US11074504B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for instance segmentation. In one aspect, a system generates: (i) data identifying one or more regions of the image, wherein an object is depicted in each region, (ii) for each region, a predicted type of object that is depicted in the region, and (iii) feature channels comprising a plurality of semantic channels and one or more direction channels. The system generates a region descriptor for each of the one or more regions, and provides the region descriptor for each of the one or more regions to a segmentation neural network that processes a region descriptor for a region to generate a predicted segmentation of the predicted type of object depicted in the region.
US11074503B2
A method includes generating, by a processor of a computing device, a first plurality of models (including a first number of models) based on a genetic algorithm and corresponding to a first epoch of the genetic algorithm. The method includes determining whether to modify an epoch size for the genetic algorithm during a second epoch of the genetic algorithm based on a convergence metric associated with at least one epoch that is prior to the second epoch. The second epoch is subsequent to the first epoch. The method further includes, based on determining to modify the epoch size, generating a second plurality of models (including a second number of models that is different than the first number) based on the genetic algorithm and corresponding to the second epoch. Each model of the first plurality of models and the second plurality of models includes data representative of neural networks.
US11074501B2
Disclosed herein is a learning method of a neural network model for flame determination. The learning method of a neural network includes generating a learning image including a fake image generated by combining a real fire image and an arbitrary flame image with a background image; inputting the learning image to a first neural network model and outputting a determination result for whether a flame is present; and updating a weight in a layer extracting features of the learning image from the first neural network model using the determination result. According to the present invention, data of various fire situations may be secured, a performance of the neural network model that determines an occurrence of the fire through the secured data may be increased, and a quality of data for learning may be increased to allow the neural network model itself to predict various situations of fires.
US11074499B2
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are a distributed computing model in which computation is accomplished with many simple processing units, called neurons, with data embodied by the connections between neurons, called synapses, and by the strength of these connections, the synaptic weights. An attractive implementation of ANNs uses the conductance of non-volatile memory (NVM) elements to record the synaptic weight, with the important multiply—accumulate step performed in place, at the data. In this application, the non-idealities in the response of the NVM such as nonlinearity, saturation, stochasticity and asymmetry in response to programming pulses lead to reduced network performance compared to an ideal network implementation. A method is shown that improves performance by periodically inverting the polarity of less-significant signed analog conductance-pairs within synaptic weights that are distributed across multiple conductances of varying significance, upon transfer of weight information between less-significant signed analog conductance-pairs to more-significant analog conductance-pairs.
US11074496B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to providing transposable access to a synapse array using a recursive array layout. One embodiment comprises maintaining synaptic weights for multiple synapses connecting multiple axons and multiple neurons, wherein the synaptic weights are maintained based on a recursive array layout. The recursive array layout facilitates transposable access to the synaptic weights. A neuronal spike event between an axon and a neuron is communicated via a corresponding connecting synapse by accessing the synaptic weight of the corresponding connecting synapse in the recursive array layout.
US11074479B2
There is a desire to accurately learn a detection model. Provided is a computer-implemented method including acquiring an input image; acquiring an annotated image designating a region of interest in the input image; inputting the input image to a detection model that generates an output image showing a target region from the input image; calculating an error between the output image and the annotated image, using a loss function that weights an error inside the region of interest more heavily than an error outside the region of interest; and updating the detection model in a manner to reduce the error.
US11074476B2
Embodiments are directed to data ingestion over a network. Raw data and integrated data associated with a plurality of separate data sources may be provided such that the raw data includes content associated with a plurality of subjects. Categorization models may be employed to categorize the raw data based on various features, such as, format, structure, data source, variability, volume, or associated entities. Matching models may be determined based on the categorization of the of the raw data, the integrated data and the content associated with the plurality of subjects. Matching models may generate a plurality of unified facts based on the raw data and the integrated data such that each unified fact is associated with a score associated with a quality of its match with a unified schema.
US11074460B1
Systems and methods for monitoring an environment using a Graphical Management System (GMS) are described. The GMS may present a vector image map of the environment for interaction by a user. The user may zoom and pan on the map to generate views of the map with various ranges of detail of the map. Video data from a plurality of video cameras may also be displayed on the map based on the user input and the level of zoom and the location viewed in the map. Further, the user may select a timeline event and sensor data associated with the event and the map may be initialized at the time and location of the event.
US11074447B1
A land analysis system uses drone-captured images to detect plant health and/or soil moisture levels at a site. For example, the system instructs a drone to fly along a flight path, capture images of the land below, and measure altitude data. The system processes the images using, for example, artificial intelligence, to identify locations at which plant material may be present. The system then further processes the images to identify the plant health of the plant material at the identified locations. The system further uses the altitude data to determine the strata of plants at the identified locations. Optionally, the system can further process the images to identify the soil moisture levels at the identified locations.
US11074436B1
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for face recognition. The method includes: acquiring a target face image in a video monitoring device (S101); comparing the target face image with a first category image in a static library to a first similarity (S102); when the first similarity is less than a first predetermined threshold, determining whether there is a backup face image whose similarity with the target face image that is greater than a second predetermined threshold (S103); if yes, determining whether there is a dynamic image corresponding to the backup face image in a dynamic library (S104); and if yes, determining that matching is successful (S105). The invention improves the precision of face recognition.
US11074432B2
A system and method for recognizing a person, including: capturing an identifying feature of the person; identifying the person based on the identifying feature to return a person identity; using the person's identity, retrieving information about the person from a person information database; and displaying the retrieved information in an overlay with a facial image of the person to a user. menu items can also be displayed. The identifying feature may be a biometric or a non-biometric feature.
US11074429B2
The application relates to the field of terminals and provides a user identification method, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes that: responsive to detecting that a fingerprint of a user is in contact with a preset fingerprint identification region, a surface humidity of the preset fingerprint identification region is determined; when the surface humidity is greater than a preset humidity, the fingerprint of the user is acquired through the optical fingerprint sensor; the fingerprint acquired through the optical fingerprint sensor is matched with pre-stored fingerprint information; and screen unlocking is performed in case of successful matching. Through the technical solutions, the sensor for fingerprint unlocking may be determined according to a humidity of a screen, thereby ensuring stability of fingerprint unlocking and further improving a user experience.
US11074427B2
A method for reconstructing an imprint image, from a set of image portions, includes the steps of: extracting, from each image portion, a set of local points of interest and, for each point of local interest, calculating a descriptor vector that characterizes said point of local interest; for each pair of two image portions, evaluating a local interest points association score representative of a probability that the two image portions are contiguous on the imprint image; assembling the image portions of a best pair to form an assembled fragment; repeating the above steps by replacing each time, in the set of image portions, the two image portions of the best pair, until all the association scores of the remaining pairs are less than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and producing an assembly map of the image portions; merging the image portions to reproduce the imprint image.
US11074425B2
Implementations of the present specification disclose DOI scanning-based information processing methods, apparatuses, and devices. After an end-user device scans a DOI and obtains service information corresponding to the DOI, the end-user device can cache the service information. Thereafter, the end-user device can read the cached service information, to generate a service request and send the service request to a service server. Particularly, when a network connection between the end-user device and the service server is abnormal, the end-user device can independently retry the service request based on the cached service information.
US11074417B2
Embodiments provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement the method of removing a cognitive terminology from a news article at a news portal, the method including: receiving, by the processor, a first news article from a user; configuring, by the processor, a cognitive terminology filter list to add one or more entities and one or more cognitive terminology types associated with each entity in the cognitive terminology filter list; dividing, by the processor, the first news article into a plurality of text segments; identifying, by the processor, one or more key entities and one or more inter-entity relationships of each text segment; detecting, by the processor, one or more cognitive terminologies in the first news article; and providing, by the processor, one or more suggestions to remove the one or more cognitive terminologies.
US11074412B1
A system trains a classification model. Text windows are defined from tokens based on a window size. A network model including a transformer network is trained with the text windows to define classification information. A first accuracy value is computed. (A) The window size is reduced using a predefined reduction factor value. (B) Second text windows are defined based on the reduced window size. (C) Retrain the network model with the second text windows to define classification information. (D) A second accuracy value is computed. (E) An accuracy reduction value is computed from the second accuracy value relative to the first accuracy value. When the computed accuracy reduction value is ≥an accuracy reduction tolerance value, repeat (A)-(E) until the accuracy reduction value is
US11074410B2
An electronic message including text generated by a first user can be identified and at least a second user can be identified as a recipient. At least one n-gram contained in the text of the electronic message can be identified by performing natural language processing on the text. A first user profile of the first user and a second user profile of the second user can be accessed. Based on the first user profile and the second user profile, at least one user context of the first user, not shared with the second user, relating to the computer-understandable meaning of the at least one n-gram can be determined. The electronic message as presented to the second user can include the at least one user context of the first user, not shared with the second user, relating to the computer-understandable meaning of the at least one n-gram.
US11074392B2
An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires information from an external apparatus that stores data; and a switching unit that, for each item of the data, switches between a first mode in which the acquisition unit acquires attribute information of the data from the external apparatus, and a second mode in which the acquisition unit acquires, from the external apparatus, information for displaying an image that indicates a feature of the data.
US11074384B1
A method for simulating signal integrity of a hybrid model is provided, which includes: establishing a transient simulation link including a front-end chip model, a pre-link model and a terminating impedance model, where the front-end chip model is a Spice model; inputting an ideal step signal to a port reserved in the front-end chip model, and extracting step response data in a steady state; inputting the step response data to an input end of a channel simulation link, where the channel simulation link includes a relay chip model, a post-link model and a back-end chip model, and each of the relay chip model and the back-end chip model is an IBIS AMI model; and inputting a random code signal to the input end of the channel simulation link, and reading a signal outputted from an output end of the back-end chip and forming an eye pattern.
US11074380B2
The following description is directed to a logic repository service. In one example, a method of a logic repository service can include receiving a first request to generate configuration data for configurable hardware using a specification for application logic of the configurable hardware. The method can include generating the configuration data for the configurable hardware. The configuration data can include data for implementing the application logic. The method can include receiving a second request to download the configuration data to a host server computer comprising the configurable hardware. The method can include transmitting the configuration data to the host server computer in response to the second request so that the configurable hardware is configured with the host logic and the application logic.
US11074378B1
A computer program causes a computer to execute processing of simulating behavior of an electromagnetic component including a coil at each of a plurality of time points based on an analytic model of the electromagnetic component. The processing comprises creating a look-up table storing a flux linkage of the coil, an inductance of the coil and a current in the coil that are obtained by a magnetic field analysis based on the analytic model in association with one another, and simulating behavior of the electromagnetic component by referring to the look-up table using currents in the coil calculated at a previous simulation step and at a step before the previous simulation step.
US11074377B2
An illustrative domain-adaptive simulator includes: a data acquisition module, a simulator module, and a visualization module. The data acquisition module acquires measurements of a physical system. The simulator module provides a series of states for the physical system, the series including at least a current state and a subsequent state, wherein as part of said providing, the simulator module implements a method that includes: (a) constructing a modeled domain for the system; (b) determining a domain of influence within the modeled domain; (c) generating a linear set of equations to derive the subsequent state from the current state, the linear set of equations excluding a region of the modeled domain outside the domain of influence; and (d) deriving the subsequent state from the linear set of equations. The visualization module displays the series of states.
US11074376B2
A method for analyzing a process output and a method for creating an equipment parameter model are provided. The method for analyzing the process output includes the following steps: A plurality of process steps are obtained. A processor obtains a step model set including a plurality of first step regression models, each of which represents a relationship between N of the process steps and a process output. The processor calculates a correlation of each of the first step regression models. The processor picks up at least two of the first step regression models to be a plurality of second step regression models whose correlations are ranked at top among the correlations of the first step regression models. The processor updates the step model set by a plurality of third step regression models, each of which represents a relationship between M of the process steps and the process output.
US11074375B2
A method of modeling layout of rigid tubing comprises securing a first component of a lockable adjustment assembly to an end A of a first rigid tube via a first releasable coupling assembly. The method also comprises securing a second component of the lockable adjustment assembly to an end C of a second rigid tube via a second releasable coupling assembly. Further, the method comprises moving the first component and the second component, loosely coupled with each other, relative to each other with only three degrees of freedom to position the first rigid tube and the second rigid tube in a selected orientation with respect to each other. The method also comprises, with the first rigid tube and the second rigid tube in the selected orientation relative to each other, locking the lockable adjustment assembly so that the first component and the second component have zero degrees of freedom relative to each other.
US11074370B2
A host device includes a power supply unit configured to supply power to a SoC, a current measurement circuit configured to measure a current from the power supply unit to the SoC, a detection unit configured to detect a power supply glitch in the host device, on the basis of a result of current measurement by the current measurement circuit, and a controller configured to suspend transmission of encrypted command from the host device to the memory device if the detection unit detects a power supply glitch in the host device.
US11074369B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for client-side anonymized content selections. The method includes collecting a plurality of identifications of content selection lists, each content selection list associated with the first device and at least one other device. The method includes selecting a first subset of the content selection lists, responsive to a total number of unique device associated with a plurality of content selection lists of the first subset exceeding a threshold. The method includes transmitting a request for an item of content, the request comprising identifications of the content selection lists of the selected first subset. The method includes receiving a first item of content selected by the content server based on the content selection lists of the selected first subset.
US11074367B2
In various embodiments, before a data subject request can be processed, the data subject's identity may need to be verified. In various embodiments, the system provides a mechanism to automatically detect the type of authentication required for a particular data subject based on the type of Data Subject Access Request being made and automatically issues a request to the data subject to verify their identity against that form of identification. For example, a subject rights request might only require two types of authentication, but a deletion request may require four types of data to verify authentication. The system may automatically detect which is type of authentication is required based on the DSAR and send an appropriate request to the data subject to verify their identity.
US11074362B2
A system and method for monitoring and protecting sensitive data that includes identifying sensitive data and statically tracking sensitive data using data flow analysis across a code base, monitoring flow of the data during application runtime, and responding to vulnerabilities according to a sensitive data characterization of the data. Identifying sensitive data includes processing a semantic description of the data in the application code and characterizing the sensitive data. Monitoring flow of the data includes: identifying and characterizing sensitive data through data usage, updating the characterization for the sensitive data through data usage, and enforcing security measures on the data according to the sensitive data characterization of the data.
US11074358B2
Implementations of the present specification include receiving a request to perform a private transaction associated with at least one account; in response to receiving the request, performing, by a workflow node, the private transaction; in response to performing the private transaction, generating, by the workflow node, a representation of the private transaction configured to be accessible only to entities that are authorized to access the private transaction; storing, in a private blockchain, the representation of the private transaction; generating, by the workflow node, an account record for the at least one account associated with the private transaction based at least in part on the private transaction, wherein the account record is configured to be accessible to at least one entity that is not authorized to access the representation of the private transaction in the private blockchain; and storing, in a public blockchain, the account record.
US11074347B2
A delta file may be assembled for use in updating software on a networked device. The delta file may include at least one manifest, and each manifest may be associated with a subset of files (e.g., replacement and/or upgrade files for the networked device). The subset(s) of files may be selected based on a wide range of criteria. In an example, subsets may be selected based on rules that regulate when files are allowed to change. Subsets may also be defined based on the device associated with the files (e.g., a metrology device or a communications device). Any desired criteria/criterion may be used to define a subset of files. The delta file may be transmitted to the networked device. On the networked device, the subset(s) of files may be verified against data corruption, actions of bad actors, and/or unexpected changes at runtime.
US11074344B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to identify a side-channel attack are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a vector-to-neuron processor to map an event vector to a neuron of a trained self-organizing map; a buffer processor to identify a task pair based on the neuron and an adjacent neuron of the neuron; a buffer to store data corresponding to the identified task pair; an attack identifier to, when information stored in the buffer corresponds to more than a threshold number of task pairs corresponding to the identified task pair, identify a malware attack; and a mitigation technique selector to select a technique for mitigating the malware attack.
US11074340B2
Systems and methods for distorting CAPTCHA images with generative adversarial networks include an image distortion interface that can select an image record from a database, determine the size of the selected image, and apply an adversarial attack algorithm to create an array of pixels that is the same size as the selected image so that the majority of the pixels in the array are zero values and the remaining pixels in the array are in the red-green-blue value range. The image distortion interface can merge the array of pixels with the selected image to form a distorted image. A server can include a CAPTCHA test interface that can select a set of images having the same label, retrieve corresponding distorted images, and provide a CAPTCHA test using the distorted images. The CAPTCHA test can use distorted images with different applied adversarial attack algorithms.
US11074336B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose identity verification methods, apparatuses, electronic devices, and storage media. In an embodiment, an identity verification method includes: receiving an identity verification request for verifying an identity of a user; determining that the user is an inactive user based on a user service variable value; determining at least one risk level of the user based on at least one user identification method; and determining a user identity verification method based on the at least one risk level and at least one identity verification threshold corresponding to the at least one user identification method, wherein the user identity verification method is one of a strong user identity verification method or a weak user identity verification method.
US11074333B2
Systems and methods for authentication with resistance to replay attacks are provided. A device may be used to capture image data of a physical token to authenticate or identify a user. Authentication information may be obtained by processing and analyzing the captured image data. Data about a state of the imaging device and the captured image data may be used for fraud detection. The data may be collected when the image data is processed and analyzed. The state of the imaging device and captured image data are unlikely to be repeated. The detected repetition of a state of the imaging device and captured image data may be a cause for increasing the likelihood that a replay attack is taking place. The device may be used to perform a transaction.
US11074326B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the basis of first information about a user that is acquired by a first apparatus from around a body of the user, and second information about a user that is acquired by a second apparatus different from the first apparatus.
US11074325B1
Systems and methods for multifactor authentication are disclosed. One illustrative system described herein includes: a network interface; and a processor coupled to the network interface and configured to: begin a transaction to allow a user to access a secure resource; receive, via the network interface, user data from a mobile device, the user data comprising behavior data associated with the user; compare one or more parameters of the behavior data to expected parameters; and if the parameters are within a required range, allow access to the secure resource; or if the parameters are outside of the required range, restrict access to the secure resource.
US11074322B1
In general, the techniques are described for locally and adaptively managing license token requests for a licensed capacity feature without an explicit grant of license tokens from a centralized license server. For example, a network device for a licensed customer may locally manage a license token request for a capacity feature operating in network license mode and thus shared/contended for among multicast network devices associated with the customer. The network device may locally determine a number of locally-available tokens for the licensed capacity feature, based at least in some examples, on a number of available network-wide tokens as indicated by the license server, the number of network devices contending for the tokens, and a number of tokens already requested by the network device.
US11074320B1
Systems and methods for automatically processing prescription refills and transfers are disclosed. According to certain aspects, a server associated with a pharmacy may receive, from an electronic device, a message including a digital image depicting a container of a prescription. The server may analyze the digital image to identify a set of visual identifiers depicted in the digital image. Based on the set of visual identifiers, the server may determine whether the prescription is associated with the pharmacy and, based on the determination, may facilitate either a refill of the prescription or a transfer of the prescription to the pharmacy.
US11074307B2
Techniques for automatic extraction and verification of location data are disclosed. In some embodiments, a web crawler is configured to identify uniform resource locators (URLs), including a URL for a website associated with a target entity. The web crawler is further configured to fetch a subset of webpages from the website associated with the target entity. The web crawler may restrict the webpages that are fetched from the website based, at least in part, on patterns in the first website that are indicative of where reliable location information may be found. The web crawler further identifies a primary location of the target entity within at least one webpage in the subset of webpages, populating and/or verifying the primary location of the target entity in an entity profile. The entity profile may be consumed by client applications to execute location-aware and/or location dependent functions.
US11074304B2
The present invention provides a system for publishing and displaying digital materials, comprising an ePub publishing module comprising a mechanism for publishers to upload ePub files, a user management module providing a means to add, edit and remove end users from the system, a bookshelf module for organizing the user's content in order to create a logical grouping of content, a reading content module for reading content after the user has been mapped to the content, and an annotating content module for annotating user selected text.
US11074296B2
To derive a query which can be joined and which gives non-zero pieces of data even if joined. A query generation assist method to assist generation of a query to extract data from a database includes: a first step of accepting, at the computer, a condition of extracting data to be acquired from the database as a data extraction condition; a second step of extracting, as graph data and at the computer, data which can be joined in data of the database; a third step of extracting subgraphs at the computer based on the data extraction condition from the graph data, and acquiring the subgraphs as query candidates; and a fourth step of calculating, at the computer, rank values of the query candidates and outputting the query candidates ranked according to the rank values.
US11074293B2
Systems and methods are presented for generating a transition graph from check-in data for determining probabilistic transitions of a user from an origin (location) to a destination. Check-in data for a plurality of users is obtained. The check-in data is organized and analyzed to determine a set of transition tuples for each of the plurality of users. These transition tuples are aggregated and used to generate a transition graph comprising a plurality of nodes and edges. Each node corresponds to a location and each edge indicates a transition from an origin node to a destination node and is associated with a likelihood of a user transitioning from the origin node to the destination node.
US11074282B2
Systems herein allow a user device to monitor calendar events with a secure bubble application. When an event is upcoming, the secure bubble application can present a notification. The secure bubble application can search other managed applications for content relevant to the meeting event. The secure bubble application can extract text, tags, and other metadata from the calendar event and any attached files. The text, tags, and other metadata can be used to search each managed application. Relevant emails, files, and notes can be displayed in a card generated by the secure bubble application.
US11074277B1
Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for automatically and canonically identifying related data in various data structures while maintaining secure access to individual data objects and their properties. Data structures may include a plurality of records, wherein each record is associated with a respective entity. Access to individual records, or in some embodiments access to individual attributes of a record, may be restricted to particular users or groups on a per-item basis. In accordance with some embodiments, systems and methods are disclosed for identifying pairs of records, determining a probability that both records relate to a common entity, and securely notifying and presenting users with information regarding the probability while preserving the access restrictions for the individual records and attributes. Record pairs that potentially refer to the same entity may be linked, reconciled, or ignored in response to feedback from users who have access to one or both records.
US11074268B2
The embodiments herein relate to operational data analysis (ODA) and, more particularly to automate operational data analysis and generate the analysis report for various products using a web-based multi-tenant product intelligence framework. The system allows the user to configure a data collection process, define schema structure, select a data storage for storing the collected data, select or create a data formatting algorithm, and generate a data report to perform the ODA process. Based on the ODA report, appropriate decisions can be taken by an organization.
US11074259B2
Example implementations relate to optimized queries based on unique attributes. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may receive a query and identify at least one unique attribute based on at least one operation specified in the query or based on an attribute property associated with at least one relational table relevant to the query, the attribute property indicating uniqueness. The processor may modify a data structure representing the query, the data structure having nodes each associated with a respective relational table and the data structure modified to specify a subset of the nodes that are associated with the at least one unique attribute. The processor may optimize the query based on the data structure modified to specify the subset.
US11074257B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user, a structured query comprising references to one or more objects associated with the online social network, identifying a set of target objects corresponding to the structured query, wherein each target object in the set is an object that is connected within the online social network to at least one of the objects referenced in the structured query, filtering the set of target objects based on a privacy setting of each of the connections to the target object, and generating search results comprising references to each target object from the post-filtered set that is connected to the first user within the online social network by a series of connections that have a visibility that is visible to the first user.
US11074256B2
Described herein is a system and method for training cardinality models in which workload data is analyzed to extract and compute features of subgraphs of queries. Using a machine learning algorithm, the cardinality models are trained based on the features and actual runtime statistics included in the workload data. The trained cardinality models are stored. Further described herein is a system and method of predicting cardinality of subgraphs of a query. Features for the subgraphs of the query are extracted and computed. Cardinality models are retrieved based on the features of the subgraphs of the query. Cardinalities of the subgraphs of the query are predicted using the retrieved cardinality models. One of the subgraphs of the query is selected to be utilized for execution of the query based on the predicted cardinalities.
US11074252B2
An analysis system connects to a set of data sources and perform natural language questions based on the data sources. The analysis system connects with the data sources and retrieves metadata describing data assets stored in each data source. The analysis system generates an execution plan for the natural language question. The analysis system finds data assets that match the received question based on the metadata. The analysis system ranks the data assets and presents the ranked data assets to users for allowing users to modify the execution plan. The analysis system may use execution plans of previously stored questions for executing new questions. The analysis system supports selective preprocessing of data to increase the data quality.
US11074250B2
Technologies for enabling retrieval of stored information in response to natural language queries include an information retrieval server. The information retrieval server receives a request for information from a user in the form of a natural language query. The received natural language query is compared to various previously-generated semantic queries, each of which is associated with a Structured Query Language query. Based on the comparison, the information retrieval server determines the previously-generated semantic query that most closely matches the received natural language query. Thereafter, the Structured Query Language query associated with the determined semantic query is identified. The information retrieval server determines executes the identified Structured Query Language query to retrieve the information requested by the user. The retrieved information is presented to the user by the information retrieval server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11074248B2
Techniques are described for generating a map of operations to ingest external data. In an embodiment, DBMS receives a query schema that specifies an external data source and client-defined columns to arrange queried data from data fields of the external data source. DBMS generates an ingest schema for the queried data of the external data source such that the ingest schema specifies ingest data fields from the data fields of the external data source to be mapped to the one or more client-defined columns. Additionally, the DBMS identifies surplus data in the external data source, which has not been specified by the ingest schema and is different from the queried data defined by the client-requested query schema. The process not only ingests the ingest data fields from the external data source but also the surplus data from the external data source. In response to receiving a query according to a different query schema, DBMS generates a result set that based on the surplus data of the external data source. The result generation is based on the DBMS generating a map of operations, which when performed, generates a result set for the received query regardless whether the query is based on the different query schema.
US11074244B1
A database service that receives and manages time series data into a set of generational data tables. The database service maintains subsets of the time series data in a plurality of partitions and a set of virtual keys defining the range of time series of data in each partition. Thereafter, responsive to a transactional range delete command, the database service identifies partitions having overlapping time series data and processes the delete command at each respective partition.
US11074242B2
A present invention embodiment relates to inserting data to a data table, where the data table has multiple data records and involves at least one organizing attribute. The embodiment defines a set of data blocks having records of the data table and assigns to each data block of the set of data blocks a predefined maximum number of records of the data table or a predefined maximum amount of storage. Data records for each data block of the set of data blocks may be stored on a storage system. Further data records may be sorted based on values of the organizing attribute in the buffered data records. The sorted data records may be written on the storage system in their order. Attribute value information may be determined for the further data blocks for supporting query processing against the data table.
US11074235B2
A method and an inclusion dependency determination system (IDDS) for determining inclusion dependency between columns of tables in a target database to establish primary key (PK)-foreign key (FK) relationships among data in the columns with minimized disk input and output operations are provided. The IDDS determines dependency characteristic data (DCD) of each column and arranges the columns by applying one or more predefined rules to the columns based on a minimum value of the data of each column. The IDDS determines pairs of arranged columns that demonstrate a possibility of inclusion dependency based on the DCD and identifies a first column and a second column of each determined pair as a candidate PK and a candidate FK respectively. The IDDS determines inclusion dependency between the candidate PK and the candidate FK on comparing data of the candidate PK with the data of the candidate FK using dynamically determined search techniques.
US11074230B2
A method is provided for data matching between a set of source data structures and a set of target data structures. The method includes obtaining, using a processor device configured to perform machine learning, source to target matching results with matching scores, based on the sets of source and target data structures. The method further includes calculating, by the processor device, context information for data structure pairs based on a structure similarity and an ontology similarity between constituent data structures thereof. Each of data structure pairs include as the constituent data structures a respective source data structure and a respective target data structure from the sets of source and target data structures. The method also includes updating, by the processor device, the matching scores based on the context information. The method additionally includes controlling, by the processor device, a hardware device responsive to at least one updated matching score.
US11074229B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a distributed read-only database service are disclosed. Using a read-only database service, one or more host groups are selected from a plurality of available host groups in a distributed system. The one or more host groups are selected for a particular dataset based at least in part on a size of the dataset and on a transaction rate for the dataset. The selected one or more host groups comprise one or more hosts comprising storage resources. A read-only database comprising elements of the dataset is generated. The read-only database is deployed to the storage resources of the one or more host groups in the distributed system. The one or more host groups are configured to serve a plurality of read requests from clients for the elements of the read-only database.
US11074223B2
A method, computer program product, and system for identifying an orphan file in a shared database, wherein an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database, identifying an orphan file in a shared database, where an owner of the orphan file no longer has access to the shared database, surveying a group of one or more users, where surveying comprises a request to vote among the group for a new owner of the orphan file, and assigning ownership permission to a new owner among the one or more users within the group based on a result of the survey.
US11074222B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a query related to a first data extent. The method also includes determining whether the first data extent is eligible for deletion based on a first sliding window time period equal to a predetermined retention period added to a predetermined deletion cushion in response to the query requesting a deletion operation for the first data extent. The method also includes determining whether the first data extent is eligible for linkage based on a second sliding window time period equal to the retention period less a predetermined linkage cushion in response to the query requesting a linkage operation for the first data extent. The linkage cushion includes less time than the deletion cushion.
US11074219B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for a visual file manager are described. For example, operation of a visual file manager on a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system is described in which a folder in a folder hierarchy of the computer system is graphically represented by a canvas of the visual file manager, the canvas being configured to provide zooming capabilities (e.g., zoom in, zoom out) for the graphical representation of the folder, and contents of the folder being configured to be individually and graphically modified within the canvas. Collaborative work is enabled by allowing access to the graphical representation of the folder to multiple users. A folder within the linked folder can be represented by a rectangular panel on the canvas. Multiple folders can be graphically represented by multiple panels on the canvas, where each panel can be individually and graphically modified based on user preferences.
US11074215B2
An integrated digital-analog archiving system can automatically initiate a migration process to move electronic documents to a media library. For each electronic document, the system may retrieve the electronic document from a digital data storage medium, extract metadata from the electronic document, determine size, orientation, and format of the electronic document, generate indicators for indicating the start and end of the electronic document to be stored on an analog data storage medium, generate an analog document identifier for identifying the electronic document on the analog data storage medium, generate a scaled image of the electronic document based on the size, orientation, and format of the electronic document, generate a text string based at least in part on the extracted metadata, and render the indicators, the analog document identifier, the scaled image of the electronic document, and the text string on the analog data storage medium.
US11074214B2
Data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry to apply processing operations to one or more data items of a linear array comprising a plurality, n, of data items at respective positions in the linear array, the processing circuitry being configured to access an array of n×n storage locations, where n is an integer greater than one, the processing circuitry comprising: instruction decoder circuitry to decode program instructions; and instruction processing circuitry to execute instructions decoded by the instruction decoder circuitry; wherein the instruction decoder circuitry is responsive to an array access instruction, to control the instruction processing circuitry to access, as a linear array, a set of n storage locations arranged in an array direction selected, under control of the array access instruction, from a set of candidate array directions comprising at least a first array direction and a second array direction different to the first array direction.
US11074206B1
The present disclosure advantageously provides a method and system for transferring data over at least one interconnect. A request node, coupled to an interconnect, receives a first write burst from a first device over a first connection, divides the first write burst into an ordered sequence of smaller write requests based on the size of the first write burst, and sends the ordered sequence of write requests to a home node coupled to the interconnect. The home node generates an ordered sequence of write transactions based on the ordered sequence of write requests, and sends the ordered sequence of write transactions to a write combiner coupled to the home node. The write combiner combines the ordered sequence of write transactions into a second write burst that is the same size as the first write burst, and sends the second write burst to a second device over a second connection.
US11074204B2
A processor includes cores to execute instructions, and circuitry to detect a system management interrupt (SMI) event on the processor, direct an indication of the SMI event to an arbiter on a controller hub, and receive an interrupt signal from the arbiter. The processor also includes an SMI handler to take action in response to the interrupt, and circuitry to communicate the interrupt signal to the cores. The cores include circuitry to pause while the SMI handler responds to the interrupt. The interrupt handler includes circuitry to determine that a second SMI event detected on the processor or controller hub is pending, and to take action in response. The interrupt handler includes circuitry to set an end-of-SMI bit to indicate that the interrupt handler has completed its actions. The controller includes circuitry to prevent the arbiter from issuing another interrupt to the processor while this bit is false.
US11074188B2
A two-level main memory that includes a persistent memory and a cache is provided. Locations of dirty cache lines in the cache are tracked through the use a dirty cache line tracker. The dirty cache line tracker is stored in the cache and can be cached in a memory controller for the persistent memory. The dirty cache line tracker can be used to bypass cache lookup, perform efficient dirty cache line scrubbing and to decouple battery power and capacity of the cache in the two-level main memory.
US11074186B1
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes managing a cache in a tiered data storage system. The cache is configured to be powered by a temporary power source during a power loss event. The managing includes determining an amount of time that the temporary power source is capable of powering the cache before the temporary power source is depleted, and maintaining a dynamic cache size. The maintaining includes dynamically selecting the cache size based on the amount of time that the temporary power source is capable of powering the cache before the temporary power source is depleted, and based on a latency of destaging extents of data in the cache.
US11074179B2
A method for managing objects stored in memory is presented. The method may include receiving, by a memory allocator in a garbage collected system, a first free memory chunk. The method may include creating a node to associate with the first free memory chunk and ensuring that a first memory region containing the node will be considered to be free memory during a sweeping phase of the garbage collected system.
US11074170B2
A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for managing computer memory by an intelligent memory manager. The intelligent memory manager performs a method including: initializing a memory allocator within an intelligent memory manager in a computing system; allocating, by the memory allocator, a plurality of main memory objects; backing up, with the intelligent memory manager, at least one main memory object in the plurality of main memory objects in a persistent storage utilizing a backup operation; monitoring, with the intelligent memory manager, input-output bandwidth being consumed for storing information in the persistent storage; and modifying, with the intelligent memory manager, the backup operation based on monitoring the bandwidth being consumed.
US11074168B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for analyzing control-flow integrity based on functional line-of-code behavior and relation models. Techniques include receiving data based on runtime operations of a controller; constructing a line-of-code behavior and relation model representing execution of functions on the controller based on the received data; constructing, based on the line-of-code behavioral and relation model, a dynamic control flow integrity model configured for the controller to enforce in real-time; and deploying the dynamic control flow integrity model to the controller.
US11074167B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for visualizing and configuring controller function sequences. Techniques include identifying at least one executable code segment associated with a controller; analyzing the at least one executable code segment to determine at least one function and at least one functional relationship associated with the at least one code segment; constructing, a software functionality line-of-code behavior and relation model visually depicting the determined at least one function and at least one functional relationship; displaying the software functionality line-of-code behavior and relation model at a user interface; receiving a first input at the interface; in response to the received first input, animating the line-of-code behavior and relation model to visually depict execution of the at least one executable code segment on the controller; receiving a second input at the interface; and in response to the received second input, animating an update to the line-of-code behavior and relation model.
US11074163B2
A method for generating a new test for a set of software code is provided. The method includes accessing a plurality of existing unit tests; implementing a machine learning algorithm; determining intended objectives of the set of software code; selecting a subset of the plurality of existing unit tests based on the determined objectives and an output of the machine learning algorithm; and using the selected unit tests to automatically generate the new test.
US11074161B2
A test case selection system and method uses a test selection model to select test cases from a library of test cases to be used for quality assurance (QA) testing of a software application to maximize the chances of finding bugs from executing the selected test cases. The test case selection model may be a machine learning based regression model trained using outcomes of previous QA testing. In some case, the test case selection system may provide periodic and/or continuous refinement of the test case selection model from one QA testing run to the next. The model refinements may include updating weights associated with the test case selection model in the form of a regression model. Additionally, the test case selection system may provide performance analytics between a test case selection model-based selection of test cases and random selection of test cases.
US11074159B1
Techniques for determining the ability of a modified set of processes to process requests received by an initial set of processes include dividing the requests received by the initial processes into subsets. Each subset includes requests having common values for a set of request parameters. Test data is generated that includes at least one request from each subset. The test data is processed by the modified processes to determine responses. If the response for a request that is determined by the modified processes corresponds to the response for that request that was determined by the initial processes, this correspondence indicates that the modified processes may generate a proper response for each request included in the same subset as the tested request. As a result, the ability of the modified processes to replace the initial processes may be tested using only a portion of the requests received by the initial processes.
US11074153B2
Collecting runtime virtual machine external state for an application running in an application runtime virtual machine, for use in emulation of the application. A method includes identifying application bytecode for which runtime virtual machine external state is to be collected. The method further includes executing machine code generated from the bytecode to generate the runtime virtual machine external state. The method further includes collecting the runtime virtual machine external state. The method further includes storing the runtime virtual machine external state for use in emulating the application.
US11074142B1
Systems and methods for force-supplying cached API call data are disclosed. A system may comprise a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute instructions to perform operations including: receiving initial order data from a user device, the initial order data comprising a product identifier, a user identifier, and a promotion identifier; determining an initial reduction amount based on the received product identifier and promotion identifier; mapping the initial reduction amount to a cache identifier; caching the initial order data and the cache identifier; receiving an order request from a device associated with the user identifier, the order request being associated with the promotion identifier; calling an API to complete the order request; detecting a failure of the API attempting to complete the order request; retrieving the cache identifier; determining a final reduction amount; and completing the order request using the final reduction amount.
US11074134B2
An approach is provided for storing a snapshot of an execution image of a virtual machine (VM) instance. Based on VM, application, criticality, and change parameters, and based on a recommendation model trained on historical data about effects that changes caused by VM execution had on a capacity of a storage system that stores execution images of VM instances in first datastores, a tier is selected from multiple tiers of the storage system as the tier recommended for storing the snapshot. A datastore is selected for storing the snapshot so that the selected datastore is associated with the selected tier and selected from second datastores dedicated to storing only snapshots. The snapshot is created in the selected datastore and in the selected tier and unused space in a portion of the storage system for storing the first datastores is reduced.
US11074128B2
Memory controllers, decoders and methods to perform decoding of user bits and parity bits including those corresponding to low degree variable nodes. For each of the user bits, the decoder performs a variable node update operation and a check node update operation for connected check nodes. After all of the user bits are processed, the decoder performs a parity node update operation for the parity bits using results of the variable node and check node update operations performed on the user bits.
US11074118B2
A method for reporting incidents of data loss in a storage environment comprising redundant arrays of independent disks (RAIDs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method monitors storage drive failures in a storage environment. For a storage drive failure detected in the storage environment, the method reports the RAID type in which the storage drive failure occurred and whether data loss occurred in the RAID as a result of the storage drive failure. In certain embodiments, the method reports whether the data loss could have been prevented had the RAID type been converted to a more robust RAID type. In other or the same embodiments, the method reports whether the data loss was prevented by the RAID type. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11074116B2
The subject technology provides a system of devices, at least one of which includes an application configured to receive data directly from another one of the devices. The application is configured to obtain a list of available devices and associated features and provide input options for display based on the list. When one of the input options is selected, the application activates a component and/or an application of the other device for generation of the desired data. When the desired data has been generated by the other device, the generated data is directly input from the other device into the limiting application, without storage of the generated data at the other device, and without operation of the same application on the other device.
US11074106B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for resolving an execution order for a plurality of tasks, such as solving complex calculations in order, installing new software in order, or scheduling instructions by compilers in order. The approach uses a dependency graph to perform a topological sort, and applies a heuristic to determine which node to execute next from remaining nodes without dependency issues. The approach favors reducing resource conflicts with a resource used by a previous node, resolving larger numbers of dependencies early, and forcing early resolution of resource conflicts.
US11074103B2
The scheduling device divides the execution duration into a plurality of unit periods. The scheduling device then allocates each of the plurality of physical machines to a physical machine group that may execute, while satisfying the constraint conditions, migration of the virtual machine operating on the allocated physical machine and maintenance work on the allocated physical machine within one or more unit periods of the plurality of unit periods. Thereafter, for each of the plurality of physical machine groups, the scheduling device creates individual schedule information indicating a work execution duration of migration of the virtual machine operating on the allocated physical machine and that of maintenance work on the allocated physical machine within one or more unit periods of the plurality of unit periods, and outputs overall schedule information obtained by integrating the individual schedule information on each of the plurality of physical machine groups.
US11074089B2
A switch state determining device, includes: an external terminal to which a switch is externally attached; a constant current generating part configured to generate a constant current and flow the constant current through the external terminal; a voltage comparing part configured to compare a terminal voltage of the external terminal with a threshold voltage to generate a comparison signal; an ON/OFF determining part configured to output an ON/OFF determination signal of the switch depending on the comparison signal; a threshold voltage control part configured to adjust the threshold voltage depending on a threshold voltage set value; and a level determining part configured to output a level determination signal of the terminal voltage or a terminal voltage value.
US11074085B2
Methods and apparatus for boot time reduction in a processor and programmable logic device environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a multicore processor including a first core and a second core. A bootstrap processor is to initialize the first core into a standby mode and initialize the second core into a non-standby mode. A programmable logic device is to be programmed with instructions to be executed by the programmable logic device by the second core via a first connection initialized by the second core. The bootstrap processor is to, upon completion of the programming of the programmable logic device, initialize a data connection between the programmable logic device and the second core.
US11074083B2
Example methods and apparatus for fast loading a kernel image file are provided. A multi-core processor includes a first core group and a second core group. The second core group includes a plurality of cores. In one example method, the first core group obtains a plurality of data blocks in a compressed kernel image file from a nonvolatile storage, and checks the currently obtained current data block. The current data block is put into a decompression queue in response to determining that the data block is correct. At least two of the plurality of cores in the second core group obtain the data block from the decompression queue, and after obtaining a plurality of data blocks, decompress the plurality of obtained data blocks into a memory in parallel to obtain the kernel image file.
US11074079B2
A method of providing instructions to computer processing apparatus for improved event handling comprises the following. Instructions for execution on the computer processing apparatus are provided to an event processor generator. These instructions comprise a plurality of functional steps, a set of dependencies between the functional steps, and configuration data. The event processor generator creates instances of the functional steps from the instructions and represents the instances as directed acyclic graphs. The event processor generator identifies a plurality of event types and topologically sort is the directed acyclic graphs to determine a topologically ordered event path for each event type. The event processor generator then provides a revised set of instructions for execution on the computer processing apparatus in which original instructions have been replaced by instructions requiring each event type to be executed according to its topologically ordered event path. Suitable computing apparatus for executing the event processor generator and for storing and running the generated event processor code is also described.
US11074073B2
An apparatus and method for performing dual concurrent multiplications, subtraction/addition, and accumulation of packed data elements. For example one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode an instruction to generate a decoded instruction; a first source register to store first and second packed data elements; a second source register to store third and fourth packed data elements; execution circuitry to execute the decoded instruction, the execution circuitry comprising: multiplier circuitry to multiply the first and third packed data elements to generate a first temporary product and to concurrently multiply the second and fourth packed data elements to generate a second temporary product, the first through fourth packed data elements all being a first width; circuitry to negate the first temporary product to generate a negated first product; adder circuitry to add the first negated product to a first accumulated packed data element from a third source register to generate a first result, the first result being a second width which is at least twice as large as the first width; the adder circuitry to concurrently add the second temporary product to a second accumulated packed data element to generate a second result of the second width; the first and second results to be stored in specified first and second data element positions within a destination register.
US11074069B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for replaying arguments of an application in real-time, with re-arrangement is provided. Tags indicating an original execution environment, mapping tables corresponding to the execution environment, a plurality of callback modules, and recorded data are loaded into system memory. Execution of an application begins, and in response to intercepting a call to the execution environment, a transaction is identified. The parameters to the call are populated with data from a matching record in the recorded data, and indicating the matching record is used.
US11074056B2
An example computing device includes a processor, a first storage device, and a second storage device. The second storage device stores instructions to implement a firmware. The firmware is to install an agent application into the first storage device. The firmware is also to activate the agent application subsequent to installing the agent application. The firmware is further to, in response to receiving a manifest file, instruct the agent application to monitor the computing device based on the manifest file.
US11074049B2
A computer-implemented method for generating program code based on one or more blocks of a block diagram, at least one block including a block variable. The method comprises opening the block diagram in a model editor, retrieving generation settings for the block variable from a data definition tool, the generation settings comprising a scope of the variable, determining that a modification rule is referenced in the generation settings, and retrieving the referenced modification rule from the data definition tool, wherein a modification rule comprises a filter condition and one or more code changes. A processor generates program code based on the block diagram and the generation settings and applies the referenced modification rule to the block variable in the generated code, which includes verifying that the filter condition is fulfilled for the block variable and applying the code changes to each occurrence of the variable in the code.
US11074048B1
In a computer program, sublanguage code snippets implement regular expressions, pattern matching, print formatting, component selection, and other operations, using sublanguage syntax and semantics different from the source code in which snippets are embedded. Writing snippets that give desired execution results has been difficult and interfered with software development workflow. But sublanguage snippet presentation functionality in an enhanced development tool automatically detects source code locations suitable for snippets, receives snippet execution result examples from a developer, submits the examples to synthesis-by-example technology, gets autosynthesized snippets that give those results, and displays snippet insertion candidates with guidance. A snippet selected by the developer replaces the example(s) in the source code, improving developer productivity and program execution accuracy with respect to documented test cases. Examples may be autogenerated, including representative examples or disambiguating examples. Examples may be preserved in comments. Performance criteria for sublanguage snippet presentation are also described.
US11074036B2
A method including, detecting interaction between the user and an audio-object via local tracking, determining an audio-object state modification based on the local tracking, and performing an audio-object interaction based on the audio-object state modification.
US11074035B2
Embodiments described herein provide for smart configuration of audio settings for a playback device. According to an embodiment, while a playback device is a part of a first zone group that includes the playback device and at least one first playback device, the playback device applies a first audio setting. The embodiment also includes the playback device joining a second zone group that includes the playback device and at least one second playback device. The embodiment further includes the playback device applying a second audio setting based on an audio content profile corresponding to the second zone group.
US11074034B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that can improve the convenience when checking audio information that is read aloud. The information processing apparatus includes an output control section that outputs information about a display screen for displaying text of audio information in chronological order with information granularity determined on the basis of a user operation at the time of reading aloud the audio information included in an acquired reading-aloud history of the audio information.
US11074033B2
Controlled access to a physical area or secured service is managed using sonic tones. A secret key is stored in a user device and in a security system, and then when access is desired, the secret key or a derivative thereof is encoded into a sonic tone which is transmitted. The sonic tone is received and decoded to obtain the encoded binary message, which is then compared to an expected binary message, and if there is a match, access is granted by the security system. In illustrated particular embodiments the secret key is used to generate a one-time password based upon the secret key and a randomizing factor, such as the current time.
US11074032B2
A multi-core audio processor includes a data protocol interface configured to receive a stream of audio data, a plurality of data processing cores including a single sample processing core and a block data processing core, an audio fabric block configured to route samples of the stream between the data protocol interface and the plurality of data processing cores. The single sample processing core includes an execution unit configured to execute one or more low latency instructions for performing computations for the samples.
US11074027B2
A display apparatus having a first mode and a second mode includes a first input section that receives first image information, a first image processor that performs image processing on the first image information to generate second image information in the first mode, a second input section that receives third image information, a second image processor that performs image processing on the second image information to generate fourth image information in the first mode and performs image processing on the third image information to generate fifth image information in the second mode, a display section that displays an image based on the fourth image information on a display surface in the first mode and displays an image based on the fifth image information on the display surface in the second mode, and an output section that outputs the second image information to another display apparatus in the first mode and outputs the third image information to the other display apparatus in the second mode.
US11074013B2
The present disclosure describes aspects for providing Quality of Service (QoS) over a virtual interface for solid-state storage. In some aspects, a storage media switch receives, from a host device, an input/output (I/O) command for data access including an identifier for a virtual interface associated with a namespace through which solid-state storage is accessible. The switch determines an amount of the data that the I/O command will access through the namespace. A determination is made whether the amount of data that the I/O command will access through the namespace exceeds a predefined threshold for data access through that namespace. In response to determining that the amount of data does not exceed the predefined threshold, the I/O command is released to the solid-state storage to enable the data access. By so doing, the switch may provide QoS for the virtually accessed solid-state storage based on an access parameter of the namespace.
US11074011B2
A solid state drive system and method receives read commands, write commands, and/or file system updates. The solid state drive system then determines the latency estimate for performing each of those commands asynchronously. The solid state drive system may utilize internal processes to determine the latency estimate. The latency estimate may include random access latency, block erase time, outstanding workload latency, garbage collection time, metadata write time, etc. The latency estimate is then returned to the host device. The host device may utilize the latency estimate to workload balance solid state drive systems.
US11073992B2
A method and technique for allocation and balancing of storage resources includes monitoring, for each of a plurality of storage controllers, an input/output (I/O) latency value based on an I/O latency associated with each storage volume controlled by a respective storage controller. An I/O latency value threshold is determined. Responsive to a change to the I/O latency value exceeding a threshold, storage volume distribution among the storage controllers is rebalanced.
US11073983B2
A display method and an apparatus, where the method includes obtaining, by a first terminal, a first gesture made by a user on a target shortcut in a first display interface after the first terminal couple to a second terminal, where the first display interface is an interface presented on the first terminal, and target content corresponding to the target shortcut is not running in a foreground of the first terminal, and sending, by the first terminal, first display data to the second terminal based on the first gesture such that the second terminal displays the first display data in a second display interface, where the first display data is data correlated with the target content, and the second display interface is an interface presented on the second terminal.
US11073980B2
Techniques for bi-manual control of an operation may allow gestural input for the operation to be inputted blindly with one hand while a user's attention remains on the other hand. An operation invoked and controlled by the gestural input may automatically associate with an operation controlled by the other hand. The gestural input may facilitate blind control of the operation by being able to be initially recognized without regard for the scale, orientation, and/or location of the invoking gestural input. Moreover, scale and/or orientation of the operation may be determined by the gestural input. Changes in scale and/or orientation of the gestural input during the blind operation may change the scale and/or orientation of the operation. The operation may manifest by displaying corresponding graphics at a location independent of the gestural input or by associating functionality of the blind operation with an operation performed by the other hand.
US11073971B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, devices, and the like for presenting a user interface. In one embodiment, a system and method is introduced that enables the customization of a user interface on a mobile application. The customized user interface is generated in response to a user interaction with the mobile application. In another embodiment, a system and method are introduced which generate the customized user interface including modules used to present a customized layout created using tiles which are presented on the user interface, wherein each of the tiles are placed and customized specific to the user of the mobile device application.
US11073970B2
Provided is a method for automatically identifying a long loading time for a user selection. An initial user input against a selection element for an application running on an electronic device is received. The initial user input is transmitted to a server for processing the initial user input. One or more additional user inputs are received after the server has begun processing the initial user input. Statistical analysis techniques are utilized to determine a selection attempt value. The selection attempt value is compared to a predetermined retry rate criteria. The selection attempt value is determined to satisfy a threshold. An action is performed in response to determining that the selection attempt value satisfies the threshold.
US11073969B2
The method of providing audiovisual content to a client device configured to be coupled to a display. The method detects a selection of a graphical element corresponding to a video content item. In response to detecting the selection of the graphical element, a transmission mode is determined. The transmission mode is a function of: (i) one or more decoding capabilities of the client device; (ii) a video encoding format of the video content item; (ii) whether the video content item should be displayed in a full screen or a partial screen format; and (iv) whether the client device is capable of overlaying image data into a video stream. Next, audiovisual data that includes the video content item is prepared for transmission according to the determined transmission mode. Finally, the prepared audiovisual data is transmitted from the server toward the client device, according to the determined transmission mode, for display on the display.
US11073962B2
An information processing apparatus that causes an item to be displayed in a display region of a display unit includes a first control unit that moves an item placed in a predetermined placement region of a plurality of placement regions set in the display region based on a user drag operation, a second control unit that performs, in a case where the drag operation is released in an area other than the plurality of placement regions, cancel processing for placing the item in any placement region of the plurality of placement regions, and a third control unit that stops the cancel processing in a case where inputting to the display region by the user is received before the cancel processing performed by the second control unit is completed.
US11073959B2
Methods and systems for simulating light interaction and physical materials in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a resource-constrained device are provided. Simulating physical materials, such as glass and metal, in a GUI can allow a user to feel more natural in interacting with the GUI. The user experience can be further enhanced if the simulated physical materials in the GUI can interact with the device's environment in a manner similar to how the actual physical materials would interact. However, continually polling various sensors can be resource-intensive, especially for resource-constrained mobile devices. Accordingly, a mobile device can intelligently determine whether to begin a reduced detail mode, and then render user interface objects in the reduced detail mode to conserve resources.
US11073953B2
A transparent electrode member has a transparent electrode layer formed of a dispersion layer which includes a matrix and conductive nanowires dispersed therein to provide an optical adjustment region including a conductive portion having a first dispersion density and an optical adjustment portion having a second dispersion density smaller than the first dispersion density. The transparent electrode layer includes a plurality of first and second electrodes each having the optical adjustment region, and a first wire provided between and electrically connecting two adjacent first electrodes. A region of an insulating layer is formed between the first wire and the second electrodes, and between the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first wire and a part of the first electrodes in a vicinity of the first wire are formed of a non-adjustment region of the dispersion layer including the conductive portion while lacking the optical adjustment portion.
US11073951B2
A mobile device has a proximity sensor. A compensation value of the proximity sensor is determined. The compensation value is compared to a reference compensation value to determine validity of the compensation value. A capacitance of the proximity sensor is measured. A value of the capacitance of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on the compensation value. A coefficient defining a relationship between a capacitance of the proximity sensor and a temperature of the mobile device is calculated. A temperature sensor is coupled to the proximity sensor. The temperature of the mobile device is measured. A value of the capacitance of the proximity sensor is adjusted based on the coefficient and the temperature of the mobile device. The adjusted capacitance value is compared to a threshold capacitance value to determine proximity of an object to the mobile device. A radio frequency signal is adjusted by detecting proximity.
US11073950B1
A touch sensing device applied to an electronic device including a side portion having a cover that is nonconductive, and a frame that is conductive, includes: a first touch sensing portion including a first sensing electrode and a first sensing inductor disposed inside the cover and electrically connected to each other, wherein, in response to a touch applied through the cover by a human body, a capacitance is varied by the first touch sensing portion according to parasitic capacitance generated between the first sensing electrode and the human body according to the touch applied through the cover; and a reference sensing portion including a reference coil disposed inside the side portion and configured to provide reference inductance of the reference coil that is constant, regardless of a touch applied through the frame.
US11073941B1
A driving device and an operation method thereof are provided. The driving device is configured to drive a self-emissive display panel (e.g., an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel). The self-emissive display panel is an in-cell touch panel. The driving device includes a driving circuit and a control circuit. The driving circuit is configured to drive a plurality of pixel circuits of the self-emissive display panel during a first sub-period of a frame period to display an image frame. The control circuit is configured to control the driving circuit to set the pixel circuits not to emit light during a second sub-period of the same frame period. The control circuit performs a touch detection operation on the self-emissive display panel during the same second sub-period.
US11073938B2
A touch display device includes a substrate and a touch electrode array. The touch electrode array is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode. The first touch electrode receives a first touch signal in a first time interval, and receives a second touch signal in a second time interval. The second touch electrode is adjacent to the first touch electrode in a first direction, and receives a third touch signal in the first time interval. A voltage polarity of the first touch signal is different from a voltage polarity of the second touch signal, and the voltage polarity of the first touch signal is different from a voltage polarity of the third touch signal.
US11073929B2
Disclosed are a light emitting display device, a light emitting display panel, a driving circuit, and a driving method. A light emitting display device, a light emitting display panel, a driving circuit, and a driving method with an embedded touch sensor are provided in which a data voltage and a first reference voltage are supplied to a plurality of data lines and a plurality of reference electrodes which are arranged in the light emitting display panel in a first driving period, and a second reference voltage different from the first reference voltage is supplied to one or more of the plurality of reference electrodes in a second driving period different from the first driving period.
US11073925B1
A power distribution box having a touch screen display on the exterior panel is configured to permit a user to monitor each fuse or circuit breaker contained within the power distribution box. A user may activate or deactivate a given fuse or circuit breaker by touching the corresponding image on the touch screen.
US11073919B2
A method for controlling movement of a computer display cursor based on a point-of-aim of a pointing device within an interaction region includes projecting an image of a computer display to create the interaction region. At least one calibration point having a predetermined relation to the interaction region is established. A pointing line is directed to substantially pass through the calibration point while measuring a position of and an orientation of the pointing device. The pointing line has a predetermined relationship to the pointing device. Movement of the cursor is controlled within the interaction region using measurements of the position of and the orientation of the pointing device.
US11073918B2
The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.
US11073914B2
The present disclosure relates to a vibration generation device, a display apparatus including the vibration generation device, and a vehicle including the vibration generation device. A vibration generation device includes a piezoelectric ceramic part having a certain interval, a piezoelectric material layer between the piezoelectric ceramic parts, and an electrode part configured to provide electric field to one or more of the piezoelectric ceramic part and the piezoelectric material layer.
US11073911B2
Providing haptic feedback includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electroactive polymer located between the first electrode and the second electrode such that when a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the electroactive polymer expands creating a force, and a haptic object to apply the force to create the haptic feedback, wherein the haptic object includes a base to receive the force from the electroactive polymer, and a vertex, opposite to and with a smaller surface area than the base, to apply localized haptic feedback to a user.
US11073910B2
Disclosed herein is a line-of-sight detection apparatus connected to a brain-wave measurement apparatus configured to measure brain waves of a user, a pupil observation apparatus configured to observe a pupil of the user, and a display apparatus. The line-of-sight detection apparatus includes: an attention position identification block configured to identify, by use of measurement results by the brain-wave measurement apparatus obtained when a video having a predetermined pattern is displayed on a screen of the display apparatus, a position of attention of the user inside the screen; and a correlation identification block configured to identify a correlation between a line-of-sight direction of the user and a position inside the screen by use of observation results by the pupil observation apparatus obtained when the attention position is identified and the identified attention position.
US11073908B2
A method for mapping an input device to a virtual object in virtual space displayed on a display device is disclosed. The method may include determining, via an eye tracking device, a gaze direction of a user. The method may also include, based at least in part on the gaze direction being directed to a virtual object in virtual space displayed on a display device, modifying an action to be taken by one or more processors in response to receiving a first input from an input device. The method may further include, thereafter, in response to receiving the input from the input device, causing the action to occur, wherein the action correlates the first input to an interaction with the virtual object.
US11073907B1
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may: determine multiple gaze vectors of a user viewing content of a foreground application displayed via a display; determine a pattern based at least on the multiple gaze vectors; determine if the pattern is a search pattern, a static pattern, or a reading pattern; if not so, make a first adjustment of an environment associated with the user; if so, determine if the foreground application is a productivity application; if not so, make the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user; if so, determine if the content of the foreground application is classified as productive; if not so, make the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user; and if so, make a second adjustment of the environment associated with the user, different from the first adjustment of the environment associated with the user.
US11073886B2
In an embodiment, a system for balancing input current for power supplies a voltage detector configured to detect an input voltage to a power supply of a plurality of different power supplies. The system further includes one or more circuit elements configured to adjust one or more properties of the one or more circuit elements based at least in part on the detected input voltage in an attempt to maintain a consistent current input across the plurality of different power supplies.
US11073880B2
Modem thermal management may include a state machine monitoring a temperature associated with a modem, setting a mode in response to detection of a change in the temperature with respect to a threshold, and applying a set of one or more thermal mitigation actions associated with a current state of the state machine. The state machine may set a timer in response to detection of the change in temperature and then transition from the current state to another state in response to expiration of the timer. The monitored temperature may be a junction temperature or a skin temperature.
US11073878B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a device that can include at least one heat source and a vapor chamber, where the vapor chamber is bigger than the at least one heat source and a portion of the vapor chamber is in direct contact with the at least one heat source, where the portion of the vapor chamber in direct contact with the at least one heat source does not include a stiffener. In an example, the device can include a first air mover on a first side of the at least one heat source and a second air mover on an opposite side of the at least one heat source. Exhaust from the first air mover can pass through a vented foot and exhaust from the second air mover can pass through a second vented foot.
US11073874B2
An information handling system includes a peripheral interface and a frame that is operable to receive an Open Compute Project (OCP) module. The frame includes a peripheral slot that provides an electrical communication between the OCP module and the peripheral interface when the OCP module is disposed at a first position. A lock controls the ejection of the OCP module from the first position to a second position, and disengages from the OCP module at the second position.
US11073869B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes: a deformable display panel; a first window disposed on the deformable display panel; a first adhesive disposed between the deformable display panel and the first window; a second window disposed on the first window, the second window including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a side surface disposed between the first surface and the second surface; a second adhesive disposed between the first window and the second window; and a shatterproof coating (SPC) provided on at least a part of the side surface of the second window and the first surface of the second window.
US11073851B2
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a raw material tank monitors the temperature of the raw material tank when the temperature of the raw material tank storing a solid or liquid raw material is raised to a set temperature by a heating unit. The monitoring apparatus includes: a temperature determination unit configured to determine whether the temperature has reached a stable range including the set temperature, and determine whether the temperature has deviated from the stable range; and a setting unit configured to set the set temperature of the heating unit to 0° C. when a predetermined timeout time has elapsed from a time point at which the temperature determination unit determined that the temperature deviated from the stable range.
US11073848B2
A method for recognizing a motor system is provided. The method includes steps of: establishing a functional series filter model for describing a motor system; generating a logarithmic sweep signal; feeding the logarithmic sweep signal to the motor system and obtaining, by an accelerometer, a vibration acceleration output by the motor system; generating an inverse signal of the logarithmic sweep signal generated; convolving the vibration acceleration with the inverse signal to obtain a one-dimensional impulse response sequence; intercepting the one-dimensional impulse response sequence by using a window function to obtain impulse response sequences; solving kernel functions according to the impulse response sequences, substituting the kernel functions into a recognition formula of the motor system, and describing and identifying the motor system through the recognition formula.
US11073846B2
Included are mass flow controllers and methods of use. An example mass flow controller comprises a flow pathway through the mass flow controller; the flow pathway comprising a first cavity and a second cavity. The mass flow controller further comprises a laminar flow element. The mass flow controller additionally comprises a combination absolute and differential pressure transducer assembly comprising: a third cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity, an absolute pressure transducer exposed to absolute pressure in the third cavity, and a differential pressure transducer exposed to differential pressure between the third cavity and the second cavity. The mass flow controller also comprises a flow control valve assembly downstream of the laminar flow element and the combination absolute and differential pressure transducer assembly.
US11073844B2
A method for generating an optimum vertical trajectory of a flight trajectory of an aircraft in the descent/approach phase. The trajectory is defined between a current state and a target state of the aircraft on the basis of a speed profile of the aircraft as a function of a curvilinear abscissa of the aircraft along a flight plan. The profile corresponds to a transition between the current and target states and is broken down into successive segments each corresponding to a different aerodynamic configuration that the aircraft may adopt during the descent/approach phase. The method is based on defining a set of flight strategies, each strategy of the set being defined using for each segment of the speed profile flight parameters chosen randomly in ranges of values compatible with the aerodynamic configuration corresponding to that segment. Optimum vertical trajectory is generated on the basis of the strategy of the set.
US11073839B2
A traveling apparatus includes a housing, an obstacle detection unit that detects a position of an obstacle in an area surrounding the housing, a traveling route determination unit that determines a traveling route of the housing in accordance with the position of the obstacle, and a travel driving unit that causes the housing to travel in accordance with the traveling route. The traveling route determination unit sets in accordance with the position of the obstacle in the area surrounding the housing a distribution of weights for taking a course to a width direction of a path of the housing and if the obstacle detection unit detects the obstacle on the path of the housing, the traveling route determination unit sets the distribution of the weights such that a weight of an evasive course in a predetermined direction to the obstacle increases.
US11073838B2
A vehicle management system can include self-driving vehicles. Before entering a self-driving vehicle, a rider can use a remote computing device to select a pick-up location at which a self-driving vehicle will later pick up the rider. Detecting that the remote computing device is unable to communicate with the vehicle management system can trigger several responses configured to minimize the risk of a self-driving vehicle failing to pick up the rider.
US11073834B2
A method of generating a path for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes obtaining a plurality of path inputs including a lateral and a longitudinal starting state, a threshold lateral jerk, and a set of static obstacle boundaries with respect to a reference line, obtaining a plurality of path constraints related to the threshold lateral jerk, avoidance of static obstacles, and a threshold lateral velocity, obtaining a cost function associated with a path objective, the cost function comprising first, second, and third terms relating to cumulative lateral distances, to cumulative first order lateral rates of change, and to cumulative second order lateral rates of change, respectively, generating a plurality of planned ADV states as path results based on the plurality of path inputs, the plurality of path constraints, and the cost function and generating control signals to control the ADV based on the plurality of planned ADV states.
US11073830B2
A system and method for mission planning and flight automation for an unmanned aircraft comprising generating an aerial imagery map of a capture area; generating a flight plan based on criteria for capturing images used to create a model of a feature present in the images; comparing the generated aerial imagery map with the generated flight plan; determining whether there is a possible collision between an obstacle associated with the generated aerial imagery map and the unmanned aircraft along a flight path of the generated flight plan; and executing, based on the determination, the generated flight plan.
US11073826B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for data collection in an industrial environment having wearable haptic stimulators are disclosed. Data received from a plurality of sensors operationally coupled to a machine of an industrial environment, where the data is representative of a sensed condition, may be used to determine at least one haptic stimulation that corresponds to the received data. In response to the determined haptic stimulation, at least one signal may be sent to at least one wearable haptic stimulator, wherein the wearable haptic stimulator is responsive to the signal.
US11073822B2
A method for operating a server device in a system is disclosed. The server device determines a current process value of at least one process parameter of a process controlled by the system and transmits the determined current process values to a plurality of client devices in the system for each process parameter or a subset thereof via a data network. According to the invention, the server device forms a variable group for at least one process parameter which is to be transmitted to more than one of the client devices. The server device then combines in each case the current process values of the at least one process parameter in the variable group at the different transmission times to form a single multi-target message and at the different transmission times to form a single multi-target message and transmits the multi-target message to a group address in the data network.
US11073819B2
A system and method of creating a shape-conforming lattice structure for a part formed via additive manufacturing. The method includes receiving a computer model of the part and generating a finite element mesh. A lattice structure including a number of lattice cellular components may also be generated. Some of the mesh elements of the finite element mesh may be deformed so that the finite element mesh conforms to the overall shape of the part. The lattice structure may then be deformed so that the lattice structure has a cellular periodicity corresponding to the finite elements of the finite element mesh. In this way, the part retains the benefits of its overall shape and the benefits of lattice features without introducing structural weak points, directional stresses, and other structural deficiencies.
US11073806B2
Devices, methods, and systems for building management system analysis are described herein. One method includes embedding a plurality of statistics associated with a building within a graphical display of the building and displaying a timeline of the plurality of statistics within the graphical display.
US11073802B2
A computer-based method controls a dynamical system in an uncertain environment within a bounded probability of failure. The dynamical system has a state space and a control space. The method includes diffusing a risk constraint corresponding to the bounded probability of failure into a martingale that represents a level of risk tolerance associated with the dynamical system over time. The state space and the control space of the dynamical system are augmented with the martingale to create an augmented model with an augmented state space and an augmented control space. The method may include iteratively constructing one or more Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), with each iterative MDP represents an incrementally refined model of the dynamical system. The method further includes computing a first solution based on the augmented model or, if additional time was available, based on one of the MDP iterations.
US11073800B2
Disclosed are platforms for communicating among one or more otherwise independent systems involved in controlling functions of buildings or other sites having switchable optical devices deployed therein. Such independent systems include a window control system and one or more other independent systems such as systems that control residential home products (e.g., thermostats, smoke alarms, etc.), HVAC systems, security systems, lighting control systems, and the like. Together the systems control and/or monitor multiple features and/or products, including switchable windows and other infrastructure of a site, which may be a commercial, residential, or public site.
US11073786B2
A developing cartridge may include: a casing to accommodate developer; a storage medium including an electric contact surface; an elastic member extending in a first direction crossing the electric contact surface, and configured to be compressed or stretched in the first direction between a first state and a second state; and a holder including an outer surface positioned toward a side of the holder in the first direction, the electric contact surface positioned at the outer surface, and movable between first and second positions in the first direction relative to the casing. A length of the elastic member in the first direction is greater in the first state than in the second state. The electric contact surface is in the first position when the elastic member is in the first state, and the electric contact surface is in the second position when the elastic member is in the second state.
US11073772B1
An electrostatic charge image developer contains toner particles, layered-compound particles that are particles of a nitrogen-containing layered compound, and a resin-coated carrier that has magnetic particles and a resin layer covering the magnetic particles. The maximum height Ry of the roughness profile as defined in JIS B0601: 1994 of the surface of the resin-coated carrier is 0.01 μm or more and 0.20 μm or less.
US11073770B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer that is formed on the electroconductive substrate and that contains an inorganic oxide and a lubricant resin which contains a polycarbonate resin having a siloxane structure therein or a polyarylate resin having a siloxane structure therein. When light having a wavelength of 780 nm is irradiated onto a slurry containing 20% by mass of the inorganic oxide in a predetermined solvent to provide an inorganic oxide slurry, the inorganic oxide slurry has a light transmittance that is 80% or more. The photosensitive layer may be a negatively-charged laminate-type photosensitive layer, a monolayer type photosensitive layer, or a positively-charged laminate-type photosensitive layer. The electrophotographic photoreceptor is less worn upon long-term use, allows no filming, and can realize stable images. A method for producing the electrophotographic photoreceptor and an electrophotographic apparatus including the electrophotographic photoreceptor are disclosed.
US11073767B2
A pattern forming apparatus comprising: a rotary drum that includes a cylindrical outer circumferential surface which is curved at a predetermined radius from a predetermined center line, that rotates about the center line in a state in which a part of a sheet substrate is supported in a length direction of the sheet substrate along the outer circumferential surface; a pattern forming part that forms the pattern on the sheet substrate at a first specific position; a scale disk that is fixed to an end portion of the rotary drum in a direction in which the center line extends while being coaxial with the center line and that includes a circular scale; and a first reading mechanism that is arranged to oppose with the scale formed at the outer circumferential surface of the scale disk, that is arranged at substantially same azimuth as an azimuth.
US11073765B2
For increasing reflectivity a reflective optical element for the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range consists of at least two upper units, in which each upper unit (B1-B5) has a plurality of lower units, for example reflective optical elements in the form of mirror arrays. A method for producing the reflective optical element includes: determination of incidence angles and incidence angle bandwidths occurring during operation above the surface of each upper unit (B1-B5); and application of a reflective coating to each upper unit (B1-B5), adapted to the incidence angles and incidence angle bandwidths respectively determined above the surface of each upper unit. This is particularly suitable for producing reflective optical elements embodied as field facet mirrors, particularly in the form of microelectromechanical mirror arrays, for an EUV lithography device.
US11073764B2
A method for etching a light absorbing material permits directly writing a pattern of etching of silicon nitride and other light absorbing materials, without the need of a lithographic mask, and allows the creation of etched features of less than one micron in size. The method can be used for etching deposited silicon nitride films, freestanding silicon nitride membranes, and other light absorbing materials, with control over the thickness achieved by optical feedback. The etching is promoted by solvents including electron donor species, such as chloride ions. The method provides the ability to etch silicon nitride and other light absorbing materials, with fine spatial and etch rate control, in mild conditions, including in a biocompatible environment. The method can be used to create nanopores and nanopore arrays.
US11073763B2
Shrinkage and mass losses are reduced in photoresist exposure and post exposure baking by utilizing a small group which will decompose. Alternatively a bulky group which will not decompose or a combination of the small group which will decompose along with the bulky group which will not decompose can be utilized. Additionally, polar functional groups may be utilized in order to reduce the diffusion of reactants through the photoresist.
US11073747B1
A stabilizing mounting apparatus coupled to a camera to enhance image quality captured by the camera is provided. The mounting apparatus absorbs undesirable movement resulting from travel on an uneven terrain to maintain the camera in a stable position. The apparatus includes a base frame assembly having a plurality of bars coupled together, a first portion of the plurality of bars forming a H-shaped base, a second portion of the plurality of bars having a plurality of upright bars coupled to the H-shaped base, and a third portion of the plurality of bars having a plurality of upper frame bars connected together and coupled to the plurality of upright bars. The H-shaped base is designed to permit attachment of the camera thereto.
US11073743B2
A lens selector for selectively exposing one camera lens and covering other camera lenses of a cell phone or the like is shown and described. The lens selector comprises a base which grips the cell phone and a lens cover movable between two or more positions. The lens cover may slide along the base when moving between positions. An arm resiliently biased into an engaged positions may lock the lens cover into a selected position on the base. The lens selector may substantially cover that side of the cell phone having lenses, and may grip edges of the cell phone. The lens selector may include a socket for centering an associated cell phone with respect to an optical device such as a spotting scope, so that the cell phone may capture images visible through the scope.
US11073742B2
A light amount adjusting apparatus includes a base member, light amount adjusting blades configured to form an aperture through which light passes, a blade driving member configured to rotate relative to the base member to drive the light amount adjusting blades, a cam member including a cam attached to the base member and configured to rotate the light amount adjusting blades driven by a rotation of the blade driving member so as to change a size of the aperture, and an adjuster configured to change a mount phase of the cam member relative to the base member in a rotational direction of the blade drive member.
US11073732B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display portion, a non-display portion around the display portion, a scanning line located in the display portion, a feed line at a common potential located in the non-display portion, a scanning line drive circuit located in the non-display portion and supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line, a first wiring line group located between the feed line and the scanning line drive circuit and connected to the scanning line drive circuit, and a transparent conductive film electrically connected to the feed line and covering the feed line, the first wiring line group and the scanning line drive circuit. The transparent conductive film has an opening overlapping the first wiring line group.
US11073729B2
The liquid crystal display device includes an island-shaped first semiconductor film 102 which is formed over a base insulating film 101 and in which a source 102d, a channel forming region 102a, and a drain 102b are formed; a first electrode 102c which is formed of a material same as the first semiconductor film 102 to be the source 102d or the drain 102b and formed over the base insulating film 101; a second electrode 108 which is formed over the first electrode 102c and includes a first opening pattern 112; and a liquid crystal 110 which is provided over the second electrode 108.
US11073725B2
The method of manufacturing a light emitting module includes: providing a light guiding plate having a first main surface serving as a light emitting surface; and a second main surface positioned opposite to the first main surface and provided with a recess; providing a light adjustment portion containing a fluorescent material; providing a light emitting element unit in which a light emitting element comprising an electrode is integrally bonded to the light adjustment portion; bonding the light adjustment portion of the light emitting element unit to the recess; and forming wiring on the electrode of the light emitting element.
US11073724B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel, a frame including a back plate therein, a backlight module including a light source used for emitting light to the display panel. The light source includes a light bar with a plurality of light emitting units. The light bar is fixed on the back plate, the light emitting units on the light bar are inclined with respect to the back plate, so that portions of light emitted by the light emitting units near two ends of the back plate on the light bar are shifted to corners of the display panel.
US11073719B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate opposite to each other, a sealant, and a liquid crystal layer. A metal layer and a blue color-resist are disposed over a peripheral region of the first transparent substrate, and the sealant is disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, contacting the second transparent substrate and the blue color-resist. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and adjacent to the sealant and the blue color-resist.
US11073716B2
A display device includes an optical member and an optical sheet that is in a sheet form. The optical member includes a first surface. The optical sheet includes a second surface that is disposed to be opposed to the first surface. The first surface and the second surface are charged to a same polarity.
US11073710B2
Provided is a display apparatus including a bezel that is improved to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD). The display apparatus includes a display panel on which an image is to be displayed, a chassis arranged at a rear side of the display panel and including a conductive material, a bezel configured to support the display panel and including a non-conductive material, and an adhesive including a conductive material and coated on an inner side surface of the bezel such that static electricity is guided away from being discharged toward an inside of the display apparatus.
US11073705B2
The present invention discloses an integrated and automatic eyeglass temple assembly device, including a left table frame and a right table frame. The left table frame and the right table frame are respectively provided with a frame, and each upper end of the frame is provided with a hinge feeding tray. The left table frame and the right table frame are respectively provided with a temple box, a clamping mechanism and a single temple holding assembly. The mounting slot of the temple is located between the temple clamping pushing plate and the temple holding assembly, the movable slot is at the same level with the mounting portion of the hinge, and each temple box is provided with a temple feeding cylinders. The object of the present invention is to provide integrated and automatic eyeglass temple assembly device, in which two feeding trays are used for feeding hinges onto 2 working stations and by pushing and clamping hinges with the cylinders, hinge pushing boxes and hinge pressing plates, it is possible to achieve integrated and automatic temple assembly on both working stations and improve the working efficiency.
US11073704B2
A lens element worn in front of an eye of a person includes a refraction area having a first refractive power based on a prescription for correcting an abnormal refraction of the eye of the person and a second refractive power different from the first refractive power and a plurality of at least three optical elements, at least one optical element having an optical function of not focusing an image on the retina of the eye so as to slow down the progression of the abnormal refraction of the eye.
US11073701B2
A head-mounted display device includes a first display portion disposed in front of a pupil of a viewer and displaying a first image, a second display portion disposed on an ear side of the viewer and diagonally in front of the pupil and displaying a second image, a first lens disposed between the pupil and the first display portion for projecting a first image onto the pupil, and a second lens disposed between the pupil and the second display portion for projecting a second image onto the pupil. The second lens is disposed adjacent to the first lens on the ear side of the viewer, and an optical axis of the first lens and an optical axis of the second lens intersect with each other at an angle ranging from 30 degrees to 80 degrees inclusive.
US11073700B2
A display device includes a display having optically anisotropic molecules disposed between a front surface and a back surface. The display is configurable to either receive image light and diffuse the image light to output diffused image light from the front surface, or to transmit ambient light from the back surface to the front surface. The display device also includes an optical assembly that has a substrate, a reflector, and a beam splitter. The optical assembly is configurable to transmit a portion of the diffused image light at a first optical power via an optical path including reflections at the reflector and at the beam splitter and to transmit a portion of the ambient light output from the front surface of the display at a second optical power without reflection at the reflector. The second optical power is less than the first optical power.
US11073699B2
A fixed-distance display system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element configured to propagate at least a portion of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a first inertial measurement unit configured to measure a first value for calculating a head pose of a user. Moreover, the system includes a camera configured to capture an image for machine vision optical flow analysis. The display system is configured to display virtual images only within a tolerance range of a single predetermined optical plane.
US11073695B2
Examples of eye-imaging apparatus using diffractive optical elements are provided. For example, an optical device comprises a substrate having a proximal surface and a distal surface, a first coupling optical element disposed on one of the proximal and distal surfaces of the substrate, and a second coupling optical element disposed on one of the proximal and distal surfaces of the substrate and offset from the first coupling optical element. The first coupling optical element can be configured to deflect light at an angle to totally internally reflect (TIR) the light between the proximal and distal surfaces and toward the second coupling optical element, and the second coupling optical element can be configured to deflect at an angle out of the substrate. The eye-imaging apparatus can be used in a head-mounted display such as an augmented or virtual reality display.
US11073680B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US11073674B2
A lens apparatus includes a plurality of lens holders, a first cam barrel, a second cam barrel, and a third cam barrel each having a cam groove configured to move at least one of the plurality of lens holders in an optical axis direction. The first cam barrel is located outside the second cam barrel and the third cam barrel, and the second cam barrel is located outside the third cam barrel. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11073659B2
A probe structure includes a monolithically integrated waveguide and lens. The probe is based on SU-8 as a guiding material. A waveguide mold is defined using wet etching of silicon using a silicon dioxide mask patterned with 45° angle with respect to the silicon substrate edge and an aluminum layer acting as a mirror is deposited on the silicon substrate. A lens mold is made using isotropic etching of the fused silica substrate and then aligned to the silicon substrate. A waveguide polymer such as SU-8 2025 is flowed into the waveguide mask+lens mold (both on the same substrate) by decreasing its viscosity and using capillary forces via careful temperature control of the substrate.
US11073658B2
The present invention relates to a photonic chip realized by combining at least one Programmable Photonics Analog Block (PPAB) and at least one Reconfigurable Photonic Interconnection (RPI) implemented over a photonic chip that is capable of implementing one or various simultaneous photonics circuits and/or linear multipart transformations by the appropriate programming of its resources (i.e. PPABs and RPIs) and the selection of its input and output ports. The invention also relates to a field-programmable photonic array (FPPA) comprising at least a programmable circuit based on tunable beamsplitters with independent coupling and phase-sifting configuration and peripheral high-performance building blocks.
US11073657B2
Disclosed are transparent energy relay waveguide systems for the superimposition of holographic opacity modulation states for holographic, light field, virtual, augmented and mixed reality applications. The light field system may comprise one or more energy waveguide relay systems with one or more energy modulation elements, each energy modulation element configured to modulate energy passing therethrough, whereby the energy passing therethrough may be directed according to 4D plenoptic functions or inverses thereof.
US11073655B2
An optical fiber includes a glass fiber that includes a core and a cladding and a coating resin layer that coats the glass fiber by being in contact with the glass fiber. The coating resin layer includes a cured material of an ultraviolet ray curable resin composition having a dissolved oxygen concentration of greater than or equal to 8.5 mg/L.
US11073654B2
Provided is a light emitting module, including: a light guide plate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a plurality of light source members disposed on a second main surface side, each of the light source members including a light emitting element having a main light emitting surface, an electrode formation surface located opposite to the main light emitting surface, and a side surface between the main light emitting surface and the electrode formation surface, and a wavelength conversion member covering the main light emitting surface and the side surface of the light emitting element; and a sealing member covering the plurality of light source members and the second main surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has a plurality of first recesses located at the second main surface, and each of the plurality of light source members is disposed such that at least a part of the side surface of the light emitting element is located in the first recess in a cross-sectional view.
US11073650B2
A display device for a vehicle includes: a display unit; a light guide plate disposed on a viewing side of the display unit and having translucency; and a light source unit that causes a light source light to enter inside of the light guide plate through an outer peripheral portion of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a reflecting portion having a plurality of reflecting elements to reflect the light source light from the light source unit to the viewing side. The reflecting element has a reflective curved surface formed in a curved surface shape to face the outer peripheral portion where the light source light is incident.
US11073645B2
A temperature sensor includes a solar cell, and a thermochromic resin covering the solar cell and having a light transmittance changeable according to a temperature change.
US11073641B2
A method for forming a retroreflective prism in a substrate includes inserting and retracting a single point diamond tool through a surface of the substrate while moving the single point diamond tool, the substrate, or both the single point diamond tool and the substrate in a direction of travel along at least one axis to generate a facet in the substrate having a facet face parallel to the direction of travel of at least one of the single diamond point tool or the substrate. The facet face has an angle defined by a chiseling edge of the single point diamond tool. The inserting and retracting is repeated at a plurality of locations on the substrate to form an array of retroreflective microstructures on the surface of the substrate. At least one of the array of retroreflective microstructures is a retroreflective prism having a polygonal projected aperture.
US11073640B2
An optical device includes: a lens member including a plurality of lenses arranged such that optical axes of the lenses are substantially parallel to one another; and a plurality of column parts that are each provided along the optical axis of each lens among the plurality of lenses and each allow light to pass through inside, each column part having an outer periphery through which light is less likely to pass from inside to outside the column part than through an end portion of the column part in a direction along the optical axis, the plurality of column parts being integrally formed and disposed to face the lens member.
US11073639B2
The application relates to an infrared cut-off filter, which includes: a substrate composed of white glass and an infrared cut-off film layer plated on one surface of the white glass; a spin-coated layer plated on the other surface of the white glass; and a reflection-reducing film layer plated on the spin-coated layer; the spin-coated layer includes a bottom layer and an absorbing layer each composed of an organic substance. The infrared cut-off filter has a stable structure, a high degree of firmness between layers, and a low cost.
US11073637B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for models the accumulation and migration of hydrocarbons. One computer-implemented method includes: identifying one of grid cells neighboring an accumulation as a recent back-filled grid cell; setting an oil phase potential of identified grid cell as an accumulation potential of the accumulation; comparing oil phase potentials of grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell with the accumulation potential of the accumulation, where the oil phase potential of each of the grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell is stored as a key in the node corresponding to the respective grid cell; selecting one of the grid cells neighboring the accumulation as a next back-filled grid cell; and updating the accumulation potential of the accumulation based on the oil phase potential of the selected grid cell.
US11073636B2
An optical detection assembly can include: a light-emitting device and a photoelectric conversion device installed in parallel on a substrate, where light generated by the light-emitting device is irradiated onto an object, and the photoelectric conversion device is configured to convert a reflected light of the object into an electrical signal; and a housing formed by light shielding material installed on the substrate, where the housing includes a first chamber for accommodating the light-emitting device, a sidewall that separates the light-emitting device and the photoelectric conversion device, and at least one emitting light opening at the top of the first chamber and having an axis inclined at a tilt angle.
US11073622B2
Significant, cost-effective improvement is introduced for Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) on a global basis, particularly enhancing the performance of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), an example of which is the Global Positioning System (GPS). The solution significantly improves performance metrics including the accuracy, integrity, time to acquire, interference rejection, and spoofing protection. A constellation of small satellites employing a low-cost architecture combined with improved signal processing yields an affordable enabler for spectrum-efficient transportation mobility. As air traffic management modernization transitions to a greater dependence on satellite positioning, the solution provides aviation users new protections from both intentional and unintentional interference to navigation and surveillance. And in response to an era in which intelligent transportation is under development for automobiles, reliable where-in-lane positioning enables new applications in connected and autonomous vehicles. New military capability increases PNT availability.
US11073620B2
A method for computing and applying alternative uncertainty limits is provided. The method includes generating a main solution from a plurality of received measurement signals. A solution separation is applied using a filter bank to generate sub-solutions from the received plurality of measurement signals. Each sub-solution uses all of the measurement signals from the plurality of measurement signals except one measurement signal to generate the associated sub-solution. Each sub-solution excludes a different measurement signal. One sub-solution is selected as fault free. A difference between the main solution and the selected sub-solution is determined. The determined difference is added to a rare normal protection limit to create a solution with improved integrity bounding. The solution with improved integrity bounding is then implemented.
US11073612B2
A method for determining a flow acceleration directly from beamformed ultrasound data includes extracting a sub-set of data from the beamformed ultrasound data, wherein the sub-set of data corresponds to predetermined times and predetermined positions of interest, determining the flow acceleration directly from the extracted sub-set of data, and generating a signal indicative of the determined flow acceleration. An apparatus includes a beamformer (112) configured to processes electrical signals indicative of received echoes produced in response to an interaction of a transmitted ultrasound signal with tissue and generate RF data, and an acceleration flow processor (114) configured to directly process the RF data and generate a flow acceleration therefrom.
US11073600B2
A vehicular system includes a body panel having an aperture and a radar unit at least partially aligned with the aperture. The radar unit includes a housing encapsulating a printed circuit board operable to generate radar waves. The housing includes a first wall through which the radar waves are directed. The first wall of the housing is visible within the aperture and the body panel does not extend across the first wall.
US11073591B2
A method for generating private eLoran signals includes receiving, by a transmitter site, a transmission key. The transmitter site is configured to transmit a timing signal at a fixed time. The method also includes determining, by the transmitter site, for the timing signal configured to be transmitted at the fixed time, a pseudo-random transmission time for transmitting the timing signal, and initiating transmission, by the transmitter site, of the timing signal at the pseudo-random transmission time.]. A method for receiving private timing signals includes determining, by the receiver device and using the fixed time, a pseudo-random time for receiving the timing signal from the transmitter site, receiving, by the receiver device, the timing signal at the pseudo-random time, and using, by the receiver device, the timing signal to determine at least one of a time, a longitude, and a latitude at the receiver device.
US11073583B2
An NMR spectrometer (1) with a magnet system (2), which has a bore (3) through the magnet center (4) for inserting a measuring sample (5) in a transport container (7), and with a transport device for pneumatic transport of the sample through a transport channel (8) into and out of the magnet system. The transport device includes a mechanical interface (9) with a mounted exchange system (10) which has parking receptacles (11) temporarily storing the transport containers. In a transport position, the parking receptacle is inserted into the transport channel, to be loaded with a transport container, removed from the transport channel for temporarily storing the transport container, and reinserted into the transport channel for further transport of the transport container. In the transport position, the parking receptacle forms a part of the transport channel, which permits a faster automated change of the measuring samples in short measurement cycle times.
US11073572B2
A current sensor device may include a routable molded lead frame that includes a molded substrate. The current sensor device may include a conductor and a semiconductor chip mounted to the molded substrate. The semiconductor chip may include a magnetic field sensor that is galvanically isolated from the conductor by the molded substrate and is configured to sense a magnetic field created by current flowing through the conductor. The current sensor device may include one or more leads configured to output a signal generated by the semiconductor chip. The one or more leads may be galvanically isolated from the conductor by the molded substrate.
US11073571B2
A ground fault detection apparatus includes a capacitor, switches for switching between a V0 charge path including the battery and the capacitor, a Vcn charge path including the battery, the capacitor and negative-side insulation resistance as insulation resistance between negative side of the battery and ground, a Vcp charge path including the battery, the capacitor and positive-side insulation resistance as insulation resistance between positive side of the battery and ground, and a charge voltage measurement path including the capacitor and a measurement resistor, an offset voltage divider circuit that divides and offsets voltage produced at the measurement resistor, a control device that controls the switches and calculates the insulation resistance using output voltage of the offset voltage divider circuit as a measured value, based on V0 measured at the V0 charge path, Vcn measured at the Vcn charge path and Vcp measured at the Vcp charge path.
US11073563B2
Disclosed is a battery state estimation method and apparatus, the method including selecting sensing data of a portion of batteries, transmitting the selected sensing data to at least one estimator among estimators, transmitting sensing data of a remaining portion of the batteries to a remaining estimator among the estimators, and determining state information of the batteries using the estimators.
US11073561B2
An insulation deterioration detection device which is mounted in an inverter device including a plurality of switching elements includes: a frequency component extractor which extracts the same frequency component as a frequency of the three-phase alternating current power from the current detection signal of an electric motor winding wire connected to the switching element; and an insulation deterioration detection controller which performs a first switching operation for turning on the switching element and turning off the other switching elements and stores in a first storage device the frequency component extracted by the frequency component extractor during an execution period of the first switching operation, in which it is determined whether insulation deterioration of the electric motor occurs at least based on a value stored in the first storage device.
US11073556B2
A circuit comprises a plurality of scan chains configured to perform scan shifting in two opposite directions and a register configured to store a first signal. The first signal determines whether the plurality of scan chains operate in a first mode or a second mode. The plurality of scan chains operating in the first mode is configured to perform, based on a second signal, either scan shifting in a first direction in the two opposite directions or scan capturing during a test; the plurality of scan chains operating in the second mode is configured to perform, based on the second signal, scan shifting in the first direction or a second direction in the two opposite directions.
US11073553B2
A circuit includes a multipath memory having multiple cells and a plurality of sequence generators. Each sequence generator of the plurality of sequence generators drives one separate cell of the multiple cells via an automatic test pattern generator (ATPG) mode signal for each cell. The ATPG mode signal for each cell is configured via a sequence configuration input that controls a timing sequence to test each cell. The state of the ATPG mode signal of each cell selects whether test data or functional data is output from the respective cell.
US11073551B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a system for testing semiconductor device. The method includes the following operations. A wafer having an IC formed thereon is provided. The IC is energized by raising the voltage of the IC to a first voltage level during a first period. A stress signal is applied to the IC. The stress signal includes a plurality of sequences during a second period subsequent to the first period. Each of the sequence has a ramp-up stage and a ramp-down stage. The stress signal causes the voltage of the IC to fluctuate between a second voltage level and a third voltage level. Whether the IC complies with a test criterion is determined after applying the stress signal.
US11073530B2
A sample distribution system 1 has a regulator 4 for receiving a pipetting unit 2 that has at least one exchangeable pipette tip 3, wherein the regulator 4 is configured to change the position of the pipetting unit 2 in relation to a base plate 5, and to detect the presence or absence of pipette tips 3 with a sensor unit 12. According to the invention, the sensor unit 12 is a photoelectric sensor, in particular a reflection photoelectric sensor, with a detection range. The sensor unit 12 and the pipetting unit 2 can also move in relation to one another, in order to determine the presence of a pipette tip 3, if the pipette tip is in the detection range of the sensor unit 12.
US11073526B2
In blood clotting tests, a reagent is mixed with a sample and a blood clotting reaction is initiated. The time from initiation until the reaction is complete is not fixed. As a result, during analysis, whether or not the blood clotting reaction is complete is judged at fixed intervals based on the measured amount of scattered light. Therefore, time is wasted and analysis cannot be conducted efficiently if the blood clotting reaction reaches completion more quickly than predicted. Accordingly, the automatic analysis device and method takes this problem into consideration. When information about a plurality of samples is entered, the device compares the predicted reaction time length of each requested analysis item for the plurality of samples, determines an analysis sequence to carry out the analysis for each item in order from longest to shortest, and carries out the analysis on the basis of the determined analysis sequence.
US11073513B2
The invention generally relates to using magnetic particles and alternating magnet fields to separate a target analyte from a sample. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve contacting a sample with magnetic particles including first moieties specific for a target analyte, thereby forming target/particle complexes in the sample, flowing the sample through a channel including second moieties attached to at least one surface of the channel, applying alternating magnetic fields to the flowing sample to result in target/particle complexes being brought into proximity of the surface to bind the second moieties and unbound particles remaining free in the sample, binding the target/particle complexes to the second moieties, and washing away unbound particles and unbound analytes of the sample.
US11073509B2
Provided herein are methods for determining the functional status of a cellular pathway in a diseased cell sample obtained from an individual subject. These methods involve contacting a diseased cell sample obtained from the subject with a perturbing agent (e.g., an activating agent) known to perturb a specific cellular pathway when the pathway is functioning normally. A change in one or more physiological response parameters in the presence of the perturbing agent indicates that the cellular pathway targeted by the perturbing agent is functional in the individual subject. Methods of selecting a targeted therapeutic agent for an individual subject are also provided.
US11073508B2
Ligand-ion channel interactions are analyzed via electrophysiological methods having rapid temporal response and high sensitivity, thereby reducing the collection time and enabling monitoring of dynamic processes. This protocol allows quantification of ligand concentrations in the sub-millisecond to ms range, as compared to s-min for traditional approaches. Moreover, the method can be easily integrated into existing patch clamp analysis packages and allow for monitoring of rapid, dynamic chemical processes in a feasible manner.
US11073504B2
A method for evaluating a degree of transformation ratio of kerogen to oil and/or gas and/or gas to oil generation index using a pyrolysis gas chromatography is disclosed. The method comprises providing a rock sample in powdered form; determining, by a source rock analysis instrument, total organic carbon in said rock sample, remaining hydrocarbon generation potential in rock sample, and a maturity of rock sample; feeding said sample in a pyrolyzer if said sample satisfies a pre-defined condition; analyzing, said sample in said pyrolyzer, by heating said sample at a pre-specified pyrolysis temperature in pre-specified pyrolysis steps and for pre-specified pyrolysis time; determining, by a gas chromatograph, a peak area of hydrocarbons present in said sample analyzed; evaluating, in a said degree of transformation ratio of said sample to oil and/or gas and/or said gas to oil generation index.
US11073500B2
A method for testing a structure using laser ultrasound includes steps of: (1) directing positioning light on a surface of the structure; (2) determining a spatial location and a spatial orientation of the surface from an evaluation of the positioning light reflected back from the surface; (3) directing pump light onto the surface to generate ultrasonic waves in the structure; (4) selectively locating a probe-light focal point of probe light on the surface, based on the spatial location determined for the surface; (5) selectively angularly orienting the probe light normal to the surface, based on the spatial orientation determined for the surface; and (6) directing the probe light onto the surface to detect a response to the ultrasonic waves.
US11073486B2
An X-ray detector device for a device for the X-ray inspection of products includes a first line detector with a first discrete spatial resolution, a second line detector with the same or lesser second discrete spatial resolution, and an evaluation and control unit. The first line detector is operable to capture X-radiation in a non-spectrally resolved fashion along a first capture line transverse to a product movement direction to generate first image data. The second line detector is operable to capture the X-radiation in a spectrally resolved fashion along a second capture line parallel to the first capture line to generate second image data. The evaluation and control unit is operable to evaluate the first and second image data to detect at least one predefined feature of the product with the first discrete spatial resolution by combining the items of information contained in the first and second image data.
US11073483B2
A display device and a detection method are provided. The display device includes a display panel including an effective area and a peripheral area located around the effective area; and a cover plate attached to the display panel, the cover plate including a visible region, and the boundary of the visible region of the cover plate is located outside the boundary of the effective region of the display panel in a direction parallel to the display panel; at least one pair of light sensitive luminescent marks disposed on the display panel and located near mutually opposite edges of the display panel. Each of the at least one pair of light sensitive luminescent marks is disposed inside or outside an effective area of the display panel in a direction parallel to the display panel.
US11073477B2
An epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system and an epi-fluorescence microscope are provided. The epi-cone shell light-sheet super-resolution system includes a light-emitting element, a lens set, and an objective lens. After passing through the lens set, the excitation light emitted by the light-emitting element is refracted into ring-shaped light and focused on the objective-lens back-focal plane. The objective lens focuses the ring-shaped light to form a ring-shaped light cone which is then focused on the sample position. The ring-shaped light cone has a fixed thickness. In addition, the same objective lens is used for both excitation and imaging, thus achieving an epi-fluorescence microscope.
US11073472B2
A characterization apparatus including pattern generation. The characterization apparatus is configured to characterize a specimen and/or a specimen container in some embodiments. The characterization apparatus includes an imaging location configured to receive a specimen container containing a specimen, one or more image capture devices located at one or more viewpoints adjacent to the imaging location, and one or more light panel assemblies including pattern generation capability located adjacent to the imaging location and configured to provide back lighting. Methods of imaging a specimen and/or specimen container using the pattern generation are described herein, as are other aspects.
US11073453B2
An automatic sample preparation apparatus that automatically prepares a sample piece from a sample includes: a focused ion beam irradiation optical system configured to irradiate a focused ion beam; an electron beam irradiation optical system configured to irradiate an electron beam from a direction different from a direction of the focused ion beam; a sample piece transfer device configured to hold and transfer the sample piece separated and extracted from the sample; a detector configured to detect secondary charged particles emitted from an irradiation object by irradiating the irradiation object with the focused ion beam and/or the electron beam; and a computer configured to recognize a position of the sample piece transfer device by image-recognition using an image data of the focused ion beam and the electron beam generated by irradiating the sample piece transfer device with the focused ion beam and the electron beam, and drive the transfer device.
US11073451B2
Methods of treating an inert surface of a substrate to improve the adherence to the treated surface of micro-dimensioned particles including the steps of: contacting the inert surface with in an aqueous dispersion of a construct of the structure F-S-L; and then washing the surface with an aqueous vehicle to provide the treated surface, where F is a polyamine; S is —CO(CH2)2CO—, —CO(CH2)3CO—, —CO(CH2)4CO— or —CO(CH2)5CO—; and L is a diacyl- or dialkyl-glycerophospholipid.
US11073447B2
This invention is based, at least in part, on use of a tissue collector that reduces or eliminates manual steps in collecting and transferring tissue sections from a microtome to a slide. This invention relates to apparatus and methods for automated tissue sectioning, including slicing and transferring a tissue section from a microtome. The invention also relates to automated systems and methods for slicing and transferring a tissue section onto a slide.
US11073443B2
A test bench, in particular a convertible wind channel balance, including a lifting frame for lifting at least one wheel belt unit, wherein the wheel belt unit has at least one belt which is looped around at least two rollers, a weighing platform, which is mounted so as to be relatively movable in relation to a test bench frame, at least one force sensing member arranged between the weighing platform and the test bench frame in order to sense forces between the weighing platform and the test bench frame, wherein at least one self-centering docking member is provided between an auxiliary frame and the weighing platform.
US11073433B2
Solid-state stress sensors are presented herein. A sensor system may include a substrate, a first layer of sensing material disposed on a first surface of the substrate and at least two electrodes forming an electrode pair. The at least two electrodes may include a first electrode and a second electrode. The first and second electrodes may be offset from each other in a direction substantially parallel to the first surface. The sensing material may be a piezoelectric material and the sensor system may be configured to generate an output signal in response to shear stress experienced by the sensing material.
US11073425B2
A remote monitoring system can include a plurality of infrared cables, where each of the infrared cables can have a respective first opening at a first end of the cable and a respective second opening at a second end of the infrared cable that is opposite the first end. The infrared cables can be configured to conduct infrared light emitted from a respective one of a plurality of monitored locations into the respective first opening to exit at the respective second opening. An infrared camera including an infrared sensor array can be optically coupled to each of the second openings of the plurality of infrared cables.
US11073424B2
A Fourier spectroscopic analyzer includes: a light receiver that receives a first wavelength component of a first wavelength band and a second wavelength component of a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, emits an interferogram to a sample, and outputs a first light reception signal acquired by receiving the first wavelength component and a second light reception signal acquired by receiving the second wavelength component; and a signal processing device that eliminates noise of the first wavelength component and acquires the spectrum by Fourier transform processing using the first light reception signal and the second light reception signal. The first wavelength band is a wavelength band of which a spectrum is acquired among wavelength components included in light that has passed through the sample. The interferogram is interference light and the sample is an analysis target.
US11073417B2
A computer-implemented method for visualizing uncertainty in flow measurements is provided. A non-limiting exemplary method includes reading, by a processor, a plurality of fluid flow measurements having a magnitude, a direction, and a location. The method plots a plurality of points on a first polar graph, each point representing the difference in fluid flow measurements between two of the plurality of fluid flow measurements at different locations and calculates an uncertainty boundary line based on the plurality of plotted points. The method filters, by the processor, the plurality of plotted points to remove plotted points outside of the uncertainty boundary line leaving only remaining plotted points and defines at least one cluster of remaining plotted points based on similar behavior of a subset of the remaining plotted points. The method may use the remaining plotted points to provide adaptive setup to tune a response in the fluid flow measurements.
US11073413B2
There is provided an interpolation circuit of an optical encoder including a phase shifter circuit, two multiplexers, two digital circuits and four comparators. The phase shifter circuit receives signals sequentially have a 90 degrees phase shift and outputs multiple phase shifted signals. Each of the two multiplexers receives a half of the multiple phase shifted signals and outputs two pairs of phase shifted signals, each pair having 180 degrees phase difference, respectively to two comparators connected thereto. Each of the two digital circuits controls the corresponding multiplexer to select the two pairs of phase shifted signals from the half of the multiple phase shifted signals.
US11073405B2
Embodiments include a computer-implemented method, system and computer-program product for performing a comparative priority and target destination based lane assignment is provided. Embodiments include determining a number of lanes available for lane assignment, receiving target destination information for one or more vehicles, and receiving vehicle information from the one or more vehicles. In addition, the embodiments include determining location information for the one or more vehicles, and assigning the one or more vehicles based at least in part on the target destination information and the vehicle information.
US11073404B2
Computer implemented methods are disclosed for providing geographical information to a user. One method includes observing, via location information generated or obtained through a user's mobile electronic device, a user traverse a preferred user route from the start location to the destination, and saving the preferred user route in relation to the user. The method may predict, based on past behavioral information for the user, a predicted start time of a future trip to the destination and may identify one or more routes from the start location to the destination. In addition, the method may compare, at a time relative to the predicted start time of the future trip, a duration or distance associated with traversing the preferred user route to a duration or distance associated with traversing the fastest route or the shortest route from the start location to the destination.
US11073401B1
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for determining asset efficiency. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) may be used to obtain aerial images of locations, property or structures. The aerial images may be geo-rectified, and a ortho-mosaic, digital surface model, or a point cloud may be created. In the context of an operation where mobile assets are used, such as construction or earth moving equipment, location-based event information may be obtained. The location-based event information may be used to determine road segment conditions or road topology where problematic road conditions likely exist.
US11073394B2
A sensor unit includes a sensor module and a case having a storage space for storing the sensor module. In addition, the sensor module also includes an inertial sensor and a package for storing the inertial sensor. In addition, the package also includes a bottom surface and a side surface connected to the bottom surface. In addition, the case includes a bottom portion on which a protrusion is disposed, in which the protrusion protrudes into the storage space and includes a mounting surface for the bottom surface of the sensor module to be mounted, and an abutment portion having an abutment surface that abuts the side surface of the sensor module. Further, in plan view of the bottom portion, a separation distance between the abutment surface and the protrusion is longer than a separation distance between the abutment surface and the inertial sensor.
US11073391B2
A CVA system includes a sensor system including a pendulous element that rotates about a first axis via first flexures in response to an input acceleration provided along a second axis that is orthogonal with respect to the first axis. A torque-summing gimbal is coupled to the pendulous element via the first flexures and coupled to a housing via second flexures. The system further includes an accelerometer controller that monitors a pickoff signal of the rotation of the pendulous element from a first electrode coupled to the pendulous element and to provide a forcer signal to at least one second electrode coupled to the torque-summing gimbal to force the torque-summing gimbal to rotate about the second axis via the second flexures based on the pickoff signal to provide Coriolis force-rebalance of the pendulous element. The accelerometer controller can determine the input acceleration based on the rotation of the torque-summing gimbal.
US11073389B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a power device communicatively configured to provide power for the UAV and one or more processors coupled to the power device. The one or more processors are configured to obtain a flight velocity of the UAV corresponding to the power, obtain an image frame as a keyframe in response to that the flight velocity satisfies a preset condition, and control the UAV to hover using the keyframe as a reference object.
US11073381B2
A portable vehicle alignment system has a vertical central column with a carriage movable along its length, and a pair of camera arms pivotably attached to the carriage, each with a camera pod. The camera pods each have a camera for capturing image data of a respective vehicle-mounted target. One pod also has a calibration target disposed in a known relationship to its camera, and the other pod has a calibration camera disposed in a known relationship to its camera for capturing images of the calibration target. The camera arms pivot between an extended position where the cameras are disposed to capture image data of the vehicle targets and the calibration camera is disposed to capture images of the calibration target, and a folded position where the aligner has a width smaller than the width between the camera pods.
US11073374B2
An electronic device displays a representation of a physical space, receives a first set of inputs, and adds a first virtual annotation to the representation of the physical space, the first virtual annotation being linked to a portion of the representation of the physical space. The electronic device then receives a second set of inputs. If the second set of inputs corresponds to a request to create a virtual annotation within a threshold distance from the first virtual annotation, the electronic device creates a second virtual annotation in the representation of the physical space while maintaining the first virtual annotation. If the second set of inputs corresponds to a request to create a virtual annotation outside of the threshold distance from the first virtual annotation, the electronic device creates a second virtual annotation in the representation of the physical space and removes the first virtual annotation.
US11073373B2
A non-contact coordinate measuring machine includes: a noncontact metrology probe including: first and second cameras, wherein the second camera has a second field of view that overlaps a first field of view in a prime focal volume; a third camera has a third field of view that overlaps the prime focal volume and forms a probe focal volume; a multidimensional motion stage comprising: a machine coordinate system and motion arms that move the noncontact metrology probe in a machine coordinate system; a camera platform on which the cameras are disposed; a tracker with a world coordinate system and that determines a location of the probe focal volume in a tracker field of view, the non-contact coordinate measuring machine having the noncontact metrology probe for non-contact coordinate measurement of an object in an absence a stylus and in an absence of physical contact with the object.
US11073363B2
An entangling projectile for use with a projectile deployment system includes a pair of pellets, at least one of the pair of pellets having a head with a head outer diameter and a shank with a shank outer diameter, the shank outer diameter being less than the head outer diameter. A tether connects the pair of pellets. A shroud is fitted about a shank of the at least one of the pair of pellets, the shroud having a tether opening formed therein to receive the tether, the tether being coupled to the pellet and extending along the shank of the pellet and through the tether opening formed in the shroud.
US11073358B2
A quick-disconnect (QD) sling swivel includes a main body receivable in a socket on a firearm, a locking mechanism coupled to the main body, and an actuation mechanism coupled to the locking mechanism and depressible in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the QD sling swivel. When the actuation mechanism is depressed, the locking mechanism is in a first position such that the main body is decouplable from and is freely movable in and out of the socket. When the at least one actuation button is not depressed with a portion of the main body received in the socket, the locking mechanism is in a second position such that the main body is interlockingly received in the socket with the locking mechanism engaged therewith.
US11073349B2
A device for converting a semiautomatic firearm to a non-semiautomatic firearm. The device includes a bolt stop lever pivotally attachable to a receiver of a firearm, a spring configured to be installed in contact with the bolt stop lever and a firearm receiver such that the spring exerts a force on the bolt stop lever to retain the bolt stop lever in a first position, and, a bolt release mechanism operatively coupleable to the bolt stop lever and configured to pivot the bolt stop lever against the force of the spring into a second position. The bolt release mechanism is operatively decoupled from the bolt stop lever when the bolt stop lever reaches the second position. When in the first position the bolt stop lever restricts motion of a bolt of the firearm, and when in the second position, the bolt stop lever permits motion of the firearm bolt.
US11073347B2
A shell-and-tube equipment comprises an inlet channel for a first fluid to be cooled, an outlet channel for the cooled first fluid, a plurality of tube-bundle tubes, at least a tube-sheet, a shell enclosing the tube-bundle tubes and a bypass system for controlling the outlet temperature of the cooled first fluid at a target value. The bypass system comprises a box installed inside the outlet channel. The box is provided with an opening or conduit, a regulating valve and a box tube-sheet. The box is further provided with bypass bayonet tubes. Each bayonet tube extends from the box tube-sheet to a point in between a first open end and a second open end of the tube-bundle tubes and is partially inserted into a corresponding tube-bundle tube, so as an annular gap in between each tube-bundle tube and the corresponding bayonet tube is formed.
US11073344B2
A tube for a thermal transfer device can include a wall having a length and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface forms a cavity. The tube can also include at least one first dimple pressed into the wall toward the cavity at a first location along the length of the wall, where the inner surface of the wall at the at least one first dimple is separated from itself by a first distance. The tube can further include at least one second dimple pressed into the wall toward the cavity at a second location along the length of the wall, where the inner surface of the wall at the at least one second dimple is separated from itself by a second distance. The cavity can be configured to receive a fluid that flows continuously along a length of the at least one wall.
US11073342B2
A regenerative heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe, a regenerator, and an air passage fin. The air passage fin is disposed in an air passage defined outside of the refrigerant pipe and the regenerator, and is thermally connected with the regenerator directly or through the refrigerant pipe. At least one of the regenerator and the air passage fin is configured such that a thermal resistance between a part of a regenerative material located on an upstream side and air flowing through the air passage becomes larger than a thermal resistance between a part of the regenerative material located on a downstream side and air flowing through the air passage.
US11073339B2
The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation.
US11073336B2
A shell heat dissipating structure of a small form-factor transceiver includes a hollow shell and a heat dissipating structure. The hollow shell has a setting surface disposed on the outside; the setting surface is formed along an extending direction of the hollow shell. The heat dissipating structure has plural fins formed along the extending direction of the hollow shell and spaced on the setting surface; a plurality of channels is formed among the fins. Each of the fins is formed by plural projecting portions and recess portions disposed along the extending direction and alternated continuously such that the channels among the fins communicate with each other through the recess portions.
US11073335B1
Evaporative cooling system including a cooling tower attached to a modified swamp cooler. The modified swamp cooler comprising a fan, a fan housing and at least one air outlet located in a bottom of the modified swamp cooler. The cooling tower comprises at least one indirect heat exchanger and all inner surfaces of the cooling tower, except for the at least one indirect heat exchanger, are made from and/or comprise a non-porous material. The non-porous material is high-density polyethylene. The cooling tower attached to the modified swamp cooler is part of an evaporative cooling system and supplies cool air to a building or areas which desire cooling.
US11073334B2
The invention relates to a furnace having a vertical orientation for dental components, comprising a combustion chamber, which is open at the bottom and the opening of which can be closed by means of a furnace door, which is lowered in the vertical direction in the open position, and comprising a depositing region for the heated component, which depositing region is arranged at a distance from the opening in the combustion chamber. The depositing region is part of the furnace, and a cooling device that acts on the depositing region is arranged on or in the furnace. A heat-resistant base has a heat-resistant support arranged in a housing, which support has an active or passive cooling device, which, for example, has a Peltier element.
US11073327B2
A refrigerator may include a main body having a storage room, a door configured to open or close the storage room, a sensing lever configured to contact the door while the door is closed, where the sensing lever is movable in one of a first direction and in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the sensing lever in one of the first direction and the second direction, and a controller configured to open the door when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the first direction, and to maintain the door closed when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the second direction.
US11073325B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus has a compressor disposed via a bottom member of a housing, second elastic members, a base, and first elastic members. The compressor is disposed close to an arrangement centroid of the second elastic members.
US11073322B2
A modular air handler is adapted for installation in a racking assembly behind palletized product. The air handler operates to move air through the adjacent layers of palletized product upon placement of the palletized product in the adjacent space. The air handler can be deactivated in order to prevent unnecessary air flow when no palletized product is present in the adjacent space. A number of the modular air handlers may be provided for a racking assembly, such that individual pallet bays may be activated or deactivated as palletized product is deposited or withdrawn from the various pallet bays of the rack.
US11073321B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body which includes a storage compartment, an ice maker provided in the storage compartment and configured to form ice, an ice bucket in which the ice formed by the ice maker is stored, and an auger provided in the ice bucket and configured to include a rotating shaft and an extension portion radially extended from the rotating shaft while being spirally extended along the rotating shaft. Here, the extension portion includes a plurality of transfer portions configured to include perimeter edges spirally extended and side edges radially extended and to be arranged to allow the perimeter edges to form a continuous spiral shape.
US11073309B2
Control temperatures for a temperature control target are controlled in a plurality of steps. A lower temperature fluid supplied from first supply means (101) and a higher temperature fluid supplied from second supply means (102) are mixed together in a first three-way valve (103) for flow rate control to form a fluid for temperature control, and the fluid for temperature control is fed to the temperature control target. The fluid for temperature control returned from the temperature control target is distributed by a second three-way valve (108) for flow rate control so as to be returned to the first supply means and the second supply means. The lower temperature fluid prevented from being supplied from the first supply means to the first three-way valve for flow rate control is returned to the first supply means by a third three-way valve (112) for flow rate control through a bypass flow passage together with the fluid for temperature control distributed by the second three-way valve for flow rate control. Meanwhile, the higher temperature fluid prevented from being supplied from the second supply means to the first three-way valve for flow rate control is returned to the second supply means by a fourth three-way valve (116) for flow rate control through a bypass flow passage together with the fluid for temperature control distributed by the second three-way valve for flow rate control.
US11073308B2
In a cryocooler for developing coldness of 4 K or lower by expanding helium, an expander expands high-pressure helium. A compressor compresses low-pressure helium returned from the expander, to generate high-pressure helium, and supplies the high-pressure helium to the expander. When helium temperature in the expander is 2.17 K or lower, the pressure of the low-pressure helium is equal to or higher than pressure given by a curve, in a helium state diagram in which the horizontal axis is temperature and the vertical axis is pressure, along which helium's volumetric thermal expansion coefficient is 0.
US11073295B1
A system and method to dehumidify atmospheric air includes a convergent conduit, a separation unit, and a divergent conduit. A volume of humid atmospheric air enters the convergent conduit through an entry point of a convergent nozzle of the convergent conduit. A swirling process, which generates a centrifugal force, pushes a volume of water droplets towards an internal wall of the separation unit. In particular, the volume of water droplets is produced from the volume of humid atmospheric air. An annular channel of the separation unit is used to extract the volume of water droplets pushed to the internal wall of the separation unit. In particular, a drainage system which is in fluid communication with a transfer channel is used to extract the volume of water droplets from the system. A volume of dehumidified air, which is produced by removing water vapor, exits the system at the divergent conduit.
US11073294B2
A portable dehumidifier includes a cabinet and two wheel mounting brackets. Each wheel mounting bracket is configured to secure one of two wheels to the cabinet. Each wheel mounting bracket includes an inside member, a bottom member, a top member, and an outside member. The inside member includes a first axle aperture for one end of an axle. The bottom member includes one or more mounting apertures configured to permit one or more fasteners to couple the wheel mounting bracket assembly to a bottom side of a cabinet. The outside member includes a second axle aperture for another end of the axle. The top member couples the outside member to the inside member and is coupled to an end of the inside member opposite to the bottom member. The top member includes one or more locating pins configured to be inserted into one or more locating apertures in the cabinet.
US11073284B2
A combustor wall assembly has a heat shield and a supporting shell with a cooling cavity defined therebetween. A grommet generally includes a wall defining a dilution hole isolated from the cooling cavity, and a flange projecting radially outward from the wall and into the cooling cavity. The flange is space from the heat shield and a cooling channel is defined between the wall and the heat shield that communicates with the cavity for cooling the wall proximate to a combustion chamber.
US11073279B2
A multi-cone, multi-stage spray nozzle includes a nozzle body, a valve stem with a first valve head, and a second valve head attached to the first valve head. The first valve stem is biased into a closed position against a valve seat of the nozzle body by a bias device. The second valve head is continuously open. Upon the application of a first fluid pressure, which is less than a threshold fluid pressure, the bias device maintains the valve stem in the closed position while the second valve head is continuously open. And upon the application of a second fluid pressure, which is at least as great as the threshold fluid pressure, the valve stem moves to an open position while the second valve head remains continuously open.
US11073276B2
A trellis lighting system that includes at least one lighting and support assembly. The at least one lighting and support may include a cover, a heat sink, and at least one light emitting diode (LED) strip. The cover permits light to pass there through and includes a body extending a first length. The heat sink is configured to couple to the cover and may include a body extending a second length. The body may include an outer surface, an inner surface defining a lumen that extends through the body, a plurality of outer fins coupled to the outer surface, and a plurality of inner fins coupled to the inner surface. The at least one LED strip may be configured to be coupled to the body of the heat sink along the second length thereof so as to dissipate heat generated by the at least one LED strip.
US11073271B1
A light fixture includes a housing with a hollow inner cavity, and a first ventilation region and a second ventilation region are arranged on the housing; a heat sink disposed in the hollow inner cavity of the housing, wherein the heat sink includes a plurality of fins disposed side-by-side corresponding to the first ventilation region and the second ventilation region; and a blocking mechanism disposed between the heat sink and an inner wall of the housing to divide the hollow inner cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity. The plurality of fins are disposed in the first cavity, the first cavity and the second cavity are isolated from each other. A gap is formed between any two adjacent fins, and the first ventilation region the gap and the second ventilation region are communicating to form a channel. The light fixture has good heat dissipation and waterproof effects.
US11073270B2
A vehicular headlight which, by using a fan, can efficiently cool a light source through a heat sink and also efficiently cool a light source drive circuit. The vehicular headlight includes a lamp housing, a lamp lens, a lamp unit, a fan, and a light source drive circuit. The lamp unit includes a light source, a heat sink, and a light control member. An outlet side of the fan faces the heat sink, and an intake side of the fan faces the light source drive circuit. The vehicular headlight can efficiently cool the light source through the heat sink and also efficiently cool the light source drive circuit.
US11073266B2
Systems and methods are provided for lighting systems that are compact and portable, and adaptable to various lighting requirements simultaneously when opened and used in an intended use environment.
US11073265B2
A utility light comprises a main body and a light assembly defined on the main body including a light source disposed within a light housing. The light housing is pivotable and rotatable relative to the main body. The utility light also comprises a handle movably coupled to the main body. The handle is linearly extensible relative to the main body to a position in which an opening is defined between the handle and the main body, such that the opening is configured to receive a workpiece to support the utility light. The handle has a gripping portion defined by an aperture extending through the handle.
US11073262B2
A luminaire includes a back plate and a wire cover. The back plate includes a first tab that defines a tab receiving cavity. Further, the first tab includes a first mating feature formed therein. The wire cover includes an inner surface that defines an electronics cavity, an outer surface that defines a light source mounting platform, and a second tab. The second tab includes a second mating feature that is complementary to the first mating feature. The second tab of the wire cover is disposed in the tab receiving cavity defined by the first tab of the back plate to removably couple the wire cover to the back plate. Further, the second mating feature of the second tab engages the first mating feature of the first tab to releasably lock the wire cover to the back plate.
US11073260B2
A light fitting for recessed mounting of a luminaire in a substrate includes a luminaire support having a neck portion to support a luminaire and a head portion having a light beam channel for the passage of light from a luminaire through the luminaire support to a mouth and a peripheral insert defining at least a portion of the light beam channel, which facilitates provision of inter-changeable functions and features on the internal surface of the luminaire support and within the light beam channel.
US11073256B2
A light-emitting device includes a base member, a plurality of light sources on or above an upper surface of the base member, and a reflector that comprises a plurality of surrounding portions. Each of the plurality of surrounding portions surrounds a respective one of the plurality of light sources in a plan view. Each of the plurality of surrounding portions has inclined lateral surfaces widened upward. Intervals between adjacent ones of the plurality of light sources are constant in the plan view. Upper peripheries of the inclined lateral surfaces of each of the plurality of surrounding portions define an opening having a substantially rectangular shape. The plurality of surrounding portions include a plurality of first surrounding portions and a plurality of second surrounding portions surrounding the plurality of first surrounding portions. An area of the opening of each of the plurality of second surrounding portions is smaller than an area of the opening of each of the plurality of first surrounding portions.
US11073254B2
A light emission device according to the present disclosure includes: a collimated light source; a planoconvex lens having a flat surface and a convex curved surface, the planoconvex lens being configured to converge collimated light that is emitted from the collimated light source to form a convergent beam; an optical member configured to be irradiated with the convergent beam; and a housing in which the planoconvex lens is housed. The housing includes a lid configured to support the optical member, the lid having a through hole for allowing the convergent beam to pass through. The lid is in contact with at least a portion of the flat surface of the planoconvex lens.
US11073248B2
An LED filament includes LED chips, two conductive electrodes, light conversion coating, and attaching structure. The LED chips are electrically connected with one another. Each of the two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding LED chip of the LED chips. The light conversion coating is coated on two sides of the LED chips and the two conductive electrodes. A portion of each of the two conductive electrodes is exposed from the light conversion coating. The light conversion coating includes a top layer and a base layer. The base layer coats on one side of the LED chips, and the top layer coats on another sides of the LED chips. The attaching structure is between the top layer and the base layer, between the base layer and the conductive electrodes, or between the top layer and the conductive electrodes.
US11073247B2
The present invention provides a system configured to contain and redirect any explosion caused by the combustible gas as a safety precaution. This is accomplished through a cover, a floor plate, and one or a plurality of tanks adapted to retain high pressure combustible gas. The cover and floor plate will create an extremely rigid and temperature-resistant enclosure, while the tanks are positioned inside said enclosure. These components work in conjunction to provide a lightweight and compact system configured to contain an explosion, and alternatively, to redirect the explosion and resultant shrapnel downward and through the floor plate if the explosion cannot be contained.
US11073242B2
A system and a method for processing and storing hydrocarbon gas. A gas conditioning and compression transport comprises a gas conditioning system for processing hydrocarbon gas received from the hydrocarbon fuel source and a compression system. The compression system comprises a dual shaft electric motor capable of driving a first compressor and a second compressor to compress the hydrocarbon gas. A gas compression and storage transport receives the processed hydrocarbon gas from the gas conditioning and compression transport. The gas compression and storage transport is capable of directing a first portion of the processed hydrocarbon gas to bypass processing at the gas compression and storage transport and diverting a second portion of the processed hydrocarbon gas for storage. A storage compressor compresses the second portion of the hydrocarbon gas for storage in one or more gas storage tanks.
US11073238B2
A convertible hiking stick includes a handle extending along a center axis and a first leg and a second leg that couple to the handle and extend along the center axis. The hiking stick is convertible into a tripod such that the first leg is in a first bore of the handle, the second leg is in a second bore of the handle, the first leg extends transverse to the second leg, and the first leg, the second leg, and the handle together support the hiking stick with respect to a surface.
US11073234B2
A fitting assembly includes a first fitting component having an outboard end that receives the conduit end portion, a second fitting component joined to the first fitting component to define an interior cavity, a seal device disposed in the interior cavity, and a retainer assembled with at least one of the first and second fitting components. The seal device forms a seal between one of the first and second fitting components and an outer surface of a conduit end portion. The retainer includes a gripping portion received in a circumferential groove of the conduit end portion to grip the conduit end portion, and a colleting portion outboard of the gripping portion and configured to apply a colleting force to the outer surface of the conduit end portion at least when an outboard axial load is applied to the conduit.
US11073219B2
An actuator for a valve element includes one base plate; one actuating element having a first end section, a second end section, and a sealing element on the first end section; one connecting element; and one SMA element having a U-shape including two parts substantially parallel to one another, a first end, a second end, and a middle section between the two parts. The actuating element is at least partially arranged on and connected to the base plate via the second end section. The connecting element is conductively connected to two points of the SMA element. A middle section of the SMA element is connected to the first end section of the actuating element so that a shortening of the SMA element causes a stroke of the sealing element.
US11073209B2
In a connected-part seal structure configured to couple a first connected part and a second connected part through a seal member, the taper angles of first and second inner pressure-contact tapered parts provided in the seal member are smaller than the taper angles of first and second inner tapered parts provided in the first and second connected parts. Thus, a pressure-contact force of first and second inside tapered pressure-contact allowances are larger as the inside tapered pressure-contact allowances are located closer to base end parts of first and second annular protrusions.
US11073203B2
A spindle is radially and axially compact. An impact wrench includes a motor, a sun gear rotatable by the motor, a planetary gear meshing with the sun gear, an internal gear meshing with the planetary gear, a gear case holding the internal gear, a spindle holding the planetary gear, and a first bearing located between the gear case and the spindle, and supporting the spindle on an outer circumference and the gear case on an inner circumference.
US11073197B2
A driving block, a linear actuator and an adjusting apparatus are provided. The adjusting apparatus comprises an executing mechanism and a linear actuator. The linear actuator comprises a driving block and a spindle. The driving block comprises a base, a changeover unit, a fastener and a limit unit. The base is in transmission connection with the spindle. The changeover unit includes a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion and a connecting portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are oppositely disposed on the base and are both connected with connecting portion. The first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are connected to the base by the fastener. The connecting portion is engaged with the executing mechanism, and the limit unit is used to restrict movement of the changeover unit relative to the base.
US11073188B2
An oscillation damper is provided and includes: a holder for mounting the oscillation damper on an object to be damped; a damping mass; and a coupling device designed to mount the damping mass on the holder. The coupling device includes: a damping mass mounting element rigidly connectable to the damping mass; a holder mounting element rigidly connectable to the holder; and a spring element resiliently mechanically coupling the damping mass mounting element to the holder mounting element. A method for manufacturing an oscillation damper is further provided.
US11073177B2
A rotational sliding bearing having a static part and a mobile part, each having a sub-shell with a sliding surface, each surface arranged within an angular range of max. 180° relative to the rotational axis in the direction of rotation of the bearing, and in a closed rest position, the sub-shells of all parts together form a bearing bush, the mobile part is arranged to pivot about a pivot axis for opening the bearing relative to the static part, such that a shaft mounted in the bearing is released in a release position, and the mobile part is shaped such that, based on the sliding surface position relative to the rotational axis, in the closed rest position, a translation of a shaft accommodated in the bearing is prevented transversely to the rotational axis and in the direction of the pivot axis of the mobile part or in the counter direction.
US11073172B2
A telescoping assembly includes a first tube member, a second tube member, an inner tubular member coupled to move with said second tube member, an outer sleeve mounted on said first tube member, and a latch block disposed in a latch bore of the outer sleeve and having an actuating end region and a blocking end region. In response to pressing of the actuating end region, the latch block is displaced from a locked position, where the blocking end region is in blocking engagement with a shoulder surface of the inner tubular member, to an unlocked position.
US11073166B2
The disclosed subject matter concerns with an apparatus for mounting a ceiling fan to a support surface such as a ceiling. The apparatus includes a mounting bracket configured to support the ceiling fan; at least one bracket engaging surface; a canopy cover configured to be detachably mounted to the mounting bracket such that the ceiling fan is disposed below the canopy cover; and at least one cover engaging surface configured to move along the bracket engaging surface in a mounting direction. The apparatus further includes an arresting mechanism, operable as a result of the canopy cover having been moved relative to the mounting bracket in the mounting direction to a required extent, configured to releasably restrict movement of the cover engaging surface relative to the bracket engaging surface in a direction opposite to the mounting direction.
US11073164B2
An inclination angle between a direction perpendicular to a rotational axis and a tangential direction of a radially outer edge of a radially outermost concave arc portion, which is located outermost in the radial direction of an impeller among at least one concave arc portion, has a distribution along the circumferential direction of a scroll passage, and when a circumferential position in the scroll passage from a tongue of a scroll part to an outlet of the scroll passage is represented by a central angle about the rotational axis by using the tongue as a reference, the distribution of the inclination angle has a local minimum value or a minimum value in a range of the central angle of 30° to 210°.
US11073163B2
A centrifugal compressor includes impellers arranged in a plurality of stages in a direction of an axis line so that a working fluid flowing from one side inlet in the direction of the axis line is pumped outward in a radial direction, and a casing that surrounds the impellers, and that has a return channel through which the working fluid discharged from the impeller on a front stage side between the impellers adjacent to each other is guided inward in the radial direction so as to be introduced to the impeller on a rear stage side, and a plurality of return vanes disposed at an interval in a circumferential direction inside the return channel. The return vane is configured so that the thickness of a hub side in a leading edge side region is thicker than the thickness of a shroud side.
US11073157B2
A gas turbine engine includes a gear assembly, a bypass flow passage, a fan located upstream of the bypass flow passage, a first shaft and a second shaft, a first turbine coupled through the gear assembly to the fan, a first compressor coupled with the first shaft, and a second turbine coupled with the second shaft. The fan includes a hub and a row of fan blades that extend from the hub. The row includes a number (N) of the fan blades that is from 16 to 20, a solidity value (R) at tips of the fan blades, and a ratio of N/R that is from 12.3 to 20.
US11073155B2
A method of operating a pumping system for an aquatic application based upon performance of multiple water operations is disclosed. The method includes providing a pump and a motor coupled to the pump, and a controller including a variable speed drive that is in communication with the motor. The method also includes: operating the motor in accordance with a first water operation, wherein the first water operation includes a first start time, end time, and water flow rate; operating the motor in accordance with a second water operation, wherein the second water operation includes a second start time, end time, and water flow rate; and altering the first water operation in response to performance of the second water operation.
US11073153B2
An electric pump includes: a motor; an impeller; a motor housing portion; an impeller housing portion; an introduction pipe portion; a discharge pipe portion; a printed circuit board; and an electronic part, wherein the electronic part includes first and second electronic parts mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board on a side of the motor housing portion, the second electronic part is taller than the first electronic part, the impeller housing portion includes: an upper wall portion positioned at the one side with respect to the impeller; and a peripheral wall portion positioned radially outward about a rotation axis from the upper wall portion, the first electronic part faces the upper wall portion, and the second electronic part is positioned radially outward about the rotation axis and from the peripheral wall portion.
US11073132B2
Disclosed is a dynamic matching method for improving wind power generation efficiency at medium and low wind speeds. The method includes: acquiring dynamic matching parameters at medium and low wind speeds; storing the acquired dynamic matching parameters; performing real-time wind speed measurement to obtain real-time wind speed; determining the value relationship between the real-time wind speed and the preset dynamic matching wind speed to obtain a determining result; and according to the determining result, acquiring the dynamic matching parameters; achieving a mechanical energy-accumulating speed-increasing state according to the dynamic matching parameters; converting to a mechanical energy-releasing electrical power-generating state after the rotational speed of the wind turbine is increased to be the sum of the rotational speed with maximum wind energy capture and the increment of the rotational speed; and completing the dynamic matching when the rotation speed is reduced to the rotational speed with maximum wind energy capture.
US11073127B2
A turbine is provided which effectively converts the kinetic energy of the wind, after its (wind) accelerating, to electrical power. The multi-stage wind turbine, which allows multiple accelerate directed air flow (wind), even of most minimal speed, up to strong wind and convert it's energy into electrical power, is proposed. It is achieved due to modularity of installation, where the wind is accelerated within each module due to the processes of capturing the initial wind flow, injection-ejection and aerodynamic Coanda effect as well, by virtual necks and conical confusors nested one into another. The system of truncated cones and virtual necks with optimum aerodynamic sizes provides the capture of the airflow not only perpendicular to the base of these cones, but also from lateral sides of these cones.
US11073126B2
A device (1) is provided for generating electric energy from a pressurized fluid (4) including a stator (2), which includes a tubular body on which a solenoid (21) is wound, and a rotor (3) mobile housed inside the tubular body of the stator (2). The rotor (3) includes a ring-shaped support element (6) and a plurality of hydraulic blades (57) each provided with a respective magnet (5) and mounted on the supporting element (6), integral with it. The rotor (3) is rotated within the tubular body of the stator (2) by the pressurized fluid (4) entering the device (1), so that the magnets (5) of the hydraulic blades (57) generate a magnetic field (22) which induces electric energy in the solenoid (21) of the stator (2).
US11073125B1
In one aspect, a system for generating electricity based on water flow is disclosed. The system comprises a first pipe fitting, a turbine, and a second pipe fitting. The first pipe fitting couples to a pipe that supplies a fluid to a building. The turbine is in fluid communication with the first pipe fitting and rotates in response to a kinetic energy of the fluid supplied by the pipe flowing through the turbine, generates electricity in response to rotation of the turbine, and reduces a pressure of the fluid from a first pressure to a second pressure. The second pipe fitting couples the turbine to an input pipe of the building. The turbine further comprises a conversion circuit that conditions the generated electricity for consumption by the building and conveys the generated electricity to the building via one or more conductors.
US11073122B2
In at least some implementations, a throttle body assembly for a combustion engine includes a throttle body having a pressure chamber in which a supply of fuel is received and a throttle bore with an inlet through which air is received, a throttle valve carried by the throttle body with a valve head movable relative to the throttle bore to control fluid flow through the throttle bore, and a metering valve carried by the throttle body. The metering valve may have a valve element that is movable between an open position wherein fuel may flow from the pressure chamber into the throttle bore and a closed position where fuel is prevented or substantially prevented from flowing into the throttle bore through the metering valve.
US11073120B2
A fuel injector, including a valve insert and a plug extrusion coating, is described, the valve insert including a valve sear and a valve housing. The valve housing has an alignment device, which is equipped to align the valve insert in an injection molding die, and the plastic extrusion coating has a second alignment device which is equipped to align the fuel injector during assembly in an internal combustion engine.
US11073118B2
A fuel pump is connected to a suction filter which is provided with a filter connecting portion having a cylindrical hole and a projecting portion protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical hole. The fuel pump suctions the fuel filtered by the suction filter. The fuel pump is provided with a suction port having multiple suction openings at a side of the suction filter so as to suction the fuel therethrough, and a pump connecting portion provided at outer side of the multiple suction openings and connected with the filter connecting portion. The pump connecting portion has an outer peripheral wall of which outer shape corresponds with a shape of the inner peripheral wall, and a dent portion denting inward from the outer peripheral wall, which the projecting portion is engaged with.
US11073109B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor having a plurality of blades mounted to a hollow, annular compressor drum. The compressor comprises an electric storage device mounted within the hollow compressor drum.
US11073108B2
A louvre offtake arrangement for a gas turbine engine includes a first duct, where a primary flow flows; a second duct, defining an offtake, connected to the first duct at an inlet; and a plurality of louvres arranged at the inlet. At least one louvre protrudes from the second duct into the first duct to divert part of the primary flow towards the second duct.
US11073098B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a variable displacement engine that includes a misfire detection system. The misfire detection system corrects engine crankshaft acceleration according to cylinder firing patterns so that misfire detection may be improved. The corrected engine crankshaft accelerations may be compared to threshold crankshaft levels to determine the presence or absence of cylinder misfire.
US11073093B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for operating an engine that includes a knock control system that may determine contributions of individual noise sources to an engine background noise level. The contributions of the individual noise sources may be determined via adjusting timing of a knock window or timing of the individual noise sources.
US11073082B2
A fan blade anti-icing system comprises a fan hub and a fan blade extending radially outwardly from the fan hub. The fan blade has a base and an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the fan base. The airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a convex side surface between the leading and trailing edge and a concave side surface between the leading and trailing edge. The fan blade further has a radial passage extending from a blade air inlet in the blade base in communication with a source of heated air, and a rearwardly directed passage in communication with the radial passage and having a blade air outlet forward of the trailing edge and oriented tangentially to the convex side surface or concave side surface of the airfoil.
US11073067B2
Exhaust gas treatment system and method with reductant injection and close-coupled treatment element
An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas pathway configured to receive exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and a first treatment element positioned within the exhaust gas pathway such that the first treatment element is close coupled to the engine. The first treatment element includes a NOx storage element. A first injector is configured to selectively introduce a first reductant into the exhaust gas pathway upstream of the first treatment element, and a second injector is configured to introduce a second reductant into the exhaust gas pathway downstream of the first treatment element. The system includes a second treatment element positioned within the exhaust gas pathway downstream of the second injector, and the second treatment element includes a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) element.
US11073064B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnostics of a gasoline particulate filter in an exhaust system. In one example, a method may include indicating degradation of a hose coupled across a particulate filter responsive to a difference between a first differential pressure and a second differential pressure being greater than a threshold, the first differential pressure measured by a differential pressure sensor positioned in the hose responsive to a downstream exhaust tuning valve being fully open, the second differential pressure measured by the differential pressure sensor responsive to the exhaust tuning valve being fully closed.
US11073063B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnostics of a gasoline particulate filter in an exhaust system after confirming that specific conditions are met including that an exhaust tuning valve is not degraded. In one example, a method may include indicating degradation of a hose coupled across a particulate filter responsive to a difference between a first differential pressure and a second differential pressure being greater than a threshold, the first differential pressure measured by a differential pressure sensor positioned in the hose responsive to a downstream exhaust tuning valve being fully open, the second differential pressure measured by the differential pressure sensor responsive to the exhaust tuning valve being fully closed.
US11073062B2
A method for operating an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine and an exhaust gas aftertreatment system are described. The internal combustion engine has a turbine wheel, which is arranged in the exhaust gas line, of an exhaust gas turbocharger, and a bypass line which bypasses the turbine wheel and in which a three-way pre-catalytic converter is arranged. A three-way main catalytic converter is situated in the exhaust gas line. A NOx sensor is provided which measures the NOx fraction in the exhaust gas downstream of the three-way pre-catalytic converter. If the measured NOx fraction exceeds a threshold value, the three-way pre-catalytic converter is diagnosed as faulty.
US11073058B2
A device for supplying a liquid at risk of freezing to the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine, in particular an internal combustion engine driving a motor vehicle, is designed to convey the liquid at risk of freezing at least from a section of a supply line, through which the liquid travels from a storage container to a supply unit to the internal combustion engine, back to the storage container. In addition, an aeration valve is provided near to the supply unit and branching off from the supply line, via which the supply line is connected to the environment in the open state. When viewed in the direction of the storage container, downstream of the aeration valve, an air separation/pressure reservoir structural unit connected to the supply line is provided, which is designed to at least proportionally discharge air content out of the supply line and out of the liquid located in the supply line in a section positioned at the top in the mounted state, and to act as a pressure reservoir acting on the liquid in the supply line.
US11073056B2
Methods and systems are provided for a low temperature NOx adsorber (LTNA). In one example, a method includes operating in a first mode, the first mode including storing exhaust NOx in an LTNA, heating the LTNA until an LTNA outlet temperature reaches a first threshold temperature, and then converting released NOx in a downstream selective catalyst reduction (SCR) device; and operating in a second mode, the second mode including heating the LTNA until the LTNA outlet temperature reaches a second threshold temperature, higher than the first threshold temperature, and converting exhaust NOx in the SCR device.
US11073055B2
An electrostatic oil mist separator for an internal combustion engine includes a positive plate and a negative plate facing each other, a filter arranged between the positive plate and the negative plate, a case having an inlet and an outlet and houses the positive plate, the negative plate, and the filter, and a voltage generator. The electrostatic oil mist separator is configured to cause blow-by gas to flow from the inlet to the outlet between the positive plate and the negative plate in a state in which the voltage generator is applying a voltage across the positive plate and the negative plate, thereby separating oil mist from the blow-by gas by electrostatic adsorption force. At least one of the positive plate and the negative plate is made of a metal plate and includes a plurality of protrusions that are formed by cutting and raising the metal plate.
US11073043B2
A deflector for the fairing of a pinion, which includes a teething, a barrel and a wall positioned between the teething and the barrel, the deflector extending around an axis and including an envelope of which the shape and the dimensions are suited to surrounding at least one part of the teething of the pinion, the deflector including an oil injection circuit including a first portion provided on an outer surface of the envelope, a first injection hole provided in the envelope and communicating with the first portion of the oil injection circuit, the first injection hole emerging on an inner surface of the envelope so as to inject oil in the direction of the pinion, a second portion communicating with the first portion, the second portion including a second injection hole intended to be facing the inside of the barrel of the pinion.
US11073030B1
An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil including an airfoil section extending from a root section. The airfoil section extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chordwise direction and extending between a tip portion and the root section in a radial direction. The airfoil section defines a pressure side and a suction side separated in a circumferential direction. A root mount includes first and second mount members secured to circumferentially opposed sides of the root section. Arcuate circumferential faces of the first and second mount members are dimensioned to pivotably mount the root section to a hub in an installed position. A method of assembly is also disclosed.
US11073029B2
A construction element, particularly adapted and configured for use in a turbo engine, in particular an aircraft engine, wherein a bond coat having a bond structure and thereabove a ceramic coat are disposed on a base. The lateral faces of the bond structure in the cross section are configured so as to be free of undercuts, wherein peak structures and/or trough structures are present, and the peak of the cross section of a peak structure has a mean peak angle (α) of less than or equal to 90°, most particularly less than 45°, and/or the trough structure has a valley angle in the range 90°≤β<170°.
US11073027B2
An airfoil bonding system may comprise a mold tool configured to support an airfoil assembly during a bonding process. The bonding process may include applying heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly. A surface of the mold tool may complement a preselected airfoil parameter. The mold tool may maintain the airfoil assembly in the preselected airfoil parameter during the application of heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly.
US11073014B2
A downhole directional coupling device includes a downhole transformer arrangement having at least one transformer and a magnetically-coupled conductive coil structure that is electrically coupled to the downhole transformer arrangement and has first, second and third conductive coils positioned around a common axis. The first and second conductive coils are separated along the common axis and located inside the section of non-magnetic wellbore casing, and the third conductive coil shares an axial portion of the common axis with the second conductive coil and is located outside the section of non-magnetic wellbore casing. A method of employing a downhole directional coupling device in a wellbore having a section of non-magnetic casing and a logging system are also provided.
US11073013B2
An apparatus for detecting an electromagnetic signal originating in a wellbore includes an antenna comprising a pair of spaced apart electrodes in the ground spaced apart by a first distance having a midpoint at a second distance from the wellbore. The system includes at least one of a shielded electrical cable connecting each electrode to an input of a detector circuit, wherein the shielding is connected to produce common mode noise rejection; b) a second spaced apart electrode pair antenna spaced apart by one half the first distance and having a midpoint spaced √2/2 times the second distance from the surface of the wellbore, c) a second electrode pair antenna having a common midpoint with and being orthogonal to the at least one electric dipole antenna; and d) wherein the at least one electric dipole antenna is disposed in a second wellbore, the second wellbore having substantially no electrically conductive pipe therein.
US11073009B2
A method for drilling a well includes applying energy input to a drill string (31) by at least one of rotating the drill string (31) from surface and operating a drilling motor (41) disposed in the drill string (31) to operate a drill bit (2) at a bottom of the drill string (31); an amount of the applied energy not consumed in drilling formations caused by at least one of motion, deformation, and interaction of the drill string (31) is calculated; an amount of the applied energy used to drill formations below the drill bit (2) is calculated; and at least one drilling operating parameter is adjusted based on energy calculation before or during drilling operation.
US11073008B2
Methods for mining soluble minerals from a subterranean deposit. A fluid is injected into a horizontal injection wellbore passing through the deposit and allowed to enter a mining/fracture plane having at least one fracture, extending from the horizontal injection wellbore, at a pressure sufficient to further fracture the deposit, maintain the mining/fracture plane or open the mining/fracture plane. The injected fluid is allowed to dissolve some of the soluble minerals from the deposit thereby forming a mineral solution which is produced from horizontal production wellbores that intersect the mining/fracture plane.
US11072996B2
Methods for cleaning wellbore perforation clusters and reservoir fractures include extending a conduit into a wellbore until the conduit reaches a measured depth deeper than a designated perforation cluster, moving the conduit back and forth between the measured depth and a shallower measured depth, and dispensing different fluids into the wellbore via the conduit during respectively different cycles of the back and forth motion. The fluids may be liquid and/or gas. The conduit is dimensionally configured and arranged within the wellbore such that a passageway exists in the wellbore exterior to the conduit. The methods include closing the passageway prior to, at the same time or subsequent to introducing a gas-containing fluid into the wellbore and continuing to dispense the gas-containing fluid into the wellbore after closing the passageway. Storage mediums having program instructions which are executable by a processor for performing any steps of the methods are also provided.
US11072990B2
A downhole apparatus has a casing string and a degradable plug positioned in the casing string to block flow therethrough. An upper membrane covers an upper end of the degradable plug. The upper membrane is made up of a plurality of separable membranes. A lower membrane covers a lower end of the degradable plug and is comprised of a plurality of separable membranes.
US11072989B2
A method for sealing a wellhead assembly having a first outer tubular member, a second outer tubular member mounted on the first outer tubular member and an inner tubular member landed in the first outer tubular member. The method includes: providing a packoff assembly having a lower packoff which is releasably connected to an upper packoff releasably connecting an installation tool to the upper packoff; positioning the lower packoff between the inner tubular member and the first outer tubular member and the upper packoff between the inner tubular member and the second outer tubular member; locking the lower packoff to the first outer tubular member; disconnecting the installation tool from the upper packoff; removing the second outer tubular member from the first outer tubular member; removing the upper packoff from the lower packoff; and mounting a third outer tubular member on the first outer tubular member.
US11072979B2
A cable clamp, modified tubular, and method for securing a cable to a tubular. The cable clamp includes a first base that is configured to be attached to the tubular by a bonding material, and a cover that is configured to be placed on the first base. At least one of the first base or the cover defines a groove extending therein, for receiving a cable through the cable clamp.
US11072975B2
A side-inserted cord rolling device for a non-pull cord window blind includes a base, first and second wheels disposed on the base and respectively located near an end plate and an opening provided at two ends of the base, a torsion spring, and two lift transmission cords. The first wheel has top, middle and bottom layers separated by disc portions. The torsion spring connects the bottom layer of the first wheel and the second wheel. An end of the lift transmission cords are connected to the top and middle layers of the first wheel respectively. Another end of the lift transmission cords are inserted through the opening of the base to be located out of the base for being connected with a bottom beam.
US11072974B2
A cordless roller shutter structure includes a roller shutter fixing seat, a sleeve controller, a tension adjuster and a shutter sheet locating unit. The sleeve controller is fitted in a sleeve and securely disposed on the roller shutter fixing seat. The shutter sheet is controlled to suspend downward or roll upward directly by means of pulling and releasing the lower weight of the shutter sheet without using the bead chain. A bearing is received in each of two collars so that the sleeve can more easily drive the shutter sheet to save strength. In addition, by means of the adjustment disc of the tension adjuster and the shutter sheet locating unit, the ascending/descending speed of the shutter sheet can be adjusted and the sunshade position of the shutter sheet can be locked. Accordingly, the utility and effect of the cordless roller shutter are enhanced.
US11072973B2
The present gated barrier includes a visual indicator to show the end user one or more features of the gate barrier such as how to set up the gated barrier, whether the frame of the barrier is true and square, or whether the barrier frame has been set up with sufficient pressure between, for example, two door jambs.
US11072971B1
A modular infill panel system for attaching to vertical structural members of a building frame and adjacent modular infill panel units. The modular infill panel system is capable of creating piecewise curves in the vertical plane as well as complex piecewise three-dimensional curves in a combination of horizontal and vertical planes. The modular infill panel system can include vertically stacked modular infill panel units. The modular infill panel units can be vertically aligned and attached to the building's structural columns by bracket assemblies mounted along one or more outside edges of the top frame member of the structural frame of the modular infill panel units. The bracket assemblies can secure the modular infill panel unit to the vertical structure of the building and alignment pins projecting upward from the bracket assemblies can align vertically adjacent modular infill panel units.
US11072960B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator which allows a user to easily open the doors of the refrigerator. To achieve the aforementioned purpose, provided according to one embodiment of the present invention can be a refrigerator comprising: a cabinet having storage chambers; doors for opening/closing the storage chambers; and door opening devices operating so as for the doors to open, wherein the door opening devices comprise: a motor provided so as to generate a driving force; and a rack provided in a direction diagonal to the front side of the cabinet, wherein the rack is moved in the lengthwise direction thereof by the drive of the motor.
US11072956B2
A hinge bracket assembly includes an anchor plate. A retention member extends perpendicular to the anchor plate. The anchor plate defines a first receiving aperture. A hinge plate is aligned with the anchor plate and includes a hinge arm and a protrusion. The protrusion extends from an edge of the hinge plate opposite the hinge arm. The hinge plate defines a second receiving aperture aligned with the first receiving aperture when the protrusion is received by a space defined by the retention member. A locking arm is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position and is configured to be at least partially received by the first and second receiving apertures to couple the anchor plate and the hinge plate.
US11072954B2
A door hinge is disclosed having a frame hinge part and a leaf hinge part, which are pivotable in relation to one another about a pin on a pivot axis. The frame hinge part has an upper and lower housing, the leaf hinge part has a middle housing, insertable between the upper and the lower housing. The pin is insertable into the lower, the middle, and the upper housing, and rotatably mounted in the upper and lower housings. Two eccentricities are provided in the middle housing of the leaf hinge part. The middle housing can be clamped in a rotationally-fixed manner with the pin, so that the leaf hinge part is pivotable in relation to the frame hinge part about the pin. In the non-clamped state, the leaf hinge part is adjustable by means of the two eccentricities in two dimensions transverse to the pivot axis.
US11072941B1
An arrangement for making a field repair on a multi-part pole having upper and lower walls joined together by a flanged connection, wherein the welds on the flanged connection are beginning to show signs of failure. The arrangement includes a bracket having a substantially “U”-shaped central portion which spans the flanged connection, and upper and lower elongated portions extending from the central portion, lying flush against and secured to the upper and lower walls of the pole, respectively.
US11072938B2
A structural fuse is disclosed including a fuse base and a fuse plate extending from the fuse base. The fuse plate may include a reduced diameter yield section configured to yield at loads on the structural fuse above a threshold. The reduced diameter yield section includes a pair of slots on either side of the yield section, which slots receive a pair of spacers. The spacers are integrally formed as part of the fuse plate, and remain attached to the fuse plate during fabrication of the structural fuse.
US11072932B1
Systems and methods of shotcrete construction are contemplated whereby guide rails are placed in proximity and forward to a shotcrete receiving surface, with any guide rails disposed directly in front of the shotcrete receiving surface being configured to be offset from the receiving surface allowing shotcrete to be sprayed behind the offset guide rails. Following application of shotcrete, a screed configured to engage with and traverse along at least two of the guide rails may be used to rod the shotcrete via a protruding region of the screed extending beyond the guide rails, thereby removing excess shotcrete and imparting to the shotcrete surface a contour at least partially defined by the configuration of the guide rails and the configuration of the protruding region of the screed. Complex, precise, and even exotic architectural shotcrete installations may be created in this fashion by providing a suitable set of guide rails and screed.
US11072931B2
A wall base for sealing a gap between a wall and a floor is provided. The wall base comprises a base member configured to extend along a portion of the wall. A shoe protrusion extends at an angle from the base member and is configured to extend towards the floor and away from the wall. A heel portion extends from the shoe protrusion and is configured to contact the floor. A channel configured to receive the sealant is defined by the space between the heel portion and the shoe protrusion.
US11072930B2
One aspect of the disclosure is a siding panel having a front face, a rear face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side, and a second side, the top edge being folded over to create two layers of material. The siding panel further includes a first locking mechanism disposed on the front face adjacent the top edge configured to interlock with a second locking mechanism of a second siding panel, the first locking mechanism having a generally S-shaped portion. The siding panel also includes a second locking mechanism disposed on the rear face of the siding panel having a generally U-shaped portion including a curved section, and the second locking mechanism being configured to interlock with a first locking mechanism of a third siding panel. The first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism facilitate both locking and unlocking of the siding panel from the third siding panel.
US11072926B2
An overhead storage system is disclosed. The storage system includes an overhead frame that supports a ceiling for a room, at least one storage box, and a roof or floor for a second room above the first. Attached to the frame is at least one raise/lower mechanism which raises and lowers a storage box. The storage box(es) fit within the frame when raised and are accessible when lowered. Each storage box has a bottom wall that includes a ceiling surface for the room and a structure with at least one storage surface. The raise lower mechanism(s) is a winch driven pulley system that winds up and lets out at least one line.
US11072924B2
The disclosure relates to a system for providing a fire safe sealing in an aperture in a wall, a ceiling or a floor of a building, consisting of at least two block shaped sealing elements with two main surfaces being oriented parallel to each other and at least three lateral faces connecting the main surfaces to each other, of which at least one element is made from mineral fibres and a binding agent, whereby lateral faces being arranged adjacent to each other, or lateral faces and main surfaces being arranged adjacent to each other, incorporate an angle being unequal to 90° and whereby each element is shorter than the length of the aperture and smaller than the height of the aperture.
US11072917B2
Disclosed herein is actuation apparatus. The actuation apparatus comprises a diaphragm valve, having an upstream side and a downstream side, opposite the upstream side. The actuation apparatus also comprises a hydraulic actuator, fluidically coupled with the downstream side of the diaphragm valve by a first hydraulic line. The actuation apparatus further comprises a valve fluidically coupled with the upstream side of the diaphragm valve by a second hydraulic line. The actuation apparatus additionally comprises a valve controller coupled with the valve and operable to open and close the valve. Pressurized fluid from the downstream side of the diaphragm valve flows to the hydraulic actuator, via the first hydraulic line, in response to opening of the valve. The hydraulic actuator is configured to actuate in response to receipt of pressurized fluid from the downstream side of the diaphragm valve.
US11072915B2
A double check valve is provided that includes an in-line inlet check valve and an outlet check valve that cooperate to prevent back flow of fluid through the valve. The check valve also includes at least one vent that allows for fluid trapped within the check valve to drain, thereby preventing freezing of the check valve and hydrant to which it is interconnected. The check valve provided omits many superfluous components and thus is smaller and easier to install than check valves of the prior art.
US11072878B2
The present invention relates to a laundry processing apparatus and a control method therefor, and to a laundry processing apparatus having a plurality of washing parts for performing washing independently of each other, the apparatus: determining whether the plurality of washing parts simultaneously perform washing; and determining whether a simultaneous operation is performed on the basis of the time required when water is supplied, so as to determine an error for the simultaneous operation on the basis of a standard different from an error determination standard during a single operation, thereby reducing the errors frequently occurring because of the simultaneous operation in a normal state.
US11072870B2
A crystal pulling system for growing a monocrystalline ingot from a melt of semiconductor or solar-grade material includes a crucible for containing the melt of material, a pulling mechanism configured to pull the ingot from the melt along a pull axis, and a multi-stage heat exchanger defining a central passage for receiving the ingot as the ingot is pulled by the pulling mechanism. The heat exchanger defines a plurality of cooling zones arranged vertically along the pull axis of the crystal pulling system. The plurality of cooling zones includes two enhanced-rate cooling zones and a reduced-rate cooling zone disposed vertically between the two enhanced-rate cooling zones.
US11072862B2
A method of making a graphene-containing material comprising the steps of: electrolytically reducing a transition metal oxide to a transition metal in an electrolytic cell using a molten salt electrolyte and a carbon anode; followed by extracting a dry graphene material from the electrolytic cell. Also provided is a graphene-containing material obtainable by the method of the invention.
US11072856B2
Provided is a vapor phase growth method according to an embodiment including loading a first substrate into a reaction chamber, generating a first mixed gas by mixing an indium containing gas, an aluminum containing gas, and a nitrogen compound containing gas, and forming a first indium aluminum nitride film on the first substrate by supplying the first mixed gas into the reaction chamber, the first substrate being rotated at a first rotation speed of 300 rpm or more.
US11072854B2
A substrate fixing carrier includes a supporting frame and a cooling plate. The supporting frame defines a hollow region and a supporting portion at an inner wall of the supporting frame. The cooling plate and the supporting frame are movable towards each other until the cooling plate is in the hollow region with edges of the cooling plate aligning with the supporting portion. When a rectangular to-be-evaporated substrate is placed in the hollow region with edges of the rectangular to-be-evaporated substrate between the supporting portion and the cooling plate, a distance between each edge of the cooling plate corresponding to each long side of the to-be-evaporated substrate and the supporting portion is greater than or equal to a thickness of the to-be-evaporated substrate, and a distance between each edge of the cooling plate corresponding to each short side of the to-be-evaporated substrate and the supporting portion is less than the thickness of the to-be-evaporated substrate.
US11072852B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a process kit including a shield serving as an anode in a physical deposition chamber. The shield has a cylindrical band, the cylindrical band having a top and a bottom, the cylindrical band sized to encircle a sputtering surface of a sputtering target disposed adjacent the top and a substrate support disposed at the bottom, the cylindrical band having an interior surface. A texture is disposed on the interior surface. The texture has a plurality of features. A film is provided on a portion of the features. The film includes a porosity of about 2% to about 3.5%.
US11072847B2
To provide a cast product having an alumina barrier layer and method for producing the same. A cast product having an alumina barrier layer of the present invention is a cast product in which an alumina barrier layer containing Al2O3 is formed on the surface of a cast body, and the cast body contains C: 0.3 mass % to 0.7 mass %, Si: 0.1 mass % to 1.5 mass %, Mn: 0.1 mass % to 3 mass %, Cr: 15 mass % to 40 mass %, Ni: 20 mass % to 55 mass %, Al: 2 mass % to 4 mass %, rare earth element: 0.005 mass % to 0.4 mass %, W: 0.5 mass % to 5 mass % and/or Mo: 0.1 mass % to 3 mass %, and 25 mass % or more of Fe in the remainder and an inevitable impurity, and 80 mass % or more of the rare earth element is La.
US11072844B2
A method of forming and processing a high strength aluminum alloy for the production of a vehicle component includes providing a metal sheet that was rolled from an aluminum alloy. The sheet is heat treated through a first aging step of a set of aging steps that are necessary to achieve a T6 or a T7 temper state. Prior to achieving the T6 or a T7 temper state, the sheet is formed to a desired shape and welded in the desired shape to produce a desired vehicle component. Once formed, the vehicle component is heat treated through a remaining aging step to achieve a T6 or T7 temper state homogeneously throughout the vehicle component.
US11072841B2
A high-strength dual-scale structure titanium alloy, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof, belonging to the technical field of alloy processing. The composition system of the titanium alloy is Ti—Nb—Cu—Co—Al, the atomic percentage of the various elements being 58˜70% Ti, 9˜16% Nb, 4˜9% Cu, 4˜9% Co, and 2˜8% Al. The microstructure comprises a dual-scale coexistence of micro-crystal isometric bcc β-Ti and ultra-fine crystal isometric bcc β-Ti, and a dual-scale coexistence of micro-crystal strip fcc CoTi2 and ultra-fine crystal isometric fcc CoTi2, or an ultra-fine crystal strip fcc CoTi2 twin crystal is distributed along a boundary of a dual-scale substrate, the dual-scale substrate being a nano needle-shaped martensite a′ phase dispersed within micro-crystal bcc β-Ti. The mechanical properties of the titanium alloy are significantly improved, and the titanium alloy may be used in fields such as aerospace and aviation, weaponry and sports equipment.
US11072839B2
A process for cooling a metal substrate running in a longitudinal direction, said process including ejecting at least one first cooling fluid jet on a first surface of said substrate and at least one second cooling fluid jet on a second surface of said substrate, said first and second cooling fluid jets being ejected at a cooling fluid velocity higher than or equal to 5 m/s, so as to form on said first surface and on said second surface a first laminar cooling fluid flow and a second laminar flow respectively, said first and second laminar cooling fluid flows being tangential to the substrate, said first and second laminar cooling fluid flows extending over a first predetermined length and a second predetermined length of the substrate respectively, said first and second lengths being determined so that the substrate is cooled from a first temperature to a second temperature by nucleate boiling.
US11072834B2
The invention relates to a continuous flow cooling device (3) for cooling a metal strip (1), in particular a metal strip made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, having at least one strip flotation cooler (4), which has several upper nozzles (5) distributed along the strip travel direction (B), and several lower nozzles (6) distributed along the strip travel direction (B), wherein the metal strip (1) can be transported in a floating manner between the upper nozzles (5) and the lower nozzles (6), and the upper side of the strip as well as the underside of the strip can be supplied with cooling air in the process, and having several water cooling units (7), by means of which the metal strip (1) can be supplied with cooling water. This device is characterized in that the water cooling units (7) are integrated in the strip flotation cooler (4).
US11072832B2
Present invention relate to a combination of experimental and computational workflows that allow characterization of skin and subcutaneous tissue microbial flora and its associated metabolome, aiming to first evaluate an individual's skin and subcutaneous tissue to determine if any skin condition is as a result of an imbalance or absence of commensal or mutualistic microorganisms or their associated metabolites. The methods and the associated computational platform provided herein relate to conducting a customized or personalized test and obtaining customized or personalized information regarding the skin and subcutaneous tissue flora and its associated metabolome there from also have been disclosed.
US11072821B2
An apparatus for identifying transition points in a chemical reaction, the apparatus comprising: a property value receiver, configured to receive a plurality of values of a physical property of the chemical reaction, a linear function calculator, associated with the property value receiver, configured to calculate a linear function connecting two of the received values, the two values pertaining to a start and end of a time period, a difference calculator, associated with the linear function calculator, configured to calculate a difference between the linear function and a plurality of the received values pertaining to the time period, and a transition point identifier, associated with the difference calculator, configured to identify at least one transition point of the chemical reaction, using the calculated difference.
US11072808B2
Methods and compositions for capping RNA in an in vitro transcription mixture are provided that include a thermostable RNA polymerase variant and a cap analog such that when a DNA template is added to the mixture, and the mixture is then incubated under conditions for in vitro transcription, capped RNA is produced.
US11072796B2
Described is a plant transformed with one or more genes originating from the Ri plasmid of Agrobacterium rhizogenes by infection with A. rhizogenes comprising the Ri plasmid, or being progeny of such a plant, said plant or progeny comprising, in the genome thereof, 1 to 5 copies said one or more genes originating from the Ri plasmid. Further, the use of such a plant or progeny thereof as ornamental plants, the use as field crop species, for food extracts, cosmetics, perfumes or as medicinal plants is disclosed. Further disclosed are methods for the preparation of such plants. Said plants display an intermediate height and/or with a higher content of metabolites without significant reduction of flower number or flowering time delay as compared to control plants void of Agrobacterium rhizogenes sequences.
US11072794B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of huntingtin in a cell, tissue or animal. Further provided are methods of slowing or preventing Huntington's Disease (HD) progression using an antisense compound targeted to huntingtin. Additionally provided are methods of delaying or preventing the onset of Huntington's Disease (HD) in an individual susceptible to Huntington's Disease (HD). Also provided are uses of disclosed compounds and compositions in the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of diseases and disorders.
US11072792B2
The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with Usher Syndrome Type 2A, both ex vivo and in vivo; materials and methods for editing a USH2A gene in a human cell; materials and methods for editing an USH2A gene containing an IVS40 mutation; materials and methods for treating a patient with an USH2A gene containing an IVS40 mutation; and a method for deleting a sequence comprising an IVS40 mutation within a USH2A gene of a cell. The present application also provides one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing an USH2A gene containing an IVS40 mutation. The present application provides a therapeutic for treating a patient with Usher Syndrome Type 2A. The present application also provides a kit for treating a patient with Usher Syndrome Type 2A.
US11072791B2
The invention relates to a process for determining the functionality of an artificial genetic element. An artificial genetic element designed to serve the same biological function as a native genetic element is introduced into cells, and the cells are subjected to conditions of high frequency transposon mutagenesis. Subsequently, a set of DNA sequences representative of a site of insertion of the transposable element is obtained from the cells and the frequency of insertion of the transposable element into the native genetic element and the artificial genetic element is determined. Comparing the frequency of transposon insertion allows for assigning a likelihood of functionality to said artificial functional element, which is high if the frequency of transposon insertion is essentially equal for both elements, and which is low if the frequency of transposon insertion is higher into the artificial genetic element.
US11072790B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for the directed evolution of macromolecules. The methods involve increasing the mutation rate of an evolving organism comprising a gene of interest that encodes a gene product lacking a desired activity, whereby a mutated gene of interest is produced that encodes an evolved gene product comprising the desired activity and causing a suppression of mutagenesis. The systems comprise an evolving organism comprising a gene of interest encoding a gene product to be evolved, a host organism, and optionally, a lagoon, a cellstat and/or a suitable growth medium.
US11072785B2
The invention relates to peptide linkers and fusion proteins comprising linkers designed for optimizing the activity of the proteins comprised therein, and methods for using the same. The invention further relates to newly designed Cas12a-based cytosine base editors.
US11072784B2
The present invention relates to novel esterase, more particularly to esterase variants having improved activity compared to the esterase of SEQ ID No 1 and the uses thereof for degrading polyester containing material, such as plastic products. The esterases of the invention are particularly suited to degrade polyethylene terephthalate, and material containing polyethylene terephthalate.
US11072778B2
Described herein are cells, cell culture methods, and cell culture media compositions useful for producing and maintaining iPSC-derived cell lines that are of higher purity and maintain cell type integrity better than current iPSC-derived cell lines. Also disclosed are methods of using the described cells and media, such as therapeutic methods of use for the described cells. The described cells include iPSC-derived mesodermal precursor cells (MPC), which itself may differentiate into at least four different cell types. When cultured under appropriate conditions, the mesodermal precursor cells can be used to produce hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), smooth muscle cells (SMC), or unlimited functional endothelial cells (UFEC). One characteristic that makes the described cells desirable is that they can be maintained in culture for a number of days, or passages, without changing phenotype through differentiation.
US11072775B2
The present application relates to systems and methods for transporting biological samples, including a transport medium configured to protect bacterial viability and optimize sample quality, for enhanced diagnostic accuracy. The disclosed systems and methods can include a transport media, a collection tube including a screen and sampling brush, and a transport case. The disclosed systems and methods allow samples to be frozen and thawed while preserving cellular wall integrity during transport or storage, and furthermore can preserve the survival of the bacterial sample, enabling more accurate detection of an infectious agent.
US11072773B2
An incubator for cell and tissue culture under controlled atmospheric conditions has a primary air flow control device that forms a primary, preferably laminar flow, air veil across an opening that allows access to the cells or tissue cultures disposed within the incubator. Preferably, most if not all of the air in the primary (laminar flow) air veil is recirculated, and a secondary air flow control device is used that forms a secondary, preferably laminar flow, air veil between the primary (laminar flow) air veil and a user of the incubator.
US11072772B2
Microfluidic devices and methods for perfusing a cell with perfusion fluid are provided herein, wherein the gravitational forces acting on the cell to keep the cell at or near a retainer or a retaining position exceed the hydrodynamic forces acting on the cell to move it toward an outlet. Also provided, are methods for assaying cell products within the microfluidic device.
US11072771B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a device. The device includes a body comprising a waterproof base, a waterproof coversheet attached to the base, and a channel disposed between the base and the coversheet. The channel has a perimeter and an opening that provides liquid access to the channel. A portion of the perimeter is defined by a waterproof seal. A dry first oxygen-scavenging reagent and an indicator reagent for detecting sulfate reduction by a sulfate-reducing bacterium are disposed in the device between the base and the coversheet. The waterproof base comprises a plurality of open microcompartment structures facing the coversheet.
US11072760B2
A method of purifying biomass-based lipid material, as disclosed includes providing a feed of biomass-based lipid material; optionally drying the feed; removing oxygen from the feed under reduced pressure; heat treating the feed at 180 to 300° C. under reduced pressure to solidify at least part of phosphorous and/or metal containing impurities, simultaneously distilling off at least part of free fatty acids and low molecular weight nitrogen compounds, to obtain at least a fraction containing free fatty acids and low molecular weight nitrogen compounds, and heat treated biomass-based lipid material containing degraded phosphorous and/or metal containing impurities in solid form; and removing the solid degraded phosphorous and/or metal containing impurities from the second fraction.
US11072759B2
Provided are: a lubricating oil composition containing a mineral oil (A) having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 5 to 15 mm2/s and a flash point of 180° C. or higher, a synthetic oil (B) having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 5 to 15 mm2/s and a flash point of 190° C. or higher, an amide compound (C) and a polyol ester compound (D), which has a low viscosity and fuel saving performance, which can be used in high-temperature environments, and which has excellent gear anti-seizing property and anti-shudder performance; and a lubrication method and a transmission using the lubricating oil composition.
US11072745B1
A delayed coking process for producing high grade coke comprising: introducing a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising asphaltenes to at least one fractionator to produce at least a bottoms fraction, an intermediate fraction and a light naphtha fraction: passing the bottoms fraction to a delayed coker unit furnace for heating to a predetermined coking temperature; passing the heated bottoms fraction to a first delayed coker unit to produce a first coke product and a first effluent substantially free of asphaltenes and comprising resins; and passing the first effluent to a second delayed coker unit to produce a second coke product comprising the high grade coke.
US11072740B2
The invention discloses use of a uranium-containing compound as a scintillator. The uranium-containing compound is a uranium-containing organic-inorganic hybrid compound or a uranium-containing inorganic compound. The uranium-containing organic-inorganic hybrid compound is a uranium-containing organic carboxylate or a uranium-containing organophosphate. The uranium-containing inorganic compound is a uranium-containing non-metallate, a uranium-containing metal salt, or a uranium-containing halide. The invention discloses the uranium-containing organic-inorganic compound or the uranium-containing inorganic compound having intrinsic scintillating ability, and provides a new concept and method for the development of (organic-inorganic, inorganic) scintillators of various chemical compositions and configurations with the uranium element.
US11072735B2
A particulate material is mainly composed of alumina, has a volume average particle diameter of from 70 to 200 μm, has a degree of sphericity of from 0.89 or more to less than 0.99, has a degree of alfa-aluminization of from 40 to 85%, and produces a result of 0.017 g or less in an abrasion test for equipment.
US11072734B2
A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of from 5 to 200 mm2/s and a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of from 2 to 30 mm2/s.
US11072726B2
Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions, methods and systems are provided to reduce oxide trench dishing and improve over-polishing window stability. High and tunable silicon oxide removal rates, low silicon nitride removal rates, and tunable SiO2: SiN selectivity are also provided. The compositions use a unique combination of abrasives such as ceria coated silica particles and chemical additives such as maltitol, lactitol, maltotritol or combinations as oxide trench dishing reducing additives.
US11072724B2
The invention relates to an adhesion promotor for improving adhesion on a substrate surface of an RMA crosslink able composition comprising one or more crosslinkable components comprising a reactive component A with at least two acidic protons C—H in activated methylene or methine groups, a reactive component B with at least two activated unsaturated C═C groups, a catalyst C for catalyzing the RMA crosslinking reaction between components A and B, said adhesion promotor P comprising a moiety comprising one or more functional groups X or precursors thereof readable with component A or component B and a moiety comprising one or more functional groups Y or precursors thereof that adsorb or react with the substrate surface not being an alkoxysilane group. The invention also relates to a RMA crosslinkable composition, also in the form of a kit of parts, to a premix for use as a part in the kit of parts.
US11072718B2
An aqueous writing, marking and/or drawing liquid is configured for capillary systems, more particularly for applicator implements having a capillary system. The liquid has a viscosity of less than 50 mPas, more particularly less than 20 mPas (Brookfield, 20° C., cone-plate CPE-40). The liquid contains a wetting agent, graphite having a carbon content of between 95 and 99.9 wt %, an ash content of between 0.1 and 5 wt %, and a particle size ≤20 μm at D90, and at least one release agent, more particularly in a concentration of 2 to 15 wt %. The release agent contains barium sulfate and/or an aqueous, highly mobile, nonsedimenting colloidal dispersion of nanoparticulate silicon dioxide particles.
US11072708B2
An asphalt concrete composition having improved waterproof performance, and a construction method using the composition. The composition includes 100 parts by weight of virgin asphalt, 5 to 25 parts by weight of styrene isoprene styrene, 5 to 15 parts by weight of petroleum resin, 250 to 1,000 parts by weight of reclaimed asphalt pavement, 1 to 10 parts by of a performance improving agent, 250 to 1,000 parts by weight of virgin aggregate, 30 to 150 parts by weight of fine powder aggregate, and 0.1 to 2 parts by weight of cellulose fiber. The composition's waterproof performance is due to its high cohesion and adhesion. The composition is durable and is not easily rutted, aged and/or stripped. In addition, the composition has a performance grade of PG 82-34, can prevent water penetration and potholes, and enables a placement process to be easily performed at low costs.
US11072702B2
Provided is a hydrogenated block copolymer, which is a hydrogenation product of a block copolymer including a polymer block (A) containing more than 70 mol % of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (B) containing 30 mol % or more of a structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and isobutylene, the hydrogenated block copolymer being satisfied with the following requirements (1) and (2): Requirement (1): the content of the polymer block (A) in the block copolymer is 1 to 30% by mass; and Requirement (2): when the polymer block (B) is regarded as having a structure with a hydrogenation rate of 100 mol %, an average value of a methylene chain length of a main chain of the structural unit derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of a conjugated diene compound and isobutylene is 1.0 to 6.0.
US11072690B2
Polymers and copolymers, and systems and methods for processing the same. Advantageously, the polymers and copolymers of the present invention have undergone processing in a falling strand devolatilizer and rotary disk finisher such that a low-cost, low-energy, and high-production-rate product is produced.
US11072687B2
Disclosed is a curable sealant composition including: (i) a thiol-terminated prepolymer and/or monomers thereof, wherein the thiol-terminated prepolymer is a polythioether or a polysulfide; (ii) an “ene” crosslinker having a molecular weight of about 100 to about 5000; and (iii) a pH indicator molecule including a quantum dot functionalized with a pH-responsive ligand. Methods for determining a sufficient cure state of a composition by combining the thiol-terminated prepolymer and/or monomers thereof and the “ene” crosslinker with a pH indicator molecule, including a quantum dot functionalized with a pH-responsive ligand, and (ii) then subjecting a resultant mixture of (i) to curing conditions until the mixture changes its color are also disclosed.
US11072678B2
The blocked isocyanate is a blocked isocyanate containing a latent isocyanate group, which is an isocyanate group blocked with a blocking agent, wherein the blocked isocyanate includes a first latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a first blocking agent and a second latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a second blocking agent; and the first blocking agent is represented by general formula (1) below, and has a higher catalysis activity that activates the isocyanate group than that of the second blocking agent. (where R1 to R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R1 to R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R1 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocycle. R4 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom, or an atomic group represented by —NR5R6 (R5 and R6 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R5 and R1 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocycle and R6 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocycle).
US11072676B2
A system for continuously treating recycled polystyrene material includes a hopper/densifier configured to feed recycled polystyrene material into the system. An extruder can turn the recycled polystyrene material into a molten material. In some embodiments, the extruder uses thermal fluids, electric heaters, and/or a separate heater. Solvents, such as toluene, xylenes, cymenes, and/or terpinenes can aid in generating the molten material. The molten material can be depolymerized in a reactor and a catalyst can be used to aid the depolymerizing. In certain embodiments, the catalyst is contained in a permeable container. In some embodiments, copolymers/monomers are grafted onto the depolymerized material. The depolymerized molten material can be cooled via a heat exchanger. The product can be isolated by extraction, distillation, and/or separation. In some embodiments, the product is treated through filtration and absorption media. In some embodiments, multiple reactors are used.
US11072675B2
The invention relates to polymers derived at least from one: (A) one N-vinyl amide unit, and (B) one hydroxyl-containing acrylate unit, and to polymers derived at least from: (A) N-vinyl-2-caprolactam, and (B) one non-acrylate unit having: (i) at least one hydroxyl group, and/or (ii) at least one functional group convertible to a hydroxyl group wherein at least one group is converted to hydroxyl functionality in the final polymer product. Such polymers may exhibit degradability, e.g., in seawater or soil environments. In preferred embodiments, these polymers and compositions thereof are used in oilfield applications, such as an inhibitor of gas hydrates and/or a kinetic inhibitor of gas hydrates. The polymer can assume alternating, block, and/or random configurations of the repeating units, with at least one ester group. The chemical structure subscripts m, and n may be any integer equal to or greater than 1.
US11072674B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a multiblock copolymer. This method comprises i) providing a block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block, where PA represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A and PB represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B, with monomers A and B being the same or different, where the block copolymer contains a chain transfer agent moiety (CTA); ii) providing a radically polymerizable monomer C; and iii) polymerizing the block copolymer with monomer C under conditions effective to achieve a number average degree of polymerization (Nn) for the multiblock copolymer of up to 100,000 without gelation.
US11072666B2
The present invention provides anticancer agents comprising as an active ingredient a bispecific antibody that comprises a domain comprising a glypican 3-binding antibody variable region, a domain comprising a T cell receptor complex-binding antibody variable region, and common L chains that can enhance the affinity for the two antigens, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bispecific antibody as an active ingredient, the compositions being for use in combination with other anticancer agents. The bispecific antibodies are novel molecules which are produced with high efficiency and have strong anti-tumor activity as well as safety and excellent pharmacodynamics. The bispecific antibodies can be expected to be applied to various cancers.
US11072665B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof which bind to the human CD70 protein with high affinity and display potent inhibition of tumor cell growth.
US11072662B2
Provided herein are humanized antibodies specific for CLL-1.
US11072656B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to CD3 and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention bind human CD3 with high affinity and induce human T cell proliferation. The invention includes antibodies that bind CD3 and induce T cell-mediated killing of tumor cells. According to certain embodiments, the present invention provides bispecific antigen-binding molecules comprising a first antigen-binding domain that specifically binds human CD3, and a second antigen-binding molecule that specifically binds human CD20. In certain embodiments, the bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of B-cell tumors expressing CD20. The antibodies and bispecific antigen-binding molecules of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders in which an upregulated or induced targeted immune response is desired and/or therapeutically beneficial. For example, the antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers as well as other CD20-related diseases and disorders.
US11072648B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating fever using a mast cell stabilizing compound, optionally in combination with an antiviral agent. The invention further relates to compositions and dosage forms comprising mast cell stabilizing agents, optionally with an antiviral agent.
US11072644B2
The invention relates to an inhibitory chimeric antigen receptor (N-CAR) comprising an extracellular domain comprising an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, and, an intracellular domain wherein the intracellular domain comprises an Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-based Switch Motif ITSM, wherein said ITSM is a sequence of amino acid TX1YX2X3X4, wherein X1 is an amino acid X2 is an amino acid X3 is an amino acid and X4 is V or I.
US11072624B2
Disclosed are nucleoside 5′-triphosphates modified at the α, (β, and/or γ phosphate to substitute one or more of the phosphate oxygen atoms with a borano, seleno, and/or thio group. Derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts are also contemplated herein. Also disclosed are processes for preparing nucleoside 5′-triphosphates. Non-limiting, exemplary processes can include first reacting salicyl phosphorochloridite with a pyrophosphate reagent to provide P2, P3-dioxo-P1-(salicyl) cyclotriphosphite, and then reacting P2, P3-dioxo-P1-(salicyl) cyclotriphosphite with a nucleoside, followed by oxidation of the nucleoside-phosphite intermediate and hydrolysis to form the modified nucleoside 5′-triphosphate. Nucleoside 5′-triphosphates can be useful in nucleic acid replication, transcription, and translation. Processes disclosed herein are not limited to nucleoside 5′-triphosphates having a native base moiety, such as 9-adeninyl, 1-cytosinyl, 9-guaninyl, 1-thyminyl, or 1-uracilyl, and are also effective for the preparation of nucleoside 5′-triphosphates having a modified nucleobase or unnatural nucleobase.
US11072622B2
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes for forming Te-containing thin films, such as Sb—Te, Ge—Te, Ge—Sb—Te, Bi—Te, and Zn—Te thin films are provided. ALD processes are also provided for forming Se-containing thin films, such as Sb—Se, Ge—Se, Ge—Sb—Se, Bi—Se, and Zn—Se thin films are also provided. Te and Se precursors of the formula (Te,Se)(SiR1R2R3)2 are preferably used, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are alkyl groups. Methods are also provided for synthesizing these Te and Se precursors. Methods are also provided for using the Te and Se thin films in phase change memory devices.
US11072620B2
The present invention provides novel crystalline forms of Ponatinib hydrochloride. Specific crystalline forms provided by the present invention include Ponatinib hydrochloride Form APO-I, APO-III and APO-IV, each of which is obtained from acetonitrile/formic acid solutions. Additionally, Form APO-V is provided, which is obtained from concentrated hydrochloric acid.
US11072611B2
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: Wherein R1a, R1b, R2, R4, R5, R6a, R6b, R8, W, X, Cy, and the subscript a are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds inhibiting autotaxin (NPP2 or ENPP2), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases involving fibrotic diseases, proliferative diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, dermatological disorders, and/or abnormal angiogenesis associated diseases by administering the compound of the invention.
US11072607B2
The invention provides novel compounds having RIP1 kinase inhibitory activity, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11072606B2
A compound of Formula II, or a salt, ester, solvate, hydrate or prodrug thereof: where: X1 is a branched or unbranched C1-10 alkyl, (CH2)s—NH—(CH2)t, (CH2)s—O—(CH2)t, or (CH2)s—C(NH2)—(CH2)v—NH—(CH2)t, where s, t and v are each, independently an integer from 1 to 5; A and B are each, independently, C6-10aryl, C6-10aryl-C1-6alkyl, C3-9 heteroaryl, or C3-9heteroaryl-C1-6alkyl, each optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 independently selected Rg groups; C and D are each, independently, C3-7 cycloalkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl-C1-6alkyl, C3-7 heterocycloalkyl, C3-7 heterocycloalkyl-C1-6 alkyl, C6-10aryl, C6-10aryl-C1-6alkyl, C3-9 heteroaryl, or C3-9heteroaryl-C1-6alkyl, each optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 independently selected Rg groups; each Rg is, independently, halogen, C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 haloalkyl, hydroxyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C1-6 haloalkoxy, amino, C1-6alkylamino, or di-C1-6alkylamino; and n1 and p1 are each, independently, integers from 1 to 10.
US11072605B2
The present invention relates to crystalline brexpiprazole having a particle size distribution (PSD) characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a crystalline brexpiprazole having a PSD characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm, and to an aqueous suspension comprising said crystalline brexpiprazole. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a crystalline brexpiprazole having a PSD characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm, wherein said composition is essentially free from secondary particles of brexpiprazole. The present invention also relates to an injectable preparation, vial, prefilled syringe, or kit, comprising crystalline brexpiprazole having a PSD characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension, a vial, a prefilled syringe, or a lyophilisate, comprising a step of incorporating crystalline brexpiprazole having a PSD characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm. Finally, the present invention also relates to crystalline brexpiprazole having a PSD characterized by a d(90) of 30 μm to 100 μm, by a d(10) of at least 1.0 μm, and by a d(4,3) of at least 15.0 μm, for use in the treatment or prevention of relapse of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression.
US11072603B2
The present invention provides a novel compound that can improve the luminous efficiency, stability and life span of the element, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
US11072594B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are trioxolane compounds and methods of using the same for treatment and detection of diseases.
US11072590B2
The present invention relates to new compounds comprising a siderophore moiety as well as a core structure able to chelate a metal ion. Optionally, the compounds may have additionally a moiety with a functional element including a marker molecule, a bioactive agent, an activity based probe suitable to monitor the aberrant expression or activity of proteins involved in the initiation and progression of bacterial infection, or a compound useful for bacterial inhibition. In a further aspect, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing said compound, for example, said pharmaceutical composition is an antibiotic. Additionally, the present invention relates to the use of said compounds in diagnostic methods, in particular, imaging methods including SPEC, PET or MRI. In an embodiment of the present invention, the compound is part of a theranostic composition having both, therapeutic as well as diagnostic activities.
US11072589B2
A method for preparing 1,2,4-triazole includes using a fluoroborate aryl diazonium salt, a diazoester derivative and an organic nitrile as reaction substrates, a transition metal salt as a catalyst, and an inorganic base as an additive in a cyclization reaction. The method has the following characteristics: the reaction is economical; the substrate is universal; the post-functionalization is easy; the reaction conditions are mild; the reaction can be performed in air; the catalyst amount used is less; and the post-treatment is simple. Meanwhile, the raw materials, such as the reactants and the catalyst used, are inexpensive and easily available; the reaction composition is reasonable; no ligand is needed; there are less reaction steps; and only one step of reaction is required to obtain a high yield, meeting the requirements and directions of contemporary green chemistry and medicinal chemistry, being suitable for screening highly active 1,2,4-triazole drugs.
US11072586B2
Solid state forms of Eltrombopag choline, processes for preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed.
US11072578B2
Provided are aromatic oligoamide foldamers and self-assembled compositions of the same. The aromatic oligoamide foldamers and compositions can form tube-like structures that can form pores in membranes. The pores can be used to transport ions and molecules, such as, for example, cryoprotective agents or therapeutic agents, through the membrane. The tube-like structures exhibit desirable stability at low temperatures.
US11072576B2
Glucose deprivation is an attractive strategy in cancer research and treatment. Cancer cells upregulate glucose uptake and metabolism for maintaining accelerated growth and proliferation rates. Specifically blocking these processes is likely to provide new insights to the role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumorigenesis, as well as in apoptosis. As solid tumors outgrow the surrounding vasculature, they encounter microenvironments with a limited supply of nutrients leading to a glucose deprived environment in some regions of the tumor. Cancer cells living in the glucose deprived environment undergo changes to prevent glucose deprivation-induced apoptosis. Knowing how cancer cells evade apoptosis induction is also likely to yield valuable information and knowledge of how to overcome the resistance to apoptosis induction in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are novel anticancer compounds that inhibit basal glucose transport, resulting in tumor suppression and new methods for the study of glucose deprivation in animal cancer research.
US11072574B2
The present invention discloses a method for degrading perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and belongs to the field of degradation of persistent pollutants. According to the present invention, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), indoleacetic acid (IAA) and PFCs are mixed to form compact self-assembled micelles, and the self-assembled micelles are illuminated, so that PFCs are rapidly degraded and defluorinated in the micelles, thereby realizing the degradation of PFCs by using a novel self-assembled micelle system and improving the degradation efficiency of PFCs.
US11072567B2
The invention relates to a solid, particulate, urea-based blend composition comprising a urea-based compound in particulate form, one or more components in particulate form, selected from the group of nitrates, phosphates, sulphates and chlorides, and a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT), wherein the urea-based blend composition is further characterized in that it comprises one or more reactive alkaline or alkaline-forming inorganic or organic compounds. The composition according to the invention has been stabilized against the degradation of a urease inhibitor of the type phosphoric triamide, in particular N-(n-butyl) thiophosphoric triamide (nBTPT). The invention further relates to a method for the manufacture of the claimed solid, particulate, urea-based blend composition.
US11072564B2
A dielectric ceramic composition having improved insulation specific resistance and a highly accelerated lifetime. The dielectric ceramic composition includes a dielectric particle having a core-shell structure including a main component expressed by a general formula ABO3, where A is Ba and the like, and B is Ti and the like), and a rare earth element component R, in which a shell part of the core-shell structure has an average rare earth element concentration C of 0.3 atom % or more. The rare earth element has a specified concentration gradient or concentration variation.
US11072555B2
The present invention relates to a glass member in which an inorganic phosphor is dispersed in a glass matrix, in which the glass member includes an SiO2—B2O3 based glass as the glass matrix, and the SiO2—B2O3 based glass includes SiO2 as a main component thereof, and includes, based on a total amount of the SiO2—B2O3 based glass: Al2O3 in an amount of 4 to 10 wt %; and MgO and ZnO in a total amount of 0.1 to 0.7 wt %.
US11072547B2
The efficiency of water disinfection can be significantly increased by supplying the ozone in combination with oxygen to an inlet of a cavitation pump or a line atomizer. A compressor can be introduced at an inlet of the cavitation pump or the line atomizer, compressing the gas mixture at a pressure higher than the pressure within pump or the atomizer. The compressed gases are provided to the inlet of the atomizer or the pump, where the compressed gases mix with the water and enter the cavitation pump or the line atomizer (where most of the dissolution of the gases happens). The compressor allows to increase the amount of oxygen and ozone provided to the pump or the line atomizer, increasing their dissolved concentration. In addition to the disinfecting properties, the higher level of oxygen correlates to an improved taste of the water.
US11072535B2
A zeolitic material having framework type CHA, comprising a transition metal M and an alkali metal A, and having a framework structure comprising a tetravalent element Y, a trivalent element X and O, wherein the transition metal M is a transition I metal of groups 7 to 12 of the periodic table, A is one or more of K and Cs, Y is one or more of Si, Ge, Ti, Sn and Zr, and X is one or more of Al, B, Ga and In. A process for preparing such a zeolitic material. Use of such a zeolitic material.
US11072533B2
Powder metallurgy, in particular production of tungsten monocarbide spherical powders, which is a major component of metalloceramic hard alloys used for manufacture of tools, drill bits, steel alloying, wear-resistant coating cladding at elements operating in intensive wear conditions. The method includes melting of the starting material, and melt atomization with forming of spherical powder. As starting material a tungsten monocarbide grit is used. Melting and atomization of the material is implemented by continuous filling of grit into a rotating crucible of a centrifugal atomization device under an inert atmosphere and melting it by a plasma arc. After that an annealing of the obtained powder is made at a temperature of 1200-1400° C. during a time necessary for W2C breakup with subsequent cooling of the powder in a furnace. And, the production of tungsten monocarbide spherical powder with WC content of more than 70%.
US11072531B2
Disclosed are methods and systems of providing carbon nanotubes decorated with polymer coated metal nanoparticles. Then, annealing the metal coated carbon nanotubes to reduce a quantity of hydrophilic components of the polymer coating.
US11072524B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a carbon-based hydrogen storage material having an autocatalytic capability and an atomic vacancy, wherein the hydrogen storage is a hydrocarbon compound which produces a non-endothermic release or an exothermic release of hydrogen adsorbed in the compound. In addition, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing the material comprising: preparing a hydrocarbon compound as the raw material of the carbon-based hydrogen storage material; setting the raw material in a container having a predetermined gas partial pressure; producing the hydrocarbon compound by ion beam irradiation of the raw material; performing annealing treatment under the predetermined conditions; and exposing the product to the hydrogen under the predetermined conditions, wherein the product is a hydrogen storage hydrocarbon compound producing a non-endothermic or an exothermic release of hydrogen adsorbed thereto with autocatalysis activity.
US11072523B2
A pressure reducing valve for gas is provided in which a connecting passage providing a connection between a passage and a pressure action chamber is formed within a valve body, a guide hole guiding movement of the valve body between a spring chamber and a high pressure chamber is formed within a body, a spring linked to a piston and urging the valve body in an opening direction is provided within the spring chamber, and a seal member providing a seal between the high pressure chamber and the spring chamber is disposed between the guide hole and the valve body. This provides a pressure reducing valve for gas that can suppress problems based on a decrease in the temperature of a pressure reducing valve.
US11072521B2
An apparatus for making a mixed drink includes a housing, a first container, a second container, a first opening mechanism for opening the first container, a second opening mechanism for opening the second container, a chamber with an outlet, a water reservoir, and a pump. The first container holds a concentrate and the second container holds an alcohol.
US11072505B2
A sheet storage apparatus includes a storage unit having bottom and side surface portions and a width regulation unit that regulates a sheet edge position and includes first and second regulation members movable in a direction opposite to a movement of a moving first regulation member. The bottom surface portion is provided with first and second positioning holes to position the first regulation member, provided with first and second fixing holes. When a direction of the fixing member in a state where the first regulation member is fixed to the bottom surface portion is defined as a first direction and a direction of the fixing member in a state where the first regulation member is fixed to the side surface portion is defined as a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are other than parallel.
US11072498B2
A conveyor system for conveying goods having a lying conveyor for conveying the goods horizontally, where the lying conveyor includes a sorting device with multiple delivery points, and having an overhead conveyor, by way of which the goods are conveyed in a suspended manner on a goods carrier, where the overhead conveyor is connected to at least one of the delivery points for delivering the goods.
US11072491B1
A garbage bag holder can be used in place of a traditional garbage can. The garbage bag holder can have a foldable design that facilitates its transport and enables it to be easily deployed in virtually any location. At the same time, the foldable design provides a reinforced structure that allows the garbage bag holder to support a substantial amount of weight.
US11072488B1
A replacement aerosol nozzle assembly includes a coupler that is attachable around a neck of an aerosol container. A plunger is slidably attached to the coupler to engage a broken spray nozzle on the aerosol container when the coupler is attached to the neck of the aerosol container. A conduit is integrated into the plunger and the conduit fluidly engages the broken spray nozzle when the coupler is attached to the aerosol container. In this way the conduit is placed in fluid communication with an interior of the aerosol container. The plunger urges the broken spray nozzle downwardly when the plunger is depressed to spray contents of the aerosol container.
US11072482B2
The invention relates to a thermally insulated transport box and an arrangement in a thermally insulated transport box, wherein the box comprises a cover and a box body. The box body side walls, end walls, an opening and a bottom wall. The inner surfaces of the side walls comprise half columns projecting from the side wall, wherein the inner surfaces of the end walls further comprise half columns projecting from the end wall, and the half columns run vertically along the side walls and along the end walls. The box further comprises at least one partition wall comprising notches in its opposing edges, and as the partition wall is positioned to cover at least part of the opening the partition wall is supported by the half columns.
US11072480B1
The present invention provides a container having multiple compartments, the container comprising: a first container having a first interior volume; a second container having a bowl, a second interior volume defined by the bowl, and a lid, and inserted into and occupied a part of the first interior volume, wherein the second container includes a first engaging mean located along an inner edge of the bowl, and a second engaging mean located along an outer edge of the bowl; wherein the first engaging mean engages with a third engaging mean located along an edge of the lid, and wherein the second engaging mean engages with a fourth engaging mean located along an upper edge of the first container.
US11072471B2
A lid for a container, with a lid body includes a handling body having a lid outer edge and an eating utensil part. The eating utensil part hinge has a hinge spacing from the lid outer edge of the handling body. An eating utensil part engagement-behind support body of the first handling part is formed between the eating utensil part hinge or the eating utensil part hinge pivot axis and the lid outer edge of the handling body. The eating utensil part engagement-behind support body is opposite the eating utensil part in the eating use setting on a first eating utensil part side of the eating utensil part so that for acceptance of use forces acting in a first force direction the eating utensil part is or can be directly or indirectly supported on the eating utensil part engagement-behind support body.
US11072470B2
A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) storage system may include a reservoir body having a magnet integrally formed about an inlet opening of the reservoir body. For example, the magnet may be molding about a perimeter of the inlet opening during a molding process in which the reservoir body is formed. In some examples, the inlet opening defines a lumen extending into an interior of the reservoir body with the magnet being positioned at a location along the lumen opposite an external end face. The position of the magnet may be effective to engage a corresponding magnet on a DEF fill nozzle, allowing DEF to be introduced into the reservoir body. By integrating the magnet into the reservoir body, protection features that prevent erroneous filling of the reservoir body cannot be removed or bypassed.
US11072467B2
Systems and methods are presented herein for a method of attaching a strip to a housing. An internal support member is inserted into a collapsible housing, such that it is arranged along a longitudinal axis of an inner surface of the collapsible housing. An outer support member is arranged along an outer surface the collapsible housing opposite the internal support member. A strip is positioned along the outer surface using the outer support member and the internal support member. Then the strip is permanently welded to the outer surface using a welding element. Welding is performed by a welding element located in one (or both) of the internal support member or the outer support member.
US11072466B2
A carrying device for receiving goods, including a carrying wall which has a front wall and a rear wall, is arrangeable between a closed state and an open state, at least partially forwardly, downwardly and rearwardly delimits a carrying volume for receiving the goods in the closed state, and downwardly opens up the carrying volume in the open state. The carrying device includes a closing device for releasably connecting the front wall to the rear wall in the closed state and an actuating device, connected to the closing device, for releasing the connection between the front wall and the rear wall from the closed state, having an actuating structure arranged at a spacing from the closing device and a transmission structure acting between the actuating device and the closing device. The transmission structure is formed in a flexible manner.
US11072457B2
A shipping and display container that can be formed from one or more blanks folded and formed according to a method for creating the container such that it encloses the storage space on all sides. A portion of the blank forming the front wall can be formed from two stacked, joined layers including an interior and an exterior blank layer. An interior separation line can be formed in the interior blank layer that creates locking teeth along the line to support the removable window in the front wall during shipping and storage. A plurality of nicks extend across an exterior separation line to also structurally support and retain the removable window while enabling it to be quickly removed to display the goods.
US11072454B2
A liquid paper container capable of preventing leakage of a liquid and intrusion of, for example, air into the container through a gap between a part of a corresponding one of top-portion horizontal folding creases formed in a blank sheet and a top-portion horizontal folding crease formed in a side sealing panel, which overlap with each other, top panels (11, 12) and side panels (15, 16) are respectively contiguous with upper ends of body panels through top-portion horizontal folding creases (9, 10, 13, 14). Bottom panels (21, 22) and inner panels (25, 26) are respectively contiguous with lower ends of the body panels through bottom-portion horizontal folding creases (19, 20, 23, 24). A side sealing panel (30) is contiguous with a one-side open end edge of a blank sheet (1A). A top-portion horizontal folding crease (31) and a bottom-portion horizontal folding crease (32) are formed in the side sealing panel.
US11072453B2
A package including a support for supporting items, a primary structure for selectively blocking access to the items, and a secondary structure for covering at least some of the primary structure. The support is movable from a first position, whereat the primary structure blocks access to the items, to a second position, whereat the items are accessible. The support and primary structures comprise latch features designed to engage when the support and primary structures are in the first position to prevent movement of the support in the opening direction, and to disengage on moving at least one latch feature in an unlatching direction to accommodate movement of the support from the first position. The secondary structure comprises a disengagement region that cooperates with the latch features when the support and primary structure are in the first position to disengage the latch features.
US11072449B2
A universal bag splitting device includes a rod assembly with an adjustable length, a cutting blade attached to a surface of the rod assembly, and interchangeable brackets connectable to first and second ends of the rod assembly. The interchangeable brackets are configured to maintain a position of the rod assembly when the universal bag splitting device is in use.
US11072448B1
This invention relates to a dynamic loading device for horizontal form, fill and seal machine (“HFFS”) and in particular the loading of fresh hamburger patties into a package in an HFFS machine and sealing of said package. This invention involves a dynamic loading device in a form, fill and seal machine for packaging and stacking fresh meat patties. The HFFS machine involves opposing rolls of film wherein the bottom film is drawn to form a package or pocket for food product. The product is dropped into the pocket by a shuttle conveyor while a cylinder raises the base of the pocket to minimize the product drop into the precisely dimensioned pocket. After the product is placed in the package, an upper film is introduced for covering. Before the cover is sealed, the package is generally evacuated of atmosphere. The package is then sealed by the opposing rolls of film.
US11072445B2
A method for packaging products, such as candies, wherein the products are positioned on a first sheet which is continuously moved in a transport direction, wherein the products are covered by a second sheet which is continuously moved in the same transport direction and which is aligned substantially plane-parallel to the first sheet, and wherein the first and second sheets are sealed together near the outer edges of the individual products or grouped products by a sealing device, wherein the sealing device comprises sealing ribs extending substantially transversely to the transport direction on one side of the moving sheets, wherein said sealing ribs are being moved at the same speed as the sheets and the sealing ribs seal the first and second sheets together in between the moving products.
US11072444B2
A method of producing and filling a paperboard packaging container with bulk solids material comprising forming a tubular container body, closing an upper body opening of the tubular container body, filling bulk solids into the container body a bottom body opening of the tubular containing body, closing the bottom body opening, and turning container body such that an upper end is directed upwards in a vertical direction, thereby allowing improved control of the pressure within the packaging container.
US11072443B1
A system may include a pool of liquid and a control system associated with the pool of liquid and configured to, in concert with the pool of liquid, control one of more components of the system to simulate to a human in the pool of liquid performance of extravehicular activity in space.
US11072434B2
A method and system to control a rotor system includes providing a controller communicably coupled to the rotor system, and automatically changing a rotor speed of the rotor system from a first rotor speed in a first flight mode to a second rotor speed in a second flight mode over a time period using the controller in accordance with an acceleration-rate profile that varies over the time period.
US11072426B2
A galley includes a cart compartment configured to receive at least one galley cart. The cart compartment is defined by a plurality of walls including a rear wall behind the cart compartment, side walls along sides of the cart compartment, a mid-wall above the cart compartment and a bottom wall below the cart compartment. Doors are coupled to the cart compartment to enclose and allow access to the cart compartment. A supply duct supplies cooled airflow to the cart compartment. The supply duct is positioned in the cart compartment forward of the rear wall and positioned in the cart compartment between the mid-wall and the bottom wall. The supply duct includes a supply device to allow airflow from an interior of the supply duct into the cart compartment.
US11072424B2
An intelligent restraint system architecture for aircraft cargo is provided. The intelligent restraint system architecture includes restraints arrayed along a cargo deck and local restraint control panels (RCPs). Each restraint is configured to normally assume a retracted condition at which cargo movement proximate to the restraint is permitted and to selectively assume an erected condition at which cargo movement proximate to the restraint is inhibited by the restraint. The local RCPs are respectively coupled to proximal restraints. Each local RCP is receptive of a signal indicative of a cargo movement status and is configured to automatically control each of the proximal restraints to selectively assume the erected condition or to re-assume the retracted condition in accordance with the signal being received and content thereof.
US11072422B2
Systems and methods include providing an aircraft with a fuselage, a tail boom or empennage extending from the fuselage, a main rotor, a tail rotor, and at least one counter torque device. The counter torque device provides counter torque to the fuselage to prevent rotation of fuselage when the main rotor is operated, particularly in right sideward flight (RSF) for conventional helicopters with a counter-clockwise rotating (when viewed from above the helicopter) main rotor.
US11072419B2
A retractable landing gear system configured to contour an aircraft fuselage includes a landing wheel having an axle, a wheel rotation strut assembly coupling the landing wheel to the aircraft fuselage and an actuation strut assembly configured to move the wheel rotation strut assembly between various positions including a deployed position and a stowed position. The axle of the landing wheel is pivotably coupled to a distal end of the wheel rotation strut assembly and configured to pivot relative to the wheel rotation strut assembly as the actuation strut assembly moves the wheel rotation strut assembly between the deployed and stowed positions such that the landing wheel generally contours the aircraft fuselage when the wheel rotation strut assembly is in the stowed position.
US11072417B2
In order to provide an unmanned aircraft capable of minimizing damage due to a crash caused by malfunction or the like during flight, a flight route is set on map information including a fall avoidance area, control is performed such that the aircraft flies on a set flight route, and information at each position during flight on the flight route is acquired in relation to the map information in real time to determine whether or not the aircraft is approaching the fall avoidance area. In a case where it is determined that the aircraft is approaching the fall avoidance area, control is performed so as to increase a flight speed.
US11072415B2
An aircraft engine nacelle spoiler assembly including a number of spoilers and actuators. Each spoiler has a drag surface and a nacelle connection point. The spoilers are shiftable via the actuators between a stowed position and a deployed position such that the drag surfaces are substantially parallel with the direction of relative wind when the spoilers are stowed and exposed to the relative wind when the spoilers are deployed.
US11072414B2
Aircraft and air scoop systems are provided. An aircraft includes an interior compartment, an outer skin, an air scoop, a movable element, and a passive pneumatic actuator. The interior compartment encloses a substantially constant interior air mass at a cabin pressure during flight and the outer skin at least partially defines a ventilated cavity. The air scoop is disposed on the outer skin and communicates air between the ventilated cavity and an external environment in which the aircraft is located. The movable element is movable between an open position and a closed position over the air scoop to define an air flow area through the air scoop. The passive pneumatic actuator is operatively coupled with the movable element and moves the movable element towards the closed position in response to an increasing altitude of the aircraft based on a differential pressure between the interior air mass and the external environment.
US11072408B1
A marine engine has a powerhead, a crankcase and a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase. A cooling system has a cooling passage that conveys cooling water for cooling the crankcase, a pump that pumps the cooling water from a body of water in which the marine engine is operated through the cooling passage, and a valve that controls discharge of the cooling water from the cooling passage.
US11072407B2
The present invention relates to a rig (2) for a nautical means comprising: —a reference plane intended to coincide with a symmetry plane extending in longitudinal and vertical direction of the hull of the nautical means; —at least one wing; —at least one rigid support capable of supporting said wing and transmitting a propulsive thrust to the hull of the nautical means given by the aerodynamic lift generated by the wing when it takes wind; —the wing comprising a first and a second main face opposite to each other, —the rigid support being capable of supporting the wing at least in a first operating configuration in which at least a main portion of the first or second face is facing a first side of the reference plane and in a second operating configuration in which said main portion is facing the opposite side of the reference plane; —the rigid support comprising a wing sliding path for switching from the first to the second operating position and vice versa.
US11072390B2
A bicycle control apparatus is basically provided with a controller and a communication unit. The controller includes a processor, a memory, and an I/O interface. The communication unit is connected to the controller and arranged to communicate with an external device. The controller is configured to communicate with an assist mechanism of a bicycle, where the assist mechanism includes an assist motor arranged to impart a supplemental drive force to the bicycle. The controller is programmed to set a control state and to adjust a response speed of the assist motor based on an operation of the external device.
US11072386B2
The apparatus comprises a rotary to variable linear converter which functions to steer a pivotable rotatable directional wheel of a vehicle. The converter comprises a driven rotatable cylinder and a rotatable pivotable friction wheel pressed against the surface of the cylinder so that they rotate together. The friction wheel is slidably mounted on guide rods extending parallel to the cylinder surface so that the friction wheel can advance helically along the cylinder if angled relative to the cylinder axis. The friction wheel generates a lateral force which is used to apply torque to the directional wheel to turn it. The orientation of the friction wheel is varied and controlled by a digit-operated control lever operated by a rider of the vehicle.
US11072378B2
An air deflector assembly for a vehicle includes a vertically translatable air deflector and linear actuators actuated in series by a driver to vertically translate the air deflector. The air deflector includes one or more rails configured for sliding translation within one or more cooperating vehicle-mounted tracks. A controller is operatively connected to the driver, and may be configured to vertically translate the air deflector to a predetermined position according to a vehicle rate of travel. The driver selectively causes the linear actuators to raise or lower the air deflector.
US11072367B2
Provided is a steering assist apparatus configured to perform a steering assist control for changing a steering angle of a vehicle in such a manner that the vehicle moves along a target path; determine whether a newly-detected object is a stationary object or a moving object; cancel the steering assist control and inform a driver that the steering assist control is cancelled when the newly-detected object is the stationary object and a cancel condition is satisfied; pause the steering assist control and inform the driver that the steering assist control is paused when the newly-detected object is the moving object and a pause condition is satisfied; and resume the steering assist control when a resume condition is satisfied.
US11072355B2
Various methods and systems are provided for detecting surge of a turbocharger during engine operation. As one example, a system includes an engine coupled to a low pressure turbocharger and a high pressure turbocharger; and a controller with non-transitory instructions stored in memory that when executed during operation of the engine cause the controller to: indicate an occurrence of surge of the high pressure turbocharger in response to a deviation of a modeled speed of the high pressure turbocharger from a measured speed of the high pressure turbocharger by a threshold amount, where the modeled speed tracks the measured speed during non-surge conditions, as engine operating conditions change.
US11072352B2
A rail car truck bolster wear plate surface connects to a wear plate using two fasteners of different length. The first fastener passes through an upper opening and an upper channel into a first recess where it can be tightened against a first engaging surface. The second fastener is longer than the first fastener and passes through a lower opening and lower channel into a second recess adjacent to the first recess. The surfaces of the first and second recesses form a series of ribs in the upper end surface between the wear plate surface and the longitudinal centerline of the bolster.
US11072351B2
A device for monitoring operation parameters of a vehicle axle including a measuring instrument (1) comprising at least a position sensor, a device (2) for communication of measured quantities to an external device, a mechanism (5) for conversion of mechanical energy of the axle to electrical energy and a memory (3) with a stored identification code. A device has the shape of a ring (4) that is applied on the vehicle axle in such a way that it encircles it. The ring (4) consists of at least two parts (4a, 4b) that are adapted for permanent connection around the vehicle axle. The mechanism (5) consists of a circumferential cavity (5a) in the inner part of the ring where a permanent magnet (5b) is freely positioned, at least one coil (5c), preferably four coils (5c) being positioned along its perimeter. The device (2) for communication of measured quantities is a wireless transmitter with a GSM interface or radio-frequency interface configured for communication of measured values together with the identification code (3) of the axle to an external processing unit.
US11072349B2
A method, apparatus and computer program for producing driver information, where at least some of the driver information is produced in the form of haptic driver information on a control means of a vehicle, includes ascertaining a measure of a haptic contact between the driver of the vehicle and the control means for controlling the vehicle and producing the driver information based on the ascertained measure of the haptic contact between the driver and the control means on the control means as haptic driver information and/or producing auxiliary driver information that corresponds to the driver information and that is perceptible to the driver via a different perception channel.
US11072347B2
A vehicle control device including a detecting unit configured to detect an external situation of a vehicle and an internal situation of the vehicle; an output unit; and a processor configured to in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first internal event, control the output unit to output first guidance information related to the detected external event, and in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to the first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a second internal event different than the first internal event, control the output unit to output second guidance information related to the detected external event that is different than the first guidance information.
US11072336B2
A method for identifying a road condition, in which a piece of road condition information representing the road condition is determined using a front end air moisture value representing an air moisture at a front end of a vehicle and a rear end air moisture value representing an air moisture at a rear end of the vehicle.
US11072314B2
Am electric braking system is disclosed. The electric braking system comprising: a cylinder unit having a first piston connected to a brake pedal, a cylinder chamber with the volume varying by displacement of the first piston, and a pressing chamber with the volume varying by a pressing member, and sending an intention of braking to an electronic control unit; a reservoir storing a working fluid, a pressure applier having a second piston operating by receiving power and a pump chamber with the volume varying by displacement of the second piston, and hydraulically coupled to wheel brakes, a reservoir line connecting the cylinder chamber and the reservoir and having a reservoir valve; and a pump reservoir line connecting the pump chamber and the reservoir and having a dump valve.
US11072313B2
A motor vehicle having: running gear having a chassis and wheel suspensions, which include longitudinal and transverse links for attaching wheels to the chassis; a body having an underfloor and/or an underfloor paneling, the underfloor and/or the underfloor paneling exposing the links; paneling for the links having a recess for air to cool a brake; and a flow guide upstream of a respective paneling. The flow guide is connected to the underfloor or to underfloor paneling and which, together with the respective paneling, divides up the air flow into: a first air flow, which can be fed, upstream of the recess, via a first flow channel of the respective paneling to a first region of the brake, and into a second air flow, which can be fed via the recess of the respective paneling and a second flow channel of the respective paneling to a second region of the brake.
US11072297B2
An off-road vehicle having a frame, a plurality of ground engaging members operably coupled to the frame, a seat supported by the frame and configured to support an operator, an engine supported by the frame, a body supported by the frame, and a liner coupled to the body, where the liner is configured to be positioned between the body and a heat source of the off-road vehicle, and an air gap extends between the liner and the body.
US11072290B2
A vehicle interior component is disclosed. The component may comprise a base comprising a surface and a support comprising a surface and configured to move between raised and lowered positions. The surfaces of the support and base may comprise a substantially continuous surface when the support is in the raised position. The support may descend into the base to provide a cavity. The component may comprise a light source to illuminate a border around the support and walls of the cavity. The component may comprise a mechanism to move the support. The support may comprise a switch to send a signal to the mechanism to move the support. The mechanism may comprise an adaptive volume mechanism. The component may comprise a wireless charger configured to send a signal to a controller to move the support. The component may comprise at least one of a console; armrest; instrument panel; door.
US11072273B2
There is provided an ATV accessory that is easily coupled to an ATV for carrying or transporting humans and animals in rough terrain or in snowy terrain. The present ATV accessory also provides for a kit to change the mechanism of moving forward through various terrain from wheels or tires of different sizes to ski-like members to allow for transport through snow or icy trails or rough terrain.
US11072271B1
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to trailers and systems for lifting and carrying spools. According to an aspect, a trailer includes a frame comprising a first side portion and a second side portion. The trailer also includes a first rack and a second rack attached to the first side portion and the second side portion, respectively, each rack defining multiple notches. Further, the trailer includes a first lift structure and a second lift structure supported by the first side portion and the second side portion, respectively. Each of the first lift structure and the second lift structure defines multiple notches that are each associated with a respective one of the notches of the first rack and the second rack, respectively. Further, the trailer includes a lift mechanism configured to move the first lift structure and the second lift structure between respective first and second positions.
US11072267B2
A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion on which a passenger is able to be seated; a seat back that is attached to a rear end of the seat cushion; and an electric component that is provided to at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back, wherein a fastening member is provided to the rear end of the seat cushion or a lower end of the seat back, an electric wire for supplying an electric power to the electric component is fastened to the rear end of the seat cushion or the lower end of the seat back by the fastening member, and one of the seat cushion and the seat back to which the fastening member is provided includes a contact regulation portion that is located behind the fastening member.
US11072265B2
A vehicle seat assembly and a method of controlling a vehicle seat assembly are provided. The vehicle seat assembly has a frame, and a seat pan extending from a forward region to a rearward region, with the rearward region of the seat pan rotatably connected to the frame. A torque tube is supported for rotation by the frame and extends transversely across the seat pan. At least one cam is supported by the torque tube for rotation therewith, and the at least one cam extends outwardly from the torque tube to an associated cam surface. The cam surface supports the forward region of the seat pan and is shaped such that the forward region of the seat pan is raised relative to the rearward region in response to rotation of the torque tube.
US11072264B2
A protective assembly for a vehicle seat includes a support member, a hinge portion, and a base. The base may be connected to the support member via the hinge portion. The support member may be configured to rotate about the hinge portion between a first position and a second position. The support member may be substantially parallel to the base when the support member is in the first position. The support member may be disposed at an oblique or right angle relative to the base when the support member is in the second position. The support member may be configured to rotate about the hinge portion. The hinge portion may be connected to a biasing member. The biasing member may be configured to bias the support member toward the second position. The base may be fixed to a seat back of said vehicle seat.
US11072255B2
A robotic work tool system, comprising a charging station and a robotic work tool, said robotic work tool comprising two charging connectors arranged on an upper side of the robotic work tool and said charging station comprising two charging connectors and a supporting structure arranged to carry said charging connectors and to extend over and above said robotic work tool as the robotic work tool enters the charging station for establishing electrical contact between the charging connectors of the robotic work tool and the charging connectors of the charging station from above, wherein said supporting structure is arranged to allow the robotic work tool exit the charging station by driving through the charging station without reversing.
US11072251B2
Methods and systems are provided for preparing an energy receiving apparatus of a vehicle for receiving an increase in a level of energy storage prior to a vehicle reaching an energy replenishment station for receiving the increase. In one example, a method comprises preparing an energy receiving apparatus for receiving an increase in a level of energy storage while the vehicle is traveling to the energy replenishment station, in response to a vehicle operator confirming at the controller an intent to stop at the energy replenishment station to increase the level of energy storage at the energy receiving apparatus. In this way, a time-frame for increasing the energy level increase may be reduced as compared to situations where such preparations are not undertaken.
US11072250B2
An autonomous coverage robot detection system includes an emitter configured to emit a directed beam, a detector configured to detect the directed beam and a controller configured to direct the robot in response to a signal detected by the detector. In some examples, the detection system detects a stasis condition of the robot. In some examples, the detection system detects a wall and can follow the wall in response to the detected signal.
US11072247B2
A mobility device that can accommodate speed sensitive steering, adaptive speed control, a wide weight range of users, an abrupt change in weight, traction control, active stabilization that can affect the acceleration range of the mobility device and minimize back falls, and enhanced redundancy that can affect the reliability and safety of the mobility device.
US11072240B2
A console assembly for a vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a touch-sensitive panel providing at least one touch-sensitive switch, and a circuit electrically connected to the at least one switch. The circuit is configured to receive one or more inputs from the touch-sensitive panel and issue commands to control one or more aspects of the vehicle.
US11072221B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a climate control system. In one example, a method for operating a vehicle climate control system includes modeling a temperature in a cabin heating circuit coupled to a heat pump. The method also includes operating the heat pump to deliver thermal energy to a cabin heat exchanger based on the modeled temperature.
US11072218B2
A compressed-air supply system for operating a pneumatic installation. The compressed-air supply system includes an air supply, the air supply comprising an air compressor unit configured to supply compressed air to a compressed air supply. The compressed-air supply system further includes a compressed air port to the pneumatic installation, an air removal port configured to release air to the environment, and a pneumatic main line between the compressed air supply and the compressed air port, the pneumatic main line comprising an air dryer and a throttle. Furthermore, the compressed-air supply system includes an air removal line between the compressed air port and the air removal port and an exhaust valve connected in the air removal line. The exhaust valve includes a pressure control port connected to the compressed air supply and a pressure counter control port connected to the compressed air port.
US11072206B2
A pneumatic tire has a plurality of main grooves extending in a tire circumferential directions and a plurality of land lines defined by the plurality of main grooves, on a tread face. At least one of the plurality of land lines protrudes outward in a tire diametrical direction from a profile line. A void ratio of a first area positioned on one side of a center of a width of the at least one land line is larger than a void ratio of a second area positioned on the other side. A protruding height of the second area from the profile line is larger than a protruding height of the first area.
US11072205B2
A method for manufacturing a straight steel monofilament for the reinforcement of belt ply of a pneumatic tyre, where the arc-height of the straight steel monofilament is less than 30 mm. The steel monofilament is plastically deformed by a twisting along the axis of the steel monofilament on a double-twist apparatus. The plastic twist deformation eliminates the surface stress difference on the steel monofilament and provides a strainght steel monofilament for belt ply reinforcement. This provides a simple solution with existing apparatus to manufacture straight steel monofilament suitable for tire reinforcement with high speed for mass production.
US11072203B2
Example bicycle sprocket assemblies are described herein. An example sprocket assembly includes a cassette formed by a plurality of sprockets arranged in increasing diameter order from a first end to a second end of the cassette opposite the first end. The cassette has a passageway extending between a first opening in the first end and a second opening in the second end to receive a driver hub. An outboard portion of the passageway is formed between a midpoint of the cassette and the first end of the cassette. The cassette further includes a torque transmitting profile located within the outboard portion of the passageway to interface with the driver hub. The sprocket assembly also includes a bushing to be disposed within the second opening to form a non-torque transmitting interface between the second end of the cassette and the driver hub.
US11072199B2
A device for stretching a canvas mounted to a frame comprises a spacer and a screw. The frame has a plurality of side members each mutually abutting at angled ends. A first portion of the spacer includes a central aperture therethrough and two opposing ends or sides. Each end of the first portion is sized to engage a contact surface of each side member. The screw has a threaded shaft adapted for rotational engagement with the central aperture of the first portion of the spacer. The threaded shaft terminates at a first end thereof with a screw head that has a frustoconical side wall and an end surface that includes a tool-engaging recess. Rotating the screw to move the screw head closer to the spacer causes the spacer to push the side members mutually away from each other to stretch the canvas.
US11072196B2
A stamp device includes a main body. The main body includes a bottom plate on which a carrier and a stamp are placed, a pressing plate which cooperates with the bottom plate to press the carrier and the stamp, a limiting structure for limiting a lateral relative movement of the pressing plate and the bottom plate, and a connecting structure for folding and unfolding the main body. An upper surface of the bottom plate is provided with a working space for placing the carrier and the stamp. The present invention uses the pressing plate and the bottom plate to press the stamp and the carrier for stamping the pattern on the carrier. A movement space cooperates with a limiting member to limit the lateral movement of the pressing plate.
US11072188B2
A printer includes at least a first printhead and a second printhead, each of which is operatively connected to a source of aqueous ink having a color that is different than the color of aqueous ink connected to the other printhead. A first source of infrared (IR) radiation is positioned between the first and second printheads and a second source of IR radiation follows the first and second printheads. The first source of IR radiation is tuned to heat color pigment particles in the aqueous ink connected to the first printhead only and the second source of IR radiation is tuned to heat color pigment particles in the aqueous ink connected to the second printhead only.
US11072183B2
A cartridge mountable on a liquid ejection device is provided. The liquid ejection device includes a mounting section, an air supplying portion including an air supplying passage, and a detection section configured to detect an error when a predetermined air pressure is not reached even if air is supplied from the air supplying portion. The cartridge includes a case including a communication portion and a first leakage limiting portion that limits leakage of air supplied from the air supplying portion into an atmosphere. The communication portion includes a second leakage limiting portion that limits leakage of the air supplied from the air supplying portion into the case through the communication portion.
US11072180B2
An ink tank that communicates with an ink ejecting head, includes: an ink chamber configured to house ink; an ink inlet portion that communicates with the ink chamber and that receives ink supplied from an ink supply container; and an ink viewing portion that is a portion of a wall that defines the ink chamber and that enables the ink in the ink chamber to be viewed from an outside, the ink chamber having an ink guide wall for guiding the ink from the ink inlet portion toward the ink viewing portion.
US11072178B1
Systems, methods, software for adaptive flushing. In one embodiment, an adaptive flushing system obtains bit plane data from a plurality of bit planes, and arranges the bit plane data into one or more pixel blocks. For a pixel block, the adaptive flushing system identifies a flush record for the pixel block that indicates a flush eligibility status for each of the pixels in the pixel block, and updates the flush record to indicate the flush eligibility status as flush-ineligible for each of the pixels in the pixel block having a jetting symbol specified in the bit planes. The adaptive flushing system selects a candidate pixel(s) from the pixel block as a candidate for flushing, and modifies the bit plane data in one or more of the bit planes to include a flush symbol at the candidate pixel when the candidate pixel has a flush eligibility status that is flush eligible.
US11072177B2
A liquid absorbing apparatus for absorbing a liquid component from an ink image formed on a transfer member before transferring the ink image to a print medium includes a liquid absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid component, a support unit configured to support the liquid absorbing member to be movable cyclically, and at least one recovery unit arranged in a moving path of the liquid absorbing member and configured to recover liquid absorption performance of the liquid absorbing member.
US11072174B2
A printing subassembly is disclosed. A printing subassembly includes a frame, a printbar coupled to the frame, and a lift mechanism coupled to the printbar. The lift mechanism selectively moves the printbar with respect to the frame. A fluid receiving system is coupled to the printbar.
US11072168B2
A droplet discharge head each includes a first liquid chamber formed on a flow path forming substrate, a nozzle communicating with the first liquid chamber, and a first inflow path for supplying a liquid to the first liquid chamber, and a first actuator that individually changes a pressure in the first liquid chamber, a second actuator that changes pressures in a plurality of first liquid chambers in common, in which an amount of expansion/contraction of the second actuator is larger than that of the first actuator.
US11072164B2
Devices are provided for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, which particles are contained in a coating that is applied on one side of a substrate, which substrate is in the form of a web or sheet. The device has a magnet cylinder, which is arranged in a transport path of the substrate to be conveyed and, in a region of the outer circumference of the magnet cylinder, the device has a plurality of devices for effecting a magnetic field, or magnet devices for short. Some or all of the magnet devices comprise a magnet which is rotatable by an associated motor. The magnet cylinder is rotatably arranged in frame walls of a frame. At least one transducer for contactless transfer of electrical energy or control signals from the outside is provided in or on the rotating magnet cylinder, which comprises a first transducer part fixed to the frame and a second transducer part fixed to the cylinder during operation.
US11072161B2
In an example implementation, a method of extracting three-dimensional (3D) objects includes forming on a vibratory extraction platform, a build cake comprising a fused 3D object encased within build material and vibrating the extraction platform to break apart the build material and sift it through openings in the extraction platform.
US11072158B2
Systems and methods for additively manufacturing composite parts are disclosed. Methods comprise combining a plurality of pre-consolidated tows to define a macro tow and dispensing the macro tow in three dimensions to define the composite part. Each pre-consolidated tow comprises a fiber tow within a non-liquid binding matrix. The combining comprises actively altering a shape and/or size of a cross-sectional profile of the macro tow along a length of the macro tow as it is being defined.
US11072151B2
A laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet, a first interlayer sheet made of thermoplastic polymer; optionally a solar-protection sheet or functional metal layer having reflective properties in the infrared region and/or in the solar radiation region; a sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive, in direct contact with a heat-sensitive functional sheet; a second glass sheet; the first glass sheet being in direct contact with the interlayer sheet; the second glass sheet being in direct contact with the sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive; the sheet of pressure-sensitive adhesive and the second glass sheet are in direct contact at the external face of the latter.
US11072144B2
The present invention provides a laminate excellent in abrasion resistance, high in hardness, and excellent in adhesion between a substrate and a primer layer and adhesion between an intermediate layer and a top coat layer. The laminate includes: a substrate; a primer layer disposed on the substrate, the primer layer containing inorganic particles (a1) having an average particle size of 3 μm or greater and a heat-resistant resin (a2), but not containing a fluororesin; an intermediate layer disposed on the primer layer and containing a fluororesin (b1) and a heat-resistant resin (b2); and a top coat layer disposed on the intermediate layer and containing a fluororesin (c1).
US11072134B2
The disclosure provides a method for surface treatment of a composite material part and the prepared part. The method comprises the steps of: (1) providing a surface of a carbon fiber composite material part; (2) preparing a surface protection layer; (3) polishing the carbon fiber reinforced resin-based composite material surface after transparent powder is cured; (4) spraying transparent powder to the carbon fiber reinforced resin-based composite material surface after the transparent powder thereon is cured and curing it; (5) polishing the carbon fiber reinforced resin-based composite material surface after the transparent powder is cured; and (6) spraying a clear lacquer to the carbon fiber reinforced resin-based composite material surface after the transparent powder is cured and curing it.
US11072133B1
A method is provided that includes monitoring a process of manufacturing a composite structure that includes introducing a matrix material to a reinforcement material, applying the reinforcement material into a mold cavity or onto a mold surface with a first machine tool, subjecting the matrix material to a melding event with a second machine tool, and inspecting the composite structure. Data including at least one of first measurement data, error data or second measurement data is determined, and an analysis of the data is performed to summarize the data and thereby produce feedback data including a summary of the data. At least one of the process, the first machine tool or the second machine tool is adjusted based on feedback including the summary, and for manufacture of a next composite structure.
US11072131B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade. The method comprises adhesively joining a suction side shell half (69) and a pressure side shell half (68) along respective bond lines (80) at their leading and trailing edges, wherein, prior to joining, an impregnated carrier substrate (76) is arranged in between the shell halves along at least part of said bond lines (80). The carrier substrate (76) is impregnated with at least one compound having a functional moiety. The shell halves may be manufactured by placing a fibre lay-up including one or more fibre layers on a mould surface (66), arranging the impregnated carrier substrate (76) on the inside surface (72) at least along part of its peripheral edge (74) and injecting or infusing the fibre lay-up and the impregnated carrier substrate with a resin and subsequently curing the same.
US11072128B2
A method for producing an axially movable connection between two tubular components with a plastic as a sliding material therebetween may involve providing the components to be joined where either at least one of the two components has a plastic coating or a plastic sleeve is provided between the components, joining the components to form a unit via a pressing force in an axial direction, clamping the unit in a device in which the components can be clamped and subjected to a displacement force in the axial direction, pressing a sonotrode against an outer of the two components, injecting an ultrasound signal into the sonotrode at a frequency close to the resonance frequency of one of the components, and moving the tubular components back and forth in the axial direction until the displacement force or the displacement velocity reaches a target, and ending the ultrasound signal.
US11072121B2
An additive manufacturing machine (10) comprises: a manufacturing chamber (12), the manufacturing chamber being formed by at least one working plane (20), a front wall (22), a rear wall (24), a left-hand lateral wall (26), a right-hand lateral wall, and an upper wall (30), at least one of these walls supporting a source of energy or heat (14); an inner skin (32) that is positioned inside the manufacturing chamber (12) in front of each wall of this chamber supporting the source of energy or heat (14) and at a non-zero distance from these walls so as to create a circulation volume (V) for a flow of gas (F); and a device (52) for generating the flow of gas (F) that is connected to the circulation volume (V).
US11072120B1
A profilometer provides, to a controller, a feedback signal indicative of topography of an exposed surface of an object that is being manufactured by a 3d printer. The profilometer includes an emitter and a camera. The emitter illuminates a region of surface of the object with a pattern having an edge that defines a boundary of an illuminated portion of the surface. The camera receives an image that transitions between a first state in which the edge is visible in the image at a location that is indicative of the surface's depth and a second state in which the edge is not visible at all. From this second state, the controller obtains information representative of a depth of the surface.
US11072113B2
Apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy source (5), wherein a measurement beam source (4, 17) is provided which is adapted to generate a measurement beam (7), wherein a beam guiding unit (20) is provided that is adapted to guide the measurement beam (7) in the build plane (6) in the process chamber, wherein a determination device (8) is adapted to determine at least one parameter relating to the object (2) and/or a build material layer (9) based on interference.
US11072110B2
A method for 3D printing an object with at least one wall (2) having a first surface and a second, opposite surface, wherein the first surface is intended to serve as an optical functional surface, wherein the wall is formed by printing one track (16) on top of another track (17). An orientation of the object during printing is selected such that the wall has a tangent (or tangent surface) non-parallel to the z-axis, such that the first surface faces away from the x-y plane and the second surface faces the x-y plane. According to the invention, the 3D object is thus oriented during printing such that the first surface, intended to be used as an optical functional surface, faces away from the x-y plane, i.e. typically away from the support or platform on which the 3D object is printed upon. By ensuring this orientation during printing, the first surface becomes smoother than the second, opposite surface of the wall.
US11072108B2
Patterned substrates having a first substrate region that is incrementally mechanically stretched with corrugations and a second substrate region having a plurality of discrete unstretched portions completely surrounded by the first substrate region.
US11072106B2
An apparatus for shaping plastic preforms into plastic containers is disclosed. Said apparatus comprises a conveying device on which a plurality of blowing stations are arranged. Each of said blowing stations encompasses a blow mold, within which a plastic preform can be shaped into a plastic container. The apparatus further comprises a clean chamber, within which the plastic preforms can be conveyed. According to the invention, the zone of the conveying device in which the blowing stations are arranged is located in the clean chamber, and at least one additional zone of the conveying device is located outside the clean chamber.
US11072102B2
Non-time dependent measured variables are used to effectively determine an optimal ejection time of a part from a mold cavity. A system and/or approach may first measure at least one non-time dependent variable during an injection molding cycle. The part is ready to be ejected from the mold upon the measured variable reaching a threshold value indicative of, for example, a part temperature dropping below an activation temperature.
US11072096B1
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to mold complex shapes using a cast mold technique. A catalyst-initiated urethane can be used for these complex shapes as there is little thickness restriction on any part dimension. Moreover, urethane, once chemically activated, can be poured into cast molds with various shapes. Due to the exothermic nature of urethane, when the curing chemical reaction takes place, metal molds can be fabricated from aluminum. Cast molds, made from aluminum, utilize elastomeric seals to account for coefficients of thermal expansion.
US11072092B2
A process and system are provided for introducing a blend of chopped and dispersed fibers on an automated production line amenable for inclusion in molding compositions as a blended fiber mat for structural applications. The blend of fibers are simultaneously supplied to an automated cutting machine illustratively including a rotary blade chopper disposed above a vortex supporting chamber. The blend of chopped fibers and binder form a chopped mat. The chopped mat has a veil mat placed on either side, and is consolidated with the veil mat using heated rollers maintained at the softening temperature of thermoplastic binder, with consolidated mats being amenable to being stored in rolls or as flat sheets. A charge pattern is made using the consolidated mat, and the charge pattern can be compression molded in a mold maintained at a temperature lower than the melting point of the thermoplastic fibers.
US11072090B2
A material system for producing a water-soluble casting mold, comprising at least one water-soluble material for building a casting mold in a layering method, as well as comprising at least one material for sealing the surface of the casting mold. The water-soluble material is a material for building the casting mold using a powder bed-based layering method. The sealing material is preferably water insoluble. The material system may also include a free-flowing, hardenable material, which is preferably a hydraulically setting material. The materials of the casting mold are preferably dissolved with the aid of an aqueous solution, and in particular with the aid of a heated aqueous solution.
US11072076B2
The machine comprises a rotary feeder configured to receive the first tubular body and the second tubular body; wherein the first tubular body and the second tubular body are secured to one another separately in a single coaxial direction in the rotary feeder; and wherein the two tubular bodies make up separators of the pallets. The machine also comprises a robotic arm configured to transfer the two tubular bodies in pairs from the rotary feeder to an area above a transport table on which a first base of the pallet rests; so that one of the end portions of the second tubular body fits into an opening of the first base; wherein the robotic arm places the first tubular body around the second tubular body.
US11072074B2
A vision-based manipulations system can be configured for, and can be operated with methods including, performing hand-eye calibrations at multiple workstations of the system, performing a cross-station calibration for the system, and determining relationships between the hand-eye calibrations and the cross-station calibration. In some embodiments, the system can be used to move a work object between the workstations based on the cross-station calibration.
US11072065B2
Disclosed is a robotic apparatus for building a multidimensional object. The apparatus includes extruder unit, support structure, plurality of motor units, and modeling platform. The extruder unit receives material to build multidimensional object. The extruder unit includes plurality of nozzles, and spring steel valve. The nozzles includes changeable orifices to extrude pre-defined patterns of materials. The spring steel valve isolates cross flow contamination of materials to allow positive extrusion of materials and restricts the backflow of materials. The extruder unit moves concurrently in forward and reverse direction while extruding materials. The support structure includes sides, and rails. The sides form outer surface of support structure. The rails are integrated with sides to form multidimensional path for extruder unit. The motor units control elevation and movement of extruder unit. The modeling platform is rotatable and provides build surface to support multidimensional object. The modeling platform moves in forward and reverse direction.
US11072064B2
An intercepting device to inspect a driver including a chassis, an arm mounted on the chassis and articulable between a contracted position and a deployed position, a head assembly mounted on the arm assembly with a camera, a microphone, and a scanner that provides output image, sound, and scan signals commensurate with images, sounds, and documents of the driver, and an electronic control unit operatively coupled to the arm assembly, and the head assembly, and configured to send to the arm actuation signals to articulate the arm from the contracted position to the deployed position, and receive and transmit the output image, sound, and scan signals to a law enforcement electronic device.
US11072055B2
A screwing tool includes a handle, a tubular member fitted inside the handle, an inner sleeve mounted slidably inside the tubular member, an elongated bit mounted slidably inside the inner sleeve, at least one retaining member disposed in a passage of the inner sleeve, an actuating member coupled to permit the inner sleeve to slide therewith, and a biasing member disposed to bias the inner sleeve to a first position. When the inner sleeve is in the first position, the elongated bit is retained by the retaining member. When the inner sleeve is moved to a second position against a biasing force of the biasing member, the elongated bit may slide relative to the handle.
US11072052B2
A guard assembly for an abrasive accessory of a power tool is provided, including a guard shell being associated with a first surface of the abrasive accessory and secured to the power tool around an output spindle of the power tool; and a guard cover being associated with a second surface of the abrasive accessory opposite the first surface and attached to the guard shell at a pivot point having an axis that is at a distance from an axis of the spindle, the guard cover being rotatably movable with respect to the guard shell around the pivot point.
US11072050B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polishing pads that include at least one endpoint detection (EPD) window disposed through the polishing pad material, and methods of forming thereof. In one embodiment a method of forming a polishing pad includes forming a first layer of the polishing pad by dispensing a first precursor composition and a window precursor composition, the first layer comprising at least portions of each of a first polishing pad element and a window feature, and partially curing the dispensed first precursor composition and the dispensed window precursor composition disposed within the first layer.
US11072048B2
A magnetic apparatus for anchoring ferrous elements may include a support structure housing a plurality of polar units. The support structure has first and second sides at opposite surfaces. The polar units may include: a coil having a support and a conductive element wound on the support; a first magnetic core with a first coercive value, generating a first magnetic flow oriented in a first magnetic direction; and a plurality of second magnetic cores, each having its own coercive value different from the first coercive value. A first part of the second magnetic cores generates a second magnetic flow oriented in a second magnetic direction. A second part of the second magnetic cores generates a third magnetic flow oriented in a third magnetic direction. The third magnetic direction is parallel or antiparallel to the first magnetic direction and has a different direction with respect to the second magnetic direction.
US11072038B2
A method of manufacturing a mold includes the processes of: arranging a channel member in a recessed groove formed on a surface of a mold body; irradiating an opening part of the recessed groove with a first laser, thereby performing a first build-up welding on a part in the vicinity of the opening part of the recessed groove; and irradiating a region on a surface of the mold body including a region where the first build-up welding has been performed with a second laser, thereby performing a second build-up welding on a region on the surface of the mold body including the region where the first build-up welding has been performed.
US11072032B2
In various embodiments, apparatuses for receiving and supporting one or more components during processing thereof at process temperatures greater than approximately 1000° C. feature refractory metal shelves separated by refractory metal support posts.
US11072029B2
An assembly in accordance with some example embodiments includes a support structure, first and second plates coupled to the support structure, and a shearing apparatus operable to cut a workpiece between ends of the workpiece. The first plate engages and guides a first end of a workpiece, and the second plate engages and guides a second end of the workpiece. The shearing apparatus includes a stationary die and a movable die and coupled to the support structure between the first plate and the second plate.
US11072025B2
A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which one or more energy beams are used to selectively fuse a powder to form a workpiece, in the presence of one or more plumes generated by interaction of the one or more energy beams with the powder. The method includes controlling at least one of: a trajectory of the one or more plumes, and the one or more energy beams, so as to prevent the one or more energy beams from intersecting the one or more plumes.
US11072014B2
A tool-transition-free machining method includes: first, a primary turning is conducted, then holes are drilled out by a machining center, and finally a secondary turning is conducted.
US11072011B2
A hot box comprises a lower hot-box portion and an upper hot-box portion. The lower hot-box portion comprises a lower housing, a lower heating plate, and a lower insulation layer. The lower heating plate is received within the lower housing and is configured to support a lower die. The lower insulation layer is positioned between the lower housing and the lower heating plate. The upper hot-box portion is positionable above the lower hot-box portion and comprises an upper housing, an upper heating plate, and an upper insulation layer. The upper heating plate is received within the upper housing and is configured to support an upper die. The upper insulation layer is positioned between the upper housing and the upper heating plate.
US11072002B2
A particle sorting apparatus is provided. The particle sorting apparatus includes a first light irradiating unit including a first mirror and a first light source for irradiating a first light to particles flowing through a flow path at a first position; a second light irradiating unit including a second mirror and a second light source configured to irradiate a second light to particles flowing through the flow path at a second position which is different from the first position; a light detecting unit is configured to detect a light emitted from the particles; a sorting unit; and a sorting control unit configured to control sorting of the particles based on data of the particles detected at the light detecting unit and an arrival time associated with a time difference between a light from the first light irradiating unit and a light from the second light irradiating unit; wherein the flow path and the sorting unit are provided within a microchip.
US11071990B1
A nozzle with a random discharge jet pattern includes an intake cone having an upstream end, a downstream end, and an outer surface. The nozzle includes a bell with an upstream end, a downstream end, and an inner surface. The bell is fixed to the intake cone so that the upstream end of the bell encircles the downstream end of the intake cone. Vanes couple the bell to the intake cone, and the vanes extend from the outer surface of the intake cone to the inner surface of the bell and then along the inner surface of the bell toward the downstream end thereof. The vanes define a plurality of channels extending along the inner surface of the bell from the upstream end toward the downstream end thereof.
US11071989B2
Various embodiments for an adjustable flow nozzle system having a manifold with a plurality of adjustable flow nozzles in which the flow rate of each adjustable flow nozzle may be individually adjusted are described herein.
US11071981B2
An analysis device and method for testing a biological sample using a receivable cartridge having at least one actuator for actuating a valve of the cartridge. The actuator has a pneumatically loaded membrane and an actuation element that is coupled to the membrane, the return movement into an unactuated position being performed preferably as a result of restoring forces of the membrane.
US11071980B2
The present invention relates to a sensor assembly for body fluids. The sensor assembly includes a measurement chamber having side walls and top and bottom walls, each of the walls having a respective wall wettability for aqueous solutions; a first sensor adapted to measure a first parameter of body fluids, having a surface having a first wettability for aqueous solutions exposed to the measurement chamber at a first axial position, and a second sensor adapted to measure a second parameter of body fluids, having a surface having a second wettability for aqueous solutions higher than the first wettability exposed to the measurement chamber at a second axial position upstream or downstream from the first axial position. At the second axial position, the chamber width exceeds the width of the second sensor surface, and the measurement chamber has a widening in a horizontal direction as compared to the first axial position.
US11071975B2
Disclosed is a system and method of treatment which provides a direct response to the treatment of pneumonia as related to infections using a powder comprising a polyiodide resin with broad spectrum bactericidal, fungicidal and virucidal properties. When the powder is applied directly to the lungs of a mammal an immediate contact kill of protozoa, bacteria, fungi and viruses that cause respiratory tract infections affecting the lungs of a mammal takes place. Also disclosed is an application of the polyiodide resin powder for use with personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to face masks, face shields, and respirators.
US11071971B2
The invention relates to an oxygen carrier solid, its preparation and its use in a method of combustion of a hydrocarbon feedstock by active mass chemical-looping oxidation-reduction, i.e. chemical-looping combustion (CLC). The solid, which is in the form of particles, comprises an oxidation-reduction active mass composed of metal oxide(s) dispersed in a ceramic matrix comprising at least at least one feldspar or feldspathoid with a melting point higher than 1500° C., such as celsian, and has, initially, a specific macroporous texture. The oxygen carrier solid is prepared from a precursor of the ceramic matrix, obtained from a macroporous zeolitic material with zeolite crystals of a specific size, and a precursor of the oxidation-reduction active mass.
US11071970B2
The present invention relates to crystalline zeolites with an ERI/CHA intergrowth framework type and to a process for making said zeolites. The ERI content of the zeolites ranges from 10 to 85 wt.-%, based on the total weight of ERI and CHA. The zeolites may further comprise 0.1 to 10 wt.-% copper, calculated as CuO, and one or more alkali and alkaline earth metal cations in an amount of 0.1 to 5 wt.-%, calculated as pure metals. The process for making the zeolites with an ERI/CAH intergrowth framework type comprises a) the preparation of a first aqueous reaction mixture comprising a zeolite of the faujasite framework type, Cu-TEPA and a base M(OH), b) the preparation of a second aqueous reaction mixture comprising a silica source, an alumina source, an alkali or alkaline earth metal chloride, bromide or hydroxide, a quaternary alkylammonium salt and hexamethonium bromide, c) combining the two reaction mixtures, and d) heating the combination of the two reaction mixtures to obtain a zeolite with an ERI/CHA intergrowth framework type. The ERI/CHA intergrowth zeolite may subsequently be calcined. The zeolites according to the present invention are suitable SCR catalysts.
US11071966B2
Disclosed are passive NOx adsorbers and methods for synthesizing the same. Small-pore zeolitic materials with practical loadings of transition metals atomically dispersed in the micropores are described herein. Also demonstrated are simple and scalable synthesis routes to high loadings of atomically dispersed transition metals in the micropores of a small-pore zeolite.
US11071962B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing solid microcapsules that comprises of the following steps of preparing a composition C1, comprising at least one water-soluble or hydrophilic substance dispersed in a hydrophobic phase; adding, under agitation, of the said composition C1 in a polymeric composition C2, the compositions C1 and C2 being immiscible with each other, whereby an emulsion (E1) is obtained; adding, under agitation, of the emulsion (E1) in a composition C3, the compositions C2 and C3 being immiscible with each other, whereby a double emulsion (E2) is obtained; shearing the emulsion (E2), whereby a double emulsion (E3) is obtained; and polymerizing the composition C2, wherein solid microcapsules dispersed in the composition C3 are obtained.
US11071955B1
Systems, devices, and methods are provided that are useful in generating a fluid suspension of nanoplasmoid bubbles. Such systems utilize a nanobubble/nanoplasmoid generator in conjunction with mechanisms for applying energy to the fluid in the form of electrolytic events, pressure waves, electrical fields, and/or magnetic fields. The nanobubble/nanoplasmoid generator is of modular construction that is readily adaptable to a wide variety of applications. Various applications of nanoplasmoid bubble suspensions so produced are described.
US11071943B2
An absorption liquid regeneration apparatus includes: a regeneration tower for regenerating a CO2 absorption liquid; a reflux water drum configured to separate released gas from the regeneration tower into CO2 gas and condensed water, and return the condensed water to the regeneration tower; and a cleaning part installed in a gas-phase part of the reflux water drum or in a CO2 flow passage through which the CO2 gas having flowed from the gas-phase part flows, and configured to remove a CO2 absorption agent contained in the CO2 gas by using a cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid has a lower concentration of the CO2 absorption agent than the condensed water stored in a liquid-phase part of the reflux water drum.
US11071937B2
A ceramic porous body includes skeleton portions; and pore portions formed between the skeleton portions, the pore portions being capable of allowing a fluid to flow therethrough. In a cross section parallel to a flow direction of the fluid, the skeleton portions have a ratio of a skeleton length of 40 μm or more of 15% or less in a direction orthogonal to the flow direction of the fluid.
US11071926B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for phytochemical extraction. One example extraction system includes two solvent columns, a material column, and a dewaxing column. The solvent columns store and provide solvent for stripping target chemicals from plant material in the material column. The solvent mixed with target chemicals passes into the dewaxing column, where the target chemicals are separated from waxes and lipids. Cooling is applied to elements of the system by way of an open-loop CO2 refrigeration method. Solvent is moved from the solvent columns to the material column by creating a pressure differential between the two solvent columns.
US11071924B2
An apparatus and method for theatrically representing lightning bolts provides a multiplicity of chip-on-board light-emitting-diode (COB-LED) sections arranged in a pattern representing one or more lightning bolts and individually powers each of the COB-LED sections to enable variation of light intensity and illumination timing.
US11071901B2
A mission-based cyber training platform allows both offensive and defensive oriented participants to test their skills in a game-based virtual environment against a live or virtual opponent. The system builds realistic virtual environments to perform the training in an isolated and controlled setting. Dynamic configuration supports unique missions using a combination of real and/or virtual machines, software resources, tools, and network components. Game engine behaves in a manner that will vary if participant attempts to replay a scenario based upon alternate options available to the engine. Scoring and leader boards are used to identify skill gaps/strengths and measure performance for each training participant. A detailed assessment of a player's performance is provided at the end of the mission and is stored in a user profile/training record.
