US11175924B2
Technical solutions are described for a load-store unit (LSU) that executes a plurality of instructions in an out-of-order (OoO) window using multiple LSU pipes. The execution includes selecting an instruction from the OoO window, the instruction using an effective address; and if the instruction is a load instruction: and if the processing unit is operating in single thread mode, creating an entry in a first partition of a load reorder queue (LRQ) if the instruction is issued on a first load pipe, and creating the entry in a second partition of the LRQ if the instruction is issued on a second load pipe. Further, if the processing unit is operating in a multi-thread mode, creating the entry in a first predetermined portion of the first partition of the LRQ if the instruction is issued on the first load pipe and by a first thread of the processing unit.
US11175921B2
A method is provided. The method is executable by a processor. The method includes receiving, by an instruction issue unit of the processor as an input, a preferred instruction variant from an instruction variant selection logic. The method includes executing, by an execution unit of the processor, the preferred instruction variant. The method includes providing, by the execution unit of the processor, quality feedback to the instruction variant selection logic and evaluating, by the instruction variant selection logic of the processor, the preferred instruction variant based on the quality feedback.
US11175913B2
Software is deployed to, and executed at, one or more computing devices in a computing system based on current conditions in the computing system and the capabilities of the different computing devices to handle the software. A request to run a software process calls a manager which determines an optimal place to run the software process. The manager can consider factors such as response time, user demands, bandwidth, processor utilization, storage utilization, security considerations, compatibility considerations and cost. Once a computing device is selected to run the software process, the manager facilitates movement of code and/or data to the computing device.
US11175903B2
A method for updating a service module in an extension service framework, if a new update package has been stored in an update server, is provided. The method includes steps of: an extension service framework server (a) transmitting an acquired request message to a download service module to transmit a request for a download to the update server; (b) if a request message for installation is transmitted from the download service module, verifying, unpacking and storing the update package in a first storage; (c) (i) allowing the service module in the extension service framework server to install the unpacked update files or (ii) if the service module is in another device, transmitting the unpacked update files to a second storage to install the unpacked update files in the second storage; and (d) allowing the service module to restart and reconnect with the extension service framework server.
US11175892B2
An integrated circuit with specialized processing blocks are provided. A specialized processing block may be optimized for machine learning algorithms and may include a multiplier data path that feeds an adder data path. The multiplier data path may be decomposed into multiple partial product generators, multiple compressors, and multiple carry-propagate adders of a first precision. Results from the carry-propagate adders may be added using a floating-point adder of the first precision. Results from the floating-point adder may be optionally cast to a second precision that is higher or more accurate than the first precision. The adder data path may include an adder of the second precision that combines the results from the floating-point adder with zero, with a general-purpose input, or with other dot product terms. Operated in this way, the specialized processing block provides a technical improvement of greatly increasing the functional density for implementing machine learning algorithms.
US11175888B2
Example techniques involve invoking voice assistance for a media playback system. In some embodiments, a NMD stores in memory a set of command information comprising a listing of playback commands and associated command criteria. The NMD captures a voice input and detects inclusion, within the voice input, of one or more particular playback commands from among the playback commands in the listing. In response, the NMD selects a local voice assistant that supports (a) one or more additional playback commands relative to a cloud-based VAS and (b) fewer non-playback commands relative to the cloud-based VAS, determines, via the local voice assistant, an intent in the captured voice input, and performs a response to the determined intent. The NMD foregoes selection of the cloud-based VAS when the local voice assistant is selected.
US11175873B2
Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes at least one component; a storage configured to store at least one rule to diagnose the at least one component; and a controller configured to: acquire operation data of the at least one component, output at least one of a warning related to the at least one component or an error related to the at least one component based on a result of applying the operation data to the at least one rule, acquire at least one of installation environment data of the display apparatus or operating environment data of the display apparatus, and update the at least one rule based on the at least one of the installation environment data or the operating environment data.
US11175866B2
An information processing system includes a processor configured to dynamically change an estimation of a time needed to execute each print job in accordance with variations in a combination of print jobs allocated to one roll of rolled paper.
US11175858B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system is capable of being connected to a host. The memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller that receives information regarding an operating state of the host. The controller controls the nonvolatile memory according to commands from the host and selects a parameter for interrupt coalescing for transmissions to the host of interrupts related to command completion notices for the commands from the host based on the information regarding the operating state of the host.
US11175841B2
A method for use in management of a flash memory module is provided. The flash memory module has a plurality of blocks, wherein a portion of the blocks belong to a spare pool. The method includes: preserving at least one erased block in the spare pool for a write operation; monitoring an erasing period regarding the at least one erased block; and performing a replacement operation to replace the at least one erased block when the erase time exceeds a threshold.
US11175840B2
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a host device comprising a processor coupled to memory. The host device is configured to communicate over a network with at least one storage system. The host device is further configured to generate a user space block device and to generate a kernel space block device corresponding to the user space block device. The host device is further configured to receive an input-output operation at the kernel space block device from an application executing on the host device and to transfer the input-output operation from the kernel space block device to the corresponding user space block device. The host device is further configured to submit the input-output operation to the at least one storage system based at least in part on the user space block device.
US11175837B2
A method for managing power amongst a set of memory devices that are provided a peak power that is quantized into a set number of power tokens. The method includes determining that the first memory die is to change from a lower power state that requires a first number of tokens to a higher power state that requires a second number of tokens. The method further includes transmitting a message in response to determining that the sum of the second number and a third number of power tokens allocated to other memory devices in the set of memory devices satisfies a threshold number of power tokens. The message includes the second number and is transmitted on a bus that is shared by the set of memory devices.
US11175834B2
A data storage device having self-destruction function is disclosed. The data storage device is inserted into a host and includes a controller, a plurality of flash memories, a trigger, and a backup power module. When the data storage device is pulled out of the host, the trigger is triggered and transmits a physical-destruction activating signal to the backup power module, and the backup power module outputs a high voltage to the flash memories according to the physical-destruction activating signal so that the flash memories can be destroyed by the high voltage.
US11175828B1
An apparatus comprises a host device configured to communicate over a network with source and target storage systems. The host device, in conjunction with migration of a logical storage device from the source storage system to the target storage system, is further configured to obtain from the target storage system watermark information characterizing progress of the migration of the logical storage device from the source storage system to the target storage system, and to determine whether a given input-output operation is to be sent to the source storage system or the target storage system based at least in part on the watermark information obtained from the target storage system. The watermark information illustratively identifies a particular logical address in the logical storage device, up to and including for which corresponding data has already been copied from the source storage system to the target storage system in conjunction with the migration.
US11175825B1
Correlating storage system event alerts by receiving notice of an event, determining a first storage network system (SNS) resource related to the event, determining instantiated dependencies between the first SNS resource and a second SNS resource, correlating the event with a second event according to the instantiated dependencies, and providing notice of the correlated events.
US11175824B2
The present disclosure provides a method for detecting ambient light intensity, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method for detecting ambient light intensity includes: controlling a preset region of a display screen of an electronic device to display a predetermined picture; obtaining an ambient light intensity value detected by the ambient light sensor; and controlling the display screen to respond according to the ambient light intensity value. The preset region is a region facing an ambient light sensor in the display screen. The predetermined picture is a pure color picture.
US11175821B2
A pressure touch method and a terminal, where the method includes detecting a pressure sensing operation generated by a finger on a target touch component, identifying a pressure level corresponding to the pressure sensing operation, determining a function corresponding to the pressure level, and performing the function corresponding to the pressure level. Therefore, different functions triggered to be performed by pressure sensing operations may be determined using combinations of pressure levels and swipe directions, thereby improving convenience of one-hand operations of a user, and also enhancing coherence of user experience.
US11175818B2
A controller for controlling the display of secondary digital content displayed in an overlay above a primary video stream. The controller includes a touch interface device, a processor, and a memory storing non-transitory instructions. These instructions, when executed, can include (i) detecting a first input gesture by a user on the touch interface device, (ii) in response to detecting the first input gesture, selecting an application for display, (iii) detecting a second input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, (iv) in response to detecting the second input gesture, scrolling through a currently-displayed layer of the selected application displayed, (v) detecting a third input gesture by the user on the touch interface device, and (vi) in response to detecting the third input gesture, scrolling between layers of the selected application in a simulated Z-space.
US11175817B2
An electronic device with a display concurrently displays a device status region, and an application user interface that includes a content region and an application input field. While concurrently displaying the device status region and the application user interface, the device receives first input in the application input field. In response, the device concurrently displays respective content in the content region in accordance with the first input, and first text that corresponds to the first input in the application input field. While concurrently displaying the respective content and the first text, the device detects a second input that corresponds to a request to scroll the respective content in a first direction. In response, the device scrolls the respective content in the first direction, ceases to display the application input field, and displays, adjacent to the device status region, the first text.
US11175812B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a communicator, a storage, and controller. The controller, through the communicator, transmits first state setting information for changing the state of at least one among the plurality of electronic devices to correspond to a started operation mode among the plurality of state setting information when one among the plurality of operation modes starts, and transmits second state setting information for changing the state of at least one among the plurality of electronic devices to correspond to at least one of the changed operation mode and the changed environment among the plurality of state setting information when one of the operation mode and the surrounding environment is changed.
US11175811B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of terminal application technologies, and provide a method, an apparatus, and a terminal for processing notification information. Therefore, an efficient operation manner for processing notification information is provided, which can simplify operation steps and improve usability and controllability of a device. The method is: after a user display operation is detected, and a display instruction corresponding to the user display operation is triggered, determining a target application program corresponding to notification information; and when it is determined that a screen display status meets a condition, adjusting, according to a preset adjustment policy corresponding to the display instruction, a window corresponding to the target application program. The embodiments of the present invention are used to process notification information of an intelligent terminal device.
US11175806B1
Utilizing message metadata for improving user interface presentation is described. In an example, a first message associated with first metadata and a second message associated with second metadata can be received via a group-based communication platform. Based at least in part on the first metadata and the second metadata, causing the first message and the second message to be presented in a message digest via a first portion of a user interface associated with the group-based communication platform. The message digest can be associated with an actuation mechanism and, in response to receiving an indication of an interaction with the actuation mechanism, the first message and the second message can be presented, separately, via a second portion of the user interface.
US11175804B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for deploying user interface elements on a screen which has broken-faulty regions on the screen. One or more broken-faulty regions are detected on the screen. At least a part of the normal regions on the screen is determined to be a region for displaying at least a part of one or more user interface elements which are related to the one or more broken-faulty regions. The at least a part of the one or more user interface elements are deployed on the screen based on the result of the determining.
US11175801B2
A method, system and/or computer program product changes the properties of a graphical object. One or more processors receive a graphical display data set including information for generating a graphical display of a spreadsheet, where the spreadsheet comprises a cell having a perimeter that is defined by a plurality of edges. In the cell, a property adjusted by selecting a constrained edge of the cell is identified. A graphical control for the identified property is created and displayed in response to a user selecting the constrained edge and requesting the graphical control from a context menu associated with the cell, where activating the graphical control increases a size of the cell beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet. A user input selecting the graphical control is received. In response, the cell is expanded beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet and the property is displayed on the graphical user interface.
US11175798B2
A moving method of a floating toolbar and a touch display apparatus. The method includes: acquiring touch data on a touch screen (S1); acquiring, according to the touch data, touch position information of touch points simultaneously touched, number information of the touch points simultaneously touched and simultaneous touch duration information of the touch points simultaneously touched (S2); determining whether a number of the touch points simultaneously touched meets a first preset condition and whether a simultaneous touch duration of the touch points simultaneously touched meets a second preset condition (S3), and when both the first preset condition and the second preset condition are met, proceeding to step S4; determining a target position of the floating toolbar according to touch positions of the touch points simultaneously touched (S4); moving the floating toolbar to the target position (S5).
US11175797B2
Methods and apparatus provide for acquiring menu display instructions from a user, and generating and outputting the operating system menu screens for display.
US11175793B2
Methods and systems are described for displaying a user interface associated with a premises management system. The user interface may display a plurality of interfaces, such as an interface for controlling the premises management system. The user interface may support other interfaces for displaying content and controlling devices at a premises. The user interface may display different interfaces using a schedule. The schedule may be determined by a timeline user interface based on user input.
US11175783B2
Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a sensor substrate and a cover substrate stuck to each other. The sensor substrate includes a sensor electrode, and plural signal wirings electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extending along a periphery of the sensor electrode. The cover substrate includes one or plural conductive layers extending along the periphery of the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings within an area not facing the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings.
US11175771B2
A handwritten data capture method creates handwritten data including a plurality of pieces of stroke data that is based on writing performed on each page of a paper medium having a plurality of pages. The handwritten data capture method includes: acquiring the plurality of pieces of stroke data created based on the writing sequenced in a writing order; displaying the pieces of stroke data together on a display device; accepting an input of a break position of the pieces of stroke data; identifying a continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data based on the break position and the writing order; updating the display device to display the identified continuous portion of the pieces of stroke data in the writing order; and repeating the accepting, the identifying, and the updating until a given operation is received.
US11175764B2
The present disclosure relates to a touch display device including a display panel and a support structure. The display panel includes a display portion, a bent portion and a fixed portion. The bent portion is located between the display portion and the fixed portion, and the fixed portion is bent, through the bent portion, to a back side of the display portion. The support structure includes a first protective layer and a second protective layer oppositely arranged and located between the display portion and the fixed portion, a support layer located between the first protective layer and the second protective layer, and an adhesive layer located between the support layer and the second protective layer. The adhesive layer is provided with a structure configured to disperse stress generated by the display panel during bending.
US11175761B2
A display device may include a display panel, a sensor unit, and a touch driver. The sensor unit is provided on the display panel and may output a sensing signal corresponding to a touch input. The sensor unit may include a first electrode and may include a conductive layer provided between the display panel and the first electrode and spaced from the first electrode. The touch driver may include a signal receiver. The signal receiver may include a first input terminal electrically coupled to the first electrode, may include a second input terminal electrically coupled to the conductive layer, may receive the sensing signal, and may output a signal corresponding to a voltage difference the first input terminal and the second input terminal.
US11175757B2
The present disclosure discloses a light emitting touch pad device including a circuit board, a plurality of sensing elements, a light guiding plate, a light emitting component, and a plurality of first spacing blocks. The sensing elements are disposed on the circuit board, and a distance between geometric centers of two adjacent sensing elements is a first length. The light guiding plate is disposed above the circuit board, and includes at least one light spot area and at least one nil-light spot area. The light emitting component emits light toward the light guiding plate. The first spacing blocks are disposed on the light guiding plate, and are located in the nil-light spot area. A distance between geometric centers of two adjacent first spacing blocks is a second length, and a spacing distance between two adjacent first spacing blocks is a third length.
US11175755B1
An input system according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises an electronic pen having a pen tip; and an electronic device configured to detect a pointed position of the electronic pen based on a detection signal received pursuant to an approach by the pen tip toward the electronic device. The electronic device includes: a planar sensor configured to acquire the detection signal; a flexible cover provided above the planar sensor and exposed to the outside; an actuator configured to displace the cover at each of multiple positions in an area defined by the planar sensor in at least a direction normal to the planar sensor; and a drive controller configured to perform drive control of the actuator so as to form local unevenness at a position of the cover corresponding to the pointed position of the electronic pen.
US11175753B2
A mouse includes a main body, a supporting component, a stopping structure and an elastic component. The main body has a receiving chamber penetrating through one end of the main body. An upper portion of the main body is equipped with a magnetic attraction component located to a top of the receiving chamber. The supporting component is slidably arranged in the receiving chamber to be retracted into or be pulled out from the receiving chamber. A top of the supporting component is equipped with a magnetic attraction element. The stopping structure is arranged between the main body and the supporting component for limiting the supporting component from being retracted into the main body. One end of the elastic component is connected to the main body, and the other end of the elastic component is connected to the supporting component.
US11175749B2
A method is provided for selecting controls, which implement a control interface, a display, and at least one sensor capable of detecting at least one control, object, including a step (i) of obtaining information on the distance between the control object(s) and the control interface using the sensor(s), and a step (ii) of displaying, on the display, at least one symbol representing a control or set of controls according to a display mode, wherein the method further includes a step of using the distance information to determine the display mode of the symbol(s). A device is also provided for implementing the method and to an apparatus.
US11175744B2
A holographic projection system is disclosed for cost-effectively generating “real image” holographic images. In at least one embodiment, the system provides an at least one primary image source configured for projecting a primary image via an at least one light ray. A computing device is in communication with the at least one primary image source and configured for providing the primary image to be subsequently projected by the at least one primary image source. A curved reflector is positioned and configured for receiving and reflecting the at least one light ray toward a focal point of the reflector, the at least one reflected light ray converging at an image point so as to create a hologram of the projected primary image at the image point, with said hologram being viewable by an at least one observer.
US11175734B1
A head-mountable device can be operated with devices worn on wrists, arms, hands, and/or other limbs of a user. Such devices can provide indicators that allow a head-mountable device to determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of the devices and therefore the user. The information regarding the tracking devices and/or the hands can be used to produce a virtual representation of the hands or otherwise be used to receive and interpret gestures as user input. The devices that facilitate such tracking can be worn in a variety or arrangements depending on whether the tracking is to be performed. As such, they can be compactly stored in a manner that allows them to be readily accessible for deployment.
US11175730B2
A virtual space configuration system of an artificial reality system can detect a user posture and provide various corresponding customizations of the system's virtual space. The virtual space configuration system can, when a user is in a seated posture, provide for seated virtual space customizations. In various implementations, these customizations can include allowing adjustment of a floor height; setting a flag that can be surfaced to applications to adjust the applications' mechanics for seated users; customizing display of virtual space boundaries when in seated mode to be less intrusive; providing options to detect when a user leaves seated mode and trigger corresponding actions; provide a passthrough workspace area allowing a user to interact with certain real-world objects naturally without having to remove a virtual reality headset; or automatically determining virtual space dimensions for seated users.
US11175729B2
A system to track orientations of parts of a user based on both images and inertial measurement units (IMUs). For example, the system receives images showing a portion of the user wearing sensor modules. The system receives a first set of orientation measurements generated by the sensor modules attached to some parts of the user. The system determines the second set of orientation measurements of one or more features of the portion of the user from the images. The system provides the first set of orientation measurements and the second set of orientation measurements as input to an artificial neural network that is configured to predict orientation measurements of the one or more other parts of the user that would be measured by additional sensor modules if the additional sensor modules were to be attached to the other parts of the user.
US11175727B2
A method is provided, including the following operations: capturing images of an interactive environment by an image capture device; analyzing the captured images to track motion of a user's head in the interactive environment; providing a view through a display screen of a three-dimensional (3-D) information space, wherein the view of the 3-D information space is defined from a perspective that is determined by the tracked motion of the user's head in the interactive environment, the perspective being dynamically updated in response to the motion of the user's head; wherein the 3-D information space includes a plurality of predefined content regions that are configured to present respectively assigned visual content, the content regions being visually accessible through the display screen based on the provided view of the 3-D information space.
US11175715B2
A method of supplying electric power to a computer system compliant with specification provided by the OCP is provided. The method includes: a PLU setting an OCP_V3_EN signal to a high level so as to make the computer system operate in a first mode; a BMC obtaining card data from an OCP card when the computer system operates in the first mode; the BMC determining whether standby power provided by a PSU in the first mode is sufficient according to the card data; and when it is determined that the standby power is not sufficient, the BMC controlling the PLU to make the computer system operate in a second mode requiring more electric power, and to then control the PSU to provide main power that is greater than the standby power to the OCP card.
US11175714B2
There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a main board including a processor and memory; a user-facing (UF) camera including an auto-exposure (AE) circuit; an ambient light sensor (ALS); and a power management module communicatively coupled to the UF camera and the ALS, and including logic to detect a light input mismatch between the ALS and the AE and responsive to the detection, disable a power management function of the power management module.
US11175712B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a core domain with a plurality of cores and a power controller having a first logic to receive a first request to increase an operating voltage of a first core of the core domain to a second voltage, to instruct a voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to an interim voltage, and to thereafter instruct the voltage regulator to increase the operating voltage to the second voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11175709B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a plurality of chiplets, a plurality of resources, a system thermal engine, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to cause the system thermal engine to monitor the plurality of chiplets, where the plurality of chiplets are part of a multi-chip module, determine that a first chiplet from the plurality of chiplets has reached a threshold temperature, and reduce power to the first chiplet without reducing power to the other chiplets in the plurality of chiplets.
US11175702B2
A scroll mouse includes a casing, a scroll wheel mouse and a waterproof module. The casing includes a first opening and a second opening. The scroll wheel includes a first rotation shaft and a second rotation shaft. The waterproof module includes a waterproof cap and a waterproof ring. A first gap between the first rotation shaft and the first opening is sealed by the waterproof cap. A second gap between the second rotation shaft and the second opening is sealed by the waterproof ring. Since the foreign liquid is prevented from entering an inner portion of the casing, the scroll mouse has the waterproof function.
US11175690B2
Systems and apparatuses include a control circuit and a switching circuit. The control circuit is structured to communicate with a real-time-clock battery and to selectively communicate with a vehicle battery. The control circuit is structured in an OFF arrangement when a wake supply voltage is received from the vehicle battery and in an ON arrangement when no wake supply voltage is received. The switching circuit is structured to provide communication between the real-time-clock battery and a real-time-clock power pin of a controller with a voltage drop of about 0.1 volts or less when the control circuit is in the ON arrangement and to inhibit communication between the real-time-clock battery and the real-time-clock power pin when the control circuit is in the OFF arrangement.
US11175682B2
Adjustment and remote control system with a pressure regulator for irrigation systems to regulate the water pressure at the outlet, and consequently its flow, being crucial to assure the uniformity and the quantity of water as applied. In the adjustment and remote control system for pressure in irrigation systems, the electronic control board is informed of the target pressure at the outlet of the pressure regulator as disclosed in this document; it reads the current pressure of the adjustment and control system by means of the electronic pressure sensor and, if the pressure is lower than the target, a solenoid valve for pressure increase is activated, using the pressure generated by a pressure generator in any given fluid, and, if the pressure is higher, that pressure is reduced.
US11175681B2
A device including: a sensor for monitoring a pressure of a fluid system to produce pressure signals over a period; and a controller configured for: receiving the pressure signals over the period; establishing an operating pressure zone corresponding to the pressure signals over the period, the operating pressure zone is representative of a normal operation zone of the fluid system, the normal operation zone defined by an area bounded by a low pressure level and high pressure level, wherein the high pressure level is disposed at a level at least at a maximum pressure of the pressure signals over the period and the low pressure level is disposed at a level at most at a minimum pressure of the pressure signals over the period.
US11175675B2
A control unit for a vehicle for analyzing localization systems, the control unit being connectable in a data-conducting manner to at least two localization systems which are operable independently of one another for ascertaining system-specific positions, each localization system including at least one sensor, the control unit being configured to evaluate pieces of position information ascertained by the localization systems by subjecting them to a plausibility check. Also described are a related method and a sensor system.
US11175671B2
The present disclosure provides autonomous vehicle systems and methods that include or otherwise leverage a machine-learned yield model. In particular, the machine-learned yield model can be trained or otherwise configured to receive and process feature data descriptive of objects perceived by the autonomous vehicle and/or the surrounding environment and, in response to receipt of the feature data, provide yield decisions for the autonomous vehicle relative to the objects. For example, a yield decision for a first object can describe a yield behavior for the autonomous vehicle relative to the first object (e.g., yield to the first object or do not yield to the first object). Example objects include traffic signals, additional vehicles, or other objects. The motion of the autonomous vehicle can be controlled in accordance with the yield decisions provided by the machine-learned yield model.
US11175664B1
An autonomous delivery robot system to enable delivery of a product to a customer is described. One autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) includes a processing device that receives a delivery request comprising a route divided into multiple navigation segments and computes a navigable space from perception data stored in a perception map. The perception map is a robot-centered local map that stores the perception data indicative of the surroundings of the AGV. The processing device computes a cost inflation from the perception data stored in the perception map, determines a sub-goal that is on the navigable space and reachable by the AGV using the navigable space and the cost inflation, and determines a path to achieve the sub-goal using the using the navigable space and the cost inflation. The processing device controls one or more actuators to move along the path.
US11175654B2
A remote vehicle control system includes a vehicle mounted sensor system including a video camera system for producing video data and a distance mapping sensor system for producing distance map data. A data handling system is used to compress and transmit both the video and distance map data over a cellular network using feed forward correction. A virtual control system acts to receive the video and distance map data, while providing a user with a live video stream supported by distance map data. Based on user actions, control instructions can be sent to the vehicle mounted sensor system and the remote vehicle over the cellular network.
US11175634B2
A device for transmitting synchronized timing including a receiver, a transmitter, one or more processors, memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the programs including instructions for receiving through the receiver a timing signal comprising first time information that is synchronized to a time standard, determining second time information based at least partially on the first time information, composing a message formatted in accordance with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) standard, wherein the message comprises the second time information, and transmitting the message through the transmitter on a radio signal having a frequency in the frequency modulation (FM) radio frequency band.
US11175619B2
An image forming apparatus includes a medium storing part storing mediums, a sheet feeding part feeding the medium from the medium storing part, an image forming part forming an image to the medium, a residual quantity detecting part, a storage part, and a residual medium estimating part. The residual quantity detecting part detects a residual quantity of the mediums stored in the medium storing part as a relative residual quantity with regard to a maximum storing quantity of the mediums in the medium storing part. The storage part stores maximum storing number of the mediums corresponding to the maximum storing quantity of the medium storing part. The residual medium estimating part calculates number of estimated residuals of the mediums stored in the medium storing part on the basis of the relative residual quantity detected by the residual quantity detecting part and the maximum storing number stored in the storage part.
US11175609B1
A belt rotating device includes a belt wound around plural rollers to circulate and move, the plural rollers including a roller to be cleaned; and a first cleaning unit disposed inside the belt, the first cleaning unit being in contact with at least the roller to be cleaned to scrape off foreign matter on the roller to be cleaned, the first cleaning unit being configured to change a contact state with respect to the roller to be cleaned.
US11175603B1
According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes a storage unit, an image forming unit, a first electrode, a second electrode, a to-be-detected unit, a moving unit, a measuring unit, and a processor. The storage unit stores a recording material. The image forming unit forms an image with the recording material supplied from the storage unit. The to-be-detected unit is in the storage unit and is movable so that at least one of the distance to the first electrode and the distance to the second electrode changes. The moving unit moves the to-be-detected unit in the storage unit. The measuring unit measures the capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode. The processor controls the image forming unit based on the abnormality detected based on the capacitance.
US11175602B2
An electroconductive member for electrophotography has an electroconductive support and an electroconductive layer in the order mentioned. The electroconductive layer has a matrix including a crosslinked product of a first rubber, and a domain including a crosslinked product of a second rubber and an electroconductive particle. The impedance of an outer surface of the electroconductive member is 1.0×103 to 1.0×108Ω. 80% by number or more of domains observed at each of a total of nine 15-μm square observation regions, which are disposed at any three points in a thickness region from the outer surface to a specific depth on each of cross sections in a thickness direction at three points: the center of the electroconductive layer in the longitudinal direction and points at a specific distance from both edges of the electroconductive layer toward the center, satisfy specific requirements.
US11175601B2
A toner includes toner particles and zinc stearate particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle containing a binder resin. The zinc stearate particles have a 50% volume cumulative diameter of at least 3.0 μm and no greater than 6.0 μm. A presence ratio of the zinc stearate particles having a particle diameter of no greater than 1.0 μm is no greater than 2.0% by volume relative to a total amount of the zinc stearate particles. A presence ratio of the zinc stearate particles having a particle diameter of at least 10.0 μm is no greater than 2.0% by volume relative to the total amount of the zinc stearate particles.
US11175598B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus that forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, the apparatus including a control unit configured to control a driving unit and a deformation unit such that parts of position control of controlling the relative positions of the mold and the substrate, and shape control of deforming at least one of the mold and the substrate are performed concurrently, wherein the control unit includes an input unit configured to give, to target position data, time-series data representing relative positions of the mold and the substrate that change at each time during which the shape control is performed in accordance with deformation in at least one of the mold and the substrate by the deformation unit.
US11175593B2
An alignment sensor apparatus includes an illumination system, a first optical system, a second optical system, a detector system, and a processor. The illumination system is configured to transmit an illumination beam along an illumination path. The first optical system is configured to transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target on a substrate. The second optical system includes a first polarizing optic configured to separate and transmit an irradiance distribution. The detector system is configured to measure a center of gravity of the diffraction target based on the irradiance distribution outputted from a first polarization branch and a second polarization branch. The processor is configured to measure a shift in the center of gravity of the diffraction target caused by an asymmetry variation in the diffraction target and determine a sensor response function of the alignment sensor apparatus based on the center of gravity shift.
US11175583B2
The present invention provides a resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography for forming a resist underlayer film that can be used as a hard mask with use of hydrolysis-condensation product of a hydrolyzable silane which also absorbs KrF laser. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography comprising, as a silane, a hydrolyzable silane, a hydrolysis product thereof, or a hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, wherein the hydrolyzable silane includes a hydrolyzable silane of Formula (1): R1aR2bSi(R3)4−(a+b) Formula (1) [where R1 is an organic group of Formula (2): and is bonded to a silicon atom through a Si—C bond; R3 is an alkoxy group, an acyloxy group, or a halogen group; a is an integer of 1; b is an integer of 0 to 2; and a+b is an integer of 1 to 3], and a ratio of sulfur atoms to silicon atoms is 7% by mole or more in the whole of the silane. A resist underlayer film obtained by applying the resist underlayer film-forming composition onto a semiconductor substrate and baking it.
US11175582B2
This disclosure relates to a photosensitive stacked structure that includes first and second layers, in which the first layer is a photosensitive, dielectric layer and the second layer is a photosensitive layer. The dissolution rate of the first layer in a developer is less than the dissolution rate of the second layer in the developer.
US11175571B2
A projector having a cooling target includes a light source configured to emit light, a light modulator configured to modulate the light emitted from the light source, a projection optical device, a cooler configured to cool the cooling target based on transformation of a refrigerant into a gas, and a dust-proof case configured to house at least a part of the cooling target inside. The cooler includes a refrigerant generator configured to generate the refrigerant, and a refrigerant sender configured to transmit the generated refrigerant toward the cooling target. The cooling target includes a cooling target main body part, and a cooling target part which is thermally coupled to the cooling target main body part, and to which the refrigerant is transmitted from the refrigerant sender. The cooling target main body part is disposed inside the dust-proof case. The cooling target part is disposed outside the dust-proof case.
US11175564B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an electronic viewfinder unit configured to move between a stored state stored in a main body and a projecting state projecting from the main body, wherein the electronic viewfinder unit is held to be able to turn in the projecting state and is held not to be able to turn in the stored state.
US11175561B1
The present disclosure provides an electrophoretic display medium. The display medium can include a substrate, an electrophoretic layer, and a network electrode. The electrophoretic layer is disposed adjacent the top surface of the substrate. The electrophoretic layer includes a plurality of microcapsules containing an internal phase in a binder. A bottom portion of the plurality of microcapsules is embedded within the binder and a top portion of the microcapsules is emergent from the binder, thereby creating a network of valleys. The network electrode occupies at least a portion of the network of valleys.
US11175554B1
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided and includes: a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel units formed from the data lines and the scan lines. Each of the pixel units is formed from three sub-pixel units. Each of the sub-pixel units has half of a star-shaped structure or half of a square doughnut-shaped structure. A plurality of first light-shielding electrodes and a plurality of second light-shielding electrodes are parallelly arranged on the data lines in an array manner, are respectively connected to a high potential and a low potential, and are alternately disposed.
US11175551B2
A pixel array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel structures, a peripheral trace and a plurality of first patterns. The substrate has an active area and a peripheral area outside the active area. The plurality of pixel structures is disposed in the active area of the substrate. Each of the pixel structures includes a signal line, an active device electrically connected to the signal line and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The peripheral trace is disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate. A plurality of first patterns is disposed in the peripheral area of the substrate. Each of the first patterns includes a first trunk portion and at least one first branch portion crossed with the first trunk portion. The first trunk portion is electrically connected to the peripheral trace or the signal line of the pixel structure.
US11175547B2
Disclosed are an array substrate and a display panel formed by cutting the array substrate, the array substrate includes a substrate body, a first test line, a second test line, and a cutting line; the substrate body includes a plurality of display units and a cutting area located between the plurality of display units; the first test line and the second test line are disposed in the cutting area; the first test line is disposed across the second test line and insulated from each other; the first test line and/or the second test line includes a bending segment disposed across the cutting line.
US11175545B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a gate line, a data line, and a compensation voltage line disposed on an insulation substrate; a first passivation layer disposed on the gate line, the data line, and the compensation voltage line; a pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the data line, and a compensation electrode connected to the compensation voltage line, disposed on the first passivation layer; and a common electrode formed on the first passivation layer, wherein the compensation electrode overlaps at least a portion of the data line, and the compensation voltage line is formed with the same layer as the data line.
US11175544B2
A stretchable electrooptical device includes a liquid crystal cell disposed between first and second ionic conducting gel layers; and first and second electronic conductors in electrical contact with the first and second ionic conducting gel layers, respectively, said first and second electronic conductors connectable to an external voltage source.
US11175543B2
A display device is provided and includes a first substrate; a translucent coloring layer disposed on the first substrate; a first translucent resin layer disposed on the translucent coloring layer; a light shielding layer disposed on the first translucent resin layer; and a second translucent resin layer disposed on the light shielding layer, wherein the light shielding layer is a matrix of light shielding parts in a display region, a frame region arranged around the display region, a part of the first translucent resin layer in the frame region part is in direct contact with the first substrate, and the part of the first translucent resin layer in the frame region extends along one side of the first substrate.
US11175541B2
A display substrate and a preparation method therefor, a display panel and a display device. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions arranged in an array. The display substrate includes: a base; pixel electrodes provided on the base and located in the pixel regions; separation columns provided on the base and located between two adjacent pixel regions in the row direction, side surfaces of the separation columns having hydrophobic characteristics; and an alignment film provided on the pixel electrodes and located in the pixel regions, where edges of two opposite sides of the alignment film in the row direction are in contact with a side surface of the separation columns, and a surface of the alignment film on a side facing away from the base has a shape of gradually protruding from both sides toward the middle in the row direction.
US11175539B1
The present invention provides a liquid alignment device including: a stage configured to carry a liquid crystal display panel, wherein in the liquid crystal display panel a first substrate is placed on the stage; a curing light source configured to irradiate the first substrate; a probe configured to provide the first substrate with a voltage. The present invention employs a color resist layer disposed in a second substrate of the liquid crystal display panel to solve the issue that during liquid alignment the second substrate must be disposed on a lower place and the first substrate must be disposed on an upper place to prevent efficiency of the liquid alignment.
US11175536B2
An optically active structure and a display device are presented. The device utilized an optically active structure comprising liquid crystal material and a plurality of nanorods configured to emit light in one or more predetermined ranges in response to pumping light. Variation in orientation of the liquid crystal varies orientation of the nanorods and modulated light emission therefrom.
US11175527B2
Disclosed are a reflective color filter substrate and driving method thereof, and a display panel and a display device. The substrate includes color-resist elements in an array, each color-resist element includes a first and second electrode arranged opposite to each other, and a color-resist structure located between the first and second electrodes; and in each color-resist element: the first electrode is a light-transmission electrode; the first and second electrodes are configured to generate a first electric field, and the color-resist elements are configured to be driven by the first electric field to reflect light rays incident on the first electrode as monochromatic light; and the first and second electrodes are configured to generate a second electric field, and the color-resist elements are configured to be driven by the second electric field to reflect the light rays incident on the first electrode as hybrid light of monochromatic light and white light.
US11175525B2
A display device is proposed, which includes a cover bottom in which a liquid crystal panel displaying an image and a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal panel are housed; a circuit board mounted on a rear surface of the cover bottom; a film electrically connecting the liquid crystal panel and the circuit board and having electronic component mounted thereon; a foam gasket assembly including a conductive fabric attached to a side surface of the cover bottom to cover the film and a conductive metal member having one side attached to the conductive fabric and the other side attached to the cover bottom; and a bracket coupled to a rear surface of the cover bottom to cover the circuit board, thereby allowing a simple structure while preventing damage to products due to static electricity.
US11175524B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a curved display device, wherein a tape automated bonding (TAB) tape, which includes a base film, a driving chip formed at an upper portion of the base film, a plurality of one-side outer leads formed to bond an output terminal of the driving chip and a terminal of a liquid crystal display (LCD) substrate by an outer lead bonding (OLB) method, and a plurality of the other-side outer leads formed to bond an input terminal of the driving chip and a terminal of a printed circuit board, is designed so that from the end of the OLB bonding part to the part at which the film begins to bend is greater than or equal to the longitudinal length (E) of the driving chip ((4F−D/2)≥E).
US11175509B2
The description relate to devices, such as augmented reality and/or virtual reality devices that employ optical waveguides. On example includes a first optical waveguide configured to receive light at an incidence angle and a second optical waveguide positioned in a non-parallel relation to the first optical waveguide. The second optical waveguide can be configured to receive the light through the first optical waveguide at a first location at the incidence angle, transmit the light within the second optical waveguide, and output the light from a second location back toward the first optical waveguide at the incidence angle.
US11175506B2
Systems, devices, and methods for eyebox expansion in wearable heads-up displays (“WHUDs”) are described. The WHUDs described herein each include a projector and an optical waveguide positioned in an optical path between the projector and an eye of the user. For any given light signal from the projector, the optical waveguide receives the light signal at an input coupler and outputs multiple instances or copies of the light signal from multiple discrete, spatially-separated output couplers. The multiple instances or copies of the light signal may be converged by the optical waveguide directly to respective exit pupils at the user's eye or may be routed by the optical waveguide to a holographic combiner in the user's field of view from which the light signals may be converged to respective exit pupils at the user's eye. The optical waveguide employs exit pupil replication to expand the eyebox of the WHUD.
US11175500B2
According to one embodiment, when displaying an image on a display panel, projecting an image which is displayed on the display panel, inclining the image which is projected from the display panel at a predetermined angle of bend, and reflecting the image which is projected from the display panel via a prism and guiding the image to a projection surface, a display device corrects input picture image of the prism based on characteristics contrary to the chromatic aberration characteristics of the prism.
US11175499B2
A scanning-type display device includes: a light source which emits projection-display laser light; an optical scanning unit which uses the laser light emitted from the light source in scanning; and a light diffusion unit which includes a plurality of light diffusion channels arranged in two dimensions and diffuses the laser light used in scanning by the optical scanning unit. The light diffusion unit is configured so that an angle formed by optical paths extending to an eye of an observer through a pair of adjacent light diffusion channels arbitrarily selected from among the plurality of light diffusion channels becomes equal to or larger than an angle set on the basis of a resolution angle of the eye.
US11175495B2
An optical apparatus and method of using same. The optical apparatus includes a vortex optical isolator including an axis. The vortex optical isolator includes a first amplitude mask defining a first limiting aperture and aligned with the axis. The first limiting aperture includes a first radius. The vortex optical isolator includes a first lens aligned with the axis. The vortex optical isolator includes a vortex phase mask aligned with the axis. The vortex optical isolator includes a second lens aligned with the axis. The vortex optical isolator includes a second amplitude mask defining a second limiting aperture aligned with the axis. The second limiting aperture includes a second radius sufficiently smaller than the first radius so as to block reverse light traveling through the optical apparatus. The apparatus includes a standard light source configured to transmit forward light through the vortex optical isolator.
US11175492B2
A system that includes a substrate for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) scanning mirror systems is provided. The MEMS scanning mirror system includes a substrate that includes a ceramic body. An actuator frame is mounted on the ceramic body of the substrate. The actuator frame includes at least one moveable member. At least one actuator is operatively connected to the at least one moveable member such that the actuator is configured to move the at least one moveable member. A scanning mirror assembly is mounted to the at least one moveable member such that movement of the at least one moveable member moves the scanning mirror assembly.
US11175489B2
The present invention provides a method for performing high dynamic range low inter-pixel spatial and wavelength crosstalk optical image detection in a camera comprising an Optical Array Device (OAD), a point Photo Detector (PD) and a Photo Detector Array (PDA) sensor. The method comprises imaging incident light from an object onto an image plane of the Optical Array Device (OAD) to form an incident image map; selecting by the OAD and the Point Photo Detector and by the OAD and the Photo Detector Array a plurality of pixels on the incident image map for time-frequency coding; time-frequency coding the selected pixels by the OAD; detecting by the point PD the optical irradiance values of the time-frequency coded pixels output from the OAD; and performing signal processing on the detected optical irradiance values to determine the light intensity of each of the selected pixels.
US11175487B2
Techniques are disclosed for optical distortion reduction in projection systems for scanning projection and/or lithography. A projection system includes an illumination system configured to generate illumination radiation for generating an image of an object to be projected onto an image plane of the projection system. The illumination system includes a field omitting illumination condenser configured to receive the illumination radiation from a radiation source and provide a patterned illumination radiation beam to generate the image of the object, wherein the patterned illumination radiation beam comprises an omitted illumination portion corresponding to a ridge line of a roof prism disposed within an optical path of the projection system.
US11175483B2
A wide field view display device has an enhanced FOV while maintaining a simplified and compact configuration. The wide field of view display includes a display device configured to emit a central set of rays and a peripheral set of rays, and an optics block. The optics block includes a central lens region configured to direct the central set of rays to a central image point, and a prism coupled to a periphery of the central lens region, wherein the prism is configured to direct the peripheral set of rays to a peripheral image point. The prism includes an entry surface that is configured to refract the peripheral set of rays to direct the peripheral set of rays to the reflecting surface; a reflecting surface that is configured to reflect the peripheral set of rays to the exit surface, and an exit surface that is configured to refract the peripheral set of rays to direct the peripheral set of rays to the peripheral image point.
US11175481B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of glass material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies the following conditions: −3≤f1/f≤−1; v3≥60; 1.7≤n5≤2.2; 0.03≥d3/TTL≥0.058. The camera optical lens has the advantage of high performance and satisfies the design requirement of low TTL.
US11175479B2
An optical lens in order from an object side to an image-forming side includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. An object-side surface of the first lens has a curvature radius R1, an image-side surface of the first lens has a curvature radius R2, an object-side surface of the third lens has a curvature radius R5, an image-side surface of the third lens has a curvature radius R6, an image-side surface of the seventh lens has an inflection point, a distance between the inflection point and an optical axis is h14, and the seventh lens has a radius H14. The optical lens satisfies at least one of the following conditions: 0.01≤|R2/R1|; |R2/R1|≤0.6; 0≤|R5/R6|; |R5/R6|≤2; 0.3≤|h14/H14|; and |h14/H14|≤0.9.
US11175478B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging system. The imaging system sequentially includes, from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a negative refractive power; the second lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; the third lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power, and an image-side surface of the third lens is a concave surface; the fourth lens has a positive refractive power, and an image-side surface of the fourth lens is a concave surface. A total effective focal length f of the optical imaging system and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the optical imaging system satisfy: f/EPD≤1.60.
US11175473B2
An interchangeable lens is removably attached to a camera body including a body-side mount, an image sensor, body-side terminals and a first to fourth body-side claws. The interchangeable lens includes the lens-side mount, lens-side terminals which are in contact with body-side terminals, a first to fourth lens-side claws engaged with the first to fourth body-side claws once the interchangeable lens is attached to the camera body. The first and third lens-side claws are disposed on a third lens-side line intersecting with the first lens-side line at an optical axis with approximately 45 degrees. The first lens-side line passes through a center between opposite ends of the first lens-side claw to the optical axis. The second and fourth lens-side claws are disposed on a fourth lens-side line orthogonal to the third lens-side line at the optical axis.
US11175472B2
Disclosed is a three-dimensional adjustment mechanism for performing precise adjustment of an optical element in a high-resolution imaging system. The three-dimensional adjustment mechanism includes three elastic adjustment members uniformly distributed to conduct an axial displacement adjustment and a tilt adjustment of the optical element. The three elastic adjustment members are uniformly arranged at a bottom of the optical element, and configured to perform dynamic adjustment for the optical element with high precision on basis of deformations of the elastic adjustment members.
US11175469B2
A telecommunications system (10) includes a chassis (14) defining a first side (18) and an opposite second side (20). A tray (16) is pivotally mounted to the chassis (14) between a closed storage position and an open access position relative to the chassis (14). At least one telecommunications component (12) is removably mounted to the tray (16). One of an input or output cable (30, 32) from the telecommunications component (12) extends out to an exterior of the chassis (14) from the first side (18) of the chassis (14), and the other of the input or output cable (30, 32) from the telecommunications component (12) follows a cable path across the chassis (14), positioned above the pivotable tray (16), and extends out to the exterior of the chassis (14) from the opposite second side (20) of the chassis (14).
US11175457B1
The disclosed system may include (1) a light projector with multiple pixels, (2) a waveguide optically coupled to the light projector, where the waveguide is configured to in-couple light from the light projector and out-couple the in-coupled light toward an eyebox of the system, (3) a light detector that is configured to receive light from the light projector, and (4) a controller that (a) causes the light projector to project light from at least one of the multiple pixels, (b) receives information from the light detector based on light received from the at least one of the multiple pixels, and (c) causes an alteration in an alignment of the light from the light projector relative to the optical waveguide based on the information. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US11175445B2
Illuminating sections of a light guide with LEDs leads to unwanted light bleeding to other parts of the light guide. Furthermore typically LEDs are placed at a large distance from the area that couples out light from this LED due to a spike in intensity close to the LED. In order to avoid this spike being visible in the lit area the distance is increased which results in unwanted areal increase of the overall system. The present provides a layout to overcome these challenges.
US11175438B1
An optoelectronically functional multilayer structure and related methods of manufacturing an optoelectronically functional multilayer structure, such structure including an optionally thermoplastic formable substrate film, electronics comprising preferably light-emitting and/or light-sensitive elements, an optically transmissive layer, and a light-blocking layer defining a number of structural channels extending in at least a first direction.
US11175434B2
A method can include receiving a mesh that represents a geologic environment where the mesh includes elements; receiving location information for a discontinuity in the geologic environment; based at least in part on the location information, defining enrichment equations for a portion of the elements where the enrichment equations include a jump function that models the discontinuity; solving a system of equations for an implicit function where the system of equations includes the enrichment equations; and, based at least in part on the solving, outputting values for the implicit function with respect to at least a portion of the mesh.
US11175431B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for surveying a wellbore. A statistical estimation process that combines magnetic survey measurement data and gyroscopic survey measurement data to form error estimates in a magnetic survey system is applied. The error estimates are used to correct magnetic survey data provided by the magnetic survey system. Magnetic only survey data is used when convergence of the error estimates has occurred. Information that facilitates drilling the wellbore is provided.
US11175429B2
Method for detecting vessel of induction heating device to which three-phase power supply is applied
A method controls an induction heating device that is configured to operate based on a multi-phase power supply and that includes a working coil configured to heat an object and a controller configured to detect the object. The method includes: receiving voltage information related to a first input voltage and a second input voltage that are supplied by the multi-phase power supply and that have different phases from each other; selecting a reference voltage among the first input voltage and the second input voltage based on the voltage information; determining a detection time point, which corresponds to a time instant at which a detection operation is to be performed for detecting the object on the working coil, based on the reference voltage; and performing the detection operation at the detection time point.
US11175426B2
A method for mapping geological structures of a formation on a side of a surface, includes: generating a magnetic moment using at least one magnetic moment generator to build up a magnetic field in the formation in an on-period, wherein the magnetic moment has a moment strength, and wherein the magnetic moment is positioned on another side of the surface; changing the magnetic moment to change the magnetic field; and making at least one record in a recording device at a recording time trecord in an off-period, wherein the record includes at least a representation of the change in the magnetic field and/or a representation of the magnetic field obtained by a B/E-measuring unit; wherein the on-period is separated from the off-period by the act of changing the magnetic moment.
US11175423B2
A method, apparatus, and program product render a seismic slice in real time and in a computationally-efficient manner using a displacement mapping technique implemented in one or more programmable shaders of a graphics processing unit (GPU), e.g., using programmable shaders in a GPU to perform both tessellation and displacement of primitives in connection with rendering a displacement-mapped visualization of the seismic slice for display in an interactive 3D visualization environment.
US11175422B2
Identifying a low permeable conglomerate diagenetic trap can be implemented according to a method that comprises: determining a first relation curve between a depth and a critical physical property of a known diagenetic trap in a target work area, and a second relation curve between a reservoir physical property of the known diagenetic trap and a designated seismic attribute; determining a third relation curve between the depth and the critical physical property in the target work area and the designated seismic attribute according to the first relation curve and the second relation curve; and performing a diagenetic trap identification of the target work area according to the third relation curve. Identification accuracy of a low permeable conglomerate diagenetic trap can thereby be improved.
US11175409B2
In a method for accurately estimating gait characteristics of a user, first parameters indicative of user movement, including a GNSS-derived speed and step count, are monitored. Values of the first parameters are processed to determine values of second parameters indicative of movement of the user. The processing includes using values of at least one monitored parameter to generate one or more inputs to an estimator (e.g., Kalman filter) having the second parameters as estimator states. At least two of the second parameters are collectively indicative of a mapping between step frequency and step length of the user. A graphical user interface may display values of at least one of the second parameters, and/or at least one parameter derived from one or more of the second parameters.
US11175398B2
A method and apparatus for generating an image from raw sensor data. In one embodiment, the method comprises reading a plurality of raw sensor data sets from one or more sensors at a plurality of sensor inertial states, generating an estimate of each of the plurality of sensor inertial states, and while retaining each of the raw sensor data sets, generating an image, the image generated at least in part from the plurality of estimated sensor inertial states and the plurality of raw sensor data sets, and generating an updated estimate of at least one of the sensor inertial states, the updated estimate of the at least one of the sensor inertial states generated at least in part from the generated image and the plurality of estimated sensor inertial states. Finally, an enhanced image is generated from the retained raw sensor data sets and the updated estimate of the at least one of the sensor inertial states.
US11175396B2
A method and a system for high-resolution measurement of distance between two objects by means of electromagnetic waves is such that measurements are performed in a reliable, simple, and quick manner with low bandwidth and high accuracy even in complicated multipath environments and/or with moving objects. The method includes determination of a supposed distance and/or supposed relative speed between first and second objects from an object of measurement by comparing the object of measurement with a set of stored and/or calculated reference objects of measurement. The reference objects of measurement relate to different distances and different relative speeds, each reference object being associated with a distance and a speed. The supposed distance and/or speed is assumed to be the distance and/or speed that is associated with the stored and/or calculated reference object of measurement that best fits, is closest to, and/or is most similar to the object of measurement.
US11175392B2
The present invention concerns a pulse wave image reconstruction method to be used for example in ultrasound imaging. The proposed method is based on an image measurement model and its adjoint operator. The proposed method introduces matrix-free formulations of the measurement model and its adjoint operator. The proposed method has the advantage that the reconstructed image has a very high quality and that it can be reconstructed quickly.
US11175390B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for analyzing noise data for light detection and ranging (LiDAR). The system includes a communication interface configured to sequentially receive noise data of the LiDAR in time windows, at least one storage device configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. Exemplary operations include determining an estimated noise value of a first time window using the noise data received in the first time window and determining an instant noise value of a second time window using the noise data received in the second time window. The second time window is immediately subsequent to the first time window. The operations also include determining an estimated noise value of the second time window by aggregating the estimated noise value of the first time window and the instant noise value of the second time window.
US11175384B2
In one embodiment, a ladar system includes a laser transmitter with at least one semiconductor laser having a pulsed laser light output. A laser drive circuit is connected to said at least one semiconductor laser and adapted to electrically drive said at least one semiconductor laser in a predetermined sequence. A laser beam steering mechanism is adapted to scan the pulsed laser light output sequentially through the field of view.
US11175383B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of automobile maintenance and device calibration, and discloses a calibration device of an automobile assistance system, the radar calibration device including a support assembly, a beam assembly, and a sliding member. The beam assembly is mounted to the support assembly and may move relative to the support assembly along a vertical direction. The sliding member is mounted to the beam assembly and may move relative to the beam assembly along a horizontal direction. The calibration device of the automobile assistance system may cause a simulator to be mounted on the sliding member that may slide horizontally from left to right, so that the simulator can slide continuously from left to right, radar for blind areas at a left rear and a right rear of the automobile are conveniently and rapidly calibrated, and consistency of parameters such as a height and an angle of the calibration device of an automobile assistance system can be ensured, achieving a convenient and more accurate calibration operation.
US11175371B2
A rotating shadowband for shading a pyranometer includes a cylindrical ring and a semicircular shadowband held within the cylindrical ring, a motor configured for rotating the shadowband, at least one solar panel, a rechargeable battery, and a controller having circuitry configured to power the first motor to rotate the semicircular shadowband. The semicircular shadowband may include a window opening, wherein the window opening substantially extends from a center of the band to a first end. The controller rotates the shadowband 0 to 360 degrees about the central axis of the cylindrical ring to alternately shade the pyranometer for making diffuse radiation measurements and expose the pyranometer to direct solar radiation for making global radiation measurements. Alternatively, the shadowband may be solid and rotate pivotally 0 to 180 degrees or 0 to 360 degrees within the cylindrical ring to alternately shade and expose a pyranometer head to and from direct sunlight respectively.
US11175366B2
A method for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data with respiratory motion compensation using one or more motion signals includes acquiring a plurality of gradient-delay-corrected radial readout views of a subject using a free-breathing multi-echo pulse sequence, and sampling a plurality of data points of the gradient-delay-corrected radial readout views to yield a self-gating signal. The self-gating signal is used to determine a plurality of respiratory motion states corresponding to the plurality of gradient-delay-corrected radial readout views. The respiratory motion states are used to correct respiratory motion bias in the gradient-delay-corrected radial readout views, thereby yielding gradient-delay-corrected and motion-compensated multi-echo data. One or more images are reconstructed using the gradient-delay-corrected and motion-compensated multi-echo data.
US11175365B2
A method is provided that includes acquiring coil data from a magnetic resonance imaging device. The coil data includes undersampled k-space data. The method includes processing the coil data using an image reconstruction technique to generate an initial undersampled image. The method includes generating a reconstructed image based on the coil data, the initial undersampled image, and multiple iterative blocks of a residual deep-learning image reconstruction network. A first iterative block of the residual deep-learning image reconstruction network receives the initial undersampled image. Each of the multiple iterative blocks includes a data-consistency unit that preserves the fidelity of the coil data in a respective output of a respective iterative block utilizing zeroed data consistency. The initial undersampled image is added to an output of the last iterative block via a residual connection. The residual deep-learning image reconstruction network is a neural network trained using previously acquired coil data.
US11175362B2
A flexibly and universally applicable method for simultaneous multi-slice nuclear spin tomography is provided. Thereby, a pulse space region to be sampled is specified by means of a processor, wherein a first pulse space dimension (ky) is assigned to a first phase-encoded axis and a second pulse space dimension (kz) is assigned to a second phase-encoded axis and the second phase-encoded axis corresponds to a slice axis. An undersampling scheme is specified by means of the processor, wherein along the second pulse space dimension (kz), an incomplete sampling is provided. Then, a magnetic resonance scan is carried out within the pulse space region to be sampled according to the undersampling scheme and according to respective phase-encodings of the first and second phase-encoded axis.
US11175360B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including a gradient coil unit configured to generate a gradient magnetic field in an imaging space in which a subject is placed. The gradient coil unit includes a cooling layer configured to cool the gradient coil. The cooling layer includes a first cooling pipe configured to cool the gradient coil entirely and a second cooling pipe configured to locally cool the gradient coil.
US11175358B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include magnetic sensor devices having a mixed oxide passivation layer. Magnetic sensor devices according to certain embodiments include a magnetic sensor element and a passivation layer having two or more of zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide and tantalum oxide. Also provided are magnetic sensor devices having an encapsulating passivation layer. Magnetic sensor devices according to certain embodiments include a substrate, a magnetic sensor element and a passivation layer that encapsulates the magnetic sensor element. Methods for making a magnetic sensor with a passivation layer are described. Methods and systems for detecting one or more analytes in a sample are also described. Aspects further include kits having one or more of the subject magnetic sensor devices and a magnetic label.
US11175357B2
A magnetic sensor device includes a magnetic field converter that receives an input magnetic field input along a first direction and outputs an output magnetic field along a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction. A magnetic field detector is provided at a position where the output magnetic field can be applied. A magnetic shield that blocks an external magnetic field along the second direction, is provided. The magnetic field converter has a shape in which the length in a third direction, which is orthogonal to both the first direction and the second direction, is longer than the length in the second direction, when viewed along the first direction. The magnetic shield is provided at a position overlapping with the magnetic field converter and the magnetic field detector, when viewed along the first direction.
US11175338B2
A method for testing a many-core processor comprises grouping a plurality of cores in the processor into a plurality of super cores, wherein each super core comprises one or more scan chains that propagate through a respective super core. Further, the method comprises grouping the plurality of super cores into a plurality of clusters. The method also comprises comparing one or more scan chain outputs of respective super cores in each cluster using a network of XOR and OR gates to generate a single bit fault signature for each scan chain in a respective cluster and compacting the single bit fault signatures for each scan chain using a hybrid of spatial and temporal compactors to generate a single bit fault signature for each cluster. The method also comprises method of using a cost function to obtain hierarchical parameters to achieve optimized ATPG effort, area overhead and test time.
US11175324B2
A system for characterizing a quiet zone of an over-the-air testing space includes at least one measurement antenna and at least one scattering member. The measurement antenna is configured to at least transmit electromagnetic signals. The scattering member includes predefined scattering properties. The scattering member is enabled to scatter the electromagnetic signals so as to generate scattered electromagnetic signals that are transmitted in a defined manner. Further, a method of characterizing a quiet zone of an over-the-air testing space is described.
US11175323B2
Devices, systems and methods for process monitoring are presented. For instance, the device includes a crystal and a reactance sensor. The crystal is connected to a frequency measurement circuit. The reactance sensor is connected to the crystal. The reactance sensor is configured to detect a change in a process parameter. The frequency measurement circuit detects the change in the process parameter as a change in the frequency of the crystal. In another example, the system includes a reactance sensor and a measurement device. The reactance sensor is disposed in a process chamber, and has a variable reactance responsive to a change in a process parameter. The measurement device is disposed outside the process chamber and has a frequency measurement circuit. The frequency measurement circuit includes a crystal and is connected to the reactance sensor, and detects the change in the process parameter as a change in the frequency of the crystal.
US11175320B2
A system (10) for power and/or energy consumption metering on an AC powerline network (1) supplying a plurality of channels (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) with a respective electrical load (L1, L2, . . . , Ln), comprising: A central unit (11) connected to the AC powerline network (1), comprising a single central voltmeter (110) supplied by a power supply unit (112); A plurality of clamped-on units (12), distributed over each channel (C1, C2, . . . , Cn) to be measured, each clamped-on unit (12) being clipped around existing cables, and comprising a current transformer (120) in order to measure current values The plurality of clamped-on units (12) are connected to the central unit (11) for data transmission and synchronization, and for power supply by the power supply unit (112).
US11175312B2
A staggered probe card and a conductive probe are provided. The staggered probe card includes an upper guide board, a lower guide board spaced apart from the upper guide board, and a plurality of conductive probes arranged in rows and passing through the upper and lower guide boards. Each of the conductive probes has an elongated structure defining a longitudinal direction, and includes a bottom surface and two long side surfaces respectively connected to two edges of the bottom surface. A distance between the two long side surfaces gradually decreases in a tapering direction that extends away from the bottom surface. In two of the rows of the conductive probes adjacent to each other, any two long side surfaces respectively belonging to the two adjacent rows and arranged adjacent to each other have a lateral interval along a direction that is non-parallel to the arrangement direction.
US11175309B2
A wafer probe station system for reliability testing of a semiconductor wafer. The wafer probe station is capable of interfacing with interchangeable modules for testing of semiconductor wafers. The wafer probe station can be used with different interchangeable modules for wafer testing. Modules, such as probe card positioners and air-cooled rail systems, for example, can be mounted or docked to the probe station. The wafer probe station is also provided with a front loading mechanism having a rotatable arm that rotates at least partially out of the probe station chamber for wafer loading.
US11175305B2
A technique relates to a magnetic device and a diamagnetic material positioned to levitate at a three-dimensional minimum of a potential well generated by a magnetic field of the magnetic device.
US11175303B2
A sample collection and testing device for analyzing blood is provided that includes a controller, a fluid flow pathway, a pump configured to move fluid through the fluid pathway, and an optical fluid measurement element configured to measure a light intensity of the fluid in the fluid flow pathway. The controller is configured to: start the pump to move a blood sample in the fluid flow pathway, receive a signal from the optical fluid measurement element indicating a detection of a leading edge of the blood in the fluid flow pathway, stop the pump to stop the moving of the blood in the pathway, receive a plurality of light intensity measurements from the optical measurement element, each light intensity measurement measured at a corresponding point of time, and provide a mapping of the light intensity measurements into an indication of a coagulation of the blood sample over a time period.
US11175300B2
A biological sample processing apparatus, including: a pipette block with which a plurality of pipettes for sucking or discharging a biological sample in a multi-well plate in which wells are arranged in a matrix shape along row and column directions are detachably coupled; a pipette block forward and backward transfer unit configured to move the pipette block along a forward and backward direction along a process direction; a pipette block top and bottom transfer unit configured to move the pipette block along a vertical direction; a magnetic field applying unit disposed below the multi-well plate for applying a magnetic field to a well of the multi-well plate; and a heating unit disposed below the multi-well plate so as to be spaced apart from the magnetic field applying unit, for heating a well of the multi-well plate.
US11175297B2
A sample identification system for an automated sampling device is described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a sample holder having a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of sample vessels therein, the sample holder having one or more corresponding sample holder identifiers positioned proximate to the sample holder; and an identifier capture device configured to detect the one or more sample holder identifiers positioned proximate to the sample holder and generate a data signal in response thereto, the data signal corresponding to at least an orientation of the sample holder relative to a surface on which the sample holder is positioned.
US11175290B2
The invention relates to senescent cell biomarkers and the uses thereof. The invention also extends to methods and kits for detecting senescence, and drug conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions for killing senescent cells.
US11175289B2
A TRPM8 related peptide fragment, comprising amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No: 1-18 is provided. Furthermore, application of TRPM8 protein, TRPM8 related peptide fragment and their antibodies in preparing diagnostic reagent for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CP/CPPS) is provided. By detecting level of TRPM8 protein molecule, TRPM8 related peptide fragment and their antibodies, the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CP/CPPS) is effectively diagnosed, and the present invention is capable of effectively making a distinction between CP/CPPS and other diseases of prostate. In addition, by intravenously or subcutaneously injecting 1˜30000 IU TRPM8 protein or TRPM8 related polypeptide fragments with or without combining nanoparticles for desensitization therapy, or monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies of the TRPM8 protein or polypeptide fragments, the present invention is capable of curing or significantly relieve clinical symptoms of the chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndromes (CP/CPPS) and having an therapeutic effect.
US11175278B2
Provided is an apparatus for estimating bio-information in a non-invasive manner. According to an exemplary embodiment, the bio-information estimation apparatus includes: a spectrum measurer configured to measure a spectrum of light reflected from an object; a temperature measurer configured to measure the temperature of the object while the spectrum measurer measures the spectrum of light reflected from the object; and a processor configured to calculate a spectrum correction factor, including one or more of a correction factor of a gain, a constant, and a slope, based on the measured temperature of the object, and to adjust the measured spectrum by using the calculated correction factor.
US11175275B2
A replacement recommending device for a lubricant in an internal combustion engine in which a liquid gasket is applied to a sealing spot includes a processing circuit configured to perform an acquisition process of acquiring temperature information regarding the lubricant in the internal combustion engine, and an output process of outputting a signal indicating that replacement of the lubricant is recommended by operating an output device when a parameter is equal to or greater than a predetermined value based on the temperature information acquired in the acquisition process, the parameter having a value that increases with an increase in a cumulative time in which a temperature of the lubricant is equal to or higher than a prescribed temperature, and the cumulative time being a cumulative time based on a time point at which the liquid gasket is applied to the sealing spot.
US11175274B2
A fluid degradation monitoring system may detect a replacement of a fluid of a machine. The fluid degradation monitoring system may determine, after detecting the replacement of the fluid, a first degradation estimate of the fluid using a first technique based on characteristics relating to an operation of the machine. The fluid degradation monitoring system may detect a transition in a value of a dielectric constant of the fluid from a first phase to a second phase. The fluid degradation monitoring system may determine, after detecting the transition in the value of the dielectric constant, a second degradation estimate of the fluid using a second technique based on characteristics relating to the fluid.
US11175270B2
The systems of the present invention provide monitoring and recording means for monitoring and maintaining a history of one or more parameters associated with a building or a particular location. The system can be preset with default actions to be conducted as a result of certain events or changes in certain parameters being detected. For example, the water and/or gas utilities can be programmed to shut down if smoke is detected, indicating the possible presence of a fire, or if the temperature drops below freezing temperature. All utilities, including gas, and water can be programmed to shut down in the event that a potentially significant change in a monitored parameter is detected.
US11175265B2
A valve is provided for use with liquid chromatography where liquid is provided to the chromatographic analysis equipment at more than one pressure, including up to ultra-high pressures. High and higher pressure operation are provided by application of force by an internal spring while avoiding wear of components by permitting higher pressure operation by mechanical engagement of an internal element to cause the internal spring to increase the force applied to the rotor, without the addition of external additional loading in the high pressure operation.
US11175263B2
The present disclosure relates to evaluating an ovaling mode in a cylindrical object and determining a quality of the cylindrical object by analysis of the ovaling mode. In an embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a method for determining a structural quality of a cylindrical element, comprising measuring, as a result of a single applied force, surface vibrations of the cylindrical element via four or more surface transducers arranged on the cylindrical element along a circumference of the cylindrical element, the four or more surface transducers being equally spaced along the circumference, processing digital signals corresponding to each of the four or more surface transducers in order to generate a composite digital signal, transforming the composite digital signal to a frequency domain, comparing the transformed composite digital signal to a reference composite digital signal, and determining, based on the comparing, the structural quality of the cylindrical element.
US11175258B2
There is disclosed a system for electrical charge detection comprising a nanoFET device. Also disclosed is a method of electrical charge detection for single molecule sequencing. The method includes attaching a macromolecule or assemblies thereof to a gate of a nanoFET device and flowing in a solution of charge tags, where a charge tag includes a nucleotide attached to a charge complex. The method also includes incorporating one charge tag into the macromolecule or assemblies thereof and cleaving the charge tags from the macromolecule or assemblies thereof. The method further includes detecting at least one of current and voltage from the nanoFET device.
US11175239B2
A foreign substance inspection apparatus according to the present invention detects a foreign substance on a substrate, and includes a detection unit that includes a light projector configured to project light to a surface of the substrate and a light receiver configured to receive scattered light from the surface, an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a light quantity of the scattered light received by the light receiver, and a control unit configured to perform foreign substance detection in a state where sensitivity of the detection unit is changed to low sensitivity, after performing foreign substance detection in a state where the sensitivity of the detection unit is set to high sensitivity by adjusting the light quantity of the scattered light received by the light receiver.
US11175235B1
In one embodiment, a method for mapping pipes under inspection includes generating, from a video inspection camera inserted into a pipe, one or more images of the interior of the pipe, generating video camera velocity data, and determining, based at least in part on the one or more images and the velocity data, an estimation of the interior size of the pipe.
US11175226B2
The present invention discloses a device and method for detecting fluid transparency. The detection device comprises: a detection pipeline, which allows a beam to be incident on and emergent from a fluid therein; a laser tube, used for outputting the incident beam; and a photoelectric detector, used for detecting the emergent beam from the fluid, wherein the photoelectric detector comprises a scatter detector and a transmission detector; and the detection method comprises obtaining a scattered background noise value and a transmission background noise value of a device, obtaining the scattered light intensity Iscatter obtained by the scatter detector and the transmission light intensity Itransmission obtained by the transmission detector, and calculating the particle-absorbed light intensity Iabsorb; obtaining the total light intensity Itotal of a laser; and obtaining a fluid transparency T. With the described detection device and detection method, the accuracy of detecting fluid transparency may be effectively improved.
US11175221B2
Disclosed is an ellipsometer or scatterometer including a light source, a polarizer, an optical illumination system suitable for directing an incident polarized light beam towards a sample, a wavefront-division optical beam splitter arranged to receive a secondary light beam produced by reflection, transmission or diffraction, the wavefront-division optical beam splitter being oriented to form three collimated split beams, an optical polarization modification device and an optical polarization splitting device to form six angularly split beams, a detection system suitable for detecting the six split beams, and a processing system suitable for deducing therefrom an ellipsometric or scatterometric measurement.
US11175218B2
A flow cell includes a cell into which a liquid to be measured is introduced and is arranged so that a measurement light to be used for measuring an optical characteristic of the liquid enters one side of the cell and exits from the other side of the cell, an inlet for leading the liquid to flow into the cell, and an outlet for leading the liquid in the cell to flow out from the cell. The inlet and the outlet are provided to form an interface between a liquid flowing into the cell through the inlet and a liquid with which the cell has been already filled at two places on an optical path of the measurement light passing through the cell.
US11175215B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for progressive corrosion detection are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a query generator to query a multiplexer channel to receive an output voltage, the multiplexer channel linked to a fin group of an electrode array, the fin group forming an open circuit in the absence of conductive crystal formation, a quantifier to determine, using a reference voltage, a difference between the reference voltage and the output voltage from the queried multiplexer channel, and a contamination level comparator to identify presence of conductive crystal formation based on the difference between the reference voltage and the output voltage.
US11175212B2
An apparatus and method for analyzing particulates in a sample is disclosed. The method includes placing the sample on a moveable stage in an apparatus having a tunable MIR light scanner and a visible imaging system, the stage moving between the MIR light scanner and the visible imaging system, providing a visible image of the sample, and receiving user input as to a region of the sample that is to be analyzed. The sample is then moved to the MIR light scanner, the MIR light scanner generating an MIR light beam that is focused to a point on the specimen and measuring light reflected from the specimen. The specimen is then scanned at a first MIR wavelength by moving the specimen relative to the MIR light beam, and particles are identified that meet a selection criterion. The MIR absorption spectrum of each of the identified particle is then automatically measured.
US11175211B2
Systems and methods for analyzing and modeling natural gas flow in subterranean shale reservoirs. In some embodiments, methodologies and techniques for determining and modeling natural gas flow in shale formations using methodologies and techniques capable of determining natural gas properties related to dual-continuum flow, permeability, and pressure within a subterranean shale reservoir. In some embodiments, the natural gas properties are determined by subjecting a subterranean shale reservoir sample to pulse-decay analysis. In certain embodiments, the methodologies and techniques described may be used in various reservoirs exhibiting macroporosity and microporosity, such as fractured reservoirs and carbonate reservoirs composed of reservoir fluids.
US11175205B2
Devices and methods are provided for collecting and handling difficult sample types.
US11175203B2
Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed including automatic slide detection, position detection of cutting and capture lasers, focus optimization for cutting and capture lasers, energy and duration optimization for cutting and capture lasers, inspection and second phase capture and/or ablation in a quality control station and tracking information for linking substrate carrier or output microdissected regions with input sample or slide.
US11175201B2
An automatic water sampler is disclosed. The automatic water sampler of the present invention comprises: a driving unit operated according to the pressure measured by a pressure sensor; a driving magnet approaching a driven magnet according to the operation of the driving unit; and a first wire unlocked by a control rod according to the movement of the driven magnet. The present invention can provide an automatic water sampler, which improves inaccuracy due to conventional interference of an ocean current, flow velocity, and the like, and manual water sampling by depth by automatically sampling water at the correct depth recognized through a pressure sensor, thereby enabling reliability and accuracy of a sample to be ensured and sampling expenses to be remarkably reduced.
US11175195B2
An apparatus measuring thrust of an aircraft gas turbine engine includes a core shaft connecting a turbine and compressor, a fan and gearbox with a sun gear driven by the core shaft, a plurality of planet gears, an annulus gear mounted in a static structure, and a planet carrier driven by the fan via fan shaft. The apparatus includes a sensor to measure force applied by the annulus gear on the static structure and first and second sensors to measure rotational speed of the core and fan shafts. A processor determines restoring torque on the annulus gear from measurement of force applied by the gear on the static structure, torque applied to the fan by the planet carrier using rotational speeds of core and fan shafts and restoring torque on the annulus gear, and thrust of the fan from torque applied to the fan and the fan's rotational speed.
US11175186B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides an optical imaging apparatus using a metamaterial including a metamaterial array sensor which includes a plurality of unit cells made of a metamaterial and is positioned adjacent to an observation object, an imaging beam providing unit which provides an imaging beam toward the metamaterial array sensor, a control beam providing unit which controls a control beam provided to the unit cell to block the imaging beam incident on the unit cell, and an imaging beam measuring unit which measures a unit cell imaging beam transmission amount passing through the unit cell by measuring an imaging beam transmission amount of the metamaterial array sensor when the imaging beam passes through the unit cell and an imaging beam transmission amount of the metamaterial array sensor when the control beam is focused on the unit cell to block the imaging beam incident on the unit cell.
US11175182B2
Provided is a spectral imaging apparatus. The spectral imaging apparatus includes: an optical filter including a plurality of band filter units having different center wavelengths; a sensing device configured to receive light passing through the optical filter; an imaging lens array including a plurality of lens units which respectively correspond to the plurality of band filter units and each implement imaging on the sensing device; and a transparent substrate which is apart from the sensing device. At least one of the optical filter and the imaging lens array is provided on the transparent substrate.
US11175180B2
The present invention relates to an optical energy meter. Illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure include a system controller, temperature sensing system, vibration sensing system, torque sensing system, graphical display system, climate control system, and vibration control system. The invention measures the radiation pressure of incident high power electromagnetic radiation. The measurement of radiation pressure can be used to determine the power of the radiation; that is, the purposes of the invention are to measure, with high precision and accuracy, and survive the power of an incident high power electromagnetic beam while minimizing size, weight, and power requirements.
US11175177B2
A method for determining an amount of ambient light illumination is disclosed. The method includes: estimating a contribution per color component in an optical sensing region of an input frame to be displayed on a display device, wherein the optical sensing region corresponds to a location of an optical sensor in the display device, wherein the input frame comprises digital information for each color component for each pixel of the input frame; causing the optical sensor to detect an amount of illumination in the optical sensing region based on illuminating the display device with a representation of the input frame; and determining the amount of ambient light illumination based on the estimated contribution per color component in the optical sensing region of the input frame and the amount of illumination in the optical sensing region detected by the optical sensor.
US11175174B2
A sensor (1) including at least one array (10), including a plurality of acoustic transducers (12); a controller (42) for controlling each transducer (12) to be selectively in a generation mode for generating an analysis signal, or a reception mode for receiving an analysis signal, and, for controlling the sensor (1) to perform scans of the at least one array (10), each scan having a plurality of scan steps, such that, during each scan step, at least one transducer (12) is in the generation mode and at least one other transducer (12) is in the reception mode; and, a processor (44) for processing one or more signals receivable from one or more of the controller (42), a transducer (12) in generation mode and a transducer (12) in reception mode to determine at least one characteristic from the one or more signals.
US11175172B2
A liquid level detection device detecting a liquid level of a liquid in a container includes a heater configured to heat the container, a plurality of temperature sensors provided at different heights of the container, and configured to detect a surface temperature of the container, and a controller configured to detect the liquid level of the liquid in the container, based on the surface temperature of the container detected by the plurality of temperature sensors when the heater is caused to heat.
US11175170B2
Methods and systems for estimating volumes of agricultural crops are provided. A geographic position sensor provides positions of a harvesting machine as it gathers an agricultural crop and places the crop on the ground in a windrow. A speed of the harvesting machine is determined using the geographic position sensor. Signals are received from a sensor system disposed at a bottom of the harvesting machine. The signals are indicative of profiles of segments of the windrow on the ground. Cross-sectional areas of the windrow are estimated using the signals. Volumes of the agricultural crop are estimated using the speed of the harvesting machine and the estimated cross-sectional areas of the windrow.
US11175166B2
A flow meter includes: a flat substrate; a housing that houses the substrate and has an open in at least one surface; a cover that covers the substrate and covers an open surface of the housing; a support that supports the substrate and is in contact with the cover and the substrate; and a fixing unit that connects the substrate and the housing, in which, in a first region and a second region formed by dividing the substrate into two parts at a center in a longitudinal direction, the support is disposed in the first region, and the fixing unit is disposed in the second region.
US11175164B2
It is presented a sensor device comprising: an environment sensor; a processor; a light sensor; a light source; a wireless communication module; and a memory. When the light sensor receives a light signal, the sensor device is configured to transition from a first functional state, in which wireless communication is inactivated, to a second functional state, in which wireless communication module is enabled. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor device to modulate light from the light source to transmit an identifier of the sensor device.
US11175161B2
A sensor includes a ferromagnetic shield, at least one sensor coil disposed around an exterior of the ferromagnetic shield, and an electronics module within the ferromagnetic shield. The electronics module is configured to determine the position and/or orientation of the sensor based at least in part on a measurement of a signal induced in the at least one sensor coil.
US11175157B1
Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to display a geographical map overlaid with a marker layer comprising at least one marker; receive input from a user to change a zoom level of the geographical map from a first map scale to a second map scale; display the geographical map at the second map scale; and overlay the marker layer at the second map scale with the at least one marker at a second marker size. The second marker size is determined based on a correlation between the second map scale and the second marker size, in which (i) the second marker size is increased or decreased in the same direction as the second map scale when the second map scale is within a range from a low threshold point to a high threshold point, and (ii) a ratio change between two adjacent marker sizes is smaller than a ratio change between two corresponding adjacent map scales when the second marker size is outside the range from the low threshold point to the high threshold point.
US11175147B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for user assisted simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). These technologies can involve a robot including: one or more processors; one or more sensor subsystems; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the agent to perform operations including: receiving first sensor data from the one or more sensor subsystems; determining the presence of a human based at least in part on the first sensor data; receiving second sensor data from the one or more sensor subsystems, the second sensor data indicating an action of the human; and determining at least one of mapping data and localization data based at least in part on the second sensor data.
US11175145B2
A method for localization and mapping, including recording an image at a camera mounted to a vehicle, the vehicle associated with a global system location; identifying a landmark depicted in the image with a landmark identification module of a computing system associated with the vehicle, the identified landmark having a landmark geographic location and a known parameter; extracting a set of landmark parameters from the image with a feature extraction module of the computing system; determining, at the computing system, a relative position between the vehicle and the landmark geographic location based on a comparison between the extracted set of landmark parameters and the known parameter; and updating, at the computing system, the global system location based on the relative position.
US11175143B2
An electric efficiency prediction method for a vehicle includes: the first step of obtaining “object vehicle information” showing information about a status of use of a vehicle that is an electrically powered vehicle; and the second step of, for each link connecting nodes virtually set on an expected traveling route of the vehicle, by using the object vehicle information, correcting an electric efficiency actual value of electric efficiency collected from each of a plurality of vehicles to calculate an electric efficiency predicted value in each link for the vehicle.
US11175136B2
A construction laser includes a base. The base includes a flat bottom surface that can be disposed on a work surface. There is a laser projector secured to the base. The laser projector includes a laser generator. The laser projector projects a laser beam onto the work surface when the flat bottom surface is disposed on the work surface. The construction laser also includes a pin. The pin secured to the base and being pivotable about an axis relative to the base.
US11175133B2
A method for identifying a surface slope includes the following steps: A device body with a tilt angle relative to an absolute horizontal plane and associated with a gravity is placed. A plurality of gravity response signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of angles readouts upon sensing the tilt angle are generated. Each of the plurality of gravity response signals is compared with a reference signal one by one to obtain a respective deviation comparison signal. An optical signal having a parameter is emitted according to a magnitude of the respective deviation comparison signal, wherein the parameter and the magnitude have a mathematical relationship therebetween.
US11175119B2
The invention provides an apparatus and method for preventing surrounding loose rock fragments from falling or collapsing into a blast hole. The apparatus includes a flexible sheet including a pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending side edges and a pair of spaced apart laterally extending end edges. The sheet has a curved form defining a longitudinal passage extending between openings at longitudinally opposite ends, one end of the curved sheet being insertable into the open end of a blast hole whereby the curved sheet closely faces an internal surface of the blast hole and forms a barrier preventing surrounding loose rock fragments from falling or collapsing into the open end of the blast hole. The invention also provides a bench blasting method and a deployment device for deploying the apparatus into a blast hole.
US11175114B1
In one aspect, a firearm grip may include an elongated grip body that includes a front side, a rear side, opposing sides and a cable organizing member. The cable organizing member may include one or more elongated cable securing grooves, and the cable can be received in the cable securing groove by simply being pressed therein instead of dangling around. The organizing member may further include a cable receiving slot at a predetermined location on each of the cable securing grooves, and the cable can be slightly deformed and inserted into the cable receiving slot so the cable can be further secured on the cable organizing member.
US11175103B2
Various implementations described herein relate to a heat sink having a base and a plurality of fins extending from the base. Each of the plurality of fins is spaced apart from other ones of the plurality of fins. The plurality of fins includes first fins and second fins. Each of the first fins is perpendicular to any of the second fins.
US11175087B1
A defrost or thaw measuring device has a dumbbell or hourglass-shaped rotatable compartment with a cavity, the cavity being partly filled with at least two phase change materials having different melting points. The measuring device may determine the time period of thawing at two or more temperature intervals in the refrigeration space.
US11175086B2
A venturi vacuum drawback assembly includes a fluid supply passage that supplies the fluid to the device, a fluid return passage that returns the fluid to the device, a shutoff valve positioned on the fluid supply passage, a bypass passage, a bypass valve positioned on the bypass passage, and a venturi valve positioned on the bypass passage downstream of the bypass valve. The bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is connected to the fluid supply passage upstream of the shutoff valve, and the outlet connected to the fluid return passage. The venturi valve includes a venturi inlet, a venturi outlet, and a primary orifice positioned between the venturi inlet and the venturi outlet. The primary orifice is connected to a drawback opening on the fluid supply passage by a conduit. The drawback opening of the fluid supply passage is positioned downstream of the shutoff valve.
US11175085B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The present invention provides a refrigerator having a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment, the refrigerator including an icemaker provided to the freezer compartment or a freezer compartment door configured to open/close the freezer compartment, a dispenser provided to a refrigerator compartment door configured to open/close the refrigerator compartment, a water tank provided to the refrigerator compartment door, the water tank having an inlet for putting in water and an outlet for supplying water to the dispenser, a pump configured to send the water supplied from the water tank to the icemaker, and a slide cap movably provided to the water tank so as to be selectively coupled to a passage connected to the pump.
US11175083B2
Embodiments for implementing intelligent refrigeration compressor runtime schedule extraction in an Internet of Things (IoT) computing environment by a processor. Compressor runtime positions of a compressor may be determined according to a single phase signal taken from an energy meter. Performance and health status of the compressor may be established according to the one or more compressor runtime activities determined from the established nominal baseload classifier.
US11175082B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus causes refrigerant to circulate through a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a heat storage body, a first expansion valve, and a second expansion valve. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a bypass path and a first on-off valve provided in the bypass path. The bypass path branches off from a first portion that connects the indoor heat exchanger and the first expansion valve in a first refrigerant pipe, and leads to a fourth refrigerant pipe that connects a suction port of the compressor and a four-way valve. The first on-off valve is opened in a defrosting operation.
US11175080B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigeration circuit in which non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture circulates. The refrigeration circuit includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and a four-way valve. The four-way valve is configured to assume a first state and a second state. The outdoor heat exchanger includes a plurality of refrigerant flow paths and a linear flow path switching valve configured to switch connections of the plurality of refrigerant flow paths between a series state in which the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture flows through the plurality of refrigerant flow paths in series and a parallel state in which the non-azeotropic refrigerant mixture flows through the plurality of refrigerant flow paths in parallel. A controller switches the linear flow path switching valve between the series state and the parallel state when a multi-way valve is in the second state.
US11175076B2
A refrigeration system includes a chiller with an integrated free cooling system and refrigeration system. In certain embodiments, the chiller may be a single package unit with all equipment housed within the same support frame. The chiller may generally include three modes of operation: a first mode that employs free cooling, a second mode that employs free cooling and implements a refrigeration cycle, and a third mode that uses the free cooling system to remove heat from the refrigeration system. A heat exchanger may be shared between the free cooling system and the refrigeration system to transfer heat from the refrigeration system to the free cooling system.
US11175066B2
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration system includes a diffuser comprising a plurality of diffuser elements located between a blower driving airflow through the system and a refrigeration coil used to cool the airflow prior to the distribution of the airflow to a building. Locating diffusers between the blower and the refrigeration coil reduces the extent to which the airflow carries moisture from condensate on the refrigeration coil, and can prevent circulation of air backwards through the refrigeration coil.
US11175065B2
When a heating operation mode using a heating unit is specified and when a hot water supply request using the hot water in a hot water storage tank does not occur, an air conditioning apparatus transmits a first selection signal for selecting the heating unit to a three-way valve. When the heating operation mode is specified and when the hot water supply request occurs, the air conditioning apparatus transmits, to the three-way valve, a second selection signal for changing a destination of circulation of secondary refrigerant from the heating unit to a coil heat exchanger, and transmits an operation start signal to a refrigerant indoor unit.
US11175060B2
A fan-on Fault Detection Diagnostic (FDD) and correction method comprising at least one method selected from the group consisting of: detecting a Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning (HVAC) fan is controlled by a fan-on duration setting or a continuous or intermittent fan-on duration setting or schedule, and performing at least one action selected from the group consisting of: providing at least one fan-on alarm message, overriding the fan-on duration setting or the fan-on duration schedule, and turning off the HVAC fan for a fraction of the fan-on duration setting or schedule. Turning off the HVAC fan is based on at least one method selected from the group consisting of: a variable duration, skipping a scheduled fan-on duration setting, based on a call for cooling/heating, based on a geofencing or occupancy sensor signal, and based on a user-selected fan-on duration setting or a user-selected fan-off duration schedule.
US11175056B1
An attic fan assembly and method for efficiently cooling an attic is provided. The assembly includes a motor, a fan blade assembly, a control unit, a condition sensor, and a speed sensor. The control unit receives a condition sensor signal from the condition sensor and determines a target speed. The control unit receives a speed sensor signal from the speed sensor and determines a present speed. The control unit sends a motor signal to control speed of the motor according to the conditions of the target speed and the present speed.
US11175054B2
A packaged terminal air conditioner unit (PTAC) includes an auxiliary fan configured for urging a flow of make-up air from the outdoor portion into the indoor portion through a vent aperture defined by a bulkhead. A vent door is pivotally mounted over the vent aperture and a flow restrictor extends into the flow of make-up air, the flow restrictor being movable in correlation to a flow rate of the flow of make-up air to increase the flow restriction at higher flow rates of make-up air.
US11175050B2
A heater includes a body, a burner assembly, a gas tank, and a reflecting plate. The burner assembly is installed on the body. The gas tank is arranged in the body and directly below the burner assembly, and has an interface end connected to a fuel inlet end of the burner assembly via a valve. The reflecting plate is installed in the body and located between the burner assembly and the gas tank. The reflecting plate prevents heat coming from a bottom portion of a burner of the burner assembly from being radiated directly to the interface end of the gas tank and allows heat coming from around the burner to be radiated to a periphery of the interface end of the gas tank and heat the gas tank.
US11175049B2
A cooking hob retention system includes a support element having a major surface and a pocket disposed therealong and defining a strip having a first opening and a second opening on vertically opposite sides thereof. The system also includes a fastening element including an engagement end and a free end resiliently compressible toward the engagement end about a central fold disposed therebetween. The engagement end is coupled with the support element by a deformable portion opposite the central fold received within the first opening and a protruding element extending toward the deformable portion and received within the second opening. The free end includes a body defining an acute angle with respect to the engagement end. A tab extends from the body generally parallel to the engagement end, and a first countering element extends from the body beyond the tab to an end thereof.
US11175042B2
Combustion equipment includes annular combustion chamber having an annular upstream wall structure. Annular outer casing surrounds and is spaced from annular combustion chamber and annular inner casing is within and spaced from annular combustion chamber. Ogee shaped annular cowl is positioned upstream of annular upstream wall structure and a stage of compressor outlet guide vanes is positioned upstream of annular cowl. Pre-diffuser extends in downstream direction from stage of compressor outlet guide vanes, pre-diffuser is positioned upstream of cowl. Stage of compressor outlet guide vanes is connected to outer and inner casing. Outer fairing extends radially inwardly from outer casing such that annular outer casing, outer fairing and pre-diffuser define annular outer cavity and outer fairing is spaced from cowl or inner fairing extends radially outwardly from inner casing such that annular inner casing, inner fairing and pre-diffuser define an annular inner cavity and inner fairing is spaced from cowl.
US11175037B2
A multi-outlet channel combination gas valve includes a valve body, a solenoid valve and a flow regulating mechanism. The valve body has a multiple of air outlets, at least two outlet channels formed between each air outlet and an air inlet of the valve body, a regulating port disposed in the at least two outlet channels, and the flow regulating mechanism can regulate the gas flow passing through each regulating port of the valve body at the same time, and a solenoid valve with a dual-coil electromagnet structure. When the valve is opened, a relatively larger current is passed, and then a very small current will be provided thereafter to maintain an operation by low power consumption. Therefore, this gas valve can be used without a mains power, and a low-level regulating structure is provided for presetting a low-level flow of each air outlet.
US11175027B2
A lighting apparatus includes a driver configured to convert external power to a driving current, a light source connector with top and bottom portions separated by a distance, and a light source provided on a light source plate including a conductive patch. The light source plate is held between the top portion and the bottom portion, such that the driving current is supplied to the light source plate by the conductive path routed via the light source connector.
US11175025B2
A light display system and device for use in a body of water or other liquid is described. The light display device may be controlled remotely via a control hub and/or control panel, or controlled by internally preprogrammed commands. A plurality of light display devices may be controlled in selected, choreographed sequences to provide various unique visual displays including, for example, geometrical patterns and/or naturalistic patterns giving the impression of organic phenomena such as swarming fireflies, bioluminescent creatures and the like.
US11175021B2
A simple net cover device that includes a connecting plate, a cover body and a bottom fixing part. The cover body is set between the connecting plate and the bottom fixing part. The cover body includes the first end part and the second end part. The first end part is embedded into the connecting plate to locate the cover body and the connecting plate. The second end part is fixedly connected to the bottom fixing part. The simple net cover device is characterized by simple processing and assembly, low manufacture cost, not easy to wear in bottom and long life, and can ensure the net cover is supported. The present invention also provides a lamp including the simple net cover device, which can not only be used alone, but also can be strung into a string of lamps to meet the diversified use needs of the users.
US11175018B2
A lighting unit (10) is disclosed comprising a torsion box (50) having a plurality of sidewalls (60) and a grid of internal walls (70), each of said internal walls extending between a pair of said sidewalls, said internal walls defining a plurality of compartments (80) within the lighting unit. At least one solid state lighting element (30) is located within at least some of said compartments, and a back panel (20) is arranged at a first opening (51) of the torsion box delimited by the sidewalls such that the back panel covers said compartments, wherein a second opening (53) of the torsion box delimited by said sidewalls opposing the first major opening defines a light exit window of the lighting unit. Also disclosed is a lighting kit comprising such lighting units, and wherein at least some internal walls (70) have a recessed central portion (72) having a height (H′) of at most half the height (H) of said side walls (70).
US11175012B1
A light fixture for lighting a surface includes a housing, a plurality of light sources, and a reflector for directing light out of a window of the housing. The plurality of light sources are directed away from the window of the housing and are then not directly viewable from the exterior of the housing while providing light reflected against the reflector through the window of the housing. The light sources are connected to a substrate through which power is supplied to the light sources and through which heat energy is removed from the light sources during operation. The substrate may form a portion of the housing of the light fixture.
US11175004B2
A cove lighting system includes a plurality of cove extrusions and a plurality of mounting brackets. Each cove extrusion is a single extrusion defining a cove channel and mounting features. The mounting brackets are attached to the wall and the cove extrusions are hung from the mounting brackets with the mounting features. The cove extrusions are hung immediately adjacent to each other to define a continuous cove channel to receive one or more power boxes, and one or more luminaires.
US11175002B2
A LED driver boxes for luminaires or LED lighting systems installed in applications where the building is pre-existing, and luminaires are retro-fitted to the space with great advantages in convenience is described. Driver box applications where luminaires are installed in a new construction where the ceiling has yet to be installed/built is easy. Driver boxes may be used where the ceiling is already built and for ease of installation and maintenance, the contractor may want to choose an option where the luminaire has easily accessible electronic components. The LED Driver Boxes provide a safe, clean, and rigid method to maintain the electronics by separating line voltage from DC voltage and electronics.
US11174995B2
Hydrate remediation systems, apparatuses, and methods of making and using same including at least one pair of electrodes detachably or fixedly attached to a pipeline or flowline in a spaced relationship so that a current may be imposed across a section of the pipeline or flowline between each pair of electrodes resulting in electrical heating of the section for a time sufficient to raise a temperature of a fluid in the section of the pipeline or flowline to a temperature above a dissociation temperature of hydrates formed in the fluid.
US11174982B2
A deployable prop is provided that is capable of transitioning from an undeployed state to a deployed state in which the prop can be used to support an object against or adjacent to a structural surface. In one embodiment, the deployable prop includes a bistable “carpenter's” tape, a foot member that is engaged to one end of the tape, and a head member that is engaged to the other end of the tape. The tape, foot member, and head member can be placed in an undeployed state that has “roll” shape and in a deployed state in which the tape extends substantially linearly between the foot and head members and can be used to support an object against or adjacent to a structural surface.
US11174980B1
Dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints is used by a trained clinician to help treat a client or patient with a mental illness. The trained clinician places a dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints in front of a client and then counseling or analyzing the client in the usual fashion while also asking the client to focus their eyes and attention on the first or second focus spheres of the dual telescopic pointer with adjustable ball joints while periodically moving the location of the first or second focus spheres by extending and/or retracting the first and second telescopic pointers which support the first or second focus spheres respectively and/or adjusting the first or second adjustable ball joints which support the first and second telescopic pointers respectively. This method of treatment promotes deeper healing in the subcortical areas of the brain where emotions and trauma are stored.
US11174971B2
The present disclosure relates to a seal for a coupling member of a type used in a fluid coupling including mating first and second coupling members. Each coupling member includes a seal cavity with a generally square shaped cross-section including an upper face, a circumferential face and a lower face. The seal includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of the seal includes a first part and a second part. The first part of the lower portion of the seal includes an external ledge that extends away from the upper portion of the seal and which is configured during use of the coupling member to contact against the upper face of the seal cavity.
US11174957B1
An adjustable Venturi tube is provided and includes a water outlet segment and a water inlet segment. The water outlet segment has a gas inlet space therein and includes a chamber, a water flow selector disposed on the chamber, and a gas inlet pipe. The chamber has a gas inlet opening and a plurality of liquid-gas exits, which are in spatial communication with the gas inlet space. The water flow selector has a plurality of selective channels respectively facing the liquid-gas exits. The water outlet segment has a space and a water channel that is in spatial communication with the space. The water inlet segment and the water flow selector are configured to be moved relative to each other so as to allow the space to selectively be in spatial communication with at least one of the selective channels through the water channel.
US11174953B2
A relay valve (1′) for a compressed-air system of a vehicle has a working pressure inlet, a working pressure outlet, a venting outlet and a controllable relay piston (19). The relay piston (19) is axially movably guided and, at one axial end, has an annular, radially inner valve seat (20). A sealing piston (9) is axially movably guided coaxially with respect to the relay piston (19). The sealing piston (9) is pushed by a compression spring (8) toward the relay piston (19) and an annular, radially outer valve seat (25), which is a part of a seat ring (24) fastened in an annular collar (23) of the housing bottom part (2). The seat ring (24) is a deep-drawn component shaped as a cylindrical pot of a metallic material. The radially outer valve seat (25) is an axially protruding annular web with a gable-shaped axial cross section.
US11174945B2
A gasket improves sealing performance. A gasket to be placed in an annular groove includes an annular base to be placed in the groove, and a plurality of protrusions arranged at intervals on the base in a circumferential direction of the base. The protrusions protrude from the base to face side surfaces of the groove and have support surfaces with curvatures corresponding to curvatures of the side surfaces of the groove. Each protrusion has a length in the circumferential direction greater than an interval between facing ends of adjacent ones of the protrusions in the circumferential direction.
US11174941B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle with a prime mover (1), a transmission (2), a driven end (14), and a parking lock system (19) is provided. A shift element (9) of the transmission (2) and a parking lock actuator (21) of the parking lock system (19) utilize a common pressure control. When the shift element (9) is actuated with the aid of a pressure control effecting an at least partial engagement of the shift element (9) and when the pressure control is less than a limiting value for holding the parking lock system (19) in the disengaged position, the method includes monitoring a parking lock sensor (23) to determine whether the parking lock sensor (23) detects a movement of the parking lock actuator (21) or a signal corresponding to the movement of the parking lock actuator (21) despite a parking lock detent (22) having been actuated for locking.
US11174930B2
A drive force transmission mechanism includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley and an endless belt. The endless belt is wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley and transmits a rotation of the drive pulley to the driven pulley. At least one of the drive pulley and the driven pulley has a protruding part protruding outwardly in a radial direction around an outer circumferential face of the drive pulley or the driven pulley. The belt is a nonmagnetic metal belt having an outer circumferential face and an inner circumferential face. The outer circumferential face has a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the inner circumferential face.
US11174924B2
An end deflector includes a main portion including a ball delivery path that delivers balls between a rolling path and a ball return path, a tongue portion that guides the balls from the rolling path to the ball delivery path, and a pair of protruding pieces, that extend in the circumferential direction of each nut body from either side of the tongue portion with respect to the axial direction and define a ball guide groove that extends between the ball delivery path and the rolling path in cooperation with an inner circumferential surface of a deflector holding recess formed in a nut body, the main portion has an outer circumferential surface which opposes an inner circumferential surface of the deflector holding recess in the radial direction, a front-side portion of the outer circumferential surface with respect to a direction of insertion into the deflector holding recess is offset inward in the radial direction, and at least a rear-side portion of the outer circumferential surface with respect to the direction of insertion into the deflector holding recess is fitted to the inner circumferential surface of the deflector holding recess.
US11174923B2
An apparatus for a thrust reverser actuation system (“TRAS”), the apparatus comprising: an input shaft; a first component located concentrically around the input shaft; a second component located concentrically around the first component; a first balls crew mechanism between the input shaft and the first component, and configured such that rotational movement of the input shaft causes a translational movement of the first component via the first ballscrew mechanism; and a second ballscrew mechanism between the first component and the second component, and configured such that rotational movement of the first component causes a translational movement of the second component via the second ballscrew mechanism.
US11174912B2
The present invention includes a torsion spring including a middle plate having a first attachment point displaced from the geometric center of the middle plate; a first elastomeric element secured to a first side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a second elastomeric element secured to a second side of the middle plate and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; a first outer plate secured to the first elastomeric element and having an opening coincident with the first attachment point of the middle plate; and a second outer plate secured to the second elastomeric element, having an opening coincident with the attachment point of the middle plate.
US11174911B2
The present invention belongs to the technical fields of novel structure design and lattice material design, and refers to structures, lattice materials, and lattice cylindrical shells with simultaneous stretch- and compression-expanding property. First, use the local tension-compression asymmetry in the tension modulus and compression modulus generated by the contact nonlinearity of the tension springs to construct a type of 2D structures and lattice materials with stretch- and compression-expanding property. Then by assembling the 2D structures in different directions, 3D structures and lattice materials can be constructed. Meanwhile, a lattice cylindrical shell can also be constructed by using the 2D stretch- and compression-expanding structures as the unit cell. The structures and lattice materials presented in this invention can be used as a specific functional material and has a promising application in the fields of energy absorption, vibration reduction, medical treatment, wave propagation, intelligent components, and so on.
US11174908B2
A brake and method of assembly are provided. The brake includes a friction plate configured for coupling to a rotatable body for rotation with the rotatable body about an axis of rotation, a pressure plate disposed about the axis on a first side of the friction plate and fixed against rotation, and an armature plate disposed about the axis on a second side of the friction plate. An electromagnet is disposed about the axis on an opposite side of the armature plate relative to the friction plate. A spring biases the armature plate in a first axial direction towards the friction plate and away from the electromagnet to engage the brake. A fastener couples the pressure plate to the electromagnet. The fastener conforms to a space between opposed surfaces of the pressure plate and the electromagnet and, upon hardening, bonds the pressure plate to the electromagnet.
US11174907B2
A forced neutral remote start-up control method is provided. The method includes performing an E-clutch neutral switching control, which confirms the presence of an E-clutch upon receiving a remote start-up request signal of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) to form a vehicle neutral state by an E-clutch state switching before generating an engine start-up signal, and performing an engine start-up by generating the engine start-up signal after confirming the vehicle neutral state.
US11174904B2
A field core unit for an electromagnetic clutch can include: a field coil generating a magnetic flux; a magnetic part provided with an annular-shaped insertion groove encompassing lower and side portions of the field coil such that the magnetic flux flows through the magnetic part; and a field core configured such that an upper surface thereof is open and an interior space is formed therein. The magnetic part can be inserted into the field core.
US11174888B2
A threaded pin comprises a threaded cylindrical stem that extends between a proximal stem end and a distal stem end, and a coupling end portion that extends from the distal stem end. In the coupling end portion, at least one annular groove is formed, which is distally delimited by a distal annular ridge that defines a maximum outer diameter of the coupling end portion. The maximum outer diameter of the coupling end portion is smaller than the inner diameter of the threaded cylindrical stem in such a way that the coupling end portion may be inserted with play into a threaded hole wherein the threaded pin may be screwed, the distal annular ridge being suitable for insertion between the ridges of the female thread of the threaded hole.
US11174882B2
A cable hook for fixing a rebound mat to a trampoline frame by means of two elastic elements and at least one flexible strap element has a housing with four receivers, wherein each elastic element has two free ends, each of which has a clamping element enlarging the periphery of the elastic element. A clamping element is inserted in each receiver. The cable hook has a cable hook body which is closed in the peripheral direction transversely to the fixing direction, wherein in each case two receivers are separated centrally by a receiving cavity in the cable hook body through which a clamping element can be passed. The cable hook has two terminating pieces which can each be inserted in a respective receiving cavity, and each has a cover rounding pointing away from the cable hook housing and oriented towards each other.
US11174875B1
A method of operating a motor driving a rotating member includes directing rotation of the rotating member at the motor at an initial speed, determining a first frequency of a first noise component generated by the rotating member at the initial speed, determining a second noise component having a second frequency phase shifted 180° with respect to the first frequency, determining a torque modifier of the motor to generate the second noise component from the motor, and directing activation of the motor according to the determined torque modifier.
US11174873B2
There is provided a diffuser for a turbine, comprising: a support configured to mount to a turbine housing; a diffuser body configured to receive fluid from an outlet of the turbine, the diffuser body defining a longitudinal axis and having a perimeter with a length measured in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis; and a bridge configured to connect the support to the diffuser body, wherein the connection between the bridge and the diffuser body is confined to a continuous portion of the perimeter of the diffuser body that is not more than around 50% of the total length of the perimeter of the diffuser body.
US11174864B2
A vane-type gas pump includes a pump housing which forms a pump chamber in which a pump rotor with at least one slidable sliding element is rotatably mounted. At least one fluid inlet opening and at least one fluid outlet opening are dedicated to the pump chamber. The pump housing includes a closed stroke ring, a first separate thrust washer, and a second separate thrust washer. At least one stroke ring adjustment device axially clamps the closed stroke ring directly to the first separate thrust washer. At least one separate housing clamping device axially clamps the first separate thrust washer, the closed stroke ring, and the second separate thrust washer together.
US11174862B2
A screw compressor includes a casing having an outer peripheral wall, and a compression mechanism. The compression mechanism includes a screw rotor with helical grooves, a gate rotor with a plurality of gates meshing with the helical grooves, and a cylinder housing the screw rotor. The compression mechanism is disposed inward of the outer peripheral wall. The outer peripheral wall has a discharge passage through which a fluid compressed in the compression mechanism flows. The discharge passage includes an inner peripheral passage formed along an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder, and an outer peripheral passage formed along the inner peripheral passage and the outer peripheral wall. The inner and outer peripheral passages are formed so that the fluid compressed in the compression mechanism sequentially flows through the inner and outer peripheral passages.
US11174861B2
Provided is a compressor including a valve unit including: at least two guide pins passing through a discharge valve; and through holes allowing the guide pins to pass therethrough to control oblique motion of the discharge valve with respect to a horizontal direction during up and down movement of the discharge valve. When the discharge valve obliquely moves up and down with respect to the horizontal direction, the guide pin comes into contact with at least two points of an inner circumferential surface of the through hole so that the oblique movement of the discharge valve is restricted, thereby improving the durability of the discharge valve and reducing noise during operation of the compression.
US11174855B2
A micro pump (10) is provided, wherein the micro pump (10) includes a housing main body (1), a housing upper part (3), a housing lower part (2) and at least one locking structure (4). The housing upper part (3) includes at least one inlet valve (1a) and at least one outlet valve (1b). The housing upper part (3) is separate from the housing main body (1). The housing lower part (2) is separate from the housing main body (1) and the housing upper part (3), wherein the housing main body (1) is arranged in a sandwich-like manner between the housing upper part (3) and the housing lower part (2), such that the housing upper part (3) is operatively coupled with the housing lower part (2) via the at least one locking structure (4).
US11174851B2
A piston pump includes a first biasing mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with supplied control pressure, a second biasing mechanism configured to bias the swash plate against the first biasing mechanism, and a regulator configured to control the control pressure led to the first biasing mechanism in accordance with discharge pressure of the piston pump, wherein the second biasing mechanism has a pressure chamber to which the discharge pressure is led, and a control piston configured to be biased toward the swash plate by the discharge pressure led to the pressure chamber, and the regulator has a biasing member configured to bias the control piston toward the swash plate, and a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with biasing force of the biasing member, the control spool being configured to adjust fluid pressure.
US11174847B2
A method including positioning a modular robotic component proximate an area of interest on a surface of a wind turbine. The modular robotic component including a plurality of modules that perform a plurality of tasks. The method further including inspecting the area of interest with the modular robotic component for an indication requiring at least one of repair or upgrade and operating the modular robotic component to perform the plurality of tasks sequentially as the modular robotic component moves along the surface of the wind turbine. A modular robotic component and system including the modular robotic component are disclosed.
US11174846B2
A multilayer protective covering can protect a surface from lightning strikes. The covering includes a bottom conductive layer affixed to the surface and having a first opening that is aligned with a grounding connection so that the grounding connection is exposed through first opening and not in contact with the bottom conductive layer. The covering also includes a dielectric layer affixed to the bottom conductive layer and having second opening aligned with the grounding connection so that the grounding connection is exposed through second opening and not in contact with the dielectric layer. The covering additionally includes a top conductive layer affixed to the dielectric layer and covering the grounding connection. The top conductive layer directs electrical current from a lightning strike on the surface to the grounding connection.
US11174833B2
An electrical energy generating device (1) to transform kinetic energy of fluid passing through a pipe into electrical energy, the device may include a flow management unit (2) having a first housing (20) enclosing a plurality of tubes and a first gasket (27); a generating unit (3) having a second housing (30) with a plurality of coils (37) embedded within the second housing (30), a rotor rotatable within the second housing (30); and a connector (4) connecting the flow management unit (2) to the generating unit (3).
US11174828B2
This bobbin includes: a cylindrical winding portion, a first partition portion and a second partition portion, wherein the first partition portion has lead-in cutout portions through which the coil wire to be wound on the upper side and the coil wire to be wound on the lower side are to be respectively introduced, and lead-out cutout portions through which the coil wire to be wound on the upper side and the coil wire to be wound on the lower side are to be respectively led out, and the first partition portion has, on a winding portion side thereof, a step formed in a zone including a range between the lead-out cutout portion for the coil wire to be wound on the lower side and the lead-in cutout portion for the coil wire to be wound on the upper side.
US11174826B2
Provided is an engine, including: a cylinder; a piston accommodated in the cylinder; a combustion chamber facing the piston; a sliding portion (large-diameter portion) configured to perform a stroke motion together with the piston; a hydraulic surface of the sliding portion facing a side opposite to the combustion chamber; a hydraulic chamber, which the hydraulic surface faces; and an auxiliary hydraulic chamber, which communicates with the hydraulic chamber, and has a volume changeable in accordance with a hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber.
US11174821B2
Methods and systems are provided for a conical guard for an evaporative emissions control (EVAP) system. In one example, the conical guard is arranged at an end of a vent line of the EVAP system, adapted with openings sufficiently small to hinder entry of foreign bodies into the vent line. The conical guard is further configured to trap and expel debris and maintain a desired rate of flow through the EVAP system.
US11174810B2
The invention relates to a method, system, and computer program product for diagnosing an exhaust gas processing configuration for a combustion engine of a vehicle, said configuration comprising two SCR-units, two NOx-sensors and two reducing agent dosing units suitably arranged, comprising the steps of: performing a series of reducing agent dosing operations by a first reducing agent dosing unit; comparing measured NOx-contents measured by a first NOx-sensor and a second NOx-sensor related to said operations; and if the respective NOx-content measured by the respective NOx-sensors during the performed reducing agent dosing operations are substantially equal, determining that the respective NOx-sensors provide a proper performance.
US11174799B2
A throttle control assembly which includes a housing, an adapter integrally formed with the housing, an anti-rotation feature integrally formed with the housing and the adapter, and a scallop. The scallop substantially surrounds the anti-rotation feature, and the anti-rotation feature and the scallop are integrally formed with the housing and the adapter during a molding process, such as a metal injection molding process, or a casting process. A first groove is integrally formed as part of the adapter, a second groove is integrally formed as part of the housing, and a rib portion is disposed between the first groove and the second groove. A lower wall portion is integrally formed as part of the housing, such that the lower wall portion is adjacent the scallop. A portion of the scallop is integrally formed as part of the housing, and a portion of the scallop is integrally formed as part of the adapter.
US11174795B2
An assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a gas turbine engine component that has a first interface portion, and a support that has a mounting portion and a second interface portion, the mounting portion attachable to an engine static structure, a first retention feature that releasably secures the first interface portion to the support in a first installed position of the gas turbine engine component, and a second retention feature dimensioned to secure the first interface portion to the second interface portion in a second installed position of the gas turbine engine component. The first installed position differs from the second installed position, and one of first and second retention features is dimensioned to carry the gas turbine engine component in response to release of another one of the first and second retention features. A method of sealing for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US11174788B1
A core for use in cooling a component used in a rotary machine is provided. The core includes a passage including a divider separating a first inlet portion and a second inlet portion to define a split pass inlet, which is fluidly coupled to at least one first pass, at least one second pass, and at least one turn. The at least one first pass channels a flow of cooling fluid in a first direction from the split pass inlet. The at least one second pass channels the flow of cooling fluid in a second direction opposite the first direction. The at least one turn changes a direction of flow of the cooling fluid from the first direction to the second direction. The at least one first pass, the at least one second pass, and the at least one turn are arranged, such that the passage defines a serpentine passage.
US11174787B2
An oil tank (100) for a gas turbine engine is provided. The oil tank (100) comprises an oil inlet (102), an oil outlet (104), and a body including a coiled portion (106) interposed between the oil inlet (102) and the oil outlet (104). Oil is received by the coiled portion (106). The coiled portion (106) acts to at least partially de-aerate oil received from the oil inlet (104).
US11174777B2
To estimate an engine cooling water temperature, four learned neural networks (150A, 150B, 150C, and 150D) are stored, in which weights are learned for the four states of whether the grille shutter (50) is opened and whether air blown by the blower (63) circulates through the air-conditioning use heater (65). The engine cooling water temperature is estimated using any one of the learned neural networks selected from among the four learned neural networks (150A, 150B, 150C, and 150D). An abnormality of the engine cooling water recirculation system is detected based on the estimated value of the engine cooling water temperature.
US11174773B2
An injector includes an injector body having an upper portion defining a top surface. An injector core is received through the upper portion. The injector core has an interfacing surface that is disposed adjacent and raised with respect to the top surface. A cover member is disposed on the upper portion of the injector body. The cover member has a top wall for receiving at least a portion of the injector core, a side wall extending from at least a portion of the top wall, and a lip that is adapted to be attached to the other of the side wall or the injector body through a snap-fit connection. Upon attachment of the lip to the other of the side wall or the injector body, the top wall of the cover member presses on the interfacing surface of the injector core to restrict an axial movement of the injector core relative to the injector body along the longitudinal axis.
US11174772B2
An exhaust system for an engine includes an exhaust conduit, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device in the exhaust conduit, and a diesel emission fluid (DEF) system. The diesel emission fluid system includes a DEF delivery controller structured to receive a condition signal indicative of a DEF deposition risk condition in the exhaust system, and to command an increased heat energy output of a preheater to preheat DEF to be admitted into the exhaust conduit, such that a temperature of the DEF is increased to a deposition-mitigation temperature. Related methodology and control logic is also disclosed.
US11174770B2
A method of reducing the emission of nitrogen oxides (NOx) during system startup of a power generating system may include igniting a combustion turbine thereby generating exhaust, supplying the exhaust to a catalyst bed comprising a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, injecting an initial pulse of ammonia into the exhaust during a storage period such that the NOx reacts with the ammonia and is stored in the catalyst bed as ammonium nitrate (AN) during the storage period; and injecting a scheduled amount of ammonia into the exhaust during a transition period such that the stored AN is decomposed as temperatures increase and NOx is converted via standard and fast SCR reactions during the transition period.
US11174769B2
A work machine is capable of detecting an abnormality in the amount of soot in exhaust gas in an exhaust pipe upstream of an exhaust gas aftertreatment device. The work machine includes: an exhaust gas sensor which detects the amount of soot contained in exhaust gas between an engine and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device and generates a soot amount detection signal; and a controller into which the detection signal is input. The controller includes an abnormality judgment section that makes an abnormality judgment on whether or not the detected soot amount is abnormal, and a threshold setting section that sets a soot amount threshold that is a threshold for making the abnormality judgment. The abnormality judgment section judges an abnormality when the value of the soot amount corresponding to the soot amount detection signal is larger than the soot amount threshold.
US11174765B2
An abnormality assessment device includes an on-off valve that shuts an intake path on an upstream side of a connection portion of a breather line with respect to the intake path and an abnormality assessment element that assesses abnormality of the breather line. The abnormality assessment element assesses abnormality of the breather line based on a difference between an intake flow rate that is detected by an intake flow rate sensor and a target intake flow rate in a case where the on-off valve is closed.
US11174758B2
The steam turbine of an embodiment has: an outer casing; an inner casing housed in the outer casing; a turbine rotor penetrating the inner casing and the outer casing; and a support beam provided in the outer casing, extending in an axial direction of the turbine rotor, and supporting the inner casing, and is disposed on a foundation. The outer casing has outer casing support portions provided in both end portions of the outer casing in the axial direction of the turbine rotor and supported by the foundation. The support beam has beam end portions provided in both end portions in the axial direction of the turbine rotor. The outer casing support portion has a support surface supporting the beam end portion. Further, the outer casing includes a height adjustment mechanism capable of accessing the beam end portion from the outside of the outer casing.
US11174754B1
A thermal bridge forms a connection between a cold side and a hot side that is capable of withstanding a large temperature differential while high-pressure gas (e.g., air) flows between the two sides within an internal passageway. A cold-side region and hot-side region of the thermal bridge may each have a flange with a plurality of holes. The cold-side region may also include a conical fillet with counterbore recesses to provide access to each of the plurality of holes from a low radial position.
US11174721B2
A system, method, and device for monitoring one or more sensors at a remote location. The system allows a user to register multiple sensors to the user's account. When the sensors are deployed at a remote location for measuring various properties of their surrounding environments, they collect data which is then transmitted to a server. The user may then monitor the data by connecting to the server via a client device, and receive alerts when the data satisfies certain conditions.
US11174712B2
The disclosed embodiments include a perforating gun assembly. The perforating gun assembly includes a housing and at least one perforating charge disposed within the housing. Additionally, the perforating gun assembly includes a detonating cord disposed within the housing and ballistically coupled to the at least one perforating charge. Also included in the perforating gun assembly is a detonator assembly disposed in line or adjacent to the detonating cord. The detonator assembly includes a detonator, a ballistic interrupt, an actuator to remove the ballistic interrupt from a line of fire of the detonator, and a detonator control board to control the actuator and firing of the detonator.
US11174711B2
A method of non-line-of-sight coating of a sand screen for use in wellbores during the production of hydrocarbon fluids from subterranean formations. The coating can have uniformly coated internal and external surfaces.
US11174708B2
The disclosure is directed to a method and system to provide electrical current to a downhole tool, such as an active magnetic ranging tool. The electrical current can be transmitted through a drill string, with an end attached drilling assembly inserted into a wellbore. The downhole tool can include a power isolation sub to create an isolated electrical zone along the drill string. The downhole tool can transmit an electrical current along a designated portion of a subterranean formation to create a resultant magnetic field to be detected by the active magnetic ranging tool or other downhole tools. A drilling wellbore can maintain drilling operations while actively ranging a target well for intercept and other operations. The drilling assembly does not need to be removed from the wellbore to enable the activities of the active magnetic ranging tool, and access to the target wellbore is not needed.
US11174701B2
Remedial wellbore operations can be performed using metal material coated with a layer that is controllably activated to release the metal material downhole in a wellbore. At least a portion of the wellbore can be plugged or sealed using the metal material.
US11174686B2
A threaded tubular connection for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells comprising a longitudinal axis, a metal pin member having a tapered two-step wedge pin thread with dovetail wedge threads and a pin sealing surface located between the small and large diameter pin thread steps, and a metal box member having a tapered two-step wedge box thread with dovetail wedge threads and a box sealing surface located between the small and large diameter box thread steps, wherein the tubular connection is free from any final make-up stop shoulder defining a final make-up position for the pin member relative to the box member, the small diameter wedge thread set and the large diameter wedge thread set are dimensioned to have a first axial clearance and a second axial clearance.
US11174684B2
A flushing system in a drill bit, which has a body that defines the flushing system, can include an inlet to facilitate supply of pressurized fluids into a bore hole. A cutting surface of the drill bit is provided with a main opening that defines a main passageway in communication with the inlet. A peripheral surface of the drill bit is provided with a secondary opening that defines a secondary passageway in communication with the inlet. The secondary passageway is disposed at an angle from a horizontal reference plane. The horizontal reference plane is defined between the inlet and the origin of the main passageway and is perpendicular to a central longitudinal axis of the body of the drill bit. An origin of the secondary passageway is at a distance from the origin of the main passageway.
US11174677B2
A vehicle-mounted access system includes a fixed base structure including a plurality of track channels; a plurality of movable hinge carriages configured to move along the plurality of track channels; an inclinable access structure pivotably connected to the movable hinge points and connected to lifting masts by forward tension elements, lifting masts connected to the fixed base structure by rear tension elements and pivotably connected to the fixed base structure; an actuator connected between the movable hinge carriages and the fixed base structure, the actuator configured to move the movable hinge carriages to raise the distal end of the inclinable access structure via the forward tension elements, the lifting mast, and the rear tension elements.
US11174671B2
A high speed parallel manufacturing line for manufacturing insulated glass units, the manufacturing line including a gas filling topping press that mates a spacer applied lite supplied to the topping press and a topping lite supplied to the topping press to create an insulated glass unit and fills the insulated glass unit with a non-air gas. A heating station applies localized heat to adhesive of the spacer material. A sealing press applies pressure to the insulated glass unit and facilitates further sealing of the spacer material to the spacer applied lite and the topping lite. The line may include a fourth corner sealer that completes sealing of the airspace of the IGU prior to finishing of the IGU.
US11174666B2
A smart window/door opening-closing device that can easily be installed for use with an existing door or window or can be built-in by the door or window manufacturer, can be programmed to activate the opening or closing of the door or window either (a) remotely, (b) automatically by a pet and/or (c) automatically by a voice command, is easily disengaged when use is not desired, provides safety and security to prevent unwanted opening or closing of the door or window, and is integrated with a wireless communication network to enable smart and remote control of the window/door actuator.
US11174662B2
A drive apparatus includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a carrier which supports planetary gears, a drive source which drives the ring gear as an input element, and fixing mechanism which fixes selectively one output element of the sun gear as a first output element and the carrier as a second output element so as not to rotate, and driving force is outputted from the other output element which is other than the one output element of the sun gear and the carrier fixed by the fixing mechanism.
US11174652B1
Leaves and other debris within water are collected into a porous basket by passing a hoop surrounding an opening of the basket through the water, typically while mounted to a tip of a pole. An interface (such as an elbow) and an attachment couple the hoop of the basket to the tip of the pole. The interface and attachment are pivotally attached together. The interface has a leading portion opposite of trailing portion, with the trailing portion coupled to the hoop and the leading portion forward of a hoop plane. The attachment pivotally attaches to the leading portion of the interface. The attachment and pole can pivot through a wide range of angles relative to the interface and the hoop, and facilitate collection of leaves both when the basket is being maneuvered away from a user and toward a user, and without requiring any rotation of the pole.
US11174644B2
The invention relates to a handrail for a staircase comprising a handrail member and an adjustable securement device (80, 85) to support the hand rail member at variable heights above the stairs of a staircase.
US11174643B2
A metal roof flashing system includes a pipe flashing assembly including a triangular base flashing, a rubber vent support, and a lower flashing seal. The pipe flashing assembly is structured to receive a roof vent pipe and form a watertight seal around a plumbing vent stack on a roof surface or side wall of a building. The rubber vent support is flexible and contours to and around the roof vent pipe and form a seal. The pipe flashing assembly is able to be installed on a metal roof surface of a building.
US11174633B2
A modular construction system, including, first and second walls, each having first and second broad surfaces. Each wall includes throughgoing connector-receiving bores. The modular construction system further includes a connector including a longitudinal body portion arranged along a longitudinal axis and having a first width. A head portion of the longitudinal body portion includes a base surface having a second width in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. A pair of protrusions extend outwardly from the longitudinal body portion and are disposed between the base surface and a tail end of the longitudinal body portion. The protrusions include an engagement surface facing toward the base surface and having a third width, the third width being greater than the first width.
US11174631B2
An anchor track for use with a holdown anchor and an anchor assembly. The anchor track has an upwardly opening channel, a first end, and a second end. The anchor assembly is slidable within the upwardly opening channel between the first and second ends to a desired position when the anchor track is at least partially embedded in concrete. The anchor assembly extends upwardly from inside the upwardly opening channel to the holdown anchor and is couplable to the holdown anchor when the anchor assembly is positioned adjacent to the holdown anchor.
US11174629B2
A method and apparatus according to which a blast resistant shelter is assembled. The blast resistant shelter includes first and second structural members, a third structural member coupled to the first and second structural members, a first airway adjacent the third structural member, and a first blast panel pivotably mounted to the third structural member and adapted to pivot thereabout in response to a blast wave. In a first configuration, the first blast panel is detachably connected to a first portion of the blast resistant shelter and prevented from pivoting about the third structural member so that the first blast panel obstructs air flow through the first airway. In a second configuration, in response to the blast wave, the first blast panel is detached from the first portion of the blast resistant shelter and permitted to pivot about the third structural member to permit air flow through the first airway.
US11174628B1
A liquid detergent supply for toilet includes a bottle, a lid and a flexible tube. The bottle has a connecting member for connecting with a water tank and an inner room with an opening for accommodating liquid detergent. The lid has an annular wall disposed in an end and a protruding portion in another end. A through channel communicated with the opening is disposed in the protruding portion. The flexible tube has an inlet end connected with the protruding portion to be in communication with the through channel and an outlet end penetrating into a floating block whose surface is level with the outlet end. The outlet end is tugged to float on water by a buoyancy of the floating block.
US11174625B2
An isolation device and method are provided for isolating a plumbing system of a premises from a potable water source if permissible input water pressure parameters are violated. After the plumbing system has achieved a desired input water pressure, the isolation device places the plumbing system in an isolated state and only removes the plumbing system from the isolated state if the isolation device detects a demand for water from the plumbing system and if the isolation device determines that permissible input water pressure parameters are not being violated. Once the demand no longer exists, the isolation device returns the plumbing system to the isolated state.
US11174612B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of turf reinforcement mats that include spun yarns and/or multifilament yarns in either or both of the warp and weft directions.
US11174611B1
A system, method for forming, and a method of manufacturing a boom for the containment of contaminants is disclosed. The boom includes a cover and an adsorbent or absorbent material disposed within the cover. The adsorbent or absorbent material may be formed of one or more sheets of flexible fabric folded upon itself to form a convoluted structure within the elongated cover. Additionally, the material disposed within the elongated cover may form a non-cylindrical cross-section. The material may be at least partially a polyester material.
US11174604B1
A method of adjusting milling properties of a rotor for a milling machine includes accessing the rotor. The rotor includes a drum and a plurality of cutting assemblies, and each cutting assembly includes a tool block, a tool holder, and a cutting bit. The method also includes adjusting a rotational orientation of a plurality of cutting bits and tool holders relative to the corresponding tool blocks, and enclosing the rotor.
US11174601B2
A paving machine for paving a work surface can include a hopper for receiving, accommodating, and dispensing a paving material. The hopper may be movable into various positions including a conventional configuration, a material receiving configuration, and a material feeding configuration. The paving machine may include a hopper regulation system associated with a material quantity sensor and an object detection sensor and that utilizes data obtained therefrom to decide on proceeding with a material receiving operation, a material feeding operation, or to suspend hopper operation.
US11174599B2
A textile-reinforced concrete road paving apparatus and a method of repairing concrete road pavement can minimize use of construction equipment by using the textile-reinforced concrete road paving apparatus integrally formed to consecutively cut concrete, dispose a reinforcement material, and construct a repaired cross section so as to reduce a construction period, thereby remarkably reducing construction costs. Further, a textile grid reinforcement material, which is a noncorroding reinforcement material, is applied to form the repaired cross section of the concrete road pavement so as to prevent concrete from being detached due to corrosion. Further, a textile reinforced grid is precisely disposed at a required position, and thus the thicknesses of the primary and secondary concrete pavement are precisely adjusted, and thus construction precision can be increased.
US11174596B2
A tissue product includes at least one ply with embossed protrusions defining an interior volume, the embossed protrusions including a base, a top surface and a sidewall extending from the top surface to the base, wherein the sidewall of at least 10% of the embossed protrusion is provided with an indent region shaped such that the sidewall bends towards the interior volume of the embossed protrusion.
US11174595B2
A converting line for processing tissue paper includes an unwinder for unwinding reels of tissue paper; a rewinding machine for forming rolls of tissue paper; a feeding path between the unwinder and the rewinding machine, for at least one ply of tissue paper; along the feeding path, a first detection unit to detect the thickness of the tissue paper fed along the feeding path in a feeding direction; a control system, interfacing with the detection unit, and configured to act on at least one production parameter of the converting line based on the detected tissue paper thickness.
US11174585B2
Provided is a washing machine including a rib extending outward from a central portion of a rear portion of a tub. One end of the rib is provided adjacent to the central portion of the tub, the other end of the rib is provided adjacent to an outer side of the tub, and since a width of the one end of the rib is greater than a width of the other end of the rib, thereby maintaining efficient rigidity against stress generated in the rear portion of the tub. Further, in order to secure rigidity against stress due to vibrations generated by a driving motor, an additional rib is included between a side to which the driving motor is coupled and the outer side of the tub, thereby efficiently maintaining rigidity against additional stress.
US11174578B2
A method of bonding together surfaces of two or more elements. The method includes the steps of providing two or more elements, applying an adhesive to one or more of the surfaces to be bonded together before, during or after contacting the surfaces to be bonded together with each other, and curing the adhesive, wherein the adhesive comprises at least one hydrocolloid.
US11174577B2
A brushed circular knitted fabric has double loops stacked with at least two kinds of synthetic fiber multifilaments, wherein at least one surface of the circular knitted fabric has undergone brush processing, and the FT index represented by the equation (T2/T1) [T1: thickness (of one layer) according to a method prescribed by JIS, T2: thickness according to the same method prescribed by JIS at a state where the fabric is folded in two] is 2.1 or greater. The brushed circular knitted fabric has resiliency feeling and stretchability suitable for use in a coat or jacket, and is excellent in physical properties such as pilling resistance and changes in dimensions with washing.
US11174568B2
A microfluidic chip comprising at least one dialysis crystallisation cell. The cell includes: a substrate made of PMMA; a first level including a tank defined at least partially by the substrate and by an outer wall of the cell, the tank being in fluid communication with a channel for inlet and a channel for outlet of a solution allowing the crystallisation method to be implemented; and a second level including a dialysis chamber defined at least partially by an inner wall of the cell without contact with the substrate and by a dialysis membrane forming an interface between the tank and the dialysis chamber, the inner wall including at least one one-piece portion in which the periphery of the membrane is kept sealed.
US11174567B2
A method and apparatus for measuring a melt back of a seed in a boule are provided. The method includes lifting a boule once it has been produced using an actuating device onto a support table to automatically manipulate the boule from a furnace to the support table. The melt back of the seed is then automatically measured using a vision system that is installed on an imaging device disposed below the boule.
US11174554B2
Provided is a substrate tray which is to be used in a thin-film formation device and makes it easy to improve film quality and film thickness uniformity on a substrate by improving substrate heating efficiency and substrate heating uniformity. Thus, a substrate tray to be used in a thin-film formation device and characterized in that: wherein there are formed substrate mountable spaces each of which substantially corresponds to a substrate shape by installing partition frames arranged in matrix each of which has a substantial quadrangular frame shape within an outer frame and by partitioning inside of the outer frame in a grid, wherein a plurality of wires are installed between front and rear side frames mutually opposing within the outer frame and each partition frame is connected and supported by the wires, and wherein the substrate is mountable on a substrate support portion of a lower partition frame joined to a bottom surface of an upper partition frame in the partition frame or on the wires crossing the substrate mountable spaces.
US11174549B2
In a substrate processing method, a cleaning process is performed at a first temperature to remove a portion of a cumulative layer that is deposited within a chamber by deposition processes (step 1). The deposition processes are performed at the first temperature on a plurality of substrates within the chamber respectively (step 2). The step 1 and the step 2 are performed alternately and repeatedly.
US11174541B2
The present invention describes an aluminum rolling method comprising a stage a) of hot rolling at an initial temperature ranging from 450 to 500° C. up to a final temperature ranging from 360 to 400° C., obtaining an aluminum sheet with a thickness between 8 and 12 mm; and a stage b) of cold rolling wherein rolling passes at a temperature ranging from 75 to 120° C. are intercalated with an intermediate sub-stage of heat treatment at a temperature ranging from 340 to 390° C., until obtaining an aluminum sheet with a final thickness between 0.3 and 1 mm. Another object of the invention is the rolled aluminum obtained from the method explained in the present application and its use in manufacturing containers for the cosmetic and perfume industry.
US11174538B2
Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are composite materials, methods, tools and abrasive materials comprising a tungsten-based metal composition, a tungsten carbide, and an alloy. In some cases, the composite materials or matrix are resistant to oxidation.
US11174535B2
The invention relates to a plate with a thickness of 0.5 to 9 mm with an essentially recrystallized granular structure, made from an alloy based on aluminum, comprising 2.8 to 3.2% by weight Cu, 0.5 to 0.8% by weight Li, 0.1 to 0.3% by weight Ag, 0.2 to 0.7% by weight Mg, 0.2 to 0.6% by weight Mn, 0.01 to 0.15% by weight Ti, a quantity of Zn below 0.2% by weight, a quantity of Fe and Si of less than or equal to 0.1% by weight each, and unavoidable impurities to a proportion of less than or equal to 0.05% by weight each and 0.15% by weight in total, said plate being obtained by a method comprising casting, homogenization, hot rolling and optionally cold rolling, solution heat treatment, quenching and aging. The plates according to the invention are advantageous in particular for the manufacture of aircraft fuselage panels.
US11174532B1
Provided are methods of extracting lithium from a lithium containing solution, as well as the resulting compositions. The method includes supplying a lithium containing solution to a lithium capture step, the lithium capture step being operable to capture lithium from the lithium salt containing solution. The method further includes recovering lithium from the lithium capture step to produce a lithium rich stream. In especially preferred methods, the lithium capture step is performed to increase the lithium to sodium ratio above at least 1:1. Optionally, the lithium rich stream can be purified to remove divalent ions and borate ions. The lithium rich stream is then concentrated by supplying the lithium rich stream to a reverse osmosis step to produce a concentrated lithium rich stream.
US11174530B2
A steel strip, sheet or blank used for painted parts, wherein the steel strip, sheet or blank is optionally metallic coated. According to the invention, the steel has grains with an essentially equi-axed median grain size smaller than 11.0 micrometer, resulting in a difference in Waviness ΔWsa≤0.12 μm between the surface before and after the forming of the strip, sheet or blank. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a steel strip.
US11174526B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that includes a base coating with a high TiN ratio advantageous for the application of tension to the steel sheet and has excellent magnetic property is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet includes: a base coating having a peak value PTiN of TiN in the form of osbornite, observed in a range of 42°<2θ<43° and a peak value PSiO2 of SiO2 in the form of cristobalite, observed in a range of 23°<2θ<25° of both more than 0 and satisfying a relationship PTiN≥PSiO2, in thin-film X-ray diffraction analysis; and an iron loss W17/50 of 1.0 W/kg or less.
US11174525B2
The present invention has been made in an effort to provide an annealing separator component for an oriented electrical steel sheet, an oriented electrical steel sheet, and a manufacturing method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an annealing separator composition for an oriented electrical steel sheet, includes: 100 weight parts of at least one of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide; and 5 to 200 weight parts of aluminum hydroxide.
US11174524B1
A production apparatus and method for electric arc furnace steelmaking with a fully continuous ultra-short process are provided. A continuous adding, melting, smelting and continuous casting of a metal material are integrated, and a metallurgy process is completed in a flowing of a molten steel, to realize a continuous production of ingot blanks. The production apparatus includes four operation sites of an electric arc furnace for melting and primary refining, a sealed tapping chute for molten steel flowing, a refinement storage bed for molten-steel desulfurization and alloying and a conticaster for continuous casting A material flow, an energy flow and a time stream in the four operation sites are in a dynamic equilibrium. The production apparatus and method realize a molten-steel casting is started within 120 minutes after the metal material is started to be continuously added, and an uninterrupted continuous production is maintained for above 80 hours.
US11174521B2
The invention includes a method of diagnosis and treating autism associated with an overgrowth of beta2-toxin-gene-positive Clostridium perfringens in the gut of an autistic subject. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering to the subject (e.g. a subject having an overgrowth of beta2-toxin-gene-positive Clostridium perfringens in the gut) one or more agents to reduce or eliminate beta2-toxin-gene positive Clostridium perfringens in the subject so as to relieve one or more symptoms of autism.
US11174515B2
The embodiments disclosed herein utilized RNA targeting effectors to provide a robust CRISPR-based diagnostic with attomolar sensitivity. Embodiments disclosed herein can detect both DNA and RNA with comparable levels of sensitivity and can differentiate targets from non-targets based on single base pair differences. Moreover, the embodiments disclosed herein can be prepared in freeze-dried format for convenient distribution and point-of-care (POC) applications. Such embodiments are useful in multiple scenarios in human health including, for example, viral detection, bacterial strain typing, sensitive genotyping, and detection of disease-associated cell free DNA.
US11174511B2
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for single-step, multi-stage amplification reactions that combine many stages of sample preparation process in a single tube reaction. The disclosed technology provides a mean of performing multiplexed nested PCR in a single vessel, without any need of purification steps, and is based on the use of three sets of primers: a pair of outer primers, a pair of inner primers that are nested within the pair of outer primers, and tail primers that are complementary to tails on the inner primers. By adjusting the temperature conditions, annealing temperatures of the primers, number of amplification cycles, and the concentrations of the outer, inner, and tail primers, it is possible to carry out multiplexed nested PCR in a single vessel.
US11174504B2
Provided are devices, systems, and methods for the identification, quantification, and profiling of microscopic organisms. The methods for the identification, quantification, and profiling of microscopic organisms include, for example, the selective enrichment of microscopic organisms from a heterogeneous sample; subsequent loading of the microscopic organisms into microfluidic channels or reaction chambers; direct amplification of nucleic acids from single, isolated microscopic organisms; and examination of amplification products using digital High Resolution Melting (HRM) analysis.
US11174502B2
Herein is reported a method for the enzymatic production of a polypeptide comprising the step of incubating i) a first polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence LPXTG (SEQ ID NO: 01, wherein X can be any amino acid residue) or LPXTA (SEQ ID NO: 41, wherein X can be any amino acid residue), ii) a second polypeptide that has i) a glycinyl, an alaninyl, or a cysteinyl compound at its N-terminus, or ii) an oligoglycine, or oligoalanine, or a cysteine amino acid residue followed by one to three glycine or alanine amino acid residues at its N-terminus, or iii) a lysine amino acid residue within its 5 N-terminal amino acid residues, and iii) a third polypeptide with sortase A activity, in a deep eutectic solvent and thereby producing a polypeptide.
US11174498B2
It is disclosed a process for producing a bio-product from a ligno-cellulosic biomass, wherein the ligno-cellulosic biomass, a gas and steam are introduced in a pressurized reactor operated in a continuous manner at conditions to have a vapor head space. In the pressurized reactor, the vapor head space is maintained at a vapor head space temperature and at a pressure which is at least 1 bar greater than a pure steam equilibrium pressure at the vapor head space temperature. The ligno-cellulosic biomass is then refined by rapidly releasing the pressure while discharging the ligno-cellulosic biomass from the pressurized reactor assembly to create a pre-treated ligno-cellulosic biomass, which is then hydrolyzed and converted to the bio-product. Preferably, at least a portion of the gas is air entrapped in the ligno-cellulosic biomass and it is introduced into the pressurized reactor as part of the ligno-cellulosic biomass. In a preferred embodiment, the lignocellulosic biomass is subjected to a soaking step and an aeration step prior to being introduced into the pressurized reactor, without any xylans separation step.
US11174495B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for labeling and/or targeting cells with increased calcium by providing a CREB reporter system. In addition, methods of treating disorders with activated cells such as brain disorders or cancer are also provided herein.
US11174494B2
The invention pertains to an expression vector or a combination of at least two expression vectors comprising at least (a) a polynucleotide encoding a product of interest or an insertion site for incorporating a polynucleotide encoding a product of interest; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a first selectable marker (sm I); (c) a polynucleotide encoding a second selectable marker (sm II), which is different from the first selectable marker (sm I), wherein the activity of the selectable marker (sm I) or (sm II) is at least partially influenced by the activity of the other selectable marker and wherein the selectable markers (sm I) and (sm II) are involved in the folate metabolism. Also provided are suitable host cells, selection methods and methods for producing polypeptides with high yield.
US11174493B2
The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing plants. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and the use of nucleic acids encoding cyclin SDS like proteins for the production of seedless fruits.
US11174492B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides associated with increased resistance of plant to pathogenic fungi, particularly to fungi inducing root rot and stalk rot in plants, and use thereof for controlling plant fungal pathogens and for producing transgenic plants having increased resistance to pathogenic fungi.
US11174490B2
This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.
US11174487B2
Methods of constructing a cell comprising in its chromosome one or more copies of an open reading frame (ORF) or operon encoding at least one polypeptide of interest, each copy being under the transcriptional control of a heterologous promoter using a site specific recombinase and in vivo integration by recombination; resulting cells, and methods for producing a polypeptide of interest using the resulting cells.
US11174478B2
The present invention relates to a method for concentrating a biological sample containing nucleic acids by using magnetic chitosan microparticles and subsequently performing a PCR reaction on the nucleic acids captured on the microparticles. The chitosan microparticles added to the biological sample at a PCR compatible pH are mechanically agitated to provide for cell lysis and simultaneous DNA capture, and then serve as a solid support for the nucleic acid template during the PCR reaction. As the chitosan microparticles are utilized for lysis and the nucleic acids do not need to be removed from the microparticles before PCR, the ease of the sample preparation procedure is dramatically improved.
US11174470B2
Disclosed herein are compositions, kits, and methods related to improved Cas activity. Through compositions and kits disclosed herein and practice of methods disclosed herein, one attains improved Cas activity such as Cas12 activity relative to Cas proteins in the art such as LbCas12. Further described herein are methods to detect target nucleic acid using a programmable nuclease system. Often, the target nucleic acids are present in at low frequency in the sample. Provided herein are methods for enriching these target nucleic acids for detection. Also described herein are methods to insert a PAM sequence into a target sequence of interest for use in a detection comprising a programmable nuclease.
US11174452B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising protease variants suitable for use in cleaning or detergent compositions, such as laundry detergent compositions and dish wash compositions, including automatic dish wash compositions.
US11174448B2
Prepared is a film including at least one surface having a friction property having A of not less than 0.01 and B of not greater than 0.6, A and B being values obtained from friction testing, wherein the friction testing includes measuring relative dynamic friction coefficients μ of the at least one surface at various moving speeds v (mm/s) of a contact probe, creating a plot of log(v), log(v) being a common logarithm of the moving speed, on a horizontal axis and μ on a vertical axis and performing linear fitting to obtain a straight line, and A is a slope of the straight line and B is an intercept of the straight line. The tactile film includes a tactile layer, which is formed of a cured product of a curable composition including a curable resin and is disposed on the outermost layer; and the surface of the tactile layer may have a friction property having a slope A of 0.01 or higher and an intercept B of 0.6 or lower. The curable resin may include a (meth)acrylic polymer having a polymerizable group, a urethane (meth)acrylate, a silicone (meth)acrylate, and a cellulose ester. The curable composition may include no fine particles. The tactile layer of the film may be laminated on a substrate layer formed of a transparent resin. The film has excellent finger slidability.
US11174440B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and processes for producing olefins and/or dienes. The processes may include: thermally cracking a hydrocarbon containing feed to produce a cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing a mixture of olefins and paraffins; and catalytically cracking the cracked hydrocarbon effluent to produce a catalytically cracked effluent containing additional olefins and/or dienes. The systems may include a reaction zone for thermally cracking a hydrocarbon containing feed to produce a cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing a mixture of olefins and paraffins; and, a catalytic cracking reaction zone for catalytically cracking the cracked hydrocarbon effluent to produce a catalytically cracked hydrocarbon effluent containing additional olefins and/or dienes.
US11174432B2
The present invention relates to 2,3-dihydrobenzothiophene derivatives of the general formula I In which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof in liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media, to liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media comprising these derivatives, and to electro-optical display elements containing these liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media.
US11174422B2
Salt-free invert emulsions having an external phase comprising a hydrocarbon fluid, and an internal phase comprising a hygroscopic fluid selected from the group consisting of an amino alcohol, a glycol, an amine glycol, and any combination thereof. Methods including introducing the salt-free invert emulsion into a subterranean formation and performing a subterranean formation operation.
US11174420B2
A silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition is curable to form a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive. The silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition can be coated on a substrate and cured to form a protective film. The protective film can be adhered to an anti-fingerprint coating on display glass, such as cover glass for a smartphone.
US11174388B2
A polyphenylene sulfide resin composition exhibits excellent initial toughness and toughness after a long-term high temperature treatment typified by a tensile elongation at break after a dry heat treatment without impairing mechanical strength, chemical resistance and electrical insulation properties. The polyphenylene sulfide resin composition includes 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an organosilane compound and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a metal salt of phosphorus oxoacid based on 100 parts by weight of a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a tensile elongation at break, which is measured in accordance with ASTM-D638 under the conditions of a tensile speed of 10 mm/min and an ambient temperature of 23° C. after treating at 200° C. for 500 hours using an ASTM No. 4 dumbbell test piece obtained by injection molding the composition, is 10% or more.
US11174383B2
This invention relates to a method for preparing a composition having a melt viscosity of between 160 Pas and 400 Pas, as determined according to ISO-11443-2014 at 270° C. and a shear rate of 265 l/s, and a volume resistivity of at most 105 Ohm·cm, measured according to ASTM D257 on an injection molded test sample of 3 mm thickness and a diameter of 50 mm and coated with a gold layer on an upper and lower surface and, as well as the composition itself and painted parts comprising the composition.
US11174382B2
It becomes possible to produce a thermoplastic resin composition having a sea-island structure by a kneading step of kneading a thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material having an alkoxysilyl group, in which the alkoxysilyl group is grafted to the thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material, and a thermoplastic resin in a melt state in a kneading machine and a dynamic crosslinking step of adding a water component into the kneading machine, forming a silanol group by a hydrolysis reaction of the alkoxysilyl group in the thermoplastic elastomer and/or rubber material having an alkoxysilyl group and the water component in the kneading machine, and subsequently forming a siloxane bond by a condensation reaction between the silanol groups.
US11174378B2
Ethylene polymers having a density from 0.908 to 0.925 g/cm3, a melt index from 0.5 to 3 g/10 min, a ratio of Mw/Mn from 2 to 4, a ratio of Mz/Mw from 1.6 to 2.3, a CY-a parameter from 0.45 to 0.6, and an ATREF profile characterized by a single peak at a peak ATREF temperature from 76 to 88° C., and by less than 4.5 wt. % of the polymer eluting above a temperature of 91° C. These ethylene polymers can be used to produce various articles of manufacture, such as blown and cast films with a beneficial combination of high tear resistance and low haze.
US11174373B2
A resin composition containing: a cellulose ester having at least two types of acyl groups; and an esterified starch.
US11174372B2
Polyurethane composites comprising non-silane treated glass fibers and methods of manufacturing are described herein. The polyurethane composites can include (a) a polyurethane formed by the reaction of (i) one or more isocyanates selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and mixtures thereof, and (ii) one or more polyols; (b) a filler; and (c) non-silane treated glass fibers. In some instances, none of the glass fibers in the polyurethane composites are silane treated. The polyurethane composites comprising the non-silane treated glass fibers can have a flexural strength that is greater than the flexural strength of an identical composition wherein the non-silane treated glass fibers are replaced with silane-treated glass fibers. Articles comprising the polyurethane composites are also disclosed herein.
US11174370B2
A lightweight ablator formulation has been developed which offers superior thermal performance compared to current state of the art ablator formulations. The lightweight ablator formulations described herein typically include at least one endothermically decomposing (energy absorbing) material with a fluxing agent resulting in significantly reduced backface temperature response and a more stable surface. According to one implementation the ablator composition comprises about 30 to about 70 percent by weight of a base silicone resin, about 25 to about 67 percent by weight of a low-density filler, about 3 to about 7 percent by weight of a curing agent and greater than 0 and up to about 10 percent by weight of a boron-containing compound.
US11174369B2
A flame retardant sugar-derived molecule, a process for forming a flame retardant sugar-derived molecule, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame retardant sugar-derived molecule are disclosed. The flame retardant sugar-derived molecule can be synthesized from arabitol, xylitol, arabic acid, or xylonic acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame retardant sugar-derived molecule can include reacting arabitol, xylitol, arabic acid, or xylonic acid and a flame retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame retardant sugar-derived molecule.
US11174362B2
A method of producing a film-attached resin base may include supplying a surface treatment gas including at least fluorine gas to a resin base including reinforcing fibers so that embrittled regions are formed in a surface of the resin base and the reinforcing fiber present near the surface of the resin base is modified at least partially; removing at least the embrittled regions so that an uneven surface is formed on the resin base and the reinforcing fiber is at least partially exposed in the uneven surface; and forming a film onto the uneven surface of the resin base.
US11174360B2
The present application relates to a block copolymer and a use thereof. The present application can provide a laminate which is capable of forming a highly aligned block copolymer on a substrate and thus can be effectively applied to production of various patterned substrates, and a method for producing a patterned substrate using the same.
US11174353B2
Crosslinking compounds for effective and efficient cross-linking and identification of intermolecular and intramolecular interactions of proteins, peptides and nucleic acids.
US11174341B1
The present invention is directed to a series of lactic acid ester polymers that are effective in making uniform films. In addition to their film forming ability, these lactic acid polyesters provide unique solubility and esthetics in cosmetic formulations, they are far more hydrophobic than other citrate ester polymers previously disclosed.
US11174338B2
Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
US11174333B2
The present invention describes novel macromonomers containing polyisobutene groups and homo- or copolymers thereof.
US11174331B2
A shock-absorbing sheet comprises a foamed resin layer having a thickness of 200 μm or less, a void ratio (P0.1) of a plane directional cross section at a thickness of 0.1 T, a void ratio (P0.5) of a plane directional cross section at a thickness of 0.5 T, and a void ratio (P0.9) of a plane directional cross section at a thickness of 0.9 T from one surface of the foamed resin layer each ranging from 10 to 70 area %; and the standard deviation (Pσ) for an average void ratio found from the void ratio (P0.1), the void ratio (P0.5) and the void ratio (P0.9) ranging from 1.0 to 20.
US11174330B2
Fluoroelastomer compositions comprising fluoroelastomers having copolymerized units of a nitrile-containing cure site monomer are cured with certain hydrazone or oxime curatives.
US11174325B2
Systems and methods for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) emulsion polymerization are provided. The ATRP emulsion polymerization comprises a suspending medium, a dispersed medium, a surfactant, a transition metal compound in a higher oxidation state, a ligand, and an ATRP initiator. The transition metal compound is capable of forming a catalyst complex in a presence of the ligand. The catalyst complex is soluble in the suspending medium and is capable of forming an ionic complex with the surfactant. The ionic complex is capable of moving between the suspending medium and the dispersed medium. A portion of the transition metal compound in the higher oxidation state within a portion of the catalyst complex is reduced by a physical and/or a chemical procedure thereby initiating a polymerization of one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomers by reaction with the initiator.
US11174322B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of HCMV relates diseases. The inventors conducted a study to find an essential domain of pUL56 for its interaction with pUL89 which is important in the effect of the CMV. Sequences alignments allowed them to predict one sequence in C-terminal of pUL56 potentially necessary for interaction with pUL89. BAC mutagenesis and AlphaLISA technologies using purified proteins allowed to validate that the short sequence 671WMVVKYMGFF680 (SEQ ID NO: 1) in C-terminal of pUL56 is involved in interaction with pUL89. Knowing this important information, antibodies directed against this sequence or peptides derived from this sequence could be useful to invalidate the interaction of pUL56 to pUL89 and thus to treat HCMV related diseases. Thus, the present invention relates to an isolated anti-pUL56 antibody, binding to the SEQ ID NO:1 or a peptide comprising the amino acids sequence: WMVVKYMGFF (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a function-conservative variant thereof for use in the treatment of HCMV related diseases.
US11174320B2
Isolated or recombinant anti-HER3 monoclonal antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer.
US11174283B2
The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising aflibercept and methods for producing such compositions in chemically defined media and using chromatography to reduce amounts of certain aflibercept variants.
US11174276B2
The present disclosure relates to a method that includes treating a liquid that includes a first precursor at a concentration C1, a second precursor at a concentration C2, a third precursor at a concentration C3, and an additive at a concentration C4, where the treating results in a perovskite, each of C1, C2, and C3 are between 0.001 M and 100 M, inclusively, and at least one of C4/C1 or C4/C2 equals a ratio greater than or equal to zero
US11174273B2
The invention includes methods of using compounds of Formula I as type I receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors and for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer.
US11174271B2
Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US11174269B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride, which is capable of stably achieving a high dehydration rate. The method for producing 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride of the present invention is a method for producing 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic dianhydride by subjecting 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic acid to a dehydration reaction in a slurry state in the presence of a dehydrating agent, wherein an average particle size of the 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic acid is 20 μm or more.
US11174260B2
Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of various parasitic diseases. These compounds, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof may be formulated in pharmaceutical compostions, veterinary compositions and may be used in methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases spread by parasites, including malaria and cryptosporidiosis.
US11174257B2
The present invention relates to salt forms of the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors (FGFR) inhibitor 3-(2,6-difluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-ethyl-8-(morpholin-4-ylmethyl)-1,3,4,7-tetrahydro-2H-pyrrolo[3′,2′:5,6]pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-2-one, including methods of preparation thereof, where the compound is useful in the treatment of FGFR mediated diseases such as cancer.
US11174246B2
Disclosed are benzimidazole compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof. One embodiment is a compound having the structure and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and N-oxides thereof (and solvates and hydrates thereof), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, Y and X are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates AMPK, and can be used to treat disease by activating the AMPK pathway.
US11174238B2
Enantioselective cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions and compounds synthesized by the reactions
Disclosed are enantioselective cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions for synthesizing tetrahydropyran compounds. Novel tetrahydropyran compounds may be synthesized by the disclosed methods as well as tetrahydropyran precursor compounds for synthesizing various naturally occurring compounds. The enantioselective cross dehydrogenative coupling reactions utilize in situ Lewis Acid activation in combination with oxidative formation of an oxocarbenium ion to provide a highly efficient and selective coupling reaction for synthesizing tetrahydropyran compounds.
US11174235B2
This disclosure relates to anti-agglomerant low dosage hydrate inhibitors that can inhibit the formation of hydrate agglomerants and/or plugs. Thus, provided herein are carboxy alkyl ester compounds that can be used in hydrate inhibitor compositions and methods of inhibiting formation of hydrate agglomerants in a fluid comprising water, a gas, and optionally a liquid hydrocarbon. Also provided herein are methods of making the carboxy alkyl ester compound.
US11174232B2
The present invention provides substituted heterocyclylderivatives of formula (I), which are therapeutically useful, particularly as selective transcriptional CDK inhibitors including CDK7, CDK9, CDK12, CDK13 and CDK18, more particularly transcriptional CDK7 inhibitors. These compounds are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases and/or disorders associated with selective transcriptional CDKs in a mammal. The present invention also provides preparation of the compounds and pharmaceutical formulations comprising at least one of the substituted heterocyclyl derivatives of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a stereoisomer thereof.
US11174231B1
The disclosure provides compounds with warheads and their use in treating medical diseases or disorders, such as viral infections. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of making various compounds with warheads are provided. The compounds are contemplated to inhibit proteases, such as the 3C, CL- or 3CL-like protease.
US11174228B2
Disclosed are small molecule antagonists of α4β7 integrin, and methods of using them to treat a number of specific diseases or conditions.
US11174227B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and nanostructures having one or more quaternary ammonium salts, compositions including the compounds and nanostructures, and methods useful for treating conditions using the compounds, nanostructures, and compositions. In at least one aspect, a compound is represented by formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Q is fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo; each of s, b, and n is independently an integer from about 10 to about 100; and each of v, j, p, z, q, x and m is independently an integer from 1 to about 20.
US11174226B2
The present application relates to novel azetidinimine of formula (I). Wherein R1-R6 are as defined in claim 1. The azetidinimine of the invention are useful as antibiotics and as inhibitors of a carbapenemases. The present invention thus further relates to their use in antibiotic therapies and their methods of synthesis.
US11174225B2
The present invention discloses methods for synthesizing asymmetrical sulfide compounds and asymmetrical ether compounds from a variety of ether, sulfide, alcohol, and thiol reactants that are contacted in the presence of a suitable catalyst. Conversions of the limiting reactant to the desired asymmetrical sulfide or asymmetrical ether compound generally exceed 50%.
US11174207B2
A process is useful for the isomerization of C4 to C9 olefins having an internal double bond into the corresponding olefins having a terminal double bond using a heterogeneous catalyst system of a silicon-aluminium mixed oxide composition.
US11174201B1
Carbon dioxide and ash are two major waste by-products from coal fire production. Presented herein is are methods, material, and devices for storing carbon using high ash-content building material. The idea is to generate materials with commercial values to offset the cost for carbon capture. Ash with alkali activator (geopolymer) concrete has been studied extensively for its superior performance (higher strength) than ordinary Portland cement (OPC) concrete. However, most geopolymer concrete needs energy input in the forms of pressure and heat, which in turn are usually based on electricity produced through power plants.
US11174197B2
A glass-based article includes an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase, and a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface thereby defining a thickness (t) of the glass-based article. The glass-based article has a stress profile with a surface compressive stress (CS) and a maximum central tension (CT). The maximum CT is greater than or equal to 80 MPa and less than or equal to 95 MPa, and the maximum CT is positioned within the glass-based article at a range from greater than or equal to 0.4·t and less than or equal to 0.6·t. The surface CS of the glass-based article is greater than or equal to 200 MPa; and a depth of compression (DOC) is from greater than or equal to 0.14·t and less than or equal to 0.25·t.
US11174192B2
Methods and a glass manufacturing system are described herein that impact compaction in a glass sheet. For instance, a method is described herein for impacting compaction in a glass sheet made by a glass manufacturing system. In addition, a glass manufacturing system is described herein which manufactures a glass sheet that meets a compaction target. Plus, a method is described herein for maintaining an uniform compaction between glass sheets made by different glass manufacturing systems.
US11174175B2
A sustainable system for removing and concentrating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water. The system includes an anion exchange vessel having a selected anion exchange resin therein configured to remove PFAS from the water. A line coupled to the vessel introduces a flow of water contaminated with PFAS such that the PFAS bind to the selected anion exchange resin and are thereby removed from the water. A regenerant solution line is coupled to the anion exchange vessel to introduce an optimized regenerant solution to the anion exchange vessel to remove the PFAS from the anion exchange resin, thereby regenerating the anion exchange resin and generating a spent regenerant solution comprised of the removed PFAS and the optimized regenerant solution. A separation and recovery subsystem recovers the optimized regenerant solution for reuse and separates and concentrates the removed PFAS.
US11174157B2
A semiconductor device package includes a semiconductor device, a non-semiconductor substrate over the semiconductor device, and a first connection element extending from the semiconductor device to the non-semiconductor substrate and electrically connecting the semiconductor device to the non-semiconductor substrate.
US11174152B2
An embodiment device includes a body structure having an interior cavity, a control chip disposed on a first interior surface of the interior cavity, and a sensor attached, at a first side, to a second interior surface of the interior cavity opposite the first interior surface. The sensor has a mounting pad on a second side of the sensor that faces the first interior surface, and the sensor is vertically spaced apart from the control chip by an air gap, with the sensor is aligned at least partially over the control chip. The device further includes an interconnect having a first end mounted on the mounting pad, the interconnect extending through the interior cavity toward the first interior surface, and the control chip is in electrical communication with the sensor by way of the interconnect.
US11174149B2
A method and saddle rack to hold a saddle is disclosed. In one embodiment the saddle rack employs a pin that can be put through apertures on one end of a connecting rod and base mounted on a vertical retaining wall, or in an alternative embodiment employs a connecting rod that integrally attaches at one end to a front side of a block with hooks on a top and bottom side that attach to a rigid loop on the wall. Supporting wings attach to the other end of the connecting rod and extend upward to support the saddle upside down and to allow for daily storage and cleaning of the underside of the saddle. In one embodiment the pin would be removed, the connecting rod rotated 180 degrees, and the pin would be reinserted to hold the saddle bottom side down for topside cleaning. In the other embodiment one of the hooks would attach the rack to the rigid loop in either of the two cleaning positions or attach to the ridge loop to form a collapsed position.
US11174141B2
The invention relates to an automated transfer assembly for transferring goods, having a frame, having a repositioning installation which for repositioning the frame is disposed on the frame, and having a gripping device which for gripping an item of goods is in connection with the frame. The gripping device comprises a first gripper arm installation for engaging on the item of goods to be gripped, and a second gripper arm installation for engaging on the item of goods to be gripped, said second gripper arm installation being spaced apart from the first gripper arm installation. The transfer assembly furthermore has a control unit for controlling automated gripping of the item of goods to be gripped by means of the gripping device.
US11174140B1
A hoist mounting apparatus includes a pair of vertical supports. Each of the vertical supports has an upper end and a lower end. Each of the lower ends comprises a mount configured to releasably engage a roof hatch frame. A horizontal support is positioned on and extends between the vertical supports. The horizontal support is freely movable with respect to the vertical supports. The horizontal support has a first end, a second end, a first side edge and a second side edge. The horizontal support is elongated and has a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second end ends. The horizontal support has an elongated opening therein extending along the longitudinal axis. The electric hoist is positionable on the horizontal support such that a cable attached to the electric hoist extends downwardly through the elongated opening.
US11174137B2
A telescoping jib of a mobile crane with telescoping sections that telescope inwards and outwards from a jib base casing, and a guying system for the telescoping jib having at least one cable extending between a guying frame and a fixed point by a guying support and is anchored by guying supports, where each guying support comprises a holding mechanism for the cable. A method for guying a telescoping jib of a mobile crane in which at least one cable is anchored between a guying frame on the telescoping jib consisting of a jib base casing and a plurality of telescoping segments and a fixed point on the telescoping jib, and the at least one cable is guided by means of at least one guying support supported on the jib base casing head or a telescoping segment head of the telescoping jib.
US11174133B2
An apparatus for manipulating assembly components into desired configurations and a method for using same, where the assembly component includes a first and second bore set at a first and second transverse angles, for receiving attaching members. The apparatus includes a pair of attaching members that engage the bores to extend toward each other, and a manipulating member securing the base portions of the attaching members to each other. The attaching members may include side struts that relieve side pressure on the bores and may also include internal air passageways. The manipulating member has a length that prevents the secured attaching members from disengaging from their bores, and provides a location for a moving device to indirectly connect to the assembly component. The moving device can move the assembly component in a different directions to achieve different configurations.
US11174124B2
An elevator car has a pivotable balustrade mounted on a roof of the elevator car and which can be pivoted between a folded-down position and an erected position. To secure the erected position, the balustrade has a locking mechanism by which the balustrade can be locked via a latching connection during a pivoting movement to produce the erected position. The balustrade includes a two-part post with a lower post part and an upper post part, the upper post part being pivotably fastened to the lower post part and on which the locking mechanism is arranged. A latching element of the locking mechanism is mounted vertically on the lower post part so as to be displaceable to a limited degree. The locking mechanism further has an actuating element in the form of a foot pedal or a lever for unlocking the locking position.
US11174122B2
In a reel assembly, a repositionable level wind may be selectively coupled to a drum to enable powered rotation of the level wind from a first position to a second position. In some embodiments, the assembly may include two arced guide rails, a rotating adjustment arm, a roller bracket, a winding assembly and two fork plates, which may be adjustably mounted on the drum. In operation, the fork plates may be moved to an engaged position that couples the adjustment arm and the roller bracket to the reel flanges so that rotation of the reel causes the winding assembly to be rotated along the guide rails. Once a desired position is reached, the adjustment arm and roller bracket may be bolted to the guide rails and the fork plates may be moved to a disengaged position to allow the reel to rotate independently of the winding assembly.
US11174107B2
A flash lamp system provides flashes to a bottom side of a conveyor to disinfect the conveyor while the conveyor is transporting products on a top side of the conveyor. The flashes are provided to discontinuous segments of the conveyor such that a portion of the conveyor is treated with each revolution, but a controller causes the entire length of the conveyor to be disinfected over multiple revolutions. The controller can respond to changes in speed and detected levels of disinfection. The disinfection system can be used in many applications, such as the transporting of fresh or frozen food products.
US11174104B2
A method for transporting a payload in a storage facility is provided. A structural arrangement that is to be formed at a first location for lifting the payload is determined. The payload is associated with a plurality of fiducial markers. Based on the structural arrangement, a plurality of transport vehicles are selected for transporting the payload to a second location. A path that is to be traversed by the plurality of transport vehicles for transporting the payload is determined. A plurality of instructions are communicated to the plurality of transport vehicles to reach at a respective fiducial marker of the plurality of fiducial markers. Based on the plurality of instructions, the plurality of transport vehicles reach at the respective fiducial markers and form the determined structural arrangement. For transporting the payload, the plurality of transport vehicles move in sync along the determined path, while maintaining the determined structural arrangement.
US11174103B2
A modular building system or storage system can include a number of stacks of container, each stack being positioned within a frame structure having uprights and a horizontal grid disposed above the stacks. The grid can include substantially perpendicular rails on which load handling devices can run. Containers having functions associated with a number of residential or commercial uses are moved in to and out of the stacks by the robotic handling devices running on the grid. The containers disposed in the stacks are selected by function on demand by a user, the building being reconfigurable to take into account required uses.
US11174101B2
A method for the destruction of data carriers preventing access to the process of rendering confidential data carriers, which consist of paper or similar material, unreadable and allowing the carriers to be destroyed. In the method, confidential data carriers are collected at the point of origin in secure collection containers, removed by a collection vehicle, and are supplied to a paper recycling plant in a final step. The interior of a mobile pulper, which is connected to the collection vehicle, is filled with the confidential data carriers, the carriers are mixed with a pulping fluid and the mixture is blended by an agitator to form a suspension of defibrated documents and pulping fluid, a hydromechanical pulping process taking place in the pulper before the suspension is supplied to the paper recycling plant.
US11174097B2
The capsule includes: a cup defining an internal volume and closed at the top by a lid fixed to an upper edge; a sealing disc fixed internally to the cup on a lower edge, adapted to divide the internal volume into a containing volume for the food product to be infused or dissolved, and a mixing volume for optimal mixing of the food substance in the extraction fluid, said sealing disc, being adapted to seal the containing volume tightly at the base and then to detach from the lower edge due to the pressure exerted by the fluid; a mixing element positioned in the cup between the sealing disc and the lower wall, adapted to create vorticity in the fluid to allow a correct mixing of the food substance.
US11174096B2
This disclosure relates to a capsule (1) for making a beverage, containing a powdered food substance (8) which enables a beverage to be made by passing water through it. The capsule (1) comprises a cup-shaped containment body (2), in turn comprising a tubular lateral wall (21) and a bottom portion (22), and a closing element (29) that closes the top of the containment body (2). The bottom portion (22) has a dispensing hole (26) and the containment body (2) defines a containment chamber (20) inside itself. A filtering element (3) is mounted in the containment chamber (20) and is positioned between the powdered food substance (8) and the bottom portion (22). A dispensing element (5) is mounted in the containment chamber (20) and is positioned between the filtering element (3) and the bottom portion (22). The dispensing element (5) is intended to create a tortuous path for the beverage that flows towards the dispensing hole (26) and has a first face (51) facing the filtering element (3), a second face (52) facing the bottom portion (22) and a perimetric face (53) which joins the first face (51) and the second face (52) to each other. The dispensing element (5) has, on the first face (51), a chamber or recess (551) in a central region, one or more chambers or recesses (552) in annular regions, a plurality of channels (553) that put said chambers or recesses (551, 552) in communication with each other and with the perimetric face (53). Moreover, the dispensing element (5) has, on the second face (52), one or more chambers or recesses (562) in annular regions and a plurality of channels (563) that put said one or more chambers or recesses (562) in communication with the perimetric face (53) and with the dispensing hole (26). The tortuous path for the beverage involves the first face (51), the perimetric face (53) and the second face (52) of the dispensing element (5).
US11174089B2
A method of manufacturing a foil for enclosing or wrapping a product configured to be heated in an oven includes: providing an aluminium layer, applying a first ink material at a surface of the aluminium layer to form a first ink layer, and applying a second ink material at a surface of the first ink layer to form a second ink layer. The first ink layer is positioned between the aluminium layer and the second ink layer, and is configured to absorb radiant energy. The second ink layer is configured to allow radiant energy to pass through to reach the first ink layer. A binder system of the first ink material or the second ink material is based at least in part on polyvinyl butyral (PVB).
US11174087B2
The invention relates to a drinking glass, which contains a bottom (3) and a wall and can be detachably placed onto the upper end of a beverage bottle (1) in the opposite direction, wherein the wall of the drinking glass (2) at least partially surrounds the beverage bottle (1). According to the invention, the inside of the wall of the drinking glass (2) follows the outer wall of the beverage bottle (1) at a slight distance over the entire height of the drinking glass (2). The drinking glass is able to hold substantially the entire content of the beverage bottle. The drinking glass (2) can be fastened to and detached from the lower end of the beverage bottle at the opening rim of the drinking glass.
US11174083B1
A dual locking assembly for straps, which has a lock assembly having first and second strap passages positioned opposite each other, and a strap assembly having a strap. The lock assembly and the strap assembly are reusable. The lock assembly is rectangular in shape. The first and second strap passages have first and second locking tabs respectively. The first and second locking tabs are specularly positioned. The strap has first and second ends, and first and second faces, whereby the first face has serrations. The strap assembly is inserted through the lock assembly, whereby a first section of the strap is used to secure an item or a plurality of items while a second section of the strap is cut to be reused. When the strap assembly is inserted through the lock assembly, the serrations are at the outer side of the strap.
US11174070B2
A first pallet includes a deck and a peripheral wall extending downward from a periphery of the deck. A plurality of feet extend downward from the deck. Each of the feet includes a foot wall defining its periphery. An outer portion of each foot wall is coterminous with the peripheral wall of the deck. The deck includes an opening aligned with each of the plurality of feet. A second, wider pallet may be used with the first pallet. The second pallet may be stacked on the first pallet and vice versa. In the second pallet, the outer portion of the wall of each of the feet is spaced inward from the peripheral wall of the deck, such that the deck of the second pallet is wider than the deck of the first pallet, but the spacing and size of the feet of both decks are identical.
US11174064B2
A carton for holding one or more articles, the carton including a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and at least partially forming a body portion of the carton, a plurality of impact-resistant panels foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, and a plurality of end flaps for forming a closed end of the carton. The plurality of end flaps includes a first end flap foldably connected to an impact-resistant panel of the plurality of impact-resistant panels and a second end flap foldably connected to a panel of the plurality of panels, a lateral edge of the second end flap is a folding edge about which the first end flap is folded to at least partially form the closed end.
US11174060B2
The present invention provides a delaminatable container capable of inhibiting reduction in aroma constituents of contents. According to the present invention, provided is the delaminatable container comprising an outer layer and an inner layer and having an inner bag which is composed of the inner layer and configured to contract with a decrease in the contents. The inner layer comprises, as an innermost layer, an inner EVOH layer composed of EVOH resin, and the EVOH resin contained in the inner EVOH layer has an ethylene content of equal to or less than 34 mol %.
US11174058B2
A seal removal structure can include a shell and a piercing member. The shell can have a first end section and a second end section. The first end section can be configured to receive a supply conduit of a supply fluid container and the second end section can be dimensioned to receive a receiving conduit of a container device. Additionally, the piercing member can be provided within the first end section to penetrate a seal of the supply conduit when the supply conduit is received by the first end section. Moreover, the piercing member can incise at least a portion of the seal from the supply conduit when the supply conduit or the piercing member rotates, while the supply conduit is received by the first end section.
US11174057B2
A method for packaging and processing products in a continuously operating production line, including filling individual packaging containers with products in a filling station; dispensing the filled containers to an individualizing device in multiple tracks by a dispensing station, the individualizing device transferring the packaging containers onto a single track of a conveyor; transporting the containers by the conveyor one after another to at least one additional processing station, and operating the individualizing device in one of the following three operating modes: a) a normal mode in which the packaging containers are transferred from the dispensing station onto the single track of the conveyor, b) an on-stock mode in which the packaging containers are transferred from the dispensing station to a temporary store, and c) a low-load mode in which the packaging containers are transferred from the temporary store onto the single track of the conveyor.
US11174056B2
A wrapping apparatus and method utilize a controlled intervention to vary a dispense rate relative to a predicted dispense rate calculated based upon a predicted demand for packaging material.
US11174053B2
A filling machine for filling flexible pouch type packages that includes a transport unit arranged for intermittent, edgewise advancement of the packages from an upstream station to a downstream station. The transport unit is movable in a reciprocating manner between a first end position and a second end position, and includes a first gripping member arranged to retrieve packages from the upstream station and delivered to the filling station, a second gripping member arranged to retrieve packages from the filling station and delivered to the downstream station and a suction cup member arranged for opening the filling channel of the packages retrieved by the first gripping member. The suction cup member includes, for each package retrieved by the first gripping member, a pair of oppositely arranged suction cups movably arranged in order to engage and separate side wall sections defining the filling channel of the associated package.
US11174051B2
A strapping device includes a handle, a body, and an actuator. The handle includes an input device and a switch, the input device spaced from the switch by a biasing element that applies a bias force to the input device. The input device moves from a first state spaced from the switch to a second state contacting the switch responsive to receiving a force greater than the bias force. A circuit of the switch is closed responsive to the input device moving from the first state to the second state. The switch outputs an actuation signal responsive to the circuit being closed. The body includes a tensioner and a base including a strap receiver opposite the tensioner. The actuator moves the tensioner from a first tensioner position to a second tensioner position further from the strap receiver based on a movement force greater than the bias force.
US11174044B2
An ice accretion apparatus comprises a column having a longitudinal axis, a side wall, and a central chamber having top and bottom ends. It also comprises a top unit which closes the top end of the chamber and includes a droplet discharge device for producing water droplets, a bottom unit which closes the bottom end of the chamber and includes a target, and chamber cooling means configured to cool the chamber during a test and thereby to cool the water droplets, whereby, in use during the test, a layer of accreted ice is built up on the target.
US11174040B2
A device for refueling an aircraft, including a fuel flow duct, the downstream end of which is equipped with a wing coupler for connecting it to an inlet orifice of a fuel tank of the aircraft. The wing coupler includes a body, and a front valve that is movable with respect to the body. The wing coupler includes at least one detection member for detecting the position of the front valve, and an electrical or electronic transmission system for transmitting to a processing unit a signal representing the position of the front valve as detected by the at least one detection member.
US11174039B2
Systems, devices and methods for alerting a crew of an aircraft or other mobile platform of a relevant condition associated with the aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving data indicative of an existence of the relevant condition associated with the aircraft; receiving data indicative of a substantially real-time value of a dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition; and displaying an awareness-enhancing indication associated with the relevant condition in a display area of the crew alerting system of the aircraft. The awareness-enhancing indication comprises a textual message and a supplemental indication indicative of the substantially real-time value of the dynamic parameter associated with the relevant condition. In various embodiments, the supplemental indication may be textual or graphical. The supplemental indication may also be indicative of a target value of the dynamic parameter.
US11174029B2
A passenger seating arrangement in an aircraft cabin including a column of seat units located adjacent an aisle. A seat unit, or a neighboring seat unit, of the column is configurable into a PRM-access configuration in which the seat module is moved to temporarily widen an access opening from a first width to a second width, greater than the first width, for enabling a disabled passenger to access the seat unit.
US11174021B2
Systems and methods are provided for powering and controlling flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicles can be used in a networked system under common control and operation and can be used for a variety of applications. Selected embodiments can operate while tethered to a portable control system. A high speed tether management system can be used to facilitate both mobile and static tethered operation. Modular components provide for both tethered and fully autonomous flight operations.
US11174019B2
A vertical landing and take-off aircraft VTOL transitions from a vertical takeoff state to a cruise state where the vertical takeoff state uses propellers to generate lift and the cruise state uses wings to generate lift. The aircraft has an M-wing configuration with propellers located on the wingtip nacelles, wing booms, and tail boom. The wing boom and/or the tail boom can include boom control effectors. Hinged control surfaces on the wings, tail boom, and tail tilt during takeoff and landing to yaw the vehicle. The boom control effectors, cruise propellers, stacked propellers, and control surfaces can have different positions during different modes of operation in order to control aircraft movement and mitigate noise generated by the aircraft.
US11174017B2
A foldable rotor blade assembly includes a first section including a connector assembly including a plurality of through holes and a second section including a connector having a plurality of openings. The connector is receivable within a hollow interior of the first section. A plurality of fasteners insertable within the plurality of through holes and the plurality of openings. A fold assembly is operably coupled to both the first section and the second section. The fold assembly defines a blade fold axis about which the second section is rotatable to transform the rotor blade assembly between a normal configuration when the connector is received within the hollow interior of the first section, and a folded configuration when the connector has rotated outside of the hollow interior of the first section.
US11174004B2
Aircraft nacelles having adjustable chines are described. An example apparatus includes a multi-segment chine having a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is fixedly coupled to a nacelle. The second segment is rotatable relative to the first segment about an axis of rotation. The axis of rotation is substantially perpendicular to a local area of an outer surface of the nacelle.
US11174001B2
A canopy for an aircraft includes a transparent cover, and a severance cord coupled to the transparent cover. The severance cord includes a fragmenting pattern including a plurality of outer perimeter segments that define an outer perimeter of the fragmenting pattern, and a plurality of inner fragmenting segments that are inside the outer perimeter. The fragmenting pattern is configured to break the transparent cover into numerous fragments when the severance cord is detonated.
US11173996B2
A control system for a trolling motor operated based upon commands generated by a wireless remote control device and a wired foot pedal is provided. The controller is interposed between the trolling motor and the wired foot pedal to add wireless controllability to the trolling motor via the wireless remote control. The controller communicates with the remote control through a bidirectional wireless communication link to receive commands and to provide status information on the operation of the motor. The remote control includes user inputs for generating commands that are sent wirelessly to the controller to control operation of the marine device. The remote control also includes a display for displaying real time status information that is received wirelessly from the controller. The controller generates control signals upon receipt of wireless communication from the remote control that simulate signals that are normally generated by the wired foot pedal.
US11173993B2
Disclosed is a boat with at least one combustion engine positioned on or symmetrical with the vertical median plane of the boat and two engines provided symmetrical with respect to the vertical median plane, each including a propeller in a duct with: a central section on which the propeller is positioned, a rear section leading via a rear opening onto the transom of the hull, a front section with a continuous curved profile, leading via a side opening to the outside wall of the hull, the side opening having a larger cross-section than the cross-section of the rear opening in order for the duct to include at least one converging nozzle, the front section being oriented so that the stream of water exiting from the side opening is directed towards the front and forms an angle of 20° to 60° with respect to the wall of the hull.
US11173992B2
Described herein is a garment (e.g., pants, underpants, shorts, headgear, a skullcap, a glove, socks, shoes, a vest, a jacket, a shirt, an undershirt, an undergarment, or a full body suit) that can be worn by a wearer (e.g., military or civilian law enforcement personnel, an emergency first responder, or a dog) that includes inflatable bladders. When activated, the bladders of the garment inflate, thereby providing an increase in buoyancy to the wearer of the garment, e.g., while swimming.
US11173985B2
A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat includes horizontal and vertical members disposed at right angles to each other. The horizontal member includes an enclosure which contains a lamp. A thruster is mounted to the horizontal member, and the vertical member is affixed to the transom of a boat. The thruster is therefore held in spaced-apart relation to the boat, optimizing the flow of water through the thruster, and minimizing the amount of space required, on the transom, for installation of components. The horizontal member, and one of the connectors holding the vertical member to the boat, are hollow, allowing wires to extend into the horizontal member, to provide power to the thruster and the lamp.
US11173967B2
A utility vehicle including a cab assembly, a roof assembly, a windshield assembly, a rear window assembly, and two or more couplers attached to one or more ROPS members. The couplers are each aligned with and are releasably connected with a buckle insert attached to one or more of the roof assembly, windshield assembly, rear window assembly and doors of the cab assembly.
US11173965B2
A rear vehicle-body structure comprises a rear-floor front part on which a rear seat is placed and which is inclined such that a front side thereof is located at a higher level than a rear side thereof, a right-and-left reinforcing extension having a rear end that is positioned on both sides, in a vehicle width direction, of the rear-floor front part. The right-and-left reinforcing extension extends forwardly and inwardly, in the vehicle width direction, from the rear end. The rear vehicle-body structure further includes a right-and-left second reinforcing extension provided on an outward side in the vehicle width direction of the right-and-left first reinforcing extension, and is configured to extend forwardly and outwardly in the vehicle width direction from a vicinity of the rear end of the right-and-left first reinforcing extension.
US11173964B2
In a vehicle body front structure including a dashboard panel (10), a damper housing (18) attached to a front side of the dashboard panel, and a component mounting part reinforcing plate (24) attached to the dashboard panel, a dashboard panel reinforcing plate (40, 48, 50) extends between the attachment part of the dashboard panel for the vehicle body structure member and the attachment part of the dashboard panel for the component mounting part reinforcing plate, and is attached to the dashboard panel. The dashboard panel reinforcing plate is adjacent to or overlaps with the attachment part of the dashboard panel for the vehicle body structure member of the dashboard panel without being attached to the vehicle body structure member, and has a part (40B) attached to or adjacent to the component mounting part reinforcing plate.
US11173960B2
A vehicle front structure includes a left-right pair of front pillars extending in an up-down direction and a left-right pair of upper members respectively connected to the front pillars at lower portions thereof and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. Each front pillar includes a forward front pillar and a rearward front pillar extending in the up-down direction and has a front pillar inner part and a front pillar outer part. The front pillar inner part extends from a position located rearward of the corresponding upper member toward the corresponding rearward front pillar and includes an upper joining portion joined to the front pillar outer part, a vehicle width direction extending portion extending generally inward from the upper joining portion, and an up-down direction extending portion extending generally downward from the vehicle width direction extending portion. The vehicle width direction extending portion includes a first bead portion formed thereon extending in the vehicle front-rear direction.
US11173955B2
A wheel knuckle for supporting a wheel of a vehicle includes an upper member for connection to a vehicle suspension system, and a hub for supporting a bearing assembly. A displacement control member is provided for promoting displacement of the upper member towards a front of the vehicle in the event of a frontal collision. The displacement control member comprises a distal end for positioning proximal to a rim of the wheel. The distal end of the control member is disposed at a vertical height which is lower than a rotational axis of the wheel.
US11173945B2
A steering column assembly for a vehicle includes a housing, an elongate rotatable steering column, a gear and a torque feedback motor. The elongate rotatable steering column is configured at one end for attachment of a steering wheel and is displaceable into and out of the housing along its longitudinal axis (A). The gear is rotatably mounted coaxially with the steering column within the housing and keyed with the steering column. The torque feedback motor is connected to the gear wherein the keyed connection between the steering column and the gear allows longitudinal displacement of the steering column relative to the gear.
US11173931B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus capable of improving the accuracy of the degree of comfort in another area to be learned by a user, the information processing apparatus including: a comfort degree calculation unit that calculates a degree of comfort of a particular user on the basis of sensor data of another user; and an output control unit that controls such that information regarding the degree of comfort is output to a terminal of the particular user.
US11173924B2
A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to collect control data indicating behavior of a vehicle controlled by a control program, collect virtual control data indicating behaviour of a virtual vehicle controlled by a virtual control program, and determine a difference between the control data and the virtual control data.
US11173921B2
A method for an autonomous vehicle includes: receiving first object data from a first sensor module; receiving second object data from a second sensor module; comparing the first object data to the second object data; determining, based on comparing the first object data to the second object data, whether the first object data corresponds to the second object data; and in response to determining that the first object data does not correspond to the second object data, performing an action for the autonomous vehicle.
US11173919B2
A control device for a vehicle for determining a comfort level of a driver, the control device being configured to: receive sensor output of a physiological sensor and a behavioral sensor, the physiological sensor measuring at least one physiological feature of the driver and the behavioral sensor measuring at least one behavioral feature of the driver, receive driving context information from a driving context detection unit, create a reference data set by recording the sensor output and the driving context information over a predetermined reference time period, determine a reference index for the comfort level of the driver based on the reference data set, and determine a comfort level index value of the driver, the index value being determined as a function of a current sensor output, current driving context information and the reference index. Further relates to a system and a method.
US11173909B2
When having determined that an operation of a brake operator is initiated at a first timing and the operation amount continues to increase until a second specific timing arrives to become constant at a second timing, vehicle control means which a vehicle control apparatus comprises executes braking force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of controlled braking force during a first period from the second timing to a first terminal timing matches with a time-differential value of controlled braking force at the second specific timing as well as executes driving force control in such a manner that a time-differential value of the controlled driving force during the first period becomes a value less than or equal to a sum of a time-differential value of the controlled driving force at the second specific timing and a time-differential value of operation braking force at the second specific timing.
US11173901B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes an automatic steering control device. The automatic steering control device includes an override determiner, a target steering angle setter, and a target torque setter. The target steering angle setter sets a target steering angle in automatic steering control, based on surrounding information and running condition information. The target torque setter sets a target torque for making the vehicle turn so that a steering angle of the vehicle becomes the target steering angle set by the target steering angle setter. If a steering intention has been detected by the override determiner, during the steering intention being detected, the target steering angle setter sets the steering angle a predetermined length of time before, as the target steering angle.
US11173900B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating based on sensed brake light patterns. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be programmed to receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment ahead of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify at least one target vehicle in the environment ahead of the host vehicle; identify, based on analysis of the plurality of images, at least one brake light associated with the target vehicle and at least one characteristic associated with changes in an illumination state of the at least one brake light; and cause a navigational change for the host vehicle based on the identified at least one characteristic associated with the changes in the illumination state of the at least one brake light.
US11173899B2
A control device for forward collision avoidance in a vehicle includes a forward object determination unit configured to recognize an object in front of the vehicle and to determine an attribute of the recognized object, a gear position detection unit configured to detect a gear position of the vehicle, and a forward collision-avoidance assist (FCA) control unit configured to finally determine the attribute of the object determined by the forward object determination unit according to the gear position input from the gear position detection unit and to set an FCA control range based on the finally determined object attribute.
US11173892B2
Methods and systems for operating a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, various vehicle operating modes may be entered from a baseline vehicle operating mode and the vehicle operating modes may revert back to the baseline vehicle operating mode in a plurality of stages so that returning to the baseline operating mode may be less noticeable to vehicle occupants.
US11173890B2
To provide a power regeneration system for a working vehicle that can effectively use a regenerative electric energy. A first electric circuit for supplying an electric power generated by the first generator to a traveling motor, a voltage detector for detecting an actual voltage of the first electric circuit, a second electric circuit for supplying an electric power generated by a second generator to an auxiliary device, a step-down device connected to the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit, and a controller are provided. The controller estimates the voltage of the first electric circuit after a predetermined time has elapsed from the present time, based on information on a traveling state of a work vehicle and the actual voltage detected by the voltage detector, and outputs a drive command to the step-down device when the estimated voltage is equal to or more than a threshold.
US11173889B2
A brake assembly including an operating shaft, a yoke, and a rotating element. The rotating element bearing may be positioned between a convex bearing surface of the operating shaft and a concave bearing surface of the yoke such that the rotating element bearing may be configured to move relative to the operating shaft and relative to the yoke during actuation of the brake.
US11173876B2
High-performance road vehicle having: a plurality of replaceable or removable components; a control unit that supervises the operation of the road vehicle; at least one electronic identification device, which is fitted on a corresponding component, has a memory designed to contain at least one unique identifying code of the component and has a first transmission organ designed to send the data contained in the memory; and a second transmission organ designed to communicate with the first transmission organ and connected to the control unit to allow the control unit to interact with the electronic identification device.
US11173868B2
A gas generator including an igniter, a combustion chamber, and a restriction part, the igniter including an accommodating chamber accommodating an explosive therein, an ignition portion provided in the accommodating chamber, and a separating part including a pressure receiving surface, the separating part being configured to be separable from the igniter and movable in a predetermined direction, the combustion chamber being configured to burn a gas generating agent filled outside the accommodating chamber, by the combustion of the explosive, the restriction part provided in a predetermined position in the predetermined direction from the igniter and restricting a movement of the separating part, and the separating part including a guide that directs the combustion product of the explosive by the pressure receiving surface toward the igniter, in a state where the movement of the separating part in the predetermined direction is restricted by the restriction part.
US11173865B2
An airbag system includes a front airbag device that is provided in front of an occupant and that includes a front bag body configured to be deployed by being inflated by a gas being supplied during input of an impact, a door-side guide device that is provided on a door, and that includes a door-side guide member which displaces laterally toward the occupant from an inner side surface of the door during input of the impact and which is configured to guide the occupant toward the front bag body in front, and a console-side guide device provided on a console, and that includes a console-side guide member which displaces upward from an upper surface of the console during input of the impact and which is configured to guide the occupant toward the front bag body in front.
US11173852B2
The subject invention includes a fixed window assembly for a vehicle comprising a fixed glass, a trim portion having a polymeric base and a decorative member bonded to the polymeric base. An encapsulation is coupled to the fixed glass and the polymeric base to mount the trim portion in a spaced and adjacent position relative to the fixed glass. A method of manufacturing is also provided using first and second molding apparatuses. Polymeric material is injected into a first mold cavity of the first molding apparatus to form the polymeric base bonded to the decorative member. Polymeric material is injected into a second mold cavity of the second molding apparatus to form the encapsulation coupled to the fixed glass and simultaneously coupled to the polymeric base to mount the trim portion in an adjacent position to the fixed glass.
US11173850B2
A vehicle with sensor enabled features includes a vehicle frame, a windshield movable between a lowered position and a raised position where the windshield is coupled to the vehicle frame, and a forward sensor assembly coupled to the vehicle frame and including a sensor module disposed within a protective housing assembly. The protective housing assembly defines an open end and includes a front cover configured to removably couple to the protective housing assembly to selectively cover the open end. When the windshield is in the raised position, the windshield covers the open end to facilitate protecting the sensor module. When the windshield is in the lowered position, the front cover is configured to cover the open end to facilitate protecting the sensor module.
US11173819B2
A method for setting an ergonomic position of a center console with an arm rest and with one or more operating elements separate from the arm rest in a vehicle, includes detecting an arm of a driver facing the centre console with a forearm and at least areas of an upper arm using one or more optical sensors; determining at least an elbow position and a hand position of the arm of the driver using sensor data of the sensors by means of a suitable evaluation method; and automatically moving the arm rest of the centre console using the positioning unit based on the determined elbow positions and hand positions at least vertical as well as parallel to the vehicle axis so that after moving an ergonomic position of the arm is achieved.
US11173797B2
An electric vehicle charging station has a power supply, a controller and a power regulator and relay/driver for connecting to an electric vehicle. An edge computing module and a cellular base station are also included. The edge computing module is connected to the power supply and to an IP network for the internet mobile gateway of a cellular network. The cellular base station is connected to the power supply and to cellular antenna system.
US11173791B2
A dual mode current collector includes a mounting frame having a pivot shaft extending along a pivot axis. A first current collector includes a housing pivotally connected to the pivot shaft, a shoe arm connected to the housing, and a shoe attached to the shoe arm. The shoe has a conductor surface configured to engage a rail. A second current collector includes a housing pivotally connected to the pivot shaft, a shoe arm connected to the housing, and a shoe attached to the shoe arm. The shoe has a conductor surface configured to engage a rail. A first actuator connected to the mounting frame and the first current collector is configured to rotate the first current collector about the pivot axis. A second actuator connected to the mounting frame and the second current collector is configured to rotate the second current collector about the pivot axis.
US11173789B2
A method and an arrangement are provided for inductive positioning of a current collector on a vehicle relative to a stationary current conductor. The method involves transmitting a signal having predetermined phase characteristics using a signal transmitter arranged along the longitudinal direction of the current conductor; detecting the transmitted signal using a signal receiver on the vehicle, which signal receiver comprises at least one vertical antenna; detecting the phase characteristics of the signal induced in the at least one vertical antenna, indicating the relative location of the vertical antenna and the signal transmitter in the transverse direction of the vehicle; and controlling a positioning arrangement in dependence of the received signals.
US11173785B2
A vision system for assisting an operator of a machine is provided. An image capturing device, mounted on the machine, is configured to capture an image of an environment of the machine. The vision system includes a controller configured to apply an object detection process to detect an object in the image. The controller determines a bounding box comprising one or more pixels associated with the object. The controller determines a height and a range associated with the object based on the bounding box. The controller extracts the one or more pixels within the bounding box. The controller is further configured to generate a three-dimensional (3D) view comprising the object based on the image captured by the image capturing device. The controller reinserts the one or more pixels as a vertical pop-up element with respect to a ground plane in the 3D view. A display is provided to display the 3D view to the operator of the machine.
US11173782B2
A method of controlling an axle assembly includes providing an axle assembly in a first state. A first controller is provided in electrical communication with the axle assembly. The first controller determines if a source of power has an available amount of electrical energy that is within a predetermined range and a predetermined period of time has elapsed. If the available amount of electrical energy is within the predetermined range and the predetermined period of time has elapsed, then electrical energy is transferred from the source of power to an electric motor generator and an axle disconnect clutch is engaged to provide the axle assembly in another state.
US11173779B2
A drive unit for a powertrain of an electrically driveable motor vehicle is disclosed having a first electrical machine and a second electrical machine and an output shaft, wherein a rotor of the second electrical machine is connected to the output shaft for conjoint rotation. The drive unit also has a disconnect clutch, by which a rotor of the first electrical machine for torque transmission is connectable to the output shaft, wherein the rotor of one of the electrical machines is at least indirectly supported radially on the rotor of the other electrical machine by at least one bearing.
US11173764B2
An air suspension strut for a motor vehicle, comprising an air spring having a shock, wherein the air spring comprises an air spring cover and a rolling piston, wherein a rolling bellows of elastomer material is clamped in an airtight manner between the air spring cover and the rolling piston, wherein the rolling bellows, together with the air spring cover and the rolling piston, delimit a working chamber filled with compressed air, wherein the shock damper is supported via a damper bearing arranged on a piston rod in a pot-shaped bearing holder of the air spring cover. The closure cap seal comprises an inner sleeve and a closure part radially enclosing the inner sleeve, wherein the inner sleeve is pushed onto an end section of the piston rod, and the closure part is pushed sealingly into the bearing holder.
US11173760B2
A jack assembly for a towed vehicle is provided. The jack assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube supported for telescopic movement within the outer tube, a jack screw operatively engaging a jack nut within the inner tube, and a mounting assembly attached to the outer tube for attaching the jack assembly to the towed vehicle. A cover may be positioned over a portion of the outer tube attached to the mounting assembly and supported by the mounting assembly. An L-shaped release pin is utilized and accommodated by the cover. The mounting assembly may be adjustable in height along the outer tube. A reservoir may be provided to facilitate protection of the jack screw by ensuring its lubrication, and a foot having a convex bottom surface may be utilized.
US11173758B2
The present invention relates to a hitch receiver alignment system having a first opening extending through and arranged upon a surface of the hitch receiver, a piston, a cylinder having a second opening adjoined to the hitch receiver, and a cylinder head having a third opening that is adapted to receive an alignment member that is manually adjusted by a user to contact the piston. As the user manually adjusts the alignment member, the piston consequentially is moved within a first opening extending through the hitch receiver. With the hitch being locked within the hitch receiver by a hitch pin, as the piston contacts the hitch within the hitch receiver the hitch is rotated about the hitch pin and a gap between the hitch and the hitch receiver is eliminated.
US11173752B2
A tire made of rubber material includes a sidewall and a marking protruding from this sidewall. The tire has a texture, which has a plurality of strands protruding from the sidewall, these strands being distributed at a density at least equal to five strands per square millimeter (mm2), each strand having a mean cross section between 0.0007 mm2 and 0.06 mm2 and/or the texture having a plurality of substantially mutually parallel lamellae protruding from the sidewall, the spacing of the lamellae being less than or equal to 0.5 mm, each lamella having a mean width between 0.03 mm and 0.3 mm. The texture protrudes from the sidewall of the tire, and this texture surrounds all or part of the marking.
US11173740B2
An erasing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a unit that performs erasing of information written on a reversible recording medium. This erasing unit includes: a light source section including one or a plurality of laser devices; and a controller that controls the light source section to cause the light source section to emit a smaller number of laser light beams having emission wavelengths than the number of the recording layers included in the reversible recording medium.
US11173737B2
A method for applying a patterned structure on a surface, comprising providing a donor substrate (1) comprising donor material (1a) between a light source (3) and a receiving surface (5), providing by means of the light source (3) a light pulse (3a) directed to the donor substrate (1), the light pulse (3a) being configured to cause the donor material (1a) to be transferred from the donor substrate (1) onto the receiving surface (5), wherein the donor substrate (1) comprises a pattern (2) of donor material (1a) on discrete portions (2a) of the donor substrate (1). The pattern (2) on the donor substrate (1) is transferred so as to form a pattern (4) of donor material (1a) on the receiving surface (5).
US11173736B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, first and second detectors, and a corrector. The image forming unit includes first and second image forming units disposed downstream of the first unit in a transport direction of a recording medium and causes the first and second units to form predetermined correction images onto the recording medium. The first detector is disposed downstream of the first unit and upstream of the second unit in the transport direction, and detects the correction image formed by the first unit. The second detector is disposed downstream of the second unit in the transport direction and detects the correction image formed by the second unit. The corrector corrects an image position of the second unit in a width direction of the recording medium by using the correction images formed by the first and second units and detected by the first and second detectors.
US11173722B2
Water-based ink including a pigment mix and a method to form a digital print on a substrate with a pigment mix having large pigments and a Piezo ink head equipped with an ink circulation system, the method including: providing a water-based ink including an aqueous pigment mix including settling pigments, a binder including an acrylic resin dispersion, and a viscosity increasing substance including glycol and/or glycerin, providing a steric stabilization of the pigments and adapting the size of the pigments and the viscosity of the water-based ink such that a settling velocity of the pigments exceeds about 0.001 mm/min at 25° C., circulating said water-based ink within said at least one Piezo print head, and printing a digital image with said at least one Piezo print head by applying ink drops of said water-based ink on the substrate.
US11173721B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a head unit including: at least one liquid discharge head; a fill tank; and a drain tank. The liquid discharge apparatus further includes: a main tank; a pump; a first flow passage; a second flow passage; a third flow passage; a fourth flow passage; a fifth flow passage; a first valve; a second valve; a third valve; a fourth valve; and a fifth valve.
US11173708B2
A fluidic die includes a plurality of fluid chambers, each fluid chamber including an electrode exposed to an interior of the fluid chamber and having a corresponding fluid actuator operating a high voltage separated from the fluid chamber and electrode by an insulating material, and monitoring circuitry, operating at a low voltage, to monitor a condition of each fluid chamber. For each fluid chamber the monitoring circuitry includes a sense node and a conductor connecting the electrode to the sense node, the conductor having a geometry to form at least one region of higher current density relative to remaining portions of the conductor, the at least one region of higher current density to fail and create an open to protect the low-voltage monitoring circuitry in response to a fault current caused by a short circuit of the high voltage fluid actuator to the electrode.
US11173707B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure is a driving circuit for ejecting liquid from a plurality of nozzles in an ejecting section in a liquid ejecting head. The driving circuit includes a first signal generation section that generates a printing driving signal for ejecting the liquid from the nozzles, a second signal generation section that generates an inspection driving signal for inspecting a state of the ejecting section, and a control section that controls the first signal generation section and the second signal generation section so as to exclusively output one of the printing driving signal and the inspection driving signal to the ejecting section.
US11173704B2
An apparatus for discharging liquid includes at least three heads and control circuitry. The at least three heads are configured to discharge liquid and arranged at positions shifted in a second direction intersecting with a first direction. The control circuitry is configured to cause the at least three heads to scan in the first direction a number of times corresponding to an integral multiple of a number of the at least three heads to complete an image in a predetermined area.
US11173699B2
In a stereolithography device (1), a three-dimensional object (2) is generated by curing a photosensitive substance (3) under the action of specific radiation, wherein the device includes a support unit, a radiation source (8) for generating the radiation, and a cartridge unit (10) that can be positioned on the support unit and removed therefrom. The cartridge unit (10) includes an interior space (140) surrounded by a casing (14), wherein the casing of the cartridge unit is deformable and at least partially transparent to the radiation triggering the curing process. The interior space (140) surrounded by the casing has a volume including a receiving space (4) in which the photosensitive substance (3) is present for at least a duration of an irradiation and curing process and accessible to the radiation.
US11173698B2
Examples of a cosmetic agent are for three-dimensional (3D) printing. In an example, the cosmetic agent includes a dye, an oxidizing agent, and a solvent. The oxidizing agent is to react with an antioxidant in a build material to reduce reduction of the dye in the presence of the antioxidant.
US11173695B2
To provide a decorative film, whereby formation of wrinkles is suppressed when bonded to a three dimensional molded product in a stretched state, a method for producing a decorative film, a method for producing a decorative film-attached three dimensional molded product, and a fluorinated polymer composition. The decorative film of the present invention is a decorative film having at least a base film layer and a fluorinated layer containing a crosslinked fluorinated polymer, wherein the crosslinked fluorinated polymer is a crosslinked product of a crosslinkable polymer comprising units based on a fluoroolefin and units having a crosslinkable group, and the average molecular weight between crosslinking groups of the crosslinked fluorinated polymer is from 500 to 50,000.
US11173692B2
Adhesion-promoting compositions and the use of the adhesion-promoting compositions to provide adhesion-promoting interlayers to enhance adhesion between adjoining layers of sulfur-containing sealants are disclosed. In repair applications, the adhesion-promoting compositions can enhance the adhesion of an overlying radiation-curable sulfur-containing sealant to a damaged or aged sulfur-containing sealant.
US11173676B2
Particular embodiments of the invention comprises a composition for reducing weight imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, the composition comprising a first plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the first plurality of particulate is characterized as having low energy absorption capabilities, and a second plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the second plurality of particulate is characterized as having elevated energy absorption capabilities. Additional embodiments of the invention comprise a method for reducing force imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, which includes the steps of providing a tire-wheel assembly and placing into a pressurization chamber of said tire-wheel assembly a composition as contemplated in any embodiment or combination of embodiments suggested herein.
US11173669B2
A first structure made of a first polymer is joined to a second structure made of an incompatible second polymer by the steps of welding small bands of compatible tubing or material to the first structure to create raised structures or ribs, and mechanically linking the second structure with the ribs or raised structures at the desired attachment point. The mechanical linkage may be accomplished by using heat shrinking or mechanical compression (such as crimping) to force the incompatible second polymer around the ribs or raised structures or, in the case of raised structures formed as threads or nubs, by inter-engagement between the threads or nubs on the first structure and corresponding structures, such as internal threading, nub-receiving slots, or internal surfaces, of the second structure. The option of using the welded raised structures as threads or nubs for a threaded, bayonet, pin-and-slot, snap-fit, or similar connection enables the second structure to be removed from the first structure and replaced whenever the second structure becomes worn during use. The first structure may be an surgical laser fiber with an ETFE buffer layer, and the second structure is a protective structure may be made of PTFE, PET, FEP or PFA.
US11173667B2
An approach to precision additive fabrication uses jetting of cationic compositions in conjunction with a non-contact (e.g., optical) feedback approach. By not requiring contact to control the surface geometry of the object being manufactured, the approach is tolerant of the relative slow curing of the cationic composition, while maintaining the benefit of control of the deposition processes according to feedback during the fabrication processes. This approach provides a way to manufacture precision objects and benefit from material properties of the fabricated objects, for example, with isotropic properties, which may be at least partially a result of the slow curing, and flexible structures, which may not be attainable using conventional jetted acrylates.
US11173656B2
An additive manufacturing system and an input material that overcomes that need to heat and extrude solidifying materials to create a three-dimensional structure. The system arranges subunits of the input material into repeating, interlinked subunits that can be arranged to manufacture a three-dimensional structure that is flexible but also has sufficient structural integrity to retain a desired shape during the additive manufacturing process or post-manufacturing usage. During the additive manufacturing process, the flexible input material can be manipulated and reformed to match the shape and structure of a target three-dimensional structure, upon which the manufactured three-dimensional structure is based. As elongated units of the input material are received by the additive manufacturing machine, the machine assembles the input material into the interlinked, repeating subunits, thereby removing the need to heat and extrude an input material to create a structure.
US11173646B2
The invention relates to a method for assisting in the programming of an electronic control unit of a forming station comprising molding units, each of which has an interchangeable mold, the method comprising a manual programming step consisting in selecting a value for determined operating parameters through a data entry interface in the electronic control unit, wherein each mold has fastened thereto a storage component having values compatible with each mold for each determined parameter, is attached to said mold, the method comprising a prior step of reading the values stored in the storage component by means of a reader which automatically transmits the values to the electronic control unit to limit the choice of values of each parameter to the compatible values.
US11173642B1
A blown film coextrusion line includes a support frame, a plurality of extruders each mounted to the support frame and extending upward at an angle, and a downward facing blown film coextrusion die connected to distal ends of each of the plurality of extruders and receiving individual polymer streams from them. The blown film coextrusion line is compact and sturdy and eliminates much of the floor space and towered mounting structure that was required for conventional blown film coextrusion lines.
US11173632B2
The invention describes an advanced mixing and metering technology with online analytics for a supply of formulated liquid thermosetting resins into an open or closed mold. The application addresses where a precise control of the composition of formulated components is required. Composite structures used in primary and secondary structural aerospace applications manufactured in Infusion or RTM processes are possible examples.
US11173628B2
An adjustable mold capable of making castings of various configuration is provided. The adjustable mold has an adjustable die with a core and an adapter, a protrusion, a cavity, and an outer portion with at least two sidewalls, at least two endwalls, and a base therebetween, which outer portion at least partially surrounds the adjustable die to thereby define a mold. During casting, molding material is poured in the mold and allowed to cure to make a casting. The adapter is replaceable to enable castings of multiple configurations to be cast suing the adjustable mold.
US11173625B2
A multifunction plate of wood repair apparatus includes a feeding device for moving raw plates of wood; a cutting and gluing device disposed downstream of the feeding device for cutting front and rear ends of each plate of wood and joining adjacent plates of wood together as a unit of predetermined size by gluing; a repairing device disposed downstream of the cutting and gluing device for identifying locations of damaged areas of the plates of wood, the repairing device including an upper mold, a female mold under the upper mold, a chips exiting device under the female mold, a lower mold under the chips exiting device, and a drive device under the lower mold and operatively connected to both the upper mold and the lower mold; and a collecting device disposed downstream of the repairing device for collecting the repaired plates of wood.
US11173623B2
A bevel angle lock and detent system for a miter saw includes a first locking unit fixed relative to the turntable and a second locking unit coupled to a bevel arm of the miter saw. An actuator is moveable between a first position and a second position to move the second locking unit relative to the first locking unit. In the first position, a brake member of the second locking unit is engaged with an arcuate surface of the first locking unit to lock a saw unit relative to a turntable. In the second position, the brake member is disengaged from the arcuate surface, thereby permitting pivoting movement of the saw unit, and a detent member of the second locking unit is engageable a detent aperture of the first locking unit to locate the saw unit relative to the turntable at one predetermined bevel angle.
US11173621B2
A razor blade assembly has a handle, a head having a cutting blade assembly of one or more cutting blades connected to the handle; and a spacer which is mounted to or is formed as part of the head to space the cutting edges of the blades from the skin of a user to create and maintain a 5 o'clock shadow appearance beard in the range of 0.1 mm to 0.4 mm in thickness.
US11173620B2
A method of forming a sheet-metal based double-walled stationary blade includes providing a first and second pre-product layers, providing a guide slot for a cutter, and bonding longitudinal ends of the first and second pre-product layers together to include an offset forming a guide slot to receive a to-be-mounted cutter. The bonding includes melting or depositing material at transition zone, thereby forming tips of the stationary blade teeth which are arranged adjacent to the transition zone between the pre-product layers.
US11173618B2
A fastener for fixing a pair of opposing flaps of a box in a closed state includes a receiving part extending along a first direction, with a flap abutting part configured to abut surfaces of the flaps being arranged on at least one side of the receiving part, the flap abutting part constituting a tab part for which at least a portion is curvable or bendable upward, a linking part having a rod shape and extending from a center portion of the receiving part, and a pressing part having a rod shaped that extends outwardly from an end of the linking part along the first direction, the pressing part being configured to be inserted into a gap at a juncture of the flaps so that spaces on both sides of the linking part between the receiving part and the pressing part constitute insertion areas into which the flaps are inserted.
US11173617B2
The various embodiments herein relate to a coupling apparatus for a medical device having a coupler body, a cavity defined in the coupler body, a rotatable drive component disposed within the cavity and having at least two pin-receiving openings, and an actuable locking ring disposed around the cavity.
US11173614B2
When a first condition that a time in which magnitude of a first detection force detected by a force detection unit is larger than a first force threshold value continued for a time longer than zero and shorter than a first time threshold value is satisfied in teaching, a movable unit is moved in a predetermined amount in a direction according to a direction of the first detection force. When a second condition that magnitude of a second detection force detected by the force detection unit is larger than a second force threshold value that is larger than the first force threshold value is satisfied during movement of an end effector, the movable unit is decelerated or stopped.
US11173607B2
An accident monitoring system based on UWB-based real-time positioning comprises a UWB tag, a plurality of UWB anchors installed around a processing line and receiving the worker's position from the UWB tag and sensing predetermined information for the processing line, an AP receiving the worker's position and the predetermined information for from the plurality of UWB anchors, a server receiving the worker's position and the predetermined information for from the AP, storing the worker's position and the predetermined information for, and determining whether the worker is in a preset access-limited area, and a programmable logic control (PLC) box, upon receiving proximity information indicating that the worker is the access-limited area from the server through the AP, controlling to stop the industrial robot, the conveyor belt, and the motor in the processing line.
US11173604B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a robot, a data memory with a corresponding program code, the corresponding robot, and a corresponding robot system. Different coordinate system and their relationships to one another are used to position a tool in a target pose. A stationary reference coordinate system originating at a robot foot of the robot and a target coordinate system originating at the tool are specified. Herein, a z-axis of the target coordinate system corresponds to a specified axis of the tool. The orientations of an x-axis and a y-axis of the target coordinate system are calculated by a first cross product of the orientation of the specified axis and a direction vector, that is not parallel thereto, of coordinate axis of the reference coordinate system and by a second cross product of a result of the first cross product and the orientation of the specified axis.
US11173596B2
A working unit includes a tool rotation mechanism, a first turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism about a first axis, and a second turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism and the first turning mechanism about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first turning mechanism includes a motor having a stator connected to the second turning mechanism and a hollow shaft-shaped rotor arranged inside the stator in such a manner that the rotor is capable of rotating about the first axis, and a second rotating body including one arm portion coupled to one end portion of the rotor, the other arm portion coupled to the other end portion of the rotor, and an arm coupling portion that couples the arm portions to each other. The tool rotation mechanism is provided on the second rotating body.
US11173588B2
A multifunctional screwdriver with a screw finder comprises a bottle opener mounted on a handle and a screw finder threaded connected to the end of the handle. The screw finder comprises a tail cover with a through hole formed in its inner wall, a universal joint with a gibbosity arranged on each side of its outer circle wall, a magnet frame and a magnet. The universal joint is mounted in the tail cover through the gibbosity and the through hole. The magnet frame with the magnet embedded therein is mounted in the universal joint. When the magnet approaches to the screw, the universal joint and the magnet rotate due to the magnetic force, and the mounting position of the screw can be found. When the screwdriver is not used, the screwdriver can be directly hung to a wall through the bottle opener with a function of opening a bottle cover.
US11173580B2
Sockets, for example, hexagon sockets, dodecagonal sockets, and splined sockets, that have inner surface geometries adapted to engage a flank of a fastener at a point away from a corner of the fastener. In general, the sockets engage the flank of the fastener at a distance of about 30 to 60 percent of half a length of the flank away from the corner of the fastener. This increases the strength and life of the socket, reduces a risk of the fastener becoming locked or stuck in the socket, and reduces the risk of the fastener being stripped or the socket slipping on the fastener.
US11173575B2
A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger array that includes stacking a plurality of heat exchanger units in an aligned configuration with respective first ports of the heat exchanger units aligned. The heat exchanger units can include a first and second sheet coupled together to define an cavity between the first and second sheets; the first port at a first end of the heat exchanger unit defined by the first and second sheets; and a second port at a second end of the heat exchanger unit defined by the first and second sheets. The method further includes stacking the plurality of heat exchanger units in an aligned configuration with the first ports of the plurality of heat exchanger units aligned and generating a first plurality of respective couplings between adjacent sheets of adjacent heat exchanger units about adjacent first ports. The coupling can be generated by an adhesive.
US11173571B2
This invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for cladding a surface of an articles subject to corrosive, erosive or abrasive wear, such as impact or grinding tools. The method includes providing a supply of stock material and feeding the stock material towards a portion of the surface of the article via a dedicated feed source. A dedicated heat source heats the fed stock material and the portion of the surface of the article such that the heated stock material and the portion of the surface at least partially melt. Upon removal of the heat, the molten feedstock and the surface portion form a bonded coating layer on at least a portion of the surface of the article, thereby protecting that part of the assembly against wear.
US11173560B2
A cutter head (30) having stick blades (82) with a circular (62) or partially circular (72, 92, 102, 112, 122) cross-section wherein the circular part of the cross-section is dominating. The cutter head preferably includes cutter head slots (31) having a five-sided cross-section which will provide a defined positive seating between a clamp block (34) and the surfaces of the slots (35, 36). The stick blades cross-section preferably includes at least one flat section (77, 81, 98, 108, 109 118, 119, 128).
US11173556B2
A coil slitting tool in the form of a rotary serrator knife for use on coil slitting machines includes a plurality of serration undulations disposed on one or more faces about the outer periphery. The rotary serrator knife tool may incorporate a concentrically located bore about an inner diameter for mounting on an arbor and may further incorporate a keyway. The rotary serrator knife may be formed from an assembly having, a central rotary disk about which mount one or more removable inserts including the serration undulation portion. The one or more removable inserts may include serration undulations on one side or two sides and mount substantially to the perimeter of a mounting disk by use of fasteners.
US11173534B2
A press punching machine and respective method of punching apertures in elongated non-ferric enclosed polygonally profiled workpieces are described. The press punching machine includes a base plate; a mounting framework; a driving mechanism; a male die; a pedestal; a polygonal female die matrix including: a polygonal cross-section; at least one counter-opening; at least one driven magnet; at least one indicatory magnet; at least one driving magnet configured to interact with the at least one driven magnet and a magnetic element configured to interact with the indicatory magnet embedded into the polygonal female punch die matrix.
US11173520B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to driving a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) with a pulse train of unipolar pulses. The CMUT may be electrically excited with a pulse train of unipolar pulses such that the CMUT operates in a continuous wave mode. In some embodiments, the CMUT may have a contoured electrode.
US11173518B2
An in-line process for reusing printed cans is disclosed. The process includes positioning a printed can in front of a laser, the printed can having existing-print on an outer surface of the printed can. And, irradiating the outer surface of the printed can with laser radiation to remove 10% to 90% of the existing-print from the printed can and thereby form a lightened-printed can. And further, coating the outer surface of the lightened-printed can with a masking agent to form a blank-reprintable can. Finally, optionally, printing a new print-pattern on the outer surface of the blank-reprintable can to form a newly-printed can.
US11173507B2
A mix chamber for a plural component sprayer is configured to receive first and second component materials and emit a spray of a resulting plural component material. The mix chamber includes a chamber body extending between a first end and a second end and including flat lateral sides. A ramp feature is disposed proximate the first end and is configured to contact and push first and second side seals, respectively, away from a body axis as the mix chamber shifts in a first direction through a cartridge bore to increase a gap between the first side seal and the second side seal such that the first side seal engages the first flat lateral side and the second side seal engages the second flat lateral side.
US11173485B2
A pipetting system having at least one pipette tip receptacle with a pipette tip arranged therein that extends along a vertical axis and at least one gripper having a mechanical coupling, the gripper is coupled to the at least one pipette tip receptacle with the coupling and at least one grip element. The at least one grip element has at least one substantially vertical portion and at least one substantially horizontal portion and the coupling has a body having a through channel that extends along the vertical axis over the entire length of the coupling and the pipette tip extends along the through channel of the coupling.
US11173473B2
The invention provides a process for preparing a methane oxidation catalyst comprising a mechanochemical treatment, a methane oxidation catalyst thus prepared and a method of oxidizing methane.
US11173464B2
Some variations provide a method of assembling a plurality of particles into particle assemblies, comprising: (a) obtaining a first fluid containing particles and a solvent for the particles; (b) obtaining a second fluid not fully miscible with the first fluid; (c) obtaining a third fluid that is a co-solvent for the first fluid and the second fluid; (d) combining the first fluid and the second fluid to generate an emulsion containing droplets of the first fluid in the second fluid; (e) adding the third fluid to the emulsion; and (f) dissolving out the solvent from the droplets into the third fluid, thereby forming particle assemblies. Some variations also provide an assembly of nanoparticles, wherein the assembly has a volume from 1 μm3 to 1 mm3, a packing fraction from 20% to 100%, and/or an average relative surface roughness less than 1%, wherein the assembly is not disposed on a substrate.
US11173460B1
A mixer apparatus for mixing a high-viscosity fluid has a mixer shaft with a plurality of blades affixed thereto, a hydraulic motor drivingly connected to the mixer shaft so as to rotate the mixer shaft, a hydraulic pump connected by a fluid circuit to the hydraulic motor so as to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to the hydraulic motor, an electric motor drivingly connected to the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic fluid reservoir connected to the fluid circuit so as to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump. The plurality of blades are pivotally mounted to the mixer shaft.
US11173429B2
A filtration apparatus includes a filtration tank; a layer of filtration media that filters supplied raw water by passing the raw water therethrough within the interior of the filtration tank; and a screw cleansing mechanism having a cylindrical outer cylinder which is provided within the filtration tank in a vertical orientation, a spiral shaped screw which is provided such that the long axis thereof extends in the longitudinal direction of the outer cylinder, and a screw driving member for rotating the screw, that scrubs and cleans filtration media by rotating the screw. The screw is in the shape of a coil spring.
US11173427B2
A separator vessel has inlet, fluid outlet, and sand outlet ports. Each of the fluid and sand outlet ports are spaced below the inlet port. The separator has an enclosure between the inlet and fluid outlet ports. The enclosure redirects the fluid stream and defines an inner cavity above a lower edge of the enclosure, the lower edge defining a liquid flow area. The separator has one or more vanes extending along an outer surface of the enclosure which redirect the fluid stream along a curved flow path as the fluid stream flows toward the lower edge, and a plurality of apertures adjacent to the vanes, the apertures permitting fluid flow into the inner cavity of the enclosure. The fluid outlet port is disposed within the inner cavity above the lower edge of the enclosure and below one or more apertures.
US11173421B2
A forward secant swirl tube may be used to separate heavier particles such as oil and moisture from an air flow. The swirl tube includes a central hub having a centerline and a circular perimeter. An outer circular housing extends from an inlet edge to an outlet edge. A plurality of vanes extends from the central hub to the outer housing. The vanes are equally spaced around the central hub. Each vane has an inlet transition portion connected to a discharge portion. The top edge of the inlet transition portion of each vane is offset from the centerline of the central hub forming a forward secant line with respect to the centerline of the central hub and a direction of spin induced by the plurality of vanes.
US11173414B2
A toy road paving device (toy dispenser) is provided that simulates a real-world road paving machine by dispensing, laying down, cutting, and smoothing either one or multiple strips of spooled tape material upon a hard, flat surface such as a table or floor. The device “paves” the tape road easily, smoothly, evenly, and without the risk of tearing the tape material from excess stress. More generally, the device can lay out any toy play surface printed on tape, a strip of paper, or other material. The device can be operated manually or mechanically powered.
US11173412B2
A bowl shaped toy construction element where two such elements can be assembled via releasable and pivotable hinge connections with a hinge axis, and where the hinge axes defined by the first and the second type of protruding connecting parts are mutually parallel and defining a first plane, and where the bowl shaped elements has a stand surface extending in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane.
US11173398B2
A virtual camera placement system is provided which includes a user input device configured to receive user input and a display device configured to display images captured by a virtual camera. The virtual camera placement system further includes non-volatile memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to generate a three-dimensional simulation including a plurality of challenge points for a user, navigate the simulation including the challenge points in response to the user input, and control the virtual camera in the simulation differently in a plurality of camera stages based on at least the user input and an outcome of navigating one or more of the challenge points.
US11173393B2
A control apparatus for an operation device, the control apparatus being connected to the operation device including an operation member and a tactile presentation mechanism, the control apparatus receives an operational input by a user to the operation member, presents a tactile sensation that corresponds to the operational input to the user by causing the tactile presentation mechanism to operate when the operational input is received, and varies contents of the tactile sensation to be presented to the user in accordance with contents of the received operational input.
US11173392B2
A human-machine interface involves plural spatially-coherent visual presentation surfaces at least some of which are movable by a person. Plural windows or portholes into a virtual space, at least some of which are handheld and movable, are provided by using handheld and other display devices. Aspects of multi-dimensional spatiality of the moveable window (e.g., relative to another window) are determined and used to generate images. As one example, the moveable window can present a first person perspective “porthole” view into the virtual space, this porthole view changing based on aspects of the moveable window's spatiality in multi-dimensional space relative to a stationary window. A display can present an image of a virtual space, and an additional, moveable display can present an additional image of the same virtual space.
US11173389B2
A computer simulation controller includes both a Bluetooth transceiver and a Wi-Fi transceiver. Player input to the controller generates commands that are sent using both transceivers, such that a receiving apparatus such as a game console or a web server can use the first-arriving one of the two commands to reduce latency.
US11173386B2
A three-dimensional logic puzzle is provided. The puzzle includes a plurality of identically shaped puzzle components of an irregular form. Each puzzle component is configured to engage with another identically shaped puzzle component via projections and recesses formed on the sides of the puzzle components. The plurality of puzzle components are interengagably assembled into the form of a predetermined three-dimensional geometric shape.
US11173379B2
A size-adaptable golf glove comprises a palm side, having a first direction of stretch and a back side, having a second direction of stretch, wherein the first direction of stretch and the second direction of stretch are orthogonal to one another, one being directed to length and the other to width.
US11173378B2
A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11173372B1
An artificial cave has various features that resemble speleothems (e.g., stalactites, stalagmites, etc.) found in real subterranean caves. Human users may pass through the artificial cave, with each user wearing a wearable transceiver that broadcasts a signal code unique to that user. Fixed transceivers throughout the cave can detect and identify any user who is sufficiently close to that fixed transceiver. Other components of the system collect user identification information from the fixed transceivers for any of several possible purposes (e.g., identifying which user was probably responsible for inappropriate interaction with a speleothem that is adjacent to a given fixed transceiver, where all of the various user of the cave are currently located in the cave, etc.). A count of users currently in the artificial cave passageway may be maintained and used for a number of purposes. Similarly, human detectors may be employed near the system and/or in the artificial cave passage for any of several different purposes.
US11173369B1
A swimming exercise device, comprising a restraint including an opening and a contact portion, the restraint configured to receive a head of a user through the opening and to restrain the user, via contact between shoulders of the user and the contact portion, such that the user is held substantially stationary during forward motion of the user against the restraint and an abutment structure configured to contact a pool surface and transmit forces associated with the forward motion of the user against the restraint to the pool surface.
US11173367B1
A climbing hold having a plurality of side panels. Each side panel includes multiple side edges. Along the side edges is a plurality of threaded slots or threaded fasteners. Each of the panels are shipped with the threaded slots formed in the side edges for attaching with the threaded fasteners to form an assembled climbing hold. Each of the side panels are manufactured separately. Once manufactured, each panel is placed generally parallel with one another in the shipping container. The side panels are stacked and packaged in the shipping carton on top of one another so as to be relatively flat and compact for shipping or storage.
US11173364B2
The present invention discloses a roller-type omnidirectional physical exercise platform, mainly including a housing, a plurality of groups of alternately-placed spiral rollers disposed inside the housing, a motor configured to drive the spiral rollers. The spiral rollers include clockwise spiral rollers and counterclockwise spiral rollers. Roller bodies of the clockwise spiral rollers are obliquely embedded with rotatable wheels at particular angles. Two ends of the roller are mounted with gears and bearings providing a support function. The counterclockwise spiral roller is mirror-symmetrical with the clockwise spiral roller. The present invention presents an active omnidirectional physical exercise platform. Compared with a passive omnidirectional exercise platform, a human body does not need to be strapped, thereby providing more real movement experience, effectively resolving a problem that movements in a virtual space are limited by a real space, and achieving features such as low noise and a slim machine body.
US11173363B1
A method of stabilizing a cornhole board on a support surface, comprising providing a cornhole board including an inclined board have a front, a rear, and a top with a target hole, one or more rear supports that support the rear of the inclined board at a height above the front of the board, and one or front supports that support the front of the inclined board; providing one or more stabilizing units for the one or more front supports that support the front of the inclined board and the one or more rear supports that support the rear of the inclined board, wherein the one or more one or more stabilizing units include one or more adhesion members that adhere to and stabilize the cornhole board relative to the support surface.
US11173361B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a rear portion, a front portion with a strike face, a sole portion, and a top portion with a plurality of ports. The body portion may define a periphery of the golf club head. The golf club head may also include a plurality of weight portions with each weight portion disposed in one port of the plurality of ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11173357B2
Golf club heads are described herein, and in one embodiment including a body with an exterior surface defining a first body volume of at least about 400 cm3. The body has a bottom portion, a top portion, a front portion, and a back portion. A face positioned at the front portion of the body and is configured to receive an impact. A top portion silhouette profile located along a perimeter of the top portion is further described. The top portion silhouette profile defines the outer bounds of the top portion in an X-direction and Y-direction. At least one indentation can be located on the bottom portion below the crown silhouette profile. The removal of the at least one indentation from the bottom portion can create a second body volume that is at least 12 cm3 larger than the first body volume.
US11173353B2
A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.
US11173348B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having enhanced controllability on approach shots from the rough and excellent stain resistance and shot feeling. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body having a cover, and a paint film covering the golf ball body, wherein a 10% elastic modulus of the paint film is 75 kgf/cm2 or less, a storage modulus (E′150) at 150° C. of the paint film obtained by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity of the paint film is 1.0×107 Pa or more, an indentation depth of the paint film measured under a specific measuring condition in a state that the paint film is formed on the surface of the golf ball body is 1250 nm or more, and a material hardness of the cover is less than 50 in Shore D hardness.
US11173344B2
A variable difficulty balance board for standing desk and fitness use is provided. The balance board facilitates the conditioning and rehabilitation of the nerves, bones, muscles, and joints of the body by limiting the range of motion and biomechanical forces around the longitudinal and lateral axes. The balance board comprises a deck, a fulcrum receiver, and a fulcrum insert. The fulcrum insert is press-fit into a fulcrum cavity of the fulcrum receiver. The fulcrum insert extends outward from the fulcrum receiver and provides an area where the balance board can pivot. The fulcrum insert may be replaced by the user such that it may occupy either a first orientation or a second orientation within the fulcrum cavity. The first orientation and the second orientation configures the fulcrum insert such that it provides a lateral or longitudinal axis of balance relative to the deck, respectively.
US11173337B2
An adjustable carriage assembly is configured to be mounted on a frame member of a weight rack and includes a locking structure for locking the carriage assembly in place on the frame member. The carriage assembly may include a moveable carriage with a plurality of rollers that engage the frame member, as well as one or more handles for gripping to adjust the position of the carriage assembly and a connection structure for connection of an implement or accessory. Various implements and accessories can be connected to or used in connection with the carriage assembly, including various weightlifting implements and accessories that are pivotably connected to the carriage assembly.
US11173331B2
A control system for use with a fire-fighting device includes a remote component having a touch sensitive screen configured to receive a user-requested parameter of fluid and to display a plurality of indicators associated with the fire-fighting device. The control system also includes a base component including a programmable logic controller having predefined logic stored thereon. The base component automatically controls operation of the pump based on the predefined logic and the user-requested parameter of fluid. The remote component receives signals from the base component and presents, via the touch sensitive screen, at least one of a first of the plurality of indicators indicative of a water volume associated with a first water source stored at a fire fighting device, and a second of the plurality of indicators indicative of a water pressure associated with a second water source remote from the fire-fighting device.
US11173328B2
A smoke or fire barrier (1), comprising a head box (2) which contains a roller (9). Extending from the head box are a pair of side guides (3) which guide a metallic foil curtain (5) from the roller, where it is stored, to the ground when deployed. At the bottom of the curtain (5), where it meets the ground when deployed is a bottom bar (4). The metallic foil curtain (5) is made up of individual foil panels (6). The curtain is made from a panel of stainless steel with dimples (8) across it. The dimples allow improved characteristics when rolling and being stored as it holds its shape better. The dimples also provide improved heat transfer characteristics.
US11173327B2
A flue for use with an ultrasonic surgical tip, comprising protrusions or bumps on its inner surface with improved protrusion pattern, density and location. The flue has enhanced cooling effect for the ultrasonic surgical tip.
US11173326B2
Disclosed a leaf positioning device (100) for a multi-leaf collimator, comprising: a plurality of positioning signal transmitters which are in the leaf guide rail box, wherein the plurality of positioning signal transmitters are arranged opposite to a first end surface of leaves of the multi-leaf collimator; a plurality of positioning signal receivers which are in the leaf guide rail box and corresponding to the plurality of positioning signal transmitters, wherein the plurality of positioning signal receivers are arranged opposite to a second end surface of the leaves of the multi-leaf collimator; wherein, the plurality of positioning signal transmitters are configured to transmit positioning signals to the plurality of positioning signal receivers, and the plurality of positioning signal receivers are configured to generate output signals according to the positioning signals; a positioning device which is connected to each of the plurality of positioning signal receivers, wherein the positioning device is configured to receive the output signals sent out by each of the plurality of positioning signal receivers, and positions the leaves of the multi-leaf collimator according to the output signals.
US11173325B2
Methods for treating tumors by administering FLASH radiation and a therapeutic agent to a patient with cancer are disclosed. The methods provide the dual benefits of anti-tumor efficacy plus normal tissue protection when combining therapeutic agents with FLASH radiation to treat cancer patients. The methods described herein also allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment in combination with a therapeutic agent based on patient-specific biomarker signatures. Also provided are radiation treatment planning methods and systems incorporating FLASH radiation and therapeutic agents.
US11173321B2
A system to be used to treat Leukemia, comprises a device to power, control and monitor an ultraviolet radiation as well as to monitor a blood contactless conductivity; and a catheter assembly with an inner dialysis catheter, an ultraviolet radiation source and a differential coil sensor. The system is using wavelengths of ultraviolet radiation to destroy infectious microbes that are in the blood and that are inside circulating tumor cells directly and indirectly as well as to destroy infectious microbes at primary tumor location (bone marrow). This is done without withdrawing the blood out of the body. Furthermore, the system measures a blood conductivity to evaluate the treatment process in a real time during the operation.
US11173315B1
A method for performing CPR with a mobile defibrillator (AED) unit can include detecting, via an application on a user device, a connection of a mobile AED unit to the user device; detecting, via the application, that pads have been attached to a subject, the pads comprising at least one accelerometer; recording, via the application, EKG measurements of the subject made by the pads; receiving accelerometer data from the at least one accelerometer; analyzing the accelerometer data to determine a breathing pattern of the subject; and based on the determined breathing pattern, initiating a CPR protocol.
US11173310B2
Devices and methods for improving device therapy such as cardiac resynchronization therapy by determining a value for a device parameter are described. An ambulatory medical device (AMD) can include a sensor circuit to sense a physiological signal and generate two or more signal metrics, and detect an event of worsening cardiac condition using the two or more signal metrics. In response to the detection of worsening cardiac condition, the AMD can determine, for a stimulator, a value of at least one stimulation parameter based on temporal responses of two or more signal metrics. The temporal responses include near-term and long-term responses to the stimulation. The AMD can program the stimulator with the determined parameter value, and generate stimulation according to the determined parameter value to stimulate target tissue.
US11173302B2
A nerve stimulation system including one or more of an annular frame, an electrically conductive element disposed in the annular frame, and a controller electrically coupled to the electrically conductive element and a power source.
US11173298B2
A device for extending a lead according to some embodiments includes a body, a coil element coupled to the body, the body configured to cover the coil element during use, the coil element comprising an inner lumen sized to receive an outer surface of a lead, the coil element is movable between a first configuration in which the coil element slides over the lead, and a second configuration in which at least some coils grip the outer surface of the lead; and an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the coil element, the actuation mechanism configured to move the coil element between the first and second configurations.
US11173297B2
A catheter pump assembly is provided that includes an elongate body, an elongate flexible shaft disposed in the elongate body, and an impeller coupled with the distal end of the elongate flexible shaft. The drive system includes a drive component, a motor and a tension member. The tension member is coupled with the motor and the drive component and to cause the drive component to rotate, and thereby to cause the impeller to rotate.
US11173284B2
A medical guide wire with excellent visibility is provided. A medical guide wire including: a wire body (2) that is flexible and long; a covering layer (3) covering a surface of the wire body (2); and a wire material (4) helically arranged on the covering layer (3), wherein the covering layer (3) is formed of a transparent material same as a transparent material of the wire material (4), and the wire material (4) is arranged at a regular pitch along the longitudinal direction of the wire body (2).
US11173278B2
Disclosed delivery catheters have a three-dimensional curvature that facilitates reaching the RAA from the inferior vena cava, positioning the distal end of the catheter generally parallel to the plane of the pericardial space at the puncture location within the RAA, orienting the puncturing device in a direction that avoids the right coronary artery, aorta, pulmonary artery, and other structures to prevent bystander injury to such structures, and provides sufficient rigidity to puncture through a wall of the RAA into the pericardial space.
US11173264B2
A program for controlling a respiratory assistance device that is connected to a user's airway and regulates an airway pressure to assist ventilation has a plurality of different respiratory assistance modes. The respiratory assistance program causes a computer to realize an input reception function that receives an input of setting for a respiratory assistance mode during operation of an air blower that blows air to the user's airway, and a flow rate control function that, when the input reception function receives the input of setting, controls a flow rate from the air blower in reflection of a result of the input of setting. A respiratory assistance device in which a user can change setting to select a comfort pressure and flow rate is provided by using such a program.
US11173259B2
A system may limit the number of times an inhalation device transmits inhalation data to a single time to reduce the battery usage of the inhalation device. The system may include an inhalation device that has medicament and an electronics module. The system may limit the number of times the inhalation device transmits new inhalation data to any mobile device to a single time by causing the server to receive the new inhalation data from one of the mobile devices and causing the server to transmit the new inhalation data to other of the mobile devices prior to the other mobile devices transmitting a request for the new inhalation data to the inhalation device. The inhalation device may include a Quick Response (QR) code, and a mobile application may determine at least one of a medication type or a number of doses of the inhalation device from the QR code.
US11173250B2
A manually actuated drug-injecting device is configured such that the grip strength of the entire hand (i.e., majority of fingers closing toward the palm or heel of the hand) is employed to discharge medication through a hypodermic needle and into a patient's body. The device is well suited for delivering medications with high viscosity and/or by patients (e.g., elderly patients) with reduced finger strength and dexterity. The device includes a grip member, a push member (which causes the medication to be injected), and a force-transfer mechanism that couples the grip member to the push member. Suitably, the device is configured to be held transverse to the palm of the medication-administering hand, with a discharge port located by the outer, blade edge of the administering hand, when the device is being gripped to administer medication.
US11173240B2
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a driving circuit that supplies a driving signal to a negative pressure source to cause the negative pressure source to provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing. The apparatus furthers include a controller that adjusts a frequency of the driving signal supplied by the driving circuit according to a comparison of a previous magnitude and a subsequent magnitude of the driving signal while the negative pressure source provides negative pressure. The transfer of power to the negative pressure source can thereby be tuned to maximize an amount of power transferred to the negative pressure source.
US11173236B2
A liquid-collection canister includes a liquid collection chamber defined by at least one wall and a first and second gas-communication pathway formed within the at least one wall. A first aperture is positioned between the first gas-communication pathway and the liquid collection chamber to allow gaseous communication between the liquid collection chamber and the first gas-communication pathway. A second aperture is positioned between the second gas-communication pathway and the liquid collection chamber to allow gaseous communication between the liquid collection chamber and the second gas-communication pathway. A first and a second liquid-air separator are positioned over the first aperture and the second aperture, respectively, to substantially prevent liquid passing through the first and second apertures.
US11173235B2
The present disclosure generally relates to implantable devices including a releasable nitrite ion and to methods of preparing and using such compositions and devices. In one embodiment, the device is a stent, for example, a vascular stent. In another embodiment, the nitrite ion is ionically bound to an inorganic ion.
US11173233B2
A malleable bone graft composition is described. The composition comprises: (a) keratose; (b) particulate filler; (c) antibiotic; and (d) water. The invention may be provided in sterile form in an container, and optionally lyophilized. Methods of treating a fracture with such compositions are also described.
US11173232B2
Disclosed herein are soft tissue fillers, for example, dermal and subdermal fillers, based on hyaluronic acids and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Some of the hyaluronic acid-based compositions can include a therapeutically effective amount of at least one anesthetic agent, for example, lidocaine. Compared to conventional compositions that include lidocaine, some of the hyaluronic acid-based compositions disclosed herein can have an enhanced stability, for example, when subjected to sterilization techniques or when stored for long periods of time. Methods and processes of preparing such compositions are also provided.
US11173226B1
A balanced bipolar ionizer that generates zero or nearly-zero ozone concentration by providing a bipolar ion concentration ratio greater than 80 percent based on a high-voltage output ratio less than 80 percent over a range of electric signal inputs. A signal-conditioning element provides an excitation signal to a step-up transformer which provides an output voltage to a positive and a negative voltage multiplier which provide a positive high-voltage output greater than an absolute value of a negative high-voltage output or vice versa. The high-voltage output ratio is equal to a minimum of an absolute value of a negative and positive high-voltage output divided by a maximum of the absolute value of the negative and positive high-voltage output. The bipolar ion-concentration ratio is equal to a minimum of an absolute value of a negative-ion and positive-ion concentration divided by a maximum of the absolute value of the negative-ion and positive-ion concentration.
US11173212B2
The present invention discloses stimuli-sensitive protein conjugate which can make supramolecular protein assemblies and methods for using the same. The present invention provides simple and rational process for construction of said stimuli-sensitive spherical protein assemblies through supramolecular chemical strategy.
US11173206B2
The present invention relates to a poxvirus vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a fusion protein comprising: (i) a peanut allergen selected from list consisting of at least two peanut allergens from ara h 1, ara h 2, ara h 3, ara h 4, ara h 5, ara h 6. ara h 7, ara h 8, ara h 9, ara h I O and ara h I I or a derivative or part thereof having at least 70% sequence identity thereto, and (ii) a profeasome degradation tag to enhance intracellular degradation of the fusion protein. Methods of desensitizing or inducing tolerance to a peanut allergen and/or suppressing an allergic response to a peanut allergen are also disclosed.
US11173205B2
Disclosed herein are methods of selecting an allogeneic T cell line for therapeutic administration to a patient having or suspected of having a pathogen or cancer. Also disclosed are methods of selecting a donor from whom to derive an allogeneic T cell line for therapeutic administration to a patient having or suspected of having a pathogen or cancer.
US11173202B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using anti DC-ASGPR antibodies that can, e.g., activate DCs and other cells.
US11173198B2
Described are immunogenic proteins against Clostridium difficile. Also described are compositions comprising the immunogenic proteins. Further described are methods of preventing or treating a Clostridium difficile infection in a subject in need thereof.
US11173189B2
In an aspect, a method of manufacture of a pharmaceutically acceptable solid composition containing daptomycin includes drying an aqueous solution containing (i) water, (ii) the daptomycin, (iii) sorbitol in an amount of about 1.2 wt. % to about 9.0 wt. % of total volume of the aqueous composition and (iv) mannitol in an amount of about 0.6 wt. % to about 9.5 wt. % of total volume of the aqueous composition to form the solid composition. The drying can include an sublimation drying of about −25° C. to about 50° C. for a time period of about 15 hours to about 120 hours, most preferably about 15° C. for about 20 hours, optionally preceded and/or followed by one or more additional drying steps. Other aspects are the solid composition containing the daptomycin and also methods of treating a bacterial infection including administering a pharmaceutically acceptable product made by reconstituting the solid composition.
