US11048842B2
The present invention is related to a method for determination of unit operations of a chemical plant for acid gas removal, the method carried out by a computer or a distributed computer system and the method comprising the steps of: providing a first set of parameters for the unit operations; providing a second set of parameters for the unit operations based on the provided first set of parameters and based on data retrieved from a database; determining a digital model of the chemical plant based on the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters, wherein the digital model comprises a system of equations defining the unit operations of the chemical plant; selecting starting points for an equation-based solution method of the system of equations, wherein the starting points are at least partially selected from the: (i) the first set of parameters; (ii) the second set of parameters; and (iii) the data retrieved from the database; determining resultant settings for the unit operations of the chemical plant using the equation-based solution method for the system of equations initialized by the selected starting points.
US11048833B2
A method of calibrating stiffness of support structures of an assembly including a main structure and support structures includes modeling the assembly using finite elements, with a theoretical stiffness of the support structures, in moderate support load conditions, calculating calculated reaction forces for each support structure and measuring corresponding measured reaction forces. The stiffness of each support structure is calibrated by determining a calculated stiffness of each support structure based on comparison between the calculated reaction forces and the measured reaction forces. The modeling and simple measurements during an operational phase, in which the support loads are moderate, thus enable the calibration of the stiffness of the support structures. An associated method of modeling the assembly and a corresponding computer program are also disclosed.
US11048832B2
Systems and techniques for simulated vehicle modeling with real vehicle profiles are described herein. In an example, a simulated vehicle modeling system is adapted to obtain a vehicle performance fingerprint, such as from a vehicle performance fingerprint that includes vehicle performance data collected from a unique vehicle while experiencing real world driving conditions. The simulated vehicle modeling system may be further adapted to present, in a driving simulator, a simulated driving experience with a simulated vehicle, such as for a simulated vehicle that is constructed based on the vehicle performance fingerprint. The simulated vehicle modeling system may be further adapted to update a set of driving directives for an autonomous vehicle based on the simulated driving experience and upload the set of driving directive to an autonomous vehicle.
US11048827B2
A protection system for portable electronic devices may include a first impact absorbing panel, a second impact absorbing panel, and multiple spacers adapted to hold the panels apart to accommodate the thickness of a portable electronic device inserted between the panels. The system may include a first rigid shell having multiple attachment slots around its periphery, a first impact absorbing material on the inner side of the first shell, a second rigid shell having multiple attachment slots around its periphery, a second impact absorbing material on the inner side of the second shell, multiple spacers adapted to attach to the shells at the attachment slots, wherein the spacers hold the panels apart with their inner sides facing each other, thereby forming a protected space for the portable electronic devices between the shells and spacers.
US11048818B1
A financial institution computing system associated with a financial institution includes a network interface configured to communicate data over a network, and a processing circuit comprising a memory and a processor. The memory has instructions stored thereon that cause the processor to receive, by the network interface, a content request from a user computing device associated with a user, the content request requesting content from a network destination, determine if the network destination is associated with a trusted entity, determine that the requested content prompts the user to input sensitive information, and transmit, by the network interface substitution content to the user computing device responsive to determining that the network destination is illegitimate and to determining that the requested content includes at least one field into which the user may input sensitive information, the substitution content including at least one prompt requesting the user to input sensitive information.
US11048814B2
A method of sharing data in a multi-tenant database includes generating a share object in a first account comprising a share role. The method includes associating one or more access rights with the share role, wherein the one or more access rights indicate which objects in the first account are accessible based on the share object. The method includes granting, to a second account, cross-account access rights to the share role or share object in the first account. The method includes receiving a request from the second account to access data or services of the first account. The method further includes providing a response to the second account based on the data or services of the first account.
US11048810B2
An electronic device includes a user interface device and a wireless transceiver that scans for a wearable device within a threshold distance of the electronic device. The wearable device has an access key. A memory of the electronic device contains: (i) an access data structure; (ii) protected content; and (iii) an access application. A controller of the electronic device is communicatively coupled to the user interface device, the wireless receiver, and the memory. The controller executes the access application to enable the electronic device to determine whether the access key of a detected wearable device maps to a record in the access data structure identifying privileges associated with the protected content of the electronic device. Privileged interaction is enabled, via the user interface device, with the protected content in response to determining that the access key maps to the record having the privileges.
US11048800B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to: receive a request to configure a secure execution environment for a first workload; configure a first set of secure execution enclaves for execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure execution enclaves is configured on a first set of processing resources, wherein the first set of processing resources comprises one or more central processing units and one or more accelerators; configure a first set of secure datapaths for communication among the first set of secure execution enclaves during execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure datapaths is configured over a first set of interconnect resources; configure the secure execution environment for the first workload, wherein the secure execution environment comprises the first set of secure execution enclaves and the first set of secure datapaths.
US11048791B2
An example print supply includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The non-transitory computer-readable medium includes data. The data includes an indication of a schema for the data. The data also includes an indication of an identifier. The data includes an indication of a digital signature. The digital signature is usable to authenticate a type of the data, the schema, and the identifier. The print supply also includes a communication interface. The communication interface is to output the data from the non-transitory computer-readable medium.
US11048788B2
Authentication tokens, systems, and methods are described. An illustrative method is disclosed to include receiving an electronic file including a digital image, receiving biometric information that is associated with a person, modifying the electronic file with the biometric information such that one or more pixels in the digital image are replaced with the biometric information, and storing the modified electronic file as a digital authentication token to be used in connection with authorized publications of original digital work.
US11048787B2
A system and methods for authenticating an electronic signature using a biometric fingerprint includes registering a subscriber to the service. The subscriber asks document signers enter their fingerprint(s) by a fingerprint reader. The fingerprint data is applied to a fingerprint matcher which generates a gallery pair table of fingerprint minutiae for each signer. A secret user ID or operation number is generated. A sharing module splits the fingerprint information into N shares and generates a threshold number S. The secret is applied to the sharing module and N shares of the secret are generated. The N shares of fingerprint data are each combined with one share the secret to form N combined shares. The N combined shares are each stored in different cloud storage locations. Retrieval of the secret to authenticate the signers requires S signers to enter their fingerprints and S combined shares to be downloaded from the clouds.
US11048786B2
We present several unique techniques for using touch sensor arrays to detect fingerprint information and authenticate a user.
US11048785B2
A processor-implemented method of performing authentication includes obtaining a first biometric information of a user according to a first modality; calculating a first score based on the first biometric information; filtering the first score; determining whether the filtered first score satisfies a second condition; and selectively, based on a result of the determining, authenticating the user based on the first score and a first condition corresponding to the first modality. The second condition is different from the first condition.
US11048782B2
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a non-personal information handling device, user characteristic data associated with a user; determining, using a processor and based on the user characteristic data, an identity of the user; and providing, based on the determining, a user identification notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11048771B1
The present teaching relates to providing content to a user. Information related to a user is obtained. One or more channels are determined for the user from a plurality of channels based on the information, wherein each of the plurality of channels includes one or more online content items. A personal interest space is established associated with the user based on the information related to the user and the one or more channels. Content is provided in the one or more channels to the user based on information related to the personal interest space.
US11048766B1
A database search method combines SQL command, complex event processing, and keyword search. Event data records may be collected based on the events specified in a query. A complex event processing analysis is used to determine the records that meet the correct sequence of events. The keyword search is used to filter user data records that have the attributes specified in the query. A SQL command may be used to further analyze or group the data records found. One or more metrics of the filtered results are presented as the result of the query. To run a new query efficiently, user identifiers are distributed using hashes. Adaptive sampling is used to determine whether the search result is within a desired margin of error. An efficient search for a specific condition is performed using a pace computation that jumps into a location of user data records that have the attributes.
US11048763B2
Techniques for searching a character string involve: determining a first set of documents including a first token in the character string, and a second set of documents including a second token in the character string; and generating a third set of documents based on the first and second sets of documents, in the third set of documents: i) a document being included in the first and second sets of documents, and ii) a distance between the first and second tokens in the document being equal to a distance between the first and second tokens in the character string.
US11048760B1
Techniques are disclosed for placing content in and applying layers to an extended reality environment. An extended reality (XR) system determines an identifier that is associated with an object viewable within an extended reality environment. The XR system determines a plurality of data structures associated with the identifier, each data structure including a workspace and a dashboard. The XR system generates, using the plurality of data structures, a plurality of extended reality objects for display in the extended reality environment, each extended reality object including a dashboard from the plurality of data structures, where, in the extended reality environment, a first dashboard is visible. The XR system receives an input associated with the extended reality environment. The XR system causes, in response to the input, the second dashboard to be visible.
US11048756B2
A method includes obtaining a dataset comprising a plurality of records to be inserted into a database, and converting the dataset into a hierarchical value list, the hierarchical value list comprising a hierarchy with one or more levels. The method also includes generating a plurality of record arrays for the plurality of records to be inserted into the database, a given record array comprising a set of values for a given record at one or more index positions each corresponding to one of the one or more levels of the hierarchy. The method further includes building an index array comprising values for a given one of the index positions of the plurality of record arrays corresponding to a given one of the one or more levels of the hierarchy, and inserting the index array comprising the values for the given level of the hierarchy into the database.
US11048752B2
Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings may be used as the basis for multiple applications, such as ranking of search results for time-based media, automatic recommendations for time-based media, prediction of audience interest for media purchasing/planning, and estimating social interest in the time-based media. Social interest in time-based media (e.g., video and audio streams and recordings) segments is estimated through a process of data ingestion and integration. The estimation process determines social interest in specific events represented as segments in time-based media, such as particular plays in a sporting event, scenes in a television show, or advertisements in an advertising block. The resulting estimates of social interest also can be graphically displayed.
US11048747B2
A system and method for estimating the popularity of song by calculating the (absolute and/or contrastive) harmonic surprise of each song in a corpus of music data, determining the popularity of each song in the corpus (e.g., based on a music chart, downloads, online streams), determining correlations between harmonic surprise and popularity, and estimating the popularity of an individual song based on the (absolute and/or contrastive) harmonic surprise of the individual song and the correlations between harmonic surprise and popularity.
US11048745B2
A method, computer system, and computer program product for determining qualities of user favorable photographs are provided. The embodiment may include receiving a plurality of photographs from an electronic device. The embodiment may also include parsing each photograph. The embodiment may further include calculating a favorability value of each photograph. The embodiment may also include determining whether the favorability value of each photograph exceeds a favorability threshold value. The embodiment may further include organizing the received photographs into one or more clusters based on features of each photograph. The embodiment may also include generating a classification model for each cluster.
US11048742B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing electronic content, such as text, videos, and images. According to certain embodiments, user interactions with electronic content may be tracked over a plurality of modalities, such as web pages, email, mobile applications, and social media. The tracked user interactions may include copy/paste events, explicit user highlighting, social sharing, and user voting. Key passages of electronic content may be identified based on the tracked user interactions and ranked against one another. Ranking of passages may be based, for example, on a raw or normalized score for the identified key passages. Alternatively, the ranking of a passage may be based on a ratio of user interactions with the passage to total views of the electronic text containing the passage. One or more of the identified key passages (e.g., the highest ranked passages) may be published to one or more applications.
US11048730B2
Discloses are a data clustering apparatus and method based on a range query using a CF tree. The data clustering apparatus includes a CF tree construction unit configured to construct a CF tree, including a leaf node configured with a micro cluster (MC) and an index node configured with a sub-cluster (SC), based on a plurality of data included in a data set, a micro cluster segment (MCS) generation unit configured to generate an MCS based on a distance between the MCs while sequentially searching the leaf node to a right, and a cluster set generation unit configured to generate a cluster set by performing a range query on the MCS.
US11048721B2
A method, apparatus, and system for join operations of a plurality of relations that are distributed over a plurality of storage locations over a network of computing components.
US11048720B2
The disclosed technology relates to a system configured to detect a modification to a node in a tree data structure. The node is associated with a content item managed by a content management service as well as a filename. The system may append the filename and a separator to a filename array, determine a location of the filename in the filename array, and store the location of the filename in the node.
US11048718B2
Embodiments for feature engineering by one or more processors are described. A plurality of transformations are applied to a set of features in each of a plurality of datasets. An output of each of the plurality of transformations is a score. For each of the sets of features, selecting those of the plurality of transformations for which said score is above a predetermined threshold. A signal representative of said selection is generated.
US11048714B2
A method generates a graphical representation of a data source. The method generates and displays a graphical user interface on a computer display. The graphical user interface includes a schema information region and a data visualization region. The schema information region includes: (i) multiple field names, each field name associated with a data field, and (ii) one or more relationship names, each relationship name associated with a relation between rows of the data source. The data visualization region includes a connector shelf. The method detects user input to associate a field name or relationship name from the schema information region with the connector shelf. The method then generates and displays, in the data visualization region, a visual graphic including visual marks corresponding to rows from the data source and connectors between the visual marks according to field names and relationship names associated with the connector shelf.
US11048711B1
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to retrieving a structured description; using a model trained on a plurality of structured descriptions to generate a numeric representation of the retrieved description; searching the retrieved description for a plurality of keywords in a keyword list to generate one or more values corresponding to a presence of the plurality of searched keywords; combining the numeric representation of the structured description with the generated one or more values to create a combination; using the combination to compute a most likely classification of the description from a plurality of classifications; and returning the most likely classification.
US11048705B2
Techniques for query intent clustering for automated sourcing are described. In an example embodiment, disclosed is a system comprising a processor, a storage device, and a memory device holding an instruction set executable on the processor to cause the system to perform operations. The system obtains one or more recent hire member profiles used as a basis for a search on member profiles in a social networking service. Additionally, the system extracts one or more attributes from the one or more recent hire member profiles and stores the attributes on the storage device. Moreover, the system identifies skills clusters based on the extracted attributes retrieved from the storage device. Furthermore, the system generates a search query based on the identified skills clusters. Then, a search can be performed on member profiles in the social networking service using the generated search query, returning one or more result member profiles as candidates.
US11048681B2
This application relates to features for a mobile device that allow the mobile device to assign utility values to applications and thereafter suggest applications for a user to execute. The suggested application can be derived from a list of applications that have been assigned a utility by software in the mobile device. The utility assignment of the individual applications from the list of applications can be performed based on the occurrence of an event, an environmental change, or a period of frequent application usage. A feedback mechanism is provided in some embodiments for more accurately assigning a utility to particular applications. The feedback mechanism can track what a user does during a period of suggestion for certain applications and thereafter modify the utility of applications based on what applications a user selects during the period of suggestion.
US11048680B2
The present application discloses a Hive table scanning method, device, computer apparatus and storage medium, wherein the method includes: acquiring an update cycle of a Hive table; determining an update cycle level corresponding to the update cycle; determining a target scanning rule corresponding to the update cycle according to a preset correspondence table between the update cycle level and a preset scanning rule; and performing scan statistics to the Hive table according to the target scanning rule.
US11048679B2
Techniques herein map between key spaces to generate a balanced adaptive resolution histogram for dataset partitioning. In embodiments, a computer (C) creates a mapping that associates sparse keys (SKs) with distinct dense keys. C constructs a trie by processing each item of a dataset as follows. Based on the item, C obtains an SK. C navigates from a root NT (node of the trie) to a particular NT based on a sequence of dense digits (SDD). Each dense digit of the SDD is based on the mapping. Each NT identifies a dense prefix comprising dense digits. C assigns the item to a target node based on a threshold and count of items assigned to a subtree rooted at the particular node. C determines a range of SKs for each partition of the dataset, based on: an item count for a node or subtree, dense prefixes of NTs, and the mapping.
US11048667B1
A method for improving asynchronous data replication between a primary storage system and a secondary storage system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes monitoring, in a cache of the primary storage system, unmirrored data elements needing to be mirrored, but that have not yet been mirrored, from the primary storage system to the secondary storage system. The method maintains an LRU list designating an order in which data elements are demoted from the cache. The method determines whether a data element at an LRU end of the LRU list is an unmirrored data element. In the event the data element at the LRU end of the LRU list is an unmirrored data element, the method moves the data element to an MRU end of the LRU list. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11048649B2
A memory device such as a page mode NAND flash including a page buffer, and an input/output interface for I/O data units having an I/O width less than the page width supports continuous page read with non-sequential addresses. A controller controls a continuous page read operation to output a stream of pages at the I/O interface. The continuous read operation includes responding to a series of commands to output a continuous stream of pages. The series of commands including a first command and a plurality of intra-stream commands received before completing output of a preceding page in the stream. The first command includes an address to initiate the continuous page read operation, and at least one intra-stream command in the plurality of intra-stream commands includes a non-sequential address to provide the non-sequential page in the stream of pages.
US11048643B1
This disclosure provides techniques hierarchical address virtualization within a memory controller and configurable block device allocation. By performing address translation only at select hierarchical levels, a memory controller can be designed to have predictable I/O latency, with brief or otherwise negligible logical-to-physical address translation time. In one embodiment, address transition may be implemented entirely with logical gates and look-up tables of a memory controller integrated circuit, without requiring processor cycles. The disclosed virtualization scheme also provides for flexibility in customizing the configuration of virtual storage devices, to present nearly any desired configuration to a host or client.
US11048638B1
A host system may be cache-slot aware such that the host system can distribute IOs to processing nodes on a storage system according to cache slot boundaries. A multi-path driver of the host system may determine the cache slot size from one or more communications exchanged with the storage system. The multi-path driver may transition between processing nodes according to slot cache slot boundaries. For IO operations having data portions smaller than the cache slot size, the MP driver may direct multiple IO operations to a same processing node until the collective size of data portions fills a cache slot. For IO operations having a data portion larger than the cache slot, the MP driver may divide the IO operation into sequential IO operations having data portions of a same size as a cache slot, and may transition between processing nodes for each IO operation or a multiple thereof.
US11048636B2
A cache system, having: a first cache set; a second cache set; and a logic circuit coupled to a processor to control the caches based on at least respective first and second registers. When a connection to an address bus receives a memory address from the processor, the logic circuit is configured to: generate a set index from at least the address; and determine whether the generated set index matches with a content stored in the first register or with a content stored in the second register. And, the logic circuit is configured to implement a command via the first cache set in response to the generated set index matching with the content stored in the first register and via the second cache set in response to the generated set index matching with the content stored in the second register.
US11048634B2
Techniques are described in which a system having multiple processing units processes a series of work units in a processing pipeline, where some or all of the work units access or manipulate data stored in non-coherent memory. In one example, this disclosure describes a method that includes identifying, prior to completing processing of a first work unit with a processing unit of a processor having multiple processing units, a second work unit that is expected to be processed by the processing unit after the first work unit. The method also includes processing the first work unit, and prefetching, from non-coherent memory, data associated with the second work unit into a second cache segment of the buffer cache, wherein prefetching the data associated with the second work unit occurs concurrently with at least a portion of the processing of the first work unit by the processing unit.
US11048630B2
A symmetrical multi-processing (SMP) node, a distributed SMP (DSMP) system comprising a plurality of SMP nodes, and a method implemented in the SMP node are disclosed. The SMP node comprises: a plurality of processors, a memory coupled to the plurality of processors, and a memory coherent proxy coupled to the plurality of processors through a coherent accelerator interface. The memory coherent proxy is configured to manage statuses of cache lines in the memory.
US11048623B2
A memory controller including: a memory configured to store first and second mapping tables; and a hashing module configured to receive a command including a first key from a host and retrieve a first physical address corresponding to the first key by using the first and second mapping tables, wherein the first mapping table is configured to store first region information about a first region corresponding to a partial region of the first key, the first region including at least one segment, and the second mapping table is configured to store a plurality of segments, wherein each segment includes a plurality of hash entries, the plurality of segments are grouped into a plurality of regions, and each of the plurality of hash entries stores a tag corresponding to a key and a physical address corresponding to the key,
US11048622B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a NAND flash memory that has a first area, a second area, and a third area, and a controller that controls data transfer between a host device and the memory system. The controller writes data transmitted from the host device to the first area by a first method of storing 1-bit data per memory cell, and at a first timing, reads at least a part of data stored in the first area to generate one unit data, compresses the unit data, and writes the compressed unit data to the second area. At a second timing, the controller decompresses the read compressed unit data from the second area, and writes the decompressed unit data to the third area by a second method of storing a plurality of bits of data per memory cell.
US11048620B2
Aspects capture test coverage in a distributed system, wherein a processor instigates execution of a unique hypertext transfer request protocol test case within a distributed system of different, networked servers. The header of the unique test case includes a unique name for the unique test case, and the distributed system servers are each configured to, in response to processing a test case, generate a time-stamped log entry that includes header data for the processed test case and a uniform resource locator address of the processing server. The processor thus maps the unique test case to a subset of the distributed system servers as endpoint servers of the unique test case, in response to determining that the uniform resource locator addresses of each of the subset endpoint servers are listed within generated log entries of the endpoint servers in association with the unique test case name.
US11048618B2
Examples of techniques for environment modification for software application testing are described herein. An aspect includes, based on starting testing of an application under test using a test case in a testing environment and determining that modification of the testing environment is enabled, modifying the testing environment. Another aspect includes running the testing of the application under test using the test case in the modified testing environment. Another aspect includes, based on detection of an error during the testing of the application under test, determining whether the error was caused by the modified testing environment. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the error was caused by the modified testing environment, suppressing the error and continuing the testing of the application under test in the modified testing environment. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the error was not caused by the modified testing environment, percolating the error.
US11048608B2
The current document is directed to systems, and methods incorporated within the systems, that carry out probability-distribution-based analysis of log-file entries. A monitoring subsystem within a distributed computer system uses probability-distribution-based analysis of log-file entries to detect changes in the state of the distributed computer system. A log-file-analysis subsystem within a distributed computer system uses probability-distribution-based analysis of log-file entries to identify subsets of log-file entries that predict anomalies and impending problems in the distributed computer system. In many implementations, a numerical comparison of probability distributions of log-file-entry types is used to detect state changes in the distributed computer system.
US11048606B2
Systems and methods for computing and evaluating internet of things (IoT) readiness of a product. The traditional systems and methods provide for the IoT maturity check methodologies but they are based more upon cultural view point rather than on an accurate quantified assessment. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for computing and evaluating the IoT readiness of the product by providing for a set of information on a plurality of IoT compatible products and target IoT integration platform and infrastructure for configuring and connecting the plurality IoT compatible products, computing and assigning a set of scores to the plurality IoT compatible products using a scoring engine module, computing revenue potential and one or more optimal methods of integrating and deploying the plurality of IoT compatible products on a comparison of the set of assigned scores, the performance potential and the potential revenue value of the plurality of IoT compatible products.
US11048601B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for reading or writing disk data. The disk includes a primary metadata block storing metadata, a backup metadata block for backing up metadata, and at least one object block group. Each object block group includes a data block storing object data, and an index block storing an index of the object data. The primary metadata block is located at a head of the disk; and the backup metadata block is located at a tail of the disk. The at least one object block group is located between the primary metadata block and the backup metadata block. In reading or writing object data, the index in the index block, the metadata in the primary metadata block and the metadata backed up in the backup metadata block can be separately operated. By applying the embodiments of the present disclosure, the life and security of the disk are increased.
US11048598B2
A disaster recovery data store may contain an operator-defined parallel account failover value. A disaster recovery service platform may establish a primary region as an active region and determine that a potential disaster has occurred in connection with the primary region. A warm-up process may be initiated causing a pool of virtual machines to begin execution at a secondary region. The platform may then determine that an actual disaster has occurred in connection with the primary region and simultaneously execute disaster recovery failover procedures from the primary region to the secondary region for multiple accounts in parallel based on the operator-defined parallel account failover value. Before all failover procedures are complete, the platform may transmit at least one intermediate failover report. After all failover procedures are complete, the platform may transmit a final failover report and establish the secondary region as the active region using the pool of virtual machines.
US11048597B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a controller detecting a trigger to configure a memory. The memory includes a plurality of dice, including two or more spare dice. The controller accesses each die via one of a plurality of channels. The controller accesses a first spare die via a first channel and the second spare die via a second channel. In response to detecting the trigger, the controller maps a plurality of logical units to the plurality of dice, excluding the two spare dice. The mapping includes mapping each logical unit of the plurality of logical units across multiple dice of the plurality of dice, such that a first half of the plurality of logical units reside on dice accessible via channels other than the first channel and a second half of the plurality of logical units reside on dice accessible via channels other than the second channel.
US11048585B2
A memory controller includes: a read operation controller for controlling the plurality of memory devices to perform read operation on a plurality of pages included in one stripe; an over-sampling read voltage determiner for determining over-sampling read voltages, based on soft read data of a selected page among at least two pages, when read operations on the at least two pages among the plurality of pages fail; an error bit recovery for recovering error estimation bits included in read data of the selected page, based on an over-sampling read data of the selected page, which is acquired using the over-sampling read voltages; and an error corrector for performing error correction decoding on conversion data obtained by recovering the error estimation bits included in the read data of the selected page. The plurality of pages included in one stripe is included in different memory devices among the plurality of memory devices.
US11048582B2
A method for programming a non-volatile memory in a programming operation is provided. The non-volatile memory has a number of cells and each of part of the cells store data having at least 2 bits at least corresponding to a first page and a second page. The method includes the following steps. At least one programming pulse is provided. At least one first program-verify pulse is provided. A program-fail-reference signal is enabled. At least one second program-verify pulse is provided after enabling the program-fail-reference signal.
US11048575B2
For error handling of data communications between first and second tasks in a data transmission interval, where first time intervals and second time intervals are predefined for the first and second tasks, respectively, the data transmission interval is omitted in one of the second time intervals when (1) execution of the first task immediately prior to the current second time interval, which began in a first time interval, during an immediately preceding second interval, continues past an end point of that first time interval, and an execution of the second task of the current second interval has begun, or (2) execution of the second task, which began in an immediately preceding one of the second intervals, continued past an end point of the preceding second interval and an execution of the first task the current second interval has already begun.
US11048562B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to efficiently handling execution of multiple threads to perform various actions. In some embodiments, an application instantiates a queue and a synchronization primitive. The queue maintains a set of work items to be operated on by a thread pool maintained by a kernel. The synchronization primitive controls access to the queue by a plurality of threads including threads of the thread pool. In such an embodiment, a first thread of the application enqueues a work item in the queue and issues a system call to the kernel to request that the kernel dispatch a thread of the thread pool to operate on the first work item. In various embodiments, the dispatched thread is executable to acquire the synchronization primitive, dequeue the work item, and operate on it.
US11048557B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are included for generating information about latency ratings corresponding to a memory pool and a CPU pool. An example method includes for each CPU of the CPU pool, estimating a first latency rating for said each CPU towards the memory pool, and for each memory unit of the memory pool, estimating a second latency rating for said each memory unit towards the CPU pool. The CPUs are organized into a first plurality of groups of CPUs based on the estimated first latency rating, where each CPU of each group of the first plurality of groups has a first common latency rating towards the memory pool. The memory units are organized into a second plurality of groups of memory units based on the estimated second latency rating, where each memory unit of each group of the second plurality of groups has a second common latency rating towards the CPU pool.
US11048554B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for handling requests to create multiple volumes with an expected usage correlation on a block storage service. Rather than handling each request to create a volume independently, embodiments described herein can handle the request in bulk. In one embodiment, the service allows for oversubscription of use on hosts, as well as parallelization of placement decisions, by distributing requests among a set of parallelized placement engines. Each engine can distribute its subset of volumes at least partly randomly among a candidate set of volumes, with the size of the candidate set selected based on a total number of volumes. This distribution mechanism can ensure distribution of volumes without requiring centralized placement of the volumes.
US11048547B2
A distributed software system and a method for routing transactions for execution are disclosed. The distributed software system has a database sub-system partitioned into shards and a transaction routing sub-system for ordering transactions. The transaction routing sub-system has a plurality of coordinator ports and a plurality of mediator ports. The coordinator ports receive transactions to be executed by the shards and generate local per-shard orders for the received transactions. The local per-shard orders are received by the plurality of mediator ports which are pre-assigned with respective shards. The mediator ports generate centralized per-shard orders of execution based on the received per-shard orders. A given centralized per-shard order of execution is an order of execution of transactions received by a given mediator port and that are destined to be executed by a given shard that is pre-assigned to the given mediator port.
US11048546B1
There are provided an information processing system that operates virtual machines and storage controllers on a processor, and an information processing method executed by the information processing system. A storage controller group capable of taking over processing between the storage controllers arranged in different nodes is provided. The virtual machine is movable between the different nodes by deploy. The virtual machine and the storage controller that processes data input and output by the virtual machine are arranged in the same node. A combination of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node is defined by a restriction. A management unit arranges one of the virtual machines that cannot be arranged in the same node in the node in which the storage controller included in the storage controller group to which the storage controller used by the other virtual machine belongs is not arranged.
US11048532B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for dynamic user interface type selection. Example methods include receiving a request for content from a first device, determining first data representing a first device input type at the first device, determining an intended viewing distance value associated with the first device input type, and determining, using the intended viewing distance value, a first value for the first device, the first value representing a baseline density-independent number of pixels. Methods may include determining first content using the first value, and sending the first content to the first device, wherein the first content is to be rendered at the first device.
US11048529B2
A method for user-based application grouping in a table-top multi-user environment where a plurality of users execute applications individually comprises collecting geometric information of each window of a plurality of applications displayed on a table-top display—each window of the plurality of applications has different geometric information according to the position at which each user uses the table-top display; and processing geometric information of each window of the plurality of applications through a clustering algorithm processing unit by using the collected geometric information as a criterion for classifying the plurality of applications and grouping the processed geometric information for each user. Through grouping of applications currently executed in a table-top environment for each user, a user-specific special function such as a user-specific application history may be provided.
US11048528B2
Examples may include techniques for collective operations in a distributed architecture. A collective operation request message from a computing node causes collective operations at one or more target computing nodes communicatively coupled with the computing node through a network switch. The collective operation request message also causes the network switch to perform collective operations on collective operation results received from the one or more target computing nodes.
US11048526B2
Embodiments for managing mobile electronic devices are described. At least one user-device interaction characteristic associated with a first mobile electronic device having a first set of hardware attributes is received. The operation of a second mobile electronic device having a second set of hardware attributes is tuned based on one or more of the at least one of the user-device interaction characteristics, a comparison of the first set of hardware attributes and the second set of hardware attributes, or a combination thereof.
US11048521B2
A process for using a boot loader to load a set of boot commands to a device such as an embedded system before loading a system application. The process may use a combination of a read-only boot source and a pair of upgradable boot sources. Process also includes a power cycle to put system into a known state. An alternative process may simply use a pair of upgradable boot sources. The processes are resilient to failed updates of an upgradable boot source. After a successful update of an upgradable boot source, a request for a power cycle causes the device to immediately enter a known state and use the updated upgradable boot source.
US11048511B2
A data processing device according to the present invention includes: a loop counter group that includes a loop-control register set; a loop controller that controls the loop counter group, based on a value of the loop counter group, and generates a loop end signal; a controller that controls the loop counter group and the loop controller, based on an instruction word taken from an instruction memory and the loop end signal, and generates a calculator control signal and a program-counter control signal; a calculator that executes a calculation, based on the calculator control signal; and a program counter that performs a count operation in response to the program-counter control signal, and stores an address of the instruction memory storing an instruction word to be executed next.
US11048510B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for executing an instruction are described. In some embodiments, the instruction includes at least an opcode, a field for a packed data source operand, and a field for a packed data destination operand. When executed, the instruction causes for each data element position of the source operand, multiply to a value stored in that data element position all values stored in preceding data element positions of the packed data source operand and store a result of the multiplication into a corresponding data element position of the packed data destination operand.
US11048500B2
A change to a collaborative data repository made by a developer is detected. Using an analysis of the change, a change score corresponding to the change is computed, wherein the analysis comprises determining a complexity score of the change, a writing quality score of the change, a value score of the change, and a criticality score of the change. Using an analysis of the developer, a first developer score is computed, wherein the analysis comprises determining a role score of the developer and a history score corresponding to a previous change of the developer. Based on the change score and the first developer score, a restriction on implementing the first change is enforced. A result of the change and the restriction is detected. Based on the result, the change score, and the first developer score, a second developer score is generated.
US11048492B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for applying a patch or a change to a set of binary modules executing on and used by resources of a computing cluster while reducing the downtime of those resources. According to one embodiment, applying a patch to a plurality of binary modules on a computing cluster can comprise identifying resources on one or more of a plurality of nodes of the cluster. Additionally, each of the plurality of binary modules on one or more of the nodes of the cluster can be identified. A graph can be generated logically representing the cluster. Groups within the binary modules and resources can be identified based on the graph. Patches can be applied to the binary modules based on the identified groups. Patching binary modules based on the identified groups can comprise patching all of the binary modules of an identified group together.
US11048489B2
An annotation is applicable to a module element if a particular condition is satisfied; the annotation is not applicable (and an error or warning may be presented) if the particular condition is not satisfied. In an embodiment, a condition for applicability of an annotation to a module element requires that a module descriptor associated with a defining module declares use of at least one implementation of the module element. A condition associated with an annotation may be specified in a meta-annotation annotating a declaration of an annotation type associated with the annotation.
US11048483B2
An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports open or extensible application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable end users (e.g., plant asset owners, original equipment manufacturers (OEM), system integrators, etc.) to build upon the IDE's development platform to create custom views or to code custom functionality. This can include, for example, defining a control programming syntax supported by the industrial IDE, customizing a development environment view afforded by the IDE's interface, modifying or creating project editing functions, defining customized programming guardrails designed to guide compliance with in-house programming standards, or other such IDE customizations.
US11048481B2
A method of assembling software includes: enabling a user to code a Computation Function (CF) (S101); determining whether the user is done coding the CFs (S102); enabling a user to code a Part Function (PF) using one or more of the available CFs (S103); determining when the user is done creating all the PFs (S104); and enabling a user to create software using one or more of the available PFs.
US11048475B2
Multi-cycle key compare units. A compare unit includes a comparator, additional compare logic and at least one pair of buffers which provide input to the comparator. The compare unit sorts variable length records in streaming mode without the need for complex state machines to maintain state relating to the comparing. A record may have a variable length key and optional variable length data. The record and/or the key is split into fixed, pre-defined lengths. The total key and record lengths are unknown to the comparator of the compare unit.
US11048472B2
Embodiments may relate to a wearable audio device. The wearable audio device may be configured to generate a data related to a sound environment in which the wearable audio device is located, and transmit an indication of that data to a computing device that is located remote from the wearable audio device. The wearable audio device may further be able to receive an indication of an audio signal parameter that is based on the data, and generate an audio signal based on the audio parameter. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
US11048470B2
A device predicts when a user will have difficulty seeing user interface elements displayed on a display due to bright lighting conditions. In response to predicting that a user will have difficulty seeing user interface elements displayed on the display due to bright lighting conditions, the device changes a display theme for the user interface elements to a visually improved display theme. Furthermore, the device audibly plays back, via a device speaker, a readout of the user interface elements displayed on the display. The readout is an audible reading or description of the user interface elements displayed on the display. The device also optionally communicates with an additional device (e.g., a smartwatch or other wearable devices) connected to the device to cause the additional devices to also audibly play back, via a speaker of the additional device, the readout of the user interface elements displayed on the display.
US11048469B2
A boat includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to a control screen. The controller has stored therein a plurality of modes corresponding to an activity and includes a plurality of controls corresponding to the activity. The controller is configured to display on the control screen, when one of the modes is activated, the plurality of controls for the activated mode. The activated mode may also be an operating mode that corresponds to an operational condition of the boat. The boat may include a processor that is configured to generate an adjusted audio signal by selecting one or more of a plurality of subranges of frequencies of an audio signal and adjusting the selected subranges to compensate for at least one environmental condition associated with the operational condition of the boat corresponding to the operating mode.
US11048450B2
A non-transitory processor readable medium storing a printer program read out and executed by a terminal processor of a tablet terminal connectable to a printer, in which the printer program causes the terminal processor to acquire received URL scheme information, which is structured according to a URL scheme and in which predetermined control of the printer is specified, from a browser application, convert the received URL scheme information into a control command executable by the printer, and transmit the converted control command to the printer.
US11048443B1
A circuit comprising a non-volatile memory array, an Input/Output (IO) circuit, a decoder circuit, a control circuit, and a read/write circuit. The non-volatile memory array couples to an address decoder that identifies a location within the non-volatile memory array for a storage command. The IO circuit couples to a decoder circuit through a control bus. The decoder circuit decodes a command address and storage command from a fixed length command sequence received by the IO circuit over the data bus. The decoder circuit may include a serial-in parallel out (SIPO) circuit for decoding and parallel operation. The control circuit couples to the IO and decoder circuits and generates control signals to execute decoded storage commands. The read/write circuit couples to the non-volatile memory array and the control circuit. The read/write circuit transfers data between the non-volatile memory array and the IO circuit in response to the storage commands.
US11048440B2
A memory system includes a memory device having a plurality of memory blocks and a subcommand storage circuit, and a memory controller for controlling the memory device, wherein the memory device is capable of being in one or more of a ready state, a first busy state, and a second busy state, and wherein the subcommand is stored in the subcommand storage circuit when the subcommand is received from the memory controller in the first busy state and the subcommand is executable after the first busy state is released, and the subcommand stored in the subcommand storage circuit is executed after the memory device is changed to the ready state.
US11048429B2
Techniques are disclosed that allow for retroactively capturing a debug/trace-level log without experiencing the severe performance degradation that obtaining such a log would otherwise entail. Trace-level logging is performed by maintaining a buffer of log messages for application events. The buffer is allocated a memory having very fast write speeds, and writing such messages into the buffer has a negligible performance impact. Many of the messages written into the buffer may not be important or useful at the time they are written. However, when a failure occurs, the messages may be useful for figuring out what when wrong. Responsive to detecting a failure or other anomalous event, the buffer of messages is automatically written to a permanent storage. Although writing to the permanent storage may be slow, the performance degradation is only incurred when a failure occurs.
US11048421B2
A flash memory controller for controlling a flash memory module includes a communication interface for receiving a first data and a second data; and a processing circuit for dynamically controlling a data writing mode of the flash memory module according to an amount of stored data in the flash memory module. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is less than a first threshold when the communication interface receives the first data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the first data is written into the first data block under an one-bit-per-cell mode. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is greater than the first threshold when the communication interface receives the second data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the second data is written into the second data block under a two-bit-per-cell mode.
US11048413B2
A decompression system includes a first memory including a first write port configured to receive decompressed data from a decompressor, and a first read port configured to receive a back-reference read request, the first memory being configured to output the decompressed data to the decompressor in response to receiving the back-reference read request at the first read port, and a second memory including a second write port electrically coupled to the first write port and configured to receive the decompressed data, the second memory being configured to buffer the decompressed data for retrieval by a receiver.
US11048404B2
An apparatus includes an operation unit, a movement amount correction unit, and a display control unit. The operation unit is configured to acquire a drag operation on a display unit. The movement amount correction unit is configured to increase a movement amount of the drag operation. The display control unit is configured to control the display unit according to the increased movement amount.
US11048388B1
The invention relates to methods and devices to define and control the design of a configurable chip module, instrument or systems, for example, for measurement, control and communication systems or any portion thereof. The module may include one or more chip elements. This can be achieved using, for example, a Graphical User Interface (GUI), that transforms selections made by the user to a hardware and/or software configuration for the system in a process transparent to the user. This enables implementation of a plurality of devices and larger subsystems on a chip or a chip module without specific semiconductor design knowledge from the user. This transformation process is thus accomplished transparently to the user, who operates the GUI to define the measurement or action which needs to be performed, thereby resulting in an automatic combination of hardware and/or software elements available to create a specific configuration.
US11048387B1
The system manages aggregating posts to a media feed to provide timeline updates. The system identifies a composite post of the media feed that corresponds to a first post and a second post. The composite post includes a content item and composite information. The system identifies at least one trigger to interact with the composite post. The trigger may be provided by a user or from the system itself. The system determines an action based on the at least one trigger and based on one or more composite criteria. The composite criteria may include rules or norms for managing interactions. The system generates modified composite information based on the action and the composite information. The system also generates a modified media feed for output. For example, the system may display a modified media feed with information regarding the first post and the second post.
US11048384B2
Techniques are described for generating content to be shared between users. For example, user interfaces are described that include features and/or mode controls for generating content to be shared between users. Additionally, the described techniques include determining content shared between users (e.g., previously distributed content) based on a selection of a second user account, and generating customized content which may be specific to an event that includes the shared content.
US11048382B2
A scanning system includes: a configurator configured to make a first setting corresponding to an image captured by a pre-scan the setting of a process accompanying scanning based on learning results acquired by machine learning using training data related to a setting of the process accompanying scanning that is applied to a scanned image; and an executor that executes the process accompanying scanning based on the first setting.
US11048381B1
When a user sees a content item presented by a social networking system, the user may select an option to save the content item. The saved content item may be reinserted in a newsfeed presented to the user, integrated into collections, archived, used for notifications to the user, or otherwise subsequently presented to the user. A plug-in may be used to save content items accessed through websites external to the social networking system. As privacy settings associated with a saved content item are modified, the modified privacy settings are applied to the saved content item, which may prevent the user saving the content item from subsequently viewing the saved content item.
US11048374B2
A machine may be configured to provide an online pluggable three-dimensional platform for publication of three-dimensional representations of items. For example, the machine generates a first software unit that corresponds to the three-dimensional representation of the item, and a second software unit that corresponds to an online three-dimensional platform that is pluggable to include the three-dimensional representation of the item corresponding to the first software unit. The online three-dimensional platform includes one or more pluggable slots for receiving one or more three-dimensional representations of one or more items. The machine generates an enhanced user interface on the client device based on causing an execution of the first software unit and the second software unit. The causing of the execution results in a display, in the enhanced user interface of the client device, of the three-dimensional representation of the item plugged into a pluggable slot of the online three-dimensional platform.
US11048372B2
Implementations disclosed herein relate to a device for applying a degree of transparency. The device may comprise a display engine to display a foreground and background area, wherein the background area is associated with a first application and the foreground area is associated with a second application. The device may further comprise a transparency engine to apply a degree of transparency to the foreground area in an overlap area between the foreground area and the background area. The device may further comprise a trigger engine to determine whether a trigger event associated with the first application has occurred, wherein the trigger event is based on a metric value received by the first application, and in response to determining that the triggering event associated with the first application has occurred, cause the display engine to display the first application in front of the second application.
US11048367B2
A capacitive sensor device comprises a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode, and a processing system coupled to the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode. The processing system is configured to acquire a first capacitive measurement by emitting and receiving a first electrical signal with the first sensor electrode. The processing system is configured to acquire a second capacitive measurement by emitting and receiving a second electrical signal, wherein one of the first and second sensor electrodes performs the emitting and the other of the first and second sensor electrodes performs the receiving, and wherein the first and second capacitive measurements are non-degenerate. The processing system is configured to determine positional information using the first and second capacitive measurements.
US11048361B1
A system for generating a control signal for a capacitive sensor includes a waveform generator configured to generate a digital waveform, a first sigma-delta modulator (SDM) configured to generate a first output corresponding to the control signal based on the digital waveform and first adjustment data and a second SDM configured to generate a second output corresponding to an offset signal based on the digital waveform and second adjustment data. The first SDM is configured to selectively adjust a phase and an amplitude of the control signal and the second SDM is configured to selectively adjust a phase and an amplitude of the offset signal.
US11048357B2
A controller IC of a touch sensing apparatus includes an oscillation circuit including a capacitor connected to a sensing coil, a digital converter configured to count an oscillation signal output from the oscillation circuit and to output a count value, and a contact detector configured to calculate variations in the count value during delay times, and to detect a contact strength of an object according to the variations.
US11048354B2
A touch sensor and a touch sensing system including the same. The touch sensor according to an embodiment may include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of first electrodes on the first surface of the substrate, a plurality of second electrodes on the second surface of the substrate, and a plurality of coupling parts configured to couple the plurality of first electrodes to the plurality of second electrodes, respectively. Each of the first electrodes and the second electrodes has a spirally wound shape.
US11048351B2
A display device may include a display part, a substrate, a first spacer, a second spacer, a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode. The display part may emit, transmit, and/or reflect light. The substrate may overlap the display part and may receive a touch. The first spacer and the second spacer may be formed of a spacer material and may be positioned between the display part and the substrate to maintain a distance between the display part and the substrate. No intervening spacer analogous to the first spacer or the second spacer may be positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer. The first touch electrode may be positioned between the first spacer and the second spacer in a plan view of the display device. The second touch electrode may intersect the first touch electrode in the plan view of the display device.
US11048346B1
Examples disclosed herein provide a digital pen for a computing device. As an example, the digital pen includes a barrel, a camera mounted along a length of the barrel, and a first set of magnetic members to magnetically couple to a second set of magnetic members of a computing device. Upon the first and second sets of magnetic members magnetically coupling with each other, the camera is to activate for use with the computing device for videoconferencing.
US11048344B1
Aspects of the invention include a computer peripheral device comprising an input element that operates based on a performance characteristic, an electropermanent magnet (EPM) assembly including a permanent magnet configured to generate a magnetic field and a magnetizing assembly configured to set an intensity of the magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet, and a magnetorheological (MR) material coupled to the input element. The MR material has a viscosity that changes based on the magnetic field and affects the performance characteristic of the input element.
US11048343B2
In one aspect, a computer mouse is provided. The computer mouse may include an accelerometer sensor configured to measure vibrations of the computer mouse during a mouse gliding action and a motion sensor configured to measure the speed of the computer mouse during the mouse gliding action. The gliding performance of the computer mouse may be analyzed based on the measured vibrations and the measured speed of the computer mouse. In another aspect, a method and an apparatus for mouse gliding performance analysis are provided. The apparatus may measure vibrations of a computer mouse using an accelerometer sensor during a mouse gliding action. The apparatus may measure the speed of the computer mouse using a motion sensor during the mouse gliding action. The apparatus may analyze the gliding performance of the computer mouse based on the measured vibrations and the measured speed of the computer mouse.
US11048340B2
A VR walking mechanism includes a first pedal, a second pedal, a sensing device, a control device and a driving device. The first pedal and the second pedal are connected to the driving device, respectively. The sensing device is configured to obtain motion information of a first object and/or a second object and send the motion information to the control device. The control device determines a predicted landing point of the first object and/or the second object based on the motion information and controls the driving device according to the predicted landing point so as to drive the first pedal and/or the second pedal to move to the corresponding position. The first pedal and/or the second pedal resets after sensing that the first object and/or the second object has stepped thereon. A VR walking method corresponding to the VR walking mechanism is further provided.
US11048334B2
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for identifying gestures based on ultrasound data. Performing gesture recognition may include obtaining, with a wearable device, ultrasound data corresponding to an anatomical gesture; and identifying the anatomical gesture based on the obtained ultrasound data. Interfacing with a computing device may include identifying, with a wearable device, an anatomical gesture using ultrasound data obtained by the wearable device; and causing the computing device to perform a specific function based on the anatomical gesture identified by the wearable device. Training a wearable device to perform gesture recognition may include obtaining, with the wearable device, ultrasound data corresponding to an anatomical gesture; obtaining non-ultrasound data corresponding to the anatomical gesture; and training a machine learning model accessed by the wearable device to recognize the anatomical gesture based on correlating the non-ultrasound data and the ultrasound data.
US11048325B2
An embodiment of this disclosure provides a wearable device. The wearable device includes a memory configured to store a plurality of content for display, a transceiver configured to receive the plurality of content from a connected device, a display configured to display the plurality of content, and a processor coupled to the memory, the display, and the transceiver. The processor is configured to control the display to display at least some of the plurality of content in a spatially arranged format. The displayed content is on the display at a display position. The plurality of content, when shown on the connected device, is not in the spatially arranged format. The processor is also configured to receive movement information based on a movement of the wearable device. The processor is also configured to adjust the display position of the displayed content according to the movement information of the wearable device.
US11048317B2
A communication device, method, and computer program product provide higher confidence in person detection by augmenting sensing with carbon dioxide sensing and contextual information. The communication device determines a current carbon dioxide level in a space in which the communication device is located. A processor of the communication device compares the current carbon dioxide level to a carbon dioxide baseline threshold that is indicative of presence of a person in the space. In response to determining that the current carbon dioxide level is greater than the carbon dioxide baseline threshold, the processor further determines whether at least one target is sensed within the space. In response to determining that at least one target is sensed in the space, the processor infers the presence of a person in the space and sets a control mode of the communication device that correlates to the presence of the person.
US11048314B2
A system loading detecting device and method are provided. The system loading detecting device includes a processing device, a detection circuit and a controller. The detection circuit detects whether an adapter is unplugged from the system loading detecting device to generate a detection signal. When the adapter is unplugged from the system loading detecting device, the detection signal is changed from a first level to a second level. The controller is coupled to the detection circuit and the processing device. In addition, the controller receives the detection signal and determines whether to trigger the generation of a throttling signal according to the detection signal to enable a throttling mechanism to reduce system loading.
US11048303B2
An electronic device may include: a foldable body transitionable between an unfolded state and a folded state; a flexible display device disposed on a front face of the body, the flexible display being foldable together with the body; and a cover that enclosing at least a portion of a rear face of the body, the cover being foldable together with the body. The flexible display may include an exposed region that remains visible when the foldable body is in the folded state.
US11048301B2
A mobile electronic device may include a primary electronic display, a barcode scanner engine including an optical sensor configured to capture light reflected from a machine-readable indicia to be used in reading the machine-readable indicia, and a secondary electronic display positioned adjacent to the barcode scanner engine. A process for operation of the mobile device may include operating the barcode scanner engine of the mobile electronic device. The secondary electronic display may be operated. In response to the primary electronic display being unlocked or transitioned to an ON state, the secondary electronic display may be transitioned to an OFF state.
US11048298B2
A head-mounted display device includes a display portion and a face-fitting frame. The face-fitting frame has flexibility and is partially connected to the display portion.
US11048294B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD), an electronic device, and an LCD manufacturing method, where the LCD includes transparent material layers and non-transparent material layers that are disposed in a stacked mode. There is a local transparent region on the LCD. A non-transparent material is applied to the several non-transparent material layers in the local transparent region to form a transparent channel in the local transparent region along a stacking direction. An optical component such as a camera, an ambient light sensor, or an optical fingerprint sensor is completely or partially disposed in the transparent channel of the LCD display.
US11048291B2
A system for a network of one or more off-board subsystems is provided for controlling automobile subsystems such as vehicle lighting. Such a system may be compatible with a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) interface and it may address timing issues by using a protocol having a synchronization frame (sync frame) such that a clock signal may be recovered from the sync frame sent by an off-board master device 202, such as a microcontroller unit 208, to a satellite/slave 211 device. Such a protocol permits elimination of a crystal clock oscillator and phase-locked loop located at satellite, thereby dispensing with an otherwise significant cost.
US11048278B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a cluster of solar trackers in which a plurality of solar trackers exist as a cluster shape. The method includes detecting, by each of the cluster of solar trackers, one or more of power generation amount information, altitude information, and azimuth information thereof and transmitting the detected power generation amount information, altitude information, or azimuth information to a server, calculating, by the server, average power generation amount information, average altitude information, or average azimuth information using the power generation amount information, altitude information, or azimuth information of each of the cluster of solar trackers, and determining whether the cluster of solar trackers is normal by comparing the calculated average power generation amount information, average altitude information, or average azimuth information with the power generation amount information, altitude information, or azimuth information detected by each of the cluster of solar trackers.
US11048270B2
One or more material handling vehicles of a fleet can be equipped with telematics controllers and configured for wireless communication. In different arrangements, the material handling vehicles of the fleet can communicate with each other and with a management system, in order to effect management of the fleet and of particular material handling vehicles belonging thereto.
US11048263B2
An autonomous driving device for a vehicle includes: an actuator; and an electronic control unit configured to detect presence or absence of a driver, generate a first travel plan for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, and generate a second travel plan by adding, to the first travel plan, a restriction including at least one of a lane change restriction and a vehicle speed restriction. The electronic control unit is configured to perform manned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver in the vehicle according to the first travel plan when the presence of the driver is detected, and perform unmanned autonomous driving control for causing the vehicle to travel autonomously, by using the actuator, with the driver not in the vehicle according to the second travel plan when the absence of the driver is detected.
US11048244B2
Systems and methods for generating a facilities report are described herein. A user- chosen series of questions can be automatically generated by accessing the storage after a user has chosen a facility system category. Survey data can be received based on received responses to the user-chosen series of questions. Picture and/or video data of model information can be received for a building element at the existing property. The picture and/or video data can be automatically associated with the existing property based on GPS identification for the existing property. A facilities report can be automatically generated for the existing property. A GUI can be presented allowing a user to associate picture and/or video data with various facilities by confirming that a file for a particular facility should be accessed and/or opened.
US11048233B2
A program correction device is configured to generate a plurality of machining paths obtained by smoothing each of cutting paths; select a reference path serving as a reference from among the plurality of machining paths; set a plane reference point on the reference path; calculate an intersection point between the plurality of machining paths and a plane passing through the plane reference point and being perpendicular to the reference path at the plane reference point, perform a smoothing processing based on the calculated intersection point and the plane reference point, and calculate a point on an obtained curved line as a correction command point of the plurality of machining paths; and generate a post-correction machining program obtained by inserting the correction command point in the machining program.
US11048231B2
Computer based methods, systems, and techniques for planning and generating machining paths for a tool that manufactures a three dimensional object having beveled or “compound” contours from a workpiece. A computer aided design (CAD)/computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system creates intermediate machining path surfaces that extend based on a CAD solid model representing the geometry of the object to be manufactured. The intermediate machining path surfaces extend to a shape that simulates a cutting beam (e.g., a waterjet, a laser beam, etc.) of the tool. For a flat workpiece, the machining path surfaces may extend from a top surface of the workpiece, which is a tool beam entrance surface, to a bottom surface of the workpiece, which is a tool beam exit surface. An operator is able to visualize the cuts to be made and the actual finished object geometry, without requiring the creation of multiple CAD solid models.
US11048229B2
The invention relates to a method and to system for producing blades (1) of a machine interacting with a fluid, in particular a fluid-driven machine, in particular a wind turbine, comprising an examination device (19) for determining geometric deviations (A, B, C, D, E, F) from a target shape for one or more shaped blades (1), a device (21) for determining a deviation evaluation of one or more determined geometric deviations from the target shape for each blade with respect to the aerodynamic and/or mechanical consequences thereof, a device (23) for assigning one or more corrective measures (100, 101, 102), each including an expenditure evaluation (100″, 101″, 102″), to one or more determined geometric deviations (A, B, C, D, E, F) from the target shape for each blade, and a linking device (24) for linking a deviation evaluation that was determined for one or more of the determined geometric deviations to the expenditure evaluation for one or more determined corrective measures and for determining the corrective measures to be carried out from the result of the linkage.
US11048225B2
The invention relates to a control system for measuring pressure and/or humidity, comprising at least one apparatus for measuring pressure and/or humidity, comprising at least one sensor for measuring pressure and/or humidity, wherein the sensor comprises at least one capacitor comprising at least two electrodes that are arranged, in particular, in a horizontal direction along and on an, in particular, flexible support material relative to one another. At least one dielectric layer is arranged between the electrodes, wherein at least one at least partially liquid-permeable and/or liquid-adsorbing moisture layer is arranged at least in some places on a side, facing away from the support material, of at least one electrode and/or of the dielectric layer. The at least one electrode and/or the dielectric layer are thus then arranged between the support material and the moisture layer in a transverse direction, such that a capacitance is at least partially changed by the liquid at least partially hitting the dielectric layer, wherein a processing unit is designed and provided to measure and/or store measurement values of the sensor. This creates a capacitive moisture sensor. The invention is characterized in that the data measured by the sensor is transmitted by the processing unit to a central CPU, wherein this data is processed by the processing unit.
US11048222B2
A numerical control device according to the present disclosure includes: a read control unit which reads a plurality of blocks of a machining program in order; an internal processing section which performs internal processing in accordance with a block read by the read control unit; an operation control section which generates a command signal for a machine tool based on results of internal processing; an output block discrimination section which discriminates whether the block read by the read control unit is an output block including an output command, or an internal processing block not including the output command; a reference block discrimination section which discriminates whether the internal processing block is a reference block including a command to reference information which is inputted externally; and a standby processing section which in a case of the internal processing block being the reference block, causes the internal processing section to stop the internal processing in accordance with the reference block, until execution of control of the machine tool completes based on the output block which is written nearest prior to the reference block.
US11048215B2
A machine learning device included in a tool selecting apparatus includes a state observing unit that observes, as state variables indicative of a current environmental state, data related to machining condition, data related to cutting condition, data related to machining result, and data related to a tool, and a learning unit that, by using the state variables, learns distribution of the data related to the machining condition, the data related to the cutting condition, and the data related to the machining result, with respect to data related to the tool.
US11048214B2
A wristwatch and a method applicable to a wristwatch for controlling the magnitude of short distance communication signals are provided. A short distance communication module is disposed inside the wristwatch, and therefore short distance communication is carried out in the wristwatch. Also, an amplifier is deployed in the wristwatch, thereby carrying out enhancing the magnitude of the short distance communication signals. The magnitude of the short distance communication signals can also increase or decrease through user operations. In another aspect, a magnetic field isolating layer is disposed inside a housing of the wristwatch. The magnetic field isolating layer can reduce interference caused by the housing or other components of the wristwatch, and thus can enhance the magnitude of the short distance communication signals and extend the sensing distance.
US11048213B2
An external assembly element of a timepiece made from a first material, including a groove in which a communication circuit is arranged, wherein the communication circuit is over-molded with a polymer material filling the groove.
US11048195B2
A fuser is described including a heater, a belt, a rotating member, and a pad. A nip portion is formed between the belt and the rotating member as the pad presses the belt toward the rotating member. The pad is biased toward a restricting member. The biasing may be performed by one or more springs. The spring may be a compression spring, a tension spring, and/or a plate spring among other types of springs.
US11048193B1
A pressure device includes: a first pressure element; a second pressure element that is disposed so as to oppose the first pressure element and that applies pressure to a medium nipped between the first pressure element and the second pressure element; a moving device that moves the second pressure element toward and away from the first pressure element, between a contact position and a retracted position; an urging member that urges the first pressure element toward the second pressure element when the second pressure element is located at the contact position; and a driving device that applies a driving force to the second pressure element, thus allowing the first pressure element to rotate in a driven manner when the second pressure element is located at the contact position. The moving device has a moving element that is provided on a side of the second pressure element opposite from a contact area between the first pressure element and the second pressure element and that moves the second pressure element toward the first pressure element. The driving device applies a driving force in a direction in which the second pressure element is urged toward the moving element.
US11048191B2
A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating portion having one end provided with an opening, and drive receiving portion, a discharging portion including a receiving portion into which the one end of the accommodating portion is inserted, and a developer discharge opening, the accommodating portion being mounted to the discharging portion rotatably relative to the discharging portion; a sealing member sealing between the one end and the receiving portion; a projection radially projecting from an outer peripheral surface of the accommodating portion; and a first restricting portion and a second restricting portion provided on the receiving portion of the discharging portion at positions upstream and downstream of the projection, respectively in the inserting direction and contactable to the projection to restrict an inclination of the rotational axis of the accommodating portion relative to the inserting direction within a predetermined range.
US11048179B2
An apparatus for removing residues from a source vessel in an extreme ultraviolet lithography device, the apparatus including a frame portion, and a heater structure on the frame portion, the heater structure having a head on the frame portion, the head being rotatable in at least one shaft direction, and a heater on the head to dissipate heat toward residues in the source vessel, the heater to apply temperature of 200° C. to 800° C.
US11048177B2
A projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography includes a component and fixed to a structural part of the apparatus. The component and/or the structural part have/has a stop for bearing against a reference surface at the structural part and/or the component. The stop is movable relative to the component fixed and/or the structural part so that it can be moved away from the reference surface. A method for adjusting a component on a structural part of a projection exposure apparatus includes: securing a stop to the component or the structural part; positioning the component so that the stop comes into mechanical contact with a reference surface at the component or the structural part; fixing the component to the structural part; and moving the stop away from the reference surface.
US11048176B2
The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus that processes a substrate, the apparatus including a stage configured to hold and move the substrate, a conveying unit configured to hold and convey the substrate between conveying unit and the stage, an accumulation unit configured to accumulate control information concerning the stage and the conveying unit which is generated by processing the substrate, and a determination unit configured to determine a conveying procedure when conveying the substrate between the stage and the conveying unit by selecting one of a plurality of conveying procedures which can be set for the stage and the conveying unit based on control information accumulated in the accumulation unit.
US11048172B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing an illumination system for an EUV apparatus in and to an illumination system for an EUV apparatus.
US11048169B2
A resist underlayer composition and a method of forming patterns, the composition including a solvent; and a polymer having a structure where at least one of a first moiety represented by one of Chemical Formula 1-1 to Chemical Formula 1-3 is combined with a third moiety represented by Chemical Formula 3, or at least one of a second moiety represented by one of Chemical Formula 2-1 to Chemical Formula 2-3 is combined with a third moiety represented by Chemical Formula 3
US11048163B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, an inspection method of a photomask includes performing a first inspection process, unloading the photomask from the inspection system, and performing a second inspection process. In the first inspection process, a common Z calibration map of an objective lens of an optical module with respect to the photomask is generated and stored, and a first image of the photomask is captured by using an image sensor while focusing the objective lens of the optical module based on the common Z calibration map. The photomask is unloaded from the inspection system. In the second inspection process, the photomask is loaded on the inspection system and a second image of the photomask is captured by using an image sensor while focusing an objective lens of an optical module based on the common Z calibration map generated in the first inspection process.
US11048157B2
Provided is a light-source system, comprising excitation light source, first supplementary light source, first light-guiding assembly, wavelength conversion apparatus, and second light-guiding assembly. The excitation light source is for emitting excitation light; the first supplementary light source is for emitting first supplementary light. The first light-guiding assembly is for guiding the excitation light to the wavelength conversion apparatus. The wavelength conversion apparatus is for converting excitation light to excited light and irradiate onto the first light-guiding assembly. The first light-guiding assembly is for guiding excited light to irradiate onto the second light-guiding assembly. At least some components of the second light-guiding assembly are arranged on the light path from the first light-guiding assembly. The second light-guiding assembly is for guiding the excited light and/or the first supplementary light, such that the first supplementary light and at least part of the excited light are output from same emission channel.
US11048150B2
A cover, which is intended for a camera, includes: a base material and a laminated layer formed on the base material. The base material includes resin. The laminated layer includes: a contact layer that includes a siloxane acrylic resin, an acrylic resin including silica, or a silane acrylic resin; a hydrophilic layer that includes a silane acrylic resin; and an intermediate layer that includes resin and serves as a binder to bind the contact layer and the hydrophilic layer. The contact layer is disposed closest to the base material, among the contact layer, the intermediate layer, and the hydrophilic layer.
US11048142B2
Provided is a driving method for a beam steering device having a metasurface optical phased array, the beam steering device includes a nano-antenna, a conductor, and an active layer arranged therebetween. The driving method includes comparing a first voltage to be applied to a first electrode of one of the nano-antenna and the conductor, with a second voltage applied immediately before the first voltage, and applying a correction voltage the first electrode of the other of the nano-antenna and the conductor and then applying the first voltage. The correction voltage is applied to the first electrode and has an electrical polarity different from an electrical polarity of the second voltage.
US11048133B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including a liquid crystal layer, wherein a first pixel region, a second pixel region, and a third pixel region are defined in the display panel and a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel. A first color light emitted from the first pixel region has a red color, a second color light emitted from the second pixel region has a green color, and a third color light emitted from the third pixel region has a blue color. A first ratio at which the light passes through the first pixel region and a second ratio at which the light passes through the second pixel region is greater than a third ratio at which the light passes through the third pixel region.
US11048125B2
A liquid crystal cell includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and two alignment control layers. The color filter substrate includes a color conversion layer for converting color of light but not include an alignment film containing polyamic acid or polyamide. The array substrate is opposed to the color filter substrate. The alignment control layers are formed on an inner surface of the color filter substrate and an inner surface of the array substrate, respectively. The alignment control layers contact the liquid crystal layer. The alignment control layers are made of reactants of radical polymerizable monomers added to a liquid crystal material for forming the liquid crystal layer. The alignment control layers control orientations of liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer. The radical polymerizable monomers include radical polymerizable monomers having ultraviolet-ray absorbing functional groups.
US11048122B1
A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a liquid crystal layer containing reactive monomers, a backlight layer disposed on a side of the liquid crystal layer and used to emit backlight to the liquid crystal layer, and a light conversion film layer disposed between the backlight layer and the liquid crystal layer and used to absorb ultraviolet light in the backlight. The present disclosure can improve the display quality of liquid crystal display panels by the above method.
US11048119B2
A keyboard device and an operating method thereof are provided. The keyboard device includes a microcontroller, a drive circuit, a backlight module, and a plurality of key units. The microcontroller is coupled to a computer device. A detection module of the computer device detects an input mode of the computer device. The plurality of key units is disposed on the backlight module. The plurality of key units each has a plurality of character symbols corresponding to different input modes. The microcontroller outputs a control signal to the drive circuit according to the input mode. The drive circuit drives the backlight module according to the control signal to selectively illuminate one of the plurality of character symbols of each of at least a portion of the plurality of key units.
US11048118B1
A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a backlight module, a first polarizer, and a thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a color filter, and a second polarizer are sequentially stacked on the backlight module. A first via hole is defined in the backlight module, and a functional device is disposed in the first via hole. a plurality of first color resists are disposed on a side of the color filter adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, and a third via hole is defined in a portion of the plurality of first color resists corresponding to the first via hole, wherein third polarizers are disposed between the functional device and the color filter and correspond to the first via hole, and a polarization direction of the third polarizer is same as the polarization direction of the second polarizer.
US11048116B2
Disclosed is an invisible display device driving a display by using wavelengths of a region invisible to humans, thereby being capable of containing pieces of information, which humans no need to see but is necessary for a special purpose including socio-economic activities, and pieces of security information, which normal people should not see, and the invisible display device has a plurality of pixels arranged therein so as to emit infrared rays, wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprising: a first infrared sub pixel for emitting a first infrared ray of a first wavelength range; a second infrared sub pixel for emitting a second infrared ray of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range; and a third infrared sub pixel for emitting a third infrared ray of a third wavelength range different from the first and second wavelength ranges.
US11048114B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display apparatus having the following feature: although the liquid crystal display apparatus has a step between its display screen and outermost surface, the step is hardly recognized; and the liquid crystal display apparatus can achieve bright display. A liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes a liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer arranged on a back surface side of the liquid crystal cell; a cover sheet arranged on a viewer side of the liquid crystal cell, the cover sheet having a transmission portion at a position corresponding to a display region of the liquid crystal cell; and a second polarizer arranged on a viewer side of the cover sheet to cover the transmission portion, wherein an absorption axis direction of the first polarizer and an absorption axis direction of the second polarizer are substantially perpendicular to each other.
US11048106B2
This method of fabricating a modulator comprises: following the bonding of a substrate onto an encapsulated semiconductor layer containing a first electrode of the modulator and prior to the formation of a second electrode of the modulator, the method comprises the removal (522) of a base substrate onto which the encapsulated semiconductor layer is deposited in such a manner as to expose a face of a buried layer of dielectric material, situated under the buried semiconductor layer, without modifying the thickness of the buried layer by more than 5 nm, and the formation (524, 528) of the second electrode is implemented directly on this exposed face of the buried layer such that, once the second electrode has been formed, it is the buried layer which directly forms a dielectric layer interposed between proximal ends of the electrodes of the modulator.
US11048097B2
The invention relates to an optical filter (1) for transmitting light (13) of a pass wavelength (17), comprising at least two optical filter stages (3) arranged along a transmission direction (11), along which the light (13) of the pass wavelength (17) is transmitted through the optical filter (1), wherein each of the at least two optical filter stages (3) comprises at least one entrance polarizing element (5) and at least one constant retarding element (7). The invention further relates to a camera (53) for simultaneously capturing at least two images, wherein each image is limited to light (13) in a limited spectral band (44) and to a multi-spectral imaging system (87) and an illumination system (73) applying the inventive optical filter (1). Solutions of the art have low peak transmission values and may furthermore only provide monochrome images in real time. The present invention improves optical filters (1) of the art by each of the at least two optical filter stages (3) comprising a periodic transmission characteristic (35) that extends over a working wavelength range (41), wherein each transmission characteristic (35) comprises at least two peaks (43c-43e), which each overlap at least one peak (43c-43d) of each of the other transmission characteristics (35) and wherein an overall transmission characteristic (29) of the optical filter (1) comprises at least two spectral passbands (45) that are spectrally separated from each other. The inventive camera (53), multi-spectral imaging system (87) and inventive illumination system (73) apply an optical filter (1) according to the invention.
US11048096B2
A light source device includes: a light source part comprising a plurality of laser light sources, each laser light source being configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength width; a plurality of collimators; a light-condensing part configured to adjust light emitted from the collimators into parallel light and to condense the parallel light; a diffraction grating configured to receive the condensed light; and an output coupler disposed in an optical path of diffracted light from the diffraction grating so as to form an external resonator with the laser light sources, wherein a reflecting surface of the output coupler is a depressed surface; and an adjusting lens disposed downstream of the output coupler, the adjusting lens being configured to convert light emitted from the output coupler into substantially parallel light or to condense the light emitted from the output coupler.
US11048088B2
Embodiments of this application relate to a virtual reality display device. The virtual reality display device includes a left lens barrel and a right lens barrel; the left lens barrel includes: a left lens barrel housing, a left display screen, and a left lens; the right lens barrel includes: a right lens barrel housing, a right display screen, and a right lens; an inner side of an opening portion of the left lens barrel housing includes a left lens holder; an inner side of an opening portion of the right lens barrel housing includes a right lens holder; a left fill layer is provided between the left lens holder and the left lens; and a right fill layer is provided between the right lens holder and the right lens.
US11048083B2
A combiner positioning system for a head-up display includes a carrier and a locking element. The carrier supports a combiner for the head-up display, and the combiner is movable between a stowed position and a display position. The locking element has an engaged position and a disengaged position. The locking element engages a portion of the carrier in the display position and rigidly holds the carrier in the display position.
US11048079B2
The invention relates to a method and system for display and interaction with an aircraft control system, intended for an aircraft pilot, embedded in a cockpit of the aircraft. The method is implemented by a system for display and interaction including a first so-called head-down man-machine interface and a second so-called head-up man-machine interface. The method includes determining a line of sight of the pilot, receiving a command to enter the frozen display mode and keeping at least part of the display on the second man-machine interface in a frozen position, independently of the pilot's line of sight, then displaying at least one complementary man-machine interface element, as a function of the pilot's line of sight, in at least one free area of the cockpit, and displaying a cursor representative of the pilot's line of sight.
US11048074B2
A sight glass assembly can be configured to permit viewing into an interior of a pipe fitting and can include a housing defining an inner housing surface, an outer housing surface, a first housing end, and an opposed second housing end, the inner housing surface defining a housing bore extending through the housing from the first housing end to the second housing end; an adapter defining an inner adapter surface, an outer adapter surface, a first adapter end coupled to the housing, and an opposed second adapter end configured to be coupled to the pipe fitting, the inner adapter surface defining an adapter bore extending through the adapter from the first adapter end to the second adapter end; and a transparent viewport positioned in the housing bore such that the interior of the pipe fitting is viewable through the housing bore, the viewport, and the adapter bore.
US11048069B2
A three-piece infrared single wavelength projection lens system includes, in order from an image side to an image source side: a first lens element with a positive refractive power; a second lens element with a refractive power; a third lens element with a positive refractive power; a stop disposed before an image source-side surface of the first lens element or between the image source-side surface of the first lens element and an image source-side surface of the second lens element; and the first lens element or the second lens element is made of glass. Such arrangements can provide a three-piece infrared single wavelength projection lens system with better image sensing function.
US11048060B2
Actuators for carrying and actuating a lens having a first optical axis, the lens receiving light folded from a second optical axis substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis, comprising first and second VCM engines coupled to the lens and first and second linear ball-guided rails operative to create movement of the lens in two substantially orthogonal directions upon actuation by respective VCM engines.
US11048054B2
An optical fiber cable includes: a core; an outer filling disposed outside the core; and a sheath that covers the core and the outer filling. The core includes: optical fibers; an inner filling; and a wrapping tube that wraps the optical fibers and the inner filling. The outer filling and the inner filling absorb water.
US11048048B2
The present disclosure relates to a hardened power and optical connection system for use with hybrid cables. The hardened power and optical connection system includes electrical pin and socket contacts for providing power connections, and ferrules for providing optical connections. The hardened power and optical connection system has an integrated fiber alignment provided through a mating relationship between a plug and a socket.
US11048047B1
In a general aspect, a device is disclosed for providing a reference frequency of light. The device includes a housing having a first opening and a second opening. A first optical window covers the first opening and is coupled to the housing by a first ceramic bond that forms a hermetic seal around the first opening. A second optical window covers the second opening and is coupled to the housing by a second ceramic bond that forms a hermetic seal around the second opening. The device also includes an etalon disposed within an evacuated volume enclosed by at least the housing, the first optical window, and the second optical window. The device additionally includes one or more supports suspending the etalon in the evacuated volume. The one or more supports are formed of a material having a thermal conductivity no greater than 5 W/m·K at room temperature.
US11048039B2
An optical fiber includes: a core; a depressed layer surrounding the core; and a cladding surrounding the depressed layer. A refractive index profile of the core is an α-th power distribution having an index α of 1.0 or more and 2.9 or less. A relative refractive index difference Δ− of the depressed layer with respect to the cladding has an absolute value |Δ−| that is 0.05% or more and 0.15% or less. A ratio r1/r2 of a radius r1 of the core to an outer radius r2 of the depressed layer is 0.35 or more and 0.60 or less. A cable cutoff wavelength λcc of 22 m is less than 1.26 μm. A mode field diameter at a wavelength of 1.31 inn is larger than 8.6 inn and smaller than 9.5 μm.
US11048038B2
Disclosed is an optical film includes a first prism sheet including a plurality of first prisms arranged on one side of the first prism sheet, a second prism sheet including a plurality of second prisms arranged on one side of the second prism sheet, and a diffuser sheet including a plurality of first protrusions and a plurality of second protrusions arranged on one side of the diffuser sheet. The optical film is prepared to have a height of the first protrusions being greater than a height of the second protrusions. The optical film is further prepared that the first prism sheet, the second prism sheet and the diffuser sheet laminated where the first protrusions of the diffuser sheet is adhered to a side of the first prism sheet where no first prisms are arranged, and the first prisms of the first prism sheet are adhered to a side of the second prism sheet where no second prisms are arranged.
US11048030B2
The present disclosure provides a spectrally selective panel that comprises a first panel portion that is at least partially transmissive for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range. The panel also comprises a first reflective component that is arranged to reflect incident light within an infrared (IR) wavelength band and within an ultraviolet (UV) wavelength band while being at least partially transmissive for light having a wavelength within the visible wavelength band.
US11048028B2
Provided is a semiconductor chip and an electronic apparatus that can suppress degradation of optical characteristics of a semiconductor chip including an image pickup device. The semiconductor chip includes an image pickup device, a transparent protective member that protects the image pickup device, an IR cut film arranged between a light-receiving surface of the image pickup device and the protective member, a bonding layer that bonds the IR cut film and the protective member together, and a protective film that covers side surfaces of the IR cut film and the bonding layer.
US11048027B2
A dielectric-based reflective color filter includes a substrate layer capable of light reflection; and a dielectric layer formed on the substrate layer. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of dielectric units configured by a first structure extending in a first direction and a second structure intersecting the first structure and extending in a second direction. The plurality of the dielectric units is arranged on the substrate layer so as to be spaced apart from each other.
US11048025B2
The present disclosure discloses an anti-reflection coating and a method of forming the same. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the anti-reflection coating includes a first layer positioned on a substrate to be spaced apart from the substrate by a first distance and a second layer positioned on the first layer to be spaced apart from the first layer by a second distance. In this case, the first and second layers are a metamaterial forming a structural double layer and are realized as an anomalous dispersive medium that does not absorb incident light. The structural double layer may realize spatiotemporal dispersion that varies depending on an incidence angle using the nonlocality of the electromagnetic wave reaction of incident light.
US11048023B2
An apparatus includes an array of metal nanowires embedded in a matrix of optically tunable material providing a tunable hyperbolic metamaterial, and a control circuit including (i) a current source coupled to first ends of the array of metal nanowires and (ii) a ground voltage coupled to second ends of the array of metal nanowires. The control circuit is configured to modify a state of the optically tunable material utilizing current supplied between the first and second ends of the array of metal nanowires to dynamically reconfigure optical properties of the tunable hyperbolic metamaterial.
US11048020B2
The present invention discloses a method of simultaneously acquiring vertical profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters. Measuring devices based on multiple principles and capable of measuring multiple parameters simultaneously are fixed on a cable of an aerostat at specified distance decided by measurement task, each measuring device finishes measuring the atmospheric parameters at its altitude thereof, and transmits data to a ground data acquisition and processing device in real time, so as to synchronously acquire the real-time measured profiles of multiple atmospheric parameters. The profile data does not have any assumption, and standard data can be provided to a ground remote sensing device like radar for measuring at the same place while regular meteorological parameters and atmospheric contamination data are provided to atmospheric and environmental governance departments.
US11048017B2
In some embodiments, a method and apparatus, as well as an article, may operate to determine properties based on detected optical signals. An optical detection apparatus can include an optical detector for detecting light received through a fiber optic cable; a housing for enclosing the optical detector; a light source; and a cooling mechanism having the housing mounted thereto. The cooling mechanism can maintain the temperature of a light-sensitive region of the optical detector within a temperature range below 210 degrees Kelvin. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US11048010B2
An electromagnetic locate device configured for removable attachment to a handheld paint marking device includes an elongated element extending substantially a length of the handheld paint marking device, a channel extending longitudinally along the elongated element, the channel configured for accepting at least a portion of the handheld paint marking device, fasteners located on the elongated element, the fasteners configured to fasten the handheld paint marking device to the elongated element, electromagnetic antennas located along a length of the elongated element, the electromagnetic antennas configured for producing electromagnetic data responsive to an electromagnetic field emanating from a buried asset, and a housing coupled to a top of the elongated element, the housing including a processor communicably coupled to the electromagnetic antennas and configured to process the electromagnetic data from the electromagnetic antennas, so as to produce buried asset data, and a display for displaying said buried asset data.
US11048008B2
A system for localizing an object of interest in a monitored space includes a plurality of capacitive sensors for sensing changes in the status of a space, adapted to electrically interact in a contactless way with a ground surface so as to provide a capacitance varying on the basis of such changes, and adapted to detect at least a time evolution of the capacitance and to produce a capacitance-depending signal, a filtering unit configured for reducing the noise level in the time evolution of such capacitance by filtering the capacitance-depending signal provided by the capacitive sensors, so that corresponding filtered signals are produced, and a central device in signal communication with the capacitive sensors. The central device is configured for acquiring the filtered signals of each capacitive sensor, and for determining the position of the object of interest inside the space by inferring at least a distance of the object on the basis of the filtered signals acquired from at least one of the sensors detecting the object, and by combining the at least a distance with positional data defining the positions of the plurality of capacitive sensors in the monitored space.
US11047994B2
Radiation imaging apparatus includes pixel array having pixels, readout circuit for reading signals from the pixel array, and detector for detecting, based on radiation emitted from radiation source or information provided from the radiation source, start of radiation irradiation by the radiation source, and controller for determining timing of each of operations of sample and hold in each of the pixels each time the start of radiation irradiation is detected by the detector. The timing of at least one operation of the operations is timing in radiation irradiation period, and each of the pixels includes convertor for converting radiation into electrical signal, and sample and hold circuit for sample-holding the signal from the conversion element over plural times in accordance with the timing of each of the operations determined by the controller.
US11047993B2
A radiation detector includes a printed circuit board and a detector assembly operably connected to the printed circuit board. The detector assembly includes a silicon photomultiplier and an organic scintillator coating applied to a surface of the silicon photomultiplier. A reflective foil covers the organic scintillator coating. A light sealing cover is secured to the printed circuit board such that the silicon photomultiplier and the organic scintillator are encapsulated within the light sealing cover.
US11047991B2
Embodiments describe determining position by selecting a set of digital pseudorandom sequences. The magnitudes of the cross-correlation between any two sequences of the chosen set are below a specified threshold. A subset of digital pseudorandom sequences are selected from the set such that the magnitudes of the autocorrelation function of each member of the subset, within a specified region adjacent to the peak of the autocorrelation function, are equal to or less than a prescribed value. Each transmitter transmits a positioning signal, and at least a portion of the positioning signal is modulated with at least one member of the subset. At least two transmitters of the plurality of transmitters modulate respective positioning signals with different members of the subset of digital pseudorandom sequences.
US11047979B2
A transducer array for an ultrasound imaging system includes a substrate and a single array comprising individual sub-sets of transducer elements disposed on the substrate, wherein the individual sub-sets are physically separate from each other and spatially arranged contiguous to each other. An apparatus includes a transducer array with a substrate and a single array comprising individual sub-sets of transducer elements disposed on the substrate, wherein the individual sub-sets are not in physical contact with each other and are serially arranged with respect to each other. The apparatus further includes transmit circuitry that conveys an excitation pulse to the transducer array, receive circuitry that receives a signal indicative of an ultrasound echo from the transducer array, and a beamformer that processes the received signal, generating ultrasound image data.
US11047976B2
The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a program that make it possible to determine a distance to an object with high accuracy. A likelihood calculation unit calculates, from information obtained by each of a plurality of distance measurement methods, distance likelihoods with regard to which the distance to an object is each of a plurality of distances. An integration unit integrates the distance likelihoods according to the plurality of distance measurement methods to determine integration likelihoods each of the plurality of distances. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a case in which a distance to an obstacle is determined and a driver who drives an automobile or the like is supported using the distance or to a like case.
US11047968B2
Complex transfer functions indicating characteristics of propagation between transmission antenna elements and N reception antenna elements are calculated from reception signals received by the N reception antenna elements during a predetermined period. Components affected by vital activity are extracted from the calculated complex transfer functions. A correlation matrix is calculated from changed components affected by vital activity. A steering vector for regions divided from a target region is calculated. A living-body signal intensity vector is estimated by performing compressed sensing for an unknown value that is the living-body signal intensity vector using a correlation matrix vector and an extended steering vector. The number of components constituting the living-body signal intensity vector and having a value of at least a predetermined threshold is estimated to be the number of living bodies, and positions of regions corresponding to the components are estimated to be estimated positions of the living bodies.
US11047966B2
A method for determining a change in a distance, a location prompting method and an apparatus and a system thereof are provided. The method includes: sending, by a receiving terminal, a paring request to a server for the server to forward the paring request to a transmitting terminal, and to allocate a frequency band for the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal after the transmitting terminal accepts the paring request; acquiring, by the receiving terminal, an acoustic wave signal of a frequency sent by the transmitting terminal, wherein the frequency is determined by the transmitting terminal based on the allocated frequency band; determining, by the receiving terminal, a change in the acquired acoustic wave signal; and determining, by the receiving terminal, a change in a distance between the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal according to the change in the acquired acoustic wave signal.
US11047962B2
The invention relates to a method for binning TOF data from a scene, for increasing the accuracy of TOF measurements and reducing the noise therein, the TOF data comprising phase data and confidence data, the method comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of TOF data by illuminating the scene with a plurality of modulated signals; associating each modulated signal with a vector defined by a phase and a confidence data, respectively; adding the plurality of vectors for obtaining a binned vector; determining the phase and confidence of the binned vector; processing the phase and confidence data of the binned vector for obtaining depth data of the scene.
US11047959B2
An optical signal transmitter configured to emit wavelength-distinct optical signals along distinct directions to provide a field scanning effect without requiring moving parts to effectuate the scanning. In one implementation, the optical signal transmitter includes a laser source for generating an optical signal including a set of distinct wavelengths, an optical amplifier configured to amplify the optical signal, a wavelength splitter configured to generate a set of optical signals consisting of distinct wavelengths, respectively, and a set of emission ports for emitting the set of optical signals in different directions. In another implementation, the wavelength splitting occurs at the set of emission ports. In yet another implementation, two stages of wavelength splitting are provided. The optical signal transmitter may be implemented in a LIDAR system for ascertaining information concerning objects-of-interests.
US11047958B1
The system and method for target identification using a comparatively low resolution imager combined with a 3D LIDAR on-board a round. This system and method are applicable to any round looking for a 3D target ID. A round, as used herein, may be a weapon, a projectile, a ballistic, a bullet, a munition, a guided weapon, or the like. By coupling a fiber laser of a LIDAR with a piezoelectric oscillator, or actuator, to scan a target and an avalanche photodiode (APD) detector array, or other high resolution sensor, target dimensional information can be used to increase the probability of an accurate target ID.
US11047949B2
Examples are provided of an entertainment robot featuring an infrared apparatus for use in determining a position of an object. In these examples, a power supply of a plurality of infrared transmitters is varied, wherein a control value used to set the power supply is transmitted by the plurality of infrared transmitters. The examples may be used in a first entertainment robot, for example, to determine a distance and orientation of another entertainment robot using received infrared signals. The entertainment robot may be controlled by a computing device such as a smartphone or tablet. The entertainment robot may comprise a gaming robot to be used in solo or group gaming activities.
US11047944B2
A method for multi-point magnetic resonance imaging including: receiving measured magnetic resonance data, which maps the magnetizations of a number of spin species in a measuring range with a number of echo times; carrying out an optimization for determining fitted magnetic resonance data on the basis of the measured magnetic resonance data, wherein an optimization function of the optimization implements a penalty for a higher rank of a matrix representing the fitted magnetic resonance data and a correction term for the localized evolution of a phase of the measured magnetic resonance data by means of field inhomogeneities or by means of a counterrotation of gradient fields with the number of echo times; and applying a spectral model to the fitted magnetic resonance data to determine magnetic resonance images with contrasts which correspond to the number of spin species.
US11047936B2
In some aspects, a resonator device includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plane on a first side of the substrate, and conductors on a second, opposite side of the substrate. The conductors include first and second resonators and two baluns. Each balun includes a feed, a first branch and a second branch. The feed is connected to the first and second branches, and the first and second branches are capacitively coupled to the respective first and second resonators. The first branch includes a delay line configured to produce a phase shift relative to the second branch. The resonator device includes a sample region configured to support a magnetic resonance sample between the first and second resonators.
US11047933B2
Magnetic field sensors and associated techniques use a Hall effect element in a current spinning arrangement in combination with a rippled reduction feedback network configured to reduce undesirable spectral components generated by the current spinning and other circuit elements.
US11047912B2
This disclosure describes a test architecture that supports a common approach to testing individual die and dies in a 3D stack arrangement. The test architecture uses an improved TAP design to facilitate the testing of parallel test circuits within the die.
US11047910B2
A test override circuit includes a memory that includes multiple memory instances. A path selector receives a control signal from automatic test pattern generator equipment (ATE) to control data access to data paths that are operatively coupled between the memory instances and a plurality of logic endpoints. The path selector generates an output signal that indicates which of the data paths is selected in response to the control signal. A gating circuit enables the selected data paths to be accessed by at least one of the plurality of logic endpoints in response to the output signal from the path selector.
US11047904B2
An integrated circuit includes a plurality of external terminal circuits, each having an external terminal. The integrated circuit includes a wakeup detector including a plurality of inputs. Each input of the plurality of inputs is coupled to an external terminal circuit. The wakeup detector generates an output signal indicative of an external terminal of the plurality of external terminal circuits being placed at a wakeup voltage. The integrated circuit includes a trigger generation circuit having a plurality of outputs in which each output is coupled to an external terminal circuit to generate a wake-up voltage at an external terminal of the external terminal circuit by coupling the external terminal to a power supply terminal of the integrated circuit to generate an indication of the external terminal being at the wakeup voltage at the wakeup detector when at least a portion of the integrated circuit is in a low power mode.
US11047898B2
A system and associated method determines the characteristics of an electric network including distance to a fault through the use of a power divider and a measuring device that measures a quantity from which voltage magnitude can be determined. The measuring device may be a power detector. The power detector may include a power meter to measure voltage and/or a power sensor to measure amplitude. Then, the results from the power detector are used in conjunction with a Hilbert transform to estimate the phase associated with at least two voltage magnitudes when a combined signal is a minimum phase signal.
US11047887B2
Deterioration in transient response characteristics of a current sensor may cause overshoot or delay. Thus, it is difficult to achieve good transient response characteristics of a magnetic field. A current sensor is provided, including: a detection unit outputting a signal corresponding to a magnetic field generated by detection current flowing through a current path; a reception unit receiving the signal corresponding to the magnetic field; a filter unit filtering the signal received by the reception unit; and an output unit outputting an output signal indicating the detection current according to the filtered signal, wherein detection gain, as gain of magnetic flux density detected by the detection unit, has a gain fluctuation band that changes with an increase in a frequency of the detection current, and the filter unit has gain that cancels out the change in the detection gain in at least a part of the gain fluctuation band.
US11047880B2
A probing device includes a chuck configured to support a device under test (DUT), and includes a probe card disposed above the chuck. The probe card includes an inlet configured to convey a gas into the probe card, and an outlet configured to blow the gas at a predetermined temperature from the probe card toward the chuck. A method includes providing a chuck, a DUT disposed on the chuck and a probe card disposed above the DUT, and blowing a gas at a predetermined temperature from the probe card toward the DUT.
US11047878B2
An electrical connector comprises a substrate, a datum reference position, a first plurality of intermediary members, and a first plurality of contact members. Each contact member has first and second arms extending away from a base towards opposite side surfaces to form a letter V with an opening facing the datum reference position. A connector array comprises one or more of the electrical connectors. A testing apparatus comprises a tester base, a supporting member, a frame, one or more of the connector arrays, and an upper cover.
US11047875B2
An inertial sensor includes a substrate and a structure disposed on the substrate. The structure includes a detection movable body which overlaps the substrate in a direction along a Z-axis and includes a movable detection electrode, a detection spring that supports the detection movable body, a drive portion that drives the detection movable body in a direction along an X-axis with respect to the substrate, a fixed detection electrode fixed to the substrate and facing the movable detection electrode, a first compensation electrode for applying an electrostatic attraction force having a first direction component different from the direction along the X-axis to the detection movable body, and a second compensation electrode for applying an electrostatic attraction force having a second direction component opposite to the first direction component to the detection movable body. One of the first compensation electrode and the second compensation electrode includes an adjustment portion that adjusts magnitude of the electrostatic attraction force.
US11047874B1
System, apparatus and method for predicting aerodynamic parameters using artifical hair sensor array
Systems and associated methods for utilizing an artificial hair sensor to gather fluid flow data sensed on a surface. The artificial hair sensors are disposed on a surface to acquire flow sensory data in approximately real-time and for a plurality of dynamic flow parameters on the surface. The sensory data is based on a quantity of the artificial hair sensors that can be configured in an array of sensors. A mapping module, such as a neural network, is operatively coupled to the artificial hair sensor array and receives the sensory data acquired by the artificial hair sensors and generates a time-varying signal, which is based on the quantity of dynamic parameters. A real-time representation of the time-varying signal is generated.
US11047873B2
Systems and methods are provided for making in-situ measurements of the sea bed 3 component fluid velocity field and sediment motion across a range of real ocean conditions using particle image velocimetry (PIV). A PIV system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can include a camera to capture images of the particles in motion, a laser to generate a laser sheet for illuminating the particles, and a synchronizer to act as an external trigger for the laser and the camera.
US11047869B2
The invention generally relates to mass spectral analysis. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve analyzing a tissue sample using a mass spectrometry technique, in which the technique utilizes a liquid phase that does not destroy native tissue morphology during analysis. Due to the use of a liquid phase that does not destroy native tissue morphology during analysis, a subsequent staining technique can be performed on the tissue sample and an overlaid image can be produced of a mass spectral image and a staining image.
US11047864B2
The invention relates to a method for obtaining APRIL-binding peptides. With this method APRIL-binding peptides may be obtained and/or selected. Further aspects of the invention relate to a cell comprising a nucleotide sequence coding for an APRIL-binding peptide according to the invention, a process for producing an APRIL-binding peptide and the APRIL-binding peptide obtainable in the production process and/or the selection method. In view of the possible utility of the APRIL-binding peptides according to the invention, further aspects of the invention relate to diagnostic uses of an APRIL binding peptide of the invention.
US11047861B2
The disclosure provides a cell-based, label-free assay compatible with high-throughput screening (HTS) that can report quantitatively on enzyme activities by measuring mass changes of substrates with MALDI-mass spectrometry.
US11047855B2
Methods and kits for diagnosing or monitoring systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a subject are provided. Particularly, provided is a specific antibody reactivity profile useful in diagnosing or monitoring SLE in a subject.
US11047845B1
This disclosure relates to verifying the operation of cell analyzers, including microscope-based cell imaging and counting analyzers. In one general aspect, a mixture of micro-beads having known characteristics is introduced into the analyzer. One or more images of the mixture are acquired with the analyzer's microscope, the images are analyzed, and a determination is made about whether results meet one or more predetermined quality control thresholds. Also disclosed is a hematology control material that can be used to perform the verification and includes a solvent, a dye dissolved in the solvent, and micro-beads suspended in the solvent. In another general aspect, a quality control method for the analyzers includes capturing images of samples that include patient cells using at least a microscope, extracting sample-specific information about properties of the patient samples from the images, and testing information from the samples against predetermined standards to verify the operation of the analyzer.
US11047840B2
A breath alcohol device calibration system includes a computerized calibration module operable to calibrate a candidate breath alcohol device using a reference gas of known alcohol concentration, and a reference gas tank identification module operable to identify a reference gas tank that is coupled to the breath alcohol device calibration system. Identification is performed using at least one distinguishing characteristic of the coupled tank, the distinguishing characteristic providing reference gas tank information including at least the known alcohol concentration of gas in the reference gas tank. The reference gas tank identification module is further operable to read a temperature history of the tank from an electronic device coupled to the tank, and to indicate an error condition if the temperature history of the tank indicates temperatures below a first temperature threshold over the tank's recent temperature history to potentially result in incomplete mixing of the reference gas.
US11047833B2
A method for automatic determination of trends in the graphic analysis of turbomachinery, characterized by understanding the steps of: a) obtaining valid data from sensors installed on the turbomachinery for analysis; b) applying fourth order polynomial regression and evaluating its correlation with the sample; c) calculating the relative variation between the first and last points of the series; d) assessing whether the levels of relative variation and relative correlation exceed a previously pre-established minimum level; d1) displaying a non-existent trend result, if the relative variation or the relative correlation does not exceed the minimum level previously established; e) calculating the trend using the weighted average calculations; f) calculating and classifying the rate of change between consecutive values in the valid data series; g) determining parameters for the rate of change; h) checking if the rate of change parameters meet trend criteria, where: h1) if the rate of change parameters meet trend criteria, checking if the relative change is positive, where: h11) if the change relative is positive, displays a positive trend result; and h12) if the relative variation is negative, displays a negative trend result, h2) if the rate of change parameters do not meet trend criteria, checking if the relative variation is positive, where: h21) if the relative variation is negative, shows a result that there is a negative threshold change; and h22) if the relative variation is positive, displays a result that there is a positive threshold change, i) informing the results obtained; and j) taking corrective actions.
US11047832B2
A method for determining at least one parameter of interest of a material comprises directing, using a radio frequency (RF) applicator, one or more RF energy pulses into a region of interest, the region of interest comprising a material having a parameter of interest and at least one reference, the material and the reference separated by at least one boundary; detecting, using an acoustic receiver, at least one multi-polar acoustic signal generated in the region of interest in response to the RF energy pulses; processing the at least one multi-polar acoustic signal to determine an electric field strength at the boundary; calculating a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of the one or more RF energy pulses; and determining the at least one parameter of interest of the material based at least on the determined electric field strength and the VSWR.
US11047825B2
A heater unit includes a heater 72 having first bend portions 95 (95a to 95d) and second bend portions 96 (96a to 96f). The first bend portions 95 are turns present in a maximum-temperature area (first area 90a) where the maximum temperature is reached during heating among areas 88 where the turns have a narrower pitch and having apexes facing each other in the short-length direction (left-right direction) of a ceramic substrate. The second bend portions 96 are turns present in areas 89 where the turns have a wider pitch and having apexes facing each other in the short-length direction. The distance X1 [mm] between the first bend portions 95 facing each other is larger than the distance X2 [mm] between the second bend portions 96 facing each other.
US11047822B2
A sensor device includes a detection resistor having a resistance value changing according to a physical quantity and a reference resistor compared with the detection resistor, the reference resistor is configured by electrically connecting a first resistance circuit and a second resistance circuit. The first resistance circuit includes a first and a second resistive element having positive and negative resistance temperature coefficients, respectively, which are electrically connected. The second resistance circuit includes a third and a fourth resistive elements having a positive and a negative resistance temperature coefficient, respectively, which are electrically connected. The first resistance circuit is configured to generate a first deviation to either the positive or negative side with respect to a temperature change, and the second resistance circuit is configured to generate a second deviation to the side opposite to the positive or negative side where the first deviation is generated.
US11047821B2
Accurately measuring bio-impedance is important for sensing properties of the body. Unfortunately, contact impedances can significantly degrade the accuracy of bio-impedance measurements. To address this issue, circuitry for implementing a four-wire impedance measurement can be configured to make multiple current measurements. The multiple current measurements set up a system of equations to allow the unknown bio-impedance and contact impedances to be derived. The result is an accurate bio-impedance measurement that is not negatively impacted by large contact impedances. Moreover, bad contacts with undesirably large impedances can be identified.
US11047818B2
The present invention discloses an integrated online measurement system for thermophysical property parameters of nanofluid cutting fluid, consisting of a gas path system, a fluid path system, a nanofluid thermal conductivity measurement device, a measurement device for a convective heat transfer coefficient and a nanofluid/workpiece heat partition ratio of the nanofluid cutting fluid, and a grinding force and grinding temperature measurement device or a milling force and milling temperature measurement device; the nanofluid thermal conductivity measurement device is located in the fluid path system; the gas path system provides pressure for the nanofluid in the fluid path system, two nozzles lead out from the fluid path system, and the nanofluid gas spray ejected by the nozzle I is sprayed onto the surface of a workpiece I to form the measurement device for the nanofluid convective heat transfer coefficient and the nanofluid/workpiece heat partition ratio; and the nanofluid gas spray ejected by the nozzle II is sprayed onto the surface of a workpiece II to form the grinding force and grinding temperature measurement device.
US11047807B2
There may be provided a method for determining three dimensional (3D) defect information, the method may include performing a two-dimensional (2D) inspection of an area of a wafer to generate 2D defect information related to defects of the area of the wafer; estimating 3D defect information regarding the defects of the area of the wafer, wherein the estimating is based on the 2D defect information related to defects of the area of the wafer, and a mapping between 2D defect information and 3D defect information, wherein the mapping is generated using a supervised deep learning machine process.
US11047802B2
The invention relates to a tube furnace device for an atomizing furnace and to an analyzing apparatus comprising an atomizing furnace and a tube furnace device, in particular for atomic absorption spectrometry, the tube furnace device comprising a sample carrier means (11) and a bearing means (12) for supporting and forming electrical contact with the sample carrier means, the sample carrier means having a receiving tube (16) forming a tubular receiving space (17) for receiving an analyte, the sample carrier means having two bearing protrusions on the receiving tube for forming a connection with the bearing means, the bearing protrusions extending perpendicularly, preferably orthogonally, in relation to a longitudinal axis of the receiving tube, wherein the tube furnace device has a contact pressure means (13) via which a contact pressure force (14) can be exerted on the bearing protrusions in the direction of a passant line (20) in relation to a circular cross section (21) of the receiving tube.
US11047792B2
A semiconductor device inspection method of inspecting a semiconductor device which is an inspection object includes: a step of inputting a stimulation signal to the semiconductor device; a step of acquiring a detection signal based on a reaction of the semiconductor device to which the stimulation signal has been input; a step of generating a first in-phase image and a first quadrature image including amplitude information and phase information in the detection signal based on the detection signal and a reference signal generated based on the stimulation signal; and a step of performing, a filtering process of reducing noise on at least one of the first in-phase image and the first quadrature image and then generating a first amplitude image based on the first in-phase image and the first quadrature image.
US11047786B2
The particle size distribution measuring apparatus includes a centrifugal sedimentation measuring mechanism and a dynamic light scattering measuring mechanism. The centrifugal sedimentation measuring mechanism causes particles to settle out by rotating a measurement cell accommodating particles dispersed in a dispersion medium and detects transmitted light by irradiating light to the measurement cell to measure a first particle size distribution on a basis of a change of transmitted light intensity of the transmitted light. The dynamic light scattering measuring mechanism detects scattered light occurred upon irradiation of light to particles so as to measure a second particle size distribution based on a change of scattered light intensity of the scattered light occurred due to Brownian motion of particles. After the centrifugal sedimentation measuring mechanism detects the transmitted light, the dynamic light scattering measuring mechanism measures the second particle size distribution by irradiating light onto the measurement cell.
US11047784B2
The present invention relates to a sensor for continuous detection of minute changes of density in fluids and biological fluids, solids and semisolid bodies by use of a transducer. The invention also relates to a method for continuous detection of changes of density of fluids or solids as well as use of the device.
US11047771B2
Disclosed herein is a device and method for correlating core sample zones with an actual subterranean depth. The disclosed device has a pair of independent distance measuring devices operably in communication with a core sample apparatus where a first distance measuring device measures the length of a core sample entering a core sampling tube and a second distance measuring device measures a drive depth of the core sampling tube entering into the ground. A processing unit is provided for correlating the two distances so as to allow a determination as to the actual depth below ground from where a given zone of the core sample is extracted.
US11047762B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for inspecting a tank containing a flammable fluid are provided. A vehicle configured to inspect the tank can include a propeller, a battery, a control unit, an inspection device, and a ranging device. The battery provides power to the propeller, the control unit, the inspection device, and the ranging device. The control unit generates a map of the tank. The control unit determines a first position of the vehicle on the map of the tank. The propeller moves the vehicle through the flammable fluid in the tank. The inspection device determines a quality metric of a portion of the tank. The control unit causes the propeller to move the vehicle from the first position to a second position within the tank. The control unit determines the quality metric for the portion of the tank at the second position within the tank, and stores the quality metric.
US11047753B2
A pressure sensor assembly and method for manufacturing a pressure sensor assembly is disclosed and includes a pressure responsive component having a pressure sensitive element and an output signal generator disposed on a common substrate. The substrate has an aperture extending completely there through and the pressure sensitive element is disposed in communication with the aperture. The aperture is open to the ambient environment. The pressure responsive component is received in a connector which is received in a housing. Multiple seal structures isolate the pressure responsive component within the housing.
US11047748B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing an adiabatic power compensation differential scanning calorimeter to minimize a temperature difference between a sample and a reference. For instance, methods can include providing ramp-up heating power to heat a sample container and a reference container based on a preprogrammed temperature ramp rate; minimizing a temperature difference among the sample container, the reference container, and at least one furnace; providing compensating heat to the sample container and the reference container when a self-heating activity of the sample material is detected; providing container-only compensating heat to the sample container to block heat transfer from the sample material to the sample container once the self-heating activity of the sample material is detected; and providing compensating heat to the reference container to facilitate container-only compensating heat calculation and control.
US11047728B2
A load weight and balance system has first sensors for providing a first output signal proportional to an available internal volume of an associated passenger luggage storage bin. Second sensors provide a second output signal proportional a weight of any luggage in the associated passenger luggage storage bin. Display devices provide a visual indication whether or not each passenger luggage storage bin is filled to capacity. A main display provides a visual indication of the storage status of all of the passenger luggage storage bins. A processor receives the signals from the first sensors and the second sensors, calculates whether or not each of the passenger luggage storage bins is filled to capacity and whether or not each of the passenger luggage storage bins is within a predetermined weight value, and determines whether or not the weight distribution of the passenger luggage storage bins in the aircraft is balanced.
US11047723B1
An apparatus and a method for measuring fluid flow parameters. The apparatus can have a plurality of upstream sensors and a plurality of downstream sensors in communication with a computer. By comparing the sensor reading to an ambient condition, or a known fluid characteristic, the presence of fluid can be determined. The computer can utilize measured data from the sensors and known sensor placement to calculate volumetric flow rate and make determinations about equipment health.
US11047719B2
A magnetic-inductive flow meter and a method for operating such a magnetic-inductive flow meter for measuring the flow velocity or the volumetric flow rate of a medium in a measuring tube include subjecting the medium to magnetic fields of different polarity and field strength such that the changing between magnetic fields causes a voltage pulse in the medium and analyzing the voltage pulse to calculate a correction of an electrode voltage profile of a measuring electrode pair of the flow meter.
US11047717B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for determining the amount of bulk material being choke-fed into an inlet of a blender from one or more bulk material containers placed on a support structure are disclosed. The system includes sensors placed on the support structure beneath the one or more containers for determining the amount of bulk material contained within the container at any given time. By monitoring the change in the mass of the material in the containers overtime the amount of material being fed into the blender can be determined. The material is metered into a mixer within the blender using a metering mechanism, such as a sand screw, which supplies a fixed capacity of bulk material into the blender. The ability to precisely measure the amount of bulk material being choke-fed into the blender enables operators to calibrate the sand screw continuously.
US11047711B2
Apparatuses, systems, and associated methods of assembly are described that provide for improved sensor wire retention. An example sensor wire retention device includes a bobbin tube that defines a hollow interior configured to receive a probe assembly inserted therein. The device includes one or more coil elements wrapped around at least a portion of the bobbin tube. One or more washers are attached around the bobbin tube, and each of the one or more washers defines one or more wire notches. The device includes a wire harness of one or more wires, and each of the one or more wires of the wire harness are positioned within the one or more wire notches. The device further includes a return shield element disposed around the wires located within the wire notches of the one or more washers, and the return shield element compresses the one or more wires.
US11047706B2
A method for distinguishing a foot motion of a user by placing a pedometer at a foot of a user includes the steps of collecting an accelerating data from an accelerometer in a real time manner; filtering the accelerating data via a smoothing filter and a Kalman filter; generating a step data that represents number of steps taken by the user in response to the accelerating data through the smoothing filter; generating an activity data that represents a foot motion of the user in response to the accelerating data through the Kalman filter; and combining the step data and the activity data to form a resulted data that distinguishes the foot motion with step count of the user.
US11047702B1
An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry for locating lost items. The control circuitry may determine where an item is located and may use the display or other output device to guide a user to the item. The display may display a visual guide such as an arrow, a sphere, a circle, a compass, or other visual aid that points the user in the direction of the item. The control circuitry may change the size or other characteristic of the visual aid on the display as the distance between the electronic device and the object changes. The control circuitry may change the location of the visual aid on the display as the orientation of the electronic device relative to the object changes. The display may overlay the visual aid onto live images of the user's surroundings as they are captured by a camera.
US11047700B2
A computing system can receive image data corresponding to an image of a passenger interior of the vehicle from a computing device of a vehicle or a driver. Using the image data, the computing system can determine at least one of (i) a first route for the vehicle or the driver to travel to a start location of a requesting user, or (ii) a second route for the requesting user to travel to the start location. The computing system may then transmit at least one of (i) navigation instructions based on the first route to the computing device of the vehicle or the driver, or (ii) navigation instructions based on the second route to a computing device of the requesting user.
US11047696B2
An exemplary point-of-interest identification system accesses data for a point-of-interest. The system generates a plurality of scores for the point-of-interest based on one or more of a plurality of predefined features found in the data for the point-of-interest and on a machine learning model. The system selects, based on the plurality of scores, a primary point-of-interest type for the point-of-interest. The system includes the selected primary point-of-interest in a dataset for the point-of-interest. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11047659B2
A small-caliber projectile having a length Lb, a forward ogive-shaped section, a rear generally cylindrical shaped section, a core, and a jacket generally surrounding the core. The core has a front/penetrator core portion and a soft/heavy rear core portion, wherein the front/penetrator core portion is made of a tungsten alloy and has a length Lp and the soft/heavy rear core portion is made of a lead alloy and has a length Lr and the ratio Lp to Lb is in the range of 0.2 to 0.5.
US11047658B2
An apparatus for adding weight to an arrow and a system and method of correcting the trajectory of the arrow with the added weight is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a compensator designed to fit as a sleeve on a shaft of the arrow and the compensator has diameter that is larger than a diameter of the shaft of the arrow. A thickness of the compensator, which is measured as the difference in the diameter of the compensator and the diameter of the shaft of the arrow, is configured to enable a user to aim the arrow with a bow that has been sighted for a standard arrow.
US11047656B2
A firearm projectile is provided to promote a yaw effect on material entry by the projectile and to enhance wound channel formation on entered material. The firearm projectile comprises an elongated body, having a surface formed as a surface of revolution. It further consists of an ovoid forward portion and a cylindrical rear potion.
US11047655B2
The present invention provides polymeric ammunition having a generally cylindrical neck having a projectile aperture at a first end, a shoulder comprising a shoulder top connected to the generally cylindrical neck opposite a shoulder bottom, a side wall extending from the shoulder, a groove positioned around the side wall, a skirt connected circumferentially about the groove to extend away from the groove, wherein the groove and the skirt are adapted to mate to a polymer cartridge.
US11047650B2
Novel transparent composites have been developed that have relatively lower areal densities of conventional transparent composites, where the composites are tested for the same threat levels as specified in the NIT or STANAG standards. Particular transparent composites can withstand projectiles having relatively high kinetic energy, for example, using STANAG 4 testing conditions. Further, the novel transparent composites can withstand multiple hits using Multiple Hit Testing at a STANAG 2 threat level.
US11047638B1
Provided herein is a laser sight trigger guard for a handgun that enables a user to simultaneously switch on a laser as the trigger guard is moved before firing. The trigger guard has a first component that houses a laser assembly and a second component that covers the trigger when the handgun is not in use. The second component is pivotably attached to the first component. The laser assembly has a laser unit, an on off switch and a power supply. When unpivoted, the second component covers the trigger and the laser is kept in an off state. When pivoted, the second component no longer covers the trigger enabling the laser to switch on and to simultaneously provide access to the trigger.
US11047629B2
In a method of manufacturing a fin-assembled tube by arranging a helical fin in an interior of a tube, a plate-shaped fin material is inserted into the interior of the tube and the helical fin is formed by twisting the fin material in the interior of the tube.
US11047628B2
An electronic device having an improved heating state is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device can comprise: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a printed circuit board inserted between the first surface and the second surface; an electronic component disposed on the printed circuit board; a shielding structure mounted on the printed circuit board, and including a conductive structure for at least partially surrounding the electronic device; and a heat pipe including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is thermally coupled to a portion of the shielding structure, and the first end portion is disposed closer to the shielding structure than the second end portion. Additionally, other examples are possible.
US11047614B2
The present invention relates to a display device for a refrigerator door. The display device for a refrigerator door, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a first panel made of a transparent material; a second panel made of a transparent material, and disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first panel by a predetermined interval; and a display module disposed between the first panel and the second panel, wherein the display module comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a predetermined pattern, a first wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and a second wire electrically connected to the light emitting elements, and disposed so as to intersect with the first wire. The present invention has benefit of enabling user to easily visually check, from the outside of a refrigerator, information related to the refrigerator and stored goods stored inside the refrigerator.
US11047609B2
A chest insert for a freezer is disclosed. The chest insert is placed inside a freezer and food is placed inside the chest insert. Several sides of the chest insert comprise a gap which is partially filled with a refrigerant gel. These gaps are slanted such that the gel can expand into a wider gap as it expands while freezing, lessening the risk of uneven freezing causing the refrigerant gel to press against the walls of the chest insert. The use of the disclosed subject matter reduces freezer burn by stabilizing humidity. Further, the chest insert maintains the temperature inside the chest insert for extended periods if the freezer fails or the power to the freezer is interrupted.
US11047598B2
The single axis solar tracking assembly comprises a plurality of spine sections (2) connected to one another by universal joints (10), supporting legs (3) rotatably supporting the spine sections (2) on the ground, a plurality of brackets attached to each spine section (2), a plurality of rib members (4) connected to the brackets, and solar panels (5) secured to the rib members (4). The rib members (4) are moveable between a folded position and a deployed position. An auxiliary shaft is located between adjacent universal joints (10) connected to adjacent spine sections (2). First and second crossed spine hinge axes of the universal joints are arranged so that the spine sections (2) can be fold at right angles to the auxiliary shaft and the spine sections (2) can be fold in a zig zag fashion into a compact storage position in which the solar panels are arranged in adjacent parallel planes.
US11047596B1
Embodiments of a high temperature fluid generator are adapted to heat a fluid to a high temperature using a heat source. The generator employs a forced circulation counter flow design including a furnace section, a convection section and a pair of L-shaped headers connected to tubes in the furnace and convection sections. In various embodiments, the headers are positioned on diagonally opposite corners and convection tubes are positioned at least partially outside of a flue path for the combustion gas.
US11047587B2
The present invention provides a cooling and heating bandwidth temperature control apparatus, comprising: a cooling and heating temperature control apparatus; a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature; first and second lines for connecting the first temperature sensor to the cooling and heating temperature control apparatus; and a first relay for determining a connection between cut contacts of the first line and cut contacts of the second line, where if the first relay is in a contact, the first temperature sensor is connected to the cooling and heating temperature control apparatus, and if the first relay is in a contact, the cooling and heating temperature control apparatus is connected to a high temperature control resistor or a low temperature control resistor through a second relay so as to control a temperature in a bandwidth.
US11047571B2
A self-recuperative burner comprising: a burner body having an exchanger; said exchanger comprises a first duct for the combustion air and a second duct for the flue gases: at least one first flue gas discharge pipe; characterized in that it comprises an air inlet duct leading to a first annular chamber concentric to said at least one first flue gas discharge pipe; said first annular chamber being connected also to a Venturi tube positioned inside said at least one first flue gas discharge pipe.
US11047566B2
An illumination assembly adapted to be coupled to a storage unit (such as a top portion or working surface area). The illumination assembly may be coupled to a retrofittable or integrated feature of the storage unit to direct or radiate the light into an interior containment space of a work tray (such as a drawer) of the storage unit.
US11047559B2
A light source cooling body (100), a light source assembly, a luminaire and a method to manufacture a light source cooling body or a light source assembly are provided. The light source cooling body comprises a homogeneous body (104) made of a thermally conductive material. The homogenous body comprises an open space that comprises a wick structure, a condenser (112) and an evaporator (116). Near the evaporator the light source cooling body has an interface area (102) to thermally couple with a light source and to receive heat from the light source. The condenser is arranged away from the interface area. A portion 114 of the open space is tubular shaped. The open space may hold a cooling liquid partially in the gaseous phase and partially in the liquid phase and the wick structure is configured to transport the cooling material in the liquid phase towards the evaporator.
US11047553B2
A luminaire a small number of carefully designed extrusions is easily manufactured. The housing is formed by joining four pieces having a first extrusion profile. A second extrusion profile is used for the side and end covers. A third profile is used for access covers. The housing frames a lens, such as an acrylic sheet, and long lines of LEDs are positioned to shine directly into the side of the lens. A reflective layer on the lens directs all or some of the LED light out the luminaire's front, perhaps directing some light out the back. Strategically positioned diffusors ensure a pleasing lighting effect. The result is a very thin and light weight luminaire having a large surface area. The luminaire can be suspended by threaded nipples, by cables threaded through holes in the back, or by brackets screwed to threaded inserts.
US11047540B2
A light assembly and method for steering a vehicle headlight illumination pattern. In one aspect, a method includes providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of: illuminating a subset of consecutive LEDs in the line including LEDs associated with the first and second edge illumination fields; as the direction of the vehicle wheels changes: (i) fading the LED associated with one of the first and second illumination fields off while simultaneously fading the LED associated with the other of the first and second illumination fields on thereby changing the illumination pattern; and (ii) repeating step (i) so that the illumination pattern tracks the direction of the vehicle wheels.
US11047539B1
A multi-operational landscape lighting device is provided. An example multi-operational landscape lighting device includes a lighting device housing, a lighting device installation arm mechanically coupled to the lighting device housing, and a plurality of landscape lighting LED packages. The landscape lighting LED packages are configured to emit one or more of decorative lighting or pathway lighting.
US11047538B2
An LED lighting apparatus comprises a housing having at least one sidewall, an LED board, a lens having a back side facing the LED board and a front side opposite to the back side, and a driver module cover. The lens is disposed with respect to the LED board such that the plurality of the LEDs illuminate the back side of the lens. An adapter bracket is employed to couple the LED lighting apparatus to a junction box installed and positioned above the ceiling such that when the apparatus is snapped into the junction box, the driver module cover is at least partially disposed in the junction box.
US11047535B2
An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of luminescence materials provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output. The remote light converting appliances may be provided as frustoconical elements directly adjacent to the LEDs within frustoconical reflective cavities. An index matching compound can be disposed between the light converting appliances and the associated LEDs.
US11047534B2
An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of luminescence materials provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output. The remote light converting appliances may be provided as frustoconical elements directly adjacent to the LEDs within frustoconical reflective cavities. An index matching compound can be disposed between the light converting appliances and the associated LEDs.
US11047524B2
A modular support frame (1) for supporting LED panels (2), comprising several frame modules (3), wherein at least one of these frame modules (3) is configured to support an LED panel (2), and comprises at least one longitudinal rod (4, 5) of a fixed length which is at least partially double-walled, and an LED wall (26) comprising such a support frame (1).
US11047520B1
An etching easel apparatus includes an easel backboard having a board front side, a board back side, and connecting edges that, together, define a recessed area. A bottom lip is coupled to the board bottom edge of the easel backboard portion and extends perpendicularly from the board front side and laterally between the left and right edges. A top lip is pivotally coupled to the board top edge of the easel backboard portion and extends perpendicularly from the board front side. The top lip is configured to secure an etching plate against the board front side and the bottom lip. A wall mount is coupled to the board back side of the easel backboard portion and has a pair of mounting apertures configured to receive hardware inserted into a wall. The apparatus includes a height adjustable table stand configured to support the backboard.
US11047509B2
A hang-off insert for hanging-off a flexible elongate subsea element from a surface vessel has a circular loop that includes circumferentially-spaced support segments. Collectively, the segments define a substantially planar support face of the insert and have respective radially inner faces that define an inner radius of the loop. The radially inner faces of the support segments can be positioned at various radial positions to determine the inner radius of the loop and hence to adapt the circumference of the loop to suit different diameters of elongate subsea elements. With the hang-off insert supported by a hang-off structure of the vessel, a laterally-protruding hang-off feature of the elongate subsea element extending through the loop may be rested on the support face to transfer suspended weight loads to the hang-off structure.
US11047508B2
A vent assembly has a housing defining a cavity, a first end, a second end, and a coupling structure towards the second end. A mounting surface is positioned between the first end and the second end within the cavity and defines a valve opening and a vent opening. A vent is coupled to the mounting surface across the vent opening, and an umbrella valve is sealably disposed on the mounting surface across a valve opening.
US11047500B2
A dual coil solenoid valve is disclosed for a fuel gas control valve, which comprises a stationary coil assembly and a moving coil assembly, wherein both the stationary coil assembly and the moving coil assembly consist of a magnetic core and a coil. Grooves are provided on the inside of the magnetic cores and coils are arranged in the grooves of the magnetic cores. The stationary coil assembly and the moving coil assembly have an equal cross-sectional area and are arranged oppositely with their axes coinciding with each other. The coils are arranged in the grooves of the magnet cores in such a way that the leakage flux can be reduced and the electromagnetic forces can be increased.
US11047497B2
A pneumatic valve including an air chamber with an air connection, and an actuator with a movable shut-off element and with an SMA element composed of a shape memory alloy. The SMA element is mechanically coupled to the movable shut-off element, wherein, for the activation of the actuator, electrical heating power is fed to the SMA element, after which the SMA element deforms and brings about a predefined movement of the shut-off element for opening or closing the air connection. The actuator includes a detection unit to detect the arrival at and departure from an end position of the shut-off element when the actuator is activated. The actuator includes a control device which is configured such that, when the actuator is activated, the control device detects the current cycle time between a departure from and the next arrival at the end position by the shut-off element.
US11047496B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for detecting water leaks and mitigating the damage caused by the detected leaks. The system may include a processor and a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include obtaining sensor data that is generated by one or more flow rate sensors located at a property, obtaining status data that is generated by one or more connected water shutoff valves located at the property, determining, based on (i) the obtained sensor data and (ii) the obtained status data whether a water leak has been detected at the property, and in response to determining, based on (i) the obtained sensor data and (ii) the obtained status data, that a water leak has been detected at the property, initiating performance of one or more water damage mitigation operations.
US11047492B2
A ball valve includes a ball that has a passage hole and is rotatably supported, a ball packing that is made of polyimide and is in contact with an outer circumferential face of the ball, and a ball retainer that holds the ball packing, and a spring-loaded lip seal that is installed between the ball packing and the ball retainer and has a metallic spring fit inside a seal case made of a resin.
US11047490B2
A diaphragm valve and a flow rate control device for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are configured so as to allow an increase of a valve flow rate while avoiding an increase in size of the valve. The diaphragm valve includes a diaphragm with an outer periphery being pressed and a valve seat part in a valve chamber of a body having an inflow path and an outflow path, with the diaphragm being configured to open and close the valve chamber by an ascending/descending motion of a stem. The diaphragm has a substantially-flat cross sectional form having a substantially-planar center region and a boundary region. The boundary region is on an outer peripheral side of the center region and has a radius of curvature smaller than that of the center region, and the boundary region is positioned near an outer peripheral side of the valve seat part.
US11047479B2
A method for producing a piston ring for a cylinder that moves in a sliding direction includes providing a piston ring base material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer circumferential surface having a first recess between the upper surface and the lower surface, forming a hard film in the first recess and on a cylindrical surface at a predetermined thickness, and removing, by performing a polishing process on the sliding surface, the hard film formed on the cylindrical surface and a part of the piston ring base material disposed adjacent to the removed hard film, to form a second recess. The second recess is formed by removing an area of the removed part of the piston ring base material as a result of polishing the sliding surface due to a difference in the hardness of the hard film and the piston ring base material.
US11047478B2
A piston ring and a method of manufacturing a piston ring for a piston of a reciprocating internal combustion engine. The piston ring comprises a body having an outer circumferential surface. A tribological coating is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the body. The tribological coating has a dual layer structure and includes a relatively hard base layer and a relatively porous top layer overlying the base layer.
US11047475B2
A method for operating a transmission (3) that includes at least one form-locking shift element (A, F) with two shift-element halves is provided. The shift element (A, F) is disengaged in a first end position and is engaged in a second end position of a displaceable shift-element half. Upon detection of a sensor malfunction, a check is carried out to determine whether the shift-element half, before the malfunction of the sensor, was in an end position as demanded and was actuated by an actuation force acting in the direction of this end position. Power flow in the transmission (3) is maintained for as long as it takes for the shift-element half, starting from the current end position, to be actuated in the direction of the other end position and/or for the actuation force acting in the direction of the current end position to be less than a threshold value.
US11047474B2
An electro-hydraulic control system for a multispeed transmission having a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms includes a controller for operably controlling the transmission, a fluid source for supplying hydraulic fluid, and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms being operably selected between an applied and an unapplied state to achieve a plurality of ranges including at least one reverse, a neutral, and a plurality of forward ranges. The system includes a plurality of trim systems having pressure control solenoids and trim valves. The system may also include one or more shift valves disposed in fluid communication with the fluid source and being capable of moving between stroked and de-stroked positions. In any given range, only two of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms may be applied. Moreover, three of the plurality of pressure control solenoids are normally high solenoids, and the remaining solenoids are normally low solenoids.
US11047469B2
An automatic transmission includes a transmission housing having a sump portion, a main transmission fluid pump arranged at the sump portion, and a recess having a fluid return passage. A torque converter mounted in the recess and a scavenging pump arranged in the sump portion and fluidically connected to the fluid return passage.
US11047468B2
A hydraulically actuated transmission includes a selecting switching valve configured to selectively switch between a first switching valve and a second switching valve as a valve to be connected with an outlet port of a solenoid valve. The selecting switching valve is configured to operate in response to a hydraulic pressure applied to a specific frictional coupling element (second brake) in accordance with coupling and releasing of the specific frictional coupling element, and is configured to connect the outlet port with the first switching valve while the hydraulically actuated transmission is in high gear which is higher than or equal to a predetermined gear, and connect the outlet port with the second switching valve while the hydraulically actuated transmission is in the low gear which is lower than the predetermined gear.
US11047466B1
A first concave-convex part is formed in an outer diameter side circumferential surface of a first annular concave part provided in an axial one-side surface of an inner wheel element, and a second concave-convex part is formed in a bottom surface of a second annular concave part provided in the axial other-side surface of the inner wheel element. An outer circumferential part of the inner wheel element is embedded in an outer wheel element, and synthetic resin forming the outer wheel element partially enters into a plurality of concave parts constituting the first concave-convex part and the second concave-convex part. Thus, a configuration is achieved in which the holding power of a synthetic resin outer wheel can be secured from the metal inner wheel element, and the manufacturing error can be suppressed in the worm wheel tooth part provided in the outer circumferential surface of the outer wheel.
US11047460B2
A continuously variable power-split transmission having a planetary gear mechanism arrangement. The planetary gear mechanism arrangement has three planetary gear sets, an input shaft and three output shafts. Furthermore, the transmission has a change-speed gearbox connected to the output shafts, a reverse gear mechanism and a variator. Each of the three planetary gear sets is assigned a respective output shaft. The input shaft is operatively connected in each of the three planetary gear sets via a respective gearwheel pairing to a respective output shaft. The transmission can be shifted by the change-speed gearbox and the reverse gear mechanism into at least eight driving ranges. The variator varies a transmission ratio of the transmission within the driving ranges in a continuously variable manner. The variator is continuously operatively connected to a single one of the three planetary gear sets.
US11047458B1
A compliant crank slider with adjustable constant-force output. Constant-force mechanisms (CFM) are used to maintain a constant output reaction force throughout a large range of compressive motion. The invention improves on existing CFM by introducing a second degree of freedom that adjusts the mechanism's output without changing its kinematic structure. This second degree of freedom is the rotation of a compliant beam about its longitudinal axis as it is constrained to the initial plane of bending. In an embodiment, the second degree of freedom is the rotation of both a first compliant beam and a second compliant beam. The resulting change in the constant force mechanism allows for adjustment to a specifiable range of constant-force outputs.
US11047441B2
An exemplary method for determining a remaining life expectancy of a brake component includes the steps of providing vehicle parameters that identify operating conditions of a vehicle, using the vehicle parameters to determine work done by a brake of the vehicle as brake work, using the brake work to determine brake rotor temperature, using the brake rotor temperature to determine a fatigue damage of the brake component, accumulating the fatigue damage to determine a cumulative fatigue damage of the brake component, and comparing the cumulative fatigue damage to a damage limit to provide an estimation of the remaining life expectancy of the brake component.
US11047440B2
Various systems, devices, and methods for detecting and/or responding to the temperature of brakes are disclosed. Certain embodiments relate to inhibiting or preventing the overheating of the brakes of such vehicles, such as could occur when a hot runner condition is present.
US11047438B2
A system, device, and method for adjusting a position of a thermocouple located in a channel within a brake pad, a tip of the thermocouple being aligned with a top surface of the brake pad. The device includes a wheel configured to be turned in a first direction, causing a rod to move downward to contact and push the thermocouple into the brake pad. The device also includes a gauge configured to measure and display a downward distance moved by the rod when the wheel is turned, the downward distance corresponding to a distance between the tip of the thermocouple and the top surface of the brake pad.
US11047434B2
The present disclosure sets forth a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch can function with one or no races as opposed to conventional prior art one-way clutches. In so doing, the overall size and weight requirements of the one-way clutch are drastically reduced, which in turn drastically reduces the overall size and weight requirements of the transmission and vehicle employing the transmission as well. The present disclosure also provides a one-way clutch having an outer race provided by axially spaced plates. An inner race is rotatably mounted with respect to one of the plates and the inner race has a ratchet surface. Ratchet pawls are pivotably mounted with respect to the plates and have unidirectional engagement with the ratchet surface of the inner race. In addition to reducing material and labor production costs, such lessened size and weight penalties translate into higher transmission efficiency and better vehicle fuel economy.
US11047420B2
The invention relates to a hydrodynamic bearing, namely a hydrodynamic disk-shaped thrust bearing or hydrodynamic thrust washer, wherein hydrodynamic structures having elevations and having depressions arranged between adjacent elevations are arranged on opposite sides of the bearing, which hydrodynamic structures extend in the peripheral direction, and slopes of the hydrodynamic structures are arranged between adjacent depressions, which slopes extend from the depressions toward the elevations. According to the invention, at least some of the elevations of the hydrodynamic structures of the first side of the bearing are arranged in the region between two depressions of the hydrodynamic structures of the second side of the bearing, the elevations of a side of the bearing being arranged at an offset to each other in the peripheral direction.
US11047419B2
A segmented driveshaft for transmission of torque and thrust loads from one member to another along an eccentric axis of rotation. The segmented driveshaft includes a plurality of pivotally interconnected vertebrae that is distributed along a connecting rod that is pivotally connected to a drivetrain assembly. The each vertebra has male and female interlocks that are pivotally mated with the male and female interlocks of an adjacent vertebra. Interposed between the adjacent vertebrae are independent male and female pivots that pivotally engage with each another. The pivotally mated interlocks of adjacent vertebrae and the pivotally engaged pivots allow the driveshaft to extend between connecting points of a drivetrain assembly that have offset axes of rotation.
US11047418B2
A locking apparatus for locking the rotational position of a fastener component which is rotatable about an axis relative to a structure. The locking apparatus includes a rigid locking member having a first end configured to engage with the fastener component such that rotation of the fastener component relative to the first end is substantially prevented, and a second end configured to engage with the structure such that rotation of the locking member relative to the structure is substantially prevented.
US11047412B1
Methods and systems are provided for a coupling device. In one example, the coupling device may maintain a position of an accessory component within its mount as one or more bolts are tightened.
US11047400B2
A fluid pressure control device includes a switching valve, a main pilot passage and a sub pilot passage, the switching valve is configured to be switched to the open position when the working fluid is supplied to the pilot chamber, and to be switched to the throttled position with opening on the downstream side of the switching valve in the neutral passage, and the sub pilot passage is provided with a throttle portion and a check valve in parallel in the throttle portion.
US11047396B2
A bearing packing according to the invention includes a first packing having an opening portion formed therein, the opening portion allowing a rotary shaft to penetrate through the first packing, and a second packing having an opening portion formed therein, the opening portion allowing the rotary shaft to penetrate through the second packing, and configured to be brought into engagement with the first packing in a direction of the rotary shaft, and a sealed space for sealing a hydrophobic fluid in is defined around a circumference of the rotary shaft that is surrounded by the first packing and the second packing.
US11047391B2
A motor vehicle vacuum pump includes a pumping chamber in which a pump rotor rotates to compress a gas, an outlet chamber into which the gas exits, a separation wall which includes a valve opening and a valve seat arranged on an outlet side of the separation wall around the valve opening. The separation wall separates the pumping chamber from the outlet chamber. An outlet valve is formed as a non-return valve in the separation wall. The outlet valve is formed by the valve opening in the separation wall and includes a valve body with a closing body. The outlet valve has the gas exit therethrough from the pumping chamber into the outlet chamber. A corresponding part of the closing body is supported on the valve seat when the closing body is in a closed position. The valve seat and/or the corresponding part of the closing body includes microgrooves.
US11047384B2
A scroll compressor includes fixed and orbiting scrolls, and satisfies at least one of a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, a first gap between a distal end of the first wrap and the second base changes heading from an outer peripheral side of the first wrap to an inner peripheral side. In the second condition, a second gap between a distal end of the second wrap and the first base changes heading from an outer peripheral side of the second wrap to an inner peripheral side. A rate of change in the first gap in one area is greater than a rate of change in the first gap in another area. A rate of change in the second gap in one area is greater than a rate of change in the second gap in another area.
US11047382B2
A variable displacement gear pump comprises a fixed gear, a movable gear movable, a fixed gear ring fitted over the movable gear, a movable gear ring fitted over the fixed gear, a fixed cover having a hole in which the fixed gear ring rotates, a movable cover having a hole in which the movable gear ring rotates, a fixed gear block attached to the fixed cover, and a movable gear block attached to the movable cover. The fixed gear is engaged with the movable gear. The movable gear ring rotates in the hole of the movable cover, and the fixed gear ring rotates in the hole of the fixed cover. The movable gear, together with the movable cover, the movable gear, and the movable gear block, move along the direction of the shaft to change a width in which the fixed gear is engaged with the movable gear.
US11047373B2
A piston compressor includes a housing including a cylinder block having cylinder bores. The housing has a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and an axial hole. The piston compressor includes a drive shaft, a fixed swash plate, a piston, a discharge valve, a rotating body, and a control valve. The rotating body has a second communication passage that communicates with first communication passages intermittently by rotation of the drive shaft. A flow rate of refrigerant gas discharged from the compression chambers into the discharge chamber decreases when a communication angle around the axis becomes large per a rotation of the drive shaft depending on a position of the rotating body in the direction of the axis. The piston compressor includes a suction throttle that decreases the flow rate of refrigerant gas in the compression chamber when the communication angle becomes large based on the control pressure.
US11047359B2
A method for obtaining fluid gravitational potential energy and buoyant potential energy by utilizing an internal space of a rotor on turbine engine is provided. The method includes allowing fluid to act on the outer space of the rotor to form a reciprocating power with the interior of the rotor through utilizing a spatial structure of the rotor. The method further includes the rotor on the turbine obtaining a rotational torque of the turbine engine in response to fluid transient action at the desired location.
US11047356B2
An ignition device includes: a high frequency power source; a first device having inductance; a second device having capacitance; a discharge GAP; and a shield device which covers a connection portion between the first device and the second device, and is connected to the ground. The high frequency power source supplies AC power to the discharge GAP by using a resonance circuit composed of the first device and the second device, and ignites fuel by discharge plasma generated in the discharge GAP. In the ignition device, the first device, the second device, the connection portion, and the shield device are arranged in the same package and are sealed with an insulating substance.
US11047352B2
A fuel injection valve includes: a housing that includes an injection hole and a valve seat; a needle that includes a flange at a radially outer side of the needle and opens or closes the injection hole; a movable core that is installed on the valve seat side of the flange; a first spring that urges the needle toward the valve seat side; a second spring that urges the movable core toward an opposite side, which is opposite from the valve seat; and a limiting member that is installed on a radially outer side of the needle such that the limiting member enables movement of the movable core between the limiting member and the flange on the valve seat side of the flange. The limiting member includes an outside projection, which supports the second spring; and a tubular portion and an inside projection, which are contactable with the movable core.
US11047348B2
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust-gas arrangement. In one example, a system may include a barrier dividing an intake passage into first and second portions to mitigate exhaust-gas recirculate mixing with charge air upstream of a compressor.
US11047347B2
Provided is an exhaust gas recirculating device which can curb strange noises caused by the opening and closing of a reed valve. An EGR duct (14) has a greater volume than the prior art in order to curb resonance within the EGR passage (Eg) of the opening and closing sounds generated by the reed valve (13). Specifically, the EGR duct (14) has resonant frequency characteristics which differ from the resonance frequency of the reed valve (13), and has a shape such that strange noises generated by the reed valve (13) do not resonate within the EGR duct (14).
US11047345B2
An evaporated fuel processing device includes: a canister configured to adsorb fuel evaporated from a fuel tank; a vapor pipe connecting the fuel tank to the canister; a sealing valve provided in the vapor pipe to be driven by an actuator to quantitatively control an opening degree; and a controller. The controller includes: a restoration detector configured to detect that the supply of power from a battery to the controller is restored after the supply of power from the battery to the controller is cut off; and a restoration actuator configured to drive the actuator so that the sealing valve is fully closed or fully opened when the restoration detector detects that the supply of power is restored.
US11047344B2
A leakage diagnosis supplement method for a failure of a vacuum pump using an active purge pump may include: determining whether or not the vacuum pump mounted on a vent line between a canister and an atmosphere fails; reverse-rotating the active purge pump mounted on a purge line connecting the canister and an intake pipe to each other; determining whether or not an absolute value of internal pressure in a fuel tank is less than a specific value; and checking a leakage in the fuel system including the canister and the fuel tank.
US11047343B2
An evaporated fuel processing may include: a canister disposed on a purge passage; a control valve disposed on the purge passage between an intake passage and the canister and switching between communication and cutoff states, the communication state where the canister and the intake passage communicate through the purge passage, and the cutoff state where communication between the canister and the intake passage is cut off on the purge passage; a pressure detector detecting a pressure in the purge passage on a canister side relative to the control valve; and a determining unit determining whether clogging is occurring in the purge passage between the control valve and the intake passage by using a difference between a pressure under the communication state and a pressure under the cutoff state that are detected by the pressure detector while the control valve repeatedly switches between the communication state and the cutoff state.
US11047337B2
A gas turbine engine includes a gear system that provides a speed reduction between a fan drive turbine and a fan rotor. Aspects of the gear system are provided with defined flexibility. The fan drive turbine has a first exit area and rotates at a first speed. A second turbine section has a second exit area and rotates at a second speed, which is faster than said first speed. A performance quantity can be defined for both turbine sections as the products of the respective areas and respective speeds squared. A performance quantity ratio of the performance quantity for the fan drive turbine to the performance quantity for the second turbine section is between 0.5 and 1.5.
US11047333B2
A cylinder liner that is casted in a block and defines a cylinder bore for one cylinder includes: a cylindrical liner body; a projection part including a plurality of projections on an outer peripheral surface of a part of the liner body; and a bore adjacent part inclined at a predetermined angle to an axial direction of the body and extending in the inclination direction, at a predetermined part between an upper side end and a lower side end of the body, of the outer peripheral surface of the body, which faces another cylinder bore to be adjacent when casted in the block. The outer peripheral surface of the bore adjacent part is positioned more on an inner side of the body than the outer peripheral surface above and below, and is formed such that the projections are absent on at least a part of the outer peripheral surface.
US11047328B2
An electromagnetic valve drive device includes: a state detection unit configured to detect an on-state or an off-state of a first switch and a second switch forming a boosting circuit; a boosting control unit configured to control a boosting operation, by performing a synchronous rectification control on switching of the first switch and the second switch, depending on the state of the first switch or the second switch detected by the state detection unit; and a drive circuit configured to drive an electromagnetic valve by supplying a voltage boosted by the boosting operation to the electromagnetic valve.
US11047327B2
A misfire detection device for an internal combustion engine includes a storage device and processing circuitry. The storage device stores mapping data. The mapping data is data specifying a mapping that outputs a misfire variable using a rotation waveform variable as an input. The misfire variable is a variable related to a probability that a misfire has occurred in the internal combustion engine. The rotation waveform variable is a variable based on an instantaneous speed variable corresponding to each of discontinuous rotational angle intervals selected from multiple continuous rotational angle intervals.
US11047326B2
A misfire detection device for an internal combustion engine includes a storage device and processing circuitry, the storage device stores first mapping data corresponding to a case where a warm-up process of a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine is being executed, and second mapping data corresponding to a case where the warm-up process is not being executed, and each of the first mapping data and the second mapping data uses a rotation waveform variable as an input and defines a mapping that outputs a misfire variable that is a variable related to a probability misfire has occurred. The rotation waveform variable is a variable indicating a difference between a plurality of values of an instantaneous speed variable respectively corresponding to a plurality of different minute angular intervals.
US11047324B2
An oxygen storage amount estimation device estimates an oxygen storage amount of a catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. The oxygen storage amount estimation device includes a storage device and processing circuitry. The storage device stores mapping data, which is data specifying a mapping that uses multiple variables including at least an excess-deficient amount variable and a previous value of a storage amount variable as an input to output a value of the storage amount variable. The processing circuitry executes a storage amount variable calculation process that repeatedly calculates a value of the storage amount variable based on an output of the mapping using the multiple variables and an operation process that operates predetermined hardware based on a calculation result of the storage amount variable calculation process. The mapping data includes data learned by machine learning.
US11047323B2
An engine synchronisation arrangement of an internal combustion engine having a crank-shaft and a camshaft geared together with a fixed rotation ratio includes a crank-shaft wheel cooperating with a first sensor and, a camshaft wheel cooperating with a second sensor, both wheels being provided with peripheral features. Both sensors detect the features and communicate to an ECU binary signals. The features of the crank-shaft wheel are arranged in a sequential pattern, and a sliding window of a specific width covers a unique set of features corresponding to a unique string of consecutive bits mapping to a unique angular position of the crank-shaft.
US11047322B2
Methods and systems are provided for reducing exhaust residuals during light load conditions in a split exhaust engine via a check valve. In one example, a scavenge exhaust manifold may be maintained above a threshold pressure by introducing fresh air into the scavenge manifold during a valve overlap period, the scavenge manifold coupled to a cylinder of an engine and coupled to an intake passage of the engine.
US11047310B2
A combustor according to an embodiment includes: a cylinder body that demarcates a space between a combustor casing and a combustor liner; a pipe that guides a combustion gas between the combustor liner and the cylinder body; a pipe that guides a combustion gas having a temperature lower than a combustion gas to be guided to the pipe between the combustor casing and the cylinder body; a pipe-shaped member provided so as to penetrate the combustor casing, the cylinder body, and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass that is provided in the pipe-shaped member; a condensing lens provided in a manner to face the heat-resistant glass; and a laser oscillator that emits laser light to the inside of the combustor liner through the condensing lens.
US11047305B2
A debris deflector for a jet engine. The debris deflector includes a housing having a base and a nose, wherein the housing tapers radially inwardly from the base towards the nose, such that the nose can deflect debris away from the housing. The housing includes a flexible shroud that extends between the base and the nose, such that the housing can selectively move between a collapsed position and an extended position, such that a linear distance between the nose and the base is less when in the collapsed position. A fastener is disposed on the base to removably secure the housing to a jet engine cowling. The debris deflector is useful for deflecting debris, such as wildlife or small aircraft, away from the jet engine during flight.
US11047304B2
An acoustic core has a plurality of cell walls formed of an additive-manufacturing material and a resonant space defined by the plurality of cell walls. At least some of the resonant cells have a multitude of sound-attenuating protuberances formed of the additive-manufacturing material of the cell walls protruding into the resonant space with a random or semi-random orientation and/or size. The sound-attenuating protuberances may be formed by orienting an additive-manufacturing tool with respect to a toolpath to form a contour of a workpart, in which the toolpath includes a plurality of overlapping toolpath passes configured so as to intentionally introduce an amount of additive-manufacturing material to the workpart that exceeds a domain occupied by the contour. As the amount of additive-manufacturing material intentionally introduced exceeds the domain occupied by the contour, a portion of the additive-manufacturing material may incidentally form the plurality of sound-attenuating protuberances.
US11047301B2
A highly efficient gas turbine engine includes the fan of the gas turbine engine driven from a turbine via a gearbox, such that the fan has a lower rotational speed than the driving turbine, thereby providing efficiency gains. The efficient fan system is mated to a core that has low cooling flow requirements and/or high temperature capability, and which may have particularly low mass for a given power.
US11047298B2
An assembly method for joining a telescopic rod part of a length-adjustable connecting rod, the method includes the following steps: providing a first section of the telescopic rod part, the first section comprising a connecting-rod eye and having a connection thread, providing a second section of the telescopic rod part, the second section comprising the piston rod, to which a piston is fixedly connected, and having a connection thread, wherein the second section has already arranged thereon at least sealing and/or supporting and/or closing elements, which are to be secured to the second section and which are to be mounted onto the piston rod and the piston, respectively, from the side of the associated connection thread, providing a tool for establishing a sufficiently strong frictional engagement with the piston rod and the piston, respectively, by means of form-fit clamping, establishing a sufficiently strong frictional engagement with the second section of the telescopic rod part by means of the tool, screw fastening the first section of the telescopic rod part to the second section of the telescopic rod part by means of the respective connection threads, applying the necessary tightening torque between the first section of the telescopic rod part and the second section of the telescopic rod part by means of the attached tool. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of a telescopic rod part of a VCR connecting rod in such a method.
US11047297B2
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, and a fuel selector valve assembly operable to selectively deliver the first fuel and the second fuel to the prime mover, wherein in response to a transition from delivery of the first fuel to the prime mover to delivery of the second fuel to the prime mover, both the first and second fuels are delivered to the prime mover before cessation of delivery of the first fuel.
US11047296B2
A valve device for an exhaust-gas bypass path of a turbocharger, including: a plate-like valve element, movable between a closed position and an open position and which has a shaft, which is connected to a valve element carrier for limited movement in the shaft direction; a rotatably held spindle, to which the valve element carrier is fixedly connected; a valve seat for the valve element, which valve seat surrounds an exhaust-gas through-opening; and an annular sheet-metal spring element, which has an opening through which the valve element shaft extends, an outer ring region, an inner ring region, which is axially offset relative to the outer ring region and adjoins the spring element opening, and an annular transition region therebetween; the width of the spring element transition region being variable around the spring element opening such that the valve element can be adapted to the valve seat as easily as possible.
US11047290B2
A control system (10) used for an engine (14) having at least one cylinder (18) is provided for a piston cooling nozzle (PCN (12)). Included in the control system (10) are a main liquid rifle (20) configured to deliver a liquid to the at least one cylinder (18) of the engine (14), and a PCN liquid rifle (22) disposed inside the main liquid rifle (20) for directing the liquid from the main liquid rifle (20) to the PCN (12). The control system (10) causes the liquid to be jetted into the at least one cylinder (18) of the engine (14) for lowering a temperature of the engine (14).
US11047265B1
A power generation system includes a combustion system, a turbocharger, and a heat recovery system. The combustion system is configured to combust a fuel with a flow of air. The combustion system is further configured to generate an exhaust stream. The turbocharger is configured to compress a flow of compressed air and to channel the flow of compressed air to the combustion system. The combustion system is configured to combust the fuel with the flow of compressed air and an additional flow of air. The heat recovery system is configured to recover heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger. The heat recovery system uses a supercritical working fluid to absorb heat from the exhaust stream and to drive the turbocharger.
US11047261B2
A steam turbine assembling method includes an upper half assembling step of, after disposing an upper half partition plate having an upper half partition plate division surface on the inner peripheral side of an upper half casing having an upper half casing division surface, attaching an upper half position defining portion to the upper half casing and the upper half partition plate so as to form an upper half assembly, and a lower half assembling step of disposing a lower half partition plate having a lower half partition plate division surface capable of abutting against the upper half partition plate division surface on an inner peripheral side of a lower half casing having a lower half casing division surface capable of abutting against the upper half casing division surface so as to form a lower half assembly.
US11047260B2
There is provided a turbine casing capable of easily realizing improvement of reliability regarding a connection with an exhaust pipe. A turbine casing according to an embodiment includes an exhaust pipe connecting part formed of ferritic heat resistant steel, to which an exhaust pipe formed of austenitic heat resistant steel is connected. Here, the exhaust pipe connecting part and the exhaust pipe are fastened by using screws.
US11047258B2
A turbine assembly according to the present disclosure includes ceramic matrix composite vanes mounted to a metallic case. The turbine assembly includes a turbine case cooling system with a vane case cooling unit configured to manage the temperature and diameter of the metallic case at the location where the ceramic matrix composite vanes are mounted so as to control circumferential movement of the vanes relative to one another during heating and cooling of the turbine assembly when used in a gas turbine engine.
US11047257B2
A system is provided for multi-engine coordination of gas turbine engine motoring in an aircraft. The system includes a controller operable to determine a motoring mode as a selection between a single engine dry motoring mode and a multi-engine dry motoring mode based on at least one temperature of a plurality of gas turbine engines and initiate dry motoring based on the motoring mode.
US11047245B2
A flow path component assembly includes a carrier that has at least one radially extending tab. A flow path component has a base portion and a first wall that extends radially from the base portion. The first wall has an aperture. A pin extends through a hole in the radially extending tab and the aperture. The pin has an ellipsoid portion between a first end and a second end.
US11047239B2
A method of making a master cure tool for applying a texture to an aerodynamic surface includes the steps of: providing a foil which is metallic and has a textured surface; applying the foil to a forming surface of a rigid forming tool which is compound curved, and plastically deforming the foil to conform to the forming surface, so as to define a foil layer; annealing the foil layer using heat or a combination of heat and pressure; and bonding the foil layer to a support body, thereby defining the master cure tool.
US11047232B2
There are provided methods, systems and processes for the utilization of microbial and related genetic information for use in the exploration, determination, production and recovery of natural resources, including energy sources, and the monitoring, control and analysis of processes and activities.
US11047225B2
Optical analysis devices may be configured for optically interacting a set cement with a chemical filter and a detector that together are configured to detect a characteristic of the set cement, wherein optically interacting the set cement with the chemical filter comprises absorbing, by the chemical filter, at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation having optically interacted with the set cement. Relative to cementing operations, such optical analysis devices may be useful in identifying fluids, analyzing compositions of cement slurries, investigating the status of a reaction occurring in a cement slurry, detecting and/or monitoring corrosion of a set cement, and the like.
US11047222B2
A system and method for surface steerable drilling are provided. In one example, the method includes monitoring operating parameters for drilling rig equipment and bottom hole assembly (BHA) equipment for a BHA, where the operating parameters control the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment. The method includes receiving current inputs corresponding to performance data of the drilling rig equipment and BHA equipment during a drilling operation and determining that an amount of change between the current inputs and corresponding previously received inputs exceeds a defined threshold. The method further includes determining whether a modification to the operating parameters has occurred that would result in the amount of change exceeding the defined threshold and identifying that a problem exists in at least one of the drilling rig equipment and BA equipment if no modification has occurred to the operating parameters. The method includes performing a defined action if a problem exists.
US11047219B2
A method, system, and associated apparatus are described for installing, inventorying, actuating, and/or accessing down-hole equipment in a wellbore. This comprises tagging a casing by inserting permanent components of material compositions within sections along the length of a casing. Inserted components and/or portions of an original section function as unique readable active and/or passive markers. The piping system is at least one pipe having a plurality of markers placed in radial sections strategically arranged with independently identical or different material compositions or embedded in a length of the wellbore casing. The sections function as markers forming a readable pattern readable by the reader(s). The reader is one of or a combination of any of the group consisting of a plug, a probe, a sensor, and/or a computer for reading markers. The reader travels in either a forward or backward direction.
US11047217B2
An extraction systems in the oil sector, in particular to the equipment intended for the completion of the wells after their drilling; more in particular, the system relates to a safety valve for artificial lifting wells driven by reciprocating downhole rod pumps.
US11047213B2
Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. For example, an embodiment of a computer implemented method of analyzing at least a first flood operation and a second flood operation. The embodiment includes, for each flood operation: receiving production data and injection data, running capacitance resistance modeling, using the generated response times, the generated interwell connectivities, the received production data, the received injection data, or any combination thereof to generate a proxy of pore volume swept per well pair, and aggregating the generated proxies to generate an estimate of pore volume swept at a well level, at a reservoir level, or both for the flood operation. The embodiment also includes comparing the generated estimate of pore volume swept to determine a change in sweep efficiency at the well level, at the reservoir level, or both.
US11047205B2
A valve seal assembly that provides for external pressure to be introduced to an energized seal of a valve, and compress the seal against a gate with enough force to block any paths where sand and chemicals would otherwise travel into valve body cavity or void. The external pressure introduced through pressure fitting makes the parts move like piston forcing the parts to compress together eliminating the machined tolerances or gaps required for the gate to be opened or closed. The compression can be provided by hydraulic pressure devices through injection ports. A separate valve seal assembly can be provided for each face of the gate and both assemblies can be activated when the fluids are flowing (open position) and an upstream valve seal assembly activated when the gate is in a closed position.
US11047202B2
A top latch-in plug includes a housing having a bore and a transitionable seal. The transitionable seal seals the bore of the housing when in a first configuration, and the transitionable seal unseals the bore when in a second configuration. The transitionable seal is triggerable to transition from the first configuration to the second configuration. A casing floatation system includes a casing having a pre-load collar and a landing collar; and a lower bottom latch-in plug. The lower bottom latch in plug includes a catch mechanism compatible with the pre-load collar; and a landing mechanism compatible with the landing collar.
US11047193B2
A method and apparatus for single-trip casing cutting and pulling for well abandonment and slot recovery. Perforations (28) are made in the casing (12) at a maximum depth using a punch tool (18) and fluid circulated through the perforations to determine a return at surface. In the event of a return at surface being detected, the casing (12) is cut and pulled. When no return is detected, perforations are made at increasingly shallower depths until a return is detected and the casing (12) is then cut and pulled. This ensures the maximum length of casing (12) is cut and pulled on a single trip in the well bore (10).
US11047191B1
A sensor transportation apparatus comprises at least one engagement structure to connect the sensor transportation apparatus to the sensor assembly, a pair of wheels arranged to rotate about an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the sensor assembly when the transportation apparatus is connected to the sensor assembly, and an orientation structure comprising the pair of wheels and an orientation projection extending between the pair of wheels. Lateral extremities of the pair of wheels and the orientation projection together define a curve extending circumferentially around a portion of the circumference of the elongate sensor assembly. A rotational centre of the curve is offset from a central axis of the elongate sensor assembly and a rotational axis of the pair of wheels is above the central axis of the elongate sensor assembly when the sensor transportation apparatus is substantially horizontal.
US11047169B2
A shutter panel for an architectural opening is provided. The shutter panel may include a frame and a louver rotatably coupled to the frame. The louver may be automatically closable based on an angular orientation of the louver. The shutter panel may include a closure device operably associated with the louver. The closure device may be actuated based on the angular orientation of the louver. The shutter panel may include a damping device operably associated with the louver. The damping device may be actuated based on the angular orientation of the louver. The shutter panel may include a tension device operably associated with the louver.
US11047159B2
Disclosed is a door hinge having a buffering function, including: a casing within which a damper is disposed in an axially movable manner, an end portion of a piston rod at the front end of the damper being fixedly connected to the casing; a hinge cup; a linking member A with a right end rotatably disposed inside the casing via a first rotating shaft and a left end rotatably connected to the hinge cup via a third rotating shaft; and a connecting member B with a right end rotatably disposed inside the casing via a second rotating shaft and a left end rotatably connected to the hinge cup via a fourth rotating shaft. The end portion at the right end of the linking member A or the connecting member B is disposed corresponding to the rear end of the damper.
US11047158B2
A joining structure for two door members forming a door member for entrance opening and closing of an aircraft lavatory unit is configured so that a pair of brackets provided on the pair of door members are joined swingably by a bracket joining shaft; and one ends of a pair of covers are joined to the pair of brackets by bracket cover joining shafts, and the other ends of the pair of covers are joined swingably by a cover joining shaft, at a section farther away from the lavatory than the bracket joining shaft.
US11047149B1
Fence assemblies are assembled from T-posts and crossmembers which may comprise rails formed from C-channels. The T-posts and rails are formed from pultruded fiberglass and can be connected together using bolts and nuts or push rivets. Cross members comprising wires or pultruded, fiberglass tubes may also be used.
US11047125B2
A regenerative stormwater conveyance (RSC) system for treating and dispersing stormwater runoff is disclosed which includes an upstream entry point where water enters the system and an entry pool downstream from the entry point that collects water from the entry point. The RSC system includes one or more shallow aquatic beds that receive water from the entry pool in a serial manner and each of which includes a filtration structure for filtering water from the aquatic bed. Riffle weir grade control structures are positioned between the aquatic beds and transition water overflowing from each upstream aquatic bed to a downstream aquatic bed. Accordingly, collected stormwater runoff traverses the series of aquatic beds and riffle weir grading structures and is treated and detained, thus, conveying stormwater to groundwater through infiltration.
US11047123B2
A toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a passage. The trapway is fluidly connected to the bowl at a trapway inlet and extends downstream from the bowl. The trapway includes an up-leg and a down-leg extending downstream from the up-leg. The passage is fluidly connected to the trapway downstream from the trapway inlet. The passage is configured to allow ambient air from outside the toilet to pass therethrough toward the trapway.
US11047114B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device to collect rain water, and during favorable conditions, condense humidity out from the air during night time by using a foldable membrane and a hose to bring the water out to a transport container. To obtain mobility the supporting walls of the equipment are inflatable and may be temporarily connected to the ground but also to a boat or similar when floating.
US11047110B2
A hydraulic sub-assembly of the present disclosure can be used with a power machine. The hydraulic sub-assembly can include a support panel and a plurality of components secured to the support panel, to be supported by the support panel relative to the power machine. The plurality of components can include a control valve configured to provide hydraulic control of the work functions and hydraulic. The support panel can be configured to be a structural portion of a cab of the power machine.
US11047109B2
A control unit is provided for controlling the dumping of a material entity from an implement of a working machine into a receiver. The control unit is adapted to determine a loading operation information including a current loading condition indicative of the distribution of the material that is currently accommodated by the receiver, and material characteristic information comprising one or more properties of the material of the material entity that is present in the implement. The control unit is adapted to, on the basis of the loading operation information, determine a dumping position within the receiver at which dumping position the material entity is to be dumped.
US11047106B2
A skid-steer implement allows for the rotation of a tool attachment relative to the body of the skid-steer by coupling an attaching element and a rotation attachment device with a shaft and force generating devices. The slim construction of the device allows for bucket rotation while limiting the tipping load change caused by the extension of the implement.
US11047102B2
A drill assembly that includes one drill and a displacement unit, where the drill is releasably or permanently attached to said displacement unit, such that: —the displacement unit includes a guide unit and a channel unit, where the channel unit includes a guide channel, and said guide unit includes one or more guides adapted to engage with said guide channel, such that said guide channel is a circumferential channel that follows a wave or wave like path; —the drill includes a drill bit and/or a drill flight attached to a central shaft, wherein the drill bit and/or drill flight co-terminate at a first terminal end of the drill; —said first terminal end is the terminal end of the drill that is configured to enter the ground first; and—the central shaft is a thin elongate member that extends between the longitudinally separated terminal ends of the drill.
US11047101B2
A low-profile fluid collection conduit includes an elongate outer cover having an upper portion and a lower portion generally opposite the upper portion, with the outer cover being much wider than it is tall and defining an interior volume. An elongate rigid spacer is fitted within the interior volume of the elongate outer cover, with the elongate spacer allowing the majority of the interior volume to be unfilled so as to permit the flow of fluid along and within the elongate outer cover. The collection conduit is used with a fluid-impermeable membrane as part of a landfill fluid collection and conveyance system.
US11047097B2
A temporary flexible pavement marker comprising a base, a stand and a protective shield wherein at least part of the stand is reflective and the protective shield is configured to prevent materials sprayed down upon the temporary flexible pavement marker from obscuring the reflective part of the stand may be employed in the construction or repair of roads. Since the protective shield prevents asphalt from obscuring the reflective part of the stand during spraying operations there is no need for a technician to remove a protective layer from the markers after a spraying operation.
US11047094B2
There is described a panel assembly to be laid over a base surface and under a carpet-like top layer to install a multi-layered sports-playing field. The padding assembly comprises a panel comprising a top face and a bottom face, with the top face of the panel facing the carpet-like top layer and the panel further comprising drainage holes fluidly connecting the top face to the bottom face. The padding assembly also comprises a drain mat affixed to the bottom face of the panel with the drain mat operating as a fluid-permeable layer distancing the bottom face from the base surface. A method of installing a multi-layered sports-playing field is also described.
US11047093B2
This sealing device for a railway, the railway including a housing extending between a side face of a rail and a side wall of a slot reserved in the ground for housing said rail, is characterized in that it is a sealing device inserted in the housing and fixed in the housing by a suitable putty, and in that it is a resiliently deformable profile, to be able to be inserted under stress in the housing and to be pressed against the side face of the rail and the side wall of the slot.
US11047090B2
A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.
US11047089B2
The present invention relates to a process for cleaning and/or washing down and/or feathers comprising: (a) mixing the down and/or feathers with a solution of an alkyl polyglucoside; (b) optionally adding simultaneously or sequentially a solution of a Group 4 metal salt to the mixture of (a); (c) removing excess liquid; and (d) optionally drying the down and/or feathers. Down and/or feathers prepared according to such a process are also disclosed. The invention additionally relates to a down and/or feather washing and/or cleaning composition for rendering the down and/or feathers hydrophobic comprising a solution of an alkyl polyglucoside, optionally a solution of a Group 4 metal salt, and a water-repellent treatment. The invention further relates to a kit for cleaning and/or washing down and/or feathers and rendering the down and/or feathers water repellent.
US11047080B2
An embroidery data generator generates embroidery data of a whole pattern of joined pattern-configuration-elements. The embroidery data generator includes a pattern-configuration-element generation section configured to generate the pattern-configuration-elements from array patterns configured from unit patterns and having tapered profiles imparted to end portions of the array patterns, and to place the pattern-configuration-elements so that adjacent of the pattern-configuration-elements are joined to each other at tapered portions having the tapered profile.
US11047072B2
A woven fabric includes from 50 to 82 ends per inch warp yarns and from 300 to 1200 per inch polyester weft yarns. The woven fabric is made of polyester yarns having a denier of 10 to 60. The warp yarns are made of cotton yarn. The yarn count on the warp is within a range of 20-40 Ne.
US11047071B2
A device for forming a leno selvedge has two lifter seats and a metallic approximately U-shaped half heddle with two legs, which are connected by a web, wherein each lifting heddle has a lifting heddle foot having an opening extending in the longitudinal direction of the heddle, wherein the lifting heddle foot at least on one side of the slot at least one magnet, with which the one leg of the half heddle cooperates, wherein the opening extends over the entire height of the heddle foot continuously.
US11047067B2
[Problem] To provide a crystal laminate structure having a β-Ga2O3 based single crystal film in which a dopant is included throughout the crystal and the concentration of the dopant can be set across a broad range. [Solution] In one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a crystal laminate structure 1 which includes: a Ga2O3 based substrate 10; and a β-Ga2O3 based single crystal film 12 formed by epitaxial crystal growth on a primary face 11 of the Ga2O3 based substrate 10 and including Cl and a dopant doped in parallel with the crystal growth at a concentration of 1×1013 to 5.0×1020 atoms/cm3.
US11047065B2
A method of producing a monocrystalline silicon uses a monocrystal pull-up apparatus including a crucible, a crucible driver, a pull-up portion, a heat shield having a circular hollow cylindrical lower end portion, and a chamber. The heat shield satisfies a formula (1) below in growing the monocrystalline silicon, R≤1.27×C (1) where C represents a radius (mm) of a straight body of the monocrystalline silicon, and R represents an inner radius (mm) at the lower end portion of the heat shield.
US11047061B2
A micro-roughened electrodeposited copper foil and a copper foil substrate are provided. The micro-roughened electrodeposited copper foil includes a micro-rough surface. The micro-rough surface has a plurality of peaks, a plurality of grooves and a plurality of micro-crystal clusters. Each of the grooves has a U-shaped or V-shaped cross-section profile, and the grooves have an average maximum width between 0.1 μm and 4 μm and an average depth less than or equal to 1.5 μm. Each of the micro-crystal clusters is composed of a plurality of micro-crystals each having an average diameter less than or equal to 0.5 μm grouped together. The micro-rough surface of the micro-roughened electrodeposited copper foil has an Rlr value less than 1.3. The micro-rough surface has good bonding strength relative to a substrate, and the copper foil substrate has good insertion loss performance to significantly reduce signal loss.
US11047060B2
An electrical circuit, for example a printed circuit, for producing a module for integration into a card such as a chip card. This module includes electrical contact or connector which includes lands for the connection and communication of the chip with a read/write system. To give them a white color, or a color close to white, these electrical contact lands are at least partially covered with a layer of a rhodium alloy. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such an electrical circuit.
US11047058B2
A method for making a metallic leading edge guard of the type having a nose with first and second wings extending therefrom is disclosed. The method includes machining from a metallic blank a first half comprising a first portion of the nose and one of the wings, wherein the first portion of the nose includes an interface surface; and electroforming a second half comprising a second portion of the nose and the second wing, wherein the second half is joined to the first half at the interface surface.
US11047057B2
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object comprises the steps of (a) bringing at least one nozzle in a first position close to a surface of a substrate, (b) delivering through said at least one nozzle at least one reactant to said surface, (c) effecting a solid forming reaction of said at least one delivered reactant such that said at least one delivered reactant undergoes a transition to become a growing solid deposit on said surface under said at least one nozzle, and (d) detecting an interaction of said growing solid deposit with said at least one nozzle.
US11047052B2
The present invention provides a resin plating method using an etching bath containing manganese as an active ingredient, the method being capable of maintaining stable etching performance even during continuous use. The resin plating method includes: an etching step, which uses a resin material-containing article as an object to be treated and etches the article using an acidic etching bath containing manganese; a catalyst application step, which uses palladium as a catalyst metal; and an electroless plating step; and the method further includes a step of maintaining the palladium concentration in the acidic etching bath at 100 mg/L or less.
US11047050B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor fabrication tool is provided. The semiconductor fabrication tool includes a first processing zone having a first ambient environment and a second processing zone having a second ambient environment disposed at different location inside a processing chamber. A first exhaust port and a second exhaust port are disposed in the first and second processing zones, respectively. A first exhaust pipe couples the first exhaust port to a first individual exhaust output. A second exhaust pipe couples the second exhaust port to a second individual exhaust output, where the second exhaust pipe is separate from the first exhaust pipe. A first adjustable fluid control element controls the first ambient environment. A second adjustable fluid control element controls the second ambient environment, where the first adjustable fluid control element and the second adjustable fluid control element are independently adjustable.
US11047047B2
A shower head according to an embodiment includes: a mixing chamber mixing a plurality of process gases; a shower plate provided below the mixing chamber, the shower plate including a plurality of longitudinal flow paths and a lateral cooling flow path provided between the longitudinal flow paths, a mixed gas of the process gases flowing through the longitudinal flow paths, a cooling medium flowing through the lateral cooling flow path; and an outer circumferential portion cooling flow path provided around the shower plate.
US11047036B2
A method of fabricating a nitrided low-alloy steel part, includes a) decarburizing the surface of a low-alloy steel part including at least one alloying element that is both nitride-forming and carbide forming in order to obtain a decarburized part presenting a carbon-depleted surface layer of thickness less than or equal to 1.5 mm, the minimum content of carbon by weight in the carbon-depleted surface layer being less than or equal to 70% of the carbon content by weight in the core of the decarburized part; b) treating the decarburized part with quenching treatment followed by annealing treatment; and c) nitriding the carbon-depleted surface layer in order to obtain a nitrided low-alloy steel part, step c) being performed after step b).
US11047034B1
Oxide coatings deposited by plasma spray-physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD) can be processed to be mechanically tough (erosion resistant) and electrically conductive at room temperature. The electrically conductive phase contained within the oxide (MO2) coatings is a metastable suboxide (MO) that has not been formed in significant volume under any other known methods. Content of the electrically conductive phase can be varied in addition to the microstructure, which can be columnar, planar, or a combination of the two depending on the processing conditions. Upon exposing the material to moderate temperatures (>300° C.), the metastable phase is further oxidized (to MO2), and the material becomes insulating, but retains its high toughness and microstructure.
US11047028B2
The present disclosure relates to a drill component having a martensitic stainless steel which has good corrosion resistance in combination with optimized and well-balanced mechanical properties, such as high hardness, resistance against wear and abrasion, high tensile strength and high impact toughness.
US11047025B2
The present invention relates to a technical field of functional materials, and in particular to a high-strength dissolvable aluminum alloy and a preparation method therefor. In order to solve the problem of a relatively low strength of the existing dissolvable materials, a high-strength dissolvable aluminum alloy material and a preparation method therefor are provided. The raw materials of the high-strength dissolvable aluminum alloy comprise: aluminum, a functional metal, and a metal oxide; the addition amounts of the aluminum and the functional metals are: 60-99 wt. % of aluminum, 0.9-39.9 wt. % of the functional metals; and the addition amount of the metal oxide is: 0.01-11 wt. %. The high-strength dissolvable aluminum alloy can not only meet the usage requirements of high mechanical strength in service, but can also rapidly degrade after the service is completed. In addition, the preparation method of this material is simple, low in cost, and easy for large-scale production.
US11047024B2
A high-strength aluminum alloy coating. The coating includes aluminum, 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the 9R phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength aluminum alloy coating on a substrate. The method includes, depositing the constituents of an aluminum alloy on a substrate such that the deposit forms a high-strength aluminum alloy coating containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults. A high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy containing 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, stacking faults, and a solute capable of stabilizing the PR phase, the fine grains, and the stacking faults. A method of making a high-strength deformation layer in and on a casting of an aluminum alloy by deforming the alloy such that deformation layer contains 9R phase, fine grains, nanotwins, and stacking faults.
US11047023B2
A copper alloy sheet material that is excellent in surface smoothness of an etched surface has a composition containing, (mass %), from 1.0 to 4.5% of Ni, from 0.1 to 1.2% of Si, from 0 to 0.3% of Mg, from 0 to 0.2% of Cr, from 0 to 2.0% of Co, from 0 to 0.1% of P, from 0 to 0.05% of B, from 0 to 0.2% of Mn, from 0 to 0.5% of Sn, from 0 to 0.5% of Ti, from 0 to 0.2% of Zr, from 0 to 0.2% of Al, from 0 to 0.3% of Fe, from 0 to 1.0% of Zn, the balance Cu and unavoidable impurities. A number density of coarse secondary phase particles has a major diameter of 1.0 μm or more of 4.0×103 per square millimeter or less. KAM value measured with a step size of 0.5 μm is more than 3.00.
US11047014B2
The invention relates to a method for quantifying levels of expression and/or quantifying copy number of a heterologous polynucleotide in a transgenic plant using quantitative or real-time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR or real-time PCR), wherein the real-time PCR is performed using a primer set specific to a heterologous terminator sequence operably linked to the heterologous polynucleotide.
US11047005B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detection and discrimination of optical signals from a densely packed substrate. These have broad applications for biomolecule detection near or below the diffraction limit of optical systems, including in improving the efficiency and accuracy of polynucleotide sequencing applications.
US11047002B2
The present invention relates to methods for generating sequences of template nucleic acid molecules, methods for determining sequences of at least two template nucleic acid molecules, computer programs adapted to perform the methods and computer readable media storing the computer programs. In particular the present invention relates to methods for generating sequences of at least one individual target template nucleic acid molecule comprising: a) providing at least one sample of nucleic acid molecules comprising at least two target template nucleic acid molecules; b) introducing a first molecular tag into one end of each of the at least two target template nucleic acid molecules and a second molecular tag into the other end of each of the at least two target template nucleic acid molecules to provide at least two tagged template nucleic acid molecules wherein each of the at least two tagged template nucleic acid molecules is tagged with a unique first molecular tag and a unique second molecular tag; c) amplifying the at least two tagged template nucleic acid molecules to provide multiple copies of the at least two tagged template nucleic acid molecules comprising the first molecular tag and the second molecular tag; d) sequencing regions of the at least two tagged template nucleic acid molecules comprising the first molecular tag and the second molecular tag; and e) reconstructing a consensus sequence for at least one of the at least two target template nucleic acid molecules.
US11046991B2
In this disclosure, transition and rare earth metal-based magnetic ionic liquids (MILs) are successfully prepared in a two-step synthesis and used to extract viable bacteria from a liquid sample. The disclosed MILs are extremely hydrophobic MILs and were insoluble in aqueous solution at 0.01% (v/v). Furthermore, these MILs were miscible in a variety of polar and non-polar organic solvents. Moreover, these MILs possess low viscosity and increased magnetic susceptibility. These MILs possess unique characteristics that can have great potential uses in various chemical applications such as extraction solvents in LLE, liquid electrochromic materials (Co-based MILs), and novel reaction media for organic synthesis.
US11046978B2
This disclosure generally relates to the use of enzyme combinations or recombinant microbes comprising same to make isoprenoid precursors, isoprenoids and derivatives thereof including prenylated aromatic compounds. Novel metabolic pathways exploiting Claisen, aldol, and acyioin condensations are used instead of the natural mevalonate (MVA) pathway or 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP) pathways for generating isoprenoid precursors such as isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), dimethylallyl pyrophosphate (DMAPP), and geranyl pyrophosphate (GPP). These pathways have the potential for better carbon and or energy efficiency than native pathways. Both decarboxylative and non-carboxylative condensations are utilized, enabling product synthesis from a number of different starting compounds. These condensation reactions serve as a platform for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors when utilized in combination with a variety of metabolic pathways and enzymes for carbon rearrangement and the addition/removal of functional groups. Isoprenoid alcohols are key intermediary products for the production of isoprenoid precursors in these novel synthetic metabolic pathways.
US11046968B2
This disclosure concerns recombinant host organisms genetically modified with a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) synthase system and one or more accessory proteins that allow for and/or improve the production of PUFAs in the host organism. The disclosure also concerns methods of making and using such organisms as well as products obtained from such organisms.
US11046965B2
The present invention provides a method which can replace Agrobacterium techniques and which can efficiently produce transformed cells of a rubber-producing plant. The present invention relates to a method of producing transformed cells of a rubber-producing plant, which includes steps a) to e).
US11046951B2
Methods for display of recombinant whole immunoglobulins or immunoglobulin libraries on the surface of eukaryote host cells, including yeast and filamentous fungi, are described. The methods are useful for screening libraries of recombinant immunoglobulins in eukaryote host cells to identify immunoglobulins that are specific for an antigen of interest.
US11046948B2
Engineered transcriptional activator-like effectors (TALEs) are versatile tools for genome manipulation with applications in research and clinical contexts. One current drawback of TALEs is their tendency to bind and cleave off-target sequence, which hampers their clinical application and renders applications requiring high-fidelity binding unfeasible. This disclosure provides engineered TALE domains and TALEs comprising such engineered domains, e.g., TALE nucleases (TALENs), TALE transcriptional activators, TALE transcriptional repressors, and TALE epigenetic modification enzymes, with improved specificity and methods for generating and using such TALEs.
US11046947B2
Methods and devices are provided for simultaneous irradiation of a target, such as mammalian cells and/or nanostructures. The target is simultaneously exposed to optical irradiation and oscillating magnetic field radiation. The simultaneous optical irradiation and oscillating magnetic field radiation occur within an incubator-actuator device. The incubator-actuator device includes a sample chamber, a magnetic field generating coil, and, a light-emitting diode (LED) placement cage.
US11046943B2
The present invention provides engineered DNase proteins (including DNase1-like 3 and DNase1) that are useful for treating conditions characterized by neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) accumulation and/or release. In some aspects, the invention provides compositions and methods for preventing or treating vascular occlusion involving NETs. As demonstrated herein, NETs participate in a non-canonical mechanism for vascular occlusion, which is not dependent on fibrin or platelets.
US11046932B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing renal cells, comprising overexpressing Hnf1b and Pax8, and optionally Hnf4a and/or Emx2 in differentiated cells.
US11046930B2
A system and method for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures, including three-dimensional cellular structures, are provided. The system comprises at least one print head for receiving and dispensing materials, the materials comprising a sheath fluid and a hydrogel, the print head comprising an orifice for dispensing the materials, microfluidic channels for receiving and directing the materials, fluidic switches corresponding to one of the microfluidic channels in the print head and configured to allow or disallow fluid flow in the microfluidic channels; a receiving surface for receiving a first layer of the materials dispensed from the orifice; a positioning unit for positioning the orifice of the print head in three dimensional space; and a dispensing means for dispensing the materials from the orifice of the print head.
US11046926B2
An apparatus for collecting or culturing cells or cell colonies includes: a common substrate formed from a flexible resilient polymeric material and having a plurality of wells formed therein; and a plurality of rigid cell carriers releasably connected to said common substrate, with said carriers arranged in the form of an array, and with each of the carriers resiliently received in one of the wells. A method of collecting or culturing cells or cell colonies with such an apparatus is carried out by depositing a liquid media carrying cells on the apparatus so that said cells settle on or adhere to said the carriers; and then (c) releasing at least one selected carrier having said cells thereon by gradual application of release energy to each carrier from the cavity in which it is received (e.g., by pushing with a probe).
US11046924B2
A system for growing and reproducing microorganisms that includes a basin system that includes a number of basins, where each basin has a vertical meandering system which is formed by partitions and which can be illuminated, each basin is filled with a nutrient suspension, at least one outer wall of each basin is double-walled such that a cavity is formed, a temperature control medium for controlling the temperature of the nutrient suspension can flow through the cavity.
US11046921B2
The need for an antimicrobial hard surface cleaning composition providing good antimicrobial efficacy, even at low levels of the antimicrobial agent, while also providing improved surface shine, is met by formulating the composition with an antimicrobial active and an amine.
US11046913B2
A composition for a neutral floor cleaner with optimal cleaning efficacy and leaving limited to no residue and/or streaking on surfaces applied thereto is disclosed. The composition may include water, at least two cleaning agents, at least one builder, at least one stabilizer, and at least one chelator. Further, one of the cleaning agents may be water-soluble and another of the cleaning agents is water-insoluble. The amount of the two cleaning agents may also have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance ranging from about 10.5 to about 12.5.
US11046910B2
Provided is a cleaning solution composition which, when cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate, does not damage SiO2, Si3N4, Si, and the like forming a layer on the substrate surface, can be used under processing conditions applicable to a brush scrub cleaning chamber equipped with a CMP apparatus, and can efficiently remove compounds derived from abrasive particles in a slurry. This cleaning solution composition for cleaning the surface of a semiconductor substrate or glass substrate contains: one or two or more fluorine atom-containing inorganic acids or salts thereof; water; one or two or more reducing agents; and one or two or more anionic surfactants, and has a hydrogen ion concentration (pH) of less than 7.
US11046909B2
Compositions including at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester and at least one surface active agent are provided; wherein the compositions form micelles when in contact with an aqueous medium. Also provided is a method of administering to a subject such a composition, wherein the at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester forms micelles when in contact with an aqueous medium, and the bioavailability of the at least one Omega-3 fatty acid ester is substantially independent of a food effect. The compositions are useful for treating cardiovascular conditions or disorders in a subject and for reducing side effects associated with the ingestion of Omega-3 fatty acid esters. Further provided are also various dosage forms for administering the compositions and use of the compositions in functional foods. Provided herein are also kits with instructions on how to administer the compositions.
US11046899B2
Systems and methods include an aromatics complex (ARC), the ARC in fluid communication with a naphtha reforming unit (NREF) and operable to receive a reformate stream produced by the NREF, and the ARC further operable to separate the reformate stream into a gasoline pool stream, an aromatics stream, and an aromatic bottoms stream; and a hydrodearylation unit operable to receive heavy, non-condensed, alkyl-bridged, multi-aromatic compounds from the aromatic bottoms stream, the hydrodearylation unit further operable to hydrogenate and hydrocrack the heavy, non-condensed, alkyl-bridged, multi-aromatic compounds to produce a stream suitable for recycle to the NREF or the reformate stream, where the hydrodearylation unit is further operable to receive hydrogen produced in the NREF.
US11046889B2
The polymerizable liquid crystal compound has reverse wavelength dispersion or low wavelength dispersion and has high solubility in various solvents. The polymerizable liquid crystal compound provides an optically anisotropic body having high adhesiveness to substrates (or alignment films), by adding the polymerizable liquid crystal compound to a polymerizable composition and polymerizing the polymerizable composition using ultraviolet light. The invention provides a polymerizable composition containing the polymerizable liquid crystal compound having reverse wavelength dispersion or low wavelength dispersion, a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition, and an optically anisotropic body using the polymer. The present invention provides a polymerizable low wavelength dispersion or polymerizable reverse wavelength dispersion compound having in the molecule a partial structure represented by the general formula (AO-1); and also provides a composition containing the compound, a polymer obtained by polymerizing the composition, and an optically anisotropic body and the like using the polymer.
US11046884B2
The present invention relates to formulations containing at least one organic functional material and at least a first organic solvent, wherein said first organic solvent contains at least one epoxy-group as well as to electronic devices prepared by using these formulations.
US11046879B2
A lost circulation material (LCM) having date fruit caps is provided. The date fruit cap LCM includes date fruit caps from a date tree. The date fruit caps have multiple flakes (for example, three flakes) attached at one end to an end cap and free at the other end. The date fruit caps may be obtained from the waste product of date tree and date fruit processing. The date fruit cap LCM may be added to a drilling fluid (for example, a drilling mud) to mitigate or prevent such lost circulation in a well. Methods of lost circulation control with the date fruit cap LCM are also provided.
US11046855B2
The present invention relates to a matte coating agent containing 1 to 150 parts by mass of resin particles A having a volume average particle diameter of 1 to 5 μm, 1 to 150 parts by mass of resin particles B having a volume average particle diameter of 5 to 10 μm, and 1 to 150 parts by mass of resin particles C having a volume average particle diameter of 10 to 20 μm based on 100 parts by mass of a polyurethane resin, the total content of the resin particles A, the resin particles B, and the resin particles C being 3 to 250 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polyurethane resin, and the volume average particle diameter becoming larger sequentially from the resin particles A to the resin particles B to the resin particles C.
US11046849B2
A thin film that is a result of polyaspartic secondary aliphatic diamines reacted with a low viscosity aliphatic polyisocyanate is provided. A unique feature of the films is the ability to tailor the dry time of this coating. Methods for making the film use a plural component spray machine that has an atomizer and a fluid housing connected to two pressurized and heated component tanks. A polyaspartic ester containing resin and aliphatic polyisocyanate mix through high pressure impingement within the spray machine. A reactant mixture exits the spray machine via the atomizer and forms a film on a surface that is tack free in about 5 minutes.
US11046847B2
The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes.
US11046843B2
An ethylene copolymer composition comprises: a first ethylene copolymer having a density of from 0.855 to 0.913 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn of from 1.7 to 2.3, and a melt index, I2 of from 0.1 to 20 g/10 min; a second ethylene copolymer having a density of from 0.875 to 0.936 g/cm3, a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn of from 2.3 to 6.0, and a melt index, I2 of from 0.3 to 100 g/10 min; and optionally a third ethylene copolymer; where the first ethylene copolymer has more short chain branches per thousand carbon atoms than the second ethylene copolymer and the density of the second ethylene copolymer is equal to or higher than the density of the first ethylene copolymer. The ethylene copolymer composition has a density of from 0.865 to 0.913 g/cm3; a melt index, I2 of from 0.5 to 10 g/10 min; and a fraction eluting at from 90 to 105° C., having an integrated area of greater than 4 weight percent in a CTREF analysis; and at least 0.0015 parts per million (ppm) of hafnium. Blown film made from the ethylene copolymer composition has a hot tack window (HTW) of at least 45° C. (at a film thickness of about 2 mil) and a seal initiation temperature (SIT) of less than 95° C. (at a film thickness of about 2 mil).
US11046827B2
The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low refractive layer that is formed on one side of the hard coating layer, and includes porous inorganic nanoparticles with a diameter of 5 nm to 70 nm including micropores with a diameter of 0.5 nm to 10 nm, and a binder resin, and a method for preparing an anti-reflective film.
US11046820B2
The disclosure provides three-dimensional cross-linked polymer networks transport channels, arrays comprising the networks, processes for making the networks, and uses of the networks and arrays.
US11046816B2
Method for preparing fluorine-silicon-containing polyphosphate ester and flame retardant epoxy resin
Disclosed are a fluorine-silicon-containing polyphosphate ester and method for preparation thereof, having a chemical structural formula of: wherein R1 is R2 is n=10˜100. The fluorine-silicon-containing polyphosphate ester of the present invention uses silicon phosphorus and fluorine for improving flame retardancy. Phosphorus catalyzes the system to form a phosphorus-rich carbon layer, performing a protective-layer function and thereby preventing further breakdown of the epoxy resin. The silicon-containing epoxy resin forms a silica-containing carbon layer during the process of combustion, strengthening the carbon-layer structure and further improving the protective function of the carbon-layer. The introduction of elemental fluorine improves the thermal stability of the epoxy resin, thereby improving the flame retardancy performance of the system.
US11046814B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing an ultraviolet radiation absorbing polymer composition comprising the polymer compound of formula in an esterification/transesterification which method comprises the steps of reacting a polyglycerol intermediate of formula with a benzotriazole UV-chromophore comprising a complementary functional group of formula to form the polymer compound of formula (3).
US11046808B2
A preparation method of thermadapt shape memory polymers includes: (1) synthesis of pendant hydroxyl groups functionalized epoxy oligomer using epoxy resin and alcohol amine; (2) synthesis of alkoxyl groups terminated silane crosslinking agent by isocyanate silane coupling agent and diamine; (3) crosslinked shape memory polymers were prepared by condensation reaction of pendant hydroxyl groups functionalized epoxy oligomer and alkoxyl groups terminated silane crosslinking agent. The thermadapt shape memory polymers show high glass transition temperatures and high tensile strength. The original shape of thermadapt shape memory polymers can be reconfigured to a new permanent shape as needed, and thus effectively solving the bottleneck problems of reprocessing or reshape in the traditional crosslinked polymers once after molding. The thermadapt shape memory polymers are suitable for smart materials based on shape memory polymers with complex three-dimensional permanent shapes, and showing unfolding or folding behaviors along with convert to three-dimensional structures under heat stimulation.
US11046800B2
The present invention is a resin component disposed in a path of a beam emitted from a radar equipment, the resin component consisting of a thermoplastic resin composition containing at least one thermoplastic resin selected from a group consisting of a rubbery polymer-reinforced vinyl-based resin wherein a polymer part derived from a rubbery polymer and a vinyl-based resin part containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl-based monomer are chemically bonded, a polyolefin resin, and a polycarbonate resin, and having a dielectric constant of 2.9 or less, and a mold shrinkage rate of 1.2% or less as measured in accordance with JIS K 7152-4. This resin component can be used as a radome and may constitute part of a radar device.
US11046792B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a (meth)acrylonitrile-based polymer for preparing a carbon fiber, which comprises adding a reaction solution comprising a (meth)acrylonitrile-based monomer and a reaction solvent to a reactor to perform solution polymerization, performing solution polymerization under a condition in which a power consumption of the reactor is 1 to 5 kW/m3 when the reaction solution in the reactor has a viscosity of 0.1 poise or more and 250 poise or less, and performing solution polymerization under a condition in which a power consumption of the reactor is 8 to 13 kW/m3 when the reaction solution in the reactor has a viscosity of more than 250 poise and 450 poise or less.
US11046783B2
The present invention relates to antibodies capable of binding to the coagulation Factor XI and/or its activated form factor XIa and methods of use thereof, particularly methods of use as agents inhibiting platelet aggregation and by this inhibits thrombus formation.
US11046769B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting tumor evasion by reducing immune checkpoint suppression. In some embodiments, provided herein are compositions that block the interaction between PD-1 and its ligand (e.g., PD-1 and/or PD-L2) while promoting the interaction of the cells on which PD-1 and its ligand are expressed. Also provided are methods of using such compositions.
US11046766B2
The present disclosure relates to tagged chimeric effector molecules and receptor molecules thereof for genetically engineering a host cell, wherein the recombinant host cell can be identified, isolated, sorted, induced to proliferate, tracked or eliminated. For example, a T cell may be recombinantly modified for use in adoptive immunotherapy.
US11046748B2
The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) specific to ICAM-1 comprising I domain of the αL subunit of human lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1). The invention particularly relates to CARs comprising human I domains having different affinities (1 mM to 1 nM Kd) to ICAM-1. CAR T cells comprising human I domain having a low affinity (1 to 200 μM Kd) to ICAM-1 can avoid targeting healthy tissues with basal ICAM-1 expression while simultaneously exhibiting increased potency and long-term efficacy against tumor tissues with high ICAM-1 expression. The present invention also relates to an adoptive cell therapy method for treating cancer by administering the CAR-T cells comprising human I domain to a subject suffering from cancer, whereby the CAR T cells bind to the cancer cells overexpressing ICAM-1 and kill the cancer cells.
US11046744B2
The present disclosure pertains to novel Glucagon like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) (7-37) analogs having an amino acid sequence with Leu or Ile at the C-terminal. The new analogs are potent GLP-1 agonists with reduced adverse effect and improved duration of action. The present disclosure further relates to acylated derivatives of the new analogs which have further improved potency and duration of action and are suitable for oral administration. The analogs of present disclosure may be useful in treatment of diabetes and obesity.
US11046738B2
This disclosure describes isolated protein complexes including a Wnt and a sFRP; compositions including a Wnt; a cell overexpressing a Wnt and a sFRP; compositions including a cell overexpressing a Wnt and a cell overexpressing a sFRP; methods of making the protein complexes, compositions, and cells; and methods of using the isolated protein complexes, compositions, and cells. This disclosure further describes methods of forming a complex including a Wnt and a sFRP and methods for isolating a Wnt. Also described herein are methods that may be used to purify a Wnt without the use of a detergent.
US11046727B2
Method and compositions and kits for isolation, identification, and quantification of miRNAs and other small RNAs, including but not limited to, siRNAs, mRNAs, and snRNAs are disclosed. Methods of diagnosing a disease or its progression are also disclosed.
US11046718B2
Provided herein is a multifunctional particle and methods of forming the same. The multifunctional particle includes a surface of the particle; a first moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one substantially hydrophobic appendage; and a second moiety coupled to the surface and having at least one appendage comprising a reactive functional group and a substantially hydrophilic repeating unit, whereby the particle is substantially superhydrophobic as a result of the substantially hydrophobic appendage, chemically reactive as a result of the reactive functional group, and migratory to a surface of a substantially hydrophobic matrix in which the particle may be included as a result of the substantially hydrophilic repeating unit. Additionally, antimicrobial functional groups may be coupled to the surface.
US11046713B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present disclosure also relates to compositions and methods of treating comprising compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US11046701B2
The present invention relates to a salt of a compound of formula (I), The salt is crystalline or amorphous phosphate, or crystalline or amorphous oxalate. Particularly, a crystal form B of the phosphate of the present invention has high crystallinity, low hygroscopicity and good stability, and the crystal form B of the phosphate is good in oral bioavailability, good in tolerance after long-term administration, difficult to induce hypoglycemia and good in inhibition effect on serum DPPIV.
US11046694B2
Provided herein are antibacterial compounds represented by Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X, Y, R4, R5, and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of Formula I.
US11046692B2
Described herein are compounds of Formulae (I′)-(II′), compounds of Formulae (I)-(II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for modulating opioid receptor activity. The provided compounds may have both agonistic and antagonistic effect on one or more opioid receptors. Methods of using the compounds for treating or managing pain are also described.
US11046688B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R4, Ar, W, X and Z are all as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are known to inhibit the spindle checkpoint function of Monospindle 1 (Mps1—also known as TTK) kinases either directly or indirectly via interaction with the Mps1 kinase itself. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US11046687B2
A novel polycyclic amide compound, preparation process and use thereof are provided. The compound has cytotoxic biological activity, particularly for the treatment and/or prevention of cell proliferative diseases such as cancer. This compound is a compound represented by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, polymorph, enantiomer or racemic mixture, prodrug and N-oxide thereof, wherein, R, R1-R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-5 alkyl, or C1-5 having a hydroxyl group or a halogen, and may be bonded to each other to form a ring, Z is an arbitrary substituent group, X1 and X2 may be carbon or nitrogen respectively, Q is oxygen or sulfur. Compared to the existing known polycyclic amide compounds, the novel polycyclic amide compound has more potent cytotoxicity and can be used for the treatment of diseases such as tumors, cancers, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune diseases, cataracts, psychological disorders, depression and/or anxiety.
US11046686B2
A compound of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterated analogs thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of treating disease using a compound thereof are disclosed.
US11046659B2
The present invention provides a 1,2,3-triazole derivative and an insecticide or acaricide containing the 1,2,3-triazole derivative as an active ingredient.
US11046650B2
The present invention provides for the treatment, prevention, and/or reduction of a risk of a disease, disorder, or condition in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis, including ocular disorders, skin disorders, conditions associated with injurious effects from blister agents, and autoimmune, inflammatory, neurological and cardiovascular diseases by the use of a primary amine to scavenge toxic aldehydes, such as MDA and HNE.
US11046647B2
A set of small molecules ERα biomodulators that kill therapy-resistant ERα positive breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancer cells. These small molecules have increased therapeutic potential because of an increased ability to kill therapy-resistant breast cancer cells compared to BHPI and other conventional therapies (endocrine therapies, tamoxifen and fulvestrant/ICI). The new compounds do not only inhibit proliferation of the cancer cells but actually kills them, which prevents reactivation of tumors years later.
US11046641B2
The present disclosure is directed in part to methods of treating fibrosis, e.g., hepatic fibrosis and/or intestinal fibrosis, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a disclosed compound.
US11046639B2
A family of amine mining collectors that uses alkoxylates allows for the easy adjustment of solubility and molecular weight useful because anionic and cationic mineral collectors require such varying degrees of solubility and molecular weight. The family of the present invention allows for the optimization of both parameters and an increase in collector efficiency.
US11046634B2
A method for producing a high-purity carboxylic acid ester, the method including bringing a crude carboxylic acid ester that contains anionic impurities and Ag, Al, Au, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Sn, and Zn metal impurities into contact with a cation-exchange resin, followed by bringing the crude carboxylic acid ester into contact with an anion-exchange resin to obtain to provide a high-purity carboxylic acid ester in which the Ag, Al, Au, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Sn, and Zn metal impurity content are each less than 1 ppb and the anionic impurity content is less than 1 ppm.
US11046632B2
Process for the preparation of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-al, wherein 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol is reacted to 3-methyl-2-buten-1-al in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises a catalytically active metal and wherein the reaction is conducted at a pH of ≤7.
US11046628B2
The present invention refers to a process for transition-metal-assisted 18F-deoxyfluorination of phenols. The transformation benefits from readily available phenols as starting materials, tolerance of moisture and ambient atmosphere, large substrate scope, and translatability to generate doses appropriate for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.
US11046615B2
A method for forming a self-healing ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component includes depositing a first self-healing particulate material in a first region of a CMC preform of the CMC component and depositing a second self-healing particulate material having a different chemical composition than the first self-healing particulate material in a second region of the CMC preform distinct from the first region.
US11046614B2
A high purity yttria or ytterbia stabilized zirconia powder wherein a purity of the zirconia is at least 99.5 weight percent purity and with a maximum amount of specified oxide impurities.
US11046609B2
A glass-ceramic includes glass and crystalline phases, where the crystalline phase includes non-stoichiometric suboxides of titanium, forming ‘bronze’-type solid state defect structures in which vacancies are occupied with dopant cations.
US11046599B2
A method of automatically controlling chloramine concentration in a body of water contained in a reservoir includes: (a) determining residual chloramine concentration in a first water sample obtained from the body of water; (b) automatically engaging a supply of chlorine to add chlorine to the body of water when the residual chloramine concentration in the first water sample is determined to be below a residual chloramine concentration set-point or a first chloramine concentration percentage; (c) determining residual chloramine concentration in a second water sample obtained from the body of water after step (b); and (d) automatically engaging a supply of ammonia and the supply of chlorine to add both ammonia and chlorine to the body of water if the residual chloramine concentration in the second water sample is determined to be below the residual chloramine concentration in the first water sample or a second chloramine concentration percentage.
US11046598B1
The present application is relate to a method and system for treating high salinity water, comprising the following steps: step 1, by a first membrane concentration unit, concentrating the raw water; step 2, with the assistance of a crystallization initiation unit, mixing the raw water concentrated, initiating crystallization by a seed crystal, and, discharging precipitated crystals; step 3, with the assistance of a crystallization termination unit, firstly, introducing the resulting water of the crystallization initiation unit, then, terminating crystallization, secondly, discharging precipitated miscellaneous salts; step 4, with the assistance of a mechanical filter unit, the liquid to discharged from the crystallization termination unit flowing through the mechanical filter unit, removing the residual seed crystal and floccules; step 6, with the assistance of a second membrane concentration unit, the concentrated salinity water entering the second membrane concentration unit for concentration.
US11046595B2
Methods of treating a fluid mixture include performing a first treatment on the mixture with electrochemically produced ions to separate an aqueous phase and a hydrophobic phase and performing a second electrochemical treatment on the separated aqueous phase to thereby remove aqueous contaminants from the aqueous phase wherein substantially laminar flow of fluid occurs between electrodes in the second electrochemical treatment.
US11046588B2
An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an amino acid additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to an acid; and water, wherein the caustic component and the amino acid additive are present in a molar ratio ranging from 15:1 to 5:1. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed.
US11046574B2
A fueling adapter configured to permit a fuel dispenser which terminates in a twist lock mating assembly to be used to supply fuel to a fuel tank which has a fuel receiver outfitted with a dry break connector connected thereto, said fueling adapter comprising a dry break assembly rotatably connected to a twist lock assembly via a rotational connector.
US11046573B2
A shaked beverage dispensing apparatus (1) comprising: a beverage dispenser (2); a housing (30), including a cavity (32) for holding the beverage dispenser (2), a weighted cork (18) which blocks an outlet (29) from the beverage dispenser, a first nozzle (12) extending from the outlet (29), a second nozzle (27) which is movable in relation to the first nozzle (12), a lifting bracket (26) attached to or abutting the second nozzle (27), a lifting mechanism (41) attached to one end of the lifting bracket (26), a lifting rod (28), an outer funnel (35) at least partly beneath the first and second nozzles, the lifting bracket 26 capable of being raised by the lifting mechanism (41) to raise the second nozzle (27), causing the lifting rod (28) to dislodge the weighted cork (18) allowing beverage to flow from the outlet (29) and through the first and second nozzles, and thence through the outer funnel (35), the outer funnel (35) remaining fixed during the movement of the second nozzle (27).
US11046572B2
A beer dispenser having a nozzle for positioning above a container and dispensing beer into the container. The dispenser includes at least one imaging device for generating at least one image of the dispensed beer, and a processor. The processor determines a measured foam height and a liquid upper surface from the at least one image of the dispensed beer, and adjusts a distance between the nozzle and the liquid upper surface as the beer is dispensed to control the measured foam height.
US11046566B2
A container-treatment machine comprises first and second motors, a bearing device, a ring gear, and a gyroscope that rotates about a rotation axis and receives containers. The motors are arranged in corresponding first and second columns and couple to corresponding first and second pinions. They are fixed relative to the bearing device. The ring gear is mounted on the bearing device and includes a circular tooth arrangement that meshes with the pinions. The pinions are arranged at a distance from one another along a circumferential direction of the tooth arrangement.
US11046562B2
Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central computer system having a network interface such that the central computer system wirelessly communicates with one or both of the plurality of motorized transport units and the plurality of user interface units, wherein the central computer system is configured to control movement of the plurality of motorized transport units through the shopping facility space based at least on inputs from the plurality of user interface units.
US11046560B2
Provided is a swingable connection structure capable of detachably connecting a first member and a second member to each other easily. The swingable connection structure has a first member, a second member, and a swing holding member, and the second member is swingably connected to the first member. The first member has a swing shaft which defines a swing center axis of the second member, and the second member has a pivotally supported portion which receives the swing shaft. The swing holding member is mounted on a side surface of the second member in a rotatable manner, and the swing holding member is provided with a constraining hole which allows insertion of one end portion of the swing shaft received by the pivotally supported portion.
US11046557B2
An illustrative example elevator door interlock includes a latch situated for pivotal movement about a pivot axis between a door locking position and a released position. At least one base is configured to be selectively movable relative to the pivot axis. A plurality of door movement bumpers are supported on the at least one base. Selective movement of the at least one base relative to the pivot axis adjusts an alignment position of the door movement bumpers.
US11046556B2
Embodiments are directed to protecting an elevator. A plurality of knobs may be provided, each respective knob comprising a respective base having a vertical portion, a horizontal portion, a suspension portion, and a face that are coupled to each other. Each knob may also comprise a respective stem coupled to the face of the respective base. The knobs may be hung from an upper edge of a wall panel or suspended ceiling grid in an elevator. A cover may be provided, the cover having a plurality of openings in the cover disposed along the upper edge of the cover. The cover may be hung from the knobs with each knob having the distal end portion of the respective stem extending through a respective one of the openings in the cover.
US11046551B2
A core member is provided for storing shrink film. The core member includes a plurality of rollers, each having a disc and a core extending upwardly from the disc. The plurality of rollers are aligned longitudinally along an axis and laterally along a plane. The plurality of rollers are rotatable to wind the shrink film about the rollers.
US11046546B2
A medium discharge device includes: a discharge unit that discharges a medium; a first medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit; and a second medium receiving tray that is provided above the first medium receiving tray in a vertical direction and receives the medium discharged by the discharge unit. The second medium receiving tray is capable of changing a position between an advance position for receiving a medium, which is discharged, by causing at least an upstream zone of the tray including an upstream side end portion in a medium discharge direction to advance to a passing route of the medium from the discharge unit toward the first medium receiving tray and a retraction position to which the upstream zone retracts from the passing route.
US11046545B2
A sheet conveying device includes a first sheet conveyance passage, a second sheet conveyance passage, and a branching guide. The first sheet conveyance passage is a passage through which a sheet passes in a first direction. The second sheet conveyance passage shares a part of the first sheet conveyance passage and branches off from the first sheet conveyance passage in a second direction opposite the first direction of the first sheet conveyance passage. The branching guide is disposed at a position where the first sheet conveyance passage meets the second sheet conveyance passage. The branching guide is configured to move between a first position for the first direction and a second position for the second direction. A plurality of branching guides including the branching guide is spaced apart in a width direction of the sheet and separately switchable between the first position and the second position.
US11046540B2
A rewinding machine winds a web material into a log about a core. The web material to be wound is directed about a rotating winding drum. A continuous loop is spaced from the winding drum and with the winding drum defines a nip through which the core is inserted and through which the web material is directed. A surface of the continuous loop opposite the winding drum across the nip is configured to move in a direction generally opposite of the winding drum for winding the web material about the core. A rider roll defines a winding space with the winding drum and the continuous loop. The rider roll is movable relative to the continuous loop and the winding drum to allow for an increase in a diameter of the log in the winding space during winding of the web material about the core.
US11046532B1
A composite panel tooling system may include a forming platform having a contoured surface configured to support a layup of composite material to form a contoured composite part. The system may further include a flexible carrier removably disposed on the contoured surface and comprising a frame, where the frame is configured to receive a set of double-sided vacuum grippers within a set of apertures defined within the frame, and where each double-sided vacuum gripper of the set of double-sided vacuum grippers is configured to connect to a pneumatic system to induce a vacuum on a first side of each vacuum gripper for gripping the contoured surface and on a second side of each vacuum gripper for gripping a surface of the contoured composite part after the contoured composite part has been formed.
US11046530B2
An article transfer apparatus includes: a conveyor configured to transfer workpieces; a photographing unit that acquires a three-dimensional image by photographing the transferred workpieces; a workpiece distinguishing unit that detects three-dimensional shapes and postures of the workpieces on the basis of the three-dimensional image acquired by the photographing unit; a storage unit that stores therein three-dimensional shapes of reference workpieces and postures of the reference workpieces in a state in which the reference workpieces do not overlap with another workpiece; and an overlap judgement unit that judges whether there is an overlap between the workpieces on the basis of the three-dimensional shapes and the postures of the reference workpieces stored in the storage unit, and the three-dimensional shapes and the postures of the workpieces detected by the workpiece distinguishing unit.
US11046523B2
A transport attachment (1) for a plate conveyor (100; 200) for conveying material includes a transport plate (50) for conveying the material on a transport surface (10) of the transport plate (50). A connection device (40) has a fastening element (42) for fastening the transport attachment (1) to a driven traction element (150) of the plate conveyor (100; 200). At least one lateral supporting surface (41) is used for laterally supporting the transport attachment (1) in a curve of the plate conveyor (100; 200).
US11046511B1
The present invention relates to a device for securing a lid to a container, such as a trash can. This prevents wildlife, such as raccoons, from accessing the contents. The device includes a cord that passes through a hole in the lid. A stopper larger than the hole is attached to the cord and is located inside the lid. The cord is removably connected to a cleat attached to a side wall of the container to secure the lid to the side wall.
US11046509B1
A water containment apparatus includes a straight strut arrangement comprising a plurality of straight strut assemblies forming an alternating v-shape and inverted v-shape pattern; and a curved strut arrangement comprising a plurality of corner strut assemblies forming a desired curvature and connecting two straight strut arrangements to form a closed loop water containment system.
US11046507B2
A foldable shipping container adjustable between an unfolded condition in which said container is suitable for use as a cargo container, and a folded condition for when said container is not being used to store or ship cargo. The foldable shipping container having ways for controlling the rate at which the panels collapse.
US11046501B1
A beverage can insulating sleeve is provided. The inventive sleeve uses less material and wastes less source material than standard sleeves. Two methods of manufacturing the sleeve are also provided.
US11046499B2
A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to provide the fluidic connection, namely a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement, each of which is fluidically sealed in an initial state, wherein the first connecting arrangement has, in particular, an opening region that is deformable outside the opening region and is configured such that deformation causes the first connecting arrangement to open in the opening region.
US11046496B2
A protective device includes: a cling film sized and shaped to protect a surface of an electronic device, the protected surface of the electronic device comprising contacts for charging a battery of the electronic device; and a conductive pathway through the cling film corresponding to the contacts on the electronic device for charging the battery of the electronic device.
US11046490B2
A cap (100) for a container comprises a disc-shaped top section (102), an annular side section (104) projecting from said disc-shaped top section (102), and a locking flange (111) disposed at an extremity of said annular side section (104) opposite said disc-shaped top section (102), and further comprises a locking flap (116) extending from said annular side section (104), which is mobile between a locked first position wherein a portion (114) of the locking flange (111) extends inwardly from the annular side section (104), and an unlocked second position wherein the locking flange (111) is at least partially recessed relative to the annular side section (104). First tamper evidence means formed as partially frangible tab (120) and second tamper evidence means (128) are proposed. A package comprising a container and proposed cap (100) is also proposed.
US11046477B2
A leak proof container and a method of forming the container from a blank. The blank includes a bottom panel, first and second side panels connected to the bottom panel at opposing lateral edges, and first and second end portions located at opposing longitudinal ends of the blank. Each end portion includes an inner end panel connected to the bottom panel, an outer end panel connected to the inner end panel, and first and second corner panels forming gussets connected to a respective one of the first and second side panels and connected to the inner end panel. An adhesive area is located on one side of the blank and comprises at least a portion on each of the outer end panel and the inner end panel. The adhesive area adheres the gussets to the inner end panel and to the outer end panel.
US11046474B2
A container has a head piece (7). The container can be or is filled with a medium and is produced of plastic materials using a blow molding, filling, and sealing method. A transition region (13) is between the container (1) and a first type of a head surface (11) arranged on the head piece (7) at an end face, can be penetrated by a piercing or cutting part and extends with a specifiable curvature. A second type of a head surface (41) has a specifiable curvature, which is the same as the curvature of the head surface (39) of the first type, but preferably is different from it and is present on the head piece (7). The head surfaces transition into each other such that a whole surface is formed, which whole surface spans the free end of the transition region (13) directed away from the container (1). The head piece (7) is an integral component of the container (1).
US11046469B2
Container collecting and opening apparatus includes a store holding containers in a flattened configuration; an extracting device for extracting the flattened containers from the store and arranging them in a waiting position; and a transfer device movable between, a first, upstream, position for collecting containers from the waiting position and a second, downstream, position for releasing the containers. A container-opening device includes an abutment and a gripper positionable by the transfer device in a position along a container transfer pathway between the first position and the second position, so that the abutment is abutted by the container being opened and the gripper retains the opened-out container. A collecting device collects the container opened out by the container-opening device and transfers the opened-out container by rotating it with the axis thereof vertical to a crate of a packing line, while maintaining the container in the opened-out configuration.
US11046465B2
A solid preparation subdividing device includes: one or more dispensing devices, a solid preparation information input unit to input information on solid preparations, an administration information input unit, and a packaging unit. The dispensing device includes: an accommodating portion with a charging port to receive solid preparations, and a pickup unit to discharge a desired number of solid preparations from the accommodating portion. The administration information input unit is for directly inputting an administration timing for each solid preparation and a dosage for each administration timing in association with the solid preparations charged into the accommodating portion. The subdividing device executes operations for discharging, based on information input to the administration information input unit, the solid preparations from the dispensing device on a dose-by-dose basis to the packaging unit and packaging one or more kinds of solid preparations to be taken at a time collectively by the packaging unit.
US11046464B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for positioning portion packets of a product for oral use into a container by means of a compartment unit. The compartment unit comprises a plurality of compartments with a respective discharge opening. The method comprises: a) positioning the compartment unit at a first distance (dl) from a bottom wall of the container with the discharge openings facing a storage volume of the container, b) introducing at least one portion packet into i-th compartment of the compartment unit, the portion packet thereby assuming a first three-dimensional orientation with the at least one portion packet being in contact with the bottom wall of the container and at least partly remaining in the i-th compartment, wherein i is an integer going from 1 to n, n being the number of compartments to be loaded, n≥2, c) moving the compartment unit in relation to the container thereby causing reconfiguration of each portion packet to a second three-dimensional orientation being different from the first three-dimensional orientation. The disclosure further relates to a device for positioning portion packets of a product for oral use into a container. The disclosure also relates to a container comprising a plurality of portion packets of a product for oral use.
US11046456B2
A takeoff and landing assist apparatus for a flight vehicle with rotor blades causes the flight vehicle to take off from or be landed on a target point. The takeoff and landing assist apparatus includes a plurality of guide rods in parallel to each other, the plurality of guide rods being provided to one of the flight vehicle and the target point; and a plurality of guide rings into which the plurality of guide rods are insertable, the plurality of guide rings being provided to the other of the flight vehicle and the target point. A center-to-center distance between the plurality of guide rods and a center-to-center distance between the plurality of guide rings are set to be same.
US11046455B2
A light assembly includes a base, an annular reflector, and a retainer. The base includes one or more light sources mounted thereto. The annular reflector comprises a first radially outward surface and a first radially inward surface. The annular reflector also defines a central longitudinal axis, with the first radially outward surface including a reflective surface. The retainer is coupled to the base and comprises a second radially outward surface. The second radially outward surface of the retainer seats against the first radially inward surface of the annular reflector to retain the annular reflector in a desired position relative to the light source mounted to the base, according to various embodiments.
US11046449B2
A gas inerting system for an aircraft includes a fuel tank configured to contain a liquid fuel, a fuel vaporization system in fluid communication with the fuel tank and configured to receive the liquid fuel from the fuel tank, a source of air in fluid communication with the fuel vaporization system and configured to deliver air into the liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor, a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the source of air at a location upstream of the fuel vaporization system, and a catalytic oxidation unit in fluid communication with the fuel vaporization system. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the air from the air source. A fluid connection is configured to deliver the fuel vapor to the catalytic oxidation unit.
US11046445B2
A nacelle may comprise an inlet cowling comprising an inlet cowling aft edge having an aft edge length; a boat tail cowling comprising a boat tail cowling forward edge having a forward edge length, wherein the boat tail cowling forward edge is disposed adjacent to the inlet cowling aft edge. The forward edge length may be shorter than the aft edge length, forming a step being defined by a portion of the inlet cowling aft edge that is radially outward of the boat tail cowling forward edge. The nacelle may further comprise a transition fairing coupled to the boat tail cowling, wherein the transition fairing comprises a fairing forward edge disposed adjacent to the inlet cowling aft edge and a fairing ramp surface spanning between the inlet cowling aft edge and a boat tail cowling external surface.
US11046444B2
An inflatable head restraint system for a parachute assembly may comprise an inflatable volume configured to inflate in response to a deployment of the parachute assembly. The inflatable volume may be located between a left shoulder riser and a right shoulder riser of the parachute assembly. A conduit may be fluidly coupled to the inflatable volume.
US11046443B2
Safety systems for unmanned vehicles are disclosed. An example vehicle includes a housing and a propulsion system supported by the housing. The propulsion system to generate lift. An anti-crash module is coupled to the housing. The anti-crash module has a compressible foam that is to deploy to protect the propulsion system from an impact.
US11046437B2
Passenger seating groups positionable in a column in an aircraft between a longitudinal aisle and a fuselage wall. Each passenger seating group includes a first passenger seat positioned along an aisle side and facing a first direction, a first footwell positioned along the aisle side and facing the first passenger seat, a second passenger seat positioned along the wall side and facing the first direction, and a second footwell positioned along the wall side and facing the second direction to serve a second passenger seat in an adjacent like seating group. Each seat has its own dedicated entry from the longitudinal aisle and seats within the same seating group are physically separated by privacy walls.
US11046434B2
Methods and apparatus to align and couple aircraft are disclosed. An example apparatus for securing a first aircraft to a second aircraft includes a guide to direct movement of a first wing of the first aircraft relative to a second wing of the second aircraft to align the first wing with the second wing, and a lock configured to couple the first wing to the second wing after the guide aligns the first wing to the second wing.
US11046429B2
A head mounted display capable of controlling maneuver of an unmanned vehicle, the head mounted display including a display section that allows visual recognition of an outside scene, a GNSS information acquisition section that acquires a GNSS information, a communication section capable of performing communication using wireless communication with the unmanned vehicle, and a control section, wherein the control section evaluates whether or not the unmanned vehicle has entered a visual field visually recognizable through the display section in a case where the unmanned vehicle travels in an automatic navigation mode in which the unmanned vehicle moves toward a position indicated by the GNSS information and causes the unmanned vehicle to terminate the travel in the automatic navigation mode but travel in a specific navigation mode different from the automatic navigation mode in a case where the control section determines that the unmanned vehicle has entered the visual field.
US11046427B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided including a fuselage, a pair of wings extending outwardly from the fuselage, and a deployable surface moveable from a first undeployed position during normal flight to a second deployed position when there is a system failure during flight. A method of adjusting a center of pressure of a UAV is also provided including the steps of providing a UAV with a fuselage, a pair of wings extending outwardly from the fuselage, and a deployable surface moveable from a first undeployed position during normal flight to a second deployed position when there is a system failure during flight, sensing when there is a system failure, and moving the deployable surface from the first undeployed position to the second deployed position.
US11046426B2
A multi-rotor system for providing air thrust is disclosed comprising at least one multi-rotor assembly. The multi-rotor assembly comprising at least two rotors rotatable about a common axis wherein the outer radius of a first rotor, is substantially similar to the inner radius of the second rotor. An airborne vehicle is also disclosed that is adapted to perform vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). The airborne vehicle comprising at least two multi-rotor system disposed substantially symmetrically around the center of gravity of the vehicle.
US11046423B2
A blade angle feedback assembly for a variable-pitch aircraft propeller rotor rotatable about an axis and having an adjustable blade pitch angle is provided. A feedback device is coupled to rotate with the rotor and to be displaced axially along the axis with adjustment of the blade pitch angle. Sensor(s) mounted adjacent the feedback device are configured to detect a passage of position marker(s) provided on the feedback device as the feedback device rotates. A magnetic shield mounted to the sensor(s) is configured to define a magnetic return path for some magnetic flux of a magnetic field exiting from a first pole of the magnet toward a second pole opposite the first pole. The magnetic shield comprises a wall member positioned adjacent the position marker(s) and configured to span a distance over which the position marker(s) are configured to be displaced with axial displacement of the feedback device.
US11046417B2
Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a vertical stabilizer system having a vertical stabilizer operatively coupled to a tail boom, tail rotor gearbox, or other component of the aircraft at a forward attachment and an aft attachment. The vertical stabilizer is selectively rotatable to adjust an angle of attack of the vertical stabilizer with respect to a forward flight direction of the aircraft. The vertical stabilizer is rotatable between a forward flight position having a substantially small degree angle of attack and a hover or lateral movement position having a substantially ninety degree angle of attack.
US11046412B2
A fail-safe aerostat system is discussed, for structural support and network interconnection, applicable to many systems based on lighter-than-air lift. The invention describes a system with reinforced structure and optimized connection and an integration structure (reinforcement and integration structure), reinforcing a hydrogen cell or cells with a fail-safe design. The theorized structure is strong enough to withstand explosive forces, avoiding propagation of shock wave damage and fire, and a hydrogen cell or cells automatically self-controlled, operating independently to obtain lift strength and multi-parameter control.
US11046411B2
A tiller assembly includes a base and a tiller arm pivotably connected to the base. One of the base and the tiller arm defines a recess. The recess is at least partially defined by a female tapered surface. A shaft extends through the base and the tiller arm and has a first threaded portion. A clamping fitting is connected to the shaft and received in the recess. The clamping fitting is rotationally fixed relative to another one of the base and the tiller arm and has a male tapered surface. One of a handle and the clamping fitting has a second threaded portion engaged with the first threaded portion. Rotation of the first threaded portion relative to the second threaded portion in a pre-determined direction causes the male tapered surface to press against the female tapered surface. A marine outboard engine and a tiller assembly kit are also provided.
US11046408B1
Trolling motor assemblies and related methods of operation. A method includes providing an assembly comprising a main housing; a shaft rotatably coupled with the main housing, the shaft having a longitudinal axis; a gear coupled with the shaft; a plate rotatably coupled with one of the shaft and the main housing; and a projecting rib coupled with the other of the shaft and the main housing. The plate is rotated through a first angular displacement about the longitudinal axis. The gear is rotated through a second angular displacement about the longitudinal axis that is greater than the first angular displacement.
US11046405B1
A rigging hose housing is provided to couple a rigging hose to a marine vessel. The rigging hose housing includes a radial mounting plate; an outer cylindrical wall extending perpendicularly from the radial mounting plate a first height above a bottom surface of the radial mounting plate; an inner cylindrical wall extending perpendicularly from the radial mounting plate a second height above the bottom surface of the radial mounting plate; and a gutter formed between the inner cylindrical wall and the outer cylindrical wall. The gutter terminates in a drain hole formed in the outer cylindrical wall. The drain hole is configured to permit the expulsion of fluid collected in the gutter from the rigging hose housing.
US11046403B2
An underwater body having a movable component which can be moved into a retracted position and, as a result, increases the volume of the underwater body. In addition, a method is disclosed for operating such an underwater body. An expansion means conducts a fluid into a hollow space. The hollow space is operatively connected to the movable component. When the fluid is conducted into the hollow space, the movable component is moved into the extended position relative to the shell of the underwater body. The fluid in the hollow space hardens. The hardened fluid in the hollow space holds the movable component in the extended position.
US11046401B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a crustacean trap can include a cage configured to trap one or more crustaceans, and a propulsion system connected to the cage and configured to provide propulsion to the cage. In certain embodiments, the trap can include a controller configured to control the propulsion system to autonomously pilot the trap.
US11046398B2
A narrow beam rotomolded foam filled catamaran that incorporates regular points of attachment through the deck and a tubular frame that is highly customizable with modular accessories making it ideal for maneuverability, stability, durability, transportation, storage, and customization.
US11046396B2
A surfboard fin assembly for the flush incorporation into a surfboard body that allows for adjusting the depth the fin extends below the surfboard. It has a biasing means that maintains the fin in the down position yet allows upward movement upon the application of upward force such as when the fin is struck from below. The fin is perpendicularly affixed to a hinge body that is pivotally housed in an open ended fin box that is integrated into the volume of the surfboard body. A means for tensioning is releasably attached at a distal end to the hinge body and at a proximal end to the surfer's ankle. The height of the fin is adjustable through the means for tensioning and sets the performance of the surfboard to the surfer's desired level of directional control depending on their type of surfing. The fin or fin and hinge body are interchangeable with other design of fins.
US11046393B2
A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface. The wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
US11046392B2
A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller for controlling a transmission that changes a ratio of a rotational speed of a drive wheel to a rotational speed of a crank of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller switches the transmission from a first control state to a second control state in accordance with at least one of a human drive force, a rider's posture, a vehicle body attitude, a handle force, and a human-powered vehicle travel state, In the first control state, the electronic controller controls the transmission to change the ratio in accordance with an operation of a shift operating unit. In the second control state, irrespective of the operation of the shift operating unit, the electronic controller controls the transmission such that the ratio increases in accordance with the travel state of the human-powered vehicle and/or a travel environment of the human-powered vehicle.
US11046389B2
An ebike comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame structure supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel, the frame structure including a hollow tube (e.g., a down tube) having a converging inner surface, and a battery assembly configured to be coupled to the frame structure in an installed position at least partially in the hollow tube. The converging inner surface is configured such that at least a portion of the battery assembly is supported within the hollow tube by the converging inner surface when the battery assembly is at least partially positioned in the hollow tube. In one embodiment, the battery assembly comprises a battery housing and a resilient lateral support, wherein the resilient lateral support resiliently laterally supports a portion of the battery housing in the hollow tube when the battery assembly is positioned in the hollow tube.
US11046384B2
A pseudo-emotion generating system configured to generate pseudo-emotions of a vehicle includes an emotion generating section that generates a pseudo-emotion of the vehicle based on external force information representing an external force applied to the vehicle from outside during travel of the vehicle.
US11046381B1
A wall mounted bicycle rack includes a rail with two first grooves along two elongate sides of the rail, and a face opening formed in the front side of the rail, and two end opening formed in two ends of the rail. The rail is slidably connected to multiple fixing members that are fixed to a wall. Each fixing member includes two holders, and the holders are mounted to top and bottom of the rail. Multiple hanging parts each include a slide plate which is slidably engaged with the two first grooves. Each hanging part has a bar for supporting a bicycle.
US11046377B2
A track for traction of a vehicle, such as an agricultural vehicle, an industrial vehicle (e.g., a construction vehicle), a military vehicle, or another off-road vehicle, is provided. The track comprises a ground-engaging outer surface for engaging the ground and a plurality of traction projections projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface and distributed in a longitudinal direction of the track. The traction projections may be designed to enhance their resistance to deterioration during use. For example, a blowout resistance of each traction projection may be enhanced to prevent or at least reduce a potential for blowout of the traction projection under repeated loads which may induce heat buildup within it. Also, a wear resistance of the traction projection may be enhanced such that the traction projection wears less rapidly. A system for protecting a track against potential occurrence of blowout is also provided.
US11046376B2
An undercarriage assembly for a rope shovel includes a crawler frame having a roller component that is disposed at least partially below a crawler body between a first leg and a second leg. The roller component has a lateral roller component bore therethrough. A first crawler frame bushing having a first flanged end is disposed in and through a first lateral crawler frame bore. A roller component bushing-having a first flanged end is disposed in and through the lateral roller component bore, and the first flanged end of the first crawler frame bushing abuts the first flanged end of the roller component bushing.
US11046372B1
A tailgate extension system is provided. The system includes a tailgate housing having a pair of channels therein. A pair of openings are disposed on an upper edge of the tailgate housing, wherein the pair of openings provide access to the pair of channels. A pair of rods are slidably disposed within the pair of channels. In some embodiments, the pair of rods each include a plurality of telescopic sections. An end bar is affixed to a distal end of each of the pair of rods, wherein the end bar is parallel to the upper edge of the tailgate housing. A slot disposed within each of the pair of rods engages a pin extending into each channel. The pair of rods selectively move between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the retracted position, the end bar rests flush against the upper edge of the tailgate housing.
US11046371B2
A rack corresponding a vehicle having matching connectors: a plurality of modular shelves having two longitudinal sides, the modular shelves are configured to be mounted one on top of the other, wherein each modular shelf of the plurality of modular shelves comprising: a frame having a plurality of struts configured for mounting a modular shelf one on top of the other, and wherein at least a portion of the struts have bottom with fittings that comply with the matching connectors a guardrail on each longitudinal side of the frame wherein at least one of the guardrails is capable of moving between an upright position and a horizontal position. a drawer capable of moving on top of the frame through at least one of the longitudinal sides of the modular shelf.
US11046368B2
In a shock-absorbing member in which a wood member is embedded in a resin covering member so as to be integrated therewith and in which the wood member is collapsed when subjected to an impact load, thereby absorbing a portion of the impact load, sealing members are disposed between both end surfaces of the wood member in an axis direction of annual rings and an inner surface of the covering member, so as to hermetically cover both end surfaces of the wood member.
US11046366B2
A semi-trailer includes first and second main beams and left and right side rails. A cargo platform extends between the left and right side rails. Each of the side rails includes an aluminum extrusion including an upper portion including a platform engaging portion, and a lower portion including a winch track. The lower portion further includes a projecting hook engagement wall. The hook engagement wall includes an upper surface oriented toward the cargo supporting platform and an opposite lower surface. The hook engagement wall includes a tapered nose including first and second nose walls that define a nose angle X such that said tapered nose is adapted to be received in an open recess of an associated cargo strap hook that defines a hook recess angle X′.
US11046361B2
An assisting force control device 1 includes a torque detection unit that detects the steering torque of a vehicle, a calculation unit that, after the torque detection unit has detected a steering torque of at least a prescribed size, integrates the steering torque to calculate an integrated torque amount, and an assisting force control unit that reduces the steering assisting force to a value that is smaller than a prescribed value in a direction in which the vehicle is prevented from deviating from a lane, such reduction carried out if the integrated torque amount calculated by the calculation unit becomes at least an integration threshold value corresponding to a traveling condition of the vehicle.
US11046357B2
A method for assembling a rack-and-pinion steering gear may involve introducing a steering pinion into a housing opening of a steering gear housing such that a region of a narrowed portion of a pinion shaft is situated at a level of a rack to be inserted, introducing the rack into the housing opening of the steering gear housing such that the rack is pushed past the narrowed portion of the pinion shaft into a setpoint position, and moving the pinion shaft farther into the steering gear housing to an end position such that a toothing region of the rack enters into engagement with a toothing of the steering pinion.
US11046356B2
[Problem] In an electric power steering device that includes a filter section, the electric power steering device in which a motor and a control unit are integrated with each other, a device that aims to improve the noise suppression function of the filter section and improve workability is provided. [Solution] In an electric power steering device that includes a filter section, the electric power steering device in which a motor and a control unit are integrated with each other, the control unit includes a filter module forming the filter section connected near a connector for power supply placed in an outermost portion, and this filter module is configured with wiring for electric conduction, coils and, and a filter substrate on which capacitors are mounted.
US11046353B2
A support bracket assembly, for fixing a shroud of a steering column assembly to a vehicle, includes: a support bracket fixable to the shroud; and a capsule assembly for interconnecting the support bracket with a fixed part of the vehicle. The capsule assembly further includes a capsule body; and an energy-absorbing strap; wherein the capsule body and energy-absorbing strap are configured to be fixed to the fixed part of the vehicle. Prior to an application of a predetermined force to the support bracket, the capsule body, energy-absorbing strap, and support bracket are interconnected by a connector and further wherein, upon application of the predetermined force to the support bracket, the connector is configured to separate from the capsule body whilst continuing to interconnect the energy-absorbing strap and support bracket.
US11046346B2
The invention relates to a push handle unit, in particular a multi-piece push handle unit, comprising at least one first and at least one second end piece, each end piece having at least one self-supporting grip unit that rises up, at least one horizontal attachment piece, at least one arcuate corner node, and at least one fastening device for fastening the respective end piece to a transport cart guided by hand, the self-supporting grip unit that rises up consisting at least of one grip unit receptacle (26) and at least of one grip unit insert, the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit receptacle being formed on the arcuate corner node in such a way that a continuous transition between the horizontal attachment piece and the grip unit is formed by means of the arcuate corner node.
US11046332B2
When a second condition is satisfied in a case in which an automated driving control unit performs switching from automated driving to manual driving, a request for a remote operation is sent to an outside-vehicle facility using a communicator, and remote driving for automatically controlling at least one of acceleration/deceleration and steering of a vehicle is executed on the basis of control information received from the outside-vehicle facility.
US11046326B2
A method for controlling functions in a transportation vehicle wherein a driving behavior of a driver is determined. To be able to classify the driving behavior of the driver, a driving behavior of other drivers is also provided. The driving behavior of the one driver is evaluated based on the driving behavior of the other drivers for at least one specific driving situation, and functions in the transportation vehicle are actuated based on the evaluation thereby achieving a comfortable adjustment of the functions for the driver.
US11046323B2
A method for estimation of a vehicle tire force includes: receiving, by a controller of a vehicle, a measured vehicle acceleration of the vehicle; receiving, by the controller, a measured wheel speed and a measured yaw rate of the vehicle; forming, by the controller, inertia matrices based on an inertia of rotating components of the vehicle; calculating torques at corners of the vehicle using the inertia matrices; estimating tire forces of the vehicle based on the measured vehicle acceleration, the measured wheel speed, and the inertia matrices; and controlling, by the controller, the vehicle, based on the plurality of estimated longitudinal and lateral tire forces.
US11046319B2
An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle may include: a processor determining whether a condition of interrupting a lane change procedure occurs, during controlling the lane change. In particular, when the condition of interrupting the lane change procedure is satisfied, the processor determines whether to interrupt the lane change procedure or whether to return the vehicle to an original lane to control the vehicle depending on a result of the determinations. The apparatus further includes a storage to store the result determined by the processor.
US11046315B2
A controller of a driving force control apparatus starts shift-change-timing restrain control to limit operation driving force at a timing when a starting condition including a condition that a shift position has changed when an accelerator pedal is in an operating state becomes satisfied, and performs reverse-timing restrain control to limit the operation driving force when a performing condition including a condition that the accelerator pedal is in the operating state as well as the shift position is in a reverse position is satisfied. When a specific operation is performed during the shift-change-timing restrain control being performed, the controller moderates a degree of the limitation to the operation driving force in the shift-change-timing restrain control or stops this control. When the specific operation is performed during the reverse-timing restrain control being performed, the controller maintains a degree of the limitation to the operation driving force in the reverse-timing restrain control.
US11046303B2
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an integrated starter/generator are described. In one example, a torque output of an electric machine is increased via a rotation ratio changing device to reduce engine noise and vibration during engine starting. After the engine is started, the rotation ratio changing device is adjusted so that the engine and the electric machine rotate at a same speed.
US11046301B2
A system for controlling a charging torque of a hybrid vehicle may include: a first motor connected to an engine and configured to charge an energy storage system using a first charging torque generated from the engine; a second motor connected to the engine and configured to charge the energy storage system using a second charging torque generated from the engine; a plurality of sensors respectively sensing operation states of the first motor and the second motors; and a controller configured to obtain an entire charging torque generated from the engine and to determine distribution amounts of the first charging torque and the second charging torque from the entire charging torque or to adjust the entire charging torque according to the operation states of the first motor and the second motor.
US11046299B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a four wheel drive vehicle that includes a high gear ratio and a low gear ratio. The driveline may be operated to shift between the high gear ratio and the low gear ratio while the four wheel drive vehicle is moving. In one example, a clutch is opened during shifting from the high gear ratio to the low gear ratio, which allows the vehicle to continue traveling during the gear ratio change.
US11046295B2
An electronic system for controlling traction and braking of a vehicle is described. The system includes a device for actuating braking operatively connected to at least one first wheel of the vehicle, and at least one first traction and braking control unit. The device comprises: at least one first electric actuator and at least one electric motor. The at least one first traction and braking control unit being configured to control the at least one electric motor in regeneration mode to exert a regenerative braking torque on at least one first wheel. The at least one first traction and braking control unit also being configured to control the at least one electric motor in traction mode to exert a traction torque on the at least one first wheel.
US11046289B2
A motor vehicle system comprising a first electric parking brake actuation unit assigned to a first vehicle wheel, and a second electric parking brake actuation unit assigned to a second vehicle wheel. The system further comprises a first control unit which includes at least one first microprocessor and which is designed to control the first electric parking brake actuation unit and does not allow the second electric parking brake actuation unit to be controlled. Furthermore, a second control unit is provided which comprises at least one second microprocessor and which is designed to control the second electric parking brake actuation unit and does not allow the first electric parking brake actuation unit to be controlled. The redundancy of the two control units increases the system safety. At the same time, the system complexity remains low since no individual control unit has to be designed to control all of the electric parking brake actuation units.
US11046288B2
Nozzles and systems for cleaning sensors of a vehicle are provided. An adjustable nozzle can include an inlet configured to receive a pressurized fluid, an adjustable oscillator coupled with the inlet, and an outlet coupled with the adjustable oscillator. The adjustable oscillator can be configured to receive the pressurized fluid from the inlet and generate an oscillating fluid, and can include a first oscillation wall comprising a first adjustable chamber modifier wall and a second oscillation wall comprising a second adjustable chamber modifier wall. The first adjustable chamber modifier wall and the second adjustable chamber modifier wall can define an adjustable mixing chamber configured to generate the oscillating fluid having one or more properties that are adjustable by the first adjustable chamber modifier wall or the second adjustable chamber modifier wall. The outlet can be configured to receive the oscillating fluid and eject the oscillating fluid from the adjustable nozzle.
US11046284B2
A force limiting device (10) for a seat belt comprises a fitting (14), a tension transfer means (36) and a deformation member (12) directly abutting on the fitting (14), wherein the fitting (14, 114) comprises a deflection unit (20, 120) in the form of a deflection pulley for the tension transfer means (36, 136).
US11046263B2
A communication system includes a seat unit mounted on a seat of a vehicle and operating by an electrical power supplied from a battery, and a vehicle unit that wirelessly communicates with the seat unit, and transmits a start command. The seat unit receives the start command in a standby state in which a power consumption is lower than a normal state, and then the seat unit switches from the standby state to the normal state. After that, the seat unit transmits an information on an electronic device mounted on the seat, in the normal state. According to the communication system, the seat unit switches from the standby state to the normal state, only when the vehicle unit transmits the start command. Therefore, battery life can be extended.
US11046259B2
In a vehicle oil pan guard including a guard plate mounted on a support member via a mounting portion such that the guard plate is arranged at a position under an oil pan storing a hydraulic oil for protecting the oil pan from an impact from below, a cover plate different from the guard plate is mounted together with the guard plate via the mounting portion on the support member such that the cover plate closes an opening formed near the guard plate toward a road surface.
US11046252B1
A vehicle side or step rail includes a longitudinal extending vehicle side rail having a vehicle frame-facing side arranged to mount to the frame of a motor vehicle and an outward-facing side to which a leading end of one or more steps is connected to the rail but the trailing end is not. The connection may be in the form of a brace. Depending on where the vehicle mounting points are located relative to the leading end of the step, one or more additional braces can be added. Regardless of whether additional braces are used, the trailing end of the step is not braced or connected to the rail and always extends past the brace. The step surface of the step is always spaced apart from the rail, leaving a gap between it and the outward-facing side of the rail.
US11046245B2
A motor vehicle includes a lighting module that generates a symbol on the ground in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, a surrounding sensor system that detects sensor information in a region in the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and a controller designed to control the lighting module depending on the sensor information such that the symbol is generated automatically by the lighting module in a ground region between the motor vehicle and another road user as soon as the distance between the motor vehicle and the other road user falls below a specified threshold according to the sensor information.
US11046242B2
A vehicle includes a rear lamp display configured to display images as well as perform the usual functions of a rear lamp assembly. The rear lamp display may include a light source and a digital mirror device. Obstacles detected may trigger display of a static or animated representation of the obstacle in the rear lamp display. Detection of a turn may invoke display of a direction of the turn as well as text indicating a target of the turn. Detection of an intervention of a vehicle system to maintain stability, a warning may be displayed that indicates potentially hazardous road conditions. Where opening of a door is detected, a representation of an open or opening door may be displayed. Where a following vehicle is detected, the speed limit or cruising speed of the vehicle may be displayed. Objects left in the vehicle may trigger display of an alert.
US11046233B1
A cargo lashing fitting for affixing to a deck of a transportation vehicle including a housing sized for insertion within an opening in the deck and compatible for securement to the deck, a securing plate removably positionable within the housing, and a plurality of locking inserts for retaining the securing plate within the housing. In one preferred embodiment, both the housing and securing plate are formed of aluminum.
US11046232B2
A cargo tie-down for installation on a vehicle body is provided. The vehicle body includes a rear seat and a child restraint tether anchorage located rearward of the rear seat for attachment of an associated child restraint tether hook provided as part of an associated child restraint for securing the associated child restraint on the rear seat. The cargo tie-down includes a base having a mounting bracket configured for attachment to the vehicle body, a cover member rotatably mounted to the base for covering the base, and a hook main body rotatably mounted to the base. The hook-main body is configured to prevent the associated child restraint tether hook from being secured to the cargo tie-down.
US11046227B2
Assist grip assembly (100) includes a user handle (102) and an object hook (104) movably coupled to each other. The object hook (104) and the user handle (102) may be movably coupled to one another through a pivot-control mechanism. The user handle (102) and the object hook (104) are capable of moving together and capable of moving independently with respect to one another.
US11046223B2
An armrest includes a protruded section extending in a vehicular front-rear direction and protruded toward a vehicular interior side, and the protruded section includes an upper section, a lower section, and an intermediate section that is between the upper section and the lower section and connects the upper section and the lower section on a vehicular interior side. The armrest further includes ribs that are on a vehicular exterior side with respect to the intermediate section and arranged in the vehicular front-rear direction and each of the ribs extends from the upper section to the lower section. The ribs include a low rigidity rib and a high rigidity rib that are arranged next to each other in the vehicular front-rear direction, and the high rigidity rib having rigidity higher than that of the low rigidity rib.
US11046222B2
Provided is a seat which offers increased ride comfort and less fatigue felt even on long-time sitting. The seat includes a cushion frame, a first support member supported by the cushion frame and configured to support a seated occupant, second support members disposed at left and right sides of the first support member and configured to be deformable, and a restraining portion by which each second support member is restrained in such a manner that its laterally outer side is less likely to sink down than its laterally center side. The seat is configured such that an upper-side support surface for supporting a seated occupant is so restrained by the restraining portion as to assume a first position when no occupant is seated, and to assume a second position when an occupant is seated, the support surface facing further inward in the second position than in the first position.
US11046220B2
A seating system for a vehicle includes a seat-back frame and a backboard attached to the seat-back frame. An attachment arrangement includes an elongated member attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard, and is configured to remain attached to the seat-back frame and the backboard by plastically deforming when the seat-back frame and the backboard are subjected to a separation force of a predetermined magnitude greater than a magnitude otherwise required to detach the elongated member from the backboard.
US11046219B2
A method of assembling a vehicle seat is provided, comprising: providing a seat back frame; forwardly movably connecting a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant to the seat back frame; mounting a rear-end collision detector to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, operatively connecting the rear-end collision detector to the headrest; disposing a link member at a position lateral to the rear-end collision detector; forming a front extending portion that inwardly extends in a right-to-left direction at a front end of a lateral face of the side frame; and forming a rear extending portion that inwardly extends in the right-to-left direction; wherein a protruding portion is formed from a portion of the lateral face of the side frame that faces at least the part of the bracket, the link support shaft being disposed at a same height as the protruding portion.
US11046216B2
The present invention provides an ISOFIX interface structure of a vehicle seat. The ISOFIX interface structure of the vehicle seat comprises a shroud mounting base and two ISOFIX shrouds. Two mounting holes are formed in the shroud mounting base, and the mounting holes are penetrated from front to rear. The two ISOFIX shrouds can correspondingly be inserted into the corresponding mounting holes and can be detachably mounted on the shroud mounting base. According to the ISOFIX interface structure of the vehicle seat, the structure is novel, neat, attractive, and easy to realize. The problem is that conventional ISOFIX interfaces collapse surrounding seat foam when being installed. Here, consistency of the two ISOFIX interfaces on the same vehicle seat is guaranteed, the subsequent installation of a child safety seat is convenient, and the assembly and disassembly efficiency of the child safety seat can be effectively improved.
US11046215B1
An arrangement in passenger vehicles, that diverts the impact energy in lateral or side impacts away from the passengers to the remaining mass of the vehicle thereby protecting the passengers, and in the same arrangement provides utilitarian access to the vehicle, such utilitarian access making it possible to both install multi-element contoured surround seats for passengers and the driver, and also a safety device for head-on collision protection that obviates the need for conventional seat belts and front impact airbags. An indo-skeletal structural arrangement proposed for the vehicle, provides further benefits by targeting the strength of the vehicle to protect passengers while minimizing other massive elements in the vehicle. Side impact protection for the head and neck are proposed with airbags and aircushions.
US11046214B2
In this vehicle seat reclining device, the annular protrusion of a ratchet has a first region, a second region, and a third region, which are arranged circumferentially, and the outer side surface of the ratchet has a fourth region. The protrusion is shaped so that the third region extends further radially outward than the second region. As a result, the portion of the fourth region, which corresponds to the third region, extends further radially outward than the portion of the fourth region, which corresponds to the second region.
US11046213B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback having a base. A reclining portion is pivotably coupled to the base at first and second attachment points and includes first and second longitudinal members. A panel is disposed between the first and second longitudinal members. A cross member extends between the first and second attachment points. A bracket is coupled to the panel and is disposed between the panel and the cross member.
US11046212B2
A lifting device for raising and lowering a cushion frame of a vehicle seat includes: a lifter link configured to be rotationally displaced to thereby raise or lower the cushion frame; a swing link configured to transmit a force for rotating the lifter link to the lifter link; a screw rod rotatably coupled to the swing link; a driving device configured to displace the screw rod along a first axis; and a first restricting portion configured to restrict displacement of a coupling portion between the swing link and the screw rod beyond a predetermined dimension in a second axis.
