lookup table for angular position error correction.
US11342862B2	Operating a multilevel converter A method of operating a multilevel converter having multiple phase modules, each with three phase module branches. In a first switching position, a switching device of each phase module connects an alternating voltage connection of the phase module to a first connection point between a first phase module branch and a third phase module branch. In a second switching position, the switching device connects the alternating voltage connection to a second connection point between the third phase module branch and a second phase module branch. In the method, circulating currents of the multilevel converter are controlled in accordance with total energy variables and differential energy variables of the phase modules to balance the energy between the phase module branches.
US11342851B2	Modular DC power supply with independent output converters A power supply with a DC-DC converter and a switching converter comprises an intermediate circuit and at least one output switching regulator. The intermediate circuit has an intermediate circuit voltage, and is connected to a supply voltage via the DC-DC converter. The at least one output switching regulator is connected to the intermediate circuit, and configured to supply, on the output side, a regulated output voltage.
US11342847B2	Power conversion device with controller to discharge smoothing capacitors A magnetically coupled reactor and a DC/DC converter are provided between a DC power supply and an inverter. A first smoothing capacitor is provided between the DC power supply and the coupled reactor. A second smoothing capacitor is provided between the DC/DC converter and the inverter. A controller is provided in order to control switching operations of the inverter and the DC/DC converter. The controller causes semiconductor switching elements composing upper and lower arms of the DC/DC converter to perform complementary operations so as to be alternately turned on/off, and causes left and right legs to operate with their switching phases shifted from each other, thereby electric charges stored in both smoothing capacitors are discharged by energy loss in the coupled reactor and the DC/DC converter.
US11342838B2	System of controlling charging apparatus for vehicle A system of controlling a charging apparatus for a vehicle may include a power supply unit supplying an AC power, a power factor correction (PFC) converter unit connected to the power supply unit and converting the AC power supplied from the power supply unit into a DC power and supplying the converted DC power to a load, and a controller extracting a high frequency component from the AC power input to the PFC converter unit, determining a frequency of the extracted high frequency component, and limiting, when the determined frequency is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, output power from the PFC converter unit to a value lower than the predetermined value.
US11342826B2	Rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes coil bodies formed as a first stator winding wound on first teeth, other coil bodies formed as a second stator winding wound on second teeth, and yet other coil bodies formed as the first stator winding and the second stator winding wound on third teeth. A phase difference between an electric current in the first stator winding wound on the third teeth and an electric current in the second stator winding wound on the third teeth is set so that respective phase differences of magnetomotive forces of the other coil bodies in three phases with respect to respective magnetomotive forces of the coil bodies in three phases and respective phase differences of magnetomotive forces of the yet other coil bodies in three phases with respect to respective magnetomotive forces of the other coil bodies in three phases are 20 degrees in electric angle.
US11342821B2	Method for manufacturing a rotor In a method for manufacturing a rotor, each of adhesive placement portions that are provided between a surface of a permanent magnet on the radially inner side and grooves is formed so as to cover a part of an adhesive applied to the permanent magnet on the radially inner side and parts of the adhesive on both sides in the circumferential direction.
US11342814B2	Sensor magnet, motor, and air conditioner A sensor magnet includes a first magnetic pole part including a magnetic pole of a first polarity and a second magnetic pole part including a magnetic pole of a second polarity. A thickness of the first magnetic pole part in a direction toward a magnetic sensor is larger than a thickness of the second magnetic pole part in a direction toward the magnetic sensor.

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