US11042626B2
A user is authenticated to a defined space, by entering identification data and phone data that respectively identify the user and the user's phone to a server, by sending an application from the server along a wireless connection to the user's phone after entry of the identification data and the phone data by executing the application received by the user's phone to create a virtual symbol of virtual characters in the user's phone, by posting a security symbol in the defined space, by capturing a security image of security characters from the security symbol with the user's phone, by comparing the security characters with the virtual characters, and by authenticating the user to the defined space when the virtual characters match the security characters.
US11042621B2
A photoplethysmogram (PPG) authentication method and device, where it is detected whether a terminal currently meets a PPG signal pre-collection trigger condition, and collection of a current PPG signal of a user is triggered only when the PPG signal pre-collection trigger condition is met such that the PPG signal of the user is pre-obtained before an application requests PPG authentication. In this way, when it is detected that the application initiates a PPG authentication request, PPG authentication may be directly performed based on a most recently collected PPG signal, thereby ensuring timeliness of PPG authentication, avoiding resource consumption caused by periodic PPG signal collection, and reducing power consumption.
US11042617B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to methods, apparatus and systems for biometric processes. The invention relates to initiating generation of an acoustic stimulus for application to a user's ear and extracting features for use in a biometric process from a measured response signal. The measured response signal may be used to derive one or more quality metrics and the quality metrics may be used to validate features extracted from the measured response. The quality metrics may be used to provide feedback to the user seeking to carry out the biometric process.
US11042611B2
In one embodiment, a method includes by a computing device, detecting a sensory input, identifying, using a machine-learning model, one or more attributes associated with the machine-learning model, wherein the attributes are identified based on the sensory input in accordance with the model's training, and presenting the attributes as output. The identifying may be performed at least in part by an inference engine that interacts with the model. The sensory input may include an input image received from a camera, and the model may identify the attributes based on an input object in the input image in accordance with the model's training. The model may include a convolutional neural network trained using training data that associates training sensory input with the attributes. The training sensory input may include a training image of a training object, and the input object may be classified in the same class as the training object.
US11042606B2
A server is provided and is programmed to automatically determine, based on the identification data that uniquely identifies a patient device, whether there is an upgrade to the code or data (e.g., software or firmware) stored in the electronic memory of the patient device that can be applied thereto. In response to determination that there is an upgrade that can be applied, a data package is delivered to the patient device via the first wireless transceiver, the data package to be automatically applied to the electronic memory of the patient device.
US11042577B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving data identifying contexts; selecting an initial set of questions based at least on the contexts; providing a respective representation of the questions of the initial set, for output; receiving data indicating a selection of a particular representation associated with a particular question of the initial set of questions; selecting a set of answers associated with the particular question; providing a respective representation of the answers of the set that are associated with the particular question, for output; receiving data indicating a selection of a particular representation associated with a particular answer of the set that are associated with the particular question; determining that an additional set of other questions is associated with the particular answer; and in response to the determining, providing a respective representation of the other questions of the additional set, for output.
US11042575B2
Systems and methods for presenting content updates in a collaborative computing environment. One system includes a memory storing content and annotations generated in the collaborative computing environment an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The electronic processor is configured to retrieve, from the memory, a plurality of annotations associated with a document. The electronic processor is configured to assign a relevancy score to each of the plurality of annotations based on at least one relevancy factor associated with the annotation. The electronic processor is configured to determine a subset of the plurality of annotations from the plurality of annotations based on the relevancy score for each annotation. The electronic processor is configured to display the subset of the plurality of annotations.
US11042574B2
A search term used in an online search is analyzed to determine a concept corresponding to the search term, the concept being present in an ontology related to a subject-matter domain of the search term. A set of concepts is selected from the ontology, including a related concept related to the concept in the organization of the ontology. A set of subscriber data sources is determined where a subscriber data source in the set subscribes to a concept in the set of concepts. From the set of subscriber data sources, a subset of those subscriber data sources is identified whose data is not participating in a result set corresponding to the search term. A non-participation message is sent to a subscriber data source in the subset of subscriber data sources.
US11042569B2
In accordance with an embodiment, systems and methods can provide for load, aggregate, and batch calculation in a multidimensional database environment. Metadata can be used to identify in which higher dimensions each leaf-level load is used. At such time, the data from the leaf level is aggregated to each of the higher dimensions where it is to be used. Then, the aggregate values are stored in memory until a completed sum (or other calculation) is completed at the higher levels. At such time, the aggregate values can be discarded from memory. The ability of the system to perform a load, aggregate, and batch calculation in one scan is particularly useful in processing very large sets of data, for example in big data environments, where it may not be desirable to load the data for all of the leaf nodes into current memory.
US11042564B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating transaction associations in a waveform display. One of the methods includes receiving data representing a main signal for a selected transaction in a waveform display, the main signal including a plurality of main signal events. A search is performed for data representing one or more side signals associated with the main signal for the selected transaction, each side signal including a plurality of side signal events representing other transactions that are associated with the main signal at a time indicated by a corresponding main signal event. A visual indication is generated within the waveform display of an association between the selected transaction and one or more transactions identified by the one or more side signals associated with the main signal for the selected transaction.
US11042562B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for determining, by an extraction worker of a data extraction system, a number of pages based on data that is to be extracted from the source system, for each page, by a respective extraction worker: querying the source system, and storing a query result in a respective page file within a staging data file system of the data extraction system, for each extraction worker that queries the source system, verifying a status of the extraction worker after expiration of a predetermined delay time based on a timestamp of the page that the extraction worker is handling, and determining that a page status for each page is completed, and in response, posting an extraction completed message to inform the consuming system that the data has been extracted from the source system.
US11042558B1
A computing device displays a data visualization interface and receives user selection of a data source and a natural language command directed to the data source. The device identifies a first keyword and second keyword(s) in the natural language command. The second keyword(s) include adjectives that modify the first keyword. The device generates a visual specification that specifies the data source, a plurality of visual variables, and a plurality of data fields from the data source. Each of the visual variables is associated with a respective data field of the plurality of data fields. The first keyword corresponds to one or more first data fields of the plurality of data fields, and the one or more visual variables are associated with the one or more first data fields according to the one or more second keywords. The device generates and displays a data visualization based on the visual specification.
US11042557B2
A method for presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) of a software application connected to a server, the software application comprising at least a database, is provided. The method receives, at the server, user input comprising a search; generates, at the server, a set of search results based on the search, the set of search results being associated with entities of the software application, each of the entities comprising a respective database object containing predefined categories of data, the database comprising at least the database object; determines a priority order of the search results, based on user interaction history with the entities; and presents, via the GUI, the search results according to the priority order.
US11042553B2
Facilitating of content entity annotation while maintaining joint quality, coverage and/or completeness performance conditions is provided. In one example, a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises computer-readable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations. The operations include aggregating information indicative of initial entities for content and initial scores associated with the initial entities received from one or more content annotation sources and mapping the initial scores to respective values to generate calibrated scores. The operations include applying weights to the calibrated scores to generate weighted scores and combining the weighted scores using a linear aggregation model to generate a final score. The operations include determining whether to annotate the content with at least one of the initial entities based on a comparison of the final score and a defined threshold value.
US11042552B2
A method may include obtaining multiple search paths, each search path including a previous search query and multiple search materials. The method may include generating multiple relevancy scores corresponding to the search paths. The method may include obtaining a current search query of a new search. The method may include identifying one or more previous search queries that match the current search query. The method may include identifying a first search path and a second search path based on the first search path and the second search path corresponding to the matching previous search queries. The method may include comparing a first relevancy score of the first search path with a second relevancy score of the second search path. The method may include presenting the search materials of the first search path in response to the first relevancy score being greater than the second relevancy score.
US11042551B2
Systems and methods for generating concise explanations of scored observations that strike good, and computationally efficient, trade-offs between rank-ordering performance and explainability of scored observations are disclosed. The systems and methods described herein for explaining scored observations are based on a framework of partial dependence functions (PDFs), multi-layered neural networks (MNNs), and Latent Explanations Neural Network Scoring (LENNS).
US11042548B2
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 converting a dataset from a data format at a format converter to form an atomized dataset in a graph data arrangement, the atomized dataset being a collaborative dataset including atomized descriptor data and atomized source data.
US11042547B2
Methods, systems, apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for fast download of a portion of an enterprise database. In one aspect, the method includes actions of receiving an enterprise database access request, determining a portion of the enterprise database that is accessible to a user that originated the access request, and determining that the received request is a first occurrence of a request for access. Responsive to the first request for access, the operations may also include (i) retrieving each record of the portion of the enterprise database for storage in a synchronization queue, (ii) receiving a download request based on a determination that a first record of the portion of the enterprise database has been placed in the synchronization queue, and (iii) providing the first record to a user device while the server continues to transfer other records of the enterprise database to the synchronization queue.
US11042529B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments system of migration and validation. An embodiment operates by receiving an indication of a plurality of documents for migration from a legacy data format to a new data format of a computing system. A first set of data statistics corresponding to a selected one of the subset of documents prior to a performance of the migration, and a second set of data statistics corresponding to the selected document after the performance of the migration are determined. Both the first set of data statistics and the second set of data statistics side-by-side for the selected document are displayed. An indication whether the migration is validated or invalidated is received.
US11042527B2
Systems and methods are described herein for system critical phase lock job inhibitors. Acquisition of a consistent change exclusive lock is initiated. A job request having a scope object is received. Execution of the job request and generation of a replacement job associated with the job request is prohibited based on the scope object indicating that the job requires consistent change access during the consistent change exclusive lock.
US11042524B1
A self-adaptive execution method for realizing data trustworthiness includes: starting a smart contract, executing the smart contract and verifying an execution result of the smart contract. A random execution mode based on redundant calculation is employed, and multiple nodes in a network are randomly selected to jointly execute a data analysis logic, thereby realizing trusted computing of an execution result in a relatively distrusted environment and improving an execution efficiency of the smart contract. Meanwhile, by recording the execution of the contract in a process of synchronously calling the multiple nodes, a needed execution record of contract calling is acquired from the node in a latest state and replayed locally when synchronization is needed, so that the random multiple nodes can be quickly recovered when states of the random multiple nodes are not synchronized, realizing high availability of data and satisfying a data analysis scenario with low response time.
US11042513B2
Tagging a resource in a network with a tag belonging to a tag type includes creating, using a processor, a tag and relating the tag to the resource, categorizing the tag into a tag type, registering the tag type in a registry, associating tag type attributes to the tag type, associating a subset of the tag type attributes of the tag type to the tag, and associating a tag type attribute value to each member of the subset of the tag type attributes of the tag. The tag, the tag type, the subset of tag type attributes of the tag, and associated tag type attribute values are stored. Using the processor, a dynamically linkable executable program logic is triggered based on the subset of tag type attributes and the tag type attribute values.
US11042511B2
Techniques for providing data preview before recalling large data files are disclosed. In one aspect, a data file is made accessible while being offline by converting the data file from a native format to a preview format, storing the data file in the preview format in a primary storage that is locally available and moving, after the conversion to the preview format, the data file in the native format to a secondary storage. When a viewing request is received for the data file, the data file in the preview format is displayed to fulfill the viewing request.
US11042509B1
A method of providing learning content on a mobile device. The method comprises receiving a user selection, through an interface on the mobile device, of a folder in a catalog of learning courses, wherein the catalog comprises a number of nested folders within a hierarchical file structure. It is determined if the selected folder contains nested folders. If the selected folder contains nested folders, the nested folders are displayed in the interface. If the selected folder does not contain nested folders, a number of learning courses in the selected folder are displayed in the interface. In response to receiving a user selection of a learning course in the selected folder, the contents of the selected learning course are displayed in the interface.
US11042492B2
A memory module includes a plurality of memory integrated circuit (IC) packages to store data and a command buffer IC to buffer one or more memory commands destined for the memory IC packages. The command buffer IC includes a first interface circuit and one or more second interface circuits. The first interface circuit receives the one or more memory commands. The one or more second interface circuits output a pre-programmed command sequence to one or more devices separate from the command buffer IC, the pre-programmed command sequence output in response to the one or more memory commands matching a pre-programmed reference command pattern.
US11042491B2
A request is received to perform a point in time copy operation from a source volume to a space efficient target volume. A controller copies data stored in a group of data storage units, from the source volume to a non-volatile storage, to preserve the point in time copy operation. A background process asynchronously copies the data from the non-volatile storage to the space efficient target volume to commit a physical point in time copy of the data from the source volume to the target volume.
US11042487B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system receives a write request specifying a first logical address to which first data is to be written, and a length of the first data, from a host. The memory system writes the first data to a nonvolatile memory, and stores a first physical address indicating a physical storage location on the nonvolatile memory to which the first data is written, and the length of the first data, in an entry of a logical-to-physical address translation table corresponding to the first logical address. When the memory system receives a read request specifying the first logical address, the memory system acquires the first physical address and the length from the address translation table, and reads the first data from the nonvolatile memory.
US11042476B2
The present disclosure relates to automatically detecting software defects and determining the source of the defect. An example method generally includes receiving an output data set from a host server executing a test operation and comparing the output data set to a performance model. A test system identifies that a defect exists in software executing on the host server based on determining that the output data set deviates from the performance model by more than a threshold. The test system retrieves a source code update from a source code repository that was committed to the source code repository before the execution of the test operation. The test system compares a scope of the source code update to the defect and notifies a development team related to the source code update of the defect upon determining that the scope of the source code update and the defect match.
US11042474B2
Techniques for scheduled tests for endpoint agents are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for providing scheduled tests for endpoint agents includes receiving a test configuration for scheduled tests that includes a set of conditions for dynamically selecting endpoint agents that match the set of conditions in the test configuration, wherein a plurality of endpoint agents are deployed to a plurality of endpoint devices; identifying one or more of the plurality of endpoint agents that match the set of conditions in the test configuration; assigning the scheduled tests associated with the test configuration to the matching endpoint agents for execution of the scheduled tests based on the test configuration, wherein test results are based on the scheduled tests executed on each of the matching endpoint agents for monitoring network activity; and receiving uploaded results of the scheduled tests executed on the matching endpoint agents, wherein the uploaded results of the scheduled tests executed on the matching endpoint agents are processed for generating graphical visualizations and/or alerts of the monitored network activity.
US11042465B1
A computer-implemented system for determining a loading time by an application in a user device may include a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a process. The process may include detecting a first trigger event and determining a first start time of a loading by a first application in response to the detected first trigger event. The process may also include detecting a second trigger event and determining a first end time of the loading by the first application in response to the detected second trigger event. The process may further include transmitting, via a network, a first log comprising the first start time and the first end time to a server.
US11042464B2
Log record analysis based on reverse engineering of log record formats is disclosed. A computing device receives log record template data associated with a log record template comprising a plurality of field identifiers for a log record. The log record template data is analyzed to identify the plurality of field identifiers. Based on the log record template data and the plurality of field identifiers, a log record analysis function is automatically generated that is configured to receive a log record that was generated based on the log record template, extract a plurality of log data items from the log record, each log data item corresponding to one of the plurality of field identifiers, and output information that identifies the plurality of field identifiers and the plurality of log data items.
US11042463B2
A computer, which is configured to manage a resource for which a metric being an indicator for evaluating performance of the resource is to be measured, the computer being coupled to, via the interface, a management target system including a plurality of resources, and storing correlation information for managing a correlation coefficient indicating a degree of correlation between metrics, and the computer being configured to: detect a trigger event to identify a bottleneck based on a metric value of a monitored metric of a monitored resource; identify a related resource having a coupling relationship with the monitored resource; identify a correlation metric that is highly correlated with the monitored metric from among metrics of the related resource based on the correlation information; identify a combination of the related resource and the correlation metric as a bottleneck candidate.
US11042461B2
Multiple system indicators to be monitored in a computing system are determined. Training data based on historical data of the multiple system indicators is obtained. A long short-term memory (LSTM) model is trained using the training data. The multiple system indicators are monitored in the computing system based on the LSTM model.
US11042458B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for identifying potential process failure in a robotic process automation (RPA) platform, actions can include providing a predictive model based on application records of processes executed in the RPA platform, receiving data representative of a process being executed by a bot within the RPA platform, determining a prediction indicating a likelihood of failure of the process, and selectively issuing an alert in response to the prediction.
US11042450B2
A method for checkpointing includes capturing a runtime state image of an application running in a container, wherein the runtime state image includes memory state data and file system state data of the container, adding the runtime state image to a collection of runtime state images associated with the container, and restoring the container to a specified state by retrieving at least a portion of the memory state data and file system state data of the runtime state image from the collection of runtime state images.
US11042448B2
A technique for archiving NAS (network attached storage) servers includes replicating multiple locally-backed volumes, which support respective file systems of a NAS server, to respective cloud-backed volumes backed by a cloud-based data store. After replication has updated the cloud-backed volumes with contents from the locally-backed volumes, the technique further includes performing a group snapshot operation on the cloud-backed volumes. The group snapshot operation creates a point-in-time version of the cloud-backed volumes, which provides a replica of the NAS server archived in the cloud.
US11042437B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving, at a storage drive, a portion of a write command. Metadata information is extracted from the received portion of the write command, and sequentially added to a metadata buffer. Parity information is extracted from the received portion of the write command, and adding to a parity buffer. The data in the received portion of the write command is stored in a memory in the storage drive. A determination is also made as to whether an open segment in the memory which corresponds to the received portion of 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. The metadata information and parity information is also destaged from the respective buffers to a physical storage location in the memory.
US11042434B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for performing error rate handling as data is ingested across data sources. Notifications are generated and transmitted according to a hierarchical configuration. The hierarchical configuration includes two or more tiers of notification settings, where each tier corresponds to a different error rate threshold and has a corresponding set of notification parameters. A set of notification parameters can identify one or more sets of individuals to be notified upon determining that the error rate exceeds the corresponding error rate threshold. As the error rate increases, notifications may be generated and transmitted according to further tiers of the hierarchical configuration.
US11042426B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to reuse ongoing reusable Ajax requests. According to the method, one or more processors receive a first Ajax request in a web application. The method further includes detecting at least one ongoing Ajax request comprising a second ongoing reusable Ajax request. The second ongoing Ajax request may be substantially similar to the first Ajax request. The method further includes receiving the second ongoing reusable Ajax request from a server of the web application. The method further includes executing a call-back function of the second ongoing reusable Ajax request.
US11042423B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for obtaining feedback in an explicit, non-disruptive manner. An embodiment operates by determining a trigger corresponding to a feedback event, where the trigger is associated with a particular application that is registered with a feedback application associated with the feedback event; detecting an application event corresponding to the trigger occurs during an execution of the particular application; receiving a screenshot of a user interface of the particular application at a time of the detecting; providing a notification indicating that feedback corresponding to the application event is requested; receiving a request to launch the feedback event; and receiving feedback corresponding to the feedback event via the feedback application.
US11042420B2
A temperature-aware task scheduling method, system, and computer program product, includes obtaining a temperature of the GPU and accepting and executing the task to the GPU, in response to the obtaining a temperature of the GPU.
US11042418B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for classification based automated instance management are disclosed. Classification based automated instance management may include automatically commissioning an application instance based on a plurality of classification metrics, and automatically monitoring the application instance based on the plurality of classification metrics. Automatically monitoring the application instance may include identifying a plurality of instance monitoring policies associated with the application instance based on the plurality of classification metrics. Automatically monitoring the application instance may include automatically suspending the application instance plurality of instance monitoring policies and automatically decommissioning the application based on the plurality of instance monitoring policies.
US11042407B2
An example method to manage post provisioning operations of a virtual computing instance in a heterogeneous cloud environment is disclosed. The virtual computing instance may be provisioned by a first management entity and configured to receive a command from a second management entity. The method includes defining the instance with a dynamic type by the first management entity and repeatedly finding the dynamic type with one or more finder workflows to determine whether the virtual computing instance is terminated based on the command from the second management entity. In response to not finding the dynamic type within the heterogeneous cloud environment, the method further includes creating a catalog item for the virtual computing instance in a common service catalog and managing one or more resources allocated for the virtual computing instance based on the created catalog item.
US11042403B2
A computing platform, including: an execution unit to execute a program, the program including a first phase and a second phase; and a quick response module (QRM) to: receive a program phase signature for the first phase; store the program phase signature in a pattern match action (PMA) table; identify entry of the program into the first phase via the PMA; and apply an optimization to the computing platform.
US11042400B1
A method for providing a language agnostic contract execution on a blockchain is provided. The method includes providing a menu comprising multiple execution environments, and selecting, from a suite of virtual machine containers, a virtual machine container that runs an execution environment selected by the developer of the blockchain application. The method also includes enabling one or more functions in the virtual machine container to access a dedicated memory or a state variable in the block producer to run an action in the virtual machine container, the action provided by a server running the blockchain application, providing the action to the blockchain application in the virtual machine container, and writing an output from the action of the blockchain application to a secure ledger in a blockchain. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
US11042399B2
The present disclosure is related to managing virtual computing instances and physical servers. An example machine-readable medium may store instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a computer system to provide an application program interface (API) that provides a user with an ability to manage a virtual computing instance (VCI) deployed on a hypervisor and provisioned by a pool of physical computing resources and manage a physical server.
US11042393B2
Techniques are described for priming virtual machines in advance of the user login, thereby effectively distributing the load on the hosting resources over a wider time interval. A portion of VMs in the pool is allocated for priming. This process is initiated from an advisory service, which can analyze data from different sources, including usage history, rules, and location services. A VM is assigned from the pool and started. One or more application storage volumes and/or writable volumes are attached to the VM. A reclaim timer is then started. If no login event is detected for the user prior to the expiration of the reclaim timer, the VM is reclaimed back in to the pool and made available for other users. If the login event for the user is detected before expiration of the reclaim timer, the user returned the primed VM and the reclaim timer is canceled.
US11042379B2
A decoding apparatus has fetch circuitry, decode circuitry, and a decoded instruction cache. The decoded instruction cache comprises a plurality of cache blocks, where each cache block is arranged to store up to P decoded instructions from at least one fetch granule allocated to that cache block. When the corresponding decoded instruction for a required instruction is already stored in the decoded instruction cache, the decoded instruction is output in the stream of decoded instructions. Allocation circuitry is arranged, when a cache block is already allocated for existing decoded instructions from a particular fetch granule, and then additional decoded instructions from that particular fetch granule are subsequently produced by the decode circuitry due to a different path being taken through the fetch granule, to update the already allocated cache block to provide both the existing decoded instructions and the additional decoded instructions.
US11042368B1
A computer-readable medium stores instructions including executing a first application. In response to a first configuration specification, the instructions configure a first choreographer, which requires at least one collector and at least one emitter and defines a sequence of processing stages. The first configuration specification specifies which available collectors, which available emitters will be used. The first configuration specification specifies, for each stage, which available processors will be invoked. The instructions include, in response to a reconfiguration request for the first application, pausing each of the at least one collector; subsequent to pausing the at least one collector, pausing each stage of the sequence of processing stages; subsequent to pausing the processors, pausing each of the at least one emitter; and subsequent to pausing the at least one emitter, configuring the first choreographer according to a second configuration specification.
US11042365B2
A firmware updating method applicable to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a non-volatile memory comprising a firmware partition and a spare partition. The firmware updating method comprises: executing an auxiliary firmware, wherein the firmware partition comprises a first block and a second block, and the auxiliary firmware is in the first block and comprises a disk partition table of the non-volatile memory; receiving a system update file corresponding to a system firmware of the electronic device; and when a storage space required by the system firmware is larger than an available storage space, writing the system firmware into the second block of the firmware partition and a spare block of the spare partition according to the disk partition table and the system update file.
US11042364B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving at a second device a request for data sharing from a first device, and receiving a first file package associated with an application installed on the first device, and the file package includes a first portion of information usable for installation of the application on the second device. The method also includes processing the first file package to obtain the first portion of information usable for installing the application on the second device, providing authentication information for downloading a second file package to a remote computer device different from the first device, and installing the application on the second device using the first portion of information and the second portion of information.
US11042361B1
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for applying design rules in multiple programming languages to sets of multiple designs composed of models of objects representing these product designs. A request is received to apply the design rule to a model of a product. The design rule is written in a source code that is run to apply the design rule to the model. Sections in the source code corresponding to different programming languages identified. The source code for the design rule is run using language processors corresponding to the different programming languages identified in the sections in the source code and using language configuration information that describes parameters for executing the source code using the language processors, wherein a set of operations is performed on the model when the source code is run.
US11042355B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein include (i) receiving a voice command via at least one microphone of a networked microphone device, wherein the networked microphone device is configured to receive voice commands for a media playback system, and wherein the media playback system comprises the networked microphone device and a first playback device configured to play back content, (ii) determining that the networked microphone device is not configured to play back the content, (iii) in response to determining that the networked microphone is not configured to play back the content, determining that the first playback device is available to play back the content, (iv) causing the first playback device to play back the content, (v) determining that the first playback device is no longer available to play back the content, and (vi) selecting a second playback device to play back the content.
US11042351B2
A first zone player engages in synchronous playback of given audio content by obtaining the given audio content, generating and placing representative audio frames into a buffer, and transmitting the audio frames to a second zone player to play the given audio content in synchrony with the second zone player. After receiving a command to pause the synchronous playback, the first zone player prepares for a fast-resume by identifying a given audio frame and retaining at least some of the audio frames in the buffer for use during the fast-resume. The first zone player then initiates the fast-resume by determining a future resume time, transmitting an instruction to the second zone player to resume playback at the future resume time, and at the future resume time, resuming use of the audio frames in the buffer, starting with the given audio frame, to play the given audio content in synchrony.
US11042345B2
Systems, devices, and methods for visual displays are described. Such visual displays may be used in a retail environment to provide interactive presentations to customers. The visual displays may include a display panel, a visual source, and a controller. The display panel may present images and/or video to a user, in which the images and/or video are generated by the visual source. The controller may determine the types of images and/or video to be presented based upon communications received from a user via a communication device or a user kiosk. The display panel may be a variable height and may be offset from the floor or a shelf by a variable distance. A plurality of display panels may be arranged on a display floor to provide retail experiences to customers and/or may be received by one or more docks placed in the display floor.
US11042339B2
A client apparatus is configured to establish remote connection with a server apparatus, display, on the display device, information on a basis of a series of operational procedures remotely input in the operation device by the server apparatus, if it is determined that the series of operational procedures input in the operation device is a first series of operational procedures, un-display, on the display device, information on a basis of a series of operational procedures remotely input in the operation device by the server apparatus, subsequently to the first series of operational procedures, if it is determined that the series of operational procedures input in the operation device subsequently to the first series of operational procedures is a second series of operational procedures, start a remote adjustment mode, the remote adjustment mode being a mode for remotely adjusting the client apparatus by the server apparatus.
US11042335B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a biometric information reading section which acquires biometric information of a printing executor; a biometric information sending section which sends the biometric information acquired by the biometric information reading section to an authentication server; a confidential printing section which starts image formation of a confidential document when the printing executor has been authenticated by the authentication server; storage which stores therein the biometric information acquired by the biometric information reading section as comparison biometric information; and an authentication section which performs presence confirmation of the printing executor by acquiring biometric information through the biometric information reading section and comparing the biometric information to the comparison biometric information during the image formation of the confidential document. The confidential printing section continues the image formation of the confidential document under a condition that the presence of the printing executor is confirmed by the authentication section.
US11042333B2
An electronic apparatus includes a reading unit, a processing unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit scans a reading target and acquires a plurality of scanned images. The processing unit performs processing to specify an aggregation target range which is a target of aggregate printing, of the plurality of scanned images, based on the plurality of scanned images. The printing unit aggregate-prints the scanned images specified as the aggregation target range, of the plurality of scanned images.
US11042330B2
Provided is a method of storing data in a distributed environment including a plurality of storage devices, the method including: receiving a request to store the data; calculating a hash value by applying a hashing function to a value associated with the data; splitting the hash value into a plurality of weights, each weight corresponding to one of a plurality of chunks; selecting a chunk of the plurality of chunks based on the weight; and storing the data in a corresponding storage device, the corresponding storage device corresponding to the selected chunk.
US11042324B2
A technique is directed to managing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) group. The technique involves forming the RAID group from storage devices of different types that provide different data storage characteristics. The technique further involves receiving input/output (I/O) requests, and performing I/O operations on the RAID group in response to the I/O requests.
US11042323B2
A host-managed storage device includes an offload capability that enables the host to offload all or a portion of a defrag operation to the storage device. Rather than issuing read, write or copy operations and commands to relocate data to the host's DRAM, the host assembles a defrag operation command descriptor for the storage device controller. The command descriptor includes a defrag bitmap that can be directly accessed by the storage device controller to conduct the defrag operation entirely on the storage device at band granularity, without consuming host CPU cycles or host memory. The reduction in host operations/commands achieved by offloading defragmentation to the storage device is on the order of at least a thousand-fold reduction.
US11042321B2
A memory controller that controls a nonvolatile memory in response to commands from a host, includes a normal transfer queue and a priority transfer queue, a transfer packet priority determination unit, a transfer queue selector, and a transfer packet selector. The transfer packet priority determination unit determines whether a transfer packet is a priority packet based on transmission information of the transfer packet. The transfer queue selector selects the priority transfer queue and stores the transfer packet in the priority transfer queue when the transfer packet is determined as the priority packet, and selects the normal transfer queue and stores the transfer packet in the normal transfer queue when the transfer packet is not determined as the priority packet. The transfer packet selector transfers to a host a priority packet stored in the priority transfer queue preferentially with respect to a normal packet stored in the normal transfer queue.
US11042306B2
The present disclosure includes memory blocks erasable in a single level cell mode. A number of embodiments include a memory comprising a plurality of mixed mode blocks and a controller. The controller may be configured to identify a particular mixed mode block for an erase operation and, responsive to a determined intent to subsequently write the particular mixed mode block in a single level cell (SLC) mode, perform the erase operation in the SLC mode.
US11042301B2
Devices and techniques are disclosed herein for applying an effective sampling delay at a host device to one of an input signal, such as from an embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) device, or a clock signal. The host device can apply a configurable delay to one of the input signal or the clock signal with respect to a first edge of the clock signal, sample the input signal using the clock signal according to the configurable delay, and selectively align the sampled input signal to a subsequent, second edge of the clock signal to extend the configurable delay of the host device.
US11042300B2
In an example, a method of processing commands for a non-volatile storage device includes storing the commands among a plurality of first-level queues in a random access memory (RAM). Each command is assigned to a first-level queue based on membership in one of a plurality of first-level categories. The method further includes removing selected commands from the plurality of first-level queues according to a first schedule and performing at least one operation on the selected commands. The method further includes storing the selected commands among a plurality of second-level queues in the RAM. Each selected command is assigned to a second-level queue based on whether the command is a read command or a write command. The method further includes removing active commands from the plurality of second-level queues according to a second schedule. The method further includes issuing the active commands to a back end of the controller for processing.
US11042299B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer-readable media to implement an object store with removable storage media. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying first data for storage on a first removable storage medium and designating at least a portion of the first data to a first data object. The method further provides determining a first location where to store the first data object in a first value store partition of the first removable storage medium and writing the first data object to the first location. Also, the method provides writing a first key that identifies the first data object and indicates the first location to a first key store partition of the first removable storage medium.
US11042291B2
A method and an apparatus input test in a touch screen terminal. The method comprises designating a certain region on a keyboard interface picture, not permitting text input through a keyboard when touch drag started from the designated region is sensed and acquiring a path of the touch drag, acquiring a path of following touch drag when at least the one or more following touch drag are sensed, and reading out at least the acquired one or more paths by cursive character recognition, deducing a character, determining the deduced character as an input target, and permitting the text input through the keyboard.
US11042287B2
Provided is an information processing device including a display control unit configured to display a plurality of lists including a first list and a second list each having list items; and perform display of coupling to the first list a list item of the second list that is a sub-list of the first list.
US11042286B1
A mobile computing device with a touch-sensitive display wherein: a pointer is displayed; a control icon is displayed; a contact on the touch-sensitive display is detected; and in response to detecting a change in a horizontal position of the contact beginning anywhere on the control icon, a horizontal position of the pointer is changed wherein the horizontal position of the pointer with respect to the control icon is changed; and in response to detecting a change in a vertical position of a contact beginning anywhere on the control icon: a vertical position of the pointer is changed; and a vertical position of the control icon is changed.
US11042281B2
Reduced-size user interfaces for providing weather information are disclosed. At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, indications of a location and a temperature at the location may be displayed. In some examples, a user may provide input through a touch on the touch-sensitive display and/or through a rotation of a rotatable input mechanism to display additional weather information, such as weather information for another location, another temperature, another time, and so forth. In some examples, the device may obtain data representing an upcoming activity, determine whether the activity is to begin within a threshold amount of time, and display weather information based on the upcoming activity. In some examples, the device may display an affordance at a position to indicate the time of day for which a weather condition is provided.
US11042279B2
A method displays a user interface for a graphical view application. The user interface includes shelves for specifying graphical views of a dataset. A user associates first and second fields of the dataset with first and second shelves. In response, the method displays graphical views in the user interface according to the first and second fields. Each of the graphical views corresponds to a respective distinct value of the second field and each of the graphical views includes a set of graphical marks. When the first shelf defines color encoding, each graphical mark has a respective color that corresponds to a respective data value associated with the first field. When the first shelf defines size encoding, each graphical mark has a respective size that corresponds to a respective data value associated with the first field.
US11042274B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a method, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a system for generating video clips for teaching how to apply a tools in various application programs for editing documents. The method includes identifying one or more characteristic features of a video clip. The method also includes providing the one or more characteristic features to a trained machine learning analysis module. The method further includes evaluating the characteristic features to generate a clip rating. The method also includes determining whether to discard the video clip based on the clip rating.
US11042273B1
The disclosure includes a system and method for receiving a business process model for an application, the business process model including a human workstep, wherein input is received from a user to complete the human workstep; receiving a plurality of presentation types for association with the human workstep; receiving associated user interface (UI) metadata for the plurality of presentation types; and associating the human workstep with the plurality of presentation types and associated UI metadata.
US11042255B2
A display device including a position input function includes pixel electrodes, position detection electrodes, a position detection line, and at least two signal lines. Each of the position detection electrodes is configured to form a capacitance with a position input body with which position input is performed to detect a position of the position input. The position detection line is sandwiched between two of the pixel electrodes adjacent to each other and connected to the position detection electrodes. The signal lines extend parallel to the position detection line to transmit image signals supplied to the pixel electrodes. The signal lines are disposed such that one of the two of the pixel electrodes is sandwiched between the position detection line and one of the signal lines and another one of the two of the pixel electrodes is sandwiched between the position detection line and another one of the signal lines.
US11042241B2
A display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, a curved display device including a touch sensor and a driving method thereof, are presented. The display device includes: a touch sensor unit including a plurality of touch sensors; and at least one touch surface curved to along a first direction, wherein the touch surface includes a center region and edge regions positioned at both sides of the center region along the first direction, and wherein a sensitivity of the touch sensor in the center region is higher than a sensitivity of the touch sensors in the edge regions.
US11042236B2
A touch display panel is provided and includes a bending section and a non-bending section connecting to two sides of the bending section, the bending section includes a bending centerline; the touch display panel includes a plurality of first metal lines and a plurality of second metal lines in the bending section and the non-bending section; each of the first metal lines is parallel to the bending centerline; each of the second metal lines includes a plurality of second metal line segments spaced apart from each other, each of the second metal line segments is perpendicularly connected to one of the first metal lines; the first metal lines and the second metal lines form a grid-shaped first metal layer; the touch display panel further comprises an organic layer and a plurality of third metal lines in the bending section, the organic layer is disposed on the first metal layer.
US11042234B2
Various embodiments may provide an electronic device comprising a touch display, wherein the touch display comprises: a substrate; a plurality of common electrodes arranged at predetermined intervals on the substrate and used for both liquid crystal alignment and touch wiring; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the common electrodes; and a color filter disposed on the liquid crystal layer and including a plurality of unit pixels arranged at predetermined intervals by using a low-resistance black matrix (BM) layer disposed on the rear surface thereof, wherein the BM layer is formed of a low-resistance material, and at least a partial region of the BM layer is electrically connected to the ground of the substrate.
US11042225B2
A keyboard mode switching system and method are provided. The method includes: obtaining the current window information of the currently executed window; comparing multiple records in the database according to the current window information; and when the first record corresponding to the current window information exists, switching the current keyboard operation mode currently used by the keyboard to the first keyboard operation mode in the first record so that the keyboard receives the user's input according to the first keyboard operation mode.
US11042204B2
Method for managing electric power consumption. In particular, the present invention relates to optimizing power consumption in a collision-free manner while modifying power consumption states in a device comprising a plurality of modules requiring electric power. Accordingly, there is present an additional module called an arbitrator module (or otherwise negotiator or supervisor). This module accepts requests for changing a state of power consumption (for example in order to minimize power consumption when not in active use) and negotiates conditions of changing to that state of power consumption with all registered modules.
US11042196B2
Example implementations relate to a display portion including a display and a base portion rotatably attached to the display portion. The base portion may include a first cover portion, at least one fastener, a second cover portion attached to the first cover portion by the at least one fastener, the second cover portion including a textured pattern on a surface of the second cover portion, the textured pattern extending in a direction along a longitudinal line, the textured pattern including alternating concave ridges and convex channels, and at least one foot pad member disposed on at least one concave ridge of the textured pattern, the at least one foot pad member extending in the direction along the longitudinal line, the at least one foot pad member being configured to cover at least a portion of the at least one fastener.
US11042195B1
A mobile terminal able to be switched from a first state to a second state by expanding in a first direction includes a first frame, a second frame movable in a sliding manner from the first frame, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a roller coupled to one side of the second frame in a manner of being rotatable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, a flexible display unit including a third region bent while surrounding the second frame, and a rolling plate having one surface, wherein the flexible display unit is attached to said one surface of the rolling plate, wherein the roller contains a high friction material.
US11042180B1
An apparatus has an input interface for receiving an input clock signal, and a plurality N of clock divider circuits, each clock divider circuit generating a corresponding monitored clock signal by dividing the input clock signal by N. Each clock divider circuit is arranged, when generating a leading edge of each clock cycle of its corresponding monitored clock signal, to use a leading edge of a different clock cycle of the input clock signal to the clock cycle of the input clock signal used by any other of the clock divider circuits. Analysis circuitry provided in association with each clock divider circuit produces a width indication for each clock cycle of the corresponding monitored clock signal. Alarm generation circuitry then triggers an alarm signal when, for any of the monitored clock signals, a variation in the width indication is detected over multiple clock cycles of that monitored clock signal.
US11042177B2
A voltage-current conversion circuit includes a voltage-current conversion resistor connected to an input terminal, and a current mirror circuit which mirrors a current supplied from the voltage-current conversion resistor, wherein the current mirror circuit is constructed to include a depletion-type transistor whose source voltage is biased to be higher than the substrate voltage.
US11042173B2
Another method of mixing at least two gases is provided. This method includes providing a mixture composition control, comprising a predetermined composition input and a composition trim input. Providing N gas flow meters, wherein N is 3 or more. Configuring the N flow meters to adjust the N gas flows to maintain the line pressure at a predetermined value, while maintaining the predetermined composition. Adding the N measured gas flow, thereby determining the total gas flow at the first predetermined intervals of time. Adjusting the composition trim input to vary the composition of the mixed gas, without modifying the predetermined composition input. And sounding an alarm, and/or terminating both the N gas flows, if either of the following exceed a predetermined range value: the instantaneous calculated theoretical percentage for any of the N gas flows, or the cumulative calculated theoretical percentage for any of the N gas flows.
US11042172B2
A method of mixing at N gases is provided. This method includes providing N gas flow meters, including N gas flows, wherein N is 3 or more. Measuring each of the N gas flows, at first predetermined intervals of time, and totaling each of the measured N flows over a second predetermined interval of time. Adding the N measured gas flows, thereby determining the total gas flow at the second predetermined interval of time. Dividing the total gas flow for each of the N gas flows by the total gas flow, thereby determining a cumulative calculated theoretical percentage for each of the N gas flows over the second predetermined interval of time. And sounding an alarm, and/or terminating the N gas flows, if the cumulative calculated theoretical percentage for any of the N gas flows exceeds a predetermined range value.
US11042163B2
In various examples, a trigger signal may be received that is indicative of a vehicle maneuver to be performed by a vehicle. A recommended vehicle trajectory for the vehicle maneuver may be determined in response to the trigger signal being received. To determine the recommended vehicle trajectory, sensor data may be received that represents a field of view of at least one sensor of the vehicle. A value of a control input and the sensor data may then be applied to a machine learning model(s) and the machine learning model(s) may compute output data that includes vehicle control data that represents the recommended vehicle trajectory for the vehicle through at least a portion of the vehicle maneuver. The vehicle control data may then be sent to a control component of the vehicle to cause the vehicle to be controlled according to the vehicle control data.
US11042162B2
A first and second work vehicle may be configured to perform agricultural operations within a working area of a field. A controller may be configured to divide a plurality of swath lines extending between opposed ends of the working area into first and second work route segments, which are separated by a transition region positioned between the opposed ends and respectively assigned by the controller to the first and second work vehicles. The controller may instruct the work vehicles to perform the agricultural operations based on the respective first and second work route segments of the swath lines. For example, the instructions may include that the work vehicles transition between adjacent swath lines at the respective transition regions, that the work vehicles begin working simultaneously or sequentially, and/or that the work vehicles work one or more of the swath lines simultaneously for at least a period of time.
US11042159B2
A vehicle data processing system includes a group of sensors and a controller. The group of sensors is arranged on board a vehicle and operable to detect and capture driving event. The controller is coupled to the group of sensors and operable to receive one or more data streams indicative of the driving event data from the group of sensors. The controller is further operable to (i) analyze the one or more data streams, (ii) determine a current operation status of a vehicle based on the one or more data streams, (iii) determine whether or not the current operation status of the vehicle triggers prioritized processing of the one or more data streams, and (iv) upon determination that the prioritized processing is triggered, apply the prioritized processing.
US11042152B2
A gasoline powered walk behind snow removal device modified to include drive motors and a linear actuator controlled snow discharge chute to provide a remote controlled snow removal device. The modification includes a control unit mounted to the handle or frame structure to remotely control the snow removal device using a hand held wireless system. The drive includes a single piece mounting bracket or pair of mounting brackets fastened to the frame structure. The mounting brackets receive a pair of motor brackets and motors to drive a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel disposed on opposing sides of the frame structure.
US11042147B2
To provide a trusted, secure, and immutable record of transactions within a process plant, techniques are described for utilizing a distributed ledger in process control systems. The distributed ledger may be maintained by nodes which receive transactions broadcasted from field devices, controllers, operator workstations, or other devices operating within the process plant. The transactions may include process plant data, such as process parameter data, product parameter data, configuration data, user interaction data, maintenance data, commissioning data, plant network data, and product tracking data. The distributed ledgers may also be utilized to execute smart contracts to allow machines such as field devices to transact by themselves without human intervention. In this manner, recorded process parameter values and product parameter values may be retrieved to verify the quality of products. Moreover, regulatory data may be recorded in response to triggering events so that regulatory agencies can review the data.
US11042146B2
A system and method for performing real-time quality inspection of objects is disclosed. The system and method include a transport to move objects being inspected, allowing the inspection to be performed in-line. At least one optical acquisition unit is provided that captured optical images of the objects being inspected. The captured optical images are matched to CAD models of objects, and the matched CAD model is extracted. A laser with an illumination light beam has a wavelength in the violet or ultraviolet range then conducts scans of the objects, which are formed into three-dimensional point clouds. The point clouds are compared to the extracted CAD models for each object, where CTF are compared to user input or CAD model information and the object is determined to be acceptable or defective based on the extent of deviation between the point cloud and the CAD model.
US11042145B2
Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for predictive maintenance with health indicators using reinforcement learning. An example implementation includes a method to receive sensor data, operational condition data, and failure event data and generate a model to determine health indicators that indicate equipment performance based on learned policies, state values, and rewards. The model is applied to external sensor readings and operating data for a piece of equipment to output a recommendation based on the model.
US11042134B2
Provided is a power system status estimation device capable of increasing the likelihood that status estimation calculations converge. Thus, a power system status estimation device 1 is equipped with: a measured value selection unit 102 for selecting a prescribed combination of measured values using which it is predicted that the power system status estimation calculations will converge, from among the measured values from each sensor provided in the power system; and a status estimation calculation unit 101 for estimating the status of the power system on the basis of the prescribed combination of measured values selected by the measured value selection unit and the system model for the power system.
US11042133B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of controlling a vehicle, comprising predicting a first parameter of a vehicle state at each of a plurality of points in time in dependence on a first parameter of a current vehicle state and a first model associated with the vehicle, predicting a second parameter of the vehicle state at each of the plurality of points in time in dependence on a second parameter of the current vehicle state, the predicted first parameter of the vehicle state and a second model associated with the vehicle, and determining one or more control inputs for the vehicle at each of the points in time in dependence on the predicted first and second parameters of the vehicle state at each of the plurality of points in time and desired first and second parameters of the vehicle state at each of the plurality of points in time.
US11042125B2
A decorative item made from a moulded material having a density of between 2 and 7 g/cm3, wherein the moulded material includes by weight: 60 to 90% of a metallic or ceramic material having a density higher than or equal to 5 g/cm3, 10 to 32% of a plastic material including a thermoplastic resin and a coupling agent, 0 to 8% of a reinforcement, 0 to 3% of a pigment. Also, a method of manufacturing this decorative item by injection moulding.
US11042120B2
The invention concerns a timepiece component containing a high-entropy alloy, the high-entropy alloy containing between 4 and 13 main alloying elements forming a single solid solution, the high-entropy alloy having a concentration of each main alloying element comprised between 1 and 55 at. %.
US11042117B2
A rotational force is transmitted to a main assembly side feeding member for feeding the toner into a main assembly side toner accommodating portion from a coupling member provided on a cartridge. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a discharge opening configured to discharge the toner removed from the photosensitive drum toward the main assembly side feeding member, and a coupling member configured to transmit the rotational force to the main assembly side feeding member. The coupling member is movable between a first position for transmitting the rotational force to the main assembly side feeding member and a second position retracted from the first position.
US11042110B1
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier unit, an image display control unit, and a forming unit. The image carrier unit holds images formed from a developer. The images include an image intended to be transferred to a medium and an image unintended to be transferred to the medium. The image display control unit causes a display unit to display an image asking whether the image unintended to be transferred is to be formed when a predetermined condition for forming the image unintended to be transferred is satisfied. The forming unit forms the image unintended to be transferred to the medium when a command of forming the image unintended to be transferred to the medium is input to a display on the display unit.
US11042105B2
In a cartridge, a developing roller is configured to rotate around a first rotational axis extending in a predetermined direction and to carry developer thereon, the developing roller having a first end and a second end apart from each other in the predetermined direction, a from-first-to-second direction being defined along the predetermined direction as being directed from the first end to the second end. A developing electrode is formed of a conductive material and is configured to be electrically connected to the developing roller, the developing electrode including a main part and a protruding portion protruding from the main part in the from-first-to-second direction. A detection body is formed of an insulating material and is rotatably supported by the protruding portion, the detection body including a first opening that exposes part of the protruding portion and a covering portion covering part of the protruding portion.
US11042103B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum to rotate as to an apparatus main body, a print head having a connector and a light emitting element, a movement mechanism to move the print head between an exposing position and a retracted position, a support part rotatable and to support the movement mechanism, a cable, and an abutting portion. The cable supplies drive signals for driving the light emitting element to the print head. The cable extends toward an opposite side of the connector and is bent toward one direction or another direction of the support part. The abutting portion is provided to the support part, and abuts the cable bent portion in a direction from the retracted position toward the exposing position to cause the cable to flex between a connected portion to the connector and the bent portion, when the print head is at the retracted position.
US11042101B2
A method for vertical control of a lithography machine includes step 1, prior to a scanning exposure, controlling vertical measurement sensors to measure workpiece to obtain overall surface profile data of the workpiece; step 2, performing a global leveling based on the overall surface profile data of the workpiece; and step 3, during the scanning exposure of each exposure field, measuring a local surface profile of the workpiece in real time by the vertical measurement sensors and controlling at least one of a mask stage, a workpiece stage and a projection objective to move vertically according to a Z-directional height value, an Rx-directional tilt value and an Ry-directional tilt value corresponding to the local surface profile of the workpiece, to compensate for the local surface profile of the workpiece in real time, so that an upper surface of each exposure field coincides with a reference focal plane for the exposure field. This method enables flexible vertical control with high accuracy by providing multiple control options.
US11042096B2
A method for determining a characteristic of a feature in an object, the feature being disposed below a surface of the object is disclosed. The surface of the object is irradiated with a pulsed pump radiation beam so as to produce an acoustic wave in the object. The surface of the object is then irradiated with a measurement radiation beam. A portion of the measurement radiation beam scattered from the surface is received and a characteristic of the feature in the object is determined from at least a portion of the measurement radiation beam scattered from the surface within a measurement time period. A temporal intensity distribution of the pulsed pump radiation beam is selected such that in the measurement time period a signal to background ratio is greater than a signal to background ratio achieved using a single pulse of the pulsed pump radiation beam. The signal to background ratio is a ratio of: (a) signals generated at the surface by reflections of acoustic waves from the feature to (b) background signals generated at the surface by reflections of acoustic waves which have not reflected from the feature.
US11042086B2
An embodiment of this disclosure provides a nano-imprinting method, including: applying an imprinting adhesive on a to-be-processed layer of a substrate located in an imprinting chamber; charging the imprinting chamber with a preset gas at a temperature higher than a boiling point of the preset gas, and pressing a nano-imprinting template on the imprinting adhesive; reducing an ambient temperature of the imprinting chamber to a temperature lower than the boiling point of the preset gas and maintaining the temperature for a preset time, such that the preset gas becomes a liquid; irradiating ultraviolet light from a side of the nano-imprinting template away from the imprinting adhesive to cure the imprinting adhesive; raising the ambient temperature of the imprinting chamber to be higher than the boiling point of the preset gas, such that the liquefied preset gas turns back into a gas; and demolding the nano-imprinting template from the imprinting adhesive.
US11042084B2
A photomask includes a pattern region and a plurality of defects in the pattern region. The photomask further includes a first fiducial mark outside of the pattern region, wherein the first fiducial mark includes identifying information for the photomask, the first fiducial mark has a first size and a first shape. The photomask further includes a second fiducial mark outside of the pattern region. The second fiducial mark has a second size different from the first size, or a second shape different from the first shape.
US11042083B2
A projection system is formed of a first optical system and a second optical system sequentially arranged from the demagnifying side and forms an intermediate image in a position between a demagnifying-side image formation plane and a magnifying-side image formation plane of the projection system. The second optical system is a lens. The lens has a first transmissive surface, a reflective surface, and a second transmissive surface sequentially arranged from the demagnifying side toward the magnifying side. The reflective surface has a concave shape, and the second transmissive surface has a convex shape protruding toward the magnifying side. An imaginary line specified in the lens inclines with respect to an imaginary vertical line perpendicular to the imaginary axis in a plane YZ, and the intermediate image is located in the lens between the first transmissive surface and the reflective surface.
US11042082B2
There is provided a projection optical system capable of projecting an image formed on an image forming unit on a projection plane, which has an extremely short projection distance and a small size.
US11042076B2
A camera module includes an upper housing coupled to a lower housing to form an inner space, a lens module provided in the inner space and including a heating element, and a substrate configured to supply power to the heating element, wherein the lens module includes an inner barrel comprising one or more lenses, an outer barrel which is coupled to a portion of the inner barrel in an optical axis direction, and a holder in which the outer barrel is fixed, wherein the substrate is fixed to a portion of the holder, wherein the heating element is disposed between the inner barrel and the outer barrel, and is connected to the substrate by a power connection line, and wherein the power connection line is connected to the substrate through a coupling hole in the holder.
US11042068B2
A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of pixel groups located on the base substrate and a first shading portion located between the plurality of pixel groups and the base substrate. Each of the plurality of pixel groups includes two pixel units, each of the plurality of pixel groups includes two opaque first common electrode strips and a second common electrode strip located between the two opaque first common electrode strips, an orthogonal projection of a space between the two opaque first common electrode strips on the base substrate falls within an orthogonal projection of the first shading portion on the base substrate.
US11042065B2
A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of connection films covering an edge of the display panel, and a plurality of spacer members disposed on the display panel. Each of the spacer members includes first and second long sides extending in a first direction, and an outer line connecting the first and second long sides to each other. The outer line includes a plurality of lines extending in different directions. A first outer line of a first spacer member of the plurality of spacer members is adjacent to a second outer line of a second spacer member of the plurality of spacer members. A shape of the first outer line corresponds to a shape of the second outer line. A gap between the first outer line and the second outer line is aligned with at least one of the plurality of connection films.
US11042057B2
A pressure detection module may be provided that includes: a first electrode and a second electrode which are located on an insulation layer; and an elastic foam. The elastic foam is located between the first and the second electrodes and a reference potential layer located apart from the pressure detection module. A capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode is changed according to a relative distance change between the reference potential layer and the first and the second electrodes through a transformation of the elastic foam. A magnitude of a pressure which causes the elastic foam to be transformed is detected according to the capacitance change.
US11042055B2
In a liquid crystal display device, a reflecting surface is attached to a portion, which overlaps with a periphery portion of a light guiding plate where the light incident section is position in a surface on the light guiding plate side in the dispersing sheet which is positioned farthest to the light guiding plate side among a plurality of optical sheets which are positioned between the light guiding plate and a liquid crystal panel. As a result, light which is emitted from the periphery portion of the light guiding plate is returned into the light guiding plate by being reflected by the reflecting surface, and after this, is emitted as illumination light from a light emitting surface while progressing within the light guiding plate.
US11042053B1
The present invention provides a light modulating method, a light modulating device and a storage medium. The method is applied to a display device and includes: acquiring a light modulating instruction; according to the light modulating instruction, partitioning a displaying region of the display device to form a plurality of light modulating regions; and disposing a light modulating signal in each of the light modulating regions; wherein first electrical level duty ratios of the light modulating signals disposed in the light modulating regions are staggered.
US11042052B2
A system may include a laser source, an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) coupled to the laser source, an atom trap, and at least one optical medium coupled between the AOM and the atom trap. Furthermore, at least one piezoelectric transducer may be coupled to the at least one optical medium, and a beam polarization controller may be coupled to the at least one piezoelectric transducer.
US11042050B1
Embodiments herein describe reverse biasing one or more PIN junctions formed in at least one layer of a PSR. The resulting electric fields in the PIN junctions overlap with the optical path of the optical signal and sweep away photo-generated hole-electron free carriers away. That is, the electric fields in the PIN junctions remove the free carriers from the path of the optical signal and reduces the population of the free carriers, thereby mitigating the negative impact of free-carrier absorption (FCA).
US11042048B2
A system to adjust light path length comprising a digital light path length modulator, the digital light path length modulator comprising a polarization modulator to receive polarized light and to modulate a polarization of some or all of the polarized light. The system further comprising an optical path length extender (OPLE) having an entry surface and an exit surface, to direct the light entering the OPLE with a first polarization through the entry surface and along a first light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, and to direct the light entering the OPLE with a second polarization through the entry surface and along a second light path through the OPLE to exit through the exit surface, the second light path through the OPLE having a light path length two or more times longer than the first light path length through the OPLE.
US11042042B2
Glasses frames including temples that may be worn comfortably beneath a head gear, such as helmets, headsets, earmuffs, hard hats, and speakers. In some cases, the temples may be thin, substantially flat, and flexible to allow the temples to deform without substantially increasing the pressure applied by the head gear to a head of a wearer.
US11042030B2
There is provided an optical device, including an input aperture, an output aperture, at least first and second light-transmitting substrates each having two major surfaces and edges, an input surface for coupling light waves into the substrate for effecting total internal reflection inside the substrate, and an output surface for coupling light waves out of the substrate, a major surface of the first substrate is attached to a major surface of the second substrate and the input surface of the first substrate is a partially reflecting surface, such that part of the light waves passing through the input aperture is partially reflected by the partially reflecting input surface and coupled into the first substrate and another part passes through the partially reflecting input surface and is coupled by the input surface of the second substrate into the second substrate.
US11042025B2
Embodiments of an optical data communication apparatus using micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) micro-mirror arrays is described herein. The apparatus may include a router configured to operate as a relay to exchange optical data signals between optical switches of the apparatus. The optical switches may be configured to switch between reflection directions to reflect the optical signals over different optical connections between the optical switches and different receiving ports of the router. The reflection directions may be switched in accordance with predetermined mappings between the receiving ports of the router and destinations of the optical signals. The router includes a MEMS micro-mirror array configured to reflect received optical signals to the destinations. A processing element of the optical data switching circuitry may generate a plurality of optical data signals and may send the optical data signals to an optical switch of the optical data switching circuitry.
US11042023B2
A wavelength variable interference filter includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate that faces the first substrate, a fixed reflective film that is disposed between the fixed substrate and the movable substrate, and a movable reflective film that is disposed between the fixed reflective film and the movable substrate, in which the fixed substrate transmits light, the fixed reflective film includes silver, and a concentration of a hydroxyl group that the fixed substrate includes is 500 ppm or less or 1000 ppm or more.
US11042017B2
A point-spread-function measurement device includes: a scanner that scans two illumination light beams emitted from a light source; an illumination optical system that radiates the two illumination light beams scanned by the scanner onto a sample; a relative-position adjustor that changes a relative irradiation position, in the sample, between the two illumination light beams radiated by the illumination optical system; a detection optical system that detects signal light generated at an overlapping position, in the sample, of the illumination light beams radiated by the illumination optical system; and a calculator that calculates a point spread function based on the signal light detected by the detection optical system and the relative irradiation position between the two illumination light beams when the signal light is detected.
US11042010B2
A lens module includes a first lens, an object-side surface thereof being convex; a second lens, both surfaces thereof being convex; a third lens, both surfaces thereof being concave; a fourth lens having positive refractive power, both surfaces thereof being convex; a fifth lens, an object-side surface thereof being concave; and a sixth lens, an object-side surface thereof being convex. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially disposed in numerical order from the first lens to the sixth lens from an object side of the lens module toward an image side of the lens module.
US11042007B2
An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has positive refractive power. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six lens elements.
US11041999B2
An optical interconnect circuit for transmitting data between two or more electronic chips. In an example embodiment, the optical interconnect circuit comprises two or more photonic chips, each of which is vertically stacked with the corresponding electronic chip such that compact optical modulators and/or photodetectors of the photonic chip are in close proximity to the data sources/sinks of the corresponding electronic chip. Multi-core optical fibers and vertical coupling structures are used to provide multiple optical connections between different photonic chips. Advantageously, the provided capability to place optical modulators close to the data sources and to place photodetectors close to the data sinks can be used to reduce the amount of required electrical wiring. Optical-waveguide connections to the multi-core fibers can be used to allow for high density of optical conduits without spatially constraining the placement of data sources and/or data sinks on the electronic chips.
US11041997B2
A socket for a releasable and reproducible assembly with an optical fiber plug. The socket has a main housing and an access shaft for inserting an optical fiber plug with a plug housing. At the inner end of the access shaft an optical fitting surface is arranged that is inverse to an optical fitting surface of the optical fiber plug. The main housing has a knurled ring, at least one movable engagement pin and a locking ring. The closing path of the engagement pin is formed by a guiding groove in the locking ring with at least two sections. The guiding groove has a first azimuthally extending portion and a second axially extending section with a recess at the end region of a transversal groove. A friction-locked snapping in of the engagement pin into the recess at the end region of the transversal groove occurs.
US11041994B2
An optical fiber adapter includes a main body, an inner housing, a cover plate and a latch element. The main body has an the axial accommodation room formed by a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls opposite to each other. Two axial ends of the axial accommodation room have a first opening and a second opening respectively. An access opening and at least one fixing-groove structure are formed on the top wall. The fixing-groove structure is located between the access opening and the first opening. The latch element includes a fixing portion, a connecting portion and an inserting portion. The connecting portion is connected to the fixing portion and the inserting portion. The latch element is movably introduced into the axial accommodation room via the first opening. The fixing portion is clamped in the fixing-groove structure. The inserting portion is inserted into the accommodation groove.
US11041987B2
Disclosed is a backlight unit. The disclosed backlight unit comprises: a light guide plate; and a light source module configured to emit light to a light incident surface formed on at least one side of the light guide plate, wherein the light source module comprises: a printed circuit board; and a connector connected to multiple light sources arranged on the printed circuit board and to the printed circuit board, so as to transfer electric power thereto, and the connector may comprise a gap-retaining member arranged between the printed circuit board and the light guide plate, so that the light sources and the light incident surface are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined optical distance.
US11041978B2
An optical plate includes at least two first optical portions for respectively covering two light emitting modules, and at least one second optical portion for covering a gap between the light emitting modules. Each first optical portion receives light rays emitted from a respective light emitting module and causes the same to emit along a predetermined direction. The second optical portion has first and second inner inclined surfaces, and first and second outer inclined surfaces. The inner inclined surfaces guide the light rays emitted from the respective light emitting modules toward the outer inclined surfaces, respectively, such that the light rays emitting out therefrom are parallel to the predetermined direction.
US11041976B2
A method and system are described for creating and using a subsurface model. In this method, selected subregion are morphed to adjacent subregions to create a morphed surface and solid elements are created based on the selected subregion and the morphed surfaces. The resulting subsurface model may be used in simulations and hydrocarbon operations.
US11041975B2
The present invention achieves a multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor which can be assembled with reduced effort. A multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor (100) includes a light projector (110) and a light receiver (120) each having an outer shape defined by a housing (1) including: an outer case (10); a light-transmitting plate (15); and a pressing member (20). Supporting parts (11b) are provided at respective inner surfaces of side plates of the outer case. Extending parts (11c) are provided at end parts of the corresponding side plates. The pressing member is configured to press the light-transmitting plate against the supporting parts by being attached to the respective extending parts.
US11041970B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for generating Angle Domain Common Image Gathers (ADCIGs). One computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a data processing apparatus, a set of seismic data associated with a subsurface region wherein the set of seismic data includes receiver signal data at a plurality of time steps; for each time step in the plurality of time steps: calculating a receiver wavefield based on the receiver signal data at the respective time step; separating a first direction receiver wavefield and a second direction receiver wavefield of the receiver wavefield using Hilbert transformation of the receiver signal data at the respective time step; and applying an optical flow process on the first direction receiver wavefield to calculate wavefield directions; and generating an Angle Domain Common Image Gather (ADCIG) based on the wavefield directions.
US11041968B2
An edge-on photon-counting detector includes at least one detector module having a respective edge facing incident X-rays. The at least one detector module includes a semiconductor substrate. The edge-on photon-counting detector also includes a plurality of active integrated pixels arranged in the semiconductor substrate.
US11041965B2
A radiation detection device includes a scintillator, a photodetector for detecting scintillation light from the scintillator and outputting a detection signal, a first comparator for comparing the detection signal with a first threshold voltage V1 and outputting a signal having a first time width T1, a first time width measurement device for measuring the first time width T1, a second comparator for comparing the detection signal with a second threshold voltage V2 and outputting a signal having a second time width T2, a second time width measurement device for measuring the second time width T2, and an analysis unit for obtaining a time constant τ indicating a time waveform of the detection signal based on the first and second time widths T1 and T2.
US11041964B2
The operation unit of radiation monitoring equipment reads in a real countable number (this time) and a cumulated countable number (previous time) in a every operational cycle, and judges whether the real countable number (this time) is within a permissible range, if the real countable number (this time) is judged to be within the permissible range, it is judged whether a number of times deviated from the permissible range is equal to zero or not, if the number of times deviated from the permissible range is judged to be equal to zero, a regular processing is performed, if the real countable number (this time) is judged to be out of a permissible range, 1 is added to the number of times deviated from the permissible range and further it is judged whether the added number of times deviated from the permissible range is equal to 1 or not.
US11041954B2
Doppler correction of broadband LIDAR includes mixing, during a first time interval, a returned optical signal with an in-phase version of the transmitted signal to produce a first mixed optical signal that is detected during the first time interval to produce a first electrical signal. During a non-overlapping second time interval the returned optical signal is mixed with a quadrature version of the transmitted signal to produce a second mixed optical signal that is detected during the second time interval to produce a second electrical signal. A complex digital signal uses one of the digitized electrical signals as a real part and a different one as the imaginary part. A signed Doppler frequency shift of the returned optical signal is determined based, at least in part, on a Fourier transform of the complex digital signal. A device is operated based on the Doppler frequency shift.
US11041953B2
There are provided: a spectral analyzer configured to individually analyze a spectrum of a beat signal extracted by a beat signal extractor and a spectrum of a beat signal extracted by another object detecting device; a search range width setter configured to set a search range width for frequency; and a combination target selector configured to determine, for each spectrum analyzed by the spectral analyzer, a frequency search range having the search range width set by the search range width setter, and select, for each of the analyzed spectra, a frequency of a combination target from among the frequencies in the determined search range by comparing spectral components of the frequencies in the determined search range.
US11041952B2
One example includes an ultrasonic ranging system. The system includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal and to receive reflected ultrasonic signal paths having been reflected from a plurality of target objects during a ranging operation. The system also includes a ranging processor configured to detect a location associated with the plurality of target objects based on monitoring phase information associated with the reflected ultrasonic signal paths.
US11041945B2
Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including a probe configured to transmit a plurality of plane waves at a plurality of steering angles and a controller configured to determine the plurality of plane waves so that a grating lobe of a synthetic transmit focusing beam pattern using the plurality of plane waves is located outside a region of interest.
US11041943B2
A system and method of calibrating a laser tracker is provided. The system includes a support system for quickly and easily moving an artifact to a desired position and orientation and for holding the artifact in the position and orientation. An adjustable alignment mirror is coupled to a first end of the artifact so that the more accurate ranging system of the laser tracker can be isolated to determine a reference length of the artifact. Additional measurements are then taken to exercise one or more error source within the tracker. The support system includes a positioner and a support beam for positioning and supporting the artifact. The artifact is coupled to the support beam using kinematic clamps that are designed to reduce or eliminate errors associated with over-constraining the artifact. The artifact is movable between a deployed configuration for use and a stowable configuration for ease of storage and transportation.
US11041942B2
The invention relates to a lidar sensor (1) comprising at least one transmitting unit (S1-S4) and at least one receiving unit (E1-E4), wherein the transmitting unit (S1-S4) is designed to pivot a light signal in a horizontal direction, wherein the light signal is tilted at an angle α relative to a ground surface (5), wherein the transmitting unit (S1-S4) and the receiving unit (E1-E4) are designed as an assembly (2) and the lidar sensor (1) has an adjusting device (2) that is designed so that the assembly (2) can be tilted by at least one angle β in a vertical direction, and a method for optically scanning an environment by means of a lidar sensor (1).
US11041934B2
The disclosure includes implementations for determining a position of a vehicle using millimeter wave narrow beamforming. A method may include receiving a set of training packets that each uniquely identify a position on a portion of a roadway where the vehicle is located. Each of the training packets included in the set may be associated with only one of the millimeter wave narrow beams. The method may include identifying a training packet included in the set of training packets that has a highest receive power level among the set of training packets. The method may include determining the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The method may include determining positional information for the vehicle based on the position uniquely identified by the training packet having the highest receive power level. The positional information may describe a location of the vehicle on the roadway.
US11041930B2
According to one embodiment, the MRI apparatus includes an RF coil apparatus having a coil element, a coil port to which the RF coil apparatus is connectible, receive circuitry receiving a signal detected by the RF coil apparatus via the coil port when neither an RF pulse nor a gradient magnetic field is being applied, and performing A/D conversion with an A/D converter, and processing circuitry detecting an abnormality based on the signal. With the RF coil apparatus being connected to the coil port, the receive circuitry switches at least one switch provided in a section between the coil element and the A/D converter between on and off, and receives the signal. The processing circuitry compares a signal of a path where the coil element and A/D converter are connected with a signal of a path where the coil element and A/D converter are not connected, and detects the abnormality.
US11041915B2
A power distribution monitoring system is provided that can include a number of features. The system can include a plurality of monitoring devices configured to attach to individual conductors on a power grid distribution network. In some embodiments, a monitoring device includes a current sensing element comprising a Rogowski coil. The output of the Rogowski coil can be used by a fault detection circuit to determine if a fault or disturbance occurs on the conductor. Methods of using the monitoring devices are also provided.
US11041914B2
In a method for detecting an internal short of a battery, the method includes: acquiring first charge state information related to a charge state of the battery; detecting a first reference time point when the first charge state information satisfies a reference condition; acquiring second charge state information related to the charge state of the battery; detecting a second reference time point when the second charge state information satisfies a reference condition; and detecting an internal short of the battery based on a difference between a charge amount from the first reference time point to the second reference time point and a discharge amount from the first reference time point to the second reference time point.
US11041913B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery aging state calculation method and device, and more particularly, to a battery aging state calculation method and device for calculating a (i.e., State of Health (SOH)) according to each execution operation and calculating a final battery SOH based on charge/discharge execution counts to improve the accuracy of the battery SOH.
US11041912B2
A method of screening a battery for failure mechanisms is provided. The method may include activating an electrochemical cell. Within 5 minutes to two hours of activating the cell, the open circuit voltage of the cell is measured over a period of time to determine a voltage versus time function. The cell is then screened for the presence of a failure mechanism by checking the voltage versus time function for a failure criteria.
US11041907B2
The present invention facilitates efficient and effective device testing and debugging. In one embodiment, a tester system includes: a controller processor, a plurality of programmable accelerator circuits, and a plurality of load boards respectively. The plurality of programmable accelerator circuits providing input test signals and capture output test signals. The plurality of load boards apply the input test signals to a plurality of devices under test (DUTs) and capture the output test signals therefrom. In one exemplary implementation, each of the plurality of load boards includes a first set of connections that transmit input test signals to a respective DUT, a second set of connections that receive output test signals from the respective DUT, and sideband connectors. The sideband connectors receive test related information from the DUT.
US11041901B2
A wafer test probe system, probe card, and method to test back-to-back connected first and second transistors of a wafer. The probe card includes a waveform generator circuit and probe needles to couple the waveform generator circuit to provide a first pulse signal of a first polarity using a body diode of the first transistor to test the second transistor, and to provide a second pulse signal of a second polarity using a body diode of the second transistor to the test the first transistor. One example includes a resistor connected between the waveform generator circuit and one of the probe needles. The probe card includes a probe needle to connect a sense transistor of the wafer to the first transistor during wafer probe testing.
US11041899B2
In a method for monitoring a line, a measuring signal is fed into a measuring conductor at a start time. The measuring signal is reflected at an interference point or at a line end and the reflected portion is monitored to check whether a threshold value is exceeded. If the threshold value is exceeded, a digital stop signal is generated and the transit time between the start time and the stop signal is analyzed.
US11041898B2
There is provided a method of locating a fault in a power transmission medium, including: monitoring, at a first monitoring location, an electrical characteristic of a power transmission medium at a plurality of frequencies; detecting, at the first monitoring location, a set of propagating fault signals including: a first propagating fault signal of the electrical characteristic at a first frequency of the plurality of frequencies, and a second propagating fault signal of the electrical characteristic at a second frequency of the plurality of frequencies, wherein each propagating fault signal is caused by the fault in the power transmission medium; comparing the first and second propagating fault signals with one another to obtain a set comparison value; and determining a location of the fault in the power transmission medium by deriving, from the set comparison value, a fault distance from the first monitoring location.
US11041887B2
A current sensor, which is configured to individually detect a current flowing in each of at least two current paths, includes at least two phases. Each phase includes a magnetic field detection element and a pair of first magnetic shield and second magnetic shield. The magnetic field detection element is disposed to face one of the current paths. The magnetic field detection element is configured to detect a magnetic field generated from the one of the current paths and to convert the detected magnetic field into an electric signal. The first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield are disposed to face each other with the current path and the magnetic field detection element interposed between the first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield. The first magnetic shield and the second magnetic shield are configured to shield the magnetic field detection element from an external magnetic field.
US11041881B2
A hybrid probe head assembly for testing a wafer device under test includes a housing, at least a portion of a lead frame assembly disposed in the housing, the lead frame assembly including a at least one cantilever portion, the at least one cantilever portion including an undeflected position and a deflected position, where the lead frame assembly hinges between the undeflected position and the deflected position at a lead frame pivot point, and the at least one cantilever portion extends to a wafer contact. In the undeflected position, the at least one cantilever portion is disposed at a 8-12 degree angle, and in the deflected position, the at least one cantilever portion is disposed at a 2-4 degree angle. One or more spring probes are disposed within the housing and have a wafer contact tip.
US11041879B2
A semiconductor die is aligned to a test probe by placing the semiconductor die onto a flat upper surface of a test stage with solder balls of the die facing upward, fluidizing motion of the die with reference to the test stage by pulsing gas between the die and the upper surface of the test stage, and coarse aligning the die with reference to the test stage by moving the die until adjacent edges of the die contact corner guides that are disposed on the test stage. Further, the method includes raising the test stage toward the test probe until an alignment feature of the test probe engages a first solder ball of the die, and fine aligning the die with reference to the test probe by continuing to raise the test stage until a second solder ball of the die fits into a test cup of the test probe.
US11041877B2
In some examples, to perform motion detection of a moveable platform, variance values based on acceleration data from an accelerometer on the moveable platform are computed. Using the computed variance values, it is determined whether the moveable platform is in motion.
US11041870B2
An automated analysis device includes a reagent disc on which a plurality of reagent containers are loaded; a reagent loader that loads a reagent from the outside onto the reagent disc and carries a reagent to the outside; a display unit that displays the reagents in the plurality of reagent containers, so as to be paired with corresponding analysis items for which the reagents are used; and a control unit that causes the reagent loader to simultaneously carry, to the outside of the reagent disc, a reagent which is selected, on the display unit, by an operation device used for an operation input from an operator instructing the reagent loader to take out the reagent and simultaneously carry a reagent which is to be used for a different analysis item to be performed simultaneously with the analysis item for the selected reagent.
US11041866B2
The present disclosure includes biomarkers, methods, devices, reagents, systems, and kits for the detection and diagnosis of cancer generally and pancreatic cancer specifically. In one aspect, the disclosure provides biomarkers that can be used alone or in various combinations to diagnose cancer generally or pancreatic cancer specifically. In another aspect, methods are provided for diagnosing pancreatic cancer in an individual, where the methods include detecting, in a biological sample from an individual, at least one biomarker value corresponding to at least one biomarker selected from the group of biomarkers provided in Table 1, wherein the individual is classified as having pancreatic cancer, or the likelihood of the individual having pancreatic cancer is determined, based on the at least one biomarker value. In a further aspect, methods are provided for diagnosing cancer generally in an individual, where the methods include detecting, in a biological sample from an individual, at least one biomarker value corresponding to at least one biomarker selected from the group of biomarkers provided in Table 19, wherein the individual is classified as having cancer generally, or the likelihood of the individual having cancer is determined, based on the at least one biomarker value.
US11041859B2
Provided herein are methods of detecting binding of an SENP1 polypeptide to a compound and methods for screening for inhibitors of SENP1. Further provided are aqueous compositions comprising SENP1 polypeptides and NMR apparatuses comprising the compositions for NMR analysis.
US11041847B1
Methods and systems for evaluating heath/disease state of an individual are provided herein. In particular, the disclosure provides methods for measuring levels of one or more metabolites of interest in an individual and using these measurements to assess the individual's health. The disclosure also provides systems for carrying out the disclosed methods. For example, the disclosed systems may include a metabolite level evaluation module to determine the individual's heath based on the metabolite levels measured.
US11041839B2
A method of sensing parameters in a fluid distribution system includes the steps of receiving, at a monitoring device, fluid parameter information from a sensor in a fluid distribution system; collecting, by the monitoring device, sampling data of the fluid parameter information from the sensor based on predetermined criteria; receiving, by the monitoring device, a request to collect transient data from the sensor; collecting, by the monitoring device, transient data of the fluid parameter information from the sensor based on predetermined criteria; and communicating the sampling data and the transient data to another device. An apparatus includes a monitoring device including a power source, an antenna, and a parameter sensing portion configured to monitor a parameter of a fluid distribution system; and a sensor array connected to the monitoring device
US11041838B2
A microhotplate comprising a membrane suspended over a substrate by a plurality of tethers connected between the substrate and the membrane. The membrane comprises a resistive heater comprising an electrically conductive material having a varying width from a peripheral portion of the membrane to a center of the membrane. The electrically conductive material comprises a first portion spiraling in a first direction and a second portion spiraling in a second direction and in electrical communication with the first portion at the center of the membrane. The microhotplate further comprises a first electrically conductive trace extending over a first tether and in electrical contact with a bond pad on the substrate and the first portion and a second electrically conductive trace extending over another tether and in electrical contact with another bond pad on the substrate and the second portion. Related chemical sensors and related methods of detecting at least one analyte are also disclosed.
US11041837B2
A kit and method for accurately determining the concentration levels of peracetic acid in a solution containing a peroxide or other oxidant is disclosed. In order to determine the concentration of peracetic acid in the solution, a pH buffer system is used to deactivate high levels of a peroxide in a disinfectant solution without interfering with active peracetic acid levels in the solution. At least one test strip is used to measure the peracetic acid concentration in the solution. A test vial for combining the solution with the pH buffer prior to contact with the test strip is provided.
US11041836B2
A furnace system features a combination of a furnace, a main combustion furnace tube and a disposable guard tube. The main combustion furnace tube is configured to couple and extend from the furnace, made of a quartz tube material, and has a zone for a combustion catalyst or high temperature support configured or formed therein. The disposable guard tube is coupled to the main combustion furnace tube, has a top opening configured to receive and have direct exposure to a liquid sample being injected into the main combustion furnace tube, and also has a bottom opening to provide the liquid sample to the main combustion furnace tube for processing in the zone for the combustion catalyst or high temperature support.
US11041831B2
There is provided, for example, an ultrasonic probe capable of improving the accuracy of testing of a curved-surface structure. An array sensor (ultrasonic array sensor) includes multiple elements (oscillators) to generate an ultrasonic wave. Water (propagation member) is disposed between the array sensor and steel (test target) to propagate the ultrasonic wave. At least one reflection section reflects the ultrasonic wave reflected and returned from the surface of or the inside of the steel, and causes the ultrasonic wave to fall on any of the elements.
US11041828B2
The invention relates to a measuring arrangement comprising: a coil arrangement for creating a magnetic field to measure a sample to be arranged in connection with it including at least one flat coil, the coil geometry of which is arranged to be changed in the direction of the plane defined by the coil arrangement, in order to create a spatially changing magnetic field having a known distance dependence for measuring the sample; and electronics connected to the coil arrangement for creating a magnetic field using the coil arrangement; and means for changing the position of the sample and the coil arrangement relative to each other in order to change the magnetic field affecting the sample and having the known distance dependence. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for measuring a sample.
US11041816B2
Disclosed is a method for reconstructing a parameter of a lithographic process. The method comprises the step of designing a preconditioner suitable for an input system comprising the difference of a first matrix and a second matrix, the first matrix being arranged to have a multi-level structure of at least three levels whereby at least two of said levels comprise a Toeplitz structure. One such preconditioner is a block-diagonal matrix comprising a BTTB structure generated from a matrix-valued inverse generating function. A second such preconditioner is determined from an approximate decomposition of said first matrix into one or more Kronecker products.
US11041815B2
An inspection information generation device includes a design information acquirer configured to acquire design information of a sample to be inspected, a candidate region extractor configured to use the design information to extract multiple candidate regions, an image capturer configured to capture images of the multiple candidate regions, a similarity calculator configured to use the images of the multiple candidate regions to calculate a similarity or distance between the multiple candidate regions, and a region determiner configured to use the similarity or the distance to determine, as inspection information, at least one reference region corresponding to a region to be inspected.
US11041801B2
A method for measuring a quantity of a gaseous species—present in a gas and able to absorb light in an absorption spectral band—comprises: arranging the gas between a light source and a measurement photodetector, the light source being suitable for emitting an incident light wave propagating through the gas to the measurement photodetector, which is suitable for detecting a light wave transmitted by the gas, in the absorption spectral band; illuminating the gas by the light source; measuring, by the measurement photodetector, a measurement intensity of the light wave transmitted by the gas, in the absorption spectral band; measuring, by a reference photodetector, a reference intensity of a reference light wave being emitted by the light source. The method comprises a correction of the reference intensity by consideration of a parametric model, the parameters of the model being determined according to reference intensity measurements performed at various times.
US11041796B2
Test apparatus for testing porous material such as used in roadway base or building foundations may be deployed in the field at various test sites. The test apparatus includes electrodes that contact the porous material under test and a sensor unit that supplies electromagnetic signals to the porous material. Response signals reveal electrical parameters such as complex impedance which can be equated to material properties such as density and moisture content. Reference may be made to empirical correlations made in laboratory tests using the same test apparatus to enable the effects of the test apparatus on the measurement to be accounted for. The electrodes may include flexible coplanar electrodes that reduce air gaps when in contact with the porous material.
US11041786B2
It is an objet to provide an oil extraction agent that is used in an oil concentration meter, that can be manufactured at low cost, that has a high oil extraction efficiency, and whose burden on the environment is small. Trimeric or higher oligomers of chlorotrifluoroethylene are contained in the overall oil extraction agent in a range between 35% by weight or more and 100% by weight or less.
US11041781B2
A rotary union adapted for connection on a support segment for a shaft includes a sensor disposed within a sensor housing, the sensor housing connected to the housing of the rotary union, and a sound conduit having first and second ends, the first end of the sound conduit being connected to the sensor housing, and the second end of the sound conduit being adapted to be connected to a second support segment for the shaft opposite the first support segment along the shaft, wherein the sensor includes a sensing element in physical contact with the first end of the sound conduit, the sensing element configured to provide a signal in response to vibration present along the sound conduit.
US11041779B1
A monitoring system for a facility can automatically determine the presence of leaks in a compressed gas system at the facility. The monitoring system can use information from sensors in the compressed gas system to determine if there is a constant flow of gas in the system that can be indicative of a leak in the system. The monitoring system can process flow measurements from the sensors to determine minimum gas flow amounts for a series of time windows. The minimum gas flow amounts are then averaged to generate an average minimum gas flow amount. If the average minimum gas flow amount is greater than an average threshold, a variance of the minimum gas flow amounts can be determined. If the determined variance is less than a variance threshold, the average minimum gas flow amount is determined to correspond to a leak in the compressed gas system.
US11041775B2
An apparatus is described and in one embodiment includes a first portion comprising an inner diameter, a first outer diameter, and a first length and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are integrally connected together, the second portion comprising the inner diameter, at least one second outer diameter, and a second length. The embodiment further includes a flange comprising a contact surface, wherein the inner diameter of the first portion and the second portion provides a hollow pathway through the apparatus.
US11041762B2
Color temperature in a space may be adjusted by controlling lighting control devices and motorized window treatments. A position of a motorized window treatment may be controlled based on a control mode or user preference. Outside color temperature values may be limited from entering the space by closing the shade fabric of the motorized window treatment when the outside color temperature exceeds a threshold. A color temperature of outside light entering the space may be determined after the shades are adjusted. The color temperature of outside light entering the space may be determined by considering the shade fabric characteristics. The color temperature of light emitted by one or more lighting fixtures may be adjusted based on the color temperature of the light entering the space.
US11041761B2
An optical sensing circuit includes a capacitor, and a light sensing unit, a compensation unit, and a switching element coupled to the capacitor. The light sensing unit includes a first light sensing transistor for sensing a first color. The compensation unit includes a second light sensing transistor for sensing a second color. The spectra of the second color and the first color do not overlap each other. When the light illuminates, the light sensing unit generates a first current and the compensation unit generates a second current. The second current reduces the magnitude of the charging or discharging current when the capacitor is charged or discharged by the first current. When the switching element turned on, the voltage of the capacitor is read to determine the color of the light. The voltage level of the gate of the first or second light sensing transistor is adjustable.
US11041760B2
In multiplex CARS, a fingerprint region is a region where signals are densely concentrated. Information about the intensities and spatial distribution of these signals is important in cell analysis. However, there has been a problem in that the signal intensities are low. Accordingly, mechanisms 702 and 703 for adjusting the power branching ratio between light that enters a photonic crystal fiber 705 and pumping light; mechanisms 710 and 711 for adjusting the divergence/convergence state of the pumping light; and mechanisms 706 and 2101 for adjusting the divergence/convergence state of Stokes light are provided to enable adjustment for emphasizing a desired wavelength band.
US11041753B2
The present disclosure relates to limitation of noise on light detectors using an aperture. One example implementation includes a system. The system includes a lens disposed relative to a scene. The lens focuses light from the scene. The system also includes an aperture defined within an opaque material. The system also includes a waveguide having a first side that receives light focused by the lens and transmitted through the aperture. The waveguide guides the received light toward a second side of the waveguide opposite to the first side. The waveguide has a third side extending between the first side and the second side. The system also includes an array of light detectors that intercepts and detects light propagating out of the third side of the waveguide.
US11041750B2
A laboratory weighing kit comprises two layers: a disposable paper-structured weighing boat in the upper layer and a corresponding-shaped weighing base in the lower layer. The weighing boat has a sample loading portion in the rear to carry chemicals or samples, and a funnel portion in the front to transfer samples. In order to consolidate storage space, either the front funnel can be opened to two portions or the back wall of the weighing boat is opened. The weighing boat can be creased to form a permanent fold. The weighing boat in the upper layer can be either removable from or permanently attached to the weighing base in the lower layer.
US11041746B2
A method and apparatus for making a flow determination with respect to a flow through a fluid conduit is described. The apparatus comprises a first temperature sensor arranged to generate a temperature signal indicative of the temperature of the outer surface of the fluid conduit, a second temperature sensor arranged to generate a temperature signal indicative of the ambient temperature outside of the fluid conduit; and a processor arranged to make the flow determination. The flow determination is made by determining the first and second temperatures at a first time; predicting a predicted first temperature at a second time; determining the first temperature at the second time; and comparing the predicted first temperature with the determined first temperature at the second time.
US11041743B2
The present disclosure relates to a field device of automation technology, comprising a housing and a sensor unit sensitive for a process variable of a medium. The housing has a passageway to accommodate the sensor unit and the sensor unit protrudes from the housing through a terminal opening of the passageway. A clamping angle and a screw are introduced into the housing in a region of the housing adjoining the opening of the passageway. By means of the screw the clamping angle is shiftable in the housing a predeterminable distance in the direction of the sensor unit, and the clamping angle shifted in the direction of the sensor unit is embodied to press with a first clamping angle section of the clamping angle radially on a clamping region of the sensor unit arranged in the housing and facing the opening of the passageway.
US11041738B1
A signal activated switch for meters equipped with automatic meter reading output capability which allows a single water or gas meter to be interrogated by two or more meter interrogation units or meter reading devices without interference. The art of the present invention senses an interrogation by a meter interrogation unit and switches the meter interrogation unit onto the meter circuit for a brief period in order to read the internally stored data of the meter via an industry standard automatic meter reading communication protocol. The signal activated switch may integrate a display which allows display of internally stored consumption data, rate-of-flow, or water meter serial number. The signal activated switch also defaults to a first or primary meter interrogation unit should power be interrupted to the signal activated switch.
US11041728B2
A server system is provided that includes one or more processors configured to receive an intra-route navigation error package including a plurality of route context data from a user computer device. The intra-route navigation error package indicates that a navigation error occurred at a geospatial location. The one or more processors are further configured to send, to the user computing device, a detailed feedback package configured to cause the user computer device to display a feedback interface at a later point in time when a user of the user computer device is not traveling. The detailed feedback package includes a route context determined based on the plurality of route context data and configured to be presented to the user via the feedback interface. The one or more processors are further configured to determine a map correction for a map database based on user input of detailed feedback.
US11041727B2
Systems and methods for mapping and navigation are provided. In implementations, the systems and methods perform operations including receiving, via a network, a message from a messaging application of a mobile device of a user requesting a map of a mapped area. The operations also include generating the map of the mapped area displaying an icon indicating a location of the user. Further, the operations include sending, via the network, the map to the messaging application of the mobile device.
US11041718B2
A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112), the detector (110) comprising: at least one transfer device (114) for imaging the object (112) into an image plane (116), the transfer device (114) having a focal plane (118), at least one longitudinal optical sensor (122), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (124), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) is at least partially transparent, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of sensor region (124) by at least one light beam propagating from the object to the detector (110), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region (124); and at least one evaluation device (129), wherein the evaluation device (129) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112) by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal. Herein the at least one longitudinal optical sensor (122) comprises a focal longitudinal optical sensor (136), wherein the focal longitudinal optical sensor (136) at least substantially is arranged in the focal plane (118).
US11041713B2
Provided are a nanostructured optical element, a depth sensor, and an electronic device. The nanostructured optical element includes: a light source in which a plurality of laser sources irradiating light are configured as an array; a meta-pattern layer including a plurality of first nano-posts that are two-dimensionally configured while satisfying a sub-wavelength condition, wherein the plurality of first nano-posts are configured to change the light from the light source into structured light; and a deflecting layer between the light source and the meta-pattern layer, and configured to change a proceeding direction of the light to make the light from the light source be incident to the meta-pattern layer.
US11041707B2
A roundness measuring device includes an annular ring, and a plurality of displacement sensors (comparative length measuring devices) provided on the ring at predetermined intervals. The displacement sensors are arranged such that lines along which measurement axes of the displacement sensors extend intersect at a single point.
US11041703B2
The present invention provides a projectile device and a method of manufacture of a projectile device and in particular to a pistol bullet and a rifle bullet and method of manufacture of same. In one embodiment, the projectile apparatus has a cylindrical body portion having a diameter, a front nose section tapering from a most proximal point of the projectile to the cylindrical body portion, and a rear tail section connected to the body portion and extending to the most distal point of the projectile, in which the front nose portion comprises a plurality of twisting depressions forming troughs.
US11041697B2
A soft armor panel is provided by work softening a panel formed of a ballistic material. The panel also includes slip planes between adjacent ply groups, the adjacent ply groups remaining unconnected or substantially unconnected at the slip plane. The soft, or conformable, body armor, is resistant to various projectile threats, in which the panel is made by work-softening an otherwise rigid panel. The soft armor panel includes a work softened lamination of a plurality of ply groups. Each ply group comprises one or more layers, each layer comprising a composite material of fibers embedded in a matrix material. A slip plane is disposed between at least one set of adjacent ply groups, such that the adjacent ply groups remain unconnected or substantially unconnected at the slip plane. The softened ballistic panel retains significant ballistic properties, is light weight and can be readily conformed to various torso configurations.
US11041663B2
A refrigerator includes a thermoelectric element module, and a defrosting temperature sensor, and a controller configured to control operation of the thermoelectric element module. The thermoelectric element module includes a thermoelectric element including a heat absorption portion and a heat dissipation portion, a first heat sink in contact with the heat absorption portion, a first fan facing the first heat sink, a second heat sink in contact with the heat dissipation portion, and a second fan facing the second heat sink. The controller is configured to initiate a natural defrosting operation for removing frost on the thermoelectric element module at every preset period, and terminate the natural defrosting operation based on a temperature measured by the defrosting temperature sensor corresponding to a reference temperature. The controller is configured to control operation of the thermoelectric element and rotation of the first and second fans in the natural defrosting operation.
US11041657B2
A hot-water supply apparatus capable of restraining the occurrence of noises from a building wall surface side includes a hot-water supply apparatus main body having a burner and a heat exchanger that generates hot water by combustion exhaust of the burner, and a rectangular parallelepiped main body case that houses the hot-water supply apparatus main body. A back plate (5c), which closes the back side of the main body case, is installed to a building wall surface (W) such that the back plate (5c) opposes the building wall surface (W) with a predetermined void space (S) provided therebetween. A soundproof member (18), which closes at least a part of an open end of the void space (S), is provided on the main body case (5).
US11041655B2
The present embodiments provide a ventilation system for an aviary including at least one exterior wall disposed between a floor and a roof. The ventilation system includes a first fan disposed in one of the at least one exterior walls. A plenum is disposed on one of the at least one exterior walls. A second fan is disposed in flow communication with the plenum. The present embodiments also provide a method of constructing a ventilation system in an aviary, which aviary includes at least one exterior wall disposed between a floor and a roof, a first fan, a plenum, and a second fan. The method includes disposing the first fan in one of the at least one exterior walls. The method also includes disposing the plenum on one of the at least one exterior walls. The method also includes disposing the second fan in flow communication with the plenum.
US11041642B2
In an indoor unit of an air conditioner that moves a front panel, a coupling member suppresses a reduction of heat exchange performance of the indoor unit. A heat exchanger has a U-shaped pipe that returns refrigerant flowing in a longitudinal direction. A panel drive unit generates a driving force that moves the front panel by a movement of the panel drive unit itself. The coupling member is disposed behind the front panel, couples the front panel and the panel drive unit, and transmits the driving force from the panel drive unit to the front panel. At least a part of the coupling member is disposed in front of the U-shaped pipe so as to overlap the U-shaped pipe as viewed from the front.
US11041640B2
A solar photovoltaic (PV) water heating system includes a tank (1.020) including at least a first heating unit (1.016) having at least first and second heating elements (1.016.1 . . . 1.016.x), at least one of which is switchable (1.014.1A . . . 1.014.1m); a PV solar collector (1.002); an inverter (1.004) adapted to convert the output from the PV collector to an alternating power supply; a modulator (1.060) to modulate the alternating power supply from the inverter; a controller (1.040) adapted to control the modulator and the switching of the or each switchable heating element; wherein the controller is adapted to control the modulator and the switchable heating elements to maximize the energy drawn from the PC collector.
US11041638B2
An underlayment system includes a plurality of bosses that emanate from a common base member. The bosses and bases preferably include an opening therethrough that will allow for subsequent layers of adhesive to interact and bond to each other. The bosses are also spaced in such a way to help secure a wire snugly therebetween.
US11041635B2
Systems and methods utilize a cogeneration system for providing heating, cooling, and/or electricity to an enclosure. The system includes a heat engine for heating and supplying electricity to the enclosure. Coupled to the heat engine is a first conduit configured to transfer fluid from the heat engine to the enclosure to transfer thermal energy from the fluid to the enclosure. The system further includes a heat pump configured to supply at least heating and cooling to the enclosure. Coupled to the heat pump is at least a second conduit. The second conduit is configured to move fluid from the heat pump to the enclosure to transfer thermal energy from the fluid to the enclosure.
US11041631B2
A combined heat and power (CHP) system is installed with a power lock-out feature preventing flow of heated working fluid to an expander driving a generator generating electrical power until installation by a licensed person is completed, whereby heat can be provided to a building substantially immediately after installation of the CHP system, while power generation can be deferred until convenient.
US11041620B2
A gas burner assembly and a method of operating the same are provided. The gas burner assembly includes an air pump that supplies a flow of air into a boost fuel chamber for mixing with a flow of boost fuel before being combusted and directed through a plurality of boost flame ports. A temperature sensor is positioned proximate the air pump and a controller regulates the power supplied to the air pump to compensate for air pump operating characteristics based on the measured temperature. A pressure sensor may also detect a low pressure condition downstream of the air pump and shut down the fuel and air supply system accordingly.
US11041617B2
A luminaire includes a terminal block that receives power from a power source, a light source power supply electrically coupled to the terminal block and to a light source, a power converter electrically coupled to the terminal block and to a power over Ethernet injector, a camera coupled to the power over Ethernet injector, and a transceiver electrically coupled to the power converter. The power over Ethernet injector can supply power to and receive data from the camera. The transceiver is also coupled to the power over Ethernet injector and can communicate data to and receive data from the camera.
US11041614B2
A lighting device includes a wavelength conversion unit, a driving unit, and a light source. The wavelength conversion unit includes a main body and a fluorescent powder layer. The main body has a cylindrical outer surface. The fluorescent powder layer is disposed on the cylindrical outer surface. The driving unit is configured to drive the wavelength conversion unit to rotate around an axis. The cylindrical outer surface surrounds the axis. The light source is configured to emit light toward the fluorescent powder layer.
US11041609B2
Lighting systems that include an LED and a silicone module designed to contain a lens are described herein.
US11041608B2
A luminaire includes a housing having a pair of sides and a base extending between the sides. A lens is removably coupled to the housing and includes side portions. A mounting bracket is directly coupled to the base and includes a chamber, and a driver is coupled to the base and positioned within the chamber. A plurality of light emitters is coupled to a surface of the mounting bracket and in communication with the driver. A first portion includes a pocket and a protuberance positioned on one of a side portion of the lens and a side of the housing. A second portion includes a projection and a curved portion positioned on the other of the side portion of the lens and the side of the housing. The protuberance is engageable with the pocket to couple the lens to the housing.
US11041606B1
Provided are: a wavelength conversion member capable of reducing the decrease in luminescence intensity with time and the melting of component materials when irradiated with high-power excitation light; a method for manufacturing the same; and a light-emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 10 is made of a phosphor powder 2 and a thermally conductive filler 3 both dispersed into an inorganic binder 1, a refractive index difference between the inorganic binder 1 and the thermally conductive filler 3 being 0.2 or less, a volume ratio of a content of the inorganic binder 1 to a content of the thermally conductive filler 3 being 40:60 to 5:95.
US11041602B2
An optical system includes a plurality of lenses and a lens holding member. Each of the plurality of lenses has a cut-off face to have a shape of a partial circle formed by cutting off part of a periphery of a first circle. Cut-off faces of adjacent lenses face each other. The adjacent lenses have an interval between centers of the lenses is smaller than a diameter of the first circle. The lens holding member has an outer surface including a plurality of lens arrangement holes in which the plurality of lenses are respectively disposed. Adjacent lens arrangement holes are linked together to form a linked hole. The linked hole has a shape that represents part of a shape formed by disposing a plurality of second circles, the second circles being partially overlapped, each of the second circles having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first circle.
US11041598B2
A method for controlling an electric current within a semiconductor light source, the light source comprising a substrate with at least two distinct light-emitting regions, wherein the method comprises the following steps: activating a first luminous region, regulating the mean value of the electrical variable relating to the electric current received by the light source as a function of a first setpoint, so as to obtain a first value of a first luminous flux corresponding to the flux emitted by the first luminous region, activating at least a second luminous region of the light source, regulating the mean value of the electrical variable relating to the electric current received by the light source, so as to obtain a second value of a second luminous flux corresponding to the flux emitted by at least the second luminous region.
US11041596B1
The invention discloses a music arctic starry sky lamp comprising a shell assembly, an auroral assembly arranged in the shell assembly and a laser assembly arranged in the shell assembly; the auroral assembly comprises an auroral cover, an auroral piece, a condensing lens, a lens mount, a substrate and a motor arranged from top to bottom; a plurality of irregular plano-convex lenses are arranged on said auroral cover, the number of which is not less than ten, and not less than two thirds of the irregular plano-convex lenses are irregular long-strip-shaped lenses, and the length of the side edge of each irregular long-strip-shaped lens is more than two times of the width thereof; a plurality of plano-convex lenses are arranged on said auroral piece, different in size and irregular in shape, and the focal lengths thereof are different and the size are smaller than the diameter of the condensing lenses.
US11041594B2
A luminaire includes a housing having an outer wall and a mounting wall configured to be secured to a structure. The housing further includes a compartment defined at least partially between the outer wall and the mounting wall. The compartment is configured to support a plurality of control devices. A support is coupled to the housing and supports a light emitter assembly. The support includes a plurality of fins in thermal communication with the light emitter assembly. A wall is positioned between the compartment and the plurality of fins.
US11041589B2
The present invention relates to a system, apparatus and method for safety control, the system comprising: a first device, which provides information capable of being used to determine whether a single staff member is present in a target area; a second device, which may be arranged at an entrance of a designated area, and used for controlling the entry of staff into the designated area; at least one sensing device, for detecting whether an activated transmitting unit, required to be carried by a staff member entering the designated area, is present in the target area; and a control device, for causing the second device to allow a staff member located in the target area to enter the designated area, when it is determined that a single staff member is present in the target area on the basis of the information from the first device and it is determined using the at least one sensing device that the activated transmitting unit is present in the target area. The system, apparatus and method can increase the safety of staff.
US11041588B2
A method for controlling a gimbal includes detecting a motion of the gimbal, determining whether a received control signal indicates that the motion of the gimbal corresponds to a user-intended motion, controlling the gimbal to move along a moving direction of the motion in response to determining that the received control signal indicates the motion of the gimbal corresponds to the user-intended motion, and controlling the gimbal to move along an opposite direction to the moving direction of the motion in response to determining that the received control signal does not indicate the motion of the gimbal corresponds to the user-intended motion.
US11041582B2
An anti-rotational push to connect fitting includes a housing defining an internal cavity, the internal cavity having, at least in part, a non-circular shape. The housing has a conduit receiving region having an inwardly oriented wall. A seal is positioned in the housing adjacent to the conduit receiving region. A grip ring support is positioned in the housing adjacent to the seal. The grip ring support has a transverse flange having an inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge and a longitudinal wall extending from the flange spaced from the inner and outer peripheral edges to define gaps between the longitudinal wall and a wall of the housing and inwardly of the longitudinal wall. A grip ring is positioned adjacent to the grip ring support and is seated on an end of the wall. The grip ring has a non-circular shape configured to cooperate with the housing internal cavity and the grip ring support. The grip ring has a peripheral portion that seats on the longitudinal wall and a series of circumferentially positioned, inwardly projecting flexible, angled fingers.
US11041577B2
A double eccentric valve: a valve seat; a rotary shaft; a valve gear with a rotary shaft base end portion; a motor rotating the shaft via a valve gear; bearings supporting the shaft in a cantilever manner; a return spring giving, to the valve gear, spring force for rotating the shaft in a valve body closing direction; and a full-close stopper to restrict valve gear rotation with the shaft when the valve body is fully closed. When the motor is not driven, the valve gear partially contacts the full-close stopper by spring force, moment acting on the valve gear is caused to act on the rotary shaft with the contact point serving as a fulcrum, the rotary shaft is tilted toward the valve seat with the contact point between the rotary shaft and the bearing serving as a fulcrum, and thus, the valve body is pressed against the valve seat.
US11041574B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a jig for assembling a fully welded ball valve includes a fastening end having a projecting insertion pipe inserted through the first end piece pipe to an inside of the second end piece pipe and configured to support the first end piece pipe to stably maintain a state of the first and second end piece pipes being inserted through the insertion holes of the valve body, a pressurizing plate configured to pressurize the second end piece pipe to the first end piece pipe, a pressurizing device configured to press the pressurizing plate to pressurize the second end piece pipe, a load cell configured to measure a pressure applied by the pressurizing device, and a controller configured to output the pressure measured by the load cell.
US11041573B2
Control valves including valve trim having relative movement between the bonnet and the cage. A control valve includes a valve body including an inlet, an outlet, and a flow passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. The control valve includes a cage disposed in the flow passage. The control valve includes a control element disposed in the flow passage and shiftable between a first position and a second position. The control valve includes a bonnet securable to the valve body and disposed adjacent the cage. The bonnet is adapted to receive a portion of the cage. The control valve includes a coupling formed between the bonnet and the cage that allows movement between the bonnet and the cage.
US11041572B2
An annular valve in which the shape of a sealing surface of a valve body is optimized thus suppressing the occurrence of pressure loss in gas on the periphery of the sealing surface and extending the service life of the annular valve. The annular valve comprises: a valve seat 10 formed in a plate-like shape and including passage flow channels 11 each having an opening cross section formed in an arcuate shape; a receiving plate 20 formed in a plate-like shape and having discharge flow channels 21, the receiving plate 20 being arranged to face the valve seat 10 by way of an intermediate chamber 50; a valve body 30 formed in an annular shape corresponding to the arcuate shape of the opening cross section of the passage flow channel 11 and being arranged in the intermediate chamber 50, the valve body 30 being brought into contact with/separated from the valve seat 10 so as to open/close the passage flow channel 11; and a plurality of spring members 40 supported by the receiving plate 20, the spring members 40 each biasing elastically the valve body 30 toward the valve seat 10. A sealing surface 31 of the valve body 30 that faces the passage flow channel 11 is formed in a shape where at least one of pressure loss elements with respect to gas flowing towards the valve body 30 from the passage flow channel 11 is eliminated.
US11041566B2
Provided are a seal structure in which sealing performance is ensured over a long period of time even when it is used for low-temperature fluids, a sealing method, and a coupling including the seal structure. The seal structure includes an annular gasket interposed between a first member and a second member. The first member is provided on its surface facing the gasket with: a first surface located on the inner diameter side; a first annular protrusion located on the outer diameter side of the first surface; a second surface located on the outer diameter side of the first protrusion; a second annular protrusion located on the outer diameter side of the second surface and having a greater protruding amount with respect to the second surface than that of the first protrusion; and a third surface located on the outer diameter side of the second protrusion.
US11041560B2
A cam-locking system for use with a retractable driveshaft that includes a housing, a cam carrier located at least partially in the housing, and a cam rotatably coupled to the cam carrier. Translation of the cam carrier along a central axis allows the cam to rotate into cooperative engagement with a catch recess on an interior surface of the housing, preventing the cam carrier from translating backwards, and thereby maintaining the retractable driveshaft in an engaged position. Further advancement of the cam carrier allows that cam to rotate into and unlocking gap in the interior surface of the housing, which enables the cam carrier to translate backwards along the central axis below the locked position, thereby disengaging the retractable driveshaft.
US11041559B2
The present device includes gears with bending compliance in the outer portion of the gear teeth to reduce gear noise. The present device reduces the variation in gear stiffness by introducing bending compliance in the outer portion of the gear tooth, by way of a cutout or relief area in the distal end of the tooth.
US11041549B2
A tensioning device for tensioning a traction mechanism of a belt drive comprises a base member; a first tensioning arm pivotably supported on the base member and carrying a first tensioning roller; a second tensioning arm pivotably supported on the base member and carrying a second tensioning roller; a spring arrangement with first and second springs arranged to be effective between the first and second tensioning arms; wherein the two tensioning arms, when being pivoted relative to each other within a first tensioning angle range, are force-loaded against each other by the first spring, wherein the second spring is force-free relative at least to one of the tensioning arms; and wherein the tensioning arms, when being pivoted relative to each other within a second tensioning angle range comprising larger tensioning angles than the first tensioning angle range, are force-loaded against each other by the first spring and the second spring.
US11041546B2
A transmission for a vehicle includes a primary transmission arrangement, a transmission housing, an input shaft, and an output shaft. The primary transmission arrangement includes a first, second and third planetary gear set each including a first, a second and a third planetary member, said planetary members being a sun gear, a planet carrier and a ring gear. The transmission arrangement further includes five shift elements engageable in combinations of two to obtain six forward gear stages, wherein the ring gear of the first planetary gear set and the planet carrier of the second planetary gear set are operatively connected to each other, the ring gear of the second planetary gear set and the planet carrier of the third planetary gear set are operatively connected to each other, and two planetary members of the third planetary gear set are selectively connectable to each other.
US11041543B2
A gearwheel pairing for a helical gearing, comprising a helical gear with a first toothing segment, and a worm with a second toothing segment, wherein the first toothing segment and the second toothing segment can be brought into intermeshing and form an involute toothing when intermeshed, the materials of the first and the second toothing segments are chosen such that when intermeshed there results a plastic-metal material pairing, and the toothing segment made of plastic has a first normal tooth thickness and the toothing segment made of metal has a second normal tooth thickness, wherein the ratio of the first normal tooth thickness to the second normal tooth thickness is increased by 10 to 200% with respect to a reference profile.
US11041540B2
A simple and robust suspension arrangement is provided for taking into account different suspension modes without the need for excessive sensoring or electronics. The novel suspension arrangement includes a first suspension element, which directly suspends the object to the frame, and a second suspension element, which suspends the object to the frame through a magnetic coupling between the object and the second suspension element. The magnetic coupling provides a magnetic coupling force (Fh) to act as a threshold such that the suspension arrangement is designed to magnetically decouple the second suspen-sion element from the object when the excitation force (Fe) transmitted be-tween the frame and the object exceeds the magnetic coupling force (Fh).
US11041537B2
A vehicle suspension damper for providing a variable damping rate. The vehicle suspension damper comprises a first damping mechanism having a variable first threshold pressure, a second damping mechanism having a second threshold pressure, and a compressible chamber in communication with a damping fluid chamber, wherein the second damping mechanism is responsive to a compression of said compressible chamber.
US11041536B2
A spring assembly includes coil springs supported on a spring support member. The coil springs include plural first coil springs and a second coil spring. The spring support member includes a first support member and a second support member facing the first support member. One ends of the first coil springs are supported on a front surface of the first support member. One end of the second coil spring is supported on the front surface of the first support member or a front surface of the second support member, and in this state, another end of the second coil spring protrudes further than other ends of the first coil springs. A sum of elastic repulsive forces of the first coil springs is larger than an elastic repulsive force of the second coil spring in a state where the first coil springs and the second coil spring are compressed.
US11041535B2
A control apparatus for a synchronous meshing mechanism that is equipped with a gear, a sleeve, a synchronizer ring, and a hydraulic actuator is provided. When it is determined that the sleeve and the gear have been rotationally synchronized with each other in an engagement transition period of the synchronous meshing mechanism, an electronic control unit with which the control apparatus is equipped sets a command pressure for the hydraulic actuator to an intermediate pressure that is lower than a meshing completion pressure. Besides, when meshing has not been completed even after the lapse of a predetermined time from a timing when the command pressure for the hydraulic actuator is set to the intermediate pressure, the electronic control unit sets the command pressure for the hydraulic actuator to the meshing completion pressure.
US11041533B1
A method for adapting an engagement point of a disconnect clutch that can be moved between at least one engaged state, in which an output shaft of an internal combustion engine for propelling a vehicle is coupled by way of the disconnect clutch to a rotor of an electric machine for propelling the vehicle, and at least one disengaged state, in which the output shaft is decoupled from the rotor.
US11041521B2
The nut according to the present invention includes: a cylindrical portion having a female screw portion provided with spiral shaped thread grooves on an inner circumferential surface thereof; and a slit provided at one location in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion and opening to an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion. The slit extends in an extending direction orthogonal to a direction of a lead angle in a portion of the thread grooves crossed by the slit.
US11041519B2
A hook latch is provided for use with a tail chain hook, said hook having a curved outer spine, an inner surface, a hook end and an opening defined between the inner surface and the hook end through which a load can be hooked. The hook latch has a band for engagement about the outer spine of the hook and a plug positionable between the hook end and the inner surface of the hook and releasably engagable with the band to block the opening of the hook.
US11041510B2
A hydraulic pressure amplifier arrangement (1) is described comprising a supply port (A1), a pressure outlet (A2) connected to the supply port via check valve means (3), an intensifier section (5) having a high pressure piston (6) in a high pressure cylinder (7), a low pressure piston (8) in a low pressure cylinder (9) and connected to the high pressure piston (6), and a control valve (12) controlling a pressure in the low pressure cylinder (9), wherein the control valve (12) comprises a hydraulically actuated valve element (13). Such a pressure amplifier arrangement should have a good operational behavior in a cost effective manner. To this end the control valve (12) comprises spring means 16 acting on the valve element (1) in a direction towards a starting position of the control valve.
US11041508B2
An air mover is provided. The air mover includes a housing, a spacer, a co-axial motor, a first fan and a second fan. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. A first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet are formed on the housing. The first inlet is formed on the first housing member and the second inlet is formed on the second housing member. The spacer is disposed between the first housing member and the second housing member. The co-axial motor includes a shaft, wherein the co-axial motor is disposed on the spacer. The shaft includes a first free end and a second free end. The first free end extends in a first direction, and the second free end extends in a second direction.
US11041503B2
A turbomachine impeller is disclosed, which includes: a hub having a rotation axis; a shroud; a plurality of blades between the hub and the shroud; and a plurality of flow vanes, each flow vane being defined between the hub, the shroud and neighboring blades, each flow vane having a flow vane inlet and a flow vane outlet. Each flow vane extends radially inwardly from the flow vane inlet towards a radially innermost flow vane section, and from the radially innermost flow vane section to a flow vane outlet.
US11041488B2
System with two pumps (B1, B2) connected in parallel to a delivery manifold and respective electronic pressure switches (P1, P2) provided with a pressure sensor (S1, S2) connected to the delivery manifold and designed to alternate their operation between a first configuration with a first shut-down pressure (Pmax1) and a first start-up pressure (Pmin1) and a second configuration with a second shut-down pressure (Pmax2) and a second start-up pressure (Pmin2), the first shut-down pressure (Pmax1) being greater than the second shut-down pressure (Pmax2) and the first start-up pressure (Pmin1) greater than the second start-up pressure (Pmin2). Each of the pressure switches (P1, P2) is designed to alternate their operation between the two configurations according to a pressure reading (Pimp) at the delivery manifold by the pressure sensor(s) (S1, S2). The invention also relates to a pressure switch.
US11041487B2
A wastewater sump assembly for receiving and disposing of undesired fluid and, in some cases, solid waste is disclosed. A sump basin formed from a base, an upstanding wall and a top which are all defined from a single, integral, monolithic material may be employed. The top of the monolithic basin includes a pump access aperture sized to allow passage of a submersible pump. Pipe stubs are provided in a recessed area of the top to allow for easy connection to outlet and vent piping. Interchangeable switches of differing types, e.g. a diaphragm switch and a float switch can be utilized with the sump basin. Certain switch subassemblies include a handle to facilitate easy removal. The handle may also be utilized to hold a cord seal in place atop the sump. A diaphragm switch in accordance with the present disclosure may be positioned externally of the sump.
US11041484B2
A method for controlling a wind power installation, to an associated wind power installation and to a wind farm with a number of wind power installations. The method comprises: providing a wind speed and a direction of incident flow, which are determined by a wind measuring device of the wind power installation, providing a correction value of the direction of incident flow in dependence on the wind speed, carrying out a process of learning the correction value of the direction of incident flow in dependence on the wind speed. The learning process comprises a number of optimizing steps, an execution of the optimizing steps depending on the optimizing steps that have already been carried out for the wind speed provided. Improved tracking of the wind is provided.
US11041483B2
A method of operating a wind turbine and a method of determining fatigue in a wind turbine component are provided. The method of operating a wind turbine comprises determining a reference accumulated fatigue, determining an operational time, obtaining a partial load indicator, determining a real accumulated fatigue, comparing the real accumulated fatigue and the reference accumulated fatigue and controlling the operation of the wind turbine. The method of determining fatigue in a wind turbine component comprises determining an operational time, obtaining wind speed, obtaining turbulence intensity, determining a time for each combination of wind speed and turbulence intensity and determining a real accumulated fatigue. In a further aspect, this is also provided a wind turbine controller configured to perform any of the methods herein disclosed.
US11041476B2
An electric power information acquisition unit is provided for acquiring power supply-and-demand information including electric power acceptable to an electric power system or information correlated with the electric power. A fluid information acquisition unit is provided for acquiring fluid information including information correlated with a physical quantity of a fluid flowing out of a channel. A controller is provided for controlling at least one of the physical quantity, the channel or electric power generated or electric power to be generated by a generator by using the fluid information so that the physical quantity becomes equal to a desired value, while controlling electric power to be supplied to the electric power system to the electric power acceptable to the electric power system or less, by using the power supply-and-demand information.
US11041473B2
A control device includes an injection control unit, an ignition control unit, an idling stop control unit, and a boost control unit. The injection control unit executes a rich reduction control that makes an air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio when the engine operation has been resumed by resuming supply of fuel to a combustion chamber. Further, the boost control unit is configured to execute a valve-closing keeping control that keeps a wastegate closed until a condition for cancelling the valve-closing keeping control has been satisfied by the engine operation that was performed after closing the wastegate during execution of a fuel cut-off control.
US11041467B2
A backflow preventer, including one or multiple reducing rings that are disposed in a pipeline; the outer edges of the reducing rings are connected to the inner wall of the pipeline; the multiple reducing rings are arranged along the axis of the pipeline; and the actual internal area of the reducing rings are gradually decreased in the axial direction of the reducing rings. Further disclosed is an engine EGR system including the backflow preventer. The backflow preventer can generate, according to different flowing directions in a pipeline, throttling losses of different degrees; when an air flows in a direction (forward direction) in which the actual internal area of the reducing rings decreases, the throttling loss is small; and when then air flows in a direction (reverse direction) in which the actual internal area of the reducing rings increases, the throttling loss is large.
US11041466B2
A gas processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention controls inflow fuel pressure of a low pressure demand source according to an operation or a non-operation of a high pressure demand source and the low pressure demand source.
US11041456B2
Internal combustion engines having a split crankshaft are disclosed. The engines may also have non-circular, preferably rectangular, cross-section pistons and cylinders. The pistons may include a skirt with a field of pockets that provide a ringless, non-lubricated, seal equivalent. The pistons also may have a domed piston head with depressions thereon to facilitate the movement of air/charge in the cylinder. The engines also may use multi-stage poppet valves in lieu of conventional poppet valves. The engines may use the pumping motion of the engine piston to supercharge the cylinder with air/charge. The engines also may operate in an inverted orientation in which the piston is closer to the local gravitationally dominant terrestrial body's center of gravity at top dead center position than at bottom dead center position.
US11041453B2
The present invention relates to a method (100) for cold start optimization of an internal combustion engine (10) comprising: determining (110) a start of an engine preheating device (12); transmitting (115) a selected coolant temperature Tcool_trans to an engine control unit (14); and adapting (140) the selected coolant temperature Tcool_trans transmitted to the engine control unit (14) to a current coolant temperature Tcoll_current during a time interval Δt following the start of the internal combustion engine (10). The present invention further relates to an auxiliary control unit (22) which is configured to execute the method (100).
US11041449B2
A throttle valve having: a valve body; an intake duct obtained in the valve body; a throttle plate arranged in the intake duct; a shaft mounted so as to rotate, supporting the throttle plate; an electric motor; a gear transmission, which couples the electric motor to the shaft and has an end gear which is integral with the shaft; a return spring, which is designed to rotate the throttle plate towards a closing position; a striking element, which is obtained in the valve body and establishes an intermediate position of partial opening; and a countering spring, mounted on the end gear, which is designed to rotate the throttle plate towards the intermediate position and has one end which is designed to rest against the striking element during the rotation of the end gear.
US11041443B2
A multi-spool gas turbine engine comprises a low pressure (LP) spool and a high pressure (HP) spool independently rotatable about a central axis extending through an accessory gear box (AGB). The LP spool has an LP compressor, which is axially positioned between the HP compressor of the HP spool and the AGB. A tower shaft drivingly connects the HP spool to the AGB.
US11041434B2
A movable electrical generation system includes a generator operable to produce a supply of electrical energy, a prime mover operable to drive the generator, a first fuel, a second fuel different from the first fuel, a control system operable to deliver one of the first fuel and the second fuel to the prime mover and to control an electrical load applied to the generator based on one of a first fuel current protection limit and a second fuel current protection limit.
US11041432B1
A cylinder structure of an internal combustion engine contains: a body, two lids, and multiple positioning elements. The body has a combustion chamber, an air inlet, an air outlet, and two scavenging units. A respective scavenging unit has a first scavenging orifice, a second scavenging orifice, a first fringe, a second fringe, a first engagement portion, and a first fixing orifice. The two lids are configured to close the first scavenging orifice and the second scavenging orifice, an air conduit is defined between a respective lid and an external fence of the body, and the respective lid has multiple second fixing orifices. A respective positioning element has a stem and at least one hook, the stem extends into the first engagement portion, and the stem is rotated so that the at least one hook contacts with the respective lid, and the respective lid is connected with the body.
US11041425B1
An air-cooled engine includes: a cooling fan configured to rotate in conjunction with an engine rotation shaft; a fan housing covering the cooling fan; a screen having a disk shape and configured to rotate integrally with the cooling fan so as to shred foreign matters; and a screen cover having a plurality of openings defined therein and attached to the fan housing so as to suppress entry, into the fan housing, of foreign matters drawn by the cooling fan. The screen cover has a polygonal outer shape when viewed from an axial direction of the engine rotation shaft.
US11041424B2
Methods and systems for operating a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and a gaseous fuel storage tank are presented. In one example, the gaseous fuel storage tank is cooled so that an amount of gaseous fuel that may be stored in the gaseous fuel tank may be increased to extend a vehicle's driving range.
US11041421B2
A fluid injector includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid path from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. An actuator unit is disposed within the fluid injector. A valve assembly operatively couples to the actuator unit. A spacer member is disposed between a downstream end portion of the actuator unit and a portion of the valve assembly, the spacer member constructed from a compressible, resilient material so as to compress due to expansion forces from fluid in the fluid injector freezing, and to expand when frozen fluid in the fluid injector melts. The spacer member occupies a space in the fluid path of the fluid injector.
US11041401B2
An inlet guide vane includes: a movable vane that has a vane main body and a shaft portion disposed in an end portion of the vane main body; a frame that has an insertion hole into which the shaft portion is to be inserted; a plurality of bearing portions that are arranged inside the insertion hole at an interval in a direction of a central axis of the shaft portion and that support the shaft portion to be rotatable around the central axis with respect to the frame; and a seal portion that is located inside the insertion hole between the plurality of bearing portions in the direction of the central axis and that seals an area between the insertion hole and the shaft portion.
US11041394B2
Joining an airfoil with a platform by mechanical keying can provide advantages in applications of ceramic materials, such as ceramic matrix composites.
US11041390B1
A turbine airfoil includes a body that has inner and outer platforms and an airfoil section that extends between the inner and outer platforms. There are film cooling holes that define external breakout points from the body. The external breakout points are located in accordance with Cartesian coordinates of at least points 222 through 256 set forth in Table 1 herein.
US11041389B2
A hot gas path component of an industrial machine includes an adaptive cover for a cooling pathway. The component and adaptive cover are made by additive manufacturing. The component includes an outer surface exposed to a working fluid having a high temperature; an internal cooling circuit; and a cooling pathway in communication with the internal cooling circuit and extending towards the outer surface. The adaptive cover is positioned in the cooling pathway at the outer surface. The adaptive cover may include a heat transfer enhancing surface at the outer surface causing the adaptive cover to absorb heat faster than the outer surface.
US11041379B2
An x-ray-based cased wellbore environment imaging tool is provided, the tool including at least an x-ray source; a radiation shield to define the output form of the produced x-rays; a direction controllable two-dimensional per-pixel collimated imaging detector array; sonde-dependent electronics; and a plurality of tool logic electronics and PSUs. A method of using an x-ray-based cased wellbore environment imaging tool to monitor and determine the integrity of materials within wellbore environments is also provided, the method including at least: producing x-rays in a shaped output; measuring the intensity of backscatter x-rays returning from materials surrounding the wellbore; controlling two-dimensional per-pixel collimated imaging detector arrays; and converting image data from said detectors into consolidated images of the wellbore materials.
US11041378B2
A method for monitoring pitting corrosion of a production tubing in a hydrocarbon well under downhole conditions during a production process using a coupon segment, the method comprising the steps of placing the coupon segment in the hydrocarbon well at a placement depth, the coupon segment is exposed to produced fluids and comprises an outer layer, an inner layer, and a hollow middle layer comprises a tracer fluid operable to leak into the produced fluids when pitting corrosion penetrates the outer layer, operating the production process in the hydrocarbon well such that produced fluids flow through the production tubing to a surface of the hydrocarbon well and wherein the produced fluids contact the coupon segment such that pitting corrosion occurs on the coupon segment; obtaining a sample of the produced fluids at the surface of the hydrocarbon well; and measuring an amount of the tracer fluid in the sample.
US11041377B2
Implementations are directed to remote data aggregation, data management, and data visualization of field data from remote field site locations. Actions can include generating, by one or more sensors, the field data, each sensor of the one or more sensors being responsive to field site activity, transmitting, through a regional network, the field data to a back-end system, processing, by the back-end system, the field data to provide visualization data, transmitting the visualization data to one or more mobile computing devices, and providing a computer-executable application for execution on a mobile computing device, the computer-executable application processing the visualization data to provide data visualizations.
US11041373B2
A system and method of creating, operating and maintaining a hydrocarbon storage facility in a salt cavern within an underground salt deposit. The system is portable and can be transported to areas near different well heads. The portability also enables adjacent well heads to be worked in succession to create a large storage cavern by interlinking a series of smaller caverns. This formation processes ensures that a storage cavern can be isolated within the confines of a salt deposit. Using the same portable equipment, the system can be configured to form a salt cavern, displace stored material out of a salt cavern, and repair or maintain a salt cavern well.
US11041372B2
A method of installing a header pipe joint at a subsea structure is provided, comprising providing a header pipe joint having at least one valve installed therein and connecting the header pipe joint inline of a spool or pipeline prior to lowering the header pipe joint to the subsea structure. The header pipe joint is then lowered to the subsea structure, and the valve is connected to the subsea structure (e.g. a subsea production system of the subsea structure such as a xmas tree) with a connection bridge e.g. a choke bridge. This provides a fluidic connection between the subsea structure and the header pipe joint. The subsea structure comprises a foundation, e.g. suction anchors, which provide support for both a wellhead and the header pipe joint. A subsea assembly comprising a subsea structure, header pipe joint and connection bridge is also provided.
US11041361B2
A flow system, comprising: a flow control device, wherein a portion of the flow control device is disposed within a fluid pathway, wherein the flow control device is configured to rotate, wherein the flow control device comprises floats, wherein the floats block a potential flow path for fluids to travel through an outlet of the flow control device; a regulatory valve, wherein the regulatory valve is configured to receive a remaining portion of fluids from the fluid pathway; a control line, wherein the control line couples the outlet of the flow control device to the regulatory valve; an offset line, wherein the offset line provides fluid communication between fluids that travel past the flow control device and the regulatory valve; and a fluid restrictor, wherein the fluid restrictor is disposed within the fluid pathway upstream from the flow control device, wherein the fluid restrictor is configured to reduce fluid pressure.
US11041358B2
Oilfield tools having a metal-to-metal seal formed between a first metal surface and a second metal surface, wherein at least one of the first and second metal surfaces are at least partially coated by chemical bonding or physical deposition of a coating material that is more durable and has a lower coefficient of friction than either or both of the first and/or second metal surfaces to which the coating material is applied.
US11041357B2
A system for facilitating fluid flow to a wellbore includes a packer having a first conduit and a second conduit adjacent to the first conduit. A portion of the second conduit is formed by an outer surface of the first conduit. The packer also includes a swelling element that surrounds and radially encloses the first conduit and second conduit. The first end of the packer includes a bulkhead manifold having a transition section that forms a fluid coupling from at least one external bypass conduit to the second conduit, and the swelling element is operable to form a seal against a wellbore wall upon exposure to a swell fluid. The first end of the packer is fluidly coupled to the fluid supply source via an external bypass conduit, and the second conduit is fluidly coupled to the annulus of the wellbore at the second end of the annulus bypass packer.
US11041352B2
A system can include an annular restrictor connected in a tubular string. The annular restrictor restricts flow through an annulus formed between the tubular string and a wellbore. Restriction to the flow through the annulus biases the tubular string into the wellbore, and fluid in the wellbore displaces into the tubular string and/or a formation penetrated by the wellbore. A method can include connecting an annular restrictor in a tubular string, and flowing a fluid through an annulus formed between the tubular string and a wellbore, thereby causing a differential pressure across the annular restrictor, the differential pressure biasing the tubular string into the wellbore. Another method can include connecting an annular restrictor in a tubular string, flowing a fluid through an annulus, thereby biasing the tubular string into a wellbore, and then causing the annular restrictor to no longer restrict flow through the annulus.
US11041350B2
A mud motor stall protector including a housing, a piston translationally disposed in the housing, the piston defining a flow passage therein, and a pin positioned relative to the housing to occupy a portion of the flow passage of the piston or leave the flow passage of the piston open depending upon position of the piston relative to the pin.
US11041347B1
A lost circulation material (LCM) that includes whole date palm seeds and chips formed from ground date palm seeds. The whole and ground date palm seed LCM includes chips having lengths in the range of greater than 1 micrometer (μm) to less than 6730 μm. Method of manufacturing the whole and ground date palm seed LCM include washing and drying whole date palm seeds, such that the drying includes air-drying, hot rolling, and cooling. Methods of reducing lost circulation are also provided.
US11041334B2
A door closure assembly and a method of moving a door is disclosed. The door closure assembly includes a cabinet attachment member attachable to a cabinet, a door attachment member attachable to a door, and first and second arms hingedly attached to the cabinet attachment member and the door attachment member. In some embodiments, the cabinet attachment member is attached to a central portion of the door and the door attachment member is attached to an end portion of the door.
US11041332B2
One or more monitoring systems and methods for monitoring opening events for a door of an enclosure includes a sensor device configured to be specifically calibrated to sense when the door is at a predetermined open position relative to the enclosure, the sensor device providing sensor output and a telemetry output system configured to transmit the sensor output. The sensor device that may include an arm which when the door opens, the arm slides against the door resulting in a switch event when the door is opened to the predetermined open position relative to the enclosure, the switch event resulting in sensor output. The present disclosure further relates to making predictions of the number of units within an enclosure based upon data gathered by one or more suitable sensors.
US11041330B2
The object of the invention is a seal (10) for an inlet opening (120) of a latch (100), in particular a motor vehicle latch, having at least a partially flexible sealing element (11) with at least an insertion slot (12), whereby a first seal wing (11.1) and a second seal wing (11.2) are formed on the sealing element (11), whereby a striker can at least be partially arranged in the inlet slot (11).
US11041327B2
In combination: a) a container having a case bounding a storage space and an access opening bounded by a surface and in communication with the storage space; and b) a security system. The security system has a frame and a force applying structure on the frame. The frame and force applying structure are configured so that with the security system in operative relationship with the container, the security system can be placed selectively in: i) a secured state wherein the force applying structure exerts a compressive force against the access opening surface to thereby prevent at least a part of the security system from being withdrawn from the access opening; and ii) an assembly state wherein the at least part of the security system can be directed into and withdrawn from the access opening.
US11041326B2
A window latch for a sliding window having a sliding sash including a latch plate and a housing. The housing includes an engagement element movable relative to the housing from a locked position operatively engaged with the latch plate to an unlocked position disengaged from the latch plate. A handle is operatively coupled to the engagement element and movable from a first position to a second position in a first direction corresponding to the direction the sliding sash to which the handle is attached moves to an open position. The handle operatively moves the engagement element from the locked position to the unlocked position as the handle is moved in the first direction toward the second position.
US11041321B2
The disclosure is directed to a method and system for securing a shoring deck to a column. The method includes providing a first beam bracing against a column, wherein the first beam is disposed at a first longitudinal axis that is perpendicular to a long axis of the column. The method includes coupling the first beam to first and second deck beams of a plurality of deck beams of a shoring deck. The method also includes providing a second beam bracing against the column and coupling the second beam to third and fourth deck beams of the plurality of deck beams. The method further includes positioning the first and second beams with respect to the column such that respective first and second longitudinal axes through the respective first and second beams are aligned at an acute angle with respect to each other.
US11041317B2
A preparation method of a loose lay plastic floor includes the following steps: (a) subjecting a wear layer, a printing layer, a semi-rigid PVC layer, a core layer and an adsorption layer to hot-melt compounding and shaping to obtain a composite board; (b) coating one or more layers of UV coating on a surface of the wear layer of the composite board; and (c) subjecting the composite board coated with the UV coating to tempering, conditioning and punching to obtain a loose lay plastic floor. The core layer is a stone plastic core (SPC), a wood plastic core (WPC), a high density fiberboard (HDF), or a medium density fiberboard (MDF).
US11041310B1
A clamp for controlling uplift of panels of a metal roof is provided where the clamp secures two adjacent panels together. In some embodiments, the clamp has a slot configured to receive a roof joint between adjacent panels, and the clamp has at least one arm that secures the roof joint within the clamp and prevents the clamp from being pulled off of the roof joint. In addition, the clamp may have a channel and at least one protrusion that locate the roof joint within the clamp in a predetermined position to ensure that a bar component such as a bolt or a set screw can secure the roof joint within the clamp. Moreover, further features and arrangements of features can better position the clamp over a center of the roof joint.
US11041300B2
A regulating tank includes a tank member having an annular wall to receive wastewater. A circular pipe is connected to the tank member. A draining device drains the wastewater in the tank member to the circular pipe. A plurality of nozzles connected to the circular pipe to eject the wastewater in the circular pipe back to the tank member. When the wastewater is ejected by the nozzles, a temperature of the wastewater is reduced, and dissolved oxygen of the wastewater is increased.
US11041288B2
A hydraulic excavator acquires operation content frequency data in a designated period based on output values output from a plurality of sensors sensing parameters that serve as indicators of operation contents performed via an operation device. A storage section stores a plurality of guide screens each corresponding to one of a plurality of work patterns of the hydraulic excavator. A work identifying section searches actual result data in the storage section for actual result data that matches or is similar to the operation content frequency data acquired by the data acquiring section in terms of operation contents and frequency thereof, and that identifies a current work pattern based on a work pattern allocated to actual result data related to a result of the search. A display device displays a guide screen corresponding to the work pattern identified by the work identifying section among the plurality of guide screens.
US11041282B2
An excavation tool for making ground excavations for panels and diaphragms includes at least one rotary excavation drum. At least one frame is adapted to support the excavation drum. At least one pump is adapted for suction of an excavation fluid. A brushless electric motor is adapted to put in rotation the at least one excavation drum. At least one mechanical reducer is operationally connected to the electric motor and the at least one excavation drum. The electric motor is installed in the frame and coaxial to the at least one excavation drum. The at least one mechanical reducer is coaxial to the electric motor and the at least one excavation drum. The at least one mechanical reducer is adapted to transfer rotary motion from the electric motor to the at least one excavation drum.
US11041280B2
In order to meet the objective of providing a device (10) and a method for a sediment transfer in waters (80, 81, 90) that works efficiently, a device (10) comprising at least one suction line (12) and at least one receiving means (16) for receiving sediment (70), and furthermore, having at least one pressure line (14) for transferring the received sediment (70) is proposed. Following the at least one receiving means (16), at least one pump device (18) and at least one measuring device (20) for determining a sediment concentration of the received sediment (70) are arranged. The device (10) further comprises a control unit (22) having a first interface (25) for inputting target values (24) and a second interface (26) for the at least one measuring device (20), and determines a sediment concentration in the at least one suction line (12) and/or in the at least one pressure line (14). Depending on the sediment concentration, a power of the pumping device (18) is adjustable.
US11041278B2
A connection assembly includes a first concrete member, a second concrete member, and a cap formed of a concrete material. The first concrete member has an end surface and a plurality of reinforcing bars protruding from the end surface. The second concrete member has a plurality of opening walls defining an opening extending through the second concrete member. The second concrete member is disposed on the end surface of the first concrete member with the reinforcing bars disposed in the opening. The cap is cast in the opening around the reinforcing bars and is spaced apart from each of the opening walls.
US11041277B2
An apparatus for heating asphalt is used with a container storing a gaseous fuel under pressure. The apparatus includes one or more heaters, each of which includes an elongate infrared emitter, an elongate burner tube, and a Venturi tube. The infrared emitter includes an elongate emitter surface for emitting infrared radiation at the material when the infrared emitter is heated. The burner tube is coupled to the infrared emitter, and defines a burner tube interior for distributing an air-fuel mixture to a plurality of burner tube apertures for distributing the air-fuel mixture over a burner tube outer surface disposed opposite to and spaced apart from the infrared emitter. The Venturi tube is for mixing the fuel from the container with air to create the air-fuel mixture, and supplying the air-fuel mixture to the burner tube interior.
US11041274B2
A center support sleeve for a bonded rail joint bar that includes a body having a head portion, a web portion, and a base portion. The head portion depends from the web portion, which depends from the base portion. The head portion and the base portion are bent in the same direction thereby defining a recess area therebetween. The web portion of the body also defines a plurality of holes.
US11041273B2
A method of preparing a sizing boost additive, includes: I) combining a lignin oil and an aqueous solution of gelatinized cationic polysaccharide to obtain a lignin/polysaccharide blend, wherein the lignin oil is obtained by base catalyzed depolymerization of lignin; and the gelatinized cationic polysaccharide is prepared by cooking dry cationic polysaccharide in water until completely gelatinized; and wherein a weight ratio of lignin oil:polysaccharide in the blend is 1:0.5-2, where the weight of the polysaccharide is the weight of dry polysaccharide added in preparation of the aqueous solution of gelatinized cationic polysaccharide; and the combined weight of lignin and polysaccharide is 1-10 wt-% based on the total weight of the resulting blend; followed by II) mixing the lignin/polysaccharide blend at a temperature of 40-100° C., until the blend has changed color from grey-white to brown.
US11041271B2
Vibration sensors can be used in paper making systems and methods to determine various aspects of the paper making operation. Vibration sensors, for example, positioned on cleaning blades configured to clean various deposits off of rollers in a paper making system can output vibration data that can be indicative of the vibration of the blade. The vibration data can be analyzed in order to characterize the cause of the vibration and/or the location of the vibration within a paper making system. If the vibration data satisfies a predetermined condition, a corrective action can be initiated. Different corrective actions can be initiated based on the characterized cause and/or location of the vibration in order to effectively improve the operation of the system while minimizing costly system shut downs and major maintenance.
US11041269B2
An inflatable shirt drying system. The inflatable shirt drying system includes a balloon having a torso and a pair of arms, wherein the balloon is designed to emulate the shape of a human torso when inflated. An inlet valve is disposed on the balloon in communication with an interior volume of the balloon. A plurality of micro-perforations are disposed across the balloon, wherein the micro-perforations emit a stream of fluid from the interior volume when the pressure within the balloon exceeds a threshold pressure. An air supply is securable to the inlet valve, wherein the air supply includes a pump that can inflate the balloon to a desired pressure.
US11041260B2
A charge-generating thread for bacterium-countermeasure that includes a charge-generating fiber. The charge-generating fiber generates a charge by energy imparted from the outside of the fiber so as to restrain the proliferation of bacteria by the generated charge.
US11041257B2
A shielding member includes a plurality of shielding plates, in which the plurality of shielding plates are arranged without gaps therebetween in a plan view from a crystal installation part, and the shielding member is disposed between a source material accommodation part and the crystal installation part, in an apparatus for growing single crystals, wherein the apparatus includes a container for crystal growth that has the source material accommodation part at an inner bottom part, and has the crystal installation part that faces the source material accommodation part, and includes a heating part that is configured to heat the container for crystal growth, in which a single crystal of the source material is grown on a crystal installed in the crystal installation part by subliming the source material from the source material accommodation part.
US11041253B2
A system for depositing thin single crystal silicon wafers by epitaxial deposition in a silicon precursor depletion mode with cross-flow deposition may include: a substrate carrier with low total heat capacity, high emissivity and small volume; a lamp module with rapid heat-up, efficient heat production, and spatial control over heating; and a manifold designed for cross-flow processing. Furthermore, the substrate carrier may include heat reflectors to control heat loss from the edges of the carrier and/or heat chokes to thermally isolate the carrier from the manifolds, allowing independent temperature control of the manifolds. The carrier and substrates may be configured for deposition on both sides of the substrates—the substrates having release layers on both sides and the carriers being configured to have equal process gas flow over both surfaces of the substrate. High volume may be addressed by a deposition system comprising multiple mini-batch reactors.
US11041249B2
An electrode (10) is disclosed in which a first layer (30) of TiOx with a porosity in the range 0-3% is present on at least one surface of an electrode substrate (20), a second layer (40) of TiOx with a porosity of greater than 3 and up to 20% is present on the first layer (30) of TiOx. An electro-catalytic layer (50) is present on the second layer (40) of TiOx. x is in the range 1-2 for the first (30) and second layer (40) of TiOx. A process for the manufacture of the electrode (10) is disclosed as are uses thereof.
US11041247B2
The invention provides methods for direct growth of low noise, atomically thin freestanding membranes of two-dimensional monocrystalline or polycrystalline materials, such as transition metal chalcogenides including molybdenum disulfide. The freestanding membranes are directly grown over an aperture by reacting two precursors in a chemical vapor deposition process carried out at atmospheric pressure. Membrane growth is preferentially over apertures in a thin sheet of solid state material. The resulting membranes are one or a few atomic layers thick and essentially free of defects. The membranes are useful for sequencing of biopolymers through nanopores.
US11041243B2
The invention relates to coating precursor nozzle (15) for subjecting a surface of a substrate (5) to a coating precursor. The nozzle (15) having a nozzle output face (10a), first and second nozzle side edges (31, 32), and first and second nozzle end edges (33, 34). The coating precursor nozzle (15) comprising a precursor supply channel (16), a first discharge channel (17a), a first cross purge gas channel (18a), a second cross purge gas channel (18b), a first edge purge gas channel (19a) and at least one first auxiliary purge gas channel (20). The invention further relates to a nozzle head (1).
US11041241B2
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a shower head including a ceiling plate having a plurality of gas holes, and a base member having a space so as to supply the processing gas to the plurality of gas holes; a temperature adjustment mechanism provided in the shower head; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a combination of a plasma parameter and pressure in the space in the base member; an estimation unit configured to estimate temperature of the ceiling plate corresponding to the acquired combination of the parameter and the pressure with reference to temperature information indicating the temperature of the ceiling plate corresponding to the combination of the parameter and the pressure; and a temperature controller configured to control the temperature adjustment mechanism such that the estimated temperature of the ceiling plate becomes target temperature when a plasma processing is performed.
US11041232B2
An austenitic stainless steel is provided which has a chemical composition that consists, by mass %, of: C: 0.015% or less, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.00% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 16.0% or more and less than 22.0%, Ni: 11.0 to 16.0%, Mo: 2.5 to 5.0%, N: 0.07% or more and less than 0.15%, Nb: 0.20 to 0.50%, Al: 0.005 to 0.040%, Sn: 0 to 0.080%, Zn: 0 to 0.0060%, Pb: 0 to 0.030%, and the balance: Fe and impurities, and that satisfies the formula [MoSS/Mo≥0.98] (MoSS: Mo amount dissolved in the steel).
US11041227B2
A process for recovering gold from a gold-containing raw material, comprising leaching the gold-containing material with an aqueous solution comprising elemental bromine and bromide source to form a pregnant leach solution with the gold dissolved therein; separating said pregnant leach solution from the gold-depleted raw material, removing elemental bromine from said pregnant leach solution, extracting the gold from the pregnant leach solution in an acidic environment into an organic extractant, to form a gold-loaded extract and bromide-containing raffinate, stripping the extract with an alkaline aqueous solution to form a gold-bearing aqueous solution, generating gold (Au0) and treating bromide-containing stream(s) to produce recyclable elemental bromine.
US11041225B2
A heat-treated steel sheet member having a chemical including, by mass %: C: 0.05 to 0.50%; Si: 0.50 to 5.0%; Mn: 1.5 to 4.0%; P: 0.05% or less; S: 0.05% or less; N: 0.01% or less; Ti: 0.01 to 0.10%; B: 0.0005 to 0.010%; Cr: optional amounts of Ni, Cu, Mo, V, Ca, Al, Nb, and REM, with the balance: Fe and impurities. The steel sheet member has a microstructure comprising: mainly martensite; and retained austenite of which a volume ratio is 5.0% or higher, a number density of retained carbide in the steel sheet member having circle-equivalent diameters of 0.1 mm or larger is 4.0×103/mm2 or lower, [(log fg0−log fg(0.02))/0.02<20.0] is satisfied when mechanical properties are measured using a sheet specimen specified in ASTM E8, a tensile strength is 1.4 GPa or higher, and a total elongation is 8.0% or higher.
US11041221B2
A method of manufacturing a part is provided. The method includes heating a gear in the presence of carbon to carburize a material of the gear to create a carburized gear, the gear having a plurality of gear teeth and which comprises a selected material. Next, the carburized gear is high pressure gas quenched to drive the carbon into the material of the gear to create a quenched gear. Next, the quenched gear is at least one of cavitation peened and laser peened to create a peened gear. Finally, superfinishing is performed on surfaces of the peened gear.
US11041216B2
The invention is directed to compositions and methods for rapidly detecting, amplifying, and quantitating one or more pathogen-specific nucleic acids in a biological sample, and in particular, samples obtained from patients with sepsis. The invention also provides diagnostic kits containing specific amplification primers, and labeled detection probes that specifically bind to the amplification products obtained therefrom. The invention is also directed to detecting the quantity or ratio of genomic sequences and mRNA sequences of an individual suspected of being infected with an infectious agent over time to assess the progress of the infection over time. Also disclosed are compositions and methods for the isolation and characterization of nucleic acids that are specific to one or more pathogens, such as, for example, Influenza virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Plasmodium, and/or HIV from a wide variety of samples including those of biological, environmental, clinical and/or veterinary origin.
US11041212B2
A method of providing a prognosis or diagnosis of prostate cancer in a subject is described. The method includes obtaining a urine or prostate sample from the subject; determining the level of expression of ABCA1 in the sample; and comparing the level of expression of ABCA1 in the sample to the level of a control sample, wherein a decreased level of ABCA1 expression compared to the control indicates the subject has prostate cancer or a more severe form of prostate cancer. Methods of treating subjects identified as having prostate cancer, and kits for carrying out the method of prognosis or diagnosis are also described.
US11041204B2
The invention provides novel FUS/TLS nucleic acids and proteins that comprise one or more genetic markers (for example, single nucleotide polymorphisms) and methods of use thereof including methods relating to the diagnosis of ALS or other related motor neuron disease by virtue of the presence of the mutant FUS/TLS sequence(s).
US11041202B2
Methods are provided for identifying T cell receptors that specifically bind a particular antigenic target and can be used as therapeutics against disease.
US11041198B2
A method of forming a plurality of lipid bilayers over an array of cells in a nanopore based sequencing chip is disclosed. Each of the cells comprises a well. A salt buffer solution is flowed over the array of cells in the nanopore based sequencing chip to substantially fill the wells in the cells with the salt buffer solution. A lipid and solvent mixture is flowed over the array of cells to deposit the lipid and solvent mixture over at least some of the wells in the cells. A first portion of the cells, each having a lipid bilayer over its well, is detected. A second portion of the cells, each having a lipid membrane but not a lipid bilayer over its well, is detected. An electrical lipid-thinning stimulus is selectively applied to the second portion of the cells but not to the first portion of the cells.
US11041188B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for associating a genetic variant with intraretinal fluid. Also disclosed herein are methods and compositions for associating a genetic variant with visual acuity, anatomic outcomes or treatment frequency.
US11041177B2
The invention provides CadA polypeptides with mutations that increase activity in alkaline pH compared to the wild-type lysine decarboxylase. The invention also provides methods of generating such mutant polypeptides, microorganisms genetically modified to overexpress the mutant polypeptides, and methods of generating such microorganism.
US11041175B2
The invention relates to a two phase fermentation process for producing an organic compound, in particular an isoprenoid and to a bioreactor comprising a two phase fermentation system for producing an organic compound.
US11041174B2
Disclosed herein are compositions for linking DNA binding domains and cleavage domains (or cleavage half-domains) to form non-naturally occurring nucleases. Also described are methods of making and using compositions comprising these linkers.
US11041173B2
The invention provides for delivery, engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided are delivery systems and tissues or organ which are targeted as sites for delivery. Also provided are vectors and vector systems some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells to ensure enhanced specificity for target recognition and avoidance of toxicity and to edit or modify a target site in a genomic locus of interest to alter or improve the status of a disease or a condition.
US11041172B2
Eukaryotic cells and related reagents, systems, methods, and compositions for increasing the frequency of homology directed repair (HDR) of target editing sites with genome editing molecules are provided.
US11041170B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for inducing an immune response that confers dual protection against infections by either or both of a rabies virus and a coronavirus, and/or which can be used therapeutically for an existing infection with rabies virus and/or a coronavirus to treat at least one symptom thereof and/or to neutralize or clear the infecting agents. In particular, the present disclosure provides a recombinant rabies virus vector comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding at least one coronavirus immunogenic glycoprotein fragment, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the vaccine vectors.
US11041168B2
The present application discloses an application of OsAO gene for improving rice resistance to rice stripe disease, rice black-streaked dwarf disease or other rice or corn virus diseases caused by homologous virus of rice black-streaked dwarf virus. The present application also provides an application of OsAO gene, the protein encoded by the gene or a recombinant vector containing the gene in regulating plant resistance to rice stripe disease, rice black-streaked dwarf disease or other rice and corn virus diseases caused by homologous virus of rice black-streaked dwarf virus, said protein has the amino acid sequence as shown in Seq 4. The experiment proved that the plant disease resistance is increased in rice overexpressing OsAO gene, indicating that the OsAO protein encoded by this gene plays an important role in rice resistance to rice stripe disease and rice black-streaked dwarf disease.
US11041164B2
The present disclosure provides methods for increasing drought resistance and heat resistance of a plant. The methods encompass expression of at least one heat shock protein (HSP) from the group consisting of HSP40, HSP60 or HSP70 together with a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) comprising an aspartic acid (D) at a position that corresponds to the position 509 of SEQ ID NO: 4, in the plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated in this manner, the disclosed, genetically-modified, plants display improved drought resistance and heat resistance. Also provided are plants that can be obtained by the method according to the invention, and nucleic acid vectors to be used in the described methods.
US11041153B2
Provided herein are improved delivery systems for oligonucleotides, said delivery system comprising a liposome that comprises neutral phospholipids and a P-ethoxy oligonucleotide, which targets a STAT3-encoding polynucleotide. Methods of treating patients with said delivery systems are also provided.
US11041147B2
The present invention relates to a bacteriophage strain capable of producing a lytic infection in the Escherichia coli ST131-025b:H4 clone. The burden of ST131-025b:H4 Escherichia coli clonal complex in human community and hospital-acquired infections is increasing worldwide, going along with a worrying and growing resistance to betalactams and fluoroquinolones. Bacteriophage LM33_P1 infects exclusively (100% specificity) 025b E. coli strains with 70% coverage on the two major antibiotic resistant pandemic clonal complexes ST131-025b:H4 and ST69-025b. The inventors evaluated the in vivo activity of bacteriophage LM33_P1 using three different extraintestinal virulence murine models and showed that it infects bacteria in several organs. In particular, the invention relates to a bacteriophage capable of producing a lytic infection in the Escherichia coli ST131-025b:H4 clone comprising a polypeptide corresponding to the bacteriophage tail fiber protein and responsible for the attachment of the bacteriophage to the Escherichia coli ST131-025b:H4 clone.
US11041141B2
Provided is a culture system comprising a base comprising a multiwell plate; a transwell-like type insert plate comprising a plurality of culture insert assemblies, wherein each culture insert assembly comprises a culture surface element that is removably mounted to a culture insert body; and a cover designed to fit over the transwell-like type insert plate.
US11041140B2
A cell culture device (10) of the cultivation of cells. The cell culture device (10) includes a plurality of trays (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), each tray (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) having a cell growth surface (20) and at least one wall (22, 24) extending upwardly from the cell growth surface (20). The at least one wall (22, 24) is configured to receive an additional tray thereon. A ratio of the number of the plurality of trays (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) per a height dimension of the plurality of trays (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) is greater than or equal to about 1 tray per 12 mm.
US11041132B2
Provided is a lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A) containing a mineral oil (A1) having a complex viscosity η* at −35° C. of 150 Pa·s or less as measured with a rotary rheometer under conditions at an angular velocity of 6.3 rad/s and a strain amount of 0.1%; a viscosity index improver (B) containing a comb-shaped polymer (B1); and a molybdenum-based friction modifier (C), wherein the content of the molybdenum-based friction modifier (C) in terms of a molybdenum atom is more than 500 ppm by mass and less than 900 ppm by mass on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition, and a NOACK value is 10% by mass or less.
US11041122B2
Embodiments of the invention include a wavelength-converting composition as defined by R3-x-y-zAx+yMzSi6-w1Alw1O3x+y+w1N11-7x/3-y-w1□2-2x/3, with □ being vacancies of the structure that are filled by oxygen atoms with 0
US11041110B2
A hydraulic fracturing fluid for use in oilfield applications, where hydraulic fracturing fluid includes a spherical bead-forming liquid composition, the spherical bead-forming liquid composition comprising a micellar forming surfactant, a bead-forming compound, a non-solids bearing liquid solvent, a pH control agent, and a curing agent.
US11041109B2
A composition for use in surfactant polymer flooding processes in a carbonate reservoir, the composition comprising a surfactant, the surfactant operable to reduce interfacial tension, a polymer, the polymer operable to increase the viscosity of the composition, and a tailored water, the tailored water operable to alter a wettability of the in-situ rock, where the tailored water has a total dissolved solids of between 5,000 wt ppm and 7,000 wt ppm, where the total dissolved solids comprises a salt, where the composition has a viscosity between 3 cP and 100 cP.
US11041105B1
The present invention provides a composition comprising branched polyglycerol for controlling freezing, more specifically, the composition has a number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 20,000 g/mol and a branching of 0.1 to 1, and may control enhancement or inhibition of ice recrystallization by adjusting a content of polyglycerol.
US11041101B2
A condensation-curable electrically conductive silicone adhesive composition, methods of making and using same, and manufactured articles and devices comprising or prepared from the same.
US11041098B2
The anisotropic conductive film of the present invention includes a resin base tape and a plurality of composite fibers disposed laterally in the resin base tape, wherein each of the composite fibers includes an electrically insulating fiber and a plurality of conductive rings circling the electrically insulating fiber, the conductive rings including a plurality of conductive particles collectively surrounding the electrically insulating fiber by adsorption, wherein the plurality of composite fibers are periodically arranged in the resin base tape along the extending direction of the resin base tape, and the plurality of conductive rings on each of the composite fibers are periodically arranged along the axial direction of the electrically insulating fiber thereof.
US11041094B2
A shellac coating composition for producing a shellac coating on a substrate comprises a fatty acid component, shellac and little or no volatile carrier liquid. Because the fatty acid inhibits the polymerization of the shellac when molten, the composition can be converted into a liquid state for coating purposes by simple heating, thereby eliminating the need for the volatile carrier liquid.
US11041093B2
Aqueous dispersions including multistage-prepared polymers of mixtures of olefinically unsaturated compounds are disclosed. The aqueous dispersions include at least one polyurethane containing olefinically unsaturated groups. Production and use of the aqueous dispersions, particularly in the field of automotive finishing, is disclosed. The disclosure further relates to an aqueous basecoat material including the multistage-prepared polymers, and also to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the aqueous basecoat material.
US11041091B2
A cable includes a sheath, and a coating film covering a circumference of the sheath, the coating film adhering to the sheath. The coating film is formed from a rubber composition including a rubber component and fine particles. A static friction coefficient on a surface of the coating film is 0.5 or less. When the coating film is subjected to a testing such that a long fiber non-woven fabric including cotton linters including an alcohol for disinfection with a length of 50 mm along a wiping direction is brought contiguous to the surface of the coating film at a shearing stress of 2×10−3 MPa to 4×10−3 MPa, followed by wiping off the surface of the coating film at a speed of 80 times/min to 120 times/min and 20,000 repetitions thereof for a wiping direction length of 150 mm, a difference (an absolute value of a difference) between the static friction coefficients of the coating film before and after the testing is not greater than 0.1.
US11041089B2
The present application relates to an encapsulating composition, a method for preparing the same and an organic electronic device comprising the same, and provides an encapsulating composition which can effectively block moisture or oxygen introduced into an organic electronic device from the outside to secure the lifetime of the organic electronic device, is possible to realize a top emission type organic electronic device, is applicable to an inkjet method, can provide a thin display and can control moisture content to prevent damage to the element.
US11041081B2
Provided is aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument, which contains water and microspheres having a water-insoluble dye and a matrix constituted from a polymer wherein the water-insoluble dye is higher densely present in the inner part of the matrix than at the surface of the matrix, and at least one of the following (a) and (b) is satisfied: (a) the circularity coefficient of the microspheres, as measured by image analysis, is 0.6-1.0, and (b) the 10% strength of the microspheres, as determined in a micro-compression test, is 5-30 MPa.
US11041080B2
Provided herein is a multifunctional particle and methods of forming the same. The multifunctional particle includes: a silica particle; a hydrophobic silane; and a silane coupling agent; where each of the hydrophobic silane and the silane coupling agent are chemically bonded to the surface of the silica particle; where the multifunctional particle is superhydrophobic and chemically reactive.
US11041074B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of granules comprising surface-reacted calcium carbonate, as well as to the granules obtained thereby and their use.
US11041073B2
A compound represented by specific chemical formula, a core including the same, a core-shell dye including a shell surrounding the core, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are disclosed.
US11041069B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, reagents, systems, and kits to prepare and utilize poly (β-amino ester) (PBAE) polymers, which are synthesized via Michael addition reactions of diacrylates and amines disclosed herein. Various embodiments utilize lactones and lactone derivatives to generate the diacrylate compounds. The PBAE polymers are shown to be effective biodegradable carriers for the delivery of an agent such as an organic molecule, inorganic molecule, nucleic acid, protein, peptide, polynucleotide, targeting agent, an isotopically labeled chemical compound, vaccine, or an immunological agent.
US11041067B1
An aqueous dispersion of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers suitable to be used as lacquer to realize a thin coating both for flexible or rigid substrates, characterized by excellent oxygen and carbon dioxide barrier performances especially under high humidity conditions. The dispersion comprises a first ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer in the form of capsules with an ethylene content comprised between 24 and 38 mol % and a second ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with an ethylene content lower than 15 mol %.
US11041063B2
A forest fire retardant composition is substantially free of ammonium and includes an organophosphate derived from (i) a phosphorylation agent and (ii) an organic molecule comprising at least two hydroxyl groups. The organophosphate may contain at least one phosphate ester bonded to an organic molecule, wherein the organic molecule comprises at least one monomer unit of about 2 to 40 carbon atoms. Preferably, at least 90% of the functional groups of the organophosphate is a phosphate ester group. The composition may also include a salt, including magnesium salt and/or calcium salt. The anion in the salt may be hydroxide, carbonate or phosphate. The salt may be an anhydrous salt, a salt hydrate, or a combination of both. The composition is effective in suppressing, retarding, and controlling forest fires while exhibiting corrosion resistance and low toxicity.
US11041062B2
A rubber composition of the present technology includes: a diene rubber; silica; and a heterocyclic compound (the heterocyclic compound does not have a silicon atom) which includes a hydrocarbon group having from 3 to 30 carbons and at least one type of heterocycle selected from the group consisting of a piperazine ring, a morpholine ring and a thiomorpholine ring, and a content of the silica being from 50 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber and a content of the heterocyclic compound being from 0.5 to 20% by mass with respect to the content of the silica.
US11041061B2
The invention provides a polytetrafluoroethylene composition having high flowability. The polytetrafluoroethylene composition contains a particulate polytetrafluoroethylene having fibrillability and a particulate synthetic amorphous silica. The particulate polytetrafluoroethylene is a polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder or a polytetrafluoroethylene molding powder. The particulate synthetic amorphous silica is obtained by a dry process and has an average primary particle size smaller than 200 nm. The particulate synthetic amorphous silica is attached to the surface of the particulate polytetrafluoroethylene.
US11041058B2
A resin structure comprising a resin formed body (1) and a liquid layer (3) formed on a surface of the resin formed body (1), the liquid layer (3) having liquid protrusions (3a) that are locally protruded on the surface thereof. The structure exhibits improved properties on the surface of the resin formed body (1), such as improved sliding property and non-adhesiveness to various substances maintaining stability as a result of forming the liquid layer (3).
US11041055B2
Provided are a composition for a light transmittance control film, and a light transmittance control film. According to the inventive concept, the light transmittance control film includes a matrix part including a copolymer and a polymer chain which is grafted to the copolymer; and a dispersed part including a polymer derived from a first monomer, and are provided in the matrix part, wherein the polymer chain is derived from the first monomer, first light transmittance is shown while external force is applied, and second light transmittance which is greater than the first light transmittance may be shown after the external force is removed.
US11041052B2
A biodegradable hydrogel having an acetal structure whose hydrolysis rate under different pH environments in the living body can be accurately controlled. The hydrogel is obtained by crosslinking a polyalkylene glycol derivative having a cyclic benzylidene acetal structure represented by formula (1) shown below with a crosslinking agent: where R1 and R6; R2, R3, R4 and R5; s; t; s+t; P1; Z1 and Z2; W1 and X1 are as defined herein.
US11041049B2
A dual curable thiol-ene composition comprising a polythiol, an unsaturated compound, a photoinitiator, an organic hydroperoxide (thermal initiator) and optionally a nitrogen-containing base, such as e.g. an N-heterocyclic compound (together with the organic hydroperoxide a redox initiator system). A cross-linked polymer prepared therefrom. A method of making such a polymer. A cured sealant comprising such a polymer. The sealant is preferably for use in aerospace.
US11041047B2
The invention relates to a polyamide moulding compound consisting of the following components: (A) 35-68 wt. % of at least one semi-crystalline, semi-aromatic, thermoplastic polyamide based on aliphatic diamines with 4-8 carbon atoms with a melting temperature of at least 270° C.; (B) 15-22 wt. % carbon fibres; (C) 18-30 wt. % glass fibres; (D) 1-10 wt. % of an impact-resistance modifier that is different from (E) and/or polymers that are different from (A), (E) and (F); (E) 0-10 wt. % ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; and (F) 0-3 wt. % additives. In this way, the sum of the components (A)-(F) is 100 wt. %, the sum of the components (B)-(C) is in the range of 33-48 wt. %, and the sum of the components (D)-(E) is in the range of 2-12 wt. %. The moulding compound permits the production of dimensionally stable, electrically conductive components, e.g. for the automotive sector and for contact with fuels, in particular methanol-containing petrol.
US11041046B2
A method of making a poly(phenylene ether) comprises: in an exotherm period, continuous addition of oxygen and a monohydric phenol to a non-polar solvent and a polymerization catalyst comprising a metal salt, an amine, and a quaternary ammonium salt in a vessel, to form a polymerization mixture, wherein the oxygen and monohydric phenol are added in a mole ratio of 0.5:1 to 1.2:1; and cessation of the continuous addition of the monohydric phenol; and in a build period, continuation of oxygen addition until there is no further increase in viscosity of the polymerization mixture. A poly(phenylene ether) having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.5 to 2.0 deciliters per gram, measured in chloroform using an Ubbelohde capillary glass viscometer at 25° C., a polydispersity of 1 to 10, and a unimodal molecular weight distribution, is made by the method.
US11041028B2
This invention relates to a non-phthalate catalyst system for olefin polymerization. The non-phthalate catalyst system comprises (a) a solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition comprising a transition metal, a Group 2 metal, and one or more halogens; and one or more internal electron donor compounds; and (b) one or more external electron donor compounds.
US11041027B2
The disclosure provides a polymerization process for producing ethylene based polymers comprising polymerizing ethylene and optionally one or more α-olefins in the presence of a catalyst systems in a reactor system having one or more reactors, wherein the catalyst system comprises; (a) one or more procatalysts comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I) below:
US11041008B2
The present invention provides method for promoting the maturation and export of T cells from thymic tissue by contacting the thymic tissue with supraphysiological levels of interleukin (IL)-15. The present invention also provides methods for preventing, alleviating, reducing, and/or inhibiting lymphopenia or peripheral depletion of lymphocytes in a patient in need thereof by administering to the patient IL-15.
US11041000B2
The present invention provides novel peptide inhibitors of the interleukin-23 receptor, and related compositions and methods of using these peptide inhibitors to treat or prevent a variety of diseases and disorders, including inflammatory bowel diseases.
US11040993B2
The present invention relates to the preparation of compositions comprising sodium trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate (III)]. Synthesis and formulation preparation is detailed. Impurity profiles are also discussed. Compositions herein are useful for anti-cancer applications.
US11040991B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a mixture of cyclophosphazenes suitably substituted with phenoxy having a polymerizable functional group, such as allyl, on the phenyl ring and a production method for the mixture. The invention relates to a mixture of cyclophosphazene compounds that each contain a plurality of constituent units linked to each other, each constituent unit being represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are identical or different and represent C1-4 alkyl or the like, the mixture containing cyclophosphazene compounds in which 3, 4, and 5 constituent units represented by formula (I) are linked, wherein the cyclophosphazene compound containing 3 linked constituent units is cyclophosphazene compound (I-A) with a specific structure, compound (I-A) includes cyclophosphazene compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) having a specific structure, and compounds (I-A2) and (I-A3) are present in an amount of 80 wt % or more in total in cyclophosphazene compound (I-A).
US11040987B2
Novel iron chelating group conjugated penam derivatives described herein show antibacterial activity, and could be used as antibacterial agents or beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLIs) which are of value for application in combination with other antibacterial agents.
US11040981B2
Described herein are compounds, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat cancer.
US11040973B2
The present invention generally relates to compounds as a dual kinase-demethylase inhibitor useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by a kinase and/or a histone demethylase, such as inflammation, cancer, viral and bacterial infections, neurological and immunological disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating those diseases are within the scope of this invention.
US11040972B2
Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with autotaxin activity. The methods and compositions disclosed herein include the use of at least one autotaxin inhibitor compound.
US11040971B2
A composition containing a compound having excellent controlling effects against a harmful arthropod is represented by formula (I). In formula (I), Q represents a group represented by formula Q1; a group represented by formula Q2 or a group represented by formula Q3; a combination of A2 and A3 represents a combination in which A2 is a nitrogen atom and A3 is CR4b, or a combination in which A2 is CR4a and A3 is a nitrogen atom; Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and T represents a C2-C10 chain hydrocarbon group having one or more halogen atoms.
US11040969B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, geometrical isomers, tautomers, optical isomers or N-oxides, which are inhibitors of SSAO activity. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds for the treatment of medical conditions wherein inhibition of SSAO activity is beneficial, such as inflammatory diseases and immune disorders.
US11040967B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula I useful as inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase 2 (Tyk2) solid forms and compositions thereof, methods of producing the same, and methods of using the same in the treatment of Tyk2-mediated diseases.
US11040955B2
Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors of αvβ6 integrin, and methods of using them to treat a number of diseases and conditions.
US11040948B2
The invention relates to crystalline forms of a 3-substituted 1,2,4-oxadiazole compound, including an anhydrous crystalline form, methods of their preparation, and related pharmaceutical preparations thereof. The invention also relates to preparations suitable for pharmaceutical, veterinary, and agriculturally-relevant uses.
US11040945B2
Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment for various diseases, such as cancer. In one aspect, the method comprises the treatment of brain cancers or metastatic cancers that spread to the brain.
US11040930B2
A method of recovering paraxylene in a crystallization zone. The crystallization zone includes at least two crystallization stages and two reslurry stages. The method provides for lower throughput through the crystallization zone, resulting in lower capital costs, reduced electricity in operating separation equipment, as well as reduced refrigeration duty.
US11040926B2
An integrated process for maximizing recovery of aromatics is provided. The process comprises passing at least a portion of a xylene column bottoms stream to a heavy aromatics column to provide a heavy aromatics column bottoms stream comprising C9+ aromatics and a heavy aromatics column overhead stream. The heavy aromatics column bottoms stream is passed to a second stage hydrocracking reactor of a two-stage hydrocracking reactor. In the second stage hydrocracking reactor, the heavy aromatics column bottoms stream is hydrocracked in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst and hydrogen to provide a hydrocracked effluent stream.
US11040922B2
A crystalline composition including an energetic material and hydrogen peroxide, both having observable electron density in a crystal structure of the composition, is provided. Methods of making the crystalline composition are also provided.
US11040920B2
A slow release carbohydrate/bicarbonate/nitrogen fertilizer which includes: a nitrogen component selected from the group consisting of a urea compound, ammonium bicarbonate, ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate; a bicarbonate component selected from the group consisting of ammonium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate; and a soluble carbohydrate component selected from the group consisting of a starch and a sugar, wherein the fertilizer is applied to increase crop yield and increase protein levels in plant products by placing the aforesaid fertilizer beneath the surface of soil on which is growing cultivated plants.
US11040908B2
Provided is a method for producing glass fiber, capable of stably performing the spinning of glass fibers without mixing of red crystals in glass fibers. When glass fibers are formed by discharging, from a nozzle tip, a molten glass obtained by melting glass raw materials mixed so as to give a glass composition including, when melted, in relation to the total amount thereof, SiO2 in a range from 57.0 to 62.0% by mass, Al2O3 in a range from 15.0 to 20.0% by mass, MgO in a range from 7.5 to 12.0% by mass, and CaO in a range from 9.0 to 16.5% by mass, and having a total content of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO and CaO of 98.0% by mass or more, the glass composition includes B2O3, Li2O, or B2O3 and Li2O as an additive or additives capable of suppressing the generation of red crystals.
US11040902B2
Methods of employing peroxycarboxylic acid compositions for the prevention of scale formation and in some embodiments the removal of existing scale are disclosed. In particular, the scale inhibition properties of percarboxylic acids of varying chain lengths including C1-C22 provide effective scale inhibition and scale removal or destruction. Methods of employing peroxycarboxylic acid compositions for scale inhibition and/or removal are particularly well suited for treating fluids intended to flow through pipes, namely in the energy industry, water and paper industries, etc. The methods provide suitable scale inhibition replacements and/or additives to known scale inhibitors.
US11040891B2
The present invention relates to a method for dosing reagents in water disinfection plants, wherein said method comprises adding said reagents in said plants in amounts defined on the basis of a parameter established a priori as a function of the following parameters: plant volume and/or frequency of use of the plant and/or characteristics of the fresh water introduced therein, said amounts being corrected with a correction factor established following a comparison carried out between the levels of said reagents as actually measured in circulation and reference values.
US11040890B2
A recycling process for achieving near-zero emissions of tannery effluent is characterized in that effluent recycling is carried out independently in soaking, liming, re-liming, de-liming bating, pickling chrome tanning, re-tanning, neutralizing, and dyeing procedures. The effluents in the above procedures can be recycled in each step. This process greatly reduces effluent discharge and helps solve the problem of tanning pollution. The process also improves the quality of the finished leather, effectively decreases loose grain rate and increases compactness and fullness of the finished product. The project can reduce chemical material consumption by 15%-55%. For example, the consumption of chromium powder can be reduced up to 65%. Consumption of other chemical materials can be reduced by more than 90%, while certain chemical materials can be essentially completely conserved.
US11040881B2
A method for preparing a Na3V2(PO4)2F3 material, including at least the steps: a) reducing the vanadium oxide, V2O5, under a reducing atmosphere in the absence of elementary carbon and in the presence of at least one phosphate anion precursor in order to form vanadium phosphate, VPO4; and b) exposing, under an inert atmosphere, a mixture of the VPO4 material obtained in step a) with an effective amount of sodium fluoride, NaF, and at least one hydrocarbon- and oxygen-containing compound which is a source of elementary carbon, to temperature conditions that are favourable for calcining said mixture so as to form said Na3V2(PO4)2F3 compound. Also, a related electrode material, an electrode and a secondary sodium battery using the presented material.
US11040878B2
The invention relates to a method for flexibly controlling the use of hydrochloric acid having an HCl concentration of at least 10 wt %, in particular at a volume flow rate of at least 1 m3/h, obtained from a continuous chemical production process (A). In the method, purified hydrochloric acid (54) from a hydrochloric acid store (E) is optionally fed to a dispatch station (H), an HCl electrolysis station (F) and a chloralkali electrolysis station (L), which are consumption points for the hydrochloric acid, or to a neutralisation station (G) in that if one or more of said consumption points (H, F, L) is not available or if there are bottlenecks at the consumption points (H, F, L), the hydrochloric acid (54) is fed to the neutralisation station (G) and neutralised with concentrated alkali solution (55), in particular with concentrated sodium hydroxide solution, and the resulting salt solution (56) is fed either to the chloralkali process station (L) or to a disposal station (M).
US11040867B2
An apparatus for minimizing dead leg spaces in a container or tubing includes a first member having a flange for attaching the first member to a wall of the container or tubing, the flange having at least one aperture, and a second member rotatably coupled to the first member, the second member having an upper end having at least one aperture, and an open distal end. The second member is rotatable relative to the first member between a closed position where the at least one aperture of the second member is misaligned with the at least one aperture in the flange to prevent the passage of fluid, and an open position where the at least one aperture of the second member is aligned with the at least one aperture in the flange to allow for the passage of fluid.
US11040862B2
What is disclosed is a funnel assembly comprising a funnel body having a curved rim formed at a first portion of the funnel body, the rim being contoured to hold an external object. An upper end of the funnel body is provided with an opening. A second portion of the funnel body is formed with a lower end terminating in an aperture. A third portion of the funnel body is supported by at least one assembly that securely holds the funnel upright to allow food or food supplement to flow from the external object and into the funnel and then into a division board feeder of a beehive.
US11040853B2
A hoistway access system for an elevator includes an access switch positioned at a selected landing floor 34 of an elevator and operably connected to a controller 46. A remote controlled lock 48 is located at landing doors of a landing floor providing access to a hoistway pit 36, and is operably connected to the controller. A safety actuation system is operably connected to an elevator car and operably connected to the controller. The controller is configured to command a drive system to drive the elevator car to an upper location when the access switch is activated, to define a selected safety volume in the hoistway defined by the hoistway pit and the elevator car, command engagement of the safety actuation system to stop and hold the elevator car, and command the lock to unlock when the safety actuation system is engaged, thereby allowing access to the hoistway via the landing doors.
US11040852B2
An illustrative example elevator system includes an elevator car, a machine that selectively causes movement of the elevator car, and a drive that controls the machine to control movement of the elevator car at an intended elevator car speed. The drive is configured to use information regarding operation of the machine to determine whether an abnormal passenger behavior (APB) condition exists that affects movement of the elevator car. The drive is configured to alter the elevator car speed when the APB condition exists.
US11040849B2
According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for preventing an unintended call for a conveyance apparatus of a conveyance system is provided. The conveyance system comprising a first location device and a second location device. The computer-implemented method comprising: detecting a first interaction between the mobile device and the first location device; determining a travel direction of the first mobile device; and automatically filtering a second interaction between the mobile device and a second location device to prevent an unintended call to a conveyance apparatus in response to the travel direction of the mobile device.
US11040846B2
Method and apparatus for an assembly which is attachable to a skid-steer or similar front end loader or tractor which is used to install fence wire, including woven wire. The assembly contains a plurality of spindles upon which rolls of wire can be placed, which wire passes through a threader which organizes and separates the wire, then through a clamping device operated hydraulically using electric and hydraulic controllers, then over a roller and around an upright wire guide whereupon the wire is attached to a fence post in a conventional manner. The wire is clamped using a clamping member operated by a hydraulic cylinder to clamp and lock the wire so that the wire can be stretched by the engine powered skid-steer, front end loader or the like so that the wire can be tightly attached to each fence post in a series operation. The plurality of spindles is disposed on an upright central stanchion attached to a platform so that the wire can be easily placed on and removed from the spindle. An alternative embodiment is shown for use with woven wire.
US11040841B2
A control panel is configured to operate one or more dock devices in a loading dock environment. The control panel can be supported at least in part by a bollard disposed in the loading dock environment. In one form, the bollard is configured to contain portions of the control panel and dock devices including sensors, lights, and the like. In one form, the control panel and one or more dock devices are mounted to a preexisting bollard to add functionality to the loading dock environment.
US11040837B2
A method for manufacturing a display device includes providing an original substrate on a support member, where the original substrate includes a first cell and a second cell adjacent to each other in a row direction or a column direction, moving a first picker above the first cell, calculating a first corrected coordinate based on an initial position of the first picker and a reference position of the first cell, moving the first picker to a first corrected position by using the first corrected coordinate such that the first picker picks up the first cell, moving the first picker above the second cell, and moving the first picker to a second corrected position by using a second corrected coordinate such that the first picker picks up the second cell, where the second corrected coordinate is the same as the first corrected coordinate.
US11040834B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a conveyor skirt system, the system comprising: a support member; a series of skirting panels releasably fixed to the support member; a rail assembly positioned outside the conveyor, extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the conveyor; and a trolley assembly mounted on the rail assembly, the trolley assembly being adapted to engage and support one or more of the skirting panels.
US11040825B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a container, including: a floor; a plurality of vertical walls coupled to the floor; a ceiling coupled to the plurality of vertical walls; a first horizontal gate coupled to a first vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a first plurality of foldable portions; a second horizontal gate coupled to a second vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a second plurality of foldable portions; a third horizontal gate coupled to a third vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a third plurality of foldable portions; and a first vertical gate coupled to the ceiling and comprising a fourth plurality of foldable portions, wherein, when extended, the first horizontal gate, the second horizontal gate, the third horizontal gate, and the first vertical gate form a plurality of separate cargo volumes.
US11040814B2
The invention relates to a packaged product or group of products, such as a candy, wherein said product or group of products has an elongated form, wherein the package comprises at least one film which encloses said product or group of products, and wherein part of said film extends from at least one outer end of the product or group of products, and wherein said part of the film is bent away from the direction of the axis of the elongated product or group of products back towards a part of the film that surrounds the product and is bonded therewith. The invention also relates to an easy opening arrangement for packaged products, and to an array or bandoleer of products with reduced packaging material.
US11040811B2
The present invention relates to a laminated cellulose-based liquid or semi-liquid food packaging material, comprising a bulk layer from cellulose fluting material, an outside substrate layer having a print surface and on the inside an aluminium foil barrier and a further barrier layer. The invention further relates to the method for manufacturing the laminated packaging material and to a packaging container for liquid food packaging, comprising the laminated packaging material.
US11040806B2
The present invention provides a closure cap for a container comprising a lid and a shell, and a hinge region for pivotally connecting the lid to the shell and for locking the lid in an open position thereof. The lid comprises a top panel having a tongue adjacent the hinge region and a cylindrical wall suspended from a bottom face of the top panel and connected to the shell via a plurality of bridges which break upon a first opening of the lid. The hinge region comprises a pair of elongate hinge elements spaced apart from each other, and a ratchet-like member disposed therebetween.
US11040787B2
A dosing assembly for a filler including a valve assembly, a product hopper, a containment system and an attachment bracket. The dosing assembly can be coupled to a filler (for example, after filling, and prior to closing, capping or covering a container) for dispensing a dose of a fill material into the container. The fill material may comprise any number of different granular materials, including, but not limited to magnesium particles.
US11040786B2
The focus of the present disclosure relates to a constellation of earth-observation satellites communicating with terrestrial access points through an intermediate satellite constellation of networked relay satellites. The network system includes one or more terrestrial access points, one or more earth observation satellites, and a satellite constellation including a plurality of communicatively coupled relay satellites. The earth observation satellites establish links with the relay satellites, which relay the communications from the earth observation satellites to the terrestrial access points. The earth observation satellite can transfer recorded information to one or more of the plurality of relay satellites. The communication from the earth observation satellite may be routed through multiple relay satellite in the network system to reach the terrestrial access point. Rather than transferring information from an earth observation satellite only when the earth observation satellite passes over the terrestrial access point, the network disclosed enables earth observation satellites to transfer information through the intermediate satellite constellation quickly and securely from nearly anywhere along its orbit around the Earth. Because the Earth observation satellite can route recorded information through the plurality of satellites in the intermediate satellite constellation to a terrestrial access point, instead of only when the earth observation satellite travels within range of a single terrestrial access point, the disclosed network system significantly extends the data transfer window while reducing monitoring delays.
US11040785B2
A device to verify tail rotor cross-head positioning is disclosed. The device comprises a first portion and a second portion. The second portion may be adjoined to the first portion and comprises maximum and minimum surfaces configured to determine whether a yoke-measuring surface of a tail rotor yoke may be positioned between respective geometric planes of the maximum and minimum surfaces.
US11040774B2
Systems and methods for authenticating a user include monitoring a monitored space for a condition to provide an interaction between a drone and an individual. In response to the condition to provide the interaction between the drone and the individual being satisfied, the drone may obtain a first set of sensor data corresponding to the individual. The first set of sensor data may indicate that the individual requires a service that requires authentication of the individual as a user of the service and that the individual is unable to provide a primary authentication response. The drone may then obtain a second set of sensor data corresponding to the individual unable to provide the primary authentication response. The drone authentication system then determines, based on the second set of sensor data and identity data that the individual corresponds to identity data of a user of the service and performs the service.
US11040770B2
An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly and a lower rotor assembly. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. A cockpit in the airframe, the cockpit including two seats and a single collective control input positioned between the two seats.
US11040768B2
An adjustment device for adjusting the position of the center of gravity of an aircraft, the aircraft having at least two thrust production units that contribute at least to providing the aircraft with lift, the adjustment device comprising at least one heavy member that is movable relative to an airframe of the aircraft and also at least one actuator for causing the heavy member to move. The adjustment device includes an avionics system configured to detect a failure of any one of the thrust production units and, in the presence of such a failure, to control the at least one actuator to cause the heavy member to move.
US11040764B1
A window assembly for a vehicle includes a frame, one or more panes secured to the frame, and a shade movably coupled to the frame. The shade is configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position. The shade includes an illuminator that is configured to allow ambient light from outside of the vehicle to pass through and illuminate the illuminator.
US11040763B2
The present disclosure provides a frame assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle. The frame assembly comprises a housing having an electric chamber and a circuit board assembly disposed in the electric chamber and including a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The electric chamber has an upper opening and a lower opening; and the first circuit board is installed in the electric chamber via the upper opening, and the second circuit board is installed in the electric chamber via the lower opening and spaced apart from the first circuit board.
US11040758B2
A device for paying out an elongated flexible article from a vessel is described. The device comprises a storage unit for the article, overboarding guide means for the article, article support means defining a cable path between the storage unit and the overboarding guide means, and pulling means for advancing the elongated article along the path. The article support means comprise an overboarding support element that is translatable in a first direction, and a buffering support system comprising a support element that is translatable in a second direction, whereby a translation of the support element has the effect of varying the length of the cable path. A vessel equipped with the device is also described. The device and method allow paying out an elongated flexible article from a vessel in a more efficient way.
US11040756B2
A power control method includes at least: detecting a first driving state of a vehicle; determining that the vehicle obtains an assisting power from outside of said vehicle according to the first driving state of the vehicle; determining a second driving state of the vehicle which is provided thereto due to the assisting power from outside; controlling the vehicle to generate a first compensating power for use in compensating power for the driving of the vehicle according to the second driving state; and controlling the vehicle to operate on the basis of the first compensation power. Also provided are a vehicle and a non-transitory computer storage medium.
US11040752B2
A bicycle handlebar system that ensures comfort, safety, and increased center of gravity control. An ergonomic bicycle handlebar system having a sweep angle in the range of 4 to 45 degrees, a slope angle in the range of 5 to 60 degrees or both accomplishes comfort, safety, and increased center of gravity control. The handlebar may be made of nano tube zlyte resin with graphene-impregnated carbon fibers. The interplay of sweep angle and slope angle is recognized.
US11040728B2
A collision visualization device includes an identification unit analyzing vehicle traveling information in which information representing at least a type and occurrence time of an event generated in a vehicle to be analyzed in a time period including occurrence time of a collision or each of a series of collisions occurring for the vehicle, is recorded in accordance with occurrence order, and identifying a state of the vehicle in the time period, and a visualization unit causing a display device to display an iconic image representing the state of the vehicle identified by the identification unit.
US11040724B2
The vehicle driving force control apparatus executes a mistaken press-down driving force control for setting an upper limit as an initial upper limit for limiting driving force when a mistaken press-down operation of an acceleration pedal is detected. The control apparatus executes a limitation level reduction control when a predetermined vehicle movement is not detected while the mistaken press-down driving force control is executed, and the acceleration pedal is operated. The limitation level reduction control is realized by repeatedly executing a process for limiting the driving force to a first upper limit larger than the initial upper limit for a first period of time and then, limiting the driving force to a second upper limit smaller than the first upper limit for a second period of time. The first upper limit increases as the number of executing the upper limit change process increases.
US11040715B2
An activity monitor for a modular software system, the system having a first software component for use in configuring operation of a second software component via a proxy and stub interface, the activity monitor comprising; an input arranged to monitor a first event associated with the first software component and a second event associated with the proxy; a processor arranged to compare the first and second events to a schedule of events to assess compliance with the schedule of events; and an output arranged to generate an error message in response to non-compliance with the schedule of events, the error message being for use in treating the error. A method of generating an activity monitor for monitoring operation of a modular software system.
US11040714B2
According to various examples, a vehicle controller is described comprising a determiner configured to determine information about surroundings of a vehicle, the information about the surroundings comprising information about velocities of objects in the surroundings of the vehicle and a velocity controller configured to input the information about the surroundings of the vehicle and a specification of a path of the vehicle to a convolutional neural network, to determine a target velocity of the vehicle along the path based on an output of the convolutional neural network and to control the vehicle according to the determined target velocity.
US11040710B2
A system and method for using human driving patterns to detect and correct abnormal driving behaviors of autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: generating data corresponding to a normal driving behavior safe zone; receiving a proposed vehicle control command; comparing the proposed vehicle control command with the normal driving behavior safe zone; and issuing a warning alert if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone. Another embodiment includes modifying the proposed vehicle control command to produce a modified and validated vehicle control command if the proposed vehicle control command is outside of the normal driving behavior safe zone.
US11040703B1
A multifunction windshield wiper includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade holder, and a wiper blade to facilitate, through channels, the direct distribution of the liquid or an air on the windshield surface. The direct distribution of the liquid and an air maximize the wiping effect and minimizes their usage. The wiper arm is assembled with wiper blade holder within the flexible spherical joints to refine the contact with a curved surface during the operational movement of the windshield wiper in the different weather conditions. The windshield wiper arm has a flexible joint with the link arm to facilitate the tension on the windshield surface during the wiping process.
US11040702B2
A flat-push windshield wiper joint, comprising a base and a mounting base, wherein a slot is formed from the left end to the right end of said base. The position of said slot matching the left end of base is an opening. The top surface of said base sinks to form spaced slide opening and chucking hole. Said slide opening and chucking hole are distributed in the extending direction of slot, and a stop bar is formed between the slide opening and chucking hole. Said locating bar matches the locating slot in the bottom surface of slot. The present invention can increase the assembly efficiency of flat-push windshield wiper joint and reduce the production costs.
US11040698B2
A vehicle alarm notification system including a housing having a plurality of directional indicia on a front side thereof. A wireless transceiver is operably connected to a power source disposed within the housing, wherein the transceiver can receive an alert signal from a vehicle alarm system when the vehicle alarm system is activated. A microprocessor is operably connected to the wireless transceiver. The microprocessor can determine a location of a vehicle, via an associated vehicle GPS, relative to a position of the housing. The microprocessor is further programmed to illuminate one of the plurality of directional indicia to indicate the location of the vehicle relative to the position of the housing when the alert signal is received. In some embodiments, a speaker is disposed within the housing, wherein the speaker can emit an audible alarm when the alert signal from a corresponding vehicle alarm system is received.
US11040691B2
An assembly includes a seat back having a top end. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seat back and inflatable to an inflated position including an inner panel and an outer panel defining an inflation chamber therebetween. The assembly includes a plurality of support tubes inflatable to inflated positions extending from the seat back along the outer panel, at least one of the support tubes in the inflated position extending from the top end of the seat back.
US11040685B2
Provided is an occupant observation device including an imager configured to capture an image of a head of an occupant of a vehicle; and an eye detector configured to detect at least a part of eyes of the occupant in the image captured by the imager, in which the eye detector sets an eye closer to the imager among the eyes of the occupant as a detection target.
US11040674B1
The present invention relates to wire harness and automotive component retention devices, and particularly to a mold-in retention feature in the automotive field for securing a wire harness to a light-signal housing comprising: first and second longitudinal flexible arms with engagement portions protruding from a flexible indentation or membrane on the housing where the first arm is juxtaposed opposite the second arm and where the associated arms are spaced away from each other in an open position and mate together in a closed position. The arms are configured to move from closed to open when a force is applied on the housing's backside so that depression of a flexible indentation or membrane causes associated arms to spread open and receive harness components. Furthermore, arms may move from open to closed position when an applied force is released on a flexible membrane so that a received harness component becomes secured between arms.
US11040670B2
A work machine can include an operator station, an overhead control station, a first display mounting system, a second display mounting system, a first display device, and a second display device. The operator station can include a rotatable seat. The first display mounting system can be connected to the overhead control station. The first display device can be connected to the first display mounting system. The second display mounting system can be connected to the rotatable seat, and the second display device can be connected to the second display mounting system. The first display mounting system can be operable to selectably adjust a position of the first display device relative to the overhead control station, and the second display mounting system can be operable to selectably adjust a position of the second display device relative to the rotatable seat.
US11040667B2
The present disclosure provides a roof luggage rack and an article separation device. When used as the roof luggage rack, the device may include a cross rod assembly to carry articles; a longitudinal rod to fix on a vehicle roof; a locking buckle, which has two ends respectively buckling with the cross rod assembly and the longitudinal rod in a detachable manner, such that the cross rod assembly and the longitudinal rod may be fixed in a detachable manner. The roof luggage rack and the article separation device may be combined and connected by different means to achieve various purposes, overcoming a problem of the device having a single usage purpose.
US11040664B2
A center console for a vehicle includes a bin having a sidewall that defines an inner cavity. The sidewall has an interior surface and an exterior surface. A lid is rotatably coupled to the bin. The lid is operable between a lowered position enclosing the inner cavity and a raised position. The lid includes a body having a bottom surface. A support member is disposed on the bottom surface of the body. The support member includes a protrusion and a bumper. The protrusion and the bumper are coupled together via a connector.
US11040643B2
A heat insulating sheet includes, a first sheet, a first heat insulator disposed on a main surface of the first sheet and including a first xerogel, a second heat insulator disposed on the main surface of the first sheet apart from the first heat insulator and including a second xerogel, and a second sheet disposed on the main surface of the first sheet to cover the first and second heat insulators. A first region of the heat insulating sheet provided between the first and second heat insulators viewing in a direction perpendicular to the main surface has an extensible rate larger than an extensible rate of each of the first and second heat insulators. The heat insulating property of this heat insulating sheet hardly degrades.
US11040641B2
A vehicle seat having a seat with a seat frame, a backrest with a backrest frame, the backrest frame being pivotally mounted relative to the seat frame around a first transverse axis between at least one deployed position for receiving a seat occupant and a folded position in which the backrest frame is folded opposite the seat frame. The seat further includes on each side of the seat a first and a second connecting rod intended to be fixed on a support of the seat so as to be pivotable about a respective transverse axis to lift the backrest frame relative to the seat support.
US11040639B2
A track assembly includes a track and/or a support member. The track may include a first ramped portion and/or a second ramped portion. The support member may include a rolling member. A first side of the rolling member may include a first contact portion, and/or a second side of the rolling member may include a second contact portion. The support member may be configured to move along the track via rotation of the rolling member. The first contact portion and/or the second contact portion may be configured to contact the first ramped portion and/or the second ramped portion. The rolling member may include a flange that may be configured to engage an inner portion of the track. The inner portion may be substantially vertical. The track may include an opening that may be disposed between the inner portion and/or a second inner portion of the track.
US11040636B2
A seat mounting system includes a seat frame having a support surface and first and second side surfaces downwardly extending from opposed sides of the support surface. Mounting members are supported on the first and second side surfaces. The mounting members each include an inner layer, an outer layer, and a deformable core portion disposed therebetween. The mounting members each include a mounting aperture extending through the deformable core portion, such that the deformable core portion surrounds the mounting aperture. A base frame includes a receiving aperture disposed through a body portion of the base frame. The base frame is operably coupled to the seat frame by a fastener received through the receiving aperture of the base frame and further received through the mounting aperture of the mounting member.
US11040630B2
A system is provided for inductively charging the battery of an electric vehicle as it travels along a roadway. The system comprises a series of asphalt paving seam gaskets within which are embedded magnetic field generators. The magnetic field generator gaskets are arranged with opposite polarities exposed on either side of each of the charging lanes, so that induction wires within the vehicle transect the magnetic field lines and generate an electric current to charge the vehicle battery. Energy generated and/or distance travelled in the charging lanes can be metered and reported in order to impose user fees.
US11040627B2
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a bolt configured to increase the ease of releasing a connection between a battery and a vehicle frame, and a corresponding method. An example vehicle includes a frame, a battery mounted to the frame, and a fastener forming a connection of the battery to the frame. A section of the fastener is configured to increase the ease of releasing the connection.
US11040624B2
Embodiments describe a battery system that includes a first battery module coupled to a regenerative braking system and a control module that controls operation of the battery system by: determining a predicted driving pattern over a prediction horizon using a driving pattern recognition model based in part on a battery current and a previous driving pattern; determining a predicted battery resistance of the first battery module over the prediction horizon using a recursive battery model based in part on the predicted driving pattern, the battery current, a present bus voltage, and a previous bus voltage; determining a target trajectory of a battery temperature of the first battery module over a control horizon using an objective function; and controlling magnitude and duration of electrical power supplied from the regenerative such that a predicted trajectory of the battery temperature is guided toward the target trajectory of the battery temperature during the control horizon.
US11040614B2
A lockable assembly for a fuel filler pipe including a cap supported upon a unit mounted to the fuel filler pipe. The cap has at least one locking tab which is actuated by a key insertable portion incorporated into the cap and in order to lock or unlock the cap for removal from the outside part of the unit attached to the filler pipe. The key insertable portion can further include a rotatable component. The at least one locking tab further includes a pair of locking tabs which are radially displaced via the rotatable component so that the tabs displace in opposite directions. Other features include a sliding limiter component associated with each of the oppositely directed locking tabs.
US11040611B2
A P2 transmission and engine assembly includes a transverse mounted transmission having: a transmission first end and a transmission second end oppositely positioned with respect to the transmission first end; and a transmission gearbox portion having a first cavity positioned at the second end. A torque converter is positioned at the transmission first end. An electric motor is positioned within the first cavity and is rotatably connected to the torque converter using a turbine shaft. A one-way clutch is connected to the turbine shaft and releasably connects the turbine shaft to the torque converter. The one-way clutch when disengaged disconnects the torque converter from the turbine shaft.
US11040603B2
A sliding roof system for a motor vehicle comprises a front lifting mechanism and a rear lifting mechanism which are assigned to a front and a rear edge respectively of a cover of the sliding roof system, wherein the front lifting mechanism has a guide rail with a lifting slotted guide for a cover-side lifting slider as well as a controlling carriage which is displaceable along the guide rail in order to control the movement of the cover. The controlling carriage has a controlling slotted guide for a cover-side controlling slider, and the controlling slotted guide is provided in a slotted guide component which is pivotably attached to the controlling carriage.
US11040598B2
The induction heater and a method for controlling overheating of an induction heater, and to an induction heater in which overheating of a heating element may be prevented by allowing a coolant to be introduced from a lower side, flow upwardly while being in contact with the heating element, and be then discharged to an upper side to improve air bubble discharge performance of the coolant, in the induction heater heating a heating element in an induction heating manner. In addition, the present invention relates to an induction heater and a method for controlling overheating of an induction heater in which a fault of the induction heater or a fire due to overheating may be prevented by deciding whether or not a heating element is overheated using one or more of a current sensing means and a temperature sensing means capable of sensing overheating of the heating element and performing a control to supply power to an induction coil or block power supplied to the induction coil depending on a decision result.
US11040593B1
A vehicle occupant safety system includes temperature, ambient, and interior monitoring modules. The temperature monitoring module includes at least one temperature sensor. The temperature monitoring module is configured to detect temperatures in zones within an interior of a vehicle. The ambient temperature sensor is configured to detect an ambient temperature within the interior of the vehicle. The interior monitoring module is configured to: based on the detected temperatures of the zones, determine for the zones at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space; determine if the ambient temperature is outside a predetermined range; and in response to the ambient temperature being outside the predetermined range and based on the at least one of a temperature gradient over time or a temperature gradient over space, detecting an occupant in the vehicle and performing a countermeasure to prevent an injury to the occupant.
US11040592B2
Climate control device for motor vehicle conveys and conditions inflowing air for a passenger compartment includes a housing with a diffuser, a mixing zone and at least two flow paths through which two flows can be conducted in parallel. A heating heat exchanger is disposed in a first flow path to heat an air mass subflow. A heat exchanger is provided for cooling and/or dehumidifying inflowing air. A bypass flow path is provided through which air can flow in parallel to a flow channel with the heat exchanger. At least one flow guide mechanism opens and closes the bypass flow path. flow channel and bypass flow path open out with outlet ports into mixing zone. Outlet port of a bypass flow path is developed for specific discharge of an air mass subflow into first flow path in proximity of an opening site of first flow path into a mixing zone.
US11040591B2
A wheeled work vehicle (1) comprises a forward chassis part (4) and a rearward chassis part (5) pivotally connected about a substantially vertically extending primary pivot axis (7) for steering thereof. A pair of forward ground engaging wheels (29) are carried on a forward suspension unit (32), and a pair of rearward ground engaging wheels (30) are carried on a rearward suspension unit (33). The forward suspension unit (32) is pivotally connected to the forward chassis part (4) by a pair of main forward transverse pivot shafts (63) pivotally coupled to the forward chassis part (4) by corresponding main forward pivot mountings (65). The main forward transverse pivot shafts (63) defines a main forward transverse pivot axis (59) about which the forward suspension unit (32) is pivotal relative to the forward chassis part (4). The forward suspension unit (32) comprises a pair of spaced apart trailing arms (35) which are joined by a torsion shaft (68) of tubular steel, which is rigidly connected to the trailing arms (35). The torsion shaft (68) defines a torsional axis (70), and permits limited upward and downward pivotal type torsional deflection of the trailing arms (35) relative to each other. The rearward suspension unit (33) is substantially similar to the forward suspension unit (32) and is coupled to the rearward chassis part (5) about a pair of main rearward transverse pivot shafts (87) in a similar manner as the forward suspension unit (32) is coupled to the forward chassis part (4).
US11040589B2
A work vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a plurality of traveling devices located on both right and left sides of the vehicle body; a plurality of bending link mechanisms that support the respective traveling devices on the vehicle body such that the traveling devices can be individually raised or lowered; and a plurality of drive mechanisms capable of individually changing the posture of the bending link mechanisms. The drive mechanisms change the posture of the bending link mechanisms while maintaining a state in which intermediate bending portions of the bending link mechanisms bend toward an intermediate side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.
US11040583B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling vehicle TPMS sensor localization. An example vehicle includes a plurality of tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) sensors, a communication module, and a controller. The controller is to detect an initiation event associated with the vehicle, and, in response to detecting the initiation event, determine whether first localization information is valid based on information associated with the TPMS sensors. The controller is also to initiate, via the communication module, a localization procedure at the TPMS sensors when the first localization information is not valid.
US11040578B2
A pneumatic tire comprises: a first block 71 located on a tire equatorial plane and having a recess 62 that inclines with respect to a tire width direction; and a second block 72 located to face the recess of the first block.
US11040576B2
A tire includes a tread and a narrow, wavy, circumferential groove disposed on the tread, which extend around the tread in a circumferential direction. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove has a first axial position associated with a minimum axial displacement, a second axial position associated with a maximum axial displacement, and the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove follows a serpentine path between the first and second axial positions. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove has a first depth and a second depth, the first depth being a minimum narrow, wavy, circumferential groove depth and the second depth being a maximum narrow, wavy, circumferential groove depth. The narrow, wavy, circumferential groove follows a serpentine path between the first and second depths. The first depth of the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove and the second depth of the narrow, wavy, circumferential groove is between 0.10 mm and full tread depth.
US11040559B2
An ink jet printing apparatus includes: a conveying mechanism that moves at least one of a print medium and an ink jet head in a predetermined conveyance direction; a height information detecting unit that obtains information related to the height of the surface of the print medium; a moving mechanism that moves at least one of the ink jet head and the print medium upward and downward in the vertical direction; and a control unit that controls the ink jet head while sequentially controlling the moving mechanism accompanying conveyance by the conveying mechanism, based on the information related to the height which is detected by the height information detecting unit, thereby maintaining the distance between the print medium and the ink jet head to be within a range which is set in advance, to perform a printing process on the print medium.
US11040557B2
A cutting head-including printer includes at least one driving roller, a pair of side pinch rollers, a center pinch roller provided between the pair of side pinch rollers, and a roller moving mechanism that causes the center pinch roller to approach, or to be separated from, the at least one driving roller. The cutting head-including printer sets whether to perform cutting after printing or to perform the printing after the cutting. During the cutting performed after the printing, the cutting head-including printer separates the center pinch roller from the at least one driving roller. During the cutting performed before the printing, the cutting head-including printer locates the center pinch roller at a position where the center pinch roller holds a recording medium together with the at least one driving roller.
US11040556B2
A printing apparatus includes: a printer; a sheet feeder including sheet feed trays; a sheet discharger to discharge and hold sheets printed by the printer; and a controller. Upon unloading of the sheets from the sheet discharger, the controller: determines whether to perform switching of a sheet feed source from a first sheet feed tray which is a latest sheet feed source of the sheet feed trays to a second sheet feed tray which is a sheet feed tray other than the first sheet feed tray of the sheet feed trays, based on a first sheet remaining amount in the first sheet feed tray and a second sheet remaining amount in the second sheet feed tray; and, upon determining to perform the switching, controls the sheet feeder to switch the sheet feed source from the first sheet feed tray to the second sheet feed tray.
US11040552B2
A heating device configured to heat a medium on which a liquid for printing is impinged includes a heating element configured to face a processing surface, the processing surface being a surface on which the liquid is impinged, a blower configured to blow gas to a heating region between the heating element and the processing surface from the heating element side of the medium, and a control unit configured to control an output of the heating element and a driving amount of the blower. The control unit changes the driving amount of the blower in accordance with a type of the medium while maintaining the output of the heating element constant regardless of the type of the medium. The decrease in the drying efficiency of the medium is suppressed.
US11040547B2
A recording method includes: ejecting colored ink compositions that include a cyan ink composition, a magenta ink composition, a yellow ink composition, and a special color ink composition with a hue angle different from hue angles of the respective ink compositions from an ink jet head and causing the ink compositions to adhere to a recording medium; and causing a processing solution containing a coagulant for coagulating constituents of the colored ink compositions to adhere to the recording medium, the causing of the ink compositions to adhere is performed by performing scanning, in which the colored ink compositions are ejected while a relative position of the ink jet head with respect to the recording medium is changed in a scanning direction, a plurality of times, and a maximum distance of scanning performed once in the causing of the ink compositions to adhere is equal to or greater than 50 cm.
US11040538B2
An inkjet printer includes a maintenance solution supply mechanism. In response to switching of a three-way valve provided in an ink pipe, a maintenance solution is supplied from a maintenance tank to each head through a maintenance pipe. The maintenance tank is a common tank. This suppresses size increase of the printer compared to provision of an individual maintenance tank for each head. The maintenance pipe is connected to the ink pipe at a position downstream of an intermediary tank. This eliminates the need of replacement of ink in the intermediary tank by the maintenance solution during supply of the maintenance solution. This allows reduction in the consumptions of the ink and the maintenance solution.
US11040537B2
A head chip, liquid jet head, and liquid jet recording device are described. An actuator plate is adapted to apply pressure to the liquid, and includes a first surface, and a second surface facing to an opposite side to the first surface, ejection channels and non-ejection channels which have an opening on the first and/or second surface and are alternately arranged to be separated from each other, a common electrode disposed on a sidewall of the ejection channel, an individual electrode electrically separated from the common electrode and disposed on a sidewall of the non-ejection channel, a common electrode pad disposed on the first surface and adapted to electrically connect the common electrode and a wiring board to each other, and a bypass interconnection adapted to electrically connect the individual electrodes in the non-ejection channels adjacent to each other and failing to be exposed on the first surface.
US11040535B2
A liquid ejecting head includes: a flow channel forming substrate that forms an individual flow channel including a nozzle and a pressure chamber, a first common liquid chamber, and a second common liquid chamber; and a pressure generating element that causes a pressure change in a liquid in the pressure chamber, in which the first common liquid chamber is coupled to the second common liquid chamber via the individual flow channel, a compliance of the first common liquid chamber is larger than a compliance of the second common liquid chamber, and in the individual flow channel, a flow channel resistance between a first coupling portion with the first common liquid chamber and the pressure chamber is smaller than a flow channel resistance between a second coupling portion with the second common liquid chamber and the pressure chamber.
US11040534B2
The first flow path includes a portion having a first cross-sectional area on a side that is closer to the second flow path than the nozzle, and a portion having a second cross-sectional area, which is smaller than the first cross-sectional area, on a side that is opposite to the second flow path across the nozzle.
US11040533B2
A liquid ejection head includes: a pressure chamber communicating with a nozzle, the pressure chamber extending along a first axis; a liquid storage chamber that stores liquid which is supplied to the pressure chamber, the liquid storage chamber partially overlapping the pressure chamber when viewed in a direction of a second axis, which intersects the first axis; and a first communication flow path and a second communication flow path extending in a direction of the second axis and allowing the pressure chamber and the liquid storage chamber to communicate with each other.
US11040518B2
Provided is a laminated body of at least one metal foil and resin layers, which is suitable for drawing. The laminated body includes at least one metal foil and at least two resin layers. The laminated body has a thickness of 25 to 500 μm. In the laminated body, both surfaces of each metal foil are closely laminated to the resin layers, and the relationships: 60≤σY≤150, and 1.4≤σb/σY are satisfied, in which σY represents a nominal stress (MPa) at a nominal strain of 5% when a tensile test according to JIS K 7127: 1999 is performed on the laminated body, and σb represents a nominal stress (MPa) at a nominal strain at which the metal foil in the laminated body is broken when a tensile test according to JIS K 7127: 1999 is performed on the laminated body.
US11040517B2
Provided are a printed circuit board in which warps are effectively suppressed, and a semiconductor package having a semiconductor device mounted on said printed circuit board, even though circuit patterns of different amounts of metal are formed on both sides of one cured product of a prepreg. Specifically, said printed circuit board is a printed circuit board which comprises a cured product of a prepreg comprising a fiber base material and a resin composition, in which circuit patterns of different amounts of metal are formed on both sides of one cured product of the prepreg, in which said prepreg has layers on the front and back of said fiber base material, wherein said layers comprise resin compositions having different heat curing shrinkage rates, in which among these layers, the layer made of the resin composition having a smaller heat curing shrinkage rate is present on the side on which the circuit pattern with a smaller amount of metal is formed.
US11040512B2
Methods of forming a composite structure include conforming at least one ply of material to a forming surface of a tool having differing features. Apparatuses for forming a composite structure include a forming tool and a material feed assembly configured to hold a supply of material, where the material feed assembly may be configured to pivot the supply of material relative to the forming tool. Composite structures having an at least partially annular shape are formed by an at least partially automated process.
US11040507B2
An assembly to repair a thermoplastic composite. The assembly includes a heating device positioned on opposing sides of the thermoplastic composite. The heating device includes one or more susceptor with a Curie temperature to heat the thermoplastic composite. A pressure device applies a compressive force to the heating device. A pressure distribution device is positioned between the heating device and the thermoplastic composite. The pressure distribution device distributes the compressive force from the pressure device over areas of the opposing sides of thermoplastic composite.
US11040501B2
The invention relates to a molding device (1) and a method for the manufacture of structured or semistructured composite components comprising a polymer resin (50) and a fibrous substrate (51). According to the invention, the device comprises a mold (2) comprising a bottom and a lateral surface, a part (10) that is movable along the lateral surface of the mold, comprising a compression surface (14) forming a cavity (7) with the bottom and the lateral surface (5) of said mold (2), characterized in that the movable part (10) comprises a vacuum-drawing channel (13, 23) opening into a chamber (25, 42) located above the cavity and communicating with said cavity (7).
US11040496B2
A method of bonding composite structures includes positioning a second structure at a bonding site on a first structure and coupling a first vacuum bag to the first structure such that the first vacuum bag covers the bonding site. The method also includes applying a vacuum to the first vacuum bag to induce a first mechanical force to the second structure via the first vacuum bag. A second vacuum bag is coupled to the first structure such that second vacuum bag covers the second structure and at least a portion of the first vacuum bag. The method further includes applying a vacuum to the second vacuum bag to induce a second mechanical force to the second structure via the second vacuum bag.
US11040493B1
Described herein is an Intuitive Creation System for Additive Manufacturing (AM) Devices which automates the design and manufacturing process in order to minimize or eliminate the need to teach and train new users in the art of Additive Manufacturing (AM). This system and methodology allows anyone, with little to no technical know-how, to successfully operate an AM device to produce products that improve their quality of life, on demand, locally, and during events that cause disruption of traditional global manufacturing supply chains. Additionally, the described systems and methods also allow anyone to design and create products with little to no prior technical know-how. This is accomplished by integrating computational systems and processors into the physical device such that 3D model data can be interrupted and translated into actions by the AM device without the need for a highly trained operator or user.
US11040486B2
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an additive manufacturing method. In the method, regions of successively-deposited layers of granular construction material are bound together so as to form a three-dimensional structure of bound material extending through and between the layers. The method comprises depositing a first granular construction material as a layer into a build region. The method comprises selectively binding regions of the first granular construction material together to form bound regions within the layer. The method comprises removing unbound granular construction material from the layer so as to provide at least one void in the layer. The method comprises depositing a second granular construction material into the build region so as to fill the at least one void. The method comprises selectively binding regions of the second granular construction material together to form bound regions within the layer. In the method, the second granular construction material is different from the first granular construction material. The method is repeated to form the object. An apparatus suitable for implementing the method is also disclosed.
US11040484B2
A building apparatus for building a three-dimensional object includes: an inkjet head that ejects ink as a building material; a scanning driver that causes the inkjet head to perform a scanning operation of moving relative to the object being built; a flattening roller that flattens a layer of the ink; and an ink removal unit that removes, from the flattening roller, the ink that is scraped off by the flattening roller. The ink removal unit includes a flow channel formation unit that forms a flow channel of fluid that enables the ink adhering to the flattening roller to be removed by causing the fluid for removing the ink to flow out or flow in, and removes the ink from the flattening roller without scraping off the ink from the flattening roller. Hence, flattening the layer of the building material more appropriately.
US11040473B2
A method of operating an injection molding machine includes translating a movable platen from a closed position to a part transfer position by overshooting the transfer position in an opening direction away from a stationary platen to an over-travel position, and then translating the moving platen back to the transfer position in a closing direction, opposite the opening direction. Movement of a take-out device towards an advanced position, in which the take-out device reaches between mold halves carried by the stationary and movable platens, occurs while the movable platen is moving between the over-travel and transfer positions, prior to coming to rest in the transfer position. When resting in the transfer position, the method includes transferring molded articles from a first mold section mounted to the movable platen to retained engagement on the take-out device reaching between the platens.
US11040468B2
A method for making a carbon nanotube composite structure is related. A substrate having a first surface is provided. A carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is placed on the first surface, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in direct contact with the first surface. A monomer solution is coated to the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the monomer solution is formed by dispersing a monomer into an organic solvent. The monomer is polymerized, and then the substrate is removed.
US11040455B2
The present invention relates to a robotic system having at least one robotic arm, a control unit for controlling the robotic arm and a robotic arm sensor system, wherein the controller and robotic arm sensor system are designed to respond to predetermined haptic gestures of the user acting on the robotic arm in such a way that the robotic system performs at least one predetermined operation associated with the haptic gesture.
US11040441B2
A robot in a location interacts with a user. The robot includes a camera, an image recognition processor, a microphone and a loudspeaker, a voice assistant, and a wireless transceiver. The robot moves around and creates a model of the location, and recognizes changes. It recognizes objects of interest, beings, and situations. The robot monitors the user and recognizes body language and gesture commands, as well as voice commands. The robot communicates with the user, the TV, and other devices. It may move around to monitor for regular and non-regular situations. It anticipates user commands based on a situation. It determines if a situation is desired, and mitigates the situation if undesired. It can seek immediate help for the user in an emergency. It can capture, record, categorize and document events as they happen. It can categorize and document objects in the location.
US11040438B2
A hammer drive mechanism for a hammer strike mechanism of a hammer drill is provided including: a drive shaft capable of being rotationally driven by a motor, a rod capable of reciprocatingly driving a piston, and a conversion mechanism that converts the rotary movement of the drive shaft into a reciprocating movement of the rod. The drive shaft comprises a first part connected to the conversion mechanism and a second part capable of being rotationally driven by a motor. The second part connects to the first part via at least one dampener such that rotary movement of the second part is transferred to the first part via the at least one dampener.
US11040428B2
A method for the surface treatment of workpieces by means of abrasive media, and a surface treatment composition. The method comprises the steps of providing a treatment tool, providing an abrasive medium, supplying a workpiece having a surface to be treated, surface treating the workpiece, involving removal of material and producing waste products, and processing the waste products, wherein at least one of said steps comprises adding an additive to lower a self-ignition tendency on the part of the waste products, the additive comprising a salt, composed of a carbonate and/or of a halogen anion.
US11040425B2
The invention of a device has four threaded bolts that engage cooperatively threaded apertures in a base. These thread bolts hold the device in a temporary yet stationary position. The device has non-magnetic metal which allows test indicators to display accurate results free from any magnetic fields. The device has a precision bore of a nominal size. The radial value of the nominal size precision bore provides for mathematical calculation of the spindle centerline to work piece distance for measuring. The device has undercuts on both of its sides to aid in removing by hand. These undercuts allow the device to pivot from its stationary position for removal without damaging the planar surface. Alternatively, the device has four magnetic inserts, pocketed upwardly from the bottom surface.
US11040423B2
A wheel rotating transfer device includes a frame, a lifting cylinder, a flange, guide shafts, linear bearings, a bearing sleeve, a pressure bearing, a spacer ring, a radial bearing, a gear shaft, a bearing end cover, a lifting rack, a first linear guide rail, a precision stroke cylinder, a first guide rail sliding seat, a rack, a carrier, arms, brackets, a plurality of second guide rail sliding seats, a plurality of second linear guide rails, bearing blocks, screw nuts, a bidirectional screw, and a clamping cylinder. The wheel rotating transfer device can meet the requirements of rotating feed of wheels, has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient manufacture, stable performance, high positioning precision and the like, and is particularly suitable for automatic batch production.
US11040419B2
An apparatus for connecting collar components to an elongate member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame structure having a central opening that is configured to receive an elongate member and that includes at least a first gripping station and a second gripping station. Each gripping station includes a reference surface and a clamp device that is configured to force a collar component against the reference surface. The first and second gripping stations are configured to control relative spatial location of a first collar component held by the first gripping station relative to a second collar component gripped by the second gripping station, prior to connecting the first and second collar components to the elongate member.
US11040418B2
A welding accessory apparatus can include a welding lens, a manifold, an articulated arm assembly, and a tube. The welding lens can be mounted to the manifold. The manifold can have an intake aperture, an outlet aperture, and an internal cavity. The articulated arm assembly can be interconnected with the manifold and be adjustable whereby a user can position the manifold and the welding lens among different positions and orientations in three dimensions and then retain the manifold and the welding lens in the selected position and orientation. The tube can be interconnected with the manifold and can communicate with the intake aperture and the internal cavity by way of the outlet aperture. At least part of the tube can be moved and held in place with the manifold and the welding lens by the articulated arm assembly.
US11040417B2
The present invention relates generally to welding gas compositions used as shielding gases in an electric arc welding process. More particularly, the invention is directed a shielding gas compositions used in gas metal or tungsten metal arc welding processes for welding aluminum or aluminum alloy containing work pieces. The compositions comprise from 200 to less than 400 ppm oxygen; from 200 to less than 400 ppm of a second gas selected from nitrous oxide, nitrogen, and combinations thereof; and the remainder being an inert gas preferably selected from argon, helium, and mixtures thereof.
US11040416B2
Provided is copper paste for joining including metal particles, and a dispersion medium. The metal particles include sub-micro copper particles having a volume-average particle size of 0.12 μm to 0.8 μm, and flake-shaped micro copper particles having a maximum particle size of 1 μm to 20 μm, and an aspect ratio of 4 or greater, and the amount of the micro copper particles contained, which are included in the metal particles and have a maximum particle size of 1 μm to 20 μm and an aspect ratio of less than 2, is 50% by mass or less on the basis of a total amount of the flake-shaped micro copper particles.
US11040414B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a processing chamber defining a window for receiving a laser beam and an optical module. The optical module is removably-mountable to the processing chamber for delivering the laser beam through the window. The optical module contains optical components for focusing and steering the laser beam and a controlled atmosphere can be maintained within the module.
US11040411B1
A depth gauge tool is provided. The depth gauge tool includes a first side coupled to a second side and at least one depth gauge disposed there between; the at least one depth gauge configured with at least one slot adapted for receiving a hot electrode of a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding torch and an aiding adjustment of a depth of the electrode in relation to a periphery of a gas cup surrounding the electrode.
US11040408B2
In various embodiments, apparatuses for receiving and supporting one or more components during processing thereof at process temperatures greater than approximately 1000° C. feature refractory metal shelves separated by refractory metal support posts.
US11040407B2
A saw blade includes a body and a plurality of cutting teeth formed on the body. The plurality of cutting teeth include a first cutting tooth having a tip adjacent a first end of the first cutting tooth, a rake face defining a rake face line extending from the tip toward the body at a positive rake angle, and a relief face extending from the tip toward a second end of the first cutting tooth. The saw blade also includes a plurality of gullets formed on the body between the plurality of cutting teeth. The plurality of gullets include a first gullet forming an undercut of the first cutting tooth. At least a portion of the undercut is positioned on a side of the rake face line in a direction opposite a cutting direction of the saw blade.
US11040405B2
A method is disclosed for shearing an end section from a rod material by means of a cutting blade that is movable against a stationary blade, transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the rod material, during the shearing operation. The end section to be sheared is brought into contact on its end-face side with a longitudinal stop and is acted on, via the longitudinal stop, with a pressure force in the longitudinal direction of the rod material. The action of pressure force on the end section takes place during the shearing operation with a position-controlled longitudinal position of the longitudinal stop. It is thus possible to manage with a lower pressure force than with conventional force-controlled pressure force action, without the shearing quality of the separation faces at the end section being impaired.
US11040402B2
A surface-coated cutting tool including at least a TiAlCN layer, in which the layer is expressed by a composition formula: (Ti1-XAlX)(CYN1-Y), an average content ratio X of Al and an average content ratio Y of C (here, X and Y are atomic ratios) satisfy 0.60≤X≤0.95 and 0≤Y≤0.005, respectively, an average content ratio Z of Cl in the total amount of atoms configuring the TiAlCN phase (here, Z is an atomic ratio) satisfies 0.0001≤Z≤0.004, plane spacings d(111) and d(200) are respectively calculated from X-ray diffraction spectra of (111) plane and (200) plane of crystal grains having a NaCl type face-centered cubic structure in the TiAlCN layer measured by using an X-ray diffraction device, and an absolute value ΔA=|A(111)−A(200)| defined as A(111)=31/2d(111) and A(200)=2d(200) satisfies 0.007 Å≤ΔA≤0.05.
US11040397B2
A sleeve mold for a method of high-throughput hot isostatic pressing micro-synthesis for combinatorial materials includes a honeycomb-array-sleeve and an upper cover, wherein a plurality of single cells are tightly arranged inside the honeycomb-array-sleeve, an exhaust tube is arranged on the upper cover, after the single cells are filled with powder materials, the upper cover is sealed welding on the honeycomb-array-sleeve, and the honeycomb-array-sleeve and the upper cover are both integrally produced by additive manufacturing. According to the method and the sleeve mold, the powder metallurgy hot isostatic pressing process is utilized to prepare small-size bulk combinatorial materials with multiple discrete components rapidly at one time.
US11040395B2
A metal matrix nanocomposite includes: 1) a matrix including one or more metals; and 2) nanostructures uniformly dispersed and stabilized in the matrix at a volume fraction, including those greater than about 3% of the nanocomposite.
US11040392B2
A casting device includes a mold having a cavity, a supply path that is connected to a gate of the cavity and configured to supply a molten metal to the supply path, and a gas flow path that is connected to the supply path and configured to supply a gas to the supply path. In the casting device, a molten metal is atomized by causing the gas supplied from the gas flow path to collide with the molten metal passing through the supply path, and the atomized molten metal is supplied to the cavity.
US11040390B2
A wheel correction device includes a lower correction system, a support detection system, a synchronous clamping rotation system, upper correction systems, an upper lifting clamping drive system, a lower lifting drive system, etc. The wheel correction device can be used for not only correcting the axial and radial deformation of a wheel but also adjusting the correction way according to the type of radial deformation, and has the characteristics of high automation, powerful function, advanced technology, strong versatility and high safety and stability.
US11040388B2
This roll cutter device is provided with roll units in which a thin plate material is passed between a pair of rolls. Three sets of the roll units are provided in an axial direction of the rolls in such a way that central axes of the rolls lie on one straight line in the axial direction. The configuration is such that a plurality of the roll units including an upper roll and a receiving roll exist in the axial direction.
US11040385B2
A cooling section for flat rolling stock has a working region, through which the flat rolling stock is guided. The working region can be supplied with a liquid coolant by means of a number of spray beams. The liquid coolant is fed from a reservoir for the liquid coolant to the spray beams by means of a pump and a supply system. Valves are arranged upstream of the spray beams in the supply system. Opening positions of the valves are set by a control unit of the cooling section according to a respective sub-flow that is to be applied to the flat rolling stock by means of each spray beam. Also, the delivery rate of the pump and/or a line pressure generated by the pump in the supply system are set by the control unit according to the total flow that is to be applied to the flat rolling stock by means of all the spray beams.
US11040379B2
A debris collection and metrology system for collecting and analyzing debris from a tip used in nanomachining processes, the system including an irradiation source, an irradiation detector, an actuator, and a controller. The irradiation source is operable to direct incident irradiation onto the tip, and the irradiation detector is operable to receive a sample irradiation from the tip, the sample irradiation being generated as a result of the direct incident irradiation being applied onto the tip. The controller is operatively coupled to an actuator system and the irradiation detector, and the controller is operable to receive a first signal based on a first response of the irradiation detector to the sample irradiation, and the controller is operable to effect relative motion between the tip and at least one of the irradiation source and the irradiation detector based on the first signal.
US11040372B2
A light weight component, the light weight component including: a metallic foam core formed into a desired configuration; an external metallic shell applied to an exterior surface of the metallic foam core after it has been formed into the desired configuration; an inlet opening and an outlet opening formed in the external metallic shell in order to provide a fluid path through the metallic foam core; and a thermoplastic material injected into the metallic foam core via the inlet opening.
US11040362B2
An atomizing device including an atomizing nozzle is disclosed. The atomizing nozzle includes a spray head and an atomizing nozzle body. The spray head is arranged in the atomizing nozzle body. A through hole in the spray head and a liquid through hole in the atomizing nozzle body form a liquid channel used for delivering liquid. An airtight air channel used for delivering a spiral air flow formed by air is formed in the surface of the spray head and intersects with the liquid channel at an end, provided with the through hole, of the spray head. An air flow is sprayed out via the air channel outside of the sprayer head to form a spiral vortex, so that a siphon suction force is generated to suck liquid in the liquid channel.
US11040359B2
A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The sprinkler can include at least one arc adjusting gear that moves and arc adjusting tab to contact a shift arm to cause the shifting mechanism to change direction. The arc adjusting gear can engage with the arc tab for adjusting the arc setting and disengage from the arc tab for normal operation.
US11040357B2
A fluid application system includes a fluid supply line connected to a fluid supply, a plurality of nozzle assemblies connected in fluid communication with the fluid supply line, and a return line. Each nozzle assembly includes an inlet connected to the fluid supply line, a nozzle defining a spray outlet, a return line outlet, and an electrically actuated three-way valve fluidly connected between the inlet and each of the spray outlet and the return line outlet. The three-way valve is configured to alternately direct fluid from the inlet to the return line outlet and the spray outlet. The return line is connected in fluid communication with the return line outlet of each nozzle assembly, and is configured to direct fluid from the return line outlet to the fluid supply line.
US11040351B2
Provided in part herein are static-defeating apparatus for use in multipipettor systems. Multiple pipette tips can be retained by a static-defeating sheet of material. A multipipettor, having multiple pipettes or nozzles, can engage the pipette tips retained by the sheet. After use, the multipipettor can eject the pipette tips, which sometimes are ejected as a single unit due to the pipette tips being retained by the sheet. In certain embodiments, an apparatus includes a snap plate having one or more holes, and a base rack for ease of mounting.
US11040344B2
The invention provides a passive fluidics circuit for directing different fluids to a common volume, such as a reaction chamber or flow cell, without intermixing or cross contamination. The direction and rate of flow through junctions, nodes and passages of the fluidics circuit are controlled by the states of upstream valves (e.g. opened or closed), differential fluid pressures at circuit inlets or upstream reservoirs, flow path resistances, and the like. Free diffusion or leakage of fluids from unselected inlets into the common outlet or other inlets at junctions or nodes is prevented by the flow of the selected inlet fluid, a portion of which sweeps by the inlets of unselected fluids and exits the fluidics circuit by waste ports, thereby creating a barrier against undesired intermixing with the outlet flow through leakage or diffusion.
US11040341B2
A method that allows a user to dispense a desired volume of solution from an acoustic dispensing apparatus by allowing the user to select the drop volume to be dispensed. A typical drop volume is in the range of one to twenty-five nanoliters. The method comprises the steps of creating two or more burst curves that give the relationship between liquid level and burst value, using data from the burst curves to create two or more calibration functions, and using data from the calibration functions to create a dispensing data set that is used to set the burst parameter required to dispense the selected drop volume.
US11040338B2
Disclosed are supported platinum-tin (Pt—Sn) based catalysts and methods of their use in selective light alkane dehydrogenation to corresponding alkenes and preparation. The supported catalysts contain a support of blended zeolite, in particular SAPO-34, zinc aluminate compound, and calcium aluminate, impregnated with Pt and Sn metal and a promoter that includes an alkali metal or compound thereof, an alkaline earth metal or compound thereof, or any combination thereof.
US11040335B2
Provided is a method for producing a zinc ferrite catalyst, the method comprising: preparing a zinc precursor solution; preparing a ferrite precursor solution; obtaining a first precipitate by bringing the zinc precursor solution into contact with an alkaline solution; obtaining a second precipitate by adding the ferrite precursor solution to the first precipitate; and drying and firing the second precipitate after filtering the second precipitate.
US11040334B2
Provided is a catalyst for reduction reaction with which 1,4-butanediol or tetrahydrofuran can be obtained with higher selectivity than with the related art, using a raw material derived from biomass. The catalyst is used in a reduction reaction of 3,4-dihydroxytetrahydrofuran with hydrogen, wherein the catalyst contains metal catalysts (1) and (2) below; metal catalyst (1): a catalyst containing M1 and M2 below as metal species and supported on a carrier; and metal catalyst (2): a catalyst containing M1 below as a metal species and supported on a carrier; M1: one or more selected from the group consisting of iron and elements belonging to periods 4 to 6 and groups 5 to 7 of the periodic table; and M2: one or more selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, osmium, and elements belonging to periods 4 to 6 and groups 9 to 11 of the periodic table.
US11040323B2
Colloids comprising inorganic nanocrystals dispersed in a molten salt or a liquid metal are provided. The molten salt may comprise an ion which is a Lewis acid or a Lewis base in the presence of the inorganic nanocrystals. Solid composites formed from the colloids are also provided. Methods of using the colloids as media for inducing chemical transformations using the inorganic nanocrystals are also provided.
US11040319B2
The present invention provides a baffle pipe having a proximal end and a distal end encased in a pipe housing for homeowners to treat their own water sources with sodium hypochlorite. On the proximal end, the baffle pipe is in liquid communication with a cap that includes an inlet and an injection port. The inlet is in liquid communication with a water supply, wherein the injection port infuse the water flowing therethrough with a sodium hypochlorite solution. The distal end of the baffle pipe includes a plurality of angularly spaced pins and projections that position the baffle pipe within the pipe housing. Chlorinated water is ejected through a plurality of perforations along the baffle pipe and forced downstream toward the second end and a bell reducer of the pipe housing, wherein the projections and the bell reducer create a vortex for continuous mixing.
US11040317B2
Described is an apparatus for preparing baby formula using a liquid concentrate solution. The apparatus includes a housing with a cavity for receiving and holding a container liquid concentrate solution. A motor is attached with the housing for forcing liquid concentrate solution from the container and into a mixing chamber. A pump and a water tank are also included. A spray head is attached with the housing. The spray head includes a plurality of spray jets in fluid connection with the pump for receiving water from the water tank and dispensing water from the spray jets into the mixing chamber. Finally, the mixing chamber receives the liquid concentrate solution and water, such that when the water and the liquid concentrate solution are introduced into the mixing chamber, the water and liquid concentrate solution mix into a baby formula and are dispensed from an outlet in the mixing chamber.
US11040316B2
Disclosed are methods for making emulsions and emulsions, that in some embodiments can be considered to be Pickering emulsions.
US11040305B2
An apparatus that functions as an influent multiple passage reactor adaptable to simultaneously carry out a series of functions including effluent contaminant dissociation and molecular oxidation utilizing electrolytic and catalytic reactions is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a concentric outside that may be constructed of an electrically conductive material to serve as a first electrode. A smaller second concentric electrode mounted inside the outside housing may serve as a first cathode, with a third but smaller concentric electrode mounted inside the first cathode serving as a second anode, with yet a fourth but even smaller concentric electrode mounted inside the second anode serving as a second cathode and thereof (with additional anode/cathodes further included as desired). Between each electrode an influent passageway is formed with the series of electrodes and passageways stabilized by two slotted end caps which also serve to seal the apparatus housing. When DC current is supplied from a power source to a corresponding influent containing sodium chloride, reactive oxygen and chloride species are produced.
US11040299B2
A filtration system is disclosed, which comprises a filtration-element within a filtration chamber, and a valving device located exteriorly to the filtration chamber, for reversing the direction of fluid-flow through the filtration-element for backwashing. The valving device thus functions as a common valve for handling both filtration and backwash. The common valve is based on a linearly-movable plug located inside a valve housing which is communicable with the filtration chamber, with a source of fluid to be filtered, and with evacuation port for backwash fluid, through three respective openings in the valve housing, and is characterized by an uninterrupted bend-free flow-channel extending at least from exteriorly to an inlet opening of the valve housing, to the body of the filtration-element whenever the common valve is in a filtration mode of operation.
US11040298B2
Anti-drainback valves, flex tube assemblies that include one or more anti-drainback valves, and fluid filters that include one or more flex tube assemblies and/or anti-drainback valves are disclosed. In embodiments the anti-drainback valves and flex tube assemblies are described in the context of their use in a multi (e.g. dual) pump fluid filter, such as a dual pump transmission fluid filter. Dual pump fluid filters including integral and separable flex tube assemblies are also described.
US11040292B2
A system for obtaining an interaction between a person in charge and a child with a toy including an electronic module, a controller device and a computer application executed by said controller device wherein, by the execution of said computer application, a processor of said controller device performs the operations: reading, from said a storage memory, information corresponding to a profile of said child, said profile including at least one interest of said child; displaying, by means of a display, a list of activities, said list of activities including at least one activity option, said at least one activity option being related to said at least one interest of said child; obtaining, by means of said a user input interface, a selected activity from said list of activities; and communicating information corresponding to instructions related to said selected activity to said wearable electronic module by means of appropriate communicating means.
US11040291B2
A motion picture presentation device with at least one motion picture display device, a multitude of seats for viewers and a movement device are configured with at least five linear drives. With the linear drives, the seats can be collectively moved in at least five degrees of freedom. At least one linear drive is fixed to a swivelling arm. At least two linear drives are immovably fixed at a respective base point, and a base element to which the seats are fixed such that they can be swivelled. The arrangement can be brought out of a first docking position, in which the base element can be docked at an access point, into a presentation position, in which the base element is swivelled by a swivel angle of at least 15° in relation to its first position, by activating the movement device. The base element can be brought from the docking position into the presentation position by swivelling the arm upwards.
US11040287B2
Disclosed are an experience-oriented virtual baseball game apparatus that enables a user to practice baseball or play a baseball game with a virtual player in a virtual baseball image projected on a screen based on the virtual baseball image, configured such that the user experiences a very interesting war of nerves between a pitcher and a batter, for example, the user pitches a ball toward the screen in order to induce a virtual batter in the image to ground out or to fly out through the location of his/her pitch or the virtual batter makes a hit or hits a home run due to a careless pitch of the user, through the baseball game, and a virtual baseball game control method using the same.
US11040282B2
A computer system a plurality of user devices, each in communication with the server via a communication network. Each user device user plays a game and uploads game data. The user devices receive event data from the server and display an indicator of an event based on the event data at a navigable image rendered on the display. The event is associated with a location icon rendered on the display at the user device. The event data defines a game mode object accessible by a user at the location icon, the game mode object, when accessed providing a game mode which provides an interaction with other users at the user devices.
US11040280B2
A game processing method that causes a computer to execute a game program includes displaying, with a touchscreen, a reference operation and a deck that comprises an item, receiving a first input operation to select the deck and second input operations, determining a matching degree between the reference operation and each of the second input operations, outputting, from a processor to a memory, a level of the matching degree based on the determination, counting, with the processor, a number of consecutive times that the level continuously exceeds a predetermined threshold level, calculating, with the processor, a score of the user based on the number, and outputting, from the processor to the memory, the score. When the item comprises a card having a predetermined effect and continuation of exceeding the predetermined threshold level is interrupted, the number is counted as if no interruption has occurred.
US11040278B2
Provided is a server device that makes it possible to suitably distribute both video data and replay data. A center server distributes at least part of server data to a user terminal connected via a network. When the user terminal functions as a game terminal, the server center acquires replay data for reproducing past play from the user terminal so that the replay data functions as the server data and, when the server data includes video data and the user terminal functions as a video display terminal, updates the video data so that game video corresponding to the past play is displayed. The center server determines data to be distributed in accordance with the type of user terminal so that replay data is distributed to the user terminal when functioning as a game terminal and video data is distributed to the user terminal when functioning as a video display terminal.
US11040273B2
An improved system, apparatus and method for flipping gaming objects, such as dice, in a random, reliable manner. An object flipping platform can be contained within a container associated with an electronic gaming machine. The container can be at least partially transparent so that users (e.g., game players) are able to view the objects flipping. The object flipping platform can be used to flip objects (e.g., dice) from one side to an opposite side, and vice versa.
US11040272B2
A gaming method and system are disclosed wherein the number of available bingo patterns that may be used in a class II game are significantly increased. When using a class II gaming engine to determine the results of a class II game play, a bingo card associated with a feature may award credit values and also one or more additional nested bingo cards, to all be played within the resolution of a single feature. This feature nesting increases the number of patterns available, thereby increasing the distribution of prizes in a class II game. By expanding the number of available patterns in this manner, it is possible to improve a player's experience when playing a class II game, and to better replicate the target prize distribution for all features of a class III game on a class II game.
US11040271B1
A device and methods for intermixing playing cards in a card stack used in casino gaming. The device includes a card-edge lifting structure for lifting the edges of adjacent sub-stacks of playing cards and two push surfaces which translate the sub-stacks closer. When the cards from the adjacent sub-stacks slip past the shaft of the card-edge lifting structure, the cards fall and interleave. The cards are “squared up” and repositioned, completing the card intermixing cycle. The card stack goes through a plurality of card intermixing cycles to obtain the necessary card randomness. Because the card falling is only being acted upon by gravity, the device is simple and compact. A number of embodiments that change the card falling characteristics and the randomness of the card stack are described. A card funnel is further described that allows a card stack to be “squared up” prior to the card intermixing process, minimizing the misalignment of the card stack and potential failures in the card intermixing process.
US11040257B2
A golf club includes a head; a shaft; and a grip. The head has a weight Wh of greater than or equal to 195 g. The golf club has a club length Lc of greater than or equal to 45.0 inches. The golf club has a club weight Wc of greater than or equal to 295 g. The golf club has a swing moment of inertia Isw of less than or equal to 5470×103 (g·cm2). The swing moment of inertia Isw (g·cm2) is calculated by the following formula (1): Isw=Wc×(Lg+40)2+Ic (1), where Wc represents the club weight (g), Lg represents a distance (cm) in an axial direction between a butt end of the grip and a center of gravity of the golf club, and Ic represents a moment of inertia (g·cm2) of the golf club about the center of gravity of the golf club.
US11040253B2
Golf ball having CoR of at least 0.810, specific gravity SGB of less than 1.00 g/cc, and initial velocity of at least 250 ft/s and comprising a first layer L1, a second layer L2 surrounding L1, and a third layer L3 surrounding L2. L1 is formed from at least one highly neutralized polymer and has first specific gravity SG1; L2 is formed from at least one partially neutralized polymer and has second specific gravity SG2; and L3 is formed from at least one of a thermoset or thermoplastic composition and has third specific gravity SG3. At least two of SG1, SG2, and SG3 is less than 1.13 g/cc. SG1 may be less than 1.13 g/cc, or less than 1.0 g/cc. The thermoset or thermoplastic composition may comprise polyurethane(s), polyurea(s), polyurethane(s)/polyurea(s) hybrids, and/or ionomers such as at least partially neutralized polymers and/or HNPs.
US11040247B2
Real-time and dynamically generated graphical user interfaces for competitive events and broadcast data are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining, for each of a plurality of individuals, at least one of an absolute performance threshold or a personal performance threshold; receiving a data feed from each of a plurality of workout devices associated with the plurality of individuals over a network, the data feed including at least one of real-time absolute performance data or real-time personal performance data; determining, for each of the individuals, a performance zone based on a comparison of at least one of the real-time absolute performance data and the absolute performance threshold or the real-time personal performance data and the personal performance threshold; generating a graphical user interface that includes a broadcast of a real-time video of an instructor leading a workout; and a real-time leaderboard overlaid on the broadcast.
US11040245B2
A system to analyze vibration data includes circuitry that receives the vibration data, which is generated by a sensor that senses vibration of an object. The circuitry also analyzes the vibration data based on stored predetermined vibration data, and determines a characteristic of the object based on the analysis.
US11040233B2
This device may be used for attaching accommodating resistance devices to a barbell, such as resistance bands or chains. The device is designed to attach to a barbell by sliding it onto the sleeve of a barbell, in the same way that weight plates slide onto the sleeves of the barbell. Once the device is installed on a barbell, the user is able to easily change resistance bands or add/subtract other weights by hanging them from a peg and/or holes in the device. The device may be used for any lift or lifts, but is especially suited to powerlifting movements such as squat, bench press, and deadlift.
US11040232B1
Exercise devices and methods avoid the establishment and transmission of any abrupt impact to a person during the conduct of an exercise routine with an exercise device having an elongate tubular body of flexible material with an internal chamber extending longitudinally between opposite terminal ends of the chamber, and a liquid medium partially filling the chamber so as to be movable between the terminal ends in response to manipulation of the tubular body. The chamber is provided with a reentrant curved contour configuration at each terminal end such that during manipulation of the tubular body while conducting the exercise routine, the liquid medium, upon reaching a terminal end of the chamber, will follow a smooth, uninterrupted return path along the reentrant curved contour configuration, thereby creating an exercise force while avoiding the establishment and transmission of any abrupt impact at a corresponding terminal end. A transparent portion of the tubular body reveals instructive or entertaining images displayed within the tubular body during the conduct of an exercise routine.
US11040226B2
Disclosed is a modular serviceable cartridge assembly for a respirator exhalation unit that is simple in construction and that allows quick-connect of an exhalation valve cartridge in a mask to minimize the need for reconfiguration when changing personal protective equipment, and that allows for easy removal and breakdown for servicing and/or replacement of individual components of the exhalation valve without modifying or replacing other elements of the protective mask. The assembly may be convertible from a negative pressure valve assembly to a positive pressure valve assembly, and vice versa, and a grill may be provided on an outlet side of the cartridge assembly, the rotation of which converts the assembly from a negative pressure valve to a positive pressure valve.
US11040221B2
Systems and methods are provided for registering images. The systems and methods perform operations comprising: receiving, at a first time point during a given radiation session, a first imaging slice comprising an object, the first imaging slice corresponding to a first plane; accessing, at the first time point during the given radiation session, a composite imaging slice corresponding to the first plane, the composite imaging slice being generated using a plurality of imaging slices obtained prior to the first time point; spatially registering the first imaging slice and the composite imaging slice; determining movement of the object using the spatially registered first imaging slice and the composite imaging slice; and generating an updated therapy protocol to control delivery of a therapy beam based on the determined movement.
US11040216B2
An optrode arrangement for delivering optical stimulation to target tissue in a patient, the optrode arrangement comprising an implantable optrode comprising at least one electrically powered light emitter and an electrical circuit and control lines for controlling the light emitter, whereby an associated controller has two modes of operation: a stimulation mode in which it is configured to control the light emitter to deliver optical stimulation to the target tissue and a diagnostic mode in which it is configured to determine a condition of the light emitter and/or the optrode.
US11040210B2
An implantable medical device including a can, a feedthrough and an antenna assembly. The can includes a lead connector assembly, electronics, and a metal wall defining a hermetic sealed compartment. The electronics and lead connector assembly are located in the hermetic sealed compartment. The feedthrough extends through the metal wall between the hermetic sealed compartment and exterior the metal wall. The antenna assembly includes an antenna extending along the metal wall in a spaced-apart manner from the metal wall and encased in a dielectric material. The dielectric material occupies a space between the antenna and the metal wall. The antenna is electrically connected to the electronics via an RF conductor of the feedthrough.
US11040209B2
A design for an implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed in which a charging coil and a short-range RF antenna in the IMD's header are physically integrated, and in which the short-range RF antenna includes intentional coupling to the charging coil. A pick-up is capacitively coupled to the charging coil in the header, such as by wrapping the pick-up at least partially around the turns of the charging coil. The charging coil is used to receive power via a magnetic inductive link at a first (preferably lower) frequency, while the combined charging coil and pick-up—together acting as the short-range RF antenna—receive and transmit short-range RF data (e.g., Bluetooth) via a short-range RF data link at a second (preferably higher) frequency. Resonance of the charging coil and short-range RF antenna can be independently tuned, and circuitry can prevent interference between them.
US11040205B2
In some examples, a processor of a system evaluates a therapy program based on a score determined based on a volume of tissue expected to be activated (“VTA”) by therapy delivery according to the therapy program. The score may be determined using a three-dimensional (3D) grid comprising a plurality of voxels that are each assigned a value. The processor may register the VTA with the 3D grid and determine the score for the therapy program based on the values assigned to voxels with which the VTA overlaps. One or more therapy programs for electrical stimulation therapy (e.g., deep brain stimulation) may be selected based on the scores determined based on the 3D grid.
US11040204B2
An example of a system for modulating neuroinflammation at a tissue site in a patient includes a neuromodulation output circuit, a memory, and a control circuit. The neuromodulation output circuit may be configured to deliver the neuromodulation. The memory may be configured to store a neuromodulation parameter set selected to modulate neural activity at the tissue site and a sensed biomarker parameter. The biomarker parameter may include a measure of a biomarker or a measure of a derivative of the biomarker. The biomarker may be indicative of the neuroinflammation at the tissue site. The control circuit may be configured to control the delivery of the neuromodulation using the neuromodulation parameter set and adjust one or more parameters of the neuromodulation parameter set using the biomarker parameter.
US11040198B1
The present invention relates to methods for remotely tuning treatment parameters in movement disorder therapy systems where the subject and clinician are located remotely from each other. The present invention still further provides methods of quantifying movement disorders for the treatment of patients who exhibit symptoms of such movement disorders including, but not limited to, Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonism, Dystonia, Chorea, and Huntington's disease, Ataxia, Tremor and Essential Tremor, Tourette syndrome, stroke, and the like. The present invention yet further relates to methods of remotely tuning a therapy device using objective quantified movement disorder symptom data to determine the therapy setting or parameters to be transmitted and provided to the subject via his or her therapy device. The present invention also provides treatment and tuning remotely, allowing for home monitoring of subjects.
US11040183B2
A receptacle, which may be suitable for use as a portion of a transdermal drug delivery apparatus, may include a housing for being fastened to the user, a force provider that is elastic, at least one deformable component, and a microneedle assembly movably mounted to the housing for moving inwardly and outwardly relative to the housing. The force provider may be positioned between the housing and the microneedle assembly for forcing the microneedle assembly outwardly relative to the housing and against the skin of the user. The at least one deformable component may be connected between the microneedle assembly and the housing for both allowing relative movement between the microneedle assembly and the housing, and at least partially restricting the microneedle assembly from falling away from the housing. An arresting member may be positioned between the housing and the microneedle assembly for restricting any movement of at least tips of microneedles of the microneedle assembly into an interior of the housing.
US11040178B2
A serration balloon can have a number of different components and can be made in a number of different manners. One or more longitudinally extending members with periodic raised wedges can be attached to a medical balloon. They can be attached with a fiber coating, a polymer coating, or other methods. A polymer matrix can be used to bond the longitudinally extending member to the surface of the balloon. The fiber coating can be, for example, a thread or mesh that secures the longitudinally extending member to the balloon. The medical balloon can be an angioplasty balloon, such as an off-the-shelf angioplasty balloon.
