US11119191B2
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system is provided including a beam steering device configured to modulate a phase of light from a light source and to output light in a plurality of directions at the same time, a receiver including a plurality of light detection elements configured to receive light that has been irradiated onto an object in the plurality of directions from the beam steering device and reflected from the object, and a processor configured to analyze position-specific distribution and/or time-specific distribution of light received by the receiver and to individually process the light lights irradiated onto the object in the plurality of directions.
US11119180B2
A method of estimating the location of a signal source comprises, by a processing unit: determining ΔΔφm,n which represents a difference between accumulated phases of signals, Sm and Sn, received by at least one pair of the receivers, determining a first estimate of the location of said signal source based on position data and ΔΔφm,n of at least one pair of receivers, said first estimate being associated with an accuracy area, determining data representative of difference in times of arrival of modulation patterns of the signals Sm, Sn, wherein said data comprise an ambiguity, and for said at least one pair of receivers, using at least said data representative of difference in times of arrival of the modulation patterns of the signals, ΔΔφm,n, and said accuracy area, to obtain second estimates êSrck of the source location, at least some of them being located within the accuracy area.
US11119174B2
A storage medium, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a method for obtaining a correction factor to balance a mismatch between gradient moments are disclosed herein. The method includes providing a magnetic resonance raw dataset, the generation of which includes acquiring the k-space of the magnetic resonance raw dataset in several partial measurements, wherein in each partial measurement, several k-space lines are at least partially sampled by setting a given set of acquisition parameters, applying at least one radio frequency excitation pulse, applying a first gradient in a predetermined direction, applying a second gradient in the predetermined direction, and reading out the magnetic resonance signals. The method further includes: changing the first gradient between at least two partial measurements; processing the magnetic resonance raw dataset several times to shifted raw datasets, each time using a different correction factor to shift the magnetic resonance signals in k-space in the predetermined direction; creating several magnetic resonance image datasets out of the shifted raw datasets; and determining the correction factor with respect to the image datasets.
US11119171B2
Systems and methods for adaptive, multi-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”), in which an MRI scan prescription is adaptively changed to acquire high-quality data from select regions-of-interest (“ROI”) in a larger field-of-view (“FOV”), are provided. The higher quality data can include data representing higher spatial resolution, higher signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”), increased diffusion encoding via repeated acquisition with a larger number of diffusion-encoding directions, and so on. A composite image can be generated that displays the higher quality images of the ROIs overlaid on the larger FOV.
US11119165B2
Aspects of photonic band gap resonators for magnetic resonance are described. In one example, an apparatus includes a 1D structure having a plurality of layers. A respective thickness of the individual layers is one-quarter of a respective wavelength of a target magnetic resonance frequency within the individual layers of the plurality of layers, or a multiple thereof. A first layer has a first dielectric constant, and a second layer that is adjacent to the first layer has a second dielectric constant. A defect includes a sample. The defect has a thickness that is approximately up to one-half of a wavelength of the target magnetic resonance frequency within the defect.
US11119160B2
A planar Hall sensing element includes a first pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a first direction across the sensing element and a second pair of sensing electrodes mutually opposed in a second direction across the sensing element, with the second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first pair of bias electrodes is mutually opposed in a third direction and a second pair mutually opposed in a fourth direction across the sensing element, the fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction. The third and fourth directions are rotated 45° with respect to the first and second directions so each sensing electrode is arranged between a bias electrode of the first pair and second pair. A DC bias current is supplied between the first and second pairs of bias electrodes. First and second Hall voltages are sensed at the first and second pairs of sensing electrodes.
US11119159B2
Systems and methods of diagnosing open-circuit fault in power converters receives a neutral point current value, a switching state of the power converter, and load current values. At least one fault condition is identified based upon the switching state of the power converter and the load current values. The neutral point current value current value is compared to the at least one fault condition. An open circuit fault is determined to be present at the switching state of the power converter based upon the comparison.
US11119147B2
An environment control device and a chip testing system are provided. An apparatus body of the environment control device includes a plurality of accommodating chambers. Each of the accommodating chambers has a temperature adjusting device disposed therein. Each of the accommodating adjusting devices includes a temperature adjuster, a contacting structure, a frame body, and an elastic annular enclosed member. When a chip testing device carrying a plurality of chips is disposed in one of the accommodating chambers, and the contacting structure contacts one side of the chips, the elastic annular enclosed member is abutted against the chip testing device, and the chip testing device and the contacting structure jointly define an enclosed space. The temperature adjuster can correspondingly adjust the temperature of the contacting structure so that the chip testing device can perform a predetermined testing process on the chips in a predetermined temperature environment.
US11119145B2
A performance testing method for determining a performance of a device under test having non-linear characteristics is disclosed. The performance testing method comprises the following steps: generating a hard clipper model of said device under test; generating a test signal having predefined properties; forwarding said test signal to the device under test, wherein the device under test generates an output signal based on said test signal; feeding said hard clipper model with said test signal, thereby generating a model output signal; and comparing said output signal to said model output signal in order to determine the performance of the device under test. Moreover, a measurement system for determining a performance of a device under test having non-linear characteristics is disclosed.
US11119142B1
A device may utilize a cable that includes connectors and conductors to transfer signals, electrical power, or both. Some cable failures result in an inability to transfer signals. Other failures may result from different cables being used at different times, resulting in a mismatch in which the cable is rated to transfer less power than what could otherwise be delivered by the power source. Parameters, such as cable impedance, transmitter gain, signal conditioning, and so forth that are associated with use of the cable are monitored at different times. If the values of these parameters from one time to another exceed a threshold value, a fault in the cable is determined. A notification about the impending or actual failure of the cable may be presented, and a suitable cable may be recommended for purchase. For example, a hyperlink may be provided to allow for purchase of the suitable cable.
US11119139B2
An integrated circuit with antenna in package (AiP IC) testing apparatus is provided, and includes: a carrier board, a test socket, and a receiving antenna circuit board. The test socket is disposed on the carrier board and configured to carry an AiP IC which emits a wireless signal. The receiving antenna circuit board is adjacent to the test socket and configured to receive the wireless signal. The receiving antenna circuit board and the reflector are integrated into the AiP IC testing apparatus, so that the AiP IC testing apparatus can be used not only for testing a feedback signal transmitted by a test pin of the IC, but also for testing the wireless signal from the IC.
US11119128B2
Systems and methods to test an electric power delivery system include a communication subsystem to transmit test signals to one or more merging units, a test subsystem to transmit a test data stream to the one or more merging units via the communication subsystem, and a processor subsystem to receive looped back data from the one or more merging unit in response to the transmitted test data stream and to determine an operating condition based on the looped back data.
US11119127B2
Systems and methods for non-intrusive program tracing of a device are disclosed. The methods involve generating a program trace signal from at least one of power consumption and electromagnetic emission of the device; digitizing and decomposing the program trace signal into at least two digital program trace component signals including a low frequency program trace component and one or more high frequency program trace component signals; classifying fragments of the at least two digital program trace component signals of the program trace signal as at least one of a known portion of program code and an observed behavior of the device. Each of the at least two digital program trace component signals have different frequency bands and the bandwidth of each program trace component signal is smaller than the bandwidth of the program trace signal. Each of the high frequency program trace component signals include an envelope.
US11119124B2
A non-contact voltage and ground detector allows a user to easily analyze the ground or neutral port of an electrical component. The detector includes a tubular body, a metal probe, a power source, a ground-and-neutral detector mechanism, and a non-contact voltage device. The metal probe is concentrically and terminally mounted to the tubular body and acts as the physical engaging element. The power source provides the electrical energy for the detector and is mounted within the tubular body. The ground-and-neutral detector mechanism in conjunction with the metal probe set up an open circuit. The ground-and-neutral detector registers the quality of a ground or neutral when the metal probe with an external electrical element. The non-contact voltage device measures changes in magnetic fields about an electrical component to identify the presence of voltage within the electrical component.
US11119121B2
Provided is a probe pin alignment device that can readily correct a positional deviation between a probe pin and an electrode pad in real time and can prevent damage to the probe pin or an electronic device. The probe pin alignment device includes a mirror to reflect a mirror image of the electrode pad while the probe pin is approaching a crystal oscillator, a camera to take a picture containing an image of the probe pin and the mirror image reflected on the mirror, a deviation measurer to measure a deviation between the position of the probe pin and the position of the electrode pad in the taken picture, a displacer to relatively displace a carrier and the probe pin, and a controller to cause the displacer to relatively displace the carrier and the probe pin such that the deviation is substantially zero.
US11119117B2
This accelerometer (100) includes a substrate (30) and a bonding member (90) that bonds the substrate (30) and a supporting member (50) to each other, and the bonding member (90) is arranged in a region (R3) that straddles a first region (R1) in which a first sensor element (11) is arranged and a second region (R2) in which a second sensor element (12) is arranged in a plan view.
US11119115B2
A resonator defining a longitudinal axis that includes a mounting pad, a pad connector, at least one isolation mechanism, and a pair of elongated tines extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The isolation mechanism including an outer block defining a first outer end and a second outer end on opposite sides, an inner block defining a first inner end and a second inner end on opposite sides, and a pair of interconnect members, where each respective interconnect member of the pair of interconnect members connects the second outer end to the first inner end. The respective first ends of the pair of elongated tines being connected to the second inner end and the pad connector connects the mounting pad to the first outer end.
US11119109B2
The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing an allergy, comprising the steps of bringing into contact of basophils from a whole blood sample of a patient with an allergen in an aqueous solution in the presence of whole blood, with a volume content of whole blood in the aqueous solution of at least 20 percent by volume, under conditions that allow activation of the basophils by the allergen, enrichment of the basophils from step a) and detection of activated basophils, wherein the detection is carried out in that the expression of a marker characteristic of activated basophils is detected by means of chemiluminescence; and a kit comprising a vessel for bringing the basophils into contact with the allergen, wherein the vessel is preferably a microtiter plate, optionally an allergen, an agent for detecting a marker characteristic of activated basophils by means of chemiluminescence, wherein the agent is preferably a ligand against the marker provided with a label capable of chemiluminescence and the ligand more preferably is a monoclonal antibody, optionally an agent for stopping activation of the basophils, an optionally immobilizable ligand that binds to a polypeptide located on the cell surface of basophils independently of its activation state, wherein the ligand is preferably a monoclonal antibody against the polypeptide, and optionally an agent for lysing and/or removing erythrocytes.
US11119107B2
Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US11119106B2
This disclosure relates generally to detection and, in particular, to detecting objects within a sample or fraction thereof.
US11119099B2
A method of making a nanocomposite includes forming at least one gold nanorod; coating a silver layer on an outer surface of the gold nanorod; assembling a Raman reporter molecule layer on the coated silver layer; coating a pegylated layer on the assembled Raman reporter molecule layer; and conjugating the coated pegylated layer with an active layer, the active layer comprising at least one of a targeting molecule configured to bind to the target of interest and a functional molecule configured to interact with the target of interest.
US11119078B2
Apparatus and methods for high performance liquid chromatography. The apparatus includes a preparation loop comprising two linear stepping pumps, a sample loop comprising a sample injector, a chromatography column, and a detector device. The detector device can include a flash lamp, a flow cell, and a light sensor comprising an entrance slit, a grating; and a charge-coupled device array.
US11119070B2
A system for analyzing a sample includes a source; a mobility separator configured to separate ions based on a mobility in a gas; a plurality of ion channels; and a mass analyzer. The mobility separator includes a two-dimensional grid of electrodes spanning a passage between first and second walls. The first and second walls include an inlet aperture and a plurality of exit apertures, respectively. The two-dimensional grid of electrodes configured to generate an electric field within the passage. The plurality of ion channels arranged adjacent to the plurality of exit apertures. Movement of ions between the inlet aperture and the plurality of exit apertures are governed by the electric field and a gas flow through the passage between to the first and second walls such that the ions are sorted and directed to different channels based on their respective mobility.
US11119063B2
An impedance measuring apparatus and method is disclosed. The impedance measuring apparatus includes one or more capacitors configured to receive an induced signal determined by an impedance of a measurement target, a controller configured to output a control signal to selectively turn a switch on or off based on whether a voltage value of the induced signal is included in a threshold range, and the switch configured to determine whether to set, to be a reference voltage value, a voltage value of a capacitor voltage signal output from the one or more capacitors based on the control signal.
US11119060B2
Defect location accuracy can be increased using shape based grouping with pattern-based defect centering. Design based grouping of defects on a wafer can be performed. A spatial distribution of the defects around at least one structure on the wafer, such as a predicted hot spot, can be determined. At least one design based defect property for a location around the structure can be determined. The defects within an x-direction threshold and a y-direction threshold of the structure may be prioritized.
US11119057B2
A trip avoidance X-ray inspection system, typically defining a specialized system that delivers pulsed X-rays, comprises one or more pulse X-ray cameras, each comprising a known set of effects on nucleonic instrumentation; a predetermined set of such shielded X-ray sources; a predetermined set of nucleonic instrumentation operatively in communication with one or more pulse X-ray cameras; and a digital radiography detector adapted to allow, process, or otherwise create an X-ray produced image when disposed proximate predetermined set of nucleonic instrumentation. The pulse X-ray camera is adapted to be disposed at a predetermined distance from predetermined set of shielded X-ray sources.
US11119052B2
An inspection system for detecting optical defects in a transparency includes a first rounded array of first elongated light elements, and a second rounded array of second elongated light elements. The second rounded array is positionable radially outboard of the first rounded array. The inspection system further includes a light-element-moving system configured to radially translate at least the first elongated light elements. The inspection system also includes an image recording device positionable on a side of the transparency opposite the first and second rounded arrays and configured to record images of the transparency during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements during backlighting of the transparency. The inspection system includes a processor configured to analyze the images recorded during radial translation of at least the first elongated light elements, and detect optical defects in the transparency based on analysis of the images.
US11119044B2
The method for determining the presence of a molecule having a Raman resonance generally comprises illuminating a sample with a first radiation beam, the first radiation beam having a first excitation wavelength being tuned to a Raman resonance of the molecule; receiving a first return signal from the sample following illumination of the sample with the first radiation beam; measuring a first intensity of the first return signal using an intensity detector; illuminating the sample with a second radiation beam, the second radiation beam lacking the first excitation wavelength and having a second excitation wavelength being different from the first excitation wavelength; receiving a second return signal from the sample following illumination of the sample with the second radiation beam; measuring a second intensity of the second return signal using an intensity detector; and determining the presence of the molecule in the sample based on the first and second intensities.
US11119043B2
Provided herein are analyzers as well as related methods for measuring both an absorbance and emission of a sample. The analyzer includes light sources for epi-illumination and transillumination of the sample, and detectors for measuring the intensities of excitation, emission, and transillumination light. A dichroic mirror permits a portion of the excitation light to transmit to a detector that monitors changes in excitation light intensity. Temperature sensors allow for signal corrections based on temperature variations of the detectors and sample.
US11119040B2
A photonic chip has at least one input waveguide, at least one output waveguide, one of at least one Mach-Zehnder interferometer and at least one resonator, and a one-sided optical port enabling in and out coupling of light where the input waveguide begins and the output waveguide ends.
US11119037B2
Embodiments relate generally to electromagnetic radiation detector devices, systems, and methods using a planar Golay cell. A method for gas detection may comprise providing a gas sealed in a cavity of a gas detector; directing radiative power from a light source through one or more target gases and through a cell body of the gas detector toward the cavity and a wavelength selective absorber of the gas detector, wherein the one or more target gases are located between the light source and the cavity; setting wavelength sensitivity with the wavelength selective absorber, wherein the wavelength sensitivity is irrespective of an angle of incidence (?); absorbing the radiative power by the wavelength selective absorber and by the one or more target gases; detecting, by a pressure sensing element, a pressure change caused by the absorbing of the radiative power; and determining the one or more target gases based on the detected pressure change.
US11119036B2
A sensor arrangement (50) encompasses a reaction subassembly (72) having a housing (52) and having a detector subassembly (54), there being provided in the housing (52) a layered component arrangement (60) that encompasses: a luminophore-containing reaction laminate (62) that is excitable, by irradiation with a first electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength, to emit a second electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; and a temperature-detection laminate (64) emitting an infrared radiation; the housing (52) comprising an opening (78a, 78b) through which a fluid is introducible; the housing (52) comprising a reaction window (66a) and a temperature-sensing window (66b) arranged physically remotely therefrom; the one reaction window (66a) transmitting the first (E1) and the second electromagnetic radiation (E2); and the temperature-sensing window (66b) being penetrable by infrared radiation (I); the detector subassembly (54) encompassing: a radiation source (82) that is embodied to emit the first electromagnetic radiation (E1); a radiation detector (86) that is embodied to detect the second electromagnetic radiation (E2); and an infrared detector (90) that is embodied to detect, through the temperature-detection window (66b), the infrared radiation (I) emitted from the temperature-detection laminate (64). Provision is made according to the present invention that the reaction laminate (62) and the temperature-detection laminate (64) are embodied separately from one another.
US11119035B2
A computer system for identifying coating texture effects initiates a set of colorant decision points. The colorant decision points identify a probability that an effect pigment type is present within a target coating. The computer system calculates in parallel each colorant decision point within the set of colorant decision points. Each colorant decision point provides a probability that a different effect pigment type is present within the target coating. The computer system then calculates a set of final colorant probabilities. Each final colorant probability within the set of final colorant probabilities is calculated by combining a unique subset of probabilities calculated by the first set of colorant decision points. Additionally, each final colorant probability indicates a probability that an associated colorant is present within the target coating.
US11119025B2
The present invention provides a method for determining the porosity of rock from a digital image of the rock. A three-dimensional image of a rock is obtained and segmented, and an image porosity is determined from the segmented image of the rock. A porosity correction parameter is obtained from a non-wetting liquid capillary pressure curve derived from the segmented image, and the porosity correction parameter is applied to the image porosity to obtain a corrected porosity of the rock.
US11119015B2
An actuator control system, mechanical testing system, and method for adaptive control of an actuator of a mechanical testing device is provided. The method may include applying a mechanical load to the specimen with the actuator, resulting in receiving a load sensor signal from a load sensor and a displacement sensor signal from a displacement sensor, determining a plurality of dynamic characteristics of the mechanical testing device throughout a length of the test from data received from the load sensor signal and the displacement sensor signal, and controlling the actuator based on the plurality of dynamic characteristics to adapt the actuator to track a desired performance of the actuator.
US11118995B2
A gas-tight plug is attachable by pressing it against an opening portion of a hollow component, the gas-tight plug being inserted into the opening portion using the force of pressing to be automatically aligned so that if the positions of a plurality of opening portions vary within an allowable tolerance, the axial directions of all the opening portions and the axial directions of the respective gas-tight plugs are automatically caused to coincide. A gas-tight plug includes an end portion, a contact part of a base portion end of the gas-tight plug coming into contact with a base of the pressing mechanism has a circular flat surface coaxial with the end portion, and the circular flat surface has a diameter more than 0.12 times and less than 0.2 times a total length of the gas-tight plug.
US11118991B2
The present invention provides a pressure transducer (1) and a method for fabricating a pressure transducer. The pressure transducer is for use in a gas pressure gauge and uses a squeeze-film. The pressure transducer comprises a first wafer (2) and a second wafer (3), wherein—at least the first wafer comprises a device layer (2.1) and a handle layer (2.3); —the second wafer (3) has a top and bottom surface; and wherein—at least the device layer (2.1) of the first wafer (2) is structured. The pressure transducer further comprises a membrane (4.1), a cavity (5) between the membrane (4.1) and the second wafer (3), wherein the cavity (5) has a cavity bottom, an inlet (12) connecting the cavity (5) to a surrounding, a suspension (6) of the membrane (4.1), wherein the suspension (6) allows oscillation of the membrane (4.1), and an oscillation generator to set the membrane (4.1) in oscillation. The pressure transducer is characterized in that the structured device layer (2.1) of the first wafer (2) comprises the membrane (4.1) and suspension (6) of the membrane (4.1), in that the first wafer (2) is bonded to the top surface of the second wafer (3), and in that the handle layer (2.3) of the first wafer (2) is structured to release the suspension (6).
US11118987B2
A torque sensor including an annular deformation body disposed so as to surround a circumference of a rotation axis, an exertion support body, a fixing support body, and a detection circuit. The annular deformation body has four coupling parts, and four detection parts positioned between two coupling parts which are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the annular deformation body, the detection parts undergoing elastic deformation by exertion of torque. The detection parts each are formed in a convex shape on one side in a direction along the rotation axis and are formed in a concave shape on the other side in a direction along the rotation axis. The detection circuit outputs electric signals on the basis of elastic deformation undergone to the detection part of the annular deformation body.
US11118984B2
An electronic device including an actuator and a driving circuit electrically coupled to the actuator. The driving circuit can be configured to determine a resonance frequency of the actuator and deliver a driving frequency matching the resonance frequency to the actuator, as well as a driving voltage. The electronic device also includes a memory and a processor. The processor can determine the presence of a force applied to the electronic device based on the resonance frequency of the actuator. Based on determining a force is being applied to the electronic device, the processor can execute a predetermined function of the electronic device.
US11118980B2
To provide an infrared sensor that allows heat to be efficiently transferred from an insulating film to a heat sensitive element and has a good responsivity. The infrared sensor according to the present invention includes an insulating film 2; a pair of first adhesive electrodes 3A that is patterned on either surface of the insulating film; a pair of first terminal electrodes 4A that is patterned on either surface of the insulating film; a first heat sensitive element 5A that is provided on either surface of the insulating film and is connected to the pair of first adhesive electrodes; a pair of first pattern wiring parts 6A that is patterned on either surface of the insulating film with one end thereof being connected to the pair of first adhesive electrodes and the other end thereof being connected to the pair of first terminal electrodes; and a heat transfer film 7.
US11118968B1
A UV exposure dosimetry system includes at least one UV sensor that measures the UV irradiance intensity. The system can generate extrapolated UV intensity data based on measured UV intensity data to correct unreliable UV measurement due to inconsistent irradiation of UV light. The system integrates the extrapolated UV intensity data over time to calculate real-time UV dosage and vitamin D production by taking into account factors including UV sensor location, body surface area, clothing coverage, and sunscreen usage. Based on the measurement, the system can predict the time remaining to skin burn and the time remaining to reach daily goal of vitamin D production. The system is also adapted to measure sun exposure time based on the corrected UV intensity over a period of time. The UV dosimetry system supports multi-user control through an advanced and user friendly input and output interface.
US11118963B2
The invention provides a light indicator (100) for use in evaluating a quantity of melanopsin active radiation, the light indicator (100) comprising a light indicator element (110) comprising a sensing area (111), wherein the light indicator element (110) comprises a light reflecting element (120) configured to reflect at least part of light illuminating the sensing area (111) having one or more wavelengths selected from the wavelength range of an absorption band of melanopsin in the visible wavelength range and configured to absorb at least part of light illuminating the sensing area (111) having one or more wavelengths in the visible wavelength range outside the wavelength range of the absorption band of melanopsin in the visible wavelength range; and a non-sensing area (130) configured adjacent to the sensing area (111), wherein the non-sensing area (130) has an achromatic color having a lightness in the range corresponding to the lightness of shades of gray.
US11118957B2
A system and method for performing liquid volume determination in a smart environment, the method comprising involve determining that a liquid is being poured. The method includes identifying the liquid, and determining the liquid volume of the liquid being poured based on sound analysis of audio sensed by a microphone. A scenario in which the liquid is being poured is analyzed, and an action is determined based on the scenario. The action includes triggering an actuator of the smart environment, obtaining additional information about the liquid, or issuing an alert.
US11118956B2
Aspects of the present invention include a feedlot bunk calling system comprising a mobile sensor arrangement comprising a ranging sensor unit, for generating a range signal indicative of a distance between the ranging sensor unit and a surface of feed within a feedlot bunk, and a positioning sensor unit, for generating a position signal indicative of a geospatial position of the mobile sensor arrangement. The system further comprises a computing module configured to generate an estimate or indication of an amount of feed in the feedlot bunk, based at least in part on the range signal and the position signal.
US11118955B2
A method and device for indicating whether a dispensable product will require refilling prior to the next scheduled service interval includes tracking the amount of use over a first interval, and calculating a frequency based from the use over the first interval. The quantity remaining is compared with the required amount, which is the product of the number of weeks in the service interval and the calculated frequency. Thus, when the quantity remaining is less that the required amount, a warning will be provided to indicate that the dispensing product should be replaced, as it will be empty before the next service interval.
US11118954B2
A system and a method for a constant micro dosing of powder material include a control device, a cylinder with a first opening and a piston movably arranged inside the cylinder and controllable by the control device. The piston is movable in the direction to or away from the first opening along a piston stroke direction. The cylinder stores the powder material between the piston and the first opening. The piston pushes the powder material through the first opening by moving along the piston stroke direction. Further the system and the method include a removing device for removing the powder material which is pushed out of the first opening of the cylinder. The control device controls the piston and the removing device in a synchronized manner such that a predetermined amount of powder material pushed through the first opening is removable by the removing device.
US11118944B2
A rotation angle encoder apparatus is disclosed. The rotation angle encoder apparatus may comprise a plurality of light sources, a plurality of light detectors, and a plurality of pinions rotatable about a shaft. Each of the pinions may comprises a plurality of teeth and a plurality of gaps. The rotation angle encoder apparatus may comprise a plurality of stacked configurations such that, when the shaft is rotated, transmissivity may be measured to determine or calculate at least one measurement, such as an angle of rotation, position, movement, distance, or other discernable measurement. The rotation angle encoder apparatus with a plurality pinions and associated measurable transmissivities may enable an optical spectrum analyzer to increase wavelength accuracy and improve resolution in optical measurements.
US11118938B2
A method for collecting data, preferably in connection with a consumption, a physical or physico-chemical parameter and/or an operating state in a supply network for consumables. A measuring element of a local sensor provides elementary measuring units, which correspond to at least one physical or physico-chemical variable or parameter, as raw measurement data. In order to determine the measurement resolution of the sensor, the conditions for generating time stamps are determined in advance using a correlation model, time stamps of successive raw measurement data are generated in the sensor on the basis of the correlation model, the time stamps are transmitted and the raw measurement data acquired by the measuring element are reconstructed and evaluated on the basis of the time stamps using the correlation model. The temporal offset between a sensor and a receiver is corrected by transmitting telegrams to compensate for the temporal offset.
US11118928B2
An electronic device is provided and includes a camera configured to obtain an image, and a location information sensor configured to obtain (or sense) a current location of the electronic device. The electronic device further includes a direction information sensor configured to obtain (or sense) direction information about a direction in which the camera obtains the image and a memory configured to store information about the current location. A processor configured to operatively connect with the location information sensor, the direction information sensor, and the memory, may be further configured to obtain map information corresponding to the current location and arrange and display an orientation of the obtained map information with an orientation corresponding to the direction information. The processor may be configured to output the obtained map information together with a live video obtained by the camera.
US11118920B2
An example configurable route based on a distance input causing a device to access location relevant cartographic data and present the location relevant cartographic data on a display on the device. The instructions are executable to receive a plurality of input selections to the location relevant cartographic data, convert the plurality of input selections to a plurality of coordinates, receive a distance input and deliver the plurality of coordinates and the distance input to a routing algorithm, and to receive a route generated therefrom that begins at a starting location and ends at the starting location and has a length substantially equal to the distance input.
US11118911B2
A method of creating a local map includes: receiving, at a mobile electronic data processing apparatus, a request from a server to generate a map of a specified destination; sending to the server a message accepting the request to generate the map responsive to receiving, at a user input of the mobile electronic data processing device, a user command indicating acceptance of the request; generating, using a processor, information related to construction of the map; an transmitting, from the mobile electronic data processing apparatus, the information related to construction of the map.
US11118908B2
A sensor for sensing a physical transmitter field dependent on a physical quantity to be measured, including: a sensor circuit for sensing the transmitter field and for outputting a sensor signal dependent on the transmitter field a circuit carrier having a first region in which at least a part of the sensor circuit is supported and a second region in which at least a first mechanical interface and a second mechanical interface for connecting the circuit carrier to a retainer are arranged, and a noise resistance element, which is arranged between the first region and the second region and which is designed to conduct structure-borne noise entering via the first mechanical interface to the second mechanical interface.
US11118907B2
The subject disclosure provides exemplary 3-axis (e.g., GX, GY, and GZ) linear and angular momentum balanced vibratory rate gyroscope architectures with fully-coupled sense modes. Embodiments can employ balanced drive and/or balanced sense components to reduce induced vibrations and/or part to part coupling. Embodiments can comprise two inner frame gyroscopes for GY sense mode and an outer frame or saddle gyroscope for GX sense mode and drive system coupling, drive shuttles coupled to the two inner frame gyroscopes or outer frame gyroscope, and four GZ proof masses coupled to the inner frame gyroscopes for GZ sense mode. Components can be removed from an exemplary overall architecture to fabricate a single axis or two axis gyroscope and/or can be configured such that a number of proof-masses can be reduced in half from an exemplary overall architecture to fabricate a half-gyroscope. Other embodiments can employ a stress isolation frame to reduce package induced stress.
US11118891B2
The present disclosure is intended to provide an automatic three-dimensional measurement-based inspection system for workpieces which enables three-dimensional measurement-based inspection to be performed more efficiently. An automatic three-dimensional measurement-based inspection system for workpieces includes: an automated warehouse having a measurement target repository for storing a workpiece to undergo measurement-based inspection performed by a three-dimensional measurement apparatus, and having a measurement-purpose repository for storing the workpiece conveyed from the measurement target repository by a stacker crane when the three-dimensional measurement apparatus is going to perform the measurement; and the three-dimensional measurement apparatus provided is a three-dimensional measurement region that is adjacent to the measurement-purpose repository.
US11118872B2
A conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) launches wire-tethered electrodes from multiple cartridges to provide a stimulus signal through a human or animal target to impede locomotion of the target. The CEW may detect the quality of the electrical coupling (e.g., connection) of pairs of electrodes with the target. In accordance with the quality of the connections, the CEW may provide pulses of a stimulus signal to the various connections between electrode pairs in accordance with a sequence. The sequence may provide pulses at a first maximum pulse rate to any one connection to increase the likelihood of inducing neuromuscular incapacitation (“NMI”) and to save energy. The sequence may provide pulses to all connections at a second maximum pulse rate to increase the likelihood of inducing NMI and to save energy.
US11118862B1
An improved, projectile launching system that carries the bulk of its weight and ammunition in a mechanical backpack called Turtle. Turtle can be scaled up to carry much larger rounds like torpedoes or artillery shells, for submarines and artillery. The GUN can be scaled up as well.
US11118854B2
An ammunition movement system and method are disclosed herein. The ammunition movement system, in an embodiment, includes a first driver moveable to apply a first force to an ammunition cartridge unit. The first force acts along a first axis that extends in a first plane. The system also includes a second driver moveable to apply a second force to the ammunition cartridge unit. The second force acts along a second axis that extends in a second plane. The system also includes an actuator operatively coupled to the first driver and the second driver. The first plane intersects with the second plane. The actuator, the first driver and the second driver are configured to cooperate to move the ammunition cartridge unit through a magazine opening of a firearm magazine.
US11118848B2
A heat-exchanging plate (20), and plate heat exchanger (100) using same. The heat-exchanging plate (20) comprises concave locations (22) and/or convex locations (23), and is provided with multiple heat-exchanging units thereon. At least one inlet and/or at least one outlet of at least one of the heat-exchanging units is controllable.
US11118842B2
The heat exchanger (1) has a plurality of heat exchange units (10) stacked in a direction of a gas flow passage of combustion exhaust gas, each of the heat exchange units (10) includes an internal space (14) through which a fluid to be heated flows, a plurality of gas vents (13) penetrating the internal space (14) in a non-communicating state and through which the combustion exhaust gas passes, and an inwardly directed step portion (17) reducing a height of the internal space (14) between adjacent gas vents (13).
US11118830B2
A non-powered cooler system with an integrated powered vacuum sealer wherein the outer body may be made up of a hard casing of hard plastic material or soft waterproof material. A lid for a container includes a frame, the frame removably connected to the container, a lid pivotally connected to the frame, the lid configured to cover and seal an inner volume of the container, a table pivotally connected to the frame, the table having at least one support connected thereto and a vacuum sealer connected to the frame, the vacuum sealer configured to seal food wherein the lid subassembly removable from the container.
US11118825B2
an ice making system includes a tank that stores a medium to be cooled, an ice making machine that cools the medium and makes ice, a pump that circulates the medium between the tank and the ice making machine, a de-icing mechanism that heats the medium and melts the ice in the ice making machine, and a control device that controls operations of the ice making machine, the pump, and the de-icing mechanism. The ice making machine includes a cooling chamber that cools the medium, an inflow port through which the medium flows into the cooling chamber, and a discharge port through which the medium is discharged from the cooling chamber. The control device activates the de-icing mechanism when a pressure difference between a pressure of the medium at the inflow port and a pressure of the medium at the discharge port exceeds a predetermined value.
US11118823B2
Systems and methods of operating a refrigeration system including initiating a compressor shutdown operation (302), recording shutdown conditions (304), calculating one or more restart characteristics based on the recorded shutdown conditions (306), comparing the calculated restart characteristics with one or more compressor restart safety limits (308), when the calculated restart characteristics do not satisfy the restart safety limits, performing a temperature modulation pump down operation (310), and when the calculated restart characteristics satisfy the restart safety limits, completing the compressor shutdown operation (312).
US11118817B2
An apparatus includes a high side heat exchanger, a flash tank, a first load, a first compressor, an auxiliary cooling system, and a first check valve. The high side heat exchanger removes heat from a refrigerant. The flash tank stores the refrigerant from the high side heat exchanger. The first load uses the refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the first load. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant from the first load. The auxiliary cooling system removes heat from the refrigerant stored in the flash tank during a power outage. The first check valve directs the refrigerant between the first load and the first compressor back to the flash tank when the pressure of the refrigerant between the first load and the first compressor exceeds a threshold during the power outage.
US11118814B2
A solar collector with reflecting surfaces according to the present invention prevents overheating of the solar collector by reflecting the radiation in a way that the light beams, by means of a first transparent surface, are corrected to the preferred angle and further directed towards channels. On a second transparent surface the beams are directed again and on a third transparent surface the light beams are reflected if in the channels is air. If the working fluid flows through the channels, on the third surface there is no reflection, so the light beams pass through the opaque part of an absorber where the solar radiation is converted into the thermal energy that is then removed by the working fluid.
US11118811B2
A heat source device comprising: a combustion chamber (2) provided between a burner (31) and a heat exchanger (1); an inlet pipe (20) for allowing a fluid to be heated to flow in the heat exchanger (1); an outlet pipe (21) for allowing the fluid to be heated to flow out from the heat exchanger (1); and a winding pipe (27) wound around an outer surface of a peripheral wall of the combustion chamber (2), wherein either the inlet pipe (20) or the outlet pipe (21) has an orifice (91) for throttling a fluid flow path of the fluid to be heated flowing in the inlet pipe (20) or the outlet pipe (21).
US11118808B2
A method, system, and device for liquid drainage are provided. The system includes a drain tube coupled to the air distribution system, a sump coupled to the drain tube and configured to receive liquid from the drain tube, and a suction system in flow communication with the sump. The suction system is configured to create a pressure in the sump that is lower than a pressure in the air distribution system.
US11118791B2
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus according to the present invention includes a casing having an air inlet provided at a top face, an air outlet provided at a lower portion, and an airflow passage through which the air inlet and the air outlet communicate with each other; a fan disposed in the casing; a heat exchanger disposed upstream of the fan in the casing; a first filter disposed upstream of the heat exchanger in the casing; a front panel attached at a front portion of the casing; a protrusion provided on a back face of the front panel; and a second filter disposed behind the front panel and between the protrusion and the heat exchanger, the second filter being separate from the first filter.
US11118784B2
Fuel-air heat exchange system and methods thereof for use in a gas turbine engine. The fuel-air heat exchanger allows heat transfer between a flow of cooling air used to cool components of the engine and a flow of fuel used to drive the engine.
US11118782B2
A device that emits colored flames is disclosed. The device may include one or more electromagnetic coils within a housing. A fuel source may provide fuel such as hydrogen to an igniter at the input to the electromagnetic coil. The fuel may be ignited and a current may flow through the coil that may create a magnetic field. The ignited fuel may ionize creating an electric current that may accelerate the combusting particles through the coil. The current may create a magnetic field that may force the ionized particles into cyclotron orbits. Coloring additive such as salts may be added to the combusting fuel to provide color to the resulting flames.
US11118779B2
A luminaire includes a speaker positioned at a first depth within a luminaire housing and capable of generating an audio output from a speaker diaphragm. The luminaire also includes a light source that generates a light output. Further, the luminaire includes a light guide assembly positioned at a second depth within the luminaire housing different from the first depth. The light guide assembly includes an acoustically transparent area positioned along a sound path from the speaker diaphragm, and the light guide assembly extracts the light output from the light source and directs the light output away from the luminaire.
US11118759B1
A reflex lamp housing and modular lamp, including: a base, a reflex lamp housing and at least one protective lantern ring; a reflex lamp housing provided on the base, periphery of the reflex lamp housing provided with several containing grooves, the inner wall of each of the containing grooves provided as a reflective panel, the containing grooves used for containing luminous module connecting to the base electrically; the protective lantern ring is provided around the reflex lamp housing, the protective lantern ring and the lamp cap are provided at intervals, forming a light access area. The reflex lamp housing is of enhanced structural strength and improves the lighting effect.
US11118756B2
A diffusion lens may include a plurality of diffusion portions which contacts with an LED, is symmetrical to each other with respect to an optical axis which is a straight direction of the light emitted from the LED, and has convex surfaces.
US11118746B1
An electronic candle includes a housing, an electric wire extending from the upper end of the housing, a flame piece connected to the tail end of the electric wire and a control circuit arranged in the housing and electrically connected with the electric wire. At least the middle part of the upper end of the housing is formed into a concave portion, a hole is formed in the concave portion, a container for containing liquid is arranged below the hole, the opening of the container is hermetically connected with the upper end of the housing, and the hole is communicated with the inside of the container. Liquid can be contained in the concave portion to simulate molten wax water formed at the upper end of a candle body after a real candle is ignited, and the simulation degree is higher. The liquid can be a liquid containing fragrance.
US11118745B2
The present disclosure relates to a starry projection lamp, including a shell, a control panel arranged in the shell, a laser component, a water ripple component, and a film component. The lower part of the water ripple component is provided with a driving component which drives the water ripple component to move; the upper part, corresponding to the water ripple component, of an upper shell is provided with a lens outer cover; a lower shell is hemispheric; the lower part of the lower shell is also connected with a base; a power component is arranged inside the base; the upper part of the base is provided with a ring-like groove; and the shell is rotatably arranged on the ring-like groove of the base.
US11118744B2
A device for lighting a court including at least one lighting strip extending substantially horizontally along at least one side of the court, at a predefined height relative to the court. The strip comprises a series of light sources distributed along its length, each of the light sources projecting a light beam with a diffusion angle that is less than 20°, oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip.
US11118738B1
A light bulb apparatus includes a central column, a central bar, a top bracket, a bottom bracket, multiple elongated filaments and a bulb shell. The central column is made of glass material. The central column has a top part, a tubular part and a trumpet part. The top part and the trumpet part are located at two opposite ends of the tubular part. The central bar is extended from the central column upwardly. The top bracket has a limiting structure to limit a movement of the top bracket relative to the central bar. The bottom bracket is fixed to the central column. The multiple elongated filaments have bottom ends fixed to the bottom bracket and with top ends fixed to the top bracket. The bulb shell has a bottom edge fixed to the trumpet part forming a container space enclosing the bottom bracket and the multiple elongated filaments.
US11118735B2
A mobile CO2 filling system selectively fills onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2. The system includes a mobile platform; a tank holding liquid CO2 mounted on the mobile platform; a flexible dispensing hose couple to the tank and configured to be selectively coupled to the filling inlet of an onsite CO2 storage and dispensing system; a pump selectively coupled to the tank; and a controller for controlling the filling of an onsite CO2 storage and dispensing systems with CO2 from the tank, wherein the controller is selectively designated by the user to operate in at least one pump assisted filling state and at least one gravity feed filling state.
US11118718B2
A speed control apparatus for an inline pipeline inspection tool includes a body configured to be moved by a compressible product moving through a pipeline and a speed control mechanism supported by the body. The speed control mechanism includes a contact member that is positionable against an inner surface of the pipeline and an actuator configured to act on the contact member to adjust a speed of the body when the speed deviates from a predetermined speed. The speed control apparatus forms a drive system that provides forward propulsion to prevent the tool from slowing or stopping due to a problematic feature in the pipeline. The speed control apparatus also forms a brake system that minimizes overspeed conditions that can occur when built-up pressure initially dislodges the tool from the problematic feature in the pipeline.
US11118713B2
A connector includes a connection part formed with two connection ends, an assembly aid and an encapsulation. The inner channel of the connection part connects the connection ends to each other for the purpose of the passage of a fluid medium. The connection part has a middle section between the connection ends, and the assembly aid is arranged at least in a partial region of the middle section on the outside of the connection part. A heating means is arranged on the assembly aid, and the encapsulation covers at least a portion of the heating means. Further, the assembly aid is arranged on the connection part by means of force-fitting.
US11118712B2
A wall socket, including a pipes-joint assembly including an outlet push-to-release pipe-joint, an inlet push-to-release pipe-joint, and piping for communicating therebetween, the piping including a right angled bending extending from the outlet push-to-release pipe-joint, and a pipe for extending from the right angled bending to the inlet push-to-release pipe-joint, and a panel, for connecting the pipes-joint assembly thereto, and for disposing the pipe of the pipes-joint assembly parallel to the panel.
US11118710B2
Pipe joints and more particularly circular push-on type pipe joints including a flexible gasket having both hard and soft sections and where the hard section has a chamfered outer edge and a “C”-shaped grooved portion on a side opposite of the chamfered outer edge in which a portion of the soft section fills and is connected to and the soft section is configured to partially overlap a flange on an interior surface of a pipe bell end.
US11118707B2
A four-layer-structured water passing device is provided, in which a first sleeve and a second sleeve are disposed between an elastic inner tube and an outer cloth sheath. When the water passing device is connected with a pressurized water source, the first sleeve can quickly eliminate or reduce the impact wave strength when receiving a strong expansion impact from the elastic inner tube, such that the first sleeve can gently transmit the fluctuation to the second sleeve, and the second sleeve extends the outer cloth sheath to the limit length, so as to avoid damage caused by frequent direct contact friction between the elastic inner tube and the outer cloth sheath. The water passing device is also configured to avoid permanent deformation and abrasion at the joint position between the elastic inner tube and the outer cloth sheath, and thus prolong the service life of the water passing device.
US11118697B2
An inflatable seal system with retractable load bearing feature providing sealing in the annulus between a ball inside a pipe, with minimal pressure applied to inflate the inflatable seal, by using a retractable load bearing construct to hold the ball in place against the high-pressure forces in the pipe.
US11118694B2
An illustrative dual outlet, single inlet, and single handle valve assembly is disclosed that allows a user to manipulate the handle to selectively allow or inhibit fluid flow from the single inlet to multiple fluid delivery devices. The valve assembly includes an indexing device to permit the user to choose between a variety of configurations that directs flow to a single fluid delivery device, multiple fluid delivery devices, or no fluid delivery devices.
US11118690B2
A fluid control valve and manufacturing method thereof, wherein, when a pressing force acts on the engagement surface between a diaphragm member and a valve seat-contacting member, the valve seat-contacting member is not displaced and no gap is formed. The diaphragm member made of a first fluorine-based resin material is provided with a diaphragm membrane and a rod-shaped part in the center of the diaphragm membrane. The valve seat-contacting member made of an injection-moldable second fluorine-based resin material is provided with a ring-shaped sealing surface and a recess on the opposite side from the ring-shaped sealing surface. The rod-shaped part is partly fitted into the recess. A ring-shaped recessed is formed on outer circumference of a portion of the rod-shaped part. A small diameter recess is formed on the inner circumference of the recess. The ring-shaped recess section and the small diameter recess adhere closely to form the engagement surface.
US11118688B2
The present disclosure relates to a fluid supply system for a machine. The fluid supply system includes a throttle assembly having a first shaft attached to a valve member and a fluid shutoff assembly. The fluid shutoff assembly includes a second shaft, a locking member having an axis parallel to an axis of the second shaft and comprising a locking arm extending toward the second shaft, a biasing member fixedly attached to the second shaft, a releasing mechanism adjacent to the locking member that rotates the locking member about the longitudinal axis of the locking member, and a coupler comprising a first coupling hub attached to the first shaft and a second coupling hub attached to the second shaft and interfaced with the first coupling hub.
US11118687B2
A plug system including a housing, a member movably disposed in the housing, a seat disposed at the member, the seat receptive to an object, and a flapper connected to the member and closable onto the member when the member is shifted by the object.
US11118679B2
The invention relates to an actuator, comprising a drive (2) that drives a drive shaft (1), a first actuating element (3) operatively connected to the drive shaft (1) for actuating a switching apparatus, a spring element (5), which can be supported at one end on a housing component (16) of the actuator and is supported on the other end on a second actuating element (17) designed to load the spring element (5). The actuator according to the invention is characterized in that a rotatably mounted rotational element/gearwheel (13) that can be driven by means of the drive shaft (1) is provided, which rotational element has, on one side, a first control gate (7), which is operatively connected to the first actuating element (3) for actuation of the switching apparatus, and on the other side, a second control gate (8) for loading the spring element (5).
US11118674B2
A control unit (11) that outputs a shift signal to a transmission (4) when the control unit recognizes that the bucket (1) is in a loading position, such that the transmission (4) shifts not to the next-higher gear ratio, but to a further, even higher, gear ratio.
US11118668B2
A strain wave gearing wherein the outer circumferential surface of an outer ring of a wave generator is in contact with an inner-circumferential-surface portion of a flexible externally toothed gear, and a release groove, which is not in contact with the outer circumferential surface, is formed in the inner-circumferential-surface portion. The release groove is formed in a region containing a ball raceway groove. The groove depth of the release groove gradually increases from both sides of the groove in the groove width direction toward a deepest portion of the groove provided at an intermediate portion in the groove width direction. By providing the release groove, it is possible to smooth the distribution of pressing force of the wave generator acting on the externally toothed gear in the tooth-trace direction. In addition, the tooth root fatigue strength and the transmission torque capacity of the externally toothed gear can be improved.
US11118666B2
A differential assembly includes a differential, a collar, and a coupling. The differential has a differential input and differential gearing. The differential input is rotatable about a differential axis. The differential gearing has first and second differential output gears that are rotatable relative to the differential input about the differential axis. The differential gearing transmits rotary power between the differential input and the first and second differential output gears. The collar is rotatable about the differential axis. The coupling has first and second coupling members. The first coupling member is fixedly coupled to the first side gear. The second coupling member is fixedly coupled to the collar. The coupling is operable in a disengaged mode, in which the collar is rotationally decoupled from the first differential output gear, and an engaged mode in which the collar is rotatably coupled to the first differential output gear.
US11118664B2
A differential assembly that includes a differential input member, a differential gear set, a first clutch, and a second clutch. The differential input member is rotatable about a differential axis and defines an internal cavity. The differential gear set is received in the differential cavity and includes first and second side gears. The first clutch has a plurality of first clutch plates and a plurality of second clutch plates. The first clutch plates are rotatably coupled to the differential input member. The second clutch plates are interleaved with the first clutch plates and are rotatably coupled to the first side gear. The second clutch is selectively operable to non-rotatably couple one of the first and second side gears to the differential input member.
US11118661B2
A force transmission mechanism includes a chassis that supports a rotatable arm, which includes a slot. A rotatable lever is supported by the chassis. A protrusion at an end of the lever engages the slot. A sliding drive element is supported by the chassis. A proximal termination of the drive element engages a second end of the lever. The chassis may support an elongate tube with an end effector fixed to the tube. The drive element may extend through the elongate tube. The elongate tube may rotate relative to the chassis. The drive element may rotate in unison with the elongate tube with the proximal termination rotating relative to the fork. The drive element may be a tube that provides a fluid passage to the end effector. The lever may be a bell crank with arms at a right angle.
US11118654B2
An apparatus for timely and securely locking and releasing a rope includes a housing having an interior space and a communication portion for entering a rope into the housing. The housing includes an abutment portion fixed into the housing, a rotatable cam configured to be corresponsive to the abutment portion and pivotally connected to an inner side of one of the side panels, an elastic member installed between the side panel and the cam, and a rotatable start portion having an engagement surface and a first engagement portion. The rotatable start portion is configured to be corresponsive to an end of the cam and pivotally connected to an end of an inner side of one of the side panels, and an end of the start portion has a second engagement portion corresponding to the first engagement portion.
US11118651B2
A connector includes a first buffer member that includes a spiral-shaped wire, a second buffer member that has a substantially annular and flat plate-like shape capable of warping in a thickness direction, a collar member that includes a first flange facing a radially inner side of the first buffer member, and a second flange facing a radially inner side of the second buffer member, and a coupling member. A gap for allowing the second buffer member to move in a radial direction is formed between the second buffer member and a cylindrical portion. A distance between a position of a surface of the second flange and a position of a lowest end of the collar member is greater than a distance between a position of a surface of the first flange and the position of the surface of the second flange in a view in an axial direction.
US11118633B2
A coupling ring for couplings having at least two coupling parts. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling ring for couplings which have at least two coupling parts, which can be applied to the two coupling parts of the coupling in a simpler and easier manner during installation, in particular in the event of a repair for defects in the coupling ring designed as a wedge packet ring and in the coupling region of the wedge packet ring. The aim is achieved by a coupling ring as a wedge packet ring comprising at least two coupling parts, wherein the wedge packet ring is divided into at least two one-piece ring segments from an alternate arrangement of the securing elements and the spring elements, wherein the one-piece ring segments are fitted with apportioned closure securing elements which are located at the respective end regions on a ring segment and are provided to form a closure, wherein the apportioned closure securing elements connecting the ring elements each have wedge parts which are each adapted to each other and have bores that are radially directed towards the ring axis, wherein the correspondingly adapted wedge parts can each be combined together to form a radial screw connection on one of the two coupling parts.
US11118632B2
A coulomb friction damped drive shaft may include an outer shaft defined by a longitudinal axis, a first tapered portion and a second tapered portion at opposite ends of the outer shaft; an inner shaft inserted through the outer shaft along the longitudinal axis and defined by a first uniform portion a second uniform portion adjacent to opposite ends of the inner shaft; a first tapered sleeve inserted between the first uniform portion and the first tapered portion; and a second tapered sleeve inserted between the second uniform portion and the second tapered portion. The first tapered sleeve may be biased along the longitudinal axis toward the second tapered sleeve to create a friction between the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The friction may act on a twisting motion of the inner shaft relative to the outer shaft to coulomb friction dampen oscillations in the inner shaft.
US11118631B2
A propshaft with first and second propshaft segments, a bearing assembly, a slinger and a boot seal. The first and second propshaft segments have connection members that are non-rotatably but axially slidably coupled together. The bearing assembly is mounted to the first propshaft segment and supports the first propshaft segment for rotation. The slinger has a first slinger member, which is mounted to the bearing assembly, and a second slinger member that is mounted to the first propshaft segment. The first and second slinger members cooperate to shroud an axial end of the bearing assembly and are spaced apart from one another to form a labyrinth. Opposite ends of the boot seal are fixedly coupled to the second slinger member and the second propshaft segment. A vent is disposed through the second slinger member to fluidly couple the boot seal and the labyrinth.
US11118627B2
A cage (110) for a roller thrust bearing (100), including a first cage half (120) including an annular portion (122), a first flange (130) extending axially from an inner peripheral edge (124) of the annular portion, and a second flange (132) extending axially from an outer peripheral edge (126) of the annular portion, and a second cage half (140) including an annular portion (142), a first flange (150) extending axially from one of an inner peripheral edge (144) and an outer peripheral edge (146) of the annular portion, a second flange (152) extending both axially and radially from the other of the inner peripheral edge and the outer peripheral edge, the second flange including a first flange portion (154) and a second flange portion (156), wherein the second flange portion of the second flange of the second cage half is disk-shaped and is disposed in a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal center axis of the roller retainer cage.
US11118621B2
A vibration reduction shaft includes a cylindrical outer shaft having an inner hollow portion, in which the outer shaft includes: a first member (110) and a second member (120) which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the shaft; and a vibration reduction region (150) which is disposed between the first member and the second member, and multiple connecting members (151), which connect the first member and the second member in an axial direction, are disposed to be spaced apart from one another within the vibration reduction region.
US11118615B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a locking connector and a sheet material. According to an embodiment, the locking connector includes a locking base body. An annular protrusion is arranged at the middle portion of the locking base body while connecting protrusions are arranged on two sides. The two connecting protrusions are symmetrically located on two sides of the annular protrusion. A mounting groove is arranged between the connecting protrusion and the annular protrusion. The connecting protrusions, the mounting grooves, and the annular protrusion are used for clamping the sheet materials. The sheet materials are mounted, enclosed, and locked tightly in a plurality of directions.
US11118613B2
A phononic material and a method of using a phononic material for use in interacting with a fluid or solid flow are provided. The phononic material includes an interface surface and a subsurface feature. The interface surface is adapted to move in response to a pressure associated with at least one wave in a flow exerted on the interface surface. The subsurface feature extends from the interface surface. The subsurface feature comprises a phononic crystal or locally resonant metamaterial adapted to receive the at least one wave having the at least one frequency based upon the pressure from the flow via the interface surface and alter the phase of the at least one wave. The interface surface is adapted to vibrate at a frequency, phase and amplitude in response to the manipulated/altered phase of the at least one wave.
US11118612B2
Manual hydraulic override pumps for use with actuators are described herein. An example apparatus includes a manifold including a reservoir port to be fluidly coupled to a reservoir of fluid, a pump port to be fluidly coupled to a pump, a first actuator port to be fluidly coupled to a first chamber of an actuator, and a second actuator port to be fluidly coupled to a second chamber of the actuator. The example apparatus also includes a rotor disposed in a cavity formed in the manifold. The rotor is rotatable between a first actuating position in which the rotor fluidly couples the first actuator port and the pump port, and a second actuating position in which the rotor fluidly couples the second actuator port and the pump port.
US11118596B2
A device is disclosed including a wear ring formed as a hollow cylinder with an inside diameter and an outside diameter. The hollow cylinder may have multiple holes through at least a portion of the wear ring from the inside diameter towards the outside diameter. The multiple holes may be passages between the inside diameter and the outside diameter that allow fluid under pressure to pass between the inside diameter and the outside diameter through the multiple holes.
US11118592B2
A ceiling fan assembly having a motor with a rotor with multiple blade mounts, multiple blades having a removable blade tip, a balancing weight mount carried by the multiple blades and covered by the removable tip, and where each of the multiple blades are pre-balanced and indexed to a corresponding one of the multiple blade mounts.
US11118591B2
An intelligent fan with interface compatibility is provided. The intelligent fan includes a fan body having a fan and a motor, a driving circuit, a tachometer, an output connector including a first pin, a second pin, a third pin and a fourth pin connected to a fan connector of a motherboard, and a microcontroller connected to the driving circuit and the tachometer, and connected to the motherboard via the first, second, third and fourth pins. When the intelligent fan is powered on, the microcontroller sets the third and fourth pins as input pins for receiving an output signal of the fan connector of the motherboard, and the microcontroller performs an I2C signal analysis on the output signal. When the I2C signal analysis succeeds, the intelligent fan is set in an I2C mode, and when the I2C signal analysis fails, the intelligent fan is set in a PWM mode.
US11118580B1
An absolute proportioning pumping system includes an electric motor assembly powering a first pump at a first flow rate and powering a second pump at a second flow rate. A proportioned fluid output includes a first fluid pumped by the first pump and a second fluid pumped by the second pump. The pumping system provides a desired ratio of the first fluid to the second fluid at the proportioned fluid output, relatively independently of pressure and flow rate at the output. In accord with further embodiments, a pump and motor assembly is mounted to and generally surrounded by a liquid tank. The pump and motor assembly may include a pair of fixed ratio outputs driven from a common motor, or may include a single variable output pump either slaved to a master pump or controlled through a timed bypass valve to control output flow rate.
US11118573B2
A method of repairing erosion on a wind turbine blade while on a wind turbine includes placing a scanning device on an erosion zone. The device scans the erosion zone to gather an image and/or digital data. A printing system deposits a material according to the image and/or digital data. The repair system may include a frame such that scanning and/or depositing are with respect to the frame. A processing system interprets the image and/or digital data and produces an instruction file. Depositing the material may include depositing the material according to the instruction file. An unmanned aerial vehicle may be operated to position at least one of the scanning device and the printing system on the wind turbine blade. Alternatively, a rope/wire system may be operated to lower at least one of the scanning device and the printing system along the wind turbine blade.
US11118572B2
A reinforcement object is reinforced without being carried out from a wind turbine power generation facility. A method of remodeling a wind turbine power generation facility includes: a carry-in step of carrying a reinforcement member into a hub through an opening portion which has a smaller dimension than a reinforcement object inside the wind turbine power generation facility and which brings into communication inside of the hub and outside of a front side of the wind turbine power generation facility, the reinforcement member having a smaller dimension than the opening portion; and a reinforcement step of processing the reinforcement object inside the hub, and reinforcing the reinforcement object by using the reinforcement member carried into the hub.
US11118569B2
A tower portion, a tower, and a wind turbine generator assembly are provided. The tower portion includes: a main tower portion, and a longitudinal flange pair. The main tower portion is divided into at least two sections by means a longitudinal seam formed in a longitudinal direction thereof. The longitudinal flange pair is provided in the longitudinal seam along the longitudinal direction of the main tower portion. The longitudinal flange pair protrudes from an inner surface and an outer surface of the main tower portion in a radial direction thereof, and is welded to a corresponding section of the main tower portion. The tower portion reduces welding difficulty, reduces heat produced during the welding process, and improves the quality of the weld. The application further discloses a method for manufacturing the tower portion.
US11118566B2
Soundness and a sign of abnormality of a pitch mechanism of a wind turbine blade is quantitatively diagnosed. A method of diagnosing a wind turbine power generation facility includes the steps of: rotating and fixing a wind turbine rotor including at least one wind turbine blade; providing, in a state where the wind turbine rotor is fixed, a pitch control command value to a pitch mechanism that changes a pitch angle of the wind turbine blade, to increase or reduce the pitch angle such that the pitch angle reaches a pitch angle target value from a reference angle; acquiring an actual pitch angular velocity or an actual pitch angle of the wind turbine blade corresponding to the pitch control command value; and diagnosing soundness of the pitch mechanism based on correlation between the acquired actual pitch angular velocity or the acquired actual pitch angle, and the pitch control command value.
US11118563B2
A wind turbine blade is reinforced while suppressing possible stress concentration resulting from a load imposed on a blade root portion of the wind turbine blade in a flap direction. The wind turbine blade includes a blade main body extending from the blade root portion toward a blade tip portion and an FRP reinforcing layer formed so as to cover at least a part of the outer surface of the blade root portion of the blade main body. The FRP reinforcing layer includes a plurality of laminated fiber layers and a resin with which the plurality of fiber layers is impregnated. The FRP reinforcing layer is formed such that, in a cross section along a longitudinal direction of the blade main body, both ends of the plurality of laminated fiber layers in the longitudinal direction are tapered.
US11118548B2
In at least some implementations, a fuel vapor separator for an internal combustion engine includes a main body at least partially defining a chamber for holding fuel, a lid carried by the main body to close the chamber and at least partially define a vapor chamber above a level of fuel in the chamber, and a thermoelectric heat exchanger coupled to the main body. In at least some implementations, the main body is a thermally conductive polymeric material that is resistant to degradation or dimensional changes, and in some implementations, the main body may be formed from a metal.
US11118542B2
This engine system is provided with a throttle device, an EGR valve, and an ECU. The ECU diagnoses an abnormality of the EGR valve on the basis of an operating state during an engine deceleration, and diagnoses combustion deterioration of an engine on the basis of a crank angle speed change during the engine deceleration (not during a fuel cut-off). The ECU executes an engine stall avoidance control with the throttle device when it is determined there is an abnormality in the EGR valve, makes a final determination that the EGR valve has an abnormality and continues the engine stall avoidance control when it is determined thereafter that there is combustion deterioration, and makes a final determination that the EGR valve is normal and cancels the engine stall avoidance control when it is determined that there is no combustion deterioration.
US11118538B2
An evaporated fuel processing device includes a canister to which evaporated fuel generated in a fuel tank adheres; a purge passage passed through purge gas and connecting the canister and an intake pipe of an engine; a purge control valve provided on the purge passage and controlling a supply amount of the purge gas to the intake pipe by changing a duty cycle; a pump provided on the purge passage and feeding the purge gas from the canister to the intake pipe; and a controller control the duty cycle of the purge control valve. The controller detects a pressure difference between pressures at upstream and downstream ends of the purge passage while the purge gas is supplied, and corrects the duty cycle based on a supply amount of the purge gas with respect to the duty cycle with no influence of the pump, by using the detected pressure difference.
US11118537B2
The invention relates to a fuel injector (1), comprising: a pre-chamber (17) within the injector, a high-pressure injector part (3) for discharging combustible gas, which high-pressure injector part has a nozzle unit (5) and a reciprocating nozzle valve element (7), a nozzle-side end section of which is accommodated in a high-pressure chamber (11) of the high-pressure injector part (3), a pre-chamber assembly (39), within the framework of which the high-pressure chamber (11) of the high-pressure injector part (3) is separated over a nozzle-side end section, the high-pressure chamber being surrounded by the pre-chamber (17).
US11118531B2
An engine control device is provided. A fuel injection valve performs a pre-injection and a main injection on a retarding side of the pre-injection so that pressure waves resulting from combustions caused by the injections cancel each other out. The control device secures a fuel injection amount to be supplied to a combustion chamber in one cycle by at least the pre-injection, the main injection, and a middle injection. The control device causes the fuel injection valve to perform the pre-injection at a timing when a piston is located at an advancing side of compression top dead center for premix combustion, to start the main injection during a combustion period of the fuel injected by the pre-injection for diffuse combustion, and to perform the middle injection at a timing between the other two injections with a fuel injection amount less than the other injections.
US11118521B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, which has an internal combustion motor, which forms at least two combustion chambers, which are bounded by cylinders formed in a cylinder housing and by pistons guided up and down cyclically in said cylinders and in which thermodynamic cycles can be performed during operation of the internal combustion engine, wherein then a gas exchange in the combustion chambers is controlled by means of at least one intake valve (28) and one exhaust valve in the case of each combustion chamber, which valves are actuated by means of cams, and wherein a first operating state is provided, in which the thermodynamic cycles are performed both in a first combustion chamber and in a second combustion chamber and a second operating state is provided, in which the thermodynamic cycles are performed in the first combustion chamber and the thermodynamic cycles are not performed in the second combustion chamber, is characterized in that, in order to switch from the first operating state to the second operating state, a switch is made from the use of a first intake cam to the use of a second intake cam for the actuation of the intake valve associated with the first combustion chamber. Such a method makes it possible to realize a switchover from full operation to partial operation in manner that is as torque-neutral as possible in that the torque component that ceases because of the deactivation of the cylinder or cylinders provided therefor is compensated by the one or more cylinders that continue to actively operate, at least also in that, in the event of the switchover, the delivery ratio, i.e. the ratio of the mass of fresh gas actually contained in the cylinder after the conclusion of a charge cycle to the theoretical maximum possible mass, is increased for said cylinders and, in particular, is set as high as possible.
US11118520B2
A method and control unit for cylinder equalization of an internal combustion engine having at least two cylinders, and includes the following steps: Determination of exhaust gas back pressure values of the individual cylinders over at least two operating cycles, correlation of the exhaust gas back pressure values with the camshaft position and/or the operating cycle, determination of the exhaust gas back pressure maxima for each cylinder, comparison of the exhaust gas back pressure maxima between the individual cylinders and detection of differences, adjustment of the cylinder-specific charge quantities of fresh air and/or fuel. In addition, the invention relates to a controller for carrying out the method and a motor vehicle having such a controller. The method improves the previously known methods and makes them more efficient, especially with regard to the efficiency of the combustion process and thus also of exhaust-gas aftertreatment.
US11118517B2
Provided is a construction machine configured so as to prevent wasteful fuel consumption by preventing an engine stall by means of the injection of an appropriate amount of fuel. A backhoe which is a construction machine in which a hydraulic pump is driven by power from an engine is configured so that the output torque characteristics of the engine is set on the basis of the atmospheric pressure detected by an atmospheric pressure sensor which is an atmospheric pressure detection means, and so that a rotational speed is set so that the maximum torque of the engine at a low idle rotational speed is greater than the maximum absorption torque of the hydraulic pump.
US11118515B2
Present embodiments provide a throttle body which may be used with a variety of engines of different manufacturers. The throttle body may be used to replace mechanical or hydraulically controlled carburetors with electronic fuel injection. The throttle body may provide improved fuel pathways and fuel injector placement.
US11118506B2
A gear assembly for a turbo machine is provided. The gear assembly includes a first input shaft, a second input shaft, an output shaft, a fixed member, and a spindle. The spindle is extended along a spindle centerline axis. The first input shaft is drivingly connected to the spindle at a first interface. The second input shaft is drivingly connected to the spindle at a second interface. The spindle is connected to the fixed member providing a reactive force at a third interface. The spindle is connected to the output shaft at a fourth interface.
US11118499B2
A structure of a combustion chamber for an engine includes a crown surface of a piston, a combustion chamber ceiling surface formed on a cylinder head, an injector and an ignition plug provided on the combustion chamber ceiling surface, and an intake opening and an exhaust opening opened in the combustion chamber ceiling surface. A side where the intake opening is opened is defined as an intake port side, and a side where the exhaust opening is opened is defined as an exhaust port side, with respect to a position, as a reference, where an ignition portion of the ignition plug is disposed in a plan view from one side in a cylinder axis direction, the injector is configured to inject fuel toward the exhaust port side, and a reverse squish flow generation portion, which draws an air-fuel mixture toward the intake port side, is provided in the combustion chamber.
US11118493B2
An electric heating type support includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure being configured to a ceramic, including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; an electrode layer disposed on a surface of the outer peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; two or more underlayers having conductivity, the underlayers being provided on the electrode layer so as to be spaced apart from each other; and a metal electrode provided on the underlayers. A surface of each of the underlayers has a concave portion forming a space between each of the underlayers and the metal electrode.
US11118485B2
A variable valve lift (VVL) system for an internal combustion engine is provided that utilizes hydraulic fluid supply pressure feedback to provide noise free operation. The VVL system includes a high pressure pump, a solenoid valve, a pressure translating device, a one-way valve, and a hydraulic fluid pressure sensor. The high pressure pump is fluidly connected to the solenoid valve and pressure translating device by at least one fluid gallery that forms a high pressure chamber. The solenoid valve selectively fluidly connects the high pressure chamber to a middle pressure chamber formed by at least one fluid gallery that fluidly connects the one-way valve to the solenoid valve. The hydraulic fluid pressure sensor is arranged to detect a hydraulic fluid supply pressure of the one-way valve and provides feedback to an electronic controller that determines a proper fluid intake opening timing of the solenoid valve.
US11118482B2
A power system for converting waste heat from exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine to electrical energy includes an aftertreatment assembly positioned within a first housing. The power system includes an evaporator assembly positioned within a second housing. The evaporator assembly is positioned directly adjacent the aftertreatment assembly. The evaporator assembly includes a first portion of a working fluid loop in thermal communication with a first length of an exhaust conduit that extends from the aftertreatment assembly into the second housing. The power system includes a power pack positioned longitudinally forward of the aftertreatment assembly. The power pack includes a tank, a condenser, a pump and an expander fluidly connected by a second portion of the working fluid loop. The second portion is fluidly connected to the first portion of the working fluid loop.
US11118471B2
A gas turbine engine component includes an outer diameter endwall, an inner diameter endwall spaced radially inward of the outer diameter endwall, and at least one body supported between the outer and inner endwalls for rotation about an axis. The body includes an outer diameter surface spaced from the outer diameter endwall by a first gap and an inner diameter surface spaced from the inner diameter endwall by a second gap. The outer and inner diameter surfaces and the outer and inner diameter endwalls are configured such that the first and second gaps remain generally constant in size as the body rotates about the axis.
US11118467B2
A stationary component of a turbine section of a turbine engine system includes a hollow vane assembly with an interior rib separating a first interior compartment from a second interior compartment. The first and second interior compartments are configured to receive the cooling fluid. The cooling fluid is allowed to communicate between the first and second interior compartments. The stationary component also includes a diaphragm attached to the hollow vane assembly. The diaphragm is configured to receive the cooling fluid from the hollow vane assembly. The diaphragm includes a chamber and a tube extending through the chamber. The tube is configured to isolate the chamber from the cooling fluid while delivering the cooling fluid from the hollow vane assembly to the wheelspace area.
US11118457B2
A method of heating a fan blade of a gas turbine engine for anti-icing includes emitting jets of heated air from a radial fin disposed upstream from a radially inward portion of a fan blade airfoil, the jets of heated air being directed by outlet orifices in a downstream direction substantially parallel to a flow of incoming air over the fan blade airfoil.
US11118448B2
A pipe for cableless bidirectional data transmission and continuous circulation of a stabilizing fluid in a well for the extraction of formation fluids includes a hollow tubular body which couples with respective drill or completion pipes; a radial valve associated with the tubular body, the radial valve connectable to a pumping system outside the tubular body; an axial valve associated with the tubular body; a communication module associated with the tubular body that includes at least one metal plate selected from a transmitting metal plate, a receiving metal plate, and a transceiver metal plate; an electronic processing and control unit that processes signals to be transmitted by means of the at least one metal plate or signals received by means of the at least one metal plate; and one or more supply batteries for feeding the metal plates and the electronic processing and control unit.
US11118447B2
A transmitter is carried proximate to an inground tool for sensing a plurality of operational parameters relating to the inground tool. The transmitter customizes a data signal to characterize one or more of the operational parameters for transmission from the inground tool based on the operational status of the inground tool. A receiver receives the data signal and recovers the operational parameters. Advanced data protocols are described. Pitch averaging and enhancement of dynamic pitch range for accelerometer readings are described based on monitoring mechanical shock and vibration of the inground tool.
US11118444B2
A method of pressure testing a well tool can include applying positive or negative pressure to an internal chamber of the well tool, or determining a reference pressure, and monitoring the pressure in the internal chamber using a pressure sensor in the internal chamber. Another method can include applying pressure to an internal chamber of a well tool at a surface location, thereby creating a pressure differential in one direction across a seal, and installing the well tool in a well, thereby creating another pressure differential in a possibly opposite direction across the seal. A well system can include a well tool including an internal chamber, and a pressure sensor disposed in the chamber, whereby the pressure sensor detects pressure within the chamber.
US11118441B2
Systems and methods for optimized geosteering include creating a parameter matrix, which comprises a formation property for each pair of true vertical depth (TVD) coordinates from a geological model and measured depth (MD) coordinates from a predefined well trajectory; updating the parameter matrix by replacing the TVD coordinates and the MD coordinates for each parameter entry in the parameter matrix with the TVD coordinates and the MD coordinates for an actual well trajectory; and compiling a distance to bed boundary (DTBB) array and one or more other logging while drilling (LWD) arrays using corresponding measurements at the MD coordinates of the actual well trajectory; and calculating a value for each parameter entry in the updated parameter matrix, which is a sum of a geology array, the DTBB array and the one or more other LWD arrays that are each multiplied by respectively assigned or calculated weights.
US11118438B2
The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems. The treatment fluid can comprise a water-based fracturing fluid or a waterless liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fracturing fluid.
US11118435B2
Compliant wellbores screens may be arranged to radially expand in a wellbore. The screens include an outer shroud layer including a perforation pattern thereon arranged for limiting the degree to which the screens are expand. The perforation patterns may permit the screens to be expanded to a predetermined limit by imparting a stable or relatively low expansion force. Once the predetermined limit is reached, the outer shrouds may require a sharp increase in the expansion force for further expansion. The sharp increase will prevent over-expansion of the screens, particularly where precise control over an expansion force imparted to expand the screens proves difficult. The perforation pattern may include arc-shaped perforations formed in sheet metal, spaces between braided metal strands, or many other arrangements.
US11118430B2
A brake system for maintaining an angular position of a spindle assembly. A pump-powered motor drives rotation of a spindle on the machine. When no rotation is desired, the spindle will slow, then stop at a desired angular orientation. A rotational sensor will determine the clock position, and a controller compares that to a desired angular orientation. If an error tolerance is exceeded, the motor will rotate the spindle back to the desired orientation.
US11118428B2
A method for performing a simulation of a field having a subterranean formation is described. The method includes obtaining phase behavior data of subterranean fluids of the field, generating an equation of state (EOS) model of the fluids based on the phase behavior data, generating a Helmholtz free energy model that reproduces predictions of the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, and performing the simulation of the field using the Helmholtz free energy model. The method may further include reducing the EOS model to a reduced EOS model having a reduced number of components to represent the EOS model over a pre-determined pressure and temperature range, generating the Helmholtz free energy model based on the reduced EOS model, and obtaining and using phase behavior data of injection fluids used. A computer system data.
US11118421B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sealing Rotating Control Devices (RCD) may include one or more guides that track the diameter of a pipe and pre-expands an RCD seal when larger diameter pipes or portions of pipes are approaching the seal. The RCD seal may reduce the stress between sealing faces and the larger pipe diameter, thereby decreasing the likelihood of a damaged or blown seal.
US11118420B1
An improved top pot assembly utilizes an attachment body for attaching the rubber to a bearing assembly for rotation with the inner barrel. The attachment body simplifies the replacement of the rubber on the drilling assembly. The attachment body provides a guide that slopes downward into the central aperture and the bore to guide the mandrel and drilling string towards the bore. The attachment body also provides a stripper receiver for attachment of the rubber to the attachment body. The attachment body attaches to the housing which attaches to the bearing assembly for rotation of the rubber and the inner barrel.
US11118417B1
An example method includes deploying an example system in a vicinity of the lost circulation zone. The example system includes a stop lost-circulation balloon (SLCB) tool. An example SLCB tool includes an inflatable balloon and a tubing string including a fluid conduit. The string is in fluid connection with the balloon. The method includes deploying, from the SLCB tool, the balloon and forcing slurry into the balloon to cause at least part of the balloon containing the slurry into the fracture. The method includes allowing the slurry to set for a period of time to produce a solid. The method includes drilling through the solid in the balloon in the wellbore, leaving the solid in the fracture.
US11118415B2
Method for transporting drill pipes (12) to and/or from a drill string (14) of a drill rig comprising a plurality of connected drill pipes (12), the method comprising repeatingly lifting/lowering single drill pipes (12) one by one from/to a lower region (28) to/from an upper region (30) adjacent to an upper end (32) of the drill string (14). An arrangement (10) for transporting drill pipes (12) to a drill string (14) and a drill rig comprising the arrangement (10) are also provided.
US11118413B2
A system, includes a movable platform slidingly coupled to one or more supports and configured to be selectively moved towards a drill floor and away from the drill floor. The system also includes a roughneck disposed on the movable platform and configured to make up or break out a threaded joint between a first tubular segment and a second tubular segment. The system additionally includes a support member disposed on the movable platform and configured to support one of the first tubular segment or the second tubular segment as the movable platform is selectively moved towards a drill floor or away from the drill floor.
US11118408B2
A downhole steering system includes a substantially tubular housing, a shaft positioned within the substantially tubular housing, a first bearing and a second bearing, the first and second bearings being configured to support rotation of the shaft relative to the housing. The first bearing, the second bearing, the shaft, and the housing at least partially define a chamber therebetween. The system also includes at least one structure positioned axially between a the first and second bearing and being configured to extend from an exterior of the housing in response to pressure communicated to the chamber.
US11118405B2
A method and device for drilling a lateral wellbore off of a main wellbore. The device includes a guide tube for guiding a drill string to a selected location in a wellbore, the guide tube configured to support a whipstock. One or more stabilizers maintains the guide tube at an eccentric position in the wellbore. The guide tube is disposed in the main wellbore with a contact side of the guide tube against the casing. The whipstock is conveyed through the guide tube to the selected location. The drill string is conveyed through the guide tube to the selected location. The drill string is directed via the whipstock to mill an exit window in the contact side of the guide tube and the casing, thereby drilling the lateral wellbore.
US11118381B2
A latch mechanism includes a detent lever attached to a vehicle, and a release lever attached adjacent the detent to move between a pulled position, pushing the detent lever to an unlocked position responsive to activation of a release handle, and a released position, releasing the detent to move to a locked position responsive to deactivation of the release handle. A forkbolt is attached to the vehicle to move between: a first position—engaging the detent, retaining the striker at one location, and latching a compartment closure assembly closed; a second position—disengaging the detent, retaining the striker at another location, and latching the closure assembly in one pop-up position; a third position—reengaging the detent, retaining the striker at yet another location, and latching the closure assembly in another pop-up position; and a fourth position—disengaging the detent and allowing the closure assembly to open.
US11118377B2
An exit device located in a door frame having a door strike including a latchbolt assembly, a pushbar assembly, and a link assembly. The latchbolt assembly includes an extended position configured to engage the door strike, and a retracted position configured to move past the door strike. The pushbar assembly moves from a released position to a pressed position to move the latchbolt assembly from the extended position to the retracted position. The link assembly is operatively connected to the pushbar assembly and includes a security link having an elongated aperture and a pin configured to extend through the elongated aperture about which the security link rotates. A keeper surrounds the pin and supports the security link for rotation. In the event of extreme heat, the keeper melts and the security link moves to a position to substantially prevent opening of the door.
US11118376B1
A sash window fastener includes: a latch assembly; a lock assembly mounted upon the meeting rail; and a stop assembly mounted to the master frame. The lock assembly includes a pivotable cam to engage a keeper on the master frame to lock the window, and a pivotable follower arm, which interconnects with the latch assembly within the meeting rail, so cam rotation that drives arm rotation also causes translation of the latch. The cam occupies: an extended position to secure the cam to the keeper, with the latch tongue engaging the master frame to prevent tilting, also being positioned below a stop assembly protrusion to redundantly lock the window; a first retracted position permitting sliding of the window; and a second retracted position permitting tilting of the sash window. A slidable stop on the stop assembly dampens sliding sash window movement and subsequently acts as a vent stop.
US11118368B2
A laminar water feature is provided which includes a housing having a deck niche, a niche collar, a spacer ring, and a lid, a laminar vessel having an inlet, an annular pocket, a vertical baffle, a horizontal baffle, a light pipe, a plurality of screens, a cap having an outlet, and threading within an isolated light chamber for removably accepting a lighting source, and a pivot adjustment bracket having a handle with push button assembly, ridge, and detent configuration for fixedly rotatably adjusting the angle of the laminar vessel.
US11118365B2
A lifesaving system for a swimming pool includes a plurality of lifesaving modules. Each module includes a platform and is stowable in a standby configuration under a surface of water in the pool. The module is deployable to rise to a surface of water in the pool beneath a swimmer in distress so as to support the swimmer on the platform.
US11118361B2
A sleeve assembly is provided comprising an inner tubular member and at least one outer sleeve that receives at least a portion of the inner tubular member. The outer sleeve may longitudinally telescope with the inner tubular member to move between a non-expanded position and at least one expanded position. In some embodiments, the inner tubular member comprises a first locking component and the at least one outer sleeve comprises a second locking component that interlocks with the first locking component to secure the outer sleeve in the non-expanded position and/or at least one expanded position. Related methods for making a sleeve assembly are also provided.
US11118357B2
Flashing for use at the edge of roofs or decks that are provided with surface materials are presented. In exemplary embodiments, flashing may be provided at the edge of a roof to retain or provide an edge treatment for an aesthetic and functional surface material, such as, for example, a cast paver, while at the same time allowing for water drainage. In one embodiment, a piece of flashing material contains a leg that is fastened along the edge of the top of a flat roof. This embodiment continues into two legs that form a V-shaped trough which comes off the roofing membrane and has penetrations at the bottom to release water. The outer leg of the “V” most commonly extends to a level higher than the roofing membrane in order to make contact with and edge an installed surface material. Various other shapes and end treatments, including various embodiments providing both an edge flashing as well as an integrated rectangular shaped gutter-like trough are also presented.
US11118356B2
The present disclosure concerns a skylight protection assembly to protect a skylight of a roof. The skylight protection assembly comprises a frame superposable to a mounting surface of the roof to surround at least partially the skylight and securable to the roof, the frame comprising at least one frame member having a roof-engaging portion, a screen-supporting portion and an outer side; a protection screen engageable with the screen-supporting portion of said at least one frame member to define with the frame a skylight protection chamber configured to contain the skylight. The frame member comprises an upper frame member, the outer side of the upper frame member having a water-flowing profile considered in a plane substantially parallel to the mounting surface of the roof. The present disclosure also concerns a method for protecting a skylight of a roof.
US11118353B2
A mount assembly is provided for mounting a structure to a roof having a top surface. The mount includes a flashing including an aperture; a bracket including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having an opening and a countersink extending around the opening, the second portion extending at an angle away from the flashing, the second portion including a slot configured to be coupled to the structure; a fastener extending through the aperture and through the opening of the bracket; and a seal extending around the aperture and positioned between the flashing and the first portion of the bracket, the seal engaging the countersink of the bracket and being compressed against the flashing.
US11118352B2
A microbial growth and dust retardant roofing shingle comprising a substrate and a pore filling composition applied on the surface of the substrate is disclosed. The pore filling composition comprises a silane or acrylic composition. A method of protecting a substrate from microbial growth and soiling using the pore filling composition of the present disclosure is also disclosed.
US11118349B2
A rafter reinforcement bracket apparatus for securing rafters to strengthen a wood frame roof includes a bendable strap configured to conform to a rafter bottom side of a pair of opposing rafters and a beam between the pair of rafters. A left and right bracket are coupled to a strap top side adjacent a strap front edge and a strap back edge, respectively. Each has a perpendicular portion extending perpendicularly from the strap and an upper portion extending perpendicularly from the perpendicular portion and lying in a plane parallel to a plane of the strap. Each of the strap, the left bracket, and the right bracket has a plurality of mounting holes extending therethrough. Each of the mounting holes is configured to receive a fastener to fix the apparatus to the pair of opposing rafters and the beam.
US11118343B2
An architectural structure in accordance with the invention comprises at least one substantially planar component in the form of a wall (9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), floor or ceiling, the at least one planar component comprising a plurality of identically sized right angled panels A each having the form of a 30°-60°-90° right angled triangles and a plurality of identically sized isosceles panels B each having the form of a 30°-120°-30° isosceles triangle. The invention may provide a building (11) which is constructed from a relatively small selection of prefabricated components, but which provides an architect with a relatively large degree of flexibility in the design of the structure. The invention may also permit a building (11) to be assembled without a binder or other fastenings between the majority of the components and therefore assist in the efficient deconstruction of the building, either at the end of its life or if the building is to be modified or rebuilt.
US11118337B2
A dispensing device adapted for placement within a bathroom adjacent to a toilet to generally dispense an aerosolized fluid from within a fluid container and onto the surface of water within the toilet. The fluid is provided with a density less than water, wherein the fluid is provided to form a barrier on the surface of the water. The dispensing device including a sensor, indicator, trigger mechanism and stirring means adapted to stir the fluid within the fluid container.
US11118334B2
The invention relates to an odor trap device for sanitary fixtures, in particular urinals, having a drainage element which has a pipe section, the pipe section defining a sealing wall, having a sealing diaphragm which is in sealing contact with the sealing wall in a closed position and is pushed away from the sealing wall into an open position when fluid, such as urine, is present, and having a holder for mounting the sealing diaphragm relative to the sealing wall. In order to minimise the risk of odor formation in an odor trap device of this kind and also to reliably discharge small quantities of urine or liquid present, it is provided, in accordance with the invention, that the sealing diaphragm is fixed on the holder, the holder being supported below the sealing diaphragm.
US11118320B2
An animal waste extraction device including a gripper having a plurality of fingers movable between an open position and a closed position, each finger having a retainer proximate an end of the finger adapted to be selectively heatable to a first temperature. In response to the plurality of fingers being in the closed position and surrounding an animal waste, a layer surrounding the animal waste and separating the animal waste and the plurality of fingers, the finger retainers being heatable to the first temperature sufficient to at least partially melt the layer proximate the finger retainers, the layer forming an enclosure surrounding the animal waste.
US11118317B2
An asphalt paving system comprising an asphalt paving machine, a plurality of dispensing shafts, and a plurality of rolls of pavement reinforcing membrane. The paving machine comprises a hopper is configured to store hot asphalt material. The plurality of dispensing shafts are mounted on the asphalt paving machine, where at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends from at least one side of the paving machine, and at least a portion of at least one dispensing shaft extends to a front of the paving machine. Each roll of pavement reinforcing membrane is supported by one of the plurality of dispensing shafts. As the asphalt paving machine moves, the plurality of dispensing shafts dispense the pavement reinforcing membrane continuously beneath the asphalt paving machine and the hot asphalt material is dispensed from the hopper on top of the pavement reinforcing membrane beneath the asphalt paving machine.
US11118312B2
Disclosed herein are poly alpha-1,3-glucan fibrids and methods for making them. The fibrids have a fibrous shape with an average length of between 10 μm and 10 mm and width of between 200 nm and 200 μm. Also disclosed are uses for the fibrids, including paper-making and as a viscosity modifier in making formulations for applications such as laundry applications and personal care applications, and as an emulsifier in food.
US11118309B2
A device dewaters a wet-laid non-woven web formed from a fibrous suspension. The device has a multiplicity of dewatering strips which are disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart. Mutually neighboring dewatering strips conjointly delimit a dewatering gap for discharging liquid from the fibrous suspensions. The device further has at least three format slides which along the longitudinal direction of the respective dewatering gap are disposed or disposable so as to be distributed relative to one another and which partially obscure the dewatering gap in such a manner that any discharging of the liquid by way of the obscured part of the dewatering gap is prevented.
US11118303B2
A hinge bracket to couple a hinge to a lid of a laundry appliance comprising: an elongated slot receiving a connector portion of a hinge; first fastener receivers extending from the elongated slot laterally inward toward a midline of a cabinet of the laundry appliance and configured to cooperate with fastener receivers of the hinge to receive fasteners that fasten the hinge to the hinge bracket; second fastener receivers on an opposite side of the hinge bracket as the first fastener receivers and configured to cooperate with the fastener receivers through a C-shaped lip of the lid to receive fasteners fastening the lid to the hinge bracket; and an indented portion formed laterally away from the elongated slot and facing the curved portion of the hinge. The laundry appliance can further include a hinge receiver to couple the hinge to a cabinet.
US11118302B2
A lint filter for a laundry washing machine and a laundry washing machine comprising the same. The lint-retaining filter has at least one filtering surface defining filter walls and a plurality of washing liquid intake openings, the intake openings being oriented toward at least one of the directions of rotation of the mechanical agitator. A laundry washing machine with this filter is also provided with the filter located in a mechanical agitator concentrically mounted on a washing basket of the laundry washing machine.
US11118301B2
A detergent supply device of a washing machine is disclosed, which comprises a dispenser provided on a water supply path of the washing machine and connected with a plurality of hoses; and a detergent box arranged to be drawn out inside the dispenser and provided with a plurality of detergent accommodating portions partitioned to be more than the plurality of hoses, wherein the dispenser supplies at least one path through which washing water supplied from one of the plurality of hoses moves by diverging the washing water to at least two of the plurality of detergent accommodating portions.
US11118292B2
An impregnation section and a method for impregnating fiber rovings with a polymer resin are disclosed. The impregnation section includes an impregnation zone and a gate passage. The impregnation zone is configured to impregnate the plurality of rovings with the resin. The gate passage is in fluid communication with the impregnation zone for flowing the resin therethrough such that the resin impinges on a surface of each of the plurality of rovings facing the gate passage and substantially uniformly coats the plurality of rovings. The method includes impinging a polymer resin onto a surface of a plurality of fiber rovings, and substantially uniformly coating the plurality of rovings with the resin. The method further includes traversing the plurality of coated rovings through an impregnation zone. Each of the plurality of rovings is under a tension of from about 5 Newtons to about 300 Newtons within the impregnation zone.
US11118291B2
An operation state ascertaining unit of a sewing machine ascertains an operation state of a sewing machine main body. A content information selection unit selects particular content information that corresponds to the operation state ascertained by the operation state ascertaining unit from among multiple content information stored in an operation-associated content information storage unit that stores multiple content information corresponding to the operation state. An instruction information appending unit appends additional information with respect to instruction content for the main body to the content information selected by the content information selection unit. A coding unit codes the selected content information to which the additional information has been appended by the instruction information appending unit. A display unit displays the content information coded by the coding unit. Subsequently, a reader unit of a terminal apparatus reads the coded content information, and a display unit displays the content thus read.
US11118286B2
A surface piece of crossing threads (12, 14) comprising plastic filaments, which as a woven fabric web (10) is equipped with two mutually opposing surfaces and with openings (16) formed therein. The fabric web comprises a metallisation applied on one side as a surface layer and between 15 and 80%, in particular between 20 and 70% of the fabric web is configured in the form of network intermediate spaces (16).
US11118276B2
Provided is high purity tin having purity of 5N (99.999% by mass), which can suppress generation of particles. According to the high purity tin, the number of particles each having a particle diameter of 0.5 μm or more is 50,000 or less per a gram.
US11118275B2
The present invention relates to a method of cleaning electrolytic cells that includes: (a) directing a base solution comprising water into an array of electrolytic cells; and (b) removing contaminants from at least one of the electrolytic cells with air turbulence provided by an injection of compressed air into the electrolytic cell. The injection of compressed air is provided by an air sparging system in fluid communication with an inlet portion of the at least one electrolytic cell. A self-cleaning electrolytic cell system is further included.
US11118273B1
A brine electrolysis system for producing pressurized chlorine and hydrogen gases. In its basic configuration, the brine electrolysis system may comprise: two liquid storage tanks for storing two liquid reactants; a tank having two interior spaces separated by a diaphragm for receiving the liquid reactants; two pumps for regulating the flow of the liquid reactants from the liquid storage tanks to the interior spaces of the tank, two open-bottom cylinders for storing and dispensing two gases; an electrolysis stack assembly for converting the liquid reactants into two gases; and two submersible pumps for pumping each liquid reactant into an electrolysis stack assembly. Each open-bottom cylinder may comprise a float sensor for determining the amount of fluid entering its cylindrical space. The system may further comprise controllers for regulating ionic concentrations within the two interior spaces. Dispense lines and valves may be utilized to release the gases.
US11118272B2
Heterocyclic compounds having fused pyrimidine moieties with electron-donating groups. A method of preparing the heterocyclic compounds via a multicomponent condensation reaction is specified. These compounds are effective against corrosion of metallic substrates in acidic (i.e. CO2), and high salinity environments commonly found in oil and gas industry.
US11118261B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of coating a substrate with at least one cathode assembly having a sputter target and a magnet assembly that is rotatable around a rotation axis is provided. The method comprises: Coating of the substrate while moving the magnet assembly in a reciprocating manner in a first angular sector; and subsequent coating of the substrate while moving the magnet assembly in a reciprocating manner in a second angular sector different from the first angular sector. According to a second aspect, a coating apparatus for performing said method is provided.
US11118247B2
Alloys, processes for preparing the alloys, and articles including the alloys are provided. The alloys can include, by weight, about 4% to about 7% aluminum, 0% to about 0.2% carbon, about 7% to about 11% cobalt, about 5% to about 9% chromium, about 0.01% to about 0.2% hafnium, about 0.5% to about 2% molybdenum, 0% to about 1.5% rhenium, about 8% to about 10.5% tantalum, about 0.01% to about 0.5% titanium, and about 6% to about 10% tungsten, the balance essentially nickel and incidental elements and impurities.
US11118242B2
A hot-press molding method of the present disclosure includes a first heating process in which a steel plate is heated and the entire steel plate becomes austenite, a first cooling process in which a cooling rate of the steel plate after the first heating process is partially changed, a first region which is a part of the steel plate is transformed into martensite, and a second region other than the first region remains as austenite, a second heating process in which the entire steel plate is reheated and the first region becomes tempered martensite, and a second cooling process in which the entire steel plate after the second heating process is cooled. At least one of the first cooling process and the second cooling process is performed during a molding process in which the steel plate is press-molded on a molding die.
US11118226B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for hybridizing at least one molecule to a target. The invention may, for example, utilize a of cyclic and/or non-cyclic solvent that is non-toxic and may eliminate or reduce the amount of formamide in the hybridization composition.
US11118223B2
Provided are systems and methods for analyte detection and analysis. A system can comprise an open substrate. The open substrate may be configured to rotate or otherwise move. The open substrate can comprise an array of individually addressable locations, with analytes immobilized thereto. The substrate may be spatially indexed to identify nucleic acid molecules from one or more sources, and/or sequences thereof, with the respective one or more sources. A solution comprising a plurality of probes may be directed across the array to couple at least one of the plurality of probes with at least one of the analytes to form a bound probe. A detector can be configured to detect a signal from the bound probe via scanning of the substrate while minimizing temperature fluctuations of the substrate or optical aberrations caused by bubbles.
US11118219B2
The technology relates in part to methods and compositions for isothermal amplification of nucleic acids.
US11118209B2
Provided is a device for determining the live/dead bacterial state, with which it is possible to ascertain the accurate state of live bacteria/dead bacteria via a captured image in a relatively easy operation with which ascertaining the state of a bacterial cell is more accurate than conventional methods. This device for determining the live/dead bacterial state comprises: a case body in which a measurement mechanism is housed; an opening/closing lid body that allows a fungus base insertion port formed in the case body to be opened and closed; and the measurement mechanism, which is housed in the case body and is configured to measure the number of bacteria. The measurement mechanism comprises: a fungus base holding mechanism that inserts and fixes a fungus base on which a bacterial cell collected from a specimen is placed; an excitation light irradiating mechanism configured so as to be capable of focusing and irradiating an excitation light toward the bacterial cell on the fungus base; an imaging camera disposed above the bacterial cell on the fungus base; and an XY-axes adjustment mechanism that minutely adjusts and moves, in the XY-axes, an XY stage supporting the fungus base holding mechanism and comprising two separately moving layers.
US11118206B2
Disclosed herein are methods for multiple stage isothermal amplification of nucleic acid comprising a first substantially isothermal amplification reaction on the nucleic acid to generate a first amplification product and at least one substantially isothermal amplification reaction on the first amplification product to generate at least one second amplification product in an amount sufficient for recovery, testing, or characterization.
US11118197B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides methods for preparing a fermentation product. The methods include pre-treating a mixture of biomass and ionic liquid, wherein the ionic liquid comprises a choline cation and the biomass comprises polysaccharide and lignin. The methods further include forming hydrolysates from the introduction of glycoside hydrolase to the pre-treated mixture at conditions sufficient to produce a sugar composition mixture for fermentation steps. The present invention provides methods for loading biomass mixtures in a batch-fed process, wherein the biomass slurries can be loaded into water or a concentrated sugar composition for hydrolysate production. The methods can be performed in a one-pot process, wherein the ionic liquids are present in the mixtures throughout each step. Aspects of the invention provide compositions of sugar composition mixtures and fermentation product mixtures.
US11118192B2
Provided herein are variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid proteins having one or more modifications in amino acid sequence relative to a parental AAV capsid protein, which, when present in an AAV virion, confer increased infectivity of one or more types of muscle cells as compared to the infectivity of the muscle cells by an AAV virion comprising the unmodified parental AAV capsid protein. Also provided are recombinant AAV virions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof comprising a variant AAV capsid protein as described herein, methods of making these rAAV capsid proteins and virions, and methods for using these rAAV capsid proteins and virions in research and in clinical practice, for example in, e.g., the delivery of nucleic acid sequences to one or more muscle cells for the treatment of muscle disorders and diseases.
US11118188B2
This invention relates to the expression a DA1 protein with a mutation that disrupts or inactivates the LIM domain or the LIM-like domain within cells of a plant. This may increase the yield or enhance a yield-related trait of the plant. Methods, plants and plant cells are provide.
US11118183B2
Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of an ANGPTL3 mRNA and protein in an animal. Also provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing lipids and/or glucose in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate any one or more of cardiovascular disease and/or metabolic disease, or a symptom thereof, in an individual in need thereof.
US11118181B2
The invention relates to double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) targeting a PROC gene, and methods of using the dsRNA to inhibit expression of PROC.
US11118158B2
Provided are a functional microbial material and a method for producing a fermentation product, wherein the functional microbial material and the fermentation product are environment-friendly and improve the quality of crops. The present invention relates to a microbial material and a method for producing a fermentation product wherein the microbial material and the fermentation product are obtained by fermentation of a fermentation raw material including a plant-derived raw material and an animal-derived raw material using a population of microorganisms including a plurality of species of thermophilic microorganisms, and lead to a remedy for soil and water pollution and to the inhibition of greenhouse gas generation, as well as contribute to improvements in the functionality of plants, particularly the expression of genes involved in biophylaxis and resistant to high-temperature disorder, and an increase in antioxidant components. Quality enhancement of plants is promoted without genetic recombination, using a population of microorganisms that have a function to restore the environment and a function as an elicitor for the plant. Further, burdens on the natural environment are maintained and restored through normal production activities.
US11118155B2
The present invention relates to a method of separating cultured cells, which is used in a configuration including: a first accommodation space; a cell suspension which is present in a liquid in the first accommodation space in a state in which a plurality of cells is connected to one another; a filter container which is hermetically connected to the first accommodation space and mounted with a cell dividing member having one or more through holes having an average diameter of 5 μm to 300 μm; and a second accommodation space which is hermetically connected to the filter container, in which the cell suspension flows from the first accommodation space to the second accommodation space through the filter, such that the connection between the cells is passively and mechanically separated while the cells collide with a fixed resistance portion of the filter.
US11118150B2
A layered, microfluidic array is disclosed. The array has a first layer with a culture channels extending in a first longitudinal direction. Each culture channel includes multiple traps that entrap cell or tissue samples. The array also has a second layer with microfluidic channels extending in a second longitudinal direction that is orthogonal the first longitudinal direction. A third layer, disposed between the first layer and the second layer, has pores arranged within the third layer such that each nest is vertically stacked above, and fluidly connected with, a corresponding culture chamber in the first layer. Each nest is fluidly isolated from adjacent nests by a fluid impermeable region of the third layer such that horizontal diffusion of water within the third layer is prevented.
US11118145B2
A stain and odor treatment composition and method of use is provided. The composition is a powdered pre-application composition for treatment of odor and/or stains in textiles. The composition includes a powdered oxidizing agent, a powdered buffering agent, and an odor-modifying agent. In one embodiment the oxidizing agent may be at least 50 weight percent of the composition. In another embodiment the buffering agent may be between about 10 weight percent and about 30 weight percent of the composition. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a powdered buffering agent, combining an odor-modifying agent with the powdered buffering agent, and mixing the odor-modifying agent with the powdered buffering agent. The method of use may include the steps of combining the powdered pre-application composition with water, mixing the powdered pre-application composition with the water to form a cleaning solution, and applying the cleaning solution to a textile.
US11118137B2
The present disclosure relates to high alkaline cleaners, cleaning systems and methods for removing polymerized zero trans fat soils. The high alkaline cleaner of the present invention generally includes one or more alkaline wetting and saponifying agent(s), a chelating/sequestering system and a surface modifying-threshold agent system. In various embodiments, the cleaners may include, at least one cleaning agent comprising a surfactant or surfactant system and/or a solvent or solvent system and/or a cleaning booster such as a peroxide or sulfite type additive. The cleaners may also include one or more components to modify the composition form and/or the application method in some embodiments. All components described above may also be optimized optionally, to provide emulsification of a composition (both as a usable product or a concentrate that can be diluted to form a usable product). The use of the high alkaline cleaner of the present invention has demonstrated enhanced cleaning characteristics especially at higher temperatures (100° F. to about 300° F.) but also shows enhanced cleaning at ambient temperatures.
US11118129B2
A lubricant composition includes a base oil, a phenothiazine-based polymerization inhibitor, and a polymerization inhibitory accelerator including a hindered phenol-based compound and a hydroquinone-based compound. A self-polymerization in a polymerizing process is suppressed by an interaction between the polymerization inhibitor and the polymerization inhibitory accelerator. A method of preparing a copolymer using the lubricant composition is also provided.
US11118128B2
A fuel-saving-type engine oil composition is provided that exhibits a satisfactory friction-reducing effect in a low-viscosity engine oil without being constrained by, for example, high temperatures, low temperatures, low loads, or high loads. The engine oil composition includes: an engine oil having a low-temperature viscosity of from 0 to 10 in SAE viscosity grades and a high-temperature viscosity of from 4 to 20 in the SAE viscosity grades; and a molybdenum compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1): where R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and not all of R1 to R4 represent the same group, and when R1 and R2 represent the same group, R3 and R4 do not represent the same group, and X1 to X4 each independently represent a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom.
US11118126B2
Disclosed are cloud point depressants and methods of making and using them. The disclosed cloud point depressants comprise copolymers of an unsaturated anhydride polymerized with alkyl α-olefins and then contacted with a phenyl alkyl alcohol or alkyl phenol alkoxylate, fatty alcohol and primary or secondary fatty amine to provide a cloud depressant reaction product. When the disclosed reaction products are added to middle distillate fuels or blends of middle distillate fuels with biodiesel, the cloud point depressants inhibit the precipitation of waxes and/or biowaxes in the fuels and the fuels exhibit reduced precipitation, gelling, and/or crystallization when subjected to low or cold temperatures.
US11118121B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an aqueous reforming system and a method for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons. A hydrocarbon feed and a surfactant stream are combined to produce a first precursor stream. The first precursor stream and an alkali feed are combined to produce a second precursor stream. The second precursor stream and a transition metal feed are combined to produce a catalytic emulsion stream. The catalytic emulsion stream is heated to produce a catalytic suspension and a decomposition gas, where the decomposition gas is separated by a first separator. The catalytic suspension is combined with a preheated water stream to produce an aqueous reformer feed. The aqueous reformer feed is introduced to an aqueous reformer such that the heavy hydrocarbons undergo conversion reactions to produce an effluent stream. The effluent stream is introduced to a second separator to produce a heavy stream and a light stream. The light stream is introduced to a third separator to produce a gas stream, a distillate stream, and a spent water stream. Optionally, a portion of the distillate stream and the hydrocarbon feed can be combined to produce the first precursor stream such that the first precursor stream is in the absence of a surfactant.
US11118119B2
An ebullated bed hydroprocessing system is upgraded using a dual catalyst system that includes a heterogeneous catalyst and dispersed metal sulfide particles to produce less fouling sediment. The dual catalyst system more effectively converts sediment-forming precursors to produce sediment that is less fouling than sediment produced using only the heterogeneous catalyst and not the dispersed metal sulfide particles. The dual catalyst system provides for a lower rate of equipment fouling for a given sediment production rate and/or concentration. In some cases, sediment production rate and/or concentration can be maintained or increased while equipment fouling is reduced. In some cases, sediment production rate and/or concentration can be increased without increasing equipment fouling.
US11118117B2
An advanced regulatory controller for a converter of a catalytic olefins unit is disclosed. A Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) type converter (i.e., reactor-regenerator) is combined with an ethylene style cold-end for product recovery. The regulatory controller operates using an Advanced Regulatory Control (ARC) application using variables, such as a controlled variable, four disturbance variables, associated variable, and a manipulated variable. The ARC application manipulates fuel oil or tail gas flow to a regenerator in response to an expected future steady state value of a regenerator bed temperature resulting from changes in the values of a selected set of the variables.
US11118114B2
A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel.
US11118111B2
The present subject matter relates to a fluorescent compound having aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristics. The compound can be a rod-like chiral luminogen bearing a chiral moiety at one end and long aliphatic chains at an opposing end. The compound emits circularly polarized light or luminescence (CPL) in the aggregate state. For example, the compound does not exhibit a chiroptical signal when dispersed in solution, but demonstrates tunable CPL signals in the aggregate state.
US11118108B2
Monodisperse carboxylate functionalized gold nanoparticles comprising a capping agent layer of pamoic acid and colloidal suspensions thereof are disclosed. These gold nanoparticles have an average particle size of greater than 15 nm or less than 8 nm and demonstrate significant fluorescent properties. In addition, a method for the size controlled preparation of these monodisperse carboxylate functionalized gold nanoparticles wherein pamoic acid acts as both a reducing and capping agent and wherein the size of the particles can be controlled by the pH of the process is disclosed. In addition, a method for the size controlled preparation of these monodisperse carboxylate functionalized gold nanoparticles utilizing seed mediated growth is disclosed.
US11118091B2
A method of heat treatment of a non-metallic or metallic item is provided. The method includes at least one step A) of heat transfer between the item and a heat transfer fluid A′ including a fluid medium and nanoparticles. The heat transfer fluid has a heat transfer coefficient above the heat transfer coefficient of water. The method also includes at least one step B) of heat transfer between the item and a heat transfer fluid B′ including a fluid medium and nanoparticles. The heat transfer fluid B′ has a heat transfer coefficient different from the heat transfer coefficient of A′ and above the heat transfer coefficient of water. The heat transfer fluids A′ and B′ are different.
US11118089B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermally-conductive and electrically-conductive adhesive composition which is for use as a die bonding material and which has high heat-conducting properties and high-temperature adhesiveness. The present invention relates to a thermally-conductive and electrically-conductive adhesive composition including (A) an electrically conductive filler, (B) an epoxy resin, (C) a reactive diluent, and (D) a curing agent.
US11118078B2
Low temperature processes for converting mixtures of metal inks into alloys. The alloys can be dealloyed by etching. A method comprising: depositing at least one precursor composition on at least one substrate to form at least one deposited structure, wherein the precursor composition comprises at least two metal complexes, including at least one first metal complex comprising at least one first metal and at least one second metal complex different from the first metal complex and comprising at least one second metal different from the first metal, treating the deposited structure so that the first metal and the second metal become elemental forms of the first metal and the second metal in a treated structure. Further, one can remove at least some of the first metal to leave a nanoporous material comprising at least the second metal. Precursor compositions can be formulated to be homogeneous compositions.
US11118072B2
A composition is provided comprising (a) a polysilazane having a monovalent hydrocarbon group, (b) untreated metal oxide nanoparticles, metal oxide nanoparticles having a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or metal oxide nanoparticles having an alkylsilyl or alkoxysilyl group, and (c) an aprotic solvent. The composition has storage stability and is suitable for forming a film having water repellent, especially superhydrophobic properties.
US11118071B2
A mar and scratch resistant additive that possesses multifunctional and other characteristics is described. The additive comprises a binder system platform that is easily introduced into a wide range of chemical coating platforms. The additive may also be introduced to these coatings by way of a silica carrier to simplify its use.
US11118055B2
A phosphorus-containing resin composition comprises a first phosphorus-containing compound, a second phosphorus-containing compound and a maleimide resin; wherein the first phosphorus-containing compound comprises a compound of Formula (I), a compound of Formula (II), or a combination thereof, and wherein the second phosphorus-containing compound is different from the first phosphorus-containing compound, and the second phosphorus-containing compound is absent of a group capable of reacting with the maleimide resin.
US11118044B2
The present invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of a dense film. The process includes processing, in a molten phase, a solid composition [composition (C)] comprising; at least one vinylidene fluoride (VDF) fluoropolymer comprising one or more carboxylic acid functional end groups [polymer (F)], at least one poly(alkylene oxide) (PAO) of formula (I): HO—(CH2CHRAO)n—RB (I) wherein RA is a hydrogen atom or a C1-C5 alkyl group, RB is a hydrogen atom or a —CH3 alkyl group and n is an integer comprised between 2000 and 40000, preferably between 4000 and 35000, more preferably between 11500 and 30000, and -optionally, at least one inorganic filler [filler (I)]; thereby providing a dense film having a thickness of from 5 μm to 30 μm. The present invention also pertains to the dense film provided by this process and to the use of the dense film as dense separator in electrochemical devices.
US11118027B2
An additive composition comprises one or more calcium cis-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylate salts. 25 mol. % or more of the calcium cis-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylate salts present in the additive composition are calcium cis-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylate monohydrate. The additive composition has a gravimetric water content of about 20% or less. A method for producing a thermoplastic polymer composition entails mixing the additive composition with a thermoplastic polymer, melting the resulting admixture, and letting the admixture solidify to produce a polymer composition.
US11118026B2
The present invention describes various methods for manufacturing gel composite sheets using segmented fiber or foam reinforcements and gel precursors. Additionally, rigid panels manufactured from the resulting gel composites are also described. The gel composites are relatively flexible enough to be wound and when unwound, can be stretched flat and made into rigid panels using adhesives.
US11118023B2
The present invention relates to a composite preform comprising a multistage polymer. The present invention further relates to a method for making a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use in making composite articles. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a composite preform comprising a fibrous material and a multistage polymer and its use for producing fibre reinforced impact modified composites.
US11118017B2
A process for the production of ethoxylated and hydroxylated lignin fractions, cellulose, lignocellulosic sugars, and ethanol in high yields is provided. The process comprises steaming, pretreatment, chemical recovery, saccharification, and optionally fermentation. A combination of pretreatment conditions is provided resulting in simultaneously high yields of ethoxylated or hydroxylated lignin and cellulose or cellulosic sugars and hernicellulosic sugars. High yield production of ethanol through fermentation can be obtained using this process.
US11118010B2
A polycarbonate, a preparation method thereof, and an application thereof are provided. First, an ureido-pyrimidinone type diisocyanate is prepared by a first compound and a second compound. Then, a third compound and the ureido-pyrimidinone type diisocyanate are reacted to obtain a polycarbonate. The polycarbonate replaces scratch resistant metal material to avoid the disadvantages of the signal shielding, heavy weight, and static electricity when using the scratch resistant metal material in the winter. The body housing is made of polycarbonate can have a self-healing property and a good heat resistance, so the internal components can be well protected.
US11118007B2
The present invention aims to provide a crystalline polyester resin which satisfies both of a high melting point and a high fluidity, and a flame-retardant sealing resin composition using the same. A crystalline polyester resin (A) containing polycarboxylic acid components and polyhydric alcohol components as copolymerizing components, characterized in that a copolymerizing rate of a 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid component is from 40 to 100 molar % when a total of the polycarboxylic acid components in the crystalline polyester resin (A) is taken as 100 molar %, that a 1,4-butanediol component is copolymerized as a polyhydric alcohol component, and that a copolymerizing rate of the 1,4-butanediol component is 40 molar % or less when a total of the polyhydric alcohol components is taken as 100 molar %.
US11118002B1
The invention generally relates to novel poly-substituted cis stilbenes, their synthesis, their purification, and their use in thermoset resins. These novel cis stilbenes give rise to thermoset resins with greatly improved processing characteristics such as lower melting temperature and lower viscosity; resulting in polymers and composites having greatly improved thermal stability.
US11117991B2
Methods for olefin polymerization are described. The methods include a) forming a first polyolefin under a first set of polymerization conditions in the presence of a first catalyst composition and a first concentration of at least a first continuity additive composition, the first polyolefin composition having a target density, ρ1, and a target Flow Index, FI1; and b) forming a second polyolefin composition under a second set of polymerization conditions in the presence of a second catalyst composition and a second concentration of a second continuity additive composition, the second polyolefin composition having a target density, ρ2, and a target Flow Index, FI2; wherein the process is essentially free of providing a polymerization neutralizing composition between steps a) and b).
US11117990B2
A homopolypropylene has i) a molecular weight distribution of less than 2.4; ii) a melt index (measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238) of 5 to 3000 g/10 min; iii) a remaining stress ratio of 0.5% or less; and iv) a complex viscosity of 5 to 600 Pa·s at an angular frequency of 1 rad/s and a complex viscosity of 5 to 300 Pa·s at an angular frequency of 100 rad/s. A method for preparing the homopolyproylene is also provided. A molded article and a non-woven fabric are also provided.
US11117982B2
This invention relates to a non-phthalate catalyst system for olefin polymerization. The non-phthalate catalyst system comprises (a) a solid Ziegler-Natta catalyst composition comprising a transition metal, a Group 2 metal, and one or more halogens; and one or more internal electron donor compounds; and (b) one or more external electron donor compounds.
US11117980B2
In a gas phase fluidized bed polymerization process for the production of polyolefin polymers, such as polyethylene polymers or polypropylene polymers, loss of ethylene or propylene accompanying inert gas purging is reduced by passing an ethylene- or propylene-containing purge stream through a vent column to contact a hydrocarbon liquid flowing through the vent column contercurrent to the purge stream whereby unreacted ethylene or propylene in the purge stream portion is dissolved in the hydrocarbon liquid to produce an ethylene- or propylene-enriched liquid stream and an ethylene- or propylene-depleted gaseous stream. The ethylene- or propylene-enriched liquid stream is then recycled to the fluidized bed reactor, while at least part of the ethylene- or propylene-depleted gaseous stream is purged.
US11117978B2
The invention provides a method for preparing sulphoalkyl ether-β-cyclodextrin. The method comprises first contacting cyclodextrin with a base to form activated cyclodextrin. The method then comprises separately contacting the activated cyclodextrin with an alkyl sultone to form sulphoalkyl ether-β-cyclodextrin. The activation reaction is carried in batch and the sulphoalkylation reaction is carried out under continuous flow conditions.
US11117977B2
Embodiments described herein provide anti-fibulin-3 antibodies, recombinant proteins that bind specifically to fibulin-3, compositions and the treatment methods comprising these antibodies and recombinant proteins.
US11117972B2
This invention relates generally to molecules that specifically engage OX40, a member of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF). More specifically this invention relates to multivalent and multispecific molecules that bind at least OX40.
US11117962B2
The present invention provides an antibody to a fibrosis-related molecule and medical application thereof. The antibody of the present invention is an antibody that binds to CHL1 protein and an antibody that neutralizes the binding of the CHL1 protein to a fibroblast.
US11117955B2
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to ZIKV glycoproteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing ZIKV activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing ZIKV infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for use of one or more antibodies that bind to the ZIKV for preventing viral attachment and/or entry into host cells. The antibodies of the invention may be used prophylactically or therapeutically and may be used alone or in combination with one or more other anti-viral agents or vaccines.
US11117938B2
This invention provides a methods and compositions for controlling an insect pest. The methods comprise contacting the insect pest with a composition comprising a yeast cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding a dsRNA molecule which specifically inhibits expression of a target gene in the insect pest, thereby controlling the insect pest.
US11117936B2
A chimeric antigen receptor is disclosed that includes: (a) an extracellular high affinity streptavidin;(b) a hinge domain from CD8; (c) a CD28 transmembrane domain; (d) an intracellular 4-1BB and/or CD28 signaling domain; and (e) an intracellular CD3 zeta signaling domain, wherein (a)-(e) are in N-terminal to C-terminal order. Nucleic acids encoding this chimeric antigen receptor, and T and natural killer (NK) cells transformed with this chimeric antigen receptor are also disclosed. The use of this chimeric antigen receptor for the treatment of tumors is also disclosed.
US11117930B2
This invention relates to materials, such as peptides, and methods to inhibit the aggregation transcription factors, for example p53 inhibitors, p63 inhibitors and p73 inhibitors. More specifically, the invention relates to cancer chemotherapeutics. More specifically, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating cancer with certain peptides.
US11117926B2
The present invention relates to compounds having cholane scaffolds of formula (I), said compounds for use in the treatment and/or prevention of FXR and TGR5/GPBARI mediated diseases.
US11117908B2
The present disclosure provides borate activators comprising cations having linear alkyl groups, catalyst systems comprising, and processes for polymerizing olefins using such activators. Specifically, the present disclosure provides polymerization activator compounds which may be prepared in, and which are soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbon and alicyclic hydrocarbon solvents.
US11117895B2
A process for producing crystals of a compound represented by the following formula (I): by crystallizing the compound from an aqueous solution containing the compound and an inorganic salt, such as sodium chloride. Such crystals can be subjected to lyophilization to provide a lyophilized composition having a desirable storage stability.
US11117886B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I: or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof.
US11117879B2
This invention provides preparations, compositions, products, and applications of photo-crosslinked hydrogels. Component A—a photosensitive polymer derivative, component B—the photoinitiator, and auxiliary component C—other biocompatible polymer derivative each are respectively dissolved in a biocompatible medium to obtain solution A, solution B, and solution C. The solution A, the solution B, and the optional solution C are mixed homogenously to obtain a hydrogel precursor solution. The hydrogel precursor solution is subject to irradiation of the UV light for photocoupled crosslinking to form a photo-crosslinked hydrogel. The photo-crosslinked hydrogel exhibit rapid speed of photo-curing, strong tissue adhesion, excellent mechanical properties, good biocompatibility, and excellent clinical operability. In addition, this invention also provides a kit for making the photo-crosslinked hydrogel, and applications thereof in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, 3D printing, and as a carrier of cell, protein, or drug.
US11117874B2
The present disclosure relates to certain (2S)—N-[(1S)-1-cyano-2-phenylethyl]-1,4-oxazepane-2-carboxamide compounds (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof), that inhibit dipeptidyl peptidase 1 (DPP1) activity, to their utility in treating and/or preventing clinical conditions including respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to their use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to processes for preparing such compounds.
US11117864B2
The invention relates to a compound chosen from the compounds of formula (I) below, the optical and geometrical isomers thereof and the tautomers thereof, and also the addition salts thereof with an acid or a base, and the solvates thereof: (I). The invention also relates to the use of these particular compounds and the compositions for dyeing keratin fibers.
US11117863B2
Provided are a pyridone compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted, etc., R2 represents a halogen atom, a cyano group, etc., R3 and R4 are independent to each other, and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group which may be substituted, etc., or in combination with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a pyrrolidinyl group, a piperidinyl group, etc., which may be substituted, Y represents a phenyl group which may be substituted, etc., X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and an agricultural and horticultural fungicide containing the same as an active ingredient.
US11117862B2
The present invention is directed towards novel methods of synthesis of molindone, synthesis of the intermediates of molindone, and high-purity compositions of molindone. In particular, the invention relates to the methods of synthesis of molindone through the Mannich reaction.
US11117854B2
Ester compounds, such as for use in a lubricant, are based on di-, tri- or higher functional carboxylic acids according to formula (I).
US11117852B2
Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC or THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are major constituents of the Cannabis plant that have pharmacological properties with potential therapeutic value. This invention is directed to processes for large scale isolation of these two and other cannabinoids from the Cannabis sativa plant. This is accomplished through the discovery that protected amino acid esters of the cannabinoids are easier to separate using normal phase silica column chromatography. Mild base hydrolysis of the esters regenerates the free cannabinoids in a purified form. The invention is also applicable to the isolation of other cannabinoids from Cannabis extracts.
US11117848B2
The present invention relates to a process for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM), comprising the steps of: (a) contacting, in a reactor, oxygen and methane with an OCM catalyst, resulting in a reactor effluent comprising ethylene, ethane, methane, carbon dioxide and water; (b) cooling the reactor effluent to obtain a liquid stream comprising water and a gas stream comprising ethylene, ethane, methane and carbon dioxide; (c) removing carbon dioxide from at least a part of the gas stream comprising ethylene, ethane, methane and carbon dioxide resulting in a gas stream comprising ethylene, ethane and methane; (d) passing at least a part of the gas stream comprising ethylene, ethane and methane as obtained in step (c) through a membrane, preferably a membrane comprising metal cations, more preferably a membrane comprising silver (I) ions (Ag+ ions) or copper (I) ions (Cu+ ions), to obtain a stream comprising ethane and a stream comprising ethylene.
US11117846B2
Disclosed are a catalyst system capable of selectively oligomerizing olefins including ethylene and a method for preparing an olefin oligomer by using the same and, specifically, a novel catalyst system capable of trimerizing and tetramerizing olefins, unlike olefin oligomerization catalyst systems that have been reported so far, and a method for preparing an olefin oligomer by using the same. The present invention provides a catalyst system for olefin oligomerization, the catalyst system comprising: a ligand compound represented by chemical formula 1 or 2; a chromium compound; a metal alkyl compound; and an aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon solvent.
US11117839B2
Various embodiments include methods for densifying a melt infiltrated ceramic matrix composite (CMC) article, and a densified melt infiltrated CMC article formed thereby. Particular embodiments include a method including: providing a porous CMC preform within a first region of a casting apparatus; providing a molten densifier within a pressure head area of a second region of the casting apparatus, the first and second regions being operably connected and the molten densifier including at least one source of silicon; and applying a first pressure to the molten densifier within the pressure head, thereby infiltrating voids within the porous CMC preform with the molten densifier and forming a densified melt infiltrated CMC article.
US11117829B2
The invention relates to a lithium silicate glass ceramic, which contains at least lithium disilicate as a crystal phase, and lithium aluminum silicate as further crystal phase. The lithium silicate glass ceramic in its initial composition contains Al2O3 at 1.5 to 3.5 percent by weight, and K2O at 0.6 to 1.8 percent by weight.
US11117818B2
Applicant's faradic porosity cell combines adsorption (physical and capacitive) and faradic immobilization of a target species by optimizing electrode porosity, applied E, and Pourbaix operating regions. The optimization parameters are (i) physical adsorption; (ii) capacitive adsorption; (iii) electrochemical pH modulation; (iv) electrochemical peroxide (H2O2) generation; (v) electrodeposition (e.g., electroplating, electrophoretic deposition); (vi) electrochemical oxidation or reduction; (vii) precipitation; (viii) pore mouth diameter profile, and (ix) electrode spacing, and (xi) flow-by vs. flow-through vs. carbon block cell design.
US11117817B2
A process for removing metal ions from aqueous systems is disclosed comprising the treatment of the aqueous system with a membrane M, wherein the membrane M has a molecular weight cut-off above 3,000 Da and comprises A.) a carrier membrane CM, wherein said carrier membrane CM has a porous structure wherein the average pore diameter on one surface is smaller than in the rest of the membrane, thus forming rejection layers R on one side of carrier membrane CM, and B.) an active layer A comprising at least one polymer P comprising a plurality of functional groups G capable of forming stable complexes with metal ions selected from Ca, Mg, Al, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Sb, Co, Cr, Cd, Hg and/or Ag, wherein said active layer A is located on the surfaces of the rejection layers R of carrier membrane CM and throughout the porous structure of carrier membrane CM.
US11117812B2
A method and apparatus for conditioning the settled solids in the bottom of a wastewater filtration tank to reduce the acidification of the sludge and prevent the excessive growth of undesirable biological growth.
US11117810B2
Disclosed herein is a method comprising heating a strontium-containing compound using radiation in a first reactor; decomposing the strontium-containing compound into an oxide and carbon dioxide as a result of heat generated by the exposure to the radiation; reacting the oxide and the carbon dioxide in a second reactor; where the oxide and carbon dioxide react to produce heat; heating a working fluid using the heat produced in the second reactor; and driving a turbine with the heated working fluid to generate energy. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising strontium carbonate; and strontium zirconate; where the mass ratio of strontium carbonate to strontium zirconate 2:8 to 8:2.
US11117808B2
Nitric oxide-releasing materials, methods of making nitric oxide-releasing materials, and uses of nitric oxide-releasing materials are provided. The nitric oxide-releasing materials include a mesoporous silica core and an outer surface having a plurality of nitric oxide donors. In an exemplary aspects, the nitric oxide-releasing material includes a mesoporous diatomaceous earth core, and an outer surface having a plurality of S-nitroso-N-acetyl-penicillamine groups covalently attached thereto. Uses of the nitric oxide-releasing materials can include coatings for medical devices such as catheters, grafts, and stents; wound gauzes; acne medications; and antiseptic mouthwashes; among others.
US11117805B2
A method of producing a graphene film (22) includes forming a catalyst film (20) on a support (18); forming a graphene film (22) on the catalyst film (20); and electrolytically removing the catalyst film (20) from the support (18). The method may include transferring the graphene film (22) to a substrate (29). A supported graphene film includes a conductive support (18); a catalyst film (20) formed on the conductive support (18) having a thickness in a range of 1 nm to 10 μm, and a graphene film (22) formed on the catalyst film (20).
US11117791B2
An apparatus for vacuum-sealing a lid onto a jar includes a cap skirt joined to a cap. The cap and cap skirt are formed with internal threads for engaging corresponding external threads on the jar. A lid for the jar placed against the lid press will be drawn against the rim of the jar after air is pumped out of the jar through the cap. An airtight seal is established between the lid and the rim of the jar when air at normal atmospheric pressure enters the vacuum port, the pressure difference between the outside and inside of the jar forcing the lid onto the jar rim and sealing the jar. A prying plate positioned on the top of the cap permits removal of the lid without deforming the lid beyond its elastic limit, enabling lids to be removed and re-sealed against the jar.
US11117785B2
Provided is a wire rope flaw detector according to the present invention includes a magnetizer configured to form a magnetic path in a predetermined segment of a wire rope, a magnetic sensor configured to detect a leakage magnetic flux generated from the wire rope, and a protective cover configured to prevent the wire rope from being brought into contact with the magnetic sensor. The wire rope flaw detector further includes a magnetic sensor protecting member configured to prevent the protective cover from being brought into contact with an upper face of the magnetic sensor so as to prevent application of a pressure equal to or larger than a predetermined pressure to the magnetic sensor.
US11117784B2
A belt for an elevator system includes a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. Each tension member includes a plurality of first fibers, and a plurality of second fibers different from the first fibers dispersed into the first fibers. A jacket material at least partially encapsulates the plurality of tension members. An elevator system includes a hoistway, an elevator car located in the hoistway and movable therein, and a belt operably connected to the elevator car to suspend and/or drive the elevator car along the hoistway. The belt includes a plurality of tension members arranged along a belt width and extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. Each tension member includes a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers different from the first fibers dispersed into the first fibers.
US11117782B2
A braking device may be utilized by an elevator system that has a cabin that is movable within an elevator shaft. The braking device may comprise an actuator and a brake. The actuator may be configured to provide an actuating force for the brake as needed. The braking device may include a force measuring assembly for generating a load state value of the cabin. The force measuring assembly may be mechanically coupled to the actuator such that the actuating force is dependent on the load state value. The actuator may be configured such that the greater the load state value the greater the actuating force.
US11117780B1
A reel apparatus comprising a pipe; an outer flange assembly comprising two outer support walls connected to the pipe and wherein each outer support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; an inner flange assembly comprising two inner support walls, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly and the pipe and wherein each inner support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; and a motor assembly connected to the inner flange assembly and outer flange assembly, wherein the motor assembly is physically connect to the outer flange assembly and wherein the motor assembly is rotationally connected to the inner flange assembly.
US11117774B2
A system for controlling curl in sheets passing beneath a camera includes applying a thin layer of high velocity air to a curved baffle positioned beneath the camera. The high velocity air layer, which will have a tendency to follow the curved baffle (Coanda effect), will divert sheets (Bernoulli effect) towards the curved baffle. By positioning the curved baffle along the media paper path and by applying a uniform air stream to it, a lower pressure area will be created. This will flatten the trajectory of the sheets and thereby remove curl before the sheets pass the camera.
US11117772B2
A medium ejection apparatus includes an ejection roller pair configured to eject a medium, a driving device configured to rotate at least one roller of the ejection roller pair, a processor for detecting a size of the medium, and controlling the driving device to increase a rotation speed of the at least one roller to be higher than a previous rotation speed, from a predetermined timing after a rear edge of the medium passes through a nip position of the ejection roller pair. The processor changes the predetermined timing in accordance with the size of the medium.
US11117770B2
A sheet stacking apparatus includes an ejector, a stacker, a wall, and an upper surface detector. The ejector ejects a sheet, and the stacker stacks the sheet ejected from the ejector. The wall contacts a trailing end of the sheet ejected from the ejector in an ejection direction to align the sheet. The upper surface detector detects an upper surface on a trailing end side of the sheet stacked on the stacker in the ejection direction. When the sheet moves toward the wall, the upper surface detector moves from a home position in which the upper surface detector detects the upper surface of the sheet to a retracted position in which the upper surface detector does not contact the sheet moving toward the wall.
US11117764B2
A vacuum roller system and a method of operating the vacuum roller system can include a group of vacuum rollers operable to move a sheet of media through a dryer. The vacuum rollers do not require a vacuum to be drawn between the vacuum rollers. Each vacuum roller can include a plenum operable to direct the vacuum to a top portion of the vacuum roller to drive the sheet of media from one roller to the next roller. The plenum can engage vacuum holes in a rotating vacuum roller when the vacuum holes in the vacuum roller are aligned with the plenum.
US11117761B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker to stack at least one sheet; a sheet feed roller disposed at one side of the sheet stacker and to feed a sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a multi-feed prevention roller disposed to face the sheet feed roller and to prevent multi-feed of the sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a magnetic torque limiter disposed coaxially with the multi-feed prevention roller; a hall sensor disposed at one side of the magnetic torque limiter and to detect rotation of the magnetic torque limiter; and a controller configured to rotate the sheet feed roller in a state in which the sheet feed roller and the multi-feed prevention roller are in contact with each other without a sheet and to identify a lifetime of the multi-feed prevention roller by using a signal output from the hall sensor.
US11117756B2
A feeding unit to feed components in an automatic manufacturing machine; the feeding unit has: a plurality of sucking holding heads, which are each designed to receive and hold a corresponding component; a closed curved guide, which is arranged in a fixed position along the application path; a plurality of equipment, each supporting a corresponding holding head and provided with at least one slide, which is coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide by a plurality of wheels; a suction chamber, which is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis; and a flexible connection system, which pneumatically connects the suction chamber to each holding head.
US11117753B2
Parts merge smoothly without any stopper at a branching region. A determining and sorting unit determines, between an introduction passage and a branching region, whether weld nuts at rest are facing up or down. The weld nuts determined as facing up are fed to a first branch passage, whereas the weld nuts determined as facing down are fed to a second branch passage.
US11117740B2
A blast aerator (20) having a discharge end (23) connected internally to a rigid output tube (24) includes a removable aerator control module (15) that internally, sealingly interacts with the output tube (24). A tank discharge pipe (28) directs air blasts into an external application. The aerator control module (15) comprises an external actuator (30) with a trigger valve (85) that controls a reciprocating plunger assembly (50) that interacts with an internal plunger seat (77) to block or unblock air discharge. A plunger seat adaptor assembly (70) fitted to the aerator output tube (24) comprises a resilient plunger seat (77), that is blocked or unblocked by a plunger element (52) reciprocating within a cage (73), being controlled by a slidable piston (38) that is pneumatically displaceable between tank-filling and tank discharge positions within the actuator (30). The plunger seat adaptor assembly (70) mechanically compensates for output tube misalignment to insure proper sealing. Operational air pathways pneumatically control piston movements without springs.
US11117736B2
A valve assembly for a dispenser. The valve assembly includes a valve body that extends about a longitudinal axis and defines an outer surface and an inner passageway. A valve stem extends through the inner passageway and includes an outer stem surface, an inner stem surface opposite the outer stem surface, a fin extending radially outward from the outer stem surface, and a first orifice extending from the outer stem surface to the inner stem surface. The fin operatively engages a portion of the inner passageway forming a seal therebetween and providing controlled dispensing through the orifice.
US11117732B2
An insulating device can include an aperture having a waterproof closure which allows access to the chamber within the insulating device. The closure can help prevent any fluid leakage into and out of the insulating device if the insulating device is overturned or in any configuration other than upright. The closure also prevents any fluid from permeating into the chamber if the insulating device is exposed to precipitation, other fluid, or submersed under water. This construction results in an insulating chamber impervious to water and other liquids when the closure is sealed.
US11117729B2
A bottom surface member of a container defines an xy-plane, and a side surface member defines an xz-plane and aan yz-plane. A protective member includes a receiving part that has a first receiving surface parallel to the xz-plane and a second receiving surface parallel to the yz-plane, and a supporting part formed with the receiving part. The supporting part has a first flat plate section parallel to the xz-plane, a second flat plate section parallel to the yz-plane, and a third flat plate section parallel to the xy-plane. The receiving part has a fourth flat plate section that has the first receiving surface and is parallel to the xz-plane, a fifth flat plate section parallel to the yz-plane, a sixth flat plate section facing the fourth flat plate section with a gap therebetween, and a seventh flat plate section that has the second receiving surface.
US11117723B2
A cover for a beverage can includes a circular disc, an opening within the circular disc, and a raised lip fixedly attached to a circumference of the circular disc. The cover for a beverage can is useful for providing a means for covering a beverage can when in an opened condition, so as to prevent insects and debris from entering the beverage, to prevent release of carbonated gas from the beverage and to prevent premature warming of the beverage.
US11117722B1
A safety container having a container section with a container body and a lip portion above an inner surface of a passage in the body. A cover section conforms to at least a part of the lip portion and is coupled thereto. A sealing member is coupled to a bottom portion of the cover section. A locking pin is slidably mounted to the bottom portion of the cover section and engageable with the container section. In a locked position, the container section and the cover section are locked by the locking pin outer end engaging the lip portion outer end, and the sealing member engaging the container body inner surface, to seal the passage of the container body. In an open position, the locking pin and the lip portion are disengaged, and the locking pin is engaged upward to at least partially remove the cover section from the container section.
US11117720B2
A plastic container includes a lid adapted for leak-proof sealing state with a base. Mating surfaces of the lid and base rims form one or more proximal seal zones when the lid rim and base rim are in an initially sealed state. Hinge-forming structure extends from a first hinge-joining section of the lid rim to a second hinge-joining section on the base rim. In the initially sealed state the first hinge-joining section superposes over all or part of the second hinge-joining section, the area at which the first hinge-joining-section superposes the second hinge-joining section defines an overlapping portion of the first and second hinge-joining sections. One or more vent channels are formed in either of the lid rim or base rim and located within the radially overlapping portion. The one or more channels form a complete discontinuity in the one or more proximal seal zones. Because the channels are within the overlapping portion, they are protected from tampering access.
US11117703B2
The invention relates to a packaging system including box and wrapping papers of conventional type having a square folded bottom and side folds providing a box shaped assembly where the proposed assembly can be used for packaging of various types of items. The assembly is easy to use and can be used for packaging of consumer goods, gifts, surprise or mystery items, in promotional schemes or brand activation and marketing activities.
US11117698B2
A bagging and packaging machine includes a transport mechanism and a plurality of processing units. The transport mechanism transports a pouch in a standing posture, along a predetermined track. The processing units process the pouch transported by the transport mechanism. The processing units include a filling unit that fills the pouch with an object to be packaged. The transport mechanism has a holding unit that holds the pouch, and a swinging mechanism that swings the pouch, which has been filled with the object to be packaged in the filling unit, in a vertical plane parallel to a transport direction.
US11117690B2
A case forming, packing, and sealing apparatus is disclosed. The case forming, packing, and sealing apparatus includes a cardboard box handling area and a product handling area. In the cardboard box handling area, case forming sheets including flatly collapsed cardboard boxes are erected into boxes that has openings which open in one direction, products are received into the boxes, and thereafter the openings are closed and sealed. In the product handling area, plural products are aligned and a predetermined quantity of the products are pushed in an accumulated state through the openings into the boxes. The cardboard box handling area and the product handling area are interconnected in a state in which they are mutually independently separable.
US11117688B2
An infeed chamber or channel 12 receives fish fillets 17 from a conveyor belt 13 of an infeed system 14. A plunger 16 pushes the fish 17 upwardly from the infeed channel 12 into an upper compression chamber 18 which includes one or more cavities or lobes 20 into which the fish is pushed by the plunger 16 thereby to fill the lobes 20. Pistons 28 are advanced into the lobes to eject the formed fish cakes 24 out of the lobes and into container cans 30. The end position of the plunger 16 is monitored and measured, and the control system utilizes this information to operate the feed system wherein the fish fillets 17 are loaded into the infeed chamber. In this manner, the volume of fish 17 loaded into the infeed chamber can be controlled so that at the end of the plunger stroke, only a minimum amount of fish 17 remains within the compression chamber 18, thereby avoiding the residual fish 17 to be compressed more than twice.
US11117683B2
A service satellite for providing station keeping services to a host satellite is disclosed. The service satellite may have a body, and a gripping mechanism attached to the body. The gripping mechanism may be adapted to attach to an interface ring extending from an external surface of the host satellite to form an interconnection between the host satellite and the service satellite through the externally extending interface ring. Attaching the gripping mechanism to the interface ring may form an interconnected unit having a combined center of mass. The service satellite may have at least two thrusters and at least one controller. The at least one controller may maintain the interconnected unit in a substantially stationary orbit by selectively orienting the two thrusters such that the thrust vectors from the two thrusters avoid passing through the combined center of mass, and are each offset from the combined center of mass.
US11117674B2
An aircraft with an airframe and at least one thrust producing unit the at least one thrust producing unit being electrically powered by an associated electrical engine that is electrically connected to an electrical energy source via an electrical energy distribution system, wherein the airframe comprises at least one load carrying section and at least one propulsion system carrying section, wherein the at least one load carrying section and the at least one propulsion system carrying section are segregated from each other, wherein the at least one load carrying section is provided for transportation of passengers and/or cargo, and wherein the at least one propulsion system carrying section is provided for carrying at least essentially the electrical energy source and the electrical energy distribution system.
US11117669B2
A vane assembly for distribution of a stratified fluid in an aircraft is taught herein. The vane assembly includes a housing including a housing inlet and a housing outlet. The housing inlet is configured to receive the stratified fluid with the stratified fluid including a first portion and a second portion. The housing outlet is configured to exhaust the stratified fluid. The housing defines an interior housing volume between the housing inlet and the housing outlet. The vane assembly further includes a vane disposed within the interior housing volume and bisecting the interior housing volume. The vane includes a leading edge adjacent the housing inlet and a trailing edge adjacent the housing outlet. The trailing edge is angularly offset from the leading edge.
US11117660B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle capable of VTOL operation can include: a vehicle body defining longitudinal and transverse directions and opposing longitudinal sides; a first support boom coupled to the vehicle body at a first transverse axis and extending outwardly from the opposing longitudinal sides; a second support boom coupled to the vehicle body at a second transverse axis positioned rearward from the first transverse axis and extending outwardly from the opposing longitudinal sides; a plurality of electric motors coupled to a one of the first and second support booms, at least two electric motors of the plurality of electric motors positioned on each of the first and second support booms, a rotation axis of each of the at least two electric motors coupled to the second support boom offset in a transverse direction from a rotation axis of each of the at least two adjacent electric motors coupled to the first support boom; a plurality of rotors; and a propulsion system.
US11117645B2
A cargo hold component system for a cargo hold of an aircraft, the cargo hold component system including floor elements and fixing elements. The floor elements can at least partially be fixed releasably by the fixing elements to fixing sites provided on or in the hold floor, such that in a state fixed to the fixing sites, the floor elements support a loading of the hold with cargo containers, and that in a state in which a first group of the floor elements has been removed from the fixing sites by release of the fixing elements and a second group of the floor elements has been partially removed from the fixing sites by release of the fixing elements, the hold is sealed gas-tightly.
US11117644B2
The present disclosure relates to an aircraft. The aircraft has a primary structural element, which extends along a main axis of the aircraft, and at least one monolithic structural component, which is produced by a three-dimensional printing method. The aircraft also has an aircraft system for carrying out an aircraft-specific function. The at least one monolithic structural component is fixed on the primary structural element by a fixing device, system, means, or mechanism. The monolithic structural component is embodied to accommodate the aircraft system. The disclosure also relates to a method for producing an aircraft.
US11117643B2
A vessel propulsion system includes a bow thruster located at a bow of a hull, an outboard motor located on the hull and provided separately from the bow thruster, and a navigation controller. The navigation controller controls at least one of the bow thruster and the outboard motor in accordance with a state of at least one other of the bow thruster and the outboard motor.
US11117642B2
This invention provides improvements in the efficiency of a sailing vessel through the use of flaps, hydrofoils, or members on the keel of a sailing vessel. One or more are positioned at the top, or root of the keel of the vessel, which primarily generate a force in the windward direction to provide a counter-leeward drift force. One or more are located at the bottom, or tip of the keel of the vessel, which primarily generate a force in the leeward direction to provide a counter-heeling moment. Among other benefits, operation of these flaps, hydrofoils, or members during sailing increases the vessel's efficiency, in particular its velocity made good. Further, since they are mounted on one appendage, sailing vessels of a rudder and keel design can be equipped with counter leeward-drift and counter-heeling attributes without the need for additional appendages.
US11117632B2
A rider's seat for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a scooter, includes a seating body and a bracket connecting the seating body to a body of the two-wheeled vehicle. The bracket is displaceable relative to the body of the two-wheeled vehicle along a longitudinal direction of the two-wheeled vehicle. The seating body is displaceable relative to the bracket at least along a vertical direction of the two-wheeled vehicle. The seating body is partially received within a guide of the bracket such that the guide of the bracket directs displacement of the seating body at least along the vertical direction of the two-wheeled vehicle. The guide of the bracket includes a curvilinear profile.
US11117617B2
The invention relates to a method for steering a vehicle with an automatic operating mode, in which a steering angle for a steering device of the vehicle is automatically determined and converted by the steering device. In this case, based on the automatically determined steering angle, a value of an output parameter is determined and the value of the output parameter is output by an output device by means of a light effect. The invention further relates to a vehicle with an automatic operating mode, comprising a control unit by which a steering angle for a steering device of the vehicle is automatically determined, wherein the steering angle can be converted by the steering device, a determination unit, by means of which a value of an output parameter can be determined on the basis of the automatically determined steering angle, and an output device, by means of which the value of the output parameter can be output by means of a light effect.
US11117605B2
A transportation dolly can have a frame, two axles pivotally coupled with the frame, each axle having two distal ends and a wheel assembly coupled at each distal end and a synchronous steering system. The synchronous steering system can include an intermediate link pivotally coupled with the frame, the intermediate link having a two distal ends, and a first push-pull rod coupling one of the two axles with the intermediate link, and a second push-pull rod coupling the other of the two axles with the intermediate link. The first push-pull rod is coupled to one distal end of the intermediate link and the second push-pull rod is coupled to the opposing distal end of the intermediate link. The first push-pull rod, the second push-pull rod, and the intermediate link provide counter phase synchronous pivoting of the two axles relative to the transportation dolly.
US11117600B2
A hybrid cushioning apparatus for a railway car apparatus employs a standard yoke and a conventional draft gear forward of the tail of the yoke and a stack of elastomeric units behind the tail engaging the draft gear with a force transfer member.
US11117592B2
A method for automatic adjustment of the performance of a vehicle including the steps of detecting at least one significant physical quantity for checking the performance of the vehicle; defining at least one pair of reference indicators correlated with that physical quantity; saving at least one value of a said reference indicator in a predetermined nominal reference condition; detecting at least one value of a said reference indicator in a real operating condition of the vehicle; comparing said nominal reference indicator and real reference indicator and, if their values are different from each other, and implementing a correction of the driving power of the vehicle to compensate for the difference ascertained.
US11117591B2
Provided herein is a system and method for determining whether a sensor is calibrated and recalibrating of an uncalibrated sensor. The system comprises a sensor system comprising a sensor and an analysis engine configured to determine whether the sensor is uncalibrated. The system further comprises an error handling system configured to determine whether to perform a recalibration in response to the sensor system determining that the sensor is uncalibrated. The error handling system further comprises a recalibration engine configured to perform a recalibration.
US11117585B2
In a method for drive optimization in a motor vehicle including at least two drivable wheels at a vehicle axle having individually settable drive torque, to increase the propelling force, the drive torque at at least one wheel is increased in such a way that an increased longitudinal slip of at least 20% results at the wheel.
US11117582B2
A vehicle controller may determine a decelerator input associated with controlling an engine speed of an engine of the vehicle. The vehicle controller may determine, while the vehicle is moving and based on the decelerator input satisfying a braking threshold, that an engine decelerator, associated with the decelerator input, is to be enabled for use in stopping the vehicle. The vehicle controller may determine, based on determining that the engine decelerator is to be used to cause the vehicle to be stopped, an amount of braking to be applied by a braking device of the vehicle to stop the vehicle. The vehicle controller may automatically cause the braking device to apply the amount of braking to stop the vehicle.
US11117571B2
A vehicle control device includes a communicator which communicates with a management device that guides a vehicle capable of automatedly traveling to a target parking space with reference to management information representing parking states of a plurality of parking spaces, a recognizer which recognizes a surrounding state of the vehicle, and a generator which generates parking state information including information representing whether other vehicles are parked in parking spaces which the vehicle passes on the basis of a result recognized by the recognizer and transmits the parking state information to the management device using the communicator.
US11117564B2
A method for the driverless guidance of a motor vehicle within a parking lot that includes sensing one or a plurality of road user(s) within the parking lot, predicting a respective movement of the one or the plurality of road user(s), and automatic driverless guidance of the motor vehicle within the parking lot based on the respective predicted movement. A corresponding device, a parking lot, as well as a computer program, are also described.
US11117563B2
An integrated electric booster braking system with a pedal force compensation function, comprising a booster motor, a first gear, a second gear, a lead screw, a brake master cylinder, a pedal push rod, a master cylinder push rod, a fluid storage tank, a hydraulic control unit and an electric control unit, wherein first gear and second gear are assembled in a housing, first gear is engaged with the second gear, the booster motor is connected with the first gear and drives the first gear to rotate, the first gear drives the second gear to rotate during rotation, the second gear is in threaded connection with the lead screw, the second gear drives the lead screw to move during rotation, the lead screw is of a hollow structure, and the rear end of the lead screw is abutted with the front end of a first piston in the brake master cylinder.
US11117558B2
This vehicle brake device comprises: a simultaneous driving determination section which determines whether it is necessary to simultaneously drive an upstream-side motor and a downstream-side motor; and a PWM control section which, when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the affirmative, changes the duty ratio of the PWM signal to be output to the upstream-side motor so as to be smaller than when the determination result by the simultaneous driving determination section is in the negative, and uses PWM control to drive the upstream-side motor.
US11117553B2
A vehicle cleaning system includes a wiper motor, a vehicle wiper, a washer nozzle, a washer pump, and a controller. The wiper motor forwardly and reversely rotates an output shaft. The vehicle wiper is coupled to the output shaft and reciprocally wipes a surface for wiping in accordance with forward and reverse rotations of the output shaft. The washer nozzle is arranged on the vehicle wiper. The washer pump feeds a washer fluid to the washer nozzle. The controller controls the wiper motor and the washer pump. The controller drives the washer pump so that the washer fluid is ejected in a direction in which accumulated snow is present based on a determination that the vehicle wiper is in a constrained state caused by accumulated snow.
US11117552B2
The invention proposes an adapter (26) for a wiper (10) comprising a body (25) of elongate shape which is shaped to be mounted in a complementary yoke (28) of inverted U-shaped cross section belonging to a wiper arm, characterized in that the body (1025) of the adapter (1026) comprises at least one elastic tab (1132a, 1132b) which is deformable in the transverse direction so as to retract as the adapter (1026) is being assembled and/or dismantled with respect to the yoke (28), the elastic tab (1132a, 1132b) being borne by a lateral wall (1026a, 1026b) of the body (1025) of the adapter.
US11117550B2
An entry system includes a transponder unit and a transmission unit which is arranged in an object. The transmission unit is designed to transmit a request to the transponder unit, and the transponder unit includes a motion sensor which is designed to detect a movement of the transponder unit and to generate motion information. The transponder unit is designed to transmit, in a first operating state, to the transmission unit, in response to the request, a reply containing the motion information, wherein the transmission unit is designed to decide on the basis of the motion information whether to activate the object.
US11117538B2
An electrical assembly includes a support assembly and a track assembly. The support assembly may include a controller, a first safety device, and/or a second safety device. The track assembly may include a first tack and/or a second track. The support assembly may be configured for selective mechanical and/or electrical connection with the track assembly in a first direction and/or in a second direction. The controller may be configured to receive a first signal and/or a second signal from the track assembly. The controller may provide the first signal to the first safety device and/or provide the second signal to the second safety device when the support assembly is connected with the track assembly in the first direction and when the support assembly is connected with the track assembly in the second direction. The first safety device may include an airbag that may be activated by pyrotechnics.
US11117536B2
A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes first and second airbags, an airbag deployment device, a collision speed detector, a passenger's position detector, a seat moving unit, an airbag deployment determination unit, and a deployment controller. The first airbag is deployable in different sizes. The second airbag is deployable between the first airbag and vehicle equipment. The airbag deployment device deploys the airbags. The collision speed detector detects a collision or collision possibility of a vehicle, and calculates a collision speed. The passenger position detector detects a position of a passenger sitting on a seat. The seat moving unit moves the seat. The airbag deployment determination unit determines a size of the deployed first airbag. The deployment controller determines an amount of movement of the seat, causes the seat moving unit to move the seat, and causes the airbag deployment device to deploy the airbags.
US11117531B2
Provided is a technique suitable for fixing, to a vehicle, a part of a wire harness that is maintained in a bent state, and thereafter straightening the wire harness and mounting the wire harness to a vehicle. A wire harness module includes: a wire harness including a plurality of wires; and a plurality of vehicle fixation components that are attached to the wire harness and are attachable to a vehicle. In a state in which at least one of the plurality of vehicle fixation components stays fixable to the vehicle, at least one of the plurality of vehicle fixation components keeps the wire harness in a bent form.
US11117524B2
An inflatable transport box including a base, a rear wall, and first and second side walls. The rear wall can be connected to the base along a folding edge and forming a single-piece drop stitch component with the base. The first and second side walls can be connected to opposite sides of the rear wall along folding edges, respectively. The side walls can be drop stitch components. The base, the rear wall and the side walls can be made of drop stitch material including an outer drop stitch wall and an inner drop stitch wall. Partial surfaces of the inner drop stitch wall of the rear wall and the side walls, respectively, can be arranged on both sides of a fold, and can be configured to come to rest on top of each other to form adhesive surfaces that are adhesively bonded together or welded to each other.
US11117522B2
A positioning system for a rear view display device includes at least a first gear rod for positioning a cover plate, a second gear rod for positioning the cover plate, a spring jack, and a position sensing means. The first gear rod, the second gear rod, and the spring jack may include conductive material. The spring jack may be adapted to contact the first gear rod and the second gear rod. The position sensing means may be adapted to sense the position of the first gear rod relative to the spring jack with at least a first resistance value of a first conductive path between at least a first point on the first gear rod and the spring jack varying with the position of the first gear rod relative to the spring jack.
US11117516B1
A lift detection and alert assembly for detecting lifting of a tow vehicle and for alerting a crane operator includes an alert module and a sensing module, which are mountable to a tow vehicle having a load engaged thereto. The alert module provides notification to an operator of a crane that is engaged to and operable upon the load. The sensing module detects vertical movement of the tow vehicle and signals the alert module thereof. The alert module notifies the operator of the crane in event the tow vehicle is being lifted in conjunction with the load to prevent damage to the tow vehicle and injury to a driver thereof. The present invention is anticipated for use with terminal tractors that are utilized to move shipping containers at cargo yards, warehouse facilities, and intermodal facilities.
US11117512B2
The present disclosure discloses an illumination system for a vehicle. The illumination system includes an illumination device having a light source and a bracket connected to the light source. The bracket is adapted to be rotatably connected on an inner surface of a movable closure of the vehicle, and the bracket is adjacent to a top of the vehicle when the movable closure is in an opened position.
US11117507B2
A multi-configurable load ramp for a vehicle includes an outer ramp member, an inner ramp member pivotably coupled to the outer ramp member and movable between a deployed position extending from the outer ramp member, and a folded position where the inner ramp member is disposed nestingly within outer ramp member, and a vehicle attachment device coupled to one of the inner and outer ramp members. The vehicle attachment device includes a plate member and a hook member extending therefrom, the hook member having an upper jaw and a lower jaw at least partially defining a receiving slot to receive a portion of a tailgate. In the deployed position, one of the inner and outer ramp members is configured to couple to the tailgate via the vehicle attachment device to provide a ramp surface to load and/or unload objects from a cargo area of the vehicle.
US11117498B2
A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a vehicle seat is provided herein. The child seat, which may be front- and/or rear-facing, includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion. The seat base can receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a vehicle seat in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and is rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism applies tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the vehicle seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.
US11117497B2
The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a seat part and a backrest part, which comprises a lower backrest part and an upper backrest part arranged adjacent thereto in the vertical direction of the vehicle seat, a displacement device being arranged with a first section, which is fixedly connected to the lower backrest part, and with a second section, which is fixedly connected to the upper backrest part, the second section being completely displaceable together with the upper backrest part relative to the lower backrest part by means of a displacement movement directed at least in part in the width direction of the vehicle seat, the first section being arranged completely below the upper backrest part in the vertical direction and forming a guideway for the displacement movement of the second section.
US11117494B2
A locking unit (10), for a vehicle seat (1), includes a locking pawl (80) which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis between an open position and a closed position and which has a retention contour (27) for securing a locking bolt (12) in the closed position. At least one claw (90, 91, 92), offset in the axial direction with respect to the locking pawl (80), is mounted so as to be pivotable about the same pivot axis. The claw (90, 91, 92) has a closure contour (25). The locking pawl (80) can be pivoted from the open position to the closed position by the closure contour (25) being acted upon by the locking bolt (12).
US11117491B2
During running of an electric vehicle, a battery temperature control section performs preliminary temperature adjustment processing so that a temperature of the battery at a point of time of arrival at a reachable charging station is within a suitable charging temperature range. When the preliminary temperature adjustment processing is performed, a running control section performs processing for maintaining a remaining capacity securing condition that an estimated remaining capacity is equal to or exceeds a remaining capacity criterion value, the estimated remaining capacity resulting from subtraction of an estimated running electricity amount and an estimated temperature control electricity amount from a remaining capacity of the battery at a current point of time.
US11117488B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include matching transportation requests to personal mobility vehicles. A dynamic transportation network may incorporate different types of vehicles, such as bicycles and/or scooters. Certain vehicles may have advantages over other vehicles in certain contexts but be disadvantageous in others. For example, a dynamic transportation matching system may match a user transporting a bulky package with a basket-equipped bike rather than a scooter without a basket. Moreover, the dynamic transportation matching system may account for a wide variety of other factors, including but not limited to route features, ambient conditions, and vehicle status when matching a transportation requestor to a specific vehicle. Moreover, some systems may account for vehicle wear-and-tear, battery power levels, operational status, etc. to avoid matching users vehicles that would be unable to fulfill a transportation request. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11117487B2
An electric vehicle charge controller and charging method for controlling a charging rate for a battery of an electric vehicle is presented. The battery receives charge via a node connected to a power distribution source. The charge controller receiving a nodal voltage measurement for voltage at the node, receiving a value of electric power at the node, and determining a change in the electric power value based on a previous electric power value. When the change in electric power is greater than a load change threshold, the charge controller determines an estimate of voltage-to-load sensitivity. The charge controller determines the charging rate of the electric vehicle based on the nodal voltage, the determined voltage-to-load sensitivity, and a state of charge of the at least one battery, and controls the charging rate for the at least one battery in accordance with the determined charging rate.
US11117483B2
A method of charging a traction battery of a vehicle includes, among other things, partitioning the traction battery of the electrified vehicle into a plurality of partitions. Each of the partitions is separately chargeable. The method then includes evaluating at least one characteristic of the plurality of partitions, and prioritizing a charging of the plurality of partitions from at least one external power source based on the evaluating.
US11117479B2
A charging system for transmitting an electric charging current to an energy receiver including: a charging plug for coupling to a corresponding connecting apparatus; an electronic control device; and at least one temperature sensor for determining a temperature of a current-carrying component of the charging system. The temperature sensor is coupled to the electronic control device for outputting temperature measurement data which represents the temperature of the current-carrying component. The charging system further has an ambient temperature sensor for determining an ambient temperature of the charging system and is coupled to the electronic control device. The electronic control device is designed to ascertain a differential temperature between the temperature of the current-carrying component and the ambient temperature based on the temperature measurement data and the ambient temperature measurement data and to output a control signal for the purpose of controlling the charging current based on the ascertained differential temperature.
US11117478B2
A charging inlet includes a power terminal, a holder member, and a thermal sensor. The power terminal is configured to releasably engage a mating contact of an external power source. The holder member is proximate to the power terminal, and has an electrically insulative material. The holder member defines at least a portion of a pocket that is fully enclosed. The thermal sensor is disposed within the pocket for monitoring a temperature of the power terminal.
US11117465B2
A vehicle driving-force distributing device includes: first connecting/disconnecting teeth disposed on the inner circumferential side of the ring gear; a connecting/disconnecting mechanism that includes a cylindrical member and a connecting/disconnecting sleeve including second connecting/disconnecting teeth and spline-fitted movably in the rotation axis direction and relatively non-rotatably to the outer circumferential side of the shaft insertion portion and that connects and disconnects a power transmission path between the ring gear and the differential case by moving the connecting/disconnecting sleeve in the rotation axis direction between a meshing position at which the second connecting/disconnecting teeth are meshed with the first connecting/disconnecting teeth and a non-meshing position at which the second connecting/disconnecting teeth are not meshed with the first connecting/disconnecting teeth; and a synchronizing mechanism disposed between the ring gear and the cylindrical member and reducing a relative rotation between the first connecting/disconnecting teeth and the second connecting/disconnecting teeth.
US11117462B2
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle includes a first input shaft mounted along an axis of an engine shaft and selectively connectable to the engine shaft, a second input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and fixedly connected to a rotor of the first motor-generator, a third input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft, an output shaft mounted in parallel to the first input shaft and outputting a shifted toque, a planetary gear set mounted on the output shaft, having an element fixed to the output shaft and forming a shifted torque, and a plurality of gear sets mounted over the first, second, and third input shafts, the intermediate shaft, and the output shaft.
US11117459B2
A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-drive vehicle, including an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, the force output shaft of which alternatingly acts either on a first input shaft or on a coaxial second input shaft of a dual clutch transmission via two separating clutches of a dual clutch, wherein a respective first and second sub-transmission can be activated using the input shafts, and wherein fixed and idler gears are arranged in wheel planes on the two input shafts and a common axially parallel output shaft and are combined into gear sets which form gear stages.
US11117453B2
Vehicle windows may include water management features. In some embodiments, the vehicle windows include a water management corner piece for managing the flow of water or other precipitation around the window. The water management corner piece may be secured to a window glass pane and may positioned and shaped for channeling the water along an engineered drainage path.
US11117449B2
A transport refrigeration system having: a first engine (26) configured to power a refrigeration unit (22); a first fuel tank (330) fluidly connected to the first engine through a first fuel line (332); a first shut off valve (450) located within the first fuel line proximate the first fuel tank; a second shut off valve (72) located within the first fuel line proximate the first engine; a sensor system (80) configured to detect at least one of a crash of the transport refrigeration system, a fuel leak in the first fuel line, and an engine stall in the first engine; and a controller (30) configured to close the first shutoff valve and the second shutoff valve when the sensor system detects at least one of a crash of the transport refrigeration system, a fuel leak in the first fuel line, and an engine stall in the first engine.
US11117429B2
A tire with a sensor attachment reservoir is provided. The tire includes a pair of bead areas, a sidewall extending from each respective bead area to a tread, a carcass extending toroidally between each of the bead areas, and an innerliner disposed inwardly of the carcass. A compound ring is secured to the innerliner, and the compound ring defines a reservoir upon being secured to the innerliner. A sensor adhesive is disposed in the reservoir and a sensor is secured to the tire innerliner by the sensor adhesive. A corresponding method of attaching a sensor to a tire is also provided.
US11117422B2
A non-pneumatic tire includes a support structure for supporting a load from a vehicle. The support structure includes an inner annular portion, an outer annular portion concentrically provided on an outer side of the inner annular portion, and a plurality of connecting portions which connect the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion to each other and are provided in a tire circumferential direction independently of one another, the plurality of connecting portions are configured such that elongated plate-like first connecting portions and elongated plate-like second connecting portions are arrayed along the tire circumferential direction, an angle α and an angle β, the angles being formed by an inner circumferential surface of the outer annular portion and both side surfaces of each of the connecting portions, both surfaces facing the tire circumferential direction, are 75° or more and 120° or less.
US11117418B2
A stand for holding a cylindrical receptacle at an angle including a first support, a second support positioned at an angle X in relation to first support and associated with first support at a vertex and a base, the base uniting the first support and the second support.
US11117414B2
A security element and a value document having such a security element in the form of a strip having a first and second polymer layer are shown, having a visually recognizable halftone printed image, which is luminescent under UV radiation, between the first and second layer, wherein the halftone printed image has an opacity and forms at least one imprint area having a boundary contour within the security element. To increase the forgery protection, it is proposed that at least one of the two polymer layers have an opacity at least in the region of the boundary contour of the imprint area and be adapted in its opacity to the opacity of the imprint area, in order to diminish the visual recognizability of the boundary contour of the imprint area of the luminescent halftone printed image on the security element.
US11117413B1
A gift card carrier for holding a gift card includes a first part having a first portion and a second portion that is formed of a transparent plastic material and includes a pair of gift card slits for releasably retaining the gift card. The gift card carrier also has a second part that has an open interior space. The second portion of the first part is sized to carry the gift card and be received within the open interior space of the second part. The first part moves between a fully retracted position in which the second portion is received within the open interior space and an extended position in which the second portion is exposed for removal of the gift card.
US11117402B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reception unit that receives an instruction to place and print an image in an area of a specific shape having an aspect ratio different from an aspect ratio of a recording sheet; a print control unit performs control such that a support image is on the recording sheet, the support image supporting specification of a cut position to cut out the area of the specific shape, in which the image of which printing instruction is received by the reception unit is printed, from the recording sheet; and an output unit outputs an explanatory image that explains the cut position with respect to the support image, in a case where the reception unit receives the printing instruction.
US11117396B2
A print engine includes: a media support chassis having a plurality of guide rollers mounted between opposite sidewalls thereof, the plurality of guide rollers defining a curved media feed path; a plurality of spittoons, each spittoon being positioned between a neighboring pair of guide rollers and each spittoon having an upper guide portion; and a plurality of printheads, each printhead opposing a respective spittoon. The upper guide portion of each spittoon has an upstream leading edge sloped towards the media feed path and a downstream trailing edge sloped away from the media feed path.
US11117384B2
A liquid discharging head includes: individual channels each including a nozzle; an inflow channel communicated with the individual channels; an outflow channel communicated with the individual channels; an inflow-side filter provided on the inflow channel and dividing the inflow channel into a lower inflow area and an upper inflow area; an outflow-side filter provided on the outflow channel and dividing the outflow channel into a lower outflow area and an upper outflow area; an inflow port which is provided on the upper inflow area and through which the liquid is supplied to the inflow channel from outside thereof; an outflow port which is provided on the upper outflow area and through which the liquid is discharged from the outflow channel to outside thereof; and a bypass channel connecting the upper inflow area and the upper outflow area.
US11117381B2
A printer includes a platen that supports a print medium, an ejection head that ejects a liquid as a droplet toward the supported print medium, a carriage that mounts the ejection head, a guide shaft that movably supports the carriage, a first frame, and a second frame disposed opposite to the first frame. One end portion of the guide shaft is fixed to the first frame and another end portion of the guide shaft is fixed to the second frame. One end portion of the platen in a direction along the guide shaft is fixed to the first frame and another end portion of the platen in the direction along the guide shaft is fixed to the second frame.
US11117378B2
An example service station system may include a guide bar to provide tension on web material. An example print apparatus may include a sensor mounted to a carriage and a controller to use data from the sensor to identify that the web material is incorrectly routed with reference to the guide bar.
US11117375B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a first-valve-mechanism, a second-valve-mechanism, a nozzle plate, and a holder housing the first-valve-mechanisms and the second-valve-mechanisms. When a direction perpendicular to the nozzle plate is a first-direction, the nozzle plate extends in a second-direction and a third-direction. The first-valve-mechanism and the second-valve-mechanism arranged in the third-direction, with a space therebetween. The first-valve-mechanism includes a first-valve-element and a first-downstream-cover-member defining a first-downstream-chamber downstream of the first-valve-element. The second-valve-mechanism includes a second-valve-element and a second-downstream-cover-member defining a second-downstream-chamber downstream of the second-valve-element. The first-downstream-cover-member faces the second-downstream-cover-member. An interval between the nozzle plate and the first-valve-element is equal to an interval between the nozzle plate and the second-valve-element in the first-direction. The holder has no wall in an area of the space between the first-valve-mechanism and the second-valve-mechanism, the area overlapping the first-downstream-cover-member and the second-downstream-cover-member as viewed from the third-direction.
US11117369B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: an ejection head; a head scanning mechanism; a controller; and a storage, wherein the controller is configured to: perform, in a case where viscosity of the liquid satisfies a first condition, a first printing process of: discarding the liquid at a discard position and then printing a partial image; perform, in a case where viscosity of the liquid does not satisfy the first condition, the controller performs a second printing process of: printing the partial image on the recording medium, without discarding the liquid; perform, a division process of dividing the image data corresponding to at least first one pass of the image data into a first division data and a second division data; and, in the second printing process, the controller controls to eject the liquid based on the first division data and eject the liquid based on the second division data.
US11117368B2
A fluidic die may include an array of fluid actuators, an actuation data register to store actuation data that indicates each fluid actuator to actuate for a set of actuation events, a mask register to store mask data that indicates a set of fluid actuators of the array enabled for actuation for a respective actuation event of the set of actuation events, a pattern select register to store a pattern selection, input mask data generation circuitry to build a set of mask data with subsets of mask data, each of the subsets having a pattern based upon a pattern selection input, and to populate the mask register with the set of mask data, and actuation logic to electrically actuate a subset of the fluid actuators based at least in part on the actuation data register and the mask register for the respective actuation event.
US11117363B2
Method for making an ornamental article, which envisages a step for arranging, in a 3D printer, a finish plate made of metallic material provided with an inner face and an outer face, and an augmenting step for augmenting, in the 3D printer, an ornamental body formed by a plurality of separate connection elements mechanically engaged with each other, wherein the augmenting step is attained by means of successive welding of metal powder layers, so to fix the plurality of connection elements of the ornamental body to the finish plate. The method further comprises a step for cutting the finish plate into a plurality of separate surface elements adjacent to each other and mechanically connected to the plurality of connection elements.
US11117362B2
A part includes a continuous fiber substantially encased in a formation material. The fiber and formation material are arranged in a plurality of alternating layers such that the formation material of a first one of the alternating layers adheres to the formation material of a second one of the alternating layers over the length of the continuous fiber. The part may include a thin-walled hollow member such as a duct. In some embodiments a part comprises a continuous fiber prepared by an additive manufacturing process comprising the steps of: depositing a composite material on a print bed using a print head, the composite material comprising a continuous fiber and a formation material in intimate contact with the continuous fiber; moving the print head and/or the print bed during the depositing of the composite material; and consolidating the composite material.
US11117359B2
Composite laminate parts are made using a gradient cured subset of fiber reinforced thermoset resin plies. A portion of the subset is cured to rigidity to thereby maintain the shape of a part layup, while other plies in the subset are actively cooled to prevent them from curing. Additional plies are laid up on the uncured plies of the subset to complete the layup. The completed layup is then fully cured.
US11117357B2
The present invention provides polyolefin films comprising calcium carbonate that have a reduced moisture vapor transmission rate, methods of making the films, and packaging materials comprising the films.
US11117355B2
The present invention relates to a hard coating film having a multilayer-structure and, specifically, to a hard coating film having a multilayer-structure, which has a low Vickers hardness (Hv) value while having an excellent scratch resistance together with flexibility.
US11117353B2
An aerogel laminate roll is prepared by winding an aerogel laminate around a roll core, the aerogel laminate comprising a support and an aerogel layer disposed on the support and having a thickness of 200 μm or less.
US11117347B2
A release film for high-capacity multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) 0.5-0.8 μm ceramic slurry and a production method thereof. The release film includes at least three layers of co-extruded polyester resin having a layer A, a layer B and a layer C, and stretching the same in longitudinal and transverse directions. In addition, the layer B includes recycled polyester resin, the layers A and C include new polyester resin raw materials, and a releasing agent having a phenyl releasing control agent. The production method for the release film includes coating a releasing agent on one or both sides of a polyester film, and winding into a roll after drying and hardening.
US11117344B2
A deformable auxetic structure for absorbing energy of an impact that comprises a plurality of interconnected adjoining tridimensional auxetic cells where each tridimensional auxetic cell comprises at least one surface element and a plurality of legs extending from the surface, the plurality of legs and the surface element being configured such that the sectional cut of the structure in at least two planes perpendicular to the surface element follows an auxetic pattern.
US11117341B2
A method for precursor production includes A) providing a multitude of container precursors, and in each case a) providing a sheet-like composite, having a first longitudinal edge, a further longitudinal edge and, from the first longitudinal edge to the further longitudinal edge: i. a first longitudinal crease, ii. a second longitudinal crease, iii. a third longitudinal crease, and iv. a fourth longitudinal crease. The method includes b) producing a first longitudinal fold characterized by a first internal angle along the first longitudinal crease and a third longitudinal fold characterized by a third internal angle along the third longitudinal crease; c) producing a second longitudinal fold characterized by a second internal angle along the second longitudinal crease and a fourth longitudinal fold characterized by a fourth internal angle along the fourth longitudinal crease; d) contacting and joining the first longitudinal edge to the further longitudinal edge thereby obtaining a longitudinal seam.
US11117337B2
A reciprocating press for acting on a workpiece is described, and includes an eccentric shaft rotatably disposed in a rotatable eccentric sleeve, and a crank-slider mechanism coupled to the eccentric shaft. Rotations of the eccentric shaft and the rotatable eccentric sleeve are independently controllable to dynamically vary a stroke length of the crank-slider mechanism.
US11117330B2
A housing for use in connection with an inflation device can be coupled to a syringe body by a snap-fit connection. The snap-fit type mechanism can include an adaptor and a lock, such as a depressible lock. The housing can enclose an electrical circuit and a display screen that rests on a plurality of resilient pins. The circuit board may be held in place within the housing via one or more heat pins. The inflation device can be configured to measure pressure within a fluid reservoir of a syringe.
US11117326B2
In an example, a method includes generating a training dataset for an inference model to generate dimensional modifications to apply to object models to compensate for departures from model dimensions in objects generated using additive manufacturing based on those object models. Generating the training dataset may include acquiring, for each of a plurality of generated objects, (i) an indication of a first dimensional inaccuracy and a second dimensional inaccuracy, wherein the first and second dimensional inaccuracies are acquired in a direction of a first axis and relate to respective first and second object dimensions; and (ii) an indication of object placement within a fabrication chamber during object generation.
US11117323B2
A vat heating device is provided, including a vat and a heater. The vat has a bottom plate. The vat is used to accommodate a photosensitive resin. The heater is disposed on the bottom plate, adjacent to the photosensitive resin. The heater is used to heat the photosensitive resin. The heater is on an optical path of a light source for curing the photosensitive resin. A photocuring three-dimensional molding system containing the above vat heating device is also provided.
US11117320B2
A method, apparatus, and program for additive manufacturing. The additive manufacturing device includes a positioning mechanism configured to provide independent movement of at least one build unit in at least two dimensions. The build unit may further include a gasflow device for providing a flow zone along a first direction with relation to the build unit. The build unit may further include a powder delivery mechanism and an irradiation beam directing unit. The irradiation bean unit may follow a first irradiation path, wherein the first irradiation path forms at least a first solidification line and at least a second solidification line formed at an angle other than 0° and 180° with respect to the first solidification line. During the formation of the first solidification line, the build unit may be positioned in a first orientation such that the first direction of the flow zone is substantially perpendicular to the first solidification line. During the formation of the second solidification line, the build unit may be positioned in a second orientation such that the flow zone along the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second solidification line.
US11117315B2
A carrier plate assembly for use in producing a three-dimensional object by bottom-up stereolithography includes: (a) an upper support; (b) an adhesion plate having a substantially flat planar lower adhesion surface, on which surface the three-dimensional object can be formed; (c) at least one energy absorber interconnecting the upper support and the adhesion plate; and (d) a carrier lock portion connected to the upper support.
US11117312B2
Provided is the method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure with a less amount of internal voids or bubbles, and also to provide a 3D printer filament used for manufacturing such three-dimensional structure. The method for manufacturing a three-dimensional structure, the method comprises melting and depositing a filament using a 3D printer, the filament comprising a commingled yarn that contains a continuous reinforcing fiber (A) and a continuous thermoplastic resin fiber (B), with a dispersity of the continuous reinforcing fiber (A) in the commingled yarn of 60 to 100%.
US11117307B2
A system for depositing a composite filler material into a channel of a composite structure includes an end-effector configured to extrude a bead of the filler material into the channel. The filler material can comprise a first group of relatively long fibers, a second group of relatively short fibers and a resin. A drive system is configured to move the end-effector relative to the channel, and a position sensor is configured to detect the position of the bead relative to the channel. A controller is configured to operate the drive system in response to the detected position and to operate the end-effector to heat and compress the filler material so as to orient the longer fibers in a substantially longitudinal direction relative to the channel and the shorter fibers in substantially random directions relative to the channel when the bead is extruded into the channel.
US11117305B2
The present invention relates to a method for changing material in an extrusion device comprising at least two supply devices for supplying feedstock for an extruder, comprising the following steps: identifying a change request for changing material in an extrusion device, predetermining a production stability for a time after the material of at least one supply device has been changed, comparing the predetermined production stability to a threshold value of stability, changing the material in at least one supply device depending on the result of comparison.
US11117304B2
A method for manufacturing a bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery including at least one strand, the method including a step of making, by moulding or extrusion, a band of synthetic material intended to form at least one strand, the method being wherein it then includes a step of chemical mechanical polishing the band. A bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery includes at least one strand formed of an extruded or injection moulded band, wherein at least one strand has a roughness Rp less than or equal to 3 μm and preferably less than or equal to 2 μm.
US11117298B2
To provide an ejector mechanism of an injection molding machine that improves handling performance of a sound-proof cover while ensuring excellent sound-proof performance. An ejector mechanism of an injection molding machine comprises: a plurality of ball screws that rotates clockwise and counterclockwise about an axis to make an ejector plate and an ejector pin advance and retreat together; a plurality of driven pulleys and each connected to a corresponding one of the ball screws; a driving pulley that rotates clockwise and counterclockwise in response to the driving of a driving motor; an endless transmission belt wound on the driving pulley and the driven pulleys; an idler pulley on which the transmission belt is wound in such a manner as to define a small area of a region surrounded by the endless transmission belt wound on the driving pulley and the driven pulleys; and a sound-proof cover provided to cover the driving pulley, the driven pulleys, the idler pulley, and the transmission belt.
US11117295B2
A system for manufacturing a particulate-binder composite article including a mold defining a mold cavity, a first opening into the mold cavity, and a second opening into the mold cavity, a mass of a particulate material received in the mold cavity, a binder source in selective fluid communication with the mold cavity by way of the first opening, the binder source including a binder material, a first filter disposed across the first opening, the first filter being permeable to the binder material and substantially impermeable to the particulate material, and a second filter disposed across the second opening, the second filter being permeable to air and substantially impermeable to the particulate material.
US11117285B2
Tools for replacing knives in cutting machines. The tools include a clamping body having a base, bracket, clamp, and knife support tab(s). The bracket has a flange portion spaced apart from an upper surface of the base. The clamp is coupled to the base for translating in translation directions transverse to a longitudinal axis of the base. The clamp has a lift tab on the same side of the base as a rear surface thereof, and a handle is secured to the flange portion of the bracket and located on the same side of the base as the lift tab. The support tab projects from the front surface of the base, and the clamp is biased toward the support tab so that the clamp and support tab create a knife gripping mechanism for clamping an edge of a knife against the tab.
US11117281B2
A device for cutting a mat or panel made of mineral wool or a board or panel made of porous construction material, including a system for moving the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, which includes at least one conveyor, capable of moving along a direction, an endless diamond element designed to cut the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, a device for running the endless diamond element in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the mat or panel made of mineral wool or the board or panel made of porous construction material, the endless diamond element being an endless diamond wire, an endless diamond cable or an endless diamond strip.
US11117280B2
Disclosed here are shaving razor systems and methods including razor cartridges with a unitary frame having a length and width, a topside and an underside, wherein the unitary frame includes angled joints or bends connecting at least three guards running lengthwise on the unitary frame, the guards separated by at least three gaps in the frame, and at least three blades, affixed to the underside of the guards of the unitary frame, wherein the at least three blades include edges, and wherein the blade edges extend into the gaps in the frame when affixed to the underside of the guards of the unitary frame.
US11117276B2
A method for generating user feedback information from a shave event associated with a user. A shaving razor is provided to user. The shaving razor includes a handle, a hair cutting implement connected to the handle, at least one motion sensor in the handle, a hair cutting implement displacement sensor associated with the handle, a communication device associated with the handle and a power source associated with the handle. The power source powers the at least one motion sensor, the hair cutting implement displacement sensor and the communication device. Shave event data associated with the user during a shave is collected from the at least one motion sensor and the hair cutting implement displacement sensor. The shave event data is processed to generate user feedback information.
US11117261B2
An operation processor of the motion trajectory generation apparatus specifies the target object by extracting first point cloud data that corresponds to the target object from a depth image in the vicinity of the target object acquired by a depth image sensor, excludes the first point cloud data from second point cloud data, which is point cloud data in the vicinity of the target object, in the depth image, estimates, using the second point cloud data after the first point cloud data has been excluded, third point cloud data, which is point cloud data that corresponds to an obstacle that is present in a spatial area from which the first point cloud data is excluded in the depth image, and supplements the estimated third point cloud data in the spatial area from which the first point cloud data is excluded, and generates the plan of the motion trajectory.
US11117259B2
Automation windows for RPA for attended or unattended robots are disclosed. A child session is created and hosted as a window including the UIs of applications of a window associated with a parent session. Running multiple sessions allows a robot to operate in this child session while the user interacts with the parent session. The user may thus be able to interact with applications that the robot is not using or the user and the robot may be able to interact with the same application if that application is capable of this functionality. The user and the robot are both interacting with the same application instances and file system. Changes made via the robot and the user in an application will be made as if a single user made them, rather than having the user and the robot each work with separate versions of the applications and file systems.
US11117249B2
A powered fastener driving tool, and particularly a powder-actuated fastener driving tool including a housing assembly partially defining a plurality of pawl leg pockets, a piston assembly and a barrel assembly removably and partially positionable in a receiver assembly that is partially positioned in the housing assembly, and a plurality of attachment pawls including respective legs positioned in respective ones of the pawl leg pockets and configured to maintain the piston assembly and the barrel assembly removably and partially positionable in the receiver assembly.
US11117245B2
A wrench includes a head having a first end and a second end and a handle extending from the head. The head defines and at least partially surrounds an opening. The head further defines at least one recess continuous with the opening. A distance between the first end and the second end of the head is greater than a cross-sectional diameter of a pipe flange of a hammer union.
US11117235B2
A machine tool for machining workpieces has a machine frame, at least one component part which can be moved along a movement path by means of a power-operated drive unit, at least one frame part, which is connected to the machine frame and which is arranged at an end position in the movement path of the component part, and at least a first stop, via which the component part in contact with the frame part when said component part is in the end position, wherein the first stop lies outside the movement path.
US11117234B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor positioned substantially within the housing, a drive mechanism supported by the housing and coupled to the motor, a battery pack electrically coupled to the motor, and an isolation system. The isolation system includes an interface member positioned substantially within the housing. The interface member receives a portion of the battery pack to electrically couple the battery pack to the motor. The isolation system also includes a plurality of isolators coupled between the housing and the interface member to isolate the battery pack from the housing during operation of the power tool.
US11117233B2
A tool magazine for tools of a machine tool for processing workpieces includes a first magazine unit that is close to a processing station of the machine tool and a second magazine unit that is remote from the processing station of the machine tool. The second magazine unit includes a permanent tool carrier and a temporary tool carrier. The permanent tool carrier is permanently accessible to a tool handling device. The temporary tool carrier is temporarily accessible to the tool handling device.
US11117229B2
An automatic assembly machine fora combined control button, includes a frame, a power distribution control box, a turntable and turntable drive disposed on the frame so as to fit with each other, wherein the base fixtures fitting controller bases are evenly disposed along the circumference of the turntable; the front side of the frame located at the right side of the turntable is disposed with a base feeding mechanism; the rear side of the base feeding mechanism located on the frame is provided with a base transportation device fitting with the base fixtures; and the left side of the base transportation device along the rotating direction of the turntable is provided with a button assembly mechanism cooperating with the base fixtures.
US11117224B2
Provided is a flux capable of obtaining predetermined rheological characteristics both at room temperature and under a thermal history that is assumed for soldering and capable of suppressing the amount of a residue after soldering to realize a low residue. The flux contains a first alcohol compound that has two or more OH groups and has a melting point of lower than 25° C. and a second alcohol compound that has two or more OH groups and has a melting point of higher than 25° C., the first alcohol compound is glycerin, the second alcohol compound is 2,5-dimethylhexane-2,5-diol, the flux has a viscosity of 10 Pa·s or more and 50 Pa·s or less at 25° C. and has a viscosity of more than 0 Pa·s and 1 Pa·s or less at 100° C., and, in a case where 10 mg of the flux is heated up to 25° C. to 250° C. under a N2 atmosphere at a temperature rise rate of 10° C./min, the weight of the flux after heating is 15% or less of the weight of the flux before heating.
US11117212B2
Ultrasonic filament modeling systems and methods may be utilized to achieve room-temperature 3-D printing of solid (>95%) metal materials. A vibrating tool is applied to a metal filament to form a voxel, inducing mechanical deformation as well as inter-and intra-layer mass transport. Desired structures may be built on a voxel-by-voxel basis. Additionally, by varying the applied ultrasonic energy, the microstructure of the resulting structure may be controlled.
US11117210B2
A welding-type system includes a welding-type power supply to output welding-type power, and a controller connected to the welding-type power supply. The controller is configured to set a value of a control variable of a control loop of the welding-type power supply, the control loop controlling the welding-type power. The controller is also configured to adjust the value of the control variable while monitoring the control loop. In response to detecting oscillation in the control loop, the controller is configured to determine a weld circuit inductance associated with a weld circuit of the welding-type system based on a relationship between the adjusted control variable value and the weld circuit inductance.
US11117196B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating film that coats the substrate, wherein the coating film includes a WC1-x layer composed of a compound represented by WC1-x, where x is more than or equal to 0.54 and less than or equal to 0.58, and the compound represented by WC1-x includes a hexagonal crystal structure.
US11117195B2
A High Energy Beam Processing (HEBP) system provides feedback signal monitoring and feedback control for the improvement of process repeatability and three-dimensional (3D) printed part quality. Electrons deflected from a substrate in the processing area impinge on a surface of a sensor. The electrons result from the deflection of an electron beam from the substrate. Either one or both of an initial profile of an electron beam and an initial location of the electron beam relative to the substrate are determined based on a feedback electron signal corresponding to the impingement of the electrons on the surface of the sensor. With an appropriate profile and location of the electron beam, the build structure is fabricated on the substrate.
US11117192B2
A camera assembly is employed in additive manufacturing to improve the fidelity of a printed object. The camera may scan the surface of a build plate of a 3D printer and an object as it is being printed to generate image data. The image data is processed to detect errors in the build plate or printed object. The printer compensates for the detected errors, which can including modifying the printer configuration and/or modifying the instructions for printing a given object. Using the updated configuration, subsequent objects may then be printed, under a corrected process, to produce an object with fidelity to an original object model.
US11117189B2
A metal lattice for a carbon dioxide scrubber may comprise a metal lattice body defining a plurality of intersecting ligaments, wherein nodes are formed at said intersections. In various embodiments, the metal lattice may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process. A node density of the metal lattice may vary. A ligament thickness of the metal lattice may vary. The metal lattice may comprise liner defining a channel extending through the metal lattice.
US11117187B2
Disclosed is a casting nozzle intended to suppress or prevent breaking of a nozzle body thereof. The casting nozzle comprises: a nozzle body; a metal casing disposed to surround an upper end of the nozzle body to form a gas pool between an outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the nozzle body and an inner peripheral surface of the metal casing; and a bridging segment provided in at least a part of the gas pool to bridge between the outer peripheral surface of the upper end of the nozzle body and the inner peripheral surface of the metal casing.
US11117182B2
A method for fabricating electrodes sized and dimensioned to record, measure, and/or stimulate very fine nerve structures (e.g., microscale or less) is described herein. The method can include securing a tip of an electrode, comprising a conductor substantially encased by an insulator, to a proximal portion of an inserter. The electrode can be wound around a proximal portion of the inserter and a portion of the electrode can be secured to a distal portion of the inserter. A tension in the electrode can be maintained during the winding to keep the electrode in place during the winding.
US11117180B2
A quick-change die assembly for a necker machine includes an outer die mounting, an outer die, an outer die quick-release coupling, an inner die mounting, an inner die assembly, and an inner die quick-release coupling. The outer die is coupled to the outer die mounting by the outer die quick-release coupling. The inner die assembly is coupled to the inner die mounting by the inner die quick-release coupling.
US11117178B2
The invention provides a formed material manufacturing method by which unnecessary thickening of a flange can be avoided. The formed material manufacturing method allows a formed material to be manufactured by forming processes that include at least one drawing-out process, at least one drawing process performed after the drawing-out process, and at least one coining process performed after the drawing process. The width of the rear end side of a punch used in the drawing-out process is set to be wider than the width of the tip end side thereof. An ironing process is performed on a region corresponding to the flange of the base metal sheet by pushing the base metal sheet together with the punch into a pushing hole.
US11117172B2
Peroxyformic acid compositions for removal of biofilm growth and mineral deposits on membranes are disclosed. In particular, peroxyformic acid compositions are generated in situ or on site generation for the reduction and prevention, of biofilms and the mitigation of mineral buildup on the membranes. The compositions according to the invention are compatible with the membranes under application of use conditions.
US11117165B2
An array of CMUT cells has a DC bias voltage coupled to the top electrodes of the cells to bias the electrode to a desired collapsed or partially collapsed state. In the event of a short-circuit failure of a CMUT cell a protection circuit for the cell senses an over-current condition and responds by opening the DC current path through the failed cell. The protection circuit further disables the transmit and receive circuitry of the cell. In another implementation a sense circuit senses an over-current condition of the DC bias supply and responds by disabling all of the CMUT cells of the array, then sequentially re-enabling them, except that an attempt to re-enable a failed cell results in that cell remaining in a disabled state.
US11117163B2
Provided herein is a device for forming a conductive film. The device includes a deposition device and an air supply. The deposition device is configured to form a wet film having conductive nanostructures and a fluid carrier on a web. The web is moved in a first direction while forming the wet film. The air supply is disposed at a side of the web and configured to apply an air flow onto the wet film. The air flow is directed onto the wet film in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to reorient a direction of some conductive nanostructures in the wet film to define reoriented conductive nanostructures.
US11117161B2
Embodiments relate to forming a thin film of nanoscale thickness by depositing a mixture of a precursor and a supercritical fluid onto a surface of a substrate and removing the supercritical fluid from the surface of the substrate. The mixture is sprayed onto the surface by a spraying module. A layer of the precursor is formed on at least a portion of the surface. Molecules of the supercritical fluid is removed from the surface. The surface is exposed to plasma radical to transform the layer of the precursor into a solid thin film. In some embodiments, molecules of the precursor chemically bond with molecules of the supercritical fluid in the mixture. The molecules of the supercritical fluid can be decoupled from the molecules of the precursor before the layer of the precursor is formed.
US11117158B2
A sealant discharging apparatus includes a sealing gun, a movement controller, and a discharge controller. The sealing gun discharges sealant to an object. The movement controller causes the sealing gun and the object to move relatively. The discharge controller controls a discharge amount of the sealant discharged from the sealing gun. The movement controller controls a movement velocity of the sealing gun based on a volume of post-sealing sealant that has been discharged from the sealing gun and used to seal the object, and an amount of volume change in a sealant pool that has been discharged from the sealing gun and is yet to be used to seal the object.
US11117154B2
A modular apparatus for coating glass articles with a chemical compound includes a coating hood section (10a) including a series of interconnected walls (12) defining an interior chamber (18, 20a, 20b) having an inlet (32) and an outlet (44), a blower (24) positioned at least partially in the interior chamber (18, 20a, 20b) to carry air from the inlet (32) towards the outlet (44); and a connector (50) for connecting the coating hood section (10a) to an identical coating hood section (10b). The connector (50) for connecting being defined on at least one of the interconnected walls (12) of the coating hood section (10a).
US11117149B2
The present application relates to the design of a class of beauty products that facilitates personalized replenishment. The physical product is a new type of case comprising one or two sides or chambers, where each chamber retains a cartridge of a specific type of product, such as a foundation. For example, in an embodiment where the case of the present invention comprises a single chamber product, the cartridge may contain a single type of foundation. In an embodiment where the present invention comprises a case capable of retaining two cartridges, or comprises two product chambers, one cartridge may hold a relatively lightweight foundation, and the other may hold a long-wear foundation.
US11117147B2
A dispenser for dispensing a flowable product from a container has a pump module mounted on the container at an opening thereof. The pump module includes a pump body, which defines a pump chamber and a pump chamber inlet for product to flow from the container interior into the pump chamber. A pump actuator is operable in a pumping stroke relative to the pump body to vary the volume of the pump chamber and dispense the product. The pump includes a movable body portion which is operable in a displacement stroke into the container. The movable portion has a displacement body with a product-engaging face directed onto an interior product space of the container upstream of the pump chamber inlet, to assist priming. Below this a disrupter member, a grid of narrow bars, projects to penetrate the product.
US11117144B2
There is provided a cyclone collector which can securely collect particles from an intake gas and can prevent discharge of a water mist. The cyclone collector 12 includes a container 21, a liquid-film forming section 23 for forming a liquid film 40 in the container 21, a gas inlet 33 provided in a lid 32, and an exhaust pipe 24b. The gas inlet 33 extends downward at an angle with an orthogonal plane 21B perpendicular to the axis 21A of the container 21. The opening 33a of the gas inlet 33 opens in an area at a distance from the liquid film 40. An intake gas is ejected from the gas inlet 33 toward the liquid film 40.
US11117143B2
A centrifugal filtration device is provided, including: a casing, including an inlet passage and an outlet passage which are arranged on an extension direction; a plurality of blades, extending spirally on an inner circumferential wall of the inlet passage relative to the extension direction; a guiding mechanism, including a first tapering portion tapered in a direction toward the inlet passage, disposed in the casing and located between the plurality of blades and the outlet passage.
US11117140B2
A vehicle including at least one filter for trapping particles in a vehicle's outside surrounding air. The filter includes a first part and a second part. The first part includes a first cilia layer. An air inlet is arranged in one end of the filter. The first cilia layer is arranged to trap at least some particles in the air flowing into the filter via the air inlet when the first cilia layer is electrostatically charged by an electromagnetic field. The filter is connected to a vehicle chassis and such that one of the first and second parts faces the vehicle chassis and the other part faces ground.
US11117138B2
A gas cleaning system includes an inlet receiving a gas, an outlet spaced apart from the inlet, a gas channel defined between the inlet and the outlet to direct the gas from the inlet to the outlet, a photoionizer disposed to emit radiation towards a portion of the gas channel, and a first electrode module. The first electrode module includes a first discharge electrode assembly that generates a corona discharge within the gas channel and a first collection electrode assembly that collects ionized particles from the gas in the gas channel.
US11117136B2
A method of upgrading a vertical spindle pulverizer includes the steps of removing a cover from a journal opening in a housing of the pulverizer to access a grinding zone of the pulverizer, removing a first journal assembly having a toroidal grinding roll from the pulverizer through the journal opening, removing a plurality of toroidal table segments from a grinding table of the pulverizer, installing a plurality of inclined bull ring segments on the grinding table, installing a second journal assembly having a conical grinding roll in the pulverizer, and replacing the cover over the journal opening. The inclined bull ring segments are configured to register with a grinding surface of the conical grinding roll.
US11117126B2
A reaction carrier (14), a measuring device (12) and a measuring method for measuring a concentration of gaseous/aerosol components of a gas mixture uses reaction material (48) which reacts in an optically detectable manner with at least one component to be measured or with a reaction product of the component to be measured. The reaction carrier includes a flow channel (42) with sections (43) and extends between connecting elements (44). A gas treatment element (47), in each of the sections, changes chemical or physical properties of the gas mixture flowing therethrough or reacts, depending on the chemical or physical properties. The sections are separated from each other in a gas-tight manner by a separating element (49). A coupling element (45) opens the separating element and establishes a connection between the sections when the coupling element is activated. The measuring device includes an activation element (25) to activate the coupling element.
US11117125B2
Pipette tip couplers, pipette tips, coupler and tip combinations, and methods for coupling and decoupling a pipette tip to or from, respectively, a pipette tip coupler mounted on a pipette device. The pipette tip couplers include an elastomeric element, a discrete segment assembly, and a coupler stop shoulder surface. The pipette tips include a groove in a first cylindrical section, a second cylindrical section, a tip stop shoulder surface at the interface of the first and second cylindrical sections, a third cylindrical section, a sealing seat surface at the interface of the second and third cylindrical sections, and a fourth section adjacent to the third cylindrical section. When the pipette tip is mounted on the pipette tip coupler, the discrete segment assembly abuts the tip groove, the coupler stop shoulder surface abuts the tip stop shoulder surface, and the elastomeric element abuts the sealing seat surface.
US11117124B2
A honeycomb body having a porous ceramic honeycomb structure with a first end, a second end, and a plurality of walls having wall surfaces defining a plurality of inner channels. A highly porous layer is disposed on one or more of the wall surfaces of the honeycomb body. The highly porous layer has a porosity greater than 90%, and has an average thickness of greater than or equal to 0.5 μm and less than or equal to 10 μm. A method of making a honeycomb body includes depositing a layer precursor on a ceramic honeycomb body and binding the layer precursor to the ceramic honeycomb body to form the highly porous layer.
US11117121B2
The invention provides a catalyst and a method for making the catalyst. The catalyst comprises a porous carbon composite impregnated with a salt. The catalyst comprises a porous carbon composite impregnated with a salt.
US11117117B2
A method of synthesizing a doped carbonaceous material includes mixing a carbon precursor material with at least one dopant to form a homogeneous/heterogeneous mixture; and subjecting the mixture to pyrolysis in an inert atmosphere to obtain the doped carbonaceous material. A method of purifying water includes providing an amount of the doped carbonaceous material in the water as a photocatalyst; and illuminating the water containing the doped carbonaceous material with visible light such that under visible light illumination, the doped carbonaceous material generates excitons (electron-hole pairs) and has high electron affinity, which react with oxygen and water adsorbed on its surface forming reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydroxyl radicals and superoxide radicals, singlet oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, that, in turn, decompose pollutants and micropollutants.
US11117110B2
The invention is directed to a method for heating a process gas in a top or bottom fired reformer, a method for improving the temperature spread over a top or bottom fired reformer, and to a top or bottom fired reformer wherein these methods can applied. This can be achieved by the lane flow rate of at least one outer tube lane being different from the lane flow rate of at least one inner tube lane.
US11117109B2
Fluid mixing and distribution device for a downflow catalytic reactor, the said device comprising a mixing zone comprising at least one fluid-mixing space of length L1′ and a fluid-exchange space of length L2′, situated underneath and superposed with said mixing space, it being understood that the length L2′ of the said exchange space is strictly greater than the length L1′ of the said mixing space so as to create a roof at the level of the said exchange space, the said roof comprising at least one longitudinal opening suited to the passage of the following its from the said exchange space to the said distribution zone.
US11117106B2
The aerator system incorporates a land-based or water-based floating solar activated water aeration system with integrated linear diaphragm air compressor and controller to provide improved oxygen addition into water. The system uses low voltage and an advanced controller with max power point tracking (MPPT) technique, which converts the solar panel photovoltaic low voltage DC to low voltage AC and allows power generated from each solar panel to be fully utilized.
US11117103B2
A method of separating hydrocarbons in an aqueous mixture comprising exposing the aqueous mixture to a cellulose/ionic liquid membrane, wherein the aqueous mixture includes hydrocarbons, and removing the hydrocarbons from the aqueous mixture as the aqueous mixture flows through the cellulose/ionic liquid membrane, wherein the hydrocarbons do not flow through the cellulose/ionic liquid membrane. A filter system, comprising a cellulose/ionic liquid membrane used as the filter to separate hydrocarbons from an aqueous mixture.
US11117099B2
A system for and method of cleaning polymeric and ceramic microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes in hollow fiber, flat sheet, and tubular membrane units is provided. The method includes using a reducing agent, specifically ascorbic acid, based formulation. The method also includes certain protocols useful in conducting such cleanings. The system includes features for facilitating the method of the present invention.
US11117098B2
Provided are multi-zone catalyst articles, methods of manufacturing multi-zone catalyst articles, and methods for controlling emissions in diesel engine exhaust streams with multi-zone catalyst articles, where the emission treatment system of various embodiments effectively treats diesel engine exhaust with a single multi-zone catalyst article.
US11117097B2
A NOx adsorber catalyst composition, a NOx adsorber catalyst and its use in an emission treatment system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The NOx adsorber catalyst composition a support material and one or more platinum group metals disposed on the support material, wherein the support material comprises a NOx storage enhancer.
US11117075B2
A compost filter sock assembly comprising a filter sock and compost filter anchor system comprising one of i) an interconnected series of compost filter sock anchors alternating on the downstream and upstream side of the filter sock, wherein the compost filter sock anchors are interconnected with strapping between adjacent compost filter sock anchors on opposed sides of the filter sock such that the strap traverses the filter sock; or ii) a downstream wooden stake having a fin coupled thereto that extends laterally on both sides of the wooden stake.
US11117069B2
A cooling pond system and related methods of improving cooling performance in a cooling pond system using one or more submerged dams to increase cooling performance within the cooling pond system, and increase salt precipitation or recovery. The inclusion of one or more submerged dams within an existing cooling pond system can reduce an outflow temperature by 1-5° F. as compared to the same cooling pond system without any submerged dams. In addition or alternatively, pond depth can be controlled to enhance flow mixing and convection cooling. As the temperature is reduced throughout the cooling pond system, more potassium containing salts are precipitated form the brine solution resulting in increased production or recovery within the same cooling footprint.
US11117054B2
A method for controlling a character in a virtual environment of an interactive gaming application. The method including receiving characteristics of a virtual environment. The method including receiving a weight distribution profile for virtual objects carried by the character, the weight distribution profile causing an offset in a center of gravity of the character. The method including receiving input to move the character about the virtual environment, the input including a first component for moving the character along a path in the virtual environment, and a second component for providing a counter-force to reduce the offset to the center of gravity. The second component is applied when the character graphically appears to be out-of-balance while moving along the path in the virtual environment responsive to the first component.
US11117048B2
An example of an information processing apparatus repeatedly acquires input positions detected by a pointing device. The information processing apparatus executes a first process on a first object in a virtual game space in response to a second input which is performed after end of a first input to the pointing device and within a first time period from the first input. The information processing apparatus sets a reference position, based on an input position at which the second input to the pointing device is started. The information processing apparatus executes a first movement process for causing the first object to move in the virtual game space, based on the reference position and on the input position of the second input which is continuously performed from start of the second input to the pointing device.
US11117046B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or user interface adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for activities that can comprise and/or relate to, a board game system that can include a first game board that defines a plurality of playing surfaces for use with game pieces.
US11117044B1
A ramp system includes a ramp unit, a sliding rod, and a connecting unit. The ramp unit includes a first ramp having an upper edge and a lower edge spaced from the upper edge in a vertical direction. The sliding rod includes a sliding portion, a first leg, and a second leg. The sliding portion extends from an end of the sliding rod to another end of the sliding rod. The first leg and the second leg are connected to two different locations of the sliding portion. The connecting unit includes a column and a connecting member. The column is connected to the lower edge of the first ramp. The connecting member is connected to the upper edge of the first ramp. The connecting member includes a coupling ring mounted around the first leg.
US11117039B2
A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11117029B2
A ball striking device includes a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The ball striking plate has a desired-contact region and a perimeter. One or more spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface and may radiate away from the desired-contact region toward the perimeter. At least one of the spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located in an upper-toe quadrant or in an upper-heel quadrant of the rear surface. One or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface. The one or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be at least partially encircling the desired-contact region. A thickened portion of the ball striking plate may be positioned behind the desired-contact region of the ball striking plate. The ball striking device may be a golf club head.
US11117020B2
A swim paddle can include a low profile housing body including a hand surface and a water surface. The low profile housing body can further include a longitudinal axis that is parallel to the length of a hand of a swimmer and a transverse axis that is parallel to a width of the hand, wherein the longitudinal axis is longer than the transverse axis, and wherein the hand surface is adjacent to a palm of the hand. The paddle can further include a strap that can secure the low profile housing body with the hand of the swimmer. The swim paddle can further include an electronics package that can be affixed to the low profile housing body.
US11117019B1
An exercise machine adjustable resistance system and method for efficiently varying the workout resistance for an exercise machine. The exercise machine generally includes a carriage movably positioned with respect to the at least one rail, a plurality of springs selectively connectable to the carriage to provide a resistance level to the carriage, a plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices adapted to latch a corresponding one of the plurality of springs to the carriage when in the latch state and unlatch a corresponding one of the plurality of springs to the carriage when in the unlatch state and a control unit in communication with the plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices to selectively control the state of each of the plurality of electrically actuated mechanical devices to be within the latch state or unlatch state.
US11117017B2
An apparatus for a squat exercise comprises a user buttocks pad supported by a pivotally mounted arm for rotation in a vertical plane to allow the user to perform the exercise while in contact with the buttocks pad. The arm length and initial angular position with respect to the horizontal being adjustable. Hand grips are provided for engagement by the user during the exercise. A weight stack is operatively connected to the arm for providing a resistive force as the user squats and an assisting force as the user rises hack to the starting position. A footrest is positioned to maintain the feet of the user to allow the weight of the user to be directed through the heels during the exercise. A base supports a pivot for the arm, as well as the weight stack and footrest.
US11116992B2
The disclosure pertains to improvements in a gamma radiation source, typically containing low-density alloys or compounds or composites of iridium in mechanically deformable and compressible configurations, within a sealed encapsulation, and methods of manufacture thereof.
US11116991B2
The invention relates to devices and compositions useful for and methods of female genital skin reduction, improvement of skin tone and treatment of female urinary incontinence, as well as the treatment or improvement of other clinical conditions, including but not limited to those involving the female genitalia.
US11116987B2
An electrical contact component for a contact socket of an implantable medical device includes an electrical contact element for electrically contacting an electrical counter contact (such as an electrode plug), and an electrically conductive outer ring having a plug borehole for receiving the electrical counter contact. The interior of the outer ring includes a depression receiving the electrical contact element. The electrical contact element is formed by contact bodies (such as balls or rolls), a cage element for receiving the contact bodies, and at least one electrically conductive spring element.
US11116984B2
A multi-component system includes a first component housing a first conductive pad, a second conductive pad, and a first portion of a loop antenna that terminates on one side at the first conductive pad and on another side at the second conductive pad. The multi-component system further includes a second component housing a third conductive pad, a fourth conductive pad, and a second portion of the loop antenna that terminates on one side at the third conductive pad and on another side at the fourth conductive pad. The second component is distinct from, and configured to detachably couple with, the first component such that the first and third conductive pads, and the second and fourth conductive pads, respectively form first and second non-galvanic couplings that capacitively couple the first and second portions of the loop antenna while the first and second portions of the loop antenna remain galvanically separated.
US11116976B2
Methods comprising applying electrical stimulation to patients in conjunction with physical training are described.
US11116969B2
A method for producing cardiomyocyte cells including implanting a substrate within a heart such that a first portion of the substrate is in physical contact with an endocardium and a second portion of the substrate is not in contact with the endocardium, maintaining the first portion of the substrate in contact with the endocardium for a time at least sufficient to form trabecular fibers extending between the endocardium and the second portion of the substrate, cutting away the trabecular fibers from the endocardium, cutting away the trabecular fibers from the substrate, and removing the trabecular fibers from the heart, wherein the trabecular fibers include cardiomyocyte cells.
US11116968B2
Bacteria, cancer cells, fungus and other harmful cells located beneath the surface of a mammal body can be effectively destroyed by passing an electrical current through the area to be treated. Electrodes are positioned on either side of the area to be treated, for example, gums, fingers, arms, legs, feet and torso, and an electric current is caused to flow between the electrodes and through the area to be treated. The electric current will destroy the bacteria, cancer cells, fungus or other harmful cells.
US11116967B2
A method for treating an eye, including the step of applying an electromagnetic wave of distorted sinusoidal current with a resonance frequency and having related harmonics on an eye, an eye orbit, a temple, eyelid areas or a part thereof.
US11116957B2
A medical connector includes a medical device connection portion communication passage defined by a housing and a valve body to guide a fluid from a first medical device connection portion to a second medical device connection portion. In the medical connector, a male connector inserted into the a connector connection portion presses a head portion of the valve body while contracting and deforming a body portion, and a fluid is guided from the male connector connection portion to the medical device connection portion communication passage, through a gap formed between the head portion and the housing.
US11116952B2
A steam therapy equipment including a vessel for heating a mixture of water and organic materials, a compressor to inject pressurized air into the vessel producing pressurized steam. The pressurized steam is conducted into the equipment via one or more valves. The therapy equipment is formed from at least one panel and may include a supporting frame. The therapy equipment includes a temperature sensor to measure the temperature inside the therapy equipment when pressurized steam is admitted via the valves. A patient enters the equipment and is exposed to the pressurized steam, causing dilation of the skin pores of the patient, whereby toxins are removed from the patient. One or more applicators may conduct pressurized steam to specific portions of the body of the patient. The patient may be provided with a portion of the mixture to consume as part of the steam therapy treatment.
US11116949B2
The present invention provides a drainage tube introducer wherein while a drainage tube is fitted over an introducing end portion (42) protruding through a pin hole (32) and is introduced through an incision portion (4) into an infected portion (2) in cooperation with the introducing end portion (42), a stop block (52) is pressed by pushing a sleeve (70) frontward, which bends an operating lever (50) made of an elastic material to release the stop block (52) from a stop hole (38). Accordingly, a pin (40) is moved rearward by an elastic member (60) to withdraw the introducing end portion (42) protruding through the pin hole and to separate the drainage tube introduced into the infected portion (2) from the introducing end portion (42).
US11116948B2
Rapid exchange balloon catheter, and applications thereof. The balloon catheter includes a shaft and a guidewire channel. Shaft includes infusion and inflation walls. Infusion wall encloses an infusion lumen and comprises fluid inlet and fluid outlet located distally to fluid inlet. The inflation lumen extending axially therealong opened at a distal end thereof into an inner volume of a dilatation balloon. Guidewire channel is sized to closely fit over a pre-scribed guidewire for allowing unhindered passing therethrough with the guidewire. Guidewire channel includes a channel distal end protruding distally from the balloon with a distal guidewire opening, and a channel proximal end with a proximal guidewire opening at the shaft between fluid inlet and fluid outlet. Applications include methods for angioplasty and revascularization in which a single balloon catheter is used for dilatation and/or occlusion, and for delivering fluid proximally to the balloon.
US11116933B2
Systems, methods and devices for paired training include timing controls so that training and neural stimulation can be provided simultaneously. Paired trainings may include therapies, rehabilitation and performance enhancement training. Stimulations of nerves such as the vagus nerve that affect subcortical regions such as the nucleus basalis, locus coeruleus or amygdala induce plasticity in the brain, enhancing the effects of a variety of therapies, such as those used to treat tinnitus, stroke, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
US11116932B2
An expiratory valve (10) of a ventilation device (100) is provided, including a valve body (12) having a fluid inlet (14) and a fluid outlet (16) for breathing air of a patient formed therein. The valve body (12) has at least one reinforcing rib (36, 38) formed around the fluid inlet (14).
US11116919B2
Disclosed herein is a device configured to impart flavoring to an airstream admitted the device prior to the airstream reaching an aerosol generator of the device, the device thereby operable to deliver a flavored aerosol from an outlet.
US11116910B2
An automatic feedback mechanism for a medicament delivery device that notifies a user of a start of expulsion of medicament from a medicament container is presented where a plunger rod, a tubular extension member arranged to receive the plunger rod in the radial space, and wherein the tubular extension member has flexible tongues configured to releasably lock the plunger rod in a pre-tensioned state. The tubular operation member is arranged to receive the tubular extension member, where the tubular operation member in a first position is arranged to press the flexible tongues radially inwards to lock the plunger rod in the pre-tensioned state. A first resilient member is arranged inside the plunger rod to exert a force in the proximal direction. A signal generating member is arranged to partially surround the plunger rod such that movement of the signal generating member distally hits the inner distal surface generating an audible signal.
US11116908B2
An add-on for a self-injector including an adaptor and a bent fluid path is provided. The adaptor includes at least one coupling sized and shaped to couple the adaptor to a fluid reservoir. The bent fluid path is configured at a first end to penetrate tissue and coupled at a second end to the adaptor. The add-on coupled to the fluid reservoir forms an integral self-injector cartridge unit configured to be sterilized and filled with an injectable. The adaptor is configured to couple to a self-injector at least one of a plurality of reservoirs having different sizes and tip types.
US11116903B2
Contemplated herein is a medication mixing device which can include a housing having therein a first chamber containing a first medicament component and a second chamber provided containing a second medicament component provided with a sealing structure selectively isolating the first chamber from the second chamber. The sealing structure can include a first sealing component having a first sealing interface and a second sealing component having a second sealing interface wherein a first compression force can be applied to the first and second sealing components causes the sealing interfaces to form a seal. The first compression force can then be configured to allow the first sealing component and the second sealing component to maintain at least one degree of freedom with respect to one another.
US11116893B2
A wearable medical device may be unpacked, prepared, and/or used while being grasped with a single hand position. For example, the device may be removed from a package, primed, and/or adhered to the skin of a user while being grasped with the single hand position. Optionally, the device may be used with a single hand. Optionally, the device includes a delivery interface (for example, including a needle tip and/or a skin contact surface). Optionally, the device includes a protector that preserves sterility of the delivery interface. Optionally, the cover can be removed with a single hand. Optionally, removal of the cover is performed with the same hand position as placement of the device on a delivery site.
US11116890B2
An adapter for a surgical hand piece having a single lumen work tip with an open end and a small lateral hole is designed to convert the work tip to infusion/aspiration (I/A) cleanup of lens epithelial cells after phacoemulsification. The adapter is in the form of a sleeve adapted to be slid over the distal end of the work tip. The sleeve includes at least one aspiration hole located toward the distal end of the sleeve. When the distal end of the sleeve is at a first distance L1 from the distal end of the work tip, aspiration occurs through the aspiration hole of the sleeve and the open end of the work tip. When the distal end of the sleeve is at a second and smaller distance L2 from the open end of the work tip, aspiration through the open end of the work tip is blocked by the sleeve and aspiration occurs through the aspiration hole of the sleeve and the lateral hole in the work tip.
US11116887B2
Fluid supply systems and methods for therapeutic fluid delivery systems, including those used for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems and methods.
US11116885B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing reduced or negative pressure, and more particularly cyclical reduced pressure, to treat a wound. The system can include a wound dressing, a fluid collection container, a suction source, filters, and conduits. In addition, the system can include a control device and sensors. The sensors may be configured to monitor certain physiological conditions of a patient such as temperature, pressure, blood flow, blood oxygen saturation, pulse, cardiac cycle, and the like. Application of cyclical reduced pressure between two or more values below atmospheric pressure may be synchronized with the physiological conditions monitored by the sensors. Certain embodiments of the system utilize an air reservoir and one or more valves and pressure sensors or gauges to allow for rapid cycling of the level of reduced pressure within the wound dressing between two or more reduced pressure values.
US11116884B2
An integrated system for assessing wound exudates from the wound of a patient is described. The system may contain functionality to detect, process and report various wound parameters. The system also may make treatment determinations based on these findings. The system may detect one or more physiological values of the wound exudates from the wound of the patient. The system may means for comparing the one or more detected physiological values to predetermined physiological values in order to obtain a comparison result in real time. The system may include a processor 15 which provides an electronic signal based on a comparison result in which the electronic signal may correspond to guidelines for treating the wound 13. The system may be integrated with other wound treatment devices, such as negative pressure wound therapy devices (NPWT) 9.
US11116882B2
A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
US11116880B2
A manual pump apparatus and method for extracting breastmilk is disclosed. A pump head comprises a funnel-shaped breast shield portion and a neck portion leading to a collection container. A deformable elastic component is sealed within an opening formed in the neck portion and manipulated by a mechanical actuation device to engage the user's nipple within the pump head to simulate the suckling of an infant and to compress the nipple to control edema. The deformable elastic component is configured to move into the interior volume of the neck portion under an applied pressure such that the deformable elastic component compresses the nipple to control nipple edema. The deformable elastic component is also configured to move away from the axial center of the neck portion under an applied pressure to create a volume to create suction and extract breastmilk in a manner that closely replicates the suckling of an infant.
US11116876B2
An implantable drug-delivery device for repairing a severed peripheral nerve. The drug-delivery device includes a matrix formed of a biopolymer and an erythropoietin (EPO) entrapped in the matrix. After in vivo implantation of the drug-delivery device, the EPO elutes over a period of 1 day to 12 weeks. Also disclosed is a method for repairing a severed peripheral nerve using the implantable drug-delivery device.
US11116865B2
The present invention is silver (I) periodate compounds and their use in preventing or reducing microbial contamination. The invention includes gels, coatings, and articles of manufacture having a surface contacted or coated with a gel comprising an antimicrobial silver (I) compound. Methods of treatment are also disclosed.
US11116862B2
A device for selectively providing an odor-rich environment includes a housing and a cover. The housing includes a central cavity and a plurality of chambers configured to store a predefined fragrance therein and having a respective outlet formed on an outer wall of the housing. The cover includes an exterior surface having at least one vent formed on the exterior surface. The exterior surface includes an interior sidewall and an exterior sidewall forming an inner chamber that slidably engages the housing such that the cover is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. Responsive to the cover being in the open position, the at least one vent is generally adjacent to the outlet of at least one of the plurality of chambers of the housing. The odor-rich environment can assist in preventing and/or treating postoperative delirium (POD) postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), and/or pain in a subject.
US11116859B2
Efficacy and efficiency of reprocessing a medical device having a restrictive channel and at least one less-restrictive channel, e.g., an endoscope, via disinfection may be improved by using a so-called “Purge-Then-Fill” technique in which channels are purged of disinfectant before refilling them with the disinfectant. Preferably, a less-restrictive channel is purged before the restrictive channel is purged, and then the less-restrictive channel or another less-restrictive channel is filled before the restrictive channel is filled.
US11116853B2
Monolayer protected nanoclusters (MPCs) are described herein. The MPCs contain a cluster of atoms or molecules (e.g. core) having bound thereto a plurality of ligands (e.g., monolayer). The ligands can be bound covalently or semi-covalently bound to the cluster. The ligands are generally in the form of a monolayer or mixed monolayer. The monolayer or mixed monolayer contains a plurality of ligands. In one embodiment, the monolayer and/or mixed monolayer contains 1,4-dithiolate ligands. The MPCs described herein exhibit improved quantum efficiency allowing for single cluster emissions to be measured. Moreover, some embodiments of the MPCs described herein exhibit enhanced redox activity, including the ability to transfer a plurality of electrons, i.e., up to about 19 or up to about 30 electrons under controlled conditions, while displaying improved overall chemical stability. Such behavior can be utilized in catalysis and nanoelectronics applications.
US11116846B2
The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. The antibody may bind to Trop-2 or CEACAM5 and the immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of between 4 mg/kg and 16 mg/kg, preferably 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, or 16 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Surprisingly, the immunoconjugate is effective to treat cancers that are refractory to or relapsed from irinotecan.
US11116843B2
The present disclosure provides duplexes comprising a first oligomeric compound and a second oligomeric compound wherein the second oligomeric compound comprises a conjugate group. In certain embodiments, the duplex modulates the amount or activity of a target nucleic acid in extra hepatic tissues and/or extra hepatic cells. In certain embodiments, the duplex modulates the amount or activity of a target nucleic acid in hepatic tissues and/or hepatic cells.
US11116836B2
A vaccine composition for preventing and/or treating porcine circovirus infection is described, which comprises an immunogenic amount of porcine circovirus type 3 antigen, an immunogenic amount of porcine circovirus type 2 antigen and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The vaccine composition can not only prevent and/or treat related diseases caused by infection or mixed infection of different gene subtypes of porcine circovirus, but also have immunoprotective effects against strains of different geographical origins.
US11116828B2
The invention is related to multivalent immunogenic compositions comprising more than one S. pneumoniae polysaccharide protein conjugates, wherein each of the conjugates comprises a polysaccharide from an S. pneumoniae serotype conjugated to a carrier protein, wherein the serotypes of S. pneumoniae are as defined herein. In some embodiments, at least one of the polysaccharide protein conjugates is formed by a conjugation reaction comprising an aprotic solvent. In further embodiments, each of the polysaccharide protein conjugates is formed by a conjugation reaction comprising an aprotic solvent. Also provided are methods for inducing a protective immune response in a human patient comprising administering the multivalent immunogenic compositions of the invention to the patient. The multivalent immunogenic compositions are useful for providing protection against S. pneumoniae infection and diseases caused by S. pneumoniae. The compositions of the invention are also useful as part of treatment regimes that provide complementary protection for patients that have been vaccinated with a multivalent vaccine indicated for the prevention of pneumococcal disease.
US11116826B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11116822B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating liver steatosis or non-alcoholic fatty liver by using a 2-monoacylglycerol degrading enzyme. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for treating metabolic syndrome such as liver steatosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes, and/or obesity by using a 2-monoacylglycerol degrading enzyme, in which the 2-monoacylglycerol degrading enzyme completely degrades triglyceride into fatty acids and glycerol in a digestive tract such that fat absorption is delayed and blood absorption of triglyceride is decreased, and in which, in a case where monoacylglycerol is degraded by a monoacylglycerol lipase in a digestive tract, although degraded products of the monoacylglycerol are absorbed into digestive epithelial cells, recombination thereof into triglyceride in the digestive epithelial cells is delayed or energy consumption is promoted during this process.
US11116816B2
The invention provides a parathyroid hormone (PTH) compound comprising a PTH peptide. The PTH compound has a significantly increased bioavailability or circulating half-life when compared to a bioavailability or a circulating half-life of a native form of the PTH peptide. The PTH compound has a significantly greater serum concentration at multiple timepoints post-administration to a rat when compared to that of a native PTH peptide.
US11116807B2
The present invention provides an active substance of Morchella, its use and a composition thereof for improving disturbance of reproductive function, especially, for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition to improve disturbance of reproductive function induced by obesity or metabolic syndrome. The composition with the active substance of Morchella can effectively improve the structural integrity of testicular tissues and sperm, increase testosterone levels in the blood, and reduce the oxidation stress in sperms.
US11116800B2
The invention relates generally to the fields of biology and life sciences. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating cellular physiology and pathological processing using a combination of compounds that can be found in morselized amniotic membrane tissue and morselized umbilical cord tissue preparations.
US11116799B2
This disclosure relates generally to new methods of maintaining the expression of hepatic genes in human hepatocytes and method for maintaining the functional hepatic enzyme activity of primary hepatocytes in culture. The disclosure also encompasses new methods of deriving a population of pure hepatocytes without selecting or sorting the cells from the cultured pluripotent cells.
US11116791B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating pulmonary infections, including cystic fibrosis. Aspects described herein relate to compositions including a saline solution and hypochlorite and methods of using these compositions alone or in combination with additional compounds, including antibiotics, an anti-inflammatories, bronchodilators, mucolytics, or oxygen therapy for treating, ameliorating, or inhibiting a pulmonary infection, including cystic fibrosis.
US11116782B2
Methods of treating, preventing and/or managing myelodysplastic syndromes are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administrations of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidin-2,6-dione in combination with 5-azacytidine.
US11116775B2
This invention relates the use of cortisol blockers (glucocorticoid receptor [GR] antagonists) for the treating or preventing treatment resistant prostate cancer, treating or preventing neoplasia, and treating or preventing infection related to acute or chronic injury or disease.
US11116772B2
This disclosure pertains generally to the field of chemical synthesis and purification, and more specifically to methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7 diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: nitrosylation (NOS); nitrosyl reduction (NR); thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); oxidative coupling (OC); Cr(VI) reduction (CR); isolation and purification of zwitterionic intermediate (IAPOZI); ring closure (RC); chloride salt-formation (CSF); one of: sulphide treatment (ST); dimethyldithiocarbamate treatment (DT); carbonate treatment (CT); ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid treatment (EDTAT); organic extraction (OE); and recrystallisation (RX). Also disclosed resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising them (e.g., tablets, capsules), and their use in methods of inactivating pathogens, and methods of medical treatment and diagnosis, etc., for example, for tauopathies, Alzheimer's disease (AD), skin cancer, melanoma, viral diseases, bacterial diseases, or protozoal diseases.
US11116769B2
The present disclosure relates to a film formulation for oral administration, containing tadalafil free base and a method of preparing the same, and a film may be provided with maximized dispersion stability of tadalafil free base in the film by the addition of a dispersion stabilizing agent in small amounts without unique fragrance or favor that may appear when other dispersion stabilizing agents known in the art are used, and an extremely low likelihood that a reagglomeration phenomenon of tadalafil free base particles will occur, and an amount of bubbles generated may be significantly reduced during a production process.
US11116760B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as described herein. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I), processes for preparing compounds of Formula (I), and therapeutic methods for treating inflammatory disease.
US11116758B2
A nicotine lozenge provided herein includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. In some cases, a nicotine lozenge provided herein includes at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. In some cases, soluble fiber in a nicotine lozenge provided herein can include maltodextrin. The nicotine lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making nicotine lozenges provided herein includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, nicotine, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of nicotine lozenges. In some cases, the ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
US11116755B2
Provided herein are methods for determining the efficacy of treatment for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) in a patient, diagnosing PKD in a patient, staging PKD in a patient, and monitoring PKD in a patient. These methods include determining a single or multiple levels of AMBP. Also provided are kits that include an antibody specifically binds to AMBP protein and at least one antibody that specifically binds to an additional marker of PKD.
US11116749B2
Compounds that selectively negatively modulate NMDA receptors containing an NR1/NR2B subunit, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of treating a disease using the compounds are disclosed.
US11116747B2
The present application concerns compositions comprising ellagitannins and proanthocyanidins, and the use of such compositions for preventing or treating endothelial dysfunction. The compositions of the invention comprise at least one ellagitannin in combination with at least one proanthocyanidin. The present application also concerns methods of treating, preventing, or delaying the onset of endothelial dysfunction using compositions comprising ellagitannins and proanthocyanidins.
US11116745B2
A method of generating an oligosaccharide encapsulated cannabidiol (CBD) formulation includes forming a cannabidiol ethanol mixture comprising ethanol and cannabidiol, forming an oligosaccharide CBD slurry by mixing the oligosaccharide with the cannabidiol ethanol mixture. The slurry is heated and mixed in a pressurized chamber to form a colloidal mixture, which is distributed into a tray as a layer. A cover is added to the tray to form an evaporation vessel, which is heated in a heating chamber. A rapid cooling process is performed on the colloidal mixture layer by removing the cover and spraying pulverized dry ice on the layer. The rapid cooling process is repeated until crystal formation is detected within the layer, the crystals including oligosaccharide encapsulated cannabidiol. An oligosaccharide encapsulated cannabidiol formulation includes cannabidiol and at least one oligosaccharide in a ratio in the range between about 1000:1 to 2200:1 (w/w) of CBD.
US11116738B2
The invention provides methods for treating neutropenia in a subject in need thereof comprising providing a composition comprising a retinoid agonist and administering an effective amount of the composition to the subject to treat neutropenia, thereby treating neutropenia to the subject in need thereof.
US11116735B2
A use of a substituted benzoguanidine derivative as a polymyxin antibiotic synergist, particularly as a synergist and a drug resistance reversal agent of the polymyxin antibiotic for inhibiting a sensitive strain, or a composition comprising the same in combination with a polymyxin antibiotic for preparing a compound pharmaceutical preparation for human or animal use in the treatment of a disease caused by a gram-negative bacterial infection or the preparation a growth-promoting feed additive and for the raising of livestock animals.
US11116732B2
The present invention relates to a carotenoid-containing composition for use in exercise therapy for improving cognitive function, particularly exercise therapy for hippocampal neurogenesis.
US11116709B2
An oral care composition and method are described in which the composition is free of an anionic surfactant and a fluoride source.
US11116703B2
A compact shampoo composition containing a cationic polymer and from about 20% to about 40%, by weight, of a surfactant system. The shampoo composition is substantially free of sulfate-based surfactants. The surfactant system contains acyl glutamate, sodium cocoyl isethionate, and a zwitterionic surfactant. The weight ratio of zwitterionic surfactant to sodium cocoyl isethionate can be greater than 1.5.
US11116694B2
The invention relates to a device for dispensing an aqueous liquid through an interface membrane made partially hydrophilic and partially hydrophobic, made so that when in operation, during each operation of dispensing a metered amount of liquid, the streams of air and liquid flow alternately in a capillary channel (18) downstream from the membrane. Said interface membrane (7) is made of a filtering material which includes biocidal metal cations in the body thereof. Said device comprises a porous insert (8), which is permeable both to liquid and to air, which is arranged upstream from the membrane in the path of the fluids and which is made of a material including sites with negative charges capable of attracting biocidal metal cations from said membrane.
US11116688B2
An upper-body apparatus for enhancing the workout of a lower-body exercise equipment and a method of using the same is provided. The upper-body apparatus is mounted above the lower-body exercise equipment for adding pull-up and pull-out functionality thereto. The upper-body apparatus has two tension elements depending from and spaced apart along a mounting surface above the lower-body exercise equipment. Each tension elements terminates in a swivel-connected handle just above the head of the user. An elastic cord interconnects the cuffs of the handles. The handles and elastic cords facilitate the pull-up and pull-out functionality for the user of the lower-body exercise equipment.
US11116686B2
A method for inducing knee flexion is described that includes securing a knee rehabilitation device to a leg, the rehabilitation device includes a frame with a handle on a proximal end, a pad piece on a distal end, and a strap between the proximal end and the distal end. The method further includes positioning the knee rehabilitation device on the person's leg such that the handle is above a knee on the leg, the pad piece is on an ankle of the leg, and the strap is located behind the person's leg between the knee and ankle. A first force is then applied to the handle in a first direction. The pad piece is actuated in response to the first force to move in a second direction which applies a second force to the ankle of the leg in a direction to cause flexion of the knee.
US11116683B2
A patient support apparatus comprises a base and a support frame. The patient support apparatus also comprises a lift assembly that operates to lift and lower the support frame relative to the base. The lift assembly comprises lift members that extend and collapse to lift and lower the support frame. A timing link is pivotally connected to one of the lift members and pivotally connected to the base. Guides operate to guide movement of the lift members during operation. In some cases guided bodies coupled to the lift members move passively in the guides. In other embodiments, driven members coupled to the lift members move actively in the guides to cause lifting and lowering of the support frame.
US11116680B2
A patient support apparatus comprising a base movable about a floor surface and a deck comprising sections movable between deck configurations including an egress deck configuration. An articulation system coupled to the deck moves the sections. A lift mechanism moves the deck relative to the base between lift configurations including an egress lift configuration. An egress input is arranged for actuation by a user. A bed detection system monitors data associated with the patient support apparatus and communicates with a remote station. A controller interrupts communication of the bed detection system with the remote station, drives the articulation system to move the sections to the egress deck configuration, and drives the lift mechanism to move the support frame to the egress lift configuration in response to actuation of the egress input.
US11116676B2
The present invention is intended to make the deformation of the absorber at the crotch portion less prone to influence the waist side of the absorber and allow the waist side of the absorber to be easily rounded along the surface of the wearer's body. The foregoing issue is solved by a disposable diaper including an absorber in a crotch portion, a ventral-side portion, and a dorsal-side portion, wherein the absorber is divided in a front-back direction by width-direction slits continuing in the width direction provided on both front and back sides of the crotch portion, and concave portions recessed toward the waist side are formed in width-direction centers of waist-side edges of the width-direction slits.
US11116675B2
The present invention comprises methods and devices for collection of fluids, including cells and cellular materials, from the uterus. A device of the present invention comprises a central tubing member to which, at least, a flexible tubing member and an absorbable member are connected at least at one point. The absorbable member is connected to at least one portion of the central tubing member and to at least one portion of the flexible tubing member. The devices of the present invention are useful in methods of collection of uterine fluids, including blood, cells and cellular material.
US11116671B2
A compression garment for providing an adjustable pressure towards a body part is disclosed. The compression garment comprises a unitary single sheet of elastic material arranged to encircle the full circumference of a body part, such as a limb or the head. The sheet is folded or arranged to be folded in at least one predefined way, so that the folding forms one or more defined overlap(s) forming at least two overlaying layers of the sheet encircling the full circumference of a part of the body part. Hereby, the pressure profile of the garment can easily be adjusted by making use of the garment in different folded configurations. Markings may further be provided to provide guidance towards the predefined ways of folding.
US11116669B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a wound treatment apparatus employing hydrophobic and hydrophilic dressing materials and/or coating of the layers of a wound dressing. In some embodiments, the hydrophobic and hydrophilic dressing materials and/or coating controls the migration of fluid within the wound dressing.
US11116630B2
A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including a braided anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system. The delivery system may include a handle, an outer sheath extending distally from the handle, and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath. A sheathing aid may connect the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of arms extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the braided anchor member. At least one arm of the plurality of arms may comprise a core member having a width and a flexible member positioned about the core member.
US11116623B2
An implantable tendon protection system includes a body adapted to be implanted within a bursa overlying a tendon of a patient to protect the tendon. The body may be fixed to the tendon with adhesive, sutures, staples, and/or anchors. A surgical kit is provided with such a tendon protection system and an insertion cannula. Methods of protecting a tendon of a patient are also disclosed.
US11116622B2
A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.
US11116621B2
A stent graft including a stent having a wall having at least one opening, an outer surface, and an inner surface and a covering of a composite material having a least one expanded fluoropolymer membrane and an elastomer is provided. The cover can be used to cover the outer and/or the inner surface of the stent. The expanded fluoropolymer membrane contains serpentine fibrils. In exemplary embodiments, the fluoropolymer is polytetrafluoroethylene. The composite material may be axially and/or circumferentially wrapped around the stent. The composite material is fold-free throughout its operating diameter range and exhibits a sharp increase in stiffness at a predetermined diameter. The stent graft can be designed to have a stop point in either a radial or axial direction. The stent graft can advantageously be implanted undersized with respect to a nominal diameter without having material infolding.
US11116620B1
Devices, systems, and methods for delivering prosthesis implants into surgically-created implant pockets in a subject and for preventing capsular contracture resulting from surgical insertion of prosthesis implants. The device may include a delivery member operable to wrap around the implant thereby forming a conforming cavity around the implant that conforms to the shape of the implant. The delivery member is also operable to propel the implant from the conforming cavity into the implant pocket in the subject upon the application of mechanical force to the delivery member. The device also includes a shielding member coupled with the delivery member. The shielding member is operable to shield the implant from at least a portion of the dissection tunnel connecting the incision to the implant pocket during delivery of the implant to the implant pocket. The device is capable of shielding the implant from microbial contamination, including contamination by the endogenous flora of the subject, during delivery of the implant into the surgically-created implant pocket.
US11116619B2
A medical implant which is vacuum-packed within an air tight cover material and a medical device for making the same is provided. Also described herein is a method for making a medical implant covered by an air tight cover material, comprising the steps of a) providing the medical implant, b) providing sterile cover material in the form of at least one or at least two pieces, c) placing the medical implant within a space surrounded by the at least one or at least two pieces of the cover material, d) creating an underpressure within the space surrounded by the at least one or at least two pieces of the cover material by evacuating air from this space, and e) air tight sealing of the cover material.
US11116610B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a zirconia slurry for forming porous surfaces on an abutment and a crown of a ceramic implant, the method including: the zirconia pulverization step (step S10) of putting zirconia powder, carbon powder as a foaming agent, and an organic binder in a ball mill and agitating and pulverizing the zirconia, carbon powder, and organic binder to allow the mixed zirconia powder to have nanoparticles; the carbon powder oxidization step (step S20) of heating the zirconia powder mixed with the carbon powder to a temperature of 1200 to 1800° C. and oxidizing the carbon powder to a concentration of 10 to 40 wt % to allow the porous surfaces to be formed on every particle of the zirconia powder; and the degreasing step (step S30) of putting a dispersing agent and a solvent in the zirconia powder whose particles have the porous surfaces to make a zirconia solution and removing the organic binder from the zirconia powder.
US11116598B1
A system and method for performing a package status check are provided, including a scanner for use in a surgical field and having an antenna for emitting a radio frequency detection field, the scanner including control circuitry configured to determine a predetermined quantity of sponges corresponding to a complete pack of sponges; count a number of sponges associated with the pack with the scanner prior to use of the sponges in a surgical field; and issue an alert when a number of counted sponges does not match the predetermined quantity corresponding to the complete pack. The system and method may include the control circuitry configured to determine whether a sponge has been re-scanned or is unknown by comparing detected information with previously detected information prior.
US11116593B2
A robot system which is capable of reducing an operator's workload and easily correcting preset operation of a robot. The robot system includes a robot main body having a plurality of joints, a control device configured to control operation of the robot main body and an operating device including a teaching device configured to teach the control device one of positional information on the robot main body and angular information on the plurality of joints so as to execute an automatic operation of the robot main body and a manipulator configured to receive a manipulating instruction from an operator to manually operate the robot main body or correct the operation of the robot main body under the automatic operation.
US11116591B2
In some embodiments, a hand controller apparatus for controlling a tool in a robotic surgery system can include a body including a proximal end and a distally located interface end configured to be coupled to an input apparatus configured to control a surgical tool. The hand controller apparatus can include a control lever attached to a pivot joint proximate a side surface of the body and extending along the body and away from the proximal end, the control lever being laterally moveable relative to the side surface of the body about the pivot joint. The control lever can include a tail region adjacent to the pivot joint and a paddle region connected to the tail region and extending toward the distally located interface end. The tail region can include an inner surface facing the body and an outer surface opposing the inner surface, and at least part of the outer surface of the tail region can be outwardly curved.
US11116580B2
The present invention relates to computer-implemented medical method of verifying an expected deformation of an elastically deformable and actuator-adjusted medical fine-adjustment unit (1), the method comprising executing, on a processor of a computer, the steps of; —acquiring model data describing a model of the fine-adjustment unit (1), the model reflecting deformation properties of the fine-adjustment unit (1); —acquiring actuator data describing an actuator position of at least one actuator coupled to the fine-adjustment unit (1); —determining, based on the model data and the actuator data, target deformation data describing a target deformation of the fine-adjustment unit (1) caused by the at least one actuator at said actuator position; —acquiring actual deformation data describing an actual deformation of the fine-adjustment unit (1) caused by the at least one actuator at said actuator position; —determining, based on the target deformation data and the actual deformation data, verification data describing whether the target deformation corresponds to the actual deformation. The present invention further relates to a corresponding computer program causing a computer to perform such method, and a corresponding system comprising such a computer.
US11116578B2
Methods and system perform tool tracking during minimally invasive robotic surgery. Tool states are determined using triangulation techniques or a Bayesian filter from either or both non-endoscopically derived and endoscopically derived tool state information, or from either or both non-visually derived and visually derived tool state information. The non-endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from sensor data provided either by sensors associated with a mechanism for manipulating the tool, or sensors capable of detecting identifiable signals emanating or reflecting from the tool and indicative of its position, or external cameras viewing an end of the tool extending out of the body. The endoscopically derived tool state information is derived from image data provided by an endoscope inserted in the body so as to view the tool.
US11116576B2
Dynamic reference arrays use markers and trackers to register a patient's anatomy to computer system. Wherein the dynamic reference array may be screwed into a patient's spinous process, clamped on to a spinous process, or attached to the spinous process using posts. In embodiments, a dynamic reference array may comprise a single structure comprising and attachment member and a scaffold. In alternate embodiments, the dynamic reference array may comprise distinct structures that allow the dynamic reference array to swivel and collapse in order to facilitate registration, while not interfering with a surgical procedure.
US11116570B2
Spinal tumor ablation devices and related systems and methods are disclosed. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include electrodes that are fixedly offset from one another. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include a thermal energy delivery probe that has at least one temperature sensor coupled thereto. The position of the at least one temperature sensor relative to other components of the spinal tumor ablation device may be controlled by adjusting the position of the thermal energy delivery probe in some spinal tumor ablation devices. Some spinal tumor ablation devices are configured to facilitate the delivery of a cement through a utility channel of the device.
US11116569B2
An electrosurgical wand is disclosed for treating a plurality of tissues at a variety of tissue locations. The electrosurgical wand includes a handle on a proximal end and an elongate shaft with a combination active electrode at the distal end. The combination active electrode includes with a blade and screen portion; the blade portion extending along and laterally from the wand longitudinal axis, forming a dissecting tip. The screen portion extends from the blade portion at an obtuse angle and has at least one aspiration aperture through it. The wand also includes a second and third electrode, proximally spaced from the combination active electrode. The second electrode spans a portion of an outside surface of the wand adjacent the blade portion, while the third electrode spans a portion of the outside surface of the wand opposite the second electrode.
US11116562B2
A system and method for applying energy, particularly high-frequency (HF) energy, such as radiofrequency (RF) electrical energy, to a living body can include a cannula hub.
US11116556B2
A bone anchor includes an anchor member including a first material, and having a tubular section extending along a longitudinal axis, a region configured to expand radially outwards from the longitudinal axis, and a bone engagement structure projecting from at least a portion of the expandable region of the tubular section, and a core member including a second material, and configured for insertion into and connection to the anchor member. When the core member is in the anchor member and is actuated relative to the anchor member, the tubular section is adjustable between a first position where the expandable region of the tubular member has a first length and a first maximum diameter, to a second position where the expandable region of the tubular member has a length shorter than the first length and a maximum diameter greater than the first maximum diameter.
US11116555B2
The present invention relates to a wing-shaped angle steel plate and a bone shaft fixation system. The wing-shaped angle steel plate comprises a wing fitting portion and a body fixation portion which are fixedly connected to each other. The wing fitting portion is used for supporting a fracture end and has a structure matched with an inner side surface of a bone shaft. The body fixation portion is used for fixing the wing fitting portion and has a structure matched with a front side of the bone shaft. The body fixation portion is provided with at least two first locking holes for passing through first locking screws at an intersection site with the wing fitting portion and is further provided with at least two second locking holes for passing through second locking screws in the structure matched with the front side of the bone shaft. In the wing-shaped angle steel plate, the wing fitting portion and the body fixation portion of the present invention are connected to each other and cooperate to fix and support the bone shaft fracture end site, and effectively ensure and help stable reduction and healing of the fracture sites.
US11116553B2
A multi-stage minimally invasive surgical procedure and associated instruments are disclosed. First, the surgical site is prepared. After preparation, the bone screws or anchors are attached to the bone. Subsequent to insertion of the screws, a rod or connecting member is positioned within the yoke portion of the bone screw. Caps are then placed in a pre-lock position within the yokes. The bone screws may be compressed together or distracted along the rod or connecting member, thereby setting the final spacing of the bones or bone segments. Finally the caps are moved to a final lock position to fix the screws to the rod or connecting member to maintain the bones in position relative to each other.
US11116551B2
Lamina plates can include various features that allow a surgeon to couple the plate to a vertebra, such as a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a spinal fixation element. The plate can be shaped and the receiving holes positioned such that spinal fixation elements can be installed with reduced exposure of the spine and along a trajectory that enhances purchase with bone. The lamina plate can include one or more features for coupling at least one receiver head to the plate for receiving a spinal stabilization element. Since the receiver head can be coupled to the plate after the plate is implanted, it does not restrict the range of angles or trajectories at which the spinal fixation elements can be installed.
US11116548B2
A pivotal bone screw assembly includes a receiver having a base defining a lower portion of a central bore, and an upper portion extending upward from the base to define a channel configured to receive an elongate rod. The upper portion further includes a guide and advancement structure proximate a top end configured for engagement with a closure top, and side outer surfaces with tool engagement grooves extending horizontally and circumferentially to the front and back faces of the receiver. The assembly further includes a shank having a head and an anchor portion configured for attachment to the bone, with the head being positionable into the central bore of the receiver with the shank extending downward through the lower opening. The lower opening is configured to provide for increased pivotal movement of the shank with respect to the receiver in at least one direction.
US11116544B2
A tool for use in fixing the position of an implanted item beneath skin, comprises: a main body, a channel in the main body, the channel defining at least two gripping interfaces for engagement with the skin and around the implanted item, wherein the interfaces are positioned such that, when engaged with the skin, the interfaces retain the implanted item in a known position relative to the engaged skin. Methods of using the tool are also described.
US11116542B2
Systems and methods for accessing, stabilizing and sealing a device attached to a tissue surface comprising a tissue attaching device having an outer base ring defining an opening therethrough and a distally projecting tissue attachment element. The systems variously utilize annular sealing flanges distally attached to the outer base ring outside or inside the tissue attachment element to create a fluid tight seal. The systems variously utilize coils with regions of differing pitch to create sealing tissue pressure. Methods for installing an apical attaching device with a transapical port into a patient, comprising assessing the patient's viability for installation of the apical attaching device by determining an Index of Tissue Elasticity (ITE).
US11116532B2
A surgical instrument, has an end effector that includes an ultrasonic blade, and a clamp arm that moves relative to the ultrasonic blade from an opened position toward an intermediate position and a closed position. The clamp arm is offset from the ultrasonic blade to define a predetermined gap in the intermediate position between the opened position and the closed position. A clamp arm actuator connects to the clamp arm and moves from an opened configuration to a closed configuration to direct the clamp arm from the opened position toward the intermediate position and the closed position. A spacer connects with the clamp arm to inhibit movement of the clamp arm from the intermediate position toward the closed position for maintaining the predetermined gap between the clamp arm and the ultrasonic blade.
US11116528B2
The present invention provides methods and devices for treating endovascular disease. Vibrational energy is delivered to change compliance and increase permeability at the treatment area. To improve clinical outcomes, one or more therapeutic drugs may be delivered to the treatment area.
US11116518B2
This invention relates to a custom made cutting block for total ankle replacement consisting of two pieces, one for tibia and other for talus. The block can be using in 3 ways as pin locator, cutting block or in coupling with the other conventional instruments. The block provides a unique method for matching with the tibia and talus based on the CT-scan imaging The block allows the surgeons to detect the correct position of the tibia pin guide and talus pin guide in addition with the volume of bone cutting in tibia to perform the total ankle replacement surgery. The block provides the surgeon by the size of implant and optimum length of the screws. The block can coupling with the other conventional tool in easy plugging method with give a wide range of varieties to the surgeon to preform and detect a correct position of the prosthesis in total ankle arthroplasty.
US11116516B2
In some examples, a tissue compression device configured to apply pressure at the snuffbox includes a flexible backing adjustably mechanically connected to a base, and an expandable member mechanically connected to the flexible backing. The base includes a major surface configured to engage a palmar surface of a hand of a patient, for example, to position the hand of the patient in a predetermined configuration, and a plurality of base attachment structures extending from the major surface. The flexible backing is adjustably mechanically connected to the base via the plurality of base attachment structures. The expandable member is configured to be positioned over the snuffbox of the hand of the patient and apply pressure to tissue at the snuffbox when the palmar surface of the hand is engaged with the major surface of the base.
US11116505B2
A buttress applier cartridge assembly includes a buttress assembly and a buttress applier cartridge. The buttress assembly includes a buttress configured to support a staple formed therein as well an adhesive layer for adhering to an end effector. The buttress applier cartridge includes a housing defining a gap extending in a longitudinal direction as well as a platform. The platform extends longitudinally from a proximal portion to a distal portion and is exposed in a transverse direction adjacent to the gap. The proximal and distal portions respectively have a proximal stiffness and a different, distal stiffness in the transverse direction. Thereby, the proximal and distal portions support the buttress assembly thereon to deform with the proximal and distal stiffnesses and provide reactionary forces of at least the predetermined minimum force while receiving the end effector for accommodating various camber orientations of the end effector.
