US11132441B2
Novel hardware-based frameworks and methods for the detection and inhibition or prevention of insider threats utilizing machine learning methods and data collection done at the physical layer are provided. Analysis is done on unknown USB-powered devices, such as a keyboard or mouse, introduced to a computing environment and, through the utilization of machine learning, the behavior of the unknown device is determined before it can potentially cause harm to the computing environment.
US11132435B2
A method includes: training a prediction model with sample data; obtaining user information of a user as an input feature to the prediction model; predicting, using the prediction model according to a set of determination conditions, whether the user has forgotten a payment password associated with a payment application; and in response to predicting that the user has forgotten the payment password and detecting the user logging in the payment application with a login password different from the payment password, displaying a user interface for directing the user to a payment password resetting interface for resetting the payment password.
US11132425B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for authenticating a user based at least in part on a location of the user or a location of a user device are described. The user may be authenticated as part of a financial transaction or as part of a login process for a computing device. The user device was previously bound or associated with the user. During the authentication, a system (e.g., a financial institution computing system or a backend authentication system) requests location information from the user device. The location information may be packaged as a digital fingerprint of the user device, which can only be created from the user device. Based on the location information, the user can be authenticated thereby approving the transaction or login request.
US11132420B2
Embodiments are provided for utilizing server pre-processing to deploy static renditions of electronic documents in a computer network. An electronic document may be published from a client computer to a first server computer in the computer network. During publication, the first server computer may create a static rendition of the electronic document and a viewing application for viewing the static rendition of the electronic document on the client computer. The first server computer may store the static rendition of the electronic document and the viewing application on a second server computer for delivery to the client computer. Other embodiments may also include receiving, at the first server computer, a request to make revisions to the electronic document and sending a dynamic version of the electronic document from the first server computer to the client for making the revisions to the electronic document.
US11132407B2
A system for separating documents in a batch of unseparated documents. In one example, the system comprises a scanner, a display, and an electronic processor. In another example, the system comprises an electronic source, a display, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to receive, as input, a batch of unseparated documents and apply, image processing to each page in the batch. The electronic processor is also configured to determine, for each pair of consecutive pages in the batch of documents, a probability that pages of the pair of consecutive pages belong to different documents using a predictive model. The electronic processor is further configured to generate a batch of separated documents by providing an indication of a document boundary if the probability generated by the predictive model is above a predetermined threshold.
US11132402B2
A stream computing method applicable to a system including a manager node and a worker node, where the manager node, obtains input channel description information, a structured query language (SQL) statement, and output channel description information, dynamically generates a data stream graph according to the input channel description information, the SQL statement, and the output channel description information, and controlling, according to the data stream graph, a worker node to execute a stream computing task.
US11132399B1
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and a method for generating a summary based on trip information. The program and method include operations for: determining that one or more criteria associated with a user correspond to a trip taken by the user during a given time interval; retrieving a plurality of visual media items generated by a client device of the user during the given time interval; determining location information for the plurality of visual media items; automatically generating a trip graphic to represent the trip based on the plurality of visual media items generated by the user during the given time interval and the determined location information; and causing the trip graphic to be displayed on the client device.
US11132392B2
Disclosed are an image retrieval method, an image retrieval apparatus, an image retrieval device and a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the image retrieval method including: extracting global features of an input image and obtaining a global feature code based on the global features; extracting content features of the input image and obtaining a content feature code based on the content features; splicing the global feature code with the content feature code to obtain a composite feature code of the input image; comparing the composite feature code with alternative feature codes in a feature code library to obtain an image retrieval result. By comprehensively considering the global features and the content features of the input image in the image retrieval process, the accuracy and retrieval efficiency of the retrieval results can be improved.
US11132389B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating a keyword. The method for generating a keyword in a target document includes: extracting primitive single words from the target document; generating a candidate keyword by a combination of the primitive single words; calculating cohesion score between a first word and a second word included in the candidate keyword; calculating a context score of the first word and the second word based on similarity between two contexts by determining a periphery of a word where the first word and the second word simultaneously occur in a neighboring document as one context and determining the target document as a remaining one context; and selecting a final keyword based on the cohesion score between the first word and the second word and the context score of the first word and the second word.
US11132388B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for processing data blocks of a data table. The data blocks comprise an attribute representing multidimensional spatial data objects, where the attribute has multiple values representing respective dimensions of the multidimensional spatial data object. The method comprises creating for each data block of the data blocks, a respective attribute metadata. The attribute metadata comprises attribute value information defining a multidimensional minimum bounding rectangle that covers attribute values of the attribute comprised in the data block. A query is processed on the multidimensional spatial data objects associated with a query area using the multidimensional minimum bounding rectangle to check whether a data block of the data blocks contains attribute values of the attribute in the query area.
US11132383B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to processing data stored within database tables in a parallelized manner. In various embodiments, a computer system maintains a database having a database table storing data for a plurality of tenants and an index structure storing indexes for accessing data stored in the database table. In some embodiments, the computer system receives, from a particular tenant, a request to perform a task that includes operating on particular data. In some embodiments, the computer system determines a portion of the index structure corresponding to the particular tenant and divides a range of indexes within that portion into a plurality of index sub-ranges. In various embodiments, the computer system processes portions of the task in parallel by determining an index sub-range for each of a plurality of threads and causing each of the threads to operate on a portion of the particular data specified by its index sub-range.
US11132381B2
Paxos transactions are pipelined in a distributed database formed by a plurality of replica servers. A leader server is selected by consensus of the replicas, and receives a lock on leadership for an epoch. The leader gets Paxos log numbers for the current epoch, which are greater than the numbers allocated in previous epochs. The leader receives database write requests, and assigns a Paxos number to each request. The leader constructs a proposed transaction for each request, which includes the assigned Paxos number and incorporates the request. The leader transmits the proposed transactions to the replicas. Two or more write requests that access distinct objects in the database can proceed simultaneously. The leader commits a proposed transaction to the database after receiving a plurality of confirmations for the proposed transaction from the replicas. After all the Paxos numbers have been assigned, inter-epoch tasks are performed before beginning a subsequent epoch.
US11132366B2
A query is received at a database execution engine. A query plan including a sub plan structured as a directed acyclic graph is determined by the database execution engine. A set of trees characterizing the sub plan is generated by the database execution engine and using the directed acyclic graph. The set of trees include a first tree and a second tree, the first tree including at least one leaf characterizing a memory store operation and the second tree including a root characterizing a memory access operation. The set of trees are stored for use in execution of the query at run time. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US11132365B2
Disclosed aspects include the database management system detecting that a first data storage medium includes a first set of data of a database. The first data storage medium has a first access-factor. The database management system detects that a second data storage medium includes a second set of data of the database. The second data storage medium has a second access-factor which differs from the first access-factor. Based on a data storage relationship, the database management system determines a query plan to access both the first set of data with respect to the first data storage medium and the second set of data with respect to the second data storage medium. The database management system establishes the query plan.
US11132362B2
The disclosure relates to a method of optimizing a database system, including: snapshotting performance data of each Structured Query Language sentence of the database system every preset first time, and arranging and storing snapshots according to a time sequence, wherein the performance data include the number of times of executions and a buffer gets data volume; correspondingly carrying out variance calculation on the performance data of the current snapshot and the performance data of the former snapshot respectively to calculate a total buffer gets data volume and a single-execution buffer gets data average volume which correspond to each SQL sentence within the preset first time; obtaining a value sum of the total buffer gets data volume and the single-execution buffer gets data average volume of each SQL sentence, and selecting an SQL sentence to be optimized on the basis of the value sum.
US11132360B2
A method of accessing a dataset to fulfill a query over an intended audience is provided. A user interface comprises input means for a user to select an intended audience dataset from a plurality of datasets which the user has permission to access. The user interface is configured to receive from the user a query defining an intended operation to be performed on entries of the intended audience dataset to generate the target audience. The query is received from the user and a supporting candidate dataset is selected. It is determined whether the selected supporting candidate dataset comprises entries which enhance the entries of the audience dataset for performing the intended operation. If so, the candidate dataset and the audience dataset are selected to contribute to performance of the operation. If not, a next candidate dataset is selected, and the determining step is repeated.
US11132354B2
Embodiments regard maintaining data consistency between transactional and non-transactional data stores. Embodiments may include receiving a request to archive a set of data stored in a first data store, recording a high water mark in the first data store for the set of data, and archiving the set of data. Archiving the set of data may include copying the set of data into a second data store and inserting a high water mark for the set of data in the first data store and the second data store. Embodiments may further include updating a reference high water mark upon successful completion of operations for the archiving of the data, the reference high water mark representing completion of a last successful archive operation, and, upon receiving a query for requested data contained in the first or second data store, determining whether to allow viewing of the requested data based at least in part on a current value of the reference high water mark.
US11132350B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems for optimizing database transactions based on replicable differential data store data structure are provided. A write operation request, having a key for a write operation on a replicable differential store data structure, is accessed. An intent write lock on a differential state and a write lock on the key are acquired. The differential state comprises a result set of currently committing transactions. A transaction instance, of the write operation, is generated for a write set, the transaction instance comprising a modification to the key. The write-set comprises an uncommitted set of writes for in-flight transactions. A determination is made that the write operation is committed. A result of the transaction instance is persisted when the write operation is committed. It is contemplated that the differential state and a consolidated state can be merged, the consolidated state comprises a result set of previously committed transactions.
US11132344B2
Systems and methods for correlating and referencing blockchains are described herein. An example method may include providing a database configured to store at least one grid. The grid comprises positions referenced by coordinates. The method may include acquiring, by a processor communicatively coupled to the database, a plurality of blockchains. The method may further include mapping, by the processor, the blockchains to the positions within the grid. The method may include acquiring, by the processor, a subset of coordinates ({P}) corresponding to a subset of the positions within the grid and a set of specifications ({S}). The specifications include an instruction for selection of blocks of one or blockchains mapped to on or more position of the subset of the positions. The method may include associating a function F({P}, {S}) with a further position within the grid, wherein the function F ({P}, {S}) operates on contents of the selected blocks.
US11132337B2
A document object may be transmitted to a plurality of user devices. The document object may include at least one field for display of a content object of a group of content objects. The field may be associated with an identifier corresponding to the group of content objects. When the document object is accessed, then the access may trigger a request to a server, which may select a content object of the group of content objects using a content object identification function. The content object identification function may be dynamically updated based at least in part on the document object being accessed by one or more of the plurality of user devices. Responsive to the request, a unique content object identifier corresponding to the selected content object may be transmitted to the user device and displayed at the accessed document object.
US11132336B2
A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in each directory within a tree. The stored values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values represent aggregated attributes such as checksums, MIN and/or MAX aggregates, sameness bits, bloom filter aggregates, queryable user tags, moving average aggregates, b-tree aggregates, etc.
US11132330B2
In a database system, an archive table data specifies a pre-defined archive time period based on which a periodic archive procedure is performed and a pre-defined purge time period based on which a periodic purge procedure is performed. Based on the periodic archive time period being reached, a new partition is created in a transaction database, which is used as a live partition into which the database stores transaction records which are new; and an expired transaction database partition is moved to the archive database using a database partition feature whereby data in the partition is moved as a whole. Based on the periodic purge time period being reached, an expired archive database partition is removed from the archive database using the database partition feature, wherein data is deleted as a whole from the archive database based on the archive database partition being removed.
US11132327B2
A method and apparatus for physical layer bypass data transmission between physical coding sub-layers (PCS) includes encoding the data for transmission over a serial low-speed link. The data is transmitted from a first PCS via a serial connection over a serializer/deserializer (SERDES) transmission bypass path The data is received by a second PCS via a SERDES receive bypass path.
US11132309B2
A storage device includes a memory device and a controller. The controller includes a programmable logic device which is reconfigurable, based on requests which are received from an outside of the storage device, to adaptively support a plurality of protocols depending on the requests. As the programmable logic device is programmed to support a first protocol among the plurality of protocols based on a first request which is received from the outside of the storage device with regard to the first protocol, the programmable logic device processes the first request in compliance with the first protocol, and the controller communicates with the memory device based on the first request such that the memory device stores or outputs data corresponding to the first request.
US11132308B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a semiconductor system. A semiconductor device includes a non-volatile memory; a device interface circuit which receives an input/output (I/O) request from a host; and a device controller which executes a data access according to the I/O request on the non-volatile memory, and transmits an interrupt to the host a predetermined time before completion of the data access.
US11132307B2
A memory device includes receivers that use CMOS signaling levels (or other relatively large signal swing levels) on its command/address and data interfaces. The memory device also includes an asynchronous timing input that causes the reception of command and address information from the CMOS level receivers to be decoded and forwarded to the memory core (which is self-timed) without the need for a clock signal on the memory device's primary clock input. Thus, an activate row command can be received and initiated by the memory core before the memory device has finished exiting the low power state. Because the row operation is begun before the exit wait time has elapsed, the latency of one or more accesses (or other operations) following the exit from the low power state is reduced.
US11132301B2
Disclosed is a method for managing, in a computer system including a peripheral device and its driver, a virtual memory of a using application of the peripheral device which can access the virtual memory of the using application, the management method including: the creation, in the virtual memory of the using application, of a virtual memory pool which is accessible to the peripheral device but inaccessible to the using application; and the creation of a management application that is separate from the using application and is dedicated to the allocation of at least this virtual memory pool and to the releasing of at least this virtual memory pool.
US11132292B2
A read command to read a target memory die of a memory sub-system is received from a host system via a host-side interface of an active input/output (I/O) expander. The active I/O expander identifies a page address corresponding to the target memory die and decodes the read command to send to a memory stack associated with the page address corresponding to the target memory die. Read data is received via a memory-side interface of the active I/O expander from the memory stack including the target memory die. A signal conditioning operation is performed on the read data to generate conditioned read data. The active I/O expander sends, via the host-side interface, the conditioned read data to the host system.
US11132281B2
A method is provided for analyzing log message content. The computer-implemented method may include detecting, by at least one processor, log messages in an application code, identifying a log level assigned to each of the log messages, and performing natural language processing (NLP) analysis on each of the log messages by using at least keyword and synonym matching percentage analysis criteria. The computer-implemented method may further include determining, in response to the NLP analysis, a severity score of each of the log messages, and reclassifying, based on the severity score, the assigned log level of one or more of the log messages to a different log level.
US11132275B2
An accessory communication control protocol can facilitate faster and more secure transmission of status updates from an accessory to a controller (or network base station). An accessory can register with a controller, where the controller can provide some subscription and key generation information to the accessory. The accessory can detect changes to characteristics of the accessory and generate a broadcast notification that includes updates to the state of the characteristic. The broadcast notification can also include a counter, a device identifier, and a key. According to timing or rules, the accessory can transmit the broadcast notification to the controller without the need to establish a secure session with the controller.
US11132270B2
Systems and methods include a method for handling application requests. A request for an application is received at a zero downtime system. The application is accessible through: 1) primary application servers on a primary system coupled to a primary database, and 2) secondary application servers on a secondary system coupled to a secondary database synchronized to the primary database. A primary system status of the primary system is determined. When the primary system status is a healthy status, the request is routed to primary application servers of the primary system. When the primary system status is an unhealthy status, the request is routed to secondary application servers of the secondary system. When the primary system status is a scheduled system maintenance status, the request is routed to secondary application servers of the secondary system. The request is handled by the primary or the secondary application servers.
US11132268B2
A system, method and computer program product synchronize a plurality of processes of one or more applications executed by a plurality of processors. In addition to the processors, the system includes a plurality of memories with each memory associated with a respective process and configured to maintain a local count representative of a message of the respective process with which the memory is associated and at least one remote count representative of a message of a corresponding process executed by another processor. The system also includes a reflector configured to reflect the local count of the respective process to a remote count of the corresponding process. For synchronization, a first process of a first application executed by a first processor is configured to enter a delay period if the local count and at least one remote count maintained by the memory associated with the first process fail to match.
US11132266B2
The present disclosure relates to a method, device and computer program product for managing an application system. In the method, a backup copy is obtained for a group of data objects. A parent address of a parent backup block corresponding to the parent data object in the backup copy, a first address of a first backup block corresponding to the first data object in the backup copy, and a second address of a second backup block corresponding to the second data object in the backup copy are determined. A parent index entry, a first index entry and a second index entry are generated based the aforementioned addresses. An index for the backup copy is determined based on the parent index entry, the first index entry and the second index entry, the first index entry and the second index entry being continuous in the index.
US11132263B2
In one example, a method for a distributed model of data ingestion includes receiving multiple asynchronous backup requests from a plurality of clients, and performing primary processing with respect to data elements of a first one of the backup requests. Next, a job concerning a secondary process is added to a job queue. A handoff is then made for performance of the secondary processing with respect to data elements of the first backup request. The job is then accessed and the secondary processing is performed with respect to the data elements of the backup request, wherein the primary processing and secondary processing are respective first and second stages of an ingestion process, and the primary processing is performed prior to the secondary processing.
US11132260B2
The present application provides a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: when a region in a table of a database system meets a predefined condition, saving data in the region as a data storage file to a storage device, where the data storage file includes time metadata, and the time metadata comprises a region write time of the data in the region; when a condition for triggering a combination operation is met, obtaining a time for performing a backup operation most recently; selecting at least two first data storage files, where a region write time recorded in time metadata included in the at least two first data storage files is before the obtained time; and combining the selected at least two first data storage files, therefore resolving a problem in the prior art that a time consumed for performing a backup operation is long.
US11132259B2
Performing patch reconciliation of storage nodes within a storage cluster is presented herein. A patch reconciliation component receives an upgrade patch request to upgrade a first version of an operating system (OS) on a data storage node of a data storage cluster to a second version of the OS that has been installed on another data storage node of the data storage cluster, the first version preceding the second version; and based on the upgrade patch request, determines a group of upgrade patches to apply to the first version of the OS to facilitate the upgrade, and applies the group of upgrade patches to the first version of the OS resulting in the upgrade of the first version of the OS to the second version of the OS, the group of upgrade patches comprising respective upgrade binary files for the first version of the OS.
US11132251B2
Generating data checksum for a data object including multiple data units comprises, for each data unit, obtaining a corresponding address of the data unit, and rotating the data unit based on said corresponding address of the data unit to generate a rotated data unit. A checksum value for the data object is determined based on said rotated data units.
US11132250B2
A method for diagnosing and repairing a first computing device that is not able to be booted due to a malfunction of the first computing device is provided. The method comprises providing a boot tool stored on a removable computer readable storage medium; allowing the first computing device to be booted using the boot tool; providing for communication between the first computing device and a remote help desk computing device over a network; remotely identifying the malfunction of the first computing device; and pushing at least one repair data file from the remote help desk computing device to the first computing device or downloading the at least one repair data file from the Internet using the first computing device, wherein the at least one repair data file is configured for repairing the first computing device so that the first computing device is bootable without use of the boot tool.
US11132242B1
In some examples, a computing device may receive a user request and may determine a user type and a user location associated with the received user request. Further, based at least on a request type, the user type, and the user location, the computing device may select a first policy file from among a plurality of policy files, each policy file of the plurality of policy files preconfigured for a respective different combination of at least the request type, the user type, and the user location to contain at least one data action for instructing at least one respective target subsystem to perform the at least one data action in response to a respective user request. In addition, the computing device may send, for a respective data action included in the first policy file, a respective instruction to a respective target subsystem.
US11132233B2
Representative apparatus, method, and system embodiments are disclosed for a self-scheduling processor which also provides additional functionality. Representative embodiments include a self-scheduling processor, comprising: a processor core adapted to execute a received instruction; and a core control circuit adapted to automatically schedule an instruction for execution by the processor core in response to a received work descriptor data packet. In another embodiment, the core control circuit is also adapted to schedule a fiber create instruction for execution by the processor core, to reserve a predetermined amount of memory space in a thread control memory to store return arguments, and to generate one or more work descriptor data packets to another processor or hybrid threading fabric circuit for execution of a corresponding plurality of execution threads. Event processing, data path management, system calls, memory requests, and other new instructions are also disclosed.
US11132225B2
Disclosed is a system and method for management of a task across a plurality of processors, wherein the task processing of a plurality of records. The system includes a plurality of processors and an administrator module. Each of the plurality of processors processes a set of records added in a given time interval and the administrator module determines the time interval for a given processor. The administrator module is operable to receive a timestamp detailing a time when the given record was added to the database arrangement; determine a time period in which the plurality of records were added to the database arrangement; determine a time and record threshold for a given processor; and adjust the time interval allocated to each of the plurality of processors according to the time threshold and the record threshold, based on a time-based distribution of records in the database arrangement.
US11132223B2
A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a usecase specification and a usecase runtime specification corresponding to the usecase. The usecase includes a plurality of applications each being associated with a micro-service providing a corresponding functionality within the usecase for performing a task. The method further includes managing execution of the usecase within a runtime system based on the usecase and usecase runtime specifications to perform the task by serving an on-demand query and dynamically scaling resources based on the on-demand query, including using a batch helper server to employ the usecase specification to load dynamic application instances and connect the dynamic application instances to existing instances, and employ a batch helper configuration to load nodes/machines for execution of the on-demand query.
US11132217B2
A method for providing a managed networking service for a cloud computing system enables users to consume managed virtualized network functions (VNFs) at edge locations. The method includes registering a plurality of third-party vendors for the managed networking service. The plurality of third-party vendors provide a plurality of VNFs for the managed networking service. The method also includes receiving user input from a user of the cloud computing system. The user input includes a request to deploy the plurality of VNFs at an edge location. The plurality of VNFs can be provided by different third-party vendors through the managed networking service. The method also includes causing the plurality of VNFs to be deployed on an edge device that is located at the edge location. The plurality of VNFs can be represented as logical entities in a database that is utilized by the managed networking service.
US11132207B2
Various techniques are provided to implement fast boot for programmable logic devices (PLDs). In one example, a method includes receiving configuration data associated with a PLD. The PLD includes an array of configuration memory cells including logic block memory cells and input/output (I/O) block memory cells associated with the PLD's logic fabric and I/O fabric, respectively. The method further includes programming a subset of the I/O block memory cells with the configuration data, and providing a wakeup signal to activate functionality associated with a portion of the I/O fabric. The method further includes programming remaining configuration memory cells of the array with the configuration data, where the remaining configuration memory cells include at least a subset of the logic block memory cells. The method further includes providing a wakeup signal to activate functionality associated with at least a portion of the logic fabric. Related systems and devices are provided.
US11132206B2
Systems and methods are provide that may be implemented to modify boot operation for an information handling system using commands of a script that is detected and authenticated by boot code of the information handling system. The script may include at least one command that modifies a boot operation of the information handling system when performed by the processor. The boot code may be executed by the processor during startup, to detect and authenticate the script, and to process the at least one command after the script is authenticated. Multiple commands may be defined including triggerless actions or trigger actions which are performed in response to a trigger event. A trigger event may be a hardware interaction, such as the pressing of a button.
US11132203B2
An electronic device that includes a central processor and a coprocessor coupled to the central processor. The central processor includes a plurality of registers and is configured to decode a first set of instructions. The first set of instructions includes a command instruction and an identity of a destination register. The coprocessor is configured to receive the command instruction from the central processor, execute the command instruction, and write a result of the command instruction in the destination register. The central processor is further configured to set a register tag for the destination register at the time the central processor decodes the first set of instructions and to clear the register tag at the time the result is written in the destination register.
US11132201B2
In an embodiment, a data path circuit includes: a plurality of pipeline stages coupled between an input of the data path circuit and an output of the data path circuit; and a first selection circuit coupled between a first pipeline stage and a second pipeline stage, the first selection circuit having a first input to receive an input to the first pipeline stage and a second input to receive an output of the first pipeline stage and controllable to output one of the input to the first pipeline stage and the output of the first pipeline stage. A bypass controller coupled to the data path circuit may control the first selection circuit based at least in part on an operating frequency of the data path circuit. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11132191B2
Example implementations relate to software updates of a plurality of computing systems. An example system includes a plurality of computing systems including a first computing system and a second computing system. The first computing system includes a first board management controller and the second computing system includes a second board management controller. The first computing system and the second computing system are capable of staging from each other through the first board management controller and the second board management controller via a network protocol.
US11132188B2
Examples described here include systems and methods for refreshing the operating system (“OS”) of a device enrolled in a management platform. Execution of a first command file ensures that necessary components of the management platform residing on the device are stored in a partitioned portion of the device hard drive to preserve them during the OS refresh. After a new instance of the OS has been installed, execution of a second command file migrates the necessary components from the partitioned portion of the hard drive to the new OS instance. When the user logs back into the refreshed device, a third command file installs all necessary device management components at the new OS instance and re-enrolls the device with the management platform. In this manner, the OS of a managed device can be refreshed and re-enrolled in the management platform without significant input from a user or administrator.
US11132183B2
This disclosure involves development and deployment platforms for decision algorithms. For example, a computing system provides software development interface to a client device. The system sets, based on an input from the client device via the interface, a decision engine to a test mode that causes the decision engine to operate on test data stored in a first database and that prevents the decision engine from applying operations from the client device to production data stored in a second database. The system also configures the decision engine in the test mode to execute a different decision algorithms on the test data. The system also sets, based on another input via the interface, the decision engine to a deployment mode that causes the decision engine to operate on the production data. The system configures the decision engine in the deployment mode to execute one or more of the tested decision algorithms.
US11132179B1
A method for generating microapp recommendations comprises receiving observational data that characterizes interactions between users and applications. The method further comprises defining a set of correlation trees based on the received observational data. Each correlation tree in the set represents a sequence of interactions between one of the users and one or more of the applications. The set includes a first quantity of correlation trees. The method further comprises identifying a subset of similar correlation trees, each of which is included in the set. The subset includes a second quantity of correlation trees that is less than the first quantity. The method further comprises making a determination that the second quantity is greater than a threshold quantity. The method further comprises, in response to making the determination, generating a microapp recommendation based on the sequence of interactions represented by a correlation tree that is representative of the subset.
US11132157B1
A label modification unit may receive a label modification input associated with an image. The label modification unit may obtain a bitmap associated with a modification to the rewriteable label. The label modification unit may determine, based on the bitmap and using a heat dissipation model, temperature profiles for a plurality of raster print paths of the laser. The label modification unit may select, based on the temperature profiles and from the plurality of raster print paths, a raster print path for the modification. The label modification unit may control at least one of the laser, the optic, and the reflector system to: cause the light beam to follow the raster print path, and emit the light beam according to an array of power factors that are associated with the raster print path.
US11132149B2
A first server includes a control unit that transmits, to a device in accordance with a request from the device, Web content data including at least display information that includes at least region information and that indicates an application available to the device related to the region information, and an application command causing the device to execute processing in connection with the application from the device, and the device includes: a Web browser including a display control unit that performs control to transmit a display information request including at least region information to request display information and display, on a display unit, a screen based on the Web content data received from the first server and an executing unit that requests the device to perform processing in connection with the application related to the application command included in the Web content data by executing the application command in accordance with user's operation via the screen; and a processing executing unit that, based on a request from the Web browser, performs processing in connection with the application.
US11132146B2
Memory page table invalidations for multiple execution contexts (clients or guests) of a memory system are conventionally queued in a single physical command queue. The multiple execution contexts contend to access the queue, resulting in low performance. Instead of contending with other execution contexts to insert invalidation commands into a single physical command queue, a virtual interface and one or more virtual command queues are allocated to each guest. The execution contexts may simultaneously transmit invalidation commands for the memory system through their respective virtual interface. Additionally, each execution context may also transmit other (less often issued) commands through a hypervisor. Error handling and/or illegal access checks specific to invalidation commands that were previously performed by the hypervisor are now performed by the respective virtual interface(s).
US11132144B2
An integrated interface for an electronic device without a USB port includes at least one SIM card interface drive chip, a USB interface control chip, at least one SIM card interface control chip electronically connected to the at least one SIM card interface drive chip and the USB interface control chip, and a USB interface drive chip electronically connected to the USB interface control chip. A detection signal pin is defined on the USB interface control chip. When the detection signal pin is triggered, the USB interface control chip is turned on and the SIM card interface drive chip is turned off. When triggered, the USB interface drive chip drives the USB interface control chip to work, allowing access by an external whole-machine probe or test device.
US11132131B2
The techniques described herein limit client utilization of a parallel-access storage device. Specifically, client utilization of a particular storage device is estimated using I/O cost metrics to estimate the costs of I/O requests from the client to the particular storage device. The I/O cost metrics are determined based on calibration-based system performance data, which represents a system-wide measure of storage device performance for a system in which the particular storage device resides. The calibration-based system performance data includes one or both of composite throughput data and composite IOPS data for multiple parallel-access devices in the system. The cost estimates for I/O requests issued from a client to a parallel-access device are tracked in a total cost estimate for the client. Client utilization of the storage device, as tracked by the total cost estimate for the client, is limited to a percentage of the total estimated bandwidth of the storage device.
US11132128B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for data placement in container-based storage systems may include (i) identifying a file stored within a container-based storage system, where the container-based storage system stores the file as data segments within containers, (ii) receiving, in response to a write operation directed to the file, a request to store within the container-based storage system a new data segment generated by the write operation, (iii) describing the file in terms of a plurality of consecutive slabs, (iv) determining that the new data segment falls within a specified slab, and (v) fulfilling the request to store the new data segment within the container-based storage system by storing the new data segment in a designated container that corresponds to the specified slab in response to determining that the new data segment falls within the specified slab. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US11132123B2
A key display method, a terminal, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The method includes: displaying a first user interface and a navigation bar, the navigation bar including a target virtual key; receiving a first operation signal; launching a target application program in response to the first operation signal; switching the first user interface to display a second user interface of the target application program, and switching the target virtual key in the navigation bar to display an image capture key.
US11132119B2
System and method relating to a user interface for adapting a view of a display unit of a user interface. A configuration mode is retrieved for producing a separated view on the display unit including a first section and a second section. A functional scope may be assigned for at least one of the first section and the second section, and a plurality of operating surfaces may be generated in the separated view on the display unit, each of the operating surfaces representing a respective function for the vehicle. When a selection is received on one of the plurality of operating surfaces, the selected operating surface may be assigned to one of the first section and second section based on the selection, wherein the assigned operating surface is configured to execute its respective function for the vehicle under its assigned functional scope.
US11132118B2
In one embodiment, a method performed by one or more computing devices including defining a hierarchical structure for a user interface (UI) that includes defining one or more layers of the hierarchical structure, adding one or more objects at each layer, and specifying one or more relationships among particular objects. The method further including associating metadata with each object at each layer, the metadata describing how the corresponding object is presented in the user interface.
US11132116B2
A method, systems and apparatus for mini programs or mini applications or sub-applications or sub-programs are applications that function within a parent application. User can search, browse, select, open, invoke, run, view and access mini applications or sub-applications from the parent application without leaving from the parent application. Server or platform serves, invokes and open user selected mini applications or sub-applications which may develop, register, upload and provided by 3rd parties or external developers, publishers, enterprise users, and users of network. Users only need to click or tap on sub-application name or icon or link or control to immediately open, use and access the sub-application. Users are not require to download, install, update, register, log-in and uninstall mini applications or sub-applications or sub-programs. Users can share mini applications or sub-applications or sub-programs with one or more contacts and destinations via one or more communication mediums and interfaces.
US11132109B2
Visualization systems and methods include, responsive to obtaining data related to one or more events occurring during operation of a system, displaying information about a time-based component of the one or more events on a timeline; displaying fixed information about a timeless component of the one or more events on the timeline; and responsive to user input to modify a timescale of the timeline, adjusting display of the timeline by adjusting the information of the one or more events and maintaining the fixed information of the one or more events.
US11132097B2
A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode.
US11132095B2
Tactile presentation panel, tactile presentation touch panel, and tactile presentation touch display
Tactile electrodes include a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes that are alternately arranged with an interval therebetween on a transparent insulating substrate. A dielectric layer covers the tactile electrodes. A voltage supply circuit applies a voltage signal having a first frequency to those of the first electrodes that are located on at least a partial region of the transparent insulating substrate, and applies a voltage signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency to those of the second electrodes that are located on at least the partial region of the transparent insulating substrate.
US11132090B2
A disclosed example method to display information from a computer system includes: accessing peripheral display information in a designated peripheral display area of a frame buffer memory in response to detecting a presence of the peripheral display information, the designated peripheral display area being a subarea of the frame buffer memory, the sub-area covering less than an entirety of a main screen of a monitor; displaying, via a peripheral information display device, the peripheral display information from the designated peripheral display area of the frame buffer memory, the peripheral information display device being separate from the main screen; determining user input coordinates based on a user interaction with the peripheral display information; updating the peripheral display information from a computer to the frame buffer memory; and displaying the updated peripheral display information from the designated peripheral display area of the frame buffer memory via the peripheral information display device.
US11132087B2
A display device includes a display panel, a folding information detector, a control module, and a distortion compensator. The display panel displays an image and includes a folding area folded with respect to an imaginary folding axis and a plurality of non-folding areas adjacent to the folding area when viewed in a plan view. The folding information detector detects folding information about the display panel, and a control module outputs a control signal based on the folding information provided from the folding information detector. The distortion compensator compensates for a distortion of the image displayed through the folding area in response to the control signal.
US11132086B1
An information carrier object is provided for providing information via a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The information carrier object includes a substrate supporting a planar region on which a plurality of touchpoints is defined. A first subset of the touchpoints are data-encoding touchpoints arranged in a circular geometric configuration in which a position of each touchpoint conveys encoded data and a second subset of the touchpoints are reference touchpoints in relation to which data-encoding touchpoints are positioned. A method and system are provided for retrieving information from an information carrier object applied to a touch-sensitive interface.
US11132085B2
A pressure-sensing touch control display substrate is provided. The pressure-sensing touch control display substrate includes a base substrate; a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrodes; a light emitting layer on a side of the first electrode layer away from the base substrate, the light emitting layer including a plurality of light emitting blocks; a second electrode layer on a side of the light emitting layer away from the first electrode layer, the second electrode layer including a plurality of second electrodes spaced apart from each other; a plurality of touch control signal lines respectively connected to the plurality of second electrodes; and a plurality of pressure sensors on the base substrate and configured to detect a pressure applied on a touch position.
US11132083B2
To present different force senses depending on visually-recognizable patterns by using magnetic bodies which are preliminarily magnetized. A force sense presenting object includes: a base object that includes a first surface, which is preliminarily magnetized with a first texture including an S-pole region and an N-pole region; a first sheet that is provided with a first pattern, which is visually recognizable, and is layered on the first surface side of the base object; a second sheet that is provided with a second pattern, which is visually recognizable and is different from the first pattern, and is layered on the first surface side of the base object; a first contact object that includes a second surface which is preliminarily magnetized with a second texture including an S-pole region and an N-pole region; and a second contact object that includes a third surface which is preliminarily magnetized with a third texture which includes an S-pole region and an N-pole region and is different from the second texture.
US11132078B2
An electronic device including a base member having a touch area defined inside a first closed-shape, the first closed-shape being a first imaginary line, and a peripheral area disposed adjacent to the touch area and defined outside the first closed-shape, and a touch sensor including a plurality of patterns disposed in the touch area to sense a touch from outside and a driving line disposed in the peripheral area and connected to a pattern disposed adjacent to the first closed-shape. The touch area includes a first area defined inside a second closed-shape being a second imaginary line defined in the touch area, and a second area defined outside the second closed-shape and surrounded by the first closed-shape, and an edge pattern disposed in the second area having an area substantially equal to or greater than approximately one-half of an area of a center pattern disposed in the first area.
US11132073B1
A stylus, a touch electronic device, and a touch system are provided. The touch electronic device includes a touch panel and a haptic actuation device, and the haptic actuation device is connected to the touch panel. The stylus includes a pressure sensor and a pen tip. The touch electronic device encodes transmission information into a vibration signal, determines a vibration force of the vibration signal with respect to at least one synchronization time point, and controls the haptic actuation device to drive the touch panel to output the vibration signal. The pen tip of the stylus receives the vibration signal, and the pressure sensor senses the vibration force of the vibration signal. The stylus decodes the vibration signal according to the vibration force with respect to the synchronization time point to obtain the transmission information, and the stylus performs a function according to the transmission information.
US11132063B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including an analysis unit configured to decide additional information corresponding to input information on the basis of the input information input in an extended work space in which a real object and a virtual object are operable, and a display control unit configured to receive a new operation input to the input information and execute display control of the virtual object displayed in the extended work space using the additional information.
US11132061B1
A fluidic haptic device includes a chamber, a compressible or incompressible fluid disposed within the chamber, and an actuatable element in hydraulic or pneumatic contact with the fluid. The actuatable element is adapted to be displaced by movement of a user of the device, which can apply pressure to the fluid. The haptic device may interact directly with one or more body parts of a user, including the user's skin, and may be operable without an external pressure source.
US11132055B2
The majority of applications for head mounted display (HMD) users, irrespective of whether they are for short-term, long-term, low vision, augmented reality, etc. yield a conflicting set of tradeoffs between user comfort and minimal fatigue and strain during use, ease of attachment, minimizing intrusiveness and aesthetics which must be concurrently balanced with and are often in conflict with providing an optical vision system that provides the user with a wide field of view and high image resolution whilst also offering a large exit pupil for eye placement with sufficient eye clearance. Further, individual users' needs vary as do their needs with the general task at-hand, visual focus, and various regions-of-interest within their field of view. To address these issues, it is necessary to provide a high performance optical system, eyepiece design, and system features which overcome these limitations.
US11132041B2
An information handling system includes a power supply to provide power to the information handling system. The power supply is communicatively coupled to a baseboard management controller by a first signal interconnect and a second signal interconnect. The power supply is configured to provide, via the first signal interconnect, an alert to the BMC indicating that an operating parameter of the PSU exceeds a predetermined threshold. The first signal interconnect is associated with a PWR_OK signal of an Advanced Technology eXtended (ATX) specification and the second signal interconnect is associated with a PS_ON #signal of the ATX specification.
US11132033B2
A modular controller includes an enclosure having an interior, a motherboard with a signal trace and a power trace supported within the interior of the enclosure, and one or more control section. The control section includes one or more of an input power section, an electromagnetic interference section, a logic section, a control section, a output power section, and a signal section that is supported by the motherboard to selectively flow of electrical power through the power trace using a control signal carried by the signal trace. Electrical systems and methods of making modular controllers are also described.
US11132032B2
Provided is an electronic device, which includes a first protector covering a first surface of the electronic device, wherein the first surface includes a curved region formed by the first protector and an opening region at least partially surrounded by the curved region, a camera module disposed inside the electronic device, and a bracket supporting the camera module. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a lens, a driver controlling the lens assembly, and a planar glass protecting the lens assembly. The planar glass is disposed at the opening region of the first surface.
US11132030B2
Provided is an electronic device including a base structure, panel, water blocking film and first glue structure. The base structure has a first surface and a second surface. The base structure includes a base body, receiving recess and slit. The panel is disposed in the receiving recess and on the second surface. The panel includes a panel body and a first signal transmission element connected to the panel body. The first signal transmission element passes through the slit. The water blocking film is disposed on the first surface of the base structure to cover the slit. A first hole is disposed between the base structure and first signal transmission element or between the water blocking film and first signal transmission element. The first glue structure is disposed in the first hole. A first water blocking region is formed between the base structure, water blocking film and first glue structure.
US11132028B2
Provided is a flexible display device. The flexible display device includes a flexible screen and a fixing rod. The fixing rod is connected to the flexible screen through a rotating device. The fixing rod has a first end and a second end. The fixing rod is capable of rotating to such position that the fixing rod is parallel to an expansion direction of the flexible screen and the second end of the fixing rod is detachably connected to the flexible screen. With the rotating device, the fixing rod of the flexible display device can be switched between a fixing state and a non-fixing state. In the fixing state, the flexible screen is fixed by the fixing rod to prevent deforming of the flexible screen.
US11132017B2
One embodiment includes a clock distribution system. The system includes at least one resonator spine that propagates a clock signal and at least one resonator rib conductively coupled to the at least one resonator spine and being arranged as a standing wave resonator. At least one of the at least one resonator rib has a thickness that varies along a length of the respective one of the at least one resonator rib. The system also includes at least one transformer-coupling line. Each of the at least one transformer-coupling line can be conductively coupled to an associated circuit and being inductively coupled to the at least one resonator rib to inductively generate a clock current corresponding to the clock signal to provide functions for the associated circuit.
US11132009B2
An electric switch-mode power converter comprises: a parameter predictor for predicting and updating at least one regulator parameter of a regulator controlling a switching device of the converter, a performance feedback signal generator for providing a performance feedback signal indicative of a performance of the conversion operation, wherein the parameter predictor is configured to predict an update of the regulator parameter based on the performance feedback signal and during update intervals, the intervals being during the power conversion operation and being separated by pauses without update.
US11131989B2
The present disclosure describes a system for data collection in an industrial environment. The system can include an industrial system comprising a plurality of components each operatively coupled to a sensor, a sensor communication circuit to interpret the sensor data values in response to a sensed parameter group, a pattern recognition circuit to determine a recognized pattern value in response to a least a portion of the sensor data values, and a sensor learning circuit to update the sensed parameter group in response to the recognized pattern value, wherein the sensor communication circuit also adjusts the interpreting of the plurality of sensor data values in response to the updated sensed parameter group.
US11131987B2
An object-based integrity verification method for detecting hazardously misleading information contained in an output image of a graphics processing unit comprises steps of: identifying a plurality of safety-critical graphic objects in the output image; assigning each safety-critical graphic object an object ID code; creating an object verification database; rendering a monochrome reference ID code image using object ID code as its color component; verifying the location, shape and color information for each safety-critical graphic object, and tracking the visibility and overlaying property between safety-critical graphic objects using the monochrome reference ID code image; detecting and evaluating failure condition; and annunciating the failure condition with proper warning level and appropriate corrective action.
US11131986B1
A controller device may connect to one or more expansion modules for capability expansion. The controller device may be configured to automatically detect and identify connected expansions modules. The controller device may be configured to further automatically detect an order in which the expansion modules are connected. A graphical user interface may be provided including a visualization of the system configuration including the order of the expansion modules.
US11131978B2
A metal fabrication resource performance monitoring method includes collecting data representative of a parameter sampled during one or more metal fabrication operations of one or more metal fabrication resources, the one or more resources being selectable by a user from a listing of individual and groups of resources, receiving event data comprising a time that an event occurred, via at least one computer processor, determining a first analyzed system parameter from the collected data, via the at least one computer processor, populating a dashboard page with graphical indicia representative of the first analyzed system parameter before and after the event, and transmitting the dashboard page to a user-viewable display.
US11131973B2
A method and system for remotely controlling an external device includes storing, in a computing device, a plurality of device profiles, each device profile including connection data, one or more control commands, and at least one associated image; receiving, by an imaging device interfaced with the computing device, a live rendering of a physical environment; detecting, by the computing device, a registered image in the live rendering of the physical environment; identifying, in the computing device, a specific device profile where the at least one associated image includes the detected registered image; establishing, by the computing device, a communication channel with an external device using the connection data included in the identified specific device profile; and electronically transmitting, by the computing device, at least one of the one or more control commands included in the identified specific device profile to the external device using the established communication channel.
US11131972B2
Systems and methods of improving building automation system (BAS) performance includes collecting performance parameters associated with building automation devices, comparing the parameters to a benchmark, and adjusting the performance benchmark to match the corresponding performance parameter if the corresponding performance parameter exceeds the performance benchmark, or utilizing the performance parameter and the identity of the building automation device associated therewith to remediate the performance defect. The collected performance parameters may be used to prioritize system tasks based on current system performance. A performance monitoring agent included in a building automation system controller or a device controller determines a performance parameter thereof to assess and benchmark BAS performance.
US11131967B2
A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.
US11131964B2
A predetermined lighting pattern is projected on a surface to be illuminated and the lighting pattern is displaced on the surface to be illuminated. A laser beam generated by a laser light source is broadened by a magnifying lens so as to generate a divergent light. The divergent light is shaped by the collimation lens into a parallel illumination light, and the parallel illumination light is caused to be incident on an incident plane of a diffraction optical element which records a hologram image. A diffracted light from the diffraction optical element forms the lighting pattern as a hologram reconstructed image on the surface to be illuminated. By translating the collimation lens by a collimation-lens drive unit along a movement plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis of the laser beam, the lighting pattern can be displaced on the surface to be illuminated.
US11131963B2
A particle collection system of an imaging apparatus includes an air flow generation device to generate an air flow for transporting airborne particles, a charging device that is located upstream of the air flow generation device in a ventilation direction to charge the floating fine particles in the air flow, and a particle collection device that is located downstream of the charging device in the ventilation direction to collect the airborne particles which are charged by the charging device. The charging device includes a discharging electrode and a counter electrode, and the particle collection device includes a tubular ventilation passage. A length of the tubular ventilation passage in the ventilation direction is greater than an opening diameter of the tubular ventilation passage, and the opening diameter of the tubular ventilation passage is less than or equal to a gap between the discharging electrode and the counter electrode.
US11131960B2
Movement and/or urging of a developer carrying member is carried out with high precision. A cartridge that is mountable to an apparatus main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the cartridge includes a developing roller; a frame supporting the developing roller; a movable part movably supported by the frame and movable to a first position and to a second position relative to the frame; and an elastic part provided between the frame and the movable part to urge the movable part. The movable part includes a first force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the first position to the second position, and a second force receiving part that receives force from the apparatus main assembly, in a direction of moving from the second position to the first position. When the movable part receives force from the apparatus main assembly at the first force receiving part and is at the second position, the movable part receives urging force from the elastic part in a direction of moving the movable part from the second position to the first position.
US11131958B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a developing device, a toner holder, a toner holder mount portion, and a locking member. The toner holder is dismountably mounted in the toner holder mount portion and stores toner for the developing device. The toner holder mount portion has a pair of side support rails supporting a side face of the toner holder. The locking member is adjacent to an end part, in the toner holder mounting direction, of at least one side support rail, and is swingable between a first position restraining mounting and dismounting of the toner holder and a second position allowing mounting and dismounting of the toner holder. The locking member, in the second position, is on the extension line of the side support rails and, together with the side support rails, guides the toner holder to and from the toner holder mount portion.
US11131955B2
A developer cartridge according to one aspect is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position.
US11131948B2
A liquid applying device includes a circulation member, an impregnation member, and a support member. The circulation member is configured to circulate in a predetermined direction. The impregnation member is formed in a plate shape. The impregnation member is impregnated with a liquid. The impregnation member is in contact with the circulation member at an end portion thereof in a direction intersecting with a circulating direction of the circulation member so as to apply the liquid to the circulation member. The support member supports a portion including an end portion side of the impregnation member, at an opposite side of the circulation member in a state where the end portion of the impregnation member is in contact with the circulation member.
US11131943B1
An image forming apparatus includes: a development device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive drum into a toner image; a charger that charges the photosensitive drum; a development power supply that applies a prescribed bias voltage to the development device; an electric current measuring section that measures a development current flowing in the development device; and a calculating section that calculates a surface potential of the photosensitive drum based on the development current. The development device sequentially forms a plurality of image formation toner images on respective sheets of a recording medium. The image formation toner images each are a toner image for image formation. The electric current measuring section measures the development current in a period during which the image formation toner images are not formed.
US11131939B2
A toner including a toner particle that contains a binder resin, and an inorganic fine particle, wherein the inorganic fine particle contains aggregated particles; the aggregated particles contain primary particles of at least one metal salt selected from the group consisting of titanate metal salts and zirconate metal salts; the primary particles have a number-average particle diameter of from 15 nm to 55 nm; the aggregated particles have an aggregation diameter of from 80 nm to 300 nm, the aggregated particles have a volume resistivity of from 2×109 Ω·cm to 2×1013 Ω·cm; and the aggregated particles cover a surface of the toner particle, and a coverage ratio of the aggregated particles with respect to the surface of the toner particle is from 0.3 area % to 10.0 area %.
US11131937B2
A positioning device configured to displace an object is disclosed. The positioning device comprises a stage to support the object, an actuator to move the stage with respect to a reference in a direction of movement, a balance mass arranged between the actuator and the reference to reduce transfer of reaction forces from the actuator to the reference, a support device arranged between the reference and the balance mass to support the balance mass, and a gravity compensator acting between the reference and the balance mass to exert a lifting force on the balance mass to reduce a gravitational support force to be provided by the support device to support the balance mass.
US11131936B2
Methods of measuring variation across multiple instances of a pattern on a substrate or substrates after a step in a device manufacturing process are disclosed. In one arrangement, data representing a set of images is received. Each image represents a different instance of the pattern, wherein the pattern includes a plurality of pattern elements. The set of images are registered relative to each other to superimpose the instances of the pattern. The registration includes applying different weightings to two or more of the plurality of pattern elements, wherein the weightings control the extent to which each pattern element contributes to the registration of the set of images and each weighting is based on an expected variation of the pattern element to which the weighting is applied. Variation in the pattern is measured using the registered set of images.
US11131922B2
An imprint lithography template including an alignment mark including at least two columns or at least two rows of features spaced apart from one another, and a dummy-fill region, wherein the alignment mark is spaced apart from the dummy-fill region, and wherein a closest distance between the at least two columns or the at least two rows is less than a closest distance between any portion of the at least two columns or the at least two rows and the dummy-fill region. In an embodiment, the at least two columns or the at least two rows are spaced apart by at least 0.5 microns. In a further embodiment, the closest distance between the at least two columns or the at least two rows and the dummy-fill region is at least 2 microns.
US11131921B2
A method of manufacturing a reflective mask blank comprising a multilayer reflective film formed on a substrate so as to reflect EUV light; and a laminated film formed on the multilayer reflective film. The method includes the steps of depositing the multilayer reflective film on the substrate to form a multilayer reflective film formed substrate; carrying out defect inspection for the multilayer reflective film formed substrate; depositing the laminated film on the multilayer reflective film of the multilayer reflective film formed substrate; forming a fiducial mark for an upper portion of the laminated film to thereby form a reflective mask blank comprising the fiducial mark, the fiducial mark serving as a reference for a defect position in defect information; and carrying out defect inspection of the reflective mask blank by using the fiducial mark as a reference.
US11131916B2
The present disclosure provides a projector including a first and a second guide members having a shape of a portion of an annular ring and comprising a first and as second slots formed along a ring line, respectively, the second slot overlapping the first slot at one point, a first and a second driving parts configured to rotate the first guide member, and a light source part having a vertical axis tilted in a state in which the light source part is constrained to the first slot and the second slot including a first and a second movable members configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the first and second slots, respectively, and a light source formed in an outer end portion of the light source part and fixed to one of the first movable member and the second movable member to move.
US11131911B2
A technique can reduce the time and effort of a user to project a projection image in a projection area on a projection surface. A projector includes: a projection unit projecting a projection image onto a projection surface; an image pickup unit picking up an image of the projection surface and generating a picked-up image; a detection unit detecting a position of a removable object arranged at the projection surface, based on the picked-up image; and an adjustment unit adjusting a projection position of the projection image on the projection surface, based on the position of the object.
US11131888B2
In a display panel, all of a plurality of directors of liquid crystal composition composing the liquid crystal layer are essentially perpendicular to the first alignment film and the second alignment film in the absence of applied voltage. A liquid crystal layer included in each of a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix along a row direction and along a column direction has a single alignment state. A director of liquid crystal composition located at a central portion in a first unit pixel that is one of the plurality of unit pixels is in an opposite orientation with respect to a director of liquid crystal composition located at a central portion in a second unit pixel that is in a same row or a same column as the first unit pixel.
US11131885B2
A light emitting device according to the present invention includes a flexible wiring board that electrically connects light emitting modules to each other. The light emitting modules include anode-side and cathode-side terminals that are arranged on their back surface and are connected to light emitting elements, which are included in their light emitting module and connected to each other in series or in parallel, in order to supply currents to light emitting elements. The wiring board has a comb shape that includes a number of comb-tooth portions extending in row or column direction of the matrix arrangement of the light emitting modules. The comb-tooth portions include an electrically-conductive pattern. The anode-side and cathode-side terminals of light emitting modules are connected to the electrically-conductive pattern of the comb-tooth portions of the wiring board.
US11131876B2
In a liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal panel has a display surface of a planar shape on which a plurality of pixels are located. The front protective plate is located so as to face the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The optical path changing portion is located between an emission surface of the front protective plate and an air layer located closer to the back side than the emission surface is and located closest to the emission surface. The optical path changing portion changes an optical path of light that enters the optical path changing portion so as to expand an emission angle when the incident light is emitted from the emission surface of the front protective plate.
US11131871B2
There is provided a laser processing device that includes a laser light source configured to output laser light, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the laser light output from the laser light source according to a phase pattern and emit the modulated laser light, an objective lens configured to converge the laser light emitted from the spatial light modulator onto an object, a controller configured to control a phase pattern to be displayed on the spatial light modulator, and a determiner configured to determine whether operation of the spatial light modulator is normal, in which the controller performs switching control in which the phase pattern to be displayed on the spatial light modulator is switched, and the determiner makes the determination on the basis of a change in intensity of the laser light emitted from the spatial light modulator between before the switching control and after the switching control.
US11131868B2
A corrective lens that can improve contrast sensitivity in a dark place, for example, at night is provided. When an axis in the anteroposterior direction passing through the geometric center of a lens is defined as the z-axis and a direction extending to the rear side of the lens is defined as the positive direction of the z-axis, a focal depth extension component represented by Ar3 (where r is the distance from the z-axis and A is a constant) is added to the z-coordinate value of a refractive surface determined based on a prescription power to increase the focal depth. The focal depth that decreases (shallows) in a dark place is increased to facilitate focusing on a target object located in front of or behind the original focal point. This can improve contrast sensitivity in a dark place.
US11131865B2
An eyeglass temple on which an accessory device is adapted to be mounted includes a concave portion provided with a plurality of substantially figure 8-shaped jacks abutting and communicating with one another in the lengthwise direction of the eyeglass temple. The accessory device includes a body, a flexible tube connected with the body, and a plug installed at one end of the flexible tube. The plug is detachably coupled with one of the substantially figure 8-shaped jacks. The accessory device can be mounted on the eyeglass temple securely and fixed at an adjustable position adaptively for flexible change of the accessory device and amenity of a pair of eyeglasses worn on a user.
US11131864B2
A holographic display device presents a holographic image within an external part for a vehicle such as a headlight assembly or an exterior rearview mirror assembly. An outer cover defines an interior cavity, with a transparent portion, such as a window, allowing a viewer to see into the interior cavity. A presentation surface inside the interior cavity is illuminated by an image source to display the holographic image, which appears as a 3-dimensional object within the interior cavity, and which appears to be suspended therein. The holographic image may be stationary or moving, and may include a logo, symbol, or other graphic. The image source is may be hidden from direct view. One embodiment includes two circular polarizer to prevent light directly from the image source from being visible, while allowing reflected light to become visible by being having the polarization direction reversed.
US11131863B2
A method of forming an optical device in a body (32), comprises performing a plurality of laser scans (34,36) to form the optical device, each scan comprising relative movement of a laser beam and the body thereby to scan the laser beam along a respective path (34a, 34b 34f; 36a, 36b 36f) through the body to alter the refractive index of material of that path, wherein the paths are arranged to provide in combination a route for propagation of light through the optical device in operation that is larger in a direction substantially perpendicular to the route for propagation of light than any one of the paths individually.
US11131859B2
A laser system may include a laser resonator configured to emit an input laser beam having an elliptical cross-sectional shape. The laser system also may include first reflective device configured to reflect the input laser beam to produce a first reflected laser beam. The first reflective device may include a spherical surface for reflecting the input laser beam. The laser system also may include a second reflective device configured to reflect the first reflected laser beam to produce a second reflected laser beam. The laser system also may include a coupling device configured to focus the second reflected laser beam to produce an output laser beam. The coupling device may include a spherical surface for receiving the second reflected laser beam. The laser system also may include an optic fiber configured to transmit the output laser beam for emission of the output laser beam onto a target area.
US11131854B2
Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device according to the present disclosure can adjust the length of a band surrounding a user's head, by sensing pressure of a part of the electronic device coming into contact with the user. Furthermore, the electronic device according to the invention can identify a direction in which the user's eyeball looks, and deduce the user's facial expression, by sensing the movement of muscle around the user's eyeball. The electronic device of the invention can be associated with artificial intelligence modules, robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc.
US11131848B2
An optical module includes: a mirror unit that includes a movable mirror and a fixed mirror, a beam splitter unit that constitutes an interference optical system in combination with the movable mirror and the fixed mirror; a light incident unit that causes measurement light to be incident to the beam splitter unit; a first light detector that detects interference light of the measurement light; a second light source that emits laser light; a second light detector that detects interference light of the laser light; a first mirror that has a function of allowing the measurement light to be transmitted therethrough and reflecting the laser light; a second mirror that has a function of reflecting a part of the laser light and allowing the remainder of the laser light to be transmitted therethrough; a third mirror that has a function of reflecting the laser light; and a first filter that has a function of allowing the measurement light to be transmitted therethrough and cutting off the laser light, and is disposed between the first mirror and the first light detector.
US11131846B2
Provided is a single-axis rotary actuator that is suitable for rotationally driving an optical element, such as a diffraction grating, in a single-axis direction and that is suitable for forming light having a wide wavelength band. An actuator (500) includes a holder (550) having a mounting surface on which a diffraction grating (401) is attached and a rotary shaft (552); a fixed unit (520) having a bearing that holds the rotary shaft (552) of the holder (550); an elastic member (530) formed of an outer circumferential section fixed on the fixed unit (520), an inner circumferential section fixed on the holder (550), and an arm section interconnecting the outer circumferential section and the inner circumferential section and having elasticity; and a driving unit having a coil (540) provided on the holder (550) and a magnet (510) provided on the fixed unit (520).
US11131841B2
A scanning light field microscopic imaging system includes: a microscope configured to magnify a sample and image the sample onto a first image plane of the microscope; a relay lens configured to magnify or minify the first image plane; a 2D scanning galvo configured to rotate an angle of a light path in the frequency domain plane; the microlens array configured to modulate a beam with a preset angle to a target spatial position at a back focal plane of the microlens array and modulate the first image plane to obtain a modulated image; an image sensor configured to record the modulated image; and a reconstruction module configured to reconstruct a 3D structure of the sample based on the modulated image acquired from the image sensor.
US11131838B2
An optical system 10 includes, in order from an enlargement side, a front group 1, an aperture diaphragm 3, and a rear group 2, the front group 1 including a refractive surface 11a convex toward the enlargement side, the rear group 2 including a concave reflective surface 12b, and Conditional Expressions of 0.7≤|Rl|/Ll≤1.5 and 2≤|Rm|/Lm≤7 are satisfied, where a curvature radius of the refractive surface 11a is Rl (mm), a distance between the refractive surface 11a and the aperture diaphragm 3 is Ll (mm), a curvature radius of the reflective surface 12b is Rm (mm), and a distance between the aperture diaphragm 3 and the reflective surface 12b is Lm (mm).
US11131836B2
Compact folded camera modules having auto-focus (AF) and optical image stabilization (OIS) capabilities and multi-aperture cameras including such modules. In an embodiment, a folded camera module includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) for folding light from a first optical path with a first optical axis to a second optical path with a second optical axis perpendicular to the first optical axis, an image sensor and a lens module carrying a lens with a symmetry axis parallel to the second optical axis. The lens module can be actuated to move in first and second orthogonal directions in a plane perpendicular to the first optical axis, the movement in the first direction being for auto-focus and the movement in the second direction being for OIS. The OPFE can be actuated to tilt for OIS.
US11131829B2
The zoom lens according to the present invention includes a plurality of lens units consisting of front and rear groups having negative and positive refractive powers at a wide angle end (WAE), respectively. An interval between front and rear groups on an optical axis is longest among all intervals between adjacent ones of plurality of lens units at WAE. The rear group is disposed at an image side of front group and includes a plurality of lens units including a negative lens unit LN (LULN) disposed closest to image side. The LULN includes negative and positive lenses disposed closest to object and image sides in LULN, respectively. A focal length of LULN, a focal length of zoom lens at WAE, a distance on optical axis between a lens surface closest to object side and that closest to image side in LULN, and a back focus at WAE are appropriately set.
US11131828B2
An apparatus includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a focusing lens group, a zoom lens group, and a relay lens group. The relay lens group includes an extender group and a correction lens group. The apparatus includes a temperature detector, a storage storing information relating to a moving amount of the correction lens group, and a controller configured to control a position of the correction lens group. The storage stores first information relating to the moving amount for correction of focus movement due to change in a temperature and insertion of the extender group. The controller obtains the moving amount based on the temperature and the first information. A specific conditional expression is satisfied.
US11131824B2
A method and apparatus for actively aligning an optical device are described. An apparatus includes an optical device. The optical device includes a supporting surface, a light source mounted to the supporting surface, a lens mount configured to hold a lens, a lens holder configured to hold the lens mount, wherein the lens mount is configured to be mounted to the supporting surface. A light detector is configured to determine a light intensity of a light beam through the lens, the light intensity indicating the alignment of the lens. An alignment device is to move the lens until the light intensity indicates that the lens is aligned, and a curing light is to cure adhesive layers between the lens and the lens mount, the lens mount and the lens holder, and the lens holder and the supporting surface.
US11131821B2
Fanout conduit arrangements, and systems and methods are provided to organize a plurality of optic fibers of an optic fiber cable. The arrangements include a fanout member having an inspection aperture arrangement therethrough, through which fibers can be inspected and a fixation media can be transferred to protect the fibers. Methods for assembling the fanout conduit arrangement are also provided.
US11131816B2
The invention relates to an optical fiber ribbon assembly comprising* a plurality of adjacent optical fiber ribbons extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a plane, each of the optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers mutually bonded by a matrix material, the fibers extending in the longitudinal direction and arranged in the plane; said plurality of adjacent ribbons forming at least one set of two adjacent ribbons having an interstice between said two adjacent ribbons and * a bonding material, forming intermittent bonds at the interstice between the two adjacent ribbons of a set, thereby bonding the two adjacent ribbons of the set. The invention also relates to a method of producing such an optical fiber ribbon assembly.
US11131804B1
A DeMux/Mux module comprises a first submodule comprising a first fiber and a second fiber disposed symmetrically about a first optical axis of the first submodule, a first lens and a first WDM filter attached to the first lens, A first incident light is incident on the first WDM filter. Light having a first transmitted wavelength is transmitted through the first WDM filter and is output from the second fiber. Light having wavelengths other than the first transmitted wavelengths is reflected from the first WDM filter, and input to a second submodule through light propagation in free space.
US11131803B2
A display may have an array of display pixels that generate an image. A coherent fiber bundle may be mounted on the display pixels. The coherent fiber bundle may have a first surface that is adjacent to the display pixels and a second surface that is visible to a viewer. The coherent fiber bundle may contain fibers that carry light from the first surface to the second surface. The second surface may be planar or may have a central planar region and curved edge regions that run along opposing sides of the central planar region. The fibers may have cross-sectional surface areas with a first aspect ratio on the first surface and a second aspect ratio that is greater than the first aspect ratio on the second surface.
US11131798B2
The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a tight source layer, a light guiding layer and a dotted layer, a plurality of light emitting units is arranged on the light source layer; a plurality of reflective prism units is arranged on one side of the light guiding layer away from the light source layer, and positions of the plurality of reflective prism units are corresponding to the plurality of light emitting units respectively; the reflective prism unit is configured to reflect a light emitted by the light emitting unit into the light guiding layer and cause total reflection of the reflected light within the light guiding layer; and an optical structure for extracting light from the light guiding layer is provided with the dotted layer.
US11131797B2
Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes: a substrate and light emitting devices disposed on a side of the substrate, where each of the light emitting devices includes a light emitting diode, and a first connecting weld leg and a second connecting weld leg disposed between the light emitting diode and the substrate; the backlight module further includes a reflective layer between the substrate and the light emitting diodes; and for a same light emitting device, an orthographic projection of the reflective layer on the substrate and an area between orthographic projections of the first connecting weld leg and the second connecting weld leg on the substrate have an overlapping area.
US11131793B2
A method and an apparatus for enhancing display visibility of a multiple pixel display. The apparatus may include: (i) an array of spatial filters that may be construed and arranged to block side ambient radiation. Each spatial filter has a minimal thickness of microscopic scale; (ii) transparent elements that may be positioned between the spatial filters of the array; (iii) a first array of microlenses that may be arranged and construed to focus the radiation generated by the display to provide focused radiation that propagates through the transparent elements without impinging on the array of spatial filters; and (iv) a second array of microlenses that may be arranged and construed to re-collimate the focused radiation to provide an output radiation.
US11131791B2
One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a cured or curable material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.
US11131789B2
Embodiments for estimating ice formation and depth by a processor. Ice formation and ice depth of a selected region of water may be cognitively forecasted using a prediction model such that the prediction model identifies similar characteristics between the selected region of water and one or more alternative regions of water by analyzing content of one or more data sources associated with an ontology of concepts representing a domain knowledge related to the selected region of water and the one or more alternative regions.
US11131787B2
An electromagnetic (EM) sensor includes a front end module generating an EM signal using electromagnetic waves transmitted from an external source, a sensor memory storing a portion of a plurality of machine learning models used to recognize the EM signal, and a microcontroller unit for recognizing the external electronic device emitting the electromagnetic waves by inputting feature values extracted from the EM signal to the machine learning models. If the machine learning models stored in the sensor memory are not able to recognize the external device, the feature values may be transmitted to a main processor, and the main processor may compare the feature values to another set of machine learning models.
US11131786B2
Method and apparatus are provided for detecting objects behind an opaque surface. An exemplary device for detecting objects behind an opaque surface, comprising a housing configured to hold a plurality of components of the device, one or more sensors, coupled to the housing, configured to collect sensor data of an object behind the opaque surface, a controller, residing inside the housing, configured to process the sensor data collected by the one or more sensors, at least one printed circuit board, residing inside the housing, configured to hold the controller and the plurality of components of the device, and a display configured to convey information about a detected object to a user.
US11131773B2
Embodiments describe optical imagers that include one or more micro-optic components. Some imagers can be passive imagers that include a light detection system for receiving ambient light from a field. Some imagers can be active imagers that include a light emission system in addition to the light detection system. The light emission system can be configured to emit light into the field such that emitted light is reflected off surfaces of an object in the field and received by the light detection system. In some embodiments, the light detection system and/or the light emission system includes micro-optic components for improving operational performance.
US11131768B2
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to automotive parking assistance using radar sensors are described. A processor controls a plurality of radar sensors to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals and receive reflected signals reflected by an object such that each of the radar sensors individually transmits a respective RF signal and receive a respective reflected signal reflected by the object. The processor or the radar sensor detects one or more aspects of the object based on the respective reflected signals received by the plurality of radar sensors.
US11131767B2
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for mapping and registration of synthetic aperture raw radar data to aid in SAR-based navigation. In one example, a SAR-based navigation system includes a memory including executable instructions and a processor adapted to receive phase history data associated with observation views of a scene. The processor further converts the received phase history data associated with the observation views to a range profile of the scene. The range profile is compared to a range profile template of the scene to estimate a geometric transformation of the scene encoded in the received phase history data with respect to a reference template.
US11131757B2
An apparatus including a semiconductor substrate; an absorption layer coupled to the semiconductor substrate, the absorption layer including a photodiode region configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; one or more first switches controlled by a first control signal, the one or more first switches configured to collect at least a portion of the photo-carriers based on the first control signal; and one or more second switches controlled by a second control signal, the one or more second switches configured to collect at least a portion of the photo-carriers based on the second control signal, where the second control signal is different from the first control signal.
US11131747B2
A system for a remotely controlled device to determine its location and orientation is disclosed. The system includes a remotely controlled device, at least one sensor connected to the remotely controlled device, the at least one sensor comprising a processor, and at least one emitter, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to receive the signal from the at least one emitter and the processor is configured to determine the location and orientation of the remotely controlled device.
US11131742B2
A system is provided that includes multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), multiple antennas, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured, in a first mode of operation, to receive from the multiple ADCs samples of emissions received by one of the antennas and identify a signal of interest. The one or more processors are configured, in a second mode of operation, receive from the multiple ADCs samples of emissions received by the multiple antennas and identify an angle of arrival for the signal of interest.
US11131740B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method of aligning a sensor assembly for a vehicle. The sensor assembly is disposed along a vehicle body and has a sensory face from which a measurement signal is transmitted. The sensor alignment system includes an alignment gauge that measures a datum angle of the sensor assembly, a sensor adjustment tool that adjusts a position of the sensor assembly relative to the vehicle body, and a controller that is in communication with the alignment gauge and the sensor adjustment tool. The controller further operates the sensor adjustment tool to control the datum angle of the sensor assembly to within a tolerance range.
US11131726B2
An apparatus for magnetic field detection includes a power supply and a plurality of magnetic field sensitive devices including at least first, second, and third magnetic field sensitive devices. The first to third magnetic field sensitive devices are coupled to each other and to the power supply such that a first supply current path runs through the first magnetic field sensitive device and not through the second magnetic field sensitive device, a second supply current path runs through the second magnetic field sensitive device and not through the first magnetic field sensitive device, and the first and second current paths run through the third magnetic field sensitive device. An internal resistance of the third magnetic field sensitive device is smaller than both an internal resistance of the first magnetic field sensitive device and an internal resistance of the second magnetic field sensitive device.
US11131719B2
A method monitors an electrical assembly which contains a plurality of electrical coils connected in parallel. In the method, the difference in current between the current flowing through the coils and the mean value of the currents flowing through the coils is ascertained for each of the coils connected in parallel. The differences in current are used to identify when an inter-turn short circuit occurs in one of the coils.
US11131718B2
An automated testing system for power supply units includes a frame, automated test equipment supported by the frame, a test jig supported by the frame and coupled with the automated test equipment, and a robotic arm coupled to the frame. The robotic arm is configured to move a power supply unit onto the test jig to interface with the automated test equipment. The automated test equipment is configured to perform one or more tests on the power supply unit when the power supply unit is interfaced with the automated test equipment, and the robotic arm is configured to move the power supply unit off of the test jig after the one or more tests are completed. Methods of performing automated testing for power supply units are also disclosed.
US11131715B2
The invention relates to a method of controlling a vehicle battery management system comprising a battery arranged in a vehicle, the battery being controlled by a battery control unit comprising a battery model describing a relation between a battery state and a time varying battery property. The method comprises, in the battery control unit: measuring at least one time varying battery sensor output of the battery; determining a battery state based on the measured battery sensor output; updating the battery model based on the determined battery state, thereby forming an updated battery model, receiving a second battery model; and combining the received second model with the existing battery model. The invention also relates to a battery management system and to a vehicle comprising such a battery management system.
US11131711B1
In-chip decoupling capacitor circuits refer to decoupling capacitors (DCAPs) that are placed on a chip. These DCAPs are generally used to manage power supply noise for the chip, and can be utilized individually or as a distributed system. In some cases, DCAPs may make up a significant portion of the chip. Unfortunately, defects in DCAPs will degrade over time, will encroach into active logic, and will further cause automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) failure. To date, there has been a lack of structural test coverage for DCAP circuits, which reduces test coverage of the chip as a whole. To this end, defects on the chip as they relate to DCAPs (i.e. shorts in the DCAP) may not be detected. The present disclosure provides a structural test system and method for DCAPs and other passive logic components located on-chip.
US11131699B2
A method that includes changing a probe angle with respect to the conductor surface of a substrate that has a flat conductor surface mounted on the mounting surface of a stage in a high-frequency test system, thereby changing the state of contact of the tip of a signal terminal and tip of a ground terminal with the conductor surface, outputting high-frequency signals from the signal terminal to the conductor surface and receiving reflected signals using the probe to find S-parameters at different probe angles, and determining, based on a plurality of the S-parameters, a reference probe angle at which the reference line formed connecting the tip of the signal terminal and tip of the ground terminal is parallel with the conductor surface.
US11131694B1
A system for measuring throughflow of current includes a plurality of monitoring units and an electronic device. Each of the plurality of monitoring units is positioned in a switchboard for monitoring the current flowing through the switchboard and outputting a current signal. The electronic device is electronically connected to the plurality of monitoring units. The electronic device receives the current signal transmitted by the plurality of monitoring units, performs analysis and filtering to isolate and display information as to three-phase current being consumed through the plurality of switchboards.
US11131691B2
A probe holder holds contact probes each of which comes in contact with one electrode of a contact target on one end portion side in a longitudinal direction. The probe holder includes a plate in which holder holes configured to hold the respective contact probes are formed and penetrate the probe holder. Each of the holder holes includes a first hole portion disposed on one end of a penetrating direction and extending in the penetrating direction, a large diameter portion connected to the first hole portion and extending in the penetrating direction, the large diameter portion being larger than a diameter of the first hole portion, and a second hole portion disposed on another end of the penetrating direction, connected to the large diameter portion, and extending in the penetrating direction, the second hole portion being smaller than a diameter of the large diameter portion.
US11131682B2
The automatic analyzer includes a gear pump that supplies cleaning water to reagent probes and sample probes; a cleaning flow path that feeds the cleaning water discharged from the gear pump to the respective probes; a pressure sensor that measures pressure of the cleaning flow path; a return flow path that is disposed in parallel to the gear pump and connects a discharging port side of the gear pump and an aspirating port side thereof; a throttling unit that is disposed in the return flow path and adjusts a flow rate of the cleaning water flowing through the return flow path; and a control unit that changes an opening and closing degree of the throttling unit according to a measurement result of the pressure sensor. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to control driving of a pump used for cleaning a probe while having a low cost and a small mounting size.
US11131679B2
A buffered suspension includes a surfactant and a solid buffer particulate having a point of zero charge at least 1.2 pH units different that the pH of the buffered suspension. The buffered suspension can be prepared by mixing a stock solution with the solid buffer particulate and titrating. A method of preforming a pH sensitive process includes drawing the buffered suspension from a reservoir, filtering the solid buffer particulate from the buffered suspension, and applying the filtered solution to a sensor.
US11131677B2
Treatment of testosterone deficiency in men by a precision medicine approach using a biomarker of activity of UGT2B17 that is involved in testosterone urinary elimination. By inhibiting UGT2B17, alone or in combination with administration of testosterone, testosterone deficiency in men can be treatable. Further, a method of dose selection for precise dosing of UGT2B17 substrate drugs is provided. Additionally, methods for safe dosing of pharmaceutical agents that undergo UGT2B17-mediated acyl glucuronidation are provided.
US11131675B2
The invention provides populations of isolated peptides useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Anaplasma antigens. The peptide populations comprise peptides derived from immunogenic fragments of the Anaplasma Outer Membrane Protein proteins. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising the populations of isolated peptides useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Anaplasma antigens and the diagnosis of anaplasmosis. Methods of identifying the particular Anaplasma species infecting a subject using the peptide populations of the invention are also disclosed.
US11131673B2
Bioassays are provided for detecting and analyzing responses from single cells and cell pairs suspended in micro-scale droplets (80-200 μm diameter) generated in microfluidic devices. Cell responses to various stimuli are analyzed. The stimuli are delivered by homotypic or heterotypic cells, small molecule drugs, and therapeutic agents including immunotherapeutics. The bioassays can be used to describe heterogeneity in any given cell population, and can be used in a clinical setting, such as profiling of patient-derived cells, designing personalized treatment strategies, and optimizing drug combinations for immunotherapy of tumors.
US11131672B1
A method for detecting MERS-CoV at high sensitivity and specificity using IgY antibodies that bind to MERS-CoV N protein, its fragments and domains. Isolated or purified IgY monospecific antibodies to MERS-CoV N protein.
US11131663B2
THE present application relates to a method of detecting one or more analytes in a sample, the method comprising (a) providing a carrier nucleic acid molecule with at least one single-stranded region; (b) providing one or more aptamers specific for the analyte, wherein the aptamers additionally comprise a single-stranded portion complementary to at least one single-stranded region on the carrier nucleic acid; (c) contacting the carrier nucleic acid and one or more aptamers with the sample, forming a carrier nucleic acid/N aptamer/analyte complex, and; (d) detecting the presence of the carrier nucleic acid/aptamer/analyte complex.
US11131658B2
An analysis method and device including detecting at least one particle of matter in a fluid inside in a reaction chamber and correlating a change in the particle to a physicochemical property of the matter.
US11131656B2
A dual-function heat indicator for monitoring two or more modes of heat exposure is described. A manufacturing process for the dual-function heat indicator is also described. Dual-function heat indicators as described may be useful for monitoring the exposure of host products, with which the dual-function heat indicators may be associated, to cumulative ambient heat exposure and to a peak ambient heat exposure, and for other purposes.
US11131644B2
A biosensor and a biological detection method are provided. The biosensor includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second electrodes in a strip shape, a material layer and a capture antibody. The substrate has a sampling region and a measuring region connected to the sampling region. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the substrate in the measuring region, and the first and second electrodes are arranged alternately with each other, wherein the first electrodes are connected in parallel with each other, and the second electrodes are connected in parallel with each other. The material layer is disposed on the substrate in the measuring region and covers the first and second electrodes, wherein the material layer has a channel exposing a portion of each of the first electrodes and a portion of each of the second electrodes, the channel is connected to the sampling region, and an extending direction of the channel is interlaced with an extending direction of the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The capture antibody is disposed on the first and second electrodes exposed by the channel.
US11131643B2
A method and system for optimizing insulin dosages for diabetic subjects which includes a processor for calculating basal and bolus dosages to be recommended for meal types including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, or at miscellaneous times. The bolus calculations are specifically directed to time periods which are taken from either pre-meal, post-meal, bedtime, mid-sleep or miscellaneous times. The processor calculates an optimized bolus for a specific time period and meal type based upon prior basal dosages, prior blood glucose doses, hypoglycemia thresholds, mid-point of target ranges, and subject insulin sensitivity factors. A display is provided to the subject for sensing the optimized insulin dosage recommended at a specific time period and for a specific meal type.
US11131640B2
A method for determining a core sample property selected from the group consisting of a recoverable oil volume, an irreducible hydrocarbon volume, a recoverable water volume, an irreducible water volume, and any combination thereof can include: determining a porosity of a core sample, wherein the core sample has a permeability of 100 milliDarcy (mD) or less; saturating the core sample with a NMR saturation fluid; taking a first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurement of fluids in the core sample; hydraulically exchanging a hydrophobic fluid or a hydrophilic fluid in the core sample in a hydrophilic NMR exchange fluid or a hydrophobic NMR exchange fluid, respectively; taking a second NMR measurement of the fluids in the core sample after hydraulic exchange; and deriving the property of the core sample based on the porosity, a NMR signal to fluid volume calibration, and a comparison between the first and second NMR measurements.
US11131633B2
Color quantification of chemical test pads and titration of analytes can be performed under different lighting conditions. In one embodiment, the lighting condition is estimated under which a digital image is captured and utilized to select a set of reference colors from which the quantified color is compared to determine the titration. In another embodiment, a plurality of comparisons are made with different lighting conditions with the result having the highest confidence level being selected to determine the titration.
US11131628B1
Disclosed are spectroscopy systems and methods. A spectroscopy system can include a reference cell and a multi-pass sample cell. The reference arm can include an etalon and a reference cavity containing a reference gas. A system can include a fractional sublimation cold trap. Detectors of the reference and sample arms can detect both intensity and absorption spectra of impinging beams. A frequency calibration based on a reference absorption spectra can be used to analyze a sample absorption spectrum. The analysis can provide information regarding an absorption band shift of the sample absorption spectrum, said shift being related to the isotope concentration of the sample.
US11131619B2
A system and method for engineering loss in a physical system by steering parameters of the physical system to the vicinity of an exceptional point is disclosed. In the vicinity of an exceptional point, localization of the fields helps to enhance any linear or nonlinear processes. As examples loss-induced transparency in the intracavity field intensities of coupled resonators, loss-induced suppression and enhancement of thermal nonlinearity in coupled resonators and loss-induced suppression and revival of Raman lasing in whispering-gallery-microcavities are demonstrated.
US11131616B2
A system and method of using the system for analyzing liquid samples obtain from viscous sources. The system includes a sample delivery system, a particle counter configured to receive a liquid sample from the liquid sample delivery system, a composition analyzer configured to receive the liquid sample from the particle counter, a feed system configured to draw the liquid sample through the particle counter and subsequently inject the liquid sample into the composition analyzer; and a processor to process and analyze data from the particle counter and composition analyzer.
US11131615B2
An apparatus comprises a housing defining a chamber that has a liquid disposed therein, and a sensor submerged in the liquid. The sensor comprises a porous conductive film on a substrate, and the film comprises chemiresistive semiconducting metal oxide structures. The sensor also comprises an electrode pair operably connected to the porous conductive film for generating electric current in the film and for detecting a change in an electrical property of the film. The apparatus can be used to detect, identify, and quantify ions and molecules in a liquid sample. Molecules and ions, in a liquid sample, that interact with the porous conductive film can cause a change in an electrical property of the film. The change in electrical property of the film can be correlated with the presence and amount of the molecules or ions.
US11131604B2
A tester tool for a sensor and related method includes connecting the sensor to the tester tool, activating the tester tool to operate the sensor, and testing the sensor. The tester tool includes a power supply, a control module, a display module and a connector plug adapted for releasable connection with a sensor connector plug, the connector plug being connected to the power supply for receiving power to operate the sensor, and to the control module for providing information to the control module from the sensor. The display module provides information to a user indicative of operation of the sensor when the sensor is active and receives power to operate from the power supply.
US11131596B2
A vibration detection device for detecting vibration of a cartridge including a bearing housing that accommodates a rotor coupling a wheel and a rotor shaft, and a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor, the bearing housing including a lubricant-oil passage port for allowing lubricant oil to pass through an interior of the bearing housing, includes: a sensor mount attached to an oil-flow-passage forming member configured to be capable of connecting to and separating from the bearing housing, the oil-flow-passage forming member including, inside thereof, an oil flow passage through which one of lubricant oil to be supplied to the interior of the bearing housing via the lubricant-oil passage port or lubricant oil discharged from the interior of the bearing housing via the lubricant-oil passage port flows; a vibration sensor disposed on the sensor mount; and a vibration transmission leg portion connected to the sensor mount and configured to be in contact with the bearing housing in a state where the oil-flow-passage forming member is connected to the bearing housing.
US11131595B2
A pressure sensing film includes first and second films. The first and second films are configured to form an optical cavity therebetween. A flexible transparent film is arranged in the optical cavity. The flexible transparent film is compressible in response to a pressure change in air adjacent the pressure sensing film. A pressure sensing device and a method of sensing pressure adjacent a surface are also disclosed.
US11131589B2
A piezoelectric sensor comprises a support structure, a channel extending through the support structure, a sensing material stack coupled to the support structure and extending over the channel, and a filler material disposed within the channel and over the sensing material stack. The sensing material stack comprises an structural layer, a first electrode layer disposed on the structural layer, a piezoelectric material disposed in a piezoelectric layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer opposite the first electrode layer.
US11131588B2
An energy converter is formed by bonding a solid soft magnetic material and a solid magnetostrictive material. A vibration power generator is configured to generate power by means of the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced by the vibration of a vibration unit configured using the energy converter. A force sensor device includes a force detection unit that detects magnetization change resulting from the inverse magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material produced when a sensor unit configured using the energy converter deforms, and determines force acting on the sensor unit on the basis of the detected magnetization change. An actuator is configured to vibrate the vibration unit configured using the energy converter by means of the magnetostriction effect of the magnetostrictive material.
US11131582B2
An optical sensing circuit includes a first, a second, and a third optical sensing element and a sampling circuit. The first sensing element provides a first current from a first node to a second node according to an ambient light and a sensing signal. The second optical sensing element drains a second current from the second node to the first node according to the ambient light and the sensing signal. The third optical sensing element is coupled between the first node and the second node. The third optical sensing element receives a first color light, and transmits the first current to the second node or transmits the second current to the first node according to the first color light. The sampling circuit is turned on according to the sampling signal to output a detection signal based on the voltage level of the second node.
US11131580B2
A sensor cover for a rearview assembly includes a body configured for secure engagement with the rearview assembly. At least one engagement feature extends rearward and is configured for removably coupling the body with a first housing having a first predefined configuration and a second housing having a second predefined configuration.
US11131578B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures employing two-stage detection/analysis for distributed vibration sensing (DVS) along an optical fiber in which a first stage provides pre-processed signal data and the second stage—based on the first stage result—only processes locations that have or might have vibrational activity resulting in increased sensitivity and reduced false alarms.
US11131575B2
An exemplary dispenser includes a housing and a refill unit. The refill unit being removable and replaceable. The dispenser also includes a processor, memory, a dose count stored in memory that is indicative of the number of doses in a full refill unit, a level sensor for detecting a predetermined level the refill unit and a dispense count indicative of the number doses of product dispensed from the refill unit. In addition, the dispenser includes memory and has logic stored in the memory for recalibrating the number of doses remaining in the refill unit as a function of the dose count, the number of doses of product dispensed and the predetermined level of product. The number of doses of product remaining in the refill unit may be displayed on the dispenser, on a remote station, or on both the dispenser and a remote station.
US11131574B2
A pot magnet (20) for a moving coil (10) of an electronic balance operating using the electromagnetic compensation principle includes: —a pot base (24) and a pot wall (22) rising vertically from the pot base, and —a permanent magnet structure (26) disposed within the pot wall and having an annular gap thereto, which structure has a permanent magnet body (261) arranged on the pot base side and a pole plate (262) connected to the surface thereof facing away from the pot base side. The pole plate is fixed by a rigid mechanical connection independent of the permanent magnet body to the pot base at a predetermined distance therefrom and the permanent magnet body is bonded to the pole plate on a surface facing the pot base without contacting the pot base.
US11131567B2
Embodiments, systems, and methods for error detection in crankshaft tooth encoding for a crank pulse wheel of a vehicle are provided. In some embodiments, a system for crankshaft tooth encoding includes a read module, a buffer module, an error module, and a position module. The read module identifies a tooth type for N number of teeth in a sliding buffer based on at least one tooth characteristic. The buffer module calculates a buffer value for the sliding buffer corresponding to a tooth represented in the sliding buffer. The error module detects an error associated with a tooth of the crank pulse wheel and calculates a revised buffer value based on the error. The position module determines an angular position of the crank pulse wheel based on the revised buffer value. The position module broadcasts the angular position to one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle.
US11131563B2
A linear system includes a linear unit and a motor adapted to drive the linear unit so as to perform a linear movement. A system for detecting the position of the linear unit includes an absolute encoder which is connected to the motor. The absolute encoder is configured so as to detect a position of the linear unit based on a movement of the motor.
US11131558B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a content attribute based on an attribute index included in a map content; determine an attribute proportion of the content attribute relative to a content dimension with a control unit; removing the content attribute with the attribute proportion meeting or exceeding a proportion threshold; and generate a remap content based on a remaining instance of the content attribute for displaying on a device.
US11131550B2
A method for generating a road map for vehicle navigation comprises: providing original road image data having an image of a road; identifying boundary lines defining respective lane segments of the road from the original road image data; associating traffic properties with the lane segments defined by the boundary lines, respectively; grouping the lane segments to generate road segments; and combining the road segments with traffic control objects corresponding thereto so as to generate the road map for vehicle navigation.
US11131547B2
A gyroscope includes a first optical resonator in optical communication with at least one optical waveguide and a second optical resonator in optical communication with the first optical resonator. One of the first optical resonator and the second optical resonator has a power loss rate L greater than zero and the other of the first optical resonator and the second optical resonator has a power gain rate G greater than zero. The at least one optical waveguide, the first optical resonator, and the second optical resonator are configured to be below lasing threshold. The gyroscope further includes at least one optical detector in optical communication with the at least one optical waveguide, and the at least one optical waveguide is configured to receive, from at least one light source, light having an input power Pin at a frequency ωp and to transmit at least a portion of the light having an output power Pout to the at least one optical detector.
US11131544B2
An optical fiber curvature sensor. Two networks (R1, R2) with periodic longitudinal modulation of the refractive index of the optical fiber core are inscribed in the fiber (F) one behind the other or one on top of the other. The networks are configured to respectively reflect wavelengths λ1 and λ2 such that λ1=λB+ΔλB1 and λ2=λB+ΔλB2, where λB is the Bragg wavelength of the networks and where λB1 and λB2 are shifts sensitive to the temperature, to deformations and to the curvature of the optical fiber. The two networks are defined so that the quantities ΔλB1 and ΔλB2 have substantially identical sensitivity to temperature and to deformations and substantially opposite sensitivity to curvature.
US11131538B2
The present disclosure relates to identifying azimuth error and determining an azimuth of an antenna installed in a cell of a cellular network. In a preferred embodiment, the network entity receives a plurality of transmission parameters basis to which the network entity identifies a target cell. The network entity further divides angular region of the cell serving the target cell into a plurality of cones out of which a target cone is identified by the network entity. The network entity then performs first iteration yielding a first azimuth, and in an event of an azimuth error in the first azimuth, the network entity performs second iteration yielding a second azimuth. The present disclosure also encompasses predicting an optimum azimuth of said antenna in an event of azimuth error/s in the first azimuth and the second azimuth.
US11131534B2
The present disclosure relates to a connector for a blast-triggering device, said connector including a connector head in which a rear end thereof is integrally connected with a rear surface of a connector body, an upper surface thereof is formed in a curved surface extending from the rear end thereof to a front end thereof, a tube insertion portion is provided between a lower surface thereof and the connector body so that a plurality of shock tubes is fitted therein, and the front end thereof is separated from the connector body. Thus, it is possible to maintain the shape of the connector during detonation, thereby minimizing the generation of debris and improving the safety at the time of detonation. In addition, it is possible to prevent damage to the plurality of shock tubes, thereby preventing a cut-off phenomenon caused by damaged shock tubes during detonation.
US11131517B2
A magazine base plate assembly including a base plate having opposing interior side walls with a base plate passage extending through the base plate, and wherein at least one opposing channel is formed within each of the opposing interior side walls; and a base plate insert that is slidably positioned within at least a portion of the base plate passage between a retracted position and an extended position within at least a portion of the base plate passage, wherein in the retracted position one or more of extending tabs extend from flexible tabs into at least a portion of each of the opposing channels, and wherein if each of the flexible tabs is urged a sufficient distance towards an internal insert chamber of the base plate insert, the extending tabs are withdrawn from the opposing channels, allowing the base plate insert to move toward the extended position.
US11131514B2
A heat exchange device includes a housing having an opening on one side, and a heat exchange core body. The heat exchange device also includes a connection block provided with a first channel, a second channel, a first interface, and a second interface. The connection block is also provided with a first socket of the first channel, and a first socket of the second channel. The heat exchange core body includes at least one flat tube. At least one part of one end of the flat tube extends into the first socket of the first channel and is mounted in a sealed manner with the first socket of the first channel, and at least one part of the other end of the flat tube extends into the first socket of the second channel and is mounted in a sealed manner with the first socket of the second channel.
US11131513B2
A connector, a gasket arrangement, a heat exchanger plate and an assembly are provided. The connector is arranged to engage with an edge portion of the heat exchanger plate for fastening a gasket to a first side of the heat exchanger plate. The connector includes a first connection member, a second connection member and a bridge. A first part of the first connection member is arranged to engage with the gasket and a second part of the first connection member engages with the bridge. A first part of the second connection member is arranged to engage with the gasket and a second part of the second connection member engages with the bridge. The connector includes a finger arranged between the first and second connection members, a connection part of the finger engaging which the bridge and the finger being arranged to extend from the bridge towards the gasket. The connector is characterized in that the finger has a width that is varying along a length of the finger, a width extension of the finger being parallel to a length extension of the bridge.
US11131509B2
A loop heat pipe includes an evaporator that vaporizes a working fluid, a condenser that liquefies the working fluid, a liquid pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser, a vapor pipe that connects the evaporator and the condenser, to form a loop-shaped passage together with the liquid pipe, and a porous body provided inside the liquid pipe or inside the evaporator. The porous body includes a first metal layer including a first bottomed hole that caves in from a first surface of the first metal layer, and a second bottomed hole that caves in from a second surface of the first metal layer, opposite to the first surface. The first bottomed hole and the second bottomed hole partially communicate with each other to form a pore.
US11131502B2
A system for heating a fluid and an electromagnetic acoustic transducer EMAT system is provided. Both systems have a drive circuit. The amount of heat and the amplitude (and acceleration) of the vibrations is respectively controllable by controlling an input to a terminal of a switch. The heating system comprises a porous graphite foam conductor which is exposed to an electromagnetic field generated by an oscillating circuit. When exposed, the foam conductor conducts induced electric current which heats the same and a fluid in contact with the conductor. The EMAT system comprises at least one magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field, an oscillating circuit and a working element. The working element, when exposed to the static magnetic field and the electromagnetic field produced by the oscillating circuit, vibrates against a load. The vibrations dry the load.
US11131496B2
A refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator compartment comprising a storage compartment and a ventilation channel limited therein, wherein the ventilation channel is configured to provide a cold air to inside of the storage compartment; and a ventilation control device, arranged in the ventilation channel. The ventilation control device comprises: a housing comprising at least one air inlet and a plurality of air outlets; and an adjustment member configured to adjust respective areas of the plurality of air outlets, through which air is output, by being controlled to completely block, partially block, or completely open each of the air outlets, so as to adjust an air volume of the air output to the storage compartment via the ventilation channel.
US11131493B2
A method for preparing clear ice includes supporting an ice tray via a rotating assembly. The rotating assembly includes a shroud enclosing a bottom surface of an ice forming plate of the ice tray, and forms an interior passage formed below the ice forming plate. The method further includes supplying water into the ice tray and supplying an air flow from an intake duct via an air duct inlet to the interior passage. The method also includes controlling an angular rotation of the rotating assembly. The rotating assembly rotates relative to the intake duct and the air duct inlet, and the air flow is continuously supplied from the intake duct throughout the angular rotation.
US11131484B2
The disclosed technology includes methods of extracting geothermal energy, generally comprising the steps of: insertion of a thermal mass into a Heat Absorption Zone, absorbing heat in thermal mass, raising the thermal mass to a Heat Transfer Zone, and transferring the heat from the thermal mass. The acquired heat can be used to generate electricity or to drive an industrial process. The thermal mass can have internal chambers containing a liquid such as molten salt, and can also have structures facilitating heat exchange using a thermal exchange fluid, such as a gas or a glycol-based fluid. In some embodiments, two thermal masses are used as counterweights, reducing the energy consumed in bringing the heat in the thermal masses to the surface. In other embodiments, solid or molten salt can be directly supplied to a well shaft to acquire geothermal heat and returned to the surface in a closed loop system.
US11131479B2
An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit on which maintenance work can be performed without removing a wire from a control box is provided. An air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit according to the present invention is an air-conditioning apparatus indoor unit to be embedded in an indoor ceiling surface. The indoor unit includes a housing, a heat exchanger installed in the housing, a drain pan installed below the heat exchanger, a wire extending into the housing from outside, and a control box connected with the wire in the housing and installed below the drain pan. The housing includes a cutout part at a lower end part of a side plate as a side surface of the housing, and a wire pass-through plate is detachably fitted to the cutout part. The wire pass-through plate includes a hole through which the wire passes. The control box is adjacent to the wire pass-through plate.
US11131477B2
A flexible duct having a hollow tube shape. The flexible duct includes at least one end, and an opening defined by a first edge of the at least one end and forming a duct inlet or duct outlet. The at least one end includes at least a first attachment and a second attachment, and the first attachment and the second attachment are different. The first attachment and the second attachment can be used independently of one another to connect the at least one end to a first inlet or a first outlet. In one embodiment, a flexible duct includes an attachment that is a cuff. In another embodiment, a connector includes two different attachments and the connector can be affixed to a flexible duct end. In another embodiment, a method includes providing a flexible duct with different attachments at one end of the flexible duct, and flowing air through the flexible duct. In a further embodiment, a method includes providing a connector having two different attachments.
US11131472B2
An air conditioner includes an outdoor heat exchanger in which N heat exchange units are spaced apart from one another sequentially in a vertical direction N expansion valves respectively connected to the N heat exchange units; N hot gas pipes respectively connected to the N heat exchange units; N hot gas valves respectively installed in the N hot gas pipes; and a controller configured to control the N expansion valves and the N hot gas valves to defrost the N heat exchange units, wherein the controller is configured to defrost a bottom heat exchange unit first, then defrost a top heat exchange unit, and defrost the heat exchange units located under the top heat exchange unit sequentially from a second highest heat exchange unit to the bottom heat exchange unit after defrosting the top heat exchange unit.
US11131471B1
A refrigerant control system includes: a charge module configured to determine an amount of refrigerant that is present within a refrigeration system of a building; a leak module configured to diagnose that a leak is present in the refrigeration system based on the amount of refrigerant; and at least one module configured to take at least one remedial action in response to the diagnosis that the leak is present in the refrigeration system.
US11131469B2
A humidifier includes a main body having an air outlet, and a waterproof arrangement including a cover panel coupled on the air outlet, an upper cover detachably coupled on top of the main body, and a cover body disposed below the cover panel to move between a communicating state and a non-communicating state. At the communicating state when the humidifier is operated, the upper cover is coupled at the main body to push down the cover body away from the cover panel to unseal a communicating slot of the cover panel, such that a vent hole of the upper cover is communicated with the air outlet through the communicating slot. At the non-communicating state for cleaning the humidifier, the upper cover is detached from the main body, such that the communicating slot is closed and sealed by the cover body to water-seal the air outlet.
US11131466B2
A heat source unit for an air conditioner that includes a refrigerant circuit includes: an external housing; and a cooling heat exchanger that is disposed in the external housing and that is connected to the refrigerant circuit. The external housing accommodates: a compressor connected to the refrigerant circuit; a heat source heat exchanger that is connected to the refrigerant circuit and that exchanges heat between a refrigerant circulating in the refrigerant circuit and a heat source; and an electric box. The electric box includes a top and a plurality of side walls; accommodates electrical components that control the air conditioner; and further includes an air passage that includes an air inlet and an air outlet. An air flow is induced through the air passage from the air inlet to the air outlet for cooling at least some of the electrical components.
US11131465B2
The vacuum steam heating system relates to the field of heat power, and specifically to energy saving technologies and is intended for autonomous heating of residential, public, industrial buildings and greenhouses, livestock farms, etc. In order to achieve the high-efficiency transfer of a thermal flow from a source of thermal energy, a vacuum steam method of heat transfer is used in conjunction of a closed evaporation-condensation cycle having a high rate of molar heat transfer via steam, with separate subsystems of condensate return and vacuum-creation and rarification control within the system, with the possibility of installing a heat supply point in a basement variant, floor-mounted variant and roof variant. The system reliability is achieved via the safe and uninterrupted operation, including in the presence of unsatisfactory levels of the system air-tightness (prior to eliminating leaks). The system efficiency reaches 89%, with 38% energy-carrier conservation.
US11131460B2
A lean burn fuel injector has a head which has a coaxial arrangement of an inner pilot air-blast fuel injector and an outer main air-blast fuel injector. The pilot fuel injector comprises coaxially arranged inner and outer air swirler passages. The main fuel injector comprises coaxially arranged inner and outer air swirler passages. A first splitter is arranged between the passages. The first splitter has a conical divergent downstream portion. A second splitter is arranged radially within and spaced from the first splitter. The second splitter has a conical convergent portion and a conical divergent downstream portion. The downstream end of the second splitter is upstream of the downstream end of the first splitter. A connecting member connects the downstream end of the second splitter and the downstream portion of the first splitter upstream of the downstream end of the first splitter to form a sharp edge.
US11131459B2
An air mixer includes an annular body defining a center axis. A plurality of slots are defined in the annular body circumferentially spaced apart from one another. Each slot defines a respective center injection axis extending from an outer surface of the annular body to an inner surface of the annular body. Each respective center injection axis is parallel to a respective plane bisecting the annular body. At least one of the slots is intersected by the respective bisecting plane parallel to its respective center injection axis.
US11131456B2
A gas turbine engine has a resonator ring that is formed by two circumferentially extending rings. The first and second circumferentially extending rings have located within them baffles. Both the first ring and the second ring are able to mitigate acoustic frequencies generated by the gas turbine engine.
US11131452B1
A lamp cap of a Christmas lamp includes a lamp cap housing, and a potting wick assembly arranged in the lamp cap housing. The potting wick assembly includes a patch lamp board, a lead wire connected to the patch lamp board, a transparent outer housing, and a potting adhesive. At least one LED lamp bead is arranged on the patch lamp board. A receiving cavity is arranged in the transparent outer housing, and the patch lamp board is placed at a bottom of the receiving cavity. The lead wire is led out from one end of the receiving cavity, and the potting adhesive is potted into the receiving cavity.
US11131449B2
The present invention relates to a lighting device including a light transmittable shell, a conductive unit and a light source. The light transmittable shell has an inner space and a mounting opening connected to the inner space. The light source is mounted around the mounting opening such that the LEDs in the light source are arranged along the edge of the mounting opening. The light from the light source transmits through the light transmittable shell from the edge of the mounting opening, leading to a glowing effect of the light transmittable shell, improving the lighting efficiency of the lighting device. Furthermore, the LEDs are distributed along the edge of the mounting opening and have direct contact with the flowing air in open space, so the heat-dissipation of the LEDs is effective enough without extra cooling components.
US11131440B2
A reflecting device is provided. The reflecting device includes a first optical element and a second optical element; the first optical element and the second optical element are both transparent; the second optical element has a side wall and a light emergent port; the side wall encloses an optical space in communication with the light emergent port; the first optical element is surrounded by the side wall of the second optical element and extends into the optical space; the first optical element has a light incident surface and a light emergent surface; and the light incident surface encloses an accommodating chamber.
US11131438B2
An IR illuminator used during the operation of autonomous vehicles, which provides improvement in the performance of cameras used in the vehicle at night time. An optical design of an outer lens of the IR illuminator is selected so that the outer lens forms a beam pattern for the output light from the IR light source, and also acts as a light guide for light emitted from a secondary visible light source, which is located in the same module as the IR light source, and which may be positioned on the same or a different printed circuit board as the IR light source. The material of outer lens is opalescent including scattering bodies. The optical design of the outer lens allows for improved field of view of the IR illuminator.
US11131435B2
This disclosure relates to an improvement in lighting fixtures, and particularly to chandeliers, candelabras, wall sconces, post lamps, lanterns and candle ware and is equally applicable to lighting fixtures manufactured to illuminate utilizing energy sources such as electricity, candle, kerosene, fuel or gas. A system and method are disclosed to convert conventional light fixtures to solar light fixtures using a rod tube.
US11131427B2
The invention includes an apparatus and method for holding a plurality of items. These methods and apparatuses have a base member including a plurality of receptacles, the receptacles configured to hold a flexible arm. The flexible arm including a distal and where the distal end has a holding element configured to hold any number of things. For example, the holding element could hold a display, a notepad, or some other item. In some embodiments, the holding element includes a clip. In other embodiments, the holding element is a USB plug or a computer display. The flexible arms can be made from a material which holds a shape. In this context, the flexible arm can be manipulated by the user to point the display in a particular direction or orientation.
US11131426B1
Briefly, the present disclosure relates, in one embodiment, to a mannequin display and staging apparatus for mounting a mannequin to a door. The mannequin display and staging apparatus may include a base panel. At least one door hook may be connected to the base panel. The at least one door hook may be configured to receive a top portion of the door. At least one mannequin hook may be connected to the base panel. The at least one mannequin hook may be configured to receive an attachment portion of the mannequin. A passageway may be defined in the base panel. A rest may include a mounting projection. The mounting projection may be received in the passageway of the base panel.
US11131410B2
Extensible mouth bellows for acceleration of flame, as in kindling a campfire, includes four successively nested tubes in longitudinally movable, frictionally retarded movable relation over a limited range between extended and retracted configurations. Shims cooperate with the tubes and with inwardly constricted ends thereof to directionally stabilize the arrangement of tubes and to prevent separation in forward or rearward direction.
US11131408B2
A coupling can include a coupling body having an axis, an axial length, an axial center, axial ends and an inner surface comprising an inner diameter that is substantially constant over an entirety of the axial length. A single shoulder can protrude radially inward relative to the axis from the inner surface, such that the inner surface has no other shoulders. In a version, the single shoulder is not axially aligned with the axial center of the coupling body.
US11131405B1
An angle ball valve includes a housing, valve chamber, and first and second fluid ports. A hollow ball is disposed within the valve chamber and in abutment to sealing elements, and includes a first surface opening and second surface opening and is rotatable within the valve chamber about an axis of ball rotation between open and closed ball valve positions. A first sensor orifice is formed within the valve housing coaxial with the axis of ball rotation and receives a sensor, which extends into a second sensor orifice of the ball. A valve stem is operatively connected to the ball and extends along the axis of ball rotation opposite the first sensor orifice. The valve stem rotates the ball into and out of open and closed ball valve positions.
US11131398B2
A control module for a pinch valve can include a housing, a controller, a display, one or more indicators and one or more sensors, such as flow sensors, proximity sensors or tube sensors. A control module can support monitoring or operation of one or more pinch valves within a fluid control system. A pinch valve can include one or more control modules and a pinch valve system can include a plurality of pinch valves and a plurality of control modules. A method of controlling a pinch valve can include controlling fluid flow operations based on input from one or more sensors.
US11131395B2
A double-plate gate valve includes a valve body, a valve cover, a valve stem, a guide plate, a goggle plate assembly, a diversion hole assembly, a disc spring assembly and a valve plate and wedge assembly. The goggle plate assembly provides mounting support for the diversion hole assembly and the valve plate and wedge assembly in the valve chamber, the goggle plate assembly is movable along with the diversion hole assembly and the valve plate and wedge assembly in the valve chamber, and floating seals are formed at a contact surface between the diversion hole assembly and the guide plate, and at a contact surface between the valve plate and wedge assembly and the guide plate. A face-to-face distance and a sealing force between a sealing surface of the diversion hole assembly and a sealing surface of the valve body are adjustable.
US11131394B2
A closure device (1) for an opening (2) in a chamber wall (3) is provided, wherein the closure device (1) has at least one closure element (4) and at least one closure element carrier body (5) and at least one yoke (6). The closure element (4) is fixedly connected to the yoke (6) by the closure element carrier body (5), wherein the yoke (6) is mounted in a housing (9) of the closure device (1) in such a way that the yoke can be slid by at least one cylinder-piston drive unit (7) of the closure device (1), in particular parallel to a longitudinal extent (8) of the closure element carrier body (5). The yoke (6) has at least one cylinder cavity (10) of the cylinder-piston drive unit (7) and/or at least one guide element receptacle (11) for guiding a guide element (12) of the closure device (1).
US11131386B2
A seal includes a supporting ring and at least one sealing ring. The at least one sealing ring has a sheath. The at least one sealing ring and the supporting ring are interconnected. The supporting ring has an outer periphery and is, at least in part, surrounded on the outer periphery by the sheath of the at least one sealing ring in a radial direction. The at least one sealing ring has at least one dynamically loaded sealing lip, which is arranged on a side of the at least one sealing ring facing radially away from the sheath. The at least one sealing ring includes an electrically conductive polymer material. The sheath and the sealing lip transition into one another as one piece.
US11131384B2
A seal arrangement includes a first and a second machine part able to move relative to each other about a movement axis and forming a sealing gap. A seal element has a base section retained on a seal retaining groove structure of one of the two machine parts, and has a sealing head that bears with a sealing section in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing face of the respective other machine part sealing a high-pressure side, that can be charged with pressurized fluid, of the sealing gap with respect to a low-pressure side of the sealing gap. The sealing head and the base section are connected by an elastically deformable connection section of the seal element, which has a non-linear cross-sectional profile and multiple regions of weakened material arranged spaced apart from one another in sequence, preferably regularly, in the circumferential direction of the seal element.
US11131369B2
A failure diagnostic apparatus for use in a ball screw conveyer includes a bearing stopper placed in contact with a bearing supporting a ball screw, a sensor unit equipped with an elastic member and a heat flux sensor, and a malfunction detector. The heat flux sensor works to produce an output as a function of deformation or displacement of the bearing stopper. The malfunction detector works to analyze the output from the heat flux sensor to detect a failure in operation of the ball screw conveyer. This enables a malfunction of the ball screw conveyer to be detected quickly and accurately.
US11131363B2
A vibration attenuating fluid mount with a partitioned compensator includes an inner member, an outer member, a flexible member having a castellated transition between a fluid passageway and at least one operating chamber. A membrane may be disposed in a volume compensator in fluid communication with one or more operating chambers. The inner member and outer member may be connected via a castellated connection, a swaged lock ring, or a split-lock ring.
US11131361B2
Methods and apparatus for position sensitive dampening. In one aspect a fluid damper is provided comprising a damper chamber divided by a piston into a primary compression and a primary rebound chamber; a secondary compression chamber in fluid communication with the damper chamber; and an adjustable fluid meter controlling fluid flow out of the secondary compression chamber.
US11131356B2
In the coil spring of the present invention, a helical space defined by a space between coils has a first end region whose space is increased as it extends towards the other side in the axial direction from a first reference point where the space is zero, a reference region whose space is set at a reference value L (L>0), and a second end region whose space becomes narrow as it extends toward the other side in the axial direction and zero at a second reference point. The first end region has a first end outer part and a first end inner end. In a case where a pitch angle of the space between coils that causes the displacement of the space between coils per turn of the helical space to be L is a reference pitch angle Pa, the pitch angle in the first end outer part is set at Pa while the pitch angle in the first end inner part is set at Pb (Pb>Pa).
US11131354B1
An electromechanical brake system includes a housing defining a mechanism cavity. An apparatus for force application includes a first piston, including a first piston motivator comprising a first push rod and an actuator. A brake pad is operatively connected to both the first and second pistons for longitudinal driving thereby. A rocker arm is operatively connected to both the first and second pistons for force transmission therebetween. A pivot bearing rotatably supports the rocker arm. The actuator is configured to move selectively longitudinally with respect to the first push rod to move at least a portion of the first piston toward the brake pad. The pivot bearing is maintained in a predetermined longitudinal position as a reaction force is developed between the first piston and the brake pad. The rocker arm transmits at least a portion of the reaction force from the first push rod to the second piston.
US11131353B2
A splined portion (10) connected to one out of a brake disc and a hub to which the brake disc is to be connected. The splined portion comprises teeth (30) adapted to mesh with grooves in a second splined portion (20) connected to the other of said brake disc and hub, and extends annularly about an axially extending central axis. At least one, preferably a plurality, of the teeth (30) of the splined portion (10) is split into at least two tooth portions (31, 32) being resiliently movable towards and away from each other in a circumferential direction of the splined portion (10). The splined portion (10) further comprises a tensioning means (40) adapted to releasably adjust the circumferential distance between the two tooth portions (31, 32).
US11131351B2
This clutch control device includes an engine (13), a transmission gear (21), a clutch device (26), a clutch actuator (50), a control unit (60), a clutch operator (4b), and a clutch operation amount sensor (4c), wherein the control unit (60) is configured to enable intervention of a manual clutch operation according to the clutch operator (4b) during automatic control of the clutch device (26) according to the clutch actuator (50), and the control unit (60) is configured to set a control target value of a clutch capacity to a connection lower limit target value (Px) acquired by changing an operation target value (Pv) corresponding to an amount of operation of the clutch operator (4b) to a clutch disconnection side in a case in which the amount of operation of the clutch operator (4b) based on an output value of the clutch operation amount sensor (4c) reaches a predetermined value (θ2) set in advance at a time of performing a clutch disconnection operation through the intervention of the manual clutch operation.
US11131348B2
In a torque limiter of the present invention, a difference is provided between a maximum static frictional force between the coil spring and the first outer circumferential surface and a maximum static frictional force between the coil spring and the second outer circumferential surface such that, when rotational torque in a direction of increasing the diameter of the coil spring and less than a predetermined value is applied to the first or second rotator, the first and second rotators integrally rotate via the coil spring, and one of the first and second rotators relatively rotates relative to the other of the first and second rotators together with the coil spring when the rotational torque is greater the predetermined value.
US11131340B2
A linear guideway with an embedded sensor includes a track, a slider, a plurality of rolling members, and a sensing module. The track extends in a first direction and has a first recess. The slider can move in the first direction and include a second recess, a channel, at least one hole, and a deforming region. The channel is formed by coupling the first recess and the second recess, and extends in the first direction. The hole extends from the surface of the slider along the insertion axis and into the slider. The rolling members are disposed in the channel. The sensing module is disposed in the hole, and contacts the deforming region to detect the amount of deformation.
US11131336B2
A nut-cage system has a nut cage having a base plate and two wings extending from the base plate on opposite sides of the base plate. The wings and base plate form a U-shape, each wing having a slot formed therein, and a fastener aperture is formed through the base plate. A snap-in threaded nut has a pair of tabs extending from a base thereof. A clip-retained threaded nut has a flange extending from a base thereof and is configured for use with a retainer clip. The slots are sized for receiving the tabs of the snap-in nut when the snap-in nut is installed in the nut cage and for receiving portions of the retainer clip when the clip-retained nut and retainer clip are installed in the nut cage, thereby retaining a selected one of the nuts within the cage.
US11131335B1
The universal coupling pin key is a fastening device. The universal coupling pin key forms a detent that attaches a first mechanical structure to a second mechanical structure. The universal coupling pin key further forms a simple tool that dislodges or prys apart a fastened mechanical structure formed from two components. The universal coupling pin key comprises a tool, a grip, a retractable tether, and a cable management system. The tool is the mechanical structure of the universal coupling pin key that fastens and detaches the mechanical structures. The grip is a handle used to manipulate the tool. The retractable tether attaches the tool and the grip to the cable management system. The cable management system deploys and retracts the tether. The cable management system further anchors the universal coupling pin key to an anchor point.
US11131331B2
A fluidic device may include inlet ports, control input ports, one or more output channels, inlet channels that are each configured to convey fluid from one of the inlet ports to one of the one or more output channels, and pistons. In some examples, each piston may include (1) a restricting gate transmission element configured to inhibit, when the piston is in a first position, and uninhibit, when the piston is in a second position, one of the inlet channels, (2) a control gate configured to interface with a first control pressure that, when applied to the control gate, forces the piston towards the first position, and (3) an additional control gate configured to interface with a second control pressure that, when applied to the additional control gate, forces the piston towards the second position. Various other related devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11131318B2
A centrifugal pump that includes an inlet chamber having a distal end portion and an opposing proximal end portion with a longitudinal axis spanning therebetween. Further included in the centrifugal pump is a plenum chamber having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion, the inlet end portion is in fluid communication with the inlet chamber proximal end portion, the outlet end portion having an aperture that is about a radial axis that extends radially a distance outward from the longitudinal axis. Wherein operationally for the centrifugal pump the inlet chamber and the inlet and plenum chambers are rotated about the longitudinal axis wherein a fluid is drawn through the distal end portion toward the proximal end portion and ultimately discharged therethrough the aperture.
US11131307B2
A supercharger rotor comprising a plurality of lobes around a center axis, each lobe of the plurality of lobes comprising a rotor profile. The rotor profile comprises a tip, a convex addendum comprised of at least two interpolated and stitched spline curves, an undercut region, and a root base.
US11131305B2
A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll, a movable scroll revolvable with respect to the fixed scroll, and a crankshaft rotatable to cause the movable scroll to revolve. A discharge port is formed in a first scroll of the fixed scroll or the movable scroll. A cutout portion is formed in a second scroll of the fixed scroll or the movable scroll. The cutout portion formed in the second scroll at least partially passes through a profile of the discharge port formed in the first scroll because of revolution of the movable scroll.
US11131300B2
A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while operating at higher pressures than that possible using the prior art tube. Further, in accordance with some embodiments, the tubing assembly can achieve a longer working life than a comparable prior art tube, and the load on the pump motor can be reduced such that the pump life is increased and/or a larger pump motor is not required to achieve such advantageous results.
US11131297B2
A machine tool system including a compact air compressor configuring a compact air compressor C includes: an auxiliary air tank 40; and an air compressor body 30 connected with the auxiliary air tank 40, wherein the air compressor body 30 and the auxiliary air tank 40 are individually installed in a machine tool 20.
US11131292B2
To provide a wind power generation device that can be suitably increased in size while increasing the electricity generation efficiency. A wind power generation device (10) is characterized by being provided with: a first wind turbine unit (12) comprising multiple wind turbines (30a to 30d) aligned in one line; a pair of blade units (16), each of the blade units being disposed adjacent to the first wind turbine unit (12) and having an inner-side shape extending along the circumferences of circles defined by rotation of the wind turbines (30a to 30d) to enhance collection of wind by the rotation; and a conversion unit for converting energy obtained by the rotation of the first wind turbine unit (12) to electricity.
US11131289B2
A shear web flange (36) for a shear web (32) of a wind turbine blade (18) is described. The flange (36) extends longitudinally and comprises a bonding surface (50) for bonding to an inner surface of a wind turbine blade (18). One or more protruding features (52a, 52b) protrude from the bonding surface (50). A method of making such a shear web flange (36) is also described as are a shear web (32) for a wind turbine blade (18), a wind turbine blade (18) and a method of making a wind turbine blade (18).
US11131282B2
A fuel injection pump pressurizes and injects fuel. A cam rotates about a rotational axis of the cam. A housing includes a cam chamber that houses the cam and a sliding chamber communicated to the cam chamber. A roller rotates while being in contact with a surface of the cam. A shoe reciprocates in the sliding chamber by rotation of the cam and is in contact with and slides on a surface of the roller. A plunger reciprocates with the shoe. A cylinder houses the plunger and includes a pump chamber to pressurize and feed the fuel by reciprocation of the plunger. A deformed section is a groove or a protrusion which extends in a direction of a rotational axis of the cam, on a part of a surface of the cam, and has a shape different from a cam profile of the cam.
US11131281B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a fuel tank arrangement (100) connected to a prime mover (101) for propulsion of a vehicle. More particularly, the fuel tank arrangement (100) comprises a first (102) and a second (104) fuel tank connected to the prime mover of the vehicle.
US11131280B2
An injector arrangement structure includes an air cleaner which is arranged at a rear side of an engine for a vehicle, a rear suspension which extends vertically at the rear side of the engine, and a first injector which is attached to the air cleaner. The air cleaner includes an outlet tube configuring a clean side of the air cleaner. The rear suspension and the outlet tube overlap each other in a side view. A partition wall dividing an intake passage vertically is provided inside the outlet tube. The first injector is attached from a lower side of the outlet tube so as to inject fuel toward the partition wall.
US11131278B2
A humid air system (HAS) for reducing NOx emissions of an LPG-powered forklift and other heavy equipment is disclosed. A humid air system (HAS) uses distilled water and heat of exhaust to generate steam, injected at the intake air of the engine to increase humidity and reduce temperature and NOx emission. The system includes a pipe with a coiled-tube insert that is attached to the exhaust. A water pump connected to a solenoid valve supplies distilled water from a container to the exhaust coil, generating steam that is fed to a mixing box at the engine air intake in order to increase intake air humidity. A feedback control system controls the solenoid valve opening to adjust the water flow rate for maintaining humidity level between 90% to saturation.
US11131269B2
A steel piston (10) for an internal combustion engine has a cooling channel and shaft surfaces (12, 14) with which the piston (10), in the installed state, abuts a cylinder bore or a cylinder liner on a pressure side and a counterpressure side, wherein one shaft surface (12) has a width which is 25-50% smaller than the other shaft surface (14).
US11131264B2
A fuel injection control device has a valve opening control portion which opens a control valve by electrically charging a piezoelectric element, and a valve closing portion which closes the control valve. The valve opening control portion includes a first rising control portion, a pause control portion and a second control portion. The first rising control portion increases a charge amount of the piezoelectric element during a first rising period. The pause control portion pauses an increase in the charge amount of the piezoelectric element during a pause period after the first rising period. The second rising control portion increases the charging amount of the piezoelectric elements again during a second rising period after the pause period. The pause period includes a period of immediately before the control valve is opened.
US11131262B2
The invention discloses a device for simulating an evolution process of an internal combustion engine exhaust particle flow for reducing automotive emissions, and the device comprises an exhaust source; an exhaust channel, comprising a plurality of sections of cylindrical tubes with specified length that are fixedly connected; a soluble organic compound generator, used to produce soluble organic compounds; a carbon particle generator, used to produce carbon particles. The device for simulating the evolution process of an internal combustion engine exhaust particle flow for reducing automotive emissions has the advantages of simple structure and low cost; controls the mixing concentration of soot particles and soluble organic compounds through various adjustment methods to obtain a suitable mixed aerosol, so as to better simulate the exhaust particle flow of an internal combustion engine.
US11131256B2
A fuel oxygen conversion unit includes a contactor defining a liquid fuel inlet, a stripping gas inlet and a fuel/gas mixture outlet. The fuel oxygen conversion unit also includes a fuel/gas separator defining a fuel/gas mixture inlet in flow communication with the fuel/gas mixture outlet of the contactor, an axial direction, and a radial direction. The fuel/gas separator includes a separator assembly including a core including a gas-permeable section extending along the axial direction and defining a maximum diameter, the maximum diameter of the gas-permeable section being substantially constant along the axial direction; and a stationary casing, the fuel/gas separator defining a fuel/gas chamber in fluid communication with the fuel/gas mixture inlet at a location inward of the stationary casing and outward of the gas-permeable section of the separator assembly along the radial direction.
US11131254B2
Provided is a marine engine, including: a piston; and a compression ratio controller configured to execute lowering processing of moving a top dead center position of the piston toward a bottom dead center side when an engine rotation speed falls within a resonance occurrence range set in advance. A geometrical compression ratio is reduced, and a resonance stress caused by a torsional vibration in a rotary system can thus be suppressed while suppressing a decrease in thermal efficiency compared with a case in which retarding control is applied to a fuel injection timing or a closing timing of an exhaust valve.
US11131246B2
A gas turbine includes a rotor that has a rotor disk at each of a plurality of stages and a plurality of blades fixed to the respective stages, a casing, a plurality of vanes fixed to the casing, and an annular member fixed to a radially inner side of each of the vanes. The rotor disk has a seal arm. The annular member has an outer opposing portion that is radially opposed to the seal arm. The gas turbine further includes a seal fin that protrudes from the outer opposing portion toward the seal arm, a first cavity that is defined in the annular member and extends in a circumferential direction to straddle at least two of the vanes, a second cavity that is on a radially inner side of the first cavity, and a plurality of compressed air discharge paths that connect the first cavity to the second cavity.
US11131244B2
A power transmission system includes a shaft, a stator disposed within the shaft and substantially concentric with the shaft; and at least one supporting element positioned between the stator and the shaft and configured to support the shaft on the stator to reduce a vibration of the shaft and allow the shaft to rotate relative to the stator. A gas turbine engine including the power transmission system is also described.
US11131241B2
A lower link (7) is formed of two components by being divided at a dividing surface (14) including the central axis of a crank pin bearing portion (11), the two components including a lower link upper (15) with an upper pin bearing portion (12) and a lower link lower (16) with a control pin bearing portion (13). The dividing surface (14) includes a first dividing surface (14a) located more on the upper link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11) and a second dividing surface (14b) located more on the control link side than the crank pin bearing portion (11). In the lower link (7), the first dividing surface (14a) has a surface roughness larger than a surface roughness of the second dividing surface (14b).
US11131240B1
An engine assembly including a crankshaft, a bell crank pivotally mounted on the crankshaft, the bell crank having a first end and a second end opposite of the first end, a connecting rod connected to the first end of the bell crank, a control shaft, a control link mounted on the control shaft and connected to the second end of the bell crank, a driven gear fixed to the crankshaft, a drive gear fixed to the control shaft, an actuator, and a split-torque gear box splitting the torque from the driven gear between the drive gear via a first torque path and the actuator via a second torque path.
US11131234B2
A turbocharger includes a turbine housing. The turbine housing includes a turbine inlet wall defining an inlet passage, an exducer shroud wall defining an exducer interior, a turbine outlet wall defining an outlet passage, a wastegate port wall defining a wastegate channel, and a bushing wall coupled to the wastegate port wall and defining a bushing boss extending along a bushing axis, and a valve seat disposed about the wastegate channel. The turbocharger also includes a wastegate assembly. The wastegate assembly includes a valve element engageable with the valve seat. The wastegate port wall is disposed outside of the exducer interior such that the wastegate port wall and the bushing wall are configured to be thermally decoupled from the turbine inlet wall and such that relative displacement between the valve seat and the bushing axis is reduced during operation of the turbocharger.
US11131230B2
There is provided an exhaust treatment device for a diesel engine capable of accurately estimating an amount of ash deposition. In the exhaust treatment device, an ash deposition estimation device estimates an amount of ash deposition on a DPF after ending of regenerating treatment for the DPF, based on data regarding differential pressure and exhaust flow rate stored in a memory device over a period immediately before the end of regeneration, the period ranging from the end point of regenerating treatment for the DPF to a point in time going back a predetermined duration. An electronic control device preferably makes an alarm device issue an alarm, upon arrival of an estimated value of ash deposition at a predetermined alarm request value.
US11131225B2
Described are three-way conversion (TWC) catalytic articles effective to abate hydrocarbons (HCs), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from an engine exhaust gas containing phosphorous impurities. The disclosed catalytic article has a layered catalytic material, wherein the first layer of the catalytic material is disposed directly on the substrate and a second layer is disposed on top of the first layer. The second layer includes phosphorus resistant materials that prevent catalytic poisoning of the catalytic article by the phosphorous impurities. In particular, the second layer includes a phosphorus trap material having an alkaline earth metal component and a rhodium component impregnated on a phosphorus-resistant support material.
US11131220B2
A camshaft adjuster (1) is provided, including a drive element (2) and a driven element (3), which can be rotated in relation to the drive element within an angular range and can be connected to a camshaft, wherein pressurizable working chambers (4) for rotating the drive element (2) with respect to the driven element (3) are formed between the drive element (2) and the driven element (3), wherein the camshaft adjuster (1) has a volume accumulator (5) for collecting hydraulic medium, wherein the volume accumulator (5) supplies the hydraulic medium to a vacuum-pressurized working chamber (4) via a check valve (6) in that the vacuum in the working chamber (4) opens the check valve (6), characterized in that the check valve (6) is arranged in an axial position between the working chamber (4) and the volume accumulator (5), and the volume accumulator (5) is formed by a cover element (7) connected to the drive element (2) for conjoint rotation.
US11131216B2
A support unit for a power unit reliably absorbs thermal deformation of the power unit due to thermal deformation of a casing and enables the center of the casing to be effectively maintained at a correct position. The support unit includes a supporting unit and a stress supporting unit. The supporting unit includes a first support configured to support a front part of the casing of the power unit, and a second support configured to support a rear part of the casing and provided with an auxiliary support configured to receive and support a weight of the casing. The stress supporting unit is disposed under the rear part of the casing and receives heat from the casing and primarily absorb stress resulting from thermal expansion of the casing. Stress in the casing resulting from the thermal expansion is secondarily damped by the second support via the stress supporting unit.
US11131206B2
An article has a body having: a first face; and a first bevel surface extending from the first face. A plurality of first channels along the first bevel surface extending from the first face. A ceramic coating is along the inner diameter surface and the first bevel surface.
US11131205B2
A turbine section for a gas turbine engine is annular about a longitudinal axis. The turbine section includes a first turbine with a first outlet, and a second turbine with a second inlet. The turbine section includes an inter-turbine duct extending from the first outlet to the second inlet and configured to direct a flow along a flow direction. The inter-turbine duct is defined by a hub and a shroud. The turbine section includes at least a first splitter blade positioned between the hub and the shroud. The first splitter blade includes a pressure side, a suction side, and at least one vortex generating structure having a leading end opposite a trailing end positioned on the suction side such that a first angle is defined between the vortex generating structure and the flow direction. The vortex generating structure extends in a radial direction from the suction side toward the hub.
US11131201B2
In a rotating machine, a tip shroud of a rotor blade includes a plurality of shroud outer peripheral surfaces which are provided such that radial positions of the shroud outer peripheral surfaces are located stepwise radially outward from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and a step portion which connects adjacent shroud outer peripheral surfaces to each other. The step portion includes an acute angle-forming surface which extends toward the upstream side while extending toward a radially outer side and is connected to an upstream-side end portion of the shroud outer peripheral surface located on the downstream side with an acute angle θ1.
US11131200B2
A system and method for improving sealing at a turbine blade tip shroud, while reducing weight associated with the improved sealing is disclosed. The gas turbine blade incorporates a tip shroud having one or more pockets located therein, where the one or more pockets remove weight from the shroud, thus reducing load on the blade attachment generated by additional sealing at the turbine blade shroud. Methods for incorporating the one or more tip shrouds in a new turbine blade or a repaired turbine blade are also disclosed.
US11131188B2
A round-shank pick having a pick head and a pick shank that includes a supporting element pierced along its longitudinal center axis by a mounting hole with an inside diameter for receiving the pick shank. A collar height, measured in the direction of the longitudinal center axis between an end, facing away from the seat surface, of the centering extension and the seat surface or between the end of the centering extension and an inner termination of a recess that is integrally formed in the supporting element in an indented manner with respect to the seat surface, is configured such that the ratio between the inside diameter of the mounting hole in the supporting element and the collar height is less than 8, and/or that the collar height is greater than an axial clearance of the pick mounted in a pick holder.
US11131184B1
A method may include obtaining a plurality of historical drilling signals for a plurality of wells. At least one historical drilling signal among the plurality of historical drilling signals describes a drilling surface parameter that is measured during a respective drilling operation. The method may further include generating a first drilling signal while drilling a wellbore through a formation. The method may further include determining a first drilling correlation between the first drilling signal and the plurality of historical drilling signals. The method may further include determining a drilling hazard condition within a well path of the wellbore using the first drilling correlation. The method may further include adjusting, based on the drilling hazard condition, the well path of the wellbore.
US11131170B2
Electrical submersible pump (ESP) completion in a lateral wellbore includes an ESP installed in a wellbore that includes a vertical wellbore portion and a lateral wellbore portion that is connected to the vertical wellbore portion at a junction. The ESP is installed in the vertical wellbore portion downhole of the junction. The lateral wellbore portion extends to a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir carrying hydrocarbons. Using the ESP, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons is produced through the lateral wellbore portion.
US11131169B2
Tubing string rotators, safety rod clamps, combination tubing string rotators and safety rod claims, and rotating split tubing hangers are provided. The tubing string rotator can rotate a tubing string suspended in a hydrocarbon well from a rotatable support mandrel. The support mandrel can be positioned at the well head and can be supported against downward axial movement. The tubing string rotator can comprise a motor for producing a rotational force, a drive assembly for applying the rotational force to drive the rotation of the support mandrel, and a controller operatively connected to the motor for intermittently activating the motor, causing rotation of the support mandrel, for selected intervals of time, followed by selected intervals of time of motor inactivation, in which no rotation of the support mandrel occurs. Intermittently or non-continuously rotation of the tubing string can result in more even wear and/or erosion of the tubing string.
US11131160B2
Systems and methods for delivering a tubular string into a subterranean well include a tubular running machine. The tubular running machine has a machine housing that includes a tubular member with a central bore. A turbine is located within the central bore of the machine housing. A control module is operable to provide energy and a communication signal to the turbine. A downhole connection assembly is located at a downhole end of the machine housing and is operable to releasably secure the tubular running machine to the tubular string.
US11131153B2
A tubular engagement interface for interfacing the coupling of two movably engaged tubulars is disclosed. The tubular engagement interface includes a body. The body includes a body engagement surface. A polycrystalline diamond element is coupled with the body, and includes a diamond engagement surface. The tubular engagement interface may be coupled with an inner wall of a first tubular, such that the body engagement surface, the diamond engagement surface, or combinations thereof are engaged with an opposing engagement surface of an outer wall of a second tubular. Alternatively, the tubular engagement interface may be coupled with the outer wall of the second tubular, such that the body engagement surface, the diamond engagement surface, or combinations thereof are engaged with an opposing engagement surface of the inner wall of the first tubular.
US11131152B2
Self locking couplers, methods to couple adjacent tubing sections, and self-locking coupling assemblies are presented. In one embodiment, the self-locking coupler includes a coupling shroud having an external interface proximate to a first end of the coupling shroud and a set of collet fingers that extends from the first end of the coupling shroud. The self-locking coupler also includes a locking sleeve having an internal interface that complements the external interface of the coupling shroud. The locking sleeve is movable from a first position on the external interface to a second position on the external interface. As the locking sleeve moves from the first position to the second position, the locking sleeve compresses the set of collet fingers into a cavity of a first seal ring coupled to a first tubing section to secure the coupling shroud to the first tubing section.
US11131139B2
A Dutch door assembly includes first and second door sections, each including a composite door member and an end cap. The composite door member includes a core member disposed between first and second end stiles, together defining a front door surface, a rear door surface, and an end surface, a front door skin secured to and substantially covering the front door surface, and a rear door skin secured to and substantially covering the rear door surface. The end cap includes a cover portion covering the end surface of the composite door member and a retention portion extending from the cover portion into engagement with the core member. The end cap of the first door section includes an abutment portion contoured to engage an abutment portion of the end cap of the second door section when the first and second door sections are in pivoted alignment.
US11131132B2
A hinge has a first component that pivotally supports a second component of the hinge. The first hinge component carries an energy harvesting switch having a movable operator such as a spring-projected plunger that is positioned to be depressed or otherwise moved by the second hinge component in response to relative pivotal movement of the first and second hinge components. If a gate is fastened to the second hinge component, at least some of the weight of the gate is transferred from the second hinge component to the first hinge component. When the gate is pivoted away from a closed orientation toward an open orientation, the second hinge component moves the operator of the energy harvesting switch thereby causing the energy harvesting switch to emit a radio frequency signal.
US11131127B2
A motor vehicle door latch which is equipped with a locking bolt and a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, including a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle door latch possesses a stop lever pivotably located on the control lever, which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet position and a pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt in respect of the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis. The stop lever impinges a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch in order to open the locking mechanism.
US11131120B2
An electric lock includes a motor, a power input port, a first control system and a second control system. The first control system includes an input unit configured to receive input data, an internal power source, and a first processing unit configured to use electricity of the internal power source to control the motor to rotate according to the input data. The second control system includes a wireless unit configured to receive a wireless signal, and a second processing unit different from the first processing unit and configured to use electricity of an external power source to control the motor to rotate when data transmitted in the wireless signal matches predetermined data and when the power input port is electrically connected to the external power source.
US11131119B2
The present invention relates to a locker dial lock, and more specifically has been made to enhance convenience of use by rotating a knob for operating a locking lever of a dial lock to a reset position not to a locking or opening position, and then identifying or resetting a combination of dials so as to simply change and reset the combination. The configuration of the present invention is a dial lock 1 configured such that a main body 3 including a key cylinder bundle 10 and a dial bundle 20 is installed at a front surface of a door of a locker, and when a plurality of dials 24 exposed to the outside of a cover 2 at a front surface of the main body 3 are rotated to match a set combination, the key cylinder bundle 1 is released and a door is opened by rotating a locking lever 4 at a back surface of the door along with a knob 11, and when the combination is forgotten, the knob 11 is rotated using a master key to press an operating rod 21 of the dial bundle 20, thereby allowing detection holes 23 provided on one side of connecting rod bodies 22 respectively fitted into and coupled to the plurality of dials 24 to be exposed, and the detection pins 55 of a detection means 30 that are provided on one side of the connecting rod bodies 22 are inserted into the detection holes 23 to determine a combination of the dials 24, wherein the detection means 30 includes: a manipulation member 40 having a push protrusion 41 at an upper portion thereof, including a return spring 42 at a lower portion thereof, and provided with a plurality of manipulation uneven portions 43 on one side thereof, wherein the push protrusion 41 is pressed by a pressing cam part 13 further included in the key cylinder bundle 10, thus allowing the manipulation member 40 to be slidably moved upward or downward; and a detection member 50 positioned on one side of the manipulation member 40 and rotatably assembled to the main body 3 about a hinge pin 51, provided with detection uneven portions 53 on one side thereof to correspond to the plurality of manipulation uneven portions 43 about the hinge pin 51, and including the detection pins 55 provided on another side thereof and inserted into the detection holes 23 of the connecting rod bodies 22, wherein, when the combination is forgotten, the knob 11 is rotated to a setting position using a master key to allow the key cylinder bundle 10 to press the operating rod 21 of the dial bundle 20, thereby exposing the detection holes 23 provided in one side of the connecting rod bodies 22 respectively fitted into and coupled to the plurality of dials 24, and while the pressing cam part 13 of the key cylinder bundle 10 presses the push protrusion 41 of the manipulation member 40 to enable the manipulation member 40 to be moved downward, convex portions of the manipulation uneven portions 43 engaged with and coupled to the detection uneven portions 53 move while pushing convex portions of the detection uneven portions 53, thus enabling the detection means 30 to be rotated about the hinge pin 51 and the detection pins 55 to be inserted into the detection holes 23 of the connecting rod bodies 22, thereby detecting the combination of the dials 24.
US11131117B2
An electromagnetic-based sensor system includes a sensor assembly with a biometric identification sensor to determine a unique biometric characteristic of a user using a first non-visible electromagnetic radiation. Specifically, a palm vein sensor may measure a unique pattern of veins in a user's palm using near-field infrared light. A gesture sensor uses a second non-visible electromagnetic radiation, such as infrared or radio frequency to detect movement in a specific gesture pattern. An object detection sensor uses a third non-visible electromagnetic radiation to detect the presence of an object. A mirror overlies the sensor assembly and is reflective to visible light and transmissive to the non-visible electromagnetic radiation. The sensor assembly may be used within a vehicle to authenticate an individual user as an authorized user to unlock the vehicle. One or more settings of the vehicle may be set to predetermined values depending on the identity of the user.
US11131108B2
Systems, methods, non-transitory processor-readable storage media, and devices of the various embodiments enable a vehicle vending machine to retrieve a vehicle from a storage location and deliver the vehicle to a delivery bay for delivery to a customer. Various embodiments may include a vehicle vending machine including a tower, a robotic carrier, a corridor extending from the tower, a plurality of delivery bays positioned along the corridor, a customer interaction kiosk, and/or a video system.
US11131095B2
A roof waste removal assembly is provided and includes a chute system and a self-propelled expanding trailer. The chute system includes a roof guide and a gutter shield. The self-propelled expanding trailer includes a frame, an extension device secured to the frame, and a storage bin secured to the extension device.
US11131084B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for selecting a target excavating point. The method includes: acquiring a height map of a material pile; discretizing the height map to obtain an excavating point set; acquiring an excavating trajectory set of an excavating point in the excavating point set; and selecting a target excavating point based on the excavating trajectory set of the excavating point in the excavating point set.
US11131079B2
A work vehicle monitoring system includes a work vehicle and a monitoring device provided on an exterior of the work vehicle. The work vehicle includes a steering clutch, a rotary member having a first hydraulic fluid supply channel, a drive unit, a support member having a second hydraulic fluid supply channel, a sealing ring disposed between the first hydraulic fluid supply channel and the second hydraulic fluid supply channel, a controller that controls a pressure of a hydraulic fluid inside the first hydraulic fluid supply channel and the second hydraulic fluid supply channel, and an external output component that outputs data related to the pressure, a rotational speed, and a time. The monitoring device accepts the data from the external output component and outputs maintenance information about the sealing ring when a predicted wear amount of the sealing ring obtained from the determination basis data exceeds a specific threshold.
US11131076B2
A stability control system identifies an actionable condition, such as instability, in an off-road mobile machine, based upon an in-rubber tire sensor. A remedial action is identified, and a control signal is generated to control the mobile machine to take the remedial action.
US11131071B2
The scraper blade device is provided for cleaning a roadway surface. The scraper blade device includes an upper blade portion and a bottom blade portion. The bottom blade portion has a plurality of widthwise-disposed and juxtaposed blade segments. The blade segments are provided in one or more blade segment sets where the blade segments within a same set are attached using a swivel interconnection. This scraper blade device has an improved cleaning efficiency over existing designs, thereby reducing the amounts of de-icing chemicals and increasing road safety when used for removing ice and snow from the roadway surface.
US11131068B2
Disclosed are methods for making shock absorbing pads utilizing reclaimed artificial turf and reclaimed carpet materials. It is demonstrated that the artificial turf systems comprising inventive pads exhibit improved Head Impact Criteria (HIC) and cradle-to-cradle score.
US11131066B2
A portable railroad spike remover comprises a claw assembly extractor that is shaped to engage and secure a railroad spike previously installed into a rail tie. The claw assembly extractor may include a pair of jaw members that are pivotally connected to each other by a pivoting pin and a rotating pin. Each jaw member may include a lower end configured to contact and secure a railroad spike and a pair of upper members interlocked with each other and pivotally connected to the clevis fastener with the rotating pin. When the drive shaft is rotated, the claw assembly extractor and the mounting flange may move inside the main housing in a vertical direction to extract the railroad spike from the rail tie.
US11131065B1
A rail system for a conveyor vehicle capable of traveling along the rail system for storage of piece goods into a storage rack or retrieval of piece goods from a storage rack includes a first running rail, a second running rail and a connecting device, which includes a positive locking connection between the ends, directed toward one another, of the first running rail and second running rail. At its end, the first running rail forms a first interlocking element and a first surface portion. At its end, the second running rail forms a second interlocking element and a second surface portion. Therein the first interlocking element and second interlocking element engage in one another in complementary manner and the ends of the first running rail and second running rail abut at the surface portions in a butt-jointed manner. Furthermore, a warehouse system has such a rail system.
US11131064B2
The present invention provides a preparation method of aramid fiber far-infrared emitting paper. In the present invention, para-aramid chopped fiber and para-aramid pulp fiber are used as paper base functional materials with excellent characteristics of high specific strength and high specific stiffness. In addition, the para-aramid chopped fiber and the para-aramid pulp fiber can form a paper material with pores and porous channels, and carbon nanotubes are embedded into the structural pores and porous channels of the paper material. Therefore, the aramid fiber far-infrared emitting paper has better molding quality and composite performance. Results of embodiments indicate that: A far-infrared wavelength emitted by the aramid fiber far-infrared emitting paper provided in the present invention is 4 μm to 20 μm, a main frequency band thereof is approximately 10 μm, and far-infrared conversion efficiency is up to 99%; and the aramid fiber far-infrared emitting paper has tensile strength of 0.12 KN/mm2 to 0.18 KN/mm2, and can be bent and folded.
US11131061B2
The present invention provides a method which, in the process of manufacturing recycled pulp fibers from a mixture of pulp fibers and a high water-absorption polymer, enables efficient manufacturing of the recycled pulp fibers while properly removing the high water-absorption polymer from the pulp fibers. This method comprises: a supply step (S19-2a) for supplying an aqueous solution containing a mixture (98) to a driving fluid supply port (DI) of an ejector (107) and simultaneously supplying, to a suction fluid supply port (AI) of the ejector, a gaseous substance (Z2) which is capable of degrading a high water-absorption polymer so as to make the degraded polymer dissolvable; and a treatment step (S19-2b) for discharging, from a mixed fluid discharge port (CO) of the ejector that is connected to a lower part of a treatment tank (105), a mixed liquid, which is formed when the aqueous solution and the gaseous substance are mixed within the ejector, into a treatment liquid (P2) within the treatment tank, so as to lessen the high water-absorption polymer in the mixture.
US11131056B2
A drum washing machine comprises a body, a door, an inner drum and a drain channel. The drum is rotatably arranged in the body. A delivery port is on a front portion of the drum, and the door is on a front portion of the body corresponding to the delivery port of the drum. A sealing sleeve is arranged on a portion, corresponding to a periphery of the delivery port, of the inner drum. A sealing connecting piece is arranged at a portion, corresponding to a periphery of the door, of the body, and the sealing connecting piece is connected with the sealing sleeve and rotates relative to the drum; and one end of the drain channel extends into the interior of the sealing connecting piece and communicates with the drum, and the other end of the drain channel communicates with a drain valve.
US11131053B2
A method of controlling a washing machine that includes a drum rotatably provided in a tub that receives water, at least one nozzle spraying water into the drum, a washing motor rotating the drum, and a circulation pump circulating water within the washing machine, the method including: operating the washing motor to rotate the drum in a first rotational direction while repeatedly alternating between an acceleration and a deceleration of the drum so that laundry in the drum alternates between maintaining contact with an inner surface of the drum during acceleration, and separates from the inner surface of the drum during deceleration; and operating a circulation pump motor in the circulation pump, while the drum rotates in the first rotational direction, to accelerate a pump speed of the circulation pump during the acceleration of the drum, and to decelerate the pump speed during deceleration of the drum.
US11131052B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes, a tub body configured to store water, a tub cover configured to define an upper surface of the tub body, an introduction aperture defined through the tub cover, a supply aperture provided in the tub cover, and configured to enable supply of water into the tub body, a drum that is rotatably provided in the tub body, and that is configured to receive laundry, the drum including an opening in communication with the introduction aperture, a door configured to open and close the introduction aperture, and an ejection unit configured to eject water introduced into the supply aperture to the drum, the ejection unit being configured to eject water in at least two different directions.
US11131051B2
By improving the rigidity of a pulley while suppressing a weight of the pulley from increasing, excessive noises due to resonance can be reduced. A washing machine 1 includes a drum 9 rotatably disposed in the water tub 5. The washing machine 1 has a motor to rotationally drive a pulley 20, which is fixed to the drum 9, via an endless belt 13. The pulley 20 has a plurality of arms 23 radially extend from the boss 22 to support an outer wheel 21. The arm 23 has a variable cross-sectional portion 24 in which a section modulus against bending in an axial direction gradually decreases from the boss 22 to the outer wheel 21.
US11131049B2
A washing machine includes: a tub; a drum; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air between the drum and the tub; an induction heater configured to heat the drum; a controller unit configured to control the induction heater within a preset control temperature range; a circuit configured to supply power to the induction heater; a first thermostat configured to operate according to a first temperature of air between the drum and the tub and open the circuit when the first temperature is a first safety control temperature; and a thermal fuse configured to operate according to a second temperature of air outside the tub and open the circuit when the second temperature is a second safety temperature corresponding to a case where the temperature of the drum is in a second safety temperature range having a larger value than the first safety temperature range.
US11131044B2
The object of the present invention is a method for manufacturing a tubular compression item, having at least one leg part, one foot tip, one heel and one foot, comprising a first step for knitting the leg part and the foot with at least one knitting yarn on a double cylinder knitting machine during which an elastic weft yarn is inserted between two rows of ribbed stitches (n)*(p) and (n′)*(p′) every 1/1 to 1/5 rows of stitches of the leg part and of the foot, on at least 50% by number of the number (m) of needles without forming any tuck stitch or loop stitch.
US11131043B2
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing and an application of body smoothing knitted underwear capable of being used as an outerwear. The method includes the following steps: raw material preparation, knitting, dyeing, setting, cutting and sewing, bonding, ironing and finishing. The method can be realized by using the existing combined cylinder knitting device. Through the innovation of raw materials and processes, the underwear produced is soft, comfortable, breathable and warm, and has modest elasticity and the body smoothing function, which can tighten the skin. It is beautiful and elegant, and suitable for outside wearing as well.
US11131041B2
An apparatus for manufacturing open carbon fiber superfine yarn comprises a yarn feeding part for feeding a carbon fiber bundle; a tank for storing water for opening carbon fiber to immerse the carbon fiber bundle in the water for opening carbon fiber; a first drying part for drying the open carbon fiber bundle formed by the immersion in the water for opening carbon fiber; an application part for applying a catalyst to the dried open carbon fiber bundle; a second drying part for drying the catalyst-applied open carbon fiber bundle to obtain open carbon fiber resin tape; a slitting part for slitting the open carbon fiber resin tape longitudinally; and a twisting part for twisting a plurality of the open carbon fiber resin tapes slit by the slitting part to form open carbon fiber superfine yarn.
US11131037B2
The invention relates to a strip or sheet consisting of an aluminium alloy having a unilateral or bilateral surface structure prepared for a forming process, in particular it relates to a strip or sheet for formed motor vehicle components. The object of providing an aluminium alloy strip or sheet having a surface structure prepared for a forming process, which is easy to produce and has improved tribological characteristics in respect of a subsequent forming process, is achieved for a strip or sheet consisting of an aluminium alloy in that the strip or sheet has on one side or on both sides a surface with depressions as lubricant pockets which are produced using an electrochemical graining process.
US11131036B2
The embodiments described herein relate to anodizing and anodized films. The methods described can be used to form opaque and white anodized films on a substrate. In some embodiments, the methods involve forming anodized films having branched pore structures. The branched pore structure provides a light scattering medium for incident visible light, imparting an opaque and white appearance to the anodized film. In some embodiments, the methods involve infusing metal complex ions within pores of an anodized. Once within the pores, the metal complex ions undergo a chemical change forming metal oxide particles. The metal oxide particles provide a light scattering medium for incident visible light, imparting an opaque and white appearance to the anodized film. In some embodiments, aspects of the methods for creating irregular or branched pores and methods for infusing metal complex ions within pores are combined.
US11131034B2
A hanger bar for an electrowinning cell, wherein hanger bar includes a bar portion and one or more contact portions adapted, in use, to be brought into contact with an electrical conductor. The contact portions are fabricated from an electrically conductive material, and a welded seal is formed between the bar portion and the contact portions in order to minimize corrosion.
US11131025B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process tool which includes a housing that defines a vacuum chamber. A wafer chuck is in the housing, and a carrier wafer is on the wafer chuck. A structure that is used for deposition processes is arranged at a top of the housing. A camera is integrated on the wafer chuck such that the camera faces a top of the housing. The camera is configured to wirelessly capture images of the structure used for deposition processes within the housing. Outside of the housing is a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver is configured to receive the images from the camera while the vacuum chamber is sealed.
US11131023B2
A film deposition apparatus includes a process chamber and a turntable provided in the process chamber. The turntable includes a substrate receiving region to receive a substrate thereon and provided along a circumferential direction of the turntable. A source gas supply unit extending along a radial direction of the turntable is provided above the turntable with a first distance from the turntable such that the source gas supply unit covers an entire length of the substrate receiving region in the radial direction. An axial-side supplementary gas supply unit is provided in the vicinity of the source gas supply unit and above the turntable with a second distance from the turntable. The second distance is longer than the first distance. The axial-side supplementary gas supply unit covers a predetermined region of the substrate receiving region on the axial side in the radial direction of the turntable.
US11131017B2
A hood for depositing vaporized metals on glass container surfaces includes a vaporized metal source that produces vaporized metal; an enclosure, receiving one or more glass containers, comprising at least one side wall and at least one center section having a top above the glass containers; and one or more conduits that fluidly communicate the vaporized metal to an opening in at least one of the top of the center section and the side wall using one or more conduit fans.
US11131016B2
A coated substrate comprising a metal or metal alloy such as a high speed steel, TiAl based alloy or Ni based alloy or an electrically conductive ceramic material, wherein the coating comprises a hard material protective coating comprising alternating layers of different compositions, wherein a first composition of the alternating layers comprises silicon, Si, and/or a second composition of the alternating layers comprises boron, B.
US11131013B2
The purpose of the present invention is to enhance the creep characteristics of an Ni-based alloy. The present invention relates to a Ni-based alloy characterized by having a composition containing, in terms of wt %, 15.00-25.00% Cr, 5.00-15.00% Co, 1.00% to less than 12.00% Mo, 1.50-2.50% Ti, 1.00-2.00% Al, 0.20-1.00% Nb, and 0.0010-0.10% C, and in terms of mass ppm, 10-200 ppm P, 30-250 ppm B, and 30-200 ppm N, the remainder comprising Ni and unavoidable impurities.
US11131011B2
A hot-rolled or cold-rolled steel plate having a composition including, in weight percent: 0.6%≤C≤0.9%; 17%≤Mn≤22%; 0.2%≤Al≤0.9%; 0.2%≤Si≤1.1%; with 0.85%≤Al+Si≤1.6%; 1.2%≤Cu≤1.7%; S≤0.030%; P≤0.080%; N≤0.1%; 0
US11130996B2
Next Generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions of nucleotides of DNA sequence in a single experiment, the error rate of approximately 1% results in hundreds of millions of sequencing mistakes. These scattered errors can be tolerated in some applications but become extremely problematic when “deep sequencing” genetically heterogeneous mixtures, such as tumors or mixed microbial populations. To overcome limitations in sequencing accuracy, a method Duplex Consensus Sequencing (DCS) is provided. This approach greatly reduces errors by independently tagging and sequencing each of the two strands of a DNA duplex. As the two strands are complementary, true mutations are found at the same position in both strands. In contrast, PCR or sequencing errors will result in errors in only one strand. This method uniquely capitalizes on the redundant information stored in double-stranded DNA, thus overcoming technical limitations of prior methods utilizing data from only one of the two strands.
US11130978B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a process for starch liquefaction using at least two classes of α-amylase enzymes, wherein the starch hydrolysis pattern from at least two of these classes is different. At least one class of enzyme is provided to the liquefaction process in the form of transgenic plant material expressing at least one class of α-amylase enzyme or is provided in the form of a purified or partially-purified α-amylase enzyme preparation. The second or subsequent class(es) of α-amylase enzymes may be provided in the form of additional transgenic plant material expressing the second or subsequent class(es), or may be provided in the form of a second or subsequent purified or partially-purified α-amylase enzyme preparation.
US11130968B2
Recombinant adenovirus genomes that include a heterologous open reading frame (ORF) and a self-cleaving peptide coding sequence are described. The recombinant adenovirus genomes and recombinant adenoviruses produced by the disclosed genomes can be used, for example, in high-throughput assays to measure virus replication kinetics. Methods for measuring replication kinetics of a recombinant adenovirus are also described.
US11130967B2
A fertility restoration gene in wheat and uses thereof, belonging to the field of plant biotechnology, specifically relating to the cloning of a recessive nuclear male sterility gene and a promoter thereof, and uses thereof in hybrid breeding. The fertility restoration gene FRG1 was successfully cloned by flow cytometry and high-throughput sequencing. The FRG1 gene can completely restore the male fertility of a Lanzhou genic male sterile mutant or allelic mutants thereof, which lays a foundation for the construction of a new wheat hybrid breeding technology system, meanwhile, which provides more possibilities to solve the technical bottlenecks of “three lines” and “two lines” hybridization technology of wheat, such as unstable fertility of sterile lines, limited resources for hybrid variety, the complexity of seed production technology and the high cost of seed production. The provided gene and method for propagation and maintenance of the sterile line have important significance and application value for hybrid breeding in wheat.
US11130955B2
Methods, compositions, and kits for high throughput DNA assembly reactions in vitro. Modular CRISPR DNA constructs comprising modular insert DNA parts flanked by cloning tag segments comprising pre-validated CRISPR protospacer/protospacer adjacent motif sequence combinations. High throughput methods of CRISPRi and CRISPRa.
US11130949B2
The present invention provides for methods of delivering polynucleotides to subterranean plant pests. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of reducing the binding of a composition, comprising polynucleotide and a cationic polymer, to soil by substantially quenching positively charged residues with a quenching agent. The invention also comprises compositions comprising a cationic polymer, a polynucleotide and a quenching agent.
US11130942B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for harvesting stem cells from fat tissue. The apparatus may include a first transducer coupled to a first end of an resonant horn to form an ultrasonic resonator. The resonant horn may include an elongated body having a plurality of through-holes configured to accommodate a plurality of specimen containers that are positioned substantially perpendicular to the elongated body. The apparatus may also include a wave generator coupled to the first transducer to generate an ultrasonic wave, wherein the elongated body has a length that is multiples of the half-wavelength of the ultrasonic wave.
US11130926B2
The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition for automatic transmissions which comprises: 55 to 85 mass % of a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 2 to 4 mm2/s as a low-viscosity base oil; 1 to 10 mass % of an olefin copolymer 5 with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 150 to 1,000 mm2/s as a high-viscosity base oil; and a polymethacrylate with a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000. This lubricating oil composition is such that the viscosity index of the composition is not 10 less than 190, the Brookfield viscosity is not more than 6,000 mPa·s at low temperature (−40° C.), the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. is 6 to 7 mm2/s, and the rate of reduction of the kinematic viscosity after a KRL shear stability test (60° C., 20 hr) is kept to within not more 15 than 3%.
US11130920B1
Separation of asphaltenes from residual oil is carried out with naphtha as solvent. In particular, straight run naphtha obtained from the same crude oil source as the residual oil feed is used as the solvent. The mixture of deasphalted oil and solvent is passed to a hydroprocessing zone, without typical separation and recycle of the solvent back to the solvent deasphalting unit. Asphalt is separated from the residual oil (residue from atmospheric or vacuum distillation); the mixture of deasphalted oil and naphtha solvent is passed to the hydroprocessing unit.
US11130918B2
Metals, such as mercury, may be removed from aqueous, hydrocarbon, or mixed oilfield or refinery fluids by: applying a sulfur compound having the general formula HS-X, wherein X is a heteroatom substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and/or alkylaryl group either alone or in combination with or as a blend with at least one demulsifier, a buffering agent, a pour point depressant, and/or a water clarifier to chelate the at least one metal and form a chelate complex of the sulfur compound with the at least one metal and then separating the chelate complex from the fluid.
US11130907B2
Methods of treating a subterranean formation include obtaining or providing compositions that include an alkenoate ester. The compositions also includes at least one of a dialkenyldihydrocarbylammonium halide and an N,N-dihydrocarbyl-substituted alkenamide. The methods also include placing the composition in a subterranean formation downhole. Methods of treating a subterranean formation include using a composition including a polymer that is a reaction product of a mixture including an alkenoate ester and at least one of a dialkenyldihydrocarbylammonium halide and an N,N-dihydrocarbyl-substituted alkenamide.
US11130903B2
A method of treating a well comprising introducing an aqueous-based well treatment fluid into the well and treating the well with the well treatment fluid is provided. The well treatment fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, and a treating agent. The treating agent comprises fulvic acid. In one embodiment, the treating agent functions as a scale inhibitor. In another embodiment, the treating agent functions as a gel stabilizer. For example, the method can be a method of fracturing a subterranean formation. For example, the method can be a method of forming a gravel pack in a well. An aqueous-based well treatment fluid is also provided.
US11130902B2
The present invention relates to a method to inhibit gas hydrate formation in the field of crude oil and natural gas extraction, transportation and processing.
US11130888B2
An objective is to provide a stretchable conductor sheet which is useful as a material for electrical wiring and electrodes for garment-type electronic devices, the material having excellent durability in terms of washing and durability in terms of perspiration. A fabric provided with an electrode and an electrical wiring, which are formed from a stretchable conductor sheet, is obtained by: providing a film having releasability with a first stretchable conductor layer which is formed from a paste material that uses carbon-based particles as a conductive filler, while using a flexible resin as a binder resin; subsequently forming a second stretchable conductor layer, while using metal-based particles as a conductive filler; laminating a hot melt adhesive layer thereon; superposing the resulting laminate on a fabric after removing unnecessary parts from the laminate by means of partial slits; and subjecting the resulting fabric to hot pressing. Since the carbon-based particles adsorb a contamination substance of the metal-based particles, oxidation degradation and sulfuration degradation of the metal-based particles is reduced, thereby improving the durability.
US11130886B2
Provided are adhesive compositions comprising copolymers having biomimetic cross-linkable monomers derived from mussel adhesive proteins. Also provided are methods of curing the adhesive compositions, methods of manufacturing the adhesive compositions, and devices comprising the adhesive compositions.
US11130881B2
This invention provides a polymer that is useful in a variety of applications, including as a binder polymer of a coating composition, and especially a packaging coating composition. Packaging articles (e.g., containers) comprising the polymer and methods of making such packaging articles are also provided.
US11130880B2
The present teachings include powder coating including a plurality of core/shell particles. Each particle of plurality of core/shell particles has a size of from about 3 microns to about 100 microns. Each particle of the plurality of core/shell particles has a core including a cross-linkable crystalline polyester resin having a melting temperature of less than about 150° C. Each particle of the plurality of core/shell particles has a shell including a cross-linkable amorphous polyester resin having a glass transition temperature greater than 40° C. Each particle of the plurality of core/shell particles includes a thermal initiator.
US11130878B2
This invention generally relates to a coating composition which provides a coating film with high hydrophilic resistance and high hydrophobic resistance. The coating composition contains a polymer formed from a monomer composition comprising (a) 45-85 wt % of ethyl ester of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and (b) 15-54 wt % of itaconic ester with 1 or 2 carbon atoms as a binder of the coating composition, and the weight of sum of (a) and (b) is 65% or more based on the total weight of the polymer.
US11130873B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds based on 3-ketocoumarins, which are useful as photoinitiators and sensitizer and to compositions thereof. More particularly, the novel compounds comprise a polyhydroxy polymeric core, which is chemically bonded to 3-ketocoumarin derivatives.
US11130856B2
A resin composition includes a resin A, a resin C, and a solvent. The resin A includes a sulfonic-acid-group-containing structural unit in an amount exceeding 5 mol % with respect to total structural units included in the resin A. The resin A has a content of a fluorine atom of 30 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the resin A. The resin C includes a fluorine atom in a larger content per unit mass than the content of a fluorine atom per unit mass in the resin A. A content of the resin A in the resin composition is lower than a content of the resin C in the resin composition in terms of mass.
US11130853B2
The present invention relates to a cellulose-containing polypropylene composite resin which is environmentally friendly, and can reduce emission of carbon dioxide and contribute to improvement in fuel efficiency, based on reduced vehicle weight, and a vehicle thin film pillar trim including the same.
US11130844B2
The present invention relates to a polyamide-imide precursor, a polyamide-imide obtained by imidizing the same, a polyamide-imide film, and an image display device including the film. The polyamide-imide precursor includes, in a molecular structure thereof, a first block, obtained by copolymerizing monomers including dianhydride and diamine, a second block, obtained by copolymerizing monomers including an aromatic dicarbonyl compound and the diamine, and a third block, obtained by copolymerizing monomers including the aromatic dicarbonyl compound and aromatic diamine. The dianhydride for forming the first block includes 2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA), and the diamine for forming the first block and the second block includes 9,9-bis(3-fluoro-4-aminophenyl)fluorene (FFDA).
US11130841B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid with substantially reduced low-molecular-weight components, no or a substantially reduced amount of chlorine-containing compounds, high loose bulk density, and ease of handling. The aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid contains a repeating unit represented by formula (1), has a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 10,000, low-molecular-weight components less than or equal to 5.0 area % measured with high-speed liquid chromatography, and a loose bulk density of greater than or equal to 0.30 g/cm3:
US11130837B2
The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more 1,3-dithiolo[4,5-d]phthalimide (“DTPI”) units, to methods for their preparation preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.
US11130836B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for limiting peak exotherm temperatures in epoxy systems comprising the step of: combining an amine hardener, an epoxy and a diluent to form an epoxy system, wherein the diluent is selected from the group consisting of: ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, delta-valerolactam, delta-valerolactone, gamma valerolactone, butyrolactam, beta butyrolactone, gamma butyrolactone, and combinations thereof.
US11130827B2
This invention relates to a polyethylene composition, and films therefrom, comprising at least 65 wt % ethylene derived units and from 0.1 to 35 wt % of C3-C12 olefin comonomer derived units, where the polyethylene composition has: a) an RCI,m of less than 85 kg/mol; b) a Tw1−Tw2 value of from −15 to −40° C.; and c) an Mw1/Mw2 value of less than 1.5 where the film has a) a heat seal initiation temperature of X ° C. or less at 5 N of force, where X=0.0015×Y(psi)+62.6 (where Y is the average 1% Secant modulus ((MD+TD)/2)) of the film; b) a dart drop impact of 300 g/mil or more; c) an MD Elmendorf tear of 230 g or more; and d) average 1% Secant modulus ((MD+TD)/2) of 20,000 psi or more.
US11130826B2
A catalytic system based at least on a preformation monomer selected from the group consisting of 1,3-dienes, ethylene, α-olefins and their mixtures, on a metallocene of formula {P(Cp)(Flu)LnG} and on an organometallic compound as cocatalyst is provided. In the formula, Ln denotes a metal atom which is a rare earth metal, G denotes a group comprising the borohydride BH4 unit or denotes a halogen atom X selected from the group consisting of chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine, Cp denotes a cyclopentadienyl group of formula C5H4, Flu denotes a fluorenyl group of formula C13H8, P being a group bridging the two Cp and Flu groups and comprising a silicon or carbon atom. Such a catalytic system exhibits an improved stability of the catalytic activity over time, in particular on storage.
US11130821B2
Provided are humanized monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) or fragments thereof that bind with specificity to the Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) human tumor antigen. Three distinct variable heavy and three variable light chains are provided, and can be combined to make a total of twenty-five distinct heavy and light chain combinations. Methods of using the mAbs and fragments thereof for cancer therapy and diagnostic imaging are provided, as are methods for making the mAbs and fragments thereof. In vitro cell cultures that express the mAbs and fragments thereof, and kits are also provided.
US11130780B2
The present invention generally relates to compounds that are useful for inhibiting one or more of hepatocyte growth factor activator, matriptase, hepsin, Factor Xa, or thrombin. The present invention also relates to various methods of using the inhibitor compounds including treating a malignancy, a pre-malignant condition, or cancer by administering an effective amount of the inhibitor to a subject in need thereof.
US11130770B2
Disclosed a precursor compound for producing a photoactive layer of a thin film solar cell that may be used as a precursor of a CIS, CGS or CIGS thin film that may be used as a photoactive layer of a solar cell, and a production method thereof. The precursor compound is represented by a following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in the Chemical Formula 1, X represents indium (In) or gallium (Ga), Y represents chlorine (Cl) or iodine (I), each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 independently represents a methyl group, a propyl group or an alkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
US11130761B2
Disclosed are an FGFR inhibitor and the use thereof in the preparation of a drug for treating FGFR-related diseases. In particular, disclosed are a compound as shown in formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11130760B2
Disclosed is a crystalline form of sepiapterin, a method of preparing the crystalline form, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline form, and a method for treating patients with a disease associated with low intracellular BH4 levels or with dysfunction of various BH4 dependent metabolic pathways, which involves administering to the patient an effective amount of the crystalline form.
US11130750B2
The present disclosure describes carbamate analogs of mibefradil, as well as their compositions and methods of use. The compounds block the activity of one or more isoforms of voltage-gated calcium channels and are useful in the treatment of diseases including, e.g., cancer.
US11130748B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds and methods for the manufacture of inhibitors of deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs). In particular, the invention relates to the inhibition of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase 30 or Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 30 (USP30). The invention further relates to the use of DUB inhibitors in the treatment of conditions involving mitochondrial dysfunction and cancer. Compounds of the invention include compounds having the formula (I): (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R1e, R1f, R1g, R2, X, L and A are as defined herein.
US11130743B2
The present invention provides novel compounds with increased plasma stability that modulate PAR1 signaling, and methods of using them. The present invention provides methods of using the novel PAR1 modulators for the treatment of a number of disorders, including, inflammation, thrombosis, kidney disease, sepsis, stroke, as well as proliferation-related diseases. Furthermore, the PAR1 modulators of the present invention provide cytoprotection for certain cells and tissues, for example, in coronary blood vessels and tissues after a heart attack.
US11130739B2
The present invention provides crystalline forms of compound of formula (Ia) and processes of making the crystalline forms. Also provided are compositions comprising the crystalline forms and methods of use of the crystalline forms.
US11130738B2
Provided is a tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase (TDO) and/or indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor compound for use in medicine, which compound comprises formula (I) wherein X1, and X2 may be the same or different and each is independently selected from C, N, O and S; X3, X4, X5, and X6 may be the same or different and each is independently selected from C and N; each bond represented by a dotted line may be present or absent, provided that at least one such bond is present; R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 may be present or absent and may be the same or different and each is independently selected from H and a substituted or unsubstituted organic group, provided that the number of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 groups present is such that the respective valencies of X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6 are maintained; and wherein at least one of R5 and R6 comprises a group Y, wherein Y is a group having a formula selected from (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII) wherein L may be present or absent, and may be a substituted or unsubstituted organic linking group; R31 and R32 may be the same or different and are selected from H and a substituted or unsubstituted organic group; each R34 may be the same or different and is selected from H and a substituted or unsubstituted organic group; R35 is selected from a substituted or unsubstituted alcohol group or ether group; each R36 may be the same or different and is selected from H and a substituted or unsubstituted organic group; X7 may be selected from C and N; X8, X9, X10, X11, X12, X13, X14, X15 and X16 may be the same or different and each is independently selected from C, N, O and S; each bond represented by a dotted line may be present or absent; and each R313 may be the same or different and is selected from H and a substituted or unsubstituted organic group.
US11130735B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of substituted pyridylmethyl-benzamide derivatives of formula (I), in particular 2,6-Dichloro-N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridyl]methyl}benzamide (Fluopicolide), from substituted 2-(Aminomethyl)pyridine derivatives which are obtained by Raney-Nickel hydrogenation.
US11130728B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbonate derivative in a safe and efficient manner. The method for producing a carbonate derivative according to the present invention is characterized in comprising irradiating light on a composition containing a C1-4 halogenated hydrocarbon having one or more kinds of halogen atoms selected from the group consisting of a chlorine atom, a bromine atom and an iodine atom, a nucleophilic functional group-containing compound and the specific base in the presence of oxygen.
US11130718B2
Systems and methods are provided for upgrading of methane and/or small alkanes to distillate boiling range hydrocarbons. The upgrading is performed using a reaction system where various types of integration are provided from downstream reaction stages to upstream reaction stages. Such integration can include recycle of various reaction products as well as thermal integration. Having a reaction system that begins with reforming of hydrocarbons and finishes with production of distillate can enable unexpected synergies between downstream reaction stages and upstream reaction stages.
US11130713B2
A cBN sintered material cutting tool includes a cutting tool body that is made of a sintered material including cubic boron nitride particles and a binder phase, in which: an average particle size of the cBN particles is 0.5 μm or less and a content ratio of the cBN particles in the sintered material is 35 vol % to 80 vol %; and the binder phase includes 1.0 vol % to 20 vol % of an Al compound, an average particle size of the Al compound present in the binder phase is 300 nm or less, and a value of a ratio (a value of SN/SO; area ratio) of a content SN of nitrogen (N) included in the Al compound to a content SO of oxygen (O) included in the Al compound is 1.1 to 5.
US11130705B2
Glass-based articles are provided that exhibit improved fracture resistance. The relationships between properties attributable to the glass composition and stress profile of the glass-based articles are provided that indicate improved fracture resistance.
US11130704B2
A glass, in particular glass-ceramic, article, which is intended in particular to be used with at least one heating element, is formed of at least one substrate, such as a glass-ceramic plate. The substrate is at least partly coated with at least one layer of ink, which is advantageously deposited by inkjet printing. The ink is formed of nanoscale pigments and of at least one silicone binder. The layer of ink is coated with at least one layer of silicone-based paint. The layer of paint advantageously is deposited in the form of a flat tint, in particular by screen printing, and preferably being opacifying.
US11130703B2
Disclosed herein are a method of manufacturing a heterogeneous coating solution bonded coating layer, and a coating layer and a cover window produced thereby. More particularly, there are provided a method of manufacturing a heterogeneous coating solution bonded coating layer, in which a step difference at the boundary between different types of coating solutions is controllable by controlling a difference in capillary number during discharge of the different types of coating solutions using a slot die coater, and a coating layer and a cover window produced thereby. Therefore, the method of manufacturing a heterogeneous coating solution bonded coating layer can produce a cover window that is excellent in all the properties including durability, optical characteristics, and flexibility.
US11130690B2
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a composition solution for livestock water and feed which eliminates harmful bacteria and encourages consumption. In certain embodiments, this composition solution may also remove bacteria from produce, treat water flows, process oilfield wastewater, destroy taste and odor contaminants in potable and drinking water, remove destructive contaminants from a wide range of industries, and eliminate hazardous pollutants.
US11130676B2
The present invention relates to reactor tubes packed with a catalyst system employed to deliberately bias process gas flow toward the hot tube segment and away from the cold segment in order to reduce the circumferential tube temperature variation.
US11130664B2
A tilting support or work bucket, or apparatus for an aerial lift including a support frame for supporting an operator. The support frame can have a seat for supporting the operator when in an upright position and a chest support having a portion above and forward of the seat for supporting a chest of the operator when in a forwardly downward tilted position while allowing arms of the operator to extend forwardly out of the support frame. A support member can be pivotably mounted to the support frame at a pivot joint that is located at an upper portion of the support frame when the support frame is in the upright position, for pivotably supporting the support frame. An actuator can be included for positionably rotating the support frame relative to the support member about the pivot joint between the upright position and the forwardly downward tilted position. Since the pivot joint is located in the upper portion of the support frame, pivoting of the support frame from the upright position to the forwardly downward tilted position moves a center of gravity of the support frame rearwardly in the direction of the support member.
US11130663B2
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a ladder assembly having a proximal end pivotably coupled to the chassis and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a basket pivotably coupled to the distal end. The basket includes a subfloor assembly and a floor panel coupled to a top surface of the subfloor assembly and configured to support a user. The subfloor assembly includes a front member and a rear member each extending in a first direction, an inner member extending from the front member to the rear member, and an outer member having a first end portion coupled to the rear member and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The front member and the rear member are offset a distance from one another in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The inner member extends substantially parallel to the outer member.
US11130661B2
A retention mechanism for retaining an agricultural machine in engagement with a fork assembly. The mechanism may be provided on the fork assembly, agricultural machine or split between them. The retention mechanism may be actuated by a foot associated with either the fork assembly or the agricultural machine. The retention mechanism may employ pivoting latches or a clamping mechanism that clamps upon the forks or tines.
US11130659B2
A telescoping jib of a mobile crane includes sections that telescope out of a jib housing from a transport position into an operating position. A guying system has successively connected tension rods extending from the jib housing to at least one of the extended telescoping jibs by at least one guying support. The mobile crane provides a lighter construction and improved road handling, and an increased load capacity for unchanged telescoping jib measurements. To this end, a guide holder arranged on the jib housing receives the tension rods in the transport position and, in the operating position, at least one movable tension rod on one of the guying supports is respectively securely connected to the outer end of a telescoping section head in an articulated manner and can be secured to a holding mechanism on the opposite end on an adjacent guying support of an adjacent telescoping section head.
US11130654B2
A system and a method determine the position of an elevator car of an elevator installation, which elevator car is arranged movably in an elevator shaft. The system has a computing unit and an image-capturing unit that are arranged on the elevator car. The image-capturing unit records images of shaft components or shaft equipment used for other functions and transmits the images to the computing unit. The computing unit compares a currently recorded image with at least one stored comparison image of the shaft components or shaft equipment in the direction of travel of the elevator car so as to determine the current position of the elevator car in the direction of travel. The computing unit compares the currently recorded image with the stored comparison image also transversely to the direction of travel so as to determine the current position of the elevator car in the direction of travel.
US11130638B2
A two part sprocket wheel engages modular belt modules in a conveyor belt. The sprocket wheel's periphery elements' outer edges form a full circle. On each inner periphery four engagement ridges are provided. When the sprocket wheel is mounted around the axle, only the engagement ridges touch and engage the axle. The sprocket wheel construction between the engagement ridges is removed from the drive axle. It is possible to flush and clean the areas around the drive axle being partly covered by the sprocket wheel in an easy and accessible manner. The engagement ridges have a very limited engagement area in order to contact the drive axle and thereby convey the torque forces from the drive axle to the teeth of the sprocket wheel. The engagement ridges are in very firm engagement with the drive axles, such that no material may remain where the engagement ridges engage the drive axles.
US11130622B2
A kit from which a thermally insulated shipping container may be assembled and a thermally insulated shipping container assembled from such a kit. The kit includes an outer shell and four flat stock vacuum insulated panels, each with three articulating sections foldable to form 3-dimensional C-shaped units. The panels are nestable pairs effective for lining a lower portion of the outer shell with a first nested pair and lining an upper portion of the outer shell with a second nested pair so as to form a fully enclosed insulated payload chamber within the outer shell.
US11130621B2
A shock-absorbing package includes a box and a base. The box is configurable to enclose an item and has a box bottom panel. The base has a base bottom panel and defines a recess sized to accommodate a portion of the box including the box bottom panel. The base interfaces with the box in a transport configuration so that the box bottom panel is held separated from the base bottom panel and a volume of air is disposed between the base bottom panel and the box bottom panel. An impact force applied to the base bottom panel generated by dropping the shock-absorbing package onto a surface induces relative movement between the box and the base that expels air from the volume air and decelerates the box at a rate less than a desired maximum deceleration rate.
US11130619B2
A reclosable flexible package is described that includes an inner film layer, an outer film layer laminated to the inner film layer, and reclose region defined in a portion of package film layers. The reclose region includes pressure sensitive adhesive disposed between the inner and outer film layers. A number of cut lines are provided in the outer film layer in the reclose region, such that the user, by manipulating the package film layers at the reclose region, can reveal the underlying layer of pressure sensitive adhesive. Once the pressure sensitive adhesive of the reclose region is exposed, the action of the user can serve to adhere the pressure sensitive adhesive to itself and/or other portions of the film, such that the package is cinched in the area of the reclose region and maintains the remnants of the package contents within the reclosed package for later use.
US11130613B2
An adapter has a circular body having an outer diameter and a height, a counter-bore concentric with the outer diameter, implemented in a lower extremity of the body, having a first inner diameter from the lowest point of the body to an internal horizontal shoulder, a through bore having a second inner diameter concentric with the outer diameter from an upper extremity of the body to the level of the internal horizontal shoulder, a male thread implemented at the upper extremity of the body adapted to engage a female thread of a commercially-available herb grinder, and a course female thread implemented in the counter-bore from the lower extremity of the body to the internal horizontal shoulder, the course female thread of a form to intimately engage threads under a rim of a regular-mouth Mason jar.
US11130612B1
An apparatus for displaying palleted items arranged on a stack of pallets includes a generally flat main panel under the palleted items, having flaps with the palleted items positioned along fold lines, and with separable side panels configured to engage the flaps at the fold lines. When folded away from the palleted items and engaged together, the side panels securely hide the stack of multiple pallets under the palleted items, and present printed sides for advertising.
US11130611B2
A self-contained continuous PDQ package system is provided for shipment and display of products. The PDQ package includes four adjacent sections of preferably corrugated material each with an inner facing and an outer facing surface, with a cut out within the bottom flap panel. Within the cut out, there is a section where an adhesive is placed adhering the inner facing portion of body panel and the inner facing of a section of bottom of the outer panel flap and adjacent mid-section panel. The self-contained continuous PDQ package system also provides an erectable reinforced shoulder to facilitate display of products in a stack of cartons.
US11130608B2
A peripheral groove is defined by a bottom surface, an upper side surface, and a lower side surface, and, in at least one of the upper side surface and the lower side surface, a radially outer end edge of an end portion positioned at a circumferential end portion of a panel surface portion is further away in a bottle axis direction from the bottom surface toward an adjacent corner surface portion when viewed from the outside in the radial direction.
US11130603B1
A device for removing labels from a label applicator in a produce labeling system is provided. The device includes a label pickup roller positioned in the downstream path of the label applicator. A spindle is positioned on the machine such that the label pickup roller can be positioned as described. When a label attempted to be applied to produce from the label applicator does not get applied for any reason, the pickup roller removes this unapplied label from the label applicator before the label applicator travels back to the label dispenser to receive another label for the next labeling cycle.
US11130595B2
A twisted strap transfers loads generated by an aircraft passenger floor from the floor to an aircraft fuselage. The twisted strap may be formed of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, fiberglass reinforced plastic, or metal, such as aluminum, stainless steel, or titanium alloy. The twisted strap has first and second ends configured to be twisted between 40 to 120 degrees relative to the other whenever connected to a seat track and a forward-aft extending fuselage stiffener, respectively. In at least one form, the twisted strap has a length ranging from 15 to 30 inches, a width of 1 to 2 inches, and thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 inch. Each end incorporates apertures for accommodating separate connectors spaced at least four-to six diameters apart along the length of the twisted strap, and the twisted strap is configured to accommodate minimums of 9 G's of force in tension and 1.5 G's in compression.
US11130588B2
A wing assembly with at least two ribs is disclosed. Each rib defines a rib plane and has a peripheral edge. A fluid pipe extends through each rib plane and is disposed external to the peripheral edge of each rib. The fluid pipe is coupled to each rib.
US11130586B2
An evacuation system may comprise a packboard, an evacuation slide configured to deploy from the packboard, and a lane dividing apparatus attached to the evacuation slide, the lane dividing apparatus comprising a strap having flexible material. The lane dividing apparatus may be a dual wall lane divider. The lane dividing apparatus may be a single lane dividing apparatus. The lane dividing apparatus may comprise a first patch disposed at a proximal end of the evacuation slide and a second patch disposed at a second end distal to the proximal end. The lane dividing apparatus may extend from the proximal end to the second end. The lane dividing apparatus may be taut upon deployment of the evacuation slide.
US11130584B2
A disconnect assembly configured to disconnect a parachute of an aerial delivery apparatus from a payload includes a detector device, a disconnect device, and a transmit cable. The detector device is configured to detect that the aerial delivery apparatus has landed, the disconnect device is configured to provide a releasable connection between the parachute and the payload, and the transmit cable is configured to transmit a mechanical trigger force from the detector device to the disconnect device. When the detector device detects that the aerial delivery apparatus has landed, the transmit cable transmits a mechanical trigger force from the detector device to the disconnect device and the disconnect device releases the connection between the parachute and the payload.
US11130577B2
A passenger seat assembly includes a seat support and an immobile seat shell mounted on the seat support. The seat shell can include a bench and a backrest. The bench includes a forward edge, an aft edge, and a top surface extending between the forward edge and the aft edge. The backrest can be connected to the aft edge of the bench and can extend in an upward direction from the top surface of the bench. In some cases, the backrest includes an upright portion connected to the bench and angled at a first angle with respect to the top surface of the bench, and a resting portion connected to the bench and angled at a second angle with respect to the top surface of the bench.
US11130573B2
A disbursement system for a UAV is provided. The disbursement system may include a plurality of disbursement nozzles operable to dispense an agricultural product at variable flowrates, a flow controller responsive to instructions and operable to regulate a volume of the agricultural product dispensed by the disbursement nozzles, and a control system. The control system may include a plurality of sensors operable to monitor a plurality of flight parameters and a processing unit configured to model an effect of the plurality of flight parameters on first flow control instructions corresponding to a prescription coverage of the agricultural product and calculate and output modulated flow control instructions to the flow controller. The control system may modulate the first control instructions to change a flowrate of one or more of the plurality of disbursement nozzles to achieve an actual coverage of the agricultural product that is closer to the prescription coverage.
US11130572B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle for mounting a clamp to a line includes a body, a first propeller attached to the body, a second propeller attached to the body, and a third propeller attached to the body. The body is between at least one of the first propeller and the second propeller, the first propeller and the third propeller, or the second propeller and the third propeller. A guide is attached to the body and is configured to support the clamp for mounting to the line by flying the unmanned aerial vehicle toward the line. The guide is configured to support the clamp such that an imaginary clamp line between a first jaw of the clamp and a second jaw of the clamp when the clamp is in an arrested position is non-parallel to a plane intersecting the first propeller, the second propeller, and the third propeller.
US11130566B2
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft which uses fixed rotors for both VTOL and forward flight operations. The rotors form a synthetic wing and are positioned to achieve a high span efficiency. The rotors are positioned to even out the lift across the span of the synthetic wing. The synthetic wing may also have narrow front and rear airfoils which may provide structural support as well as providing lift during forward flight. The wing rotors are tilted forward and provide some forward propulsion during horizontal flight.
US11130548B2
A human-powered vehicle control device includes an electronic controller operatively coupled to a motor that assists in propulsion of a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to changes at least one of a ratio of output of the motor to a human driving force that is input to the human-powered vehicle or an upper limit value of an output torque of the motor in accordance with the human driving force inputted to the human-powered vehicle upon determining a transmission ratio of the human-powered vehicle is in a predetermined range.
US11130542B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a motorized tricycle includes a lean mechanism and an active system that is operably coupled to the lean mechanism that receives an signal indicative of an interaction with human, that is operable to detect a lean of the body of the human and that is operable to receive a sensed movement on the seat via multisensory devices, and to generate and send a signal to the lean mechanism from the signal, the lean and the sensed movement.
US11130535B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, coordinate dynamic adjustments of a trailer based in part on a user profile associated with a user physically present at the trailer and an activity profile associated with an activity selected to be performed at the trailer. A dynamic adjustment may modify a tilt of a lower surface of the trailer. A dynamic adjustment may modify a dimension(s) of the trailer based in part on a detected object(s). Various dynamic adjustments may occur concurrently, individually and/or sequentially. The trailer may be a moveable trailer for temporary attachment with a vehicle.
US11130534B2
A self-propelled trailer is provided and includes a frame, a pair of rear drive wheels, a steerable wheel, a drive system, a platform and a lifting device. The frame forms an undercarriage chassis upon which the pair of rear drive wheels and steerable wheel secured to an undercarriage chassis along opposite ends thereof. The drive system includes a power system connected to the pair of rear drive wheels and a control system connected to the steerable wheel. The platform is positioned above and secured to the undercarriage chassis, and includes a planar deck and a subframe extending upward from the undercarriage chassis and spacing the planar deck therefrom. The lifting device is secured to the undercarriage chassis and positioned between the steerable wheel and the pair of rear drive wheels with respect to a length of the frame, and includes a crane extending upward from the frame.
US11130531B2
A tracked vehicle with a chassis comprising an upper frame structure connected to a lower frame structure, the lower frame structure spanning a longitudinal distance along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein over a first portion of the longitudinal distance, the lower frame structure overlaps with the upper frame structure and wherein over a second portion of the longitudinal distance, the lower frame structure does not overlap with the upper frame structure. The tracked vehicle may also comprise an operator cabin, power plant mounted to the upper frame structure and a plurality of track assemblies for traction of the tracked vehicle. Each track assembly is mounted to the lower frame structure of the chassis and comprises a drive wheel; an end wheel; and a plurality of support wheels therebetween; and an endless track disposed around the plurality of wheels for engaging a ground on which the tracked vehicle travels.
US11130529B2
A vehicle body rear structure includes: a rear wheel well disposed inside a vehicle body and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a rear pillar disposed rearward of the rear wheel well and extending in an upper-lower direction of the vehicle body; and a rear panel joined to the rear pillar and extending in the upper-lower direction. The rear pillar includes a pillar inner and a pillar outer disposed rearward of the pillar inner in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The rear panel has a joint portion, at which the rear panel and the pillar inner are joined together, and the pillar outer has an opening at a position rearward of the joint portion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
US11130522B2
A lane departure prevention apparatus includes a driving support ECU configured to perform a lane departure prevention control. The driving support ECU performs the lane departure prevention control with vibrating a steering wheel when determining that a control performing condition becomes satisfied and a traveling lane is straight. The control performing condition becomes satisfied when a vehicle has a high probability of departing from the traveling lane. The driving support ECU performs the lane departure control without vibrating the steering wheel at least in a case where the vehicle has a high probability of departing from the traveling lane toward an outer side of the curved lane.
US11130521B2
A steering angle calculation circuit of an ECU includes a neutral point calculation circuit, a correction amount calculation circuit, an adder, and an absolute angle calculation circuit. When started, the neutral point calculation circuit calculates a motor neutral point from a steering angle detected through a steering sensor and a motor rotation angle detected through a relative angle sensor. The correction amount calculation circuit calculates a correction angle that is a difference between a conversion value and an actual value of the motor rotation angle with respect to the steering angle. The conversion value is obtained by converting the steering angle in terms of the motor rotation angle by taking into account a theoretical specific stroke. The adder calculates a final motor neutral point by adding the correction angle calculated by the correction amount calculation circuit to the motor neutral point calculated by the neutral point calculation circuit.
US11130518B2
When a voltage application command is outputted to a three-phase winding of one system, a d-axis proportionality constant and a q-axis proportionality constant are set with Ld and Lq, respectively, as parameters; when voltage application commands are outputted to three-phase windings of two systems, a d-axis proportionality constant and a q-axis proportionality constant are set with [Ld+Md] and [Lq+Mq], respectively, as parameters.
US11130512B1
The workplace support rack and table is a rotating easel. The workplace support rack and table is configured to hold a work item at a range of cants from a horizontal plane to an almost vertical surface. The workplace support rack and table collapses for storage. The workplace support rack and table comprises an easel, a pedestal, and a plurality of hinges. The plurality of hinges attach the pedestal to the easel. The plurality of hinges further adjusts the cant of the easel relative to the horizontal plane.
US11130507B2
A linear-motion brake system uses a fixed block, a moving block, and a linear-motion resistance assembly to decelerate a user who is tethered to the system via a force-transfer line. The linear-motion resistance assembly is a compressible component that exerts a force on the force-transfer line that opposes the force generated by the user traveling along a zipline. The moving block and the fixed block are positioned on opposite sides of the linear-motion resistance assembly, such that the moving block compresses the linear-motion resistance assembly when impelled by the force-transfer line. The force transfer line is threaded through a pair of guide channels that run along the linear-motion resistance assembly. One end of the force-transfer line is tethered to the fixed block while the opposite end is tethered to the user. Thus, the user's motion is transferred to the moving block and resisted by the linear-motion resistance assembly.
US11130502B2
A method is provided for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle in a traffic situation with regard to objects relevant to the traffic situation. The motor vehicle has at least one environment sensor directed towards the forefield of the motor vehicle, at least one driver sensor designed to detect the line of sight and fixation of the driver's eyes, and at least one headlight having a controllably variable spatial illumination pattern. The method includes detecting, classifying, and locating objects in the forefield of the motor vehicle to determine a first object list having the object data associated with the detected objects. The method also includes determining objects, which were detected and not detected by the driver, in order to generate a second object list of undetected objects. The method also includes illuminating the at least one illuminated object in a targeted manner using the at least one headlight to notify the driver about the illuminated object.
US11130501B2
The present disclosure discloses a system, method and apparatus for controlling an autonomous driving vehicle. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: periodically sending a heartbeat signal and/or communication data to a master control terminal device to determine whether the master control terminal device fails; and in response to determining a failure of the master control terminal device, acquiring data collected by a standby sensor, analyzing the data to generate a control instruction, and sending the generated control instruction to an electronic controller to enable the electronic controller to control the autonomous driving vehicle. The implementation improves the reliability of the autonomous driving vehicle.
US11130498B2
A motor vehicle sets a front wheel average rotation speed that is an average rotation speed of left and right front wheels, based on a rotation speed of a first motor, and sets a rear wheel average rotation speed that is an average rotation speed of left and right rear wheels, based on a rotation speed of a second motor. When a difference between the front wheel average rotation speed and the rear wheel average rotation speed is larger than a first reference value, the motor vehicle sets a vehicle body speed, based on the lower between the front wheel average rotation speed and the rear wheel average rotation speed. The motor vehicle compares a difference between the vehicle body speed and the wheel speed of each wheel, with a second reference value and thereby determines whether the wheel idles.
US11130490B2
After stop control and before start control, if a situation monitoring unit does not detect predetermined change of a peripheral situation or a host vehicle situation, a travel control unit performs the start control at the normal control amount, and if the situation monitoring unit detects the predetermined change of the peripheral situation or the host vehicle situation, the travel control unit performs the start control at the control amount that is suppressed compared with the normal control amount.
US11130484B2
A control device for a hybrid vehicle calculates a required drive force based on an accelerator position. The control device also calculates a required torque of the engine based on the required drive force. The control device further calculates a target torque for the engine by subjecting the required torque to a gradual change process for lessening a change in a value and performs an engine control such that an engine torque becomes equal to the target torque. The control device also performs a torque control on the motor such that a drive force of the hybrid vehicle becomes equal to the required drive force in a state in which the engine torque is equal to the target torque.
US11130483B2
A system for controlling turning of vehicle may include a steering angle detection sensor; a front inner wheel speed detection sensor detecting a front inner wheel speed; a front outer wheel speed detection sensor detecting a front outer wheel speed; a rear outer wheel speed detection sensor detecting a rear outer wheel speed based on a turning direction; and a braking controller receiving detection signal of the steering angle detection sensor to determine that the vehicle turns, estimating the rear inner wheel speed in the turning direction based on detection signals of the front inner wheel speed detection sensor and the front outer wheel speed detection sensor and detection signal of the rear outer wheel speed detection sensor, and executing a mode for decreasing the estimated speed as compared to the rear outer wheel speed, as a control mode for reducing a minimum rotation radius at the time of turning.
US11130480B2
An apparatus for operating an electric parking brake of a vehicle includes a generator and a control device. The generator is designed to provide energy for supplying the electric parking brake of the vehicle with energy, and the control device is designed to activate the generator for supplying the electric parking brake with energy depending on a result of a monitoring of an energy supply to the electric parking brake.
US11130467B2
An airbag fabric comprising a synthetic fiber, the fiber having a total fineness of 200 to 400 dtex, and the fabric having an average edgecomb resistance retention in the warp and weft directions after heating at 210° C. for 30 seconds of 60% or more and a residual shrinkage of 1.5% or less in both the warp and weft directions.
US11130462B2
The invention relates to an airbag module for arranging on a steering wheel, a locking element and a contact element being arranged on the airbag module. The locking element can be moved and can adopt an unlocked state, a locked state and an intermediate state between the two, in relation to a catch element. In the intermediate state, in which there is mechanical contact between the locking element and the catch element, there is no electrical contact between the contact element and the locking element. In the locked state, in which the locking element is mechanically coupled to the catch element, there is electrical contact between the contact element and the locking element. In the locked state, when the catch element and the locking element are locked together, the contact element, the locking element and the catch element are electrically interconnected.
US11130449B2
A modular imager assembly includes a housing configured for removable attachment to a vehicle windscreen and for removable attachment with a rearview assembly. An imager is disposed within the housing and is in optical communication with an aperture extending into the housing. A controller is disposed within the housing and is operably coupled with the imager and a vehicle headlamp. The controller is operable to control an operation state of the vehicle headlamp in response to image data received by the imager.
US11130448B2
Folding ladder assembly includes upper and lower ladder sections, and first, second, and third linkage assemblies. First linkage assembly includes at least a first linkage assembly linkage member. Second linkage assembly includes at least a second linkage assembly first linkage member pivotably coupled to upper and lower ladder sections. Third linkage assembly includes at least portions of the first linkage assembly linkage member and the second linkage assembly first linkage member. Movement of the first linkage assembly results in movement of the upper ladder section, the second linkage assembly, the third linkage assembly, and the lower ladder section.
US11130444B2
A truck storage box with integrated lighting and power is disclosed. In one embodiment, the lighting is a light assembly including a light emitting diode (LED) strip that is powered by drawing vehicle electrical power from a truck to trailer electrical socket of the vehicle, and routes the electrical power into the truck storage box mounted on the vehicle.
US11130442B2
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion movable to open a vehicle door and an illumination module having an illumination source and a light guide that extends at least partially along the length of the handle portion. When the exterior door handle assembly is normally mounted at the door handle region of the vehicle door and when the illumination source is powered, the light guide is illuminated and the illumination is viewable by a person viewing the handle portion from outside the vehicle. The exterior door handle assembly may include an emblem or icon that is back lit by light emitted by a back-lighting illumination source of the exterior door handle assembly. The emblem or icon is visible to the person viewing from outside the vehicle when back lit by light emitted by the back-lighting illumination source but is covert when not back lit by such emitted light.
US11130437B1
In an embodiment, a collapsible shelter system is provided that includes a base defining a front edge and a back edge and a roof defining a front edge and a back edge. A front height is defined by the distance between the front edge of the base and the front edge of the roof, and a back height is defined by the distance between the back edge of the base and the back edge of the roof. The system further includes a first side wall and a second wall, each including a lower portion hingedly attached to the base and an upper portion hingedly attached to the roof, and the lower portion hingedly attached to the upper portion along a middle-hinge axis. The collapsible shelter system is configurable between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the back height is greater than the front height.
US11130433B2
Provided is a floor structure of a vehicle having a pedal device to be pressed down by a driver seated in a driver seat of the vehicle. The floor structure is arranged relative to the pedal device and includes: a heel stopper part located substantially below the pedal device; and a pedal stopper part located on a vehicle-forward side of the heel stopper part and serving to prevent the pedal device from being excessively pressed down by the driver. The heel stopper part and the pedal stopper part are formed integrally with each other.
US11130429B2
A vehicle seat includes: a seat main body that includes a seat cushion and a seatback that is connected to a seat rear side end portion of the seat cushion and that is rotatable in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the seat cushion; and a lifter device that moves the seat main body in a seat up-down direction, wherein the seat main body is moved toward a seat upper side by the lifter device in a case in which a reclining angle of the seatback is greater than a predetermined angle and the seat main body is lower than a predetermined height.
US11130423B2
A method and a device includes a first accumulator apparatus and a second accumulator apparatus. The device includes a control apparatus that is configured so as, depending on a first state of charge of the first accumulator apparatus and/or on a second state of charge of the second accumulator apparatus, to selectively either operate the first accumulator apparatus and the second accumulator apparatus in a series connection between a first terminal and a second terminal in order to supply power to a vehicle at a first supply voltage, or, in order to supply power to a vehicle by way of the second accumulator apparatus at a second supply voltage, to electrically disconnect the first accumulator apparatus from the first terminal and/or from the second terminal.
US11130421B2
The electrical charging of a group of vehicles electrically connected to an electricity grid is controlled. A central control system responds to a received increase command by performing a power increase operation according to an increase scheme. The increase command stipulates an amount by which the power draw by the group of vehicles needs to be increased. The increase scheme is ascertained by the central control system based on the increase command and specifies a temporary increase in the charging power for the energy store of one or more vehicles of the group. If the charging operation for the energy store of at least one vehicle is altered by the user after reception of the increase command and before or during the power increase operation, the central control system checks whether the parameters of the altered charging operation does not decrease the amount of power according to the increase command.
US11130412B2
A system for charging a battery carried by a vehicle may include a charging box for coupling to a vehicle chassis and including interface electrical contacts electrically coupled to the battery. The system may also include a charge coupler including coupler electrical contacts for electrically coupling to the interface electrical contacts from under the vehicle and configured to be coupled to an electrical power supply. The charging box may include an interface activation surface, and the charge coupler may include a housing for enclosing the coupler electrical contacts and including a base for supporting the coupler electrical contacts, a coupler activation surface opposite the base, an opening, and a door configured to open the opening to expose the coupler electrical contacts as the interface activation surface contacts the coupler activation surface and moves the coupler activation surface toward the base.
US11130410B2
The invention regards a controller for controlling an output power of an electric vehicle, such vehicle and a respective method. The controller is configured to operate in a drive mode controlling electrical energy to a motor generating torque for driving the vehicle based on a throttle input signal. The controller is further configured to receive, in addition to the throttle input signal, a further user controllable signal and to switch the controller in response to such user controllable signal to a maximum power mode for a time interval, wherein in the maximum power mode the maximum electrical energy that can be delivered to the motor is increased compared to the drive mode.
US11130407B2
A method of cooling control for a drive motor of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The method includes controlling an output of a cooling apparatus for cooling the drive motor of the electric vehicle, using a navigation system to predict a deceleration followed by an acceleration in the driving speed of the electric vehicle, temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool residual heat of the drive motor prior to beginning of the predicted deceleration, and temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool the drive motor when the acceleration is predicted.
US11130402B2
A transfer case is disclosed that includes an input shaft, a primary output shaft, a secondary output shaft, a gear reduction mechanism that selectively couples the input shaft to the primary output shaft in a high range and a low range, a secondary torque transfer mechanism that operates to selectively couple the primary output shaft to the secondary output shaft to engage a four-wheel drive mode, and an actuation mechanism that operates the gear reduction mechanism and the secondary torque transfer mechanism. The actuation mechanism includes a gear plate with an integral target pattern that is rotatable through a plurality of positions corresponding to states of the gear reduction mechanism and the secondary torque transfer, as well as a sensor that is adapted and positioned to read the target pattern to in each of the positions of the gear plate.
US11130389B2
The present disclosure discloses a compressor, an air conditioning system and a vehicle. The compressor comprises a compression cavity, and further comprises a flash cavity capable of flashing a liquid refrigerant, and a communicating passage that communicates a flash cavity gas outlet of the flash cavity and an enthalpy increasing gas supply port of the compression cavity; the flash cavity is provided with an inlet and a liquid outlet, the inlet of the flash cavity is configured to be communicated with an outlet of a condenser, and the liquid outlet of the flash cavity is configured to be communicated with an inlet of an evaporator. The air conditioning system comprises the compressor, the evaporator, the condenser, a flasher, and various pipelines for connecting the entire system. The compressor comprises the flash cavity with a flash function, so that the entire enthalpy increasing system is simpler, the space for an additional flasher structure is saved, and the enthalpy increasing system is more suitable for a vehicle-mounted air conditioning system with a limited space. The present disclosure also discloses a vehicle, particularly an electric vehicle, using the air conditioning system.
US11130388B2
A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, a motor generator an HVAC compressor and a controller. The transmission has an input shaft, a mainshaft, an output shaft and a countershaft offset from the input shaft. The countershaft is drivably connected to the first input shaft and a mainshaft. The motor generator is selectively couple to the countershaft. The HVAC compressor is selectively driven by the motor generator. The controller operates the transmission system in various modes based on operating conditions.
US11130387B2
Disclosed is a system for managing power in a transport refrigeration unit (TRU) installed on a trailer, having: a TRU controller configured to perform steps such as: executing a system-level energy manager, wherein the TRU controller: adaptively selects energy flow parameters based on one or more mission specific parameters and TRU power health; executes a predictive analytics module for collecting mission specific parameters and predicting TRU cooling power demands; and executes an online optimization module for generating a power source schedule for the TRU based on the predicted TRU cooling power demands; and operating the TRU according to the generated power source schedule.
US11130377B2
An amphibious vehicle such as a tug boat, comprising a running gear configured to be at least positioned in a deployed position suited to the rolling of the vehicle, and at least one retracted position suited to the navigation of the vehicle. The running gear comprises a fairing element rigidly connected to the running gear, so that the fairing element advantageously serves as an anti-projection device in the deployed position of the running gear. According to one option, the vehicle comprises a semi-rigid shell.
US11130372B2
A heavy truck tire tread (2) having a longitudinal direction (LgD), a lateral direction (LtD), a tread depth direction (TdD), a ground contact surface (CS) and a pair of opposing tread shoulders (3, 4) spaced apart along the lateral direction is provided. The tread has a shoulder zone (SZ, SZ′) adjacent each tread shoulder of the pair of opposing tread shoulders, the shoulder zones consisting of blocks (5, 6) adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction and separated by lateral grooves (7, 8). A center zone (CZ) is defined between the shoulder zones. The center zone is decoupled from both shoulder zones by at least one longitudinal sipe (11) or groove, and each lateral groove (7) in a shoulder zone (SZ) is directly connected to an opposite lateral groove (8) in the opposite shoulder zone (SZ′) by a lateral sipe (10) of the center rib.
US11130370B2
Vehicle systems and components are set forth, which aim to reduce rolling friction caused in part by the contact between the vehicle's tires and the ground surface over which the vehicle is traversing. These systems and/or components thereof may increase the overall fuel efficiency of a vehicle. In the examples provided, the systems and/or components change the tread contact patch of one or more tires during movement of the vehicle.
US11130367B2
An apparatus for a vehicle is provided that has an axle with an axis. A spindle sleeve with a spindle sleeve inner surface axis coaxial with the axis of the axle is present, along with a spindle sleeve outer surface axis that is not coaxial with the axis of the axle. The spindle sleeve has an inner surface and an outer surface. A sleeve washer is present along with a bearing that has an inner race, an outer race, and a roller. The inner race has an inner surface and a front surface in which the front surface is located forward of the inner surface in a lateral direction. The inner race has a curved surface that extends from the front surface to the inner surface, and the sleeve washer engages the front surface. The apparatus also includes a retainer that engages the spindle sleeve and the curved surface.
US11130365B1
The animal skull illumination kit generates illumination. The animal skull illumination kit is configured for use with a display. The display further comprises a skull that is mounted on a mounting panel. The animal skull illumination kit mounts in the skull such that the animal skull illumination kit illuminates the skull. The animal skull illumination kit is remotely controlled. The animal skull illumination kit is independently powered. The animal skull illumination kit is formed as a kit. By kit is meant that all the materials necessary to install the animal skull illumination kit in the skull are provisioned with the animal skull illumination kit. The animal skull illumination kit incorporates a plurality of transparent mounts, an adhesive module, and a control circuit. The adhesive module secures the plurality of transparent mounts to the display. The control circuit generates the illumination provided by the plurality of transparent mounts.
US11130363B2
An in-mold label includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. When the in-mold label is molded on to, or into, a plastic product, the first surface faces outward with respect to the plastic product and the second surfaces faces inward with respect to the plastic product. The substrate includes a full graphics area on the second surface. Ink is applied in the full graphics area to provide a full graphics image. To facilitate the molding process, each of the substrate and the ink having a complementary property to a property of the plastic product.
US11130360B2
Provided is a seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet capable of providing a seal section having novel designability. A seal-type thermal transfer image-receiving sheet includes a release section and a seal section integrated. The seal section is provided peelably from the release section. The seal section has a layered structure in which a pressure-adhesive layer and a receiving layer capable of receiving a sublimable dye are layered in the order mentioned from the side of the release section. When the seal section is peeled off from the release section, a reference plate and the seal section peeled off are superposed together, and a reflection density of the reference plate is measured from the side of the seal section, the value of the reflection density is 15% or more, on the presupposition that the reflection density of the reference plate before the superposition with the seal section is set to 100%.
US11130356B2
A detection device including a first belt stretched over a first pulley and a second pulley, a first sensor being fixed to the first belt, a second belt stretched over a third pulley and a fourth pulley to be arranged in parallel to the first belt, a second sensor being fixed to the second belt, a drive unit configured to generate a driving force for moving the first belt and the second belt, a first rotation shaft, the first pulley being fixed to the first rotation shaft, a second rotation shaft, the third pulley being fixed to the second rotation shaft, and a coupling unit configured to couple the first rotation shaft with the second rotation shaft, in which the coupling unit is configured to adjust an angle as viewed from an axial direction of one of the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft.
US11130354B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head and a window. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid onto a recording medium to form an image. The window is near the liquid discharge head. The image on the recording medium is visually recognizable through the window.
US11130351B2
A control information generating method includes generating thermal transfer control information based on an amount of ink to be used for printing of a printing medium, in a case where thermal transfer control information for heating a printing medium printed on a first medium based on image data and thermally transferring the printing medium to a second medium is generated.
US11130341B2
Provided are a liquid ejection apparatus and a maintenance apparatus capable of suppressing unintended movement of a wiping unit. The maintenance apparatus includes: a wiping unit configured to wipe the ejection opening surface of a liquid ejection head in which ejection openings over a length corresponding to the width of a print medium are formed; and a lock member configured to restrict movement of the wiping unit from a position to which the wiping unit is evacuated from the ejection opening surface.
US11130335B2
A piezoelectric thin-film element includes a diaphragm plate on a substrate; a lower electrode on the diaphragm plate; a piezoelectric film on the lower electrode, the piezoelectric film containing Pb; and an upper electrode on the piezoelectric film. The diaphragm plate is a laminate in which a silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer, and an amorphous layer containing a metal oxide to trap Pb of the piezoelectric film are laminated in turn on the substrate. The amorphous layer has a thickness of preventing Pb of the piezoelectric film from reaching the silicon nitride layer.
US11130325B2
A method for forming of a building panel with a surface including a thermosetting resin such that tension created during curing of the surface is reduced or eliminated. Method for producing a panel with a wood based core and a surface layer including a thermosetting resin wherein the method including: curing and connecting the surface layer to the core while applying heat and pressure in a first main pressing step, thus raising a temperature of the surface layer above an initial temperature; applying a bending force on the panel after the first main pressing step to bend the panel such that an uppermost surface of the panel is convex an a lowermost surface of the panel is concave while the panel is still above the initial temperature; and releasing the bending force such that the panel springs back to an essentially flat shape.
US11130320B2
A film including a polyimide-polybenzoxazole copolymer including a repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, A1, A1′, A2, A3, m, and n are the same as described in the specification.
US11130318B2
Methods and apparatus to couple a decorative layer to a core layer of a panel via a barrier layer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a decorative layer coupled to a panel. The panel has a core layer. The example apparatus includes a barrier layer disposed between the core layer and the decorative layer. The barrier layer is to impede at least one of gas or vapor from escaping from the core layer to the decorative layer to deter the at least one of gas or vapor from exerting a pressure on the decorative layer to deter a portion of the decorative layer from separating from the panel.
US11130317B2
A hybrid underlayment including a compliant material layer and a rigid material layer affixed to the compliant material layer. The compliant material layer exhibits a compression deflection as measured according to ASTM standard D-1056-14 in the range of from about 0.14 kilogram force per square centimeter to about 1.76 kilogram force per square centimeter, and a thickness of at least about 2 millimeters. The rigid material layer exhibits a thickness of at least about 0.5 millimeters and a flexural modulus of at least about 600 MPa and flexural strength of at least about 35 MPa in both the length and width directions, both flexural modulus and flexural strength as measured according to ASTM D790-17.
US11130314B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a curved laminated glass and the curved laminated glass. The method comprises preparing a curved soda lime glass, providing a functional layer on one surface of an alkali-free glass, disposing a lamination film or a bonding agent between the curved soda lime glass and the functional layer, and elastically deforming the alkali-free glass, and laminating the alkali-free glass with the curved soda lime glass.
US11130303B2
The method includes the step of passing an electric current through at least one wire that is situated between a carcass of a tire casing and a tread. The method also includes the step of calculating a value of a temperature of the wire as a function of a relative value of the current. The method proceeds with the step of controlling the current as a function of the temperature value calculated.
US11130290B2
The invention relates to a device for producing three-dimensional models, comprising a coater, which includes an ejection opening, at least one print head, which is mounted on a print axis, the ejection opening of the coater being disposed toward the top in the coating direction, and the print head being disposed counter to the coating direction with the opposite orientation on the printing axis behind the coater in the coating direction; the invention also relates to a method for producing three-dimensional models.
US11130283B2
Doped glass scintillators and methods of fabricating the same are provided. Doped glass scintillators can be fabricated by a stereolithography process, and doping can be carried out before the green body composite formation so that homogeneity of the dopant is improved. The structures retain an amorphous structure through the fabrication process, and the vacuum sintering process assists with keeping the dopants in their luminescence-producing oxidation state.
US11130271B2
A blow molding device including: an injection molding unit manufacturing a bottomed preform made of resin; a blow molding unit; a support part supporting the preform; and a conveying unit conveying the support part to the blow molding unit, wherein the blow molding unit includes: a first mold for performing a first step of subjecting the preform to heat-set blowing at a first temperature; a second mold for performing a second step of blow-molding an intermediate molded article, which has been blow-molded by the heat-set blowing, at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, thereby manufacturing a container; and a movement unit capable of moving the first mold and the second mold relative to the support part so as to perform the first step and the second step continuously.
US11130269B2
Three-dimensional printing pens and related systems and methods are provided. A three-dimensional printing pen may include a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge having a hollow cartridge body sized and shaped to include a colored thixotropic paste, a color of each thixotropic paste being different from a color of another thixotropic paste, and a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle fluidly communicatively coupled to a corresponding cartridge. The three-dimensional printing may further include a motor unit operably coupled to the plurality of cartridges, the motor unit operable to expel the colored thixotropic paste from each cartridge through the corresponding nozzle, a mixing tip fluidly communicatively coupled to the plurality of nozzles, the mixing tip sized and shaped to dispense therethrough one or more of the colored thixotropic pastes in a form of an output thixotropic paste, and a projection module. The projection module may include a light engine assembly that emits light having a wavelength, the light being projected to the output thixotropic paste to cure the output thixotropic paste that is dispensed from the mixing tip.
US11130266B2
A molded plastic article having a bonded plastic portion 6 bonding a first body and a second body together; a connecting plastic portion 8, formed by solidifying the molten plastic flowing out from the plastic channel, having one end connected to the bonding plastic portion 6; and a flow tab plastic portion 7 formed by solidifying the molten plastic, connected to the other end of the connecting plastic portion 8 connected to the other end portion of the 8. A portion of reduced diameter 7a is provided to the flow tab plastic portion 7 on the connecting plastic portion side.
US11130262B2
A resin sheet production method includes a preparation step of preparing a resin molding sheet including a base and a thermally expansive layer that is formed on one main surface of the base, the thermally expansive layer including a thermally expandable material; a heat conversion layer forming step of forming a heat conversion layer that converts electromagnetic waves to heat on at least one of the first main surface of the resin molding sheet or a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface; a pre-heating step of heating the resin molding sheet on which the heat conversion layer is formed to a temperature that is lower than an expansion starting temperature at which the thermally expandable material starts to expand; and a main heating step of irradiating the heat conversion layer of the resin molding sheet that is heated in the pre-heating step with the electromagnetic waves to cause the heat conversion layer to distend, thereby causing the base to deform and forming a shaped object on the resin molding sheet.
US11130259B1
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of polymer material, and discloses a device and method for online preparation of a modified polylactic acid material with a polylactic acid melt. The device comprises a twin-screw extruder, a first solid modifier hopper, a polylactic acid melt pipeline and a polylactic acid melt feedstock metering pump, wherein the first solid modifier hopper is connected with Zone I of the twin-screw extruder, the polylactic acid melt pipeline is connected with Zone IV of the twin-screw extruder. The method for online preparation of modified polylactic acid material with the device can avoid degradation of the polylactic acid caused by the secondary processing, improve mechanical property of the prepared polylactic acid and reduce production cost.
US11130258B2
A system for processing material, for example recycled material, comprises a compacting device (101) for compacting the material and a treatment device (102) for agglomerating, pelletizing, or nozzle-extruding the compacted material. The compacting device comprises a compacting chamber (103) and a compacting element (104) that is moveable in the compacting chamber to reduce the volume of the compacting chamber so as to compact the material to be delivered to the treatment device. As the material is compacted prior to being agglomerated, pelletized, or nozzle-extruded, supply of the material to the treatment device can be more reliable especially when the material is chopped waste plastic or other fluffy material including much air. Furthermore, efficiency of the agglomeration, pelletizing, or nozzle-extruding is improved because the compacting increases density of the material prior to the agglomeration, pelletizing, or nozzle-extruding process.
US11130256B2
A super strong and tough densified wood structure is formed by subjecting a cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes lignin therefrom. The treated wood retains lumina of the natural wood, with cellulose nanofibers of cell walls being aligned. The treated wood is then pressed in a direction crossing the direction in which the lumina extend, such that the lumina collapse and any residual fluid within the wood is removed. As a result, the cell walls become entangled and hydrogen bonds are formed between adjacent cellulose nanofibers, thereby improving the strength and toughness of the wood among other mechanical properties. By further modifying, manipulating, or machining the densified wood, it can be adapted to various applications.
US11130253B2
A sawmill assembly comprising a bed, a carriage and a tilting device. The bed has a pair of substantially parallel rails that define a first plane, a first axis perpendicular to the first plane, and a second plane perpendicular to both the first plane and a longitudinal axis of the rails. The carriage is movably supported along the rails. The tilting device allows a user to adjust a tilt angle of the carriage in the second plane, relative to the first axis. Also disclosed are methods of adjusting a blade angle of the sawmill assembly, and methods of cutting a tapered piece from a workpiece material.
US11130251B2
Disclosed are a control device for a power tool and a power tool provided with the control device. The control device includes an operation control interface which is provided with a manually operated controller; an impedance-measuring safety interface, wherein the impedance-measuring interface includes a first manual contact electrode and a second manual contact electrode which are electrically isolated from each other, and wherein the manual contact electrodes are provided on the controller and extend over a manual bearing surface of the controller. The device is suitable for controlling and ensuring the safe use of power tools, especially electrical tools, such as pruning shears.
US11130244B2
In order to prevent swiveling of unintended joint pieces and enhance positioning and motion reproducibility of a distal end portion, a bending mechanism includes: a plurality of joint pieces connected in series along the longitudinal axis; a plurality of elongated tension-transmissions that transmit tensions for individually driving the joint pieces; and at least one guide having guide channels that movably support the tension-transmissions in the longitudinal direction thereof and that guide the tension-transmissions along curved paths extending around the longitudinal axis.
US11130242B1
A container transport can receive and move a container between positions along a container passage defined by the container transport. The container transport can include a manipulation device for engaging with the container and moving the container onto a conveyance surface of the container transport. The conveyance surface can convey the container along the container passage, and the manipulation device can move the container off of the conveyance surface.
US11130237B1
A system and method for performing object detection are presented. The system receives spatial structure information associated with an object which is or has been in a camera field of view of a spatial structure sensing camera. The spatial structure information is generated by the spatial structure sensing camera, and includes depth information for an environment in the camera field of view. The system determines a container pose based on the spatial structure information, wherein the container pose is for describing at least one of an orientation for the container or a depth value for at least a portion of the container. The system further determines an object pose based on the container pose, wherein the object pose is for describing at least one of an orientation for the object or a depth value for at least a portion of the object.
US11130232B2
A robot system may include a robot controller; and a target robot. The target robot may include a first memory to store device specific data including individual identification data; and an individual difference parameter unique to the target robot. The robot controller may include a second memory structured to store the individual identification data and the individual difference parameter of the target robot connected to the robot controller; and a controller to control the target robot on the basis of model configuration information the individual difference parameter stored in the second memory. The controller may check the individual identification data read from the first memory unit against the individual identification data stored in the second memory unit and, in accordance with a checking result, update the individual difference parameter stored in the second memory unit with the individual difference parameter read from the first memory unit.
US11130229B2
An operation command generator includes: an area division unit configured to divide a line on a flat work surface of a target workpiece W into a straight area and a corner area, using a sharp boundary surface; a straight area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command for operating only the linear motion mechanism while keeping the posture of the parallel link mechanism fixed, in the straight area; and a corner area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command so that an acting point of the end effector passes on the boundary surface at a substantially constant speed by the linear motion mechanism and the parallel link mechanism performing coordinated operations in the corner area.
US11130225B2
A working device includes: a linear motion unit having three degrees of freedom and obtained by combining three linear motion actuators; and a rotary unit having three degrees of freedom and obtained by combining a plurality of rotating mechanisms each having one or more rotational degrees of freedom. The linear motion unit is mounted on a mount such that a base portion of the linear motion unit is fixed to the mount. A base portion of the rotary unit is fixedly mounted on an output portion of the linear motion unit. End effectors are mounted on both the output portion of the linear motion unit and an output portion of the rotary unit.
US11130218B2
An electric quick action wrench with settable torque, which is operated in an electric mode or a manual mode, includes: a main body, a controller, a motor, a driving device, and a clutch device. The driving device is driven by the motor and combined with a fastener. The controller sets a threshold torque value. In the electric mode, when the fastener confronts a resistance larger than a clutch torque of the clutch device, the user is notified to switch to the manual mode through the notification of the clutch device. In the manual mode, when a manually output torque reaches the threshold torque value, the user is notified that the screwing operation has been finished by the notification of the clutch device. Thus, the safety of usage is achieved.
US11130217B2
In an electric driver configured such that a driver bit is coupled to a drive output shaft of an electric motor via a clutch mechanism to perform screw tightening operations, an automatic screw tightening control method and a device are provided such that an appropriate screw tightened state in a screw tightening operation can be confirmed and determined, simply and reliably. In a screw tightening operation by an electric driver, at start of a predetermined screw tightening operation, a rotation amount of an electric motor at a clutch operation time by a clutch mechanism is detected, this rotation amount is set to be a target rotation amount and in the subsequent screw tightening operations, a rotation amount of the electric motor at the clutch operation time is detected and compared with the target rotation amount, respectively, so that acceptability of the respective screw tightened states is determined.
US11130210B2
A drive plate attachable to a driven shaft of a floor-finishing machine has a central circular recess and a plurality of radially extending pockets having beveled side edges formed in a surface thereof. Located in the pocket is a rectangular stabilizing bar. The abrasive tool includes a plate sized and shaped to fit into the pockets when inserted from the central recess and having a groove formed therein for receiving the stabilizing bar. On the surface of the tool plate opposite the groove are abrasive members.
US11130201B2
A nickel and chromium alloy having a combined wt. % of nickel and chromium of at least 97 wt. %, wherein the chromium accounts for 33 to 50 wt. % of the alloy. The alloy may be provided in strip form and has adequate ductility for the manufacture of various products, such as sheaths for flux cored welding electrodes. A method of making the alloy strip includes forming a powder charge that is 97 to 100 wt. % of nickel and chromium combined and the chromium accounts for 33 to 50 wt. % of the charge, roll compacting the powder charge to form a green strip, sintering the green strip to form a sintered strip, and cold rolling and annealing the sintered strip to form the alloy strip.
US11130196B2
Methods and systems for sequentially laser welding terminal tabs of a battery cell to corresponding terminal tabs of a busbar are described using a single laser position and path. The terminal tabs of a battery cell are aligned in contact with terminal tabs of a busbar. A laser welder, from a first position, generates a laser weld beam at a first diameter welding the first terminal tab of the battery cell to the first terminal tab of the busbar. Next, the laser weld beam is narrowed, reducing the first diameter to a smaller second diameter. Without moving the laser welder from the first position, the narrowed laser weld beam burns a hole through the welded first set of terminal tabs, traverses a gap toward a second set of terminal tabs behind the first set and welds the second set together.
US11130192B2
A friction stir welding (FSW) tool includes a head, a tool holder and a body between the head and the tool holder and attached to the head and the tool holder. The body may include a plurality of cooling fins. An interior of the body may include a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a torque sensor, and a communication node in electronic communication with the pressure sensor, the temperature sensor, and the torque sensor. The communication node may be in Bluetooth communication with a computing device.
US11130169B2
Use of a feeder insert and method for manufacturing a casting mold having a vertical mold separation
A use of a feeder insert, having a volumetric center of gravity which is offset in relation to the opening axis of the passage opening of said feeder insert, in the manufacture of a casting mold having a vertical mold separation and a feeder insert which for dense feeding of the mold cavity during the casting procedure is attached to the casting mold, is described, wherein the feeder insert is positioned in a prefabricated mold part of the casting mold such that the opening axis of said feeder insert runs below the volumetric center of gravity of the latter.
US11130167B2
The present invention is directed to an axial thread rolling process that utilizes a thread rolling head that includes a clutch, that prevents full disengagement of the clutch during thread rolling, and that reverses the direction of rotation used for thread rolling to escape a threaded workpiece from the thread rolling head.
US11130165B2
In a roller-style feed mechanism, a feed roll is opened and closed for the purpose of pilot release using a direct-coupled servo motor as opposed to pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders. The electronically controlled servo motor drives a rotating shaft with eccentric cams that interact with cam followers causing the feed rollers separate for pilot release. The cam followers produce a force sufficient to overcome nip pressure when separating the feed rollers during pilot release. The electronically controlled servo motor is preferably operative to sense the point where the cams contact the cam followers after the upper feed roller is closed on the feed material, and automatically sense resistance to determine where the upper roll begins to lift so as to compensate for different material thicknesses.
US11130164B2
A crimping tool is disclosed. The crimping tool includes a base, an operating member and a moving member. The base includes a pivot location, a sliding groove, and first and second fixing locations. The first and second fixing locations are respectively located on two ends of the sliding groove to fix a connector of a wire. The operating member includes a holding portion, a pivot hole and a gear. The pivot hole is pivotally connected to the pivot location of the base through a pivot shaft. The moving member includes a rack, and first and second crimping elements. When the operating member rotates, the gear drives the rack to enable the moving member to move simultaneously, so as to use the first or second crimping element to press fit the connector of the wire placed at the first or second fixing location.
US11130163B2
Disclosed herein is a press molding method for forming a press-molded product having a flange including a special-shaped portion. The method includes: a trimming step of determining an outer peripheral edge of the flange and forming the special-shaped portion; and a finishing step of molding the flange into a final product shape position of the press-molded product after the trimming step. The flange includes a first flange portion including at least a portion of an outer peripheral edge of the special-shaped portion. In the trimming step, the first flange portion is press-molded into a preform position deeper in a thickness direction of the first flange portion than a final product shape position of the first flange portion, and in the finishing step, return molding of lifting the first flange portion in the thickness direction of the first flange portion to the final product shape position of the first flange portion is performed.
US11130155B2
A sorting device for tablets for separating out multiple tablets has a plurality of stations including a feed station, a sorting station and an ejection station, and a tablet transporter which moves to the individual stations in a direction of rotation. The tablet transporter includes a row of tablet receivers for single tablets and a doublet receiver for multiple tablets which have been separated out. The doublet receiver is laterally next to the tablet receivers. An individual tablet receiver is laterally separated from the doublet receiver via a side wall. In the sorting station is a sorting tine which can be moved to and fro over a travel range in a lateral direction extending transversely to the direction of rotation such that the sorting tine passes over the region of a tablet receiver, the adjacent doublet receiver and the side wall located between them.
US11130153B2
A filtering apparatus formed by a plurality of channel systems. Each of the channel systems include an inlet port formed on an inlet side of the plate; no more than one outlet port formed on an outlet side of the plate; and a channel formed in the plate, the channel coupled to the inlet port and to the outlet port, wherein the ratio of the product of the capture area of the inlet ports of a channel system with the first transmissivity associated with the inlet ports to the product of the capture area of the outlet ports of a channel system with the second transmissivity associated with the outlet ports is greater than one. The channel system is configured to interact with objects of interest on a scale which is smaller than a value several orders of magnitude larger than the mean free path of an object of interest. Some plate embodiments are configured to interact with particles, such as air molecules, water molecules, or aerosols. Other plate embodiments are configured to interact with waves or wavelike particles, such as electrons, photons, phonons or acoustic waves.
US11130138B2
A tooth for use on a rotating element has a base attached to the rotating element and a cutter assembly removably attached to the base. The cutter assembly has an upper ramp surface and a blade. In another aspect, the tooth has a base attached to the rotating element and the base includes one or more base tab and slot elements. The tooth also includes a cutter assembly that has one or more cutter assembly tab and slot elements. Each of the one or more cutter assembly tab and slot elements is configured for a mating engagement with a corresponding one of the one or more base tab and slot elements. In another aspect, a rotary drum for use on a vegetation cutting machine includes a plurality of teeth that each have a base attached to the rotary drum and a cutter assembly removably attached to the base.
US11130135B2
A microfluidic system is disclosed, including: a first substrate, a second substrate and a droplet flow channel arranged therebetween; a droplet driving unit configured to drive a droplet to move; a first control circuit electrically connected to the droplet driving unit and configured to input a first driving signal to the droplet driving unit to enable the droplet to move along the predetermined movement trajectory; a droplet detection unit configured to detect the droplet and output a detection signal; a second control circuit electrically connected to the droplet detection unit and configured to receive the detection signal and acquire an actual movement trajectory of the droplet; and a signal adjustment unit configured to compare the actual movement trajectory with the predetermined movement trajectory, and if the actual movement trajectory is different from the predetermined movement trajectory, adjust in real time the first driving signal into a second driving signal.
US11130131B2
An engineered unit cell is disclosed for flowing a fluid therethrough in three dimensions. The unit cell may have a substrate with a plurality of flow channels around and between struts formed within the substrate. The struts may each be formed with a desired shape and orientation within the substrate to achieve a desired degree of fluid flow through the flow channels, in each of one of three dimensions, through the unit cell.
US11130123B2
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, an annular crown shaped raceway, 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 annular crown shaped raceway abuts the tip groove, the coupler stop shoulder surface abuts the tip stop shoulder surface, and the elastomeric element abuts the sealing seat surface.
US11130122B2
A pipette tip container comprising a pipette tip having a lumen extending between a proximal opening of a first diameter and a distal orifice of a second smaller diameter; a pellet arranged in the lumen of the pipette tip between said proximal opening and distal orifice, the second diameter being too narrow to let the pellet pass; and a retainer arranged between the pellet and the proximal opening and arranged to prevent the pellet from moving past the retainer in the lumen but to let fluid move past the retainer in the lumen; the retainer having a distal end such that a portion of its periphery does not contact the inner wall of the lumen, a proximal end such that a portion of its periphery maintains the retainer in the lumen by friction with the inner wall of the lumen; and a radial opening between the distal and proximal ends.
US11130115B2
The present invention discloses a selective hydrogenation catalyst and a preparation method and an application thereof, belonging to the technical field of catalysts. The selective hydrogenation catalyst comprises an active component and a carrier for supporting the active component, wherein the active component is a transition metal particle, the carrier is modified by a flexible chain ligand in advance, one end of the flexible chain ligand is uniformly distributed on the surface of the carrier, and the other end of the flexible chain ligand is coordinated on a transition metal. When the catalyst is used for catalytic hydrogenation reaction of dehydrolinalool or 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol, the stability is good, the catalyst still has high selectivity after being used for a long time, and the quality of a hydrogenation product can be guaranteed.
US11130114B2
A process for producing doped nanoparticles, in particular for N-doped nanoparticles, includes a hydrothermal process using an organic nitrogen-containing compound or a mineral acid having at least one nitrogen atom. In particular, the photocatalytically active particles produced are characterized by a particularly high activity even in visible light.
US11130112B2
The present invention provides a fouling prevention method and a method for olefin oligomerization, wherein in the method for olefin oligomerization, a predetermined anti-fouling agent is added, thereby minimizing the production of sticking byproducts generated during the reaction and fundamentally preventing the fouling of the byproducts, generated during the reaction, on an inner wall of a reactor.
US11130108B2
The invention discloses a testing device and method for evaluating effects of CO2 reaction rate of acid rock plate. The testing device includes an acid fluid conveying unit, a CO2 conveying unit, a mixing tank, a plate holder, a recycling fluid tank, and a vacuum pump. The mixing tank includes an acid fluid inlet, a CO2 inlet, and a miscible fluid outlet. The acid fluid inlet is connected with the acid fluid conveying unit, the CO2 inlet is connected with the CO2 conveying unit, the miscible fluid outlet is connected with the plate holder, the plate holder is connected with the recycling fluid tank, and the recycling fluid tank is connected to the vacuum pump. The CO2 conveying unit includes a CO2 cylinder and a gas booster pump which is connected to the cylinder. The outlet of the pump is connected to the gas inlet of the mixing tank.
US11130104B1
A system for distributing ozonated fluid includes a manifold that contains a plurality of fluid paths and has one or more ozone intake ports. The ozone intake ports are fluidically coupled to one or more ozone output ports of one or more ozone supply units. The manifold includes a plurality of flow switches configured to transmit control signals to one or more controllers of each ozone supply unit in response to sensing a flow of water through the fluid paths in order to cause the ozone supply units to generate ozone. The manifold also includes a plurality of fluid mixers that are fluidically coupled to the ozone intake ports and configured to introduce the ozone generated by the ozone supply units into the water flowing through the fluid paths.
US11130100B1
An eductor includes an adjustable air inductor assembly connected to a source of outside air or other fluid. As liquid flows through a constricted orifice of the eductor, the venturi effect creates a vacuum or low pressure zone that draws inducting fluid through the inductor assembly and infuses such fluid into the liquid driven or transmitted through the eductor. The fluid inducted liquid is then discharged by the eductor into a body or contained volume of water. Improved aeration and fluid flow control, as well as reduced algae growth are achieved without extraneous mechanical equipment. Increased turbulent liquid flow is produced, for example, to more effectively clean dirt and debris from water recirculating swimming pools, fish tanks and similar environments.
US11130095B1
The present disclosure provides a sterilization exhaust gas treatment system, which may include a gas liquefaction recovery system, a pressure swing adsorption recovery system, a reaction system, a temperature swing adsorption recovery system, a hydration system, a recovery and storage system, and a wastewater treatment system. The gas liquefaction recovery system, the pressure swing adsorption recovery system, the reaction system, the temperature swing adsorption recovery system, and the hydration system may be fluidly connected in sequence through first connecting pipes. The gas liquefaction recovery system, the pressure swing adsorption recovery system, and the temperature swing adsorption recovery system may each be fluidly connected to the recovery and storage system through second connecting pipes. The hydration system may be fluidly connected to the wastewater treatment system through wastewater pipes. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating ethylene oxide-containing sterilization exhaust gas using the sterilization exhaust gas treatment system.
US11130087B2
Flame-retardant antibacterial composite polypropylene filter material and preparation method thereof
A flame-retardant antibacterial composite polypropylene filter material and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The filter material includes the following components in weight percent: 70-90 wt % of isotactic polypropylene, 3-10 wt % of a functional negative ion-releasing material, 3-10 wt % of a nano-antibacterial agent, 2-5 wt % of graphene oxide, 0.5-5 wt % of a flame retardant and 1-3 wt % of a dispersant. The filter material of the present invention can be prepared into network, fabric and other forms by the melt-blending extrusion, which can be applied for air pollutant removal in different environments. The functional negative ion-releasing material is a piezoelectric material, which can spontaneously produce negative oxygen ions, without consumption of energy or producing secondary pollution such as ozone. The released negative oxygen ions interact with positively charged particles in the air for settling, so as to quickly remove the particles.
US11130086B2
A vertically oriented dust collector configured to filter dry particulate matter from an air stream comprises a housing containing at least one cartridge. Each cartridge comprises a filter pan having an opening and a filter incorporated into the opening. The housing further comprises at least one pair of rails oriented parallel to each other within the housing onto which each cartridge is mounted. Each rail is U-shaped with the opening of the U-shape oriented towards each other such that each pair of rails is configured to receive one filter pan between them.
US11130078B2
A filter plate (1) comprises an opening (18) configured to receive at least one grid (2) provided within the opening (18). The at least one grid (2) comprises a body (2A) and one or more passages (2B) extending through the body (2A) for filtrate to flow through. The passages (2B) are preferably configured to allow filtrate to pass through the body (2A). The filter plate (1) may further comprise a wear detection device comprising at least one filament wire (2L) surrounding one or more passages (2B).
US11130077B2
A settling basin of a wastewater treatment system includes a collector chain including chain links having a plurality of side bars, stepped connecting pins configured to join the plurality of side bars and including a first end including a head portion having a cross-sectional area larger than portions of the plurality of side bars through which the stepped connecting pin extends, end caps configured to receive second ends of the stepped connecting pins, and apertures defined in the end caps and second ends of the stepped connecting pins configured to receive a retaining element that holds the end caps in position on the second ends of the stepped connecting pins.
US11130066B1
System and method that handles the inconsistent processing of interactive media (e.g. digital games, music visualization software, video playback software, animation software, etc.) and the generally consistent timeline delay to enable synchronization of messages and events with the playback of potentially variable-rate timelines.
US11130049B2
A game engine is configured to accept human intelligence tasks as in-game content and present the in-game content to the game player. A method performed by the game engine enables performance of human intelligence tasks, such as visual discrimination, in a video game context. The game engine may receive a definition of human intelligence tasks from one or more remote sources. The game engine may present the human intelligence tasks to multiple video game participants as in-game content. The game engine defines and enables game play rules for the in-game content. The game play rules set parameters for the multiple video game participants to perform the human intelligence tasks to achieve desired results. The game engine may award each of the multiple video game participants an improved game score upon successful performance of the human intelligence tasks in accordance with the game play rules. The game engine may measure success by consistency in responses between different participants or trials.
US11130048B2
Systems, devices, and methods including one or more code rings, each code ring comprising one or more sides on an outer surface and one or more code ring alignment indentations on an inner surface; and one or more inner combination rings, each inner combination ring comprising one or more inner combination ring alignment protrusions on an outer surface and a combination indentation on an inner surface; where each of the one or more code ring alignment indentations receive each of the one or more inner combination ring alignment protrusions, where each inner combination ring may be removable and rotatable relative to each code ring of the one or more code rings, and where the combination indentation may be proximate an unlocked side of each of the one or more code rings.
US11130036B1
An apparatus for securely and removably attaching an apparatus for adjusting the hydrodynamics of a watercraft is provided. The apparatus is attached to the watercraft by an elastic cord. One or more flow resistance members are removably attached to the cord. The cord is looped in a configuration that allows for infinite length/size adjustment. A closure for forming the loop can be released, allowing the user to add or subtract resistance members to achieve a desired resistance.
US11130035B2
The present Disclosure discloses an artificial shuttlecock, which includes a base portion, a plurality of stems, a plurality of feathers, a first connecting element, a second connecting element and at least one third connecting element. The base portion includes a concave portion. One end of the stem connects to the base portion, and the feather connects to the other end of the stem. The first connecting element connects to the stems, and is close to the base portion. The second connecting element connects to the stems, and is close to the feathers. The third connecting element connects to the stems, and is located between the first connecting element and the second connecting element.
US11130033B2
A device for generally providing an unobtrusive and protective padded area for placement on a basketball hoop rim in a wrapped assembly. The device comprising a pad having a first side and a second side opposed the first side defining a thickness. The pad including a plurality of apertures having a size and spaced for the receipt of a net hook of the rim and at least one fastener configured to secure the device around the rim.
US11130012B2
An article (101) is provided which comprises a body (103) having an interior volume (113), and a collapsible inlet (105) which is in open communication with said interior volume and which is movable from a first position in which it extends from said body, to a second position in which it extends into said internal volume.
US11130011B2
A closed trampoline frame includes multiple frame pipes which are connecting in turns, the adjacent frame pipes are connected by a frame connector. The frame connector is a T-pipe composed of a horizontal pipe and a vertical pipe. Its outer diameter of the horizontal pipe is smaller than that of the frame pipe; its two ends of the horizontal pipe are inserted into the adjacent frame pipes. The top and the bottom of the frame pipe are provided with upper frame holes and lower frame holes. The top and the bottom of the horizontal pipe are provided with upper holes and lower holes. When its two ends of the horizontal pipe are inserted into the adjacent frame tubes, each of the upper holes coincides with one of the upper frame hole, and each of the lower holes coincides with one of the lower frame hole.
US11129992B2
A method for managing bradycardia through vagus nerve stimulation is provided. An implantable neurostimulator configured to deliver electrical therapeutic stimulation in both afferent and efferent directions of a patient's cervical vagus nerve is provided. An operating mode is stored, which includes parametrically defining a maintenance dose of the electrical therapeutic stimulation tuned to restore cardiac autonomic balance through continuously-cycling, intermittent and periodic electrical pulses. The maintenance dose is delivered via a pulse generator through a pair of helical electrodes via an electrically coupled nerve stimulation therapy lead independent of cardiac cycle. The patient's physiology is monitored, and upon sensing a condition indicative of bradycardia, the delivery of the maintenance dose is suspended. A progressively increasing amount of time is spent waiting via a controller and, upon sensing a condition indicative of an absence or termination of the bradycardia, a progressively increasing partial maintenance dose is delivered via the pulse generator.
US11129988B2
Methods of nerve signal differentiation, methods of delivering therapy using such nerve signal differentiation, and to systems and devices for performing such methods. Nerve signal differentiation may include locating two electrodes proximate nerve tissue and differentiating between efferent and afferent components of nerve signals monitored using the two electrodes.
US11129986B2
An implantable stimulator is provided having a conformable foil-like substrate, having a longitudinal axis extending from a pulse generator to a distal end of the substrate. The substrate comprising one or more adjacent polymeric substrate layers and an electrode array. The electrode array having a first and second electrode where one or more electrical interconnections are comprised in the substrate. The conformable foil-like substrate has a maximum thickness of 0.5 millimeter or less, proximate the electrodes. By providing a more easily patternable multilayer substrate, more complicated electrode array configurations may be supported, allowing a higher degree of flexibility to address transverse and/or longitudinal misalignment. By providing a relatively thin implantable electrode array user comfort may be increased through application of energy to tissue by the implantable stimulator.
US11129985B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for providing a therapy (e.g., stimulation) and/or data signal using an implantable device. Systems, devices and methods for interacting with (e.g., communicating with, receiving power from) an external device are also provided.
US11129983B2
A wireless implant and associated system for motor function recovery after spinal cord injury, and more particularly a multi-channel wireless implant with small package size. The wireless implant can further be used in various medical applications, such as retinal prostheses, gastrointestinal implant, vagus nerve stimulation, and cortical neuromodulation. The system also includes a method and its implementation to acquire the impedance model of the electrode-tissue interface of the implant.
US11129982B2
Some embodiments of the invention may be related to an apparatus for non-invasive directional tissue treatment. The apparatus includes a radiofrequency (RF) generator and an array of RF energy delivery elements in active communication with the RF generator, a power source and a controller. In some embodiments, each of the RF energy delivery elements comprises a pair of electrodes with opposite polarity such that each electrode has a first dimension and a second dimension, the first dimension perpendicular to the second dimension and to an imaginary line connecting the pair of electrodes to each other. In some embodiments, the first dimension of each electrode and the distance between the electrodes in each pair are configured to create an elongated heated volume of tissue when the RF generator is activated and at least one of the RF delivery elements is in contact with the tissue.
US11129973B2
Implantable drug delivery devices are provided to have a deployment shape for implantation in the body and a retention shape for retention in the body. The device may have one or more elongated drug reservoirs containing a drug, and the drug reservoir may be formed from a deformable material. In one case, a first filament is attached to the first end of the drug reservoir and second filament is attached to the second end of the drug reservoir, wherein a fastener is positioned about the first and second filaments to permit shortening and prevent lengthening of the filaments with reference to the ends of the drug reservoir, as a means for transforming the device from the implantation shape to the retention shape.
US11129968B2
A method of making a barbed microcatheter having fluid egress openings includes obtaining a barbed microcatheter blank having a hollow tube with a proximal end, a distal end, and an elongated lumen that extends between the proximal and distal ends of the hollow tube, and first and second flattened regions that extend along opposite sides of the hollow tube. The method includes removing material from the first and second flattened regions of the barbed microcatheter blank to form barbs projecting outwardly from the opposite sides of the hollow tube, and using cutting elements for forming fluid egress openings in a wall of the hollow tube that are in fluid communication with the elongated lumen of the hollow tube. The method includes forming a tissue anchor that is connected with the proximal end of the hollow tube, and securing a surgical needle with the distal end of the hollow tube.
US11129965B2
A launching catheter for targeting a second vessel from a first vessel includes a catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion including a needle aperture and a flat rectangular radiopaque marker. The flat rectangular radiopaque marker disappears under fluoroscopy upon rotation to provide information about rotational alignment of the launching catheter. The launching catheter includes a needle configured to extend through the needle aperture. A method of aligning the catheter includes rotating the catheter in a first blood vessel until the marker has a thickness (e.g., minimal thickness) under fluoroscopy. The thickness indicates rotational alignment of the catheter.
US11129962B2
Apparatus for controlling motion of an invasive probe relative to a sheath enclosing the probe. The apparatus includes an outer casing, configured for connection to the sheath. The apparatus further includes a drive mechanism, fixedly connected to the outer casing. The drive mechanism has a first set of components, configured to translate the probe along a direction parallel to an axis of the probe, in order to advance and retract the probe with respect to the sheath in a translational stepwise manner. The drive mechanism also includes a second set of components, configured to rotate the probe around the axis of the probe, in order to rotate the probe clockwise and counter-clockwise, with respect to the sheath, in a rotational stepwise manner.
US11129959B2
The present invention relates generally to medical devices and, in particular, to an introducer sheath that includes a shaft including a tubular portion, an expandable portion coupled to the tubular portion and a longitudinal axis. Additionally, the expandable portion includes a first pair of leaflets and a second pair of leaflets and both the first pair of leaflets and the second pair of leaflets extend along the longitudinal axis. Additionally, the second pair of leaflets are spaced radially inward of an inner surface of the first pair of leaflets and the expandable portion is designed to shift between a first configuration and a second radially expanded configuration.
US11129957B2
The invention relates to a method of determining water level in a humidifier chamber that is part of a humidified gases delivery apparatus and system. The method comprising the steps of delivering power to a heater plate, varying the power delivered to the heater plate, measuring the rate of change of temperature and determining the level of water based on the heating characteristics of the volume of water within the chamber, in particular determining the level of water within the chamber based on the rate of change of temperature and the supplied power.
US11129949B2
An apparatus and method of controlling the delivery of therapeutic gas delivered to a patient undergoing positive airway pressure therapy is described. The method includes providing a flow of gas to a patient's airway at a pressure, obtaining information from the range of 0 to 25 Hz of the frequency domain of the flow, and adjusting the pressure based on the information. The apparatus includes a blower for providing a flow of gas to a patient's airway at a pressure, a sensor to measure a characteristic of the flow, a controller to obtain information from the range of 0 to 25 Hz of the frequency domain of the characteristic, and a pressure regulator for adjusting the pressure based on the information.
US11129935B2
A regional anaesthesia injection apparatus comprising an injection volume determiner. The apparatus configured to determine a volume of a regional anaesthetic injection into a target tissue; an injection pressure determiner configured to determine a pressure of the injection; and a controller coupled to the injection volume determiner and to the injection pressure determiner and configured to provide an injection signal to control injection of fluid into the target tissue based on the determined pressure and the determined volume.
US11129932B2
This disclosure provides a method of determining a cartridge type of a cartridge used with a fluid drug injection system having a pump that receives a fluid drug cartridge. The fluid drug cartridge has a barrel filled with a fluid drug solution and a plunger within the barrel that forces the fluid drug solution through an outlet. An actuator of the pump is moved to contact or to move the plunger and a force sensor is used to measure force data during the movement. The force data is descriptive of the force applied to the plunger. A feature signal is determined from the force data. The feature signal can be a force modulation amplitude, a force modulation duration or a force modulation number. The cartridge type is assigned using the feature signal. Also disclosed is a fluid drug injection system and a cartridge for use therewith.
US11129931B2
Some embodiments have a pump assembly mounted to or supported by a dressing for reduced pressure wound therapy. The dressing can have visual pressure, saturation, and/or temperature sensors to provide a visual indication of the level of pressure, saturation, and/or temperature within the dressing. Additionally, the pump assembly can have a pressure sensor in communication with the flow pathway through the pump, and at least one switch or button supported by the housing, the at least one switch or button being accessible to a user and being in communication with the controller. The pump assembly can have a controller supported within or by the housing, the controller being configured to control an operation of the pump. The pump can be configured to be sterilized following the assembly of the pump such that all of the components of the pump have been sterilized.
US11129924B2
An antimicrobial medical device that includes a substrate having a metal surface that is made from a metal or metal alloy that may include stainless steel, cobalt, and titanium. Disposed on the metal surface is a first antimicrobial oxide layer that includes an antimicrobial metal that may include silver, copper, and zinc, and combinations thereof. The atoms of antimicrobial metal in the first antimicrobial oxide layer are of a first concentration. The first antimicrobial oxide layer is positioned in a direction opposite that of the metal surface. The device further includes a second antimicrobial oxide layer that includes an antimicrobial metal that may be silver, copper, and zinc, and combinations thereof. The atoms of the antimicrobial metal present in the second antimicrobial oxide layer are of a second concentration. The first concentration and the second concentration are not equal. Methods for making the antimicrobial medical device are also disclosed.
US11129918B1
An air sanitation device is disclosed. The air sanitation device can include a base section, a body section, and an air movement device configured to move air through at least a portion of the air sanitation device. The air sanitation device can move air from an inlet of the air sanitation device, and past an ultraviolet (UV) light source, and out an outlet of the air sanitation device. The air sanitation device can be configured to draw in air from within or below a breathing zone. The air sanitation device can be configured to draw in air from below the breathing zone and output sanitized air. The sanitized air can be outputted at an angle such that the sanitized air flows in a generally downward direction.
US11129911B2
There are provided methods for diagnosing coronary heart disease in a subject in need thereof comprising administering an admixture comprising CO2 to a subject to reach a predetermined PaCO2 in the subject to induce hyperemia, monitoring vascular reactivity in the subject and diagnosing the presence or absence of coronary heart disease in the subject, wherein decreased vascular reactivity in the subject compared to a control subject is indicative of coronary heart disease. There are also provided methods for increasing sensitivity and specificity of BOLD MRI.
US11129902B2
The teachings provide methods of delivering active agents that are conjugated with delivery systems that increase the half-life, and reduce the immunogenicity, of the active agents. Delivery systems and methods of making and using the delivery systems are also provided. The delivery systems have (i) a ligand that is selective for an endogeneous plasma protein in the serum of a subject; and, (ii) a linker configured for operatively attaching the ligand covalently to an active agent to increase the half-life of the active agent in the serum.
US11129898B2
A composition intended to be employed for therapeutic purposes incorporates a nicotinic compound, a sugar substitute, and a sugar alcohol syrup. Representative forms of nicotine include free base (e.g., as a mixture of nicotine and microcrystalline cellulose), a nicotine salt (e.g., as nicotine bitartrate) or nicotine polacrilex. The composition is useful for treatment of central nervous system conditions, diseases, and disorders, and as a nicotine replacement therapy.
US11129892B1
Described herein is a composition comprising: 1) an ARC polypeptide or an endogenous gag (endo-gag) polypeptide; 2) a pathogen-associated antigen; and 3) an adjuvant. Also described herein are vaccines and methods of vaccination using compositions comprising: 1) an ARC polypeptide or an endogenous gag (endo-gag) polypeptide; 2) a pathogen-associated antigen; and 3) an adjuvant.
US11129891B2
Immunogenic compositions and prophylactic or therapeutic vaccines for use in protecting and treating against human cytomegalovirus (CMV) are disclosed. Subunit vaccines comprising a human CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130, and nucleic acid vaccines comprising at least one nucleic acid encoding a CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130 are described. Also disclosed are therapeutic antibodies reactive against a CMV protein complex comprising pUL128 or pUL130, as well as methods for screening compounds that inhibit CMV infection of epithelial and endothelial cells, methods for immunizing a subject against CMV infection, methods for determining the capability of neutralizing antibodies to inhibit CMV infection of cell types other than fibroblasts, and methods of diminishing an CMV infection.
US11129890B1
The present invention is directed to recombinant lentiviral particles that array the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein on their surface (“SARS-CoV-2 S Protein Lentiviral Particles”), and that optionally comprise an additional copy of a polynucleotide encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein in their viral genome, and to methods for the production of such lentiviral particles. The invention particularly pertains to such SARS-CoV-2 S Protein Lentiviral Particles that have been engineered to be incapable of mediating the integration of their lentiviral genome into the chromosomes of infected cells and/or to be incapable of mediating the reverse transcription of their lentiviral genome. The present invention is also directed to “SARS-CoV-2 S Protein Lentiviral Vaccine” pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such SARS-CoV-2 S Protein Lentiviral Particles. The present invention is additionally directed to the use of such SARS-CoV-2 S Protein Lentiviral Vaccine pharmaceutical compositions for providing immunity to COVID-19 infection to humans and other mammals, either directly or as an inactivated form.
US11129887B2
In some embodiments the present invention provides influenza hemagglutinin (“HA”) polypeptides, proteins, and protein complexes that comprise a stalk domain that is engineered to facilitate maintenance of its native trimeric conformation, even if the head domain of the HA protein is removed or disrupted. In some embodiments, the present invention provides compositions comprising such polypeptides, proteins, and protein complexes, and methods of use of such proteins and compositions, for example as vaccine immunogens.
US11129883B2
The invention features multi-specific fusion protein complexes with one domain comprising IL-15 or a functional variant and a binding domain specific to IL-12 or IL-18.
US11129879B2
The invention provides methods for identifying, assessing, preventing, and treating neurological disorders and diseases using Fndc5 and modulators of Fndc5 expression or activity.
US11129868B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a CT20 peptide and methods of using the disclosed compositions to treat cancers expressing chaperonin containing TCP (CCT).
