US11132922B2
An otologic surgical skills training method and system include a housing that receives a removably attachable simulated ear canal working port for practicing transcanal surgery skills, and a second larger working port for practicing otologic surgery skills with lower spatial constraints. The training system may be 3D printed. Dimensions of the system provide an appropriate working distance for otologic surgery simulation. Surgical instruments such as endoscopic and microscopic instruments are received via the working port to reach an otologic surgery skill exercise module. The exercise module may be attached to a platform fixed in the housing or is configured within a self-contained working port. Exercises include placing rings on pegs, stacking nuts, placing beads onto a wire, and navigating a maze with a bead, and allow for practicing with minimal depth perception, placing prostheses at a variety of angles, prostheses soft release, and instrument feel and control.
US11132921B2
A surgical eye model assembly for simulating eye surgery using surgical tools includes a spherical surgical body formed of material which can be readily cut using the surgical tools so as to be representative of an ocular globe. A plurality of suspension arms extend radially outward from the surgical body in proximity to the rear side at circumferentially spaced apart locations about the central axis to suspend the surgical body relative to the a rigid base frame. Elongate strands of resilient material are tensioned about the surgical body to represent muscular strands. A sheet of resilient material surrounds the body and strands to be representative of a conjunctiva layer. Lubricant is provided as a layer about the strands and between the sheet and the body. Resilient material can also form in loosely bonded layers to define additional structures surrounding the body to represent a lens, vascular structures, eyelids, etc.
US11132912B1
An electronic educational device comprising a plurality of character members and a base unit is disclosed herein. Each character member comprises an internal circuitry. The internal circuitry is configured to activate a speaker and illumination light upon activation of a sensory button found on each character member. The base unit comprises a longitudinal track member comprising a series of ports configured to receive connectors from the plurality of character members and a microcomputer. The microcomputer is configured to activate the speakers and illumination lights upon receipt of each character member in the base unit. The microcomputer is further configured to activate a main speaker and a plurality of lights of the base unit when the plurality of character members received in base unit are in a correct sequence thereby forming a word.
US11132911B2
A method performed using at least one processor to facilitate word learning, the method including selecting a plurality of words to be learned; generating a learning word pool including the plurality of words to be learned; selecting a determined number of words from the learning word pool; generating a learning list including the determined number of words; displaying a first word included in the learning list; receiving a selection of whether to maintain the displayed first word in the learning list or replace the displayed first word with an alternate word; excluding the displayed first word from the learning list in response to the selection to replace the displayed first word; and adding the alternate word to the learning list in response to the excluding.
US11132898B2
Systems and methods for self-driving vehicle traffic management are disclosed. The system comprises one or more self-driving vehicles. One or more vehicles has a sensor system, a control system, and a drive system. The control system is configured to determine a current position and an intent position associated with itself, and to receive a current position and intent decision associated with a neighbor vehicle. The control system then determines a current spacing and relative spacing between itself and the neighbor vehicle. Based on the current and intent positions, the current spacing, and the relative spacing, the control system determines that the vehicle should yield to the neighbor vehicle, and sends a yield signal to the drive system in order to cause the vehicle to yield to the neighbor vehicle.
US11132893B2
A multi-sensor edge computing system can have at least a sensor assembly connected to an edge computing device and a downstream host. The sensor assembly may have a first sensor and a second sensor with the respective sensors being different. The edge computing device can be configured to identify a false reading of the first sensor in response to data captured by the second sensor.
US11132889B2
Novel techniques are described for automated crisis incident response in facilities having networks of Internet of Things (IoT devices). For example, embodiments can operate in context of automatically responding to an active shooter incident in a school. Detection of a gunshot event can trigger embodiments automatically to obtain (e.g., retrieve and/or compute) and execute an automated response plan. Execution of the plan can involve automated control of multiple IoT devices installed in and around the facility, and can be responsive to feedback from the IoT devices. Some embodiments facilitate interaction with crisis responders via a responder network, providing such responders with various levels of information access and/or control of components (e.g., execution of the automated response plan can also be responsive to commands issued by responders.
US11132879B2
In some examples, an enclosure can include a lever to interact with an asset wall when the enclosure is coupled to the asset wall, an actuator coupled to a switch to interact with the lever, and an aperture to allow the actuator to move with the lever when the enclosure is removed from the asset wall, wherein the actuator provides a signal to the switch when the actuator moves beyond a threshold angle.
US11132876B1
An RFID in-store point-of-sale system can include a first RFID tag reader with a first reader antenna that extends on a first substrate oriented in a first plane; and a second RFID tag reader with a second reader antenna that extends on a second substrate oriented in a second plane that intersects the first plane to form an offset angle between the first plane and the second plane that is about 45 degrees to about 135 degrees. A processor circuit can be operatively coupled to the first RFID tag reader and to the second RFID tag reader and can be configured to control the first RFID tag reader to transmit a signal from the first reader antenna into a buy-zone and is configured to detect movement of an RFID tag relative to the buy-zone based on a signal from the RFID tag that is detected by the first RFID tag reader or that is detected by the second RFID tag reader.
US11132875B1
A system is provided that detects a card skimmer in a target system, wherein the card skimmer surreptitiously gathers credit/debit card information during operation of the target system. This system first gathers target electromagnetic interference (EMI) signals by monitoring EMI signals generated by the target system through an external scanner with a directional antenna. Next, the system generates a target EMI fingerprint from the target EMI signals. The system then compares the target EMI fingerprint against a reference EMI fingerprint for the target system to determine whether the target system contains a card skimmer.
US11132874B2
Some embodiments may relate to a game in which a house takes a rake as a fee for playing a game. A game may include a multiplayer baccarat game that may add a skill element. For example, a baccarat game may add the ability for player's to bluff, choose whether to request cards, raise, fold, and so on. Other example methods and apparatus are described. Some embodiments may include a rake version of Chinese poker. Some embodiments include an open face version of a card game. Some embodiments include a card game with a virtual player position that allows users to play in the virtual player position.
US11132868B2
An electronic gaming device, including a display, a game controller with a processor, and memory, implements a feature having multiple instances. During the feature, for each instance, multiple symbols are selected from a set of symbols, which includes special symbols having associated values, and the selected symbols are displayed in a symbol array. A current value that is persisted across instances of the feature is also displayed. For an instance, a determination is made as to whether at least one selected special symbol has an associated value that is greater than the current value. If at least one selected special symbol has an associated value that is greater than the current value, the current value is replaced with the largest value associated with the at least one selected special symbol. A player is awarded an amount for the current value when all instances of the feature have been completed.
US11132867B2
An embodiment may involve a software application executed on behalf of a client machine with a graphical display unit, the software application graphically displaying animations that simulate spinning a plurality of reels. A set of symbols may be selected, including first and second trigger symbols in a third position a fourth position, respectively, adjacent to one another. The embodiment may involve determining a third set of symbols identical to the second set of symbols except that: when the third and fourth positions are vertically adjacent on a particular reel, all symbols on the particular reel are wild, when the third and fourth positions are horizontally adjacent on a pair of adjacent reels, all symbols on the pair of adjacent reels are wild, (iii) when the third and fourth positions are diagonally adjacent to one another, a 2×2 grid of symbols are wild.
US11132858B1
An improved closing structure of a banknote machine includes: a banknote machine; a banknote machine gate, and characterized in that: a lower portion of the banknote machine gate is disposed with a bottom plate, one side of the bottom plate is extended with a protruding extension part and a fastening column, the lateral plate is disposed with a fastening column, at least one tension spring connected to the fastening column of the lateral plate and the fastening column of the protruding extension part; and a front portion of the banknote machine is formed with an accommodation space, so that the banknote machine gate is prevented from folding back after being opened via a pulling force provided by the tension spring.
US11132857B2
Various systems and methods for providing a smart entry system are described herein. A smart entry system includes a detector to detect a person near a portal to a room; a transceiver to attempt to establish a wireless connection between the smart entry system and a user device associated with the person; and a user interface to present a notification to the person based on a state of the wireless connection.
US11132855B2
A pattern recognition locking system and method is operable to lock and unlock an object through a sequence of knocks, rotations, and ambient vibrations that are measured by an accelerometer as acceleration, and a gyroscope as orientation. The sequence and intensity of vibrations and intensity are processed by a microcontroller that utilizes a pattern recognition algorithm to: recognize the intensity and sequence of acceleration and orientation; identify the most intense motion from the degrees of freedom; and, after identifying a sequence of the most intense motions for respective degree of freedom, the microcontroller transmits a signal to lock mechanism to lock or unlock an object if sequence of degrees of motion match a stored passcode. A sleep module powers off the system when no motion or vibrations detected. A new sequence of ambient vibrations and motion are created through a learning module. A reset switch reprograms the sequence of motions.
US11132842B2
A method of synchronizing digital content between a first mobile device and a second mobile device is disclosed. Device position and orientation data is received at a first application executing in an operating system of the first mobile device. Sensor data is used to determine at least two 3D points associated with a physical location of the second mobile device. At least two 3D points are used to determine an offset for the position, orientation and scale of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device. The offset and digital content data captured by the first mobile device are shared over a network with a second application executing in an operating system of the second mobile device. The second mobile device uses the offset to display the digital content captured by the first mobile device together with digital content data captured by the second mobile device.
US11132839B1
A system and method for allowing riders of virtual reality rides to enjoy and interact with real world props in a virtual reality environment while at an amusement park ride. The system stores and displays to the rider virtual representations of the tagged items they've brought along for the amusement park ride. Smart merchandise utilizes RFID tags along with a database of virtual characteristics to enable the virtual world representation of real world items.
US11132835B1
To suspend processing of a sequence of primitives being processed in a graphics processing pipeline the processing of primitives in a second section of the graphics processing pipeline in which the primitives are processed into graphics fragments is continued to generate respective sets of fragments. For each respective set of graphics fragments generated from this continued processing the set of fragments is passed from the second section of the graphics processing pipeline to a rendering circuit and the processing in respect of the respective fragments is then suspended. A set of suspend operation state information for the set of fragments indicating that the processing was suspended is then written out.
US11132830B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving 3D image data with respect to a 3D region in a living body, the 3D region including a first body cavity having an opening to a second body cavity, and receiving coordinates of a seed location within the first cavity in proximity to the opening. The 3D image data is processed so as to identify, for each ray among a plurality of rays emanating from the seed location at different, respective angles, a respective distance from the seed location to a respective intersection point at which the ray intersects surface tissue in the second cavity. Among the rays, the ray for which the distance from the seed location to the respective intersection point is greatest is selected, and an image is rendered that includes the opening as seen from a location on the selected ray.
US11132827B2
The disclosure describes a distributed, pluggable architecture for an artificial reality (AR) system that enables concurrent execution and collaborative scene rendering for multiple artificial reality applications. For example, an AR system includes an image capture device configured to capture image data representative of a physical environment. The AR system also includes a head-mounted display (HMD) configured to output artificial reality content. The AR system further includes a plurality of concurrently executing artificial reality client applications. The AR system also includes a concurrent application engine configured to control rendering the artificial reality content as a common scene that include one or more objects from each of the plurality of artificial reality applications.
US11132825B1
Introduced here are computer programs and associated computer-implemented techniques for adding animations to existing digital and analog art that was not originally created with animation in mind. The technologies described herein enable the content located beneath animated elements to be generated such that the artistic style of the underlying art remains intact.
US11132820B2
A graphical representation of a service model provides a full view of a portion of the graphical representation. A sub graph view may be displayed for nodes of the graphical representation of the service model that are associated with a selected node, including nodes that may not be visible in the full view. The sub graph view may be interactive, providing additional information regarding the nodes displayed in the sub graph view, and allowing making nodes in the sub graph view visible or invisible in the full view. Information may be displayed in the sub graph view about the status of the components being modeled by the service model corresponding to nodes displayed in the sub graph view.
US11132817B2
An image processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to obtain an image of a first camera disposed on a vehicle such that an imaging range of the first camera includes a portion of a vehicle body and images of a second and third cameras that image an area of a blind spot caused by the portion of the vehicle body, combine a blind spot image corresponding to the area of the blind spot in the image of the second camera with the image of the first camera, obtain three-dimensional information of a rear vehicle with stereo vision of the second and third cameras, and store rear vehicle shape information, wherein the processor determines three-dimensional information corresponding to a portion of the rear vehicle, and combines the blind spot image with the image of the first camera using the determined three-dimensional information.
US11132816B2
A processing apparatus comprising compute logic to train a convolutional neural network (CNN) to perform autonomous re-localization for a service robot or mobile device. An apparatus comprises an image processor to process visual data received via a sensor and a general purpose graphics processing engine perform camera pose estimation for image data and generate a transformation matrix to transform positions of camera pose estimations to positions within a human readable map of the location. The images and transformed positions are uses to train the CNN to perform re-localization.
US11132809B2
A stereo matching method includes obtaining a first feature map associated with a first view image and a second feature map associated with a second view image using a neural network model-based feature extractor, determining respective matching costs between a reference pixel of the first view image and candidate pixels of the second view image using the first feature map and the second feature map, and determining a pixel corresponding to the reference pixel among the candidate pixels based on the determined matching costs.
US11132805B2
A depth measurement assembly (DMA) includes an illumination source that projects pulses of light (e.g., structured light) at a temporal pulsing frequency into a local area. The DMA includes a sensor that capture images of the pulses of light reflected from the local area and determines, using one or more of the captured images, one or more TOF phase shifts for the pulses of light. The DMA includes a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to determine a first set of estimated radial distances to an object in the local area based on the one or more TOF phase shifts. The controller determines a second estimated radial distance to the object based on an encoding of structured light and at least one of the captured images. The controller selects an estimated radial distance from the first set of radial distances.
US11132804B2
A hybrid depth estimation system includes a switchable projector that controllably projects either dot light or surface light onto an object; a sensor that receives reflected dot light or reflected surface light from the object to capture a first image or a second image respectively; a dot time-of-flight (ToF) depth generator that generates a dot depth map and an associated dot confidence map according to the first image; a surface ToF depth generator that generates a surface depth map according to the second image; and a denoise processor that processes the surface depth map according to a plurality of points on the dot depth map with high confidence, thereby generating a denoised depth map.
US11132801B2
In an example, a method includes selecting a user-selected seed voxel from a medical image. The user-selected seed voxel is shifted to an adjusted seed voxel in an evaluation region based on an evaluation. The evaluation region includes the user-selected seed voxel and at least one other voxel within a predetermined spatial distance. A given region in the image volume is filled with voxels to provide a segmented volume for the given region based on the adjusted seed voxel and segmentation filter parameters. A segmentation region is evaluated to ascertain a quality of the fill. Seed candidates may be determined from a set of the filled voxels adjacent a boundary of the for another region given region in response to determining that the quality of the fill indicates a valid segmentation for the anatomic vessel structure in the given region. Segmented vessel image data is stored.
US11132794B2
An image processing system connected to an endoscope and processing in real-time endoscopic images to identify suspicious tissues such as polyps or cancer. The system applies preprocessing tools to clean the received images and then applies in parallel a plurality of detectors both conventional detectors and models of supervised machine learning-based detectors. A post processing is also applied in order select the regions which are most probable to be suspicious among the detected regions. Frames identified as showing suspicious tissues can be marked on an output video display. Optionally, the size, type and boundaries of the suspected tissue can also be identified and marked.
US11132792B2
Systems and method are described for medical image segmentation. A medical image of a patient in a first domain is received. The medical image comprises one or more anatomical structures. A synthesized image in a second domain is generated from the medical image of the patient in the first domain using a generator of a task driven generative adversarial network. The one or more anatomical structures are segmented from the synthesized image in the second domain using a dense image-to-image network of the task driven generative adversarial network. Results of the segmenting of the one or more anatomical structures from the synthesized image in the second domain represent a segmentation of the one or more anatomical structures in the medical image of the patient in the first domain.
US11132787B2
One variation of a method for monitoring manufacture of assembly units includes: receiving selection of a target location hypothesized by a user to contain an origin of a defect in assembly units of an assembly type; accessing a feature map linking non-visual manufacturing features to physical locations within the assembly type; for each assembly unit, accessing an inspection image of the assembly unit recorded by an optical inspection station during production of the assembly unit, projecting the target location onto the inspection image, detecting visual features proximal the target location within the inspection image, and aggregating non-visual manufacturing features associated with locations proximal the target location and representing manufacturing inputs into the assembly unit based on the feature map; and calculating correlations between visual and non-visual manufacturing features associated with locations proximal the target location and the defect for the set of assembly units.
US11132786B2
A board defect filtering method is provided. The method includes: receiving a defect list; obtaining a plurality of defect images of a plurality of defect records on the defect list; receiving a circuit layout image; analyzing a defect location of a first defect image of the plurality of defect images according to the circuit layout image; cropping the first defect image to obtain a first cropped defect image according to the defect location; inputting the first cropping defect image to a defect classifying model; and determining whether the first defect image is a qualified product image or not according to an output result of the defect classifying model.
US11132784B2
A method (10) utilizes first, second, and third image data originating from first, second, and third digital image frames, respectively, captured sequentially in time of a sample volume containing a fluid possibly comprising moving microscopic objects while illuminating the sample volume by coherent light, each image data comprising, for a moving microscopic object of foreign object present in the sample volume, a hologram pattern (11); and comprises automatically generating first differential image data comprising the difference of the first and the second image data, (13a); automatically generating second differential image data comprising the difference of the second and the third image data (13b); automatically generating product of difference (POD) image data comprising the product of the first and the second differential image data, (14); and automatically detecting the presence of moving microscopic object(s) in the sample volume on the basis of product pattern(s) present in the POD image data (17).
US11132780B2
A target detection method comprises performing corner point feature extraction processing on an input image to obtain a pair of target corner points, generating a target frame based on the pair of target corner points, and outputting a target detection result of a target object when determining that a calibration area in the target frame comprises a target feature point.
US11132772B2
A method includes obtaining a first image of a scene using a first image sensor of an electronic device and a second image of the scene using a second image sensor of the electronic device. The method also includes generating a first feature map from the first image and a second feature map from the second image. The method further includes generating a third feature map based on the first feature map, the second feature map, and an asymmetric search window. The method additionally includes generating a depth map by restoring spatial resolution to the third feature map.
US11132761B2
Embodiments are disclosed for emulation of graphics processing unit instructions. An example apparatus includes a kernel accessor to access an instruction of an original GPU kernel, the original GPU kernel intended to be executed at a first GPU. An instruction support determiner is to determine whether execution of the instruction is supported by a second GPU different from the first GPU. An instruction modifier is to, in response to determining that the execution of the instruction is not supported by the second GPU, create an instrumented GPU kernel based on the original GPU kernel. The instrumented GPU kernel includes an emulation sequence. The emulation sequence is to, when executed by the second GPU, cause the second GPU to emulate execution of the instruction by the first GPU.
US11132760B2
Methods, systems, and devices for graphic processing are described. The methods, systems, and devices may include or be associated with identifying a graphics instruction, determining that the graphics instruction is alias enabled for the device, partitioning an alias lookup table into one or more slots, allocating a slot of the alias lookup table based on the partitioning and determining that the graphics instruction is alias enabled, generating an alias instruction based on allocating the slot of the alias lookup table and determining that the graphics instruction is alias enabled, and processing the alias instruction.
US11132759B2
An embodiment of a graphics command coordinator apparatus may include a commonality identifier to identify a commonality between a first graphics command corresponding to a first frame and a second graphics command corresponding to a second frame, a commonality analyzer communicatively coupled to the commonality identifier to determine if the first graphics command and the second graphics command can be processed together based on the commonality identified by the commonality identifier, and a commonality indicator communicatively coupled to the commonality analyzer to provide an indication that the first graphics command and the second graphics command are to be processed together. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US11132757B2
A method includes forming an image of a scene on a sensor through a coded aperture, wherein the coded aperture and sensor are optically coupled within an imaging platform to form a superpositioned, physically encoded image of the scene on the sensor. The method includes generating raw image data from the sensor representative of the superpositioned, physically encoded image of the scene, and transmitting the raw image data to a platform remote from the imaging platform so the raw data is encrypted during transmission. The method can include using the platform remote from the imaging platform to deconvolve the superpositioned, physically encoded image into a decoded image.
US11132754B2
Methods and systems for providing fluid resources are disclosed. A system or method may comprise developing an accurate fluid resource need that allows for expedited true up of fluid resource deliver from resource suppliers to a utility provider. The system and methods for delivering a fluid resource may include calculating a regression line based on fluid resource usage, and an associated temperature during the usage period, and a forecasted temperature for a future time period when the fluid resource will needed. The regression line may be used to obtain the amount fluid resource needed from resource suppliers for deliver by a utility provider to customers.
US11132749B1
A system for automated processing of electronic loan applications including user interfaces, visual presentation of data, automated loan documentation processing, financial analysis, loan scoring, real time risk adjustment, and underwriter approval processes is described. The system provides computer control for receiving electronic loan requests, automatically retrieving third party data for loan applications, filtering third party data, performing cashflow analysis and data verification, scoring loans, assessing risk, optimizing loan offers, generating dashboards with status information and tile displays of loan application data, real time adjusting of risk, displaying of optimized loan offers and underwriting of loan applications. More specifically, the dashboard includes a progress indicator of the progress of an electronic loan request to a complete loan application and finally to an approval or rejection. The dashboard also includes visual indications, including color and signals, directing the underwriter's attention to important or necessary action steps to reject or advance the loan application request. The dashboard interface can be customized or personalized for an underwriter, a loan or for other reasons. The dashboard interface includes a moveable, arrangeable, multi-sided color-coded tile system. The system analyzes loan application data to perform scoring of loans, risk assessment, and optimization of loan offer amounts which are conveyed to the underwriter through a user interface. Risk may be modified by the underwriter through the user interface, numerically or through sliding scale sliders, causing loan scoring and optimizing to occur in real time and presenting new loan offers to the underwriter for approval. The underwriter may approve loans through the user interface, or the system can automatically approve loans without human input.
US11132748B2
A computer implemented method for mining risks includes providing a set of risk-indicating patterns on a computing device; querying a corpus using the computing device to identify a set of potential risks by using a risk-identification-algorithm based, at least in part, on the set of risk-indicating patterns associated with the corpus; comparing the set of potential risks with the risk-indicating patterns to obtain a set of prerequisite risks; generating a signal representative of the set of prerequisite risks; and storing the signal representative of the set of prerequisite risks in an electronic memory. A computing device or system for mining risks includes an electronic memory; and a risk-identification-algorithm based, at least in part, on the set of risk-indicating patterns associated with a corpus stored in the electronic memory.
US11132747B2
Contextual searches may be performed to identify subsets of search results from an organized dataset. Contextual searching may return search results based on a relevance of the results to a query or search terms. Characters may be input by users at a search field that may be used to define context filters for limiting the search results of the organized dataset. Triggering events may be received that may trigger the definition of context filters that may be used to obtain the subsets of search results from the organized dataset. The triggering event may be a delimiter in the character string, for example. The subset of search results may include a subset of tradeable objects that may be traded at an electronic exchange. The subset of search results may continue to be limited based on additional context filters defined from the search input at the search field.
US11132739B1
The systems and methods for receiving a user input for a combination of a plurality of object pointers, wherein the object pointers are associated with a corresponding plurality of items located within a first area; retrieving one or more system parameters comprising a current location and a current container; transmitting a request for the combination of the plurality of object pointers, the request comprising the one or more system parameters; receiving the combination of the plurality of object pointers in response to the request; displaying locations of the plurality of items relative to the current location; and processing the plurality of items until a threshold capacity of the current container is reached by receiving input data corresponding to the plurality of object pointers.
US11132733B2
Methods and systems for recommending items to an unknown user of a website are disclosed. In one aspect, browsing activity of known users is analyzed to determine which items or categories of items are most popular in a given context (time, place, device, etc.). The known user browsing activity (clickstream data) is used to generate a multi-dimensional attribute matrix. Matrix factorization and clustering are used to generate affinity scores for items based on user context. These scores are used to generate item recommendations for an unknown user in a particular browsing context. In some embodiments, personalized item recommendations are updated based on interactions made between the unknown user and content of the website.
US11132731B2
The method and system for recommending, monitoring, selecting and delivering gifts includes maintaining a transaction profile and target profile in a data network for a giver, maintaining target sub-profiles corresponding to each recipient listed in the transaction profile, transmitting an alert, presenting a gift selection menu formed by a plurality of recommended gift options, choosing a selected gift option from the gift selection menu, transmitting a notice of the selected gift option to the recipient, and storing a response. Each gift option has been identified with a target rating from a filtered array of primary factors of the target profile. The array is filtered by a target template for the primary factors. The filtered array can be revised for increased accuracy. The response of the recipient includes accepting or rejecting, including re-gifting and consolidating, handling complex gift items, and revising the target templates for subsequent gifts.
US11132730B2
Various aspects and embodiments are directed to image based viewing and/or ordering food items. According to some embodiments, an ordering system for managing image based menus includes a suite of data management applications for providers and/or deliverers (e.g., businesses in the restaurant or food and beverage industry, delivery service providers, etc.). These providers can subscribe to the system in order to access the functionality provided by image based displays including ordering and reservation capabilities provided. In some embodiments, the suite of data management applications can be configured to enable subscribers to access database-driven, market-specific product information, and use that information, for example, to tailor displays on online food and beverage ordering/viewing systems. Further each participant can specify the terms/restrictions associated with their participation and the system can optimize viewing of food and beverage items, reservations, and deliveries and manage pricing and payment of any order accordingly.
US11132723B2
A parking meter receives data indicative of a remote payment being completed and displays an amount of time purchased by the remote payment for a parking session. The parking meter determines an amount of time remaining in the parking session and powers down at least a portion of a meter communication subsystem subsequent to receiving the data indicative of the remote payment being completed. The parking meter wakes up the powered down portion of the communication subsystem upon determining that the amount of time remaining is below a threshold time, and can receive an indication of additional time being paid for remotely, and can update the displayed time remaining to reflect the additional time.
US11132720B2
An ad proxy generates a playback manifest for delivery to a destination platform via a content distribution network (CDN). The playback manifest provided to the destination device includes hosted locations, such as network addresses, of both primary media files and advertising content. The playback manifest can also include tracking-calls. The destination platform receives normalized media files associated with the network addresses included in the playback manifest, and plays out those normalized media files during execution of the playback manifest. Tracking-calls can be fired, in accordance with the playback manifest, when part or all of a normalized media file has been played out. The tracking-calls can be used to facilitate calculation of impressions. The destination device need not be capable of differentiating between primary media content and advertising content, thus allowing even limited capability platforms, e.g. integrated automotive platforms, to provide targeted advertising.
US11132714B2
An application such as a contacts management application may be configured to display information for multiple contacts. The displayed information may include carrier information for certain contacts, indicating which of multiple cellular communication carriers provides cellular communication services for each contact. This may allow a user to provide recommendations to the user's contacts, such as promotional messages suggesting that the contacts switch to the carrier of the user. In some embodiments, a control may be displayed that automatically initiates a promotional message to a particular contact.
US11132713B2
An impression estimation system for estimating visual impressions of a plurality of vehicles configured with exterior graphic messaging. A mobile device application of each of a plurality of mobile devices associated with the plurality of vehicles generates vehicle mobility data. A computational platform includes a processor and program code which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to, with respect to each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles: (i) identify, using the vehicle mobility data, one or more of the road segments in which the vehicle was present; (ii) estimate, using the traffic volume data, a number of potential visual impressions of the vehicle within the road segments; (iii) determine an estimated number of visual impressions; (iv) generate visual impression information based at least in part upon the estimated number of visual impressions; and (v) cause display of the visual impression information.
US11132712B2
Three-dimensional positional spatial olfaction for virtual marketing associates a product with a product location within a virtual reality environment and identifies a product aroma associated with the product. A distance and a direction from the product location to a positional presence of a participant within the virtual reality environment is determined, and the product aroma is delivered to the participant in accordance with the distance and the direction. Delivery of the product aroma to the participant in accordance with the distance and the direction is used to lead the participant through the virtual reality environment to the product location where an interface for obtaining a physical copy of the product is displayed to the participant.
US11132706B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to data correlation of data pertaining to content distributed through distinct content delivery networks including offline networks and data related to user interaction with an online presence on the distributed computer network and uses for such correlated data, including to measure and quantify latent effects of the content distributed through a distinct content delivery network, such as an offline network, on user's interactions with the online presence on the distributed computer network.
US11132695B2
Customer relationship management (“CRM”) implemented in a computer system, including establishing by the computer system, upon a first communications contact between a tele-agent and a customer representative, as structure of computer memory of the computer system, a communications session; and administering by the computer system through the communications session across communications platforms a sequence of communications contacts, including the first contact and also subsequent communications contacts, between the tele-agent and the customer representative.
US11132690B2
A computer-implemented method performed by a processor of a financial institution computing system relates to providing a notification relating to a transaction event between an account holder and a merchant. Transaction data relating to the transaction event between the account holder and the merchant is received from the merchant. The transaction event is associated with a financial account of the account holder. A notification is defined based on the transaction data. The notification includes a trigger event and notification content, and relates to a follow-up event to be performed by the account holder with the merchant. Upon occurrence of the trigger event, the notification is transmitted to the account holder.
US11132686B2
Methods and systems are presented for a fraud risk score to be given to a merchant for a proposed transaction with a consumer. The fraud risk score is generated by a payment account service provider, such as a credit card processor, using information from a pending transaction as well as information from other payment accounts that the consumer holds to which the payment account service provider is privy. Various factors, including indicators of elevated risk in other payment accounts, are custom-weighted by the merchant for the score.
US11132677B2
The application provides a method, apparatus, and electronic device for implementing blockchain-based transactions. The method comprises: determining a plurality of blockchain-based transactions to be executed among a transaction-initiating party, a transaction-relay party, and a transaction-target party in a blockchain; generating common transaction data and first independent transaction data, wherein: the common transaction data is related to the plurality of blockchain-based transactions, and the first independent transaction data is related to one or more of the plurality of blockchain-based transactions involving the transaction-initiating party; obtaining second independent transaction data, wherein: the second independent transaction data is related to one or more of the plurality of blockchain-based transactions involving the transaction-relay party; and submitting a consolidated transaction related to the plurality of blockchain-based transactions to the blockchain, wherein the consolidated transaction comprises the common transaction data, the first independent transaction data, and the second independent transaction data.
US11132675B2
An electronic payment system includes a wallet server storing account details of one or more payment schemes with which a user has an account; a mobile application operable to indicate to the wallet server which of the one or more payment schemes is to be pre-authorized for a transaction; and a payment card conforming to a payment card standard. Operating the payment card to effect a financial transaction effects a financial transaction using the payment scheme indicated to the wallet server by the mobile application.
US11132674B2
An embedded picture can be embedded with secret embedded payloads. A method is disclosed for performing trusted binding between a first participant and a second participant based on RSA cryptosystem using the embedded picture having a first area assigned to the first participant for a first secret embedded payload, and a second area assigned to the second participant for a second secret embedded payload. Multiple payloads may be embedded in the embedded picture by multiple participants. Each payload can only be encrypted and decrypted by its corresponding participant. Multiple participants may form a trusted network, in the network each participant can be recognized and validated digitally. Accordingly, various activities such as transaction of digital credit card, verification of digital identification (ID) card, transaction of digital currency note may be performed using the trusted network.
US11132673B1
A cryptowallet includes a microcontroller configured to communicate with a cryptowallet application running on a host; a touch display connected to the microcontroller and used to input a PIN code and a mnemonic seed for the cryptowallet for each cryptocurrency, and to output a destination address for a transaction and the mnemonic seed; a secure cryptoprocessor having storage and cryptographic logic. The storage stores a file system representing multiple cryptocurrencies. The file system is a tree that stores a private key for each cryptocurrency. The cryptowallet application is configured to communicate with a cryptocurrency network communication component, for carrying out transactions using the cryptocurrencies, that are authorized by using the private key upon providing the PIN code and the destination address of the transaction to the cryptoprocessor. The cryptographic logic implements cryptographic functions required by the cryptocurrencies. Connection between the microcontroller and the secure cryptoprocessor can be performed via the ISO7816 or NFC interfaces. The cryptowallet is configured to connect to the host using a USB connection.
US11132669B2
Methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for payment are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining first image data; performing image recognition on the first image data; determining a payment mode to be a facial payment mode or a code payment mode based on the image recognition on the first image data; and performing a payment process corresponding to the determined payment mode.
US11132668B2
Mobile devices, methods, and computer-program products are provided for prioritizing data sets. A transmission is received from a proximity broadcasting device. The transmission is a data packet that includes a unique identifier corresponding to the proximity broadcasting device. A proximity broadcasting system corresponding to the proximity broadcasting device is identified based on the unique identifier. At least one transaction data set corresponding to the proximity broadcasting system is selected from among a plurality of transaction data sets. The at least one transaction data set is prioritized above the remaining transaction data sets in a hierarchical order.
US11132666B2
Embodiments of the application provide methods and apparatuses for transaction processing. One method comprises: receiving a first transaction result from a first server, wherein the first transaction result is generated in response to a first transaction request from a client; determining a type corresponding to the first transaction result; generating a second transaction result matching the type corresponding to the first transaction result; and sending the generated second transaction result to the client in response to a second transaction request from the client.
US11132665B2
A device, an add-on and a secure element for conducting a secured financial transaction are disclosed. The device comprises a central processing unit; a communication interface for establishing a communication between the device and a financial institution related to a financial account; an interface for acquiring data relating to the financial account; the secure element for processing at least a portion of the data relating to the financial account acquired by the interface; and control logic for acquiring a purchase amount to be debited from the financial account and for obtaining a transaction authorization from the financial institution related to the financial account, the transaction authorization being based, at least partially, on data processed solely by the secure element independently of data processed by the central processing unit. A method of conducting the secured financial transaction, and a computer program product for execution by the secure element are also disclosed.
US11132658B2
A commodity registration apparatus includes a check-in terminal, a sensor group, and a management terminal. A processor of the management terminal is configured to track movement of a shopper and store items using the sensor group. A first commodity list is updated to include a first item when the tracked movements indicate the known shopper has selected the first item for purchase. The movements of any unidentified shopper are tracked. The processor updates a second commodity list to include a second item when tracked movements indicate the unidentified shopper has selected the second item for purchase. The second commodity list is associated with a provisional identification code. Commodity registration data for settlement processing is generated using the first commodity list unless the unidentified shopper is later identified as the known shopper, in which case, commodity registration data is generated using the first and second commodity lists in combination.
US11132656B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for managing transaction in a digital marketplace are provided. In example embodiments, a transaction request involving a digital good is received. A determination as to whether the transaction involves a purchase of the digital good is performed. Based on the transaction involving the purchase of the digital good, a further determination as to whether an overlap in inventory or a related item involving the digital good exists is performed. Based on the overlap in inventory existing, a sub-collection of the inventory is created with which to complete the transaction request. Based on existence of the related item, a combination package including the digital good and the related item is created and offered in response to the transaction request.
US11132645B2
Techniques for predicting relevance of social networking service member accounts to a job posting. In an embodiment, a candidate predictor engine of a system encodes data representing an applicant quality (AQ) score for each job/applicant pair for a plurality of applicants to a job posting. Additionally, the system stores the encoded data and assigns member-level weights to each of the applicants. Moreover, the system calculates weighted AQ scores for each of the job/applicant pairs, the weighted AQ scores being products of respective AQ scores and member-level weights. Furthermore, the system sums the weighted AQ scores to derive a total weighted score for the job posting. Then, the candidate predictor engine generates a job-level probability of confirmed hire (pCH) based on the total weighted score, the job-level pCH indicating a likelihood of the posting being filled by an applicant. Also, the system transmits the job-level pCH to a client for display.
US11132627B2
A travel search machine generates a trip object defined by a corresponding trip identifier. The trip object may have a corresponding trip data structure to which one or more search results may be assigned by a user. For example, the travel search machine may be configured to receive a trip identifier as a submission from a user device, generate a trip data structure corresponding to the trip identifier, and responsive to a received command from a user device, assign one or more search results to the trip data structure, such that reference to the trip data structure via the received trip identifier causes a presentation of at least some of the one or more search results assigned to the trip data structure.
US11132623B2
A user input is analyzed during labeling of a first portion of data to determine a behavior of a user. A labeling accuracy rate of the user is forecasted. A characteristic of a second portion of data to be presented to the user at a second time is determined. The second portion of data is presented to the user. A second label corresponding to the second portion of data is received. A second user input is analyzed to determine a second behavior of the user. The accuracy prediction model is refined. A second labeling accuracy rate of the user is forecasted. The recommendation model is refined.
US11132612B2
An event recommendation system recommends events for a candidate attendee. The system recommends an event based on characteristics of the candidate attendee and characteristics of prior attendees that attended a prior occurrence of the event. A prior attendee may have a positive or negative experience with the prior occurrence of the event. A positive experience may be defined, for example, as enjoying the event, completing the event, or performing well in the event. A negative experience may be defined, for example, as not enjoying the event, not completing the event, or not performing well in the event. An event is recommended to a candidate attendee if the candidate attendee has similar characteristics to a prior attendee that had a positive experience. An event is not recommended to a candidate attendee if the candidate attendee has similar characteristics as a prior attendee that had a negative experience.
US11132611B2
An information processing apparatus according to one embodiment includes a memory having computer executable components stored therein; and processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to: acquire, for each of a plurality of sensors installed in a vehicle, positional information of an object present around the vehicle measured by the sensor; calculate a probability that the object is present for each of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing surroundings of the vehicle based on the positional information measured by the sensors; record non-measurement information indicating that the positional information was not obtained for an area corresponding to a direction in which the positional information was not obtained for each of the sensors; and determine a final probability that the object is present based on the probability calculated for each of the sensors and the non-measurement information.
US11132583B2
Methods and systems may be used for transfer learning of neural networks. According to one example, a method includes: grouping data objects of a first training set into a plurality of clusters; training a base model using a first cluster of the plurality of clusters, the base model being a neural network having a plurality of nodes; generalizing the base model to obtain a generalized base model, the generalizing the base model including setting a portion of the plurality of nodes to have random or predetermined weights; determining that the first cluster is, out of the plurality clusters, most similar to a second training set; and training the generalized base model using the second training set to obtain a trained model.
US11132581B2
Methods and apparatuses for face image deduplication as well as non-transitory computer-readable storage medium include: filtering a plurality of obtained first face images to obtain at least one second face image with image quality reaching a first preset condition; matching the second face image with at least one third face image in an image queue to obtain a matching result; and determining, according to the matching result, whether to perform deduplication operation on the second face image.
US11132579B2
A contour recognition device includes: a projecting unit which projects pattern light; a light quantity adjustment unit which adjusts a light quantity of the pattern light; two photographing units which capture, from different viewpoints, the target and the placement surface; a distance calculation unit which calculates a distance at every two-dimensional position; an image generation unit which generates a distance image which gradient expresses a distance from a maximum distance until a minimum distance at every two-dimensional position; and a contour extraction unit which extracts a contour of the target, in which the light quantity adjustment unit adjusts the light quantity so that the distance of at least the contour of the target cannot be calculated, and the distance of the placement surface can be calculated, and the image generation unit generates an image so that a maximum distance becomes a distance greater than the distance of the placement surface.
US11132571B2
A system including circuitry configured to process multispectral image data of a meal to obtain information on the contents of the meal; and generate, based on the obtained information, a query with guidance to change image capture settings.
US11132569B2
A hardware accelerator for computing integral image values of an image is provided that includes a plurality of row computation components configurable to operate in parallel to compute row sum values of respective rows of a row block of the image. The hardware accelerator is further configured to compute integral image values for the row block using the row sum values and block pivots.
US11132557B2
The present application discloses a logo extraction device, and a brightness adjusting method and device for a logo. The logo extraction device includes an acquiring module, a gray-scale converting module, a weight processing module, and an extraction module. In the present application, by increasing a number of key frames in a process of logo extraction and using video frame weighting, the logo is extracted and thereby accuracy of logo extraction is improved.
US11132549B2
The measurement result display apparatus of the present invention includes: a storage unit for storing shape information and a predetermined measurement result with respect to an object to be measured; a three-dimensional sensor for detecting shape information of an object existing in a three-dimensional space; a display unit configured so that the object detected by the three-dimensional sensor can be visually recognized and configured to be capable of displaying predetermined information; and a display control unit for displaying the predetermined measurement result of a target object on the display unit so as to be visually recognized together with the object, using the object to be measured whose shape information is detected by the three-dimensional sensor as the target object.
US11132535B2
Video conferences are a common occurrence in many business, academic, and other settings. Systems and methods provided herein enable a participant of a video conference, who has an impairment or disability, such as to hearing, speech, or vision, to have that impairment or disability mitigated by automatically detecting and implementing mitigating actions to the participants local device and/or the devices of the remote participants.
US11132531B2
The invention relates to a method of face detection and determination of face pose from a three-dimensional mesh comprising the steps of: determining (200) a curvature map of the three-dimensional surface, according to an average curvature or a Gaussian curvature, detecting (300), within the curvature map, a facial nose tip (B) where the three-dimensional facial surface has a predetermined curvature, determining (400) a face pose defined by coordinates of the nose tip (B) and by three angles of rotation of the face around three axes, delineating a face zone and comparison (450) between the delineated face zone and a reference face template, in order to validate the detection of a real face in the three-dimensional mesh. The invention also relates to a method for checking the identity of an individual, using a frontalized shot of their face obtained via the method for face detection and determination of pose applied to a not necessarily frontalized shot.
US11132524B2
A method for collecting fingerprints and related products is provided. The method is applicable to an electronic device and includes the following. A first component set of the ultrasonic module is controlled to operate at a first operating frequency to capture a 3D image of a target object, where the first component set includes P transmitters and Q receivers, and P and Q are positive integers. A second component set of the ultrasonic module is woken up when the 3D image is identified to be a finger, where the second component set comprises M transmitters and N receivers, M and N are positive integers, P
US11132522B2
In one aspect, a sensor includes an image acquisition controller and a pixel array. The pixel array includes a first set of pixels electrically coupled to the controller and a second set of pixels electrically coupled to the controller. The sensor is configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode. When operating in the first mode, the controller is configured to acquire signals from only the first set of pixels for generating a low-resolution image. When operating in the second mode, the controller is configured to acquire signals from both the first set of pixels and the second set of pixels for generating a high-resolution image.
US11132519B1
An asset tagging and monitoring system includes a smart device having a camera, a GPS, and a touch screen display; a server to communicate with the smart device to receive and store data; a tagging platform accessible from the smart device and to communicate with the camera, the mobile platform provides activating the camera to provide a visual representation of an area on the touch screen display; receiving user input to designate a first asset present within the area; creating a virtual asset tag associated with the first asset, the virtual asset tag having data associated therewith; assigning a position to the virtual asset tag, the position determined via the smart device; and creating an augmented display from the camera, the augmented display having a virtual asset tags displayed thereon, each of the virtual asset tags being associated with a tangible or intangible asset.
US11132515B2
A method and a data processing device are disclosed for at least partially automatically transferring a word sequence composed in a source language into a word sequence in a target language with corresponding substantive content. By analyzing the word sequence and identifying terms with lexical ambiguity in the word sequence by comparing with a terminology database comprising terms with lexical ambiguity in the source language which are assigned a plurality of term identifiers depending on their number of meanings, an unambiguous term definition is provided for translating the word sequence into the target language by assigning a term identifier to the term with lexical ambiguity in the source language. This may render a machine translation less susceptible to errors.
US11132512B2
Embodiments of the invention describe a computer-implemented method that includes receiving a query that includes a query sequence having query characters grouped into query words. A segment of program code is retrieved from a database for evaluation. The program code includes a program code sequence including program code characters grouped into program code words. The query sequence, the query word, the program code sequence, and the program code word are each converted to sequence and word representations. Query sequence-level features, query word-level features, program code sequence-level features, and program code word-level features are extracted from the sequence and word representation. Similarity between the query and the segment of program code is determined by applying a similarity metric technique to the query sequence-level features, the query word-level features, the program code sequence-level features, and the program code word-level features.
US11132505B2
A Chinese composition reviewing system is provided and includes an identifying module, an analyzing module and a comprehending module. The identifying module identifies an abnormal phrase and an inappropriate punctuation mark of a target content by dividing a Chinese character into a Cangjie code. The analyzing module analyzes a sentence state of the target content and provides reference information when analyzing the sentence state. The comprehending module parses the target content via a predefined article mode, where the predefined article mode includes at least one of an article style, a word count, a paragraph count, a sentence count and a critical element. The Chinese composition reviewing system can evaluate the target content automatically.
US11132497B2
A method for inputting characters capable of being performed in a device is disclosed. The device is configured to input characters in a text input area that is displayed on the device itself or on an external display device. The method for inputting characters includes receiving, at the device, a key input which corresponds to a language character to be inputted in the text input area, and causing the device to input a plurality of Unicode characters in the text input area in response to the key input, the plurality of Unicode characters representing a shape of the language character over at least two text lines.
US11132491B2
A DRC tool optimized for analyzing early-stage (“dirty”) IC layout designs by performing one or more of (a) automatically selectively focusing DRC processing to selected regions (i.e., layers and/or cells) of a dirty IC layout design that are most likely to provide useful error information to a user, (b) automatically selectively ordering and/or limiting rule checks performed during DRC processing to provide the user with a manageable amount of error data in a predetermined reasonable amount of time, and (c) automatically providing error data in a graphical manner using a contrasting dot to indicate the location of each rule violation, whereby relevant problem areas of the dirty IC layout design are easily identified for correction by a human user, and non-relevant areas (e.g., missing block regions) can be efficiently identified and ignored, thereby facilitating efficient modification of the IC layout design.
US11132478B2
Methods for combinatorial choice in topology optimization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing combinatorial choice in a non-linear programming problem for designing a structure includes establishing, by one or more processors, a set of K variables, wherein the set of K variables defines an K-dimensional unit cube in a normal coordinate system. The K-dimensional unit cube includes a plurality of desired vertices representing a plurality of desired combinations that satisfy a constraint and a plurality of undesired vertices representing a plurality of undesired combinations that do not satisfy the constraint. The method further includes transforming the K-dimensional unit cube into a transformed shape in a transformed coordinate system using a shape function. Values of the set of K variables cannot have a combination represented by the plurality of undesired combinations.
US11132476B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed for automatically generating aircraft models by modifying quantitative design variables based on joint analysis of aerodynamic, structural, and/or energy performance. For example, in one or more embodiments, disclosed systems iteratively modify ailerons and a propulsion system based on performance criteria until a balancing metric converges. The disclosed systems then determine performance metrics corresponding to the aircraft model with the modified ailerons and propulsion system, such as stresses and deflections under performance load, a measure of aeroelastic stability, and a battery performance metric. The disclosed systems can then modify design variables based on the determined performance metrics to explore the design space and generate a new aircraft model.
US11132472B2
An approach is disclosed that transmits a command from an initiating device, the command being directed to a target device and the initiating device is disconnected from the target device. The command is sent through any number of receiving devices to eventually be received by the target device with the other receiving devices being intermediate devices. The approach identifies a set of connectivity conduits between the receiving devices where at least one of the connectivity conduits is between one of the intermediate devices and the target device. The initiating device receives a confirmation from one of the intermediate device that the command was transmitted to the target device by the intermediate device.
US11132471B1
Methods and apparatus for secure access generally comprise a secure interface operating in conjunction with a remote computer and a target machine. The secure interface may provide access to the target machine by the remote computer. The secure interface may comprise a signal transfer system configured to be coupled to the target machine. The signal transfer system may transfer native human I/O signals, but does not transfer files and does not transfer networking signals. The signal transfer system may provide the only couplings to the target machine. The secure interface may also include a network interface coupled to the signal transfer system.
US11132467B2
According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes a prior verifying unit, and an execution control unit. The prior verifying unit is configured to verify integrity of software registered in a whitelist at a timing which does not depend on an execution start of software and generate an execution permission list in which software which is successfully verified is registered as execution-permitted software. The execution control unit is configured to permit execution of the software if the software is registered in the execution permission list as the execution-permitted software when the execution start of the software is detected.
US11132464B2
Systems and methods may be provided for masking data on public networks, such as social networking sites. At a publishing node, the system may monitor data input fields in a webpage, and intercept and encode content, such as text, images, and video input at the data input fields, prior to the content being posted online on a public service provider's website. A privacy agent may process input field content to try to detect encoding markers in the input field content, which define portions of the content that are to be encoded. A third party key server may be used to store decoding keys. A URI reference to the decoding key may be used to access the decoding key by a node attempting to view the decoded version of the input field content.
US11132462B2
Various surgical hubs and data stripping methods are disclosed. The surgical hub comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to interrogate a modular device coupled to the processor via a modular communication hub. The modular device is a source of data sets that include patient identity data and surgical procedure data. The processor also executes instructions to: receive a data set from the modular device; discard the patient identity data and any portion of the surgical procedure data that identifies the patient from the data set; extract anonymous data from the data set and create an anonymized data set; and configure operation of the surgical hub or the modular device based on the anonymized data set.
US11132460B2
An apparatus and method control access to user information by generating a record of user information that includes the user information and appending the record of user information to a blockchain. A hash is assigned to the user information and the record of user information is encrypted prior to appending the record of user information to the blockchain. A record of authorization is received and appended to the blockchain. The record of authorization includes the user information, an identification of a third-party application authorized to read the record of authorization, and an access expiration parameter that places a restriction or limitation on access to the user information.
US11132453B2
A communication system including a receiver to receive training data. An input interface to receive input data coupled to a hardware processor and a memory. The hardware processor is configured to initialize the privacy module using the training data. Generate a trained privacy module, by iteratively optimizing an objective function. Wherein for each iteration the objective function is computed by a combination of a distortion of the useful attributes in the transformed data and of a mutual information between the sensitive attributes and the transformed data. Such that the mutual information is estimated by the auxiliary module that maximizes a conditional likelihood of the sensitive attributes given the transformed data. Receive the input data via the input interface. Apply the trained privacy module on the input data to produce an application specific transformed data. A transmitter to transmit the application specific transformed data over a communication channel.
US11132449B2
Example methods and systems disclosed herein facilitate the introduction and use of client-specified object encryption within a computing environment using remote third-party storage systems, where data objects stored on the remote third-party storage systems were previously either stored in unencrypted form or encrypted with a single key tied to an account that owns the data. In some embodiments, the encryption is introduced into the system in gradual stages, so as to minimize or entirely eliminate data availability downtime. In some embodiments, the introduction of client-specified object encryption involves registration of a user function on the third-party storage system, where the user function handles object decryption in response to requests of content consumers for data objects stored by the third-party storage system.
US11132446B2
The present disclosure is directed to a novel system for using a distributed blockchain ledger to conduct, manage, and store application assessment data. In particular, computing systems may be used to perform assessments on the various applications within the enterprise environment and store the assessments as data records within the blockchain. The entity system may further comprise one or more blockchain interjectors which may trigger the addition of updated data records for one or more application assessments in the blockchain. In this way, the system provides for a highly efficient way to perform application assessments.
US11132440B2
Provided is a hybrid trusted execution environment based android security framework, an android device equipped with the same and a method of executing a trusted service in the android device. The hybrid trusted execution environment based android security framework includes a hardware resource that comprises a rich execution environment (REE) where an android operating system (OS) runs, and a secure container which implements a virtualized trusted execution environment (VTEE) that processes a security task in the rich execution environment (REE) when an application running on the rich execution environment requests the security task.
US11132439B2
A method (10) performed in an initiating runtime (2a) is disclosed for migrating an actor instance (5a1) of an actor (4a) to a target runtime (2b). The method (10) comprises obtaining (11), from a blockchain entity (3), an ownership token associated with the actor instance (5a1) of the actor (4a), the ownership token being verifiable by a blockchain (7) of the blockchain entity (3), and using (12) the ownership token for migrating the actor instance (5a1). A method in a blockchain entity (3), a method in a target runtime (2b), entities, computer programs and computer program products are also disclosed.
US11132438B2
A method and apparatus prevents hacker code from infecting an application program by requiring decryption of the application program prior to running the application program on a computer. The method includes steps of: providing a security device that is a separate unit from components necessary to operate the computer; storing a symmetric private key on the security device; using the device symmetric private key to produce an encrypted application program upon first installation; thereafter decrypting that part of the encrypted application program needed implement a command to run the application program; and, decrypting, on the fly, only those follow-on parts of the encrypted application program needed to perform functions called for during operation of the application program.
US11132437B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for eliminating binary-level exploitable vulnerabilities in computer systems, making the computer systems more secure. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve security using a computer system that can force user applications to be interpreted high-level language code, permitting the implementation of several well-defined security mechanisms in the computer system.
US11132432B2
Systems and methods described herein provide tactile challenge-response tests for limiting access to electronic resources associated with a computing system. When a user requests access an electronic resource, the system activates an alternating voltage in an electrode layer for a display associated with the system to generate an electrovibrational pattern on the display and prompting the user to perform a touch gesture upon the affected region of the display to allow the user to perceive the electrovibrational pattern via the user's sense of touch. Next, the computing system renders multiple different visual patterns on the display and prompts the user to select the visual pattern that matches the electrovibrational pattern. If the user correctly selects the visual pattern that matches the electrovibrational pattern, the system allows the user to access the electronic resource.
US11132427B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a training method for biometric identity and authentication is provided. The method includes obtaining biometric data from a plurality of sources. The method further includes establishing a candidate set of neural network parameters. The method additional includes extracting a plurality of feature vectors from the biometric data using the candidate set of neural network parameters. The method also includes determining whether or not the plurality of feature vectors match a training vector set within an error threshold. The method further includes updating the candidate set of neural network parameters in response to determining that the plurality of feature vectors do not match the training vector set within the error threshold.
US11132424B2
A power-optimized eco-system for tracking a user's health comprises: one or more wearable remote sensors, each wirelessly communicating only with one wearable central sensor; a portable device readily accessible to the user; and a cloud platform. Each sensor is configured to measure data indicative of one or more physiological parameters. The central sensor is configured to receive and subsequently process data measured by each remote sensor, to process data measured by the central sensor, and to generate corresponding instructions. The portable device comprises: a receiver wirelessly receiving the processed data and instructions from the central sensor; a processor running a mobile application handling the processed data and instructions; and a transmitter. The cloud platform is configured to: receive the processed data from the transmitter; analyze the received processed data; and transmit the results of the analysis to at least one of the portable device and an authorized healthcare entity.
US11132415B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for creating custom system generated hyperlinks for predefined search queries at an external website. The system stores, in a data storage device, a set of custom URL templates, the custom URL templates defining required data fields to concatenate as parameters for a website link. The system obtains user information about a user where the information includes at least a first name and last name of the user. The system retrieves from the data storage device the set of custom URL templates. The system generates multiple website links based on the retrieved custom URL templates, where the generated website link includes a domain name of a website, and concatenated fields that are parameter specific to the website. The system then displays, via a user interface, a representation of the generated website links for selection by a user.
US11132410B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for providing a custom search engine. In one aspect, a first search query is received from a requestor. First search results contain search result items that match the first search query are Obtained. A least one sub-query is generated from the first search results. The generating is based on rules for a particular custom search engine. Second search results that match the sub-query are then obtained. A search result set is formed from a corpus that includes the first search results and the second search results. The generating of the search result set is based on the rules for the particular custom search engine. The search result set is provided to the requestor. In one aspect an interface for designing a custom search engine is provided. The interface allows the designer to specify the layout of a search results page.
US11132408B2
A method includes receiving, by a computer system configured to generate search result, a query, identifying a plurality of entities in the query, determining, using a knowledge graph, a measure of a relationship between the entities in the query, identifying a replacement entity for a first entity of the entities in the query, wherein the replacement entity is determined to improve the measure of the relationship between the entities when the first entity is replaced by the replacement entity, and generating a search result using the query modified by the replacement entity, which replaces the first entity in the query.
US11132404B2
Techniques for facilitating communications between isolated processes executing within a web browser
Disclosed herein is a technique for enabling isolated processes executing within a web browser to distribute information to one another. The method can be implemented by a first process executing within the web browser, and include the steps of (1) receiving, from a child process executing within the web browser, a first request to subscribe to a topic, (2) in response to identifying that the child process is not subscribed to the topic: updating a topic map to indicate that the child process is subscribed to the topic, and (3) in response to identifying that the first process is associated with the parent process: issuing, to the parent process, a second request for the first process to subscribe to the topic. Also disclosed herein is a method for enabling a first process executing within a web browser to access services provided by other processes executing within the web browser.
US11132403B2
A method includes finding a smart contract that includes an associative array of entities, an associative array of conditions, and a serialized array of vertices. The method also includes deserializing the serialized array of vertices to generate a directed graph and determining a set of triggered vertices based on the directed graph and the event. Each of the set of triggered vertices is indicated as triggerable and is associated with a norm condition that is triggered by the event. The method includes updating the directed graph by updating a norm status associated with the triggered vertices and updating child vertices of the triggered vertices. The method includes updating the serialized array of vertices by serializing the updated directed graph and persisting the serialized array of vertices to a storage of the computer system.
US11132400B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computing device is provided, including non-volatile memory storing a database including a plurality of database entries. The computing device may further include a processor configured to sort the plurality of database entries into a plurality of database entry length sets. For each database entry length set, each database entry included in the database entry length set may be within a predefined length range. For each database entry length set, the processor may be further configured to generate a probabilistic data structure based on the one or more database entries included in the database entry length set.
US11132390B2
An approach is provided in which an information handling system identifies candidate answers from a knowledge base that correspond to a question comprising a lexical answer type (LAT). The information handling system determines sub-LATs corresponding to the LAT in a database that are child LATs of the LAT. The information handling system then identifies a set of the candidate answers that correspond to at least one of the sub-LATs and ranks the set of candidate answers based on one or more ranking criterion. In turn, the information handling system provides the ranked set of candidate answers to a user.
US11132382B2
The data of an online system is distributed over a number of different physical servers and databases on those servers. The online system shards the data to increase system scalability and replicates the shards to increase data reliability. Features such as sharding and replication in turn increase data storage system complexity. Accordingly, in order to provide simplified data storage semantics to applications that use the online system, the online system provides access to data via asynchronous callback functions that are triggered once data has been written and is available for reading by client code. Thus, applications need only specify code to be used in response to data write events, and can thereafter interact with the online system data using a data-driven paradigm.
US11132380B2
Example resource management systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a resource manager is configured to manage data processing tasks associated with multiple data elements. An execution platform is coupled to the resource manager and includes multiple execution nodes configured to store data retrieved from multiple remote storage devices. Each execution node includes a cache and a processor, where the cache and processor are independent of the remote storage devices. A metadata manager is configured to access metadata associated with at least a portion of the multiple data elements.
US11132363B2
A distributed computing framework and a distributed computing method are provided. A specific embodiment of the distributed computing framework includes: a parsing unit, configured to parse an expression of a distributed computing task, and determine an operator and a field corresponding to the operator; and an operator unit, configured to provide the operator, input parameters of the operator including: the field and a field-type distributed dataset. The type of parameters received and returned by any operator may be the field-type distributed dataset, and any operator may operate on the data corresponding to the field in the field-type distributed dataset. Therefore, any operator needs to be implemented once to realize the reuse of the operator. The distributed computing task is expressed in a simple expression, which simplifies the complexity of writing a distributed computing program with the distributed computing framework used by the user.
US11132355B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for certifying an equipment by connecting to a distributed ledger; capturing a physical location and a schematic location of the equipment; performing a test on the equipment; taking a picture of the equipment being tested; and certifying a test result and rendering the test results as immutable records on the distributed ledger.
US11132352B1
A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for utilizing local IoT devices to reconcile data mismatch. A first IoT device in a group of IoT devices determines whether all of the IoT devices have received the update impulse from a server, in response to receiving an update impulse from the server. The first IoT device retrieves data since a last checksum shared by the first IoT device and a second IoT device, in response to determining that the second IoT device in the group has not received the update impulse from the server. The first IoT device packages the data since the last checksum into a payload and sends, through a reconciliation channel of the group, the payload to the second IoT device. The second IoT device reconciles a data mismatch, based on the payload.
US11132351B2
Example implementations relate to executing transactions based on success or failure of the transactions. For example, a management module of a computing system can execute a transaction that requests access to system resources and determine if the transaction fails or succeeds. The management module can execute a first set of actions, in response to determining that the transaction succeeds, and execute a second set of actions, in response to determining that the transactions fails.
US11132348B1
Techniques to configure media packages are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a client support component operative to receive search term information from a client device at a server device; and configure the client device with a selected one or more high-priority media items; a media server search component operative to transmit the search term information to a plurality of media servers; receive a plurality of media items from the plurality of media servers in response to the transmitting of the search term information to the plurality of media servers; and select the one or more high-priority media items from the plurality of media items based on priority weights; and a media item evaluation component operative to assign the priority weights to each of the plurality of media items. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11132341B2
A method, apparatus, and system for automated information lifecycle management using low access patterns in a database management system are provided. A user or the database can store policy data that defines an archiving action when meeting an activity-level condition on one or more database objects. The archiving actions may include compression, data movement, and other actions to place the database object in an appropriate storage tier for a lifecycle phase of the database object. The activity-level condition may specify the database object meeting a low access pattern, optionally for a minimum time period. Various criteria including access statistics for the database object and cost characteristics of current and target compression levels or storage tiers may be considered to determine the meeting of the activity-level condition. The policies may be evaluated on an adjustable periodic basis and may utilize a task scheduler for minimal performance impact.
US11132332B2
A method includes setting a maximum total size of data saved in a snapshot area, creating a snapshot of a file system, including reference to a plurality of logical volumes, saving at least a part of the plurality of logical volumes in the snapshot area on condition that it does not exceed the maximum total size of data saved in the snapshot area, and executing copy-on-write processing in response to a writing request for data in the file system, the data not being saved in the snapshot area.
US11132328B2
A method of processing memory instructions including receiving a memory related command from a client system in communication with a memory appliance via a communication protocol, wherein the memory appliance comprises a processor, a memory unit controller and a plurality of memory devices coupled to said memory unit controller. The memory related command is translated by the processor into a plurality of commands that are formatted to perform prescribed data manipulation operations on data of the plurality of memory devices stored in data structures. The plurality of primitive commands is executed on data stored in the memory devices to produce a result, wherein the executing is performed by the memory unit controller. A direct memory transfer of the result is established over the communication protocol to a network.
US11132325B2
Disclosed is a method for customizing a USB recording function, which includes: judging whether the USB recording function corresponding to a program cache instruction is in an open state, on condition that the program cache instruction is acquired; if the USB recording function is in an un-open state, acquiring a first request key and obtaining a first activation key based on the first request key; and acquiring information at a WEB end according to the first request key, matching the first activation key with a second activation key acquired from the WEB end, and activating the USB recording function on condition that the first activation key is consistent with the second activation key. The present disclosure further provides a device for customizing the USB recording function and a computer readable storage medium.
US11132323B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a host controller to couple to an interconnect to which a plurality of devices may be coupled. The host controller may include: a first driver to drive first information onto a first line of the interconnect; a second driver to drive a clock signal onto a second line of the interconnect; and a mode control circuit to cause the second driver to drive the clock signal onto the second line of the interconnect in a first mode and to cause the first driver and the second driver to drive differential information onto the first line and the second line of the interconnect in a second mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11132322B2
A controller, comprising: a processing resource; and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to: activate a detection signal to enable a transistor coupled to the controller; determine a voltage associated with a plurality of hot swap controllers; and determine, in view of the voltage, a quantity of hot swap controllers included in the plurality of hot swap controllers.
US11132315B2
A computer system includes a BMC and a host of the BMC. The BMC receives a first message from a first remote device on an existing out-of-band management network. The BMC determines whether the first message is directed to a storage service or fabric service running on the host, the host being a storage device. The storage service provides access to user data stored on one or more storage devices connected to the host via a storage network that is isolated from the management network. When the first message is directed to the storage service or fabric service: the BMC extracts a service command from the first message; the BMC sends, through a BMC communication channel to the host, a second message containing the service command to the host. The BMC communication channel has been established for communicating baseboard management commands between the BMC and the host.
US11132306B2
A method for removing stale messages from a storage controller is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes querying, by a host system, a storage controller to determine ownership of a lock on the storage controller. The host system receives, in response to the query, information indicating that the lock has been granted to the host system. This allows the host system to treat the lock as being granted even though the host system has not received a “lock granted” message from the storage controller. Before using the lock, the host system sends, to the storage controller, an instruction to clear any stale messages on the storage controller related to the lock. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11132304B2
A data accessing device to access a storage element that stores encrypted data is provided. The data accessing device includes a processing circuit, a storage controller, a decrypting circuit and a combinational logic circuit. The processing circuit generates an accessing address and decryption related information according to an accessing command. The storage controller receives the accessing address and accesses corresponding encrypted data accordingly. The decrypting circuit receives the decryption related information and a pre-stored key to generate a decrypting cipher accordingly. The combinational logic circuit receives the corresponding encrypted data and the decrypting cipher to perform a logic operation to generate decrypted data accordingly that enables the processing circuit to access the decrypted data.
US11132302B2
An electronic device may comprise: a first memory for storing first data at a designated rate; a first processor connected to the first memory and configured to divide the first data into multiple second data, each having a size smaller than the size of the first data; a second memory for storing at least some of the multiple second data at a rate faster than the designated rate; a second processor connected to the second memory and configured to process the at least some of the multiple second data; and a DMA control module, connected to the second processor, for transmitting/receiving data between the first memory and the second memory, wherein the DMA control module is configured to: at least on the basis of a processing command for the multiple second data which is transmitted from the first processor to the second processor, receive, from the first memory, the at least some of the multiple small-sized second data divided from the first data; transmit the at least some of the multiple second data to the second processor; and transmit, to the first memory, third data processed by the second processor by using the at least some of the multiple second data.
US11132300B2
A system includes a device coupleable to a first memory. The device includes a second memory to cache data from the first memory. The second memory is to store a set of compressed pages of the first memory and a set of page descriptors. Each compressed page includes a set of compressed data blocks. Each page descriptor represents a corresponding page and includes a set of location identifiers that identify the locations of the compressed data blocks of the corresponding page in the second memory. The device further includes compression logic to compress data blocks of a page to be stored to the second memory and decompression logic to decompress compressed data blocks of a page accessed from the second memory.
US11132297B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus having a plurality of selectable entities having associated physical addresses, wherein the selectable entities are connected to a controller, wherein the selectable entities have a selectable processor configured to determine in response to a common control information a current select information on the basis of selectable logic combinations of a first information describing whether the selectable entity belongs to a first group and a second information describing whether the selectable entity belongs to a second group.
US11132293B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for the intelligent garbage collection of containers. An example method includes providing a garbage collection data structure, the garbage collection data structure including metadata and one or more resource consumption parameters corresponding to the container. The one or more resource consumption parameters are analyzed by a machine-learning function. Based on the analyzing, the container is classified into one or more classes, the one or more classes including at least one of a suspicious container class, a malicious container class, or a normal container class. Based on the classifying, one or more garbage collection actions are performed on the container, including at least one of generating an alert corresponding to the container or reducing the resource consumption of the container.
US11132291B2
One embodiment facilitates data storage. During operation, the system receives data to be stored in a non-volatile memory of a storage device. The system determines, by a flash translation layer module of a control unit which is distinct from the storage device, a physical page address at which the data is to be stored in the non-volatile memory, wherein the flash translation layer module of the control unit determines physical page addresses for data to be stored in a plurality of storage devices. The system stores, by the flash translation layer module of the control unit, a mapping between a logical page address for the data and the physical page address. The system writes the data to the non-volatile memory at the physical page address.
US11132288B2
Techniques are provided for data-driven scheduling of automated software program test suites. An exemplary method comprises: obtaining a plurality of test cases that test software programs; obtaining a failure likelihood for each of the plurality of test cases; and scheduling the test cases in an order based on the failure likelihoods. Generally, test cases that are more likely to fail are scheduled before test cases that are less likely to fail. Dependencies and/or priorities among the plurality of test cases are also optionally obtained and the scheduling of the test cases is based on the dependencies and/or priorities. The dependencies among the plurality of test cases comprise, for example, an indication of whether a given test case constrains one or more additional test cases.
US11132286B1
A computer-implemented method for testing a system under test (SUT) in an active environment includes generating multiple test cases. The method further includes executing, by the testing system, a first set of test cases from those generated, and determining a test case that failed. Further a code path that is exercised by the test case is detected, the code path having a defect. The method further includes identifying, by the testing system, a second set of test cases from the test cases that are generated, wherein each test case from the second set of test cases has not been executed and exercises the code path that is identified. The method further includes reordering, by the testing system, at runtime, the test cases to omit execution of the second set of test cases.
US11132283B2
Present implementations include an electronic device with a system processor (SP) region connectable to an SP, a primary device region connectable to a first electronic device, and a secondary device region disposed between the SP device region and the primary device region, and connectable to a second electronic device. Present implementations further include a debugger region including a debugger unit and disposed adjacent to the primary device region and the secondary device region. Present implementations also include obtaining a debug selection including a debugger selection and a system processor (SP) selection, entering a first debug mode in accordance with a determination that the debugger selection satisfies a debugger criterion and the SP selection satisfies an SP criterion, and entering a second debug mode in accordance with a determination that the debugger selection satisfies the debugger criterion and the SP selection does not satisfy the SP criterion, and entering a third debug mode in accordance with a determination that the debugger selection does not satisfy the debugger criterion.
US11132282B2
A cloud-based accelerator manager manages cloud-based hardware accelerators. The accelerator manager monitors computer programs running in the cloud and generates a trace that indicates which accelerators were used and when. The trace may be for a single computer program or may be for multiple computer programs. Thus, the trace can be program-specific, showing all accesses to accelerators by a single program, or may be accelerator-specific, showing all accesses to each accelerator by all computer programs. The cloud-based accelerator manager detects a failure in one of the computer programs executing in the cloud. The cloud-based accelerator manager provides the trace to a user, who can then analyze the trace to determine whether the failure was due to an accelerator. The cloud-based accelerator manager thus helps detect when cloud-based accelerators are the reason for failures for computer programs running in a cloud.
US11132279B2
A system for robotic process automation enabled file dissection for error diagnosis and correction is provided. The system comprises a memory device; a communication device in communication with a network; and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to: detect an operation executed by the user in an application on a user device; based on detecting the operation executed by the user, reproduce, using a robotic process automation module, the operation in parallel with execution of the operation by the user to generate a simulated operation; and store the simulated first operation in a user operation record.
US11132277B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improvement over known approaches for monitoring of and taking action on observations associated with distributed applications. Application event reporting and application resource monitoring is unified in a manner that significantly reduces storage and aggregation overhead. For example, embodiments of the present invention can employ hardware and/or software support that reduces storage and aggregation overhead. In addition to providing for fine-grained, continuous, decentralized monitoring of application activity and resource consumption, embodiments of the present invention can also provide for decentralized filtering, statistical analysis, and derived data streaming. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention are securely implemented (e.g., for use solely under the control of an operator) and can use a separate security domain for network traffic.
US11132273B1
Inputs to a system under test (SUT) are modeled as a collection of attribute-value pairs. A set of testcases is executed using an initial set of test vectors that provides complete n-wise coverage of the attribute-value pairs. For each execution of the testcases, for each attribute-value pair, a non-binary success rate (SAV) is computed based on the binary execution results. An attribute is selected in response to a set of success rates corresponding to a set of attribute-value pairs that includes said attribute are all below a predetermined threshold. The set of testcases is executed using another set of test vectors using additional values for the selected attribute. For each execution of the set of testcases, for each attribute-value pair, a second non-binary success rate (SAV′) is recorded. If the predetermined threshold is now satisfied, a user is notified of the additional values for the attribute that were detected.
US11132271B2
Provided are techniques for determining which target is most ahead in a multi-target mirroring environment between data from a consistent synchronous mirror copy operation and data from a consistent asynchronous mirror copy operation. It is determined that data is to be retrieved from one of a sync secondary storage of a sync secondary storage controller and an async secondary storage of an async secondary storage controller. Then, it is determined which one of data of a consistent synchronous mirror copy operation on the sync secondary storage and data of a consistent asynchronous mirror copy operation on the async secondary storage is a most current copy of the data. The most current copy of the data is retrieved and used for further processing.
US11132261B2
An application may store data to a dataset comprising a plurality of volumes stored on a plurality of storage systems. The application may request a dataset image of the dataset, the dataset image comprising a volume image of each volume of the dataset. A dataset image manager operates with a plurality of volume image managers in parallel to produce the dataset image, each volume image manager executing on a storage system. The plurality of volume image managers respond by performing requested operations and sending responses to the dataset image manager in parallel. Each volume image manager on a storage system may manage and produce a volume image for each volume of the dataset stored to the storage system. If a volume image for any volume of the dataset fails, or a timeout period expires, a cleanup procedure is performed to delete any successful volume images.
US11132254B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit reads data from a memory, which stores the data including a data portion and a parity bit, and makes an error correction to the data. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes a memory controller for reading the data from the memory; and an error correction controller having an error correction circuit having the ability to correct a predetermined number of bits of errors. The error correction controller applies an error correction to the read data by the error correction circuit, and determines whether all errors contained in the data are corrected, based on the data portion and the parity bit of the data after the error correction. When not all the errors contained in the data are determined to be corrected, the error correction controller applies an error correction by the error correction circuit, while sequentially inverting the data value of each bit of the data.
US11132249B1
A tool may identify and revert changes that caused network hardware components or hardware servers to malfunction. The tool builds and maintains a graph that represents the hardware components and servers in the system and their dependencies. When a change is made to the system, links and weights in the graph are adjusted to account for the changes. When a component or server is reported as malfunctioning, the tool traverses the graph to locate the changes that are the most likely root causes of the malfunction. The tool may then revert the change to resolve the malfunction.
US11132248B2
A method for implementing automated information technology (IT) system failure recommendation and mitigation includes performing log pattern learning to automatically generate sparse time series for each log pattern for a set of classification logs corresponding to a failure, performing multivariate log time series extraction based on the log pattern learning to generate a failure signature for the set of classification logs, including representing the sparse time series as a run-length encoded sequence for efficient storage and computation, calculating a similarity distance between the failure signature for the set of classification logs and each failure signature from a failure signature model file, determining a failure label for the failure corresponding to a most similar known failure based on the similarity distance, and initiating failure mitigation based on the failure label.
US11132247B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include accessing block data stored in a memory component including memory blocks. The block data identifies bad blocks and reusable bad blocks, the reusable bad blocks having a higher level of reliability than bad blocks. Block selection is performed to select a block based on a block address. Based on the block selection and based on the block data, a tag operation is performed by setting a latch of the selected block to a first state in which access to the selected block is disabled.
US11132243B2
A query referencing a function associated with a remote software component is received by a network-based data warehouse system. Temporary security credentials corresponding to a role at a cloud computing service platform are obtained. The role has permission to send calls to a web endpoint corresponding to the remote software component. A request comprising input data and electronically signed using the temporary security credentials is sent to a web Application Programming Interface (API) management system of the cloud computing service platform. The request, when received by the web API management system, causes the web API management system to invoke external functionality provided by the remote software component at the web endpoint with respect to the input data. A response comprising a result of invoking the external functionality is received from the web API management system, and the result data is processed according to the query.
US11132241B2
A method of providing Application Programming Interface (API) functions for registered service endpoints in container environments includes receiving, at an API registry, a request from a second service to use a first service in a container environment; providing an API function to the second service, where the API function is included as part of the second service to execute calls from the second service to the first service in the container environment; receiving a request from the API function for an endpoint of the first service; and providing the endpoint of the first service such that the API function in the second service can execute a call to the endpoint of the first service in the container environment.
US11132232B2
A foundation framework resource of a first service function is loaded in a software application. A service request for starting the first service function in the software application is received. A page resource required by the first service function is loaded. The first service function is implemented based on the foundation framework resource of the first service function and the page resource.
US11132231B2
Reconfiguring processing groups for cascading data workloads including receiving a request to reconfigure a computing system to execute a workload, wherein the computing system comprises a first processing group and a second processing group, wherein the first processing group comprises a first central processing unit (CPU), a first graphics processing unit (GPU), and a second GPU, and wherein the second processing group comprises a second CPU and a third GPU; reconfiguring the computing system including activating a processor link spanning the first processor group and the second processor group between the second GPU and the third GPU; and executing the workload using the first GPU, second GPU, and third GPU including cascading data, via processor links, from the first CPU to the first GPU, from the first GPU to the second GPU, and from the second GPU to the third GPU.
US11132227B2
Aspects of a data environment, such as various capacities of data stores and instances, can be managed using a separate control environment. A monitoring component of the control environment can periodically communicate with the data environment to obtain performance information. The information is analyzed, using algorithms such as trending and extrapolation algorithms, to determine any recommended scaling of resources in the data environment. The scaling can be performed automatically, or as authorized by a customer. A workflow can be instantiated that includes tasks necessary to perform the scaling. The scaling of storage capacity can be performed without affecting the availability of the data store.
US11132222B2
An application processing method includes: displaying a first child application page of a first child application; and acquiring, by using the first child application, a second child application identifier corresponding to a second child application to be jumped to. The first child application is run by a parent application. The method also includes: the parent application running the second child application when a jump is made from the first child application to the second child application; transferring page data corresponding to the second child application identifier to the second child application; and generating, according to the page data, a second child application page over the first child application page, and displaying the second child application page.
US11132221B2
Apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for dynamic binding of tasks in a data exchange, including generating an execution plan for the data exchange comprising a plurality of streams, each stream corresponding to a pairing of a producer task and a consumer task and comprising a producer task identifier and a consumer task identifier, binding each producer task to a node at execution time by associating a corresponding producer task identifier with a corresponding node identifier of the node, binding each consumer task to a node at execution time by associating a corresponding consumer task identifier with a node identifier of the corresponding node, and routing an output of each producer task from a node bound to the producer task to a node bound to a paired consumer task by writing the output to a stream corresponding to the pairing of the producer task and the consumer task.
US11132220B2
Methods, nodes, and a system for process scheduling, as well as corresponding computer programs and computer-program products.
US11132215B2
Techniques to facilitate an out-of-band (OOB) management in a virtualization environment include examples of assigning an endpoint identifier to a domain mapped to physical memory addresses of one or more storage devices coupled with a computing platform. The domain may enable software or a device driver executed by a virtual machine (VM) to access, manage or control at least a portion of the one or more storage devices. Examples also include receiving or forwarding messages through an OOB communication link coupled with the computing platform to a management entity to facilitate OOB management of the software or the device driver executed by the VM.
US11132210B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving characteristics of available resources usable for downloading layers of a container image and fetching a manifest of the container image from a container registry. The method includes determining layers of the container image to be downloaded based on the manifest and, based on the characteristics of the available resources and sizes of the layers to be downloaded, adjusting an optimal parallelism to download the layers. The method includes downloading the layers.
US11132209B2
Integrated profile simulation techniques for dynamic content are disclosed. In some embodiments, integrated profile simulation for dynamic content includes providing an authoring tool for developing web content that varies based on a user context, and provides for the following: receiving a request to change from a first user profile to a second user profile without requirement for input of user credentials associated with the second user profile, and wherein the currently selected user profile is displayed; dynamically refreshing web content based on the second user profile; and displaying the dynamically refreshed web content.
US11132200B1
In a data processing apparatus loop end prediction is carried out to predict whether a branch represented by a loop end instruction will be taken, branching to the start of the loop for a further iteration to be carried out, or will be not taken leading to the further instructions following the loop. A loop iteration counter at the fetch stage of the apparatus maintains a count on the basis of which the prediction is made. The loop iteration counter is decremented both by loop end instructions reaching the end of the pipeline for which no prediction was made and by later loop end instructions for which a prediction is made, once it has been established that a loop is being executed. This dual counting mechanism allows “shadow” loop end instructions, which were already in the pipeline by the time it was established that a loop is being executed, to be accounted for.
US11132195B2
The present application discloses a computing device and a neural network processor including the computing device. The computing device includes one or more columns of computing units arranged in an array, wherein at least one computing unit in each column comprises: an arithmetic parameter memory for storing one or more arithmetic parameters; an arithmetic logical unit (ALU) for receiving input data and performing computation on the input data using the one or more arithmetic parameters stored in the arithmetic parameter memory; and an address controller for providing an address control signal to the arithmetic parameter memory to control the storage and output of the one or more arithmetic parameters.
US11132192B2
Task implementation tools are registered to interface with a change management tool. The change management tool configures a plurality of tasks to implement a change to an information technology infrastructure's configuration, and sends a plurality of task instructions to the plurality of task implementation tools for performing the plurality of tasks. Each task instruction is directed to a targeted task implementation tool for performing a particular task and includes task-related information for the targeted implementation tool to perform the particular task. Registering the plurality of task implementation tools to interface with the change management tool includes registering each the plurality of task implementation tools to accept the task instruction for the particular task directed to it from the change management tool, to know what to do with the task instruction and to know how to respond to the task instruction.
US11132190B1
Provided is software versioning that allows a set of features to be selectively enabled and/or disabled based on a value of a switch associated with each feature of the set of features. The software versioning includes an administrator component that receives a change to a switch associated with at least one application. A toggle component generates a configuration notice based on an indication of the change to the switch. A tool kit component facilitates implementation of the change at the application based on the configuration notice received from the toggle component.
US11132187B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and a computer system are provided. A first BMC of the computer system sends hardware information of a first host of the first BMC. The first BMC receives information of at least one program for installation on the first host. The first BMC emulates a media device to the first host. The first BMC requests the first host to install the at least one program provided through the emulated media device. The first BMC transfers the at least one program to the first host through the emulated media device.
US11132177B2
CMOS-compatible high-speed and low power random number generator and techniques for use thereof are provided. In one aspect, a random number generator includes: a noise amplification unit configured to generate an amplified noise signal, wherein the noise amplification unit includes noise amplification unit transistors having a threshold voltage (Vt,amp) of about 0; and a computing unit configured to process the amplified noise signal from the noise amplification unit to generate a stream of random numbers, wherein the computing unit comprises computing unit transistors having absolute values of a Vt,compute that are larger than the Vt,amp of the noise amplification unit transistors in the noise amplification unit. For digital implementations, an analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize the amplified noise signal can be employed. For analog implementations, a sample and hold circuit configured to sample the amplified noise signal can be employed. A method for random number generation is also provided.
US11132176B2
An in-memory multiply and accumulate circuit includes a memory array, such as a NOR flash array, storing weight values Wi,n. A row decoder is coupled to the set of word lines, and configured to apply word line voltages to select word lines in the set. Bit line bias circuits produce bit line bias voltages for the respective bit lines as a function of input values Xi,n on the corresponding inputs. Current sensing circuits are connected to receive currents in parallel from a corresponding multimember subset of bit lines in the set of bit lines, and to produce an output in response to a sum of currents.
US11132163B2
Rotation between landscape and portrait modes or vice versa may be supported in wireless display interfaces coupled to a platform by having the platform sense rotation change in the platform or in the display. This enables counter rotation of the frame buffer or rotated rendering of the content to ensure that content is presented upright to the end user.
US11132156B2
In an image forming apparatus, a print data acquiring unit acquires variable-data-printing print data that includes common document data and insert data. The common document data includes a common part common to plural printed matters. The insert data is for a variable part individually set for each of the plural printed matters. The common document data includes one or plural identifiers; the identifier indicates the variable part, and the insert data includes one or plural values corresponding to the identifier. The variable-data-printing processing unit causes a printing device to perform variable data printing on the basis of print data obtained by replacing the identifier in the common document data with the value. In addition, the variable-data-printing processing unit determines a print sheet corresponding to the value used in the replacement, and causes the printing device to perform the variable data printing using the determined print sheet.
US11132141B2
A system and a method of synchronizing, by a processor, between content of a first data container and content of at least one second data container may include: receiving one or more first data elements of the first data container and one or more second data elements of the at least one second data container; computing one or more first unique reference values (URVs) for the respective one or more first data elements; computing one or more second URVs for the respective one or more second data elements; storing the first data elements on a first storage element; storing the second data elements at a second storage element; comparing between a first URV and a second URV to identify data elements having diverged content; and synchronizing between content of the first data container and content of the at least one second data container based on the comparison.
US11132139B2
System and methods for selectively or automatically migrating resources between storage operation cells are provided. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a management component within the storage operation system may monitor system operation and migrate components from storage operation cell to another to facilitate failover recovery, promote load balancing within the system and improve overall system performance as further described herein. Another aspect of the invention may involve performing certain predictive analyses on system operation to reveal trends and tendencies within the system. Such information may be used as the basis for potentially migrating components from one storage operation cell to another to improve system performance and reduce or eliminate resource exhaustion or congestion conditions.
US11132137B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method for read-optimized de-duplication of blocks of data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises for each page of a newly received block of data, computing a page hash and assigning a page context ID, computing an index of a page node for storing the page and selecting the page node, when the selected page node contains a copy of the page, adding a page reference to a block descriptor with the page being referenced by the page hash augmented by the page context ID, otherwise, storing the page in plain storage; and for the block of data, storing the block descriptor in a block node of the de-duplication engine, the block of data being referenced by a block hash and the block descriptor containing at least a list of pages of the block stored in page nodes of the de-duplication engine.
US11132133B2
In one embodiment, a method for managing overprovisioning in a solid state storage drive array comprises receiving usage data from each of a plurality of solid state storage drives, determining a predicted service life value for each of the plurality of solid state storage drives based on at least the usage data, comparing each of the predicted service life values with a predetermined service life value for each respective solid state storage drive, and dynamically adjusting an available logical storage capacity for at least one of the plurality of solid state storage drives based on a result of the step of comparing.
US11132129B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with reducing memory fragmentation in solid state devices includes identifying an allocation area within an address range to write data from a cache. Next, the identified allocation area is determined for including previously stored data. The previously stored data is read from the identified allocation area when it is determined that the identified allocation area comprises previously stored data. Next, both the write data from the cache and the read previously stored data are written back into the identified allocation area sequentially through the address range.
US11132120B2
An electronic device displays a text object that includes first text. While continuously displaying the text object, the device, in response to detecting a user input, varies one or more properties, other than position, of the continuously displayed text object from a first set of display property values to a second set of display property values through a plurality of intermediate states, the plurality of intermediate states including: a first intermediate state in which the first text has a first intermediate set of display property values that are between the first set of display property values and the second set of display property values; and a second intermediate state in which the first text has a second intermediate set of display property values that are between the first set of intermediate display values and the second set of display property values.
US11132113B1
Techniques of interaction data processing in a distributed computing system are disclosed herein. One example technique includes upon receiving a user interface output having a content item to be surfaced on a client device and a script configured to detect an interaction with the content item at the client device, surfacing the user interface output having the content item on a display of the client device and automatically executing the script embedded in the user interface output to detect an interaction with the surfaced content item at the client device. Upon detecting an interaction with the content item on the surfaced user interface output, the example technique also includes generating and transmitting interaction data representing the detected interaction to a remote server.
US11132105B2
The present disclosure includes methods and systems for receiving an electronic signature in an electronic document utilizing an interface area. In particular, in response to a user interaction, one or more embodiments of an electronic signature system can provide a signature overlay for capturing a signature to provide within an electronic document. For instance, an electronic signature system can detect user input of an original signature on the signature overlay and modify the original signature entered on the signature overlay so that the modified signature fits within a bounded area of an electronic document.
US11132099B2
Display of free viewpoint video content is switched so as to alleviate health hazard to viewers without impairing the reality. The omni window is a window integrating all windows, through each of which each sub-content is looked in from main content, and also serves as an entrance to a free viewpoint space of each sub-content. A viewer can go back and forth between different free viewpoint spaces by way of the omni window and the free viewpoint video is switched in accordance with such an exploring motion within the spaces. Furthermore, it is possible to impart a conversion function for a perceived size of the viewer to the omni window.
US11132082B2
A multifunctional display including a display panel and a sensing and emitting base, the display panel comprising a body between a viewing surface, and a base surface, and a plurality of optical paths within the body for the passage of light between base orifice and the viewing orifice, the sensing and emitting base comprising at least one multi-color light source below or in the base orifice and at least one optical sensor below or in the base orifice. The multifunctional display may scan a surface of an object by emitting light from the multi-color light source and simultaneously detecting with the optical sensor the reflected light from said surface placed on the viewing surface; and computing with a microprocessor, an image of said surface based on the detected reflected light of a plurality of optical paths.
US11132080B2
A touch circuit includes a first pull-up sub-circuit, a first switching sub-circuit, a second pull-up sub-circuit, a second switching sub-circuit and a touch IC. The touch IC includes a data signal port and a clock signal port. The first pull-up sub-circuit is electrically connected to a first signal input terminal and the data signal port. The first switching sub-circuit is electrically connected to the data signal port, the first signal input terminal and a data signal input terminal. The second pull-up sub-circuit is electrically connected to the first signal input terminal and the clock signal port. The second switching sub-circuit is electrically connected to the clock signal port, the first signal input terminal and a clock signal input terminal.
US11132079B2
A sensor-equipped display device is provided and includes a display panel and a detection electrode. The panel includes a display area in which pixels are arranged with a first pixel pitch in a first direction and a second pixel pitch in a second direction. The electrode includes an pattern having line fragments. The pattern has connection points at which ends of the fragments are connected to each other, and at least part of the connection points is arranged linearly such that an arrangement gaps thereof in the first and second direction is set to a first and second connection point pitch.
US11132076B2
A touch substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a touch device are provided. The touch substrate includes a touch area and a border area surrounding the touch area, wherein the border area includes a light filtering sub-area for transmitting light of a predetermined wavelength band and a light shielding sub-area surrounding the light filtering sub-area, and a difference between lightness of the light shielding sub-area and lightness of the light filtering sub-area is less than 3.6.
US11132075B2
The disclosure provides a touchpad and a display screen thereof. The touchpad includes a first touch electrode assembly and a second touch electrode assembly; the first touch electrode assembly includes a first touch electrode and a first organic insulating layer covering the first touch electrode; and the second touch electrode assembly includes a second touch electrode and a second organic insulating layer covering the second touch electrode. The touch electrode includes a metal layer, a buffer layer and a low reflection layer, the buffer layer being disposed below the metal layer, and the low reflection layer being disposed above the metal layer.
US11132054B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a storage, a communicator comprising communication circuitry, and a processor configured to render a virtual reality (VR) image including a first object corresponding to a first display device based on VR image information stored in the storage, wherein the processor is further configured to receive motion information of a second display device from the second display device through the communicator, to render one area of the VR image including the first object based the first object being included in a view of a second object corresponding to the second display device based on the motion information of the second display device, and to control the communicator to transmit the rendered one area of the VR image to the second display device.
US11132050B2
A computing device apparatus facilitates use of a deep low power mode that includes powering off the device's CPU by including a hardware implemented process to trigger storage of data from the device's volatile storage elements in non-volatile memory in response to entering the low power mode. A hardware based power management unit controls the process including interrupting a normal processing order of the CPU and triggering the storage of the data in the non-volatile memory. In response to a wake-up event, the device is triggered to restore the data stored in the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory prior to execution of a wake up process for the CPU from the low power mode. The device includes a power storage element such as a capacitor that holds sufficient energy to complete the non-volatile data storage task prior to entering the low power mode.
US11132046B2
Power governance circuitry is provided to control a performance level of a processing unit of a processing platform. The power governance circuitry comprises measurement circuitry to measure a current utilization of the processing unit at a current operating frequency and to determine any change in utilization or power and frequency control circuitry is provided to update the current operating frequency to a new operating frequency by determining a new target quantified power expenditure to be applied in a subsequent processing cycle depending on the determination of any change in utilization or power. A new operating frequency is selected to satisfy the new target quantified power based on a scalability function specifying a variation of a given value of utilization or power with the operating frequency. A processing platform and machine readable instructions are provided to set a new quantified target power of a processing unit.
US11132044B2
Systems and methods are disclosed, including, in a storage system comprising control circuitry and a memory array having multiple groups of memory cells, storing a first physical-to-logical (P2L) data structure for a first physical area of a first group of memory cells in a second physical area of the first group of memory cells, such as when resuming operation from a low-power state, including an asynchronous power loss (APL). The first group of memory cells can include a super block of memory cells. A second P2L data structure for the second physical area of the first group of memory cells can be stored, such as in a metadata area of the second physical area, and an address of the first P2L data structure can be stored in the second P2L data structure.
US11132038B2
A data processing device includes a persistent storage for storing a state repository and a state manager. The state manager updates a portion of the state repository associated with a row of devices based on states of the devices to obtain an updated state repository; makes a first determination that the portion indicates a thermal issue; in response to the first determination: makes a second determination that the thermal issue cannot be addressed using a gas flow; and in response to the second determination: modifies a power state of at least one of the devices in the row to address the thermal issue.
US11132037B2
An operating temperature of a memory sub-system is identified. It is determined that the identified operating temperature satisfies a first temperature condition. Upon determining that the identified operating temperature satisfies the first temperature condition, operations are performed at the memory sub-system until the operating temperature changes to satisfy a second temperature condition.
US11132031B2
An electronic device including a first body, a second body, a hinge structure, an electronic assembly and a linkage mechanism is provided. The first body and the second body are pivoted to each other through the hinge structure. The electronic assembly is disposed on the first body. The linkage mechanism is disposed in the first body and connected between the hinge structure and the electronic assembly. When the second body is closed to the first body, the electronic assembly is hidden between the first body and the second body. When the second body is opened relative to the first body with an opening angle less than a predetermined angle, the hinge structure does not drive the linkage mechanism. When the second body is opened relative to the first body with the opening angle not less than the predetermined angle, the hinge structure drives the linkage mechanism and the linkage mechanism drives the electronic assembly to be opened relative to the first body.
US11132029B2
An enclosure for a portable computing device can include a cover glass affixed to an enclosure without trim pieces disposed between the cover glass and the disclosure. In one embodiment, the enclosure can include an edge profile that can define a relatively large contact pad about the enclosure. The contact pad can distribute impact forces over a relatively large area and thereby protect the cover glass integrity.
US11132025B2
A method of changing screens in an apparatus including multiple touch screens and an apparatus are provided. The method includes displaying a first screen in a first touch screen; displaying a second screen in a second touch screen; detecting multiple touches in the first touch screen; detecting continuous movements of the multiple touches from the first touch screen to the second touch screen; and changing the second screen of the second touch screen in response to the continuous movements of the multiple touches.
US11132024B2
An electronic device having a battery assembly is disclosed. Unlike traditional battery assemblies that include rectilinear electrodes with two sides of equal length, the battery assemblies described herein may include electrodes having a shape/configuration resembling an L-shape electrode used to form chemical reactions in order to generate electrical energy. However, other shapes/configurations are possible. The shape/configuration of the housing of the battery assembly confirms to the shape/configuration of the electrodes. Further, in order to accommodate an internal component (such as a circuit board assembly), the shape of the battery assembly provides additional space in the electronic device. In order to form the electrodes, the electrodes may undergo a die cutting operation. Also, the housing may include a channel, or reduced dimension, that accommodates a flexible circuit in the electronic device that passes over the battery assembly at the channel.
US11132018B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel, and a sound generator between the display panel and the supporting member. The sound generator includes a magnetic circuit unit and a voice coil unit on the rear surface of the display panel, and the magnetic circuit unit and the voice coil unit are configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
US11132013B2
Provided is a device connected to a clock and data signal lines, comprising: a voltage input unit configured to be inputted with a clock signal as an input signal from the clock signal line and to generate first reference voltage corresponding to a high level of the clock signal; a reference voltage generation unit configured to be inputted with predetermined input voltage and to generate second reference voltage; a voltage regulation unit for generating regulation voltage by using the second reference voltage to convert a level of the first reference voltage; a drive unit for stepping down the regulation voltage to generate output voltage; a control unit; and an output unit connected with the control unit, the drive unit, and the data signal line, for outputting the output voltage to the data signal line in response to input of a high level of a control signal from the control unit.
US11132010B1
A power detection circuit for detecting powering down of a voltage domain in an integrated circuit is disclosed. The power detection circuit is placed in or near the voltage domain in the integrated circuit to provide power detection on the integrated circuit. The power detection circuit detects powering down of the voltage domain to provide an isolation enable signal to another voltage domain that interfaces with the powering down voltage domain. The isolation enable signal may be used by an isolation cell coupled to the non-powering down voltage domain to prevent corrupted logic being received from the powering down voltage domain.
US11132002B2
A method and a device for displaying a motion path of robot and a robot. The method for displaying a motion path of the robot includes acquiring a current motion path of the robot, recognizing the motion path to determine a type of the motion path, determining, according to the type of the motion path, a display manner corresponding to the type of the motion path, and displaying the motion path on an electronic map in the determined display manner.
US11132001B2
A radar system (300) and a method of operating the radar system is disclosed, the radar system (300) comprising: a first IC (310), arranged to receive a reference clock signal (380) and configurable to generate a common local oscillator signal (400) based on the reference clock signal (380); a second IC (320), arranged to receive the common local oscillator signal (400) from the first IC (310); and a controller (350), adapted to detect a fault in the first IC (310), and configured, upon detection of a fault in the first IC (310), to send at least one signal to the second IC (320) for reconfiguring the second IC (320) from a slave mode to a master mode; wherein, when operating in the slave mode, the second IC (320) is configured to use the common local oscillator signal (400) generated by the first IC (310), and, when operating in the master mode, said second IC (320) is configured to use an internally-generated local oscillator signal. The second IC (310) may be configured to receive the reference clock signal (380), wherein the internally-generated local oscillator signal is based on the reference clock signal (380).
US11131984B2
A substrate production control system includes production start timing obtaining section configured to obtain information of production start timing on substrate production lines, setup time estimation section configured to estimate setup times required for a setup work of setting up the substrate production line, setup start timing determination section configured to determine setup start timing of starting the setup work based on the production start timing and the setup time, delivery time estimation section configured to estimate delivery time required for a delivery work of receiving a member necessary for production of the substrate from member warehouse and conveying the member to at least one of an execution location (external setup area) of the setup work and the substrate production line, and delivery start timing determination section configured to determine delivery start timing of starting the delivery work based on the setup start timing and the delivery time.
US11131982B2
A method and apparatus for processing fuselage sections. The apparatus comprises a cradle system, a metrology system, and a controller. The cradle system holds a first fuselage section and applies forces to the first fuselage section to change a current shape of the first fuselage section. The metrology system makes measurements of the current shape of the first fuselage section. The controller receives the measurements from the metrology system, identifies the forces needed to change the current shape of the first fuselage section towards a desired shape for connecting the first fuselage section to a second fuselage section, and sends commands to the cradle system to apply the forces to change the current shape of the first fuselage section towards the desired shape.
US11131979B2
A numerical control device for controlling a main shaft, which is a rotating shaft for a workpiece, a drive shaft that drives a tool for vibration cutting of the workpiece in an X-axis direction, and a drive shaft that drives the tool or the workpiece in a Z-axis direction, includes: a storage unit that stores a machining program for vibration cutting of the workpiece; and a control computation unit that calculates a specific point that the tool passes during vibration cutting on the basis of a tolerance value, which is an allowable error in machining of a corner of the workpiece, and generates a vibration waveform of the tool indicating a movement path of the tool passing the specific point, in which the control computation unit controls movement and vibration of the tool in accordance with the machining program and the vibration waveform.
US11131977B2
This system is a data collection system collecting a robot operation-related data/signal from a robot controller. The data collection system includes a data collection condition setting unit setting a collection condition of the robot operation-related data/signal from the robot controller and a data storage unit storing the robot operation-related data/signal collected from the robot controller. A shared memory inside which the data storage unit and the data collection condition setting unit are formed is formed in a substrate which can be mounted on an expansion slot of the robot controller. According to this system, a data collection function can be post-installed to an existing robot controller so as to arbitrarily select and collect various data on the robot operation.
US11131976B2
A system, method and gateway are provided. The method is executed by a primary gateway, and includes obtaining status information from smart devices, a first portion of which belong to and communicate with the primary gateway using a first standard, and a second portion of which belong to and communicate with a secondary gateway using a second standard. The status information from the smart devices belonging to the secondary gateway is received from the secondary gateway, and the status information from the smart devices belonging to the primary gateway is received directly from the smart devices belonging to the primary gateway. A control instruction for controlling a second smart device is generated in response to status information from a first smart device complying with an interworking rule, where the first and second smart devices communicate using different standards. The control instruction is transmitted to the second smart device.
US11131969B2
A self-configuring controller includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory machine readable media storing instructions. When executed by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the one or more processors to receive an output signal from a controlled system or device representative of an operation of the controlled system or device in response to a first perturbed control input perturbed using a first dither signal, estimate a bandwidth of the controlled system or device based on the output signal and the first dither signal, perturb a second control input using a second dither signal based on the bandwidth of the controlled system or device to generate a second perturbed control input, and transmit the second perturbed control input to the controlled system or device.
US11131952B2
A print control apparatus includes a completion condition obtaining unit and a management unit. The completion condition obtaining unit obtains, when executing a print job for printing one or more pages satisfying a predetermined condition, a completion condition of the print job. The management unit manages the print job as uncompleted until the obtained completion condition is satisfied even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected.
US11131949B2
A fixing device includes a fixing film, a heater for heating the fixing film, a heater holder including a heater holding portion holding the heater, and a pressing roller forming a nip between itself and the fixing film to be heated by the heater. In the nip, a toner image carried on a recording material is fixed. The heater holder includes an opposing surface which is provided on a side upstream of the heater holding portion with respect to a recording material feeding direction and which opposes the pressing roller, a lubricant holding portion provided on the opposing surface, for supplying a lubricant to between the fixing film and the heater, and a projected portion provided on the side upstream of the heater holding portion with respect to the recording material feeding direction and projecting toward the pressing roller from the opposing surface.
US11131947B2
In an example, a method includes collecting (102) print agent from a print agent reservoir to form a print agent layer on a first print agent transfer member (204). The print agent layer may be transferred (104) directly from the first print agent transfer member to a second print agent transfer member (206), where the print agent layer may be heated (106). The print agent layer may be applied (108) directly from the second print agent transfer member to a substrate.
US11131944B2
A developing device includes a developer container, a developing roller, and a doctor member. The developer container contains a developer including a toner and a developer. The developing roller includes a developing sleeve bearing the developer, a magnet roller in the developing sleeve. The doctor member includes a regulating portion regulating an amount of the developer home on the developing sleeve to be a predetermined amount. The regulating portion is disposed with a first distance from the developing sleeve. The developing sleeve is disposed with a second distance from an image hearer, and when the developing sleeve bearing the predetermined amount of developer passes a vicinity of the image bearer, a value obtained by dividing the predetermined amount by the second distance is less than a threshold of occurrence of adherence of the developer to the developing sleeve.
US11131941B1
An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor unit, a first terminal, a stage, a first protrusion, a second protrusion, a slider, and an exposure device. The stage moves from a first position closer to the photoreceptor to a second position farther from the photoreceptor in a second direction than the first position so that the second terminal is fitted to the first terminal. The slider includes a first position regulation portion and a second position regulation portion at positions separated from each other in the third direction. A thickness of the first position regulation portion in the first direction is thinner than a thickness of the second position regulation portion in the first direction. The slider slides with the first protrusion between a base portion and the second protrusion and includes a guide portion. The exposure device is supported by the stage.
US11131938B2
A toner comprises a toner particle including a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles A and silica particles B, wherein the inorganic fine particle A has a rectangular parallelepiped shape; an amount of the inorganic fine particles A is 0.3 to 3.0 mass parts per 100 mass parts of the toner particles; a number average particle diameter of the silica particles B is 80 to 200 nm; a fixing ratio of the inorganic fine particle A is 25% to 70%; where a separation amount of the inorganic fine particles A is denoted by YA (mg), and a separation amount of the silica particles is denoted by YB (mg), YA is 3.00 to 18.0, YA and YB satisfy the following formula, YA/YB>0.75, and a surface potential difference C in a rubbing test using the inorganic fine particle A and the binder resin is −70 V to +70 V.
US11131935B2
An information processing apparatus outputs correction data using a first system that outputs the correction data for correcting a condition defining processing to be performed in a lithography apparatus that forms a pattern onto a substrate. The first system includes a first model that outputs the correction data in case where a processing result indicating a result of the processing is input, and a second model that outputs the processing result in case where the condition is input. The first system corrects the condition using the correction data output from the first model, and outputs the correction data based on the processing result output by inputting the corrected condition to the second model.
US11131933B2
A metal resist cleaning liquid including a solvent and formic acid.
US11131929B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to the manufacture of optical elements and optical systems. An example system may include an optical component configured to direct light from a light source to illuminate a photoresist material at a desired angle and to expose at least a portion of an angled structure in the photoresist material, where the photoresist material overlays at least a portion of a top surface of a substrate. The optical component includes a container containing an light-coupling material that is selected based in part on the desired angle. The optical component also includes a mirror arranged to reflect at least a portion of the light to illuminate the photoresist material at the desired angle.
US11131926B2
The present invention provides a resist composition, including: (A) a sulfonium salt containing an anion and a cation, the cation including a partial structure shown by the following general formula (A1); and (B) a polymer compound containing a repeating unit shown by the following general formula (B1). The present invention provides a resist composition that causes few defects and is excellent in lithography performance, having regulated acid diffusion, in photolithography using a high energy beam as a light source, and a resist patterning process using this resist composition.
US11131920B2
A photomask blank for a material of a photomask used in pattern transfer by exposure light having a wavelength of up to 250 nm, including a transparent substrate, a chromium-containing film directly formed on the substrate or formed with an optical film intervened between the transparent substrate and the chromium-containing film. The chromium-containing film includes a region (A) composed of a chromium compound containing chromium, oxygen and carbon, wherein each of contents of the elements contained in the chromium compound is continuously varied in the thickness direction of the region (A), and toward the substrate, the content of chromium increases, and the content of carbon decreases.
US11131914B2
A wavelength conversion member includes: a substrate; a wavelength converter including phosphor particles excited by excitation light and a binder layer that fixes or adheres the adjacent phosphor particles to one another, the wavelength converter being provided on a front surface side of the substrate; and a light reflecting film that reflects fluorescent light radiated by the phosphor particles, the light reflecting film being provided on at least a part of an interface between the substrate and the wavelength converter, wherein a refractive index of the phosphor particles is larger than a refractive index of the binder layer. It is preferable that the binder layer include nanogaps which are voids with an average diameter of 300 nm or less in an inside.
US11131910B2
An adjusting device includes an adjuster and a supporting mechanism. The adjuster includes a transmission member that is configured to drive a portion of the adjuster to have a movement. The supporting mechanism includes a mounting assembly, a supporting assembly, and a connection assembly. The mounting assembly is configured to be coupled to a gimbal. The supporting assembly is configured to be coupled to the adjuster and includes a supporting member that is provided as a rod. The connection assembly is configured to adjustably connect the mounting assembly and the supporting assembly. A position of the adjuster relative to the gimbal is adjustable at least by adjusting a linear position of the adjuster relative to the rod and a rotation position of the connection assembly relative to the mounting assembly.
US11131908B2
An articulating joint for coupling an accessory to a support comprises a platform, a base, and a wedge. The platform couples to one of the support and the accessory, and the base couples to the other of the support and the accessory. The platform includes a hinge having a bore and teeth positioned radially around the bore. The base includes an undercut and a complementary hinge having a thru hole. The wedge includes complementary teeth positioned radially around a passageway and a ramp that cooperates with the undercut of the base. A shaft having a threaded portion engages a threaded insert to couple the hinge of the platform, the wedge, and the complementary hinge of the base. Rotating the shaft to a locked position causes the teeth of the platform to mesh with the complementary teeth of the wedge to retain the platform in an orientation relative to the base.
US11131907B2
Apparatuses and methods for manufacturing an apparatus for supplying a sweeping motion for a device such as a camera are disclosed. The apparatus includes a stationary rod and a rotational rod arranged parallel to the stationary rod at a fixed distance from the stationary rod. The apparatus includes a device disposed on the rotational rod and a plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators arranged between the stationary and rotational rods and perpendicular to central axes of the stationary and rotational rods. Actuation of a top-portion of the plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators rotates the rotational rod in a first direction, and an actuation of a bottom-portion of the plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators rotates the rotational rod in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US11131902B2
A capturing apparatus for an electronic device is provided in the present disclosure. The capturing apparatus for an electronic device may include a lampshade, a camera and a number of flash lamps. The lampshade may include an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion arranged concentrically. An inner rim of the outer ring portion may be connected with an outer rim of the inner ring portion. The camera may be located at a side of the lampshade and corresponding to a hollow area defined by the inner ring portion and positioned at a side of the inner ring portion away from the outer ring portion. A plurality of flash lamps may be disposed at a side of the lampshade close to the camera around a periphery of the camera and corresponding to the outer ring portion.
US11131901B2
A camera module includes a carrier accommodating a lens module, a housing accommodating the lens module and the carrier, a focus adjusting unit configured to move the lens module and the carrier in an optical axis direction, and a position measuring unit including a sensing yoke mounted on the carrier and a sensing coil facing the first sensing yoke. The sensing yoke includes a body unit and an extension unit extending in the optical axis direction from the body unit.
US11131900B2
Provided are a first magnetic drive unit including a first coil and a first magnet, and a second magnetic drive unit including a second coil and a second magnet. Also provided are a first drive lever and a second drive lever operated by the first magnetic drive unit and the second magnetic drive unit, respectively, a first opening and closing blade and a second opening and closing blade that open and close an opening by an operation of the first drive lever and the second drive lever, respectively. A first lock mechanism locks the first drive lever at a predetermined position, and a second lock mechanism that locks the second drive lever at a predetermined position, and a part of the first lock mechanism and a part of the second lock mechanism are located between the first magnetic drive unit and the second magnetic drive unit.
US11131894B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes an internal driving circuit, an external circuit and a plurality of signal lines. The signal lines are electrically connected with the internal driving circuit and the external circuit. Each signal line includes N signal line sections, Ma first turning points and Mb second turning points, wherein the N signal line sections are connected with each other, each of the Ma first turning points and the Mb second turning points is located at the connecting site of the two adjacent signal line sections, N and Ma are positive integers, Mb is 0 or a positive integer, N≥3, Ma≥2, Ma+Mb≤N−1, the resistance change rate between the two adjacent signal line sections connected with each first turning point is ΔR, and 0<|ΔR|≤10%.
US11131884B2
A display with local dimming backlight and an active privacy mode. The display may include a backlight source, lenses, a passive diffuser, an active diffuser and a transmissive display. The backlight source may define a two-dimensional matrix of light sources configured to generate an initial light. The lenses may be mounted adjacent to the backlight source, aligned with the light sources, and configured to generate a collimated light. The passive diffuser may be mounted adjacent to the lenses and configured to spatially spread the collimated light. The active diffuser may be mounted adjacent to the passive diffuser, configured to generate an intermediate light in response to the collimated light, and configured to change a diffusive property of the intermediate light in response to a scattering signal. The transmissive display may be mounted adjacent to the active diffuser and configured to generate multiple visible images by modulating the intermediate light.
US11131877B2
A fabrication method of a dye polarizer and a display panel are provided. The fabrication method includes: dissolving a dye mixture and a reactive monomer in a solvent to form a polarization film solution, in which the dye mixture is formed by mixing multiple dichroic dyes and the dye mixture functions to absorb visible light of all wave band; coating the polarization film solution one a base, followed by alignment, to allow the reactive monomer to cure on the base; and repeating the step of forming the dye polarization film for n times to form a dye polarizer including n+1 stacked layers of the dye polarization, where n is a nature number greater than or equal to 2. The display panel includes the dye polarizer that is formed with the fabrication method described above.
US11131874B2
An optical film includes a first pattern layer including a first base portion and first protruding portions disposed on the first base portion to be spaced apart from each other and having a first refractive index and a second pattern layer disposed on the first pattern layer and having a second refractive index. Each of the first protruding portions includes a first sub-protruding portion having a first width in a cross-section perpendicular to the first base portion, a second sub-protruding portion disposed between the first base portion and the first sub-protruding portion and having a width that increases from the first sub-protruding portion to the first base portion, and a third sub-protruding portion disposed on the first sub-protruding portion and having a width that decreases as a distance from the first sub-protruding portion increases.
US11131870B2
Thermochromic displays that accomplish a thermochromic transition in less than 100 milliseconds are described. This rapid response time is accomplished by including conductive structures within the thermochromic display and placing the conductive structures in direct contact with and/or proximate to a thermochromic layer. The conductive structures can be disposed between the thermochromic layer and a film that carries the message to be produced. Because of the high thermal conductivity of the conductive structures, heat can be conducted to and/or conducted away from the thermochromic layer much more rapidly than in the absence of conductive structures.
US11131862B2
A dichroic prism beamsplitter may include a medium with a refractive index greater than approximately 1.0. The dichroic prism beamsplitter may include a plurality of layers sandwiched by the medium. The plurality of layers may include an equivalent structure including at least one layer with a refractive index that is less than a threshold refractive index for total internal reflection. The at least one layer may be associated with a thickness less than or equal to a threshold thickness associated with total internal reflection for a threshold wavelength. The at least one layer may cause total internal reflection for a first wavelength range that is less than or equal to the threshold wavelength and causes evanescent wave coupling for a second wavelength range that is greater than the threshold wavelength.
US11131857B2
An imager assembly including calibration functionality and a housing. An imager is disposed inside the housing. The imager includes a lens assembly. An electro-optic element is disposed on a wall of the housing and operable between a substantially clear condition and a substantially darkened condition. A light source directs light at the electro-optic element which redirects the light toward the lens assembly.
US11131855B2
A display system includes an HMD and a PC. The HMD displays an image on a scene in a real space in an overlapped manner. The PC includes a first control unit. The first control unit causes the HMD to display a guide image indicating a direction set based on a robot to correspond to a robot arranged in the real space. On a tool of the robot, a tool coordinate system is set based on the tool. The first control unit displays the guide image indicating the tool coordinate system in accordance with a direction of the tool. The guide image includes an X-axis image, a Y-axis image, and a Z-axis image.
US11131849B2
A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) utilizing the image capture device to track eye movements of a user interacting with a display communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the image capture device continuously collecting image data. The processor(s) determines, based on analyzing the collected image data, a probability of whether a user may be experiencing a vision-related issue. Based on the probability being within a given pre-determined range, the processor(s) identifies the vision-related issue experienced by the user. The processor(s) generates, based on the vision-related issue, a two dimensional visual exercise to address the vision-related issue for performance by the user. The processor(s) deploys a graphical user interface to the display, where the graphical user interface comprises the visual exercise. The processor(s) provides the visual exercise to the user via the graphical user interface.
US11131845B2
A patterned line of optical radiation can be steered in the other two directions (e.g., line patterned in y, steered in x and z) with a 1-D phase shifter array in a Fourier optics configuration. Preferably the patterned line is provided by forming a line focus and modulating it with an array of grating light valve devices in an amplitude modulation configuration. Phase modulation is preferably provided with an array of grating light valve devices in a phase modulation configuration.
US11131842B2
A method, device, system, and computer-readable medium for displaying an augmented reality (AR) image, including controlling a camera to capture an image of a view through a microscope; generating information corresponding to the image; generating the AR image including an information ring configured to display the information; and controlling an AR display to display the AR image such that the information ring is at least partially overlaid over a periphery of the view through the microscope while the view is visible to a user of the microscope.
US11131840B2
A microscope system includes a detection unit having a color beam splitter arrangement with three beam splitter prisms, each having first, second and third prism surfaces. The first prism surfaces face in the same direction and are oriented parallel to one another at a right angle to an optical axis. The first and second prism surfaces are oriented in each case at acute angles to one another. The second and third prism surfaces are oriented in each case at right or obtuse angles to one another. The third and first prism surfaces are oriented in each case at acute angles to one another. A prismatic compensation element having first and second prism surfaces is assigned to each prism. The second prism surface of each of the compensation elements is arranged in a common plane with or parallel to the second prism surface of the respectively assigned prism.
US11131835B2
There is provided an imaging lens with excellent optical characteristics which satisfies demand of the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number. An imaging lens comprises, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex surface facing the object side near an optical axis, a second lens having negative refractive power near the optical axis, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens with the negative refractive power having a concave surface facing the image side near the optical axis, wherein an image-side surface of the fifth lens is formed as an aspheric surface having at least one pole point in a position off the optical axis, and predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied.
US11131827B2
The present invention provides an optical element driving mechanism. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed part, a movable part and a driving assembly. The movable part is movably connected to the fixed part. The movable part includes a holder and a holder stopper. The holder carries the optical element. The holder includes a surface, a sidewall and a holder groove. The sidewall faces the optical element. The holder groove is disposed at the junction of the surface and the sidewall. The holder stopper protrudes from the surface along an optical axis of the optical element to limit a range of motion of the holder. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part.
US11131822B2
A breakout transition assembly including a plurality of optical fibers extending through a cable, a plurality of furcation tubes and a housing with a cable inlet and a furcation chamber. The cable, optical fibers and furcation tubes are fixed relative to the housing with a volume of hardened epoxy in the furcation chamber. The cable inlet includes a clearance that tapers between a first end and a second end. In another aspect, the breakout transition can also include a breakout holder comprising at least one guide, such that the plurality of furcation tubes are fixedly received in the at least one guide in the breakout holder, and the volume of hardened epoxy retains the breakout holder in an engaged position with the transition body.
US11131817B2
A multi-fiber cable includes a plurality of optical fibers and an adhesive. The adhesive may be applied along a longitudinal length of the multi-fiber cable in a continuous or substantially continuous manner. The adhesive may be applied in a continuous curved shape, such as sinusoidal. The multi-fiber cable may further include an outer sheath and/or a strength member. The multi-fiber cable may be formed using an adhesive dispenser and a curing device. The curving device may be a light guide coupled to the adhesive dispenser.
US11131814B2
Connector assemblies are described herein. For example, a connector assembly including: a housing configured to accept a first ferrule and a second ferrule. The connector assembly may also have a latch component that is removably connected to the housing. The connector may furthermore include a push-pull tab removably connected to the housing and configured to move horizontally along the outer surface of housing when a biasing force is applied in at least one of a forward direction and a rearward direction. Accordingly, the push-pull tab can compress the latch component when moving horizontally along the housing, and an inverted ramp at a proximal end of the push/pull, the ramp aides in depressing the latch downward to release the connector from a receptacle.
US11131811B2
A method for protecting fusion spliced optical fibers includes immersing sections of fusion spliced first and second optical fibers in a pool of molten thermoplastic material, followed by removal and cooling of liquid-coated areas, to yield a solid thermoplastic overcoating that extends over a splice joint as well as previously stripped sections and pre-coated sections of the first and second optical fibers. Optionally, a strength member may be adhered to the solid thermoplastic overcoating to provide a reinforced fusion spliced section. A strength member may include a metal rod or a secondary, thick thermoplastic coating. A fiber optic cable assembly includes a solid thermoplastic overcoating that extends over the splice joint as well as previously stripped sections and pre-coated sections of the fibers. Such coating may be formed rapidly with minimal capital expense, may dispense with the need for integrated strength members, and may provide reduced size and enhanced flexibility as compared to heat shrink protection sleeves.
US11131802B2
The present disclosure discloses a mounting assembly for an optical element of a lighting lamp, including a base, a top frame and at least two side frames, one end of each of the at least two side frames is connected to the base and the other end is connected to the top frame; the at least two side frames, the base and the top frame enclose a mounting space for fixing the optical element, and the at least two side frames are configured to be distributed around the optical element and are configured to be connected to a side edge of the optical element. The present disclosure further discloses a light source module and a lighting lamp.
US11131800B2
The backlight unit includes: a light guide that includes an incidence surface and an emission surface facing each other; and a light source portion including a plurality of point light sources that are two-dimensionally arranged to face the incidence surface of the light guide, in which light emitted from the light source portion is incident into the incidence surface of the light guide and emitted from the emission surface, the backlight unit is driven by local dimming in which at least two point light sources among the plurality of point light sources are used as a minimum point lighting unit, the light guide includes a plurality of light advancing direction conversion portions and a plurality of light extraction portions, each of the light advancing direction conversion portions is provided at each of positions on the incidence surface facing the plurality of point light sources and changes an advancing direction of each of light components to a direction in which the light component is guided in the light guide, and each of the light extraction portions is provided per unit region corresponding to the minimum point lighting unit in a state where a density in a peripheral portion of the unit region is set to be higher than a density in a center portion of the unit region and emits the light guided in the light guide.
US11131792B2
The present application discloses an optical film of a double-sided structure. The optical film of a double-sided structure comprises: a body which includes a polymer, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; and an accommodation mechanism, provided on the first surface and the second surface, and used for forming a graphic structure on a surface of the body. The body comprising the accommodation mechanism is an integral structure. The accommodation mechanism comprises a groove, and the accommodation mechanism accommodates a filler to form the graphic structure. The filler comprises one or more of an electrically conductive material, a coloring material, or a dyeing material. The polymer comprises thermosetting resin and/or photocurable resin. The body has a transmittance of above 0.7. The optical film provided by the present application has a thickness which is beneficial to reduce an optical film.
US11131784B2
A multi-point geostatistical prestack inversion method based on a renewal probability ratio constant theory, comprising the following steps: sorting information, work area gridding and distributing well data, assigning an initial attribute value to a simulation work area, selecting a data template with an appropriate size, inversion and judging iteration termination; the method overcomes the defects that in the prior art, oil and gas exploration and development are more and more difficult, exploration degree is higher and higher, new oil and gas reservoirs are more and more difficult to find, reservoir parameters are inaccurate, and exploration uncertainty is increased, and the method has the advantages that prior information is obtained through a multi-point geostatistics method and then screening is carried out through a minimum objective function such that the complexity of seismic inversion is reduced.
US11131781B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods relating to configurable silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) devices. An example device includes a substrate and a plurality of single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) coupled to the substrate. The device also includes a plurality of outputs coupled to the substrate and a plurality of electrical components coupled to the substrate. The plurality of electrical components are configured to selectively connect the plurality of SPADs to the plurality of outputs by selecting which output of the plurality of outputs is connected to each SPAD of the plurality of SPADs and to thereby define a plurality of SiPMs in the device such that each SiPM of the plurality of SiPMs comprises a respective set of one or more SPADs connected to a respective output of the plurality of outputs.
US11131778B2
A portable electronic dosimeter is described that comprises a plurality of detectors each configured to detect a type of ionizing radiation, wherein each detector is associated with an amplifier configured to produce an output in response to a plurality of detected photons of the ionizing radiation and an event counter configured to produce one or more counts in response to the detected photons of the ionizing radiation over an integration time; and a processor configured to receive the one or more counts from each of the counters and determine if there is coincidence of the one or more counts of all the detectors, wherein if there is coincidence the processor is configured to provide an over range alarm signal.
US11131777B2
A method for determining a position of a motor vehicle that has a chassis and a driver's cab, which is spring-mounted relative to the chassis includes detecting the position of the motor vehicle using a satellite-based navigation device arranged on the driver's cab. The method further includes correcting the detected position as a function of a correction value representing a relative motion between the driver's cab and the chassis in order to determine the position.
US11131775B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement. For example, an apparatus may include a GNSS receiver including circuitry to receive GNSS signals; and at least one GNSS processor component configured to determine a plurality of configuration hypotheses including different combinations of one of a plurality of different Space Vehicle (SV) sets and one of a plurality of different duty cycle profiles, the GNSS processor component configured to select from the plurality of configuration hypotheses a selected measurement configuration including a selected SV set and a selected duty cycle profile, based at least on an estimated power consumption corresponding to the selected measurement configuration and an estimated position error corresponding to the selected measurement configuration, the GNSS processor component to configure a GNSS measurement by the GNSS receiver using the selected SV set and according to the selected duty cycle.
US11131771B1
An aircraft hazard warning system or method can be utilized to determine a location of turbulence, hail or other hazard for an aircraft. The aircraft hazard warning system can utilize processing electronics coupled to an antenna. The processing electronics can determine an inferred presence of a weather condition in response to lightning sensor data, radar reflectivity data, turbulence data, geographic location data, vertical structure analysis data, and/or temperature data. The system can include a display for showing the weather condition and its location.
US11131770B2
Provided is a vehicle radar. According to an embodiment, the vehicle radar includes: a housing including an inner space therein; a board disposed within the housing and configured to generate a radar emission signal; a radome configured to transmit a radar emission signal generated from the board and coupled to the housing so as to protect the board; and a shield plate configured to block or absorb some or all of electromagnetic waves generated from the board. A portion of a lower surface of the radome includes an inner recess, and the shield plate is coupled to the recess.
US11131762B2
A fast chirp Phase Locked Loop with a boosted return time includes a Voltage Controlled Oscillator, VCO, generating a Frequency Modulated Continuous Waveform, FMCW. The VCO responds to a filtered output voltage of a filter connected to a charge pump. A digital controller modifies the FMCW to generate a chirp phase and a return phase. The chirp phase includes a first linear change of the FMCW from a start frequency to a stop frequency. The return phase includes a second linear change of the FMCW from the stop frequency to the start frequency. A boost circuit connects to the digital controller and the filter. The boost circuit supplies a boost current during the return phase. The boost current is proportional to a return slope of the return phase and inversely proportional to a VCO gain of the VCO.
US11131759B2
A system for inspecting an acoustic treatment applied to the hull of a maritime vessel includes an underwater inspection system including at least one signal emitter configured to emit a signal, at least one receiver configured to receive the signal after the signal has come into contact with the acoustic treatment applied to the hull of the maritime vessel, wherein the signal provides information about the integrity of the acoustic treatment and a processor configured to perform signal processing on the received signal and generate an output comprising information about one or more parameters of the acoustic treatment. The inspection system thereby allows for in-water inspection of acoustic treatments applied to a maritime vessel thus avoiding the need for a costly and time-consuming inspection of such a vessel while in dry-dock.
US11131746B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising a receiver configured to receive at least the following wireless messages: an initial message from a master base station, at least one response message from each of at least two non-master base stations and a data message from the master base station, and at least one processing core configured to determine, based on the received wireless messages, for the master base station and each non-master base station, a time difference of arrival from the apparatus, and based at least partly on the determined time difference of arrival, a location of the apparatus.
US11131744B2
Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.
US11131741B2
A method and apparatus for receiving signals from an unknown transmitting source and providing the location of the unknown transmitting source comprising a series of channels for receiving signals radiated by the unknown transmitting sources, generating preprocessed time domain data and generating a SAR image depicting a location of the unknown transmitting source, and a processor for processing the preprocessed time domain data to enhance a pixel value at each pixel location within the SAR image by summing signal data from each channel related to each pixel location to generate an enhanced SAR image.
US11131734B2
A computer-implemented method, computing system and non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon for processing a dataset of multidimensional signals captured from points in a physical space. The computer-implemented method includes using a computing system, determining, for each of the points, a plurality of spatially neighbouring points in the physical space; and using the computing system, creating a modified signal for each point based on the signals of its respective spatially neighbouring points.
US11131732B2
An apparatus, method, and system are disclosed for improving uniformity of RF magnetic field in an MRI system, and thereby improving both signal-to-noise ratio and uniformity of imaging sensitivity across a sampling volume, to provide more uniform MRI images. A passive LC resonator develops induced EMF and induced currents in a primary RF magnetic field; the secondary magnetic field produced thereby can counteract magnetic field amplitude gradients to produce a more homogeneous RF magnetic field. In systems with separate transmit and receive coils, a shunt detuning circuit is pulsed ON to prevent interference during the transmit period. In a dual-frequency MRI machine (e.g. 19F and 1H), the RF magnetic field at the lower operating frequency can be homogenized by tuning the resonance of the passive resonator between the two operating frequencies. Another resonator can improve RF field uniformity at the higher operating frequency. Variants and experimental results are disclosed.
US11131731B2
A multi-channel RF transmitter system including a magnetic resonance imaging device, a multi-channel RF coil array, a control computer receiving required parameters from a user, producing triggering and clock signals and synthesizing input data required for each channel of RF coil array according to imaging scenario to be realized, an interface control module producing basic band MRI signals according to data from the control computer, a signal modulator and control module for modulating MRI signals produced at the interface control module into radio frequency and distribution to channels, a power/data distribution module distributing the produced signals and required DC power, a RF power amplifier module converting digital signal coming from the power/data distribution module into analog signal, amplifying it and transmitting to members of the coil array, a feedback line for track and correction of any errors in RF signal transmitted to the coil array by the power amplifier module.
US11131729B2
An optically pumped magnetometer device includes a first vapor cell having a light input window; a first light source configured to produce a first light beam; a first prism optic configured to receive the first light beam from the first light source and redirect the first light beam into the first vapor cell at a non-normal direction relative to the light input window of the first vapor cell; and a first light detector configured to receive the first light beam after passing through the first vapor cell. The device may also include additional light sources and light detectors which may share the prism optic and vapor cell (or utilize another prism optic or vapor cell or both).
US11131727B2
A magnetic sensor device having a spin-valve-type magnetoresistive effect element and capable of stably applying a bias magnetic field on the free layer of the magnetoresistive effect element includes a spin-valve-type magnetoresistive effect element, a substrate on which the magnetoresistive effect element is positioned, a power source that supplies a substantially constant electric current applied on the magnetoresistive effect element, and a magnetic field generator that is connected to the electric current path of the electric current applied on the magnetoresistive effect element in series. The magnetic field generator is provided to be capable of applying a bias magnetic field on at least a portion of the magnetoresistive effect element. The magnetic field generator is close to a portion of the magnetoresistive effect element and is positioned at a different level from the substrate.
US11131725B2
An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit that includes a magnetometer, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the magnetometer from ambient background magnetic fields, a twisted pair cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetometer, and a coaxial cable interface assembly electrically connected to the magnetic field generator.
US11131723B2
An exemplary magnetic field measurement system includes a wearable sensor unit and a single controller. The wearable sensor unit includes a plurality of magnetometers and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a compensation magnetic field configured to actively shield the magnetometers from ambient background magnetic fields. The single controller is configured to interface with the magnetometers and the magnetic field generator.
US11131714B2
A battery characterization system includes a drive-sense circuit (DSC), memory that stores operational instructions, and processing module(s) operably coupled to the DSC and the memory. Based on a reference signal, the DSC generates a charge signal, which includes an AC (alternating current) component, and provides the charge signal to a terminal of a battery via a single line and simultaneously to senses the charge signal via the single line to detect an electrical characteristic of the battery based on a response of the battery. The DSC generates a digital signal representative of the electrical characteristic of the battery. The processing module(s), based on the operational instructions, generate the reference signal to include a frequency sweep of the AC component of the charge signal (e.g., different frequencies at different times or multiple frequencies simultaneously) and processes the digital signal to characterize the battery across the different respective frequencies and generate spectrum analysis (SA) information of the battery.
US11131708B2
An aligning mechanism according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a mounting table on which a substrate is placed; a holding section configured to hold the mounting table from below; lifting pins configured to raise or lower the mounting table with respect to the holding section; and an aligner configured to support the holding section from below, and to change a position of the holding section relative to the lifting pins. In the holding section and the aligner, through-holes are formed such that the lifting pins can penetrate the through-holes.
US11131707B1
A test socket according to the present disclosure is provided in a test apparatus in which a device under inspection having a terminal is connected to a tester, which generates a test signal, for testing the device under inspection, the test socket includes a nonelastic insulating housing formed of a nonelastic insulating material and provided with a plurality of housing holes formed therein to pass therethrough in a thickness direction; and an electrically-conductive part formed to have a configuration in which a plurality of electrically-conductive particles are contained in an elastic insulating material, the electrically-conductive part having a lower end portion connected to a signal electrode of the tester placed below the nonelastic insulating housing and an upper end portion disposed in the housing hole to be connected to the terminal of the device under inspection placed on the nonelastic insulating housing.
US11131706B2
A computer system may determine a first set of output values for a set of test paths at a first time. Each output value may correspond to a test path in the set of test paths. The computer system may then determine a second set of output values at a second time. Each output value in the second set of output values may have an associated output value in the first set of output values. The computer system may then determine whether degradation of the semiconductor chip has occurred by comparing the first set of output values to the second set of output values.
US11131702B1
A sparse voltage measurement-based fault location determination system and method for an alternating current (AC) distribution network is described. This method can use sparse voltage measurements and Bayesian compressive sensing (BCS) algorithm to reconstruct a sparse current vector. A fault location is then determined based on the reconstructed sparse current vector. The disclosed method provides robust fault location results under a variety of asymmetrical fault scenarios. Fewer intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) allocated in the terminal buses are needed for determining the fault location; therefore, this implementation is relatively cost effective.
US11131701B1
A multi-probe anechoic chamber (MPAC) for beam performance testing of a phased array system, including an active electronically steered array (AESA) system. The MPAC may comprise: an AESA antenna having a plurality of subarrays capable of emitting RF energy; an anechoic chamber having a wall, comprising a plurality of horn antennas for receiving the RF energy; a switch electrically coupled to the horn antennas for selectively coupling of the horn antennas to one or more output channels; various instruments electrically coupled to the output channels for measuring the RF energy; and a processor electrically coupled to the switch and the instruments for controlling the selective coupling of the switch, such that the processor and instruments cooperatively monitor and measure various beam parameters associated with the RF energy. The various beam parameters may include: signal-to-noise ratio, signal strength, beam phase, phase stability, frequency stability, beam shape, beam pointing accuracy, and beam switching rates.
US11131697B2
A system and method for combining a remote audio source with an animatronically controlled puppet includes the steps of entering an audio file on a user client by a person where the audio file is a statement spoken by the person. The audio file is sent to a secondary client that is remote to the user client. The secondary client has a puppet controlled by animatronics. The audio file is received by an audio circuit board that converts the audio file into movement parameters. The movement parameters are sent to at least one servomechanism mounted in the puppet to actuate the animatronics in synchronicity with the audio file. Movement of the puppet is video recorded to define a video file. The audio and video files are combined to define a final video production viewable by the person.
US11131688B2
A capacitive micromechanical accelerometer comprising a first proof mass, a second proof mass, a third proof mass and a fourth proof mass. Each proof mass is configured as a seesaw which undergoes rotation out of the xy-plane in response to z-axis acceleration. The four proof masses are suspended from the same central anchor point with torsionally flexible suspension arrangements. Errors introduced into the output signal by wafer bending can be automatically compensated in a differential capacitive measurement.
US11131685B2
An air data system for measuring an airspeed includes a pair of electrodes, and one or more magnets arranged relative to the pair of electrodes. The pair of electrodes includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode along a first dimension by an air gap. The one or more magnets produce a magnetic field within the air gap. The air data system further includes an electronic circuit interfacing with the pair of electrodes. The electronic circuit outputs a voltage difference measured between the pair of electrodes across the air gap. A magnitude of the voltage difference indicates a magnitude of an air stream velocity through the air gap.
US11131671B2
Methods of diagnosing infections are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises measuring the amount of each of the polypeptides TRAIL, CRP, IP10 and at least one additional polypeptide selected from the group consisting of IL-6 and PCT.
US11131662B2
A detection device for detecting analytes in liquid specimen is provided. The detection device comprises: a specimen chamber for collecting or storing a liquid specimen; a detecting chamber for containing a detecting element; and a through hole for transferring the liquid specimen between the specimen chamber and the detecting chamber. The through hole can be opened or self-sealed. The sealing or opening of the through hole controls whether or not the liquid specimen in the specimen chamber enters the detecting chamber via the through hole. Furthermore, a detection method is provided.
US11131659B2
Systems and methods for measurement of the oil, water, and/or solids concentration in oil-based drilling fluids may be provided in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. An example method for monitoring oil-based drilling fluids may include providing a sample of an oil-based drilling. The method may further include determining an estimate of an oil concentration of the sample. The method may further include measuring thermal conductivity of the sample. The method may further include determining an estimate of solids concentration of the sample from a correlation that relates the oil concentration, the thermal conductivity, and the solids concentration.
US11131652B2
According to one embodiment, an inspection system includes a probe and a controller. The probe includes a plurality of ultrasonic sensors arranged in a first direction. The probe contacts a weld portion by moving in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the plurality of ultrasonic sensors transmits an ultrasonic wave toward the weld portion and receives a reflected wave. The controller detects a joint and a non-joint at a plurality of points along the first direction of the weld portion based on the plurality of reflected waves. The controller adjusts an angle of the probe around a third direction based on a number of the joints or the non-joints detected for the plurality of points. The third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and crosses the second direction.
US11131650B2
A method of facilitating ultrasonic analysis of a subject is provided. The method involves producing signals for causing a set of outgoing ultrasonic signals to be transmitted to the subject, wherein the set of outgoing ultrasonic signals is defined at least in part by a variable imaging parameter that varies over time in accordance with a variable imaging parameter function, the variable imaging parameter function represented or representable at least in part by a function characteristic, receiving signals representing a time dependent representation of the subject generated from a set of received ultrasonic signals scattered by the subject, determining at least one property representation of the subject based on the function characteristic and the time dependent representation of the subject, and producing signals representing the at least one property representation of the subject to facilitate analysis of the subject. Systems, non-transitory computer readable media, and other methods are also provided.
US11131636B2
A device for measuring an ionic concentration of an ionic compound in a porous medium solution contained in a porous medium. The device includes a sensing portion, a light source, and a light sensor. The sensing portion is miniaturized and includes a permeable material body defining a measuring cavity therein and is insertable in the porous medium to allow the porous medium solution to diffuse through the permeable material body. The light source illuminates the porous medium solution contained inside the measuring cavity. The light sensor detects a resulting light emanating from the porous medium solution, the resulting light having at least one spectral characteristic indicative of the ionic concentration of the ionic compound in the porous medium solution. There is also provided a method for measuring in situ an ionic concentration of an ionic compound in a porous medium solution contained in a porous medium.
US11131635B2
An infrared detection camera for the inspection of coated substrates. A corrosion sensing instrument is handheld, portable, battery powered, compact and lightweight. The camera performs nondestructive, real time imaging of corrosion and defects beneath painted metal or plastics or composite surfaces. The device includes a user-friendly computer interface for real time imaging and image storage capability and is typically used for detecting early stage corrosion beneath painted aircraft aluminum surfaces. The handheld device has a front “open air” imaging port which is designed to be placed in soft contact against the painted surface to be inspected by the instrument. The device includes an infrared camera and infrared lighting to capture an image of the surface. The captured image is transferred to a computer and analyzed to locate imperfections below a coating on a surface.
US11131634B1
The subject invention provides colorimetric test strips and fast screening field test kits for differentiating between cannabinoids in cannabis samples, preferably, for differentiating marijuana from other cannabis plants, e.g., hemp. The fast screening field test kit can also be used for confirming the presence of marijuana in a complex cannabis sample. The colorimetric test strips use a solid substrate (e.g., capillary microextraction of volatiles (CMV) device) for the colorimetric reaction. The non-polar nature of the CMV sorbent does not allow the reaction of FBBB and THC to spread, producing an intense red color in the presence of a plant with high concentration of THC (e.g., marijuana) or an orange color in the presence of a plant with a high concentration of CBD (e.g., hemp).
US11131630B2
For setting a laser-scanning fluorescence microscope to a correct alignment in which an intensity maximum of excitation light and an intensity minimum of fluorescence inhibition light coincide in a focal area of an objective lens, a structure in a sample marked with a fluorescent dye is scanned with the intensity maximum of the excitation light to generate first and second pictures of the sample, the first picture corresponding to a higher and the second picture corresponding to a lower intensity of the fluorescence inhibition light. A spatial offset of a first image of the structure in the first picture with regard to a second image of the structure in the second picture is calculated; and the intensity maximum of the excitation light is shifted with regard to the intensity minimum of the fluorescence inhibition light in the direction of the offset calculated to set the microscope to the correct alignment.
US11131626B2
The present invention provides a system for measuring concentrations of trace gases in gas mixtures using an absorption spectroscopy method. The system comprising: a resonant optical cavity containing a gas mixture, a continuous-wave external cavity laser, a detector system for measuring an absorption of laser light by the gas in the resonant optical cavity, wherein the ratio of the round-trip length of the external cavity laser to the round-trip length of the resonant optical cavity or its inverse value is between N−0.2 and N+0.2, where N is a positive integer number.
US11131618B2
In some embodiments, a smart flow cytometer includes a monitoring system to monitor differing operational parameters of the smart flow cytometer to detect an advanced failure of components and an advanced need for maintenance. In others, a smart flow cytometer includes a quality control system including a reservoir of quality control beads to periodically run a validation test with the quality control beads in order to determine the ability of the flow cytometer to generate quality data output from a plurality of light detectors. In some embodiments, a plurality of smart flow cytometers are coupled into communication with a computer communication network; a central repair server system is coupled into communication with the computer communication network and the plurality of smart flow cytometers; wherein each of the plurality of smart flow cytometers includes a monitoring system coupled to monitor differing operational parameters of the smart flow cytometer for possible failure.
US11131617B2
A system for analyzing a fluid includes or uses a movable flow cell assembly being disposed in an analysis location on a wall of an analysis instrument and being configured to be retained by a locking assembly on a first surface of the wall. The system includes a probe head assembly located on an opposed second surface of the wall, the probe head assembly to direct an X-ray source to analyze the fluid in a static state in the movable flow cell assembly or in a flow mode through the movable flow cell assembly. The movable flow cell assembly and the probe head assembly are in electro-magnetic communication for elemental analysis of the fluid using the X-ray source when the movable flow cell assembly is retained by the locking assembly on the first surface of the wall.
US11131610B2
An apparatus and method for generating a controlled, predictable, reproducible and variable-size distribution of particulate matter (PM), particle number (PN) and/or facsimile/simulation, derived from vaporizing and condensing a specialized liquid, utilizing a vapor delivery device; a filter capability so as to remove a significant amount of ambient PM/PN as a secondary calibration process for the identification of fine and ultra-fine particles (e.g., 0.3 micrometers and smaller) as well as a computer-controlled ability to perform a pre-determined series of calibration routines, housed in a container.
US11131607B2
Damage rate data associated with a plurality of positions on a machine can be used construct a damage rate covariance matrix, from which a matrix of modes can be derived. A subset of modes from the matrix of modes can be identified, and damage rate monitoring positions on the machine can be selected by identifying a subset of the plurality of positions on the machine that maximize a determinant associated with the matrix of modes using D-optimal row selection.
US11131599B1
A sensing mechanism of a two-dimensional airfoil model, which includes pressure sensor groups, multiple first tubes, the second tube, and a cavity. The pressure sensor groups are vertically fixed to mounting holes in the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The pressure measurement surface of each pressure sensor is vertical to the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. Multiple mounting holes are opened in and vertical to the surface of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The cavity is fixed to the interior of the two-dimensional airfoil model. The reference pressure end of each pressure sensor is connected to the cavity through the first tube, the multiple pressure sensors of the pressure sensor groups are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple first tubes. The cavity is connected with the first end of the second tube. The second end of the second tube is located in the air outside the two-dimensional airfoil model.
US11131598B2
A balance protection system for a wind tunnel test system that includes a balance component, a model component connected to the balance component and a sting component connected to the balance component is disclosed. The balance protection system includes a first set of features on the model component that mate with a second of features on to the sting component. The clearances between the first and second set of features determine an amount of allowed movement of the model with respect to the balance. Actuators can be used to actively adjust the amount of clearance and respective allowed movement of the model with respect to the balance. Limiting movement of the model with respect to the balance protects the balance from damage caused by excessive forces applied to the model.
US11131587B2
A temperature sensor comprises a temperature sensing element, a protective housing, and a heat transfer element. The temperature sensing element transduces a sensed temperature into an electrical output signal. The protective housing at least partly encases the temperature sensing element. The heat transfer element has an outer surface in heat conductive contact with an inner wall of the protective housing and receives at least a part of the temperature sensing element. The heat transfer element is formed separately from the temperature sensing element.
US11131581B2
An optical assembly for an optical sensor device has a lens plate, a light source, and a light receiving unit. The lens plate includes a lens structure on a side associated with the light source and a light extraction structure on a side facing away from the light source. The lens structure has different local radii of curvature.
US11131579B2
The present invention discloses a piezoelectric patch-based real-time and high-precision bolt preload detection method and system. A piezoelectric patch is used as an ultrasonic excitation source and pasted on the head of a bolt, and the high-precision fitting relationship between the ultrasonic change of time-of-flight and the bolt preload is established according to the law of the ultrasonic change of time-of-flight of single echo with the stress so that the real-time detection of the bolt preload is realized by using the mathematical relationship. Compared with the previous method using ultrasonic probes, the present invention eliminates the error caused by the uncertainty of couplant thickness and further improves the measurement precision by using the change of time-of-flight of single echo. Meanwhile, the low-error rate measurement of the bolt preload is realized at a low cost and without affecting the structural performance.
US11131577B2
A sensing module apparatus is provided for monitoring a vibrating machine or structure, such as a pump, which include three mounting points on the apparatus for securely mounting the apparatus to the vibrating machine or structure. The three-point mount configuration provides the sensor module with a very rigid mount connection to virtually any surface condition, including flat, curved or irregular. All six degrees of freedom (X, Y, Z, theta-X, theta-Y and theta-Z) are properly constrained. The three-point mount also provides an air barrier or gap between the sensing module and the equipment surface, allowing the sensor to be mounted to higher surface temperature devices.
US11131571B2
A system and related method is provided for correcting measurement glitches detected by a magnetic flowmeter assembly in determining a fluid flow velocity. The magnetic flowmeter assembly includes a pair of electrodes that receive an instantaneous first and second electrode potential (voltage potential), Ue1 and Ue2, so as to determine an instantaneous induced voltage Ue across the fluid. A signal processor sends a digital signal of the induced voltage (voltage signal Ue) to a micro-processor, which processes the signal data and computes the corresponding instantaneous fluid velocity, v. Moreover, an instantaneous glitch detection variable Um is computed based on the electrode potentials (Ue1 and Ue2), so as to detect the presence of measurement glitches in said electrode potentials, wherein the signal processor will provide a digital signal of Um to the micro-processor. As such, the flowmeter assembly is able to correct for the measurement glitches by manipulating the instantaneous voltage signal Ue, such that the computed and displayed fluid flow velocity is not skewed by said measurement glitches.
US11131565B2
A method of manufacturing an annular insert molded article that suppresses contamination of a metal mold and generation of foreign matter without increase in material costs for an adhesive or contamination of a transfer jig, and has a high adhesion strength so that, when the annular insert molded article is attached to a rotating body, the adhesive does not peel off from the insert or remain as foreign matter in the rotating body. An annular insert molded article 1 is manufactured by injection molding in a state where a thermoset resin adhesive A is applied to a joining surface of an annular insert 2 attachable to a rotating body to an annular plastic 3 and then the annular insert 2 and the annular plastic 3 are placed in a metal mold.
US11131554B2
Technologies are disclosed that are used to control the transmission and processing of vehicle telemetry data. Routing data configured to be used to navigate the vehicle is accessed. Using the routing data, telemetry broadcast parameters are generated. The telemetry broadcast parameters are transmitted to the vehicle. Transmissions of telemetry data in accordance with the broadcast parameters are received from the vehicle. The received telemetry data is used in generating a simulated environment for a route planning learning engine, in simulating a vehicle, in validating routes and maps, and/or in performing vehicle diagnostics.
US11131539B2
A system and method for acquiring imaging data of an object. The system includes a beam splitter for directing a derivative sample beam towards the object and a derivative reference beam towards a reflective element; a detector for detecting at least one of the returned reference beam and the returned sample beam; a mode switching module for selecting an operating mode between an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode and a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) mode; and a computing module for receiving the detection from the detector and the mode from the mode switching module, wherein in the OCT mode, the computing device generates OCT imaging data by determining an interference pattern produced by a superposition of the returned reference beam and the returned sample beam, and wherein in the HSI mode, the computing module generating hyperspectral imaging data by determining hyperspectral information of the returned sample beam.
US11131533B1
Shock resistant mounting structures for fuze systems. The shock resistant mounting structures may comprise: a shock resistant base cap and a shock resistant washer. The shock resistant base cap may comprise a circular cap housing and a plurality of first cripple studs disposed within the circular cap housing. The circular cap housing may be configured to engage a flange end of a fuze and may be adapted to snugly fit within a fuze well. The shock resistant washer may comprise a ring-shaped housing and one or more second cripple studs radially disposed within the ring-shaped housing. The ring-shaped housing may have a center opening adapted to engage a fuze body. When installed, the shock resistant base cap and shock resistant washer may be disposed within the fuze well and may minimize or divert shock loading energy from entering a fuze.
US11131531B1
An ammunition cartridge case reloading die has a die body defined by an interior bore and a bore opening, and a retention cap attachable to the die body. A cartridge case tool is fixed to the retention cap in axial alignment with the interior bore, and a tip of the cartridge case tool is at a proscribed distance relative to the bore opening. A centering shuttle is in sliding engagement in the interior bore of the die body, and defines a shuttle bore through which the cartridge case tool passes, and a reverse taper opening receptive to the cartridge case. The die may has a biasing element disposed within the interior bore between the centering shuttle and the retention cap, with movement of the centering shuttle within interior bore of the die body being dampened by the biasing element.
US11131530B2
An opto-thermal laser detonator uses resonantly absorptive tuned nano-material associated with secondary explosives for optical absorption and initiation by an integral laser diode. The opto-thermal laser detonator includes main explosive material; resonantly absorptive tuned nano-material; secondary explosive material, wherein the resonantly absorptive tuned nano-material and the secondary explosive material are associated to form associated material made of the resonantly absorptive tuned nano-material and the secondary explosive material; and a laser diode operatively connected to the associated material, wherein the laser diode initiates the associated material which in turn initiates the main explosive material.
US11131525B2
Handguard anchoring systems suitable for attaching a handguard to a firearm are disclosed, including systems having a fastener that extends into a barrel nut and compresses at least a portion of the handguard between the fastener and the barrel nut. Many embodiments include openings in the handguard and/or a plate that are oversized for the fastener such that the handguard may be rotated relative to the barrel nut when a portion of the fastener is positioned within the opening.
US11131522B2
A portable camera may be activated in response to the activity of a firearm. Furthermore, an individual who discharged a firearm may be identified. Furthermore, information related to the firing of a firearm may be recorded, assessed, identified and transmitted. Furthermore, the status of an implement at a mount may be monitored. Furthermore, a charging device for delivering electrical power to components of a firearm may be used. A communications channel may be established between a firearm telematics sensor and a video camera, optionally by means of intermediary devices. A communications channel may be established between a mount (e.g., holster) telematics device and local and/or remote monitoring service components, optionally by means of intermediary devices. When the telematics sensor detects that its associated firearm has been removed from a holster, is in motion, or is being discharged, the telematics sensor may signal the video camera to initiate recording.
US11131516B2
The present invention generally relates to a firearm shell casing receiver. The invention generally comprises of a horseshoe shaped member with widened ends and an arm member that serves as a clip to allow for the attachment of a receiver vesicle. To utilize the current invention, the shell casing receiver securely grips onto a firearm's platform whereas the clip portion holds a receiver vesicle to capture any spent ammunition.
US11131508B2
A middle member of heat dissipation device and the heat dissipation device. The middle member includes a middle member main body having a first face, a second face, multiple perforations and a channeled structure assembly. The channeled structure assembly is disposed on the first face or the second face. The perforations are formed through the middle member main body between the first and second faces. The channeled structure assembly and the perforations are arranged in alignment with each other or not in alignment with each other. The middle member and a first plate body and a second plate body are overlapped with each other to form the heat dissipation device. The complex structures disposed on the first and second faces of the middle member main body are able to achieve a stable vapor-liquid circulation effect.
US11131507B2
A hybrid heat exchanger apparatus having a heat exchanger device with a hot fluid flowing therethrough includes a cooling water distribution system and an air flow mechanism for causing ambient air to flow across the heat exchanger device. The cooling water distribution system distributes evaporative cooling water onto the heat exchanger device to wet only a portion of the heat exchanger device while allowing a remaining portion of the heat exchanger device to be dry. The air flow mechanism causes ambient air to flow across the heat exchanger device to generate hot humid air from the ambient air flowing across the wet portion of the heat exchanger device and hot dry air from the ambient air flowing across the remaining dry portion of the heat exchanger device. Methods are also described.
US11131486B2
An improved performance ammonia plant system utilizing both a direct and indirect chilling of the compressed process air train using a single or multistage chilling system integrated with the ammonia plant ammonia compression train to increase process air flow to the secondary ammonia reformer of the ammonia plant.
US11131482B1
A power system includes a first solar power assembly that includes a first working fluid fluidly coupled to one or more components of an industrial process; a second solar power assembly that includes a second working fluid fluidly coupled to an electrical power generation system that is electrically coupled to the one or more components of the industrial process; and a heat recovery system that includes a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes an inlet fluidly coupled to at least one of the one or more components of the industrial process to receive waste heat from the at least one of the one or more components of the industrial process, and an outlet fluidly coupled to at least another of the one or more components of the industrial process to supply the waste heat to the at least another of the one or more components of the industrial process.
US11131481B2
An oil boiler according to the present disclosure includes a combustion chamber in which a combustion reaction occurs, a burner including a fuel nozzle that sprays fuel of an oil type into the combustion chamber, an air nozzle that injects air into the combustion chamber, and a spark plug that ignites a mixture of the fuel and the air, an air supply pipe that guides the air supplied to the air nozzle, a duct that releases combustion gas, a heat exchanger that heats heating water by heat from the combustion reaction, and a case that receives said components. The duct includes a flue connecting adaptor to which a corrugated pipe and a flue are connected, in which the corrugated pipe is connected to an inlet of the air supply pipe into which the air is introduced, and the flue releases the combustion gas to the outside of the case.
US11131480B2
A tubing assembly includes a plurality of tubing structures connected to each other in a configuration providing one or more fluid pathways through the plurality of tubing structures from a fluid entrance to a fluid exit of the plurality of tubing structures. An electrical resistance heating filament wire is wound around the plurality of tubing structures in an unbroken manner from the fluid entrance to the fluid exit. The electrical resistance heating filament wire has a first electrical lead located proximate to the fluid entrance of the plurality of tubing structures and a second electrical lead located proximate to the fluid exit of the plurality of tubing structures. An encapsulation layer of thermal insulating material is disposed over an entirety of the plurality of tubing structures and covers the electrical resistance heating filament wire wound around the plurality of tubing structures with the first and second electrical leads exposed.
US11131476B2
In an air conditioning system, a cooling tower cools cooling water. A chiller generates cold water using the cooling water cooled by the cooling tower. A cooling water circulation passage circulates cooling water between the cooling tower and chiller. A first heat exchanger exchanges heat between air and the cold water generated by the chiller. A cold water circulation passage circulates the cold water between the chiller and first heat exchanger. A second heat exchanger exchanges heat between a portion of the cooling water cooled by the cooling tower and air heat-exchanged with the cold water. A cooling water branch passage, branching from the cooling water circulation passage, introduces to the second heat exchanger the portion of the cooling water introduced to the chiller from the cooling tower, and introduces to the cooling water circulation passage the portion of the cooling water heat-exchanged with air by the second heat exchanger.
US11131470B2
Provided is an indoor unit for a refrigeration apparatus that is capable of detecting a refrigerant leak while suppressing condensation on a refrigerant gas sensor. An indoor unit (50) for an air conditioner (100) including a refrigerant circuit (10) includes a casing (60), an indoor fan (53), and a refrigerant gas sensor (81). The refrigerant circuit (10) has refrigerant charged therein, and performs a refrigeration cycle. The casing (60) houses at least a portion of the refrigerant circuit (10), and has a blow-out port (64) that opens in a direction other than an up-down direction. The indoor fan (53) is housed in the casing (60), and generates an air flow (F) directed from the blow-out port (64) to outside the casing (60). The refrigerant gas sensor (81) is capable of detecting a refrigerant gas below a bottom surface (63) of the casing (60).
US11131463B2
An oven comprising: a muffle defining a cooking chamber limited by a plurality of fixed walls and by a door selectively mobile between an open position and a closed position for allowing respectively the accessibility and the isolation of the cooking chamber; an internal water collection tank; a tubular loading device of water into the internal tank; wherein both with the door in the open position and with the door in the closed position the tubular loading device is selectively mobile between a static, not-working position and a loading position wherein it is at least in part orientable in the space outside the cooking chamber to reach a water source, wherein the oven comprises an outer frame covering the cooking chamber; in the not-working position the tubular loading device being substantially fully housed inside a cavity between the cooking chamber and the outer frame.
US11131461B2
A method and system of effervescent atomization of liquid fuel for a rotating detonation combustor (RDC) for a propulsion system is provided. The method includes flowing liquid fuel through a fuel injection port of a nozzle assembly of the RDC system; flowing a gas through the fuel injection port of the nozzle assembly volumetrically proportional to the liquid fuel; producing a gas-liquid fuel mixture at the fuel injection port by mixing the flow of gas and the flow of liquid fuel; flowing an oxidizer through a nozzle flowpath of the RDC system; producing an oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture by mixing the gas-liquid fuel mixture and the flow of oxidizer within the nozzle flowpath; and igniting the oxidizer-gas-liquid fuel mixture within a combustion chamber of the RDC system.
US11131453B2
A household appliance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a front panel forming an exterior, a display window formed with a plurality of through holes having minute or fine sizes formed at the front panel, and the plurality of through holes are filled with a coating liquid including an anti-foaming agent.
US11131448B1
A movement activated illumination device, including a main body comprising a cube shape, a plurality of illumination units disposed on each side of the main body to turn on and illuminate a surrounding area in response to the main body being thrown, and a power button to turn off the plurality of illumination units in response to being depressed.
US11131445B2
The present invention is directed to a lighting assembly configured for use in direct and indirect lighting applications. The lighting assembly may include a channel having a body base and a wall substantially perpendicularly from a side of the body base, and an elongated wing having a slab with a first substantially flat side, and a second side opposite the first substantially flat side from which an arm extends. The lighting assembly may also include a panel having an elongated strip and a raceway positioned at least substantially perpendicular to the elongated strip.
US11131442B2
The present invention discloses a wide angle backlight lens which consists of lens mounting plate and lens body. Further, the upper outer surface of lens body is fixedly connected with the central position of the lower outer surface of lens mounting plate. Four sets of lens stands are installed near four corners of the upper outer surface of said lens mounting plate. Each set of said lens stands consists of two assembling stands. The luminous slot (4) is installed in the central position of the lower outer surface of said lens body (2) and lamp mounting slot (5) and reflective aperture (6) are installed in the central position of the upper outer surface of said lens mounting plate (1). A wide angle backlight lens described in the present invention is available for convergence and divergence of light rays according to actual needs, to improve the range of light diffusion and luminous intensity, hence realizing a higher uniformity of flares. Further, in respect of assembly, it could reduce the width of PCB, and direction detection is not required when the lens is travelling along the vibration plate rail, hence improving lens mounting efficiency and bringing a better application prospect.
US11131441B2
A luminaire for providing configurable static lighting or dynamically-adjustable lighting. The luminaire uses an array of focusing elements that act on light provided via a corresponding array of sources or via an edge-lit lightguide. Designs are provided for adjusting the number of distinct beams produced by the luminaire, as well as the angular width, angular profile, and pointing angle of the beams. Designs are also provided for systems utilizing the adjustable luminaires in various applications.
US11131430B2
A lighting device (10) is disclosed comprising a glass housing (20) delimiting an optical chamber (21), wherein at least one solid state lighting (SSL) element (30) is mounted within the optical chamber. The optical chamber (21) further comprises a light exit window (50) mounted in an aperture (23) of the optical chamber opposite the at least one solid state lighting element, the light exit window comprising a sealing plate sealed to the glass housing by a glass seal (51); and a light-transmissive thermal barrier (40) extending across the optical chamber in between the sealing plate and the at least one solid state lighting element, which protects the at least one SSL element (30) from thermal damage during the formation of the glass seal (51). Also disclosed are a luminaire including such a lighting device and a method of manufacturing such a lighting device.
US11131429B2
The invention provides a lighting system (1) comprising a lighting unit (100) and a monolithic support element (200) for supporting the lighting unit (100), wherein the monolithic support element (200) comprises: —a support part (210) for supporting the lighting unit (100), wherein the support part (210) has a first length (L1), wherein the support part (210) has a support part outer shape and support part outer dimensions, wherein the support part (210) optionally includes a support part channel (211) over at least part of the first length (L1) having a first cross-sectional area (A1); —a first duct (220) having second length (L2), wherein the first duct (220) has a first duct outer shape and first duct outer dimensions, wherein the first duct (220) comprises a duct channel (221) over at least part of the second length (L2) having a second cross-sectional area (A2); —a transition part (230) bridging the support part (210) and the first duct (220); wherein one or mote of (i) the support part outer shape and the first duct outer shape differ, and (ii) the support part outer dimensions and the first duct outer dimensions differ.
US11131428B2
An adjusting mechanism includes a movable plate having a substantially rectangular shape and including a long side and a short side, a position adjusting actuator configured to come into contact with and press the movable plate, a reference plate on which the movable plate is placed, and an elastic member coupling the movable plate and the reference plate, the elastic member being elastically deformable in a direction along an X axis. The position adjusting actuator adjusts a position of the movable plate with respect to the reference plate when the position adjusting actuator presses the movable plate in the direction along the X axis and moves the movable plate in the direction along the X axis and a θz direction.
US11131425B1
A stabilization system is provided with at least one sensor to measure and correct orientation of a platform relative to an inertial reference frame. A roll motor is affixed to a platform for pivoting the platform about a roll axis and an elevation motor is configured to rotate the platform about an elevation axis. A rotation motor pivots the platform about an azimuth axis. A control system using the sensor measurements, actuates the roll motor, elevation motor and the rotation motor to maintain a substantially constant orientation of the platform relative to the inertial frame of reference. The rotation motor, the elevation motor and the roll motor are spaced apart from each other along the azimuth axis.
US11131413B2
A method and apparatus for an improved rotatable safety cam lock fitting having ergonomically designed double cam levers having outer and inner portions so that when the outer cam levers are opened and the inner cam lever remain closed, the male and female portions of the cam lock fitting only slightly separate from each other allowing the operator to quickly reclose the cam lock fitting if the operator observes that the cam lock fitting still contains pressurized material. This is accomplished by providing a larger cam lobe on the outer cam lever and a smaller cam lobe on the inner cam lever so that when the smaller cam lobe is in a closed position and protrudes into a peripheral groove on the male portion the male and female ends have a small space therein between. Various configurations of the cam portions relative to each other are provided. Various lever locking assemblies may be used to prevent the cam levers from being inadvertently opened.
US11131412B2
A gland includes an annular ring, the annular ring defining a gland bore, the gland bore defining a gland axis; and a joint restraint assembly, the joint restraint assembly includes a restraint base, the restraint base attached to the annular ring, the restraint base defining a restraint pocket; the restraint pocket comprising a restraint pivot disposed within the restraint pocket; a gripper, the gripper disposed within the restraint pocket, the gripper engaging the restraint pivot, the gripper configured to rotate about the restraint pivot; and a spring clip disposed within the restraint pocket, the spring clip biasing the gripper to rotate inwards towards the gland axis.
US11131402B2
A locking mechanism for a valve handle has a slider arranged to slide back and forth in a slot in the valve handle, between a lock position, in which the slider engages with a stop on the valve body and an unlock position, in which the slider does not engage with a stop. The slider is formed in two parts, which are inserted from opposite sides of the slot and snap fit together. The slider has indicia to indicate whether the slider is in the lock or unlock position, and the slider is arranged so as to cover the fastener which attaches the valve handle to the valve body.
US11131400B2
Provided is a high-pressure fuel supply pump and a method of manufacturing thereof which can suppress the progress of corrosion and cavitation erosion even when the pressure becomes higher, or when biofuel or a fuel having a high oil content of biofuel is used. Therefore, the high-pressure fuel supply pump includes a discharge valve 51b that discharges fuel, and a discharge valve seat 51a on which the discharge valve 51b is seated. The base material of the discharge valve 51b and the discharge valve seat 51a is a steel material. On the surface of the discharge valve 51b, a Co-based alloy layer 70b and a Cr-enriched portion 70b1 having a higher Cr concentration than the surrounding Co-based alloy layer 70b are formed. The Co-based alloy layer 70a is formed on the surface of the discharge valve seat 51a.
US11131390B1
A safety release bleeder valve serving as a plug includes a barrel having an exterior surface and an interior throughbore surface for matingly receiving a plug having a top end with exterior threads and an interior socket for receiving a driver tool for moving the plug between an open venting state and a closed non-venting state.
US11131381B2
In a shift device, a changing mechanism displaces a carrier to thereby change a rotation stratum in which the carrier is disposed and change rotation paths with which detent pins of the carrier are engaged. For this reason, to change the rotation paths with which the detent pins are engaged, the changing mechanism needs only to displace the carrier, and so the configuration of the changing mechanism can be simplified.
US11131375B2
A disconnect including: an input hub; an output race including a radially inner surface with ramps; wedge plate segments radially disposed between the input hub and the output race, each segment including a ramp in contact with an outer race ramp; an actuator cage; and an actuator plate. For a connect mode, the input hub, the wedge segments, and the output race transmit torque from an electric motor of an electrically-powered vehicle to a wheel of the vehicle. In a disconnect mode, relative rotation between the input hub and the output race is enabled. To transition from the connect mode to the disconnect mode: the actuator plate is displaced by an actuator; the actuator plate axially displaces the actuator cage; and the actuator cage circumferentially displaces the wedge plate segments to decrease or break frictional contact between the wedge plate segments and the input hub.
US11131373B2
A torque converter is disclosed. The torque converter includes a cover, an impeller, a turbine, a stator, and a first one-way clutch. A torque outputted from a prime mover is inputted to the cover. The impeller is unitarily rotated with the cover. The turbine is opposed to the impeller. The stator is disposed between the impeller and the turbine. The first one-way clutch is configured to make the cover rotatable relative to the turbine in a forward rotational direction. The first one-way clutch is further configured to rotate the cover unitarily with the turbine in a reverse rotational direction.
US11131368B2
An example robot includes: a leg having an upper leg member and a lower leg member coupled to the upper leg member at a knee joint; a screw actuator disposed within the upper leg member, where the screw actuator has a screw shaft and a nut mounted coaxial to the screw shaft such that the screw shaft is rotatable within the nut; a motor mounted at an upper portion of the upper leg member and coupled to the screw shaft; a carrier coupled and mounted coaxial to the nut such that the nut is disposed at a proximal end of the carrier; and a linkage coupled to the carrier, where the linkage is coupled to the lower leg member at the knee joint.
US11131367B2
A chain tensioning device is adapted to be coupled to a vehicle body and to be adjacent to a chain, and includes a connecting segment, a metallic resilient segment, a fixing member and a guiding member. The connecting segment includes a securing portion adapted to be coupled to the vehicle body and an extending portion adapted to be under the chain. The resilient segment is connected to the extending portion of the connecting segment via the fixing member, and has a spring constant which ranges from 0.01 to 1000 N/mm, and a Young's modulus which ranges from 69 to 220 megapascals. The guiding member is connected to the resilient segment and is biased by the resilient segment for maintaining a tension of the chain.
US11131342B2
In a moving body guiding device which supplies lubricating oil between a guiding surface of a supporting body and a sliding surface of the moving body and guides a moving body, a lubricating oil pocket having a periphery enclosed by a land portion is provided on the sliding surface of the moving body, a closed loop oil groove is formed along the inside of the land portion, a front portion and a rear portion inside the lubricating oil pocket communicate with one another by means of a lubricating oil pocket return passage at least partially opening in the oil groove, and lubricating oil that has accumulated in the rear portion, in a movement direction, concomitant with movement of the moving body, flows to the front portion in the movement direction.
US11131339B1
An air journal bearing for a rotatable shaft of a turbomachine includes a journal sleeve having an inner cylindrical surface and a central axis defining longitudinal and radial directions, a top foil disposed radially inboard of the journal sleeve and configured to receive the rotatable shaft, and a bump foil disposed between the top foil and the journal sleeve and configured to bias at least a portion of the top foil against an outer surface of the rotatable shaft. At least one of the bump foil and a radially extending segment of the top foil is formed contiguous with the inner cylindrical surface. The journal sleeve, the top foil and the bump foil may be formed as a single piece made of selectively sintered ceramic-metal powder.
US11131337B1
An apparatus is described for interconnecting a steering knuckle and lower suspension arm. The apparatus includes a ball joint assembly having a height adjustment feature and a non-concentric ball and shaft that together allow for increased range of camber adjustment.
US11131328B2
The present invention discloses a load-sensing multi-way valve with a variable differential pressure, where each valve group uses a new element: an electro-hydraulic pressure compensation valve, so as to implement continuous real-time adjustment and control of compensated differential pressure and real-time position feedback and monitoring of a compensation valve trim, and overcome a flow mismatch problem of a conventional LS system in a flow saturation working condition and problems of a fixed shunting proportion of an LUDV system and poor operation coordination of actuators. The load-sensing multi-way valve with a variable differential pressure disclosed in the present invention has advantages such as strong working condition applicability, high flow distribution accuracy, and strong technicality.
US11131324B2
A fan includes: a housing; and an impeller with an axis and a plurality of blades, the impeller mounted inside the housing; and a plurality of outlets from the housing, each outlet including a cutoff with a top and a bottom. A line between the top and bottom of each cutoff is not parallel to the axis of the impeller.
US11131321B2
The present invention is directed to a portable fan for the use in firefighting and other ventilation use-cases. The portable fan provides firefighters the ability to provide positive pressure ventilation in use for fighting fires which does not require power cables or combustible fuel powered motors, and provides increased portability, reduced risk, and reduced deployment time associated with managing and fighting a fire.
US11131319B2
A centrifugal compressor is provided with a plurality of diaphragms including a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm which are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, a casing disposed on a radially outer side of the plurality of diaphragms and accommodating an internal component including the plurality of diaphragms, at least one axial spacer disposed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and a scroll flow passage formed by a scroll inner peripheral wall and a scroll outer peripheral wall. The scroll inner peripheral wall is formed by a surface of the first diaphragm positioned on a radially inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the first diaphragm. At least a part of the scroll outer peripheral wall is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the casing.
US11131317B1
A hydraulic ram used for maintaining pressure on pump packing. A pump packing closure mechanism is sized to extend around a shaft of a pump, and to close a space between the shaft of the pump and a housing. The closure mechanism presses against packing rings that surround the shaft of the pump. A hydraulic ram presses the closure mechanism against the packing rings.
US11131308B2
A pump includes a driving shaft having a central axis, two retention members disposed on the driving shaft, a rotor disposed on the driving shaft between the two retention members, a bushing disposed on the driving shaft between the two retention members, a diffuser disposed about the driving shaft and adjacent the rotor such that the rotor is rotatably disposed within the diffuser, and an axial biasing member. The axial biasing member is disposed on the shaft and axially pre-loaded to compress the axial biasing member, the rotor, and the bushing between the two retention members and impart a tension in the driving shaft.
US11131303B2
A fluid transfer pump that has a housing, a body portion movable within the housing between a first position and a second position, a gear coupled to the housing, a body cavity defined partially between the body portion and the housing, and an aperture defined in the housing that selectively provides a fluid to the body cavity. When the fluid is applied to the body cavity at or above a pilot pressure, the body portion is in the first position adjacent to the gear and when the fluid is applied to the body cavity at a fluid pressure lower than the pilot pressure, the body portion is in the second position and spaced from the gear.
US11131301B2
An air compressor includes a tank unit that stores compressed air, a motor unit that generates compressed air to be stored in the tank unit, a pressure detection unit that detects a pressure value in the tank unit, and a control unit that drives the motor unit when a pressure value in the tank unit detected by the pressure detection unit is equal to or less than a motor start pressure value, and stops the motor unit when the pressure value in the tank unit detected by the pressure detection unit is equal to or greater than a motor stop pressure value. The control unit changes at least either of the motor start pressure value or the motor stop pressure value every time when a predetermined time passed.
US11131299B2
The invention relates to a pump having a piezo diaphragm transducer arranged at a pump body of the pump, and to a method for producing a pump, wherein a piezo diaphragm transducer is mounted to a pump body, wherein the method, among other things, has providing a piezoceramic layer. In accordance with the invention, at least one piezo element is diced from the piezoceramic layer so that the at least one piezo element has a regular polygon shape having at least six corners. In addition, the method has forming the piezo diaphragm transducer by mounting the piezo element to a pump diaphragm.
US11131291B2
A method for operating a wind power installation for generating electrical power from wind, wherein the wind power installation has an aerodynamic rotor with rotor blades of which the blade angle is adjustable, and the rotor can be operated at a variable rotor rotation speed. Furthermore, the wind power installation has a generator, which is coupled to the aerodynamic rotor, in order to generate an output power. Here, the output power is set depending on the wind in a partial-load mode in which the wind is so weak that the wind power installation cannot yet be operated at its maximum output power, an actual air density of the wind is detected and each blade angle is set depending on the rotor rotation speed and depending on the detected air density. A wind power installation is also provided.
US11131275B2
Injection method and system for the injection of water in an internal combustion engine; the following steps are substantially comprised: operating, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, a reversible pump in order to suck water from a tank and feed the water under pressure to an injector through a feeding duct; cyclically opening, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the injector in order to inject the water towards at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and draining the water, when the internal combustion engine is turned off, from the injector and the feeding duct by using a release valve connecting the feeding duct to the outside.
US11131270B2
The turbojet includes, linking two of its parts as a main nacelle portion and a rear nacelle portion, a device which moves them relative to one another, for example in order to open a reverse gas thrust slot. The device includes a sleeve and two rods which are coaxial connected together by two screw links and two locking devices which may be engaged independently, such that the deployment of one of the rods results in the opening of the slot and the movement of the other rod, controlled by the same device, only occurs under specific turbojet maintenance circumstances.
US11131259B1
A system and method for transitioning a firing fraction of a variable displacement internal combustion engine when generating a desired torque output. During and following the transition to the second firing fraction, a charge of a combustion recipe is ascertained and used operating the cylinders of the variable displacement internal combustion engine to generate the desired torque output. The charge is preferably optimized for the engine operating at the second firing fraction, at least relative to the previous charge of the previous combustion recipe used with the first firing fraction.
US11131257B2
A control valve of a multi-supercharger system is provided. The control valve includes a first spool rotatably fitted in a valve body and a second spool fitted in the valve body to be coaxially rotatable together with the first spool. A disk member is installed in the valve body to partition a first chamber, in which the first spool is disposed, and a second chamber, in which the second spool is disposed, from each other. A portion of the disk member includes a communication sector, through which the first chamber and the second chamber communicate with each other. A first inlet and a first outlet are disposed in the valve body and a second inlet and a second outlet are disposed in the valve body. A first valve aperture is formed in the first spool for allowing the first spool to communicate with the communication sector.
US11131253B2
A control device for an engine 1 including cylinders, and configured to perform a reduced-cylinder operation by idling some of cylinders. The control device includes a hydraulic valve-stopping mechanism 14b which closes the intake and exhaust valves 41, 51 of the cylinders in response to establishment of the reduced-cylinder operation execution condition, a hydraulic variable valve timing mechanism 19 capable of changing a phase of the exhaust valve 51 of the engine 1, and an ECU 110 which controls the valve-stopping mechanism 14b and the hydraulic variable valve timing mechanism 19. In response to establishment of the reduced-cylinder operation execution condition, the ECU 110 allows the hydraulic variable valve timing mechanism 19 to execute the phase change to the exhaust valve 51, and subsequently allows the valve-stopping mechanism 14b to bring the intake and exhaust valves 41, 51 of the cylinders into closed state.
US11131252B2
A method for operating a gas turbine engine comprises providing fuel flow and compressed airflow to a combustor with a fuel-to-air ratio, the compressed airflow being from a compressed air source; detecting at least one parameter indicative of the fuel-to-air ratio being below a predetermined value; and bleeding compressed air from the compressed air source when the at least one parameter indicative of the fuel-to-air ratio is below the predetermined value to increase the fuel-to-air ratio to at least the predetermined value.
US11131249B2
A device includes a central sun gear with a rotation axis X, a ring gear extending about the axis X and the sun gear, and a planetary carrier supporting an annular row of planet gears arranged between the sun gear and the ring gear. Each of the planet gears may be rotationally guided by at least one bearing extending about a tubular support with an axis Y of the planetary carrier. The tubular support includes an inner cavity for receiving oil and substantially radial through-orifices for the passage of oil from the inner cavity to the at least one bearing. The least one bearing may include two bearings mounted coaxially and adjacently around the support. The bearings may include cages with substantially similar diameters of which the facing peripheral edges are shaped to guide the oil supplying the bearings radially outwards with respect to the axis Y.
US11131248B2
A planetary gearbox, a splined sleeve, a gas turbine engine with a planetary gearbox and a method for producing a torque-proof connection between a planetary carrier and a support element. The splined sleeve is formed with an outer substantially cylindrical shell surface area and an inner conical shell surface area, and is inserted between the planetary carrier and the support element for creating the torque-proof connection. The diameter of the inner conical shell surface area decreases in the axial direction, starting from an end of the splined sleeve in the direction of a second end of the splined sleeve. The outer cylindrical shell surface area is formed in a stepped manner. The outer cylindrical shell surface area comprises a first cylindrical section and a second cylindrical section which has a diameter larger than the diameter of the first cylindrical section. Between the sections, a conical area is provided.
US11131236B2
A centrifugal compressor for a turbocharger includes an inlet-adjustment mechanism in an air inlet for the compressor, operable to move between an open position and a closed position in the air inlet. Movement of the inlet-adjustment mechanism from the open position to the closed position is effective to shift the compressor's surge line to lower flow rates. The compressor includes a diffuser extending between an exducer of the compressor wheel and a volute for collecting pressurized air from the compressor. The diffuser is defined between first and second walls that diverge from each other in a radially outwardly direction through the diffuser. The divergent-wall diffuser enhances the shift of the surge line to lower flow rates when the inlet-adjustment mechanism is put in the closed position.
US11131232B2
A cooling system of an internal combustion engine includes a control valve that regulates the flow of a coolant in a circulation circuit, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to have the following functions: controlling the driving of a motor of the control valve; calculating a motor torque based on an effective voltage applied to the motor; calculating a valve body torque that is part of the motor torque, based on an angular acceleration rate of the motor; and calculating a driving stress based on a difference between the motor torque and the valve body torque.
US11131231B2
The proposed technology relates to an oxygen sensor for a vehicle, the oxygen sensor including a housing, a sleeve coupled to the housing, a sensor element configured to determine an oxygen concentration and provided within an inner space defined by the housing and the sleeve, a contact terminal connected to the sensor element, a contact bush including an upper bush and a lower bush, and a positioning unit coupled with the contact bush and maintaining a gap between a circumference of the contact bush and an inner side surface of the sleeve. In particular, the contact bush is coupled with the sensor element and the terminal at the center of the sleeve, and movement due to external impact is prevented.
US11131223B2
In a recirculation valve, a first support target portion receives a biasing force of a biasing member on a first stepped surface and moves to one side in an axial direction, such that a first opening is blocked. The first support target portion moves to the other side in the axial direction against a biasing force of the biasing member due to a negative pressure on a downstream side with respect to an upstream side, such that the first opening opens.
US11131221B1
A central valve for a camshaft phaser includes a hollow cylindrical housing, a hydraulic unit, a control piston, a retaining ring, and a washer. The hollow cylindrical housing includes a first radial opening and a groove. The hydraulic unit is disposed in the hollow cylindrical housing and includes a second radial opening and a channel. The control piston is axially moveable in the hydraulic unit to adjust a flow of a hydraulic medium through the first radial opening, the second radial opening, and the channel. The retaining ring is disposed in the groove to retain the hydraulic unit and the control piston in the hollow cylindrical housing. The washer is disposed in the hollow cylindrical housing axially between the hydraulic unit and the retaining ring.
US11131215B2
A turbine shroud assembly for use with a gas turbine engine includes a blade track segment coupled to a carrier segment, and a sheet-metal seal that seals therebetween. The blade track segment includes a shroud wall that extends circumferentially partway around an axis and an attachment feature that extends radially outward from the shroud wall. The carrier is coupled with the attachment feature to support the blade track segment.
US11131213B2
An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine that includes a platform, a dovetail, an airfoil. The airfoil assembly can further include a cooling air circuit that fluidly connects to a platform cooling passage. The cooling air circuit and platform cooling passage can be contained within or housed at least in part by the platform, the dovetail, or the airfoil. The cooling air circuit can also include a deflector.
US11131210B2
A compressor of a gas turbine engine includes an impeller having a plurality of impeller blades. The compressor includes a diffuser downstream from the impeller that has a plurality of diffuser blades. Each diffuser blade extends from a hub to a shroud in a spanwise direction, and a leading edge of each diffuser blade is spaced apart from an impeller trailing edge of each of the plurality of impeller blades by a vaneless gap. Each diffuser blade includes a cutback region that extends from proximate the leading edge toward a trailing edge. The cutback region reduces a thickness of each of the diffuser blades such that a throat area defined between adjacent diffuser blades increases in the spanwise direction from the hub to the shroud and the vaneless gap increases in the spanwise direction from the hub to the shroud.
US11131209B2
A gas turbine engine, in particular an aircraft engine, including: a turbine connected via an input shaft device to a gearbox device having a sun gear, a planet carrier having a plurality of planet gears attached thereto, and a ring gear, the sun gear is connected to the input shaft device, the planet carrier or the ring gear is connected to a propulsive fan via an output shaft device of the gearbox device, with an inter-shaft bearing system being positioned radially between the input shaft device and the planet carrier of the gearbox device.
US11131203B2
A wheel assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a disk, a plurality of blades, and a plurality of platforms. The disk is configured to rotate about an axis during operation of the gas turbine engine. Each of the plurality of blades includes a root received in the disk and an airfoil that extends radially away from the root. The platforms are arranged around the blades to define a boundary of a flow path of the gas turbine engine.
US11131193B2
A rotary piston and cylinder device (1) comprising a rotor (2), a stator (4) and a rotatable shutter (3), a rotary piston and cylinder device comprising a rotor, a rotatable shutter, the rotor comprising a piston (5), the piston comprising a first side (5b) and a second side (5a), the first side (5b) arranged to seal with a slot of the shutter, and comprises a working face, the second side being a substantially oppositely directed side to the first side, and the second side (5a) comprising a sealing portion arranged to seal with the shutter slot and/or stator and a non-sealing portion arranged not to seal with the shutter slot.
US11131190B2
A friction rock bolt assembly is arranged to frictionally engage an internal surface of the bore formed in rock strata. The rock bolt includes a loading mechanism provided at a rearward end of the rock bolt having a load absorber to absorb an initial predetermined loading force followed by transfer of the force to a main load element.
US11131185B1
Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for deploying fiber optic lines in a wellbore using a fiber optic deployment device. The device can include at least one fiber optic spool forming a canister. The canister can be operable to self-propel through at least a portion of the wellbore. Each of the at least one fiber optic spool can comprising one or more fiber optic lines. Each of the one or more fiber optic lines can be coupled to a bridge plug at a first end and coupled to a cable at a second end opposite the first end. The device can include a sleeve covering the at least one fiber optic spool.
US11131178B2
A system and a method for seawater pre-treatment and injection are disclosed. The seawater pre-treatment and injection system comprises at least one subsea water well connectable to a seawater injection system comprising at least a water injection pump in flow communication with a water injection well, wherein the subsea water well is made as a hole into a groundwater holding strata under the mud-line with a water permeable or non-permeable completion using the seafloor soil for filtration, with an inner tubing connectable to the seawater injection system via a valve.
US11131175B2
A matrix stimulation tool includes a cylindrical tube; at least one piston disposed within the cylindrical tube and longitudinally moveable within the cylindrical tube; and at least one hollow tube coupled to the piston, the hollow tube including a distal end disposed within a hole disposed within a wall of the cylindrical tube. Movement of the piston within the cylindrical tube causes movement of the distal end of the at least one hollow tube through the hole.
US11131171B2
The present invention relates to a system for facilitating the extraction of hydrocarbons. Tubular protection for an extraction system is provided using the RF heating of highly viscous hydrocarbons in situ by means of an antenna having a coaxial array of mode converters.
US11131159B1
An anchor setting system having redundant setting methodologies including a housing having an internal chamber. The housing has an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end, and a second end. A slip is shiftably mounted to the outer surface of the housing. A piston assembly including a piston element is arranged in the housing. The piston element includes a conduit and is shiftably mounted in the internal chamber. An activator is mounted to the piston assembly. The activator selectively shifts the slip axially along the housing in response to movement of the piston element.
US11131157B2
A system and method for conducting subterranean operations. In an embodiment, the system can include a monitoring system configured to monitor at least one criterion of a plurality of operational systems selected from the group of choke valves, mud pumps, drawworks, backpressure pumps, top drive, mud gas separator, flow line, blowout preventer, inside blowout preventer, or any combination thereof, and a logic device configured to generate a capacity value for each operational system of the plurality of the operational systems based on the at least one criterion, and further configured to change a state of one or more of plurality of the operational systems to control a downhole pressure.
US11131141B2
A step unit including a vertical frame and a plurality of linkages pivotally attached at different heights to the vertical frame by one end of each of the linkages, to provide lateral rotation to the linkages. A leg frame, with at least one leg, is pivotally attached to the opposite end of each linkage whereby laterally translating the leg frame simultaneously pivots the linkages from a first, vertical position to at least one second, horizontal position.
US11131140B2
A framed assembly includes a first frame member providing an inner vertical wall extending between opposing front and back surfaces and defining a slot, and a second frame member positioned adjacent the first frame member at a corner joint and providing a horizontal wall extending between opposing front and back surfaces of the second frame member. A clip having opposing front and back sides provides a backing plate extending from the back side and a projection extending from the front side. The backing plate is received within an interior of the first frame member via the slot, and the projection is received within an interior of the second frame member adjacent the horizontal wall.
US11131136B2
A power door system for actuating door panels between closed and opened positions. An operator arm telescopically supports a push rod. A housing is secured to the operator arm. A spring pin extends through apertures in the arm and the push rod. A release cable extends from the housing and is movable to retract the pin, permitting inter-telescoping motion of the push rod relative the operator arm, in turn permitting manual displacement of the doors. A compression spring supported within the housing influences the pin into engagement with the operator arm and push rod. A locking pin and guide is incorporated into a cable mounting guard below the spring pin, the locking pin displacing with the spring pin to a retracted position in response to actuation of the release cable, a successive actuation of the release cable releasing the spring pin and lock pin to reengage the apertures in the arm and the push rod.
US11131134B2
There is provided a hinge arm damper mechanism that reliably achieves a damper effect corresponding to a braking force of an elastic member. The hinge arm damper mechanism is configured to include a pinion gear, a pair of racks and, two sets of heavy load springs and, a pair of slide bars and, and a housing. The housing includes a box-shaped case and a plate-shaped cover. The case accommodates the pinion gear, the pair of racks and, the two sets of heavy load springs and, and the pair of slide bars and. A rotational torque applied to a hinge arm is transmitted to the racks and via a rotational motion of the pinion gear, and is converted into a linear motion of the racks and. The linear motion of the racks and is reliably braked by the respective springs and.
US11131125B2
The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a lock case (1) connected to a motor vehicle door (5, 6, 7) and a lock housing (2) connected to the lock case (1). In addition, a fastening element (11) for additional fixing of the lock housing (2) on the motor vehicle door (5, 6, 7), is provided. According to the invention, the fastening element (11) is designed so as to be removable both from the lock case (1) and the lug (11) coupling with the lock housing (2).
US11131118B2
A latchbolt retractor (12) is described herein. The latchbolt retractor (12) comprises a latchbolt retraction mechanism (30) mounted to a carriage (28). The latchbolt retraction mechanism (30) comprising a latchbolt assembly coupler (32) for operational coupling to a latchbolt assembly (22). The carriage (28) is configured to slide along at least one rail (14,16) for positioning the latchbolt assembly coupler (32) relative to the latchbolt.
US11131114B2
The method can include: introducing a neck portion of the handle in a receiving aperture of the frame and thereby positioning a second engagement member of the neck into a tangential engagement with a first engagement member of a rotary holder, and positioning a transversal groove defined in the neck portion in axial alignment with a clip axially trapped in a cam cavity of the frame, the clip further being tangentially trapped by the rotary holder but free to slide in a radial orientation relative to the rotary holder; and rotating the rotary holder around the rotation axis, via rotation of the handle, along a camming angle, the rotary holder thereby pivoting a clip around the rotation axis, inside a cam cavity, the cam cavity pushing the clip radially inwards during said pivoting, until it is engaged in the transversal groove, preventing axial retraction of the neck portion thereafter.
US11131104B1
A truss stacking system has a main conveyor for conveying trusses of a plurality of diverse designs out of a production facility and into a stack building yard or warehouse. The main conveyor is attended by a dedicated truss stacking station for each of the diverse designs, and which station includes a truss lift sub-station and a stack-forming sub-station. Each truss lift sub-station has at least a pair of traveling masts that each raises and lowers at least one bunk (eg., fork). The bunks are raised to lift a selected truss off the outflow conveyor, the masts are driven on an outbound journey to support the lifted bunk in the airspace above the stack-forming station, and then the bunks are lowered to rest the truss on the stack. Stop posts assist in stripping the truss off the bunks.
US11131103B2
An assembly upon which a user stands includes a platform. The assembly includes a first work stand and a second work stand. Each work stand has a front frame and a rear frame. The assembly includes a first plank adapter engaged with the first work stand. The first plank adapter has an attachment portion and a bar. The assembly includes a second plank adapter engaged with the second work stand. The platform rests on is supported by the first and second plank adapters. The present invention pertains to a work stand for holding a platform upon which a user stands. A plank adapter that is engaged with a front frame of a work stand to hold a platform. A method for a user to stand above ground. A method for forming a work stand.
US11131102B1
A modular rug system includes a plurality of rug elements spaced apart from and connected to one another via a plurality of elongated fasteners. Each fastener connects two neighboring rug elements to one another. Each fastener has a first elongated component extending under a pair of neighboring rug elements, a second component disposed on a top surface of one of the pair of neighboring rug elements, and a third component disposed on a top surface of the other of the pair of rug elements. The top surfaces of neighboring rug elements are respectively recessed at defined locations in order to receive the second and third components of the fastener therein.
US11131101B2
Described herein are methods and systems for installing flooring systems that provide waterproofing or water-control capabilities. The flooring systems can utilize a gypsum material or any other self-leveling or concrete material along with a structural board or any other type of cement, wood, gypsum board, compressed board, cellulose fiberboard, sheathing board, or sheet metal material. The flooring systems include a waterproof coating applied to the structural boards to provide the water-control features. The waterproof coating covers seams between structural boards and between structural boards and the subfloor.
US11131097B2
An advanced siding panel that combines a traditional siding appearance with improved insulation, structural integrity, and improved thermal characteristics.
US11131094B1
A paver having a length and a width. The length of the paver is about 4 feet, and the width of the paver is about 2 feet. The paver weighs about 400 pounds, and has a railing post mounted adjacent a width edge. The paver may be a part of a system of railing and non-railing pavers.
US11131091B2
The invention relates to a drywall construction system comprising a plurality of metal profiles which at least on one side are panelled using dry construction boards. At least on this one side spring rails are arranged between the metal profiles and the dry construction boards. The invention is suitable, in particular, for improving sound insulation in lightweight steel constructions.
US11131086B2
The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting including a demonstration feature.
US11131048B2
A method for controlling a laundry washing machine. The method includes: performing a tub loading process comprising operating supply valve(s) to provide a first volume of water through a detergent supply system and into a tub to fill the tub with wash liquid; performing a washing process comprising rotating a drum to agitate laundry in the presence of the wash liquid; performing a static rinsing process comprising operating a pump to remove any free volume of wash liquid from the tub without rotating the drum; and performing one or more rinsing processes comprising: operating the supply valve(s) to provide a volume of clean rinse water to the tub, operating the pump to remove the rinse water from the drum, and operating the motor to spin the drum at high speed to extract rinse water from the laundry, while continuing to operate the pump.
US11131047B2
A washing machine includes: a vertical axis type washing tub in which laundry and a washing liquid are housed and a washing operation including a wash step is performed; and a roller rotatably provided in an inner wall portion of the washing tub in a state that a rotation axis is vertically oriented, the roller being rotated to facilitate movement of laundry, wherein a water level of the washing liquid in the washing tub is settable in a plurality of levels ranging from a minimum water level to a maximum water level, and the roller is disposed such that an entire vertical length extends over two or more water levels among the plurality of set water levels.
US11131045B2
Apparel patterns may be generated as a function of custom apparel information provided by a user, such as one or more measurements, colors, etc., such that the user can have apparel custom-knitted to their particular size and shape without having to acquiesce the high expense and long wait times typically associated with custom-fit clothing. After a custom apparel pattern is generated, a custom-knitted article can be manufactured based on the pattern by transmitting appropriate information to a knitting machine. Data produced while generating custom apparel patterns can be stored and used to optimize and improve the manufacturing of customized knitwear for subsequent users. Further, such data can be shared with third parties such that manufacturers or others can utilize one or more beneficial aspects of the present disclosure without having to implement all of the functionality that would otherwise be required to obtain such benefits.
US11131040B2
The present disclosure provides an antimicrobial alginate fiber, a method for manufacturing an antimicrobial alginate fiber dressing thereof, and an application thereof. When the cationic polymer polyhexamethylene guanide salt is mixed with the anionic polymer alginate, the antimicrobial activity of the guanide salt is quickly passivated. The present disclosure achieves a lower content of polyhexamethylene guanide salt in an alginate dressing with good long-term antimicrobial activities. The polyhexamethylene guanide salt has a low dissolution rate, and significantly reduces a potential risk of carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity.
US11131039B2
A method for growing polycrystalline diamond films having engineered grain growth and microstructure. Grain growth of a polycrystalline diamond film on a substrate is manipulated by growing the diamond on a nanopatterned substrate having features on the order of the initial grain size of the diamond film. By growing the diamond on such nanopatterned substrates, the crystal texture of a polycrystalline diamond film can be engineered to favor the preferred <110> orientation texture, which in turn enhances the thermal conductivity of the diamond film.
US11131031B2
Cu-based nanostructures have excellent catalytic, electronic, and plasmonic performance due to their unique chemical and physical properties. A range of Cu materials including foil, spherical nanoparticles, nanowires, and nanocubes have been explored for catalyzing CO2 electroreduction. However, practical application of the CO2 electroreduction reaction requires Cu catalysts hold a high percentage of exposed surface atoms for improved product selectivity. The present disclosure describes a high temperature reduction method to prepare Cu nanosheets with size range from about 40 nm to about 13 μm in a hydrophobic system. The purity of trioctyphosphine (TOP) plays an important role for shape-controlled synthesis of Cu nanosheets. The morphology evolution was investigated by adjusting the feeding molar ratio of TOP/Cu-tetradecylamine complex. The Cu nanosheets formed by the methods of the present disclosure have high surface area and stability in solution for more than three months. These Cu nanosheets have applications in reducing CO2 to fuels.
US11131024B2
A method for using a fixture system and a fixture system for holding workpieces or parts to be treated by a plasma assisted vacuum process, the fixture system including magnetic means which generate a magnetic field with a magnetic force which is high enough for holding the workpiece or part. The magnetic means of the fixture system are designed and arranged in such a manner that magnetic field lines of the generated magnetic field are largely confined to the space including the fixture system and the body of the workpiece or part, so that a generation of unintended plasma inhomogeneities caused by the magnetic field lines is avoided.
US11131021B2
A method for the production of a structural die that has die structures for applying microstructures and/or nanostructures on substrates or soft dies, whereby the die structures are coated at least partially with a coating. In addition, the invention relates to a corresponding structural die as well as a device for the production of a structural die that has die structures for applying microstructures and/or nanostructures on substrates or soft dies, whereby the device has coating means for coating the die structures.
US11131020B2
Liquid chromatography systems and liquid chromatography components are disclosed. In an embodiment, a liquid chromatography system includes a liquid chromatography component. The liquid chromatography component includes a substrate and an amorphous coating on the substrate. The amorphous coating has a base layer and a surface layer. The base layer includes carboxysilane.
US11131018B2
A sputtering system may include a substrate. The sputtering system may include at least one target. The at least one target may include at least one coating material to coat at least one layer onto the substrate. The at least one coating material may be sputtered onto the substrate in a presence of an inert gas. The inert gas may include argon gas and helium gas.
US11131014B2
A ceramic substrate is irradiated in an atmospheric air with a laser having a power density of 1.0×107-1.0×109 W/cm2 for an action time on an irradiation area of 1.0×10−7-1.0×10−5 s to roughen a surface of the ceramic substrate, as well as to form an oxide layer on a roughened surface. A thermal sprayed coating formed on the ceramic substrate sufficiently adheres to the ceramic substrate via the oxide layer.
US11131004B2
The invention relates to a chamber (1) for the controlled oxidation of metal strips in a furnace for annealing a continuous production line of strips which are hot-coated, for example by galvanisation, the oxidation chamber allowing the oxidation of the metal strips by means of an oxidising gas injected on at least one of the faces of a strip (15), the oxidation chamber comprising oxidation portions (17) extending over the width and/or length thereof, each portion comprising at least one blow opening (4) and at least one suction opening (5) between which an oxidising gas circulates, each portion being controllable in a different way so as to adjust the oxidation induced on the strip over the width and length of the oxidation chamber.
US11131000B1
A disease screening device (100) comprising a substrate (101) and a sonication chamber (102) formed on the substrate (101). The sonication chamber (102) is provided with an ultrasonic transducer (105) which generates ultrasonic waves to lyse cells in a sample fluid within the sonication chamber (102). The device (100) comprises a reagent chamber (111) formed on the substrate (101) for receiving a liquid PCR reagent. The device (100) comprises a controller (23) which controls the ultrasonic transducer (105) and a heating arrangement (128) which is provided on the substrate (101). The device (100) further comprises a detection apparatus which detects the presence of an infectious disease, such as COVID-19 disease.
US11130999B2
Methods and compositions are provided herein for assessing CRISPR/Cas-mediated non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) activity and/or CRISPR/Cas-induced recombination of a target genomic locus with an exogenous donor nucleic acid in vivo and ex vivo. The methods and compositions employ cells and non-human animals comprising a Cas expression cassette such as a genomically integrated Cas expression cassette so that the Cas protein can be constitutively available or available in a tissue-specific or temporal-specific manner. Methods and compositions are also provided for making and using these non-human animals, including use of these non-human animals to assess CRISPR/Cas activity in vivo via adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated delivery of guide RNAs to the non-human animals.
US11130997B2
The present invention provides methods for analyzing large nucleic acids including chromosomes and chromosomal fragments. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of nucleic acid analysis comprising the steps of (a) obtaining a sample of nucleic acid comprising at least one chromosome or fragment greater than about 1 000 base pairs in length and containing a target region; (b) creating an emulsion in which each drop of the emulsion contains an average of between about 0-2, 0-1.75, 0-1.5, 0-1.0, 0-0.75, 0-0.5, or fewer chromosomes or fragments of step (a), (c) performing emulsion PCR, (d) quantifying the number of emulsion droplets containing amplified nucleic acid from the target region; (e) calculating the ratio of droplets containing amplified nucleic acid from the target region to total droplets; and (f) comparing the ratio of step (e) to a reference ratio representing a known genotype.
US11130994B2
The illustrated embodiments of the invention include an automated method of assaying a viral and antibody analyte in a sample in a portable, handheld microfluidic reader having a SAW detector with a minimal mass sensitivity limitation. The automated method includes the steps of automatically performing the assay with the SAW detector with enhanced sensitivity as in Optikus I, but also includes the steps of automatically disposing a second portion of the sample on a microarray, selectively automatically probing the second portion of the sample for antibodies corresponding to the at least one selected virus using the microarray, and automatically reading the microarray using a fluorescent camera to identify antibodies in the second portion of the sample.
US11130992B2
The present invention is directed to methods, compositions and reaction mixtures for multiplexing COLD-PCR/ice-COLD-PCR to enrich simultaneously several low abundance alleles (mutant target sequences) from a sample. The invention also involves COLD-PCR/ice-COLD-PCR amplification performed on DNA fragments that have different melting temperatures, and therefore different critical denaturation temperatures, in a graded temperature approach such that mutation enrichment is achieved on all diverse DNA fragments simultaneously (temperature-independent COLD-PCR or TI-COLD-PCR). The invention also involves methods for enabling identification of variant-sequence alleles in the presence of a large excess of non-variant alleles in nucleic acids without the complication of polymerase-introduced errors or other primer-introduced artifacts.
US11130990B2
Novel methods for making high resolution oligonucleotide paints are provided. Novel, high resolution oligonucleotide paints are also provided.
US11130988B2
According to one embodiment, a detection method is a method for detecting a plurality of target nucleic acids in a sample. The method includes (a) preparing a chain-elongation nucleic acid set group, a primer set, and a probe immobilized substrate, (b) obtaining the target nucleic acid and a long-chain nucleic acid group containing a first sub-chain-elongation nucleic acid and a second sub-chain-elongation nucleic acid, (c) obtaining an amplification product group by maintaining the long-chain nucleic acid group and the primer set under amplification conditions, (d) detecting presence/absence and/or an amount of hybridization, and (e) detecting the plurality of target nucleic acids.
US11130987B2
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting a target RNA, methods of diagnosing an individual with a disease or condition when a target RNA associated with the disease or condition is detected, and methods of conveying via a communication medium data from the detection of a target RNA.
US11130983B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include sample preparation cartridges including a frame that includes a plurality of wells integrated therewith, where the plurality of wells have a closed bottom and an open top. The frame further includes an opening within the frame having a reaction vessel (RV) or RV cap removably disposed therein, where the plurality of wells and the opening are linearly arranged relative to each other. Also provided are sample preparation cartridges that include a frame, two or more cartridge separation projections on a top side of the frame, and two or more cartridge separation projections on a bottom side of the frame. The cartridge separation projections separate the cartridge and a different cartridge when the cartridge and different cartridge are stacked. Methods of using the sample preparation cartridges, as well as nucleic acid sample preparation units that include the sample preparation cartridges, are also provided.
US11130976B2
A method of preparing a high yield of mushroom β-glucan is provided. The method includes: providing a liquid culture to culture the mushroom mycelium by fermentation, to increase the yields of the mushroom mycelium and polysaccharide, wherein the liquid culture comprises at least two ingredients selected from the groups consisting of glucose, trehalose, a dietary fiber and mannose or derivatives thereof; and rupturing the mushroom mycelium with a continuous multiple-ultrasonic equipment; and removing insoluble matters from the liquid culture. A method of preparing highly pure mushroom β-glucan powder and solution and the products thereof are also provided. By the method of the present disclosure, the yield of mushroom β-glucan is effectively increased, its activity loss is reduced, and the stability of product thereof is improved.
US11130972B2
This invention relates generally to methods and compositions for producing a sesquiterpene alcohol comprising contacting a sesquiterpene with a P450 polypeptide with monooxygenase activity.
US11130969B2
The present invention provides methods for directly transferring a recombinant polynucleotide of interest from the chromosome of a prokaryotic donor cell to the chromosome of a prokaryotic recipient cell of another species, wherein the polynucleotide of interest comprises at least one coding sequence of interest, preferably one gene of interest and a selectable marker, wherein said polynucleotide of interest in the chromosome of the donor cell is flanked on each side by a polynucleotide region derived from the chromosome of the recipient cell, and wherein the flanking polynucleotide regions are of sufficient size and sequence identity to allow double homologous recombination with the corresponding regions in the chromosome of the recipient cell.
US11130959B2
Rice is described that is tolerant/resistant to herbicides, for example, ACCase inhibitors, and HPPD inhibitors, or both. For ACCase inhibitors, 2 different chromosome regions act synergistically in providing resistance/tolerance to the same herbicide class. Use of the herbicide resistant/tolerant rice for weed control and methods of producing tolerant/resistant rice are also disclosed.
US11130958B2
The invention relates to methods of producing a desired phenotype in a plant by manipulation of gene expression within the plant. The method relates to means which increase the level of expression of a MYB-subgroup14 polynucleotide or a MYB68 polypeptide. The method also relates to expression of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a MYB-subgroup14 or a MYB68 transcriptional factor. The methods are directed to elevating the levels of a MYB-subgroup14 or a MYB68 expression, wherein a desired phenotype such as reduced flower abortion and increased yield during heat stress is observed. The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences useful in such methods.
US11130947B2
The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides.
US11130944B2
The disclosure relates to acyl-ACP reductase (AAR) enzyme variants that result in improved fatty aldehyde and fatty alcohol production when expressed in recombinant host cells. The disclosure further relates to methods of making and using such AAR variants for the production of fatty alcohol compositions having particular characteristics.
US11130940B2
A device for in vitro culture of embryos includes: an array having at least one well formed therein; and a bottom surface formed in the well and made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The use of the culture vessel having the well bottom surface made of PDMS has the effect of further increasing the blastocyst formation rate of embryos compared to the use of conventional arrays made of plastic.
US11130939B2
The present disclosure relates to strains for degrading ethylene oxide and degradation agents comprising the same, wherein the strains are Acetobacter peroxydans EO-01 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18431; Lactobacillus fermentum EO-02 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18432; or Bacillus subtilis EO-03 strain with Deposit number of CGMCC No. 18433. The strains are capable of safely and efficiently degrading ethylene oxide. The present disclosure also provides a method for purifying and producing strains that can degrade ethylene oxide, and a method for biodegrading ethylene oxide.
US11130931B2
A composition and a method for clearing tissue for subsequent three-dimensional analysis. The clearing composition comprises: (1) a homogenizing agent such as N-methylglucamine, urea, or ethylenediamine; (2) a cytoplasmic, water-soluble refractive index adjusting agent such as iohexol, sodium thiosulfate, or polyethylene glycol; and (3) a membrane, lipid-soluble RI adjusting agent such as 2,2′-thiodiethanol (TDE) or propylene glycol. The tissue clearing composition is particularly suitable for use with long-term fixed human tissues.
US11130924B2
A curing formulation operative as a lubricant is provided that has a plurality of silicone polymer precursors constituting a majority by weight of the formulation, each of the plurality of the silicone polymer precursors has a single curable moiety. A crosslinker is provided for reaction with the single curable moiety of each of the plurality of silicone polymer precursors to yield a thermoplastic silicone polymer having a majority by total weight of silicone polymer being comb- or branched-polymer form as the lubricant. A process of lubricating an interface is provide that includes the application of an aforementioned composition to the interface. Upon allowing sufficient time for the formulation to cure in ambient temperature conditions, a thermoplastic silicone polymer is formed having a majority by total weight of silicone polymer being comb- or branched-polymer.
US11130913B2
Provided is a liquid crystal alignment agent that makes it possible to obtain a liquid crystal alignment film having a superior balance among solvent resistance, liquid crystal alignment properties, and voltage holding ratio. The liquid crystal alignment agent contains a polymer [P] including: at least one ring structure of an oxetane ring and an oxirane ring; (B) a functional group that reacts with at least one of the oxetane ring and the oxirane ring by heating; and (C) an optically aligning group.
US11130904B2
Systems and methods for using gellable gravel packing fluids that may comprise polysaccharide gelling agents and gel stabilizers to extend the working temperature range for the polysaccharide gelling agents. A method for placing a gravel pack in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a gravel packing fluid in the form of a linear gel and comprising an aqueous base fluid, a polysaccharide gelling agent, a thermal stabilizer, and a gravel; placing the gravel packing fluid into the subterranean formation; and allowing the gravel packing fluid to form a gravel pack in the subterranean formation.
US11130896B2
A heat-storage material that provides a sufficiently large amount of thermal energy as a latent-heat storage material including a semiclathrate hydrate and that improves hysteresis between the solidifying temperature and the melting starting temperature and a refrigerator and a cooling container that include the heat-storage material are provided. The heat-storage material that changes phase at a predetermined temperature includes water, a main agent including a quaternary ammonium salt that forms a semiclathrate hydrate, a pH adjuster that maintains alkaline properties, and a nucleating agent that generates a cation that exhibits positive hydration. In such an aqueous solution maintained to be alkaline, the nucleating agent becomes a nucleus in solidification, and thus, the temperature difference between the solidifying temperature and the melting temperature can be decreased.
US11130894B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one fluoroolefin and an effective amount of stabilizer that may be an epoxide, fluorinated epoxide or oxetane, or a mixture thereof with other stabilizers. The stabilized compositions may be useful in cooling to apparatus, such as refrigeration, air-conditioning, chillers, and heat pumps, as well as in applications as foam blowing agents, solvents, aerosol propellants, fire extinguishants, and sterilants.
US11130893B2
Compositions which are based on tetrafluoropropene and more particularly relates to compositions including 60% to 90% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 10% to 40% by weight of at least one compound selected from difluoroethane and difluoromethane, which can be used as a heat transfer fluid. The compositions may include 60% to 79% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21% to 40% by weight of a compound selected from difluoroethane and difluoromethane.
US11130891B2
A photocurable sealing material comprising at least a polythiol compound as a first component, wherein, in the case where the photocurable sealing material is used to produce two sheets having a thickness of 1 mm, a width of 25 mm, and a length of 200 mm, the two sheets are photocured by irradiation with an ultraviolet ray, then the photocured sheets are laminated, and the laminate is subjected to a load of 10 kg for 10 seconds, an action of causing the lamination interface between the two sheets to disappear is exhibited, and the self-adhesion strength in a T-type peel test is 5 N/25 mm or more when the sheets are pulled at a peel speed of 300 mm/min.
US11130883B2
Provided is a polishing composition that includes a cellulose derivative and is effective for reducing surface defects after polishing. According to the present application, a polishing composition comprising an abrasive, a basic compound and a surface protective agent is provided. The surface protective agent contains a cellulose derivative and a vinyl alcohol-based dispersant. The surface protective agent has a dispersibility parameter α of less than 100.
US11130879B2
A graft copolymer is provided herein. The graft copolymer includes a polymeric backbone. The polymeric backbone includes a cyclic amine-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a first side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the first side chain includes an acid-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a second side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the second side chain includes an alkoxylated moiety. Another graft copolymer is provided herein. The graft copolymer includes a polymeric backbone. The polymeric backbone includes a quaternary ammonium moiety formed from a reaction of an amine-containing moiety and an alkylation agent. The graft copolymer further includes a first side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the first side chain includes an acid-containing moiety. The graft copolymer further includes a second side chain bound to the polymeric backbone, wherein the second side chain includes an alkoxylated moiety.
US11130875B2
The present invention provides an inkjet ink for a ceramic substrate, the inkjet ink making it possible to prevent a printed layer from peeling away after firing and allowing a desired image to be better fixed on a ceramic substrate. In the inkjet ink for a ceramic substrate disclosed here, the proportion of a monofunctional monomer in a monomer component is at least 90 mass %, the volume ratio of an inorganic solid relative to the total volume of the inkjet ink is 10 vol % to 20 vol %, and the ratio of the content of an N-vinyl compound to that of the monomer component (N-vinyl compound/monomer component) in the inkjet ink is 0.05 to 0.8 in terms of mass.
US11130872B2
The present invention provides a red paint for ceramic decoration, including a glass matrix, and a red colorant and a protective material that are intermingled in the glass matrix. The red colorant contains gold nanoparticles and silver nanoparticles. The protective material contains silica nanoparticles.
US11130871B2
The present invention is directed to dirt and anti-microbial resistant articles that include a substrate, a powder coating applied to the substrate, the powder coating may include a cross-linked polymeric binder. The powder coating may include a blend of metal borate and a sulfur-containing benzimidazole compound, wherein the metal borate and sulfur-containing benzimidazole compound are present in a weight ratio ranging from about 75:1 to about 10:1. The powder coating may include fluorosurfactant and a fluorosurfactant may be applied to the powder coating in an amount ranging from about 0.01 g/m2 to about 4 g/m2. The powder coating may be formed using a liquid-based fluorosurfactant.
US11130869B2
Copolymer dispersions containing polyamide segments in aqueous media form binders for coatings for various industrial and construction materials. The copolymers have a high percentage of amide linkages. The copolymers are linked into higher molecular weight species by reactions with polyisocyanates (which forms urea linkages if the other reactant is an amine or a urethane linkage if the other reactant is a hydroxyl group).
US11130866B2
A pigmentary particulate material selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, doped titanium dioxide, and a mixture of titanium dioxide and doped titanium dioxide. The pigmentary particulate material has a mean crystal size of from 0.3 to 0.5 microns, a crystal size distribution such that ≥40 wt.-% of the pigmentary particulate material has a crystal size of from 0.3 to 0.5 microns, and a ratio of a mean particle size to the mean crystal size of ≤1.25.
US11130864B2
The present invention improves the long-term storage stability of a polymerizable composition including an organoborane and a polymerizable monomer. A polymerizable composition includes (A) an organoborane, (B) an acidic group-free polymerizable monomer, and (C) a stabilizer for the organoborane (A), the composition being such that when the composition, after being allowed to stand at 45° C. for 48 hours, is analyzed with an E-type viscometer at a temperature of 25° C. and a rotational speed of 50 rpm, the ratio of the viscosity after the standing to the viscosity before the standing (viscosity after standing/viscosity before standing) is less than 100.
US11130859B2
Provided is a polyester-based resin composition capable of giving a molded article excellent in transparency and gas-barrier property even though the molded article requires stretching treatment, and also provided is a method for producing the composition. The method for producing a polyester-based resin composition includes a step of obtaining a master batch (M) containing a polyester resin (A) having a cyclic acetal structure or an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, and a polyamide resin (B), and a step of melt-kneading the master batch (M) with a polyester resin (R) in which 70 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid unit is derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 70 mol % or more of the diol unit is derived from an aliphatic diol, thereby giving a polyester-based resin composition, in this order,. The glass transition temperature of the polyester resin (A) is 105° C. or lower, the content of the polyester resin (A) in the polyester-based resin composition is 0.5 to 15.0% by mass, and the content of the polyamide resin (B) is 0.5 to 10.0% by mass.
US11130851B2
A particulate nucleating agent is provided and includes an aromatic phosphate ester metal salt represented by a predetermined formula, where the following is satisfied: a maximum particle diameter of the particulate nucleating agent is denoted by Dmax and a degree of dispersion of the particulate nucleating agent is denoted by Dp, 80 μm≤Dmax≤300 μm and 1.0%≤Dp≤27.0%.
US11130847B2
The present invention provides a 4D printed component that uses the photoisomerization stimulus as a method of activation. Other 4D printing methods use heat, moisture, a combination of heat and stress, and the heat from a light source as methods of activation. The present invention takes advantage of 3D printing capability and adds the capability of providing a printable material that dynamically changes shape over time when exposed to an external stimulus. The invention reduces the number of required 3D printed parts to create a moving object. This characteristic reduces the amount of onboard weight of the 3D printed components by reducing the number of parts required to create motion. The present invention removes the need for onboard sensors, processors, motors, power storage, etc. This characteristic will allow for manufacturing of, inter alia, novel medical devices, automated actuators, packaging, smart textiles, etc.
US11130843B2
A method of manufacture of a polyetherimide composition includes contacting a substituted phthalic anhydride and an organic diamine in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents at a temperature of greater than 130° C. to provide a bis(phthalimide) composition comprising diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing solvents and a bis(phthalimide); and polymerizing the bis(phthalimide) and an alkali metal salt of a dihydroxy aromatic compound in the presence of diphenyl sulfone, sulfolane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing to form a polyetherimide. The method does not require any catalyst either for the imidization or the polymerization.
US11130840B2
An aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid contains a repeating unit represented by formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by formula (2), 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 0.25 g/cm3. wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R5 and R6 are independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms. The aromatic polycarbonate oligomer solid has a substantially reduced amount of low-molecular-weight components, no or a substantially reduced amount of chlorine-containing compounds, high loose bulk density, and ease of handling.
US11130838B2
The present specification provides a cardo-based binder resin represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a photosensitive resin composition, a black matrix, a color filter and a display apparatus including the same.
US11130820B2
Provided herein are therapeutic polypeptides, e.g., chimeric antigen receptors, able to direct an immune cell, e.g., a T lymphocyte to a target antigen, and able to cause the T cell to proliferate or to kill cells displaying the antigen when the antigen binds to the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptides comprise a transmembrane domain from a T cell co-inhibitory protein such as CTLA4 or PD-1. Also provided herein are T lymphocytes expressing the polypeptides, and use of such T lymphocytes to treat diseases such as cancer.
US11130818B2
The present invention provides novel peptide sequences for use in microbial transgluatminase-mediated, in particular mTG2-mediated bioconjugations, in particular for the manufacture of antibody-drug-conjugates. Further disclosed are bioconjugation methods employing mTG2 and the novel peptide sequence motifs of the invention. The present invention further provides proteins comprising the novel sequence motifs of the invention as well as polynucleotides encoding the same.
US11130815B2
Disclosed is a fusion protein containing a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). The fusion protein is a fusion protein of BDNF and a specific range of human anti-transferrin receptor antibody, which makes BDNF administered into the blood able to pass through the blood-brain barrier.
US11130808B2
Described herein are antibodies and mixtures of antibodies optionally produced by a host cell line, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies and mixtures of antibodies, host cells containing such nucleic acids, and methods of treatment using the antibodies, mixtures of antibodies, or nucleic acids encoding the antibodies or mixtures of antibodies. Also described are methods of producing mixtures of antibodies in host cells.
US11130804B2
The present invention relates to anti-VEGF/anti-IL-1beta antibodies and methods of using the same.
US11130801B2
A method of modulating growth factor responses of cells expressing C3a receptor (C3aR) and C5a receptor (C5aR) and at least one growth factor receptor includes administering to the cells at least one agent that modulates C3aR and/or C5aR signaling of the cells.
US11130796B2
SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion proteins are provided. Accordingly, there is provided a SIRPalpha-41BBL fusion protein comprising a single amino acid linker between the SIRPalpha and the 41BBL. Also there is provided a SIRPalpha-41BBL fusion protein in a form of at least a homo-trimer. Also provided are polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs encoding the SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion protein, host-cells expressing the SIRP1alpha-41BBL fusion protein and methods of use thereof.
US11130792B2
The present invention provides methods for inhibiting interleukin-3 receptor-expressing cells, and, in particular, inhibiting the growth of such cells by using a diphtheria toxin-human interleukin-3 conjugate (DT-IL3) that is toxic to cells expressing the interleukin-3 receptor. In preferred embodiments, the DT-IL3 conjugate is a fusion protein comprising amino acids 1-388 of diphtheria toxin fused via a peptide linker to full-length, human interleukin-3. In certain embodiments, the methods of the present invention relate to the administration of a DT-IL3 conjugate to inhibit the growth of cancer cells and/or cancer stem cells in humans, which cells express one or more subunits of the interleukin-3 receptor. Exemplary cells include myeloid leukemia cancer stem cells. In other embodiments, the methods of the present invention relate to ex vivo purging of bone marrow or peripheral blood to remove cells that express one or more subunits of the interleukin-3 receptor such that the purged bone marrow or peripheral blood is suitable, e.g., for autologous stem cell transplantation to restore hematopoietic function.
US11130790B2
Inhibitors of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) nuclear localization and methods of using the inhibitors to treat autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are described.
US11130789B2
Early detection of tumors is a major determinant of survival of patients suffering from tumors, including bladder tumors. Members of the BTM or UBTM family can be highly and consistently accumulated in bladder tumor tissue and other tumor tissue, and/or can be accumulated in urine of patients, and thus are markers for bladder and other types of cancer. In certain embodiments, BTMs or UBTMs can accumulate in the urine, and detection of UBTM family members can be an effective diagnostic approach. In some embodiments, quantitative PCR methods have advantages over microarray methods. In other embodiments, detection and quantification of a plurality of BTMs or UBTMs can increase the sensitivity and specificity of detection of bladder cancer, and therefore provides methods for determining the stage and type of bladder cancer. Kits provide easy, convenient ways for carrying out the methods of this invention.
US11130787B2
This invention provides new compositions comprising nucleotide sequence(s) encoding alphaherpesvirus glycoprotein D protein(s) (gDP(s)) and antigen(s) that induce immune responses. Such sequences typically encode gDP:antigen fusion proteins and typically also include feature(s) that significantly enhance immune responses such as (a) sequences encoding ITIC signal transducing adaptor proteins, e.g., SLAM-associated proteins (SAPs), Ewing's sarcoma-associated transcript 2 proteins, or both, or non-gDP checkpoint inhibitor(s); (b) sequences encoding antigen-associated targeting sequences, e.g., polyubiquitin sequences; (c) deimmunized/modified antigen-encoding sequences; (d) gDP(s) with modified sequence(s); (e) expression-enhancing introns; (f) transfection-facilitating agents; or (g) combinations thereof. Methods of using such constructs to induce immune responses and other methods and compositions also are provided, including methods of using such constructs in animals not known to express Herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) receptors (e.g., pigs), animals not under disease agent-associated checkpoint inhibition, and other contexts.
US11130772B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to general formula (I) which are analogues of epoxymetabolites produced by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes from omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The present invention further relates to compositions containing one or more of these compounds and to the use of these compounds or compositions for the treatment or prevention of conditions and diseases associated with inflammation, proliferation, hypertension, coagulation, immune function, pathologic angiogenesis, heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias.
US11130771B2
A novel structure of an opioid antagonist is provided. One of the exemplary compounds of the present disclosure has the structure of Formula (II). The present disclosure overcomes the discomfort of conventional opioid antagonist due to rapid absorption and improves the patient compliance thereof.
US11130762B2
An azaaryl derivative with the structure of formula (I), a preparation method therefor and a pharmaceutical use thereof are disclosed in this application. The series of compounds of the this application can be widely applied in the preparation of drugs for treating cancer, tumor, autoimmune disease, metabolic disease or metastatic disease, particularly for treating ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, glioblastoma, multiple myeloma, metabolic disease, neurodegenerative disease, primary site tumor metastasis or osseous metastasis cancer, and are expected to be developed into a new generation of CSF-1R inhibitor drugs.
US11130753B2
Substituted fused imidazole derivatives, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a substituted fused imidazole derivative, and methods of use in treating renal diseases are provided. The substituted fused imidazole derivatives may control the activity or the amount or both the activity and the amount of heme-oxygenase.
US11130732B2
Provided by the present disclosure are a method and a device for preparing 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid and intermediates thereof; the intermediates for preparing 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid comprise 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde and 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile. The method for preparing 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid provided by the present disclosure comprises: step (1), a step of reacting acrolein with methyl mercaptan to prepare 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde; step (2), a step of reacting 3-methylthiopropionaldehyde with hydrocyanic acid to prepare 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile; and step (3), a step of hydrating 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile by using sulfuric acid and then hydrolyzing to prepare 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid; wherein in steps (1), (2) and (3), the reaction status of the materials is detected online, and the proportions of the materials are controlled according to the detection results such that reactions are performed completely.
US11130731B2
The present invention provides for certain sulfonyl ureas and related compounds which have advantageous properties and show useful activity in the inhibition of activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders in which the inflammation process, or more specifically the NLRP3 inflammasome, have been implicated as being a key factor.
US11130727B2
The present invention is directed to a process for the production of methyl acrylate wherein methyl lactate is contacted with a ZSM-5 catalyst in the presence of methanol. It was found that the presence of methanol is essential to obtain a selective process with a high yield. With the process according to the invention methyl acrylate may be obtained as the major product of the reaction, especially if methanol is used as solvent instead of water, while acrylic acid is detected in minor quantity (usually below 10 C %, but often below 5 C %). Methanol may be used as the sole solvent in the process, but preferably also a small amount of water is present in the solvent. In one aspect of the invention, between 1 and 25 wt % of water, based on the total amount of solvent is present.
US11130726B2
The invention provides compounds having the general formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the variables RAA, n, ring A, X1, L, m, X2, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, and R6 have the meaning as described herein, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions.
US11130723B2
A carbon dioxide electrolytic device of an embodiment includes: an anode part including an anode which oxidizes water or hydroxide ions to produce oxygen; a cathode part including a cathode which reduces carbon dioxide to produce a carbon compound, a cathode solution flow path which supplies a cathode solution to the cathode, and a gas flow path which supplies carbon dioxide to the cathode; a separator which separates the anode part and the cathode part; and a differential pressure control unit which controls a differential pressure between a pressure of the cathode solution and a pressure of the carbon dioxide so as to adjust a production amount of the carbon dioxide produced by a reduction reaction in the cathode part.
US11130722B2
Proposed is a process for producing ethylene wherein using a dehydrogenation of ethane a process gas containing at least ethane, ethylene and compounds having a lower boiling point than ethane and ethylene is formed, wherein using at least a part of the process gas a separation input is formed and subjected to a low-temperature separation (6) in which the separation input is cooled and in which one or more condensates are separated from the separation input, wherein the condensate(s) are at least partly subjected to a low-temperature rectification to obtain a gaseous first fraction and a liquid second fraction, wherein the gaseous first fraction contains at least the ethane and the ethylene in a lower proportion than in the separation input and the compounds having a lower boiling point than ethane and ethylene in a higher proportion than in the separation input. It is provided that the first fraction is at least partly subjected to a pressure swing adsorption (7) by means of which a third fraction containing predominantly or exclusively ethylene and ethane and a fourth fraction containing predominantly or exclusively methane and carbon monoxide are formed. A corresponding plant (100) likewise forms part of the subject matter of the present invention.
US11130720B2
This present disclosure relates to processes for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a process for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex using mild reaction conditions, namely a combination of low temperatures and elevated pressures using a zeolite with lower number of external acid sites.
US11130714B2
Disclosed are dosing methods for mitigating the deleterious effect of clays, which are born or conveyed by sand aggregates, crushed rock, gravel, and other aggregates used in the manufacture of concrete, upon the dosage efficiency of cement dispersants added into concrete. Instead of introducing the entire clay mitigation agent (CMA) into the aggregate material before or during batching in the cement batch plant in a singular, upfront dose, the present invention comprises administering CMA doses on at least two instances in a rotatable truck-mounted mixer drum, wherein at least 21%-100% of the total CMA added into the concrete is added after initial batching of water, cement binder, and clay-bearing aggregates in the rotatable truck-mounted mixer drum during the transit portion of the delivery between initial batching at the cement batch plant and the pour event at the job site.
US11130710B2
A roofing tile composed of concrete material and a method for producing such a roofing tile. The concrete material contains a binder, a gravel, a light-weight aggregate, and added water. The roofing tile has at least one watercourse and a lateral interlocking joint having a covering fold and a water fold. The ratio of water to binder is less than 0.3, the light-weight aggregate is composed of a material that is hydrophobic and/or not hygroscopic, and the roofing tile has a density in the range of 1.6 g/cm3 to 1.9 g/cm3 after the hardening. The roofing tile has a thickness of 5 mm to 9 mm, preferably 7 mm to 8 mm, in the highly loaded regions, preferably in the region of the watercourse.
US11130707B2
A treatment fluid may comprise: a water having hardness at about 300 ppm or greater, a plurality of particulates, a swellable clay, a chelating agent at about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of the water (BWOW); and an alkali metal base at about 0.01% to about 5% BWOW, wherein the chelating agent and alkali metal base reduce the negative effect of the water on hydrating swellable clays.
US11130706B2
The disclosure discloses a manufacturing method of tempered vacuum glass, comprising the following steps: (1) manufacturing metalized layers, and performing tempering or thermal enhancement on the glass substrates; (2) placing a metal solder on the metalized layers; (3) superposing the glass substrates to form a tempered glass assembly; (4) heating the tempered glass assembly to 60-230° C.; (5) keeping the tempered glass assembly within the heating temperature range of step (4) in a vacuum chamber, and vacuumizing the vacuum chamber to a preset vacuum degree; and (6) hermetically sealing the metalized layers by adopting a metal brazing process. By adopting the manufacturing method of the disclosure, the stress when the two glass substrates are sealed can be greatly reduced, and the connection strength can be increased; moreover, when gas is exhausted within the temperature range, the exhaust efficiency is high, and the exhaust effect is better, vacuum glass with high vacuum degree can be obtained, and the service life of the vacuum glass is prolonged. The disclosure further discloses a tempered vacuum glass production line based on the above mentioned manufacturing method.
US11130693B1
A combination biological contactor and self-backwashing filter system for water treatment is disclosed. The system may include a treatment vessel defining an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A biological contactor may be disposed within the upper chamber, and a filter may be disposed in the lower chamber. A contactor outlet conduit and inlet manifold may be used to transfer water from the biological contactor to filter cells within the filter.
US11130691B2
Techniques are described for preparing a water filtration composition that includes activated carbon having an ash content of at least 10 wt. % and particles of a solubilizing agent. The solubilizing agent forms a water-soluble complex with cations (e.g., calcium ions). This increases the solubility of calcium ions and other scale-forming ions in water, thus suppressing scale formation on interior surfaces of water processing infrastructure. The activated carbon and the solubilizing agent are processed to have particle sizes in a same range, thus enabling the activated carbon and the solubilizing agent to be thoroughly mixed together.
US11130689B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate, a process for the mineralization and/or stabilization of water as well as the use of the aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate obtained by the process for the mineralization and/or stabilization of water.
US11130683B2
A dielectric composition having a high relative dielectric constant and high Q value even at high frequencies, and an electronic component including a dielectric film configured from the dielectric composition. This dielectric composition includes the composite oxide represented by general formula (aCaO+bSrO)—ZrO2 as a main component, and by a and b satisfying the relationships a≥0, b≥0, and 1.50
US11130681B2
Process for the co-production of methanol and ammonia from a hydrocarbon feed without venting to the atmosphere carbon dioxide captured from the methanol or ammonia synthesis gas and without using expensive air separation units and water gas shift.
US11130679B2
The disclosure extends to biodegradable hollow nanoparticles, and systems, methods, devices, and processes for producing the same. The disclosure includes a method of preparing a hollow mesoporous nanoparticle by providing a plurality of silica core particles. Each of the plurality of silica core particles comprises a diameter within a range of about 600 nanometers to about 30 nanometers. The method further includes synthesizing a mesoporous silica shell around the plurality of silica core particles forming a plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles. Further, the method provides for etching the plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and water to remove the silica core particle from the plurality of mesoporous coated silica core particles forming a plurality of hollow mesoporous particles. The method also includes diffusing a payload into the plurality of hollow mesoporous particles in an aqueous solution.
US11130672B2
A micromechanical apparatus and a corresponding production method are described. The micromechanical apparatus encompasses a base substrate having a front side and a rear side; and a cap substrate, at least one surrounding trench having non-flat side walls being embodied in the front side of the base substrate; the front side of the base substrate and the trench being coated with at least one metal layer; the non-flat side walls of the trench being covered nonconformingly with the metal so that they do not form an electrical current path in a direction extending perpendicularly to the front side; and a closure, in particular a seal-glass closure, being embodied in the region of the trench between the base substrate and the cap substrate.
US11130657B2
An apparatus for adjusting an orientation of a suspended load. The apparatus includes a frame suspended from a suspension assembly. The suspension assembly has a first pivot axis enabling up and down pitching movement of the frame relative to the suspension assembly and a second pivot axis enabling up and down rolling movement of the frame relative to the suspending assembly. A first actuator extends between the suspension assembly and the frame. When the first actuator expands, a first end goes down and a second end goes up. When the first actuator contracts, the first end goes up and the second end goes down. A second actuator extends between the suspension and the frame. When the second actuator expands, a first side goes down and a second side goes up. When the second actuator contracts, the first side goes up and the second side goes down.
US11130656B2
An elevator installation wherein damage to a support for an elevator car and a counterweight, in particular damage to a sheath of the support, advantageously can be detected. At the elevator installation, a housing at least partially extending around the support, for example at a deflecting roller arrangement. A surface of the housing facing the support is electrically conductive and is electrically grounded. If the support or a wire coming out of the damaged support comes in contact with the housing, an electrical ground fault results. The ground fault can be detected by a security monitoring unit by monitoring a current flowing through the wires of the support, and the damage to the support can thus be inferred.
US11130655B2
A damping device for damping movement of a parked car in an elevator system includes a base plate and at least one damping assembly connected to the base plate. The damping assembly includes a flange extending from the base plate, a support member arranged at a distance from the flange, and at least one damping mechanism having a first end connected to the flange and a second end connected to the support member. The at least one damping assembly restricts movement of the support member toward the flange.
US11130647B2
A frame for cradling a rolled surface covering during installation onto a ground surface, including first and second spaced-apart end panels, a surface covering support base extending between the first and second spaced-apart panels and adapted for holding the rolled surface covering during installation. At least one lower roller extends along the support base between the first and second spaced-apart end panels at a level above the support base, and at least one upper roller extends along the support base between the first and second spaced-apart end panels at a level above the support base and is vertically spaced-apart from the at least one lower roller. The space defines a gap extending along a length of the at least one lower roller and the at least one upper roller through which a free end of the rolled surface covering is extended during installation onto the ground surface.
US11130646B2
A paper feeding parameter management system may include air paper feeding devices and a management device. Each of the air paper feeding devices may be provided with an air paper feeder which may feed paper by blowing air and by absorption to paper and which may be provided with a paper feeding parameter capable of being switched. Each of the air paper feeding devices may be provided with a paper type information obtaining unit and a hardware processor. The paper type information obtaining unit may obtain paper type information of paper to be fed. The hardware processor (i) may adjust the paper feeding parameter of the air paper feeder and (ii) may transmit the paper type information, device configuration information regarding a device configuration of the air paper feeding device, and the adjusted paper feeding parameter to the management device.
US11130644B2
The disclosure relates to a feeding apparatus capable of feeding media sheet. The feeding apparatus includes first feeding assembly comprising first mount frame, first roller and stopper. The stopper is pivotally connected to the first mount frame and movable with the first roller, the stopper has a covering portion configured to stop the media sheet, the first roller is located in the first mount frame and is movable along a straight path; while the stopper is pressing against the first roller and the first roller is moving along the straight path, the stopper is moved with the first roller so that the covering portion of the stopper is moved close to or away from the straight path.
US11130643B2
A modular transfer system with a primary flow system and a diverter system that is repositionable along a track system. The primary flow system includes a primary flow belt for conveying an article along a primary flow path from an infeed side of the modular transfer system to a pass-through side of the modular transfer system. The diverter system that is repositionable along the track system between the infeed side and the pass-through side by attachment within one or more channels.
US11130641B2
System for transporting items to a packaging station comprising at least a first, a second and a third conveyor, said first conveyor configured for transporting arrangements of one or more items in a first transport direction to the third conveyor, said second conveyor configured for transporting arrangements of one or more items in a second transport direction to the third conveyor, said third conveyor configured for transporting said arrangements from the first and the second conveyor in a third transport direction, a fourth and a fifth transport direction towards a packaging station.
US11130639B2
A modular pulley assembly for a continuous belt conveyor can be assembly from a plurality of modular pulley disks that can be axially aligned and abut against each other to provide pulleys of differing lengths per demand. The modular pulley disks can be made from a non-metallic material such as a polymer and can manufactured by a suitable molding process. Making the modular pulley disks from non-metallic materials enables the disks to be formed with structural geometries such that the assembled pulley is structurally more rigid and can better distribute torsional loads and momentum from the belt to the support shaft.
US11130637B2
The present invention refers to a conveyor belt comprising a drive roller with a constant section cylinder and conical tip teeth, a mesh type drive belt, wherein said holes coincide with the teeth of the drive roller and a sliding plate, the drive belt being supported on the sliding plate. Wherein coupling between the drive belt and the teeth allows reducing longitudinal and transversal strain of the mesh type drive belt.
US11130634B1
A rejection chute for a conveyor system, which receives and redirects rejected parcels, includes: a conduit defined by a plurality of side walls; a door; and an actuator operably connected to the door. The conduit includes an enclosed upper portion defining a first opening for receiving parcels into the rejection chute and a lower portion defining a second opening for discharging parcels from the rejection chute. The door is mounted proximate to the first opening and is configured to transition between a first position to cover the first opening and a second position to uncover the first opening. The rejection chute can be integrated into a walking surface alongside of a conveyor to receive and redirect parcels transferred off of the conveyor to a location below the walking surface. An enclosure can be combined with the rejection chute to regulate access and guide parcels into the rejection chute.
US11130632B2
This application discloses a stocker and a stocking system. The stocker includes: a storage cabinet; a shelf, arranged inside the storage cabinet, where at least one charging module is arranged on the shelf; a first cassette, arranged on the shelf and capable of moving relative to the shelf; a monitoring apparatus, arranged inside the first cassette and configured to monitor cleanliness of air in the storage cabinet; and a battery apparatus, arranged inside the first cassette and configured to supply power to the monitoring apparatus, where the battery apparatus includes a battery and a charging receiver module connected to the battery, where when an electricity quantity of the battery is lower than a preset electricity quantity, the first cassette moves to a location corresponding to the charging module, so that the charging receiver module cooperates with the charging module to wirelessly charge the battery.
US11130631B2
A storage array in an automated storage and retrieval system includes storage spaces arrayed on racks along picking aisles, multiple level decks, where at least one deck communicates with each aisle, where the decks and aisles are configured to define a rolling surface for an autonomous transport vehicle at each level of the decks, racks along at least one aisle at each level are at multiple rack levels that are accessed from a respective rolling surface that is common to the multiple rack levels, and a vertical pitch between rack levels varies for a portion of a respective aisle, the vertical pitch between at least two rack levels of the portion of the respective aisle is related to another vertical pitch between at least two other rack levels of another aisle portion of the respective aisle so the vehicle effects multiple picks in ordered sequence in a common aisle pass.
US11130627B2
A receptacle liner for gripping the receptacle and method of making. A liner may be formed by one or more panels including at least one resilient segment extending from a bottom to a top of the liner. The liner segment can be coextruded so that the resilient segment is made from resilient material and other portions of the liner are made from another material that is less resilient. When the liner is placed in a receptacle, the liner can be expanded by resiliently stretching the resilient segment so that the liner may apply a gripping force to the receptacle. The liner can include gusseted side panels. A mouth can be formed as a recess in the top ends of front and rear panels and extend through the gusseted side panels to define handle portions and form apertures in the handle portions that open to the mouth.
US11130625B2
A self-storage facility. The facility comprises a plurality of commercial containers located at a single facility. The facility further comprises at least one dividing wall within an interior of each of the plurality of containers, thereby separating the interior into a plurality of storage volumes. The facility further comprises and least one access mechanism for each of the plurality of storage volumes.
US11130617B2
The present disclosure relates to a closure which uses a bubble valve with three chambers. A transverse bubble element on the product side of the bubble valve can expand or inflate thereby inhibiting flow, or contract or deflate thereby allowing flow. A longitudinal bubble element to the side of the bubble valve is used to receive the contents from the transverse bubble element when the transverse bubble element is deflated.
US11130609B2
A blank 10 for forming a disposable cup, the blank including a cardboard sheet designed to be formed into a body of a cup, the blank including an edge 12 in a form of a first arc for forming the bottom edge of the cup, and a folding line for forming the rim of the cup, wherein the folding line for forming the rim of the cup contains a first folding line 14 formed by a plurality of interconnected arc-shaped folding lines 16 each arcing to the opposite direction than the first arc, and wherein a foldable wing 18 extends form each arc-shaped folding line, the wings being configured to be folded towards the center of the formed cup to lock onto each other to form a cover over the opening of the cup. The present application also provides a disposable cup formed from the blank, and a method for preparing a disposable cup.
US11130600B2
The present disclosure relates to a transfer plate for a container element. The transfer plate extends in a first direction and a second direction being perpendicular to each other. The transfer plate comprises a cavity portion comprising at least one through-going first cavity adapted to receive and hold the container element, the first cavity having a first open area. The transfer plate further comprises a cover portion being at least as large as, or substantially as large as, the first open area. The disclosure further relates to an attachment unit for attaching a container element to a container body and to an apparatus for attaching container elements to container bodies in a flow of containers. In addition the disclosure relates to a method of attaching a container element to a container body by means of the attachment unit.
US11130599B2
A device for stacking and packaging folded products includes a conveying device that conveys a stack of folded products, which folded products are arranged in an upright position in a row, in a transport direction to a delivery area above a receptacle on at least one support element, which supports the stack in the delivery area perpendicularly to the transport direction. The stack is released perpendicularly to the transport direction by shifting or pivoting the at least one support element. A pushing device pushes the stack of folded products out of the delivery area perpendicularly to the transport direction and into the receptacle.
US11130580B2
An engine driven environmental control system (ECS) air circuit includes a gas turbine engine having a compressor section. The compressor section includes a plurality of compressor bleeds. A selection valve selectively connects each of said bleeds to an input of an intercooler. A second valve is configured to selectively connect an output of said intercooler to at least one auxiliary compressor. The output of each of the at least one auxiliary compressors is connected to an ECS air input.
US11130575B2
A slim aircraft monument includes a structure installable in an aircraft passenger cabin adjacent to a cabin space (e.g., in front of an otherwise unused exit door). The slim monument has an overall width of not more than four to six inches. The slim monument includes a side door with an external handle, the door deployable into the cabin space to reveal a group of nested interconnected panels within. The nested panels are similarly deployable into the cabin space to form a substantially horizontal work surface and, underneath the work surface, vertically stacked bays providing temporary storage for storage drawers and a cart space adjacent to the storage drawers, the cart space capable of accommodating a half-size galley cart.
US11130563B2
A breakaway support configured to selectively release an actuator from a fitting and a method of providing the breakaway support. The breakaway support includes a race positioned between the actuator and the fitting. The second end of the actuator is connected to the fitting via a ball joint is positioned within the race. The ball joint permits the actuator to pivot about the ball joint in a vertical plane between a first position and a second position. The breakaway support includes a first knuckle that causes the actuator to release from the fitting when the actuator moves in a first direction beyond the first position. A portion of the fitting or a second knuckle may cause the actuator to release from the fitting when the actuator moves in a second direction beyond the second position. A portion of the actuator may break to release the actuator from the fitting.
US11130557B1
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to controlling lifting gas in a volume defined by an inflatable structure of an aircraft. For example, controlling lifting gas in the volume of the inflatable structure may account for variations in ambient and tactical conditions experienced by the aircraft over the course of flight, as may be useful for lifting the aircraft to a target altitude and/or carrying out a particular mission. Additionally, or alternatively, controlling lifting gas in the volume of the inflatable structure may facilitate lifting the aircraft using lifting gas generated by reacting stable materials with one another at a launch site in the field. As an example, aluminum may react with water to form a lifting gas including hydrogen and steam. As the steam condenses to water in the inflatable structure, a valve may expel water from the inflatable structure to assist in maintaining buoyancy of the aircraft.
US11130554B1
An outboard motor has a powerhead that causes rotation of a driveshaft, a steering housing located below the powerhead, wherein the driveshaft extends from the powerhead into the steering housing; and a lower gearcase located below the steering housing and supporting a propeller shaft that is coupled to the driveshaft so that rotation of the driveshaft causes rotation of the propeller shaft. The lower gearcase is steerable about a steering axis with respect to the steering housing and powerhead.
US11130553B2
A user input assembly for controlling operation of a trolling motor assembly including a propulsion motor is provided herein. The user input assembly includes a support plate and a foot pedal defining a top surface that is configured to receive a user's foot thereon. The foot pedal is pivotably mounted to the support plate. A deflection sensor is in communication with the foot pedal and is configured to detect an angle of orientation of the foot pedal and output a signal corresponding with the angle of orientation of the foot pedal. The signal is receivable by a controller that is configured to control a direction of the propulsion motor of the trolling motor assembly. A feedback device is coupled with the foot pedal and configured to, in response to pivotal movement of the foot pedal about the first axis, provide a resistance force to the pivotal movement.
US11130547B2
A mechanical binding that is opened and closed via magnetic forces. This may allow for systems to utilize a strong mechanical lock that is activated and deactivated with simple magnetic mechanisms, allowing for a simple and compact design.
US11130544B2
Racing bicycle, in particular for time trials, triathlons or suchlike, comprising a frame provided with a head tube, a top tube and a fork connectable on one side to the head tube and on the other side to a wheel of the bicycle; in the fork one or more apertures are made for the passage of the air, made between the external surface of the wheel and the top of the head tube; the one or more apertures are configured to allow at least part of the stream of air that hits the bicycle to pass in a central zone of the bicycle and in proximity to the frame; the top tube is positioned above the one or more apertures in order to leave the central zone free, and therefore not interfere with the stream of air passing in the central zone and below the top tube.
US11130541B2
A saddle type vehicle includes two front wheels, a left front wheel supporting member and a right front wheel supporting member which are turned around a left front wheel turning axis and a right front wheel turning axis respectively, an upper lean arm and a lower lean arm which are rotated around an axis perpendicular to a vehicle width direction, and a steering rod. The upper arm is connected to the left and right members via first and second connecting parts which are provided on the left front wheel turning axis. The lower arm is connected to the left and right members via third and fourth connecting parts which are provided on the right front wheel turning axis. The steering rod is arranged forward of the steering spindle. In a front view of the vehicle body, the steering rod is arranged between the upper and lower arms.
US11130536B2
A vehicle assembly method includes assembling a chassis platform, mounting a floor pan to the platform, mounting a modular interior to the floor pan, assembling a body top-hat separate from the platform and the floor pan, and mounting the body top-hat to the platform and the floor pan after mounting the modular interior to the floor pan.
US11130525B2
A rear impact system for an electric vehicle includes a left crash beam coupled with a rear portion of a rear wheel arch of the electric vehicle and extending to a rear bumper of the electric vehicle and a right crash beam coupled with the rear portion of the rear wheel arch and extending to the rear bumper. Each of the left crash beam and the right crash beam defines a generally octagonal shape. Each of the left crash beam and the right crash beam defines an interior comprising a plurality of ribs extending in a longitudinal direction.
US11130515B2
One embodiment relates to a cover assembly, a motor and an electric steering device including the same, the cover assembly comprising: a disc-shaped cover body; and a plurality of first holes formed at the cover body, wherein a grommet is disposed in the first hole, and the grommet is formed to extend and protrude from the upper surface of the cover body. Therefore, the cover assembly can stably guide the arrangement of the motor coils since the grommet is formed to be integrated with the cover body such that the first holes formed at the cover body are extended.
US11130511B2
Various configurations of light weight pick carts are disclosed; some embodiments may alternate between a first configuration having two shelf racks and a second configuration having both a shelf rack and a flatbed. A first shelf rack has multiple accessory support units attached, having multiple different configurations to facilitate holding differing shapes, sizes, or weights of accessories. Swivel casters and multiple handle locations can enhance maneuverability; and proper selection of material and use of perforation and wire frames may reduce weight to ease operation. For stability, a removable second shelf rack may engage the first shelf rack using hooks, while a removable flatbed unit may engage the first shelf rack using notches. The second shelf rack provides more discrete storage locations, while the flatbed permits transportation of larger or heavier items. This versatility enhances the utility of the cart.
