US11182384B2
Described herein are systems and methods in which key values associated with events are aggregated as those events are processed by an event processing engine. In some embodiments, the system maintains a number of key-value mappings associated with a plurality of key values to be updated. Each key value may be associated with a key log that can be accessed to quickly generate useful information while minimizing the number of operations needed to generate that information. The key log may be updated each time that the associated key value is updated in order to maintain a running history of key-value updates.
US11182380B2
The invention relates to method for adjusting the minimum and maximum number of peer nodes that a node on the blockchain network will connect with. The adjustment takes in to account the bandwidth and processing capability of the node. Bandwidth capacity of a node is determined based on a maximum data amount processable by the node over a time period. Data is monitored passing through interfaces of the node, to and from peer nodes, and a profile factor of the node is determined from the difference between the input data to output data. Over a plurality of time periods monitoring said data the data analysed is used to set a minimum number of peer nodes and a maximum number of peer nodes connectable to the node according to said monitored data and the maximum number of peers connectable to the node. The method enables a node to adjust the number of connections according to performance limitation factors, such as bandwidth availability and processing performance. With the number of peer node connections determined, the node can further determine a correlation matrix between the interfaces and peer nodes to which it is connected. The matrix can be compiled with correlation coefficients representing the correlation between data processed at each interface of said node. The invention also resides in a corresponding computer readable storage medium, electronic device, node of a blockchain network or blockchain network having such a node.
US11182369B2
Methods, systems and computer readable media are provided for accessing data utilizing a multi-level table comprising generating a plurality of levels of the multi-level table, wherein a first level of the multi-level table includes a hyper-table with a plurality of hyper-cells each hyper-cell including information for a group of cells from an initial base table, wherein intermediate levels of the multi-level table each include a plurality of hyper-tables comprising hyper-cells with each hyper-table linked to and providing information for a corresponding hyper-cell of a hyper-table of a prior level, and wherein a plurality of tables of a terminal level includes information from cells of the initial base table with each table linked to and providing information for a corresponding hyper-cell. Data from the multi-level table is accessed by traversing links between the hyper-tables of the plurality of levels to access data within the tables of the terminal level.
US11182362B2
According to one embodiment, a calculating device performs at least a calculation for a database system. A database of the database system is split into a plurality of partitions and placed in a plurality of nodes. The device is configured to accept statistical information relating to the plurality of partitions and the plurality of nodes and being collected by the plurality of nodes, and generate fluctuation information by using the statistical information and perturbation information. The perturbation information corresponds to statistical fluctuation of the statistical information. The device is configured to calculate a placement of the plurality of partitions in the plurality of nodes by using the statistical information and the fluctuation information. The placement is capable of improving a performance of the database system.
US11182350B2
An XML fragmenting mechanism uses an XML schema for the XML file to split up the XML file in a hierarchal structure of data blocks for storage in a storage system with a limited block size such as a cluster coordination service. The XML fragmenting mechanism creates an XML file map to document the structure of the XML file in the storage system. The XML fragmenting mechanism stores the data blocks in the storage system according to the XML file map and supports retrieval of all or part of the data in a format that supports XML validation.
US11182348B2
The disclosed technology provides for sharing of collections between teams from external entities. The present technology allows administrators of an entity to manage what teams from their entity can be exposed outside of the entity and to manage how their entity is viewed by external partners. Sharing between teams provides benefits of easier sharing whereby it is not necessary to share a collection individually with all users of a team. It also provides a more logical sharing paradigm where collaboration is otherwise thought of between two partner entities and not specific employees of those entities. Sharing between teams allows an administrator to manage the user accounts associated with the team so that as team members come and go, all current team members will have access to projects in which the team is involved. Additionally, established teams can be configured to enjoy the full collaborative benefits of the content management system.
US11182347B2
An approach is provided in which an information handling system creates a set of first containers from a container image that each includes a set of shareable files. The information handling system creates a second container from the container image that is devoid of the set of shared files and includes a pointer that points to a selected one of the first containers. In turn, the second container mounts to the first container and utilizes the shared files included the first container.
US11182344B2
In accordance with the present disclosure, files may be deduplicated in a distributed storage system having a plurality of storage volumes. A uniqueness metric for each file may indicate a degree of deduplication of the respective data files in the given storage volume. The uniqueness metric may be used to identify files for rebalancing in the distributed storage system. The uniqueness metric may be efficiently calculated with enough accuracy using a sampling methodology.
US11182331B2
A communication system according to the present disclosure includes a first communication unit that includes a first terminal, a transmission circuit configured to transmit a clock signal via the first terminal, a first resistor inserted into a path between the first terminal and a power supply, a first switch configured to couple the power supply and the first terminal to each other by being turned on, and a first controller configured to control an operation of the first switch, and a second communication unit that includes a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first communication unit via a first wiring line, a reception circuit configured to receive the clock signal via the second terminal, a power storage device, a second switch configured to couple the second terminal and the power storage device to each other by being turned on, and a second controller configured to control an operation of the second switch, the second communication unit being configured to operate by supply of a voltage of the power storage device as a power supply voltage.
US11182329B2
A method for operating a data processing system including a host and a memory system coupled to each other through a plurality of slots and using a Universal Flash Storage (UFS) interface, the method includes: allocating, by the host, dedicated memory regions respectively corresponding to the slots during a booting operation of the host; communicating, between the host and the memory system in parallel through the slots based on command packets and address information for data buffer regions, the command packets and the address information being stored in the dedicated memory regions; and deallocating, by the host, the dedicated memory regions during a shutdown of the host.
US11182325B1
A deaggregated computing system having a memory centric computing storage controller can transfer data from a source to a destination node while dynamically updating a transfer route between them. The transfer route can be recalculated based on the current conditions of the routing nodes between the source and destination. Recalculating the transfer route can be based on power status, bandwidth, in-use status, current capacity, or failure conditions. The deaggregated computing system can include one or more processor units coupled to one or more storage and memory units all connected by the memory centric computing storage controller that can route control and data packets between the processor units and the storage and memory units. The processor units and the storage units can be connected by a combination of serial data communication links and a data storage fabric network.
US11182317B2
A network interface device capable of communication with a data processing system supporting an operating system and at least one application, the network interface device supporting communication with the operating system by means of: two or more data channels, each data channel being individually addressable by the network interface device and being capable of carrying application-level data between the network interface device and the data processing device; and a control channel individually addressable by the network interface device and capable of carrying control data between the network interface device, the control data defining commands and the network interface being responsive to at least one command sent over the control channel to establish at least one additional data channel.
US11182315B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to hardware control of processor performance levels are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of logical processing elements; and a power management circuit to change a highest non-guaranteed performance level and a highest guaranteed performance level for each of the plurality of logical processing elements, and set a notification in a status register when the highest non-guaranteed performance level is changed to a new highest non-guaranteed performance level.
US11182314B1
An integrated circuit device implementing a neural network accelerator may have a peripheral bus interface to interface with a host memory, and neural network models can be loaded from the host memory onto the state buffer of the neural network accelerator for execution by the array of processing elements. The neural network accelerator may also have a memory interface to interface with a local memory. The local memory may store neural network models from the host memory, and the models can be loaded from the local memory into the state buffer with reduced latency as compared to loading from the host memory. In systems with multiple accelerators, the models in the local memory can also be shared amongst different accelerators.
US11182299B2
The present application discloses a data acquisition method, a microprocessor and an apparatus with storage function. The method may include: a request information for obtaining a target information may be received. The request type of the request information may be an instruction request or a data request. The instruction cache and the data cache may be queried respectively, to determine whether the target information matching with the requested information exits in the instruction cache and the data cache. If the target information exists in another cache that does not match with the request type of the request information, then the target information may be returned from the cache that does not match with the request type of the request information. The present application may physically separate the instruction cache and the data cache, thereby improving the data acquisition efficiency.
US11182294B2
A data processing apparatus 2 includes a cache memory 8 for storing data items to be accessed. Coherency control circuitry 20 controls coherency between data items stored within the cache memory and one or more other copies of the data items stored outside the cache memory. A data access buffer 6 buffers a plurality of data access to respective data items stored within the cache memory. Access control circuitry 20 is responsive to coherency statuses managed by the coherency control circuitry for the plurality of data items to be subject to data access operations to be performed together atomically as an atomic set of data accesses to ensure that the coherency statuses for all of these data items permit all of the atomic set of data accesses to be performed within the cache memory before the set of atomic data accesses are commenced.
US11182293B2
A computer implemented method to operate different processor cache levels of a cache hierarchy for a processor with pipelined execution is suggested. The cache hierarchy comprises at least a lower hierarchy level entity and a higher hierarchy level entity. The method comprises: sending a fetch request to the cache hierarchy; detecting a miss event from a lower hierarchy level entity; sending a fetch request to a higher hierarchy level entity; and scheduling at least one write pass.
US11182291B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving an I/O request. In response to determining that the I/O request does not include a bypass indication, the I/O request is satisfied using a primary cache which is coupled to a data storage device and a secondary cache having SCM. In response to determining that the data associated with the I/O request has been updated as a result of satisfying the I/O request: the updated data is destaged from the primary cache to the data storage device, the updated data is copied to the secondary cache, and the updated data is demoted from the primary cache. Yet, in response to determining that the data associated with the I/O request has not been updated: the data associated with the I/O request is copied to the secondary cache, and the data associated with the I/O request is demoted from the primary cache.
US11182280B2
The claimed subject matter includes techniques for providing an application testing service with a user interface that enables a user to evaluate performance data for computer implemented decision policies. An example method includes displaying a first reward statistic comprising an actual performance result for a policy implemented by an application. The method also includes obtaining experimental data corresponding to previously implemented policies, computing a second reward statistic for a hypothetical policy using a reward function applied to the experimental data. The method also includes displaying the second reward statistic together with the first reward statistic to enable a user to compare the first reward statistic and the second first reward statistic.
US11182273B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for automating testing of applications. One example method generally includes obtaining a user interface (UI) source from an application defining pages of the application and fields associated with UI elements of each page of the pages and receiving a selection of a scenario. The method further includes generating scenario data based on a section of test data associated with the selection of the scenario and executing a test using the scenario data. To execute the test, the method includes identifying, by a runner, a first UI element of a first page of the application, identifying, by the runner, a first element of the scenario data mapped to the first UI element and entering, by the runner, the first element of the scenario data into the first UI element.
US11182266B2
A method for determining subject matter experts includes monitoring, by a computer, an activity performed by a user during a period of time, the activity including a sequence of operations, based on the sequence of operations, determining a topic of the activity performed by the user, recognizing, by the computer, a hesitation pattern of the user associated with the topic during the period of time, based on the recognized hesitation pattern, calculating a confidence indicator associated with the activity, the confidence indicator specifies a confidence of the user in performing the activity, based on the confidence indicator being lower than a confidence threshold, identifying one or more subject matter experts for the determined topic, and prompting the user to submit a support request to at least one of the identified subject matter experts.
US11182265B2
A method, system and computer program product, the method comprising: obtaining a test template comprising a multiplicity of elements, including a first element and another element; generating a partially instantiated test template comprising a first instance for the first element and the another element in an uninstantiated form; generating, based on the partially instantiated test template, a first test complying with the test template, the first test comprising the first instance for the first element and an instance for the another element; executing the first test to obtain a first result; generating, based on the partially instantiated test template, a second test complying with the test template, the second test comprising the first instance for the first element and another instance for the another element, thereby using the first instance for generating the first and second tests; and executing the second test to obtain a second result.
US11182264B1
A data processing system comprises a plurality of reconfigurable processors including a first reconfigurable processor and additional reconfigurable processors, a plurality of buffers in a shared memory accessible to the first reconfigurable processor and the additional reconfigurable processors, and runtime logic configured to execute one or more configuration files for applications using the first reconfigurable processor and the additional reconfigurable processors. Execution of the configuration files includes receiving data from the first reconfigurable processor and providing the data to at least one of the additional reconfigurable processors, and receiving data from the at least one of the additional reconfigurable processors and providing the data to the first reconfigurable processor.
US11182262B2
A memory system for storing data is disclosed, the memory system including a plurality of memory devices configured to store data, each memory device having a plurality of bits, the memory devices configured and associated to work together as a rank to respond to a request; a memory control circuit associated with the plurality of memory devices and configured to output command and control signals to the plurality of memory devices; a detector for detecting a bit error in an operation; and a controller for remapping the bit error to a spare bit lane in response to the detector detecting the bit error.
US11182260B1
A method for maintaining linked databases including a source database and a target database, maintaining first metadata in a recovery log file of the source database, maintaining second metadata that identifies portions of data that are replicated from the source database to the target database as part of the selected partitions of the selected tables, receiving an indication that a crash of the source database has occurred, determining a first recovery metric value for recovering the source database's, determining a second recovery metric value for recovering the source database's data from the target database based on the second metadata, and determining whether to recover the source database's data from the recovery log file of the source database or from the target database based on a comparison of the determined first recovery metric value and the second recovery metric value.
US11182259B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a configuration operable by a configurable electronic device. The device receives a second configuration and a predefined parameter. The device archives a first configuration in the non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The device applies the second configuration and then determine whether the predefined parameter is satisfied. When the predefined parameters are satisfied, the device maintains to apply the second configuration. When the predefined parameter is not satisfied, the device retrieves the first configuration and applies the first configuration.
US11182249B1
A data storage system includes a plurality of data blocks. A set of data blocks are protected by an erasure correcting code and each of the data blocks in the set of data blocks includes block identification information. The data storage system includes a processor and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to verify the block identification information for each of the data blocks in the set of data blocks at the time of read and, as part of reconstructing a data block, reconstruct the block identification information for the reconstructed data block, and verify the block identification information.
US11182241B2
Methods, systems, and devices for spare substitution in a memory system are described. A controller may, as part of a background operation, assign a spare bit to replace a bit of a code word and save an indication of the spare bit assignment in a memory array. The code word may include a set of bits that each correspond to a respective Minimum Substitution Region (MSR) within a memory medium that retains the code word. An MSR corresponding to the bit to be replaced may include a quantity of erroneous bits relative to a threshold. The controller may, during a read operation, identify the spare bit in a first portion of the code word, determine the bit to be replaced based on accessing the memory array, and replace the bit with the spare bit concurrently with receiving a second portion of the code word.
US11182231B2
A memory system suitable for counting the number of errors occurring in each memory location, and a host system suitable for detecting a defective memory location based on the number of the errors occurring in each memory location and controlling a repair operation for the defective memory location based on a current amount of data being processed between the host system and the memory system, wherein the memory system repairs the defective memory location using the redundant memory area.
US11182217B2
Systems and methods for multilayered resource scheduling are provided. A system may include a user interface, an upper level scheduler, at least one lower level scheduler, and a reporting module. The user interface may receive a plurality of tasks. The upper level scheduler may sort the plurality of tasks into tasks with identical resource requirements. The lower level scheduler may be operable to receive resource requirements associated with a task. The lower level scheduler may ascertain compute resources sufficient to execute the task on a machine in a compute farm and advertise the compute resources as matching the resource requirements. The lower level scheduler may further receive a request to execute the task on the machine. The compute resources may be controlled to execute the tasks with the identical resource requirements without further scheduling operations. The lower level scheduler may control the compute resources to execute the task.
US11182212B2
Data of a vector storage request pertaining to one or more disjoint, non-adjacent, and/or non-contiguous logical identifier ranges are stored contiguously within a log on a non-volatile storage medium. A request consolidation module modifies one or more sub-requests of the vector storage request in response to other, cached storage requests. Data of an atomic vector storage request may comprise persistent indicators, such as persistent metadata flags, to identify data pertaining to incomplete atomic storage requests. A restart recovery module identifies and excludes data of incomplete atomic operations.
US11182194B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating an automation system and automation system operating according to the method, wherein an application to be executed on the automation system is available in an encapsulated form in a container. In the event that the application encapsulated in the container requires kernel mode software, a host extender executed on the automation system uses metadata included in the container to load the required kernel mode software from a database having kernel mode software and install the software locally on the automation system. In the event of an identified incompatibility on the automation system, the host extender installs a virtual machine, loads the container, which led to the incompatibility, onto the virtual machine and loads the kernel mode software required by the application contained by the container into the kernel of the virtual machine.
US11182193B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving characteristic information of a container registry. The container registry includes a plurality of container images. The method includes selecting at least two container images in the container registry and selecting parameters for optimization based on the characteristic information. The method also includes generating a cost function based on the parameters for optimization and optimizing the at least two container images in the container registry based on the cost function. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a composition of each of at least two layers in a container image. The composition of each of the at least two layers includes at least one file. The method includes mapping overlap between the composition of the at least two layers and estimating a redundancy in the container image based on the overlap. The method also includes calculating new layers which reduce the redundancy in the container image.
US11182191B2
In a computer-implemented method for using a nested host manager in a hyper converged infrastructure to streamline the upgrade process for one or more hosts in a workload domain, a first workload domain having one or more hosts is chosen, and at least one host of the one or more hosts is designated for an upgrade. The resource allotment of the at least one host is evaluated and a nested host having a comparable resource allotment is selected and provided in a second workload domain. Communication is redirected from the at least one host to the nested host. The at least one host is placed in a maintenance mode, updated, and returned to an operational mode.
US11182190B2
A data transmission method and apparatus are disclosed, and applied to a daemon process on a host machine. The method includes: obtaining information required for performing an acceleration operation in a virtual input/output ring of a target virtual accelerator, where the information required for performing the acceleration operation uses a predefined data structure, and the data structure occupies one entry of the virtual input/output ring of the target virtual accelerator; determining, according to the information required for performing the acceleration operation, information that can be recognized by the hardware accelerator; and sending the information that can be recognized by the hardware accelerator to the hardware accelerator, where the hardware accelerator is configured to obtain to-be-accelerated data according to the information that can be recognized by the hardware accelerator and perform the acceleration operation on the to-be-accelerated data. The method and apparatus can improve data packet transmission efficiency.
US11182187B2
An apparatus includes a memory of a host computing device. The memory is to store at least one hypervisor. The apparatus also includes a processing device of the host computing device and operatively coupled to the memory. The processing device is to receive a request to connect the hypervisor to a virtual network, and to determine whether the hypervisor is connectable to the virtual network utilizing at least one connectivity check service. The at least one connectivity check service indicates whether one or more connectivity requirements are satisfied. The processing device is to further connect the hypervisor to the virtual network when the one or more connectivity requirements are indicated as being satisfied, and to perform a periodic connectivity check of the connection between the hypervisor and the virtual network.
US11182185B2
A virtualized computing environment includes a plurality of host computers, each host being connected to a physical network and having a hypervisor executing therein. To provision a virtual machine requiring a connection to a virtual network in one of the hosts, a candidate host for hosting the virtual machine, the candidate host having the virtual network configured therein, is selected. A request is then made for a status of the virtual network to the candidate host. The status of the virtual network is then received from the candidate host. If the virtual network is available, then the virtual machine is deployed to the candidate host. If the virtual network is not available, then a second candidate host is selected for hosting the virtual machine.
US11182181B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes monitoring commands sent from a computer to a remote system and monitoring responses sent by the remote system to the computer in reply to the commands. The computer-implemented method includes determining delays corresponding to amounts of time for the remote system to send the responses to the commands, and storing the commands, information from the responses, and the delays in a database in association with the commands. A computer-implemented method according to another embodiment includes receiving a command from a computer, the command being for execution by a remote system. The computer-implemented method includes searching a database for an entry matching the command. The computer-implemented method includes selecting response data corresponding to the command and a delay value corresponding to the command, and sending the selected response data to the computer after a time delay corresponding to the delay value.
US11182178B1
Computerized detection of one or more user interface objects is performed by processing an image file containing one or more user interface objects of a user interface generated by an application program. Sub-control objects are detected in the image file, where each sub-control object forms a portion of a user interface object that receives user input. Extraneous sub-control objects are detected. Sub-control objects that overlap with or that are within a predetermined vicinity of an identified set of sub-control objects are removed. Sub-control objects in the identified set of sub-control objects are correlated to combine one or more of the sub-control objects in the identified set of sub-control objects to generate control objects that correspond to certain of the user interface objects of the user interface generated by the application program.
US11182177B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamically modeling a page using dynamic data. One of the methods includes receiving a first dynamic input request with corresponding contextual inputs comprising data characterizing a single dynamic first event of a main task; generating, in response to the first dynamic input request, a dynamic smart interface responding to the contextual inputs; generating, in response to the first dynamic input request, a model comprising a single shared dynamic control load and dynamic data load responding to the contextual inputs; receiving a second dynamic input request comprising data characterizing a single dynamic final event of the main task; triggering, in response to the second dynamic input request, a dynamic process comprising a rule monitor, a smart task generator, and a smart contract; and presenting, to a user in response to the second dynamic input request, dynamic rule options.
US11182174B2
A method for migrating from a legacy system to a target system may include extracting a legacy system configuration into a structured model and analyzing the structured model, the analyzing including determining a set of patterns and deriving a legacy services model. The method may further include providing a target system model and mapping the legacy services model into an independent service model. The method may further include migrating the independent service model having the mapped legacy services model onto the target system model and providing the target system model to a target system.
US11182173B2
An electronic apparatus and a power controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus may include a wireless communicator that communicates with a remote controller, a wired communicator that connects with an external input device and a processor that controls the wireless communicator to transmit a control signal to the remote controller for turning off power of the connected external input device in response to receiving a signal from the remote controller for turning off power of the electronic apparatus.
US11182161B2
An information handling system includes a memory subsystem; a processor; and a link connecting the processor and memory subsystem, the processor having a memory controller to manage load instructions; a data cache to hold data for use by the processor; a load store unit to execute load instructions; an instruction fetch unit to fetch load instructions and a cache line utility tracker (CUT) table having a plurality of entries, each entry having a utility field to indicate the portions of a cache line of the load instruction that were used by the processor. The system configured to: determine whether the load instruction is in the CUT Table and in response determine from the CUT Table whether to request a partial cache line; and in response to the data not being in the data cache, transmit a memory request for a partial cache line.
US11182160B1
A method and circuit for a data processing system provide a hardware accelerator repeat control instruction (402A) which is executed with a hardware accelerator instruction (402B) to extract and latch repeat parameters from the hardware accelerator repeat control instruction, such as a repeat count value (RPT_CNT), a source address offset value (ADDR_INCR0), and a destination address offset value (ADDR_INCR1), and to generate a command to the hardware accelerator (205) to execute the hardware accelerator instruction a specified plurality of times based on instruction parameters from the hardware accelerator instruction by using the repeat count value to track how many times the hardware accelerator instruction is executed and by automatically generating, at each execution of the hardware accelerator instruction, additional source and destination addresses for the hardware accelerator from the repeat parameters until the hardware accelerator instruction has been executed the specified plurality of times by the hardware accelerator.
US11182151B2
Build environments for software can be constructed. For example, a computing device can receive a file indicating a first software component to be installed in a build environment and a second software component to be built in the build environment. The computing device can perform a first setup phase for creating part of the build environment by causing the first software component to be installed in the build environment. The computing device can also determine that the first setup phase is complete. Based on determining that the first setup phase is complete, the computing device can perform a second setup phase for completing the build environment by causing the second software component to be built in the build environment.
US11182150B2
Described are platforms, systems, and methods for upgrading firmware on a programmable input output (IO) device. In one aspect, a method executed by the programmable IO device comprises: receiving, from a north-bound entity, a request to upgrade firmware installed on at least one CPU core; disabling flow-miss traffic to the at least one CPU core; redirecting the flow-miss traffic to an off-box service; providing a configuration for the programmable IO device to the off-box service; redirecting traffic to the off-box service; upgrading the firmware installed on the at least one CPU core; upgrading at least one program running in the data plane; reprograming a forwarding state provided by the off-box service; disabling the redirection of the traffic to the off-box service; and providing, to the north-bound entity, a notification indicating a completion of the upgrade.
US11182146B2
A user apparatus retrieves a list of current features in an industrial automation device in an industrial site, and a list of available features for the industrial automation device, and displays the lists to a user of the user apparatus. If a user input indicating that the industrial automation device is to be updated with one or more features selected amongst the available features, the one or more features are downloaded from a remote data storage to the user apparatus and therefrom to the industrial automation device to update the industrial automation device.
US11182139B2
Systems and methods for production readiness verification and monitoring are disclosed. A set of compliance requirements including one or more required-asset identifiers and a set of minimum deployment requirements for each required-asset identifier is received. Each of the one or more required-asset identifiers are associated with a cloud asset required for deployment of a target application. One or more probing messages are generated to determine an availability of each cloud asset associated with the one or more required-asset identifiers, at least one probing response is received from at least one cloud, and the cloud environment is identified as one of compliant or non-compliant for application deployment. The cloud environment is identified as compliant when each cloud asset meets each of minimum deployment requirements and non-compliant when a cloud asset fails to meet one of the minimum deployment requirements. The target application is deployed when the cloud environment is compliant.
US11182138B2
A method is described that includes translating higher level program code including higher level instructions having an instruction format that identifies pixels to be accessed from a memory with first and second coordinates from an orthogonal coordinate system into lower level instructions that target a hardware architecture having an array of execution lanes and a shift register array structure that is able to shift data along two different axis. The translating includes replacing the higher level instructions having the instruction format with lower level shift instructions that shift data within the shift register array structure.
US11182126B2
Computationally efficient mixed precision floating point waveform generation takes advantage of the high-speed generation of waveforms with single-precision floating point numbers while reducing the generally unacceptable loss of precision of pure single-precision floating point to generate any waveform that repeats in 2π. This approaches computes a reference phase in double precision as the modulus of the phase with 2π and then computes offsets to that value in single precision. The double precision reference phase is recomputed as needed depending on how quickly the phase grows and how large a machine epsilon is desired.
US11182111B2
Job information being information concerning a processed job is managed together with an attribute that indicates whether the job information is printed or unprinted. Out of the managed pieces of job information of jobs, job information having an attribute indicating unprinted state is printed and the attribute of the printed job information is updated so as to indicate printed state. Out of the managed pieces of job information of jobs, when an instruction to print job information of a job corresponding to a logged-in user is received, the job information corresponding to the user is printed and the attribute of the printed job information is not updated.
US11182099B2
A memory system includes a memory group including a plurality of memory devices having two or more different types; and a controller configured to control data input and output for the memory group, wherein the controller includes a scrubbing controller configured to collect health information to which a deterioration degree for each of the plurality of memory devices is reflected and determine a scrubbing interval for each of the plurality of memory devices based on the health information, the scrubbing interval being reduced in proportion to the deterioration degree.
US11182098B2
A computer system identifies high-value information in data streams. The computer system receives a filter graph definition. The filter graph definition includes a plurality of filter nodes, each filter node including one or more filters that accept or reject packets. Each respective filter is categorized by a number of operations, and the one or more filters are arranged in a general graph. The computer system performs one or more optimization operations, including: determining if a closed circuit exists within the graph, and when the closed circuit exists within the graph, removing the closed circuit; reordering the filters based at least in part on the number of operations; and parallelizing the general graph such that the one or more filters are configured to be executed on one or more processors.
US11182095B2
Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to a highly distributed replica of a volume stored in a networked elastic computing environment. First and second replicas of the volume can be synchronously replicated, and some implementations of the tertiary replica can be asynchronously replicated. The highly distributed nature of the tertiary replica supports parallel data transfer of the data of the volume, resulting in faster creation of backups and new copies of the volume.
US11182093B2
Methods and systems for index lifecycle management are provided. Exemplary methods include: receiving an ILM policy; determining a first condition and a first action for a first phase using the ILM policy; performing the first action for the first phase when the first condition is met; transition from the first phase to a second phase; determining a second condition and a second action for the second phase using the ILM policy; performing the second action for the second phase when the second condition is met; transition from the second phase to a third phase; determining a third condition and a third action for the third phase using the ILM policy; performing the third action for the third phase when the third condition is met; transition from the third phase to a fourth phase; and deleting the index during the third phase.
US11182091B2
A method of indirection replay for a flash storage system includes writing data, in a host stream, to blocksets of the flash storage system. The host blocksets are assigned a major sequence number incremented from the most recently closed host blockset. The method includes writing an indirection journal to each host blockset which are associated with the assigned major sequence number. The method includes writing data, in a garbage collection (GC) stream, to other blocksets of the flash storage system. The GC blocksets are assigned a major sequence number, based on the most recently closed host blockset, and a minor sequence number, incremented from the most recently closed GC blockset. The method includes writing an indirection journal to each GC blockset which are associated with the assigned major and minor sequence numbers. The indirection table is constructed by replaying the journals of the blocksets in order of major sequence and minor sequence numbers.
US11182081B2
Provided are techniques for performing a recovery copy command to restore a safeguarded copy backup to a production volume. In response to receiving a recovery copy command, a production target data structure is created. A read operation is received for data for a storage location. In response to determining that the data for the storage location is in a cache of a host and a generation number is greater than a recovery generation number, the data is read from the cache. In response to determining at least one of that the data for the storage location is not in the cache and that the generation number is not greater than the recovery generation number, the data is read from one of the production volume and a backup volume based on a value of an indicator for the storage location in the production target data structure.
US11182078B2
A data storage device and a method of operating the same are provided. The data storage device includes a first non-volatile memory device, a second non-volatile memory device, and a management module. The management module receives a multi-access command including first and second physical addresses which are different from each other from a host, generates and sends a first access command including the first physical address to the first non-volatile memory device, and generates and sends a second access command including the second physical address to the second non-volatile memory device. The data storage device performs the first and second access commands on the first and second physical addresses, respectively.
US11182075B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide for multi-dimensional disk arrays and methods for managing same and can be used in video surveillance systems for the management of real-time video data, image data, or combinations thereof.
US11182073B2
A system and method for selecting distant actions on a user interface using cursor gestures includes calculating a trajectory path of a cursor digitally represented on the display screen, using a direction of the cursor, in response to receiving cursor motion towards distant action as first input from the input mechanism. At least a portion of an action object that intersects the trajectory path of the cursor is detected as a result of a second input of the input mechanism. The user interface is augmented by presenting an action menu proximate the cursor as a function of the detecting, the action menu including one or more actions associated with the action object.
US11182072B2
A vehicle includes: a plurality of electronic devices each configured to adjust an angle of a part thereof, disposed at different positions and configured to perform the same function a touch screen having a plurality of touch areas for receiving operation commands of the plurality of electronic devices, respectively, configured to display a plurality of display areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of touch areas; and a controller configured to recognize the touch areas and touch gestures based on a touch signal received by the touch screen, to identify the electronic device corresponding to the recognized touch area, to identify operation information corresponding to the recognized touch gesture, and to control the identified electronic device based on the identified operation information. The plurality of electronic devices includes at least one of a plurality of vents, a plurality of lighting devices, and a plurality of sound output devices.
US11182071B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute the application, display a first screen, display a second screen in response to a user input for selecting an input field or a text input button included in the first screen, display a keyboard layout and a user interface (UI) including at least one input button associated with the keyboard layout within the second screen when a specified condition is met, and display the keyboard layout and an input button for calling the UI within the second screen when the specified condition is not met.
US11182065B2
This specification techniques for targeted information display based on historical user behavior. One example method include receiving an information acquisition request sent by a client, wherein the information acquisition request comprises an identifier of a source display location and an identifier of a user that requests to obtain information; identifying a display location trajectory diagram that corresponds to the user identifier, wherein an order in which the user historically browses display locations is recorded in the display location trajectory diagram; identifying a target display location based on the display location trajectory diagram, the target display location adjacent to the source display location and after the source display location, wherein the target display location is a predicted location that is most likely to be browsed by the user; and transmitting the information to the client that corresponds to the user identifier for display in the target display location.
US11182054B2
Disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods implementing a web-browser plugin for providing requested information. A method for providing requested information comprises receiving, as a user interaction on a graphical user interface, a request to provide data associated with a target object presented on a web page, retrieving an object identifier associated with the target object based on a determined data accessibility, the object identifier incorporated in the web page, transmitting the retrieved object identifier to a plurality of systems storing data associated with the target object, the plurality of systems configured to provide data corresponding to the received object identifier in response to the received object identifier, receiving data responsive to transmitting the retrieved object, modifying the web page to include the received data, and presenting the web page on the graphical user interface.
US11182048B2
A computing device including a user input device. The computing device may further include memory storing a file tree that includes a plurality of files arranged in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of nodes. The computing device may further include at least one processor configured to receive, via the user input device, a scoping selection of one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes. The scoping selection may indicate a respective display status for each of the one or more nodes. The processor may generate a scoped view of the file tree in which for each selected node, whether that selected node is displayed or hidden in the scoped view is determined based at least on the respective display status indicated for that selected node by the scoping selection. The processor may output the scoped view to a display for display in a graphical user interface (GUI).
US11182047B2
A building management system includes a plurality of devices of building equipment configured to provide status data. The building management system also includes an equipment management server configured to assign and store parent-child relationships for the plurality of devices of building equipment. The equipment management server is also configured to monitor the status data to detect faults and generate a fault visualization interface. The fault visualization interface provides provide a list of the devices with detected faults, allows a user to select one or more of the devices from the list, and presents a parent-child relationship widget for the selected device. The parent-child relationship widget includes a list of parent devices for the selected device and a list of child devices for the selected device. Each device on the lists of parent devices and child devices has a status indicator indicating whether the device is in a fault condition.
US11182044B2
A method includes displaying a spatial manipulation user interface element including a first set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a first set of spatial manipulations of a three-dimensional object. The first set of spatial manipulations is based on a first virtual camera perspective. The method includes, in response to detecting a user input changing the first virtual camera perspective to a second virtual camera perspective, changing display of the three-dimensional object from the first virtual camera perspective to the second virtual camera perspective, and displaying a second set of spatial manipulation affordances respectively associated with a second set of spatial manipulations. The second set of spatial manipulations is based on the second virtual camera perspective, and includes a spatial manipulation excluded from the first set of spatial manipulations. The first set of spatial manipulations includes a spatial manipulation excluded from the second set of spatial manipulations.
US11182040B2
There is provided an information processing device including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire association information indicating association of an application region and a user, the application region corresponding to an activated application and being a region displayed in a display region; and a behavior control unit configured to control, when a user operation in the display region is detected, a behavior of the application that corresponds to the application region based on the association information with regard to the application region and information indicating a user whose operation has been detected.
US11182038B2
An encoded data pattern touchscreen sensing system includes an encoded data pattern including one or more electrical materials arranged in a pattern representative of data. The encoded data pattern touchscreen sensing system further includes an encoded data pattern touchscreen sensing computing device including: a touchscreen, a plurality of electrodes integrated into the touchscreen, and a plurality of drive-sense circuits coupled to the plurality of electrodes, where, when in close proximity to the encoded data pattern, the plurality of drive-sense circuits detect changes in electrical characteristics of the plurality of electrodes caused by the encoded data pattern. The encoded data pattern touchscreen sensing computing device further includes a processing module operably coupled to: receive a set of detected changes in electrical characteristics, interpret the detected changes as a set of impedance values representative of the one or more electrical materials of the encoded data pattern, and interpret the set of impedance values to determine the data.
US11182019B2
A touch scanning method shortening a first touch latency includes: scanning a Mth column of the N-column touch panel according to a touch scan (TSHD) signal; determining whether the finger is on the Mth column of the N-column touch panel according to a scan data signal; performing a fast done process according to a fast done signal when the finger is on the Mth column of the N-column touch panel; determining whether M equals to N when the finger is not on the Mth column of the N-column touch panel; and resetting M to 1 according to a scan start signal and performing an algorithm according to a finish flag signal.
US11182011B2
A touch surface includes an array of rows of electrodes, an input point on a row for injecting an input voltage (VDRIVE), measuring an output voltage (VSENSE) at a second point in the row, p being the number of pitch spacings of the array separating the two points, the portion of the array between the first point and the second point being akin to an electric dipole of resistance (R(p)) and of capacitance (C), the output voltage (VSENSE) being equal to the product of the input voltage (VDRIVE) and a transfer function represented by a complex function (HSENSE). The measurement includes extracting the amplitude (G) and the phase (φ) from the transfer function; and calculating a hybrid function (S(G, φ)) of the amplitude and of the phase, the hybrid function minimizing a sum (Σ) defined by Σ i ∈ [ 0 , p ] ( δ S δ R ( G ( R i ) , φ ( R i ) ) ) .
US11182007B2
Provided is an input sensing unit. The input sensing unit includes a plurality of first electrodes which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
US11182006B1
An illuminated touch panel includes a backlight assembly and a cover plate. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, and an outer stop. The light guide plate includes a plurality of bar portions and a connecting portion. The plurality of bar portions are separated from each other and arranged side by side. Each of the bar portions includes a pattern dot region, a connecting end and a light entrance end. There is a narrow slot between any two adjacent bar portions. The long axis direction of each of the extending dot regions of the connecting portion is substantially parallel to the length direction of each of the narrow slots. The plurality of light blocking bars of the outer stop are arranged side by side and fitted with the plurality of narrow slots. The cover plate includes a plurality of window regions corresponding to the plurality of pattern dot regions.
US11182001B2
A touch display driving integrated circuit (IC) includes a touch driver IC and a source driver IC. The touch driver IC is to be connected to touch electrodes through touch sensing lines. The touch driver IC provides a sensing signal to first touch sensing lines among the touch sensing lines in a touch period, and applies a common voltage to the first touch sensing lines before the touch period is terminated. The source driver IC is to be connected to pixels through data lines.
US11181991B2
A system and method for determining a position and orientation (e.g., pose) of a rigid body. The rigid body may be a position enabled projector, a surveying rod, a power tool, a drill robot, etc., in a given space. The position of the rigid body is specified by a set of three coordinates and the orientation is specified by a set of three angles. As such, based on these six values, the position and orientation of the rigid body can be determined.
US11181987B2
A vision sensor system is used for gesture recognition or another control system with a human-machine interface. In the vision sensor system, a vision sensor 1 is used in particular to check the presence, the orientation, the characteristics or the texture of an object 15. For this purpose, the vision sensor 1 has a housing 2 in which a light-receiving element 3 is arranged. At a distance from the light-receiving element 3 there is a cover made of a translucent carrier material 5 with a first surface 6 facing the light-receiving element 3 and a second surface 7 facing away from the light-receiving element 3, both located in the beam path 4 of the light-receiving element 3. The carrier material 5 has at least partially a translucent metallic coating 8, 9 on at least one of the first or second surfaces 6, 7 located in the beam path 4 of the light receiving element 3.
US11181986B2
Systems and methods for context-sensitive hand interaction with an immersive environment are provided. An example method includes determining a contextual factor for a user and selecting an interaction mode based on the contextual factor. The example method may also include monitoring a hand of the user to determine a hand property and determining an interaction with an immersive environment based on the interaction mode and the hand property.
US11181978B2
A method for gaze estimation. The method includes processing training data and determining one or more local-learning base gaze estimation model based on the training data. The local-learning base gaze estimation model(s) can be used for determining one or both of: 2D gaze points in a scene image and 3D gaze points in scene camera coordinates.
US11181975B2
A computer-implemented system and method for assigning security profiles comprises receiving bounded region information that is located within a defined region associated with a user from an augmented reality device (ARD) associated with the user. A bounded region is created from the bounded region information. A first set of selectable entities, such as subjects for whom the security profile is being applied and/or secure elements, such as cabinets, doors, or computer resources, are selected as those being within the bounded region information. A security profile to the first set of selectable entities is then applied relative to a second set of selectable entities.
US11181971B2
Embodiments of an apparatus and method are disclosed that may allow for managing power of a computing system. The apparatus may include a clock generation circuit, a bus interface unit, and a control circuit. The clock generation circuit may be configured to generate multiple clock signals. Each clock signal may provide a timing reference to different functional blocks within a device coupled to the communication bus. The bus interface unit may be configured to receive messages from the device via the communication bus. The messages may include a latency value and a request to activate a low power mode. The control circuit may be configured to deactivate one or more of the multiple clock signals dependent upon the latency value and multiple threshold values.
US11181970B2
Power consumption by a first host included in a plurality of hosts in a clustered computing system, where each of the hosts executes one or more applications, is managed by detecting that a utilization level of the first host falls below a threshold value and, responsive to the detecting, migrating one or more applications executing on the first host to a second host. After the migration is completed, the first host is caused to consume less power while remaining powered on.
US11181964B2
A duration of time for a first idle state of a memory sub-system is determined, where the memory sub-system includes an active state and a second idle state. A first command is received to transition from the active state to the second idle state. In response to the first command, the memory sub-system is transitioned to the first idle state. The memory sub-system is transitioned from the first idle state to the second idle state in response to an expiration of the duration of time.
US11181961B2
A chassis includes power supply units configured to be a primary source of power for several information handling systems. A chassis management controller monitors a power capacity of the power supply units, and sends a measure of first available power of the power supply units to one of the information handling systems. If the power limit of a sled connector is at least equal to the first power requirement of the information handling system, then it may be determined whether a total power available for the information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement of the one information handling system. If the total power available for the information handling system is at least equal to the first power requirement of the information handling system, then the information handling system may be powered on.
US11181955B2
Disclosed is an electronic device having a thermal diffusion structure and including a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and a third surface vertical to the first surface and the second surface, a display exposed through at least part of the first surface, a battery arranged between the first surface and the second surface, a heating source arranged between the battery and the third surface in a direction vertical to the first surface and the second surface, and a first thermal diffusion member arranged vertically to the first surface and the second surface, the first thermal diffusion member including a first portion in thermal contact with at least part of the heating source and diffusing heat provided by the heating source to at least one second portion.
US11181939B2
An apparatus is disclosed for implementing multi-mode oscillation circuitry with stepping control. In an example aspect, the multi-mode oscillation circuitry comprises a resonator coupled to a first oscillator and a second oscillator. The multi-mode oscillation circuitry is configured to selectively be in a first configuration with the first oscillator in an active state and the second oscillator in an inactive state or a second configuration with the first oscillator in the inactive state and the second oscillator in the active state. The apparatus also includes a step-control circuit coupled to the multi-mode oscillation circuitry. The step-control circuit is configured to cause the first oscillator to switch from the inactive state to the active state and incrementally increase a first gain of the first oscillator based on the first oscillator being in the active state to enable the multi-mode oscillation circuitry to transition from the second configuration to the first configuration.
US11181934B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for predicting ground effects along a flight plan. The systems and methods provide a processor executed process including the steps: receiving a flight plan for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft; receiving terrain and obstacles geospatial data for the flight plan from the database; determining weight of the VTOL aircraft along the flight plan; determining temperature of the environment along the flight plan; determining ground effect data along the flight plan based on the temperature and the weight; based on the terrain and obstacles data, the ground effect data and the flight plan, predict where, along the flight plan, the VTOL aircraft will traverse a ground effect region, thereby providing prediction data; and generating one or more commands to control a system of the VTOL aircraft based on the prediction data.
US11181933B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system operates with a flight management system and has controlled access UAV zones, each being UAV landing, loading, takeoff. A control and communication unit controls access to each UAV zone. A barrier around each zone controls entry into that zone. An opening in the barrier permits personnel to enter. A closure for the opening is locked by at least one remotely operable lock. A communications module is operable to control the lock for that zone to govern access to and entry into that zone by users. A flight management system is separate from the plurality of zones and in communication with the control and communication unit and with each communications module, and responsive to requests by users to allow access. At least some of the UAV zones are charging zones that include at least one charging cable for charging a battery of a UAV.
US11181931B2
A system includes vehicles, a central control unit, and a stationary transceiver module connected to the central control unit via a bidirectional communications channel. Each vehicle has a transceiver module for bidirectional communication with the stationary transceiver module and/or a vehicle. The transceiver module has a controllable light source and a light sensor. The central control unit transmits driving orders to the vehicles via the stationary transceiver module. A first vehicle that is located within a spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module forwards a driving order to a second vehicle that is located outside the spatial transmission area of the stationary transceiver module, and the second vehicle transmits data via the first vehicle and the stationary transceiver module to the central control unit.
US11181929B2
Systems and methods for shared autonomy through cooperative sensing are described. According to one embodiment, a cooperative sensing system includes a rendezvous module that receives broadcast messages from a plurality of cooperating vehicles on the roadway. The rendezvous module also selects a subordinate vehicle from the plurality of cooperating vehicles based on the autonomy level of the subordinate vehicle as compared to an autonomy level of a principal vehicle. The cooperative sensing system also includes a positioning module that determines a cooperative position of the principal vehicle and the subordinate vehicle. The cooperative sensing system further includes a negotiation module that receives at least one cooperating parameter from the subordinate vehicle. The cooperative sensing system includes a perception module that initiates cooperative automation the subordinate vehicle according to the at least one cooperating parameter when the principal vehicle and the subordinate vehicle are positioned in the cooperative position.
US11181924B2
An autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may improve the overall safety of other vehicles by determining an action of a proximate vehicle based on sensor data and determining one or more expected visual cues associated with the determined action. One or more images of the proximate vehicle may then be used to detect a difference between expected visual cues and the captured images. Detected differences may be used to notify one or more entities that can then take corrective actions.
US11181922B2
Autonomous vehicles use accurate and detailed maps for navigation. Expanding functionality of an autonomous vehicle to a new, e.g., unmapped, region can include determining drivable surface segments of the new region and comparing the segments to segments or classes of segments from an already-mapped region. Segments of the new region that are similar to segments from the mapped region can be identified as potentially navigable. An autonomous vehicle can travel through the new region via those segments indicated as navigable. In addition, during travel through the new region, data may be collected using sensors on the autonomous vehicle to map additional portions of the region and/or confirm a driving ability in the new region. Functionality of an autonomous vehicle may be limited based on how similar the segments are to one another.
US11181919B2
Disclosed subject matter relates to a field of vehicle navigation system that performs a method for determining an optimal trajectory for navigation of an autonomous vehicle. A trajectory determining system associated with the autonomous vehicle may detect an occurrence of a predefined condition related to diversion based on environment data. Further, minimum lateral shift required from a predefined distance for handling the detected predefined condition is determined and co-efficient value sets corresponding to the minimum lateral shift are determined based on pre-stored values that are generated based on a trial run. For each co-efficient value set, velocity and position data is determined at a plurality of time instances based on which one or more trajectories corresponding to each co-efficient value set are generated. Finally, an optimal trajectory is determined among the generated trajectories cumulative variation in orientation and total time required for navigating along the corresponding trajectory.
US11181918B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting and managing moving traffic obstacles. In embodiments, a database of historical and potential moving traffic obstacles is generated from vehicle sensor data. The database includes vehicle manoeuvre data and characterizations thereof. The database is used to map moving traffic obstacle locations such that driving aids and autonomous vehicles can account for such obstacles.
US11181915B2
Apparatuses and methods for maneuvering marine vessel are disclosed. In an embodiment, the apparatus is configured to: receive a location command defining a future geographic location; receive an orientation command defining an orientation in the future geographic location; and generate required control data for a steering and propulsion system of the marine vessel based on the future geographic location and the orientation. In another embodiment, the apparatus is configured to: receive control data of a current power and angle of the steering and propulsion system; receive control data of a reference power and angle of the steering and propulsion system; and display simultaneously a current representation of the current power and angle, and a reference representation of the reference power and angle, wherein the current representation and the reference representation are both arranged and positioned co-centrically in relation to a representation of the marine vessel.
US11181913B2
A method and system of using excess computational resources on autonomous vehicles. Such excess computational resources may be available during periods of low demand, or other periods of idleness (e.g., parking). Where portions of computing resources are available amongst a fleet of vehicles, such excess computing resources may be pooled as a single resource. The excess computational resources may be used, for example, to train and/or test machine-learning models. Performance metrics of such models may be determined using hardware and software on the autonomous vehicle, for example sensors. Models having performance metrics outperforming current models may be considered as validated models. Validated models may be transmitted to a remote computing system for dissemination to a fleet of vehicles.
US11181905B2
An autonomous vehicle receives sensor data from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle, and generates a request for remote control of the autonomous vehicle by a computer system remote from the autonomous vehicle. Generating the request includes determining a quality metric associated with a network connection between the autonomous vehicle and the computer system, and upon determining that the quality metric is greater than a threshold quality level, transmitting, from the autonomous vehicle to the computer system the request for remote control and a first data item representing the sensor data. The first data item meets one or more conditions associated with the threshold quality level.
US11181903B1
A system includes network nodes, such as, multiple computing devices and multiple software defined radios. The network nodes accurately and timely detects, identifies, locates, and responds to an unmanned aircraft system within a predetermined area. The network nodes use a communications control link between the unmanned aircraft system and a controller of the unmanned aircraft system to detect, identify, locate, and respond to the unmanned aircraft system. The network nodes are deployed over the predetermined area to maintain airspace situational awareness of the unmanned aircraft system, and deploy targeted countermeasures to counteract identified threats associated with the presence of the unmanned aircraft system within the predetermined area.
US11181902B2
A remote operation system for a vehicle includes a plurality of remote operation devices, each of which includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle and receive information including a remote operation request, a presentation unit configured to present a situation of the vehicle received from the vehicle by the communication unit to a remote operator, a reception unit configured to receive an operation of the remote operator, and a control unit configured to generate control information on the basis of the operation received by the reception unit and transmit the control information to the vehicle using the communication unit. A remote operation device having a good communication environment with respect to the vehicle transmitting the remote operation request among the plurality of remote operation devices executes the remote operation.
US11181894B2
A computing system may create an anomaly detection model to detect anomalies in multivariate data originating from a given data source by extracting a model object for the anomaly detection model using a first set of training data originating from the given data source, establishing starting values of a set of anomaly thresholds for the anomaly detection model using the extracted model object and a second set of training data originating from the given data source, and refining the starting values of the set of anomaly thresholds for at least a subset of the variables included in the multivariate data using the extracted model object and a set of test data. In turn, the computing system may use the anomaly detection model to monitor for anomalies in observation data originating from the given data source.
US11181887B2
A method and system provide for reducing gaps between two mating parts. Either or both parts may be nondestructively inspected at a plurality of locations on a surface to gather a data set relating to the part thickness. The data set may be used to calculate a set of as-built thickness values for the part and a set of deviations from a design model. A mating area may be determined for mating surfaces of the parts. One or more layers of sacrificial material in the mating area may be prepared for any deviations greater than a design allowance. The system may include a ply cutting device and an additive manufacturing device coupled to a computer to receive the sacrificial material layer data and shim data and to cut the one or more layers of sacrificial material and to construct the shim. A shim may be constructed for any deviations equal to or greater than a minimum shim thickness. The one or more layers of sacrificial material may be applied to the part, cured, and machined to a desired thickness. The shim may be applied between the part surfaces. The parts may be fitted and assembled together.
US11181884B2
According to a machining principle of the CNC gear hobbing machine, a functional relation between a geometric error of a gear and a tracking error of each motion axis of the machine tool is constructed; a machining error mathematical model of tooth profile deviation, tooth pitch deviation and tooth direction deviation at each position control time point is established by tracking errors of each motion axis; a compensation quantity required for a workpiece rotation axis at the next position control time point is calculated by establishing a decoupling compensation model; average absolute values of machining errors and a total compensation quantity of the machining errors under the conditions of not adopting the synchronous control method and adopting the synchronous control method in the total position control time are obtained by calculating machining error values of each position controls time point, and the synchronized multi-axis motion control is completed.
US11181880B1
Systems and methods to facilitate permanently marking a housing component for a fluid control system product is disclosed. The system comprises a first processor, a second processor, and a printer. The first processor is configured to receive fixed information. The second processor is configured to receive the fixed information from the first processor, generate variable information, control a laser engraver to engrave the fixed and variable information into a workpiece, generate an information packet including the fixed information and the variable information, and transmit the information packet to the first processor.
US11181858B1
An image forming apparatus includes: a developer carrier; a screw-shaped developer feeder that feeds developer to the developer carrier; an image carrier on which an image is imaged with toner of the developer; a developing current detector that detects developing current between the image carrier and the developer carrier during imaging; and a controller that detects image density failure that is periodic and oblique to a rotation direction of the image carrier. The controller causes a stripe image to be imaged on the image carrier and analyzes change of the developing current with time during imaging of the stripe image, thereby detecting the image density failure. The stripe image has a width in a length direction of the image carrier narrower than a period of a blade of the developer feeder and has a length in the rotation direction longer than a period of the image density failure.
US11181855B2
A fixing device includes a heating member, a first heater configured to heat a first area, a second heater configured to heat a second area, a first temperature detector, a second temperature detector, and a controller. The controller executes a heating control in which the first heater is energized based on the temperature of the first area so that the temperature of the first area is within a first temperature range and the second heater is energized based on the temperature of the second area so that the temperature of the second area is within a second temperature range. In the heating control, the controller executes (i) a first energizing processing, and (ii) a second energizing processing of energizing the second heater at the timing when the first energizing processing is stopped.
US11181853B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator that is endless and rotates in a rotation direction and a pressure rotator that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to form a nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. A flange is disposed opposite each lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction of the fixing rotator and contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The flange includes a first portion disposed farthest from the nip and a second portion disposed in proximity to the nip. The flange is inclined to define a distance from the inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to the flange in a separation direction in which the flange separates from the inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The distance increases from the first portion to the second portion.
US11181845B2
A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a resin represented by formula (1), and wax, wherein the wax contains an ester compound that exhibits a compatibility at 100° C. of at least 5.0 mass parts per 100.0 mass parts of the binder resin: wherein in formula (1), P1 represents a macromolecular segment; L1 represents a single bond or a divalent linking group; R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, alkoxy group, hydroxy group, or aryl group; m represents a positive integer; and when m is equal to or greater than 2, a plurality of L1's, a plurality of R1's, a plurality of R2's, and a plurality of R3's may be the same as or different from each other.
US11181842B2
A two-component developer includes a toner including toner particles and a carrier including carrier particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes external additive particles. The external additive particles each include a base containing strontium titanate, a conductive layer covering the base, and a surface treatment layer either directly or indirectly covering the conductive layer. The surface treated layer contains a component derived from a hydrophobizing agent.
US11181840B2
A toner comprising a toner particle including a binder resin and a magnetic body, wherein in cross-sectional observation of the toner with a transmission electron microscope, where an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of 200 nm or less from a contour of a cross section of the toner particle to a centroid of the cross section is taken as A1, and an area percentage occupied by the magnetic body in a region of from 200 nm to 400 nm from the contour of the cross section of the toner particle to the centroid of the cross section is taken as A2, the area percentage A1 is from 38% to 85%, the area percentage A2 is from 0% to 37%, and a ratio A2/A1 of the area percentage A2 to the area percentage A1 is from 0 to 0.75.
US11181836B2
A method for determining substrate deformation includes obtaining first measurement data associated with mark positions, from measurements of a plurality of substrates; obtaining second measurement data associated with mark positions, from measurements of the plurality of substrates; determining a mapping between the first measurement data and the second measurement data; and decomposing the mapping, by calculating an eigenvalue decomposition for the mapping, to separately determine a first deformation (e.g. mark deformation) that scales differently from a second deformation (e.g. substrate deformation) in the mapping between the data. The steps of determining a mapping and decomposing the mapping may be performed together using non-linear optimization.
US11181826B2
A projection exposure method and apparatus are disclosed for exposing a radiation-sensitive substrate with at least one image of a pattern of a mask under the control of an operating control system of a projection exposure apparatus, part of the pattern lying in an illumination region is imaged onto the image field on the substrate with the aid of a projection lens, wherein all rays of the projection radiation contributing to the image generation in the image field form a projection beam path.
US11181819B2
Systems and methods for shaping a film by: depositing a formable material on a field of a substrate; and positioning a template relative to the field. The template has a mesa with a shaping surface and mesa sidewalls surround the shaping surface. The shaping may further comprise contacting the formable material with the shaping surface. The formable material may spread when the shaping surface is in contact with the formable material. The shaping may comprise exposing the formable material to a curing dose of actinic radiation after the formable material has spread to the edge of the field. A spatial distribution of the curing dose may be such that an interior dose applied at an interior of the field may be greater than a sidewall dose that is incident on the mesa sidewalls.
US11181818B2
The present disclosure relates to a lithography scanner including: a light source configured to emit extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light; a pellicle including an EUV transmissive membrane that is configured to scatter the EUV light into an elliptical scattering pattern having a first major axis; a reticle configured to reflect the scattered EUV light through the pellicle; and an imaging system configured to project a portion of the reflected light that enters an acceptance cone of the imaging system onto a target wafer, wherein a cross section of the acceptance cone has a second major axis, and wherein the pellicle is arranged such that the first major axis is oriented at an angle relative to the second major axis.
US11181816B2
A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.
US11181812B2
A camera platform system includes a stand to which an imaging apparatus is fixed, a camera platform apparatus configured to rotate the imaging apparatus fixed to the stand in a roll direction by rotating the stand, a clamp unit configured to clamp, on a rear surface side of the imaging apparatus, a cable that electrically connects the imaging apparatus and the camera platform apparatus, and a guide unit configured to guide the cable clamped by the clamp unit, to the camera platform apparatus. The clamp unit is disposed inside a rotation locus by a rotation region that is rotated integrally with the stand when the imaging apparatus is rotated in the roll direction. The guide unit is disposed outside the rotation locus.
US11181808B2
Various embodiments described herein relates to a lens cap, adapted to be mechanically engaged over a lens assembly of an optical projector. The lens cap, as described herein, is adapted for vignetting a light pattern projected by the optical projector. The lens cap includes a front surface and a back surface, where on at least a portion of the front surface, an elliptically shaped aperture is defined. In this aspect, the elliptically shaped aperture is chamfered towards its peripheral ends, as the elliptically shaped aperture extends out from the back surface of the lens cap towards the front surface of lens cap. Also, the elliptically shaped aperture is defined on the lens cap such that, a center axis of the aperture is offset to a central axis of the lens cap, so as to match an offset at which the light pattern is projected by the optical projector.
US11181806B2
The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil which is disposed in the bobbin, and is opposite to the magnet; a base disposed on the lower side of the housing; a substrate portion comprising a body portion, which is disposed on the upper surface of the base, and a terminal portion extending toward the lower side of the body portion; a terminal portion accommodating portion which is formed on a side surface of the base and accommodates at least a part of the terminal portion; and an adhesive accommodating groove which is formed in the terminal portion accommodating portion and accommodates at least a part of an adhesive contacting the terminal portion and the terminal portion accommodating portion.
US11181805B2
A lighting system includes a light source having a broad emission spectrum, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate one or more of phase and amplitude of light irradiated from the light source to a target object, and a detector configured to detect light intensity being reflected from the target object. Additionally, the lighting system includes circuitry configured to divide an emission spectrum of light irradiated from a light source into a plurality of wavelength ranges, measure irradiated light formed with a first wavelength range to the target object, calculate a transmission matrix based on the measurement, calculate a set of other transmission matrixes, calculate a set of patterns for generating a plurality of localized illuminations, drive the spatial light modulator by a modulation signal which forms an irradiation pattern, and scan the plurality of localized illuminations on the target object.
US11181778B2
The present invention provides a display device, including: a first chromatic light source configured to generate first chromatic light, a dichroic reflection layer disposed on a light emergent side of the first chromatic light source and allowing the first chromatic light to pass through, and a quantum dot layer. The dichroic reflection layer has a first surface facing away from the first chromatic light source, and the first surface has a plurality of recessed portions. The quantum dot layer includes a plurality of quantum dot blocks, and the quantum dot blocks are disposed corresponding to the recessed portions.
US11181769B2
A polarizer substrate includes a substrate, an organic planarization layer, an inorganic buffer layer, and a plurality of strip-shaped polarizer structures. The organic planarization layer is located on the substrate. The inorganic buffer layer is located on the organic planarization layer. The inorganic buffer layer has a plurality of trenches located on a first surface. The trenches do not penetrate through the inorganic buffer layer. The strip-shaped polarizer structures are located on the first surface of the inorganic buffer layer. Each of the trenches is located between two adjacent polarizer structures. A display panel is also provided.
US11181768B2
A display device includes a display panel; a color conversion display panel overlapping the display panel; and a polarizing plate positioned between the display panel and the color conversion display panel, wherein the polarizing plate may include a polarization film and a transfer layer overlapping the polarization film, the transfer layer may be positioned between the polarization film and the display panel, and the transfer layer may include an acrylamide-based compound.
US11181766B2
A display device is provided and includes a display panel including a first substrate, a lower electrode on the first substrate, a second substrate, an upper electrode on the second substrate, and a light modulation layer including liquid crystalline polymers with a striped structure and liquid crystal molecules, the light modulation layer being disposed between the first and second substrates; a light source unit disposed at a side of the display panel; and a light guided structure disposed between the display panel and the light source unit so that the light guided structure guides the incident light from the light source unit into the side of the display panel.
US11181763B2
A display device including a display panel having a first area, a second area spaced from the first area, and a bending area disposed between the first and second areas, a first sensing pattern overlapped with the first area, a second sensing pattern spaced apart from the first sensing pattern and overlapped with the second area, and a first non-functional pattern overlapped with the bending area and spaced apart from each of the first and second sensing patterns.
US11181758B2
A design system generates a design for an eyewear frame customized for a user. The eyewear frame provides audio content to the user. The design system captures anthropometric data of the user. Using machine learning techniques, the design system determines features of the user from the anthropometric data and generates a three dimensional (3D) geometry of the portion of the user's head. A design for the customized eyewear frame is generated based on the 3D geometry of the portion of the user's head. The design of the customized eyewear frame includes design parameters that describe a shape of a coupling element that ensures the eyewear frame is customized to the user's head.
US11181757B1
An eyewear device has an antenna system having at least one element which contributes to wireless signal transmission, and which is thermally connected to a heat-generating electronic component of the eyewear device to serve as a heat sink for the electronic component. A driven antenna element and/or a plurality of PCB extenders electrically connected to a PCB ground plane can thus be employed for both signal transmission and heat management.
US11181754B2
Embodiments of the technology relate to a contact lens having a core that is covalently coated by a hydrogel layer, and to methods of making such a lens. In one aspect, embodiments provide for a coated contact lens comprising a lens core comprising an outer surface; and a hydrogel layer covalently attached to at least a portion of the outer surface, the hydrogel layer adapted to contact an ophthalmic surface, wherein the hydrogel layer comprises a hydrophilic polymer population having a first PEG species and a second PEG species, the first PEG species being at least partially cross-linked to the second PEG species.
US11181753B2
A contact lens package includes a silicone hydrogel contact lens, a packaging container composed of a polypropylene, and a packaging solution containing a nonionic surfactant, the nonionic surfactant including a linear alkyl moiety having 12 or more carbon atoms and an oxyethylene moiety, the average addition mole number of oxyethylene being 30 or more per mole of the nonionic surfactant.
US11181746B2
Eye-tracked head-mounted displays are provide which, in one aspect, may utilize the same optics for eyetracking and image viewing, with a selected portion of the optics used for an eyetracking optical path and a selected portion of the display optics used for an image viewing optical path.
US11181744B2
Disclosed herein is a display control apparatus including an image producing part that produces an image of a virtual space to be displayed on a head-mounted display, a display control part that causes the head-mounted display to display thereon the image of the virtual space, and a position selecting part that accepts a selection instruction for a position in the virtual space displayed on the head-mounted display, through an input apparatus used by a user. When the position selecting part accepts the selection instruction for the position from the user, the position selecting part causes the head-mounted display to display thereon an image of the input apparatus, and accepts the selection instruction for the position from a plurality of selectable positions in accordance with an input position relative to a touch pad included in the input apparatus.
US11181740B1
Devices/techniques coupleable to patient sensors, ambient environment, and external sensory input. Devices/techniques receive/maintain information; correlate received/maintained information with measures associated with detecting/monitoring, predict, prevent/treat, and train/reward patient self-care, for dry eyes. Devices/techniques detect/monitor, predict, and prevent/treat dry eyes in real time; and train/reward patients to conduct self-care for dry eyes. The devices/techniques provide adjusted sensory inputs to prevent/treat dry eyes, or to train/reward patients to conduct self-care for dry eyes. The devices/techniques cooperate with other devices, including devices worn by nearby patients, to receive/maintain information about the ambient environment, or communicate with medical personnel. The devices/techniques adjust parameters they use, in response to received information that differs from predictions, to provide superior behavior, and communicate with other devices and medical personnel. Devices/techniques are combined with devices/techniques that perform similar functions for other conditions, migraines/photophobia, neuro-opthalmic disorders, and other ocular conditions, and for combinations of dry eyes with other conditions.
US11181737B2
A HUD device that allows an occupant of a moving body to view a virtual image by projecting an image on a display medium includes a display item information acquisition unit that acquires display item information showing position and display content of display item, a travel information acquisition unit that acquires travel information indicating position of the moving body at predetermined time intervals, and a state information acquisition unit that acquires state information indicating state of the moving body, and specifies at display timings display position on the basis of position indicated by display item information and position indicated by travel information acquired last. The HUD device includes a display controller that specifies display position on the basis of position indicated by display item information and correction position obtained by correcting position indicated by travel information acquired last in accordance with state indicated by state information and displays an image showing display content indicated by display item information at the specified display position on the display medium when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11181735B2
An optic providing reduction in secondary or ghost images includes a beam splitter, a reflective surface, and at least one baffle therebetween. A transmissive surface may be located between the beam splitter and the reflective surface. The baffle is positioned to intercept internally reflected ghost rays while being substantially parallel to outside light rays along a line of sight of the viewer, permitting use in see-through optics. The baffles may be formed of diffusing structures, light absorbing material, and combinations of both. Baffles intercept and scatter or absorb ghost rays to the exclusion of projected image rays that provide a desired projected image which are internally reflected through the optic. An assembly including such optic integrated with a wearable vision system, such as a head-mounted display, is also disclosed for near-eye application.
US11181734B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide micromachined mirror assemblies and hybrid driving methods thereof. In one example, a micromachined mirror assembly includes a base and an array of micro mirrors affixed on the base. The base is configured to tilt around a base tilting axis. Each micro mirror in the array of micro mirrors is configured to tilt around a respective mirror tilting axis. Each of the mirror tilting axes is parallel to one another and is nonparallel to the base tilting axis.
US11181716B2
Provided is a converter lens arranged between an interchangeable lens and an image pickup apparatus, wherein a distance from a most-object-side lens surface vertex to an object point of the converter lens, a distance L from the most-object-side lens surface vertex to a most-image-side lens surface vertex, and a most-image-side distance from the lens surface vertex to an image point of the converter lens are properly set, wherein, at least one negative lens included in a rear lens unit composed of lenses satisfying LN>0.5×L where LN is a most-object-side distance from the lens surface vertex to a surface vertex on the object side of the lenses, satisfies ΘgF>−0.00162×vd+0.654, where θgF is relative partial dispersion and vd is Abbe number in d-line, and an average focal length of the at least one negative lens, and a focal length of an entire system of the converter lens are properly set.
US11181713B2
A camera module is provided, including a holder, a base, a bottom, an image sensor, and a first biasing element. The holder holds an optical lens and is disposed on the base. The bottom supports the image sensor and connects to the base via the first biasing element. The bottom and the image sensor can be moved with respect to the base by the first biasing element.
US11181697B2
The disclosed apparatus, system and method of the present invention provides improved solutions related to the interconnection of communication cable connectors and communication port receptacles, and more generally, for improved handling and management of communication cable connectors and communication ports. Certain example embodiments suitable for an optical communication application, for example, provide for improved laser safety at the location of an optical communication connector and/or an optical communication port. Moreover, certain example embodiments of the present invention additionally or alternatively otherwise provide for improved communication port, module, device, and/or system handling, administration and/or other management.
US11181696B2
An adapter assembly with an adapter housing and a cross-bar. The cross-bar when depressed release one or more fiber optic connectors secured with the one or more adapter ports. The cross-bar is replaced with a return spring that secures a release tab with ribs on one side of the release tab body. The number of ribs determines the number of connectors that can be released together when the user pulls on the release tab shaft.
US11181689B2
Photonic devices include a photonic assembly and a substrate coupled to the photonic assembly. The photonic assembly includes a photonic die and an optical device coupled to the photonic die with an adhesive to form an optical connection between the optical device and the photonic die. The photonic assembly is coupled to the photonic assembly by reflowing a plurality of solder connections at temperature that is less than a cure temperature of the adhesive.
US11181686B2
An optical fiber comprising: a core having an outer radius r1; a cladding having an outer radius r4≤31 microns; a primary coating surrounding the cladding having an outer radius r5, a thickness tp>10 microns, in situ modulus EP of 0.5 MPa or less, and a spring constant χP<1 MPa, where χP=2EP r4/tP; and a secondary coating surrounding said primary coating, the secondary coating having an outer radius r6, a thickness tS=r6-r5, in situ modulus ES of 1200 MPa or greater; tS greater than 9.5 microns, wherein r6 is 50 to 67.5 microns. The fiber has a mode field diameter MFD greater than 8.2 microns at 1310 nm; a fiber cutoff wavelength of less than 1310 nm; and a bend loss at a wavelength of 1550 nm, when wrapped around a mandrel having a diameter of 10 mm, of less than 1.0 dB/turn.
US11181679B2
A front light module includes a light guide plate, a light source and a light guide medium. The light guide plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a light incident surface adjoining the top surface and the bottom surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface. A top surface of the light source and the top surface of the light guide plate have a first step therebetween. The light guide medium is between the light source and the light incident surface of the light guide plate.
US11181677B2
A polarizing film, a method of preparing the polarizing film, and a display device including the polarizing film in which the polarizing film includes a self-aligned polymer matrix; liquid crystals aligned and cured in one direction in accordance with an alignment direction of the polymer matrix; and a dichroic dye aligned in the alignment direction of the liquid crystals.
US11181670B2
The present invention relates to a lens curvature variation apparatus using sensed temperature information. The lens curvature variation apparatus according to an embodiment is a lens curvature variation apparatus for varying a curvature of a liquid lens which is variable based on an applied electrical signal and includes a lens driver to apply an electrical signal to the liquid lens, a sensor unit to sense the curvature of the liquid lens formed based on the electrical signal, a temperature sensing unit to sense a temperature of a periphery of the liquid lens, and a controller to control the lens driver to form a target curvature of the liquid lens based on the sensed curvature, wherein the controller controls the lens driver to output a changed electrical signal to the liquid lens to form the target curvature, based on the sensed temperature. Thereby, the curvature of the lens can be sensed quickly and accurately using the sensed temperature information.
US11181668B2
A film comprising a first plurality of voids is provided, wherein respective ones of the first plurality of voids have a regular n-gon geometry, and the first plurality of voids are arranged on a regular n-gon lattice having a first size. The film may comprise a second plurality of voids arranged on a regular n-gon lattice having a second size different from the first size. An optical element and manufacturing method are also provided.
US11181667B2
In one example, an apparatus comprises: a lens assembly comprising one or more polymer layers, each layer including a lens portion and an extension portion and an image sensor positioned below the lens assembly and bonded to the lens assembly via a bonding layer and configured to sense light that passes through the lens portion of the one or more polymer layers.
US11181665B2
A weather forecasting system may receive satellite image samples and identify an updraft and components of the updraft within a cloud. These satellite image samples are collected over time (e.g., at 30 second to 1 minute time intervals). The system may identify an area of rotation and/or divergence at cloud top in a cumulus cloud or mature convective storm over time by comparing the samples and determine a parameter indicative of the updraft based on the area of rotation and divergence. The system may estimate aspects of the environment related to storm development and predict the occurrence of a weather event in the future based on the parameter and generate an output indicative of the occurrence.
US11181663B2
Provided are a method, computer-readable medium, and a system for determining rupture envelopes for a fault system. The method includes obtaining a representation that depicts one or more faults in a region of the earth as triangulated surfaces; selecting variables from among parameters comprising stress ratio, orientation of far field stress maximum principal stress, intermediate principal stress, minimum principal stress for the far field stress, and sliding friction and cohesion of the fault system; determining a strain energy of a triangular element based on a friction coefficient, a normal stress on the triangular element, and a cohesion for the variables; summing the strain energy of each triangle in the triangulated surfaces to yield an effective shear strain energy; extracting one or more iso-surfaces of the effective shear strain energy based on the summing; and creating rupture envelopes for specific values of the effective shear strain energy.
US11181654B2
A method of at least partially deghosting recorded seismic s-waves, wherein recorded seismic data is provided, wherein the recorded seismic data has been recorded at a receiver located beneath the Earth's surface, and wherein the recorded seismic data includes s-wave data. The method may include the steps of finding a model of the Earth's crust for use in deghosting the recorded seismic data using the s-wave data, wherein the model includes at least one region and wherein the model includes the Earth's surface and the location of the receiver, using the model to find a deghosting operator that, when applied to the s-wave data, at least partially deghosts the s-wave data, and applying the deghosting operator to the s-wave data to at least partially deghost the s-wave data.
US11181647B2
A Detection element includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, substrate comprising: a substrate provided with a through hole having inner diameters that differ from each other at two points along the thickness of substrate; a through electrode disposed in through hole; a first electrode connected to through electrode and disposed on the first surface; a patterned electrode connected to through electrode and disposed on the second surface; and a second electrode disposed on the first surface and spaced apart from the first electrode.
US11181624B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for calibration between a laser radar and a camera, a device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: respectively obtaining N stations of calibration data at N locations, each station of calibration data respectively comprising: image data collected by a camera and point cloud data collected by a laser radar, N being a positive integer; building an image pyramid for each station of image; performing a search for each layer of pyramid in a top-to-bottom order according to a preset initial calibration parameter and point cloud data, and determining an optimal calibration parameter according to search results. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to achieve real-time online calibration.
US11181619B2
The technology relates to autonomous vehicles that use a perception system to detect objects and features in the vehicle's surroundings. A camera assembly having a ring-type structure is provided that gives the perception system an overall 360° field of view around the vehicle. Image sensors are arranged in camera modules around the assembly to provide a seamless panoramic field of view. One subsystem has multiple pairs of image sensors positioned to provide the overall 360° field of view, while another subsystem provides a set of image sensors generally facing toward the front of the vehicle to provide enhanced object identification. The camera assembly may be arranged in a housing located on top of the vehicle. The housing may include other sensors such as LIDAR and radar. The assembly includes a chassis and top and base plates, which may provide EMI protection from other sensors disposed in the housing.
US11181609B2
Disclosed are techniques for performing positioning operations. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits, to a positioning entity, a request for positioning assistance data message, the request for positioning assistance data message identifying a serving cell of the UE and one or more neighboring cells of the UE with which the UE is attempting to perform a positioning procedure, and receives, from the positioning entity, a positioning assistance data message in response to the request.
US11181608B2
Disclosed are examples of a method, system and asset tag that enables general, coarse and fine estimates of a location of the asset tag. The asset tag receives a signal transmitted from radio frequency (RF)-enabled nodes within a space. Each respective received signal includes a unique node identifier of the respective RF node that transmitted the respective received radio signal. Each RF node has a physical node location in the space that is associated with the unique node identifier. The tag measures the received signal strength of each respective received signal that is associated with the node identifier of the RF node that transmitted the respective received signal. The strongest measured received signal strengths are selected, and a tuple containing the node identifiers for the selected strongest signal strengths is forwarded for estimating a location of the asset tag by a computing device.
US11181599B2
Methods, computer-readable storage devices, and systems are described for reducing movement of a patient undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan by aligning MRI data, the method implemented on a Framewise Integrated Real-time MRI Monitoring (“FIRMM”) computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. Aspects of the method comprise receiving a data frame from the MRI system, aligning the received data frame to a preceding data frame, calculating motion of a body part between the received data frame and the preceding data frame, calculating total frame displacement, and excluding data frames with a cutoff above a pre-identified threshold of the total frame displacement.
US11181595B2
Systems and methods are provided for acquiring imaging data from one or more resonance species that simultaneously produce individual magnetic resonance signals in a plurality of different slices. The data is acquired by simultaneously exciting, using a pTX RF coil array, a plurality of different slices such that at least some of the plurality of different slices are excited by transmitting RF energy from a subset of transmit channels in the pTX RF coil array. The method also includes comparing the data to a dictionary of signal evolutions to determine quantitative values for two or more parameters of the resonant species based, at least in part, on matching the data to a set of known signal evolutions stored in the dictionary. The method includes producing an image for each of the plurality of different slice locations, at least in part, on the quantitative values.
US11181594B2
Systems and methods for analyzing metabolite concentration in a subject using a medical imaging system are provided. The method includes, using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR] system, acquiring data from a subject during multiple acquisitions using different echo times for the multiple acquisitions to create a chemical shift domain. The method also includes, using the chemical shift domain, identifying metabolites by at least two chemical shifts and generating a report indicating the metabolites.
US11181592B2
A radio-frequency power converter and a radio-frequency transmission system for magnetic resonance imaging are provided in embodiments of the present invention. The radio-frequency power converter comprises a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board comprises a first circuit layer, a ground layer, and one or a plurality of intermediate layers located between the first circuit layer and the ground layer. A plurality of planar spiral inductors connected in parallel are formed on the first circuit layer. One ends of the plurality of inductors are connected to each other and respectively connected to one end of a first capacitor, the other ends of the plurality of inductors are respectively connected to one ends of a plurality of second capacitors, and the other ends of the plurality of second capacitors are all grounded.
US11181582B2
A variable reluctance motor load mapping apparatus includes a frame, an interface disposed on the frame configured for mounting a variable reluctance motor, a static load cell mounted to the frame and coupled to the variable reluctance motor, and a controller communicably coupled to the static load cell and the variable reluctance motor, the controller being configured to select at least one motor phase of the variable reluctance motor, energize the at least one motor phase, and receive motor operational data from at least the static load cell for mapping and generating an array of motor operational data look up tables.
US11181571B2
An electronic device including a processor and a sensor may be provided. The processor obtains a first degree of degradation of a first core based on a first parameter value associated with a lifetime of the first core and a first operating level associated with an operation of the first core. The processor obtains a second degree of degradation of a second core based on a second parameter value associated with a lifetime of the second core and a second operating level associated with an operation of the second core. The processor schedules a task of the first core and the second core based on the first degree of degradation and the second degree of degradation. The sensor provides the first parameter value and the first operating level to the first core and the second parameter value and the second operating level to the second core.
US11181567B2
Apparatus detects an electrical fault in a primary tap having a plurality of distribution transformers each provided in a distribution circuit along a length of the primary tap, on a power distribution system. The apparatus includes a voltage monitor provided at each of the distribution circuits for monitoring a voltage in a corresponding distribution circuit, a controller in communication with each of the voltage monitor for receiving the voltage monitored and transmitted by the voltage monitors, and a fuse isolator configured to electrically connect the primary tap to a high voltage on the power distribution system and electrically disconnect the primary tap from the high voltage on power distribution system when activate. A fuse isolator actuator in communication with the controller is provided for activating the fuse isolator responsive to a control signal from the controller when a fault in the primary tap is detected by the controller, which determines that a fault exists in the primary tap based on the voltages monitored by the plurality of voltage monitors.
US11181565B2
A method for measuring a coil property, modeled as a parallel-circuit including a capacitance with a series-circuit including a DC-voltage and frequency-dependent resistance, and an inductance and current-voltage converter series connected, by: applying an AC-voltage, having a first-frequency and a DC-voltage component, to the coil and a voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at a second-frequency, and the impedance and phase-angle at the first-frequency are derived from n-measured values; and applying an AC-voltage, having a third-frequency differing from the first and having a DC-voltage component, to the coil and voltage at the current-voltage converter is captured at the second or fourth-frequencies, in which the impedance and phase-angle at the third-frequency are derived from m-measured values for the DC-voltage resistance.
US11181562B2
A zero-crossing detection circuit includes a zero-crossing detection unit arranged to compare a first monitoring target signal and a second monitoring target signal respectively input through diodes from a first node and a second node between which an AC signal is applied, so as to generate a first comparison signal, and a logic unit arranged to estimate a zero cross of the AC signal from the first comparison signal so as to generate a zero-crossing detection signal. The zero-crossing detection circuit preferably includes a monitoring unit arranged to adjust the first monitoring target signal and the second monitoring target signal to be suitable for input to the zero-crossing detection unit. The logic unit preferably counts a period of the first comparison signal and estimates a zero cross of the AC signal using a count value thereof.
US11181550B2
Probe systems and methods including electric contact detection. The probe systems include a probe assembly and a chuck. The probe systems also include a translation structure configured to operatively translate the probe assembly and/or the chuck and an instrumentation package configured to detect contact between the probe system and a device under test (DUT) and to test operation of the DUT. The instrumentation package includes a continuity detection circuit, a test circuit, and a translation structure control circuit. The continuity detection circuit is configured to detect electrical continuity between a first probe electrical conductor and a second probe electrical conductor. The test circuit is configured to electrically test the DUT. The translation structure control circuit is configured to control the operation of the translation structure. The methods include monitoring continuity between a first probe and a second probe and controlling the operation of a probe system based upon the monitoring.
US11181549B2
A method of probing printed circuit boards that includes providing a circuit board design including a plurality of probe points, and selecting a probe point including a location ink from the plurality of probe points in the circuit board design to be probed on a physical printed circuit board design. The method continues with probing at least one probe point of the plurality of probe points with a probe that activates the location ink. Activation of the location ink by the probe indicates the selected probe point including the locating ink.
US11181547B2
An inertial sensor includes a substrate, a first detection movable body and a second detection movable body which overlap the substrate in a direction along the Z-axis and are disposed side by side in a direction along the X-axis, a first detection spring that supports the first detection movable body to be displaceable in the direction along the X-axis, a second detection spring that supports the second detection movable body to be displaceable in the direction along the X-axis, a first drive portion that drives the first detection movable body with a drive component in the direction along the X-axis, a second drive portion that drives the second detection movable body with the drive component in the direction along the X-axis, and a first and second fixed detection electrodes disposed on the substrate and facing the first and second detection movable bodies. The first and second detection springs are provided with a first thin portion thinner than a thickness of the first and second detection movable bodies in the direction along the Z-axis.
US11181542B2
To suppress inflow of external air through a rack insertion opening while a sample rack is pulled out. An apparatus includes a housing, a temperature control space, and an air temperature control part. The housing has the rack insertion opening on one side surface for putting in and taking out the sample rack. The air temperature control part has an air intake portion for intake of air in the temperature control space, a fan for blowing air taken in from the air intake portion toward the sample rack accommodated in the temperature control space, and a cooling element provided to cool the air on a path of air taken in from the air intake portion. The air temperature control part is configured to reduce an amount of air flowing near the rack insertion opening while the sample rack is pulled out from the temperature control space as compared to while the sample rack is accommodated in the temperature control space, so as to suppress inflow of air through the rack insertion opening.
US11181540B2
A measurement system according to one or more embodiments may include a measurement unit that measures a sample contained in a sample container; a transport unit including a first transporter that transports a rack holding sample containers in a longitudinal direction of the rack to the measurement unit, and a second transporter that transports the rack from the measurement unit; and a rack export-import unit that sets racks thereon, that is capable of transferring each of the set racks in a lateral direction of the rack, that exports the rack to the first transporter from one end side of the rack export-import unit, and that imports the rack transported by the second transporter from another end side of the rack export-import unit. The rack export-import unit includes a transfer prevention section that prevents the rack imported from the other end side from being transferred from the one end side.
US11181529B2
The three-dimensional structural analysis of pharmaceutical and/or biological molecules is performed by the reaction of OH radicals on the surfaces of the molecules of interest. Quantitation and/or completeness of the OH radicals are optionally measured using buffers intrinsic to the sample solutions as internal standards. Measurements of the reactions of these buffers with OH radicals provide an internal standard while avoiding the use of prior art internal standards that can have unwanted effects on the three-dimensional structures of interest.
US11181528B2
Provided are methods and compositions which are useful for separating, isolating, detecting, and quantifying compounds of interest which have been modified chemically, enzymatically or catalytically from other compounds which have not been so modified. The modifications may take the form of functional groups which are gained, lost or retained by the compounds of interest.
US11181525B2
A system and method for using new biomarkers to assess individual diseases is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, absolute quantification of annotated metabolites by mass spectrometry is used to identify certain biomarkers and derivatives thereof (i.e., signatures), which are then used to screen for, diagnose, predict, prognose, and treat various diseases, including, but not limited to, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and acute graft-versus-host disease.
US11181508B2
A gas sensing system includes a driving circuit chip, and a gas sensor, a temperature sensor, and a humidity sensor, which are located on the driving circuit chip. The gas sensing system compensates a gas sensing result based on at least one of a temperature sensing result and a humidity sensing result and generates a gas sensing signal. The gas sensor includes a first resonator and a first sensing film being configured to sense a first gas and located on the first resonator to be exposed to the outside. The temperature sensor includes a second resonator and an encapsulation layer located above the second resonator not to expose the second resonator to the outside, and the humidity sensor includes a third resonator.
US11181506B2
Disclosed are a system and method for evaluating a tissue sample that has been removed from a subject. Movement of fluid through the tissue sample is monitored by measuring time of flight of acoustic waves passed through the tissue sample. A system for performing the method can include a transmitter that outputs the energy and a receiver configured to detect the transmitted energy. Using the disclosed method and system, an optimized protocol for ensuring adequate distribution of the fluid throughout a variety of tissue types and/or sample sizes can be developed and utilized.
US11181489B2
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for characterizing high aspect ratio (HAR) structures of fabricated or partially fabricated semiconductor devices. The methods involve using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to determine average parameters of an array of HAR structures. In some implementations, SAXS is used to analyze symmetry of HAR structures in a sample and may be referred to as tilted structural symmetry analysis-SAXS (TSSA-SAXS) or TSSA. Analysis of parameters such as tilt, sidewall angle, bowing, and the presence of multiple tilts in HAR structures may be performed.
US11181485B2
A device comprises a housing, a detector for receiving solar irradiance and for providing a detector signal providing an indication of an amount of solar irradiance received by the detector and a shield transparent to at least part of the solar irradiance to be detected, the shield and the housing providing a detector space for housing at least part of the detector. The device further comprises a first light source for emitting light to the shield and a first light sensor arranged to receive light from the first light source, arranged to provide a first signal providing an indication for an amount of light received by the first light sensor. Particles will and reflect light back to the detector space. The reflected light is received by the light sensor. Hence, a signal generated by the sensor is an indication for pollution of the shield.
US11181476B2
A miniature full analysis device and a manufacturing method therefor are provided, the miniature full analysis device includes: a substrate; a main channel extending in a first direction; at least one secondary channel extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, one end of the secondary channel is connected to the main channel, and the secondary channel is configured to be switched between a first state in which the detection light does not enter the secondary channel and a second state in which the detection light enters the secondary channel, and is transmitted in the second direction, the other end of the secondary channel has a reflective surface which is configured to reflect the detection light to a microfluidic sensing layer which is configured to carry a liquid to be analyzed and to detect the detection light passing through the liquid to be analyzed.
US11181474B2
A terahertz wave signal analysis device includes a fitting processing unit 13 that fits synthetic waveforms of a plurality of normal distribution functions which differ in at least one of a center frequency, an amplitude, and a width to a frequency spectrum obtained from a terahertz wave signal and a graph generating unit 14 that generates a graph using at least one of a center frequency, an amplitude, and a width of a plurality of normal distribution functions used in the fitting as parameters, and it is possible to visualize a feature corresponding to a characteristic of a sample in the form of a graph in an easy-to-understand manner by approximating a frequency spectrum which does not clearly appear because a difference in the characteristic of the sample becomes a feature of a waveform by synthetic waveforms of a plurality of normal distribution functions in a form in which the characteristic of the sample is taken over and generating a graph on the basis of parameters of a plurality of normal distribution functions used in the approximation.
US11181469B2
A spectroscopic analysis device includes a light source configured to emit light including a plurality of wavelength components, a polarizer configured to convert the light emitted from the light source to a light of linearly polarized light to be radiated to a sample, a polarizing diffraction element configured to diffract and spectrally disperse a first polarization component included in the light having passed through the sample in a first direction, the polarizing diffraction element being configured to diffract and spectrally disperse a second polarization component included in the light in a second direction different from the first direction, a prism which is disposed on an exit side of the polarizing diffraction element and which has a first exit surface crossing the first direction and a second exit surface crossing the second direction, and in which angles of the first exit surface and the second exit surface with respect to a reference plane including the first direction and the second direction are different, an imaging element configured to capture an image of the first polarization component emitted from the first exit surface of the prism and an image of the second polarization component emitted from the second exit surface, and a processor configured to analyze the sample based on an imaging result of the imaging element.
US11181468B2
Provided is an apparatus configured to analyze a component of an object, the apparatus including a signal detection sensor including a light source configured to emit light to the object, a detector configured to detect a signal of light scattered or reflected from the object, an ultrasonic generator configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward the object at irregular ultrasonic transmission time intervals to modulate a frequency of the light emitted to the object, and a controller configured to control the ultrasonic transmission time intervals of the ultrasonic generator to be irregular, and a processor configured to control the signal detection sensor and analyze the component of the object based on the signal of light detected by the detector.
US11181467B1
An all-glass optical atom-chamber with a vacuum higher than 1×10−8 Pa and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The all-glass optical atom-chamber includes an optical vacuum chamber, at least one conduit, optical window sheets, at least one vacuum adapter, and pressing sheets. The optical vacuum chamber is a polyhedron with a plane of any shape; the plane of the polyhedron is provided with an optical window therein. Holes of the optical windows extending into the polyhedron form a same inner chamber. Each of the optical window sheets is fixed on respective optical windows. One end of each of the at least one conduit is fixedly connected to the optical vacuum chamber. The other end of the at least one conduit is connected to one end of the at least one vacuum adapter in one-to-one correspondence through a respective pressing sheet of the pressing sheets.
US11181465B2
The present invention provides a device for evaluating particles in a liquid, which is provided with: a main body member that has a first opening part and a second opening part, which face each other, and an internal hollow part; a first flow path and a second flow path, which are connected to the main body member and are in communication with the hollow part; a first drive member and a second drive member, which are arranged within the hollow part so as to face each other and which are slidable within the hollow part; a drive means which drives the first drive member and/or the second drive member in the facing direction within the hollow part; a liquid supply means which introduces a liquid containing particles into the hollow part through the first flow path; and an imaging means which captures an image of particles within the hollow part through the first opening part or the second opening part. This device for evaluating particles in a liquid is configured such that in cases where the first drive member and the second drive member are observed from the facing direction, the first drive member and the second drive member have portions that are wider than the first flow path and the second flow path.
US11181463B2
An image processing device includes a processor configured to: set a plurality of first seed positions, pixel values of which indicate three-dimensional peaks, in a stack image of a cell; give an identification number to each first seed position; set a standard size of a cell in a predetermined direction of the stack image; set, referring to each first seed position, second seed positions within a range of the standard size centering on each first seed position, the second seed positions being positions shifted in the predetermined direction with respect to the first seed positions; give the same identification number as the identification number of the first seed position of a reference source to each second seed position; and form two-dimensional cell regions in all the first seed positions and thereafter form two-dimensional cell regions in the second seed positions.
US11181458B2
The present invention provides a method for processing a filter to obtain a calibration dust filter, and a method for off-site calibration using the calibration dust filter. In the present invention, a batch of filters that meets specific requirements is screened out as the basal filters, and then the basal filters are processed in an actual environment to obtain the calibration dust filters. The counted number of beta particles is measured before and after sampling, and then a correction factor K is inversely inferred. The beta attenuation suspended particulate analyzer is corrected using the correction factor K. It can be known from a calculation result in an embodiment that, when the beta attenuation suspended particulate analyzer is calibrated using the calibration dust filter, the concentration measured by the calibrated beta attenuation suspended particulate analyzer is more closer to the manually measured concentration, with a CV value roughly equal to 7% to 8%, thus better reflecting variations in pollution concentration of PM in the air.
US11181454B2
A photonic aerosol particle sensor includes a plurality of photonic waveguide resonators each having a photonic waveguide disposed along a separate waveguide resonator path and each photonic waveguide having a lateral waveguide width different than the waveguide width of other photonic waveguide resonators in the plurality. All waveguides in the plurality of photonic waveguide resonators have a common vertical thickness and are formed of a common photonic waveguide material. An optical input connection couples light into the waveguide resonators. A particle input conveys aerosol particles toward the waveguide resonators and an aerosol particle output conveys aerosol particles away from the waveguide resonators. At least one optical output connection is optically connected to accept light out of the plurality of photonic waveguide resonators to provide a signal indicative of at least one characteristic of the aerosol particles to be analyzed.
US11181449B2
The subject disclosure presents systems and methods for improved meso-dissection of biological specimens and tissue slides including importing one or more reference slides with annotations, using inter-marker registration algorithms to automatically map the annotations to an image of a milling slide, and dissecting the annotated tissue from the selected regions in the milling slide for analysis, while concurrently tracking the data and analysis using unique identifiers such as bar codes.
US11181447B2
In an apparatus for collecting aerosolised respirable particles of an inhalable medicinal formulation, aerosolised formulation is drawn pneumatically through a dose collection section comprising an inlet orifice (201) and an air-permeable filter (206), the filter being positioned opposed to said orifice, and extending across the pathway (4) for filtering the pneumatic flow so as to retain particulate material therein on the filter, and the orifice (201) being so dimensioned and configured that it has an unimpeded area that is no less than 75% of the area of the filter (201) on which the dose will be collected. In a method using the apparatus, particles (209, 210) collected on the filter may optionally be subjected to a dissolution test. A good correlation is obtainable between in vitro and in vivo doses with improved independence of loading.
US11181434B2
A leakage inspection device includes an inspection chamber in which an inspection object is disposed to be filled with a tracer gas, and a circulation passage which connects a suction port disposed in the inspection chamber and a blowout port disposed at a position away from the suction port in the inspection chamber with each other. The leakage inspection device includes a blower disposed in the circulation passage to circulate gas by sucking from the inspection chamber through the suction port and by blowing out from the blowout port. The leakage inspection device includes a detector configured to detect the tracer gas leaked from the inspection object and contained in the gas flowing through the circulation passage at a position separated by a predetermined distance or more from the blower toward the blowout port in the circulation passage.
US11181429B2
The invention relates to a pressure gauge for measuring the pressure of a fluid, the pressure gauge being designed for a pressure range with a maximum pressure, with: a housing with a housing wall which is filled with a filling fluid; a pressure connection located in the housing wall; a tubular spring located in the housing and connected to the pressure connection, whereby a fluid can flow through the pressure connection into the tubular spring, whereby the tubular spring is designed to expand in the direction of the housing wall when pressure is applied by the fluid, thereby mechanically acting on an indicator to indicate the pressure of the fluid; and at least one volume reduction element which is at least partially located in the housing between the tubular spring and the housing wall in the direction of expansion of the tubular spring, whereby the at least one volume reduction element is an injection-molded plastic part.
US11181418B2
A avalanche diode arrangement comprises an avalanche diode (11) that is coupled to a first voltage terminal (14) and to a first node (15), a latch comparator (12) with a first input (16) coupled to the first node (15), a second input (17) for receiving a reference voltage (VREF) and an enable input (21) for receiving a comparator enable signal (CLK), and a quenching circuit (13) coupled to the first node (15).
US11181409B2
A monitoring and control system for a flow duct and a method for determining a component status of an operational component disposed within a flow passage of the flow duct utilizing the system are provided. In one exemplary aspect, the system includes at least two sensors that are disposed within the flow passage and configured to sense a characteristic of a fluid flowing therethrough. The sensors may be averaging sensors. Each sensor extends circumferentially about an axial centerline defined by the flow duct. The sensors are arranged in an overlapped arrangement. Particularly, the sensors extend circumferentially about the axial centerline such that the sensors physically overlap one another circumferentially. Additionally, the sensors may be disposed within the same or substantially the same plane axially. Signals generated by the sensors may be utilized to monitor and control the fluid and various operational components disposed within the flow passage.
US11181407B2
Techniques for the design and operation of an efficient battery-powered meter are described herein. A metrology unit of the meter may be at least partially located in the gas flow of a pipe, and measures gas flow rate data according to a static flow sensor. The metrology unit calculates raw gas-volume data using at least the flow rate data as input. The metrology unit measures gas temperature to produce gas temperature data, and adjusts the raw gas-volume data, based at least in part on the gas temperature data, to produce corrected gas-volume data. The metrology unit accumulates the corrected gas-volume data over multiple minutes, hours or even days, and then sends the accumulated corrected gas-volume data to an index unit of the meter. By accumulating the data over time, fewer data transmissions are required. The index unit may send the accumulated the accumulated corrected gas-volume data to a utility server.
US11181404B2
A magnetic flowmeter includes a flow tube assembly, an electromotive force (EMF) sensor, a power amplifier, a current sampling circuit, and a controller. The flow tube assembly receives the fluid flow, and includes a coil configured to receive a coil current and induce an EMF in the fluid flow that is proportional to the flow rate. The EMF sensor generates an output indicating the induced EMF. The power amplifier is configured to generate unfiltered current pulses at a first frequency. The power amplifier includes a low pass filter that attenuates the unfiltered current pulses to form coil current pulses at a second frequency that form the coil current. The current sampling circuit samples the coil current pulses at a sampling frequency. The controller is configured to change a relationship between the sampling frequency and the first frequency, and adjust the coil current based on the samples.
US11181403B2
A process transmitter includes a process variable sensor, a test circuit, a switch and a controller. The process variable sensor includes a sensor output that is indicative of a sensed process variable. The test circuit is configured to detect a condition of the process variable sensor. The switch is configured to selectively connect the test circuit to the process variable sensor and disconnect the test circuit from the process variable sensor. The controller is configured to obtain a measurement of the process variable, control the switch, detect a condition of the process variable sensor by comparing the sensor output when the test circuit is connected to the process variable sensor to the sensor output when the test circuit is disconnected from the process variable sensor, and communicate the condition in the measurement to an external control unit.
US11181396B2
A method of operating an intermittently measuring or pulsed incremental position sensor, and a position sensor that has noise detecting circuitry activated during each measurement, triggering corrective measurements as long as the influence of noise is detected. Corrective measurements immediately follow and replace a noise-influenced measurement well before the next scheduled measurement. Noise can be detected as a differential amplifier's common-mode input signal, thus clearly separating the influence of noise from the sensor's differential input signal.
US11181383B2
Systems and methods described herein relate to vehicular navigation and localization. One embodiment extracts perceptual features from sensor data; extracts unrouted-map features from unrouted map data; combines the perceptual features and the unrouted-map features to produce first combined features data; outputs, based at least in part on the first combined features data, parameters of a probability distribution for one or more steering trajectories that are available to a vehicle; and performs a localization of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the parameters of the probability distribution.
US11181373B2
A vibration type gyroscope uses a resonator formed of a MEMS. At the time of startup, a lock state determination unit stabilizes an amplitude of a drive signal and outputs a lock signal when the amplitude is stabilized. A phase shifter generates an orthogonal signal by shifting, by 90°, the phase of the drive signal, and a phase compensator outputs a phase signal having a phase corresponding to a control signal based on the orthogonal signal and the in-phase signal of the drive signal. A multiplier multiplies a sense signal and the phase signal outputted from the phase compensator, and a control LPF performs filtering on a multiplication result. A control unit inputs a zero level signal to a PI controller during an initial state, and starts phase control by receiving an output signal of the control LPF, and ends the control when the signal is stabilized around the zero level.
US11181371B2
A vibrator device includes a base, a relay substrate supported by the base, and a vibrating element supported by the relay substrate, the relay substrate includes a base mount that is directly or indirectly fixed to the base, a vibrating element mount on which the vibrating element is mounted, and a beam that couples the base mount and the vibrating element mount, and parts of the vibrating element mount that are coupled to the vibrating element are positioned on both sides of the base mount while interposing the base mount therebetween in a plan view.
US11181366B2
An expandable level capable of expanding from a fully closed position to a fully open position, with full functionality in both positions. The expandable level includes a central body having at least one horizontal bubble, and two slide portions each having two bubbles, where one bubble on each slide portion is also a horizontal bubble. Even when the expandable level is fully closed, the vertical bubble, the diagonal bubble, and both horizontal bubbles on the slide portions are visible. When the expandable level is fully opened, at least one additional horizontal bubble of the central body becomes visible, thereby showing at least five bubbles. The expandable level can be made in a size that makes it easy to carry and store when closed, nevertheless providing a fully-functional and convenient level tool when open. Thus, the expandable level eliminates the need to carry more than one non-expandable level of different sizes.
US11181364B2
An object detection system for a motor vehicle is proposed. The system includes an array of electroluminescent light sources, an array of light sensors and a calculating unit. At least one of the electroluminescent light sources is able to emit a signal. At least one of the sensors is able to receive the emitted signal that has been reflected by an object. The calculating unit is able to calculate, by triangulation, the position of the object on the basis of the position, in one of the arrays of electroluminescent light sources, of at least one of the electroluminescent light sources able to emit a signal and on the basis of the position, in one of the arrays of light sensors, of at least one of the sensors able to receive the signal reflected by the object.
US11181357B2
The present application relates to a U-shaped touch gauge, which comprises a base plate, a transfer plate, a floating column, a fixing block, a measuring sleeve, a measuring column and the like. In use, round head of top end of the floating column is in contact with bottom surface of a work piece. The floating column is compressed downward when it contacts high surface of the bottom surface of the work piece, left side of the transfer plate is depressed and then right side thereof is lifted, in the meantime, the right spring is compressed and the measuring column is lifted.
US11181354B1
A countersink go/no-go gauge is configured to aid a determination of whether a countersink aperture for a rivet is formed to a desired depth. The countersink go/no-go gauge includes a head having a depth defined between a top surface and a bottom surface and a shaft extending from the top surface of the head. The depth of the head is substantially equal to a desired depth of a countersink aperture. In some embodiments the go/no-go gauge includes tolerance features to provide a range for an acceptable countersink depth.
US11181352B1
A projectile adapted for use with a cartridge in a firearm with a barrel. The projectile is of a .22 caliber. The projectile includes a body machined from a solid material having a rear end and forward end. The projectile includes a heel starting at the rear end. A crimp groove extends forward of the heel. An adjustable sealing band extends forward of the crimp groove. A pressure reducing groove extends forward of the rear driving band. A front driving band extends forward of the pressure reducing groove. An Ogive extends forward of the front driving band. Finally, there is a bullet tip extending forward of the Ogive. A specific version ment that has been found to be very accurate in the most amount of rifles has adjustable sealing band diameter of 0.224 inches, a pressure reducing groove diameter of 0.2165 inches and a front driving band diameter of 0.2213 inches.
US11181344B2
A supercapacitor-like device is described that uses a porous, conductive foam as the electrodes. After the device is charged, an explosive wave front can be used to remove electrolyte from the metal foam. This creates a large net charge on each electrode, which will readily flow through a load placed across the electrodes. The removal of charge can potentially occur on a time scale of microseconds, allowing a supercapacitor to be used in pulsed power applications. The creation of this net charge requires significant energy, meaning this concept may also be suitable for removing kinetic energy from objects.
US11181336B2
An archery bow and method are disclosed herein. The archery bow, in an embodiment, includes a first limb, a second limb, and a draw cord coupled to the first and second limbs. The archery bow also includes a first cord coupled to the first limb, a second cord coupled to the second limb, and a driver operatively coupled to an energy source. The driver is configured to manipulate the first and second cords to change a tension in the draw cord.
US11181333B2
Methods and apparatuses are described herein for producing a rifling in a barrel of a gun. The barrel defines an axis in a longitudinal direction and comprises an inner wall that defines a bore extending in the longitudinal direction. A tool includes a tool head having an outer contour that corresponds to a shape of the rifling to be produced. The tool head consists of an electrically conductive material. The outer contour of the tool head and the inner wall of the barrel define a gap. An electrolyte solution is pumped through the gap while the tool is guided through the bore, and a pulsed electrical voltage is applied to the barrel and the tool. The barrel is the anode and the tool head is the cathode. The tool is moved through the bore and rotated about the longitudinal axis while the pulsed voltage is applied to produce the riflings.
US11181332B2
Takedown pins for rifles have a pin movable in a direction along its length between an operating condition and a released condition. The pin has a first end portion that prevents relative movement of the upper receiver with respect to the lower receiver when the pin is in the operating condition. The first end portion has a lower end portion surface adapted to resist upward movement of the upper receiver's lug. The pin has an intermediate portion adjacent to the lower end portion surface defining a lower channel having a lower channel surface above the level of the lower end portion surface. When the pin is in the released condition, the lower channel is registered with the lug, and the lug is enabled to move upward with respect to the lower receiver by a limited distance to a disengaged position.
US11181328B2
A heat exchanger including: a header; flat tubes connected to the header and disposed in line along a longitudinal direction of the header; a first partition that partitions an inner space of the header into a first space on a side where the flat tubes are connected and a second space on a side opposite to the first space; and a second partition that partitions the inner space of the header into a first side and a second side. The first side is one side of the header in the longitudinal direction and the second side is opposite to the first side. The first partition has a common opening. The common opening includes an insertion opening and a refrigerant opening. A refrigerant moves between the first space and the second space via the refrigerant opening. The second partition is inserted into the insertion opening.
US11181326B2
Methods and devices for long-duration electricity storage using low-cost thermal energy storage and high-efficiency power cycle, are disclosed. In some embodiments it has the potential for superior long-duration, low-cost energy storage.
US11181320B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an energy recovery system for a freeze-drying system. In some embodiments, the freeze-drying system includes a freeze dryer chamber having one or more shelves disposed therein; a refrigeration system comprising a refrigerant condenser; a heat exchanger; a first fluid line to thermally couple the refrigerant condenser to the heat exchanger; and a second fluid line to thermally couple the one or more shelves to the heat exchanger.
US11181312B2
The vehicle includes a thawing compartment configured to thaw a commodity housed therein, an acquisition device configured to obtain information including a thawing time limit set based on a request from a user, and a controller configured to control the thawing operation of the thawing compartment. The controller controls the thawing compartment so as to complete the thawing operation of the commodity housed therein by the thawing time limit.
US11181309B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above 0° C., a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below 0° C., a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, and an ice tray assembly disposed within the fresh food compartment for freezing water into ice pieces. The ice tray assembly includes an ice mold with an upper surface comprising a plurality of cavities formed therein for the ice pieces, a heater disposed on the ice mold and an ice maker refrigerant tube abutting at least one lateral side surface of the ice mold and cooling the ice mold to a temperature below 0° C. via thermal conduction and a cover having a water fill cup integrated into the cover and an outlet aligned with an inlet of the ice mold.
US11181307B2
An air conditioner allows refrigerant to circulate therethrough. The air conditioner includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a second heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller changes an opening degree of the first expansion valve by a first operation amount according to a temperature difference between a target temperature and the temperature of the refrigerant discharged by the compressor. The refrigerant circulates through the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the first expansion valve, and the second heat exchanger. A first ratio when a specific condition is satisfied is larger than a second ratio when the specific condition is not satisfied. The specific condition indicates that the degree of subcooling of the refrigerant flowing between the first heat exchanger and the first expansion valve is smaller than zero. The first and second ratios are each a ratio of the first operation amount to the temperature difference.
US11181288B2
A comfort degree balance control system and method for multi-split air conditioner disclosed the present invention includes: obtaining a real-time ambient temperature and a target ambient temperature of each of rooms where an indoor unit provided is working; calculating a comfort degree deviation of each of the working indoor units; obtaining the maximum value offsetMAX and the minimum value offsetMIN among the comfort degree deviations of indoor units and calculating the difference Δ=offsetMAX−offsetMIN between the two; calculating an average comfort degree deviation; adjusting the amount of refrigerant flowing into working indoor units according to the difference Δ and the average comfort degree deviation, so as to reduce the difference Δ and balance the performance of the multi-split system.
US11181287B2
A heating mode control method of an air conditioner, comprises: obtaining an indoor temperature and calculating the difference between the indoor temperature and an indoor target temperature to obtain an indoor temperature difference as air conditioner running at heating mode; performing a coil temperature control process as the indoor temperature difference in a set indoor temperature difference range, wherein the coil temperature control process including: obtaining an indoor coil temperature and controlling the frequency of the compressor according to the indoor coil temperature and a coil target temperature. The application of the method can achieve the purpose of improving the heating effect by increasing the outlet air temperature, thus improving the heating performance of an air-conditioner.
US11181277B2
Pellet grills and associated methods of operation are disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a main body defining a cooking chamber. The main body includes a first opening extending through a bottom portion of an outer wall of the main body. The main body further including a grease channel formed along the bottom portion of the outer wall and extending to the first opening. The example pellet grill further includes a burn pot located within the main body. The burn pot includes a lower end having a second opening aligned with the first opening. The second opening is configured to enable pellet fuel ash to pass downwardly from the burn pot onto an ash slide positioned below the second opening. The example pellet grill further includes a waste collection drawer located below the main body. The waste collection drawer is movable relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position. The waste collection drawer includes a grease bin positioned below the first opening and configured to receive grease from the grease channel when the waste collection drawer is in the closed position. The waste collection drawer further includes an ash compartment positioned below the ash slide and configured to receive pellet fuel ash from the burn pot, via the ash slide, when the waste collection drawer is in the closed position.
US11181276B2
A firepot for a grilling device comprises one or more walls at least partially forming an outer boundary of the firepot. The firepot is structurally configured to hold at least partially ignited solid fuel. The firepot also comprises a floor defining, at least in part, a lower end of the firepot. The floor comprises one or more holes extending through the floor. Additionally, a portion of the one or more walls form a solid fuel delivery opening that comprises a solid fuel portal through which solid fuel is deliverable to an interior of the firepot. A heating element mount is positioned to hold a heating element within the interior of the firepot.
US11181272B2
A fuel spray nozzle, for atomising liquid fuel in gas, including: an gas passage; a liquid fuel passage; a swirler provided in the gas passage and including vanes such that, when gas passes through the gas passage, the swirler produces a jet flow of gas from between adjacent vanes and a turbulent flow of gas in the wake of each vane; a prefilming surface for receiving liquid fuel from the liquid fuel passage, and gas from the gas passage, wherein the prefilming surface includes areas that receive jet flow of gas from the gas passage, in use; wherein the fuel spray nozzle is configured to direct the liquid fuel passing through the liquid fuel passage to the areas on the prefilming surface that receive a jet flow of gas from the gas passage.
US11181270B2
A fuel nozzle includes a shroud; an injection cylinder surrounded by the shroud and configured to supply fuel to a combustion chamber; a swirler disposed between the injection cylinder and the shroud; and a porous disk disposed downstream of the swirler to surround an outer peripheral surface of the injection cylinder in order to prevent a flashback phenomenon occurring due to a reduction in pressure around the swirler. The porous disk includes a disk body to block a flame produced in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of flow holes are formed in the disk body through which the fuel flows. It is possible to prevent flashback by installing the porous disk downstream of the swirler, and to impart linearity and a swirling effect to the fuel passing through the fuel nozzle by forming variously configured flow holes in the porous disk.
US11181267B2
Methods and systems for oxidizing gas are provided. An example regenerative oxidizer is provided that includes a combustion chamber to heat gas present in the combustion chamber. The regenerative oxidizer also includes a first heat exchange media bed and a second heat exchange media bed, each in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The regenerative oxidizer also includes a rotary valve disposed at least partially between the first heat exchange media bed and the second heat exchange media bed. The rotary valve may alternate the flow of gas between a first and a second airflow direction. The first heat exchange media bed, the rotary valve, and the second heat exchange media bed are arranged with respect to each other such that the gas pathway between the first heat exchange media bed and the rotary valve and between the second heat exchange media bed and the rotary valve is non-linear.
US11181263B2
The invention relates to a dental light curing apparatus, having a display device on or at a housing wall of the light curing apparatus, especially on the upper face of the light curing apparatus, having a plurality of light sources, which are arranged below said wall and facing the wall, wherein at least part of the wall is transparent to the light radiation emitted from the light sources, wherein the wall comprises a smooth outer surface, and an equally essentially smooth inner surface of the wall is provided with a negative pattern (18), and especially is printed, leaving the symbols (14) free, which negative pattern (18) is light-impermeable or essentially light-impermeable, and that the wall is superimposed onto the light source structure, which comprises partition walls (32), which separate the light sources (30) from each other.
US11181252B2
Improvements are disclosed to lighting fixtures, support structures, interconnecting cabling, and other subjects. An improved method allows precise control of the beams of high power, long throw followspots by means of a steering mirror motorized in two axes. The beam is first directed upwards from the followspot by a first mirror to the steering mirror above. The range of elevations through which the beam can be steered is increased by displacing the steering mirror relative to the first mirror such that the portion of the beam between them is not vertical.
US11181237B2
A cryogenic gas manifold for use in a cryogenic gas system includes first and second interchangeable tubular headers. Each of the tubular headers has a nipple for receiving cryogenic gas from a source or for providing such cryogenic gas to a user. Each of the tubular headers has opposed branch nipples for threadedly receiving devices that interconnect at least certain of the branch nipples of the pair of tubular headers. This interconnection is by threaded engagement of at least certain devices such as regulators, valves, gauges, sensors, bypass valves, low-temperature shutoff valves, and the like. The interconnection of these various devices with the pair of headers establishes a structural integrity for the manifold. Feet may be clamped to the bottom of each of the headers to allow the manifold to be freestanding. The threaded engagement of all of the various elements makes the manifold cost-effective.
US11181229B2
A rigging ladder system for hanging light fixtures or entertainment equipment thereon includes first and second side rails having one or more center members forming an interconnection between the side rails. A lifting plate may span between the side rails at a top side thereof for lifting the system to a desired height. The system can be formed from one or more assemblies such that a desired vertical length achieved that can hold the desired number of lighting fixtures by interconnecting an appropriate number of assemblies together. The width may be adjustable by choosing center members of the desired width. The rigging ladder system, or lighting torm, may be adjusted vertically and horizontally depending user needs and the specific application.
US11181228B2
Rod fixing device with the same force irrespective of whether movement of a rod is up or down. A locking mechanism moves with a first rod inside a second rod and a stopper having a contacting surface portion contacting an inner circumferential surface of the second rod. A holder which rotatably holds the stopper so that the contacting surface portion contacts the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and a spring imparts the stopper with a forces generating a fixing frictional force between the first rod and the second rod by causing the contacting surface portion to come into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the second rod. Movement of the first rod toward one side causes the contacting surface portion to rotate toward a side separating from the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and movement of the first rod toward the other side is a movement against the fixing frictional force.
US11181227B1
An electronic device attachment system is described. The system includes an electronic device case configured to receive and house an electronic device. The electronic device is a smartphone, a laptop computer, a mobile media player, a tablet, or any other handheld electronic device. The system also includes a storage component affixed to the electronic device case either permanently or removably. The storage component is configured to receive and house one or more attachments when not in use.
US11181225B2
An attachment device is an attachment device for attaching an electronic device body to a wall surface, and includes a base having a plurality of pin holes, a plurality of pins that are respectively inserted in the pin holes, and secure the base to the wall surface, and a locking part that is secured to the base, and on which the electronic device body is to be hung and locked. The base includes a securing surface that is a surface to be secured to the wall surface, and the pin holes are arranged outwardly from the base at a predetermined angle with respect to the securing surface.
US11181223B2
The present invention provides an insulated pipe comprising one or more inner pipes comprising a plastic, a flexible vacuum insulation panel in the form of units joined to each other wrapped around at least one of the one or more inner pipes, one or more insulation layers, and an outer jacket. The present invention further provides a method and an apparatus for producing the insulated pipe.
US11181222B2
Self-propelled, self-powered, propulsion devices as part of pipe lining system adapted to create an internal liner member on a pipe or other tubular structure, the system being the combination of a sprayer apparatus, an umbilical member connected to the sprayer apparatus, wherein the umbilical member supplies no power or communications to the propulsion devices, and a plurality of propulsion devices mounted externally onto the umbilical member in a removable manner. The spraying apparatus and propulsion devices are independently powered and controlled such that each may be accelerated or decelerated as required to maintain the sprayer apparatus at a constant speed during the application process.
US11181221B1
A pull off pipe cap (1) that fully seals the end of the pipe or pipe fitting to protect the pipe during construction especially while pouring concrete foundations around pipes. The pull off pipe cap is easily found under poured concrete and is easily removed from the pipe or pipe fitting without a need for demolition of the concrete slab and excavation around the pipe.
US11181220B2
A metal diaphragm damper includes disc-shaped damper main body having two diaphragms between which a gas is sealed and each of which is provided with a deformable portion at the center thereof and two regulation members that are disposed outside of the deformable portions of the two diaphragms. The metal diaphragm damper includes a first welding part provided with a first welding layer WD1 that seals an annular periphery portion of the regulation member and an outer edge portion of the diaphragm, and a second welding layer WD1 that seals an annular periphery portion of the other regulation member and an outer edge portion of the other diaphragm. The metal diaphragm damper further includes a second welding part provided with a welding layer WD2 that seals the annular periphery portions of the two regulation members.
US11181218B2
A hydraulic and/or pneumatic connector, said connector comprising a fixed part adapted to constitute the end part of a first hydraulic circuit of a main operating machine and to be fixed to said main operating machine, said fixed part comprising at least one first male or female hydraulic coupling, said connector comprising a movable part intended to constitute the end part of a second hydraulic circuit of a piece of equipment, said movable part comprising at least one second hydraulic coupling, respectively either female or male, where said at least one first hydraulic coupling of said fixed part and at least one second hydraulic coupling of said movable part are adapted to be hydraulically connected so as to achieve the hydraulic connection between said first and second hydraulic circuits of said male operating machine and said equipment, respectively, said connector comprising mechanical constraint means which can be switched between a first configuration or position and a second configuration or position, where the switching of said mechanical constraints in said second configuration or position translates into the mechanical constraining of said fixed part and said movable part and in the hydraulic connection between said first coupling and said second coupling, of said fixed part and of said movable part, respectively. and where the switching of said constraint means in said first position or configuration translates into the possibly of mechanically releasing said fixed part and said movable part and of hydraulically disconnecting said first coupling and said second coupling of said fixed part and said movable part, respectively.
US11181215B2
A pipe joint includes a hollow joint main body; a nut that is screwed into the joint main body; a seal member that is mounted to inside of the joint main body; and a retainer that is placed between the joint main body and the nut and comprises a pawl portion engaged with a trough of a metal flexible pipe in a coupled state and a retainer locking portion caught and locked inside of the joint main body in the coupled state.
US11181208B2
A system and method for detecting passage of a pipeline pig, the system and method including a passive impulse detector [10] having a housing [13]; a non-intrusive connection [15] of the housing to an exterior wall [17] of a pipeline [P], at least one vibration sensor [11] housed by the housing; and signal processing [23] including at least one band pass filter [27] configured to receive data collected by the vibration sensor, the vibration sensor and band pass filter configured to monitor frequencies in a predetermined range indicating the impulse. The selected frequencies should be those more easily detectable above the baseline (signature or natural resonance) frequency of the section of pipeline being monitored. In some embodiments, the selected frequencies are lower frequencies. No portion of the passive pipeline pig signal intrudes into an interior of the pipeline.
US11181184B2
A drive assembly includes a housing, upper and lower shafts, a friction pack, and a pair of meshed gears. The housing defines a receptacle containing a volume of lubricating fluid, a brake chamber with a metering orifice in a lower portion of the brake chamber, and an exit port at an upper portion of the brake chamber. The upper and lower shafts are within the housing at different elevations and configured for rotation. The friction pack is within the brake chamber and driven to rotate by the upper shaft. The pair of meshed gears is driven to rotate by one or more of the upper and lower shafts, and the gears communicate lubricating fluid from the receptacle to the lower portion of the brake chamber through the metering orifice. Rotation of the friction pack pumps lubricating fluid to the exit port at the upper portion of the brake chamber.
US11181179B2
To provide a sprocket that reduces the influence of tension fluctuations concurrent with load torque variations, that suppresses noise and vibration, and that prevents an increase in tension fluctuations, noise, and vibration even when the chain tension is low and the load torque is small, or in regions where a chain and the sprocket engage without being affected by the tension. The sprocket has a plurality of teeth mating with the chain that are provided with an equal pitch therebetween, and that include teeth with different working pressure angles relative to the chain.
US11181175B2
A link mechanism includes a first link connected with a first joint, a first motor driving the first link to rotate, a second link connected with a second joint, a second motor driving the second link to rotate, and a power transmission mechanism. The power transmission mechanism is configured as capable of switching between a connected state with connection with which power of the first motor and the second motor can be transmitted between the first joint and the second joint and a disconnected state in which the connection is removed. In the case where the power transmission mechanism is in the connected state, the first joint and the second joint rotate so that an angular velocity of the first joint and an angular velocity of the second joint are proportional to each other.
US11181171B2
In an aspect, a tensioner is provided for tensioning a belt on an engine, and includes a base mountable to a stationary member, and a first tensioner arm pivotably connected to the base. The first tensioner arm is biased in a first pivot direction. The tensioner includes a first bumper on one of the base and the first tensioner arm, which is engageable with a first travel limiter on the other of the base and the first tensioner arm to limit travel of the first tensioner arm in a second pivot direction, and a first pulley rotatably mounted to the first tensioner arm and positioned to engage a first section of the belt. The first bumper and the first travel limiter together have a selected first combined spring rate during engagement. The first combined spring rate increases progressively with compression between the first bumper and the first travel limiter.
US11181164B2
A shock absorber has a damping force generator including a spool valve body that is reciprocally engaged with a cylindrical portion of a piston and pressed from both sides by a pair of compression coil springs. The cylindrical portion has first openings for extension and compression strokes, and the spool valve body has second openings for extension and compression strokes. When the piston is displaced relative to the cylinder, the spool valve body is displaced by a difference between pressures in upper and lower cylinder chambers, so that the damping force generator changes a degree of overlap of the first and second openings for the extension stroke in the extension stroke and a degree of overlap of the first and second openings for the compression stroke in the compression stroke.
US11181163B2
Pressure-sensitive vales are incorporated within a dampening system to permit user-adjustable tuning of a shock absorber. In one embodiment, a pressure-sensitive valve includes an isolated gas chamber having a pressure therein that is settable by a user.
US11181158B2
The present disclosure provides an electromechanical brake actuator system comprising an electromechanical brake actuator coupled to a derived position sensor, the derived position sensor comprising a controller, a rotation sensor, and an output drive circuit. In various embodiments, the derived position sensor may be configured to receive a first motor shaft angular velocity at a first time, receive a second motor shaft angular velocity at a second time, calculate a linear translation distance, and sum the linear translation distance and a previous ram position to obtain an actual ram position.
US11181154B2
Control systems and feedback assemblies for hydraulic axial displacement machines, such as pumps and motors. The control systems and feedback assemblies can reduce friction on the charging spools and provide for a more reliable return of the swashplate to a neutral position. Aspects of the control systems and feedback assemblies can be modularized for, e.g., easy maintenance and to reduce the overall size of the system.
US11181142B2
A bearing system includes a first bearing, a second bearing, and a rotating member. The first bearing is hollow and has a first inner face. The second bearing is located in the first bearing. The second bearing includes a second inner face axially aligned with the first inner face. A partitioning space is formed between the first inner face and the second inner face. The rotating member has a shaft and a protruding portion coupled to the shaft. The protruding portion is located in the partitioning space. A dynamic pressure gap is formed between the protruding portion and the first inner face during rotation. Another dynamic pressure gap is formed between the protruding portion and the second inner face during rotation.
US11181141B2
An air foil bearing includes a bearing housing having a cylindrical shape that forms an accommodation space in a middle thereof for a rotating shaft, rotor, or journal; a first foil including a plurality of bump foils, which are arranged along an inner wall surface of the accommodation space of the bearing housing; and a second foil including a plurality of top foils, which are arranged in a circumferential direction along an inner circumference of the bearing housing to correspond to the plurality of bump foils and to support the rotating shaft, rotor, or journal. A portion of at least one of the plurality of top foils of the second foil is thicker than the other top foils of the plurality of top foils.
US11181137B2
Fastener systems may be used to couple a part to a composite structure such that at least a portion of the fastener system is embedded within the composite structure, and such that the fastener system may be installed via access to just one side of the composite structure. Examples of fastener systems include a receptacle that is inserted through at least one layer of the composite structure and a torque nail that is inserted into the receptacle, thereby expanding the receptacle into a collar plate, which is configured to distribute the forces from insertion of the torque nail. The collar plate is enclosed between respective laminates of the composite structure, such that the fastener system is configured to couple the part to the composite structure, either directly or via a structural connector, without the use of conventional drilling and bolting.
US11181136B2
A hanger-rod clip can be configured for use with a strut that at least partially surrounds a hanger rod to provide stiffness to the hanger rod. The hanger-rod clip can include a handle portion and a rod-clamping portion. The rod-clamping portion can be configured to urge the hanger rod into engagement with an internal surface of the strut as the handle portion is moved towards the strut.
US11181135B2
Provided is a composite material assembly (100) includes: a first composite material member (1) in which a first hole (51) is formed, a second composite material member (2) in which a second hole (52) is formed, and a fastener (3) that is to be inserted through the first hole (51) and second hole (52) to thereby connect the first composite material member (1) to the second composite material member (2). A first chamfered section (51C) is formed on at least one of both ends of the first hole (51), and a second chamfered section (52C) is formed on at least one of both ends of the second hole (52).
US11181122B2
A fan device with at least one radial fan (12), with a fan housing (13) in which an impeller (14) which is rotationally driven about a rotation axis is arranged, wherein the fan housing has a guide wall (18) which extends in a circumferential direction (17) of the impeller (14) around this, is equipped with several arcuate wall sections and delimits air blow-out openings (19a-d), wherein an arcuate wall section of the guide wall (18) is assigned to each of the air blow-out openings (19a-d), wherein the fan housing (13) includes a front cover plate (20b) which is provided with an air suction opening (21), and a rear cover plate (20a) which with regard to the flow direction is arranged downstream of the front cover plate (20b), and wherein a frame-shaped peripheral wall (36) of an outer housing (35) is arranged around the guide wall (18) and at its rear side (37) includes a rear frame opening (38a).
US11181114B2
A cooling fan includes: a rotary shaft which is rotatably supported in a fan housing; a rotor which is fixed to the rotary shaft; a stator which is fixed to the fan housing, is arranged so as to be arranged at a predetermined gap away from the rotor, and includes a plurality of stacked stator cores on which a coil is wound; an impeller which is connected to the rotor; a printed circuit board (PCB) which is installed on the bottom side of the stator and controls the cooling fan; and a ground portion which is installed on the stator cores, is electrically connected to a ground pattern of the PCB and expands a ground surface. Thus, damage of circuit components due to electrostatic electricity is prevented, and EMI shielding properties are improved.
US11181105B2
Microfluidic circuit elements, such as a microvalve, micropump or microvent, formed of a microcavity divided by a diaphragm web into a first subcavity bounded by a first internal wall and a second subcavity bounded by a second internal wall, where the diaphragm web is characterized as a thin film having a first state contacting the first internal wall and a second state contacting the second internal wall and exhibiting essentially no elasticity in moving between the first state and the second state, the thin film web having been stretched beyond its yield point before or during use are provided. The disclosed elements enable faster and more efficient cycling of the diaphragm in the microcavity and increases the diaphragm surface area. In a preferred embodiment, the microfluidic circuit element is pneumatically driven and controls the motion of fluids in a microassay device.
US11181101B2
In one aspect, there is provided a damper control system for a reciprocating pump assembly according to which control signals are sent to electromagnets. In another aspect, there is provided a method of dampening vibrations in a pump drivetrain according to which a beginning of torque variation is detected and at least a portion of the torque variation is negated. In another aspect, signals or data associated with pump characteristics are received from sensors, torque characteristics and damper response voltages per degree of crank angle are calculated, and control signals are sent to electromagnets. In another aspect, a damper system includes a fluid chamber configured to receive a magnetorheological fluid; a flywheel disposed at least partially within the fluid chamber and adapted to be operably coupled to a fluid pump crankshaft; and a magnetic device proximate the flywheel. The magnetic device applies a variable drag force to the flywheel.
US11181100B2
In order to stably operate an actuator device in repeated operations with suppression of an increase in a resistance value of a heating wire, the actuator band according to the present disclosure comprises a plurality of actuator wires and a plurality of heating wires. Each of the plurality of the actuator wires is formed of a fiber which consists of a polymer. The fiber is twisted along the long axis thereof and folded so as to have a cylindrical coil shape. Each of the plurality of the actuator wires is contracted by heat and restored by release of the heat. A braided fabric is formed with the plurality of the actuator wires arranged in a planer shape and the plurality of the heating wires. A first end of each of the plurality of heating wires is connected to a first end of each of the plurality of the actuator wires. A second end of each of the plurality of the heating wires is connected to a second end of each of the plurality of the actuator wires.
US11181097B2
A multirotor wind turbine (1) comprising a tower structure (2) and at least one load carrying structure (3), each load carrying structure (3) being arranged to carry two or more energy generating units (5), is disclosed. The wind turbine (1) further comprises a yawing arrangement (6) comprising a first part (9) being fixedly connected to the tower structure (2) and a second part (10) being fixedly connected to at least one of the load carrying structure(s) (3). The first part (9) and the second part (10) are configured to perform rotating movements relative to each other, thereby allowing the load carrying structure (3) to perform yawing movements relative to the tower structure (2). At least one guy wire (7) is connected between an anchoring point (8) at the ground and the first part (9) of the yawing arrangement (6). The invention further provides a yawing arrangement (6) for such a multirotor wind turbine (1).
US11181096B2
Controlling a wind turbine comprising a wind direction sensor, a yawing system, and a control system for turning the wind turbine rotor relative to the wind. Over one or more time intervals a data set comprising a direction of the wind relative to the wind turbine as measured by the wind direction sensor and a wind power parameter determined as one of a power, a torque, or a blade load of the wind turbine are obtained. The data sets are sorted into a number of bins of different intervals of wind power parameter. or each power bin, a statistical representation of the wind power parameter as a function of the relative wind direction is determined and then used in estimating a wind direction offset corresponding to the relative wind direction where the wind power parameter attains a peak value. The relative wind direction is then adjusted as a function of the set of wind direction offsets to yield more accurate wind direction data which can be used in controlling the turbine.
US11181092B2
A rotor blade for a wind turbine, a wind turbine, a wind park and a method for configuring a rotor blade which is divided in two. A rotor blade for a wind turbine, which rotor blade extends in the longitudinal direction from a blade connection to a blade tip with a variable profile depth, wherein the rotor blade is divided at a separating point and has a separating point profile depth at the separating point, a relative blade length of the rotor blade, starting from the blade connection, is defined in a blade length value range between 0% to 100%, the separating point is arranged in a blade length value range between 25% and 50%, a rotor blade section facing the blade connection and a rotor blade section facing away from the blade connection can be connected at this separating point for correct operation of the rotor blade, a depth ratio which is composed of the variable profile depth and the separating point profile depth is defined, a development index is defined as a gradient of the depth ratio in the direction of the relative blade length, and the development index in the region of the separating point is less than 1.
US11181069B2
A diesel engine system is provided, which includes a piston having a cavity dented downwardly in a crown surface thereof and having a bottom part, a peripheral part dented so as to be convex radially outward, and a lip part formed above the peripheral part and protruding so as to be convex radially inward in a cross-sectional view. An injection controller causes an injector to perform, during operation in a given operating range, a main injection in which injected fuel is directed to the lip part, and an after-injection in which a smaller amount of the fuel than the main injection is injected at a given timing later than the main injection in an expansion stroke. An injection interval period from an end of the main injection to a start of the after-injection is shorter as a temperature parameter related to a progress of a warmup of engine increases.
US11181060B2
A method for downshifting a vehicle having an automatic transmission is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not conditions are met for a power matching downshift. If conditions are met for a power matching downshift, output power of a powertrain propulsion torque source at an end of the power matching downshift is adjusted to an output power of the powertrain propulsion torque source at the beginning of the power matching downshift plus an offset power.
US11181033B2
An internal combustion engine body includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders, a first water jacket, and a second water jacket, and a cylinder head including an in-head water jacket. The in-head water jacket includes an intake-side flow passage. The cylinder block and the cylinder head are provided such that a flow rate of coolant that directly flows into the intake-side flow passage after flowing into the first water jacket is higher than a flow rate of coolant directly flows into any region other than the intake-side flow passage after flowing into the first water jacket.
US11181032B2
A cylinder head for use with an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head including a body having a fire deck and defining a water jacket in fluid communication with a cooling system, a first runner defined by the body and open to the fire deck to at least partially form a first valve seat, a second runner defined by the body and open to the fire deck to at least partially form a second valve seat, and a channel defined by the in fluid communication with the water jacket and positioned between the first runner and the second runner. The channel, in turn, includes a first inlet through which a first flow enters the channel, a second inlet through which a second flow enters the channel, and where the first inlet and the second inlet are oriented such that the first flow and the second flow interact with one another to create a turbulent region within the channel.
US11181030B2
A method of manufacturing an on-board diagnostic (OBD) limit part and a method of testing to evaluate an OBD system. The method of manufacturing the OBD limit part includes introducing a contaminant to an selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst and contacting the contaminant with the SCR catalyst for a selected period of time. The method of manufacturing utilizes a vessel, the contaminant, and the SCR catalyst. The OBD limit part is a combination of the contaminant and the SCR catalyst within the vessel. The method of testing to evaluate the OBD system includes collecting data related to an exhaust gas before and after the exhaust gas is exposed to the OBD limit part, collecting an indication provided by the OBD system, and comparing the data related to the exhaust gas and the indication provided by the OBD system. The method of testing to evaluate the OBD system utilizes a system that includes an exhaust gas source, a first and a second fluid path, the OBD limit part, and the OBD system.
US11181029B2
An element frame for holding monoliths containing catalysts in the flow of exhaust gases from a combustion source, the element frame comprising two pairs of opposing walls, wherein the walls form a rectangular or square shape, an interior formed by the walls, an inlet end, an outlet end, at least one locking element, at least one mat and at least one monolith comprising an inlet, an outlet, four sides and at least one catalyst effective in reducing the concentration of one or more gases in the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one mat and the at least one monolith being positioned in the interior of the element frame so that there is at least one mat between the monolith and each adjacent wall, each locking element extending across the inlet end or outlet end of the element frame and being connected to two opposite sides of the element frame.
US11181027B2
An apparatus includes a housing defining an internal volume and structured to house aftertreatment component for reducing constituents of an exhaust gas. A noise reducing component is disposed within the internal volume and structured to extend around at least a portion of the aftertreatment component.
US11181025B2
An SCR dosing pump assembly for conveying and providing a liquid exhaust gas purification additive includes: a plastic housing; a multi-part aluminum frame having first part and a second part; and at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating element configured as an electrically conductive contact between the first part and the second part of the aluminum frame. No further electrically conductive contacts exist between the first part and the second part of the aluminum frame. The multi-part aluminum frame is molded into the plastic housing of the SCR dosing pump assembly.
US11181013B2
A novel cylinder head arrangement for an in-line four cylinder or eight cylinder engine. A modified arrangement allows additional space for installation of wider rocker arm assemblies used for variable valve lift (VVL), cylinder deactivation (CDA) and other types of variable valve actuation (VVA). In one embodiment, cam towers adjacent the end two cylinders are not used. At least one end support is used, which may be an outboard bearing on a camshaft for each end. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed. In another embodiment, cam towers adjacent the inner two cylinders are eliminated and a single camshaft support piece with a support bearing is installed between the inner cylinders to provide support for the camshafts. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed on at least one of the middle cylinders. A novel oil control valve operates latches in switching rocker arm assemblies.
US11181008B1
A fluid damping structure includes first and second annular elements, first and second inner seals, a first outer seal, a damping chamber, a supply plenum, a fill port, and a plurality of fluid passages. The first and second inner seals are disposed radially between and are engaged with the first annular element and the second annular element. The first outer seal forms a sealing interface between the first and second annular elements. The first outer seal is disposed radially outward from the first and second inner seals. The damping chamber is defined by the first and second annular elements and the first and second inner seals. The supply plenum is disposed contiguous with an axial side of the damping chamber and extends from the second inner seal to the first outer seal. The fill port is in fluid communication with the supply plenum and a source of damping fluid.
US11181000B2
A coating system for a surface of a superalloy component is provided. The coating system includes a MCrAlY coating on the surface of the superalloy component, where M is Ni, Fe, Co, or a combination thereof. The MCrAlY coating generally has a higher chromium content than the superalloy component. The MCrAlY coating also includes a platinum-group metal aluminide diffusion layer. The MCrAlY coating includes Re, Ta, or a mixture thereof. Methods are also provided for forming a coating system on a surface of a superalloy component.
US11180996B2
A turbine wheel for a turbocharger of a vehicle propulsion system includes a central hub and a plurality of blades extending outwardly from the central hub. Each of the blades defining an inducer section and an exducer section, and each of the blades including a first surface portion and a second surface portion. The first surface portion including a thermal barrier coating and the second surface portion free from the thermal barrier coating.
US11180995B2
A fire and/or water resistant expansion joint system for installation between substrates of a tunnel. The system includes a fire resistant coating applied at a predetermined thickness to achieve a substantially uniform layer on the substrates and a fire and water resistant expansion joint. The expansion joint includes a core having an edge, wherein the substantially uniform layer of the coating extends along the substrates of the tunnel to the edge of the core, and a fire retardant infused into the core. The core is configured to facilitate the compression of the expansion joint system when installed between the substrates. The coating and the fire and water resistant expansion joint are each capable of withstanding exposure to a temperature of at least about 540° C. or greater for about five minutes.
US11180986B2
Discrete wellbore devices, hydrocarbon wells including a downhole communication network and the discrete wellbore devices, and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The discrete wellbore devices include a wellbore tool and a communication device. The wellbore tool is configured to perform a downhole operation within a wellbore conduit that is defined by a wellbore tubular of the hydrocarbon well. The communication device is operatively coupled for movement with the wellbore tool within the wellbore conduit. The communication device is configured to communicate with a downhole communication network that extends along the wellbore tubular via a wireless communication signal. The methods include actively and/or passively detecting a location of the discrete wellbore device within the wellbore conduit. The methods additionally or alternatively include wireless communication between the discrete wellbore device and the downhole communication network.
US11180975B2
A method can include receiving spatially located geophysical data of a geologic region as acquired by one or more sensors; solving a system of equations for multi-dimensional implicit function values within a multi-dimensional space that represents the geologic region where the system of equations are subject to a smoothness constraint and subject to a weighted curvature minimization criterion at a plurality of spatially located points based on the spatially located geophysical data; and rendering to a display, a structural model of the geologic region based at least in part on the multi-dimensional implicit function values where the structural model characterizes stratigraphy of the geologic region.
US11180972B2
The disclosed is a method of isolating zones in a wellbore and tools thereof, specifically implementing a slip carrier with tongue and groove design purposed to secure an anchor, including parts with different durometers additionally with a nose cone on a bridge plug/frac plug to be able to displace sand between plugs, and a mandrel with a J-latch system.
US11180968B2
Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tubular housing (e.g., tree, spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tubular housing on the wellhead are provided. The systems may include a tubing hanger alignment device, wherein the tubing hanger alignment device includes one or more hydraulic, electric, or fiber optic lines extending therethrough and one or more couplings disposed on a lower end thereof. The tubing hanger alignment device is configured to couple one or more hydraulic, electric, or fiber optic lines on the tubular housing with one or more hydraulic, electric, or fiber optic couplings on the tubing hanger during landing of the tubular housing onto the wellhead regardless of a relative orientation of the tubing hanger and the tubular housing with respect to the wellhead.
US11180967B2
A blowout preventer system includes a lower blowout preventer (BOP) stack including a number of hydraulic components, and a lower marine riser package (LMRP) including a first control pod and a second control pod adapted to provide, during use, redundant control of hydraulic components of the lower blowout preventer stack where the first and the second control pods are adapted to being connected, during use, to a surface control system and to be controlled, during use, by the surface control system, wherein the blowout preventer system further includes at least one additional control pod connected to at least one additional surface control system and to be controlled, during use, by the additional surface control system. In this way, an improved blowout preventer system is provided.
US11180964B2
An interlock between a drawworks and a segment hoist includes a sensor for sensing a position of the segment hoist. An interlock signal is generated by the sensor for sensing the position of the segment hoist and is reflective of the position of the segment hoist. A lock operably connected to the drawworks receives the interlock signal and disables operation of the drawworks if the interlock signal meets a predetermined criterion. A method for operating a drill rig includes operating a drawworks to raise and lower a drill string and operating a segment hoist. The method further includes sensing a position of the segment hoist, generating an interlock signal that reflects the position of the segment hoist, and disabling the drawworks if the interlock signal meets a predetermined criterion.
US11180959B2
A wellbore drill bit includes a body that defines an inner volume and includes a top sub-assembly, and a plurality of cutting cones along a longitudinal axis of the body. The wellbore drill bit includes a chamber positioned in the inner volume of the body to form an annulus between the chamber and the body; a first set of nozzles positioned in the plurality of cutting cones, each nozzle of the first set of nozzles including a fluid entry that is fluidly coupled to a primary drilling fluid flow path, and a fluid exit oriented toward the second longitudinal end of the body; and a second set of nozzles positioned in the body. Each nozzle of the second set of nozzles includes a fluid entry that is fluidly coupled to the annulus, and a fluid exit oriented toward the first longitudinal end of the body.
US11180950B2
An electrochromic device according to the present disclosure includes an electrochromic element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrochromic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrochromic layer contains an anodic electrochromic compound and an oxidizable substance. The oxidizable substance is a substance which substantially does not undergo a color change due to oxidation and whose oxidant is not reduced. An oxidation reaction of the oxidizable substance is less likely to occur than an oxidation reaction of the anodic electrochromic compound. A controller is configured to control oxidation of the oxidizable substance based on a charge balance of the electrochromic element.
US11180946B2
A door opening/closing device includes a detection unit which detects a foot of a person present near a front door; and a vehicle door opening/closing device main body which opens a rear slide door, when the detection unit detects the foot of the person, wherein when the foot of the person is not detected within a prescribed time after being detected, the detection unit outputs a pseudo outer door handle switch on signal which demands the vehicle door opening/closing device main body to open the rear slide door, and when detection is continuously performed during a prescribed time or longer from when the detection unit has detected a detection target, the detection unit does not output the pseudo outer door handle switch on signal.
US11180944B2
A vehicle door assembly including a vehicle door pivotally arranged on a vehicle body, a force-transmitting device for adjusting and/or fixing the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body, wherein the force-transmitting device includes a transmission element for producing a flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body in order to adjust the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body or hold it in position relative to the vehicle body, and a control device for controlling the force-transmitting device. In addition, there is provided a sensor device in the form of an acceleration sensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the acceleration of the vehicle door, or a gyrosensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the angular velocity of the vehicle door, or a force sensor arranged in the flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body.
US11180941B2
A hinge including: a first leaf assembly accommodating a portion of a first panel having a first cut-out section, the first leaf assembly including a first insert component which is tight fittingly receivable within the first cut-out section; a second leaf assembly, hingedly coupled to the first leaf assembly, for accommodating a portion of a second panel having a second cut-out section; one or more biasing components to bias the hinge toward a closed position; and a dampener to slow movement of the first and second leaf assemblies to the closed position, a first portion of the dampener is located within the first insert component and a second portion is configured to at least partially retract within the first insert component when coming into contact with the second leaf assembly during movement, a second portion of the dampener extends and retracts along an axis coplanar with the first panel.
US11180931B2
A door lock device is worked in cooperate with a latch bolt, and includes a solenoid device engaged in a housing, a catch member pivotally attached to the housing with a spindle, two arms connected between the catch member and the spindle, and the solenoid device includes a shaft slidably engaged in a receptacle, and the shaft includes an upper end portion extendible upwardly beyond the receptacle and a lower end portion extendible downwardly beyond the receptacle, and the solenoid device includes two anchors on the upper end portion for selectively engaging with the upper arm, and two stops on the lower end portion for selectively engaging with the lower arm of the latch device, and for allowing the catch member to be evenly engaged with the latch bolt.
US11180928B2
A system and method of installing a modular fencing system in which slotted posts are used in conjunction with hollow longitudinal rails to support the fence panels in a manner that creates a unified curtain wall perimeter barrier. The posts, rails, and fence panels are made of metal. Plastic sleeves with angularly-tilted ends are inserted into both sides of a slot opening to prevent water intrusion and to facilitate fencing on a slope. The rails are then slidably inserted into and through the sleeves to be held in place through the slots. Adjacent rails are mechanically fastened to each other. The full length of the fence is bolted to the rails to ensure that any load or impact to the fence is distributed throughout the entire system. For additional strength, each fence panel is also through-bolted to metallic finish plates, which are mounted on the slotted posts.
US11180926B2
An autonomous pool cleaner includes a main body, a filter that is removably coupled to the main body, and an edge engagement assembly. The main body includes a top, a bottom, and one or more peripheral walls that extend between the top and the bottom. The filter is accessible for removal or installation via a particular peripheral wall of the one or more peripheral walls. The edge engagement assembly is configured to extend beyond the particular peripheral wall of the main body and removably secure the autonomous pool cleaner to an edge of a swimming pool so that the filter is accessible and vertically removable when the autonomous pool cleaner is secured to the edge.
US11180916B2
An acoustic ceiling tile and a dynamic acoustic ceiling system that includes multiple ceiling tiles that can be quickly and easily installed onto ceiling structures utilizing attached or embedded magnetic assemblies to provide an aesthetically pleasing image, such as an fluctuating image, along with a reduction in unwanted noise or room acoustics, wherein the attached or embedded magnetic assemblies are configured to be removed from the ceiling tile, and then configured to be easily placed or located onto a different location on the ceiling tile as needed, to allow for optimal installation of the ceiling tile onto the ceiling structure.
US11180909B2
Methods and systems for installing a floating sink. The systems may comprise a sink, the sink having an integrated bracket configured to attach to a wall and two spring assisted fasteners configured to attach the sink to the wall through the integrated bracket. Systems may include a drain plate integrated into a base of the sink, a drain pan configured to be attached to a drain pipe, and an attachment mechanism configured to temporarily attach the drain pan to the drain plate, wherein the drain pan can be connected and disconnected from the drain pan at the attachment mechanism. Systems may include an overflow assembly for the sink, including an overflow backplate attached to a backside of the ramp sink, an overflow collar attached to a drain pipe, and tubing connecting the overflow backplate to the overflow collar.
US11180908B2
An overflow assembly for a bathtub includes an elbow having a first threaded section and a retainer nut having a second corresponding threaded section. The retainer nut is configured to threadably mount onto the elbow. The overflow assembly further includes an overflow cover including at least one overflow opening and at least one vent opening defined therein. The overflow cover is configured to engage with the retainer nut and substantially cover the first threaded section and the retainer nut.
US11180907B2
A fluid flow control system having a fluid inlet configured to be operatively coupled to a fluid source, a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the fluid inlet such that fluid may exit the system therethrough, a proximity sensor for detecting the position of an object within a region adjacent the sensor, and a flow control device configured to regulate fluid flow between the inlet and outlet in response to object detection by the sensor, wherein the flow control device varies the fluid flow proportional to the detected distance of an object from the sensor. A water flow control system for use in a shower environment is also provided, as well as a shower control system, methods for controlling water flow based on sensing of the presence and location of an object, and methods for reducing water consumption.
US11180900B2
A pedal operation switching mechanism can switch a foot pedal to any movement pattern of three movement patterns of a front/rear step pattern of being capable of the operation of depressing a front side of the foot pedal from a neutral position of a rotational part of a pilot valve and of being capable of the operation of depressing a rear side of the foot pedal from the neutral position of the rotational part, a front step limit pattern of being capable of the operation of depressing only the front side of the foot pedal from the neutral position of the rotational part, and a fixing pattern of fixing the movement of the foot pedal in the neutral position of the rotational part.
US11180897B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a bag including at least one flexible sheet of material, a back substantially orthogonal to a bottom, a front opposite the back, and a side comprising an envelope configured to receive a support structure.
US11180896B2
The invention relates to a signaling system, comprising a crossable zone intended to be positioned on a highway and comprising a signaling marking forming a plurality of signaling strips, said system being characterized in that: The crossable zone comprises a plurality of photovoltaic zones (ZP) comprising photovoltaic cells (Cp) intended to capture light energy in order to convert it into electrical energy; The crossable zone comprises a plurality of signaling zones (ZS), of non-zero areas, so as to form said plurality of signaling strips, each signaling zone (ZS) incorporating electrical lighting means; A control system for controlling said electrical lighting means; At least one storage unit (14) for storing the electrical energy generated by each photovoltaic zone (ZP) and connected to said electrical lighting means in order to supply them with electrical energy.
US11180888B2
Fibrous structures containing trichomes, for example novel trichome compositions, methods for obtaining such novel trichome compositions, and method for making such fibrous structures are provided.
US11180887B2
Laundry washing machine (1) has an outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), arranged inside the casing (2), a rotatable drum (4), arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub (3) and is designed to receive laundry to be washed. The machine further has a detergent dispensing assembly (12), designed for supplying laundry detergent into the washing tub (3), a water softening system (14), designed to receive fresh water from a water mains (13) and reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water in order to supply softened water to the detergent dispensing assembly (12) and/or to the washing tub (3), during one or more softened water laundry washing phases. The machine further has a control panel (28) configured to allow operator to input information associated with a laundry washing course having one or more softened water laundry washing phase/s; and a controller (15) configured to determine a time saving value (tSi) of one or more laundry washing phases of the washing courses to be performed, based on the softened water laundry washing phase/s of said laundry washing course.
US11180882B2
The invention relates to an arrangement comprising a visible seam, which is arranged in a sheet material part. The arrangement also includes a lighting apparatus, which is arranged beneath an underside of the sheet material part. The visible seam has an upper thread and a lower thread. The lower thread extends along the underside of the sheet material part in a direction (R). The upper thread has first thread portions along the upper side of the sheet material part and is guided, at stitch holes formed during the sewing process, through said stitch holes via second thread portions. By means of the lighting apparatus, emitted light passes into the second thread portions, into the stitch holes, and from there into the first thread portions. Some of the light propagates along the first thread portions, starting from an adjacent second thread portion, whereas another portion of the light exits from the first thread portion. In this way, the upper thread of the visible seam is illuminated.
US11180878B1
A quilting machine includes a frame sized and configured to support a sheet of fabric and a tilting sewing assembly. The tilting sewing assembly includes a needle beam defining a needle beam longitudinal axis, and a needle head attached to the needle that translates along the needle beam longitudinal axis. The assembly includes a hook beam defining a hook beam longitudinal axis disposed separate from and parallel to the needle beam longitudinal axis, and an axis of rotation parallel to the needle beam and the hook beam with the hook beam disposed between the needle beam and the hook beam. The needle head is between the needle beam and the hook beam. The tilting sewing assembly is configured to pivot about the axis of rotation with the needle beam and the hook beam translating laterally about the axis of rotation to move the needle head relative to the frame.
US11180874B2
A garment includes a fabric portion having an inner face that is configured to contact a wearer's body while the garment is worn. The fabric portion is configured to be stretched while the garment is worn on the wearer's body. A coefficient of friction of the inner face of the fabric portion is greater while the fabric portion is stretched on the wearer's body than while the fabric portion is not stretched.
US11180871B2
A fabric-based item may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of material such as intertwined strands of tubing. The strands of material may include electrophoretic ink formed from charged nanoparticles of different colors in fluid. The electrophoretic ink may be contained within strands of tubing or may be enclosed within encapsulation structures such as encapsulation spheres. Encapsulation spheres or other encapsulation structures may be embedded in clear polymer binder within tubing or other strands. Electroluminescent particles may be included in the clear polymer binder. Electric fields can be applied to the electrophoretic ink in a given area of the fabric using conductive strands that overlap the area, using conductive electrodes such as transparent conductive electrodes on strands of tubing, using coaxial electrodes, or using other electrode structures.
US11180866B2
The passivation of a nonlinear optical crystal for use in an inspection tool includes growing a nonlinear optical crystal in the presence of at least one of fluorine, a fluoride ion and a fluoride-containing compound, mechanically preparing the nonlinear optical crystal, performing an annealing process on the nonlinear optical crystal and exposing the nonlinear optical crystal to a hydrogen-containing or deuterium-containing passivating gas.
US11180860B2
In an aspect, provided herein are methods for producing sulfuric acid and hydrogen gas, the methods comprising steps of: providing sulfur dioxide formed by thermal conversion of a sulfur-containing species; electrochemically oxidizing said sulfur dioxide to sulfuric acid in the presence of water; and electrochemically forming hydrogen gas via a reduction reaction. In some embodiments, the methods comprise a step of thermally converting said sulfur-containing species to said sulfur dioxide. Systems configured to perform these methods are also disclosed herein. Also provided herein are methods and systems for producing sulfuric acid and hydrogen gas by electrochemically forming the sulfuric acid and the hydrogen gas in a mixture comprising a sulfur material, a supporting acid, and water. Also provided herein are methods and systems for producing a cement material.
US11180847B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to coated articles and methods of coating articles. In one embodiment, a coated article comprises an article adapted for use in a processing chamber, and a coating formed on exterior and interior surfaces of the article. In one embodiment, the coating comprises a rare earth metal-containing ceramic, and the coating is substantially uniform, conformal, and porosity-free.
US11180840B2
The invention is related to a high gamma prim nickel based superalloy, its use and a method of manufacturing of turbine engine components by welding, 3D additive manufacturing, casting and hot forming, and the superalloy comprises 9.0-10.5 wt. % Cr, 20-22 wt. % Co, 1.0-1.4 wt. % Mo, 5.0-5.8 wt. % W, 2.0-6.0 wt. % Ta, 3.0-6.5 wt. % Al, 0.2-0.5 wt. % Hf, 0.01-0.16 wt. % C, 1.5-3.5 wt. % Re, 0-1.0 Ge wt. %, 0-0.2 wt. % Y, 0-1 wt. % Si, 0-0.015 wt. % B and nickel with impurities to balance.
US11180834B2
Provided are: a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that has an excellent magnetic property and coating adhesiveness after stress relief annealing; and a production method therefor. This grain-oriented electrical steel sheet has: a steel sheet; a metal coating which contains a metal element and which is disposed on the steel sheet; a coating layer A which is a ceramic coating having an oxide content of less than 30 mass % and which is disposed on the metal coating; and a coating layer B which is an insulating tensile coating containing an oxide and which is disposed on the coating layer A, wherein the metal coating has a thickness of 1.0-10.0 nm, and in the metal element, the atomic radius ratio represented by formula (1) is at least 10%, when the atomic radius of iron is defined as RFe and the atomic radius of the metal element as RA. (|RFe−RA|/RFe)×100. Formula (1):
US11180823B2
Provided are a high-strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent delayed fracture resistance by reducing the diffusible hydrogen content in the steel and a method for producing the same. The high-strength galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet having a prescribed composition and a microstructure including martensite and tempered martensite, the total area fraction of the martensite and the tempered martensite being 30% or more, and a galvanizing layer formed on the surface of the steel sheet. The diffusible hydrogen content in the high-strength galvanized steel sheet is 0.50 wt. ppm or less. The half-width of the hydrogen release peak of the high-strength galvanized steel sheet is 70° C. or less. The diffusible hydrogen content and the half-width of the hydrogen release peak are determined by a prescribed analysis method.
US11180821B2
A stud-weldable rebar and a method for making the rebar are disclosed. The rebar has a steel body with a weld end and a diameter that is substantially uniform along a length of the body. A tip portion at the weld end includes a hardened zone and a base portion is formed of the remaining steel body. The hardened zone has a hardness that is about 1.5-3.0 times greater than a hardness of the base portion. Induction hardening is used to form the hardened zone.
US11180818B2
A steel bar for hot forging according to the present disclosure has a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.05 to 0.50%, Mn: 1.51 to 3.50%, P: 0.010 to 0.100%, S: 0.30% or less, Cr: 0.05 to 2.50%, V: 0.10 to 0.75%, Ti: 0.005% to 0.250%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, and N: 0.002 to 0.020%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfying Formula (1). A number density of TiNs having a circle equivalent diameter of not less than 20 μm in steel is 0.3 to 4.0/mm2: 0.48≤C+0.11Mn+0.08Cr+0.75V+0.20Mo≤1.50 (1) where, symbols of elements in Formula are to be substituted by contents of corresponding elements (in mass percent).
US11180815B2
This invention relates to prognostic signatures, and compositions and methods for determining the prognosis of cancer in a patient, particularly for colorectal cancer. Specifically, this invention relates to the use of genetic markers for the prediction of the prognosis of cancer, such as colorectal cancer based on signatures of genetic markers. In various aspects, the invention relates to a method of predicting the likelihood of long-term survival of a cancer patient, a method of determining a treatment regime for a cancer patient, a method of preparing a treatment modality for a cancer patient, among other methods as well as kits and devices for carrying out these methods.
US11180813B2
Disclosed are methods for determining the immunological status of the adaptive immune system of a subject by identifying and quantifying rearranged DNA (and/or subsequently transcribed RNA) sequences encoding T cell receptor (TCR) and/or immunoglobulin (IG) polypeptides, in a lymphoid DNA-containing sample from the subject. TCR and/or IG sequence diversity and sequence distribution permit immunocompetence and immune repertoire assessment and reflect the degree of T cell or B cell clonality and clonal expansion in the sample. Methods for stratifying patient populations on the basis of immunocompetence including likelihood of responding to immunotherapy are also described.
US11180809B2
Provided herein are methods of predicting a likelihood of survival following treatment with AA and prednisone in a patient having CRPC.
US11180806B2
The present invention relates to a process for determining in vitro the immune status of an individual according to which: (a) a blood sample from the individual is provided, (b) at least two reagents specific to at least two products of expression of at least two target genes are provided; (c) the expression of said at least two target genes is determined, and (d) the expression of said at least two target genes respectively is compared with a reference expression, with a change in the expression of said at least two target genes relative to their reference expression indicating that the individual's immune status has changed, and a correlation between the expression of said at least two target genes with their reference expression indicating that the individual's immune status is normal; as well as a kit for determining said immune status of the individual.
US11180804B2
The present invention provides methods for analyzing polynucleotides such as genomic DNA. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a method for preparing and amplifying a genomic DNA library in situ in a fixed biological sample. The method comprises treating a fixed biological sample with an insertional enzyme complex to produce tagged fragments of genomic DNA. The method further comprises circularizing the tagged fragments of genomic DNA. The method further comprises amplifying the tagged fragments of genomic DNA.
US11180802B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US11180800B2
The disclosure provides methods, compositions, systems, and kits for the concurrent detection and analysis of different structural and chemical forms of nucleic acids in a sample.
US11180795B1
Methods for conveying soy cyst nematode (SCN) resistance into non-resistant soybean germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introgression SCN resistance into a non-resistant soybean using one or more nucleic acid markers for marker-assisted breeding among soybean lines to be used in a soybean breeding program, wherein the markers are linked to and/or associated with SCN resistance. Also provided are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with resistance to SCN. Soybean plants and seeds produced by any of the disclosed methods are provided.
US11180791B2
MYO1A for predicting conversion of acute pain into chronic pain and use of MYO1A for therapy of pain
Products and methods for assessing the predisposition of a subject to develop an injury-induced chronic mechanical pain and/or an inflammatory-induced chronic thermal pain are provided. More specifically, methods for the assessment of the predisposition of a subject to develop an injury-induced chronic mechanical pain and/or an inflammatory-induced chronic thermal pain using the MYO1A gene as a biomarker and methods of treating selected subjects are provided.
US11180785B2
Provided are a composition for producing tagatose, comprising fructose-4-epimerase, and a method of producing tagatose using the same.
US11180779B2
Biocatalytic conversion systems and methods of producing and using same that have improved yields are disclosed. The systems and methods involve co-fermentation of sugars and gaseous substrates for alcohol, ketone, and/or organic acid production. The systems and methods may include biocatalytically converting at least one sugar substrate into at least one of alcohol, at least one ketone, and/or at least one organic acid. The systems and methods may further include biocatalytically converting gases that comprise CO2 and H2 to at least one alcohol and/or at least one organic acid, thereby adding extra revenue to biorefineries.
US11180777B2
The present disclosure relates to method and compositions for generating proteins. In particular, the present disclosure relates to electroporation mediated gene delivery in the generation of recombinant proteins (e.g., drug metabolizing enzyme and transporter vesicles) in mammalian cells.
US11180767B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful for the production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungal cells.
US11180765B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for making and using recombinant bacteria that are capable of regulated attenuation and/or regulated expression of one or more antigens of interest.
US11180756B2
The present invention provides morpholino modified oligomeric compounds having at least one monomer subunit having Formula III, compounds having Formula I useful for making certain of the morpholino modified oligomeric compounds and methods of using the oligomeric compounds. In certain embodiments, the oligomeric compounds provided herein provide for an improved toxicity profile. Certain such oligomeric compounds are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount of activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell.
US11180755B2
The present invention relates to methods for shifting the splicing profile of the DUX4 gene, a double homeobox gene on human chromosome 4q35. Recombinant adeno-associated viruses of the invention deliver DNAs encoding U7-based small nuclear RNAs to induce DUX4 exon-skipping and the expression of shortened forms of DUX4. The methods have application in the treatment of muscular dystrophies such as facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
US11180729B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for producing one or more immunoglobulins in an isolated cytotoxic B lymphocyte cell line. An isolated cell line includes an isolated B lymphocyte cell line capable of expressing at least one exogenously incorporated membrane immunoglobulin reactive to a first antigen and at least one endogenous secreted immunoglobulin reactive to a second antigen, and further capable of expressing at least one exogenously incorporated recombinant B cell receptor that signals for expression of cytotoxic effector molecules.
US11180728B2
The present disclosure concerns an in-vitro full skin model which comprises a dermal equivalent and epidermal equivalent as well as from about 1 to about 100 three-dimensional sweat gland equivalents with respectively from about 500 to about 500000 sweat gland cells as well as a diameter of respectively from about 100 to about 6000 μm on a supporting layer. Furthermore, the present disclosure concerns the production of the full skin model as well as the use of this model as an in-vitro model, in screening methods as well as for in-vitro evaluation of the influence of cosmetic substances on the inhibition of sweat secretion as well as body odor.
US11180723B2
The invention relates to a method for the simultaneous production of a solid transformation product of the substrate and crude ethanol comprising the following steps: •preparing a substrate from milled or flaked biomass comprising proteinaceous matter which originates from soya bean, rape seed, or mixtures thereof, optionally in further mixture with proteinaceous matter originating from fava beans, peas, sunflower seeds, lupine, cereals, and/or grasses, •mixing said substrate with live yeast in a dry matter ratio of from 1:1 to 10,000:1 and adding water in an amount which provides a ratio of wet bulk density to dry bulk density from 0.60 to 1.45 in the resulting mixture; •incubating said mixture for 1-48 hours at a temperature of about 20-60° C.; and •separating crude ethanol and wet solid transformation product from said mixture; further comprising that the incubation is performed as a continuous plug-flow process in a vertical, non-agitated, closed incubation tank with inlet means for said mixture and additives and outlet means for the solid transformation product and crude ethanol. The invention further relates to the products of this method as well as uses thereof.
US11180722B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a nested fermentation method for making a beverage, such as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer, a wine, or the like, the method comprising the steps of: creating a first solution, wherein creating the first solution comprises fermenting first fermentation ingredients; creating a second solution, wherein creating the second solution comprises removing a first portion of alcohol from the first solution; creating a third solution, wherein creating the third solution comprises removing a first portion of water from the second solution; creating a fourth solution, wherein creating the fourth solution comprises adding second fermentation ingredients to the third solution and fermenting the second fermentation ingredients in the third solution.
US11180716B2
A cleaning formulation has from 10 to 99 wt % water, from 0.8 to 40 wt % surfactant, optionally other additives, and from 0.2 to 20 wt % of a solvent additive of formula (I): R1—O-(AO)n—C(═O)—R2 (I) where R1 is C3 to C12 alkyl, AO is an alkylene oxide group selected from an ethylene oxide group, a propylene oxide group and a butylene oxide group. At least one AO group in the solvent additive is an ethylene oxide group. The solvent additive has a water solubility of less than 1 wt % in deionised water at 20° C. and the surfactant enables the solvent additive to dissolve and/or disperse in the cleaning formulation. In a method of cleaning an oily or waxy soil from a hard surface, the solvent additive is applied to the hard surface and optionally rinsed with water. The solvent additive is used in a cleaning formulation to improve the percentage soil removal.
US11180714B2
A method of forming microcapsules having improved physical properties and release control as well as the microcapsules formed by the process wherein the capsule wall is formed by the concurrent polymerization of monomers, oligomer and/or prepolymers on the inside of the capsule wall and different monomers, oligomers and/or prepolymers on the exterior of the capsule wall as it forms.
US11180713B2
The present disclosure relates to manufacturing oil gel capsules and adding the same to an overlay layer of a contact part for a vehicle. The present disclosure may provide a method for manufacturing oil gel capsules and a method for manufacturing a contact part for a vehicle, including the oil gel capsules. The oil gels in the oil gel capsules manufactured by the present disclosure may respond to the temperature environment of a contact part for a vehicle, and an aggregation phenomenon of gelators or an aggregation phenomenon of surfactants may not occur even after an oil is released. Therefore, as oil gel capsules are added to an overlay layer, the present disclosure may improve low friction characteristics and seizure resistance characteristics of a contact part for a vehicle without any side effects caused by the above-described aggregation phenomenon.
US11180702B2
The present development is a metal particle coated nanowire catalyst for use in the hydrodesulfurization of fuels and a process for the production of the catalyst. The catalyst comprises titanium(IV) oxide nanowires wherein the nanowires are produced by exposure of a TiO2—KOH paste to microwave radiation. Metal particles selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, tungsten, or a combination thereof, are impregnated on the metal oxide nanowire surface. The metal impregnated nanowires are sulfided to produce catalytically-active metal particles on the surface of the nanowires The catalysts of the present invention are intended for use in the removal of thiophenic sulfur from liquid fuels through a hydrodesulfurization (HDS) process in a fixed bed reactor. The presence of nanowires improves the HDS activity and reduces the sintering effect, therefore, the sulfur removal efficiency increases.
US11180694B2
A method of producing a quantum dot comprising zinc selenide, the method comprising: providing an organic ligand mixture comprising a carboxylic acid compound, a primary amine compound, a secondary amide compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a first organic solvent: RCONHR Chemical Formula 1 wherein each R is as defined herein; heating the organic ligand mixture in an inert atmosphere at a first temperature to obtain a heated organic ligand mixture; adding a zinc precursor, a selenium precursor, and optionally a tellurium precursor to the heated organic ligand mixture to obtain a reaction mixture, wherein the zinc precursor does not comprise oxygen; and heating the reaction mixture at a first reaction temperature to synthesize a first semiconductor nanocrystal particle.
US11180691B2
The strength of a proppant or sand control particulate may be improved by coating the proppant to form a composite. The composite has enhanced compressive strength between about 34 to about 130 MPa and minimizes the spelling of fines at closure stresses in excess of 5,000 psi. Conductivity of fractures is further enhanced by forming a pack of the composites in the fracture.
US11180690B2
Compositions relating to microemulsions or diluted microemulsions for treating gas wells having wellbores and methods related to treating gas wells having wellbores using the same are generally provided. In some embodiments, the microemulsions or diluted microemulsions have an especially low surface tension at a gas well bottom hole temperature and pressure.
US11180688B2
Provided are: a spherical magnesium oxide having not only high sphericity but also smooth surface and having excellent moisture resistance and excellent filling properties, and a method producing the same. In the present invention, by controlling the boron and iron contents of the calcined magnesium oxide to be in the respective predetermined ranges, there is provided a spherical magnesium oxide having a volume-based cumulative 50% particle diameter (D50), as measured by a laser diffraction/scattering particle size distribution measurement, in the range of from 3 to 200 μm, which is the range for a relatively large particle diameter, and a high sphericity of 1.00 to 1.20, as measured from viewing a SEM photomicrograph, as well as smooth surface, and having excellent moisture resistance and excellent filling properties. A predetermined spherical magnesium oxide is provided by virtue of the synergies obtained from the boron content of 300 to 2,000 ppm and the iron content of 100 to 1,500 ppm.
US11180687B2
An anhydrous heat transfer medium, comprising any one or a combination of at least two of cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobutene or perfluorobutane methyl ether. The heat transfer medium does not require an external device to perform work on the heat transfer medium during a heat transfer process, and is anhydrous, non-combustible, non-conductive and environmentally friendly.
US11180686B2
The adhesive system of the invention is especially useful in bonding replacement windows into vehicles. They allow for sufficient working time while still realizing a fast drive away time. The adhesive system is comprised of a moisture curable adhesive and a cure accelerator that may be applied using a simple single caulk gun and may be applied at ambient temperatures such as −10° C. and about 45° C. The cure accelerator is comprised of a polyol having a backbone that has at least one amine in the backbone. The moisture curable adhesive typically is comprised of an isocyanate terminated prepolymer.
US11180671B2
The present invention relates to a water-based ink containing at least pigment-containing water-insoluble crosslinked polymer particles (A), a polymer emulsion (B) and water, in which a water-insoluble crosslinked polymer constituting the crosslinked polymer particles (A) is obtained by subjecting a polymer that contains a constitutional unit derived from a carboxylic acid monomer having an acid value of not less than 200 mgKOH/g and a constitutional unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer, to crosslinking reaction with an epoxy compound, and a polymer constituting the polymer emulsion (B) contains a constitutional unit derived from a carboxylic acid monomer and a constitutional unit derived from a hydrophobic monomer. The water-based ink of the present invention is excellent in ejection stability and fastness of the printed characters or images while maintaining good optical density.
US11180661B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a binder composition which is excellent in upper layer coatability after being formed as a binder layer and can improve liquid crystal aligning properties, a binder layer, an optical laminate, and an image display device. A binder composition according to the embodiment of the present invention is a binder composition containing: a binder; a polymerization initiator; a surfactant; and a photo-alignment agent, in which the surfactant and the photo-alignment agent include functional groups capable of hydrogen bonding with each other, and the functional group capable of hydrogen bonding included in any one of the surfactant or the photo-alignment agent is a proton-donating functional group, and the functional group included in the other of the surfactant or the photo-alignment agent is a proton-accepting functional group.
US11180658B2
A pigment composition for a green filter includes a green pigment consisting of a halogenated zinc phthalocyanine, wherein as spectral transmission characteristics of a dispersion containing only the green pigment as a pigment, the transmittance at 400 nm is 1% or less; the transmittance at 450 nm is 25% or less; the transmittance at 600 nm is 30% or less; the transmittance at 650 nm is 0.3% or less; the transmittance at the peak wavelength is 80% or more; the half value width of the peak wavelength is 120 nm or less; the transmittance at 750 nm is 1% or less; and the transmittance at 800 nm is 20% or less. The pigment composition for a green filter has low transmittance in the blue range, low transmittance in the near infrared range, and high transmittance in the green range by only a green pigment.
US11180654B2
A film is formed by use of a composition containing (A) a binder resin, (B) a hard particle, and (C) a solid lubricant selected from the group containing molybdenum disulfide and graphite, wherein the composition contains tungsten carbide as the hard particle, and wherein weight ratio of (B) the hard particles and (C) the solid lubricant, (B)/(C), is in the range of 1 to 3.
US11180652B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (A) 60 wt % to 75 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, (B) 5 wt % to 20 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate resin, (C) 2 wt % to 8 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate resin, (D) 1 wt % to 5 wt % of a methyl methacrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, (E) 3 wt % to 8 wt % of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene graft copolymer including a rubbery polymer having an average particle diameter of 200 nm to 400 nm, and (F) 5 wt % to 10 wt % of an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer including a rubbery polymer having an average particle diameter of 400 nm to 600 nm, and to a molded product using the same.
US11180632B2
A process to use an unsaturated polyester resin system comprising preparing a curable cumene-quat curing system. The cumene-quat curing system can comprise an unsaturated polyester resin, a peroxide initiator, a quaternary ammonium salt component, a 2,4-pentanedione component, and an inhibitor component. The peroxide initiator can comprise a cumene hydroperoxide component. The process can further comprise applying the curable cumene-quat curing system in a cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation process.
US11180631B2
The present invention provides a stabilising composition, comprising: a) a first phenolic antioxidant comprising one or more phenolic compounds having the structure of formula (I) wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having from 12 to 20 carbon atoms; and b) one or more second phenolic antioxidants independently selected from: a mono-hydroxybenzene having lower steric hindrance than the first phenolic antioxidant; a di-hydroxybenzene; and/or a tri-hydroxybenzene.
US11180629B2
Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.
US11180623B2
A flexible conductive film is comprised of a flexible base and a conductive layer coated on it. The flexible base uses Surlyn resin as the matrix. It uses silver nanowire as the conductive layer.
US11180622B2
A thermoplastic polymer-based composite material and a preparation method thereof are provided. The thermoplastic polymer-based composite material is obtained by impregnating a reinforcing material with a mixture or an oligomer of an epoxy resin, a bisphenol A/F, and a catalyst and then performing an in-situ polymerization. The thermoplastic polymer-based composite material is less expensive to produce, has an optimal impregnation effect, excellent secondary processing performance, high heat resistance, desirable mechanical properties and excellent overall performance.
US11180620B2
The invention relates to inorganic particles which are covalently bonded to first polymer chains made up of at least one polymer carrying proton exchange groups, optionally in the form of salts, and bonded to second polymer chains made up of at least one fluorinated polymer that does not carry any proton exchange groups, the second chains being bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups, or the second chains being bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups, or some of the second chains being bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups while the remaining second chains are bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups.
US11180617B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a benzoxazine-containing resin composition and a prepreg and a laminate made therefrom. The method for preparing a benzoxazine-containing resin composition is adding an acidic filler to a benzoxazine-containing resin composition. By adding an acidic filler to the benzoxazine-containing resin composition, the present invention promotes greatly the polymerization reaction of benzoxazine and epoxy resin, reduces the curing temperature required for polymerization of benzoxazine and epoxy resin. The laminate prepared from the benzoxazine-containing resin composition, to which an acidic filler is added, has high anti-stripping stability, high glass transition temperature, low water absorption, high heat resistance, high bending strength and good processability, and can achieve low coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11180612B2
Triazine ring-containing polymer, and thermoplastic article and optical component including the same
A triazine ring-containing polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of greater than about 20000 g/mol and less than or equal to about 50000 g/mol: wherein, in Formula (1), R1 is each independently a C1 to C5 alkyl group and R2 is each independently a divalent group having at least one aromatic hydrocarbon group.
US11180608B2
A biodegradable cationic polymer is disclosed, comprising first repeat units derived from a first cyclic carbonyl monomer by ring-opening polymerization, wherein more than 0% of the first repeat units comprise a side chain moiety comprising a quaternary amine group; a subunit derived from a monomeric diol initiator for the ring-opening polymerization; and an optional endcap group. The biodegradable cationic polymers have low cytotoxicity and form complexes with biologically active materials useful in gene therapeutics and drug delivery.
US11180607B2
A polyester with ultra-high flowability and good stability over time is provided. The polyester can be polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) or another aliphatic polyester, whose intrinsic viscosity (IV) is less than 0.6 dL/g and a carboxylic end group (CEG) content is 15 meq/kg or less, and characterized by having a melt volume rate (MVR) of greater than 400 cm3/10 min at 250° C. A resin composition of this polyester is provided, which can be meltblown into microfibers of a uniform diameter and a concentrated diameter distribution, forming a fabric with a uniform small pore size.
US11180597B2
The present invention relates to a polymer composition, an optical laminate and a display device, and can provide a polymer composition capable of forming a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which has excellent workability, durability and dimensional stability and is capable of effectively alleviating the bending phenomenon of the display, through a polymer capable of forming a physically cross-linked structure together with a chemically cross-linked structure. In addition, the present invention can provide an optical laminate comprising a cross-linked product of the polymer composition and a display device comprising the same.
US11180595B2
A copolymer having excellent water resistance and sebum resistance while also exhibiting high washability is provided. Also provided is a composition and cosmetic material containing the copolymer. The copolymer is generally polymerized from a monomer composition comprising: (A) a carbosiloxane dendrimer monomer having a radically polymerizable organic group; and (B) an unsaturated monomer having at least one acidic group or a salt thereof per molecule; wherein monomer (A) is present in the monomer composition in an amount greater than or equal to 30 wt. % relative to the weight of the monomer composition, and a weight ratio (A/B) of monomer (A) to monomer (B) is from 1.0 to 20.0.
US11180594B2
Radiation curable compositions for additive fabrication processes, the components cured therefrom, and their use in particle image velocimetry testing methods are described and claimed herein. Such compositions include compounds which induce free-radical polymerization, optionally compounds which induce cationic polymerization, a filler constituent, and a light absorbing component, wherein the compositions are configured to possess certain absorbance values at wavelengths commonly utilized in particle image velocimetry testing. In another embodiment, the compositions include a fluoroantimony-modified compound. Such compositions may be used in particle imaging velocimetry testing methods, wherein the test object utilized is created via additive fabrication and is of a substantially homogeneous construction.
US11180593B2
The present invention provides a methacrylic resin composition for non-contact hot plate welding comprising a methacrylic resin comprising 80 to 99.9% by mass of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 0.1 to 20% by mass of a unit of at least one additional vinyl monomer copolymerizable with the methacrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the methacrylic resin composition has a melt flow rate (MFR) of 2.5 g/10 min or lower at 230° C. at a load of 3.8 kg.
US11180585B2
A film touch sensor is prepared by performing a process in which a separation layer made of a specific component is formed on a carrier substrate, and an insulation film is formed on a transparent conductive film pattern, which is used as a planarization layer, an adhesive layer or a base layer.
US11180581B2
Provided in this disclosure are organometallic complexes that contain i) a metal atom selected from Hf and Zr; 2) a phosphinimine ligand; 3) an amido-ether ligand and at least one other ancillary ligand. The use of such a complex, in combination with an activator, as an olefin polymerization catalyst is demonstrated. The catalysts are effective for the copolymerization of ethylene with an alpha olefin (such as 1-butene, 1-hexene, or 1-octene) and enable the production of high molecular weight copolymers (Mw greater than 25,000) with good comonomer incorporation at high productivity.
US11180580B2
This invention relates to transition metal complexes represented by the formula: catalyst systems comprising the complexes, and polymerization methods for olefinic monomers using the catalyst systems. In said formula, M is a transition metal; E is NR2, CR3R4, O, S, or SiR5R6; Q is optional substitution; p is an integer ranging from 0 to 3; L is an optional neutral ligand; m is an integer ranging from 0 to 3; X is an anionic leaving group; n is 1 or 2, with m+n being 4 or less; J is a linker group contributing two or three atoms that are located within a first chelate ring; R1 and R1′ are independently a hydrocarbyl group or a trihydrocarbylsilyl group; R2 is a hydrocarbyl group; R3 and R4 are independently H, a hydrocarbyl group, or a trihydrocarbylsilyl group; and R5 and R5 are independently a hydrocarbyl group.
US11180578B2
Described are compositions and methods for inhibiting polymerization of a monomer (e.g., styrene) composition, which use an N—O polymerization inhibitor, a quinone methide polymerization retarder, and an amine stabilizer having a primary and/or secondary amine group. In a mixture, the amine-based stabilizer can prevent antagonistic effects and can provide greater antipolymerant activity. In turn, the mixture inhibits apparatus fouling and improves the purity of monomer streams.
US11180575B2
Improved thermally inhibited starch is disclosed and methods of making such starch are disclosed. In some embodiments a thermally inhibited starch has improved whiteness and flavor. In some embodiments a method for making a thermally inhibited starch includes providing adding a buffer and an acid to a starch to obtain a pH adjusted starch having an acidic pH and thermally inhibiting the pH adjusted starch. The technology further pertains to methods of making the thermally inhibited starch in batch, continuous, continuous-like process or combinations thereof.
US11180574B2
The invention relates to carrier complexes and methods for delivering molecules to cells. The carrier complexes comprises a molecule and an aromatic cationic peptide in accordance with the invention. In one embodiment, the method for delivering a molecule to a cell comprises contacting the cell with a carrier complex. In another embodiment, the method for delivering a molecule to a cell comprises contacting the cell with a molecule and an aromatic cationic peptide.
US11180573B2
The present invention relates to a composition for producing an extracellular matrix from a eukaryotic cell, the composition comprising a polypeptide or compound capable of specifically binding to a microtubule associated serine/threonine kinase family member 4 (MAST4) protein or a fragment thereof or a polynucleotide, polypeptide or compound capable of specifically binding to a nucleic acid coding for the MAST4 protein or a fragment thereof, and a composition for promoting chondrogenesis, comprising the same composition.
US11180567B2
Antibody polypeptides that specifically bind human CD40L are provided. The antibody polypeptides do not activate platelets. The antibody polypeptides are useful in the treatment of diseases involving CD40L activation, such as graft-related diseases and autoimmune diseases. The antibody polypeptides may be domain antibodies (dAbs) comprising a single VH or VK domain. The half-life of the antibody polypeptides may be increased by modifying the antibody polypeptides to be dual specific reagents that can also bind human serum albumin (HSA) or another antigen.
US11180565B2
The aspects disclosed herein describe methods of identifying a subject that is non-responsive to anti-TNF therapy. The aspects disclosed herein further provide for a method of selecting a therapy for a subject with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and treating the subject with the therapy.
US11180558B2
The invention relates to a multispecific antigen-binding molecule specifically binding to CD16A and consisting of two polypeptide chains, wherein each polypeptide chain comprises at least four variable domains from the N-terminus to the C-terminus in the order: VH_BCMA-VL_CD16A-VH_CD16A-VL_BCM.
US11180555B2
The present disclosure is directed to antibodies directed against CD4, compositions thereof, and methods employing such compositions for the prevention, treatment, and/or functional cure of HIV infection. The disclosed antibodies exert potent competitive HIV entry inhibition by binding to domain 1 of CD4 in both cell-free and cell-to-cell systems. The disclosed antibodies also inhibit antigen induced T cell proliferation and cytokine production (IL2 and IFN-gamma) of CD4+ T cells, which is implicated in the pathogenic cycle of pyroptosis. The disclosed antibodies also have the ability to reactivate resting CD4+ T cells, which is particularly useful for reactivating latent reservoirs of HIV in resting T cells to make these cells susceptible to treatment with antiretroviral agents. Reactivation of HIV infected resting CD4+ T cells allows combinational treatment incorporating antibodies of the current invention with HAART in HIV infected patients leading to the functional cure of HIV.
US11180554B2
[Problem] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody which is enhanced as compared to the antibody in the prior art and has an ability of recovering AMP-dependently suppressed T cell functions. [Means for Solution] Provided is an anti-human CD73 antibody comprising a heavy chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 31 to 35 of SEQ ID NO: 2, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 66 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 99 to 112 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a light chain variable region comprising CDR1 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 24 to 34 of SEQ ID NO: 4, CDR2 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 50 to 56 of SEQ ID NO: 4, and CDR3 consisting of the amino acid sequence of amino acid numbers 89 to 98 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
US11180553B2
The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) which binds human CD22, having an antigen-binding domain which comprises a) a heavy chain variable region (VH) having complementarity determining regions (CDRs) with the following sequences: CDR1—NYWIH (SEQ ID No. 1); CDR2—GINPGNNYATYRRKFQG (SEQ ID No. 2) CDR3—EGYGNYGAWFAY (SEQ ID No. 3); and b) a light chain variable region (VL) having CDRs with the following sequences: CDR1—RSSQSLANSYGNTFLS (SEQ ID No. 4); CDR2—GISNRFS (SEQ ID No. 5) CDR3—LQGTHQPYT (SEQ ID No. 6). The present invention also provides a cell comprising such a CAR and the use of such a cell to treat cancer.
US11180529B2
Integrin ligands having serum stability and affinity for αvβ6 integrins are described. Compositions comprising αvβ6 integrin ligands having serum stability and having affinity for αvβ6 integrins and methods of using them are also described.
US11180525B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein, and their prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, and compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US11180524B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds and compositions containing 5′-phosphoramidite nucleoside monomers of formulae (I) and (II), and methods of making and use, wherein the substituents are as defined in the appended claims.
US11180518B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (E) which is useful for treating or preventing melanoma.
US11180515B2
A non-aqueous electrolytic solution includes a phosphoric acid diester salt, which can suppress deterioration of charge-discharge characteristics of a power storage element, and can suppress the rise in internal resistance after storage at high temperature. The phosphoric acid diester salt is represented by the following chemical formula (1): in which Mn+ represents a hydrogen ion, an alkali metal ion, an alkali earth metal ion, an aluminum ion, a transition metal ion, or an onium ion, R1 and R2 are different from each other and represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having at least one of a halogen atom, a heteroatom, and an unsaturated bond, and n represents a valence.
US11180499B2
Provided herein are compounds and methods for modulating the phosphodiesterase PDE4. More particularly, provided are selective inhibitors PDE4 and the uses of such inhibitors in regulating diseases and disorders, e.g., to treat cancer, inflammatory diseases, neurological diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and addiction.
US11180498B2
The present technology provides compounds according to Formula I expected to be useful in inhibiting an enterovirus, paramyxovirus, respiratory virus, flaviviridae virus, bunyaviridae virus, togaviridae virus, or rabies virus in a cell and/or treating subjects suffering from an enterovirus, paramyxovirus, respiratory virus, flaviviridae virus, bunyaviridae virus, togaviridae virus, or rabies virus.
US11180497B2
The present disclosure describes novel IDO inhibitors and methods for preparing them. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising such IDO inhibitors and methods of using them for treating cancer, infectious diseases, and other disorders are also described.
US11180496B2
The present invention relates to a novel 1H-pyrazolopyridine derivative and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The 1H-pyrazolopyridine derivative and the pharmaceutical composition containing the same can be usefully used for the prevention or treatment of autoimmune diseases or cancer.
US11180482B2
The invention relates to HPK1 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, and other serine-threonine kinase mediated diseases, having the Formula: where A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R16, R17, X1, X2, X3, X4, m, and n are described herein.
US11180475B2
Disclosed is a new crystal form of a 5-aminopyrazole carboxamide compound as shown in Formula (I). Also disclosed are a preparation method for said crystal form of said compound, a pharmaceutical composition of said crystal form of said compound, and uses thereof.
US11180474B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein R1, R3, R4, R5, m, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, or 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US11180470B2
The present invention relates to the pyrimidine compounds of formula (I), or their agriculturally acceptable salts or derivatives as herbicides, wherein the variables are defined according to the description, use of pyrimidine compounds of formula (I) as herbicide, compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one pyrimidine compounds of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
US11180468B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I) or salts thereof: wherein: A, B, C, D, W, X, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, and at least one of A, B, C, D, W, X, Y and Z is OR1; each R1 being independently H or C(═O)R2, and at least one R1 group being C(═O)R2; where each R2 is selected from: CHR3NHR4, where R4 is H and R3 is a group selected from CH3, CH2CH(CH3)2, CH(CH3)CH2CH3, CH2Ph, CH2-3-(1H-indole), CH2CH2SCH3, CH2OH, CHOHCH3, CH2SH, CH2SeH and CH2PhpOH, wherein said R3 group can optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, ORA or C1-C4 alkyl; or R3 and R4 together with the C and N atoms to which they are attached form a 5-membered heteroalkyl ring, wherein said heteroalkyl ring can optionally be substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, ORA or C1-C3 alkyl, wherein RA is C1-C4 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more halogen, cyano or nitro groups. The compounds are effective pro-drugs for urolithins and they enable the ready delivery of urolithins to the site in the digestive tract where they can be absorbed into the body.
US11180462B2
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, especially as fungicides.
US11180459B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula I and salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions comprising compounds of formula I and methods using compounds of formula I.
US11180456B2
A compound represented by Formula (I), or a salt or N-oxide compound thereof is provided. In Formula (I), A1 to A4 each independently represents a carbon atom or nitrogen atom, X1 represents a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, n represents the number of X1 groups, R1 represents a C1-6 alkylthio group or the like, and D is a group represented by Formula (D-1) or (D-2), and in Formula (D-1) and (D-2), * represents a binding position, Q represents a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, B1 and B2 each independently represents a nitrogen atom or the like, R2 represents a C1-6 alkyl group or the like that is bound to one of the nitrogen atoms in Formula (D-1), B3 and B4 each independently represents a nitrogen atom or carbon atom, R4 represents a C1-6 alkyl group or the like, and m represents the number of R4 groups.
US11180447B2
An object of the present invention to provide a method for producing methionine with consideration given to the environment. The production method of the present invention comprises a removal step of blowing an inert gas into a liquid containing 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin and thereby diffusing ammonia remaining in the liquid to obtain an emission gas containing the ammonia, and a recovery step of bringing the emission gas into contact with a washing liquid to recover ammonia contained in the emission gas.
US11180435B2
Processes for converting a hydrocarbon reactant into an alcohol compound and/or a carbonyl compound are disclosed, and these processes include the steps of forming a supported chromium catalyst comprising chromium in a hexavalent oxidation state, irradiating the hydrocarbon reactant and the supported chromium catalyst with a light beam at a wavelength in the UV-visible spectrum to reduce at least a portion of the supported chromium catalyst to form a reduced chromium catalyst, and hydrolyzing the reduced chromium catalyst to form a reaction product comprising the alcohol compound and/or the carbonyl compound. The supported chromium catalyst can be formed by heat treating a supported chromium precursor, contacting a chromium precursor with a solid support while heat treating, or heat treating a solid support and then contacting a chromium precursor with the solid support.
US11180425B2
Compositions for increasing nitrogen sources life span in plant growth mediums and methods of making
The present invention relates to compositions for increasing a nitrogen source life span in plant growth mediums as well as methods of making these compositions. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of reacting a nitrogen source with one or more nitrification inhibitors using standard equipment for producing nitrogen sourced particles.
US11180422B2
A method of forming a ceramic-metal composite part is described herein. The method includes maintaining molten metal in an interior of a housing in a liquefied state, the interior including a first chamber, a second chamber, and a port defined therebetween. The method further includes sealing the port such that the molten metal in the first chamber is maintained at a first liquid level, suspending a part at a height within the first chamber above the first liquid level, forming a pressure differential between the first chamber and the second chamber, unsealing the port such that molten metal from the second chamber flows into the first chamber, and resealing the port when the molten metal in the first chamber reaches a second liquid level such that the ceramic part is submerged in the molten metal.
US11180420B2
Disclosed is a composition having nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal, a refractory metal hydride, a refractory metal carbide, a refractory metal nitride, or a refractory metal boride, an organic compound consisting of carbon and hydrogen, and a nitrogenous compound consisting of carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen. The composition, optionally containing the nitrogenous compound, is milled, cured to form a thermoset, compacted into a geometric shape, and heated in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature that forms a nanoparticle composition comprising nanoparticles of metal nitride and optionally metal carbide. The nanoparticles have a uniform distribution of the nitride or carbide.
US11180419B2
A method for the preparation of a dense HfC(Si)—HfB2 composite ceramic. hafnium oxide powders, nano-sized carbon black and silicon hexaboride powders are mixed in a molar ratio of (1-10):(1-20):(1-5) to obtain a powder mixture. The powder mixture is subjected to ball milling, dried and transferred to a graphite mold for spark plasma sintering. In this way, an in-situ carbon-boron reduction reaction and the sintering densification are completed in one step, and the obtained HfC(Si)—HfB2 composite ceramic has a density of 94.0%-100% and uniformly dispersed grains.
US11180416B2
A composition for use in making a structural assembly board, a structural assembly made from the composition, and a method of making the structural assembly board is provided. The composition includes magnesium oxide having purity of 94-98 wt %; magnesium chloride; and water. The magnesium oxide has at least two different particles sizes. The composition and method of making the structural assembly board promote formation of 5MgO.MgCl2.8H2O to improve structural qualities of the structural assembly board.
US11180399B2
The present invention relates to intelligent oil sludge treatment apparatuses and treatment processes. The treatment apparatus includes an integrative device, an oil removal device, a separation device, a sludge collection tank, a dewatering device, a pyrolysis device, an agent tank, a deodorization tower, a crude oil tank, a light oil tank, a separator, a condenser, a desulfurization tower, a clean water tank, a sewage station, and a steam boiler, where an outlet of the integrative device is connected to an inlet of the oil removal device; the oil removal device is configured to remove crude oil from oil slurry; the oil removal machine collects the crude oil to the crude oil tank, discharges stench into the deodorization tower, and discharges the slurry into the separation device; and the separation device is configured to perform a solid-liquid separation operation.
US11180396B2
The present invention relates to a group and method for the separation of a mixture comprising two fluid phases mutually at least partially immiscible and with different specific density characterized in that it comprises a closed chamber (11) which extends between an upper outlet mouth (12a) of a fluid phase with lower specific density separated from the mixture, positioned at a first upper height, and a lower outlet mouth (12b) of a fluid phase with greater specific density separated from the mixture, positioned at a second lower height with respect to the first upper height, an inlet (15,33) for said mixture inside said closed chamber (11) also being present at a height interposed between said upper and lower heights, a first upper gross separation device (13) of said mixture and a second lower fine separation device (14,14′) of said mixture, hydraulically connected to each other (13) (14), being situated in succession, inside said closed chamber (11), between said upper outlet mouth (12a) and said lower outlet mouth (12b), the first upper gross separation device (13) comprising a gravitational separation chamber and the at least second lower fine separation device (14,14′) comprising at least one coalescence separator (14) and/or at least one hydrocyclone separator (14′).
US11180395B2
A horizontal-flow sand filtration pool and a water treatment process thereof. The horizontal-flow sand filtration pool includes a pool body, a raw water inlet assembly, a sand filtration bed, a filtered water outlet assembly, an aeration assembly, and a back washing assembly; the raw water inlet assembly includes a water inlet pipe and a water distribution device that supplies raw water to the sand filtration bed; the water inlet pipe is connected with the water distribution device, the water distribution device is provided in the sand filtration bed, and a plurality of water outlet channels are uniformly distributed on the vertical surface of the water distribution device; the filtered water outlet assembly includes a water collector and a water outlet pipe; the water outlet pipe is communicated with the water collector; the back washing assembly includes a back washing pipe and a drainage pipe.
US11180392B2
Disclosed is a sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for sewage treatment. The SBR is applicable to an energy-producing sewage treatment system. The SBR includes a treatment tank and a hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The treatment tank removes ammonium contained in supernatant liquid using anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria. The hybrid bacterial strain screening tank screen anammox bacteria granules out by passing the supernatant liquid discharged from the treatment tank through the hybrid bacterial strain screening tank. The SBR generates biogas using the anammox bacteria and reduces the nitrogen content in the supernatant liquid. The SBR can separate the anammox bacteria granules with high separation efficiency, thereby shortening sewage treatment time and recycling activated sludge, resulting in a dramatic decrease in the amount of waste sludge.
US11180389B1
A floating water jet for spraying chlorinated water at water surface of a pool is disclosed herein. The floating water jet includes a cylindrical body having a closed end and an open end, an internal wall within the cylindrical body defining a sealed air chamber within the cylindrical body adjacent the closed end, the sealed chamber providing buoyancy to the cylindrical body such that the cylindrical body floats on the water surface of the pool with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body being parallel to the water surface. An internal chamber is provided within the cylindrical body between the open end and the internal wall for receiving the chlorinated water. An end wall is sealed to the open end, the end wall including a central inlet opening adapted for connection to an outlet end of a floating pool hose, and a plurality of outlet openings in the end wall arranged concentrically about the central opening. Chlorinated water from the pool hose is directed into the internal chamber via the central inlet opening and exits the internal chamber via the plurality of outlet openings to direct jets of the chlorinated water in a direction parallel to the water surface.
US11180388B2
A method for treating wastewater involves electrolyzing a stream of seawater and wastewater mix within one or more electrolytic cells mounted outside a batch tank. The electrolyzed stream is piped to a quelling chamber which is mounted above the batch tank. A diluted polymer solution is injected at upstream of an in-line mixer piping into the quelling chamber substantially concurrently with the electrolyzed stream. The polymer solution and the electrolyzed stream are dispersed as a fine shower over residual seawater and wastewater in the batch tank. The polymer solution facilitates flocculation of the suspended solid particles and creates a distinct buoyant layer of flocculated solid particles attached with micro bubbles. A substantially clarified effluent is separated from the flocculated layer and neutralized prior to discharge. The flocculated layer is pumped from the batch tank to a dewatering system where entrained solids are compacted to a desired level. A centrate generated during the solids/sludge dewatering step is recirculated to the batch tank prior to addition of seawater during a subsequent treatment cycle as a supplement to the seawater.
US11180383B2
A device (1) for cleaning a liquid (3) contaminated with oil, comprising a filling (7) made of a material that absorbs the oil (2), which filling is located inside a container (4) and is arranged between an inlet and an outlet (5, 6) of the container (4). According to the invention, the absorption property and handling of the filling (7) is increased by virtue of the fact that the filling is formed by a package-type tangle of keratin structures (8) that are randomly arranged and stochastically distributed in all three dimensions, which in the operating state of the device (1), comprise a closed container edge (9) between the inlet and the outlet (5, 6), and rest thereon in a liquid-tight manner.
US11180375B2
Provided are a halloysite powder and a method for producing the halloysite powder. The halloysite powder contains granules in which halloysite including halloysite nanotubes is aggregated. The granules have first pores derived from the tube holes in the halloysite nanotubes and second pores that are different from the first pores.
US11180372B2
Methods of forming graphene may include reacting a dispersed mixture, comprising fly ash, a charged heteroaromatic compound, particularly a pyridinium compound, such as a 1-(4-pyridyl)-pyridinium salt, and a solvent, particularly an alcohol, such as ethanol, with a polymeric oxidizing agent, preferably polymer-supported pyridinium chlorochromate, to form a second mixture; and contacting the second mixture at a temperature of 120 to 180° C. with a gas stream comprising at least 0.1 vol. % CH4 and at least 10 vol. % H2 to form graphene on the fly ash. Methods of managing waste may comprise using fly ash waste to produce graphene. Devices for implementing such methods may involve steel cylindrical reaction vessels including a cover through which a valve-stoppable pipe is fed, which reaction vessel is at least partially surrounded by a heating device, and suitable for handling solvent and fly ash, as well as for receiving gas inflow through the pipe.
US11180369B2
A renewable magnesium removing agent and its use in a preparation of a low-magnesium lithium-rich brine are provided. The magnesium removing agent includes a magnesium phosphate double salt of an alkali metal or ammonium. A regeneration of the magnesium removing agent is realized by adding the magnesium removing agent into Mg2+-containing chloride salt solution, wherein Mg2+ in the chloride salt solution and the magnesium removing agent are subjected to a magnesium removing reaction to form a solid-phase reaction product and carrying out a solid-liquid separation on an obtained mixed reaction product after the magnesium removing reaction is ended to separate the solid-phase material comprising a magnesium phosphate hydrate and then separating out a chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium from a remaining liquid-phase material, and finally carrying out a regeneration reaction on the magnesium phosphate hydrate and the chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium.
US11180366B2
A method includes obtaining an active device layer. The active device layer has a first surface with one or more active feature areas. First portions of the active feature areas are exposed, and second portions of the active feature areas are covered by an insulating layer. A conformal overcoat layer is formed on the first surface. A base of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device layer is formed on the conformal overcoat layer. The MEMS device layer is spatially segregated from the active feature areas by removing portions of the base of the MEMS device layer in one or more antiparasitic regions (APRs) that correspond to the active feature areas. Metal MEMS features are formed on the base of the MEMS device layer. Selected portions of the active feature areas are exposed removing portions of the conformal overcoat layer that overlay the active feature areas.
US11180365B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device may include a MEMS structure over a first substrate. The MEMS structure comprises a movable element. Depositing a first conductive material over the first substrate and etching trenches in a second substrate. Filling the trenches with a second conductive material and depositing a third conductive material over the second conductive material and the second substrate. Bonding the first substrate and the second substrate and thinning a backside of the second substrate which exposes the second conductive material in the trenches.
US11180364B2
The invention relates to a covering (1) for an electronic component (e.g. of the MEMS, BAW, or SAW type). The covering comprises at least one layer (5, 6, 7) having a structure (19, 20, 21) with a number of prominences (8, 9, 15) and/or depressions (10, 11, 16). The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a covering (1) of this type.
US11180362B2
In accordance with various embodiments, a method for processing a layer structure is provided, where the layer structure includes a first layer, a sacrificial layer arranged above the first layer, and a second layer arranged above the sacrificial layer, where the second layer includes at least one opening, and the at least one opening extends from a first side of the second layer as far as the sacrificial layer. The method includes forming a liner layer covering at least one inner wall of the at least one opening; forming a cover layer above the liner layer, where the cover layer extends at least in sections into the at least one opening; and wet-chemically etching the cover layer, the liner layer and the sacrificial layer using an etching solution, where the etching solution has a greater etching rate for the liner layer than for the cover layer.
US11180361B2
A MEMS device includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure forming a capacitive sensing arrangement. The MEMS device includes a plurality of anti-stiction bumps arranged between the first electrode structure and the second electrode structure at a corresponding plurality of locations. The plurality of locations being projected into a main surface of the second electrode structure is distributed so as to comprise a first distribution density in a first main surface region of the main surface and so as to comprise second, different distribution density in a second main surface region of the main surface, the second main surface region being delimited from the first main surface region.
US11180349B2
A crane vehicle includes: an operation unit; a winch device configured to operate at a speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operation unit; a weight detection unit; a storage unit configured to store a time-weight target characteristic indicating a target in temporal change of a detected value at the weight detection unit for a maximum operation amount input from the operation unit; and a control unit configured to perform feedback control of an operation speed of the winch device such that the detected value follows the time-weight target characteristic in a case where the maximum operation amount is input from the operation unit, the control unit being configured to set the operation speed of the winch device at the speed corresponding to the operation amount of the operation unit, in a case where fluctuation of the detected value has converged in a predetermined range.
US11180345B2
A fastening module, for fastening a rail foot of an elevator rail to a fastening plane, includes a first fastening device fastened to the fastening plane and holding a first side of the rail foot, and a second fastening device fastened to the fastening plane and holding a second side of the rail foot. The second fastening device can be moved at least substantially in parallel with the fastening plane. At least one element of the second fastening device, which interacts with a top side of the rail foot facing away from the fastening plane, can be rotated about an axis of rotation of the second fastening device perpendicularly to the fastening plane over the top side of the rail foot from laterally outside of the rail foot. A method for fastening a rail foot utilizes a plurality of the fastening modules to fasten elevator rails of an elevator system.
US11180343B2
A device and a method for controlling an apparatus being an elevator, an escalator or automatic doors are provided, by which it is detected whether a fault is present in the apparatus. It is determined, when the fault is present, whether an automatic fault clearing may be carried out, and if it is determined that the automatic fault clearing may be carried out, the automatic fault clearing is performed by automatically clearing one or more faults.
US11180341B2
A textile machine for producing cross-wound packages, comprising a plurality of workstations, each of which has at least one pneumatic consumer, and comprising a suction system which has at least one vacuum source to which the pneumatic consumers of the workstations are connected via a machine-length vacuum duct arranged in the region of the central axis between two rows of workstations. In order to modify such a textile machine producing cross-wound packages in such a way that it is ensured that the required minimum spinning vacuum is always available at all workstations of the textile machine during spinning operation, according to the invention the textile machine producing cross-wound packages has, in addition to the vacuum duct, a machine-length bypass duct which is also installed in the region of the central axis and is arranged above chain ducts for service units.
US11180335B2
The invention concerns a device for unrolling a strip (10) for a stamping machine (1) that allows an accumulation of the strip to be stamped (2) under a pre-unrolled form between at least one stamping spool (3) and a plate press (310) of the stamping machine (1), so characterized in that the device for unrolling a strip (10) comprises: a central drum (11) configured to be led in rotation at a variable advance speed, united in rotation with an axis of the device for unrolling the strip (10), a satellite roller (14) presenting an axis (11) constructed parallel to the axis of the central drum (11), where the satellite roller (14) can be turned around the central drum (11), and the pre-unrolled strip may be rolled around the central drum (11) due to the movement of the satellite roller (14), and a planetary leading device (15) to move the satellite roller (14) around the central drum (11) as a function of the difference of the rotation speeds of the central drum (11) and of an exterior ring (13) of the planetary leading device (15) configured to be led in rotation at a constant speed in the rotation direction contrary to the rotation direction of the central drum (11). The invention also comprises a stamping machine (1) so configured as to place on each sheet the gilded or metallic film of at least one strip to be stamped (2).
US11180333B2
An ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic element that performs at least one of transmitting an ultrasonic wave along a first axis and receiving the ultrasonic wave input along the first axis, and a protective member that is provided on the first axis and covers the ultrasonic element, in which the protective member has a plurality of pores through which the ultrasonic wave traveling along the first axis passes.
US11180330B2
A repositionable trailer stabilizer for supporting at least a portion of a weight of a parked semi-trailer.
US11180328B2
A sheet stacking apparatus according to an embodiment stacks first and second sheets. The first sheet includes first stacked and non-stacked parts. The second sheet includes second stacked and non-stacked parts. The first and second stacked parts are stacked to overlap in a Z-direction. The apparatus includes a first holding part holding the first sheet and a second holding part holding the second sheet. The first and second holding parts each include a frame part and a supporter. The frame part extends in an X-direction. The supporter supports the sheet in the Z-direction and provided at the frame part. The first and second holding parts are respectively configured to hold the sheets in a state in which movement of the sheets in the X-direction is regulated. The supporter is provided to be able to drop the object by releasing the supporting of the object in the Z-direction.
US11180324B2
An unloading apparatus for horticultural products such as blueberries and the like, which are conveyed along a predefined advancement path by respective movement units includes at least one dispenser of pressurized fluid, which can be activated on command during the transit of each product in order to send a jet of the pressurized fluid toward the product and consequently cause its fall from the respective movement unit. The apparatus also includes at least one deflector screen arranged facing and proximate to the dispenser, on the opposite side with respect to the predefined trajectory in order to intercept the products struck by the jet. The screen is inclined so as to define, between its face directed toward the dispenser and a vertical plane that passes through the dispenser, a work angle one and ninety degrees configured for the optimum downward deflection of the products.
US11180323B2
Systems and methods for providing gaps in article or package processing. In some embodiments, the system can include a conveying path along which a first advanced article and a second advanced article can be advanced. The system can further include a first stop location and a second stop location. The first stop location can include movable fingers that are configured to raise to stop the advance of the articles and then lower at specific times to allow the articles to advance with specific distances between the articles. Additionally, the system can include a paddle that also raises and lowers. The paddle lowers to stop an advancing article again, and in doing so, front-end registers the article. Then the paddle can raise to allow the package to advance again along the conveyor.
US11180316B1
A waste container that is configured to be expandable and collapsible so as to provide at least two alternate interior volume capacities. The waste container includes a body having a base member wherein the base member is configured with opposing wheels and a recess for an axle. The body further includes two first ring members and a second ring member wherein the second ring member is intermediate the two first ring members. The second ring member has a diameter that is slightly larger than the first ring members. The two first ring members and a second ring member are configured to be slidably and frictionally engaged so as to provide a first and second position of the waste container. The body further includes a top assembly that is operably coupled to the first ring member above the second ring member. A lid is releasably secure to the top assembly.
US11180315B2
In a method for guiding and/or instructing in a feed-in station of a material conveying system, the feed-in station includes at least one first input point and at least one second input point, which input points each include at least one input aperture and a shut-off part of the input aperture, which shut-off part is movable between a first position in which the input aperture is at least partly closed, in which case material is not intended to be fed from the input aperture to inside the input point, and a second position in which the input aperture is open, in which second position material can be fed from the input aperture to inside the input point. The first input point and/or the second input point is adapted to include an indicator and/or signal, with which in the method a user is guided and/or instructed to feed in material from the input aperture of the second input point of the feed-in station, when the first input point is in a state in which it cannot receive material. An input point arrangement is used in the method.
US11180314B2
The present disclosure is directed to apparatus including a container having an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a sidewall. The apparatus also includes a divider disposed within the container forming a first chamber and a second chamber isolated from the first, and a lid movably secured relative to the open top end of the container such that upon moving from a first closed position to a second open position at least one of the first or second chamber is accessible.
US11180303B2
A storage container of a scrub member includes a container main body and a lid body engaging with the container main body, where the scrub member is accommodated in an internal portion of the storage container surrounded by the container main body and the lid body, and a ventilation groove which communicates the internal portion of the storage container and an outside of the storage container is formed on an engagement surface where the container main body and the lid body are engaged.
US11180292B2
A method of manufacturing a tamper-evident closure, comprising the steps of: forming a body having a base and a lid; and inserting a dispensing member and a tamper-evident member into the body.
US11180291B2
An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pressure regulation device. In other examples, the latching devices further include an elastomeric latch upper and a semi-rigid latch lower configured to engage an insulating container keeper when the lid is in a closed and a secured position. In still other examples, the latch upper and the latch lower are configured in a recessed position, and flush with a front side of the insulating container lid and flush with a front side of a bottom portion of the insulating container when the latch device secures the lid in a closed position.
US11180290B2
A storage container comprised of a container bottom, and with multiple sealable covers, configured to connect the covers to the container bottom in both open and closed arrangements. Additionally, each of said covers will seal to the container bottom, and each of said covers will seal to an opposing cover. The containers may be proportioned to stack or nest into other open containers, as well as on top of containers with closed covers. The containers may also allow open covers to rest vertically alongside the container without significantly contacting the surface the container is resting on.
US11180282B2
The invention relates to a container (1) made of plastic, comprising a rectangular base (2) and four lateral walls (3, 4). The lower face of the base (2) has a first stacking contour (20) on the outer edge of the base, and the lateral walls (3, 4) have a second stacking contour (30, 40) on the upper edge region of the lateral walls. When containers (1) are stacked one over the other, the first stacking contour (20) of an upper container (1) and the second stacking contour (30, 40) of a lower container (1) engage with each other in a centering manner. The upper edge region of at least two opposing lateral walls (3, 4) is reinforced by at least one respective profiled reinforcement section (5) attached to the remaining lateral wall (3, 4) in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner, and the profiled reinforcement section (5) or each profiled reinforcement section has at least one profiled section web (50) on the section upper face facing away from the container (1), said profiled section web running in the longitudinal direction of the profiled reinforcement section (5) and forming a sliding path (11) for another container (1) to be placed thereon.
US11180269B2
Embodiments of product handling systems facilitate transfer of individual product items from incoming bulk form into dedicated trays for inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging. Inspection may comprise interrogation of product items within a tray by electromagnetic (e.g., optical, hyperspectral) or other (e.g., physical, acoustic, gas sensing, etc.) techniques. Prior to packaging, product items disposed within the tray may be stored in a moveable carousel responsible for controlling environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, illumination, ambient gases, product-to-product interactions, and/or others. Movement of product items from a carousel's transfer station to an outside staging position may be accomplished using robots and/or conveyor belts. Embodiments may allow rapid, low-cost consumer selection of specific individual product items based upon their accompanying metadata (e.g., source, identifier), in combination with the results of inspection (e.g., visual appearance). Embodiments may receive product items pre-packaged in tray format to expedite inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging.
US11180257B2
An aircraft seat (10) comprising: a seat base (12) having a base support surface (22); an outer backrest (14) mounted to and extending upwardly from the seat base (12); an inner backrest (16) mounted to the outer backrest (14) and/or the seat base (12), the inner backrest (16) having a torso support surface (20) extending between a top end (26) and a bottom end (28) of the inner backrest (16) and being displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein: when the inner backrest (16) is in the first position: the top end (26) of the inner backrest (16) is located adjacent to the outer backrest (14) and the bottom end (28) of the inner backrest (16) is located adjacent to the base support surface (22) of the seat base (12); and when the inner backrest (16) is in the second position: the top end (26) of the inner backrest (16) is located adjacent to the outer backrest (14) and the bottom end (28) of the inner backrest (16) is located adjacent to the base support surface (22) of the seat base (12), the top end (26) of the inner backrest (16) is located closer to the seat base (12) than when the inner backrest (16) is in the first position, and the bottom end (28) of the inner backrest (16) is located further away from the outer backrest (14) than when the inner backrest (16) is in the first position.
US11180256B2
Transformable seat assembly includes a seat support structure and back support structure connected with an axis of rotation. Actuator assembly includes a cylinder and a piston positioned within the cylinder. The cylinder is secured to one of the back support structure or the seat support structure and the piston is secured to other of the one of the back support structure or the seat support structure. With blocking member in a first position, the piston is permitted to travel between the blocking member and an end of the cylinder spaced apart from the blocking member, such that with the piston traveling to the end of the cylinder, rotation of back support structure is limited from rotating beyond a first reclined position and with blocking member in a second position, back support structure is permitted to rotate into an overlying position relative to the seat support structure.
US11180248B2
A plurality of port-side tilt rotors and a plurality of starboard-side tilt rotors are configured to rotate between a first rotor position and a second rotor position. The port-side tilt rotors are coupled to a trailing edge of the fixed and forward-swept wing on the port side and the starboard-side tilt rotors are coupled to the trailing edge of the fixed and forward-swept wing on the starboard side. The aircraft also includes a fuselage. When the port-side and starboard-side tilt rotors are in the first rotor position, at least some of a lift to keep the aircraft airborne comes from thrust output by the rotors at least some of the time. When in the second rotor position, at least some of the lift to keep the aircraft airborne comes from aerodynamic lift on the fixed and forward-swept wing at least some of the time.
US11180247B2
One embodiment discloses a drone motor and a drone comprising the same, the drone motor comprising: a rotating shaft; a stator comprising a hole into which the rotating shaft is inserted; and a rotor arranged on the outer side of the stator, wherein a support member is arranged between the rotating shaft and the stator, and a bearing is arranged between the support member and the stator, wherein the support member comprises a body part which surrounds the rotating shaft, and a flange part which couples with the rotor.
US11180246B2
A signal line protection assembly of an aerial vehicle includes a foot stand and a protection sleeve. The foot stand includes a foot stand sleeve and a lower cover including an antenna compartment configured to receive an antenna of the aerial vehicle. The protection sleeve is configured to receive a signal line. At least a portion of the protection sleeve is received in the foot stand sleeve. The signal line includes a data line for the antenna.
US11180240B2
Inerters with friction disk assemblies, and aircraft hydraulic systems and aircraft including the same. An inerter comprises an inerter housing containing an inerter fluid, a threaded shaft extending within the inerter housing and fixed relative to the first terminal, and an inerter rod extending at least partially within the inerter housing and fixed relative to the second terminal. The inerter further includes a friction disk assembly that, together with the inerter fluid, is configured to damp a motion of the second terminal relative to the first terminal. The friction disk assembly includes a fixed portion and a rotating portion, and is configured such that rotation of the rotating portion generates a frictional torque that opposes the rotation of the rotating portion. In some examples, the inerter is a component of a hydraulic actuator, an aircraft hydraulic system including the hydraulic actuator, and/or an aircraft including the aircraft hydraulic system.
US11180225B2
A water vessel includes a deck having an upper surface and a lower surface. First and second hulls are spaced-apart from one another and operably coupled to the lower surface of the deck. At least one of the first and second hulls has an at least partially hollow interior. A storage tank is positioned within the at least partially hollow interior of at least one of the first and second hulls. A tub for holding water is supported by the deck. The tub includes an interior cavity having a capacity and is fluidically coupled to the storage tank. The storage tank has a capacity less than the capacity of the tub. A pump system is configured to direct water between the tub and the storage tank and at least partially fill the capacity of the tub.
US11180224B2
A surfboard with a deck (17), an electric drive for the surfboard (2), wherein one end of a rope (7) is fastened to the bow (4) of the surfboard (2) and another end of the rope (7) has a handle (8), wherein the drive is connected to a controller (21), which comprises a receiver (25) of a wireless remote control, and the handle (8) has an accelerator lever (23) which is connected to a transmitter (24) of the wireless remote control in a data conducting manner, and the transmitter (24) is arranged in the handle (8), and by actuation of the accelerator lever (23) control signals can be generated, which can be transmitted by the transmitter (24) as wireless signals and can be received by the receiver (25) and can be converted by the controller (21) into control values for the drive.
US11180218B2
A drive unit includes: a pedal crankshaft to which a pedal stepping force of a rider is applied; an electric motor that detects a torque input to the pedal crankshaft and generates a drive force; and a transmission that changes shift of the drive force of the electric motor and delivers the drive force to the pedal crankshaft, the transmission includes a main shaft that supports a plurality of drive gears and a counter shaft that supports a plurality of driven gears that engage with the plurality of respective drive gears, and the transmission selects one torque delivery gear among the plurality of drive gears, delivers the drive force of the electric motor to the counter shaft, and shifts the torque delivery gear without inverting a rotational direction of the drive gear.
US11180216B2
A pedelec includes a drive unit with a drive motor, a battery which supplies the drive motor with power, a control unit having a motor control unit and an assist function determiner, and an operating unit informationally connected to the control unit. The motor control unit controls the power based on a reference variable and an assist function. The assist function determiner defines the power based on the reference variable and selects the assist function. The assist function determiner comprises a standard assist function memory storing a standard assist function, and a standard zone memory storing an upper and lower zone boundary of a zone criteria for applying the standard assist function. An assist function selected by the assist function determiner provides more power below the lower zone boundary and less power above the upper zone boundary. The operating unit adjusts the upper and/or lower zone boundary.
US11180215B2
A suspension system is provided for a sidecar of a motorcycle, which includes a sidecar frame and a wheel with an axle. The suspension system can include, a support frame pivotally secured to the sidecar frame, and a trailing link pivotally secured to the support frame at a leading end of the trailing link. A trailing end of the trailing link can be configured to trail behind the leading end of the trailing link relative to a direction of forward motion of the sidecar. The trailing end of the trailing link being configured to rotatably support the axle of the wheel.
US11180214B2
A system includes a bicycle and a container including an opening. The bicycle is movable between an unfolded position and a folded position. The system includes a first member supported by the container in the container and positioned to engage the bicycle, and a second member supported by the container in the container and positioned to engage the bicycle spaced from the first member. The first member is movable relative to the second member toward and away from the opening.
US11180213B2
An electric self-balancing vehicle including a top cover, a bottom cover, an inner cover, a rotating mechanism, two wheels, two hub motors, a plurality of sensors, a power supply, and a controller is described herein. The top cover includes a first top cover and a second top cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover and includes a first bottom cover and a second bottom cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The inner cover is fixed between the top cover and the bottom cover and includes a first inner cover and a second inner cover disposed symmetrically and rotatable relative to each other. The rotating mechanism is fixed between the first inner cover and the second inner cover. The two wheels are rotatably fixed at two sides of the inner cover, respectively. The two hub motors are fixed in the two wheels, respectively. The plurality of sensors is disposed between the bottom cover and the inner cover, respectively. The power supply is fixed between the first bottom cover and the first inner cover. The controller is fixed between the second bottom cover and the second inner cover, the controller is electrically connected with the plurality of sensors, the power supply, and the hub motors, and the controller controls the hub motors to drive the corresponding wheels to rotate according to sensing signals transmitted by the sensors.
US11180203B2
A method and an apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fascia having a first fascia portion that is selectively moveable relative to a second fascia portion, and an engine shield that has at least a first shield panel and a second shield panel. The first shield panel has a first portion that moves with the first fascia portion and a second portion that is connected to a vehicle static structure. The second shield panel is mounted for movement with the first fascia portion. At least one actuator selectively moves the first fascia portion relative to the second fascia portion in response to at least one predetermined vehicle input condition.
US11180199B2
A system of connected body elements for a motor vehicle includes a first body element and a second body element. The first body element has at least one duct on a surface, wherein a shoulder is formed next to the duct. The system furthermore includes an adhesive which is arranged at least partially in the duct and at least partially on the shoulder and adhesively bonds the first body element to the second body element. A connection region, directly adjoining the shoulder, of the surface of the first body element is free here from adhesive. A first space between shoulder and second body element and a second space between connection region and second body element are open towards each other.
US11180198B2
A vehicle structural assembly includes at least a first member and a second member each having overlapping area. The overlapping area of the first member overlays the overlapping area of the second member where the first member and second member are welded to one another. The overlapping area of the first member defines an overlap extension and the overlapping area of the second member define another overlap extension.
US11180195B2
A lower structure of a vehicle includes front side frames, a vehicle body strength member, a floor panel, and a power supply unit, in which the front side frames are formed to have cross-sectional shapes that open upward at least at rear sections thereof, the power supply unit is disposed below a floor panel, the floor panel includes a pair of reinforcing panel portions which are respectively joined to the rear sections of the front side frames and cover the rear sections from above, and a floor panel main body portion which constitutes a portion other than the reinforcing panel portions, and the reinforcing panel portions are formed to have higher strength than the floor panel main body portion.
US11180184B2
By using various feedback data on a sprayer system, such as sensed positions of power actuators for turning wheels, an onboard logic controller can be used to fine tune parameters of the steering system in an automatic calibration process. In one aspect, a controller can send an electrical signal to a coil of a hydraulic pump to fully extend a power actuator for turning a wheel in a first direction, then incrementally adjust the signal until a change in position of the power actuator is determined, thereby obtaining a precise magnitude for commanding a full extension of the power actuator. Similarly, the controller can change the signal to fully retract the power actuator for turning the wheel in a second direction, then incrementally adjust the signal until a change in position of the power actuator is determined, thereby obtaining a precise magnitude for commanding a full retraction of the power actuator.
US11180180B2
A steering column assembly includes a steering column shaft having a first end and a second end. The steering column assembly also includes an intermediate shaft coupled to the steering column shaft first end. The steering column assembly further includes a steering input pinion coupled to the intermediate shaft. The steering column assembly yet further includes a counter rotation mechanism causing a non-rotational condition of at least a portion of the steering shaft via counter rotational movement of the steering column assembly during rotation of the steering input pinion.
US11180178B2
Provided is a steering wheel including a dynamic damper mechanism which does not easily deteriorate over time, in which a resonance frequency to be damped does not easily change. An attaching structure for attaching an airbag device to a steering wheel incudes: a tubular guide member (51) passing through an opening of a fixing plate (25) of the airbag device; a hook (70, 80) engaging with a lock spring (53); a hollow holding member (67) fixed to a main body part (110) of the steering wheel and holding a base end portion (71) of the hook while restricting the base end portion (71) from moving toward a tip end portion (75) of the hook; and a return spring (61), and the base end portion (71) has a bottom portion being a convex spherical shape.
US11180171B1
A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus. A modular configurable mobile transport apparatus. The apparatus includes a first roller tip handle facing backwards for grasping the apparatus from behind providing horizontal stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the first roller tip handle, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the back surface of the apparatus, a configurable backwards facing securing and storing portion for securing and storing one or more objects of varying widths to the front surface of the apparatus and a second roller tip handle facing forward for providing vertical stability for the apparatus and allowing the apparatus to be rolled on the second roller tip handle. The apparatus can be loaded with objects that are secured and stored on both the front side and back side of the apparatus and the apparatus can be rolled on its wheels and either of the first or second tip handles to allow easy movement and transport and insertion and removal into and out of vehicles.
US11180154B2
Driver fingerprinting using sensor data was known to be feasible only with access to in-car data. This disclosure presents a novel technique for identifying a vehicle driver from only one vehicle turn and using zero-permission sensors residing in the mobile device. Through extensive evaluations, extracted features are shown to reflect only the drivers unique turning style and thus functions as the core of driver fingerprinting.
US11180152B1
A fuel management system includes a memory and a control module. The memory stores fuel rate maps for multiple firing fractions, where: each of the firing fractions corresponds to a respective firing pattern of an engine; at least some of the firing patterns include deactivating one or more cylinders. The control module: for each of the firing fractions, determines a fuel efficiency value for each of multiple transmission gear ratios, where fuel efficiency values are provided for transmission ratio and firing fraction pairs; applies drive ability constraints to provide resultant transmission ratio and firing fraction pairs; subsequent to applying the drive ability constraints and based on the fuel efficiency values, selects one of the resultant transmission ratio and firing fraction pairs; and concurrently operates a transmission and the engine according to the selected one of the transmission ratio and firing fraction pairs.
US11180144B2
The driving support control device is configured to, when a preceding vehicle is detected (S24: YES), be permitted to cause a transition to the preceding vehicle following mode, in response to a manipulation made by the driver to select the preceding vehicle following mode (S27), and then control the vehicle 1 to follow the preceding vehicle, and to, when edges of a traveling road are detected even though no preceding vehicle is detected (S25: YES), be permitted to cause the transition to the preceding vehicle following mode, in response to the manipulation made by the driver to select the preceding vehicle following mode (S26), and then control the vehicle 1 to travel on and along a given target traveling course set based on the edges of the traveling road.
US11180143B2
A surroundings recognition unit recognizes the road environment and traffic participants around the host vehicle. A condition satisfaction determination unit determines whether or not first to fifth conditions are satisfied, on the basis of recognition results from the surroundings recognition unit. When causing the host vehicle to travel in a lane of a traveling road adjacent to the edge of the traveling road, a control unit changes travel control content and/or notification control content relating to automated driving, depending on whether or not the first to fifth conditions are satisfied.
US11180136B2
An autonomous parking apparatus incorporated into a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a torque converter, a transmission, a detector detecting a creep torque acting on an axle, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform instructing a self-parking of the vehicle, determining whether it is necessary to perform a creep torque reduction control based on a creep torque detected when the self-parking is instructed, and controlling the transmission in accordance with a determination result in the determining. When it is determined that it is necessary to perform the creep torque reduction control, the microprocessor is configured to control the transmission so as to increase engaging force of engagement elements of the transmission or change speed stage of the transmission to high speed side than when it is determined that it is unnecessary to perform the creep torque reduction control.
US11180135B2
An autonomous parking system includes an object detection apparatus, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: perform an initial parking operation for parking a vehicle into a first parking space along a first path, the first path including one or more first turnaround points; during the initial parking operation, detect a second parking space using the object detection apparatus; generate a second path for parking the vehicle into the second parking space; and, in response to user input, perform at least one of a first parking operation along the first path or a second parking operation along the second path.
US11180120B2
The present invention relates to an actuator for an electronic parking brake. The actuator for an electronic parking brake of the present invention includes a motor configured to provide a driving force, and a housing in which a gear unit for transmitting the driving force of the motor is mounted. The gear unit includes a worm gear to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, a plurality of planetary gears coupled to an outer side of a sun gear which is provided in the worm gear, and a carrier configured to rotatably support the planetary gears, have the same rotation shaft as a rotation shaft of the sun gear, and output the driving force. A carrier accommodation unit coupled to outer sides of the planetary gears is formed in the housing.
US11180118B2
A wiper blade is presented having a wiper strip, a primary frame, and a pair of secondary frames. The primary frame having a connection device capable of connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm disposed on a top side of the primary frame, and a connection structure disposed, on opposite ends of the primary frame. The pair of secondary frame, each have a central pivot connection portion and two leg portions extending from the central pivot connection portion, a pivot structure disposed on the central pivot connection portion of the secondary frames wherein the pivot structure of the secondary frames are connected to the connection structures on the ends of the primary frame. A wiper blade is also presented having a wiper strip, a force distribution structure having opposite ends, and a cover.
US11180117B2
A wiper is controlled to sweep a surface area, e.g., a portion of a windshield, in front of a camera, e.g., a camera mounted inside a vehicle. An image captured from the camera after the wiper completes, e.g., immediately completes, the sweep of the surface area in front of the camera is used in generating a depth map. In some embodiments a first wiper is controlled to clear a surface area in front of a first camera while a second wiper is controlled to clear a surface area in front of second camera at the same time, and the first and second cameras are synchronized to initiate image capture at the same time, capturing images through recently cleared area, and the captured images are used to generate a depth map. A vehicle control operation, e.g., a direction, braking or speed control operation is performed based on the depth map.
US11180111B2
A seatbelt retractor includes a spool. The seatbelt retractor includes a torsion bar elongated along an axis within the spool and defining passages elongated parallel to the axis, the passages spaced from each other surrounding the axis.
US11180096B2
A system for a non-hybrid/non-electric vehicle includes a high voltage electromagnetic device and a power electronics system. The high voltage electromagnetic device is structured to couple to an engine and generate AC electrical power from the engine. The power electronics system is electrically coupled to the high voltage electromagnetic device. The power electronics system includes an AC-to-DC inverter and a junction box. The AC-to-DC inverter is structured to receive and change the AC electrical power to regulated DC electrical power. The junction box is structured to receive and provide the regulated DC electrical power to a plurality of electrical paths that electrically couple the junction box to a plurality of electrically-powered accessories. The regulated DC electrical power is provided to each of the plurality of electrically-powered accessories based on an electric power consumption need of each respective electrically-powered accessory.
US11180087B2
A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle are provided. The vehicle may include: a speaker configured to output a sound into the vehicle; a detector configured to measure internal environment information representing an environment inside the vehicle and a noise factor determining a noise generated in the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine a tuning value based on a type of sound, to adjust the tuning value to correspond to at least one of the internal environment information or the noise factor, to adjust the sound by adjusting at least one of a size or a phase based on the adjusted tuning value, and to control the speaker to output the adjusted sound.
US11180085B2
An exterior rearview device includes a base suited to be fixed to a vehicle, a head mounted on the base, at least one of a mirror and a display attached to the head and at least one of a camera and an illumination device attached to the base, a locking system with a locked state and an unlocked state, where the head is removable from the base in the unlocked state, and the locking system is suited to be actuated by a driver of the vehicle to switch between the locked and the unlocked state, and vice versa. A vehicle includes the at least one exterior rearview device.
US11180081B2
A rear-side alarm device and a rear-side alarm method thereof. The rear-side alarm device includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor monitors a rear area or a rear-side area of a vehicle. If a trailer connected to the vehicle is detected, the controller sets a system deactivation area and a system activation area, based on status information of the trailer, and controls an alarm operation to be performed by judging whether or not another vehicle has entered into the system activation area. The rear-side alarm device can operate normally even in the case in which a trailer is connected to a vehicle, thereby providing driving safety to a driver.
US11180074B1
The present invention relates to an active fixation system for automotive lighting modules or component assemblies; more particularly, an active fixation system and methods dynamically apply flexible contact and clip retention arrangements for securing component modules to an automotive vehicle body efficiently that securably maintain interfaces for extended durations; the invention benefits from fastener hardware count reduction and assembly process facilitation; furthermore, the active fixation system enhances overall fit and finish to ensure proper sealing improvements that prevent external environmental or weather penetration and promote features that can effectively secure component modules beyond ordinary life-cycles under various operating conditions inclusive of vehicle vibration, component rattling and proper connection retention capabilities.
US11180066B2
The invention relates to a push-off device, in particular for agricultural cargo. The push-off device includes a loading space, which comprises a loading floor, two laterally adjoining sidewalls and a push-off wall. The push-off device further includes a first hydraulic cylinder arrangement, which comprises one first hydraulic cylinder piston that is movable in a first hydraulic cylinder tube and a second hydraulic cylinder arrangement, which comprises one second hydraulic cylinder piston that is movable in a second hydraulic cylinder tube. The push-off wall is mounted to be displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the loading space on the second hydraulic cylinder tube and by operation of the first hydraulic cylinder arrangement is displaceable relative to the sliding floor, which is displaceable by operation of the second hydraulic cylinder arrangement relative to the loading floor of the loading space. The invention moreover relates to a push-off vehicle comprising a sliding device.
US11180064B2
An adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat comprising a transmission housing and a slider comprising a first longitudinal guide member. The slider engaging with the transmission housing by means of the first longitudinal guide member.
US11180048B1
An example operation includes one or more of retrieving a first amount of energy, by an originating transport, of a minimum amount of energy on a target transport, based on an expended energy by the originating transport to reach a meeting location, provide a needed service, and an estimated expended energy by the originating transport to return to an original location, and retrieving a second amount of energy, by the originating transport, of the minimum amount of energy on the target transport, based on a factor related to providing the service, wherein the factor is greater than the expended energy and the estimated expended energy.
US11180036B2
Provided s a non-contact power transmission system with which it is possible to individually detect the position of a receiving unit with respect to a transmission unit, even if there are positions at which the same microvoltage values are indicated, even if the distance differs, due to the shape of the transmission coil of the transmission unit and the receiving coil of the receiving unit. At a position at which the position differential value of the detected microvoltage exceeds a zero value, said positions set to the initial position (+xint) of the movement displacement of the vehicle, and the movement displacement on the basis of vehicle velocity is calculated to a position (+xc) at which the microvoltage value characteristics can be used from said initial position to (+xc to 0).
US11180025B2
An apparatus comprising an interface, a memory and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data samples during operation of a vehicle. The memory may be configured to store the sensor data samples over a number of points in time. The processor may be configured to analyze the sensor data samples stored in the memory to detect a pattern. The processor may be configured to manage an application of brakes of the vehicle in response to the pattern.
US11180023B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, a vehicle may detect impaired drivers of other vehicles. In some embodiments, a first vehicle, comprises a hardware processor; and a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method to determine whether a driver of a second vehicle is impaired, the method comprising: collecting information concerning the second vehicle from one or more sensors mounted on the first vehicle; determining a driving behavior of a driver of the second vehicle based on the information collected by the first vehicle; comparing the determined driving behavior of the driver of the second vehicle with a baseline driving behavior; determining whether the driver of the second vehicle is impaired based on the comparing; and taking one or more actions responsive to determining that the driver of the second vehicle is impaired.
US11180022B2
A transmission includes a transmission main housing, an intermediate plate secured to the transmission main housing; and a rear housing attached to the intermediate plate and/or attached with fasteners through the intermediate plate to the main housing. An input shaft is connected to an extension shaft including a plurality of splitter gears selectively couple-able to the extension shaft. A main shaft is rotatably supported by the range shaft and range shaft bearing and includes a plurality of main box gears selectively couple-able to the main shaft. A range shaft is drivingly connected to the main shaft and provides input to a planetary gear assembly. The extension shaft is supported at a first end by a bearing assembly within a partition wall of the main transmission housing and a second end is supported by a bearing assembly disposed within the bore in the range shaft.
US11180016B2
The present invention provides a power system for a hybrid vehicle, relating to the field of hybrid vehicles. The power system mainly includes an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a first planetary gear mechanism, a second planetary gear mechanism, a first input shaft, a first clutch, a brake, and a second clutch. Since the second motor is connected to the first input shaft through the second planetary gear mechanism, the planetary gear mechanism can reduce the speed of the second motor and increase the torque to effectively reduce the size of the second motor or improve the acceleration performance of the vehicle. Since the first clutch between the first input shaft and the engine is disengaged when driven by the second motor, the drag resistance of the engine is reduced, and the fuel economy of the vehicle is improved.
US11180009B2
A retraction system for a tonneau cover system, the retraction system includes: an adjuster shaft; a bias member disposed around the adjuster shaft; a drive roller in communication with the bias member; an adjuster configured to permit rotation of the bias member to increase or decrease an amount of force or torque provided by the bias member; a line connected to the drive roller and to one or more tonneau sections of the tonneau cover system, and a clamp that extends around the adjuster.
US11180002B2
An air vent for a vehicle interior, the air vent including a master lamella and plural slave lamellas that are respectively pivotable about an axis, wherein the plural slave lamellas follow an opening movement of the master lamella and are arrangeable at different angles relative to the master lamella in order to generate a diffuse air flow; an open portion which is defined by a plurality of lamellas including the master lamella and the plural slave lamellas with a respective flow out gap arranged between each of the lamellas so that air moves through the respective flow out gap into the vehicle interior; and at least one actuation element that is configured to control an orientation of the lamellas, wherein any one of the lamellas is selectable as the master lamella wherein an opening movement of the plural slave lamellas follows an opening movement of the master lamella.
US11179996B2
Disclosed is a four-way valve including a housing having a refrigerant filling chamber formed therein, a high pressure pipe hole formed on a bottom surface of the housing and coupled to a high pressure pipe through which refrigerant discharged from the compressor flows, a first pipe hole formed on an upper surface of the housing and coupled to a first pipe extending to a first heat exchanger, a second pipe hole formed on the upper surface of the housing and coupled to a second pipe extending to a second heat exchanger, a low pressure pipe hole formed on the upper surface of the housing and configured to allow the refrigerant to be collected to the compressor, and a switching guide configured to rotate to allow the low pressure pipe hole to selectively communicate with the first pipe hole or the second pipe hole.
US11179993B2
Cabin air treatment apparatus for an agricultural machine, comprising at least an external air inlet, a filtration system, an HVAC system, and a cabin air supply outlet. The apparatus further comprises a hermetically closed box inside which the HVAC system is housed, the box having a levelling opening for placing the box into communication with a cabin of the agricultural machine to level a pressure inside the box with a pressure inside the cabin. The filtration system comprises a filter for effecting a filtration of at least one among dust, aerosols and vapours, arranged at an external air inlet formed on the box, and an air inlet duct arranged downstream of the filter and provided with a selecting valve having a first outlet connected to the HVAC system, and a second outlet connected to a fan of a condensation system, through a cleaning duct.
US11179984B2
In order to improve a holding device which is mountable on a tail region of the bodywork of a motor vehicle, comprising a swivel bearing unit which is mountable fixed to the vehicle on the tail region of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, by means of a support unit, on which swivel bearing a swivel element supporting an attachment element is mounted pivotable about a swivel axis extending transversely, in particular inclined, relative to a longitudinal central plane and is thereby pivotable from an operating position into a rest position and vice versa, such that a holding device is provided to which widely differing attachment elements are fixable, it is proposed that the swivel element is provided with an attachment element carrier having a plug-in receptacle, into which attachment element carrier an attachment element is pluggable with an end region and is fixable with positive engagement, and in that in the operating position, the plug-in receptacle extends with its central axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal central plane and, in the rest position, extends with its central axis transversely to the longitudinal central plane.
US11179983B2
An assembly for attaching a trailer hitch to a vehicle includes a cross beam to which cast parts are attached using fasteners to eliminate welded joints and their associated expense and failure modes. The components mounted on the cross beam include attachment fittings positioned at the ends of the cross beam and a hitch receiver mounted between the cross beam ends. The hitch receiver has a girth through which the cross beam extends.
US11179977B2
A tire pressure monitoring system (30) includes a data acquisition portion (101) that acquires data indicating a tire pressure and a tire temperature of the tire, from a sensor (50FL), a sensor (50FR), a sensor (50RL), and a sensor (50RR) mounted to the tire; a puncture determination portion (103) that determines whether the tire is punctured, based on a puncture determination threshold defined by a relationship between the tire pressure and the tire temperature; and a warning processing portion (105) that generates a warning indicating that the tire is punctured apart from a warning of a drop of the tire pressure when the puncture determination portion (103) determines that the tire is punctured.
US11179976B2
An axle assembly for a work vehicle includes: a frame housing; a differential housed in the frame housing; an axle carrier coupled to the frame housing; an axle partially disposed in the axle carrier and coupled to the differential; and a tire inflation pack including: a fixed portion coupled to the axle carrier and comprising a pack fluid inlet that is configured to fluidly couple to a pressurized gas source and a fixed opening holding the axle therein, the fixed portion being configured to allow rotation of the axle in the fixed opening without rotating; and a rotatable portion rotatably coupled to the fixed portion and comprising a pack fluid outlet that is fluidly coupled to the pack fluid inlet and a rotatable opening holding the axle therein, the rotatable portion being fluidly sealed with the fixed portion and configured to rotate with the axle.
US11179972B2
A tyre has a tread portion. The tread portion includes a land region defined between a first edge extending in a tyre circumferential direction and a second edge extending in the tyre circumferential direction. The land region is provided with a first lateral groove extending from the first edge toward the second edge and terminating within the land region, a vertical groove connected with the first lateral groove, extending in the tyre circumferential direction, and having both end portions terminating within the land region, and a sipe connected with the vertical groove and extending therefrom toward the second edge.
US11179963B2
A thermochromic writing instrument including a writing body, storing a thermochromic ink therein, stored in a barrel; an operation body provided in the barrel to be operated to longitudinally move the writing body; a nib of the writing body configured to be capable of appearing from a front end of the writing instrument, wherein the writing instrument 1 further includes a friction unit, for rubbing handwriting in the thermochromic ink and capable of thermally changing the color of the handwriting by frictional heat generated at that time, and at least one clip body as the operation body, the friction unit 10 is provided at a rear end of the barrel, and the clip body is provided in an area other than the rear end of the barrel.
US11179962B2
In a pencil lead manufactured through a baking step regardless of being a black lead or a colored lead, the mechanical strength of the pencil lead is further increased by coating a surface thereof with a resin. A pencil lead includes a baked lead body whose surface is covered by a covering layer made of resin that has a scratch hardness of HB or greater. The scratch hardness of the resin as a subject resin is defined as a lowest hardness index of a tester pencil that is able to form an indentation on a surface of a horizontal flat plate coated with a 5-μm thick film of the subject resin, when the surface is scratched by the tester pencil being pressed onto the surface at an angle of 45° with a load of 7.355 N.
US11179959B2
A security element, including: a substrate having a first structured major surface and a second structured major surface; and a first metal layer coated on the first structured major surface, wherein the transparency of the first metal layer is between 10% and 90%; and a second metal layer coated on the second structured major surface.
US11179958B2
Printed matter including a viewed-page detection electrode provided to a primary surface of a first printed medium among a plurality of bound printed media, the viewed-page detection electrode being so disposed that, when the printed matter is closed, at least part of the electrode provided to a first page overlaps with an electrode provided to a second page facing the first page; a selected-area detection electrode provided to the primary surface and located at a position different from the viewed-page detection electrode; a first determination unit connected to the viewed-page detection electrode to determine a page that is currently open based on capacitance generated in the viewed-page detection electrode; and a second determination unit connected to the selected-area detection electrode to determine whether the selected-area detection electrode of the open page has been touched by a user based on capacitance generated in the selected-area detection electrode.
US11179954B2
A printer includes a carriage in which a discharging head configured to discharge ink and an ink storage unit configured to store the ink to be supplied to the discharging head are mounted, and a lid member provided to the carriage. The lid member is rotatable to a first position and a second position, when the lid member is located at the first position, a supply port included in the ink storage unit is exposed, a first portion is located above the ink storage unit so as to limit removal of the ink storage unit from the carriage, and a lower end of a second portion is located below the supply port, and when the lid member is located at the second position, the ink storage unit is removable from the carriage, and the first portion and the second portion are located above the supply port.
US11179951B2
There is provided an image recording apparatus, including: a feed roller; a conveyer; a recording head; a carriage; a motor; a transmission mechanism; a lock detector; and a controller. The controller is configured to: record image on recording medium by alternately repeating a line feed process and a recording process; start feeding of second recording medium, before the recoding of the image to first recoding medium is completed, by rotating the motor to drive the feed roller; continue, in a case that the motor lock state is detected before the recording of the image to first recording medium is completed, a control for rotating the motor, until a process for recoding the image to first recording medium being executed when the motor lock state is detected, is completed; and stop a driving of the motor after the process for recoding the image to first recording medium is completed.
US11179947B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection head that ejects a liquid, a liquid supply flow path including a liquid storage unit that stores the liquid, a supply pump sending the liquid from the liquid storage unit to the liquid ejection head, a coupling flow path coupling a first supply coupling portion and a second supply coupling portion in the liquid supply flow path, a branch flow path coupling a third supply coupling portion provided in the coupling flow path and the liquid storage unit, an opening/closing valve provided in the branch flow path, where the opening/closing valve is configured to open/close the branch flow path, and a controller, wherein the controller fills the coupling flow path and the branch flow path with the liquid with a combination of a drive of the supply pump and an opening/closing operation of the opening/closing valve.
US11179946B2
A liquid supply unit supplies predetermined liquid from a liquid storage container storing the liquid to a liquid injection head for injecting the liquid. The liquid supply unit includes a pressure chamber, a first supply passage, a second supply passage, a bypass supply passage and a pressurizing mechanism. The pressure chamber is capable of storing the liquid. The first supply passage allows communication between the liquid storage container and the pressure chamber. The second supply passage allows communication between the liquid injection head and the pressure chamber. The bypass supply passage has an upstream end in a liquid supply direction connected to the first supply passage and a downstream end joining the second supply passage. The pressurizing mechanism is arranged in the bypass supply passage and pressurizes the liquid flowing in the bypass supply passage.
US11179935B2
In a liquid ejection head, a substrate is provided with a first inflow port located on an upstream side of a pressure chamber with respect to a direction of flow of liquids in a liquid flow passage and configured to allow a first liquid to flow into the liquid flow passage, a second inflow port located on the upstream side of the first inflow port and configured to allow a second liquid to flow into the liquid flow passage, and a lateral wall extending in a direction of extension of the liquid flow passage. At least part of the lateral wall is located above the first inflow port. In the pressure chamber, the first liquid flows in contact with a pressure generating element while the second liquid flows closer to the ejection port than the first liquid does.
US11179931B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure has a nozzle configured to eject a liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzle, a piezoelectric element that varying pressure in the pressure chamber, an endless transport belt transporting a medium, an electrifying section electrifying the transport belt, and a driving circuit that supplying, to the piezoelectric element, a micro-vibration pulse that generates micro-vibration in the liquid in the pressure chamber without causing the liquid to be ejected from the nozzle. The micro-vibration pulse is varied according to first data related to the state of a meniscus in the nozzle in a first state in which the nozzle and the transport belt electrified by the electrifying section face each other.
US11179924B2
A thermoplastic membrane including at least one layer including a thermoplastic polyolefin and a functionalized polyolefin copolymer.
US11179917B2
A CMC ply assembly is disclosed including at least one matrix ply interspersed amongst a plurality of CMC plies. Each of the plurality of CMC plies includes a first matrix and a plurality of ceramic fibers. The at least one matrix ply includes a second matrix and is essentially free of ceramic fibers. The plurality of CMC plies and the at least one matrix ply are arranged in an undensified ply stack having an article conformation. A CMC article is disclosed including a plurality of densified CMC plies and at least one densified matrix ply interspersed amongst the plurality of densified CMC plies. A method for forming the CMC article is disclosed including forming, carburizing, infusing a melt infiltration agent into, and densifying the CMC ply assembly. The melt infiltration agent infuses more completely through the at least one matrix ply than through the plurality of CMC plies.
US11179900B2
Systems and methods are provided for designing composite parts. One embodiment is a laminate shear forming machine configured to shape a composite charge. The laminate shear forming machine includes a layup mandrel including a surface for shaping the composite charge, forming members configured to press the composite charge against the surface of the layup mandrel to shape the composite charge, and pressure sensing strips configured to measure pressure between the forming members and the composite charge. The laminate shear forming machine also includes a forming controller coupled to the pressure sensing strips and configured to determine that at least one forming member is applying pressure to the composite charge outside a pressure range, and to direct the at least one forming member to adjust from a first position to a second position to apply pressure to the composite charge within the pressure range.
US11179897B2
A laser joining method and device includes a pressure-applying clamping device, which presses a first and a second workpiece against one another at least after the workpieces have been locally plasticized, and a mask having mask structures, which allow laser light to pass only in the region of the bonding contact faces, wherein at least the workpiece facing the laser source is formed by a three-dimensional molded part, which is not planar at least on the first contour side facing the clamping element and/or on the second contour side facing the second workpiece, and wherein the clamping element, with the bearing side thereof for the first workpiece, is adapted to the first contour side of the first workpiece. The mask structures are created on the bearing side of the clamping element facing the first workpiece or on the second contour side of the first workpiece facing the second workpiece.
US11179896B2
A bonded body is formed of a first member and a second member. The first member has a first base portion and a first welded portion which protrudes from the first base portion toward the second member side. The second member has a second base portion and a second welded portion which protrudes from the second base portion toward the first member side. In a first region of the joint portion, a first rib formed so as to project from the first base portion toward the second member side covers the first welded portion and the second welded portion from the side. In a second region different from the first region, a second rib formed so as to project from the second base portion toward the first member side covers the first welded portion and the second welded portion from the side.
US11179875B1
A modular system for blow molding a container. The system may include a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion and second portion may each include a shell, a mold removably coupled to the shell, and a top plate. The third portion may include a base and a base mold. The molds may be 3D printed. The molds together may define a blow mold cavity. The modular system may be used at lab scale, pilot scale, or full production scale. The molds may be durable and smooth enough for full production scale. Some embodiments are directed methods for making a modular system for blow molding a container.
US11179872B2
A resin shaping mold includes a hot runner, a cavity, a cold runner, and a valve pin. The cold runner is connected to the hot runner and the cavity. The cold runner has a lower temperature than the hot runner. The valve pin configured to move forward and backward from the hot runner toward the cold runner and close a channel of molten resin from the hot runner to the cavity at a predetermined position. The valve pin includes a runner lock portion configured to hold resin solidified at a position further on the cavity side with respect to the predetermined position in the cold runner.
US11179864B2
A filter support sheet extruded from a fluoroplastic material includes a base section having spaced-apart ribs extending outwardly from at least one surface thereof. Segments between spaced-apart ribs provide flow channels and apertures are punched through the sheet in a predetermined pattern unaffected by the structure of the support sheet. A method includes the steps of: (1) extruding a thermoplastic, fluoroplastic material to form of a sheet; (2) passing the sheet through a nip region provided by opposed rollers; at least one having an outer surface with counter-sunk grooves. Counter-sunk grooves in one roller are aligned with an outer surface or counter-sunk grooves of the other roller in the nip region to form a ribbed sheet having ribs upstanding from at least one surface of said sheet; (3) setting the ribbed sheet and (4) punching apertures through the ribbed sheet in a predetermined pattern.
US11179858B2
A robot arm with high productivity capable of preventing a decelerator from being damaged is provided. A robot arm according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a robot arm in which a second member is rotationally coupled to a first member via a decelerator that accommodates lubricant therein, the robot arm including: a circulation path in which the lubricant is circulated via the decelerator; a storage part that is arranged in the circulation path and stores the lubricant; and an actuator configured to circulate the lubricant, in which the storage part is provided with a filter for capturing impurities in the lubricant in such a way that the filter covers an outlet of the lubricant in the storage part.
US11179849B1
Disclosed herein is a system for transporting items having two or more robots configured to transport items throughout a facility, each robot transfers the items along a designated robot route, one or more automated carts configured to transport the item received from one or more robots, the automated carriage configured to transport the items along a designated cart route, a communication unit configured to provide the designate robot route to the robots and the designated cart route to the automated cart, and at least one processor configured to assign the robots to collect the items, assign the automated cart to receive the items; generate the robot route, designate a destination of the automated cart and, generate the cart route for the automated cart.
US11179843B2
A method for operating a multi-agent system having a plurality of robots. Each of the robots execute the following method cyclically until a target system state is achieved: starting from an instantaneous system state, determining possible options where progress is made along a path of system states in a predefined, deterministic finite automaton; the options defining actions through which a transition from a current to a subsequent system state can be achieved; determining a cost value for each of the possible options to carry out an action specified by the option; performing an auction, the cost values ascertained for each option being considered by each of the remaining robots; and executing an action, which corresponds to one of the options, as a function of all of the cost values which are determined or received for the respective option.
US11179837B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener-driving tool including multiple combustion chambers and/or usable with fuel canisters of varying lengths.
US11179835B2
In order for hydraulic disk brakes to function properly over time, associated brake pads are changed periodically. In order to exchange old brake pads for replacement brake pads, a disk brake may require pushing back the brake pistons within a brake caliper body in order to make room for installation of replacement pads. Current tools and methods typically require removal of a wheel from a vehicle, removal of a brake rotor from the wheel, and/or removal of the brake caliper body from a rotor. The presently disclosed caliper piston tool allows brake pads to be replaced without dismantling various components of the vehicle, resulting in significant time and cost savings as well as convenience for do-it-yourself and professional mechanics alike.
US11179827B1
An independent safety warning and notification system for sandblasting operations that require an operator of a blasting hose to be remotely positioned to the blasting pot operator. A dedicated activation switch assembly is secured to an existing sandblast hose with a separate dead man switch or alternately with an integrated dead man switch allowing the blast nozzle operator to communicate critical information to the pot operator. A warning notification light display and audible alarm assembly with a remotely positional warning light alarm is selectively secured near the pot operator for notification that a prescribed predetermined action has been requested by the blast nozzle operator or an emergency situation by activation of the switch assembly.
US11179823B2
A substrate holding apparatus which can adjust polishing profile precisely is disclosed. The substrate holding apparatus includes an elastic membrane that forms a plurality of pressure chambers for pressing a substrate, and a head body to which the elastic membrane is coupled. The elastic membrane includes a contact portion to be brought into contact with the substrate for pressing the substrate against a polishing pad, an edge circumferential wall extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the contact portion, and a plurality of inner circumferential walls arranged radially inwardly of the edge circumferential wall and extending upwardly from the contact portion. At least two adjacent inner circumferential walls of the plurality of inner circumferential walls include slope circumferential walls inclined radially inwardly. The slope circumferential walls are inclined radially inwardly in their entirety from their lower ends to upper ends, and extend upwardly.
US11179821B2
The invention discloses a synchronous self-locking pneumatic adaptive fixture used for the machining of annular thin-walled parts, belonging to the technical field of mechanical machining. The synchronous self-locking pneumatic adaptive fixture includes a zero point positioning system, a base body, a plurality of pressure plate mechanism assemblies, a plurality of columns, a plurality of support mechanism assemblies and a plurality of adaptive support body assemblies. Among them, the pressure plate mechanism assemblies complete the axial compression of the workpiece through the lever force increasing mechanisms and the orthogonal self-locking mechanisms. And the support mechanism assemblies complete the radial support of the workpiece through the rod slider mechanisms and the orthogonal self-locking mechanisms. The invention not only has high clamping efficiency and good stability, but also can ensure the reliable clamping and safe machining of the workpiece when the air source is disconnected.
US11179819B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of assembling hardpoints in aeronautical structures, and more specifically, the disclosed method allows knowing the relative deviation of the hardpoints and of the positioning elements of the hardpoints with respect to a laser beam emitted by a laser collimator fixed to an adjustable support which can be adjusted in at least two directions in space, and by using a correction algorithm, it is possible to know the displacement necessary for locating the positioning elements such that they are aligned with respect to the hardpoints, the positioning elements in turn being moved as a result of the movement of the driven linear tables in one or in several iterative steps, at which time the position thereof is fixed and they are ready for the rest of the hardpoints to be assembled.
US11179816B2
Methods of manufacturing or repairing a turbine blade or vane are described. The airfoil portions of these turbine components are typically manufactured by casting in a ceramic mold, and a surface made up of the cast airfoil and at the least the ceramic core serves as a build surface for a subsequent process of additively manufacturing the tip portions. The build surface is created by removing a top portion of the airfoil and the core, or by placing an ultra-thin shim on top of the airfoil and the core. The overhang projected by the shim is subsequently removed. These methods are not limited to turbine engine applications, but can be applied to any metallic object that can benefit from casting and additive manufacturing processes. The present disclosure also relates to finished and intermediate products prepared by these methods.
