US11036821B2
A browser is disclosed that provides for browsing a hierarchical dataset including potentially millions of nodes. The hierarchical dataset may be located on a machine that is remote to the machine hosting the browser. Through selective, intelligent fetching and local cache management of sparse portions of the hierarchical dataset, the browser provides consistent and predictable response times for displaying a randomly-selected node in the context of proximate nodes in the hierarchy.
US11036820B2
The present disclosure provides a page loading method and an electronic device. The method includes: collecting history browsing behaviors of a user during using a browser, and obtaining visited pages involved in the history browsing behaviors and browsing manners used by the user; training a learning model based on the visited pages and the browsing manners used by the user, such that the learning model learns a correspondence relationship between the visited pages and the browsing manners; in response to receiving a page visiting request, analyzing a target page to be visited based on the trained learning model, so as to determine a target browsing manner from the manner of browsing in a current tab and the manner of browsing in a new tab; and loading the target page according to the target browsing manner.
US11036811B2
Categorical data transformation and clustering techniques and systems are described for machine learning. These techniques and systems are configured to improve operation of a computing device to support efficient and accurate use of categorical data, which is not possible using conventional techniques. In an example, categorical data is received by a computing device that includes a categorical variable having a non-numerical data type for a number of classes. The categorical data is then converted into numerical data based on clustering used to generate a plurality of latent classes.
US11036806B2
A method and system for search exploration in a mobile application environment as well as a desktop environment is provided. The method and system utilize at least one computer processor to perform the steps of selecting a virtual object on a display interface via an indicator positioned within and associated with the virtual object. The computer processor provides dragging the indicator out of a home area and displaying at least one related property associated with the virtual object on the display while dragging outside of the home area. The computer processor provides dragging the indicator onto one or more of the at least one related property associated with the virtual object and a pausing of the indicator over at least one related property causes the computer processor to select the related property as a search parameter of a search query. Dropping the dragged indicator initiates a search based on said search query and the search is initiated based on the search query as a result of said dropping.
US11036803B2
An approach is provided that receives a question at a question-answering (QA) system. The received question includes one or more terms, and the question pertains to a subject matter domain that is supported by the QA system. Analyzing a number of expressions included in a set of question-answer pairs (QA pairs), with the QA pairs being ground-truths established to in support of the subject matter domain. The analysis identifies whether a selected term from the question is a synonym for any of the expressions. The expressions that are identified as synonyms are then used in a QA pipeline that generates one or more candidate answers to the received question.
US11036792B2
Provided is a method of classifying, into an album, one or more image files stored in a terminal with a screen to which a touch screen is applied. Album/folder information included in the terminal is confirmed. An image file stored in the terminal is displayed on the screen of the terminal. It is determined whether a predetermined specific gesture is input with respect to the image file. When the specific gesture is input, it is determined whether the album/folder information is stored. When it is determined that the album/folder information is not stored, album/folder information is recommended. Both or one of the recommended album/folder information and the stored album/folder information is displayed on the screen of the terminal. It is determined to which album/folder information a drag is made among the album/folder information displayed on the screen of the terminal. The image file is moved to an album/folder corresponding to the album/folder information to which the drag has been made.
US11036790B1
Methods for identifying visual portions of visual media files that are responsive to at least one visual media input file submitted as a search query are provided. In one aspect, a method includes generating an index of visual portions of a plurality of visual media files from a collection of media files, and receiving from a user a search query, for the collection, including at least one visual media input file. The method also includes analyzing the index to identify at least one responsive visual media file from the collection that includes a visual portion associated with a visual similarity score, to the at least one visual media input file, which exceeds a similarity threshold value, and providing, in response to the search query, an identifier of the at least one responsive visual media file for display as responsive to the search query. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US11036789B2
A computer vision neural network system is provided. The computer vision neural network system includes a computer with a multi-attribute loss module that concatenates first and second normalized feature vector descriptors to generate a master feature vector descriptor that describes attributes and classes of a facial image. The multi-attribute loss module estimates an error distance between the master feature vector descriptor and a plurality of class center vector descriptors. Each class center vector descriptor is a mean of a plurality of master feature vector descriptors associated with a soft-biometric class in a plurality of faces in a plurality of facial images.
US11036787B2
Disclosed is a system and method for identifying an organism. At least one database includes electronic organism profile information representing at least one respective physical characteristic associated with a plurality of respective organisms, at least one respective corresponding attribute of the respective organisms, and an identity of at least one of the plurality of organisms, as well as owner information representing at least one person respectively associated with at least one of the organisms. Profile information that includes information representing physical characteristic(s) associated with the first organism associated with a first organism is received. In accordance with at least some electronic organism profile information and at least some of the first electronic profile information, an identity is identified. Thereafter, the at least one processor transmits to the first user computing device, the identity of the at least one of the plurality of respective organisms associated with the first organism.
US11036781B1
Content controller system comprising rendering server system comprising a plurality of servers. The servers receiving a plurality of segment render requests that correspond respectively to segments included in a set of media content item segments. The servers render the segments corresponding to the segment render requests using a media content identification and a main user identification. Rendering the segments comprises retrieving metadata from a metadata database associated with the media content identification, rendering the segments using the metadata, generating a main user avatar based on the main user identification, and incorporating the main user avatar into the segments. The servers can upload the segments to a segment database and update segment states in a segment state database to indicate that the segments are available. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
US11036779B2
Data analytics systems and methods are disclosed herein. A parser can parse reference data from various data sources to store in a data structure. An uploader can receive study data designated by a researcher and store the study data in the data structure. A matcher can compare analyte nameset data in the study data with analyte nameset data from the reference data to generate one or more links each correlating an instance of an analyte in the study data with an instance of that analyte in the reference data. Library overlays each include one or more modules to access reference data to generate organized associations of reference data. A calculation engine can receive a selection of one or more library overlay(s) and manipulate the reference data and study data according to the organized associations of the selected library overlay(s) to generate configured data stored in a collection of data caches for presentation to a researcher via a user interface.
US11036774B2
DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is challenging for many novices, requiring extensive knowledge such as the usage of particular tools and the properties of the required materials. Many DIYers use web searches to find relevant information and instructions, but web search is time-consuming and the results often do not fit the DIYers' specific needs. To address these problems, we present a Question Answering (QA) system that can assist DIYers through the whole cycle of a DIY project. Given a natural language question about a DIY project, the QA system described herein provides an answer along with the explanations that are tailored to the DIYers' specific needs.
US11036771B2
In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). For example, a first data asset may include any software or device (e.g., server or servers) utilized by a particular entity for such data collection, processing, transfer, storage, etc.
US11036766B2
Techniques are described for performing a time series analysis using a clustering based symbolic representation. Implementations employ a clustering based symbolic representation applied to time series data. In some implementations, the time series data is discretized into subsequences with regular time intervals, and symbols encoding the time intervals may be derived by performing clustering algorithms on the subsequences. In the new representation, a time series is transformed into a sequence of categorical values. The symbolic representation is suitable to perform time series classification and forecast with higher accuracy and greater efficiency compared to previously used techniques. Through use of the symbolic representation, a dimension reduction is applied to transform the time sequences to a feature space with lower dimensions. As output of such transformation, a new representation is obtained based on the original time series. This new reduced-dimension representation improves the efficiency of time series data mining and forecasting.
US11036763B2
In one general aspect, a method and system are described for providing a flexible data hierarchy. The method may include obtaining a plurality of data sets, the plurality of data sets including system-defined attributes and user-defined attributes, generating, for each attribute in each data set, a field for receiving input, providing, in a user interface display, at least one data set of the plurality of data sets and the generated field for each attribute in the at least one data set, receiving, in two or more of the generated fields, a value indicating a sequence placement for a respective attribute associated with a respective field of the two or more generated fields, and automatically generating, for the attributes associated with the two or more fields having a value, at least one hierarchical structure according to the sequence placement.
US11036760B2
A method for parallel maintenance of data consistency includes: 1) a node broadcasts requests to other nodes in a network, request a synchronization data block of current synchronization cycle, and calculates a synchronization anchor of this synchronization cycle; 2) for node i requiring data feeding, writing the synchronization anchor of the current synchronization cycle in data block A0, and to produce an array [A]N based on the requirement; data block A0 is the provision that is be added into consistency data in the current synchronization cycle; 3) each node builds its own array [A]N in parallel and broadcasts the array; and 4) the node filters all received arrays of [A]N by the synchronization anchor of array, discards invalid data, and thereafter builds the synchronization data block for the next synchronization cycle.
US11036755B2
Systems and methods for managing, generating, and reporting real estate data from a plurality of source databases that are distributed over a computer network are disclosed and described.
US11036743B2
Methods, systems, and media for presenting content organized by category are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving a request to present a page indicating content related to a first entity; identifying a first group of entities related to the first entity based at least in part on user interaction information; identifying a group of properties corresponding to the first entity; identifying, for each property, a second group of entities corresponding to the property; calculating, for each property, a score for the property; determining a subset of the properties in the group of properties based on the score of each property; identifying, for each property in the subset of properties, a group of content items corresponding to the property; determining a subset of content items from the group of content items; and causing a user interface indicating the subset of content items to be presented.
US11036737B2
A computer-implemented method for a partitioned bloom filter merge is provided. A non-limiting example of the computer-implemented method includes partitioning, by a processing device, a bloom filter into N equal size filter partitions. The method further includes distributing, by the processing device, each of the filter partitions to an associated node. The method further includes merging, by the processing device, the filter partitions in each of the associated nodes. The method further includes redistributing, by the processing device, the merged filter partitions to each of the N nodes. The method further includes joining, by the processing device, the merged filter partitions in each of the N nodes to assemble a complete merged bloom filter.
US11036733B2
A method includes: obtaining, by an inner table node that stores a portion of an inner table, a portion of an outer table from each of outer table nodes, and wherein a size of the outer table is less than a size of the inner table; reading, by the inner table node, the outer table by table joining threads or table joining processes of the inner table node; matching, by the table joining threads or the table joining processes, the outer table with the portion of the inner table stored at the inner table node; and outputting, by the inner table node, data from the outer table and the portion of the inner table that matches with each other.
US11036730B2
According to some embodiments, a business intelligence data store contains semantic layer information. A business intelligence language platform may receive a business intelligence language query expression from a user. The business intelligence language platform may then access the mapping information in the business intelligence model data store to compute an output type describing a result structure entity for the query expression. According to some embodiments, the output type may be used to automatically recommend at least one visualization chart to the user. Moreover, in some embodiments the output type is annotated with meta-data information about a business object.
US11036729B2
A document creation support system that can effectively find a necessary part is provided. A manual creation support server acquires a part attribute corresponding to a manual during creation as a search key, searches, via a part attribute of a manual management table 420 corresponding to the acquired search key, a part management table 440 for a part used in a manual corresponding to the part attribute, and aggregates a part used in the manual during creation and the searched part as one part. In the part aggregation, as to aggregation object parts A and B, each difference portion from the other is determined, and the aggregation object parts A and B are aggregated as one part in which texts included in the difference portions of the aggregation object parts A and B are replaced with a variable name.
US11036727B2
Intent-based exploring of self-documenting Application Programming Interface (“API”) documents comprises receiving a document containing a plurality of descriptions of APIs, wherein the document is in a structured format; generating a plurality of entities by identifying a plurality of API definition entries in the document; generating a plurality of intents by iterating through a plurality of path entries in the document; generating a dialog by creating a plurality of phrases by iterating through the plurality of path entries in the document; receiving one or more questions from a user or developer; and in response to the one or more questions, providing one or more conversational responses to the user by a conversational application program incorporating the plurality of entities, plurality of intents, and plurality of phrases.
US11036718B2
Implementations of the present disclosure are generally directed to linking entities in dynamic knowledge graphs, and more particularly, to linking entities in knowledge graphs based on contextual evolution in one or more dimensions.
US11036716B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that facilitates consolidation of one or more datasets, whereby logic is configured to remediate anomalies in a data set originating in a first format prior to enrichment and conversion into a second format that facilitates forming collaborative dataset and, for example, interrelations among a system of networked collaborative datasets, whereby, at least in some implementations, data interrelations between different formats may be disposed in one or more data layers (e.g., layered data files and/or data arrangements). In some examples, a method may include analyzing data to detect a non-compliant data attribute, detecting a condition based on the non-compliant data attribute, invoking an action to modify a subset of data, and generating a graph data arrangement linkable to other graph data arrangements to form a collaborative dataset.
US11036712B2
Latency-reduced document change discovery in a co-authoring session is provided. When a co-authoring session is established between clients for co-authoring a document, a communication channel that is separate from a content channel is established between each client in the co-authoring session and a notification service. When a client uploads edits made to the document to a server-stored and managed master copy of the document, the client sends a notification on the separate channel to the other clients via the notification service, notifying the other clients that document changes have been made and are available to download from the content service. The other clients are enabled to discover document changes in real-time or in near real-time to when the changes are saved to the master copy of the document, and download the client edits for merging the changes with a local copy of the document.
US11036703B1
There is disclosed a method and system to operate a software application entirely based on a unitary lexicon data structure (LDS) comprising a plurality of data field definition blocks stored in memory, with one LDS record for each lexicon term. The LDS is used to develop computerized lexicons and deploy them for use to operate a lexical application with all data displayed for viewing and input by the user on a single screen to which all desired data items come, rather than the user navigating to fields statically located on a multitude of screens. Each LDS record contains a whole set of data in memory, with data duplicated across LDS records in order to bypass the need for the application to interoperate with a database to input and display related data. There is a graphical icon also of a unitary format into which all data is input and displayed. Input data items are related to one another in the icon, regardless of whether a relational database is configured to interoperate with the system.
US11036696B2
A method of pre-allocating resources for database provisioning in a private cloud may include determining characteristics of a plurality of databases in a customer's database system. The method may also include grouping the characteristics of the plurality of databases to generate a plurality of database templates that are descriptive of the plurality of databases. The method may additionally include causing resources to be pre-allocated in the private cloud based on at least some of the plurality of database templates. The method may further include receiving a selection of a database template from the plurality of database templates as part of a provisioning request. The method may also include causing a database described at least in part by the database template to be provisioned in the private cloud.
US11036694B2
The systems described herein are configured to enhance the efficiency of memory usage and access in a VM file system data store with respect to allocating memory in large and small file block clusters using affinity metadata and propagating and maintaining the affinity metadata in support of the described allocation. In order to maintain affinity metadata of the large file block cluster, affinity generation values stored on the large file block cluster are read and cached affinity generation values for each small file block cluster are read from an in-memory cache associated with the large file block cluster. When the stored affinity generation values and the cached affinity generation values do not match, affinity metadata from all the small file block clusters associated with the large file block cluster is used to update the affinity metadata of the large file block cluster and the associated cache.
US11036690B2
Embodiments for namespace management between storage systems by a processor. Events, containing metadata associated with an operation, from a plurality of heterogeneous storage systems may be received such that the events are indexed into a common repository according to the metadata to maintain a single namespace for data in the plurality of heterogeneous storage systems.
US11036685B2
A method includes comparing a search key that includes bits having respective values and bit positions to a mask to identify masked and unmasked portions of the search key. The mask corresponds to multi-dimensional keys and has first and second values in bit positions corresponding to and not corresponding to, respectively, common bits. Each common bit has a respective same value and occurs in a respective same position in the multi-dimensional keys. The masked and unmasked portions are bits at bit positions corresponding to bit positions of bits of the mask having first and second values, respectively. The method includes determining, based on determining that values in bit positions of the masked portion match values in corresponding bit positions of a pattern, that the unmasked portion matches a compressed key without decompressing the compressed key, and based thereon, identifying a successful match between the search and compressed keys.
US11036682B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with flexible aggregation of energy information are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request via a graphical user interface that comprises a plurality of selectable inputs that define the request. A plurality of energy dimensions are selected from a set of available energy dimensions, a plurality of combinations of the plurality of energy dimensions are determined, an energy bucket is generated for each combination of the plurality of energy dimensions, and the script is generated based upon the energy buckets. A target database is accessed on a remote target server, and the script is executed on the target database to initiate extraction of data that matches each energy bucket into a dynamic table in the target database, and run an energy option on the data extracted into the dynamic table.
US11036677B1
Performing replicated data integrity, including: generating, at a first computer system, a local hash of a local dataset; replicating the local dataset; receiving, at the first computer system from a second computer system, a remote hash of a remote dataset generated from the local dataset replicated from the first computer system; and determining, based at least on a comparison of the local hash of the local dataset with the remote hash of the remote dataset, validity of the remote dataset generated from the local dataset replicated from the first computer system.
US11036673B2
A method of recording tile identifiers in each of a plurality of tiles of a multitile processor is described. Tiles are arranged in columns, each column having a plurality of processing circuits, each processing circuit comprising one or more tiles, wherein a base processing circuit in each column is connected to a set of processing circuit identifier wires. A base value is generated on each of the set of processing circuit identifier wires for the base processing circuit in each column. At the base processing circuit, the base value on the set of processing circuit identifier wires is read and incremented by one. The incremented value is propagated to a next processing circuit in the column, and at the next processing circuit a unique identifier is recorded by concatenating an identifier of the column and the incremented value.
US11036672B2
Methods and systems are described for receiving an input data voltage signal at a first data decision circuit of set of pipelined data decision circuits, receiving an aggregate decision feedback equalization (DFE) correction current signal from a first analog current summation bus, the aggregate DFE correction current signal comprising a plurality of DFE tap-weighted currents from respective other data decision circuits of the set of pipelined data decision circuits, determining a data output decision value based on the received input data voltage signal and the received aggregate DFE correction current signal, and generating at least one outbound DFE tap-weighted current on at least one other analog current summation bus connected to at least one other data decision circuit of the set of pipelined data decision circuits.
US11036668B2
An electronic apparatus includes a semiconductor integrated circuit, another semiconductor integrated circuit connected to the semiconductor integrated circuit via a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus, and devices (a hard disk drive (HDD), and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM)) connected to the another semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit transmits a predetermined instruction to the another semiconductor integrated circuit, and the another semiconductor integrated circuit shifts the PCI bus to a non-communicable state or a state communicable at low speed. Thereafter, the another semiconductor integrated circuit shifts the devices (the HDD and the DRAM) to a power saving state.
US11036667B2
An information handling system includes a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to communicate with a processor via a BMC-to-Operating System (OS) communication link, and a first device coupled to the processor and including a Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP) module. The MCTP module provides access to a first manageability feature of the first device. A BMC agent a) receives a first MCTP command from the BMC via the BMC-To-OS communication link, the first MCTP command to configure the first manageability feature, and b) provides the first MCTP command to the MCTP module.
US11036666B2
Systems and methods for asynchronous mapping of a hot-plugged I/O device associated with a virtual machine. An example method comprises: executing, by a host computer system, a virtual machine managed by a hypervisor, wherein the virtual machine is associated with a hot-pluggable input/output (I/O) device; responsive to detecting removal of the I/O device, unpin a memory buffer associated with the I/O device; and responsive to receiving a signal indicating completion of unpinning the memory buffer, release the I/O device from the hypervisor.
US11036664B2
A device of the present invention, connected to a Communication Module (CM) via two signal lines, constructs a frame, formatted according to a second Communication Protocol (CP), from bit signals, which are being received from the CM via one signal line, corresponding to data of a frame of a particular format defined by a first CP, to transmit the constructed frame to a bus while transmitting data detected from the bus to the CM via the other signal line in the form of a frame of the particular format. The device measures a width of a pulse signal inserted at a predetermined position in a frame of the particular format being received from the CM first after power on, identifies a bit rate, based on the measured width, at which the CM transceiver data, and applies the identified bit rate to data communication with the CM.
US11036663B2
A system and method are described for configuring a motherboard using expansion cards plugged into motherboard slots. In particular, each of the expansion cards can include a control signal that is supplied to the motherboard and that can configure hardware positioned on the motherboard. In one embodiment, the configuration allows a communication path to be switched on to allow the expansion cards to cross communicate.
US11036661B2
An interrupt signal is provided to a guest operating system executed using one or more processors of a plurality of processors. One or more bus connected modules are operationally connected with the plurality of processors via a bus and a bus attachment device. The bus attachment device receives an interrupt signal from one of the bus connected modules with an interrupt target ID identifying one of the processors assigned for use by the guest operating system as a target processor for handling the interrupt signal. The bus attachment device translates the received interrupt target ID to a logical processor ID of the target processor using a mapping table comprised by the bus attachment device and forwards the interrupt signal to the target processor for handling. The logical processor ID of the target processor is used to address the target processor directly.
US11036658B2
Systems, methods, and port controller designs employ a light-weight memory protocol. A light-weight memory protocol controller is selectively coupled to a Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX) port. Over an on-chip interconnect fabric, the light-weight protocol controller receives memory access requests from a processor and, in response, transmits associated memory access requests to an external memory through the CCIX port using only a proper subset of CCIX protocol memory transactions types including non-cacheable transactions and non-snooping transactions. The light-weight memory protocol controller is selectively uncoupled from the CCIX port and a remote coherent slave controller is coupled in its place. The remote coherent slave controller receives memory access requests and, in response, transmits associated memory access requests to a memory module through the CCIX port using cacheable CCIX protocol memory transaction types.
US11036651B2
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for managing a memory system. The memory system may generate a first encrypted physical address using a first clear physical address. The memory system may generate a first encrypted logical-to-physical (L2P) pointer indicating the first logical address and a first encrypted physical address. The memory system may send the first encrypted L2P pointer to a host device for storage at a host memory.
US11036637B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: retrieving a physical block address corresponding to a logic block address, extracting information from the physical block address, and performing a lookup operation in cache using the extracted information. A range check of the physical block address is further performed in response to the lookup operation succeeding, while data is read from the cache in response to the range check succeeding. An architecture of the cache supports separation of data streams, as well as parallel writes to different non-volatile memory channels. The cache architecture further supports pipelining of the parallel writes to different non-volatile memory planes. Moreover, the non-volatile memory controller is configured to perform a direct memory lookup in the cache based on a physical block address.
US11036631B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to configurable trim settings on a memory device. An example apparatus can include configuring a set of trim settings for an array of memory cells such that the array of memory cells have desired operational characteristics in response to being operated with the set of trim settings.
US11036612B1
In one example, an application monitoring server may include a metric parser to receive performance metrics associated with an endpoint. Example performance metrics may be in a source format. Further, the metric parser may parse the received performance metrics. Furthermore, the application monitoring server may include a resource extractor to apply a transformation definition to the parsed performance metrics to determine a plurality of resources in a destination format. Example plurality of resources may be associated with an application being executed in the endpoint. Further, the resource extractor may present information associated with the plurality of resources on a graphical user interface.
US11036609B2
The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method and system for improving processing performance for a group of computing resources, the method implemented on at least one computer having a processor and accessing at least one data storage area. The method comprises implementing the processor for calculating a benchmark for each computing resource in the group of computing resources and normalizing the benchmark across the group of computing resources to determine a number of performance units for each computing resource. The method additionally includes providing a graphical user interface for facilitating visual comparison for comparing processing performance indicators for multiple computing resources in the group of computing resources and reconfiguring at least some of the computing resources represented on the graphical user interface based on the comparison.
US11036608B2
An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates identifying differences in resource usage across different versions of a software application. In one embodiment, a respective first usage of resources is quantified for each of a set of workload signatures during the processing of transaction instances using a first version of a software application in a first sequence of block durations. A respective second usage of resources is quantified for each of the set of workload signatures during the processing of transaction instances using a second version of the software application in a second sequence of block durations. For each workload signature, the respective first usage and the respective second usage are compared to identify differences in the resource usage across different versions of the software application.
US11036607B2
A system is configured to detect a small, but meaningful, anomaly within one or more metrics associated with a platform. The system displays visuals of the metrics so that a user monitoring the platform can effectively notice a problem associated with the anomaly and take appropriate action to remediate the problem. A first visual includes a radar-based visual that renders an object representing data for a set of metrics being monitored. A second visual includes a tree map visual that includes sections where each section is associated with an attribute used to compose the set of metrics. Via the display of the visuals, the techniques provide an improved way of representing a large number of metrics (e.g., hundreds, thousands, etc.) being monitored for a platform. Moreover, the techniques are configured to expose useful information associated with the platform in a manner that can be effectively interpreted by a user.
US11036603B1
Reliably testing distributed systems in which multiple components interact, including: provisioning resources by a test leader, directing components to perform actions required by test suites, and reporting results. Provisioning resources might be batched in advance, and might overlap resources for multiple test suites. Provisioning and directing might occur on an as-needed basis, might be performed concurrently, and might be reordered for relatively better performance. Directing actions might occur on command by test leaders, might occur by synchronization of resources, or might occur by resources requesting permission to proceed. Resources might act only upon direction by test leaders, or might act on their own initiative when synchronized. Results might be reported to the test leader for comparison, maintained in a database for access by the test leader, or compared by resources on their own initiative in response to instructions from the test leader.
US11036601B2
A memory module may include a first memory module comprising a plurality of first memory devices each having an extra memory region, a second memory module comprising a plurality of second memory devices each having an extra memory region, and a control logic suitable for writing/reading data to/from the first memory devices, wherein the control logic writes/reads target data to be transferred to/from a third memory device having an error among the first memory devices, to/from the extra memory regions of the second memory devices.
US11036594B1
Data recovery systems and methods utilize object-based storage for providing a data protection and recovery methodology with low recovery point objectives, and for enabling both full recovery and point-in-time based recovery. Data generated at a protected site (e.g., via one or more virtual machines) is intercepted during write procedures to primary storage. The intercepted data is replicated via a replication log, provided as data objects, and transmitted to an object based storage system. During recovery, data objects may be retrieved through point-in-time based recovery directly by the systems of the protected site, and/or data objects may be provided via full recovery, for example, within a runtime environment of a recovery site, with minimal data loss and operation interruption by rehydrating data objects within the runtime environment via low-latency data transfer and rehydration systems.
US11036583B2
A method for proactively rebuilding user data in a plurality of storage nodes of a storage cluster is provided. The method includes distributing user data and metadata throughout the plurality of storage nodes such that the plurality of storage nodes can read the user data, using erasure coding, despite loss of two of the storage nodes. The method includes determining that one of the storage nodes is unreachable and determining to rebuild the user data for the one of the storage nodes that is unreachable. The method includes reading the user data across a remainder of the plurality of storage nodes, using the erasure coding and writing the user data across the remainder of the plurality of storage nodes, using the erasure coding. A plurality of storage nodes within a single chassis that can proactively rebuild the user data stored within the storage nodes is also provided.
US11036581B2
An apparatus includes a non-volatile storage circuit that includes a primary copy of a data value in a first storage location and a redundant copy of the data value in a second, different storage location. The data value includes one or more bits. The apparatus further includes an error detection circuit configured to retrieve contents of the first and second storage locations in response to a request for the data value. The error detection circuit is further configured to perform an error correction operation on the retrieved contents of the first and second storage locations to generate a data output responsive to the request, and to perform an error detection operation to generate an error signal that indicates whether the retrieved contents of the first and second storage locations are different.
US11036580B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: sequentially adding metadata information that has been extracted from a received write command to a metadata buffer, and adding parity information that has been extracted from the received write command to a parity buffer. The data corresponding to the received write command is also sent to memory. A determination is made as to whether an open segment in the memory which corresponds to the write command has been filled. In response to determining that the open segment has been filled, the parity buffer is updated with the metadata information included in the metadata buffer. Moreover, the metadata information is destaged from the metadata buffer and parity information is destaged from the parity buffer to a physical storage location in the memory.
US11036577B2
Provided are a memory controller with improved data reliability, a memory system including the memory controller, and a method of operating the memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction code (ECC) circuit configured to perform an error detection on a codeword read from a memory device; and a processor configured to set at least one memory chip from among a plurality of memory chips as an indicator chip, monitor an error occurrence in the indicator chip based on a result of the error detection, and output reliability deterioration information indicating that the reliability of the memory device is deteriorated based on a result of the monitoring.
US11036576B2
Described herein is a system for automatically reconfiguring a test environment. As described above, performance testing can be a time-consuming and error-prone resulting in the use of unnecessary computational resources. The system may use machine-learning to determine whether the test environment, test data, and/or test script is to be reconfigured to optimize the performance test. The system may iteratively reconfigure the test environment, test data, and/or test script, and re-execute the performance test, until an optimal performance test of an application is executed based on a specified performance requirement.
US11036574B2
An approach for recovering event logs. The approach detects corruption in an event log. The approach determines whether a start pointer in a log buffer header is corrupt. Responsive to a determination that the start pointer is corrupt, the approach recovers the start pointer. The approach determines whether an end pointer in the log buffer header is corrupt. Responsive to a determination that the end pointer is corrupt, the approach recovers the end pointer. The approach determines whether an eye catcher in the log buffer header is corrupt. Responsive to a determination that the eye catcher is corrupt, the approach recovers the eye catcher. The approach presents one or more log entries to a management console.
US11036568B1
Techniques are disclosed relating to the execution of a set of program instructions in the background. A parent environment of an application executing on a computer system may receive a request from a first child environment within the parent environment to execute a set of program instructions. The first child environment does not permit the set of program instructions to be executed within the first child environment while the application is backgrounded. In response to the request, the parent environment may spawn a second child environment within the parent environment that permits the set of program instructions to be executed while the application is backgrounded. The parent environment may cause the set of program instructions to be executed within the second child environment and may return a result of the executing to the first child environment.
US11036564B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes an information processing apparatus to execute a process, the process includes executing a first program and a second program using a system including a kernel of an OS, acquiring first information regarding a first API call and second information regarding a second API call, executing a similarity judgment process in which a similarity between the first program and the second program is judged, wherein the first information is information indicating at least one of a type of the first API call, the number of executions of the first API call, and a call order of the first API call, the second information includes at least one of a type of the second API call, the second information includes the number of executions of the second API call, and a call order of the second API cal.
US11036558B2
Methods are provided for data processing in a multi-threaded processing arrangement. The methods include receiving a data processing task to be executed on data including a plurality of data records, the data having an associated record description including information relating to parameters or attributes of the plurality of data records. Based on the received data processing task, the record description is analyzed to determine an indication of expected workload for the data records. Further, the data is divided into a plurality of data sets. Based on the determined indication of expected workload for the data records, the data sets are allocated processing threads for parallel processing by a multi-threaded processing arrangement.
US11036557B2
The present disclosure describes a system for dynamic transaction-persistent server load balancing. The disclosed system receives a client request associated with a new transaction. In response to receiving the client request, the system dynamically infers relative capacities of a plurality of servers coupled to the device in a network. In particular, the system maintains a set of variables corresponding to the servers. Each variable indicates a number of outstanding requests transmitted from the device to a respective server. The system infers relative server capacities and transmission latencies between the device and the servers based on a comparison of current values of the variables. The system identifies and selects a server associated with high capacity or low transmission latency between the device and the server relative to one or more other servers, and transmits an outstanding request corresponding to the client request from the new transaction to the identified server.
US11036556B1
An architecture for a load-balanced groups of multi-stage manycore processors shared dynamically among a set of software applications, with capabilities for destination task defined intra-application prioritization of inter-task communications (ITC), for architecture-based ITC performance isolation between the applications, as well as for prioritizing application task instances for execution on cores of manycore processors based at least in part on which of the task instances have available for them the input data, such as ITC data, that they need for executing.
US11036555B2
The disclosure provides a method of performing a workload on a virtual machine (VM) executing on a host comprising one or more physical central processing units (pCPUs) is provided. The method further includes setting a quality of service (QoS) metric associated with the VM, the QoS metric indicating a time period. The method further includes setting a bandwidth metric associated with the VM, the bandwidth metric indicating a percentage. The method further includes allocating by a central processing unit (CPU) scheduler to a virtual CPU (vCPU) of the VM one of the one or more pCPUs periodically every time period, wherein for every time period the one of the one or more pCPUs is allocated to the vCPU for a duration that is the percentage of the time period based on the QoS metric and the bandwidth metric. The method further includes executing the workload on the virtual machine with the vCPU according to the allocation of the one or more pCPUs.
US11036551B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to durable program execution. In aspects, a mechanism is described that allows a program to be removed from memory when the program is waiting for an asynchronous operation to complete. When a response for the asynchronous operation is received, completion data is stored in a history, the program is re-executed and the completion data in the history is used to complete the asynchronous operation. The above actions may be repeated until no more asynchronous operations in the history are pending completion.
US11036549B2
A parallel processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor is configured to: acquire a first time and a second time; divide a plurality of nodes into a plurality of groups; generate a plurality of schedule candidates each which assigns time zones corresponding to a length of time used to perform a maintenance operation at one or more nodes included in the plurality of groups in a time period from the first time to the second time to the plurality of groups such that no overlap occurs among the plurality of groups; evaluate the plurality of schedule candidates based on one or more process execution schedules of the one or more nodes in the time period; and output one schedule candidate of the plurality of schedule candidates based on a result of the evaluation.
US11036545B2
Accelerated synchronization operations using fine grain dependency check are disclosed. A graphics multiprocessor includes a plurality of execution units and synchronization circuitry that is configured to determine availability of at least one execution unit. The synchronization circuitry to perform a fine grain dependency check of availability of dependent data or operands in shared local memory or cache when at least one execution unit is available.
US11036543B1
Systems and methods for an integrated reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) state machine are provided. Handling of RAS events by the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) of an integrated circuit device can result in lost processing time on the processing cores of a multi-core processor resulting from numerous system management interrupts generated by the BIOS. To reduce lost processing time, a dedicated state machine can execute instructions to handle RAS events independently of the BIOS and minimize the number of system management interrupts.
US11036538B2
Some embodiments provide a method for migrating a service machine between two hosts. The method configures a first host (1) to gather service machine data associated with the service machine executing on the first host and (2) to send the gathered service machine data to the second host. Each host executes a software forwarding element to implement a distributed forwarding element (DFE) that implements a dedicated service forwarding plane that forwards data messages associated with guest machines to the services machines. The method configures the second host to use the received service machine data to deploy the service machine on the second host and to connect the deployed service machine to the DFE. The method configures the DFE to forward data messages associated with a guest machine executing on a third host, and addressed to the service machine to the second host instead of the first host.
US11036532B2
A system includes a processor executing instructions from a computer-readable storage medium. The instructions include, in response to receiving a job request that identifies a first tenant, obtaining a first virtual network key (VNK) corresponding to the first tenant. The instructions include identifying a first computing system that has resources available to satisfy the job request. The instructions include transmitting a first command to the first computing system. The first command includes the first VNK, instructs the first computing system to assign a virtual machine to the job request, and associates the first VNK with the assigned virtual machine. The instructions include, in response to completion of the job request, transmitting a second command to the first computing system. The second command instructs the first computing system to associate a default VNK with the assigned virtual machine. The default VNK does not correspond to the first tenant.
US11036530B2
A method for a secondary host to support continuous availability for an application on a primary virtual machine on a primary host is disclosed. The method includes the secondary host creating a secondary virtual machine that is identical to the primary virtual machine, the secondary host receiving activities of the primary virtual machine from the primary host, the secondary host buffering the activities, and the secondary host determining if the buffered activities are safe to replay. When the buffered activities are determined to be safe to replay, the method includes the secondary host replaying the buffered activities to the secondary virtual machine. When the buffered activities are determined to be unsafe to replay, the method includes the secondary host discarding the buffered activities and setting the secondary virtual machine as a new primary virtual machine to take over a service provided by the application.
US11036525B2
A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory to host virtual computing sessions to be remotely displayed at a client device via a frame buffer, with the client device being configured to render the virtual computing sessions via a graphical user interface (GUI). The computing device may further detect regions of interactive graphics within a virtual computing session based upon a virtual session input and without analyzing the frame buffer, assign a higher priority to the regions of interactive graphics than other content within the frame buffer, and send the contents of the frame buffer to the client device for rendering in the GUI based upon the assigned priority.
US11036524B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating interactions with a user interface of an application are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes, for each of a plurality of different user sessions of a native application, accessing frame bundles that each include data representing content presented by a frame of a user interface of the native application at a given time. Each frame bundle includes at least a portion of a view tree of the native application used to generate the user interface at the given time and data specifying content presented by each view of the portion of the view tree. Based on the frame bundles, playback data are generated that present visual changes of the user interface corresponding to changes to the view trees.
US11036522B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses may provide for the creation and management of applications with dependencies. An application executing via a client application on a computing device may require a dependency, such as a software module, that is unavailable at the computing device. The application may be compiled with a remote loader module. Based on determining the dependency is unavailable at the computing device, the remote loader module may send information about the dependency to a server, which may provide instructions for retrieving the dependency. The application may then, via the remote loader and based on the instructions, request the dependency. The server may locate the dependency or generate it based on capabilities of the computing device and send the dependency to the application. The application may execute with the received dependency.
US11036521B2
A cloud based network includes a plurality of nodes, each of which include at least one containerized microservice that enables intent-driven operation of the cloud based network. One or more resource controllers, each designated to manage a custom resource, communicate with a master controller of the node to manage operational and configuration states of the node and any microservices containerized within the node. The master enables a user to monitor and automate the management of microservices and the cloud based network as a whole. The containerized microservice architecture allows user customizable rendering of microservices, reconciliation of old and new versions of microservices, and facilitated management of a plurality of nodes.
US11036509B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes a fetch logic to fetch instructions, a decode logic to decode the fetched instructions, and an execution logic to execute at least some of the instructions. The decode logic may determine whether a flag portion of a first instruction to be folded is to be performed, and if not, accumulate a first immediate value of the first instruction with a folded immediate value obtained from an entry of an immediate buffer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11036507B2
A process for processor testing includes dividing a memory space into first and second portions and generating first and second sets of test instructions for the respective first and second portion. The first and second sets each include a plurality of counter increment/branch instruction pairs where each branch instruction of the first set branches to a backward instruction location and each branch instruction of the second set branches to a forward instruction location.
US11036506B1
Some example memory systems include a load and store unit (LSU) operable to load a memory reference. The LSU may include an alignment register, a current memory reference register, and a vector register. The memory system may include a memory coupled to the LSU. The memory may be operable to store a memory reference. The memory reference may be aligned or unaligned in the memory, and the LSU may be operable to efficiently load both unaligned and aligned memory references. Some example memory systems include a load and store unit (LSU) operable to store to the memory at a memory address. The LSU may be operable to efficiently store to both unaligned and aligned memory addresses. The LSU may perform loads and stores in forward and reverse stride.
US11036503B2
Processing circuitry selectively applies vector processing operations to one or more data items of one or more data vectors. Each data vector comprises a plurality of data items at respective vector positions in the data vector according to the state of respective predicate indicators associated with the vector positions. Predicate generation circuitry apply a processing operation to generate a set of predicate indicators, each associated with a respective one of the vector positions, to generate a count value indicative of the number of predicate indicators in the set having a given state, and to store the generated set of predicate indicators and the count value in a predicate store.
US11036498B2
An instruction device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire provided metadata, which is attribute information relating to one or more attributes of sensing data, the provided metadata having one or more hierarchy levels that contain information shared by a plurality of sensors; an acquiring unit configured to acquire usable metadata, which is attribute information relating to one or more attributes of an application; a matching unit configured to perform matching between the provided metadata and the usable metadata for each hierarchy level, calculate, for each hierarchy level, an inter-level matching degree that indicates a degree of matching in the hierarchy level, and extract a sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies a request of the application, based on an overall matching degree; and an instruction unit configured to transmit a data flow control instruction that specifies the application and the extracted sensor.
US11036493B2
A memory system may include: a nonvolatile memory device including a system region for storing lifespan information of a plurality of memory blocks and an one-Time Programmable (OTP) region which is not reset when firmware is upgraded; a function component configured to store the firmware; an interface configured to receive new firmware for upgrade; a validation control component configured to perform a validation operation of the nonvolatile memory device; and an upgrade component configured to upgrade the firmware when the validation operation of the nonvolatile memory device is performed, wherein the validation control component selects at least one backup block by referring to the OTP region, backs up the lifespan information to the at least one backup block, and then controls the upgrade component to upgrade the firmware.
US11036491B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for identifying and resolving firmware component dependencies within a firmware project. Dependency information is generated and stored for firmware components that can be used to create a firmware project. The dependency information may define one or more mandatory dependencies, optional dependencies, and/or incompatible dependencies. The dependency information for the firmware components in the firmware project is evaluated to identify any unsatisfied dependencies when a firmware project is opened, when a firmware component is added to a firmware project, when a firmware component in a firmware project is updated, or when the firmware project is built. If any unsatisfied dependencies are identified, the dependencies can be satisfied by adding a firmware component to the firmware project, updating a firmware component in the firmware project, or by removing a firmware component from the firmware project.
US11036490B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for proactive storage system-based software version analysis using machine learning techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining storage system data from multiple storage systems; determining performance issues among the storage systems by applying a machine learning algorithm to the storage system data; automatically grouping the storage system data into a set of groups based on issue type among the determined performance issues; automatically grouping, within the set, the storage system data into subsets based on a software version attributed to the corresponding storage system data; generating an output pertaining to actions to be performed with respect to at least one software version update; and transmitting the output to users of the storage systems which correspond to the storage system data in at least one of the subsets.
US11036486B2
A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with a terminal apparatus using a first communication method, a second communication unit that communicates with a server apparatus using a second communication method different from the first communication method, a reception unit that controls receiving update information from the server apparatus in a case where the communication apparatus can communicate with the server apparatus via the second communication unit, an update unit that performs an update process for updating the communication apparatus using the update information, and a progress management unit that controls transmitting a progress status of a process regarding the update information to the terminal apparatus.
US11036483B2
The release/delivery of software applications in a corporate setting is often a complex process chaining dozens of steps handled by a myriad of so-called DevOps tools. This process is known as a release or delivery pipeline. Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system of predicting the risk, status, and duration associated with the execution of such a release/delivery pipeline. Embodiments also provide an engine that predicts the probability of failure, as well as the status and duration of each individual pipeline step. One embodiment begins by obtaining all necessary data from a release orchestration tool, which contains the information of the structure, content, and any other custom specifications of a release/delivery pipeline. The data is transformed and encoded. The predictions are then calculated by comparing this data to a historic record of already executed release/delivery pipelines which were archived by the release orchestration tool. Finally, the predictions obtained are presented in a user interface to the user of the release orchestration tool.
US11036464B2
Various implementations include approaches for controlling a wearable audio device. In some cases, a method includes: detecting an initiation trigger for initiating a spatialized augmented reality (AR) menu mode; providing at least two distinct audio choices corresponding with spatially delineated zones in a menu defined relative to a physical position of the wearable audio device, in response to the initiation trigger, wherein each audio choice is associated with a selection from the menu; receiving a selection command indicating selection of one of the audio choices, wherein the selection command comprises a gesture detected by a gesture detection system at the wearable audio device; and in response to receiving the selection command: a) initiating playback of audio content associated with the selected audio choice, b) adjusting a setting at the wearable audio device, c) entering an additional menu related to the selection command, or d) exiting the menu.
US11036457B2
A display device includes a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a display including a plurality of modules each including a plurality of light sources, and display an image based on the received image signal; and a controller configured to perform first uniformity calibration between light sources within each individual module with regard to the modules, and second uniformity calibration between the modules, wherein the controller controls the first uniformity calibration to be applied to the image signal received in the signal receiver based on a first coefficient determined for each of the light sources within each individual module, controls the second uniformity calibration to be applied to the image signal subjected to the first uniformity calibration based on a second coefficient determined for each of the modules, and controls a calibrated image to be displayed based on the image signal subjected to the second uniformity calibration.
US11036444B2
In the image forming apparatus, a storage medium stores print data (check data) of a received print job that has been completed. When a communication circuit receives print data, a controller, by using the check data, decides whether or not a received print job which is going to be executed based on the received print data is a reprint job for redoing printing. Upon deciding as the reprint job, the controller instructs the operation panel to display difference part of print contents.
US11036442B2
Described generally herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer programs to assist a user in marking a document in response to the user engaging an intuitive, transparent interface. The apparatus can be caused to receive, in response to a gesture by a user, an indication related to a region of a transparent interactive display, the region of the transparent interactive display corresponding to a region of a document viewable by the user through the transparent interactive display. Apparatus can determine, based at least upon the indication, one or more fields of the document associated with the indication and input information associated with the one or more fields of the document. Apparatus can transmit a signal indicative of the one or more fields of the document and the input information to a printing device, the printing device configured to print the input information in the fields of the document.
US11036441B1
A system and method for language-based multifunction peripheral control includes receiving a user selection of an electronic document via a user interface of wireless portable data device. User selected print settings are also received via the user interface for printing the selected electronic document. The selected electronic document is then printed in accordance with the user selected print settings. The user associates a verbal shortcut with their current print settings, and the verbal instruction and settings are stored associatively. When the user wishes to print again, they can select their document and issue verbal print instructions which include their verbal shortcut. Print settings associated with this verbal shortcut are retrieved from memory and the document is printed using the print settings.
US11036440B2
An image formation system includes a plurality of image formation apparatuses. A first image formation apparatus among the plurality of image formation apparatuses includes a controller and a display. The controller detects a connection of an external device, acquires identification information of the detected external device, and specifies, by using specific information, one or more image formation apparatuses capable of using the detected external device among the plurality of image formation apparatuses. The display displays identification information of each of the specified one or more image formation apparatuses.
US11036439B2
A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. Once pending write requests from the computing nodes are completed, storage nodes create a new snapshot for the storage volume by allocating a new segment to the new snapshot and finalizes and performs garbage collection with respect to segments allocated to the previous snapshot. An orchestration layer implements a bundled application that is provisioned with virtualized storage and computation resources. A snapshot of the bundled application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. Clones snapshots of storage volumes may be gradually populated with data from prior snapshots to reduce loading on a primary snapshot. Chaos testing of the bundled application may be performed and storage volumes may be created, expanded, and/or moved based on usage of the bundled application.
US11036435B2
Aspects of a storage device include a memory comprising a plurality of memory locations each associated with a physical address, the memory configured to store a plurality of video frames received from a host device at the physical addresses, each of the video frames being associated with a logical address; and a controller configured to store in a partition of the memory the logical addresses for a subset of the video frames, the controller being configured to provide the host access to the partition to read the logical addresses during rapid playback of the video frames. Aspects of the host device include a processor configured to write the video frames to the storage device, to identify the subset of the video frames to the storage device, and during rapid playback, to access the storage device to read the logical address for each video frame in the subset.
US11036430B2
Computer software that adjusts a performance capability of a storage volume by (i) determining a current storage volume to store data having a workload pattern, wherein a cycle of the workload pattern includes a hot period and a cold period, (ii) determining a time limit window of the current storage volume, wherein the time limit window is a shortest time window within which performance capability of the current storage volume is to be kept without adjustment, (iii) determining a low performance period of the current storage volume corresponding to the cold period, and (iv) in response to the low performance period being greater than or equal to the time limit window, reducing the performance capability of the current storage volume during the low performance period.
US11036419B1
A method includes: receiving, at a cluster controller of a first cluster, a request for pairing a first datastore of the first cluster to a second datastore of a second cluster, wherein each of the first cluster and the second cluster includes a plurality of datastores; determining whether the first datastore is available for pairing; in response to determining that the first datastore is available for pairing, generating an entry in a mapping table indicating that the first datastore is paired with the second datastore; receiving information associated with the second datastore; and in response to receiving the information, storing the information in the first datastore. The second cluster performs similar operations as those performed by the first cluster to achieve a bidirectional reservation between the first cluster and the second cluster.
US11036415B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, is for managing block calibration operations. The computer-implemented method includes: determining a type of calibration procedure to apply to a block of memory, and assigning the calibration type to the block. A calibration level to assign to the block is also determined, and thereafter the calibration level is assigned to the block. Moreover, the block is assigned to one of two or more calibration queues based on the calibration type and calibration level associated with the block. A different priority level is assigned to each of the calibration queues, and the priority levels determine an order in which blocks assigned to the calibration queues are calibrated.
US11036411B2
Apparatuses and techniques are described for more efficiently allocating blocks of data in a memory device. The number of dedicated single-level cell (SLC) blocks which are allocated at the time of manufacture of a memory device can be reduced by transitioning a portion of the multi-level cell (MLC) blocks to an SLC mode at various times in the lifetime of the memory device. In one approach, separate counts are maintained for an MLC block in the SLC and MLC modes. The separate counts can be used to select an MLC block to transition to the SLC mode, or to select an MLC block to program. In another approach, a single count is maintained, where the SLC cycles are weighted less heavily than the MLC cycles.
US11036410B2
A method includes varying a number of clock characteristics of each a plurality of memory devices of a memory concurrently, determining a fitness of the memory for each variation of the number of clock characteristics, selecting a particular variation of the number of clock characteristics based on the determined fitness of the memory for the particular variation, changing a setting in each of the plurality of memory devices corresponding to the particular variation to generate an additional variation of the number of clock characteristics, and determining a fitness of the memory for the additional variation.
US11036409B2
A first signal may be received from a memory device at a first interconnect terminal of a number of interconnect terminals via a serial communication interface that indicates the memory device includes a NAND type memory device. Whether a second signal that indicates the NAND type memory device is initialized has been received from the memory device at a second interconnect terminal of the number of interconnect terminals may be determined. An operation associated with the NAND type memory device may be performed at the second interconnect terminal and a third interconnect terminal in response to determining the second signal has been received from the memory device indicating the NAND type memory device is initialized.
US11036404B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for dynamically reconfiguring storage devices with applications in real-time to meet user needs, such as running different applications. The devices, systems, and methods relate to a storage device that includes memory for data storage and a controller for storing data in the memory. The controller includes a processor configured to receive an indication to reconfigure the controller with an application that is user-selected; receive the application; reconfigure the controller with the application such that the controller is enabled to run the application; receive an indication to run the application with a set of data as input; receive the set of data; run the application with the set of data as input; and generate resulting data from running the application with the set of data as input.
US11036395B2
A method for pruning a blockchain of a blockchain network includes creating an active blocks commitments Merkle tree from hashes of active blocks and creating an active smart contracts commitments Merkle tree from hashes of active smart contracts. The Merkle trees are created after an amount of blocks created in the blockchain has reached a threshold set by a pruning threshold parameter stored in the blockchain network. Hashes of the roots of the Merkle trees are stored in a header of a new block as a new genesis block. The new genesis block is broadcast to the blockchain network. A local copy of the blockchain is pruned at a pruning point in accordance with the pruning threshold parameter based on the blockchain network having reached consensus on the new genesis block.
US11036391B2
An amusement park ride system including a ride vehicle, a ride control system that may track a location of the ride vehicle on a ride path and a haptic feedback system having a screen having a surface modifying component. The surface modifying component may be positioned on the ride vehicle. The haptic feedback system also includes a control system having a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, may cause the haptic feedback system to convert data from the ride control system into tactile information representative of scenery surrounding the ride vehicle based on stored scenery data that is correlated to the location.
US11036378B2
Provided are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, an image processing program, and a recording medium thereof, capable of performing output in accordance with an output format depending on a user's preference. A plurality of images are read, and a question relating to a user's preference is notified during analysis of the images. A user answers the question. On the basis of an image analysis result and a received answer to the question, an output format of an album in which images are laid out is determined. The album of the determined output format is preview-displayed, and the user performs change as necessary. In accordance with an order command from the user, the laid-out album is created.
US11036375B1
For dynamic zoom based on media, a processor detects a zoom event. The zoom event includes a tap on a touch screen. The zoom event is located at a displayed media and includes a zoom location. The processor further determines a media profile for the zoom event. The processor calculates a zoom percentage based on the zoom event and the media profile. The processor further presents the displayed media resized by the zoom percentage on the touch screen.
US11036372B2
Systems and processes for scanning a user interface are disclosed. One process can include scanning multiple elements within a user interface by highlighting the elements. The process can further include receiving a selection while one of the elements is highlighted and performing an action on the element that was highlighted when the selection was received. The action can include scanning the contents of the selected element or performing an action associated with the selected element. The process can be used to navigate an array of application icons, a menu of options, a standard desktop or laptop operating system interface, or the like. The process can also be used to perform gestures on a touch-sensitive device or mouse and track pad gestures (e.g., flick, tap, or freehand gestures).
US11036371B2
A computer-implemented method for interacting with at least one data item obtained from at least one source utilizes computer processes responsive to a user selection of the at least one data item and include causing configuring of each of the data items into a distinct information object by extracting, from each data item, extracted data including a picture, a heading, and a link to the data item, and causing storing of data corresponding to each of the information objects in a database system. The processes further include displaying a representation of each of at least two of the information objects in the database system, the representation being in a uniform format, wherein the format includes a card, and, within the card, in uniform locations thereof, the picture, the heading, a set of indicators, and a set of graphically accessible functions.
US11036352B2
Information processing apparatus and information processing method with display of relationship icon
The present invention has an objective to display information more suitable for searching for medical information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display, when a first medical information item included in a plurality of medical information items is associated with a second medical information item, an icon indicating that a medical information item related to the first medical information item is present, on a display unit in conjunction with a thumbnail of the first medical information item, wherein the display control unit performs, when the icon is selected, such control as to display a display information item indicating a relationship between the first medical information item and the second medical information item, on the display unit.
US11036349B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for implementing, a stateful, contextual, and draggable widget. A widget application stores a state of the widget, a context of the widget, and coordinates of the widget. When a user navigates from one web page of a web site to another web page of the web site, the widget application reconstitutes the widget using the saved state, context, and coordinates of the widget.
US11036338B2
A touch system includes a touch-sensitive surface with emitters and detectors arranged around its periphery. A touch event caused on an object interacts with optical beams that propagate from the emitters along the touch-sensitive surface to the detectors. Beam data indicating detected intensities of the optical beams is received. The touch system determines a set of measured interactions of the optical beams with the detected touch event from the beam data and compares the set of measured interactions with sets of model interactions of the optical beams for different candidate touch feature sets. Based on the comparison, the touch system selects one of the candidate touch features sets for the touch event. The touch system may also classify the touch event as having been caused by a particular object (or class of object) based on the selected touch feature set.
US11036336B2
A display input device has a touch screen, which includes a touch panel for accepting a touch operation, and a control portion. The control portion detects contact position on the touch panel with a contact body, contact size on the touch panel with the contact body, and contact pressure on the touch panel with the contact body, judges whether calibration is necessary based on the contact position, contact size, and contact pressure, and performs calibration when it is judged that calibration is necessary.
US11036332B2
Included are a first cover base including an alkali glass layer, a first alkali-free glass layer provided on one face of the alkali glass layer, and a second alkali-free glass layer provided on another face of the alkali glass layer and a sensor that is provided on the first alkali-free glass layer of the first cover base and includes a plurality of first electrodes configured to detect the unevenness of a surface of an object to be detected that comes into contact with or close to the first cover base and a switching element. At least the first electrodes are formed above the first alkali-free glass layer and in a transmissive area that passes an image.
US11036324B2
A touch panel including an oxide semiconductor film having conductivity is provided. The touch panel includes a transistor, a second insulating film, and a touch sensor. The transistor includes a gate electrode; a gate insulating film; a first oxide semiconductor film; a source electrode and a drain electrode; a first insulating film; and a second oxide semiconductor film. The second insulating film is over the second oxide semiconductor film so that the second oxide semiconductor film is positioned between the first insulating film and the second insulating film. The touch sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. One of the first and second electrodes includes the second oxide semiconductor film.
US11036320B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) folding display including a back plater, a base substrate, a thin film transistor array layer, an OLED device layer, a thin film encapsulation layer, and a laminated structure sequentially disposed are provided. The laminated structure includes a touch layer including a first touch metal layer and a second touch metal layer, a color filter layer disposed between the first touch metal layer and the second touch metal layer, and a black matrix layer disposed on the first touch metal layer. Use of the adhesive layer is reduced, and an influence of a bending stress of the OLED folding display is improved.
US11036315B2
A pen-type input device having a plurality of functions, including: a pillar-shaped pen body; a contact sensor; a detection position determiner that determines a holding position of the pen body based on a detection result of the contact sensor; and a function specifier that specifies a function of the pen-type input device based on a determination result of the detection position determiner. The contact sensor detects a position where a finger of a holding hand that holds the pen body contacts, and a position where a portion between a base of a thumb and a base of a forefinger of the holding hand contacts.
US11036313B2
The present invention provides a circuit system for saving power, including: a battery for supplying power; a boost converter circuit, coupled to the battery, for increasing voltage of direct current outputted from the battery; a switch circuit including a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the boost converter circuit; a load circuit, coupled to the second end; a capacitor, coupled to the second end, for storing and discharging electric power for solely supplying the load circuit; and a control circuit, coupled to the boost converter circuit and the switch circuit, for implementing the following steps: if the voltage of the second end is less than a first voltage, enabling the boost converter circuit and having the switch circuit connect the first and the second ends; and if the voltage of the second end is larger than a second voltage, disabling the boost converter circuit and having the switch circuit disconnect the first and the second ends, wherein the second voltage is larger than the first voltage.
US11036310B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.
US11036308B2
Methods and systems for performing automated keyboard mapping for virtual desktops are described herein. A system may generate a keyboard mapping table containing a plurality of keyboard inputs. The system may simulate a keyboard input locally at the system and using a virtual desktop hosted by a remote desktop platform to generate keyboard simulation outputs in response to a first keyboard input. In response to determining a discrepancy between the keyboard simulation outputs, the system may modify a key value in the keyboard mapping table resulting in a corrected keyboard mapping table, where the key value corresponds to the first keyboard input. In response to receiving a second keyboard input, the system may apply the corrected keyboard mapping table to display a keyboard output at the virtual desktop hosted by the remote desktop platform, where the second keyboard input has the same key value as the first keyboard input.
US11036307B2
A touch sensitive mechanical keyboard configured to enable a standard look and feel mechanical keyboard to sense fine hand/finger motion over the surface of the keys. Command and cursor input (e.g., pointing and gestures) can be received from the user on the touch sensitive mechanical keyboard without requiring the user to move the user's hand off the keyboard. Fine hand/finger motion detection can be enabled by embedding clusters of capacitive sensors near the surface of the keyboard's keys. The touch sensitive mechanical keyboard can operate in two or more modes—e.g., a typing mode and a mouse mode—and operating the keyboard in mouse mode or switching between the modes can be facilitated by holding (depressing and holding) or tapping (depressing and releasing) arbitrary combinations of keys, or by detecting the number of fingers touching the touch sensitive mechanical keyboard.
US11036291B1
An illuminator includes a semiconductor emitter chip, e.g. a VCSEL chip, configured for emitting a light beam. A polarization-selective element is optically coupled to the semiconductor emitter chip for defining a polarization state of the emitted light beam. A beam redirecting optic is coupled to the polarization-selective element for receiving and at least one of collimating or redirecting the emitted light beam. The polarization-selective element, e.g. a polarization-selective optical feedback element for VCSEL, defines a polarization state of the emitted light beam, thereby stabilizing output optical power of light beam propagated through the beam redirecting optic. A light beam of a constant optical power and a well-defined polarization state may be used as an illumination source for an eye-tracking system.
US11036275B2
Described are mechanisms and methods for applying Machine Learning (ML) techniques for power management at different levels of a power management stack. An apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may have a plurality of memory registers. The second circuitry may be operable to establish values for a plurality of features based on samples of values of the plurality of memory registers taken at one or more times within a range of time of predetermined length. The third circuitry may be operable to compare the plurality of features against a plurality of learned parameters for a reference workload.
US11036269B2
A power module and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The power module includes a substrate, a power device, a leading component and a molding component. The substrate includes a first side, a second side and a conductive wire. The power device is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected with the conductive wire. The leading component is disposed on the substrate and includes a first horizontal portion and a vertical portion connected with each other. The vertical portion is electrically connected with the conductive wire. The leading component includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface, which are non-coplanar. The molding component is disposed on the substrate and covers at least portion of the substrate and at least portion of the leading component. The first contact surface and the second contact surface are uncovered by the molding component.
US11036264B2
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. One example computing device includes a heat generating component disposed within the computing device, and shape memory material (SMM) that adjusts a clearance below a bottom surface of the computing device according to a temperature of the heat generating component.
US11036259B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a mobile device screen protector system. The system includes a screen protector configured to attach to the screen of the mobile device. The system includes a back film removably attached to the screen protector. The system includes a front film having a screen protector portion and an anchor portion extending away from the screen protector portion and configured to be removably attached to at least one of an edge and a back side of the mobile device via an adhesive.
US11036258B2
An image display apparatus includes a rollable display; a drive unit configured to roll up or roll down the rollable display; a network interface unit configured to exchange data with at least one mobile terminal; and a controller configured to change a height of the rollable display based on data received from the at least one mobile terminal.
US11036250B2
A system and method for regulating charge/discharge of a battery to stabilize a regional power grid includes a regulation control module that monitors a frequency regulation signal from the regional power grid and market conditions for obtaining power from the regional power grid. A machine learning module predicts from the frequency regulation signal and market conditions a future beneficial period when the battery may be exposed to the regional power grid to charge/discharge power in accordance with the frequency regulation signal to stabilize the regional power grid through participation in the regulation of the regional power grid. Another machine learning module calculates a regulation control signal that tracks the frequency regulation signal during the future beneficial period and outputs the regulation control signal to at least one battery control module that manages charging/discharging of the battery to selectively withdraw/apply power from/to the regional power grid during the future beneficial period.
US11036246B1
An electronic circuit includes a differential amplifier, an output stage and a control circuit. The differential produces a signal proportional to a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage that is proportional to the output signal. The output stage includes multiple switchable circuits coupled between a voltage source and the output terminal such that the switching of the circuits changes impedance between the voltage source and the output terminal. The control circuit receives a feedback indicative of the voltage of the output signal and controls the impedance of the multiple switchable circuits such that current flowing out of the voltage source rises piecewise smoothly from power-on to steady state operation of the electronic circuit.
US11036238B2
This provides methods and systems for the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) combined with the dead-reckoning (DR) technique, which is expected to provide a vehicle positioning solution, but it may contain an unacceptable amount of error due to multiple causes, e.g., atmospheric effects, clock timing, and multipath effect. Particularly, the multipath effect is a major issue in the urban canyons. This invention overcomes these and other issues in the DR solution by a geofencing framework based on road geometry information and multiple supplemental kinematic filters. It guarantees a road-level accuracy and enables certain V2X applications which does not require sub-meter accuracy, e.g., signal phase timing, intersection movement assist, curve speed warning, reduced speed zone warning, and red-light violation warning. Automated vehicle is another use case. This is used for autonomous cars and vehicle safety, shown with various examples/variations.
US11036234B2
A method and system are provided for controlling braking a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a first braking control mode using a first model to adjust the position of a vehicle relative to an expected position of a current trajectory of the vehicle. Using a second model how close to a maximum deviation threshold the vehicle would come if a maximum braking strength for the vehicle was applied is predicted. The maximum deviation threshold provides an allowed forward deviation from the current trajectory. Based on the prediction, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode according to a second braking control mode by automatically applying the maximum braking strength.
US11036227B1
A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode may operate a sensor to determine an environment of the vehicle. The sensor may be configured to obtain sensor data of a sensed portion of the environment. The sensed portion may be defined by a sensor parameter. Based on the environment of the vehicle, the vehicle may select at least one parameter value for the at least one sensor parameter such that the sensed portion of the environment corresponds to a region of interest. The vehicle may operate the sensor, using the selected at least one parameter value for the at least one sensor parameter, to obtain sensor data of the region of interest, and control the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the sensor data of the region of interest.
US11036225B2
A first localization system performs a first localization using a first set of sensors to track locations of the ADV along the path from a starting point to a destination point. A first localization curve is generated as a result representing the locations of the ADV along the path tracked by the first localization system. Currently, a second localization system performs a second localization using a second set of sensors to track the locations of the ADV along the path. A second localization curve is generated as a result representing the locations of the ADV along the path tracked by the second localization system. A system delay of the second localization system is determined by comparing the second localization curve against the first localization curve as a localization reference. The system delay of the second localization system can then be utilized to compensate path planning of the ADV subsequently.
US11036219B2
A spherical, self-propelled device responds to remote controls from a user. The self-propelled device has an internal drive system and an internal vision system. The vision system remains in a constant orientation with respect to the spherical, self-propelled device. As the spherical, self-propelled device rolls along a surface, the internal vision system captures video data from an upward field of view.
US11036207B2
Relative movement between a tool and a workpiece for machining the workpiece with a machine tool is controlled by defining a machine coordinate system (MKS) relative to a machine base of the machine tool and a rotation coordinate system (RKS) relative to the MKS by defining the origin of the RKS in the MKS, defining the orientation of a selected coordinate axis of the RKS in the MKS, defining an axis of rotation around which the RKS rotates in the MKS, defining an angular velocity with which the RKS rotates around the axis of rotation, defining a tool path in the RKS, and controlling the relative movement according to the defined tool path. With this procedure, complex movements of a machine tool, in particular in connection with so-called interpolation turning, can be described or programmed in a relatively simple manner.
US11036206B2
A numerical controller for generating block information of a path by analyzing an axis movement command described in a machining program includes a command analysis unit for analyzing the machining program in which the axis movement command for a plurality of sections is described in one block in a reading processing for the one block to specify a plurality of coordinate values, a command synthesis unit for generating a plurality of direction vectors constituting the path based on the plurality of coordinate values and generating a resultant vector obtained by adding the direction vectors, and a block information generation unit for generating the block information based on the resultant vector.
US11036201B2
An automated manufacturing system that includes a self-contained through-skin sensor for determining the location of an underlying aperture in a support structure suited to mount a skin or surface. In an embodiment, the sensor includes a sensor disposed in a housing and configured to determine a location of an aperture disposed in an adjacent surface through electromagnetic, x-ray, ultrasonic or other means. The sensor further includes an alignment assembly having an alignment orifice disposed in the housing and configured to be maneuvered in an x-y plane within the housing. The sensor also includes a vacuum pump system, a local battery and a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to control first and second actuators to maneuver the alignment orifice within the x-y plane to be co-axially located with the aperture in response to the sensor signal.
US11036200B2
A novel and useful acknowledgement and adaptive frequency hopping mechanism for use in wireless communication systems such as IO-Link Wireless. One or two additional acknowledgement bits are added to packet transmissions. One is a current acknowledgment bit which indicates whether a packet was successfully received anytime during the current cycle. The second bit is a previous acknowledgment bit which indicates whether packets were received successfully anytime during the previous cycle. An adaptive hopping table is constructed using a greedy algorithm which chooses frequencies with the best PER for transmission of higher priority packets, while equalizing the PER products across cycles. A last resort frequency mechanism further improves transmission success by switching to a better performing channel for the last subcycle when previous attempts to transmit a high priority packet have failed.
US11036197B2
A design software, e.g., a graphical user interface (GUI) software, may be used to design and/or configure a load control system. The design software may be executed on a network device (e.g., a personal computer, a laptop, a tablet, or a smart phone). The design software may allow for easy configuration of load control panels and effortless multiplication of configured panels during the design of the load control system. Each load control panel may have a plurality of control devices, such as load control devices (e.g., power modules, dimming modules, and/or switching modules), system controllers, and/or power supplies. The design software may allow for the configuration of load control panels having different types and numbers of control devices. In addition, the design software may allow for the multiplication of load control panels having the same configuration (e.g., the same type and number of control devices).
US11036189B2
The present invention is generally directed to methods of disaggregating low resolution whole-house energy consumption data. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, methods may include steps of: receiving at a processor the low resolution whole house profile; selectively communicating with a first database including non-electrical information; selectively communicating with a second database including training data; and determining by the processor based on the low resolution whole house profile, the non-electrical information and the training data, individual appliance load profiles for one or more appliances.
US11036186B2
A bearing includes a shaft which pivots in the bearing. The shaft includes, at at least one end thereof, a shoulder via which the shaft is in contact with an opposite surface of the bearing. The shoulder is extended by a pivot engaged in a hole provided in the bearing. The opposite surface of contact of the bearing includes at least one hollow in order to reduce the surface of contact between the shoulder of the shaft and the bearing. Application is made to the production of a bearing for a shaft of a horology movement.
US11036175B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly including an image forming portion capable of forming an image on a sheet, a rotatable cover movable between an open state and a closed state, a substrate mounting unit including a substrate mounting portion on which an electrical substrate is mounted, and a substrate cover portion engaged and held so as to cover the electrical substrate mounted on the substrate mounting portion. The substrate mounting unit includes a mounting and demounting mechanism configured to permit mounting and dismounting of the substrate cover portion. The substrate cover portion is covered by the cover when the cover is in the closed state, and the substrate cover portion is uncovered by the cover when the cover is in the open state.
US11036174B2
In one example, a wheel includes an annular body having a central axis; and multiple concentric grooves in the body surrounding the central axis. A first one of the grooves penetrates the body from a first side and a second one of the grooves penetrates the body from a second side opposite the first side.
US11036173B2
An image reading device includes a reading main unit including a document platen capable of being loaded with a document, a document cover configured to press the document against the document platen, and a hinge mechanism configured to move between a first position and a second position with respect to the reading main unit, wherein the reading main unit includes a first abutment portion capable of abutting the document cover, and wherein an open angle of the document cover with respect to the document platen is regulated to a first angle by abutment between the document cover and the first abutment portion when the hinge mechanism is in the first position, and the open angle is regulated to a second angle larger than the first angle by a regulation portion provided in the hinge mechanism when the hinge mechanism is in the second position.
US11036168B2
An image forming method for an image forming apparatus having a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator opposite the fixing rotator includes transferring white toner and color toner onto a surface of a metallic sheet. The metallic sheet has a thermal conductivity of 0.34 W/m·K or less as measured by hot-wire method. The transferring process forms an unfixed color toner layer layered on an unfixed white toner layer on the metallic sheet. Further, the method includes conveying the metallic sheet, with the surface on which the white toner layer and the color toner layer being transferred facing the fixing rotator, between the fixing rotator heated and the pressure rotator to fix the white toner layer and the color toner layer onto the metallic sheet.
US11036167B2
A heater fixing holder is configured to be detachably attached on a heating roller and a heater inside the heating roller. The heating roller constitutes part of a fixing device configured to fix an image onto a recording medium. The heater fixing holder includes a fitting portion configured to be penetrated with and fit with an end portion of the heater and a gripping portion configured to hold an outer peripheral surface of the heating roller. The heater fixing holder is configured to hold and fix the heater at a position at which the heater does not contact an inner wall of the heating roller.
US11036165B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, a reversal transport unit that reverses front and back sides of the recording medium having an image formed by the image forming unit, and then transports the recording medium to the image forming unit, a detection unit disposed in a transport path of the reversal transport unit to detect the position of the recording medium in a transverse direction transverse to a transport direction, the transport direction being the direction of transport of the recording medium, and an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of an image in the image forming unit in accordance with the position of the recording medium detected by the detection unit.
US11036157B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a writing device, a partition, and a plurality of side members. The image bearer is configured to bear an image. The writing device is configured to write the image on the image bearer. The partition is disposed between the image bearer and the writing device. The plurality of side members is disposed facing and spaced apart from each other at an interval in an axial direction of the image bearer. The writing device is fixed to the plurality of side members and is spaced apart from the partition.
US11036155B2
A toner for electrostatic image development contains: toner base particles containing at least a nonionic surfactant, a binder resin, and a release agent; and an external additive. The content of the nonionic surfactant is from 0.05% by mass to 1% by mass inclusive based on the total mass of the toner, and the external additive contains tin oxide particles.
US11036153B2
A toner set includes a color toner and a transparent toner that has a pressure phase transition property. The color toner and the transparent toner satisfy 1.0≤tan δ1≤4.0 and 1.2≤tan δ1/tan δ2≤3.0 where tan δ1 represents tan δ of the color toner at 100° C., and tan δ2 represents tan δ of the transparent toner at 100° C.
US11036150B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes: an optical base; and a chamber module replaceable from the optical base. The chamber module includes a chamber in which extreme ultraviolet light is generated, a condenser mirror disposed inside the chamber and configured to condense extreme ultraviolet light generated inside the chamber, a window configured to transmit, into the chamber, a laser beam introduced into the optical base, and having a function to seal up the chamber, and a laser beam condensation optical system configured to condense the laser beam having transmitted through the window.
US11036148B2
A patterning device cooling system for thermally conditioning a patterning device of a lithographic apparatus, wherein the patterning device in use, is being irradiated by exposure radiation, wherein the patterning device cooling system comprises: a thermal conditioner configured to thermally condition the patterning device; and a controller configured to control the thermal conditioner to thermally condition the patterning device dependent on an amount of the exposure radiation absorbed by the patterning device.
US11036138B2
There is provided a substrate processing apparatus which includes: a rotation holding part configured to hold a substrate and rotate the substrate at a predetermined rotation speed around a rotation axis which extends in a direction perpendicular to a front surface of the substrate; a processing liquid supply part provided with a processing liquid nozzle located in proximity of the front surface and configured to supply a processing liquid onto the front surface from the processing liquid nozzle; a solvent supply part provided with at least one discharge nozzle located in proximity of the front surface and configured to supply an organic solvent onto the front surface from the at least one discharge nozzle; and a controller configured to execute a first process and a second process.
US11036129B2
A method for forming a photomask includes receiving a substrate having a first layer formed thereon, wherein a patterned second layer exposing portions of the first layer is disposed over the substrate, removing the exposed portions of the first layer through the patterned second layer to form a plurality of openings in the first layer, removing the patterned second layer, and performing a wet etching to remove portions of the first layer to widen the plurality of openings with an etchant. The etchant is in contact with a top surface of the first layer and sidewalls of the plurality of openings. Each of the plurality of openings has a first width prior to the performing of the wet etching and a second width after the performing of the wet etching. The second width is greater than the first width.
US11036128B2
A membrane assembly for EUV lithography, the membrane assembly including: a planar membrane; a border configured to hold the membrane; and a frame assembly connected to the border and configured to attach to a patterning device for EUV lithography, wherein the frame assembly is connected to the border in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the membrane such that in use the frame assembly is between the border and the patterning device.
US11036127B2
A reflective mask blank includes a backside conductive film on a back surface of a substrate. The backside conductive film has a laminated structure including a stress compensation layer and a conductive layer in this order from the substrate side. The conductive layer includes a metal nitride. The stress compensation layer has a compressive stress and the stress compensation layer includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of oxides, oxynitrides, and nitrides, each having an absorption coefficient (k) over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 800 nm being 0.1 or less. The conductive layer has a thickness of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less. The backside conductive film has a total thickness of 50 nm or more.
US11036122B2
A phase modulation data generating unit according to the present disclosure includes: a first calculating section; and a storage section. The first calculating section calculates basic phase modulation pattern data on the basis of a partial illumination image pattern that makes it possible to generate an intended illumination image pattern having a desired luminance distribution. The basic phase modulation pattern data makes it possible for a light phase modulation device to reconstruct the partial illumination image pattern. The storage section stores the basic phase modulation pattern data calculated by the first calculating section.
US11036104B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) including a first pixel electrode including a first stem portion extending in a first direction, a second stem portion connected to a side of the first stem portion and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a third stem portion connected to the other side of the first stem portion and extending in the second direction; a first data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second stem portion of the first pixel electrode; and a second data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the third stem portion of the first pixel electrode. The second stem portion includes a first sub-stem portion and a second sub-stem portion having different widths, and the third stem portion includes a third sub-stem portion and a fourth sub-stem portion having different widths.
US11036103B2
An apparatus and method for making a liquid crystal display (LCD) in which a thin film substrate includes a separately formed partition wall to more easily control the sizes of through-holes formed in a color filter of the LCD.
US11036100B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate, a first insulating film, terminal portions and a pattern. The first insulating film covers the insulating substrate. The terminal portions are disposed on the first insulating film. The pattern is between the insulating substrate and the first insulating film. The pattern is formed by a semiconductor or a light-shielding material, and the pattern is covered with the first insulating film. The pattern is located just under a first terminal and a second terminal of the terminal portions.
US11036090B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The array substrate has a display region and a wiring region located on a periphery of the display region. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and a transparent conductive strip and a wire formed on the base substrate in the wiring region; the transparent conductive strip and the wire are located in different layers and are in direct contact with each other, and the wire has one or more exposure holes formed therein.
US11036085B2
A backlight unit for a display device comprising a chassis, a reflector affixed to the chassis, optical sheets affixed to the chassis, one or more light emitters affixed to the chassis, and optically-calibrated internal support structures. There is an air gap between the reflector and the optical sheets. The optically-calibrated internal support structures are disposed within the air gap and affixed to the chassis. The optically-calibrated internal support structures are configured to increase rigidity of the chassis, and to substantially not alter the uniformity of light emitted by the one or more light emitters through the optical sheets.
US11036081B2
A backlight module includes a light guiding unit having a light input surface and a light-emitting unit having light-emitting elements disposed along a first direction and adjacent to the light input surface. A second direction is from the light input surface to the light-emitting unit. A first protruding portion of the light guiding unit includes a sharp protrusion tip at the bottom surface and a part of the light input surface. A curved convex connecting surface of the light input surface connects to the first protruding portion to form a turning portion which is disposed between the connecting surface and the first protruding portion, and is at its intermediate portion and outwardly protrudes toward the light-emitting elements along the second direction. The light-emitting elements are across from the connecting surface and generally positioned above the first protruding portion in the third direction.
US11036068B2
The present disclosure is related to a non-volatile thermotropic composite material comprising a first component comprising a non-aqueous and non-volatile proton donating material; a second component comprising a monomer, an oligomer or a polymer as a proton accepting material; a non-volatile polymeric matrix; and wherein the non-volatile polymeric matric, the first component and the second component are configured to maintain at least one property which is reversibly changeable based on thermal energy received by or given out from the non-volatile thermotropic composite material. Proton donating materials include ionic liquid, poly(ionic liquid) and deep eutectic salt. The proton accepting material comprises at least an ether, a phenyl ester, an amide and an acrylate functional group. Also disclosed is a method of making said composite material comprising providing the first and second components and a non-volatile polymeric matrix and curing the mixture to form the non-volatile thermotropic composite material. The non-volatile thermotropic composite material can be used in smart windows.
US11036055B2
A wearable device for augmented media content experiences can be formed with a mountable physical structure that has removably mountable positions and component devices that are removably mounted through the removably mountable positions. The component devices can be specifically selected based on a specific type of content consumption environment in which the wearable device is to operate. The mountable physical structure may be subject to a device washing process to which the component devices are not subject to, after the wearable device including the mountable physical structure and the component devices is used by a viewer in a content consumption session in the specific type of content consumption environment, so long as the component devices are subsequently removed from the mountable physical structure.
US11036042B2
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing, a lens assembly received in the housing and including at least one lens, an aperture including an aperture blade having an opening for adjusting an amount of external light incident on the at least one lens and a rotary shaft formed on a side of the aperture blade, in which the rotary shaft is coupled to the lens assembly such that the aperture blade is rotated about the rotary shaft, a magnet disposed on the aperture so as to be adjacent to the rotary shaft, at least one coil disposed on one surface of the housing so as to face the magnet, control circuitry that rotates the aperture using the coil, and a lens driving unit that moves the lens assembly in an optical axis direction of the lens.
US11036038B2
The invention is based on the object of providing a particularly reliable closed-loop control for a scanner. According to various examples, this object is achieved by an analysis of a system deviation in the frequency space. By way of example, an input signal, which is indicative of a time dependence of the system deviation between an ACTUAL pose and a TARGET pose of a deflection unit of the scanner, can be expanded into a multiplicity of error components and a plurality of frequencies. Then, a corresponding correction signal component can be determined for each of the multiplicity of error components. By way of example, such techniques can be used in a laser scanning microscope.
US11036031B2
A mobile device case for coupling around a miniature camera-enabled mobile device a case shutter button mechanism for actuating the miniature camera module of the mobile camera system. A half-press or single tap triggers a precapture settings menu and a full-press or double tap triggers capture of an image.
US11036020B2
A data communication system for deploying outside plant fiber optics includes a cassette releasably engageable in a tray pivotably connectable to a tray fastening member disposed in an inside of an enclosure. A test port in the cassette is accessible without pivoting the tray and without pivoting any one or more trays pivotably connected to the tray fastening member.
US11036013B2
Provided are an optical sensor and an analyzer, including an optical sensor section in which a cladding layer of an optical fiber is removed so as to expose a core layer by a predetermined optical path length, and a protective material is added to a surface of the exposed core layer, the protective material having higher resistance to an organic solvent, base, or acid than that of the cladding layer; a light source device that causes light to enter one end of the optical fiber; a light receiving device that receives transmitted light emitted from another end of the optical fiber; and a control device that controls the light source device and the light receiving device to measure optical transmittance in the optical sensor based on a ratio of intensity of the light emitted from the light source device to intensity of the light received by the light receiving device.
US11036011B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a fiber optic connector with that can be released from a receptacle port such as an adapter or a transceiver. The release assembly is a push/pull tab, a cable boot release and a latch controller called the release types. The fiber optic connector is field installable, and is configured to change polarity when configured with the release types.
US11036009B2
A reconfigurable optical ferrule (ROF) carrier mating system is provided. The ROF carrier mating system comprising a reconfigurable carrier adapter comprising an adapter mid-wall comprising a plurality of ferrule mating sleeves, with a first carrier receptacle on a first side of the adapter mid-wall and a second carrier receptacle on a second side of the adapter mid-wall. Each ROF carrier can take on either a serial orientation or a parallel orientation based on the alignment of a plurality of duplex ferrule connectors disposed within each ROF carrier. The plurality of ferrules of the ROF carriers inserted into the first carrier receptacle are configured to mate with the plurality of ferrules of the ROF carriers inserted into the second ferrule carrier receptacle.
US11036007B2
A fiber cleaver (100) for cleaving an optical fiber (106). A monobloc fiber handling element (116) defines a pair of spaced apart fiber holding portions (120) each defining an elongated fiber receiving aperture (122) for receiving a respective part of the optical fiber (106) thereinto. The fiber handling element (116) is deformable between open, closed and tensing configurations. In the open configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) extend coaxially and the fiber receiving apertures (122) have an open width. In the closed configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) have a closed width smaller than the open width. In the tensing configuration, the fiber receiving apertures (122) have the closed width and an inter-aperture distance is larger than in the open and closed configurations. An actuator (104) is operatively coupled to the fiber handling element (116) for moving the latter between the open closed and tensing configurations. A cutter (114) is provided adjacent the gap (124) between the fiber receiving apertures (122).
US11035996B2
A light guide plate includes a main body, stripe structures, and light-adjusting structures. The main body includes a light-incident surface and an optical surface. The stripe structures are disposed on the optical surface. The light-adjusting structures are disposed between two adjacent stripe structures. Each of the light-adjusting structures includes a first light active surface and a second light active surface. The first light active surface faces towards the light-incident surface. The second light active surface faces towards an opposite light-incident surface. The first light active surface and the second light active surface are inclined towards different directions and formed a non-symmetrical shape. A first included angle is formed between the first light active surface and the optical surface. A second included angle is formed between the second light active surface and the optical surface. The first included angle and the second included angle are acute angles.
US11035992B1
The effective coherence length of a single-frequency, solid-state laser is limited to reduce spurious, secondary holograms in conjunction with a holographic recording. The wavelength of the laser is varied or ‘scanned’ with high precision over a very small wavelength range. In an embodiment, the temperature of the laser's resonant cavity optical bench is altered, causing the dimension of the cavity to change and the emission wavelength to move in a controlled manner. The changing wavelength is monitored at high resolution, and a feedback control loop updates the temperature set-point to keep the monitored laser wavelength moving at a desired rate of change through a desired range. As the wavelength of the laser is scanned, the phase of the holographic interference pattern is locked at a position of maximum coherence/contrast within the holographic film aperture.
US11035991B2
A polarizer includes a substrate, and a plurality of stripe shaped grid lines on the substrate. Each of the grid lines may include a light absorbing layer and a reflective layer, the reflective layer being between the light absorbing layer and the substrate, and the light absorbing layer may include an oxide that contains molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), or a combination of Mo and W.
US11035984B2
The invention relates to methods for fabricating antireflective surface structures (ARSS) on an optical element using a three-dimensional film layer applied to the surface of the optical element. The methods beneficially permit materials that do not exhibit local variation in physical and chemical properties to be provided with ARSS. Optical elements having ARSS on at least one surface are also provided.
US11035983B2
An eye-mountable device is provided that includes a plurality of rigid polymer layers separated by liquid crystal layers. Certain eye-mountable devices includes a first rigid polymer layer, a second rigid polymer layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second rigid polymer layers. The liquid crystal layer has a refractive index that is electrically controllable between an ordinary refractive index and an extraordinary refractive index, and the first rigid polymer layer and second rigid polymer layer include materials having a refractive index similar to the ordinary refractive index of the liquid crystal layer. The first rigid polymer layer and second rigid polymer layer may also include a combination of monomer-derived units that provide cast-moldable materials with high oxygen permeability. Methods for fabricating the eye-mountable device and for changing the focal length of the eye-mountable device are also provided.
US11035982B1
Snow sensors, methods and mechanisms for snow sensor reading responses, assemblies for use with snow sensors, such as snow removal systems and assemblies, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
US11035979B2
A device is provided. The device includes one or more of a plurality of sensor/light source groups, each including a sensor, a first light source of a first color, and a second light source of a second color, arranged in sequence along an expected direction of travel of an object. The device also includes a device to track objects, coupled to the plurality of sensor/light source groups, and configured to drive first light sources in response to playback of a stored sequence and drive second light sources in response to received active sensor outputs from sensors of the plurality of sensor/light source groups.
US11035965B2
A fissile neutron detection system includes an ionizing thermal neutron detector arrangement including an inner peripheral shape that at least substantially surrounds a moderator region for detecting thermal neutrons that exit the moderator region but is at least generally transparent to the incident fissile neutrons. A moderator is disposed within the moderator region having lateral extents such that any given dimension that bisects the lateral extents includes a length that is greater than any thickness of the moderator arrangement transverse to the lateral extents. The moderator can include major widthwise and major lengthwise lateral extents such that any given dimension across the lengthwise and widthwise lateral extents includes a length that is greater than any thickness of the moderator arrangement transverse to the lateral extents.
US11035961B2
A method for Real Time Kinematic satellite positioning includes receiving navigation satellite carrier signals, receiving phase correction signals from a reference station, calculating a set of integer phase ambiguities from double-differenced measurements of pseudo-range and phase, and calculating a relative position of the mobile receiver from the set of integer phase ambiguities and the double-differenced measurements of pseudo-range and phase.
US11035956B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to object tracking using laser emitters and sensors. Light emitting devices may emit laser light that is received by sensor devices including photosensors. The sensor devices may determine a location of the respective sensor device based on the received laser light. The sensors devices may form a wireless mesh network that allows each sensor device to transmit the determined location to a base station.
US11035946B2
This disclosure provides systems through which a wireless access point (AP) can determine the location of a client device with a high degree of accuracy. The AP uses CIR measurements for a plurality of directional beams used to communicate with the client device to determine a respective amplitude of a Line-of-Sight (LOS) path between the AP and the client device for each beam. The AP identifies a high-LOS-amplitude subset of the beams and, based on predefined radiation patterns associated with the beams included in the high-LOS-amplitude subset, determines a direction of the LOS path between the AP and the client device. The AP also determines a Time-of-Flight (ToF) for radio frames exchanged between the AP and the client device via the plurality of directional beams and uses the ToF to determine a distance between the AP and the client device.
US11035937B2
A computer-implemented method and a system for at least partially removing intrinsic static noise from data obtained by an optical time-of-flight sensor using full-waveform analysis. The method includes receiving a plurality of calibration traces, the calibration traces being obtained in a controlled environment wherein no object is present in a field of view of the optical time-of-flight sensor; determining a noise template using the calibration traces by performing a statistical analysis on the calibration traces to determine a shape and an amplitude of the intrinsic static noise in the calibration traces; receiving a normal operation trace, the normal operation trace being obtained in an uncontrolled environment wherein a presence of the object in the field of view is unknown; subtracting the noise template from the normal operation trace, obtaining and outputting a denoised signal.
US11035931B1
Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method for generating a display of radar returns. A geometry data structure is accessed that identifies characteristics of a region of interest including dimensions and movement of one or more objects in the region of interest. A pulse of a plurality of rays is transmitted from an antenna position into the region of interest and the velocities of returns of the rays are captured at a receiver position after the rays have interacted with the one or more objects. Each ray return is assigned into one of a plurality of bins based on the velocity of that ray. A Fourier transform is performed using the binned data to obtain a system response at discrete time intervals. The system response at the discrete time intervals is transformed into Doppler velocity data, and the Doppler velocity data is stored and displayed on a graphical user interface.
US11035930B2
An antenna measurement system is described, comprising a device under test and a measurement antenna array. Said measurement antenna array comprises a plurality of antenna elements. Said measurement antenna array is positioned in the near field of said device under test. Said measurement antenna array is positioned such that the main orientation of said measurement antenna array is inclined with respect to the boresight of said device under test and said measurement antenna array. Further, a method for controlling a measurement antenna array is described.
US11035929B2
A system for providing integrated detection and deterrence against an unmanned vehicle including but not limited to aerial technology unmanned systems using a detection element, a tracking element, an identification element and an interdiction or deterrent element. Elements contain sensors that observe real time quantifiable data regarding the object of interest to create an assessment of risk or threat to a protected area of interest. This assessment may be based e.g., on data mining of internal and external data sources. The deterrent element selects from a variable menu of possible deterrent actions. Though designed for autonomous action, a Human in the Loop may override the automated system solutions.
US11035924B2
A method for locating an animal using radio waves. In radiolocation, a large number of possible calculation results for the location of the animal arise. Using the results of previous measurements and calculations with regard to the possible locations of the node to be located, stochastic calculations are used to filter out, from the plurality of the current location calculation results, that result which in fact applies with the highest probability. Acceleration values which are measured at the animal are used in the stochastic calculations. It is assumed that with increasing measured acceleration values the probability increases that there can also be relatively large distances between temporally successive locations of the node to be located.
US11035919B2
Magnetic resonance compressed sensing data may be acquired and reconstructed into an image. Noise-like aliasing present in the compressed sensing data may be modeled. The reconstruction may include denoising the compressed sensing data based on a noise level of the compressed sensing data, a sampling density of the compressed sensing data, and the model of the noise-like aliasing. A result of the denoising is denoised image data. The reconstruction may further include generating updated image data based on the compressed sensing data and the denoised image data. An output image based on the updated image may be output.
US11035916B2
A radio frequency coil is disclosed that is suitable for use with a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus. The radio frequency coil comprises first and second conductive loops connected electrically to each other by a plurality of conductive rungs. The conductive rungs each include a section that is relatively thin that will result in less attenuation to a radiation beam than other thicker sections of the rungs. Insulating regions are also disposed in areas of the radio frequency coil that are bound by adjacent rungs and the conductive loops. Portions of the insulating regions can be configured to provide a substantially similar amount of attenuation to the radiation beam as the relatively thin sections of the conductive rungs.
US11035909B2
A method of calibrating a network of magnetometers (C1, Ci) including the displacement of a magnet holder tool (10) above the network, and solving an optimisation problem to determine a localisation of the magnetometers in the network. This localisation minimises based on an optimisation criterion, the difference between a real attribute (D, m1, m2) of the magnet holder tool and an estimate of the attribute determined without knowledge of the displacement, starting from the localisation and measurements made by the magnetometers in the network during the displacement.
US11035898B1
A thermally conductive material, device, and method for predictably maintaining the temperature state and condition of the contact elements and support hardware of a tester interface, such as a probe card, for a testing apparatus, such as automated test equipment (ATE), that has a predetermined configuration applicable for the particular pin contact elements, thermal conditions. The thermally conductive device also has a substrate having a predefined form factor which can be readily introduced into the testing apparatus during normal testing operations. Unlike a patterned substrate that is constrained to specific probe element layouts, the unpatterned surface of the heat conductive device facilitates use with multiple probe card designs within numerous automated test equipment (ATE) tools.
US11035895B2
A signal acquisition apparatus has a vehicle state sensor that outputs measurement results in current form, an overcurrent interrupter connected downstream of the vehicle state sensor, which interrupts an overcurrent due to a short from the output connection of the vehicle state sensor to a battery voltage, and a shunt, connected downstream of the overcurrent interrupter, across which an output voltage corresponding to the output current of the aforementioned overcurrent interrupter is dropped. A control part is provided that controls the operation of the overcurrent interrupter according to the output voltage dropped across the shunt and assesses the measurement results of the vehicle state sensor on the basis of the output voltage.
US11035863B2
Provided herein are improved methods for diagnosing allergy in a subject using designed ankyrin repeat proteins (“DARPins”), and kits for use in such methods. Also provided herein are novel DARPins and methods of use thereof.
US11035861B2
The disclosure is directed to methods and apparatus for the determination, diagnosis, progression and prognosis of kidney disease and mortality associated with kidney disease. The disclosure includes methods for determining renal function, in particular estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR), in an animal. GFR can be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease or dysfunction. In various aspects, the disclosure is directed to the use of free symmetrical dimethylarginine (SDMA) and creatinine in blood samples from animals, in particular cats and dogs, to determine glomerular filtration rate and kidney disease.
US11035853B2
In a health monitoring system analyzing urination of a user using a toilet, a transfer unit that immerses a film producing a color reaction for a composition to be detected in reserved water containing urine includes a clamping unit that clamps the film in an opening/closing part of an upper clamping member and a lower clamping member of which one ends are connected through a connection shaft, an upper drive unit that drives an upper rod to which the upper clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the upper rod, a lower drive unit that drives a lower rod to which the lower clamping member is connected in a longitudinal direction of the lower rod, and a moving drive unit that drives a first moving rod connected to the upper clamping member and a second moving rod connected to the lower clamping member in longitudinal directions of the first and second moving rods.
US11035844B2
An image processing device (2A) comprises: an input means for inputting a brightfield image representing cell morphology in a tissue section, and a fluorescence image representing, by fluorescent bright spots, the expression of a specific protein in the same range of the tissue section; a first generation means for generating a cell image obtained by extracting a specific site of a cell from the brightfield image; a second generation means for generating an image obtained by extracting bright spot regions from the fluorescence image, creating a brightness profile for each bright spot region, and generating a fluorescent particle image obtained by extracting the fluorescent particles in the bright spot regions on the basis of the fluorescence profile for one fluorescent particle, which serves as a fluorescence bright spot source; and a calculation means for superimposing the cell image and the fluorescent particle image on one another.
US11035843B2
A method for evaluating the ability of cells to grow into a sheet includes (1) a step of examining cell cultures growing into a sheet to determine their impedance and/or electrical resistance or numerical values relating thereto; (2) a step of comparing the numerical values determined by Step (1) with reference values; and (3) a step of judging, based on the results of comparison obtained in Step (2), the ability of cells to grow into a sheet.
US11035836B2
Embodiments of methods for producing and testing aqueous gas streams within a self-pressurized flow cell are disclosed. The aqueous gas streams comprise mixtures of aqueous salt precursor and aqueous acid precursor that are mixed in-line and introduced to the self-pressurized flow cell to produce aqueous gases. Once in the self-pressurized flow cell, the precursor mixture formed from the mixed aqueous salt precursor and the aqueous acid precursor may react with the sample. Both the sample and the reacted aqueous solution may be subjected to a variety of real-time tests, such electrochemical tests and in line characterization techniques. These embodiments allow for the concentrations of the aqueous salt precursor and the aqueous acid precursor to be accurately and precisely maintained while allowing for increased safety when handling and testing the various toxic aqueous gas streams produced.
US11035834B2
The disclosure describes embodiments of an apparatus including a first gas chromatograph including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a first temperature control. A controller is coupled to the first temperature control and includes logic to apply a first temperature profile to the first temperature control to heat, cool, or both heat and cool the first gas chromatograph. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11035826B1
The invention provides a signal processor that receives a signal containing information about an acoustic signal that is generated by at least one acoustic transmitter, that travels through an aerated fluid in a container, and that is received by at least one acoustic receiver arranged in relation to the container, including inside the container; and determines the gas volume fraction of the aerated fluid based at least partly on the speed of sound measurement of the acoustic signal that travels through the aerated fluid in the container. The signal processor also sends an output signal containing information about the gas volume fraction of the aerated fluid. The signal processor may be configured together with at least one acoustic transmitter, the at least one acoustic receiver, or both.
US11035820B2
A general methodology for the development of sensitive and selective sensors that can achieve a low cost detection of glucose without using enzymes is disclosed. The method uses carbon nanofiber (CNF) array electrodes for the electrochemical detection of glucose. CNFs grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with diameters ranging from 13-160 nm and a height of approximately one micrometer are preferred. The CNFs have a sensitivity of 2.7 μA/mM cm2 and detection limit of 2 mM. Also provided are methods of preparing the CNF sensors and kit components. Methods of using such CNF sensors for detecting target agents, particularly glucose, are also provided.
US11035806B2
A device for the collection of X-rays includes at least one multi-reflection reflector cone. The multi-reflection reflector cone has a focal axis. A first portion of the multi-reflection reflector cone is oriented at a first angle to the focal axis, and a second portion of the multi-reflection reflector cone is oriented at a second angle to the focal axis.
US11035798B2
An embodiment provides a method for measuring amines in a solution, including: preparing an indicator-metal complex, wherein the indicator-metal complex comprises an indicator and a metal; introducing the indicator-metal complex to a solution, wherein the solution contains an amount of amine, wherein the amine activates the indicator-metal complex causing a change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex; and measuring the amount of amine in the solution by measuring the change in fluorescence intensity of the indicator-metal complex.
US11035795B2
A method of distinguishing between proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous particulates in a fluid sample includes the steps of acquiring a brightfield background image of a membrane filter, introducing a fluid sample onto the membrane filter, acquiring a brightfield image of filtered particles resting on the membrane filter, generating a particle mask based on the brightfield background image and the brightfield image of filtered particles, introducing a fluorescent dye onto the membrane filter, detecting fluorescence on the particle mask, and distinguishing between proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous particulates based on the detected fluorescence. A method for detecting other types of particles, such as polysorbate particles, silicone oil or protein monomers is also disclosed.
US11035794B2
An optode has a planar radiation guiding medium having a first planar surface and a second planar surface and one or more perimeter surfaces bounded by the first and second planar surfaces. An excitation energy source of the optode is configured to output into the radiation guiding medium first energy at a wavelength selected to excite a fluorophore. The optode also includes a photodetector configured to image at least a portion of the first planar surface of the radiation guiding medium by detecting second energy transmitted through the radiation guiding medium.
US11035784B2
A method for measuring hemoglobin concentration in a whole blood sample is disclosed. The method may include mixing a whole blood sample with a lysing agent, followed by manual agitation, flowing the whole blood or mixture into a reservoir of a sensor, the sensor comprising a transparent portion configured to allow an optical measurement of an absorbance or reflectance of the whole blood sample in the reservoir of the sensor; detecting, using an analyzer into which at least a portion of the sensor has been inserted, the whole blood sample in the reservoir of the sensor; upon detecting the liquid whole blood sample in the reservoir, optically measuring an absorbance or reflectance of the whole blood sample using a light source and a detector in the analyzer; and determining a concentration of hemoglobin in the whole blood sample based on the measured absorbance or reflectance and a calibration curve that relates the absorbance or reflectance to the concentration of hemoglobin in the whole blood sample.
US11035778B2
A particle analyzer, comprising a source of a substantially nondiffracting light beam; a flow path configured to produce in a flowcell a ribbon-like core stream having a specific cross-sectional aspect ratio; the flowcell being configured to expose a segment of the core stream to the light beam; a detector configured to receive a signal resulting from an interaction of a particle in the core stream with the light beam; a first sorting actuator connected with the flowcell, downstream of the exposed segment of core stream; a plurality of sorting channels in fluid connection with the flow path and downstream of the first actuator; the actuator having multiple actuation states, each state configured to direct at least one part of the core stream to a corresponding channel; a second sorting actuator connected with the flowcell, opposite the first actuator, and operable in coordination with the first actuator.
US11035769B2
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gas isotherm techniques to evaluate wettability of porous media, such as hydrocarbon reservoir rock, can include constructing a NMR gas isotherm curve for a porous media sample gas adsorption under various pressures. A hydrophobic or hydrophilic nature of the porous media sample can be determined using the NMR gas isotherm curves. A wettability of the porous media sample can be determined based on the NMR gas isotherm curve. The wettability can be determined for porous media samples with different pore sizes. In the case of reservoir rock samples, the determined wettability can be used, among other things, to model the hydrocarbon reservoir that includes such rock samples, to simulate fluid flow through such reservoirs, or to model enhanced hydrocarbon recovery from such reservoirs.
US11035760B2
Cartridges for sample partitioning and methods of making and using the cartridges are provided. The cartridges include a pouch to receive a mated stem-well film and a sealing film covered by a release liner. The stem film and the sealing film can be respectively separated from the well film and sealing film simultaneously by pulling a pull tab.
US11035759B2
Disclosed is a device for detecting at least one chemical species in a medium to be analyzed including a chemical sensor, the chemical sensor including: a substrate; a functionalized carrier intended for capturing and accumulating the chemical species and attached to a side of the substrate. The device also includes a unit for diffusion between the medium to be analysed and the functionalised carrier. The diffusion unit includes a vibration generating system connected to the chemical sensor in order to subject the chemical sensor to controlled vibrations.
US11035757B2
A test system for testing a rolling resistance of a vehicle tire, with a measurement device. The measurement device has a load device that includes a load roller which applies a test load on the tire. The measurement device has a receiving device which receives the tire. The receiving device and the load device can be moved relative to one another. The measurement device has a drive device which rotationally drives at least one of the load roller and the receiving device. The measurement device has at least one test configuration for measuring the rolling resistance. The receiving device has first and second rim elements that together form a split rim engagement unit for accommodating the tire.
US11035755B2
An in-cylinder pressure sensor system and a pressure sensor adaptor that allows for the inclusion of a pressure sensor to monitor the pressure of an engine cylinder is provided. The pressure sensor adaptor includes a first end, a second end, a threaded section, a cylindrical midsection, and an annular section; and a pressure sensor channel that comprises an opening in the first end and an opening in a second end and spans from the first end to the second end through the threaded section, the cylindrical midsection, and the annular section. The pressure sensor may be housed in the pressure sensor channel of the pressure sensor adaptor.
US11035754B2
An optical frequency-domain reflectometer (OFDR) capable of estimating the transfer matrix of a multimode optical fiber using mode-selective measurements performed from a single end of the fiber. In an example embodiment, the multimode optical fiber includes distributed reflectors designed to generate relatively strong light reflections along the length of the fiber at a desired spatial resolution. The embodiments may employ a signal-processing algorithm to estimate the fiber's transfer matrix by estimating segment transfer matrices corresponding to the fiber segments located between different ones of the distributed reflectors. Different embodiments of the disclosed OFDR can beneficially be adapted for use in different applications, such as fiber-optic component and module characterization, distributed optical sensing, biomedical imaging, OCT, etc.
US11035748B2
A sensor attachment structure of an oil pressure sensor suitable for use as a control valve of an automobile transmission includes a sensor case inserted into an accommodation space 4 of a valve upper-body portion such that a body portion of the sensor case is capable of rotating about a vertical central axis. A stopper projects in a horizontal direction from the upper body, the stopper being movable vertically in a guide groove of the sensor case, and a rotatable relative to a restricting portion of the central case to restrict a vertical movement of the stopper to prevent the oil pressure sensor from falling off the upper body.
US11035743B2
Embodiments of a series elastic actuator (SEA) disclosed herein include an elastic component coupled in series with a motor, wherein the elastic component comprises a pair of springs arranged concentrically around a central shaft of the housing for transmitting force to a mechanical ground of the SEA, and one or more spring support mechanisms arranged within an inner circumference of the springs. Some embodiments of the SEA may also include a spring deflection sensor, which is coupled within a recess formed within the mechanical ground of the SEA and configured to sense the force transmitted to the mechanical ground of the SEA.
US11035742B2
A cooking control system having a temperature probe and a cooking appliance is described for permitting temperature target cooking of foods. The probe includes a metallic insertable portion with a sheathed tip and a temperature sensor positioned therein, a flexible heat-resistant wire coupled to the temperature sensor, and a jack coupled to the flexible, heat-resistant wire opposite the metallic insertable portion. The cooking appliance includes a heating unit, an housing, a temperature reader, and an alpha-numerical display. In use, the temperature sensor produces a signal in response to a temperature sensed at the sheathed tip and the heat-resistant wire and jack transmit the signal produced by the temperature sensor to the port of the cooking appliance. The temperature reader within the housing is coupled to the port and configured to accept and accurately convert the signal produced by the temperature sensor to a number representing the temperature sensed by the sensor and display the number for the user.
US11035733B2
Chromatic calibration of a device having an embedded camera proceeds by illuminating a plurality of color references with at least one light source. Images of the respective illuminated color references are captured with the embedded camera. Color calibration data from are determined from the captured images and the color calibration data are stored in association with an identifier of the device.
US11035729B1
Reflectometer, spectrophotometer, ellipsometer, and polarimeter systems having a supercontinuum laser source of coherent electromagnetic radiation over a range of about 400-about 2500 nm, a stage for supporting a sample and a detector of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the supercontinuum source provides a coherent beam of electromagnetic radiation which interacts with a sample, and the detector system comprises functional combinations of gratings and/or combination dichroic beam splitter-prisms, which themselves can be optimized as regards wavelength dispersion characteristics, directs wavelengths in various ranges to various detectors that are well suited to detect them.
US11035723B2
An optical package assembly can include: a first circuit board; a second circuit board and a first structure arranged on the first circuit board, where the second circuit board is adjacent to the first structure; and a second structure arranged on the second circuit board, where a thickness of the first structure is equal to a combined thickness of the second circuit board and the second structure.
US11035720B2
A warning device for preventing underground cables against accidental excavation comprises an optical fiber vibration sensor having a mode recognition function, a signal processing unit, a wireless communication unit and a power supply unit, wherein the signal processing unit is connected to the optical fiber vibration sensor, the wireless communication unit and the power supply unit, and the optical fiber vibration sensor is installed within a set range of a cable and is used to monitor vibration signals around the cable, so that once a behavior possibly endangering the cable occurs, an alarm is given out in time to reduce power transmission and transformation accidents. Compared with the prior art, the warning device has the advantages of low false alarm rate, rapid response and accurate localization region.
US11035714B2
Provided is a flow meter capable of logging data more reliably. In this operation, a detection element repeatedly detects a physical quantity related to a flow rate of a fluid flowing in a pipe in a predetermined sampling cycle. Based on physical quantities, a calculation part sequentially calculates the flow rate of the fluid in the pipe. Further, a time measurement part calculates the time. A control storage part is caused to store a logging target, a logging cycle, and logging start definition information. Based on the logging start definition information, a control part automatically starts logging of the logging target in response to startup of the flow meter, and causes a log storage part to store the time measured by the time measurement part and a numerical value of the logging target in association with each other in every logging cycle.
US11035711B2
Dispensers for container assemblies and related methods are disclosed. The dispenser can provide for a measured quantity of a substance. The dispenser can allow for retaining of a predetermined measured quantity of a substance by inversion of the container assembly. The dispenser can be used in conjunction with a flip cover of a lid of the container assembly for dispensing of the measured quantity.
US11035705B2
Disclosed is a device for measurement of a flow speed of a gas comprises a probe, a voltage supply source and a pulse-counting detection circuit. The probe comprises an axial electrode whose exposed end has a small radius of curvature, and a peripheral electrode. The supply source applies an alternating voltage between both electrodes, and electrical discharges which are produced through the gas between the two electrodes are detected and counted by the detection circuit. Such a speed measurement device is particularly reliable, and suited for use on board an aircraft for measuring the speed thereof relative to the surrounding air.
US11035704B2
A sensor apparatus may include a channel structure configured to couple with an external element and a fluid conduit, such that the channel structure may receive a fluid, at least partially drawn through the external element from an ambient environment, and direct the fluid through the fluid conduit. A sensor may generate sensor data indicating a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid conduit based on monitoring a variation in a pressure at a location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and in relation to an ambient pressure of the ambient environment. The sensor apparatus may enable generation of improved topography information associated with flows of fluid drawn from the external element based on measuring a local pressure at the location in hydrodynamic contact with the fluid conduit and determining the ambient pressure based on monitoring the local pressure over time.
US11035697B2
A sensor system that simultaneously detects the positions of multiple movable carriages along a motion path. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors arranged at least along a subsection of the motion path, wherein each sensor is designed for a contactless detection of a measuring element provided on each movable carriage. The sensor system also includes a processing device, which is connected electrically with the sensors and which is designed for a synchronous detection of sensor signals of the sensors.
US11035690B2
A mapping system comprising processes for creating and displaying structured geotagged data using interactive digital geographic imagery is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mapping system comprises processes and logic for creating a geo tag for structured data. A user creates a geo tag for a property of an object by selecting a geographic location on an interactive digital map and selecting the property of the object from a dialog presented to the user in response to selecting the geographic location. In this way, the user can more quickly and easily create structured geotagged data than can be accomplished using typical approaches requiring the user to manually enter geographic coordinates to associate a geographic location with structured data.
US11035688B2
Some embodiments provide a mapping application that provides a variety of UI elements for allowing a user to specify a location (e.g., for viewing or serving as route destinations). In some embodiments, these location-input UI elements appear in succession on a sequence of pages, according to a hierarchy that has the UI elements that require less user interaction appear on earlier pages in the sequence than the UI elements that require more user interaction. In some embodiments, the location-input UI elements that successively appear in the mapping application include (1) selectable predicted-destination notifications, (2) a list of selectable predicted destinations, (3) a selectable voice-based search affordance, and (4) a keyboard. In some of these embodiments, these UI elements appear successively on the following sequence of pages: (1) a default page for presenting the predicted-destination notifications, (2) a destination page for presenting the list of predicted destinations, (3) a search page for receiving voice-based search requests, and (4) a keyboard page for receiving character input.
US11035686B2
A plurality of sequences of instances of probe data are received. Each sequence corresponds to travel of a vehicle apparatus along a first segment to one of two or more possible subsequent second segments and comprises an indication of at least one parameter characterizing the travel of the vehicle apparatus along the first segment. Groups of sequences are determined. Each group corresponds to a subsequent second segment. For a first group, at least one representative parameter is determined based on the at least one parameter of the sequences of the first group. An element of a data structure is modified and/or updated with the at least one representative parameter. The element of the data structure corresponds to the first group. A geographic database comprises the data structure and a navigation application is configured to use at least a portion of the data structure to perform a navigation function.
US11035682B2
Implementations of various methods and systems to transform navigation routes with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which are communities to which user(s) may subscribe, friend, follow or be a member of the community. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming and navigation systems and social networking and transportation as a fungible asset class or transportation as an open market.
US11035681B2
A device provides, to a navigation device, original route information that includes information indicating directions from an origination to a destination, and waypoints. The device receives, from the navigation device, a request for a new route from a current location to the destination, and receives the original route information when the request is associated with an original route stored in the data structure. The device identifies a point along the original route, closest to the current location, and calculates a route from the point along the original route to the current location. The device combines the route and the original route at the point along the original route to create a new route from the current location to the destination, and provides, to the navigation device, new route information for the new route, where the new route information includes information indicating waypoints between the current location and the destination.
US11035674B2
Systems and techniques for navigation in a GPS-denied environment that do not rely on locations of known points. Instead, the operator can measure distance and/or inclination as well as azimuth to arbitrary points on the visual horizon (or sub-horizon) from their location. These observations can then be compared to precomputed distances and inclinations for corresponding azimuths to the visual horizon of a grid of points based on known surface terrain data. The closest grid point to the observer's location obtained in this way can be refined using a model of the surrounding environment, allowing for the operators position to be quickly and accurately determined.
US11035671B2
A laser device operating system includes a laser device generating a laser beam when receiving a remote control unit command signal. The remote control unit operates in a public or private mode. In public mode the remote control unit generates a command signal transmitted to the laser device. In private mode the remote control unit generates a unique identifier prepended to the command signal. The laser device operates in a laser device public or private mode. In public mode the laser device responds to the remote control unit command signal or the command signal if transmitted by a second remote control unit. In private mode the laser device operates only upon receipt of the command signal and unique identifier, preventing laser device operation by the second remote control unit if the second unit does not include the unique identifier with the command signal.
US11035669B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for profiling a surface. In some embodiments, the systems and methods perform profiling using a robotic vehicle. The vehicle can include a drive system, one or more wheel encoders, and one or more distance sensors and/or inertial measurement units for capturing measurement data, such as the slope of the surface or the angle of the robotic vehicle relative to the surface or the gravity vector. A control computing system is included having one or more processors that execute instructions stored in software modules to process movement data. In some embodiments, the processed movement data determines a plurality of snapshots of the surface at different times and positions as the robotic vehicle traverses the surface. These snapshots are combined to generate a profile of the surface.
US11035668B2
A method for determining a physical parameter of an adjustable upper link of a three-point hitch during a working operation thereof includes providing a lower link of the three-point hitch and an implement attachable to the upper and lower links of the three-point hitch. The method includes generating calibration data prior to the working operation of the three-point hitch, where the calibration data defines a relationship of a length of the upper link to an upper link angle defined between the upper link and a reference line. Moreover, the calibration data is used to determine a physical parameter of the adjustable upper link during the working operation.
US11035666B2
Systems and methods for determining location of critical dimension (CD) measurement or inspection are disclosed. Real-time selection of locations to take critical dimension measurements based on potential impact of critical dimension variations at the locations can be performed. The design of a semiconductor device also can be used to predict locations that may be impacted by critical dimension variations. Based on an ordered location list, which can include ranking or criticality, critical dimension can be measured at selected locations. Results can be used to refine a critical dimension location prediction model.
US11035663B2
Systems and related methods are disclosed for characterizing physical phenomena. In an embodiment, the system includes a frame defining an active volume, a camera configured to capture an image of the active volume, and a controller coupled to the camera. In an embodiment, the controller is configured to: track an object within the active volume via the camera, analyze a motion of the object within the active volume, and output a visual depiction of the object and one or more vectors characterizing the motion of the object on a display.
US11035658B2
A positioning apparatus, having first and second members relatively moveable in a substantially vertical degree of freedom. At least one energy conduit is mounted to at least one of the first and second members, which imparts a load on at least one of the members it is mounted to that varies dependent on the relative position of the first and second members. A compensatory member is configured to apply a load that varies, dependent on the relative position of the first and second members, inversely to the variation in load applied by the at least one energy conduit, so as to at least partially counteract the variation in load applied by the at least one energy conduit on said at least one of the members.
US11035654B2
This invention relates to a combination of a gun having a rifled barrel and a round of enhanced performance ammunition, and to a projectile for use in the combination. The invention is especially, but not exclusively related to an improved form of projectile for small arms ammunition. There is provided a projectile with a nominal calibre, for use in a rifled barrel, the projectile comprising: a monolithic body, said monolithic body comprising a. an ogival portion forming the front of the monolithic body; said ogival portion at a point of intersection abuts with b. an elongate cylindrical core, said elongate cylindrical core comprising at least three bands located circumferentially thereon, said bands protruding radially outward therefrom; and said elongate cylindrical core abuts c. a boat tailed portion, forming the rear of the monolithic body, wherein a first band is located at the point where the elongate cylindrical core abuts the boat tail section, wherein a third band is located rearwardly, from the point of intersection, at a distance in the range of from 80% to 120% of said nominal calibre, wherein a second band is located between the first and third bands on said elongate cylindrical core; wherein the monolithic body is formed from a metal having a Vickers Hardness of at least 550 HV, wherein a deformable jacket or coating, surrounds the monolithic body, which defines an outer diameter of said projectile.
US11035650B2
The present invention relates to an antiballistic protection comprising a cover with a stab and bullet resistant layer, comprising a stab resistant layer and a bullet resistant layer, in which said antiballistic protection has a large flexibility. Preferably, said stab and bullet resistant layer comprises a stab resistant layer of polyamide and a bullet resistant layer of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. The invention also relates to a method for fabricating said antiballistic protection as well as the use of pieces of clothing.
US11035648B2
The present disclosure provides a quick-release adapter. The quick-release adapter comprises a regulating part, a fixing part, and a functional part. The regulating part is engaged with or detached and separated from the fixing part through a chute. The fixing part is equipped with the U-shaped chute located in three sides of a chute surface of the fixing part to form a U-shaped structure. The regulating part slides into the fixing part along, the chute to form an engaged quick-release part. The functional part is fixed to a functional mounting surface, of the regulating part through a rotating mechanism. The functional part rotates around the rotating mechanism. Furthermore, the rotating mechanism comprises rotation holes, a regulating rod, a rotation fixing disc and a rotation limiting disc.
US11035646B2
A grenade launcher system comprises a grenade launcher receiver and a grenade launcher barrel attached to the grenade launcher receiver. A trigger assembly is attached to the grenade launcher receiver at a position adjacent the grenade launcher barrel. The grenade launcher receiver has an elongate channel disposed on an upper surface of the grenade launcher receiver, the elongate channel extending parallel to the grenade launcher barrel and configured to slidably and removably receive a mounting rail. In certain embodiments, the grenade launcher system is configured to operate in an underslung configuration relative to a firearm. In certain embodiments, the grenade launcher system is configured to operate in a standalone configuration without a firearm.
US11035644B2
A gun stock has a hollow body having a cavity in which a seat is formed; the seat is adapted to receive an insert; the insert has a passage hole for the passage of a bar which has a first end fastened to the body of the gun and a second free end which is threaded and engages a locking nut; a fastener plate is arranged between the locking nut and the insert and has a calibrated hole through which the free end of the bar passes; the fastener plate is arrangeable in different positions with respect to the insert in order to change the inclination of the stock with respect to the line of sight of the gun. The stock has additional systems for adjusting the distance between the buttstock and the trigger, the height of the comb, the length of the trigger pull, and the shape of the grip.
US11035636B2
A shotgun has right and left magazines from which ammunition may be fed to the action using a selector mounted on a movable fore-end chassis whose motion cycles the action. An interrupter prevents the selector from switching between magazines unless the action is in battery with the fore-end chassis fully forward toward the muzzle end of the shotgun. Respective right and left outer cut-offs on the magazines cooperate with an inner cut-off to ensure proper coordination of ammunition feed as the action is cycled by motion of the fore-end chassis. The outer cut-offs are also manually operable to permit removal of ammunition from the magazines without cycling the action.
US11035631B2
A countermass liquid for a shoulder launched propulsion system that has low corrosivity, high density, low viscosity, and a constant viscosity as a function of temperature. Upon function of the shoulder launched propulsion system, the countermass liquid may be expelled through the breach end of the shoulder launched propulsion system by expanding propellant gas. The countermass liquid may be an organic salt selected from the group consisting of at least one or more of cesium formate and potassium formate.
US11035621B2
One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system for cooling a surface. The system can include a housing. The housing can include an evaporator portion. The housing can include at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a condenser portion coupled to the evaporator portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a coolant portion substantially surrounded by the condenser portion. The at least one trifurcated heat exchange portion can include a phase change material portion substantially surrounding the condenser portion.
US11035614B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing a stream of air (F′), wherein said device comprises an enclosure (10), which is intended for containing a volume of liquid (V), and which comprises at least one air-discharge opening (101), air-injection means (12) which make it possible to create and pass an incoming stream of air (F) from the outside of the enclosure into a volume of liquid (V) contained in the enclosure, by injecting said incoming stream of air (F) into said volume of liquid (V) underneath the surface of said volume of liquid (V), such that an outgoing stream of air (F′), treated by direct contact with the volume of liquid, is discharged from said enclosure by passing through the air-discharge opening (101) of the enclosure. The enclosure comprises one or more baffles (14; 14′; 14″) which are positioned between the volume of liquid (V) and said discharge opening (101), and which make it possible to circulate the stream of air (F′) exiting the volume of liquid until the discharge opening (101), causing same to undergo one or more changes of direction such as to prevent the spraying of liquid through the air-discharge opening (101).
US11035604B2
A refrigerator to be installed in a storage space defined by a wall of an object includes a contact mechanism so that the refrigerator makes contact with the wall, and thus the refrigerator can be installed.
US11035596B2
A solar energy powered Stirling duplex cooler is presented which includes a Stirling engine and a Stirling cooler. The Stirling engine drives the Stirling cooler to produce cold temperatures for refrigeration or air conditioning. The Stirling duplex cooler includes a solar concentrator to focus high temperature solar radiation upon the Stirling engine expansion space. The Stirling duplex cooler further includes a thermal storage tank to receive and store heat rejected from the cooler expansion space. This stored heat is used to operate the cooler at night. A flywheel connected operatively to engine and cooler expansion space pistons and a crankshaft connected operatively to engine and cooler compression space pistons actuate the pistons to move a working fluid between the expansion and compression spaces.
US11035594B2
A packaged, pumped liquid, evaporative-condensing recirculating ammonia refrigeration system with charges of 10 lbs or less of refrigerant per ton of refrigeration capacity. The compressor and related components are situated inside the plenum of a standard evaporative condenser unit, and the evaporator is close coupled to the evaporative condenser. Single or dual phase cyclonic separators may also be housed in the plenum of the evaporative condenser.
US11035590B2
A tracking system for performing a movement control of a solar panel is provided, having a single axis solar tracking solution allowing an individual actuation of a solar panel and its respective rotation axis. The tracking system is applied in an individual solar panel, and has a local control unit, an electrical motor, a tracking actuator mechanism, a blockage unit and a tracking support mechanism, which is useful for solar power plant installations where individual panel tracking is an advantage due to site conditions such as irregular grounds or unstable locations as in aquatic sites or locations with variable slopes.
US11035586B2
An energy recovery system includes a heating and cooling system having a controller and a furnace or fan coil in fluid communication with each of a return air duct and a supply air duct; and an energy recovery ventilator (ERV) having an intake air duct and an exhaust air duct, the ERV being energized by a direct electrical connection to the heating and cooling system. The return air duct is operable to receive stale conditioned air from a conditioned air space while the controller is configured for controlling the ERV to transfer energy from the stale conditioned air to an outside air stream.
US11035585B2
A heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is provided. The HVAC system includes indoor and outdoor units to condition air of a space, an indoor heat exchanger by which the indoor and outdoor units thermally interact, temperature sensors operably disposed at least at the indoor heat exchanger and in the space and a controller operably coupled to the indoor and outdoor units and configured to control operations of the indoor and outdoor units in accordance with readings of the temperature sensors by reference to space-dew point temperature relationship tables.
US11035580B2
A method for controlling a fan of a dehumidifier includes performing a first step of obtaining an ambient temperature, an exhaust temperature, and a delta temperature that is a difference between the ambient temperature and the exhaust temperature. The method further include determining, after performing the first step, whether the delta temperature is within a delta temperature range. If the delta temperature is within the delta temperature range, the method proceeds back to the first step. If the delta temperature is not within the delta temperature range, the method performs a second step of determining an adjusted fan speed using the delta temperature. The method further includes performing, after performing the second step, a third step of setting the fan speed to the determined adjusted fan speed.
US11035576B2
An appliance may include an appliance door configured to selectively open and close a cavity of the appliance. The door may be side-opening and retractable into a door storage space situated laterally adjacent to the appliance cavity. The door may be arrested in alignment with a track in the door storage space by an abutment portion of the door, and transitioned into the door storage space on rollers engaged with a track.
US11035573B2
An apparatus for building a fire, the apparatus having a frame, the frame providing four substantially vertical members, and a plurality of transversely extending crossbars therebetween, wherein the frame is generally shaped as a pyramidal frustum. A method for building a sustainable fire, the method providing an apparatus; arranging a series of tiers on the apparatus; and igniting a fire.
US11035566B1
A backlit haptic keyboard of an information handling system may comprise a contact foil placed between a coversheet and a support layer, operatively coupling an LED controller to an LED via metallic traces printed upon a top surface of the contact foil and operatively coupling a piezoelectric element to a keyboard controller via metallic traces printed upon a bottom surface of the contact foil. The system may further comprise the LED placed between the coversheet and the contact foil, and a piezoelectric element placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at a key and generate an electric actuation signal. A keyboard controller of the information handling system may receive an electric actuation signal from the piezoelectric element via the bottom metallic traces and send an electrical haptic response control signal to the piezoelectric element to cause it to generate haptic feedback at the key.
US11035558B2
A pole assembly to support a device at an elevation and including a slidably joined first tube and second tube. A first collar mounts to an end of the first tube and the second tube protrudes from the end. A second collar is adjacent the first collar. A lock-and-key coupling, associated with the collars, prevents them from separating longitudinally along the tubes. The coupling is operable in adjustment and lock modes while a key is in a lock aperture to secure the collars together. In the adjustment mode, the tubes can slidably move relative to one another. In the lock mode, the first tube can be fixed relative to the second tube. The key can slide radially inward and outward, toward and away from a longitudinal axis of the first and second tubes when the lock-and-key coupling transitions from the adjustment mode to the lock mode and vice versa.
US11035548B2
A structured light generator includes a light source configured to emit light, and a first meta optical device including a first metasurface including nanostructures having sub-wavelength dimensions that are less than a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source, the first metasurface being configured to form a distribution of light rays from the light emitted from the light source to thereby radiate structured light.
US11035528B2
A light emitting device comprises a coherent source generating coherent light, a diffusing element, and a light guide part. The diffusing element includes first and second surfaces opposite to each other, and disperses the coherent light from the coherent source to generate incoherent light. The light guide part is provided on the side of the first surface of the diffusing element; it guides the coherent light emitting from the coherent source to be incident on the first surface to form a first light path, guides a part of incoherent light emitting from the first surface to emit through the first light path, guides the remaining incoherent light to emit through a second light path, and separates the first and second light paths. The luminous flux of the incoherent light emitting through the first light path is less than that of the incoherent light emitting through the second light path.
US11035518B2
A support arm apparatus includes an arm device, a joint device, an extension and retraction device, and an adjustment device. The joint device includes first and second joint seats, and the first joint seat has a receiving space. The extension and retraction device includes a fixed portion and a moving portion that is connected to the fixed portion and that is movable relative to the fixed portion. The adjustment device includes a track seat, a linking seat, and a threaded member. The track seat is inserted fixedly into the receiving space and includes two track walls. The threaded member abuts against support portions of the track walls, and is threadedly engaged with the linking seat.
US11035515B2
A conduit for transporting a fluid comprises a first collar, a second collar, and a bellows. The bellows comprises a corrugated inboard ply, a corrugated outboard ply, and an interstitial space, interposed between the corrugated inboard ply and the corrugated outboard ply. The conduit additionally comprises a second weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated inboard ply and a first outer collar portion, a third weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated outboard ply and a first inner collar portion, a fourth weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated inboard ply and a second outer collar portion, a fifth weld, hermetically coupling the corrugated outboard ply and a second inner collar portion, and a first sensor, communicatively coupled with the interstitial space.
US11035514B1
An underground pipe repair device is for a joint between a service pipe and a branch pipe. The underground pipe repair device may include a first T-shaped joint liner having a base portion extending laterally in the service pipe, and an arm portion extending vertically into the branch pipe. The underground pipe repair device may also include an annular body aligned with and being radially spaced from an opening for the branch pipe and coupled to the first T-shaped joint liner for enabling reinstatement of the branch pipe opening without damaging a liner in the service pipe or the first T-shaped joint liner.
US11035510B1
A push-to-connect electrical conduit fitting and assembly facilitates the connection of multiple types of metallic conduit. In various embodiments, an axially internal portion of the fitting has an interior surface that tapers from a narrower radius to a wider radius as it extends axially outwardly from a tube stop element. A packing arrangement including a fastening ring and release pusher are maintained within axially intermediate and/or outer portions of the fitting to facilitate retention of inserted conduits.
US11035508B2
A connection structure of a turbocharger and an intercooler for a vehicle is disclosed. The turbocharger is configured to compress intake air using exhaust gas and includes an outlet for discharging the compressed air, and the intercooler includes an inlet connected to the outlet of the turbocharger and is configured to receive the compressed air through the inlet. An inserting portion having an external diameter smaller than an external diameter of the outlet is formed at an end portion of the outlet facing the intercooler, and is inserted into the inlet of the intercooler. An connecting hose encloses external circumferences of the outlet and the inlet such that the outlet and the inlet are connected to each other through the connecting hose.
US11035497B2
Provided is a centrifugal valve control apparatus including: a body part including a body having a chamber and a channel connected to the chamber, and a valve configured to open and close the channel; a heating part coupled to the body and including a heating member disposed at a position corresponding to the valve; and a rotation driving part configured to rotate the body part and the heating part together, wherein the valve is formed to open and close the channel by the heating member while the body part and the heating part rotate together. Accordingly, the valve of the centrifugal valve control apparatus may be accurately controlled.
US11035493B2
Provided is a small-sized controller capable of precisely controlling a flow rate of a high-pressure fluid. Between a working shaft of a drive device and a valve stem, a power transmission device is disposed to amplify a force acting on the working shaft and transmit the resultant force to the valve stem. A diaphragm as a valve element is made of metal and is deformable to: a state where a fluid passage is fully closed; a state where the fluid passage is fully open; or a state where the fluid passage is partially open. When the fluid passage is partially open, on the basis of the flow rate of a fluid flowing through fluid passages, the drive device finely adjusts the position of the working shaft such that the flow rate is constant.
US11035489B2
A variety of assemblies are configured for use with an actuator. One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an actuator that includes a housing. An output gear is disposed within the housing. An output nut is connected to the spindle such that the spindle is rotatable within the output nut to enable linear motion of the output nut. The output nut includes a connector. A spacer is selectively coupled to the connector of the output nut.
US11035485B2
A faucet structure includes a valve base, an outlet hose, two input hoses, a bottom panel, a housing, a panel cover and a handle. A valve chamber is on the valve base, and a connecting tube protrudes from a supporting leg extending from a bottom of the valve chamber, which has first engaging openings at a bottom end thereof for engaging with rings grooves on the input hoses via a locking panel. Two second engaging openings are on the connecting tube for engaging with a groove on the outlet hose via a U-shaped clasp. The housing has grooves that slidingly engage the panel cover.
US11035482B2
A pressure relief valve includes a housing, a poppet, and a spring. The housing includes an internal bore defined along a longitudinal axis of the housing and extending from an upper portion to a lower portion. A ledge or seat is defined within the bore. At least one lower portion hole is defined from an outer surface of the lower portion and into the bore. At least one upper portion hole is defined from an outer surface of the upper portion and into the bore. The poppet is slidably engaged within the internal bore. The poppet includes a head, a shaft, and an internal channel that runs longitudinally through the entire poppet. The head includes a shoulder. The spring is disposed within the bore at the upper portion of the housing and biases the poppet downwards so that the shoulder abuts the ledge or seat.
US11035475B2
A valve comprises a flap, a tubular valve body defining an exhaust gas flow passage, and a device to guide the flap relative to the valve body to allow the flap to pivot relative to the valve body around a pivot axis between a closing position and a freed position of the exhaust gas flow passage. The flap has two large faces substantially parallel to one another and connected to one another by an edge of the flap. The guide device comprises a pin, a distal, end and a base. The valve also comprises a stabilizing member secured to the flap.
US11035473B2
A seal for placement between a cylindrical shaft and a drum rotatably mounted with respect thereto includes an outside end member with a shaft section, a bore and a gas input connection and an inside end member non-rotatably attached thereto and configured to engage the shaft section. An outer end seal and an inner end seal are slidably and rotatably engaged with the shaft section. A circumferential seal is configured to non-rotatably engage with the outer and inner end seals. An interference fit is formed in the axial direction between an inner assembly, comprising the circumferential seal and the outer and inner end seals, and the outside and inside end members. An interference fit also is formed radially between the circumferential seal and a drum of a mixing machine. A method provides a seal for placement between a cylindrical shaft and a drum rotatably mounted with respect to the shaft.
US11035469B2
A manifold gasket includes two or more metal plates laminated together to form the manifold gasket, a plurality of bores formed in the metal plates, a plurality of annular seal portions, each surrounding each of the plurality of bores to seal therearound, a plurality of bolt holes disposed at an outer periphery of each of the plurality of annular seal portions so that fastening bolts are inserted therethrough, and a partition protector having a thermal deformation coping portion, located in the two or more metal plates between two of the bores. The thermal deformation coping portion includes offset slits in each metal plate such that none of the slits are aligned in a lamination direction of the thermal deformation coping portion, and such that the slits prevent damage to the manifold gasket due to temperature fluctuations by accommodating thermal expansion or contraction of the manifold gasket.
US11035464B2
A shift control device has stepless and stepped shift modes in which a transmission gear ratio of a continuously variable transmission is controlled in stepless and stepwise fashions, respectively, and includes a shift controller that switches the shift mode to the stepless shift mode by executing shift control of the transmission if an accelerator-pedal operated amount falls below a switch threshold during the stepped shift mode, a minimum value detector that detects an operated-amount minimum value in a shift process of switching the shift mode to the stepless shift mode, and an upper-limit-value setting unit that sets an upper limit value for engine rotational acceleration based on a difference between the operated amount and the minimum value in the shift process. In the shift process, the shift controller limits the rotational acceleration to the upper limit value or lower by limiting a shift rate when the transmission is downshifted.
US11035454B2
Provided is a rotational-force transmitting part including: a rotation support member that is supported, with respect to a first member, so as to be rotatable about a predetermined axis by means of a bearing and that is provided with a first fitting surface formed of a cylindrical outer surface or a cylindrical inner surface centered on the axis; a rotational-force transmitting member that transmits a rotational force with respect to a second member and that is provided with a second fitting surface to be fitted onto the first fitting surface; an annular elastic member that is disposed at such a position as to seal a space between the first fitting surface and the second fitting surface; and a fixing member that fixes the rotational-force transmitting member and the rotation support member in a state in which the first fitting surface and the second fitting surface are fitted.
US11035449B2
A torque converter device for a drivetrain of a motor vehicle includes a converter cover having a cover shell and a hub rigidly connected to the cover shell. The torque converter device also includes at least one multidisk clutch, which includes at least one inner disk-centering member. The hub integrally forms the inner disk-centering member of the multidisk clutch.
US11035448B2
A final drive assembly for a vehicle drive axle having first and second axle-shafts that are configured to rotate about a common first axis. The final drive assembly includes a first gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the first axle-shaft. The final drive assembly also includes a second gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the second axle-shaft. The final drive assembly additionally includes an electric motor configured to provide an electric motor torque input to each of the first and second gear-sets and arranged on a second axis that is parallel to the first axis.
US11035441B2
A 6-speed planetary transmission for a motor vehicle has an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set and a third planetary gear set. The input shaft can be coupled to the first planetary carrier or to the first ring gear via a first shifting element. The first sun gear can be coupled to a gearbox housing via a second shifting element. The first planetary carrier can be coupled to the first ring gear via a third shifting element. The second ring gear or the second planetary carrier can be coupled to the gearbox housing via a fourth shifting element. In addition, the first ring gear or the first planetary carrier, the second sun gear and the third sun gear are connected for conjoint rotation. In addition, the output shaft is connected for conjoint rotation to the second planetary carrier or the second ring gear.
US11035433B2
Provided is a matrix type double parallel capillary tube shock absorber with a variable system natural frequency, wherein on a pipeline between oil supply ports of an upper oil compartment (14) and a lower oil compartment (16), a capillary tube parallel type damping associated section and a capillary tube parallel type system natural frequency associated section are successively connected from top to bottom; the capillary tube parallel type damping associated section comprises four capillary tubes connected in parallel, with each capillary tube being connected in series with a solenoid valve so as to control the operation of the capillary tube; the capillary tube parallel type system natural frequency associated section comprises four capillary tubes connected in parallel, and each of the four capillary tubes is connected in series with a solenoid valve so as to control the operation of the capillary tube; the diameter of the smallest capillary tube of the frequency adjustment section is much larger than the diameter of the capillary tube of the resistance adjustment section; and in a matrix type operation state table, the configuration value Smn of the solenoid valves of the frequency adjustment section is selected according to situations, and by way of changing the mass, the problem of the system natural frequency of a hydraulic shock absorber for a vehicle being not adjustable or having a small adjustable range can be solved. Further provided is a method for operating a matrix type double parallel capillary tube shock absorber with a variable system natural frequency.
US11035429B2
An all plastic compression spring assembly includes a slotted tubular spring element formed from a tensile polymer material and first and second loading cones received at opposing first and second ends of the slotted tubular spring element. The loading cones are axially compressible toward each other within the slotted tubular spring element whereby the slotted tubular spring element radially expands in tension to create an opposing radial contraction force, and in turn, an axial extension spring force. When released, the spring element elastically returns to its normal at rest shape, returning the cones to their normal at rest positions.
US11035424B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling an actuator or an actuator device, at least comprising a clutch and an actuator, which actuator has: an electric drive motor and a control device; a ramp mechanism, which comprises a rotatable first disk, which has first ramps, a second disk, which can be moved only in an axial direction and which has second ramps, and balls, which are arranged between the disks in the first ramps and second ramps; and at least one spring for moving the second disk in the axial direction. The dynamics of the electric drive motor are reduced by the control device at least in dependence on at least the determined preloading force or the first play in such a way that, during braking, the pin contacts only one side surface or that, in the event of a reversal of the rotational motion, the pin bridges the first play at a reduced first rotational speed of the drive motor and comes into contact with the other side surface and only then does an increase to a second rotational speed occur.
US11035419B2
A multi-plate clutch includes a plate fin and first and second flanges connected to one another in a torque-transmitting manner via the plate fin. A screw fastener braces the plate fin on a first lamellar bore with the first flange, and a first spacer element is arranged on the plate fin to support a first axial movement of the second flange.
US11035415B2
A driveshaft assembly includes a driveshaft including a longitudinal shaft axis, a first end, a second end, and a radially outer surface. The first end includes a plurality of recesses extending radially inward from the radially outer surface. The recesses each include a convex engagement surface. The driveshaft assembly also includes a first end housing including a longitudinal housing axis and an axially extending receptacle. The receptacle includes a plurality of planar receptacle surfaces. In addition, the driveshaft assembly includes a plurality of torque transfer keys configured to transfer torque between the driveshaft and first end housing. Each of the torque transfer keys includes a planar key surface and a concave key surface. The convex engagement surface of each recess engages the concave key surface of one of the torque transfer keys. The planar key surface of each torque transfer key engages one of the planar receptacle surfaces.
US11035412B2
A bearing assembly and method of installation. A ball bearing includes an outer race, an inner race, and a separate L-shaped sleeve. In one embodiment, the sleeve is comprised of an axially extending body and a radially extending flange. The axially extending body is configured to be located between an inner diameter of the inner race and a transmission shaft, and the radially extending flange is configured to be located between an inner side surface of the inner race and the transmission shaft. The L-shaped sleeve with splines makes it feasible to sequentially press fit both the inner race and the outer race of the ball bearing. The spline in the axially extending body of the sleeve can slip-fit with the transmission shaft, allowing for ease of assembly, and enabling a press-fit connection between the ball bearing outer race and housing. This arrangement can help reduce wear, particularly to the housing, and better control axial movement of the bearing assembly due to gear thrust load direction change during operation.
US11035401B2
A washer with integrated fluid distribution which includes a body with an outer ring having an aperture located centrally within the ring, a channel enclosed within the outer ring and a release channel exit in fluid communication with the aperture and an interior surface of the channel. The channel is filled with a dispensing fluid and the release channel is reversibly closed. The release channel exit is located within an inner wall of the aperture. The body comprises a compressible material. The release channel exit is opened when pressure is applied to the washer body and the dispensing fluid exits the channel via the opened release channel exit.
US11035400B2
A shim assembly includes a shim material configured to be positioned between a first component and a second component. A wire is in contact with the shim material. The wire is configured to heat the shim material to above a predetermined temperature, and the shim material becomes moldable above the predetermined temperature such that the shim material is able to conform to the first component and the second component.
US11035388B1
An accelerator-equipped pneumatic cylinder includes a cylinder block, a switch valve, and pneumatic cylinder. The cylinder block defines therein a piston chamber and a pressure chamber. The switch valve has a valve seat installed in the cylinder block and between the piston chamber and the pressure chamber. A controller is installed in the valve seat for controlling the piston chamber and the pressure chamber to be communicated with each other or not. The pneumatic cylinder has a piston portion received in the piston chamber, and has a shaft portion extending outward from the cylinder block. At a moment when a channel is made opened by the controller and the piston chamber and the pressure chamber come into communication with each other, the piston portion is pushed by a pressure medium at an accelerated speed, so that the shaft portion is pushed outside the piston chamber at the accelerated speed.
US11035378B2
A fan structure including a fan housing and a fan body is provided. The fan housing includes a base and a cover assembled on the base. The cover includes a main portion, a periphery portion, a plurality of connecting portions and a plurality of flow guiding portions. The connecting portions are connected to the main portion and the periphery portion. The cover has a plurality of air inlet openings among the main portion, the periphery portion and connecting portions, wherein each of the flow guiding portions protrudes from the main portion and is adjacent to an inner side of the corresponding air inlet opening. The fan body is rotatably disposed in the fan housing. An electronic assembly is also provided.
US11035367B1
A sump pump system with a sump pump, a sump pump electrical cord connected to the sump pump, and a housing that is secured in line with, and an integral component of, the sump pump electrical cord. An electronic controller is located within the housing and comprises sensors, processors, a switch, and audible and visual alarms and indicators, wherein the switch and visual alarms and indicators are located on a face of the housing.
US11035363B2
A vane pump including: a housing having a pump chamber; a rotor having a cylindrical peripheral wall portion accommodated in the pump chamber and having a pair of vane holding grooves facing each other in a diameter direction, and an oil chamber defined inside the peripheral wall portion to store lubricating oil; and a vane that is held in the pair of vane holding grooves and moves across the oil chamber in the diameter direction, is provided. At least one of an inner surface of the housing and an end face of the peripheral wall portion, which together with the inner surface defines a sliding interface, has an oil groove for the lubricating oil.
US11035361B2
An eccentric screw pump, comprising a rotor that extends along a longitudinal axis of the rotor from a drive end to a free end, a stator housing with an internal cavity that extends along the longitudinal axis from a stator inlet opening to a stator outlet opening and that is designed to accommodate the rotor, a drive motor with a drive shaft that is coupled with the rotor to transmit a torque, a first cardan joint which is placed within the transmission of the torque between the drive shaft and the rotor, and a stator outlet flange that is arranged in flow direction behind the rotor. The stator outlet flange comprises a flange connection plane that is oriented non-vertically to the longitudinal axis.
US11035353B2
A volumetric pump, comprising: at least one deformable enclosure, which defines at least one variable-volume chamber, each of the at least one chamber being provided with an intake passage and with an outflow passage, magnetically-actuated elements, which act on portions of the deformable closure in order to deform the deformable enclosure between an extended configuration, having a larger volume, and a compressed configuration, having a smaller volume, drive elements for the actuation of the magnetically-actuated elements, a load-bearing frame on which the at least one deformable enclosure and the drive elements are mounted.
US11035349B2
A linear compressor includes: a piston configured to reciprocate along an axial direction of the linear compressor; a resonance spring configured to elastically support the piston along the axial direction; a motor assembly configured to provide a driving force to the piston, the motor assembly including a magnet that is disposed radially outside the piston; and a supporter configured to be coupled to the piston, the magnet, and the resonance spring. The supporter includes: a piston coupler coupled with the piston; a magnet coupler coupled with the magnet; and a spring coupler coupled with the resonance spring. The piston coupler, the magnet coupler, and the spring coupler are integrally formed by aluminum die casting.
US11035341B1
A solar and wind energy collection system, wherein solar power is gathered to perform the task of restarting the wind turbine. The system includes a wind turbine assembly with the wind turbine assembly including a plurality of wind turbine blades, a control system, a wind turbine blade positioning motor, a support structure, a solar energy collecting system including a thin film solar amorphous silicon photovoltaic material secured to the wind turbine support structure, and a wind turbine blade positioning control system that is operatively connected to the solar energy collecting system and the wind turbine blade positioning motor.
US11035338B2
A progressing cavity device operates as a motor to impart torque to a bit. A stator of the device defines an internal profile having uphole stages with a first dimension being less than a second dimension of downhole stage. A rotor has an external profile with a constant outer dimension along its length. Disposed in the stator, the rotor defines cavities with the stator and is rotatable with pumped fluid progressing in the cavities from the uphole to downhole to transfer torque to the drive toward the downhole end. Although the rotor is subjected at the downhole end to a reactive torque from the bit, the interference fit of the rotor's constant dimension with the stator's downhole stages is less than with the uphole stages, which can mitigate issues with heat buildup in the downhole stages. The device can also operates as a progressing cavity pump.
US11035334B1
An ignition system for an engine includes a sparkplug, ignition circuitry electrically connected to the sparkplug, and an ignition control unit structured to energize the ignition circuitry to fire the sparkplug at an ignition timing, detect a fault condition caused by an abnormal response of the sparkplug to the energizing, and to energize the ignition circuitry to dry fire the sparkplug at an offset timing such as during an exhaust, stroke based on the detection of the fault condition. Dry firing the sparkplug reduces a break down voltage required to subsequently fire the sparkplug and extends sparkplug service life.
US11035326B2
Systems and methods for thermal management of a direct injection propane fuel system are disclosed that include control a temperature of the fuel tank at or below a desired operating temperature to avoid venting of fuel to atmosphere.
US11035324B2
A vehicle including: an engine; an exhaust gas recirculation device including a communication pipe by which an exhaust pipe of the engine and an intake pipe of the engine communicating, and a valve that is provided in the communication pipe; and a control device configured to control the engine, to control the valve based on a target opening of the valve, to perform automatic stopping of the engine based on satisfaction of an automatic stopping condition, and to perform automatic starting of the engine based on satisfaction of an automatic starting condition. The control device is configured to prohibit automatic stopping of the engine when it is determined that foreign matter is caught in the valve through catching diagnosis which is diagnosis of whether foreign matter is caught in the valve.
US11035320B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a lock apparatus that includes a latch hook having a catch at a first latch end, a first pivotal mount at a second latch end opposite the first latch end, and a second pivotal mount, a rotary actuator configured to selectably rotate a rotor shaft in a first rotary direction and in a second rotary direction opposite the first rotary direction, a rotor arm coupled to the rotor shaft at a first arm end and extending radially outward from the rotor shaft to a second arm end opposite the first arm end, and a link arm pivotably connected to the second arm end at a first link end, and pivotably connected to the second pivotal mount at a second link end opposite the first link end.
US11035318B2
A control device for a compression ignition engine is provided, which causes an injector to perform a pre-injection and a main injection, sets fuel injection timings of these injections so that an interval between a first peak of a heat release rate resulting from the combustion of fuel injected by the pre-injection and a second peak of the heat release rate resulting from the combustion of fuel injected by the main injection becomes an interval to make pressure waves caused by these combustions cancel each other out, and when an increase of an intake air temperature is detected, controls the injector to reduce the injection amount of the pre-injection and retard the injection timing of the pre-injection compared with a case where the increase of the intake air temperature is not detected under a condition that engine load and speed are the same.
US11035310B2
Methods and apparatuses for calibration and control of various engine subsystems using a target value approach. Under the target value approach, the control of each engine subsystem is separated or decoupled to include a set of target values, or a reference value set. A subsystem has a corresponding target determiner, which provides a target value set, or reference value set, in response to a basis variable set and optionally an overall subsystem target. The basis variable set includes parameters selected to robustly characterize the variables that affect the operation of the particular subsystem. The target determiner is optionally calibrated to provide a reference value set within specifications of the subsystem. A physical subsystem controller operates in response to the reference value set.
US11035305B2
The present disclosure relates to a 2-cycle engine with a valve system that generates power during every one crankshaft rotation. The 2-cycle engine of the present disclosure includes the valve system opening and closing an air intake valve and an exhaust valve and includes a turbocharger. In the turbocharger, the air intake valve and the exhaust valve are respectively opened and closed once during one crankshaft rotation, and the valve system is configured to control the turbocharger using difference between an air intake pressure and an exhaust pressure. Accordingly, a current air intake reaches a target air intake.
US11035301B1
A method for preventing an engine air flow calculation error applied to an engine system may classify an engine operation area of an engine into a sensor measurement deviation generation area, medium/high load areas, and a low load area by an ECU, and classify an air flow calculation applied to a cylinder charging amount of the engine as one of an air flow calculation control applying a compensation measurement air flow to the sensor measurement deviation generation area, an air flow calculation control applying a measurement pressure to the medium/high load areas, and an air flow calculation control applying a measurement air flow to the low load area, excluding influence of an HFM sensor error causing a change in a fresh air charge and inaccuracy of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) air flow modeling/active purge air flow modeling in the entire operation area of the engine.
US11035299B2
Systems and methods for controlling a gas turbine engine are provided. The system comprises an interface to a fuel flow metering valve for controlling a fuel flow to the engine in response to a fuel flow command and a controller connected to the interface and configured for outputting the fuel flow command to the fuel flow metering valve in accordance with a required fuel flow. The controller comprises a feedforward controller configured for receiving a requested engine speed and acceleration, obtaining a steady-state fuel flow for the requested engine speed and a relationship between fuel flow and gas generator speed, and determining the required fuel flow to obtain the requested engine acceleration as a function of the requested engine speed, the steady-state fuel flow, and the relationship between fuel flow and gas generator speed.
US11035298B1
Disclosed is a system including a turbine having a plurality of spokes. The first spoke end is coupled to a shaft and the second spoke end is coupled to a blade of a plurality of blades. Each blade is a cup with an open surface. A dispenser includes a combustion chamber. An air injector is configured to inject air into the combustion chamber. A fuel injector is configured to inject fuel into the combustion chamber. An ignitor is configured to supply a spark for combustion in the combustion chamber. A nozzle directs discharged fluid toward the open surface of the blade to drive the turbine. A housing encloses the second nozzle end and the plurality of blades, and has an exhaust pipe. A controller is configured to control the air injector, the fuel injector and the ignitor.
US11035296B2
A multipoint injection system includes a manifold with a plurality of flow passages defined through the manifold in the circumferential direction. The flow passages are spaced apart from one another in an axial direction. A plurality of feed arms extends radially inward from the manifold. Feed arm portions of the flow passages extend through each of the feed arms to respective outlets. The feed arm portions of the flow passages are within the axial width of the manifold. A plurality of injection nozzles are included, each in fluid communication with a respective one of the outlets. Each injection nozzle includes an air passage therethrough with an air inlet. The feed arms each follow a path that is circumferentially offset from the air inlets so each of the feed arms is clear from a flow path directly upstream in the axial direction of each of the air inlets.
US11035295B2
A nacelle for an engine includes an exterior housing a least partially surrounding the engine. The nacelle further includes a front portion proximate an engine face of the engine. The front portion of the nacelle defines an opening into an interior of the nacelle. The nacelle further includes a seal disposed proximate the opening. The seal is configured to selectively allow air into the interior of the nacelle. The nacelle further includes a heat exchanger disposed within the interior of the nacelle. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a fluid flowing within the heat exchanger and air at the interior of the nacelle.
US11035284B2
A pipe structure includes a pipe disposed in a state of contact with the air, a fluid with a temperature of at least 100° C. flowing inside the pipe; and a coating material containing nickel oxide and coated onto an outer periphery portion of the pipe.
US11035277B2
An exhaust gas treatment device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine; the treatment device is provided with: a tubular duct, which is delimited by a first tubular side wall and has a first exhaust gas inlet opening, a first exhaust gas outlet opening, and an injection opening; and a mixing body, which is arranged inside the tubular duct, is hollow on the inside so that the exhaust gases can flow through it, and has a first perforated base wall with a circular shape, which faces the first outlet opening, a second base wall with a partially circular shape, which faces the first inlet opening, and a second tubular side wall, which joins the first base wall to the second base wall and has a second inlet opening leading into the mixing body.
US11035265B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a temperature of an oil used for lubricating an engine of a vehicle. In one example, a method comprises controlling an oil pump to pump oil at a first pressure, a second pressure or a third pressure in order to bias an oil cooler bypass valve to a first position, a second position or a third position, respectively, as a function of engine operating conditions. In this way, oil may be selectively routed through or around the oil cooler depending on engine operating conditions, which may serve to control oil temperature in line with the operating conditions and additionally improve fuel economy by reducing a load on the oil pump when operating conditions are such that the oil pump can be bypassed.
US11035261B2
A method for the production for a semi-finished valve product (4), includes casting, forging, deep-drawing, pressing and/or drop-welding of one or several metal material into a semi-finished valve product (4) that corresponds to a circle segment of a valve cut open in the axial direction. A valve is produced by welding together at least two semi-finished valve products (4) into an internally cooled valve, with the weld running in the axial direction of the valve.
US11035255B2
The present disclosure relates to a blade of a guide vane assembly of a turbomachine fitted with a cooling system, generally including an insert arranged inside an internal cavity of said blade, connected to a cooling air inlet of the blade and designed to cool the surface of the internal cavity of the blade, and a bleed device configured to bleed some of the cooling air inside the insert and designed to send this bled cooling air to a central hub of the turbomachine. The bleed device of the blade may further include a bleed head arranged in the internal cavity of the blade and passing through an opening of the insert, and configured to bleed some of the cooling air inside the insert.
US11035251B2
A stator temperature control system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The stator temperature control system includes a casing circumferentially surrounding a stator assembly, the casing having a top portion and a bottom portion; an air source having an inlet and an outlet; and a supply line in fluid communication with the outlet of the air source and the bottom portion of the casing, wherein the bottom portion of the casing receives a flow of air from the air source via the supply line to increase a temperature of the bottom portion of the casing.
US11035243B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a support mountable to an engine static structure. The support has a main body extending axially between leading and trailing edge portions and circumferentially between opposed mate faces, and the main body includes a pair of opposed retention hooks extending inwardly from the leading and trailing edge portions to bound an elongated groove extending circumferentially between the opposed mate faces. A seal has a sealing portion that extends from an engagement portion. The sealing portion has a sealing face that extends circumferentially between first and second mate faces. An overwrap has one or more plies that follow a perimeter of the engagement portion to define an interface between the retention hooks and the engagement portion. A method of sealing is also disclosed.
US11035240B2
A turbine vane assembly and a gas turbine including the turbine vane assembly are capable of adjusting a flow rate and a supply pressure of seal air by adjusting the area of a purge hole. The turbine vane assembly includes a turbine vane disposed between an outer platform and an inner platform; a U-ring unit formed of opposite sides that face each other and are each coupled to the inner platform to form a cavity; a first purge hole formed in one side of the U-ring unit to communicate with each of the cavity and a first wheel space, the first purge hole having an area that is adjustable in size; and a second purge hole formed in the other sides of the U-ring unit to communicate with each of the cavity and a second wheel space, the second purge hole having an area that is adjustable in size.
US11035238B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil body that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and a first end and a second end, a fitting located at one of the first end or the second end, the fitting including a body portion, a fillet portion, and a neck portion joining the body portion and the neck portion, the neck portion including a shelf, a fastener through the airfoil body, and a shroud having a complementary shape to the shelf such that the shroud nests in the shelf.
US11035232B2
An industrial machine including a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to sense a characteristic of a fluid of the industrial machine. Wherein the characteristic is indicative of a contaminant level. The controller has an electronic processor and a memory. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicative of the contaminant level, compare the contaminant level to a threshold, and upon the contaminant level crossing the threshold perform at least one selected from a group consisting of output an alert, and commence a shutdown procedure of the industrial machine.
US11035231B2
Methods and systems for collecting high quality reservoir samples and determining producibility of those samples are disclosed that provide for a non-stop and no shock sampling process. The systems and methods of the present disclosure are especially important collecting samples of reservoir samples in a manner that most closely resembles production fluids and maintains the reservoir at or near the draw down pressure during the pumping and sampling processes.
US11035219B2
A system to control a drilling of a wellbore may include a drill string within the wellbore, wherein a wired communication system is along the drill string, at least one measurement sub configured to monitor at least one drilling parameter connected to the drill string and the at least one measurement sub being connected to the wired communication system; a drill bit at a distal end of the drill string; a drawwork mechanically coupled to the drill string and configured to lower the drill string attached thereto in the wellbore; a power controlling electronic connected to a motor of the drawwork, configured to control a drawwork unspooling speed; and a surface controller in communication with the power controlling electronic of the drawwork configured to: determine at least one drilling parameter along the drill string from measurements taken from the at least one measurement sub, the measurements being transmitted to the controller through the wired communication system; and control the drawwork to increase or reduce a weight-on-bit (WOB) of the drill bit based on the determined drilling parameters.
US11035216B2
Apparatus and method disclosed herein related to first stage gravity separation of liquid and sand from a gaseous fluid stream in an upper portion of a desanding vessel, sand separating from gas along an annular path about a shell, the sand-free gas directed back down into the shell to a fluid outlet for removal as a product stream. A second stage gravity separation of sand from accumulated liquid occurs in a lower section of the vessel. An optional final or polishing stage of the liquid is conduct using a filter. A stacked-plate filter can extend an intake opening of the fluid outlet into the accumulated liquid. Further, the filter plates can be configured with parallel filtering of gas/liquid separation for gas intake above, and with liquid/sand separation below including pressure management of the filter operation.
US11035210B2
Certain aspects and features relate to a system that projects an optimized foam-fluid-application scenario for to stimulate production from a hydrocarbon well. The optimized scenario can include a recommended chemical make-up for the foam entity as well as application parameters such those related to timing and duration. A hybrid discrete fracture network and multi-porosity (DFN-MP) model for fluid interaction with the formation where the well is located can be produced by a processing device. The hybrid DFN-MP model can be optimized using field simulation data for the formation. The optimized hybrid DFN-MP model can be used by the processing device to produce an optimized foam-fluid-application scenario, which can be communicated to at least one well and can be utilized to stimulate the well for increased production.
US11035203B2
A completion section includes a base pipe defining a central flow passage, an injection port, and a production port. A fracturing assembly includes a frac sleeve positioned within the central flow passage adjacent the injection port, a sensor that detects a wireless signal, a first frac actuator actuatable in response to the wireless signal to move the frac sleeve and expose the injection port, and a second frac actuator actuatable based on the wireless signal to move the frac sleeve to occlude the injection port. A production assembly is axially offset from the fracturing assembly and includes a production sleeve positioned within the central flow passage adjacent the production port, a filtration device arranged about the base pipe, and a production actuator actuatable based on the wireless signal or an additional wireless signal to move the production sleeve to an open position where the production ports are exposed.
US11035201B2
Hydrocarbon wells including electrically actuated gas lift valve assemblies and methods of providing gas lift in a hydrocarbon well. The hydrocarbon wells include a wellbore that extends within a subterranean formation and downhole tubing that extends within the wellbore. The hydrocarbon wells also include a lift gas supply system configured to provide a lift gas stream to a lift gas supply conduit of the wellbore, a plurality of electrically actuated gas lift valve assemblies, a valve power supply system, and a controller. The methods include measuring a respective pressure differential between a lift gas supply conduit and a production conduit of the hydrocarbon well at each electrically actuated gas lift valve assembly in a plurality of electrically actuated gas lift valve assemblies of the hydrocarbon well. The methods also include selectively opening a selected electrically actuated gas lift valve assembly based on the respective pressure differential.
US11035186B2
This disclosure includes flow spool riser segment assemblies that are suitable for managed pressure drilling (MPD) and that can be lowered (e.g., when connected to other riser segment assemblies) through a rotary of a drilling rig. Some embodiments are configured to have portions of the flow spool connected (e.g., without welding) below the rotary.
US11035185B2
Working an underground arcuate path around at least a portion of an obstacle with a casing extending into the underground arcuate path, connecting a rotating control device to the casing; and a Venturi device connected to the rotating control device.
US11035178B2
A transportation apparatus for moving a workover rig includes a first and a second pony substructure. A joist connects the first pony substructure to the second pony substructure. At least one stomper is operably connected to each of the first and second pony substructures for moving the transportation apparatus from a first location to a second location. The first and second pony substructures are configured to receive a vehicle that is configured as a workover rig. A proximal end of a first guide wire attaches to the walking structure, and a distal end of the guide wire attaches to the workover rig to stabilize the workover rig atop the transportation apparatus.
US11035176B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table having a structure for enhancing at least one of abrasion resistance, thermal stability, or impact resistance. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a PCD table. The PCD table includes a lower region including a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting a lower average grain size and at least an upper region adjacent to the lower region and including a plurality of diamond grains exhibiting an upper average grain size. The lower average grain size may be at least two times greater than that of the upper average grain size. The PDC includes a substrate having an interfacial surface that is bonded to the lower region of the PCD table. Other embodiments are directed methods of forming PDCs, and various applications for such PDCs in rotary drill bits, bearing apparatuses, and wire-drawing dies.
US11035174B2
A Rotary Steerable System (RSS) includes a flexible collar coupled therein or thereto that permits the stiffness of the RSS to be controlled and permits a desired turning radius to be achieved without sacrificing stability characteristics of the RSS. The flexible collar may be positioned between a steering section and the controller of the RSS. The parameters affecting the geometry, position and stiffness characteristics of the flexible collar and the RSS may be selected strategically to match the requirements of the particular wellbore being drilled. By selecting these parameters strategically, improvements may be achieved related to tool length, bending stiffness, bending stress, torsional stiffness, shear stress due to torsion and increased dogleg severity tolerance.
US11035172B2
Electric drive unit (104) for cords of blinds, comprising: a DC driven electric motor (106), a cord winding/unwinding unit (107) driven by the electric motor (106), for winding/unwinding one or more cords (102a) of a blind (103), a control circuitry (105) arranged for controlling the operation of the electric motor (106) by controlling the DC supply of the electric motor (106), the control circuitry (105) being functionally connected to one or more rotation detection sensors (108), each rotation detection sensor (108) being arranged for detecting increments of the rotation of the electric motor (106) by cooperating with a rotating element (109) driven by the electric motor (106), the rotating element (109) having at least two discrete elements (110), wherein the passage of which is detected as detection pulses by the one or more rotation detection sensor (108), characterized in that the control circuitry (105) is arranged for controlling the electric motor (106) dependent on the time development of the detected passages.
US11035167B1
A method of forming a thermally enhanced extrudate for a door or window includes providing an extrudate including a channel shaped to receive glass or a frame and having a completely enclosed cavity. The method further includes forming openings in a first flange of the extrudate. The remaining portion of the first flange form bridges that extend between a first wall and a second wall. The method further includes position a flowable material into the cavity through the openings. The flowable material cures to create a solid insulation material in the cavity and the bridges resist warping of the extrudate as the flowable material cures.
US11035155B2
A lever-lock release system is configured to releasably couple two objects together, for example a parachute and a payload. The lever-lock release system may comprise a first lever and a second lever, each rotatably coupled to a rigid base. When activated, the levers cascadingly rotate to release a first object and a second object. With these systems and related methods, various failure modes may be eliminated, such as undesired premature deployment of recovery parachutes during aerial delivery.
US11035151B2
An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device includes a plurality of arms slidingly disposed within the housing. Grips are disposed on proximal ends of the arms and are configured to receive and secure edges of an article of merchandise. A locking mechanism is disposed within the housing of the anti-theft device. Complimentary teeth are disposed on the locking component and the arms. An actuator transitions the locking components between a first unlocked configuration in which the teeth of the locking components are retracted away from the teeth of the arms, and a second locked configuration in which the teeth of the locking components engage the teeth of the arms.
US11035146B1
The camper-attached privacy tent is configured for use with a trailer. The camper-attached privacy tent is a structure that encloses the negative space of the trailer. The span of the length of the vertical direction of the camper-attached privacy tent is adjustable such that the camper-attached privacy tent adjusts to match variations in the span of the vertical direction of the negative space between different trailers. The span of the length of the primary sense of direction of the camper-attached privacy tent is adjustable such that the camper-attached privacy tent adjusts to match variations in the span of the primary sense of direction of the negative space between different trailers.
US11035136B1
A self-propelled robot for rebar binding including wheel units that travel on intersecting rebars; frame units mounted multiply aligned on right and left of the wheel units corresponding to an array interval of the rebars on which the wheel unit travels, binder holding units positioned between a front wheel and rear wheel of the wheel unit and by which rebar binders that bind intersecting rebars are detachably mounted per each wheel unit; driving units each having a binder driving portion that drives the binder holding unit up and down; and a control unit that controls travel motion of the wheel units and binding motion of the rebar binder. The driving units each include a trigger driving pin, and the control unit having a binding control portion that causes the trigger driving pins of the driving units to simultaneously and respectively press the triggers of the rebar binders.
US11035133B2
The disclosure relates to a device for locking two interconnected floor panels that are identically embodied and includes a core, an upper side and a lower side, and a first lateral edge (I) and a second lateral edge (II) opposite the first lateral edge. On the upper side, the first lateral edge (I) of the first floor panel abuts against the second lateral edge (II) of the second floor panel. A horizontal groove extending into the core is embodied in the second lateral edge (II), with an upper wall, an inner wall and a lower wall, the lower wall being formed from a lower lip projecting on the first lateral edge (I), which, on the outer end thereof, has a projection that is oriented towards the upper side and has a first locking edge, and at least one locking element is inserted in the region of the connection point of the two floor panels. An outwardly projecting spring is provided on the second lateral edge (II), and includes a step forming a spring tip on the outer end thereof, and on the end thereof facing the core, a second locking edge extending in the vertical direction (V), the locking edge being the outer wall of a vertical groove open towards the lower side, in which the projection engages. The locking takes place, in the vertical direction, by means of the spring tip engaging in the horizontal groove, and in the horizontal direction, by means of the locking element supported on the first locking edge of the projection and on the second locking edge of the spring. The disclosure is characterised in that the locking element is compressible in the vertical direction (V) and not compressible in the horizontal direction.
US11035121B2
Described is a construction and parts of the construction for effectively thermally and acoustically insulating and sealing of a safing slot (1) between a floor (6) of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration (2) utilizing an interior panel module design. In particular, the thermal insulating and sealing system comprises a first element (7) comprising a top framing component (8) having an interior wall surface (13) and an opening, positioned substantially in the height of the floor (6), wherein the top framing component (8) is located on top of the interior wall surface (3) of the spandrel panel (7), and a second element (9) comprised of a thermally resistant and/or air tight material for insulating, positioned at least partially in the top framing component (8) of the first element (7), wherein the second element (9) includes an inner end surface (10) positionable in abutment with respect to the outer edge (11) of the floor (6) for sealing thereadjacent, outer end surface (12) positionable in abutment with respect the interior wall surface (13) of the top framing component (8), a lower facing surface (14) extending between the inner end surface (10) and the outer end surface (12) and facing downwardly therebetween, and an upper facing surface (15) extending between the inner end surface (10) and the outer end surface (12) and facing upwardly therebetween.
US11035111B2
A plunger is provided with a flange having a length, a width and a thickness. The length is greater than the width to cover an elongated toilet trapway. A peripheral seal extends away from the flange to seal with the elongated toilet trapway. A plunger adapter is provided with a flange having a length, a width and a thickness. The length is greater than the width to cover an elongated toilet trapway. A peripheral seal extends away from the flange to seal with an elongated toilet trapway. A cylindrical receptacle is formed into the flange and spaced apart from the seal for cooperation with a radially symmetrical plunger.
US11035108B2
A faucet device includes a body, a water temperature regulating valve, a water flow guide, a control rod, an outlet hose and a positioning seat. The regulating valve and the flow guide are disposed in the body. The flow guide is disposed at a lower end of the regulating valve. The outlet hose is concealed in the outlet pipe of the body. The inner end of the outlet hose is fixed with a metal joint and the outer end is a water outlet. The metal joint is inserted into the outlet passage of the flow guide. The positioning seat has an external thread and a protruding shaft and is screwed into the screw hole of the outlet passage of the outlet pipe, and the protruding shaft is inserted into the outlet end of the water outlet of the outlet hose to fix a position of the water outlet.
US11035104B2
The object of the present patent comprises an innovative system for harvesting runoff from rainwater and other sources, basically comprising tube-like vertical deposits with varied and adequate diameters to facilitate both assembly and construction of walls and fences, being self-supporting, modular, cost-effective, either built-in or surface-installed, being formed basically by vertical cylindrical pipes (2), preferably standard PVC water pipes, with the possibility of using metal or polymer sleeves along their lengths or applying an inner lining with fiber glass or any other material aimed at increasing the strength of large diameter pipes.
US11035094B1
An extender for a material mover may include an extension plate, an inner cap plate, an outer cap plate, securing fasteners and a securing pin. The extension plate may have an arcuate recess configured to be disposed around a lifter arm on the material mover. The extension plate may include an extended-lifter segment with an implement-retention aperture, a first aperture, and second aperture. The inner cap plate and outer cap plate may each include a top aperture, a bottom aperture, and a retention aperture. The securing fasteners may be configured to secure the inner cap plate, outer cap plate and extension plate together (i) through the top apertures and first aperture, and (ii) through the bottom apertures and second aperture. The securing pin may be configured to secure the inner cap plate, outer cap plate, and lifter arm together through the retention apertures and a lifter-arm retention aperture.
US11035089B1
A system and method for efficient engine operation of a material collection system is provided. A material collection system can have a control system, a boom that supports a conduit, a power source, and a vacuum generator. Sensors can provide data on operation of the material collection system. The control system can adjust the vacuum generator power output based on sensor data to efficiently manage energy usage.
US11035073B2
A fluid flow system for a laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air along an airflow path having a heat exchanger. A drain channel receives condensate from the heat exchanger and fluid spray from a spray nozzle for directing lint particles to the drain channel and on to a sump for collecting fluid, including the condensate. A pump seat and a fluid outlet are integrally formed in a sump cover. A pump directs the fluid from the sump to the fluid outlet. A fluid level sensor detects at least minimum and maximum capacities of the fluid in the sump. When the fluid is below the minimum capacity, the pump defines an idle state. When the fluid reaches the minimum capacity, the pump defines an active state. When the fluid exceeds the maximum capacity, the pump directs the fluid to the fluid outlet.
US11035071B2
A method for detecting drain standpipe height in a washing machine appliance includes activating a drain pump such that the drain pump flows wash fluid from a tub to a drain standpipe, determining a height of the drain standpipe, and adjusting operation of the washing machine appliance in response to the determined height of the drain standpipe.
US11035068B2
Disclosed is a washing machine from which a diaphragm is removed. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a front panel configured to form an appearance of a front surface of the cabinet, a tub disposed in the cabinet to contain wash water, a tub seal installed to prevent leakage of the wash water contained in the tub, and a decorative panel fixed to the front panel to prevent exposure of the tub seal through the front surface of the cabinet. The washing machine may have an attractive appearance appealing to a user by mounting the decorative panel to prevent exposure of a sealing structure through the front surface thereof.
US11035058B2
A yarn is produced having a functional core and a covering. The core is either an active functional core having electronic components or passive components and may be monofilament or multifilament. The core and covering are introduced together such that the covering protects the core and gives the core a more comfortable feel such that the yarn may be used in textile applications. The core may be covered by various spinning methods such as air jet or Vortex air jet spinning, ring spinning, open end, or friction spinning. The yarn may also be processed in a single or double covering operation. In one embodiment, the yarn is woven into clothing.
US11035052B2
An aluminum member exhibits improved alkali resistance with respect to an anodic oxide coating. The highly alkali-resistant aluminum member includes a material that includes aluminum or an aluminum alloy, an anodic oxide coating that is formed on the surface of the material, and a coating layer that is formed on the anodic oxide coating, and includes a siloxane glass component in a ratio of 90 mass % or more, wherein the coating layer has a thickness of 0.5 to 5.0 μm and a coating mass of 0.4 to 5.0 g/m2.
US11035049B2
A solid electrolyte membrane is disposed between an anode and a substrate, and voltage is applied between the anode and the substrate while the solid electrolyte membrane is pressed onto the substrate so as to form a metal film on the substrate. In this film forming method, there is used the solid electrolyte membrane that includes: a first portion made of an ion permeable material; and a second portion made of a material having an electric insulating property and having a low permeability of metallic ions, the second portion being embedded in the first portion so as to be exposed from a surface of the solid electrolyte membrane, the surface of the solid electrolyte membrane facing the substrate.
US11035042B2
The present inventing relates to a method for marking at least one inner face of a container with at least one given pattern, in which method the inside of said inner face is at least partially coated with a pigmented sol-gel layer that reacts to laser radiation, by spraying or by means of a stamp applied to a precise zone of the layer provided for containing the pattern, and the pattern is developed by interaction between the sol-gel and UV laser radiation specifically programmed according to the pattern to be revealed, the UV laser radiation being emitted by a device comprising an optical system having a long optical length that allows a field depth of more than 1 mm to be obtained. The present invention also relates to a device suitable for implementing this method and to a container obtained by this method.
US11035034B2
The present invention provides a film formation method and a film formation apparatus which can fabricate an epitaxial film with +c polarity by a sputtering method. In one embodiment of the present invention, the film formation method of epitaxially growing a semiconductor thin film with a wurtzite structure by the sputtering method on an epitaxial growth substrate heated to a predetermined temperature by a heater includes the following steps. First, the substrate is disposed on a substrate holding portion including the heater to be located at a predetermined distance away from the heater. Then, the epitaxial film of the semiconductor film with the wurtzite structure is formed on the substrate with the impedance of the substrate holding portion being adjusted.
US11035023B2
A method of recovering metals from electronic waste comprises providing a powder comprising electronic waste in at least a first reactor and a second reactor and providing an electrolyte comprising at least ferric ions in an electrochemical cell in fluid communication with the first reactor and the second reactor. The method further includes contacting the powders within the first reactor and the second reactor with the electrolyte to dissolve at least one base metal from each reactor into the electrolyte and reduce at least some of the ferric ions to ferrous ions. The ferrous ions are oxidized at an anode of the electrochemical cell to regenerate the ferric ions. The powder within the second reactor comprises a higher weight percent of the at least one base metal than the powder in the first reactor. Additional methods of recovering metals from electronic waste are also described, as well as an apparatus of recovering metals from electronic waste.
US11035022B2
Provided are a metal sheet, a method of producing a metal sheet, a method of producing a molded product of a metal sheet, and a molded product of a metal sheet, in which occurrence of surface roughness is inhibited. Provided are a metal sheet satisfying conditions (a1), (b1) or (c1) at the surface and a method for producing the metal sheet. Also provided are a method for producing a molded product of a metal sheet using the metal sheet, and a molded product of the metal sheet. (a1) The area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.25 to 0.35, and the average crystal grain size is less than 16 μm. (b1) The area fraction of crystal grains having a crystal orientation divergent by 20° or more from a (111) plane and by 20° or more from a (001) plane is from 0.15 to 0.30, and the average crystal grain size is 16 μm or more. (c1) The area fraction of crystal grains with a Taylor Factor value from 3.0 to 3.4, when assuming plane strain tensile deformation in the transverse direction, is from 0.18 to 0.40.
US11035015B2
A vapor film-rupturing agent is provided that is prepared from asphalt as a staring material, so as to have a fraction (x) (% by mass) of a saturated component and a fraction (y) (% by mass) of an asphaltene component based on the total fraction 100% by mass of the saturated component, the asphaltene component, an aromatic component, and a resin component obtained by any one of analysis methods described in the Japan Petroleum Institute Standard and Manuals Testing Method for Petroleum Products JPI-5S-70-10 and the British Standard Test Method IP-469 that satisfy one or more of the following conditions (1) to (3): condition (1): 1.2926×(x)/100−8.113×(y)/100+2.3384≤2.400, condition (2): (y)≥7.0, and condition (3): ((y)/(x))≥0.5. The vapor film-rupturing agent is capable of preparing a thermal treatment oil composition having a high vapor film-rupturing effect with a characteristic number of seconds in the cooling capability test according to JIS K2242 (2012) of 2.50 seconds or less.
US11035013B2
A coating composition includes at least one, low Tg, polyol resin having hydroxyl groups available for crosslinking, a polyurethane crosslinker that crosslinks the hydroxyl groups when cured, and water in an amount from about 4 to 20 wt. % of the total weight of the coating composition. Characteristically, solvents other than water are present in an amount less than half the amount of water. The coating composition is advantageously used to finish leather.
US11035012B2
The invention provides chimeric capture probes immobilizable via an L-nucleic acid tail that can bind to a complementary L-nucleic acid in an immobilized probe. The capture probes are useful for capturing a target nucleic acid from a sample. The L-nucleic acid in the tail of the capture probe bind to the complementary L-nucleic acid in the immobilized probe with similar affinity as would otherwise equivalent D-nucleic acids. However, the L-nucleic acid of the capture probe tail and immobilized probes do not form stable duplexes with D-nucleic acids present in the in the sample containing the target nucleic acid. Binding of nucleic acids in the sample directly to immobilized probe or to the tail of the capture probe is reduced or eliminated increasing the sensitivity and/or specificity of the assay.
US11035000B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for enriching a non-host sequence from a host sample. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for detecting a non-host sequence in a host sample. For example, a pathogen can be enriched and detected in a sample taken from a human without knowing what the pathogen is.
US11034999B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for enhancing the processivity of a polymerase in catalyzing template-dependent DNA synthesis in high concentrations of salt. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for enhancing the assembly of polymerase-template complex compatible with active DNA synthesis in the presence of low levels of nucleotides and at a high temperature, such as temperatures at or near the melting temperature of the polymerase.
US11034996B2
Disclosed herein is a method of covalently crosslinking DNA strands. In certain aspects, the method comprises incubating a hybridized, double-stranded DNA polynucleotide (dsDNA), comprising a probe strand that comprises an abasic (Ap) residue and an at least partially complementary target strand that comprises a 2′-deoxyadenosine (dA) residue, wherein incubation occurs under conditions that allow for a covalent crosslinking reaction to occur between the Ap residue in the probe strand and the dA residue in the target strand.
US11034994B2
The present invention is directed to a phospholipid-based NIR molecular beacon, having a phospholipid moiety; with an NIR fluorophore moiety covalently linked to a phospholipid glycerol backbone and a quencher moiety covalently linked to the phospholipid glycerol backbone. Additionally, provided herein is methods of analyzing a sample for the presence of a phospholipase and methods of identifying the activity of a phospholipase in vivo utilizing phospholipid-based NIR molecular beacon.
US11034992B2
Disclosed herein are methods, assays, compositions and kits for the detection and measurement of UDPglucose in biological samples. The methods, assays, compositions and kits are suitable for use with equipment that is readily available in a clinical laboratory, and permit rapid and reproducible detection and measurement of UDP-glucose at physiologically relevant levels in biological samples.
US11034989B2
The invention provides methods for the synthesis of long oligonucleotides, genes and gene fragments. The methods include the manufacture of genes or gene fragments that can be then inserted into a variety of vectors.
US11034985B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing L-methionine in which a microorganism is cultured in the presence of L-homoserine and methyl mercaptan, a salt of the same or dimethyl disulfide whereby the L-methionine is accumulated in the culture medium.
US11034980B2
Disclosed herein are engineered cells and cell-free systems, compositions, and methods for conversion of isopentenols to isoprenoid precursors.
US11034979B2
The invention relates to fungal cells for the production of FDCA. The fungal cell is genetically modified to have at least one of a) a genetic modification that confers to or increases in the cell the ability to oxidize 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid to 5-formyl-2-furoic acid; and, b) a genetic modification that reduces catabolism of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid in the cell. The fungal cell can further be genetically modified to increase the cell's ability to oxidize furanic aldehydes to the corresponding furanic carboxylic acids. The invention also relates to a process for the production of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) wherein the cells of the invention are used for oxidation of a furanic precursors of FDCA.
US11034975B2
The invention provides an adenovirus or adenoviral vector characterized by comprising one or more particular nucleic acid sequences or one or more particular amino acid sequences, or portions thereof, pertaining to, for example, an adenoviral pIX protein, DNA polymerase protein, penton protein, hexone protein, and/or fiber protein.
US11034974B2
The present invention provides novel mRNA elements capable of forming hairpin, double-stranded RNA structures independent of other non-coding RNAs. These mRNAs are stably expressed, lack polyadenylation tails, and allow minimal protein translation except when in the presence of specific proteins. Also provided, are compositions and kits comprising the mRNA element, as well as methods for its use in the regulation of protein translation. Advantageously, the disclosed elements represent a novel tool useful in regulating the expression of a wide variety of proteins of interest.
US11034966B2
The invention relates to, in part, improved methods for the production of beta-lactamase using Escherichia coli (E. coli) cells. High yield production of beta-lactamase is achieved using methods of the invention.
US11034961B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, vectors, and kits comprising an antagonist of a truncated TrkC or a truncated TrkB. Also described herein are methods of treating and/or preventing an otic disease or condition associated with an elevated expression level of a truncated TrkC or truncated TrkB isoform.
US11034958B2
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the apolipoprotein C3 (APOC3) gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of APOC3 and methods of treating subjects having an APOC3 associated disorder, e.g., hypertriglyceridemia.
US11034955B2
A method of reducing the level of a transcription product in a cell comprising contacting with the cell a composition comprising a double-stranded nucleic acid complex comprising a first nucleic acid strand annealed to a second nucleic acid strand, wherein: (i) the first nucleic acid strand hybridizes to the transcription product and comprises (a) a region consisting of at least 4 consecutive nucleotides that are recognized by RNase H when the strand is hybridized to the transcription product, (b) one or more nucleotide analogs located on 5′ terminal side of the region, (c) one or more nucleotide analogs located on 3′ terminal side of the region and (d) a total number of nucleotides and nucleotide analogs ranging from 8 to 35 nucleotides and (ii) the second nucleic acid strand comprises (a) nucleotides and optionally nucleotide analogs and (b) at least 4 consecutive RNA nucleotides.
US11034950B2
Compositions and methods for delivering enzymes in enzyme hydrogel formulations are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to injectable enzyme hydrogel formulations and delivery of injectable enzyme hydrogel formulations. Also disclosed are methods for GALNS enzyme replacement therapy and lysosomal enzyme replacement therapy.
US11034945B2
The present disclosure provides compositions of matter, methods and instruments for editing nucleic acids in live yeast cells.
US11034934B2
Disclosed are compositions of matter, cells, protocols and procedures useful for augmentation of one or more therapeutic activities of fibroblast cellular populations. In one embodiment fibroblasts are pretreated with growth factor-comprising composition(s), wherein the growth factor(s) may be cytokines, peptides, and/or proteins. In another embodiment fibroblasts are cultured with platelet rich plasma and/or derivatives from platelet rich plasma. In another embodiment, fibroblasts are cultured under hypoxic conditions prior to administration to an individual. The disclosure further provides means of assessment of fibroblast activity in vitro, including wound repair assay and cytokine production, for example.
US11034933B2
Disclosed herein are methods for selectively expanding cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors and enriching cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors in compositions and methods of treating HIV infection in subjects by administering the expanded and/or enriched cells.
US11034929B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to an automated cell culture instrument and to methods for operating such an instrument. In one aspect, the cell culture instrument includes a computing unit and a plurality of electrically controllable resources (e.g., sensors, actuators, etc.). The computing unit receives a protocol, schedules the resources so as to execute the protocol, and operates the resources as scheduled or in response to so as to provide an improved environment for cell culture growth. The computing unit may simulate protocol execution in connection with the scheduling or execution of the protocol.
US11034926B2
Systems and methods for improved flow properties in fluidic and microfluidic systems are disclosed. The system includes a microfluidic device having a first microchannel, a fluid reservoir having a working fluid and a pressurized gas, a pump in communication with the fluid reservoir to maintain a desired pressure of the pressurized gas, and a fluid-resistance element located within a fluid path between the fluid reservoir and the first microchannel. The fluid-resistance element includes a first fluidic resistance that is substantially larger than a second fluidic resistance associated with the first microchannel.
US11034922B2
Provided is a cleaning agent composition for use in an adhesion process for applying an adhesive to a surface of a first member subjected to a dry treatment without a primer, and adhering a second member to the surface of the first member. The cleaning agent comprises a compound (A) having a (meth)acryloyl group and a liquid (B) having a boiling point of not higher than 200° C.
US11034910B2
The invention is directed to a method for reducing low speed pre-ignition events in a spark-ignited direct injection internal combustion engine by supplying to the sump a lubricant composition which contains an oil of lubricating viscosity and an ashless antioxidant. The ashless antioxidant may be selected from phenolic compounds, aryl amine compounds, and sulfurized olefins, especially 2,6-hindered phenols and diarylamine compounds.
US11034900B2
A system for gasification of a material includes a plasma generator interfaced to a reaction chamber. A feedstock such as pulverized coal is fed into a plasma jet created by the plasma generator and is gasified by the high temperatures of the plasma jet. The gas produced is then collected, filtered, and utilized, for example, in generating of electricity. Likewise, extra heat produced by the system is also used to generate electricity or other heating purposes
US11034885B2
An organic light emitting diode includes a light emitting layer that includes a light emitting material of the constitutional formula The structure is unitary, and the formula weight is determined, and the better solubility and film formation are provided, and the thin film status is stable; it possesses a very high decomposition temperature and a lower sublimation temperature, and is easy to sublime to be light emitting material of high purity, and can be applied for small molecule organic light emitting diode. In the method for manufacturing the light emitting material, p-bromothiophenol and 4-Bromo-2-fluorobenzonitrile are employed to be starting materials, and an intermediate of the light emitting material is obtained with a series of simple reactions, and finally, the light emitting material is obtained with Ullmann reaction or Suzuki reaction, and these steps are simple and the production is high.
US11034883B2
The disclosure is directed to low molecular weight polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles that can be used to deliver agents deep into hydrocarbon reservoirs. Methods of making and using said polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles are also provided.
US11034877B2
A method of drilling in a subterranean formation is disclosed. The method may include providing a direct emulsion drilling fluid comprising an aqueous-based fluid, an oil, and a poly-quaternary ammonium chloride emulsifier; circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid from the surface, through a wellbore, and back to the surface; and extending the wellbore in the subterranean formation while circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid.
US11034874B2
The current invention relates to fluids used in well-bore applications. Embodiments of the present invention encompass fluids including, but not limited to including, a combination of solids and liquid, where the solids include, but not limited to including, clay and industrial dust, such as, but not limited to, steel dust, and methods of making and using such fluids. The liquid may be a combination of two or more liquids. The clay may be a combination of two or more clays. The liquid may include water. A mixture of industrial dust from different sources may be used. In some embodiments, the industrial dust is steel dust including, but not limited to including, calcium oxide.
US11034873B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to weighted compositions for treatment of a subterranean formation. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include placing in the subterranean formation a coated weighting agent. The coated weighting agent can include a weighting agent and an inorganic coating material on the weighting agent.
US11034872B2
The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a fluoroolefin and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.
US11034868B2
An adhesive compositions containing at least one first styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer having a diblock content of not less than 45%, at least one second styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymer having a styrene content of not more than 30 wt.-%, at least one first tackifying resin having a softening point of equal to or higher than 100° C., and at least one second tackifying resin having a softening point of equal to or higher than 120° C. Further, a method for bonding substrates together using the adhesive composition.
US11034848B2
A pasty composition for the manufacture of three-dimensional structures or structural elements on the surface of a substrate is formed together with a polymer as an organic component B1, and a powdery material that makes up a proportion of solid in the range of 60 mass % to 95 mass % in the composition, and at least two mutually different solvents C1 and C2 that form a solvent mixture. A first solvent C1 has a boiling temperature here that is lower than the boiling temperature of the further solvent or solvents C2.
US11034844B2
The invention relates to a dimensionally stable preparation which can be abraded on flat materials, containing a translucent water-based polymer-containing carrier composition and platelet-shaped solid particles. The platelet-shaped solid particles have an average maximum diameter ranging from 2 to 40 μm and are contained in the preparation in a proportion by volume specified by the selected particle size in order to achieve a sheen which is clearly perceptible to the human eye while simultaneously having good abrasion properties. In a sub-aspect of the invention, the preparations according to the invention further have adhesive properties such that the abraded film is best suited for securing flat decorative elements or generally for adhering flat porous materials.
US11034842B2
A coating includes: at least 34.9 percent by mass silicon dioxide; at least 9.1 percent by mass aluminum oxide; and at least 16.1 percent by mass yttrium oxide.
US11034814B2
To provide a core material for a fiber reinforced composite having an excellent workability upon being composited with a fiber reinforcing material. A core material for a fiber reinforced composite of the present disclosure comprises a molded product of expanded beads containing a thermoplastic resin, and having a heat shrinkage onset temperature of 80° C. or higher, a linear expansion coefficient of 10×10−5 mm/mm·° C. or less, and a ratio of change in dimensions with heating at 130° C. of −4.0% to 0%.
US11034813B2
A variety of foams and foam components are provided, including foam components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment. The articles include a composition having a foam structure, wherein the composition includes a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer comprising: (a) a plurality of first segments, each first segment derived from a dihydroxy-terminated polydiol; (b) a plurality of second segments, each second segment derived from a diol; and (c) a plurality of third segments, each third segment derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including at least one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition, or extrusion or injection molding to foam the polymeric composition followed by compression molding of the foam.
US11034809B2
A resin supply material used for press molding or vacuum-pressure molding of a fiber-reinforced resin, the resin supply material including a continuous porous material and a thermosetting resin, wherein an average pore cross-sectional area ratio P expressed by formula (I) is 1.1 or more: P=AII/AI (I) AI: average pore cross-sectional area in region I AII: average pore cross-sectional area in region II Region I: region occupying 10% of total volume of continuous porous material from surface layer on both surfaces thereof Region II: whole region of continuous porous material.
US11034802B2
The superabsorbent polymer has absorption under pressure/under no pressure, permeability, and absorption speed that are suitable for the application in thin hygienic goods, and simultaneously, inhibits the generation of dust in the preparation process of hygienic goods and does not exhibit blocking in the preparation process of the superabsorbent polymer.
US11034791B2
Compositions including a thermosetting polymer network and a mechanophore covalently bonded to the thermosetting polymer network are provided. Substrates including the compositions are provided. In addition, methods of making the compositions and methods of monitoring stress on a substrate comprising the compositions are provided.
US11034787B2
Acrylic copolymers that include the controlled placement of functional groups within the polymer structure are provided. The copolymers contain a reactive segment and a non-reactive segment and are manufactured via a controlled radical polymerization process. The copolymers are useful in the manufacture of adhesives and elastomers.
US11034778B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing a graft copolymer, which comprises: emulsion-polymerizing one or more selected from the group consisting of an aromatic vinyl-based monomer to prepare a seed, a vinylcyano-based monomer and an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer; emulsion-polymerizing the seed and an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer to prepare a core; and emulsion-polymerizing the core, an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a vinylcyano-based monomer to prepare a shell, wherein one or more steps selected from the group consisting of the steps of preparing the seed, the core and the shell comprises adding an emulsifier comprising a compound represented by Formula 1 below.
US11034775B2
The present disclosure involves biologically active proteins termed cysteine-optimized multimerizing stradomers. Thus, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods providing anti-autoimmune and anti-inflammatory activities, useful in the treatment of diseases and conditions including autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, or infectious diseases.
US11034772B2
CD37-specific bispecific antibody molecules binding to different epitopes of the human CD37 antigen which bispecific antibody molecules have enhanced Fc-Fc interactions upon binding to CD37 on the cell surface. The invention also relates to the monoclonal parental antibodies from which the first or the second binding region of the bispecific antibody molecules is obtained. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these molecules and the treatment of cancer and other diseases using these compositions.
US11034754B2
A method for the purification of immunoglobulins by ion exchange chromatography is described. The chromatographic method uses a weak ion exchange resin and a single step elution process for the purification of an immunoglobulin. Additionally a method for the determination of the salt concentration for the single step elution of an immunoglobulin from an ion exchange resin is described.
US11034751B1
The present invention provides methods for treating cancer using serotonin receptor inhibitors, such as serotonin receptor inhibitory antibodies, among others. The invention also features compositions containing serotonin receptor inhibitors, methods of diagnosing patients with serotonin receptor-associated cancer, and methods of predicting the response of cancer in a subject to treatment with serotonin receptor inhibitors.
US11034747B2
The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel glucagon analogue peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.
US11034745B2
Analogs for CLR/RAMP receptor ligands are provided that have agonist, superagonist, antagonist or superantagonist activity. The analogs can be selective for one or more CLR/RAMP receptors, or can be pan-specific.
US11034728B2
A polypeptide having a sequence at least 70% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 (YVSPGMKNVNWWSHWWHATD) is provided. The polypeptide includes no more than 100 total amino acid residues.
US11034726B2
The present invention relates to a peptide comprising or consisting of an amino acid sequence according to formula (I) X1-X2-X3-X4-X5-(A)m-X6-X7-(X8)n-C (I), wherein X1 is C or S, X2 is L or A, X3 is A, V or L, X4 is F or Y, X5 is Y or F, X6 is C or R, X7 is F or L, X8 is W or A and m and n are independently 0 or 1 or a variant thereof.
US11034719B2
The present invention provides, in certain aspects, novel 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) derivatives that are useful in treating or preventing cancer, as well as in treating or preventing uncontrolled angiogenesis, in a subject. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the subject is a human. In other aspects, the present invention provides a method of preparing compounds of the invention, or a salt or solvate thereof.
US11034715B2
The invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention further relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer using the novel heterocyclic compounds of the invention.
US11034709B2
Provided herein are organic long persistent luminescence compositions and methods of use and preparation thereof and articles comprising the same.
US11034703B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically active compounds of formula X and intermediates thereof, wherein the variables of compound of formula X are as defined in the claims and the description.
US11034702B2
The present disclosure relates to fused N-arylsulfonamidyl-thienoisoquinoline compounds, derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods and uses in inhibiting cancer cell growth, along with a supplemental anti-cancer agent. Centrosome targeting and microtubule depolymerisation are attractive in designing the present chemotherapeutic compounds. The various diseases and conditions treated include various types of cell cancers, and in vitro inhibition.
US11034695B2
This invention relates to: (a) compounds of Formula Ia (with R1, R4, R5, R6, n and A as defined herein) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof that are useful as dopamine-β-hydroxylase inhibitors; (b) pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, salts or solvates; (c) the use of such compounds, salts or solvates in therapy; (d) therapeutic methods of treatment using such compounds, salts or solvates; and (e) processes and intermediates useful for the synthesis of such compounds.
US11034692B1
Naphthyridine compounds and their use as inhibitors of HPK1 are described. The compounds are useful in treating HPK1-dependent disorders and enhancing an immune response. Also described are methods of inhibiting HPK1, methods of treating HPK1-dependent disorders, methods for enhancing an immune response, and methods for preparing the naphthyridine compounds.
US11034686B2
Provided herein are aminopyridine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful as TAM family kinase inhibitors.
US11034677B2
The present invention generally relates to coumarin-based compounds that can be used for the labeling of biological molecules, as well as related synthetic and testing methods. The coumarin-based compounds typically survive conditions necessary for automated synthesis of nucleic acids without undergoing any substantial degree of degradation or alteration.
US11034676B2
The present invention discloses a compound represented by the following Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound improves the THRα selectivity while maintaining good THRβ agonistic activity, thereby improving properties of the finished drug.
US11034674B2
Provided herein are methods of treating inflammation or neuropathic pain using an effective dose of a monoacylglycerol lipase inhibitor or a composition thereof.
US11034672B1
The present disclosure relates to new compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or stereoisomers thereof of formula I as inhibitors of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK), in particular extracellular mutants of ErbB-receptors. The present disclosure also relates to methods of preparation these compounds, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using them in the treatment of cancer in mammals (e.g. humans).
US11034671B2
Described herein are ASK1 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of blood disease, autoimmune disorders, pulmonary disorders, hypertension, inflammatory diseases, fibrotic diseases, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, renal diseases, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, acute lung injuries, acute or chronic liver diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US11034670B2
The present invention is related to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and a compound represented by the following structural formula: The present invention is also related a method of treating a subject with a disease which can be ameliorated by inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP). The definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US11034652B2
Topical formulations comprising soft glycopyrrolates are useful for treating excessive sweating conditions in subjects, such as humans suffering from hyperhidrosis. Preferably, at least one soft anticholinergic agent is provided in an effective amount or concentration in an anhydrous formulation that can inhibit excessive perspiration resulting from a condition such as hyperhidrosis.
US11034648B2
The present invention relates to novel derivatives of cystobactamides of formula (Ib) and the use thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections.
US11034642B2
The present invention relates to a continuous recovery method of (meth)acrylic acid and an apparatus for use in the recovery method. A continuous recovery method of (meth)acrylic acid according to the present invention can ensure a high recovery rate of (meth)acrylic acid through an acetic acid separation process in addition to enabling the stable recovery of (meth)acrylic acid and the operation of continuous processes.
US11034638B2
A method is disclosed for improving the energy efficiency of biorefinery drying operations through integration of a dryer that utilizes the heat of condensation of process vapors to dry material whose emissions are captured with energy recovery. The dryer separates clean process vapors (e.g., ethanol) and steam from vapors containing volatile organic compounds and entrained materials, to minimize the need for vapor cleanup. An indirect dryer condenses vapors in a tube dryer similar to a steam tube dryer, but utilizing compressed process vapors, transferring the heat to wet material undergoing drying. The resulting exhaust vapors are either directed to a process stage that requires heat (e.g., distillation) and minimizes the need for vapor cleanup or to an out-of-contact heat exchanger that produces vapors for process use, or to another dryer as an additional effect. Mechanical-vapor recompression or thermal-vapor recompression are employed to produce vapors that optimize overall energy recovery.
US11034635B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, comprising the steps of: a) providing a stream A comprising at least one of the compounds selected from the group consisting of 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and 2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane; b) in a reactor, bringing said stream A into contact with HF in the presence or absence of a fluorination catalyst in order to produce a stream B comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; characterized in that the electrical conductivity of said stream A provided in step a) is less than 15 mS/cm.
US11034634B2
A method for producing a fluorine-containing halogenated hydrocarbon comprising reacting a chlorine-containing compound and hydrogen fluoride in a vapor phase, and a separation step of separating a reaction product containing hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride, and organic matter containing the fluorine-containing halogenated hydrocarbon into multiple components, the separation step comprising: separating the reaction product into a gas phase and a liquid phase, increasing the pressure of the liquid phase and supplying the liquid phase into a distillation column, compressing the gas phase and supplying the gas phase into the distillation column, separating a first stream containing the hydrogen chloride from the top of the distillation column, and separating a second stream containing the organic matter and the hydrogen fluoride from the bottom of the distillation column. The method is for stably obtaining a target compound by preventing hydrogen fluoride contained in the outlet gas from condensing during compression.
US11034628B2
A process of converting a carbon-carbon double bond on a substrate into a cyclopropane ring, which method comprises the step of treating the substrate with a N-alkyl-N-nitroso compound, a transition metal catalyst and an aqueous base, wherein the N-alkyl-N-nitroso compound is formed by reacting an alkyl amine with an alkali metal nitrite in the presence of a mono-basic or di-basic acid, or a mixture thereof, and wherein the N-alkyl-N-nitroso compound is not distilled before it is mixed with the substrate, catalyst and base.
US11034611B2
A scratch resistant alkali aluminoborosilicate glass. The glass is chemically strengthened and has a surface layer that is rich in silica with respect to the remainder of the glass article. The chemically strengthened glass is then treated with an aqueous solution of a mineral acid other than hydrofluoric acid, such as, for example, HCl, HNO3, H2SO4, or the like, to selective leach elements from the glass and leave behind a silica-rich surface layer. The silica-rich surface layer improves the Knoop scratch threshold of the ion exchanged glass compared to ion exchanged glass that are not treated with the acid solution as well as the post-scratch retained strength of the glass.
US11034610B2
Glass and glass ceramic compositions having a combination of lithium silicate and petalite crystalline phases along with methods of making the glass and glass ceramic compositions are described. The compositions include Li2O, SiO2, and Al2O3. Ion-exchanged glass-ceramic articles made from the glass and glass ceramic compositions have a surface compressive stress in a range from about 100 MPa to about 500 MPa.
US11034609B2
Provided is a wavelength conversion member that is less decreased in luminescence intensity with time by irradiation with light of an LED or LD and a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member is formed of an inorganic phosphor dispersed in a glass matrix, wherein the glass matrix contains, in % by mole, 30 to 85% SiO2, 0 to 20% B2O3, 0 to 25% Al2O3, 0 to 3% Li2O, 0 to 3% Na2O, 0 to 3% K2O, 0 to 3% Li2O+Na2O+K2O, 0 to 35% MgO, 0 to 35% CaO, 0 to 35% SrO, 0 to 35% BaO, 0.1 to 45% MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and 0 to 4% ZnO, and the inorganic phosphor is at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxide phosphor, a nitride phosphor, an oxynitride phosphor, a chloride phosphor, an oxychloride phosphor, a halide phosphor, an aluminate phosphor, and a halophosphate phosphor.
US11034608B2
In a method of forming a conical shape on a glass rod including an effective portion and an ineffective portion adjoining the effective portion to form a conical shape in the effective portion by simultaneously heating a boundary and the vicinity of the boundary between the effective portion and the ineffective portion and pulling an end of the ineffective portion, the temperature of a heater is raised and a heating target on the glass rod is simultaneously moved from the ineffective portion to the boundary.
US11034607B2
A method of fabricating a hollow-core photonic-bandgap fiber, comprising the steps of: providing a stack of capillaries, wherein the stack has a hollow core and the capillaries at a boundary of the core comprise a plurality of first, corner core capillaries and a plurality of second, intermediate core capillaries; applying a pressure differential between the corner core capillaries and the intermediate core capillaries, whereby a size of the corner core capillaries can be controlled in relation to the intermediate core capillaries; and reducing the stack to a fiber, wherein the fiber has a hollow core and a cladding which surrounds the core at a core boundary and comprises a lattice or network of struts and interstitial nodes which together define an array of cavities.
US11034604B2
A new water treatment system for SAGD operations is disclosed. Instead of treating both produced water and recycled water using warm lime softening systems, the recycled water is combined with saline water in a cold lime softening system. This results in slightly warmed reactions that require less chemicals during the lime softening process while also allowing for larger volumes of treated produced water to be generated by the warm lime softening system.
US11034595B1
The present invention is a water purification system and method including a treatment tank with a water inlet, a chlorine source, and a heating element; at least one storage tank with at least one treated water outlet between the treatment tank and the storage tank(s) through which treated water passes therebetween, and a final water outlet(s) through which treated water leaves the system for the benefit of the end user. A power source powers all elements that require power, such as the heating element.
US11034588B2
A method of processing a non-virgin sulfuric acid solution for the preparation of aluminum sulfate comprises the steps of combining a sulfuric acid solution having less than about 90% sulfuric acid with a water solution to form a mixed solution of no less than about 10% sulfuric acid. An alumina-containing compound such as aluminum hydroxide or aluminum bauxite is then added to the mixed solution to form aluminum sulfate.
US11034577B2
The present invention provides an infrared detector pixel structure and manufacturing method thereof. The structure comprises a conductive metal region on surface of the silicon substrate; an infrared detecting element located above the silicon substrate for detecting infrared light and generating electrical signal; and a conductive beam unit electrically connected to the infrared detecting element for transmitting the electrical signal to the conductive metal region; the conductive beam unit includes at least one conductive beam layer and multilayer conductive trench arranged in a vertical direction; two ends of the conductive beam are respectively in contact with two layers of conductive trenches whose bottom portions are not in the same horizontal plane; the infrared detecting element is in contact with one conductive trench one conductive beam; the conductive metal region is in contact with bottom portion of the other layer of conductive trench therein; the electrical signal is transmitted along the height direction of the conductive trench and the conductive beam, so as to be transmitted downward to the conductive metal region in a circuitous path in the vertical direction.
US11034576B2
An upholstery system for forming a curved furniture surface includes two surfaces that form a corner, two planar elements that are each positioned on one of the two surfaces, and a plurality of contoured elements positioned between the two planar elements and along the corner. Each of the plurality of contoured elements includes a curved surface. The system also includes at least one piece of fabric that includes at least three sections, which are connected to each other in a series such that adjacent sections form a connection portion. The system further includes a plurality of clips positioned on each of the two surfaces. The at least three sections of the at least one piece of fabric are positioned over the planar elements and the plurality of contoured elements. The connected portion of adjacent sections of the at least one piece of fabric is connected to the plurality of clips.
US11034570B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for dispensing and tracking beverages. An identifier associated with a user can be read by an identification device. Beverage availability information for the user can be determined. The beverage availability information can specify categories of beverages that the user is authorized to dispense. Valves can be selected that correspond to the authorized beverage categories. The valves can be enabled to allow the user to dispense beverages from the authorized beverage categories. The quantity of beverages dispensed can be tracked.
US11034568B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a beverage dispensing system configured to form one of a plurality of available types of carbonated and non-carbonated beverage types in response to a user selection.
US11034566B2
A sterilization process transition method of switching from an SIP process to a product sterilization process in an apparatus including piping that feeds a product into a filling machine through a heating sterilization part. The process sterilizes the piping before a filling operation, and the product sterilization process sterilizes the product to be filled. An F value is calculated from temperature and flowrate data on a fluid flowing in the heating sterilization part that are obtained from temperature sensors and flowmeters disposed in the product filling apparatus at predetermined time intervals. The temperature and flowrate at two or more predetermined positions in the product filling apparatus are adjusted from a set temperature and a set flowrate for the SIP process to a set temperature and a set flowrate for the product sterilization process while preventing the F value from becoming lower than a predetermined value.
US11034559B2
A portable pulling device and method therefore, the portable pulling device including a chassis frame, a power source, anchoring elements, a spool, a rope or cable attached thereon, and a centrifugal clutch with a chain or belt drive system allowing the ability to pull out the rope when the power source is at idle. The device further contains frame propulsion components such as wheels, skis, or tracks to facilitate movement of the pulling device into and through a confined area such as a forest or a barren area.
US11034550B2
A method for constructing an elevator system in a building includes performing at least one lifting operation to adapt a usable lifting height of the elevator system to an increasing height of the building. A drive platform supporting an elevator drive machine and, by a flexible support, an elevator car and a counterweight is raised during the lifting operation. A difference between an elevator-car-side support weight and a counterweight-side support weight is substantially compensated by a compensating tension device guided from a bottom side of the elevator car to a bottom side of the counterweight by a deflecting device including two roller assemblies having deflecting rollers forming a compensating tension loop. A distance between the roller assemblies is reduced before and/or during the lifting operation such that an amount of the compensating tension device required for the performance of the lifting operation is released from the compensating tension loop.
US11034541B2
An interfolding machine (1) is described, including folding rollers (3). Such a roller has a cylindrical sleeve (3C) having a rotation axis (3A), an outer surface (3X) and an inner surface (3Y) defining an inner axial cavity (23) of the cylindrical sleeve (3C). The cylindrical sleeve includes, furthermore, a plurality of suction holes (41, 43) which extend from the outer surface (3X) to the inner surface (3Y) of the cylindrical sleeve (3C). The suction holes are arranged depending on longitudinal alignments (42, 44), parallel to the rotation axis (3A) of the cylindrical sleeve (3C) and angularly staggered in relation to one another. Inside a suction chamber (23A) in the cylindrical sleeve (3C), shutters are stationarily arranged having closing surfaces (37A) cooperating with the inner surface (3Y) of the cylindrical sleeve (3C) to selectively close the suction holes.
US11034529B2
An object processing system is disclosed for unloading objects from a trailer of a tractor trailer. The object processing system includes an engagement system including a truck entry portion for entering the trailer and for indiscriminately engaging unidentified objects within the trailer, and a conveyance system for conveying objects engaged by the engagement system toward an unloading portion of the trailer.
US11034526B2
The invention relates to a conveyor belt stripping device for a conveyor belt of a conveyor system, having a support shaft and at least two displacement guides which are arranged side by side on the support shaft in a positive locking manner so as to transmit torque. Each of the two displacement guides is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the support shaft once a fastening device has been released and is connected to a holding end of a stripping segment, wherein the stripping segment comprises a stripping end which is spaced from the holding end and is movable to abut the conveyor belt. The two displacement guides are operatively couplable together in the longitudinal direction of the support shaft by means of a connection device. The one displacement guide, in the state coupled with the other displacement guide, is displaceable along the longitudinal direction of the support shaft to a predefined distance from the other displacement guide and then is displaceable along the longitudinal direction of the support shaft at the predefined distance to the other displacement guide together with the other displacement guide on account of the coupling by means of the connection device. The invention also relates to a displacement device for the attachment of a stripping segment to a support shaft of a conveyor belt stripping device.
US11034520B2
Curved magnetic guide for guiding the chain of a conveyor chain along a curvilinear transport direction including a pair of first guide profiles arranged spaced apart and extending in a continuous manner along a respective development direction concentric to the curvilinear transport direction, a support structure for supporting the first guide profiles having a plurality of box-shaped bodies, the box-shaped bodies being arranged in succession one after the other and spaced apart from one another along the curvilinear transport direction, where each of the box-shaped bodies houses at least one magnetic body and has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite one another, where the upper surface is provided with a pair of first constraining projections that are spaced apart and faced with distances between centers substantially equal to the distance between the development directions where the first constraining projections of the plurality of box-shaped bodies define two rows of first constraining projections that extend, spaced apart from one another, along a respective the development direction, where each of the first guide profiles is coupled with the first constraining projections aligned along one of the two rows, where the guide defines a forward guide for guiding the forward branch of the chain, the forward guide having a forward channel adapted for receiving the hinging portions of the links and which is laterally delimited by the first guide profiles of the at least one pair, where the first guide profiles each defines a sliding surface for the plate-shaped portion of the links to slide thereon, and where the magnetic bodies interact with the links to attract the links of the chain with the part of their plate-shaped portions against the sliding surfaces defined by the first guide profiles.
US11034518B2
A picking system includes: a multi-column sorting device that sorts articles based on an order, and discharges each of the articles into one of a plurality of columns of compartments; a plurality of storage devices that receive the articles discharged from the respective corresponding compartments until article groups that are each a set of the articles for each order have been collected, and temporarily store the articles; and a transport device that receives and unloads the article discharged from each of the storage devices with an accommodating container located at a standby position, and loads an empty accommodating container to the standby position.
US11034506B2
A dispenser (5) comprising a body (10) and a removable magazine (11) in which a product pouch (175) is held. The body (10) and magazine (11) form an asymmetric interior volume similar to the shape of the pouch (175). The dispenser (5) includes a grip (28) and actuator (30) at an actuator end and a ratcheting drive system disposed on opposite sides of the interior volume. The drive system applies a symmetric pushing force on a squeeze pusher (32) that is slidably disposed in the interior volume. The squeeze pusher (32) applies pressure to the pouch (175) to dispense the product. The magazine (11) and pouch (175) may be ejected once the squeeze pusher (32) is ratcheted to the dispensing end. Once ejected, the squeeze pusher (32) is disengaged from the drive system. A magazine (11) with a new pouch (175) may be inserted into the body (10), which automatically positions the squeeze pusher (32) at the actuating end and reengages the drive system for further dispensing.
US11034499B2
The present invention relates to a metal cage (1) for a tank (2) comprising a base (3), a plurality of horizontal annular tubular elements (4, 4′) and a plurality of vertical tubular elements (5) associated with the horizontal annular tubular elements (5) and to the base (3) so as to define a containment volume for a tank (2). According to the invention, the upper portion (6) of the vertical tubular elements (5) is flattened and has a folded end (7), inclined with respect to the direction of longitudinal development of the vertical tubular element (5). Moreover, the upper horizontal peripheral tubular element (4′) comprises a plurality of recesses (8) configured to house said folded ends (7) of the vertical tubular elements (5). These folded ends (7) are welded to the upper horizontal peripheral tubular element (4′) at said recesses (8).
US11034492B2
The invention relates to a hygienic protective membrane (2) for a drink can (12) provided with a lid (14) with a circular edge (16) and a ring suitable to form an orifice in a detachable zone of said lid, the membrane (2) comprising a first and a second film (6) superimposed and adhered to each other, said membrane (2) being configured to be disposed with the first film adhered to the lid (14), the second film (6) being separable from the first in order to give access to the orifice of the lid. The membrane has a central portion (8) generally circular suitable to cover the lid (14) and a lateral portion (10) forming a strip from the circular portion and adapted to cover the edge of said lid.
US11034488B2
A partition structure of an internal space of a food storage container includes: a container body having a bottom part and lateral parts surrounding a periphery of the bottom part, wherein a transversal inner edge is formed between the lateral parts, and a longitudinal inner edge is formed between the bottom part and each lateral part; and a partition component, disposed in the container body and composed of plural plate units, each plate unit has a partition plate part and an abutting part, and at least one alignment part having a curvature is extended from each abutting part; wherein a curvature defined by the transversal inner edge being extended from each lateral part and a curvature defined by the longitudinal inner edge being extended from the bottom part to each lateral part are substantially the same as the curvature of the alignment part.
US11034485B2
A universal handle attachment tool comprises a body having a plurality of tool sides each having a container interface surface operable to engage a face of a particular container, and having a container handle interface slot operable to receive a handle of the container. The slot can comprise a keyed profile operable to interface and lock the handle attachment tool to the container. The container interface surface extends in opposing directions beyond the slot to facilitate distribution of one or more loads acting between the face of the container and the handle attachment tool to facilitate manipulation of the container. A container for storage of at least one object comprises a container body defined by a plurality of sidewalls, and a recessed portion formed a sidewall defining a recessed cavity. The container has a handle spanning the recessed cavity, whereby the recessed cavity facilitates clearance of at least one finger of a user upon grasping the handle.
US11034482B2
Container for consumer articles, the container being at least partially formed from a laminar blank (100), the laminar blank defining a portion of the container, which includes: a first planar wall (101); a second planar wall (102) connected to the first planar wall by a first modified edge portion (104); and a third planar wall (103) connected to the first planar wall by a second modified edge portion (105). The first modified edge portion is defined by an ablation area, on its inner surface, having one or more ablated lines (201-206) each having a residual thickness less than the thickness (T) of the laminar blank, the first modified edge portion an end portion tapering from a width (W) of the first portion to a point at the junction with the second modified edge portion. The second modified edge portion is defined by a plurality of creasing lines (300).
US11034479B2
The invention relates to a plastic container with a base and side walls standing on the base, wherein a receiving region of the container is defined by the base and the side walls, wherein the base, on its side facing away from the receiving region, forms a plane, wherein the plane carries an inner region, a bearing rim surrounding the inner region, and first ribs protruding from the plane, wherein the bearing rim has a bearing face for the container and the bearing face is elevated in the direction perpendicular to the plane compared to the inner region, wherein each of the first ribs extends in the direction of the bearing rim starting from the inner region, wherein, with respect to each of the first ribs, the end face of the first rib pointing in the direction of extent leads tangentially into the plane.
US11034473B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a machine for manufacturing a coffee capsule. The machine includes an upper portion structure, a capsule holder, and a lower portion structure sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The capsule holder is used for bearing a coffee capsule. The upper portion structure includes a box body, a control unit, a heating unit, a preheating switch, a temperature probe, a power line, and a position sensing structure. The temperature probe is used for sensing the temperature of the heating unit. The heating unit is arranged at the lower side of the box body and is in separable contact with the coffee capsule in the capsule holder. The position sensing structure can sense and identify contact and separation of the heating unit and the coffee capsule. The position sensing structure can further transmit a signal to the control unit.
US11034472B2
A method and apparatus for securing a cable tie about an object is described. Further, a relatively compact banding tool that facilitates cable tie tensioning is described.
US11034470B2
A method, apparatus and program product perform automatic load profiling to optimize a wrapping operation performed with a stretch wrapping machine. Automatic load profiling may be performed, for example, to determine a density parameter for a load that is indicative of load stability such that one or more control parameters may be configured for a wrapping operation based upon the density parameter. Automatic load profiling may also be performed, for example, to detect a load with a nonstandard top layer, e.g., a load with a top or slip sheet, a load with an easily deformable top layer, a load with a ragged top surface topography and/or a load with an inboard portion, such that a top layer containment operation may be activated during wrapping to optimize containment for the load.
US11034469B2
A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a bottom wall and side wall portions that are configured to engage the food product to hold the slices in a fluffed arrangement thereof. Preferably, one or more tapered side wall portions hold the food product upwardly toward the lid and inwardly toward a center of the package. In preferred embodiments, the base member and lid provide a rigid-rigid construction of the food package. In preferred embodiments, the food package is also configured to stand-up in a vertical display orientation and does not require the food product be contained within a sealed pouch within the compartment.
US11034467B2
A deformable device includes a deformable beam or hinge having an extended state, a flattened state, and a rolled state if a beam, where a stiffness and strength of the deformable beam or the hinge in the extended state is greater than a different stiffness and strength of the deformable beam or the hinge in the flattened state. A cross section includes a first about V shape half and a second about V shape half. Each half includes a vertex with at least one curve extending into two walls at least one of the walls including a plurality of truss members, both of the walls extend into a joining edge. The first about V shape half and the second about V shape half are joined together at a seam of a joining edge of the first about V shape half and the second about V shape half.
US11034461B2
A fuel tank inerting system for an aircraft, the system comprises a catalytic heat exchanger comprising a first flow path and a second flow path for heat exchange with the first flow path. The system further comprises a first inlet arranged upstream of the first flow path of the catalytic heat exchanger for providing a mixture of fuel vapour and oxygen to the first flow path for sustaining a catalysed reaction, and a second inlet arranged upstream of the second flow path for providing a flow of fuel to the second flow path of the catalytic heat exchanger for exchanging heat with the first flow path.
US11034459B2
Control systems and methods for controlling an engine. The control system includes a computation module and an input/output (I/O) module attached to the engine. The computation module is located in an area of the engine, or off-engine, that provides a more benign environment than the environment that the I/O module is subject to during operation of the engine. The I/O module includes a first processor and a first network interface device. The computation module includes a second processor with higher processing power than the first processor, and a second network interface device. The control system also includes a sensor configured to provide sensor readings to the first processor. The first processor transmits data based on the sensor readings to the second processor. The control system also includes an actuator operably coupled to the I/O module and that is controlled by the first processor based on commands from the second processor.
US11034438B2
A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount, wherein the one or more sensors detect one or more parameters associated with the rotating shaft or the set of rotor blades.
US11034434B2
A wing for an aircraft, including a main wing, a slat, and a connection assembly movably connecting the slat to the main wing, the slat movable between a retracted and at least one extended position. The connection assembly includes an elongate slat track. A wing has a connection assembly without requiring the front spar being penetrated. The slat track has a first end mounted to the slat and a second end guided at the main wing for movement along a predetermined path extending in a direction from a front spar to a leading edge of the main wing and from a lower side to an upper side of the main wing. Between the first and second ends the slat track is mounted to the main wing allowing translation of the slat track and rotation of the slat track about a first axis of rotation parallel to the leading edge.
US11034426B2
An underwater propulsion apparatus includes a motor and a control system for controlling the motor. The control system includes a remote controller and a motor driving device, wirelessly communicating with the remote controller. The motor driving device includes a communication repeater module and a motor driving module. The communication repeater module is configured for detecting interruptions or non-receipt of a wireless signal transmitted by the remote controller. Wireless signals to the motor driving module are transmitted by the remote controller to the communication repeater module. The motor driving module is configured for receiving the wireless signal, and outputs a driving signal for driving the motor according to the wireless signal, the motor driving module shutting down when no signal is received.
US11034422B2
An elliptical powered watercraft includes a buoyant platform, a paddle wheel, pedals operatively connected to the paddle wheel, and a skeg, a fin, or a rudder operatively connected to a steering device, such as handlebars or a steering wheel. An operator propels the elliptical powered watercraft by balancing on the buoyant platform, generating rotational movement with the pedals to deliver power to the paddle wheel, and steering the elliptical powered watercraft by turning the skeg, the fin, or the rudder with the handlebars or the steering wheel.
US11034413B2
A hull for low drag boats has, from bow to stern, a deep V-shaped keel (10) whose dead-rise angle decreases up to a flattened bottom (30) in the stern, and sides (20) comprising side chines (200) protruding downward from the flattened bottom that is not inclined upwards.
US11034409B2
A suspension assembly for a vehicle includes a swing arm having a proximal end configured to be pivotally connected to a frame of the vehicle, and a distal end configured to support a ground-engaging member of the vehicle. The suspension assembly also includes a rocker link pivotally connected to the swing arm about a rocker link pivot axis from which first and second portions of the rocker link extend in divergent directions. The suspension assembly also includes a linking arm configured to be pivotally connected to the frame, and pivotally connected to the first portion of the rocker link. The suspension assembly also includes a shock absorber that is at least one of: pivotally connected to the linking arm, and configured to be pivotally connected to the frame. The shock absorber is pivotally connected to the second portion of the rocker link.
US11034404B2
A scooter includes a diversity of sensors to adapt scooter characteristics to any one or more than one of safety aspects, and scooter, environmental or driver states. Scooter characteristics susceptible to adaptation include throttle response; motor torque; motor speed; speed; maximum current drawn from energy storage system; braking characteristics, such as distribution, maximum braking power, anti-blocking system parameters or braking; adjusting vehicle dynamics, and suspension parameters such as stiffness, or damping coefficient.
US11034403B2
A drive system comprises a frame, a first extension member, a second extension member, a crank shaft, a hub, a bearing, a cross shaft, a first arm assembly, a second arm assembly, a first chain assembly, a second chain assembly, a first rotatable pedal, a second rotatable pedal, and a steering column. The first arm assembly comprises a first frame arm, a first connecting arm, a first main arm, and a first crank arm. The second arm assembly comprises a second frame arm, a second connecting arm, a second main arm, and a second crank arm. The first arm assembly further comprises a first roller track assembly. The second arm assembly further comprises a second roller track assembly.
US11034398B2
A fifth wheel hitch is shown and described. The fifth wheel hitch may include a base frame configured to be secured to a load bed of a towing vehicle, a trolley operatively engaged with the base frame, the trolley adapted to move along the base frame between first and second positions, and a cam member attached with the base frame, the cam member having a cam path. The fifth wheel hitch may also include a cam follower coupled with the trolley, the cam follower operatively engaged with the cam path, and a fifth wheel head pivotally coupled with the trolley, where the trolley is moved between the first and second positions in response to pivoting of the fifth wheel head.
US11034387B2
A vehicle body-variant adaptable shock tower system for a vehicle body structure having an axis, a vehicle frame rail arranged along the axis, a bulkhead arranged orthogonally relative to the frame rail. The system includes a shock tower spaced apart from the bulkhead and fixed to the frame rail. The system also includes a shock tower cap defining a plurality of receivers and a plurality of braces, wherein the number of braces corresponds to the body-variant. Each brace extends from the shock tower through a respective one of the receivers to the bulkhead, and is fixed to the shock tower and the bulkhead. The system additionally includes an adhesive applied between the shock tower cap, the plurality of braces, and the shock tower to thereby bond the shock tower cap, the braces, and the shock tower to each other and reinforce the vehicle body structure.
US11034385B2
A load impact management system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cross-vehicle support members extending from a first side of the vehicle to a second side of the vehicle opposite the first side of the vehicle, a shock tower spaced apart from the plurality of cross-vehicle support members and fixed to the vehicle frame rail, a first structural member extending along a first plane, a second structural member extending along a second plane separate from the first plane, and a third structural member extending along a third plane separate from the first and second planes. The first structural member defines a first load path between the center tunnel and the shock tower, the second structural member defines a second load path between the center tunnel and the shock tower, and the third structural member defines a third load path between the center tunnel and the vehicle frame rail.
US11034381B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method of controlling a motor-driven power steering system. The apparatus may include: a sensor configured to detect at least one of a steering angle, an angular speed, and a column torque in the motor-driven power steering system; and a controller configured to determine whether a reverse steering operation has been performed based on the steering angle or the angular speed, and configured to output, when non-reverse steering, a high-frequency compensation gain (a second gain) based on the column torque, as a final compensation gain, and output, when reverse steering, a value obtained by applying an additional compensation gain (a first gain) optimized corresponding to an angular acceleration to the high-frequency compensation gain (the second gain), as the final compensation gain.
US11034374B2
A steering wheel includes a functional device and a control device, which is electrically connected to the functional device. The functional device includes a functional case, which constitutes a housing of the functional device. The control device includes a control case, which constitutes a housing of the control device. A first connector is partially exposed to an outside of the functional case. A second connector is partially exposed to an outside of the control case. The first connector is coupled to the second connector, so that the functional device is electrically connected to the control device without a harness between the functional case and the control case.
US11034373B2
A cover for the handle of a shopping cart or similar devices, to reduce the transmission of contaminants present on such handles, comprises a bag having front and rear members, the members being connected such that an opening is formed therebetween; each member having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surfaces facing each other; a fastening means attached to each inner surface, the fastening means being positioned so as to interact with each other; a utility pocket attached to the front member; the utility pocket further comprising a storage pouch therein; and a transport pocket which is attached to the rear member, the transport pocket being sized to contain the cover therein when the cover is compacted; and the cover sized to fit onto the handle assembly of a cart, thereby forming a barrier between the handle and a user.
US11034371B2
A pallet sled includes a lower frame and an upper frame. A plurality of pivot arms pivotably connect the upper frame to the lower frame. The upper frame is movable between a lowered position and raised position. The upper frame is spaced further from the lower frame in the raised position than in the lowered position. The upper frame is rotated slightly relative to the lower frame when moved from the lowered position to the raised position. In the example embodiment, the upper frame is rotated approximately 1.5 degrees to approximately 2.0 degrees toward the upright handle of the pallet sled.
US11034362B2
Embodiments are disclosed for an example in-vehicle computing system for a vehicle. In some embodiments, a personalized interactive experience within the vehicle is provided responsive to identification of a user in the vehicle. The user may be identified based on biometric data detection, which may include eye tracking, pupil monitoring, and head tracking in some examples. Features of the in-vehicle computing system may be selectively provided based on the identified user and/or learned data relating to the user and/or conditions of the vehicle.
US11034357B2
Systems and techniques for scene classification and prediction is provided herein. A first series of image frames of an environment from a moving vehicle may be captured. Traffic participants within the environment may be identified and masked based on a first convolutional neural network (CNN). Temporal classification may be performed to generate a series of image frames associated with temporal predictions based on a scene classification model based on CNNs and a long short-term memory (LSTM) network. Additionally, scene classification may occur based on global average pooling. Feature vectors may be generated based on different series of image frames and a fusion feature vector may be obtained by performing data fusion based on a first feature vector, a second feature vector, a third feature vector, etc. In this way, a behavior predictor may generate a predicted driver behavior based on the fusion feature.
US11034353B2
A vehicle includes a torque converter bypass clutch, a wheel, a generator, and a controller. The torque converter bypass clutch is disposed between the wheel and the electric machine. The controller is programmed to, responsive to slip of the clutch exceeding a threshold during regenerative braking, energize the electric machine such that a torque being transferred from the wheel to the electric machine increases at a first rate and increase clutch pressure to decrease the slip. The controller is further programmed to, responsive to the slip decreasing to less than the threshold during the regenerative braking, adjust electric machine energization such the that torque being transferred from the wheel to the electric machine increases at a second rate that is greater than the first rate.
US11034349B2
An autonomous driving method includes: recognizing a target vehicle; determining a first slope of a host vehicle and a second slope of the target vehicle; correcting a result of the recognizing of the target vehicle based on the first slope and the second slope; and controlling the host vehicle based on the corrected result of the recognizing of the target vehicle.
US11034346B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for host vehicle navigation. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processing device programmed to receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify a first flow of traffic and a second flow of traffic; determine a presence of at least one navigational state characteristic indicative of an alternating merging of the first flow of traffic and the second flow of traffic into a merged lane; cause at least a first navigational change to allow one target vehicle from the first flow of traffic to proceed ahead of the host vehicle; and cause at least a second navigational change to cause the host vehicle to follow the target vehicle into the merged lane.
US11034345B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling vehicle operating parameters depending on whether the vehicle is operating within an area defined by an adjustable geographical boundary, the adjustable geographical boundary defined based on wireless communication between vehicles and infrastructures. In one example, a method comprises determining that the vehicle has entered into an area defined by the adjustable boundary, and adjusting a control mapping of an acceleration control of the vehicle in response to the determining. In this way, fuel economy, emissions, and customer satisfaction may be improved.
US11034343B2
An assembly and inspection cart for precision equipment includes a frame that has three support portions to support the precision equipment at three points, air float devices attached to the frame at three positions, a rubber roller and a motor that are provided so as to be freely lifted and lowered with respect to the frame, and an air cylinder that lifts and lowers the rubber roller. The air float device floats the frame together with the precision equipment and forms an air layer between the frame and a floor surface. The rubber roller is arranged at a center of the three air float devices and is configured so as to press against the floor with a predetermined force when lowered by the air cylinder in a state where the frame is floated.
US11034340B2
A braking control system for a vehicle system includes a control chamber configured to control air pressure of a brake pipe of the vehicle system. The system also includes first and second charge valves and first and second vent valves. The first charge valve and the first vent valve are controllable to vent or charge the brake pipe, and the second charge valve and the second vent valve are separately controllable for the same purpose. The system also includes a controller configured to switch operation of the vehicle system between a first operation mode, where the first charge valve and the first vent valve are enabled, and a second operation mode, where the second charge valve and the second vent valve are enabled, in response to an input.
US11034338B2
Vehicles can be equipped to operate in both autonomous and occupant piloted mode. Refueling stations can be equipped to refuel autonomous vehicles without occupant assistance. Refueling stations can be equipped with wireless networks that communicate with vehicles to permit autonomous vehicles to self-schedule refueling at fueling stations serving a mixture of autonomous, semi-autonomous and occupant piloted vehicles.
US11034331B1
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle door lock having an infrared biometrics information collection device. In certain embodiments, vehicle door lock includes, a vehicle door with a door handle for opening vehicle door, an infrared light source, and an infrared biometrics information collection sensor. The infrared light source includes one or more infrared light emitters. The infrared biometrics information collection sensor captures at least one infrared image of biometrics information of the one or more fingers of a target human hand. The fingers are positioned between the infrared light source and the infrared biometrics information collection sensor. The infrared light source irradiates infrared light through the one or more fingers to generate the infrared image of biometrics information of the one or more fingers on infrared biometrics information collection sensor, and infrared biometrics information collection sensor captures the infrared image of biometrics information of the one or more fingers.
US11034326B2
A bracket for mounting an anchor pretensioner and a retractor for a vehicle seat is provided. The bracket comprises a first plate facing the anchor pretensioner, a second plate facing the retractor and a hollow spacer extending between the first and second plates, and connected to the first and second plates. The hollow spacer is configured to allow a fastener to pass through to connect the anchor pretensioner and the retractor to a vehicle body.
US11034323B2
An assembly includes a seat including a seatback. An airbag is supported by the seatback and is inflatable to an inflated position. A tether is connected to the airbag. A pyrotechnic device is supported by the seat and connected to the tether. As the airbag inflates to the inflated position, the pyrotechnic device pulls the tether to position the airbag.
US11034322B2
An automotive interior component with an airbag door includes: a core member covering a front pillar and including a hinge part; and a surface member stretched so as to cover a front surface of the core member. The airbag door is a site of the core member partitioned by the hinge part which site is capable of abutting on an airbag. The surface member includes a fold part extending to an outer edge side of a rear surface of the core member so as to cover an edge part connecting between the front surface and the rear surface of the core member. The fold part includes a first fold part not crossing the hinge part and positioned on the airbag door side, and a second fold part bent from the first fold part and crossing the hinge part. The first and second fold parts are stitched with a thread.
US11034318B2
In a triggering system for activating a safety device, an acceleration sensor outputs a signal for a time duration in which an acceleration impulse exceeds an acceleration magnitude threshold. A first switching device receives the signal output by the acceleration sensor, and electrically connects a power supply to at least one safety response device for the time duration. A time delay device, upon completion of a delay time after receiving the signal output by the acceleration sensor, outputs a signal for the time duration. A second switching device receives the signal output by the time delay device, and electrically connects the power supply to the at least one safety response device for the time duration. When the time duration exceeds the delay time, the first switching device and the second switching device concurrently electrically connect the safety response device to the power supply, activating the safety response device.
US11034315B2
A crash can for a vehicle includes a multi-cell structure that includes at least four hollow cuboids, each defined by four walls that meet at 90 degree angles and at least two of the cuboids share a wall. In another example, a crash can includes a multi-cell structure that includes a hollow cuboid having four walls, and four hollow isosceles trapezoidal prisms having a long base, a short base, and two legs. The multi-cell structures provided herein may increase energy absorption by the crash can if involved in a collision, reducing energy transfer to a vehicle frame and occupants therein.
US11034313B2
A wire harness arrangement structure includes a silencer, the wire harness, and a cover. The silencer includes a silencer body with a groove recessed in a thickness direction is formed in a main surface of the silencer body. The groove houses at least part of the wire harness. The cover includes a pair of legs covering both lateral sides of the wire harness housed in the groove and a lid covering an upper side of the wire harness housed in the groove and coupling the pair of legs together, and is open at a bottom side of the groove.
US11034304B2
The present disclosure provides a rear view mirror arrangement for a motor vehicle. The rear view mirror arrangement includes an image capture unit. The image capture unit includes a housing and a camera disposed in the housing. The housing has a pane that switches between a transparent state and a reflecting state. The rear view mirror arrangement further includes a display unit for displaying an image captured by the camera. The rear view mirror arrangement operates under a camera mode and a mirror mode. When the rear view mirror arrangement is set in the camera mode, the pane is set in the transparent state so that the camera is configured to capture an image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle. When the rear view mirror arrangement is set in the mirror mode, the pane is set in the reflective state.
US11034301B2
A vehicle door mirror device includes a mirror housing that has as some of constituent elements thereof a housing main body having fixed thereto an actuator for driving the mirror so as to tilt the mirror in a fore-and-aft direction and a left-and-right direction, a support shaft that is standingly provided on a mirror base mounted on a front side door, and an electric retraction unit that is pivotably supported on the support shaft and is fixed to the housing main body while being housed within the mirror housing so as to exert power for pivoting the mirror housing around an axis of the support shaft between a retracted position and a raised position, wherein fastening directions for fastening members that fasten the electric retraction unit and the actuator to the housing main body are set in the same direction.
US11034300B2
A door mirror includes a mirror housing that is provided in a side portion of a vehicle body, a camera unit that is accommodated inside the mirror housing and captures an image of a side behind the vehicle body, a cut filter that reduces a quantity of light incident on the camera unit, and a heater that is provided on a rear surface of the cut filter on the camera unit side and is capable of heating the cut filter. The camera unit is disposed such that a central axis intersects a surface direction of the cut filter. The camera unit and the heater are disposed adjacent to each other.
US11034299B2
A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at an exterior portion of a body side of the equipped vehicle and viewing sideward and rearward of the equipped vehicle. A video display screen is disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle and operable to display video images. When no other vehicle is detected in another traffic lane, the video display screen displays video images representative of a first portion of the exterior scene viewed by the camera. Responsive to determination that another vehicle is in the other traffic lane and approaching from rearward of the equipped vehicle, the video display screen displays video images representative of a second portion of the exterior scene that includes the determined other vehicle. Responsive to detection of the other vehicle, the video display screen displays a graphic overlay overlaying the displayed video images representative of the second portion of the exterior scene.
US11034295B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes first and second cameras configured to be disposed at respective locations at the vehicle so as to have respective first and second fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The locations are vertically and horizontally spaced apart by respective vertical and horizontal separation distances. With the first and second cameras disposed at the respective locations, the first field of view at least partially overlaps the second field of view. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the cameras. The control, with the first and second cameras disposed at the respective locations, and responsive to processing of captured image data and based on the separation distances, is operable to determine presence of an object in the first and second fields of view and to determine the location of the object in three dimensional space relative to the vehicle.
US11034294B2
A driving notification method and a driving notification system are provided. The driving notification system is disposed on a mobile vehicle, and the driving notification method includes following steps. A surrounding image is captured through an image capturing device. A target object detection is performed to the surrounding image to obtain a target position of an image detection object. A gaze position of a driver is detected through an eye tracking device. Whether the gaze position matches the target position is determined. An alarm device is controlled to activate an alarming operation if the gaze position does not match the target position.
US11034291B2
An apparatus and garment with protective padding and covering for use by motorcycle or recreational vehicle operators having integrated turning signals and notification lights to be illuminated in the case of turning, braking, hazard, or emergency. A Garment configured to have the ability to communicate with the motorcycle electronic module via a wireless protocol to provide synchronous turning signals and braking notifications lighting to other vehicle operators in the rear or side or oncoming traffic. Control of lighting integrated and configured via electronic control unit with switches or toggles located in sleeves and cuffs of a Garment. Battery pack for electronics and lighting within interior of a Garment. Primary lighting control via wireless communication protocol and tethered power source or control mechanism integrated as a redundant option for control within a Garment.
US11034289B2
The present disclosure provides a pattern projecting lamp and a motor vehicle-in particular, a motor vehicle comprising a pattern projecting lamp. The pattern projecting lamp comprises an optical module configured to provide a projection light beam having a pattern, a support comprising a base and a rotary arm connected rotatably to the base, wherein the optical module is disposed in the rotary arm, and the rotary arm is provided with a light exit for the projection light beam to be emitted through. The pattern projecting lamp can project a light beam having a predetermined pattern at a suitable angle, as tailored to display additional information or provide auxiliary illumination on the vehicle body of the motor vehicle or at a peripheral region of the motor vehicle.
US11034287B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a headlight of a motor vehicle when a full beam function is activated, in which method an object is sensed by means of an object sensor, an evaluation unit determines whether the object is a road user, a light output in an object region of the object is reduced only if the object is a road user, a width of the object region is determined, two parallel side lines are determined centrally with respect to the width, the sidelines are moved outwards up to a predefinable maximum distance of the sidelines from one another, in opposite directions to one another and transversely with respect to their extent, wherein the maximum spacing is greater than the width of the object region, the sidelines are moved back as far as the transverse extent, and the headlight reduces the light output in a region which is bounded laterally by the sidelines.
US11034283B2
Device for controlling at least a first light source of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle at least comprising the first light source being configured to provide a first light function and a second light source configured to provide a second light function, the device comprising: electrical means configured to detect activation of the second light source, and to deactivate the first light source after detection of activation of the second light source. Also, method for controlling at least a first light source of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle comprising the first light source being configured to provide a first light function and a second light source configured to provide a second light function, the method comprising: electrically detecting activation of the second light source; and electrically deactivating the first light source after detecting activation of the second light source.
US11034276B2
An auxiliary convey mechanism for goods in a vehicle compartment, comprising a plurality of splice plates, a plurality of surface boards, a plurality of support frames, a plurality of conveying assemblies and a plurality of avoidance gaps. Each of the conveying assemblies comprises a lifting frame and rollers. Avoidance gaps are formed between two adjacent support frames of the support frames along a length direction of a surface board of the surface boards. Each of the conveying assemblies is disposed in each of the support frames, and each of the surface boards is bent along a width direction of the surface board to have a corrugated shape. The auxiliary convey mechanism for goods in the vehicle compartment has higher structural stability while without occupying the transport space of a truck.
US11034274B2
A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip for a crew seated on a passenger seat. The passenger grip includes a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat and a grip part provided at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direct on of the arm part, and a single-action look mechanism provided at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole provided at the holder and engaged with at least one engagement hole provided at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob disposed outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
US11034272B2
Provided is a vehicle seat frame configured so that the weight of the frame can be reduced while the strength of a portion of the frame can be ensured. A vehicle seat frame F includes a frame member molded from a high tensile strength steel plate. A metal structure of a portion of the frame member is a structure formed according to one or more conditions upon a thermal treatment performed on the frame member, and the strength of the portion is different from those of other portions of the frame member. For example, the portion of the frame member includes a high strength portion with a higher strength than those of the other portions. Moreover, the portion of the frame member includes, for example, a low strength portion with a lower strength than those of the other portions.
