US11194742B2
A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving an I/O queue creation request, and identifying a first CPU core that can satisfy the I/O queue creation request. A determination is made as to whether the first CPU core already has an I/O queue formed thereon. In response to determining that the first CPU core already has an I/O queue formed thereon, a determination is made as to whether any CPU cores do not already have an I/O queue formed thereon. In response to determining that each CPU core already has an I/O queue formed thereon, the host is informed that satisfying the I/O queue creation request will cause an overlap with existing I/O queues. In response to receiving an indication from the host to satisfy the I/O queue creation request despite the overlap, instructions are sent to use the first CPU core to satisfy the I/O queue creation request.
US11194733B2
A first master receives a first virtual address in a virtual memory, the first virtual address in the virtual memory corresponding, according to a mapping function, to a first physical address of a first physical memory bank which is to be accessed by the first master. The first master accesses the first physical address to perform a first memory operation in the first memory bank. A second master receives a second virtual address in a virtual memory, the second virtual address in the virtual memory corresponding, according to the mapping function, to a second physical address of a second physical memory bank which is to be accessed by the second master. Concurrently with access by the first master to the first physical address, the second master accesses the second physical address to perform a second memory operation in the second physical memory bank.
US11194725B2
A cache management system includes a sequentiality determination process configured to determine sequentiality profiles of a workload of IO traces as the workload dynamically changes over time. A learning process is trained to learn a correlation between workload sequentiality and cache pollution, and the trained learning process is used to predict cache pollution before the cache starts to experience symptoms of excessive pollution. The predicted pollution value is used by a cache policy adjustment process to change the prefetch policy applied to the cache, to proactively control the manner in which prefetching is used to write data to the cache. Selection of the cache policy is implemented on a per-LUN basis, so that cache performance for each LUN is individually managed by the cache management system.
US11194723B2
The prefetch control is optimized according to a data pattern. The model selection unit selects inference units from outside of the device driver and replace each of the inference units according to the type of data analysis. The inference units, each of which is a neural network, predict an address region of the SSD based on I/O trace data collected by the device driver and instruct the device driver to prefetch from the outside based on the prediction result. The prefetch execution unit performs prefetch for the storage cache allocated to the SCM based on the prediction by a neural network associated with the query and the database.
US11194721B2
To deliver up-to-date, coherent user data to applications upon request, the disclosed technology includes systems and methods for caching data and metadata after it has been synchronously loaded—for future retrieval with a page load time close to zero milliseconds. To provide this experience, data needs to be stored as locally to a user as possible, in the cache on the local device or in an edge cache located geographically nearby, for use in responding to requests. Applications which maintain caches of API results can be notified of their invalidation, and can detect the invalidation, propagate the invalidation to any further client tiers with the appropriate derivative type mapping, and refresh their cached values so that clients need not synchronously make the API requests again—insuring that the client has access to the most up-to-date copy of data as inexpensively as possible—in terms of bandwidth and latency.
US11194711B2
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a first region and a second region, and a controller that receives a first operation command including move attribute information and a first logical block address from an external host device and moves first data corresponding from the first region to the second region in response to the received first operation command, and when the first operation command does not include the move attribute information, the controller performs a first operation corresponding to the first operation command.
US11194705B2
Method, apparatus and product for automatically introducing register dependency into tests. A test template represents an abstract test scenario to be utilized for testing a target processor. The abstract test scenario requires that a value be assigned to a register. A test that implements the abstract test scenario is generated. The test is a set of instructions that are executable by the target processor. The generation of the test comprises: determining a memory address to retain the value in a memory that is accessible to the target processor; and adding to the test an instruction to load to the register the value from the memory address, whereby adding a register dependency to the test that is not required by the abstract test scenario. The test can be executed on the target processor or simulation thereof.
US11194696B2
Recording a trace of code execution using reserved cache lines in a cache. A computing device comprises processing units and a cache. The cache includes a first plurality of cache lines that each comprise an address portion for storing a memory address within the memory device, and a value portion for storing a value associated with the memory address. The cache also includes a second plurality of reserved cache lines that store a plurality of sets of accounting bits. Each set of accounting bits comprises a plurality of accounting bits and is associated with a different cache line in the first cache lines. Each cache line in the second cache lines stores multiple of the sets of accounting bits. Stored control logic uses the plurality of sets of accounting bits in the second cache lines to track trace logging information for the first cache lines.
US11194690B2
Various embodiments for management of multipath Input/Output (I/O) in a computing system by a processor device. Upon surpassing a threshold for at least one predetermined criterion associated with near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O, a system notification is provided that is usable by the processor device to perform a multipath layer path selection aimed at reducing near timeouts/near misses in the multipath I/O.
US11194688B1
Techniques for an optimization service of a service provider network to generate an architecture diagram that represents an architecture of a web-based application. The optimization service may use the architecture diagram to determine modifications or changes to make to the application. For example, the optimization service may compare the architecture diagram with optimized architecture diagrams that represent application best practices, and determine the modifications or change to make to the application to optimize the application and bring the application in-line with best practices. Further, the optimization service may use the architecture diagram to generate a visualization, and provide the user account with the visualization of the architecture diagram to show users their application architecture.
US11194681B2
An embodiment of the present invention is directed to enabling a mainframe system to be shutdown and restarted in an alternate region within minutes in a consistent and demonstrated manner ensuring data consistency for various components including disk, storage, coupling facility, etc. This enhances and packages together various software products from a mainframe platform in order to deliver a solution. An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an integrated automation that validates the integrity of the systems after restarting in remote regions.
US11194680B2
Systems and methods for high availability computing systems. Systems and methods include disaster recovery of two-node computing clusters. A method embodiment commences upon identifying a computing cluster having two nodes, the two nodes corresponding to a first node and a second node that each send and receive heartbeat indications periodically while performing storage I/O operations. One or both of the two nodes detect a heartbeat failure between the two nodes, and in response to detecting the heartbeat failure, one or both of the nodes temporarily cease storage I/O operations. A witness node is accessed in an on-demand basis as a result of detecting the heartbeat failure. The witness performs a leadership election operation to provide a leadership lock to only one requestor. The leader then resumes storage I/O operations and performs one or more disaster remediation operations. After remediation, the computing cluster is restored to a configuration having two nodes.
US11194673B2
Embodiments are described for enabling file level recovery (FLR) process for dynamic disks in a data storage system. A source virtual machine (VM) stores data files after a data backup operation and to be restored to a destination VM using the FLR operations; a copy of the source VM is spawned and has an Instant Recover (IR) execution component performing IR operations. A helper VM is spawned using the IR operation of the source VM copy. A FLR agent installed on each of the source VM copy and the destination VM is configured to identify a disk on the source VM as being a dynamic disk, and to allow the helper VM to act as a file transfer facilitator between the source VM and the destination VM. In this way, dynamic disks on the source VM are distinguished from regular disks even when they has the same UUID.
US11194672B1
A method begins with a processing module selecting one of a plurality of dispersed storage (DS) processing modules for facilitating access to a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory. The method continues with the processing module sending a DSN memory access request to the one of the plurality of DS processing modules. The method continues with the processing module selecting another one of the plurality of DS processing modules when no response is received within a given time frame or when the response to the access request does not include an access indication. The method continues with the processing module sending the DSN memory access request to the another one of the plurality of DS processing modules.
US11194671B2
A network device includes a first request unit configured to issue a first request for requesting information indicating a storage destination in which data stored in a storage device of the network device is stored as backup data and a transmission unit configured to transmit data stored in the storage device using the information indicating the storage destination received in response to the first request. A data management system includes a first response unit configured to respond with the information indicating the storage destination to the network device in response to the first request. In response to storing of the differential backup data from the network device in a storage system, before the differential backup data is stored, a process of merging full backup data managed in the storage system and the differential backup data is performed.
US11194670B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing cloud snapshots of production data. A client system includes data and snapshots may be taken of that data. These snapshots are transferred to the cloud and hydrated to block devices that are similar to the devices on which the production data exists. Snapshots are then taken of the block devices. The cloud snapshots are the same as and correspond to the locally generated snapshots.
US11194664B2
A storage system comprises a plurality of storage devices, and is configured to establish a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) arrangement comprising a plurality of stripes, with each of the plurality of stripes comprising a plurality of blocks, the blocks being distributed across multiple ones of the storage devices. In conjunction with establishment of the RAID arrangement, the storage system is further configured, for each of the plurality of stripes, to designate a particular one of the storage devices as a spare storage device for that stripe, and for each of the storage devices, to determine numbers of the stripes for which that storage device is designated as a spare device for respective ones of the other storage devices. A particular number of spare blocks is reserved for each of the storage devices based at least in part on its determined numbers of the stripes.
US11194662B2
To identify slice errors, a processing module of a computing device in a dispersed storage network (DSN) sends first list digest requests to at least first and second dispersed storage (DS) units. The requests indicates a first range of slice names to include in a first list digest. The processing module receives digest responses from the DS units, and compares the digest responses to determine whether they identify the same slices. If they do not identify the same slices, the processing module sends second list digest requests indicating a sub-range of the first range of slice names to include in second list digests. The sub-range continues to be narrowed until the processing module identifies at least one sub-range of slice names where a slice error exists.
US11194661B1
A memory system includes a plurality of memory devices, a buffer memory, and a controller. The controller generates bitmap information for a plurality of pages to distinguish a first page on which a read operation has succeeded from a second page on which the read operation has failed, and stores the bitmap information in the buffer memory, whenever completing the read operation for each of the plurality of pages. The controller generates parity data by cumulatively performing a parity operation on data of the first page whenever performing the read operation on each of the plurality of pages, and stores the parity data in the buffer memory. The controller checks the bitmap information after the read operations on the plurality of pages are completed, and recovers data of the second page by referring to the parity data when the second page is present among the plurality of pages.
US11194660B1
A method, system, and computer program product for implementing indexes in a dispersed storage network (dsNet) are provided. The method receives a key-value list request including a start key. In response to the key-value list request, a set of key-value list requests are transmitted to a plurality of data source units within a dispersed storage network (dsNet). The method identifies a set of keys returned from the plurality of data source units and identifies a subset of keys from the set of keys returned. The subset of keys including a union of the set of keys. The key-value pairs associated with the subset of keys are restored. The method generates a key-value list response to the key-value list request. The key-value list response includes the restored key-value pairs associated with the subset of keys.
US11194657B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) engine, an input/output (I/O) gating circuit, and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes a plurality of bank arrays, and each of the bank arrays includes dynamic memory cells. The control logic circuit generates a first control signal to control the I/O gating circuit and a second control signal to control the ECC engine, in response to an access address and a command. The control logic circuit controls the ECC engine to perform s-bit ECC encoding on a write data to be stored in a first page of at least one bank array, in response to a first command, and controls the ECC engine to perform t-bit ECC decoding on a first codeword read from the first page, in response to a second command.
US11194649B2
A method, system and computer program product for providing early diagnosis of hardware, software or configuration problems in a data warehouse system. A received query is parsed to determine the properties of the query. The query may then be joined to existing groups of queries if those groups have shared properties of the query. After executing the query according to an execution plan, results from the execution of the query is received, which may include problem(s) that occurred during execution of the query. For those problems that reach a pre-defined threshold of becoming a “group problem” in those groups joined by the query, the problem is reported to the end user concerning those groups where the problem exceeds the pre-defined threshold. In this manner, an early diagnosis of the problems in the data warehouse system that can cause delay and failure of the processing of queries is able to occur.
US11194644B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing program verify adaptation for flash memory. The method includes performing an adjustment iteration, which includes accessing error counts for respective N states of a plurality of memory cells, applying a weighting to the error counts based on a binary data coding for the N states, determining a state Smin of the N states having a minimum error count Emin from the error counts, determining a state Smax of the N states having a maximum error count Emax from the error counts, determining a difference between the Emax and the Emin satisfies an error count threshold, and adjusting, by a predefined value, a respective program verify offset of a lowest state from Smin and Smax, and of each state between Smin and Smax in the N states, wherein the adjusting is a decrement when Smin is less than Smax and an increment otherwise.
US11194642B2
A method includes executing a calibration operation on a set of qubits, in a first iteration, to produce a set of parameters, a first subset of the set of parameters corresponding to a first qubit of the set of qubits, and a second subset of the set of parameters corresponding to a second qubit of the set of qubits. In an embodiment, the method includes selecting the first qubit, responsive to a parameter of the first subset meeting an acceptability criterion. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a quantum gate, responsive to a second parameter of the second subset failing to meet a second acceptability criterion, using the first qubit and a third qubit.
US11194638B1
Deferred scaling of an ordered event stream (OES) is disclosed. In contrast to conventional scaling of an OES, the disclosed deferred scaling can defer a scaling event where an impediment/condition to committing the scaling event is determined. This can comprise storing information corresponding to the scaling event as a virtual scaling event. The virtual scaling vent in some embodiments can be converted to an implemented scaling event at a later time. In a further embodiment, the virtual scaling event can be abandoned and the OES can continue to operate according to a last committed OES topology. In other embodiments, the virtual scaling event can be employed in determining a subsequent scaling event. Optionally, the subsequent scaling event can be an implemented scaling event or another deferred scaling event.
US11194632B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for configuring microservices platforms in one or more computing clusters. In one of the computing clusters, a request to instantiate a microservice platform is received, wherein the request is received in a computing cluster having a first node and a second node, and wherein the first node and second node comprise a first virtualized storage controller and a second virtualized storage controller, respectively. The storage controllers each manage their respective storage pools comprising local storage devices. A first microservice manager is deployed on the first node and a second microservice manager is deployed on the second node. The first virtualized storage controller on the first node performs storage management operations for a first microservice instantiated by the first microservice manager, and the second virtualized storage controller on the second node performs storage management operations for a second microservice instantiated by the second microservice manager.
US11194627B2
Methods and systems for providing load balancing are provided. Example embodiments provide a Application Workspace System “AWS” which enables users to access remote server-based applications using the same interface that they use to access local applications, without needing to know where the application is being accessed. In one embodiment, a load balancing message bus is provided that performs load balancing and resource discovery within the AWS. For example, the AWS may use a broadcast message-bus based load balancing to determine which servers to use to launch remote application access requests or to perform session management. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US11194626B2
A computing system includes a computer in communication with a tiered storage system. The computing system identifies a set of data transferring to a storage tier within the storage system. The computing system identifies a program to which the data set is allocated and determines to increase or reduce resources of the computer allocated to the program, based on the set of data transferring to the storage tier. The computing system discontinues transferring the set of data to the storage tier if a resource allocated to the program cannot be increased.
US11194625B2
For one embodiment of the present invention, methods and systems for accelerating data operations with efficient memory management in native code and native dynamic class loading mechanisms are disclosed. In one embodiment, a data processing system comprises memory and a processing unit coupled to the memory. The processing unit is configured to receive input data, to execute a domain specific language (DSL) for a DSL operation with a native implementation, to translate a user defined function (UDF) into the native implementation by translating user defined managed software code into native software code, to execute the native software code in the native implementation, and to utilize a native memory management mechanism for the memory to manage object instances in the native implementation.
US11194624B2
A partial order procedure planning device 10 is provided with: a first generation unit 11 which generates a first condition of a removable order relationship under a predetermined restriction among order relationships between operations in a serial procedure in which a plurality of operations, which transit the state of a state element from an initial state to a target state, are arranged in series; a second generation unit 12 which generates a second condition of an order relationship, which is required to satisfy a transient requirement that is required to satisfy the state element while a state among the order relationships is transitioned from the initial state to the target state; and a determination unit 13 which determines, as the order relationship to be deleted from the serial procedure, an order relationship which satisfies the generated first condition, but does not satisfy the generated second condition.
US11194622B2
A method for scheduling guest systems and/or threads in a virtualization system that assigns processor time and memory space to guest systems and including a virtualization system scheduler, the method including running a first guest system that includes at least one first thread and at least one second thread running in the first guest system, and a guest system scheduler that assigns processing time to the at least one second thread, assigning a plurality of time reservations to the first guest system, wherein the plurality of time reservations include a first time reservation associated to one first thread and a second time reservation associated to the guest system scheduler of the first guest system, assigning processor time to the first guest system according to the second time reservation, and assigning processor time to the at least one first thread of the first guest system according to the first time reservation.
US11194620B2
Systems and methods for preferential treatment of a prioritized virtual machine during migration of a group of virtual machines from a first virtualized computing environment to a second virtualized computing environment. A data structure is allocated to store virtual machine migration task attributes that are associated with a plurality of in-process virtual machine migration tasks. As migration proceeds, the migration task attributes in the data structure are updated to reflect ongoing migration task scheduling adjustments and ongoing migration task resource allotments. A user interface or other process indicates a request to prioritize migration of a particular one of the to-be-migrated virtual machines. Based on the request, at least some of the virtual machine migration task attributes are modified to indicate a reduced scheduling priority of some of the to-be-migrated virtual machine migration tasks so as to preferentially deliver computing resources to the prioritized virtual machine migration tasks.
US11194615B2
A method performed by a physical computing system includes, with a hypervisor, determining a first time difference between when pause exiting was last enabled for the virtual machine and present time. The method further includes, with the hypervisor, in response to determining that the first time difference is greater than an enablement threshold, enabling pause exiting. The method further includes, with the hypervisor, with pause loop exiting enabled, determining a second time difference between when pause exiting was last disabled and the present time. The method further includes, with the hypervisor, disabling pause exiting in response to determining that the second time difference exceeds a disablement threshold.
US11194612B2
This disclosure provides a solution for improving performance in a virtual machine. In this method, a platform independent intermediate representation of a code segment in an application is obtained from a first virtual machine which is operating on a first platform. The platform independent intermediate representation is generated through a run-time compilation by the first virtual machine. Native code is generated based on the platform independent intermediate representation, in which at least one piece of the native code corresponds to a second platform which is different from the first platform. The at least one piece of the native code is distributed to a second virtual machine which is operating on the second platform.
US11194609B1
An example operation may include a method comprising one or more of constructing a VNF package that includes at least one of a VNFD with one or more VNFC module descriptors or one or more VNFC module artifacts, generating a VNF package archive, receiving the VNF package archive containing the VNF package, processing a manifest file in the VNF package archive, onboarding one or more traditional VNF package components including a VNFD file and at least one software artifact, onboarding one or more independently manageable VNFC software module components in the VNF package, and enabling a VNF in a service catalog.
US11194607B2
Technology is disclosed for establishing and administering multiple virtual machines, each with an audio, video and control (AVC) operating system (OS). The technology can also establish and administer cloud based AVC OSs. A server implementing this technology can perform real-time AVC processing, alongside soft and non-real-time processing and can host multiple, independent, virtual AVC OSs. Each AVC OS can perform the processing for an AVC setup. Each of the AVC OSs can be operated by a corresponding virtual machine controlled by a hypervisor running on the server. A cloud based AVC OS can perform processing for a corresponding remote AVC setup comprising multiple AVC devices. An AVC routing system can cause AVC signals from a particular AVC setup to reach a corresponding cloud AVC OS and conversely can cause signals from an AVC OS to reach the correct destination device.
US11194601B2
Generally discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for guiding a user through a cloud application creation or deployment process using a development platform, the method performed by a checklist engine, the method comprising receiving, from the development platform, application data indicating a state of the cloud application, determining, based on the application data, that an item of a checklist has been completed, the checklist indicating tasks to be performed for configuring and securing the cloud application for deployment, storing data indicating the completed item is completed in a checklist data database, and causing a view of the checklist to be provided on a display.
US11194598B2
The embodiments of the disclosure provide an information display method, device and terminal, relating to the field of human-computer interaction technologies. The method includes: acquiring a target file; displaying a navigation bar, the navigation bar comprising an operation control of the target file; receiving a first touch signal triggered on the operation control; and displaying, according to the first touch signal, a program entry of at least one application, the at least one application being configured to process the target file. By adding the display of the operation control of the target file, where the operation control is configured to trigger the program entry of the application for processing the target file, so function entries for processing the obtained files are increased based on the original virtual buttons, and the functions of the navigation bar are enhanced.
US11194594B2
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for detecting or recognizing a user and intelligently altering or adjusting user device settings appropriate for the detected user. In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, electronically by a processor, a first user interacting with a user device via a user input interface of the user device; determining, electronically by the processor, one or more characteristics associated with a primary user of the user device; determining, electronically by the processor, the first user is not the primary user based at least in part on comparing interactions of the first user with the user device and the one or more characteristics associated with the primary user of the user device; and altering one or more settings of the user device.
US11194593B2
In a method for operating a production machine or machine tool, an app having at least one virtual container and an app configuration is downloaded from a remote memory store into a memory store of the machine, and an immediate start of the downloaded app on the production machine or machine tool is automatically prevented. The app configuration of the downloaded app is then automatically modified, and identifiers included in the app configuration are automatically evaluated and compared with identifiers included in a positive list or in a positive list and a negative list. An identifier which is not contained in the positive list, or an identifier which is contained in neither the positive list nor in the negative list is automatically replaced with an automatically selected or automatically generated target expression; and the downloaded app following the modification of the app configuration is then automatically started.
US11194586B2
A firmware-based system and method for detecting an indicator of an override condition during a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot sequence. The indicator of the override condition may be detected based upon the pressing of a specialized button, designated key or keys or other received input that indicates both physical presence of the user and the desire, on the current boot, to bypass UEFI Secure Boot. An embodiment may work for only a single boot, not require access into a setup application, and may be accessed by externally accessible features of the computer system.
US11194581B2
Data processing apparatuses, methods of data processing, instructions, and simulator computer programs for providing a corresponding instruction execution environment are disclosed. Decode circuitry is responsive to an instance of a predetermined instruction type to cause issue circuitry to issue at least one subsequent instruction for execution to one of first and second instruction execution circuitry which support decoupled access-execute instruction execution. The predetermined instruction type is thus a steering instruction for at least one subsequent instruction and the programmer is provided with a mechanism for determining which program instructions are treated as access instructions and which are treated as execute instructions.
US11194570B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to performing updates to Electronic Control Unit (ECU) software while an ECU of a vehicle is operating. Operations may include receiving, at the vehicle while the ECU of the vehicle is operating, a software update file for the ECU software; writing, while the ECU is operating, the software update file into a first memory location in a memory of the ECU while simultaneously executing a code segment of existing code in a second memory location in the memory of the ECU; and updating a plurality of memory addresses associated with the memory of the ECU based on the software update file and without interrupting the execution of the code segment currently being executed in the second memory location in the memory of the ECU.
US11194568B1
Technologies are described for retaining configuration information for software applications during upgrades. For example, when an addon software package is deployed to a web application server running a main software platform, the configuration information for the addon software package can be preserved separately (e.g., independent of the common configuration file) and used later to restore the addon configuration information if needed. In some implementations, an addon presence file is used to store an entry for the addon software package. The entry identifies another file containing the configuration information for the addon software package. If the main software platform is upgraded resulting in the common configuration file being overwritten or replaced, then the addon configuration information can be added back to the common configuration file using the preserved configuration information.
US11194566B1
Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application relate to deploying a software update to multiple clusters in a decentralized manner, where the individual clusters manage their own deployments based on successes and/or failures experienced by other clusters that have installed the software update. For example, a set of least conservative clusters may install the software update right away, whereas a set of more conservative clusters may wait and see how many of the clusters have installed the update so far and/or how the update is performing on those clusters, before installing the update themselves.
US11194565B2
Methods and systems for tracking source code deployments are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving an event descriptor, the event descriptor indicating that a source code repository is updated with a source code revision; retrieving a deployment descriptor associated with the source code repository; comparing the event descriptor with the deployment descriptor to determine whether the source code revision needs to be deployed; in response to determining that the source code revision needs to be deployed, deploying the source code revision; upon commencement or completion of the source code deployment, communicating deployment information corresponding to the status of the source code deployment to a tracking system, the deployment information comprising at least a deployment identifier and a source code revision identifier, the tracking system configured to utilize the source code revision identifier to query one or more external systems and automatically retrieve further information associated with the source code revision.
US11194558B2
An application-centric modernization and migration (AMM) architecture delivers AMM as a service to enterprises to automate migrating applications to new environments. In this regard, the architecture implements data migration functionality in concert with application code migration, environment provisioning, and post-migration configuration. The joint migration of application data and application code effectively provides a complete migration of an application. The architecture may also define and deliver a GUI portal through which an application owner provides application-specific metadata to drive the AMM.
US11194557B2
Systems and methods for providing a binary representation of a web page. A server may compile a source page, such as a hypertext markup language (“HTML”) document, to create a compiled representation of the source page. Creation of a compiled representation may include generating a document object model (“DOM”) for the content associated with the source page. The compiled page may be transmitted to a client as a random-access file or flat file, where the data is encoded in one or more data types other than a string representation. The client may receive the compiled page and load the compiled page directly as a DOM for the page without the need to parse HTML text strings. The server and client may reconcile the data format of the compiled page, such as by exchanging or verifying a compiler dictionary associated with the page.
US11194556B1
Deterministic memory allocation for real-time applications. In an embodiment, bitcode is scanned to detect calls by a memory allocation function to a dummy function. Each call uses parameters comprising an identifier of a memory pool and a size of a data type to be stored in the memory pool. For each detected call, an allocation record, comprising the parameters, is generated. Then, a header file is generated based on the allocation records. The header file may comprise a definition of bucket(s) and a definition of memory pools. Each definition of a memory pool may identify at least one bucket.
US11194549B2
The present disclosure advantageously provides a system, matrix multiply accelerator (MMA) and method for efficiently multiplying matrices. The MMA includes a vector register to store the row vectors of one input matrix, a vector register to store the column vectors of another input matrix, a vector register to store an output matrix, and an array of vector multiply and accumulate (VMAC) units coupled to the vector registers. Each VMAC unit is coupled to at least two row vector signal lines and at least two column vector signal lines, and is configured to calculate the dot product for one element i,j of the output matrix by multiplying each row vector formed from the ith row of the first matrix with a corresponding column vector formed from the jth column of the second matrix to generate intermediate products, and accumulate the intermediate products into a scalar value.
US11194539B2
A communication device includes USB Type-C (USB-C) port to receive a media data presented at a user computing device, a signal converter circuit to convert the media data into a formatted media data, a hardware processor, communicatively coupled to the signal converter and the USB-C port, to compress, according to an encoding scheme, the formatted media data into a compressed media data stream, and a wireless transmission interface to transmit, using a wireless network, the compressed media data stream to a large-format display device for presentation of the media data.
US11194531B1
A self-organizing, distributed printing system utilizes a plurality of digital front ends coupled to to printers and configured to periodically poll a distributed electronic ledger for a print job. Each digital front end adds a bid block to the distributed electronic ledger requesting a page range of the print job to be allocated to the digital front end for printing; and further adds a vote block to the distributed electronic ledger to approve or deny a bid block for the page range added to the distributed electronic ledger by other of the digital front ends; and further may release all or part of a page range allocated to the digital front end back to the distributed electronic ledger in response to a print failure by a printer associated with the digital front end.
US11194514B2
A memory system includes a memory array and a memory controller. The memory array includes a plurality of memory dies communicatively coupled via a plurality of memory channels, each memory channel communicatively coupled to a subset of the plurality of memory dies. The memory controller includes a command scheduler configured to determine an operator status of each memory die of the memory array, determine, based on the operator status of each of the memory dies, an order in which to output commands to the memory dies, update a mapping table based on the determined order in which to output the commands to the memory dies of the memory array, and output the commands to the memory dies of the memory array in the determined order in the mapping table.
US11194512B2
A data storage device may include: a nonvolatile memory device; and a controller configured to control a read operation of the nonvolatile memory device, wherein the controller includes: a memory configured to store workload pattern information; and a processor configured to check a workload pattern in a first period based on the workload pattern information, and decide on a read mode to be performed in a second period following the first period, according to the workload pattern of the first period.
US11194509B2
Memory devices and a memory controller that controls such memory devices. Multiple memory devices receive commands and addresses on a command/address (C/A) bus that is relayed point-to-point by each memory device. Data is received and sent from these devices to/from a memory controller in a point-to-point configuration by adjusting the width of each individual data bus coupled between the individual memory devices and the memory controller. Along with the C/A bus are clock signals that are regenerated by each memory device and relayed. The memory controller and memory devices may be packaged on a single substrate using package-on-package technology. Using package-on-package technology allows the relayed C/A signals to connect from memory device to memory device using wire bonding. Wirebond connections provide a short, high-performance signaling environment for the chip-to-chip relaying of the C/A signals and clocks from one memory device to the next in the daisy-chain.
US11194507B2
A controller for controlling a memory device includes: a buffer including a plurality of segments; and a buffer manager suitable for deciding a segment attribute for each of the segments that represents one or more kinds of buffer allocation request for which the corresponding segment is allocable, deciding a priority allocation for each of the segments based on the segment attribute of the corresponding segment, and when a buffer allocation request is received, allocating one or more segments among the plurality of segments based on the segment attribute and the priorities of each of the non-allocated segments relative to the segment attributes.
US11194504B2
Efficient pre-reading is performed in data transmission and reception between an Edge node and a Core node. An information processing device includes a storage device, outputs client request data based on a request of a client, and stores predetermined pre-read data in the storage device before the request of the client. The device includes: a relevance calculation module configured to calculate relevance between data based on an access history of the data; and a pre-reading and deletion module configured to determine data to be deleted from the storage device using the relevance when data having predetermined relevance with the client request data is to be stored to the storage device as the pre-read data and a storage capacity of the storage device is insufficient if at least one of the client request data and the pre-read data is to be stored to the storage device.
US11194503B2
A storage device includes: a storage controller to receive one or more notifications corresponding to host data transferred from a host device to the storage device over a storage interface; and a response circuit connected to the storage controller, the response circuit to trigger a response to the host device, and including: a first counter to track the one or more notifications, the one or more notifications corresponding to an entirety of the host data such that each of the notifications corresponds to a portion of the host data; a second counter to track one or more acknowledgements received from the storage controller, the one or more acknowledgments corresponding to the one or more notifications such that each of the acknowledgments corresponds to a notification; and a response trigger to select one of the first counter and the second counter to trigger the response to the host device.
US11194498B1
A technique for performing writes in a storage system that supports data compression tests incoming writes to determine whether the amount of data to be written is less than a predetermined threshold. If so, the storage system avoids compression and stores the amount of data as received without compressing it. If not, the storage system performs compression and stores the incoming data as a compressed extent.
US11194485B2
Memory access circuitry enforces ownership rights for memory regions. A given memory region is associated with an owner realm specified from multiple realms, each realm corresponding to a portion of at least one software process executed by processing circuitry 8. In response to a realm switch from a source realm to a target realm at a more privileged exception level, state masking of a subset of architectural state associated with a source realm is performed to make the state inaccessible to a target realm. In response to a flush command following the realm switch, any of the subset of architectural state data not already saved to at least one realm execution context memory region is ensured to be saved.
US11194482B1
A storage system and method for segregating outliers in a virtualization system are presented. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to track a write amplification caused by each of a plurality of virtual machines; determine that a write amplification of one of the plurality of virtual machines is outside of an acceptable write amplification range; and perform a corrective action to reduce write amplification of the one of the plurality of virtual machines. Other embodiments are provided.
US11194475B2
In one embodiment, updating and searching of entries in a hardware content-addressable memory is coordinated to provide more searching bandwidth (e.g., for determining packet processing information), including, but not limited to, when vectors are moved among entries to free up desired entry positions for insertion of other vectors. A lookup operation is performed in content-addressable memory entries in a hardware content-addressable memory based on a lookup word to generate a content-addressable memory lookup result. Typically overlapping in time, a matching operation is performed in one or more transitory entries to generate a transitory matching result based on the lookup word. These transitory entries are populated with transitory vectors and have an associated index within the content-addressable memory, with these transitory vectors are subsequently inserted in the content-addressable memory at their associated index positions. A matching result is determined from the content-addressable memory lookup result and the transitory matching result.
US11194467B2
The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for receiving handwriting input, accessing predictive text candidates, and accessing keyboards.
US11194466B2
The invention relates to a method for entering commands into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display unit on which an image can be displayed and at least an area of the displayed image can be selected by means of a pointer and in which segmentation can thereby be carried out in a targeted manner and with a speech recognition unit by means of the commands can be generated for the electronic device. According to the invention, the user of the electronic device selects at least a partial area of a displayed image, and the selected area is subjected to an image analysis following a simultaneous acoustic input.
US11194460B2
Systems and methods are provided that can include displaying a floor plan on a graphical user interface, receiving a first user input identifying a respective location of each of a plurality of zones of the secured area via the floor plan displayed on the graphical user interface, receiving a second user input identifying a respective evacuation route to an emergency exit from each the plurality of zones via the floor plan displayed on the graphical user interface, identifying a respective distance factor from each of the plurality of zones to the emergency exit via the respective evacuation route, identifying a respective relative distance from each of the plurality of zones to a selected one of the plurality of zones, and multiplying the respective distance factor by the respective relative distance for each of the plurality of zones to identify a respective alarm sequence factor.
US11194459B2
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for efficiently and reliably interacting with a nonconforming application component in a windowing environment. The nonconforming application component corresponds to a type of application (such as, but not limited to, an immersive-type full-screen application) that was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment, or was not originally designed for presentation of application content in a windowing environment of a certain type. In some implementations, the computer-implemented technique generates a composite window by: creating a system-owned frame; receiving an application-owned window; and creating the composite window by combining the frame and the application-owned window. The technique can thereafter control the composite window by performing operations on the composite window via its system-owned frame.
US11194447B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for group-based communication channel organization. In this regard, embodiments described herein are configured to enable group-based communication interfaces rendered with group-based communication channels organized into specific organized channel sets. A plurality of organized channel sets may be reorganized, and/or the associated channel set for each organized channel set may be reorganized. In one example embodiment, an apparatus is configured to receive an interface rendering request associated with an authenticated user account and a group-based communication interface, identify at least one organized channel set associated with the authenticated user account, and cause rendering of the group-based communication interface comprising an organized channel set interface element set, each organized channel set interface element in the organized channel set interface element set associated with one of the at least one organized channel set.
US11194429B2
An information display terminal includes a surface member, a touch panel, and an information terminal body. The surface member is to be fixed to a structure. The touch panel is configured to be curved and has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other. The first surface is adhered to the surface member. The information terminal body is to be attached to the structure and is configured to receive an input from the touch panel. The second surface of the touch panel is apart from the information terminal body. The information terminal body is configured to be removable from the structure.
US11194422B2
A method for preventing a misoperation on an edge of a touch screen includes: determining a first touch region according to touch operation on an edge of a touch screen; forming a second touch region according to coordinate information of touch points in the first touch region; forming a third touch region according to a longest column in the second touch region and a column on a left side of the longest column if the touch points in the second touch region are arranged as parallel to a right edge of the touch screen; judging whether a length-to-width ratio of the third touch region is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold; and determining that the touch operation is a misoperation if the length-to-width ratio is greater than the predetermined threshold.
US11194420B2
A processing system comprises interface circuitry and a timing controller. The interface circuitry is configured to receive a vertical sync period indicator that indicates a start of an external vertical sync period. The timing controller is configured to, in response to a change in a display frame rate, control timing of a display drive operation and a proximity sensing operation to maintain a proximity sensing frame rate based on input timing of the vertical sync period indicator to the interface circuitry. The processing system is configured to supply drive signals to display elements of a display panel in the display drive operation and acquire sensing signals from sensor electrodes of the display panel in the proximity sensing operation.
US11194413B2
A display device for a vehicle includes a stretchable display panel and a touch sensor on a first surface of the stretchable display panel and configured to sense a user's touch. The stretchable display panel includes a plurality of pixels and has a button display area and a display area adjacent the button display area. The stretchable display panel is integrally arranged on a center fascia of the vehicle that as a plurality of curved surfaces, and a step is defined between the button display area and the adjacent display area.
US11194408B2
A touchscreen system includes a user input passive device including a shell, a non-conductive supporting surface, an impedance circuit, a first conductive, and a second conductive plate. A first terminal of the impedance circuit is coupled to the first conductive plate and a second terminal of the impedance circuit is coupled to the second conductive plate. The touchscreen system further includes an interactive display device including a touchscreen, a plurality of electrodes, and a plurality of drive-sense circuits. When the user input passive device is used in close proximity with the touchscreen one or more of the shell and the first and second conductive plates cause changes in electrical characteristics of a set of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. A set of drive sense circuits coupled to the set of electrodes is operable to generate a set of signals representative of the changes in electrical characteristics.
US11194402B1
An interactive method using a floating image display and a system thereof are provided. The method is performed in the display apparatus. The display apparatus links to a computer system that executes a driver for establishing a communication interface there-between. In the method, the display apparatus receives image data from the computer system and floating image data can be obtained therefrom. The floating image display apparatus displays a floating image via a display panel after a conversion process. After that, a user can manipulate directly on the floating image by gesture. A procedure running in the display apparatus can determine an interactive instruction according to variations of three-dimensional coordinates. When the interactive instruction is transmitted to the computer system, a new image data is formed in response to the interactive instruction. The display apparatus then displays a new floating image after receiving new data.
US11194400B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for displaying a gesture in a virtual reality (VR) environment. In some examples, an apparatus for displaying the gesture in the virtual reality (VR) environment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry displays a first gesture object corresponding to a state of a virtual hand when the virtual hand does not hold a virtual article. The processing circuitry displays a second gesture object when a ray of the first gesture object intersects the virtual article. The second gesture object indicates that the virtual article is in front of the virtual hand. The ray extends from the virtual hand. The processing circuitry displays a third gesture object in response to a selection instruction. The third gesture object corresponds to a state of the virtual hand when the virtual hand holds the virtual article.
US11194397B1
The disclosed touch-simulation apparatus includes (1) a set of opposing surfaces and (2) an electric actuator assembly coupled between the set of opposing surfaces, wherein (A) the electric actuator assembly includes an actuator layer and (B) a set of mechanical amplifiers coupled between opposing sides of the actuator layer and the set of opposing surfaces. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US11194390B2
Electronic devices, according to various embodiments of the present invention, comprise: a display for displaying content; and a processor, wherein the processor may confirm additional information relating to the field of view (FoV) for content or setting information relating to the FoV, identify a first FoV for the content on the basis of the additional information or the setting information, and display the content using the display on the basis of the first FoV that has been identified.
US11194379B2
A wake-up circuit and method are provided for detecting and preventing false positive wake-up events in an electronic device in a sleep mode. Methodology entails producing first, second, and third sensor signals at successive first, second, and third instants in time in response to a physical stimulus detected by a sensor of the wake-up circuit. The first sensor signal is selected to be a reference value. A first difference value is determined between the second sensor signal land the reference value, a second difference value is determined between the third sensor signal and the reference value, and communication of a wake-up signal to the electronic device is prevented when at least one of the first and second difference values fails to exceed a threshold value.
US11194378B2
An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device and comprises collecting audio information received by the electronic device before waking up the electronic device; storing the audio information; and based on the stored audio information, generating alternative wake words. The wake words facilitate the electronic device to switch from a sleep mode to a wake mode.
US11194377B2
An information handling system includes a processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a power ratio table with a plurality of entries, each correlating a workload with a power ratio of a power level of the processor when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handing system to a power level of the GPU when the particular workload is instantiated on the information handling system. The BMC determines that the power ratio table includes an entry associated with a workload instantiated on the information handling system, determines that a total power level of the information handling system is greater than a power level threshold, and throttles a power level of the processor and a power level of the GPU based upon a power ratio of the entry in response to determining that the total power level is greater than the power level threshold.
US11194375B2
An apparatus to transfer data via a communication link comprises a power bus interface to a power bus of the communication link; at least one data lane transmitter and receiver pair configured to transfer data via a data lane of the communication link; and a power bus data transmitter and receiver pair configured to transfer data via the power bus using pulse width modulation of a data signal on the power bus.
US11194368B2
A user can provide input to a device in a 2-dimensional manner (such as by entering the data using a stylus or finger to apply pressure to a touchscreen) or in a 3-dimensional manner (such as by moving the device in 3-dimensional space). While the user input is being received, biometric data in the form of accelerometer data is collected. The accelerometer data indicates an amount of force applied in each of one or more directions over time. The collected accelerometer data thus provides an indication of the manner in which the device was moved, whether intentionally or unintentionally, while the user input was being received. The collected accelerometer data can be used in various manners, such as to verify the user input, as a signature of the user, as an authentication value to access a service or device, and so forth.
US11194366B2
The invention provides a semi-automatic hinge of a mobile terminal having an inward-foldable flexible screen, which comprises a middle U-shaped cover, a left support frame, and a right support frame, and the left support frame, the right support frame and the U-shaped cover are rotatably connected; a torsion mechanism is provided between the left support frame and the U-shaped cover, and the right support frame and the U-shaped cover. The invention also provides an inward-foldable flexible screen mobile terminal using the above hinge. The invention has a simple structure, can achieve the semi-automatic operation of opening and flattening and folding of the hinge, provides a better sense of operation experience, and can make the middle mechanism of the hinge not to be exposed after the hinge is closed and provide a space for accommodating the bending portion of the flexible screen.
US11194364B1
An information processing apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis which is coupled to the first chassis to be openable and closable, a first display which is disposed on a first surface of the second chassis which faces the first chassis, a second display which is disposed on a second surface of the second chassis which is opposite to the first surface and a processing circuitry, in which the processing circuitry detects a lid close action that a user is about to close the first chassis or lid close, and in a case where the lid close action or the lid close is detected, displays a selection menu which is used for selecting a mode to be executed in a lid closed state and includes a plurality of modes on the first display or the second display.
US11194362B2
This is directed to an electronic device enclosure. The enclosure includes an outer periphery member forming an outer surface of a device, and to which an internal platform is connected. Electronic device components can be assembled to one or both surfaces of the internal platform. The enclosure can include front and back cover assemblies assembled to the opposite surfaces of the outer periphery member to retain electronic device components. One or both of the cover assemblies can include a window through which display circuitry can provide content to a user of the device.
US11194357B2
Embodiments of a method and a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for operating a bias controller for an amplifier circuit involves obtaining temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the amplifier circuit, generating a proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT) bias voltage based on a first PTAT slope when the temperature is within a first range of temperatures or a second PTAT slope when the temperature is within a second range of temperatures, wherein the second PTAT slope is greater than the first PTAT slope, and biasing the amplifier circuit based on the generated PTAT bias voltage.
US11194353B1
A method for controlling a data center, comprising a plurality of server systems, each associated with a cooling system and a thermal constraint, comprising: a concurrent physical condition of a first server system; predicting a future physical condition based on a set of future states of the first server system; dynamically controlling the cooling system in response to at least the input and the predicted future physical condition, to selectively cool the first server system sufficient to meet the predetermined thermal constraint; and controlling an allocation of tasks between the plurality of server systems to selectively load the first server system within the predetermined thermal constraint and selectively idle a second server system, wherein the idle second server system can be recruited to accept tasks when allocated to it, and wherein the cooling system associated with the idle second server system is selectively operated in a low power consumption state.
US11194347B2
A system for localizing a swarm of robotic platforms utilizing ranging sensors. The swarm is localized by purposely leaving some of the platforms of the swarm stationary, providing localization to the moving ones. The platforms in the swarm can alternate between a stationary and moving state.
US11194343B2
Disclosed is a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device comprising a self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path excluding module and a central controlling module, the self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device determines, from a plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, an individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path for each self-driving-golf-cart and controls each self-driving-golf-cart to drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path which is determined for said each self-driving golf-cart.
US11194341B2
The present application discloses a vehicle. The vehicle comprises: a first support component and a second support component which may rotate relative to each other; a first drive wheel which is rotatable relative to the first support component; a second drive wheel which is rotatable relative to the second support component; a first universal wheel mounted on the first support component; and a second universal wheel mounted on the second support component. If the vehicle is placed on a horizontal floor and if both drive wheels touch the horizontal floor, then the axis of the first drive wheel and the axis of the second drive wheel may be contained or nearly contained in a vertical plane. The vehicle further comprises motors, sensors and a computer.
US11194340B1
A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device scans through a scanning zone while emitting light pulses and receives reflected signals corresponding to the light pulses. The LIDAR device scans the emitted light pulses through the scanning zone by reflecting the light pulses from an array of oscillating mirrors. The mirrors are operated by a set of electromagnets arranged to apply torque on the mirrors, and an orientation feedback system senses the orientations of the mirrors. Driving parameters for each mirror are determined based on information from the orientation feedback system. The driving parameters can be used to drive the mirrors in phase at an operating frequency despite variations in moments of inertia and resonant frequencies among the mirrors.
US11194327B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that control the motion of an autonomous vehicle by rewarding or otherwise encouraging progress toward a goal, rather than simply rewarding distance traveled. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can project a candidate motion plan that describes a proposed motion path for the autonomous vehicle onto a nominal pathway to determine a projected distance associated with the candidate motion plan. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can use the projected distance to evaluate a reward function that provides a reward that is positively correlated to the magnitude of the projected distance. The motion of the vehicle can be controlled based on the reward value provided by the reward function. For example, the candidate motion plan can be selected for implementation or revised based at least in part on the determined reward value.
US11194323B2
The present invention provides methods and systems of tracking a target with an imaging device onboard an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method may comprise identifying one or more targets in a first image captured by the imaging device, receiving a user selection of a target to be tracked from the one or more targets in the one or more images, generating target information for the target to be tracked based on the user selection of the target, detecting a deviation of a detected position and/or a detected size of the target in a second image captured by the imaging device from the selected position and/or the selected size of the target in the first image and adjusting at least one of the UAV and the carrier, to reduce the determined deviation to maintain the target substantially within the field of view of the image device, based on the deviation.
US11194317B2
Catalysts used for catalytic reforming are treated with organic chloride to condition the catalysts. Chloride treaters may be located in the product streams to remove the chloride contaminants. The continuous catalyst reforming process, including the catalyst reformer unit and chloride treaters, may be monitored in order to predict when adsorbent replacement or regeneration is needed. For example, one or more sensors and measurement devices may be used to monitor certain conditions or parameters. A system may be configured to take one or more actions in response to certain conditions or parameters being met.
US11194303B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing anomaly detection and notification through profiled context. Anomalies are detected by effectively using multiple devices and using predefined profiles to generate a contextual comparison for subtle differences detected. When predefined subtle anomalies are detected using at least one of the predefined profiles, a selected notification is provided.
US11194294B2
Sleep alerts associated with an alarm can be scheduled using a first electronic device. Once scheduled, data can be collected from a second electronic device. This data can be used to determine an appropriate device, other than the first electronic device, at which the sleep alert can be presented. Once determined, the information can be sent to the appropriate device for presenting the sleep alert.
US11194287B2
A system for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a basket for holding multiple toner cartridges. A guide rail assembly operatively connected to an access door moves between a raised position and a lowered position to raise and lower the basket when the access door moves between an open position and a closed position. The basket is slidable along the guide rail assembly into and out of the image forming device when the guide rail assembly is in the raised position, and is in an operational position within the image forming device when the guide rail assembly is in the lowered position. A rail lock mechanism locks the access door in the open position when the guide rail assembly is in the raised position and the basket is extended out of the image forming device and unlocks the access door from the open position when the basket is inserted.
US11194285B2
A system for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a basket including a plurality of positioning slots each including cartridge datum locators that position a plurality of toner cartridges relative to the basket. A first guide rail and a second guide rail, each movable between a raised position and a lowered position, raise and lower the basket when the first and second guide rails move between the raised and lowered positions. In the raised positions the first and second guide rails support the basket permitting the basket to slide along the first and second guide rails into and out of the image forming device. When the first and second guide rails are in the lowered positions basket datum locators within the image forming device support the basket and position the basket relative to the image forming device in order to position the toner cartridges relative to the image forming device.
US11194273B2
In a fixing device according to the disclosure, a first surface of a restriction member is inclined so that, as the first surface goes further away from a nip portion, the first surface inclines toward a direction coming closer to an edge surface of the film, and the first surface is inclined so that, as the first surface comes downstream in the conveying direction, the first surface inclines toward a direction going further away from the edge surface of the film. A second surface is inclined so that, as the second surface comes closer to a center in the rotational axis direction of the film, the second surface inclines toward a direction coming closer to a roller, and inclines in a direction going downstream in the conveying direction.
US11194269B2
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt, a plurality of rollers including an inner roller and where the intermediate transfer belt is stretched, an outer roller provided at a position facing the inner roller with the intermediate transfer belt in between, and an arm member. The intermediate transfer belt receives transfer of a toner image. The outer roller forms a transfer nip to transfer the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a recording medium. The arm member rotatably supports both end parts of the inner roller. When the inner roller is positioned at a first rotating position, the transfer nip is formed at a first position in an outer roller circumferential direction, and when the inner roller is positioned at a second rotating position, the transfer nip is formed at a second position different from the first transfer nip position in the outer roller circumferential direction.
US11194268B2
A first contact portion provided on a first shutter member that opens and closes a receiving port for receiving a developer from a cartridge and a second contact portion provided on the cartridge are configured to contact each other in an attachment and detachment direction of the cartridge so that the first shutter member is in a position at which the receiving port is opened. The first shutter member is urged by a first urging member so that a contacting state between the first contact portion and the second contact portion is maintained until a second shutter member that opens and closes a supplying port of the cartridge closes the supplying port when the cartridge is discharged from the apparatus body.
US11194260B2
A white toner including toner particles each of which contains a binder resin and a white pigment whose content is 20 to 80 mass % or less, wherein the binder resin contains a polymer A having a first and a second monomer unit, wherein the content of the first monomer unit is 5.0 to 60.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the content of the second monomer unit is 20.0 to 95.0 mol % with respect to the total number of moles of all the monomer units in the polymer A, wherein the SP value of the first monomer unit and the SP value of the second monomer unit satisfy specific relations, and wherein the white pigment has a total amount of a surface acidic group amount and a surface basic group amount of 60 μmol/g or more.
US11194256B2
An optical diffraction component is configured to suppress at least one target wavelength by destructive interference. The optical diffraction component includes at least three diffraction structure levels that are assignable to at least two diffraction structure groups. A first of the diffraction structure groups is configured to suppress a first target wavelength λ1. A second of the diffraction structure groups is configured to suppress a second target wavelength λ2, where (λ1−λ2)2/(λ1+λ2)2<20%. A topography of the diffraction structure levels can be described as a superimposition of two binary diffraction structure groups. Boundary regions between adjacent surface sections of each of the binary diffraction structure groups have a linear course and are superimposed on one another at most along sections of the linear course.
US11194251B2
A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography capable of being dry-etched during pattern transfer from the upper layer or during substrate processing and capable of being removed with an alkaline aqueous solution after the substrate processing. The composition includes a polymer (A) having an acrylamide structure or an acrylic acid ester structure; a polymer (B) having a blocked isocyanate structure; and a solvent (C). The polymer (A) is a polymer including a unit structure of Formula (1). The polymer (B) is a polymer including a unit structure of Formula (2). A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes steps for: forming a resist pattern; etching an inorganic hard mask layer with use of the resist pattern; etching a resist underlayer film with use of the pattered inorganic hard mask layer; and processing a semiconductor substrate with use of the pattered resist underlayer film.
US11194249B2
A molding apparatus that molds a composition on a substrate with a mold includes a mold holding unit configured to hold the mold, a substrate holding unit configured to hold the substrate, a first elastic member configured to apply a first elastic force to the mold holding unit in a direction away from the substrate holding unit, and a control unit configured to cause the mold holding unit to move in the direction away from the substrate holding unit in a case where the control unit determines that an abnormality has occurred.
US11194244B2
Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a substrate; a multilayer stack of reflective layers on the substrate; a capping layer on the multilayer stack of reflecting layers; and an absorber layer on the capping layer, the absorber layer made from amorphous tantalum nitride formed by non-reactive sputtering.
US11194241B2
The invention provides an optical module and a projector to which the optical module is applied. The optical module provided in the invention includes a first frame, a second frame, and a light-transmissive plate. The first frame includes at least one first axial part. The first frame is configured to oscillate with the at least one first axial part as a rotation axis. The second frame is disposed in the first frame and includes at least one second axial part. The second frame is connected to the first frame via the at least one second axial part and is configured to oscillate with respect to the first frame with the at least one second axial part as a rotation axis. The light-transmissive plate is disposed in the second frame.
US11194237B2
The invention discloses a novel projector, comprising a sealed shell of electronic projector, an illumination system and a LED light source system, wherein the sealed shell is provided with an optical and internal circulation cooling assembly inside by area; the optical assembly comprises the projector working assembly. The invention is inside a sealed shell; the cold air far below normal temperature generated by semiconductor refrigeration piece takes away the heat on optical device, improving the heat dissipation efficiency. Simultaneously, because the cold air is inside a sealed shell, the optical device can be placed in a dust-free environment. The polarized light conversion prism converts the useless P light in conventional projector imagining into the useful S light, improving the light utilization, and increasing the brightness of projection at the same power. The LED light source is collimated by the collimating lens to meet PCS conversion requirement for polarized light converter.
US11194227B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for exposure control. The systems and methods may obtain a target frame brightness value of the image. The systems and methods may also obtain an exposure mode of the electronic device. The systems and methods may also obtain an exposure table corresponding to the exposure mode. The systems and methods may also determine a target value, corresponding to the target frame brightness value, for each of the one or more exposure parameters based on the exposure table. The systems and methods may also adjust one or more of the at least one lens, the at least one exposure-time controller, and the at least one sensor according to the target values of the one or more exposure parameters.
US11194226B2
Provided are a lens driving device, a camera device, and an electronic apparatus capable of suppressing an inclination of a guiding shaft. The lens driving device includes: a base including a bottom surface portion; a guiding shaft provided perpendicularly to the bottom surface portion of the base and a lens support guided by the guiding shaft. The base includes a base main body, and a support plate, which is made of a metal, and is provided in the base main body. One end of the guiding shaft is fixed to the support plate.
US11194224B2
Low power and/or low footprint optical communication technologies that support short to medium range exoatmospheric communications and provide bidirectional communication with nearly spherical coverage.
US11194222B2
A device is provided. The device includes a first lens assembly controllable to switch between a first plurality of optical powers. The first lens assembly includes a plurality of directly optically coupled lenses. The device also includes a second lens assembly controllable to switch between a second plurality of optical powers that are the opposite of the first plurality of optical powers. The device further includes a half-wave plate disposed between the first adaptive lens assembly and the second adaptive lens assembly.
US11194220B2
A nested Mach-Zehnder device may comprise a parent pre-stage interferometer, a parent interferometer coupled to the parent pre-stage interferometer, a first child pre-stage interferometer, a first child interferometer coupled to the first child pre-stage interferometer, a second child pre-stage interferometer, a second child interferometer coupled to the second child pre-stage interferometer, wherein a phase of each interferometer is electrically adjustable. The nested Mach-Zehnder device may comprise one or more components to: determine a performance parameter associated with a constellation diagram generated by the nested Mach-Zehnder device; determine that the performance parameter does not satisfy a threshold, and cause a phase of at least one pre-stage interferometer, of the parent pre-stage interferometer, the first child pre-stage interferometer, or the second child pre-stage interferometer, to be electrically adjusted to cause the performance parameter to satisfy the threshold.
US11194216B1
A SPEC particle driver is operable with an input for a current-essential display having activated and deactivated states. The driver has a current switching mechanism (CSM), a power return system (PRS), and a processor. The CSM is in electrical communication with the SPEC particle for changing a direction of current received by the SPEC particle between first and second directions. The PRS is in electrical communication with a power source for storing energy received therefrom, and in electrical communication with the CSM and the SPEC particle for providing current thereto. When the input signals for the activated state, the processor causes the SPEC particle to receive current from the power source in the first direction and present a first appearance. When the input signals for the deactivated state, the processor causes the SPEC particle to receive current from the PRS in the second direction and present a second appearance.
US11194214B2
Display technologies are provided for configuring the direction of content presentation using a single display assembly. In some embodiments, the display assembly includes a transparent display unit intercalated between a first switchable layer and a second switchable layer. Each one of the first switchable layer and the second switchable layer is formed to reversibly transition between a transparent state and an opaque state in response to an applied electric field. The transparent display unit, the first switchable layer, and the second switchable layer can be operated individually to configure a particular direction of presenting digital content. In other embodiments, the display assembly includes a switchable layer intercalated between a first transparent display unit and a second transparent display unit. The switchable layer, the first transparent display unit, and the second transparent display unit can be operated individually to configure a particular direction of presenting digital content.
US11194212B2
An electrochromic device is provided. The electrochromic device may include a plurality of auxiliary electrodes spaced apart from each other in both a first direction and a second direction. The electrochromic device may improve an electrochromism rate and prevent a drive failure problem due to oxidation of the auxiliary electrode from spreading.
US11194211B2
The present invention provides for an electroactive device having a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and one or more electroactive layers sandwiched between the first and second conductive layers. One or more adjacent layers of the electroactive device may include a physical separation between a first portion and a second portion of the adjacent layers, the physical separation defining a respective tapered sidewall of each of the first and second portions. The one or more adjacent layers may include one of the first and second conductive layers. The remaining layers of the electroactive device may be formed over the physical separation of the one or more adjacent layers. The remaining layers may include the other of the first and second conductive layers.
US11194210B2
An electrochromic device includes a chamber defined by a first conductive surface of a first substrate, a second conductive surface of a second substrate, and a sealing member joining the first substrate to the second substrate; an electrochromic medium containing a blue cathodic electroactive compound and up to three anodic electroactive compounds; wherein the electrochromic medium is disposed within the chamber; the anodic electroactive compounds include a green anodic electroactive compound and one or two gray anodic electroactive compounds; and the anodic electroactive compounds include from about 8 mol % to about 15 mol % gray anodic electroactive compounds.
US11194208B2
A switchable one-way mirror device dividing first and second spaces includes a switchable electro-optic layer facing the second space and configured to be electronically switchable between a transmissive state and one or more opaque states, and a partial reflector incorporated within or adjacent the switchable electro-optic layer and facing the first space and configured to partially reflect light. The switchable one-way mirror partially transmits a first light going from the first space to the second space, and a second light going from the second space to the first space. When the switchable electro-optic layer is in an opaque state, transmission of light through the device is reduced thereby changing the ratio between the transmission of the second light to the first space and the reflection of the first light by the partial reflector resulting in reduced visibility of the second space by a viewer in the first space.
US11194207B2
A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
US11194205B2
A pixel array substrate including a substrate, data lines, gate lines, pixels, and transfer lines is provided. The data lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction interlaced with the first direction. The pixels are disposed on the substrate, each of which includes an active device electrically connected to one of the data lines and one of the gate lines and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The transfer lines are arranged in the first direction and electrically connected to the gate lines, respectively. The pixels include first pixels. In a top view of the pixel array substrate, at least one of the pixel electrodes of the first pixels is partially overlapped with one of the transfer lines. A driving method of a pixel array substrate is also provided.
US11194199B2
The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. A non-display area of the array substrate includes a substrate, an alignment mark, an insulating layer, a hydrophobic layer, and a black photo spacer (BSP) pattern. The hydrophobic layer is disposed on the insulating layer corresponding to the alignment mark. When a BSP material is coated, a thickness of a BSP layer on the hydrophobic layer is reduced, thereby effectively fixing a problem that it is difficult to recognize an alignment mark.
US11194196B2
The application provides an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. The array substrate includes a substrate, a driving circuit layer, a color resist layer, and a pixel electrode layer which are disposed in a stack. The color resist layer includes a flow guiding portion and a first via hole having an aperture diameter greater than a threshold. The flow guiding portion is connected to at least part of the first via hole and positioned on at least one of an inside and an outside of the first via hole, and a flow guiding surface of the flow guiding portion is connected to a part of an edge of the aperture of the first via hole. According to the present application, the shape of the aperture is changed so that an alignment liquid does not accumulate when flowing through.
US11194194B2
An optical device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an optical device includes an active liquid crystal element, wherein the active liquid crystal element comprises two base layers, an active liquid crystal layer disposed between the two base layers, wherein the active liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal compound and is capable of switching between first and second oriented states, and a hard coating layer formed on one of the base layers, wherein the hard coating layer is formed on an active liquid crystal layer-facing surface or an opposite surface of the base layer, and wherein the hard coating layer having a thickness of 2 μm or more. The optical device is capable of varying transmittance, and can be used for various applications such as eyewear, for example, sunglasses or AR (augmented reality) or VR (virtual reality) eyewear, an outer wall of a building or a vehicle sunroof.
US11194186B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device including the display panel, the display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, wherein at least one restriction region is formed in a peripheral area of the first substrate by a wiring pattern, and one or more spacers are provided on the second substrate corresponding to the restriction region, and the spacers form restriction with the wiring pattern in at least one direction parallel to the substrates.
US11194184B2
The disclosure provides a display screen and an electronic device. A backlight module has a second notch, a frame includes a receiving space, a backlight element is received in the receiving space, the frame is connect to a display panel, a first adhesive layer covers the connection of the frame and the display panel, a supporting member is disposed between a side wall surrounded the second notch and the backlight element, a second adhesive layer is formed between the frame, the supporting member and a lower surface of the display panel, a cover plate covers the display panel.
US11194183B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided. The display device includes a first lamination member that includes a first area and a second area that is an area other than the first area; a bonding member disposed on one side of the first lamination member and that includes an adhesive resin; and a second lamination member disposed on the other side of the bonding member, wherein the bonding member includes a crack portion formed in at least a part of a matrix of the adhesive resin.
US11194175B2
A method is provided for providing a selection chart of non-prescription ophthalmic lenses. The method comprises providing at least one optical performance parameter threshold (OPPT) associated to an optical performance parameter (OPP); choosing the selection criterion (SC) among the selection criteria of the list consisting of: lens base curve; lens pantoscopic angle; and lens wrap angle; choosing a selection criterion range (SCR) for each of the chosen selection criterion; calculating selection domains (SD) defined by sub-ranges for each of the chosen SC within the SCR so as to determine and associate in each SD a single non-prescription ophthalmic lens with a spherical front surface, a complex back surface and a lens base curve. All the chosen OPPs are equal or less to the OPPT for all values of the SC within the SD associated to the single non-prescription ophthalmic lens.
US11194174B2
A method of fabricating a lens element for an adjustable power lens of the kind comprising two lens elements that are slidable relative to one other in a direction transverse the optical axis of the lens and have respective lens surfaces that are shaped to act together to form a corrective lens, the power of which varies according to the relative disposition of the two lens elements, the method comprising the steps of forming a lens puck having two opposite faces, which are shaped to form opposite lens surfaces of one of the lens elements of the adjustable power lens, the puck having at least one alignment feature, and thereafter edging the puck to a desired eye shape with reference to the alignment feature.
US11194167B2
A head-mounted display device for providing augmented reality contents to a wearer includes a light projector, and eye tracker, and a beam steerer. The light projector is configured to project light for rendering images based at least on the augmented reality contents. The eye tracker is configured to determine a position of a pupil of an eye of the wearer. The beam steerer is configured to change a direction of the light from the light projector based on the position of the pupil.
US11194162B2
An optical display, including a first waveguide having a first set of surfaces, an input grating, a fold grating, and an output grating; an image input image node assembly; and a prismatic relay optics is provided. The prismatic relay optics may be configured to be optomechanically connected to the waveguide and the input image node assembly. The optical display is may also be configured to operate alone or as integrated with a headpiece to be used as a HUD. The HUD may have a first and a second configuration wherein the waveguide is decoupled or coupled.
US11194160B1
A camera captures image data at a target frame rate. The camera includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect light from a local area and includes a plurality of augmented pixels. Each augmented pixel comprises at least a first and a second gate. The first gates are configured to store a first plurality of image frames as first image data according to a first activation pattern. The second gates are configured to store a second plurality of image frames as second image data according to a second activation pattern. The controller reads out the image data to generate a first image from the first image data and a second image from the second image data. The first and second images may be used to reconstruct a combined set of image frames at the target frame rate with a reconstruction algorithm.
US11194159B2
A waveguide display is provided comprising: an input image generator providing image light projected over a field of view; a waveguide having first and second external surfaces; and at least one grating optically coupled to the waveguide for extracting light towards a viewer. The waveguide has a lateral refractive index variation between said external surfaces that prevents any ray propagated within the waveguide from optically interacting with at least one of the external surfaces.
US11194157B1
A head up display can be used in compact environments. The head up display includes a combiner system including at least one light pipe and a waveguide. The at least one light pipe includes a diffraction grating or mirror array for providing light into the waveguide from the light pipe. The light pipe is configured to receive light and provide first light in a first direction for a first field of view and second light in a second direction for a second field of view. The combiner system can be head worn or stand-alone and can provide dual axis pupil expansion.
US11194152B2
Electrically tunable Fabry-Perot interferometers which are produced with micromechanical (MEMS) technology. Producing interferometers with prior art processes includes costly and complicated production phases. Therefore, it has not been possible to apply interferometers in consumer mass products. According to the present solution, the Fabry-Perot cavity is made by removing a sacrificial layer (112) which has been polymer material. A mirror layer (113, 117-120) which is produced above the sacrificial layer can be made with atomic layer deposition technology, for example. According to a preferable embodiment, electrodes (106b, 115b) of the mirror structures are formed by using sputtering or evaporation. With the present solution it is possible to avoid the above mentioned problems related with prior art.
US11194151B2
The present specification describes a novel system for dynamically modifying the magnification power of optical devices used in high performance and critical applications such as medical procedures. The present specification describes an optical imaging system having a magnification control system connected to a sensor device for enabling movement of sensor device with respect to a lens assembly of the imaging system, wherein distance between the sensor device and the lens assembly is altered to enable different levels of magnification capability.
US11194144B2
A microscopy method, and related microscope, including producing illumination radiation and directing it at a focus. The illumination radiation is switched temporally between at least two modes, such that focus modulation is effected at which temporally varying and mutually different mode fields of the illumination radiation are produced in the focus. The focus is guided at least over regions of a sample to be examined, wherein detection radiation in the sample is or may be brought about by the illumination radiation in the focus at least at a point of origin. The detection radiation is captured in a manner assigned to the at least one point of origin. In addition to the illumination radiation, at least one disexcitation beam of rays of disexcitation radiation is directed at the focus. The disexcitation radiation prevents the detection radiation from being brought about in the region that is illuminated by the disexcitation radiation.
US11194139B2
A variable magnification optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power and a fourth lens group G4 having negative refractive power; upon varying a magnification, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 being varied, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 being varied, and a distance between the third lens group G3 and the fourth lens group G4 being varied; upon focusing, the fourth lens group G4 being moved; and a predetermined conditional expression being satisfied. With such a configuration, there is provided a variable magnification optical system whose focusing lens group is compact in size and reduced in weight, so high speed and quiet focusing can be effected without lens barrel being made large in size, and further by which variations in aberrations upon varying magnification from the wide angle end state to the telephoto end state as well as variations in aberrations upon focusing from the infinite distance object to the close distance object can be superbly suppressed.
US11194133B2
Compact folded lens systems are described that may be used in small form factor cameras. Lens systems are described that may include five lens elements with refractive power, with a light folding element such as a prism, located between a first lens element on the object side of the lens system and a second lens element, that redirects the light refracted from the first lens element from a first axis onto a second axis on which the other lens elements and a photosensor are arranged. The lens systems may include an aperture stop located behind the front vertex of the lens system, for example at the first lens element, and an optional infrared filter, for example located between the last lens element and a photosensor.
US11194130B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens made of a plastic material; a second lens made of a plastic material; a third lens made of a plastic material; a fourth lens made of a plastic material; a fifth lens made of a glass material; a sixth lens made of a plastic material; and a seventh lens made of a plastic material. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.51f1/f2.50; 1.70n52.20; −2.00f3/f42.00; −10.00(R13+R14)/(R13−R14)10.00; and 0.01d9/TTL0.20. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11194129B2
A correction lens is used in an optical system in which a light-transmissive cover member having radii of curvature different from each other in a predetermined first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is disposed on an object side. Radii of curvature of an image-side surface of the correction lens are different in the first direction and the second direction, and satisfy a predetermined condition.
US11194126B2
An electronic device includes at least one optical lens system. The optical lens system includes five lens elements, and the five lens elements are, in order from an outside to an inside, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. At least one of outside surfaces and inside surfaces of the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element is aspheric and includes at least one inflection point.
US11194120B2
A lens device includes a first electric motor, a second electric motor, a lens, a cam ring, a first gear, a second gear, and a controller. The cam ring is configured to drive the lens in a direction of an optical axis of the lens. The first gear is configured to transmit power generated by the first electric motor to the cam ring. The second gear is configured to transmit power generated by the second electric motor to the cam ring. The controller is configured to, when controlling the cam ring to stop rotating, first stop a rotation of the first electric motor and then stop a rotation of the second electric motor.
US11194117B2
The lens barrel disclosed herein comprises cam pin (3a, 3b, and 3c) fixed and supported by a lens holding frame (1); a biasing pin (4) that is biased and supported near one cam pin (3a) of the lens holding frame (1); and a cam frame (6) that has cam grooves that engage with each of the cam pins (3a, 3b, and 3c) and the biasing pin (4). The cam groove (7d) that engages with the biasing pin (4) engages with the biasing pin (4) on one side surface in the optical axis direction, and the cam groove (7a) that engages with the cam pin (3a) near the biasing pin (4) engages with the cam pin (3a) on the side surface on the opposite side in the optical axis direction from the side surface that engages with the biasing pin (4).
US11194113B2
An optical splitting apparatus includes an enclosure, an even optical splitter and an uneven optical splitter that are disposed in the enclosure. A light inlet and a plurality of light outlets are disposed on the enclosure, and fiber adapters are disposed on the light outlets. The light inlet, the even optical splitter, the uneven optical splitter, and the light outlets are connected, so that optical paths are formed between the light inlet and the light outlets by using the even optical splitter and the uneven optical splitter. The light inlet is connected to at least one of a light input end of the even optical splitter and a light input end of the uneven optical splitter, and the fiber adapter on the light outlet is connected to at least one of a light output end of the even optical splitter and a light output end of the uneven optical splitter.
US11194107B2
The high-density FAU comprises a support substrate having a grooved front-end section that supports glass end sections of the small diameter low-attenuation optical fibers. A cover is disposed on the front-end section and secured thereto to hold the glass end sections in place. The substrate and the cover can be made of the same glass or glasses having about the same CTE. The glass end sections have a diameter d4 so that the pitch P2 of the fibers at the front end of the FAU can be equal to or greater than d4, wherein d4=2r4, with r4 being the radius of the glass end section as defined by the optical fiber cladding. The glass end section has a radius r4 less than 45 microns, allowing for a high-density FAU and a high-density optical interconnection device.
US11194103B2
A first optical connector, a second optical connector, a first lock member, and a second lock member are equipped. The first optical connector is attached to an electronic device, and corresponds to a receptacle. The second optical connector is attached to an end an optical cable, is fittable to the first optical connector, and corresponds to a plug. The first lock member is attached to the electronic device at a position corresponding to the first optical connector not to prevent fitting of the second optical connector to the first optical connector. The second lock member is attached to the optical cable at a position corresponding to the second optical connector not to prevent fitting of the second optical connector to the first optical connector. The second lock member is fittable to the first lock member in a state of fitting between the first optical connector and the first optical connector.
US11194100B2
An optical fiber connection system (600) configured to interconnect a plurality of first and second optical fibers (54, 54′) is described. The connection system comprises a first bare fiber holder (620) that includes a clamping plate (540) having an interconnection portion (544) with a generally planar surface, wherein bare ends of the plurality of first optical fibers (54) are disposed adjacent to interconnection portion (544) and wherein the plurality of first optical fibers (54) are secured in the first bare fiber holder (620) at a first distance from the bare ends of the plurality of first optical fibers (54) and a second bare fiber holder (620′) that includes a splicing plate (580) having a plurality of alignment channels (585), wherein a bare end of each of the second optical fibers (54′) extend at least partially into one of the plurality of alignment channels (585) and wherein the plurality of second optical fibers (54′) are held at a second distance from the bare ends of the plurality of second optical fibers (54′).
US11194092B2
An exemplary multi quantum well structure may include a silicon platform having a pit formed in the silicon platform, a chip positioned inside the pit, a first waveguide formed in the chip, and a second waveguide formed in the silicon platform. The pit may be defined at least in part by a sidewall and a base. The chip may include a first side and a first recess in the first side. The first side may be defined in part by a first cleaved or diced facet. The first recess may be defined in part by a first etched facet. The first waveguide may be configured to guide an optical beam to pass through the first etched facet. The second waveguide may be configured to guide the optical beam to pass through the sidewall. The second waveguide may be optically aligned with the first waveguide.
US11194089B2
A method for manufacturing a light emitting module including the steps of: preparing a light source including a light emitting element that has a pair of electrodes on the same surface side, and an encapsulation member that covers the light emitting element so as to expose a portion of a surface of the pair of electrodes; preparing a lightguide plate having a first primary surface to be a light emitting surface, and a second primary surface on an opposite side from the first primary surface, wherein the second primary surface has a recessed portion that has a bottom surface and at least one lateral surface; placing the light source on the bottom surface of the recessed portion with the electrodes facing up so as to be spaced apart from the lateral surface of the recessed portion; arranging a cover member that buries a gap between the lateral surface of the recessed portion and the light source and covers the light source including the electrodes; removing the cover member until the electrodes are exposed; and forming a metal film electrically connected to the light emitting elements.
US11194088B2
A display screen includes a display panel, a back light system, and an optical device concealed under the display panel, where a transmission light path formed by light rays received or transmitted by the optical device passes through the display screen. The display screen includes the fill-in light system, where the fill-in light system is disposed between the back light system and the optical device. The fill-in light system includes a first light source and a light guide member configured to transmit a light ray emitted by the first light source.
US11194087B1
A waveguide coupler may be coupled to a multi-beam light source, such as an array of superluminescent light-emitting diodes. The waveguide coupler includes a substrate having an end facet and a surface, e.g. a top flat surface, adjoining the end facet. At least one tilted reflector is supported by the substrate. A plurality of waveguides supported by the substrate extend between the end facet and the at least one tilted reflector. The at least one tilted reflector is configured to redirect light propagating in the plurality of waveguides to the surface of the substrate. In this manner, the waveguide coupler may provide an array of surface emission points on a substrate. All the surface emission points are disposed in one plane and may be suitably configured for subsequent joint collimation for use e.g. in a scanning projector display.
US11194085B2
An illumination system with enhanced light coupling employing an optical waveguide and a linear array of discrete side-emitting light emitting diode (LED) packages which provide a light source. The optical waveguide is formed from a thin and flexible light transmissive sheet having a thickness between 0.2 mm and 2 mm and including a light input edge, a patterned light extraction area located at a distance from the light input edge, and a light mixing area located between the light input edge and the light extraction area. The LEDs are arranged on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) which is positioned parallel to the light transmissive sheet and has a substantial portion of its area disposed in a space between the light input edge and an opposite edge. The light mixing area may include one or more light coupling structures and the flexible PCB may be bonded to the optical waveguide using adhesive. Light emitted by the LEDs is mixed within the light mixing area, distributed over the waveguiding substrate and emitted from the light extraction area.
US11194082B2
An optical device includes: (1) a substrate; and (2) multiple meta-lenses disposed on the substrate, each meta-lens of the meta-lenses including multiple nanofins disposed on a respective region of the substrate, the nanofins together specifying a phase profile of the meta-lens.
US11194076B2
One embodiment of a lens module includes a first lens including a fluid so as to absorb incident light; and a second lens forming an interface with a part of the first lens, the second lens including a fluid so as to permit passage of the incident light therethrough, wherein the second lens defines a first optic path in a center part thereof to permit passage of the incident light therethrough, and the first light path is changed in a cross-sectional area as the interface varies, and wherein a second optical path is formed at a portion of the first lens that is located adjacent to the first optical path.
US11194074B2
A system for downhole optical imaging includes a housing forming at least a portion of a tool string. The system also includes a source arranged within the housing, the source emitting light through a window formed in the housing. The system further includes an imager arranged within the housing, the imager receiving imaging data through the window. The system also includes a control system communicatively coupled to the imager, the control system processing the image data using one or more algorithms, the one or more algorithms modifying the imaging data based at least in part on a scattering material surrounding the housing.
US11194065B2
Devices and methods of testing leaking rays are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a first rotary arm configured to rotate around a first rotary axis, a second rotary arm rotatably connected with the first rotary arm and configured to rotate around a second rotary axis, a probe mounted on a rotating end of the second rotary arm and configured to measure a numerical value of leaking rays at each position at which the probe stays, a mounting base rotatably connected with the second rotary arm and configured to mount a ray source component, a first driving unit configured to drive the first rotary arm to rotate around the first rotary axis, and a second driving unit configured to drive the second rotary arm to rotate around the second rotary axis, the first rotary axis being perpendicular to the second rotary axis.
US11194058B2
A radiation imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises pixels configured to detect radiation with a first sensitivity and a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity. Each of the pixels starts an operation for accumulating a signal with the first sensitivity in accordance with a start of irradiation of the radiation imaging apparatus with radiation, samples an accumulated signal as a first signal after lapse of a first time shorter than a period of irradiation with radiation since a start of an operation for accumulating a signal, switches to the second sensitivity, and accumulates a signal, samples an accumulated signal as a second signal in accordance with an end of irradiation of the radiation imaging apparatus with radiation, and outputs the first signal and the second signal to generate a radiation image based on the first signal and the second signal.
US11194048B1
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit pulses of light and a scanner configured to scan the emitted pulses of light along a high-resolution scan pattern located within a field of regard of the lidar system. The scanner includes one or more scan mirrors configured to (i) scan the emitted pulses of light along a first scan axis to produce multiple scan lines of the high-resolution scan pattern, where each scan line is associated with multiple pixels, each pixel corresponding to one of the emitted pulses of light and (ii) distribute the scan lines of the high-resolution scan pattern along a second scan axis. The high-resolution scan pattern includes one or more of: interlaced scan lines and interlaced pixels.
US11194034B2
Embodiments include a system and a method for determining a geographic location corresponding to pixels in a scan. For a scan of an area including a plurality of pixels, measurements of at least one physical property may be received. An embodiment may include identifying in the scan at least a first pixel and a second pixel corresponding to known at least a first and a second geographical locations; creating a set of pixel values vectors, for each pixel values vector calculating a correlation factor between the pixel values vector and a vector that includes the measurements; selecting a pixel values vector, from the set of pixel values vectors, for which a correlation factor higher than a threshold value was calculated; and determining the actual geographic location of the area represented by each pixel in the selected pixel values vector based on the known geographic locations.
US11194027B1
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. Sensor data generated by the time-of-flight sensor can include noise. In some examples, the sensor data is filtered by comparing a measured intensity value to a threshold intensity value. The threshold intensity value can be determined on a per-pixel basis using depth information and/or intensity information for a corresponding image frame.
US11194019B2
A system for using an augmented reality (AR) enabled mobile computing device for performing one-touch registration of three-dimensional (3D) scans of an environment is provided. The system includes one or more processors, a mobile computing device, and a 3D scanner being movable from a first position to a second position. The processors are responsive to executable instructions which cause the 3D scanner at the first and second positions to determine 3D coordinates of a first and second collection of points on object surfaces in the environment. In addition, the 3D scanner receives an estimated location of the mobile computing device from the mobile device in response to the 3D scanner being in contact with the mobile computing device at the first and second locations. A registration of the first collection of points and the second collection of points is based on the estimated locations of the mobile computing device.
US11194011B2
The invention relates to a device for transmitting an ultra-wideband-type signal, the signal including, one after the other temporally, a synchronization header and a data payload field. The transmission device includes a first generator to generate first synchronization header symbols and a third generator to generate third data payload symbols. The transmission device further includes a time sequencing device for sequencing the first and third symbols in a sequence of symbols, successively including the first symbols in the synchronization header and the third symbols in the data payload field. The transmission device further includes at least one antenna, capable of transmitting the signal including the sequence. The transmission device additionally includes a fourth generator to generate at least one fourth secret symbol, the time sequencing device being configured to insert the at least one fourth secret symbol into the sequence of symbols.
US11194010B2
A method for setting up a reference coordinate system including: providing an object with sensors having a geometrical cavity with a pick up terminal configured to provide an output that varies with orientation of the sensors with respect to a direction of an incoming polarized RF plane of polarization; using polarized RF reference sources each having two polarization planes offset from each other and different from polarization fields of other references sources; amplitude modulating the two polarization planes for each of the reference sources to define a time varying linear polarization vector for each of the reference sources; and determining, for each of the reference sources, the position and orientation of the object relative to the reference coordinate system based on a measured amplitude of the time varying linear polarization vector at the sensors, a predetermined mapping function and a predetermined scanning pattern of the time varying linear polarization vector.
US11194009B2
A user equipment, user equipment method, location server, location server method and computer program are disclosed. The method performed at the user equipment comprises: monitoring for a position reference signal broadcast by a network node; measuring a time of arrival of a peak in a received signal indicative of receipt of said position reference signal and measuring a time of arrival of at least one further peak in said received signal; transmitting a time offset signal indicative of a time difference between said arrival of said at least one further peak and said peak as part of an enhanced reference time difference signal.
US11193999B2
A method for actuating a gradient coil can include the provision of a target value for a manipulated variable, the output of the manipulated variable according to the target value to the gradient coil, the capture of an actual value of the output manipulated variable, the scaling of the captured actual value taking into consideration a scaling characteristic depending on the target value, and the transformation of the actual value captured in a scaled manner into a digital actual value.
US11193986B2
The present invention addresses the problem of diagnosing a failure of a discharge resistor, while suppressing deterioration of discharge capacity. Disclosed is a failure diagnostic device for a discharge circuit 60 for discharging electricity from an electricity storage element 31. The discharge circuit 60 includes a resistance circuit 61 comprising a plurality of resistor blocks B connected in parallel, and each of the resistor blocks B comprises a plurality of discharge resistors Ra, Rb connected in series. During the time when electricity is being discharged from the electricity storage element 31, the failure diagnostic device diagnosis a failure of the resistance circuit 61 on the basis of a voltage or a current at a connection point P between the discharge resistors Ra, Rb.
US11193985B2
An apparatus for diagnosing a battery includes a sensing unit configured to measure a potential and a current of a battery, and a processor configured to estimate a capacity of the battery based on the current measured by the sensing unit, detect inflection points in potential-capacity data in which the potential and the estimated capacity are mapped with each other, estimate an electrode potential of each inflection point, calculate a potential difference between each estimated electrode potential and a reference electrode potential, diagnose a change of at least one of an active material area, a depth of charge and a depth of discharge of an electrode of the battery based on an increase or decrease pattern of the plurality of calculated potential differences, and determine a mode of the battery as a normal mode or a failure mode based on the diagnosis result.
US11193983B2
The first step includes performing FFT for a voltage and a current of a battery a plurality of times to thereby calculate the voltage and the current for each frequency. The second step includes determining whether or not the first condition and the second condition are satisfied for the current of the battery that is calculated for each frequency. The third step includes calculating an impedance component of the battery for each frequency range when at least one of the first condition and the second condition is not satisfied, and not calculating the impedance component of the battery for each frequency range when each of the first condition and the second condition is satisfied. The first condition shows that the current in a low frequency range is greater than a reference value. The second condition shows that the current in a frequency range is less than a reference value.
US11193981B2
An insulation resistance calculation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a switching unit including a first switch and a second switch that are independently controlled, a first protective resistor and a first reference resistor connected in series between a positive electrode terminal of a battery and a ground when the first switch is turned on, a second protective resistor and a second reference resistor connected in series between a negative electrode terminal of the battery and the ground when the second switch is turned on, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a first detection voltage applied to the first reference resistor and a second detection voltage applied to the second reference resistor, and a processor configured to determine if a measurement error occurred in measured values of the first detection voltage and measured values of the second detection voltage.
US11193971B2
A chip testing method for being implemented by a chip testing system includes: a chip mounting step implemented by using a chip mounting apparatus to respectively dispose a plurality of chips onto electrical connection sockets of a chip testing device; a moving-in step implemented by transferring the chip testing device carrying the chips into one of accommodating chambers of an environment control apparatus; a temperature adjusting step implemented by controlling a temperature adjusting device of the one of the accommodating chambers so that the chips are in an environment having a predetermined temperature; and a testing step implemented by providing electricity to the chip testing device, so that each testing module of the chip testing device performs a predetermined testing process on the chips on the corresponding electrical connection sockets connected thereto.
US11193965B2
A system for vector network analysis of a device under test, comprising at least two measurement receivers, at least one signal generator device formed separately from the at least two measurement receivers, and at least one data processing unit connected with the measurement receivers. The connection between the data processing unit and at least one of the measurement receivers is flexible so that the position of the measurement receiver is adjustable. Further, a method for vector network analysis of a device under test is described.
US11193957B2
Techniques for improving current sensing via a shunt resistance are provided. In an example, an apparatus for sensing current can include a substrate, and a plurality of metal layers stacked on the substrate and separated from the substrate and from each other by an insulation material. In certain examples, a first one or more metal layers can form a sense resistance configured to pass current between a source and a load, and a second one or more metal layers can form one or more gain resistances coupled to the sense resistance and configured to couple to a current sense amplifier. In some example, a metal layer can include portions of both the sense resistance and the gain resistance to compensate for environmental anomalies, material anomalies or manufacturing anomalies.
US11193954B2
A test apparatus includes a probe card and a tester. The probe card has a plurality of regions corresponding to dies of a wafer, respectively. The probe card includes a tray having a first region with a lens and a second region without a lens. The tester is configured to generate a drive control signal for moving the tray in a first direction or a second direction to locate the first region or the second region at a position facing the dies.
US11193953B2
Structures and methods for directly testing a semiconductor wafer having micro-solder connections. According to one embodiment, a method forms a pattern of micro-solder connections coupled with a through substrate via (TSV) that can be directly tested by electrical probing, without the use of a testing interposer. According to another embodiment, a method tests the pattern of micro-solder connections. According to another embodiment, a novel electrical probe tip structure has contacts on the same pitch as the pattern of micro-solder connections.
US11193952B2
A circuit configured to sense an input analog signal generated by a sensor at a first frequency and to generate an output digital signal indicative of the sensed input analog signal. The circuit includes a conditioning circuit, an ADC, a feedback circuit, and a low-pass filter. The conditioning circuit is configured to receive the input analog signal and to generate a conditioned analog signal. The ADC is configured to provide a converted digital signal based on the conditioned analog signal. The feedback circuit includes a band-pass filter configured to selectively detect a periodic signal at a second frequency higher than the first frequency and to act on the conditioning circuit to counter variations of the periodic signal at the second frequency. The low-pass filter is configured to filter out the periodic signal from the converted digital signal to generate the output digital signal.
US11193949B2
A diagnostic test reader system including two or more reader modules and at least one mother module is provided. Each of the reader modules includes a unique code and is configured for reading a specific test cartridge type. Each of the reader modules is configured to be in data communication with the mother module for receiving instructions from the mother module and for transmitting read and/or derived data to the mother module. The mother module is configured for communicating individually with each of the reader modules.
US11193943B2
The present invention relates to endothelial cell biomarkers and diagnostic and prognostic methods for vascular diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The invention also provides compositions for detecting endothelial cell biomarkers (e.g., endothelial cell-derived exosome biomarkers) as well as compositions and methods useful for treating vascular diseases (e.g., atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease).
US11193936B2
The present invention aims to provide a method for detecting, with high sensitivity and specificity, ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma, which is highly malignant, among benign and malignant ovarian tumors having various tissue types, and a reagent that can be used for the method. The present invention provides NT-TFPI2, which is a novel processed tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 polypeptide, as a new detection marker for ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma. The detection of ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma is carried out by measuring the amount of NT-TFPI2, or the total amount of NT-TFPI2 and intact TFPI2. The reagent for detecting ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma contains an antibody that specifically recognizes NT-TFPI2 and intact TFPI2.
US11193933B2
The present invention is related to a method for risk detection, diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The method comprises the steps of: (1) measuring the level of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) in a sample from the subject, and (2) comparing the level of GAPDH in the sample with two or more AD reference levels of GAPDH.
US11193929B2
A bi-epitope compound of formula I: in which: E1 and E2, identical or different, each separately represents a peptide sequence including at least one epitope of an analyte; X and Y, identical or different, each separately represents a linking arm, the carrier molecule is soluble and Z represents an amino acid derivative bearing a thiol function prior to the bonding of same with the carrier molecule. The compound may be contained in a composition, used as a control or standard in an immunoassay and associated method, and/or provided in a kit for implementing an immunoassay.
US11193927B2
Methods, devices, and systems for automated cellular analysis of a body fluid sample are disclosed. The methods, devices, and systems apply watershed transform to data, generated by flowing a body fluid sample through a flow cytometer, to determine threshold(s) to be used for analysis of the data.
US11193913B2
A method of detecting sub-surface voids in a sample comprises positioning a probe adjacent to a first point on the sample, emitting an ultrasonic wave from the probe towards the sample, moving the probe towards the sample, measuring a shear force amplitude of a reflection of the ultrasonic wave at the probe as the probe moves towards the sample, creating an approach curve by plotting the measured shear force amplitude of the reflection of the ultrasonic wave as a function of a distance between the probe and the sample, and determining whether a sub-surface void exists at the first point on the sample based on a slope of the approach curve.
US11193907B2
A nitrous oxide concentration detector includes a control unit. In the control unit, a first control section controls a voltage application section and a heater to achieve a first state in which nitric oxide undergoes electrolysis and nitrous oxide does not undergo electrolysis. A second control section controls the voltage application section and the heater to achieve a second state in which nitric oxide and nitrous oxide undergo electrolysis. An estimation section estimates an estimated current that flows between a first electrode and a second electrode due to electrolysis of nitric oxide in the second state based on a first current detected by a current detector in the first state. A calculation section calculates a nitrous oxide concentration based on a third current obtained by subtracting the estimated current estimated by the estimation section from a second current detected by the current detector in the second state.
US11193903B2
The present disclosure enables apparatus and methods for tracking medications and/or product units via smart-packaging concepts. Embodiments include sensors that monitor the state of a blister-card package having an unpatterned lidding film by measuring the impedance of each dispensing region of the lidding film that defines a portion of a blister. In some embodiments, the impedance is measured via a plurality of contact points arranged on opposite sides of each dispensing region, where the contact points are resistively or capacitively coupled with the lidding film. In some embodiments, the impedance map of a measurement region on the blister card is derived via electrical impedance tomography or electrical resistance tomography, where the measurement region includes a plurality of dispensing regions.
US11193884B2
A method of supervised machine learning-based spectrum analysis information, using a neural network trained with spectrum information, to identify a specified feature of a given material, a system for supervised machine learning-based spectrum analysis, and a method of training a neural network to analyze spectrum data. The method of supervised machine learning-base spectrum analysis comprises inputting into the neural network spectrum data obtained from a sample of the given material; and the neural network processing the spectrum data, in accordance with the training of the neural network, and outputting one or more values for the specified feature of the sample of the material. In an embodiment, the training set of data includes x-ray absorption spectroscopy data for the given material. In an embodiment, the training set of data includes electron energy loss spectra (EELS) data.
US11193881B2
A gas sensing device includes a photoacoustic spectrometry device, including a radiator for emitting light, a gas detection chamber for exposing a mixture of gases to the light, a microphone for detecting sound in the detection chamber, which is caused by exposing the mixture of gases to the light, and wherein the photoacoustic spectrometry device generates signal samples corresponding to a concentration of the gas in the mixture of gases based on the sound detected by the microphone, and a computing device for receiving the signal samples. The computing device includes a feature extraction block including a trained model algorithm block.
US11193879B2
An apparatus for sorting cells includes a measurement volume that contains a cell to be measured, a light source that provides light to cause an emission by a fluorescent label attached to the cell, and an optic device that directs the light through the measurement volume. The apparatus flows the cells through the measurement volume such that as the cell flows through the measurement volume, it interacts with the light, resulting in a change in light originating from the measurement volume, the change in light is a fluorescence emission. Another optic device directs a portion of the light originating from the measurement volume to a detector, which detects the portion of the light. A processor operably coupled to the detector generates an estimate of DNA quantity in the cell based on the change in light originating from the measurement volume, and determines a characteristic of the cell from the estimate.
US11193874B2
A flow cytometer includes apparatus for evaluating a trajectory of an ejected stream that carries micro-particles. The stream may be ejected from a micro-orifice of a micro-fluidic chip. The apparatus includes an imaging device and at least one processor configured to evaluate a trajectory of the ejected stream in at least two directions, e.g., a focusing direction and a direction transverse to the focusing direction. Based upon a detected trajectory, the system may execute an alarm function if the trajectory indicates an abnormal condition, or may move sample collection containers to accommodate for measured deviations in the trajectory of the ejected stream.
US11193861B2
A wastewater sampling device configured to collect, for sampling purposes, a portion of an effluent and/or of treated wastewater released by a wastewater treatment system. The wastewater sampling device comprises a base and sidewalls configured to receive and channel the effluent and/or treated wastewater into a collection well whereby said effluent and/or treated wastewater may be subsequently collected by means of a collection chimney. The wastewater sampling device may be installed at any depth underneath the wastewater treatment system, thus allowing for a collection of effluent and/or treated wastewater at different stages within the filtering process.
US11193856B2
A method and system of objectively noise testing a plurality of vehicles at a vehicle production facility having a production control system is disclosed. The method includes selecting one of the plurality of vehicles at the vehicle production facility for noise testing, mounting a noise testing device to an interior of the selected vehicle, and testing the selected vehicle by operating the selected vehicle on a noise-inducing test track having a plurality of test track sections and recording the noise data on the noise testing device.
US11193849B2
A test device including two measuring systems is provided. The test device includes a first measuring system which is configured for leakage testing of a test object, and a second measuring system which is configured for dimensional checking of the test object. The first measuring system has at least one connecting region, by which a test medium can be introduced into the test object. The test object can be set into rotation via the at least one connection region, on which the dimensional checking is based.
US11193844B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a sensor includes: a signal source with a first signal source terminal and a second signal source terminal; a bridge circuit connected to the first and second signal source terminals, the bridge circuit including: a first branch including: a first reference impedance element; and a first sensor impedance element configured to transduce a magnitude to be measured into a first impedance-related parameter; and a second branch including: a second reference impedance element; and a second sensor impedance element configured to transduce the magnitude to be measured into a second sensor impedance-related parameter.
US11193842B2
Pressure sensor assemblies comprise a sensor body having a sensing membrane and wherein a fluid is placed in communication with the membrane to determine a fluid pressure. A support is connected with the body and includes an opening for receiving the fluid from an external source, wherein the opening is in fluid-flow communication with the membrane. The pressure sensor comprises one or more elements disposed therein configured to mitigate transmission of a fluid pressure spike to the sensing membrane. The body or the support may have a pressure mitigating element, e.g., an internal channel, for receiving the fluid from the opening and transferring it to the membrane, wherein the channel may itself be configured to provide the desired protection against fluid pressure spikes, or may be connected with another internal element to provide such protection.
US11193829B2
A circular dichroism spectrometer which comprises a metasurface. The metasurface has a plurality of anisotropic antennas configured to simultaneously spatially separate LCP and RCP spectral components from an incoming light beam. An optical detector array is included which detects the LCP and RCP spectral components. A transparent medium is situated between the metasurface and the optical detector array.
US11193828B2
A spectroscopic apparatus includes a splitter that receives a first detected signal output from a sample to which an incident beam is irradiated, and outputs a reflected signal and a second detected signal by splitting the first detected signal, and a signal processor that receives the reflected signal and the second detected signal, and extracts a Raman signal from the second detected signal in response to the received reflected signal.
US11193820B2
An infrared imaging device includes a plurality of electronic components, a phase change material, and a heat transfer structure. The plurality of electronic components is configured to collect data and have a predetermined temperature parameter. The plurality of electronic components is disposed within the phase change material. The phase change material has a first material phase and a second material phase. The phase change material has a first material phase and a second material phase. The phase change material is configured to absorb heat through changing from the first material phase to the second material phase. The heat transfer structure is disposed within the phase change material. The heat transfer structure is configured to conduct heat within the phase change material. The phase change material and the heat transfer structure are further configured to regulate a temperature of the electronic components below the predetermined temperature parameter.
US11193819B2
A vibration sensor with monitoring function is provided, which includes a substrate, a microelectromechanical vibration sensor chip and an application-specific integrated circuit chip. The microelectromechanical vibration sensor chip is disposed on the substrate and detects a vibration applied to an object to generate a plurality of vibration signals. The application-specific integrated circuit chip is disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the microelectromechanical vibration sensor chip, which includes a sampling module, a transform module and an analysis module. The sampling module receives and converts the vibration signals into a plurality of digital signals, and filters the digital signals to generate a plurality of time-domain data. The transform module transforms the time-domain data into a frequency-domain data according to a predetermined number. The analysis module executes a comparison process to compare the frequency-domain data with a predetermined spectrum feature table and generates a notification signal according to the comparison result.
US11193815B2
An article inspection apparatus includes a measuring unit 11 that outputs a measuring signal of weight within a required measurement time from a weight application time, when the weight of an article W is applied, a determination unit 16 that inspects the article W based on the measuring signal, an electromagnetic coil 84 that applies a diagnostic load to the measuring unit 11, and a performance diagnosis unit 18 that causes the diagnostic load to be applied from the electromagnetic coil 84 to the measuring unit 11, within a predetermined diagnosable time longer than the required measurement time from the weight application time, when the weight of the article W is applied to the measuring unit 11, and diagnoses the performance of the measuring unit 11, based on the measuring signal when the diagnostic load is applied.
US11193814B2
A device for identifying obstacles for rail vehicles includes a force measuring device that generates a collision force measuring signal in the event of a collision between a collision beam of the rail vehicle and a mass of the collision object, where the collision force measuring signal is directed to an evaluation device together with a rail vehicle speed signal and the evaluation device is configured to integrate the collision force measuring signal via an integrator located in the evaluation device and by using the rail vehicle speed signal in order to determine the mass of the collision object.
US11193806B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for a meter with a bung. In an embodiment of the invention, a meter includes a main case, an inlet at a distal end of the main case, an outlet at an opposite distal end of the main case, and a bung positioned on the meter.
US11193795B2
A system comprises first and second rotating magnetic field transmitter assemblies positioned in a planar arrangement. The first and second rotating magnetic field transmitter assemblies are each configured to generate a rotating magnetic field. In certain embodiments, the system further comprises a housing assembly and the first and second rotating magnetic field transmitter assemblies are positioned within the housing.
US11193792B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an electric meter assembly including a meter support platform or base able to reversibly electrically couple to a transformer providing inputs including an AC power supply, phase voltage, and/or a phase current. Output of the meter support platform or base can be DC power, AC phase voltage signals and/or AC phase current. Further, a removable or portable meter can couple to the meter support platform or base and to an electric meter system including a meter core coupled to a wireless transmitter, an antenna, an integrated power sensor, and data meter front end. The system includes a data manager configured for electric service analysis including energy usage, and/or interval temperature, phase voltage, current and phase angle in real time, electric energy kWh and kVARh values in a user-specified period, wrong meter base installation detection, physical location of the removable or portable meter, and tamper detection.
US11193788B2
In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide a unique venue directory, providing an easy and visual mechanism to search for categories of points of interest (e.g., clothes, food, restrooms) or specific items within the venue. Search results can be presented on a map of a floor within the venue as well as a listing providing all search results located within the venue.
US11193786B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for determining a final location associated with a service requester. The method includes obtaining, by at least one computer server of an online transportation service platform, an initial location associated with a service requester; comparing, by the at least one computer server, the initial location with a plurality of candidate locations in a database to generate at least one match result; and determining, by the at least one computer server, a final location based on the at least one match result, wherein the final location is associated with the initial location.
US11193779B2
A POI route response is received that comprises information identifying a starting location and a particular number of POIs, and a bloom filter encoding a route segment set defined by routes from the starting location to each of the particular number of POIs. The information identifying the starting location is used to identify a decoded starting segment of the mobile version of the digital map. Map information is accessed for assigning a cost value to segments of the digital map. A segment that satisfies the bloom filter is assigned a minimal cost value. A first decoded route is determined based on the cost value assigned to the segments. The first decoded route is a route from the decoded starting segment to a first POI. The first decoded route is provided via a user interface of the mobile apparatus and/or a vehicle is controlled to traverse the first decoded route.
US11193776B2
This application describes systems and methods directed to route optimization for routes comprising large numbers of waypoints. When large numbers of waypoints make up a route, developing an optimized route can be computationally intensive, requiring far too much time to develop a solution that is practicable for most needs. Thus, systems and methods of the inventive subject matter involve grouping subsets of waypoints into clusters and then optimizing those clusters according to genetic algorithm development techniques. The end result is a highly optimized route developed in an amount of time that would have been impossible using standard techniques.
US11193775B2
An approach is provided for providing a dynamic virtual connection through a shared vehicle. A routing platform determines a dynamic location of a shared vehicle. The dynamic location is updated. The routing platform further creates a dynamic virtual connection between two or more fixed transportation stations. The dynamic virtual connection provides a route that connects the two or more fixed transportation stations with a route segment using the shared vehicle, and the dynamic virtual connection is updated as the dynamic location of the shared vehicle is updated. The routing platform further provides data for presenting a representation of the dynamic virtual connection in a mapping user interface.
US11193770B2
The invention related to a microelectromechanical systems gyroscope, which comprises a plurality of sensing modules sensing angular velocities on tri-axes, a plurality of outer frames set at outside of the sensing modules, and a plurality of driving shafts set between the frames respectively. The driving shafts are connected with two adjacent frames by first and second flexible connecting elements, respectively, and the frames are connected with the sensing modules by a plurality of transporting units. Thus, tri-axes sensing is provided.
US11193769B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a movable member, first, and second counter electrodes, first, and second resistances, and a control device. The movable member includes first and second electrodes and is capable of vibrating. The vibration of the movable member includes first and second components. The first component is along a first direction. The second component is along a second direction crossing the first direction. The first counter electrode opposes the first electrode. The second counter electrode opposes the second electrode. The first resistance includes first and first other end portions. The second resistance includes a second end portion and a second other end portion. The first other end portion is electrically connected to the first counter electrode. The second other end portion is electrically connected to the second counter electrode. The control device includes a controller configured to perform at least a first operation.
US11193758B2
A measurement device is configured to measure a three-dimensional shape of an object for measurement. The measurement device includes a projector, an imager, an identifier, and a calculator. The projector is configured to project a plurality of light lines onto the object for measurement. The imager is configured to capture an image of the object for measurement on which the plurality of light lines are projected. The identifier is configured to identify a projection condition of the light lines based on shaping information of the object for measurement. The calculator is configured to calculate a plurality of line shapes from the image captured by the imager, based on the projection condition.
US11193756B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring the shape and thickness of a transparent object. A light projecting section that outputs beams of light to a transparent object, a light receiving sensor that receives the beams of light that have passed through the transparent object, and a data processing section that analyzes a received light signal in each light receiving element of the light receiving sensor are included. The light projecting section outputs, in parallel, output beams of light from a plurality of light sources, and the data processing section analyzes the received light signal in each light receiving element of the light receiving sensor and identifies a light source of any beam of light input into one light receiving element by using light source combination information that is stored in a storage section and that corresponds to a value of the received light signal.
US11193752B2
Apparatus and methods are presented for enhancing the acquisition speed or performance of Fourier domain optical coherence tomography. In preferred embodiments a plurality of wavelength combs containing interleaved selections of wavelengths from a multi-wavelength optical source are generated and projected onto a sample. In certain embodiments the wavelength combs are projected simultaneously onto a plurality of regions of the sample, while in other embodiments the wavelength combs are projected sequentially onto the sample. Light in the wavelength combs reflected or scattered from the sample is detected in a single frame of a sensor array, and the detected light processed to obtain a tomographic profile of the sample. In preferred embodiments the wavelength comb generator comprises a wavelength interleaver in the form of a retro-reflective prism array for imparting different displacements to different selections of wavelengths from the optical source.
US11193749B2
The present disclosure uses a surface property measuring device that includes an arm swingably supported so as to displace a stylus vertically, and an arm lifter that holds the stylus at a predetermined height by rotating the arm. After arranging the arm lifter in a state where the arm can be held at a lower limit height that is only a predetermined drop amount below a predetermined measurement height, the arm is arranged at the measurement height and the stylus contacts a measured object, and in this state surface properties of the measured object are measured.
US11193731B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a belt for an implement holster comprising multiple stacked layers, including reinforcement layers enclosed within outer layers of the belt. The construction of the belt allows the belt to be worn with garments that do not necessarily include belt loops, such as active wear and women's formal wear. An implement holster may be coupled to the belt, using one or more clip loops, to form an active carry holster assembly.
US11193724B1
Systems and processes are provided for prefabricating pistol frames to re-purpose original pistol components, produce pistols or carbine-like pistols, and to customize firearms for various tactical purposes.
US11193721B2
The invention relates to a heat recovery unit to transfer heat from a gray water source discharged from a bath or a shower to preheat fresh cold water supplying a bath, a shower, a boiler system or hot water heater. The heat recovery unit comprises an inner tube, an outer tube, a non-return valve, an anode, deflectors as well as associated piping and fittings. Fresh water from a pressurized public network or well flows through the inner tube while the gray water flows between the inner and outer tubes. The non-return valve installed in the fresh water pipe prevents contamination of the drinking water system. A translucent pipe may be installed in a section of the gray water piping system to detect any leaks. An insulated jacket may be placed around the unit to reduce heat loss. The heat recovery unit may be used in domestic, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.
US11193714B2
A refractory insert is provided, including a main body part having a first surface defining a first sidewall, an opposed second surface defining a second sidewall, and an outer peripheral surface separating the first and second surfaces, and a mechanical mating member provided on at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface thereof. The mechanical mating member includes a retention mechanism for controlling and retaining a position of a corresponding mating member in connection therewith.
US11193713B2
An industrial kiln employs a tunnel kiln design. An upper portion of a central high-temperature firing region of a kiln body (1) has an arch structure, and is divided into a rising portion (4), a middle portion (5), and a descending portion (6). The rising portion (4), the middle portion (5), and the descending portion (6) are connected by means of curved surfaces with smooth transitions. A transporting mechanism (2) at a lower portion of the kiln body (1) is parallel to the upper portion. The present invention enables collection of excessive heat in a pre-heating portion and a cooling portion to transfer the same to a high-temperature firing portion, thus reducing a firing time and burning fuels of a high-temperature firing region, lowering a production cost, and protecting the environment by preventing exhaustion of a large amount of hot air.
US11193697B2
A method for operating a caloric heat pump system includes changing a cycle frequency at which a field of a field generator is applied to caloric material in the caloric heat pump system. The method also includes adjusting a speed of a hot side fan in response to the cycle frequency change and adjusting a speed of a cold side fan in response to the cycle frequency change. A respective one of three separate control loops changes the cycle frequency, adjusts the speed of the hot side fan, and adjusts the speed of the cold side fan.
US11193667B2
A lighting apparatus includes a light passing cover, a base plate, a speaker module, a light source module and a lens module. The light passing cover has a dome shape structure. The dome shape structure has a neck-in edge and neck part. The neck part has a smaller diameter than the neck-in edge. The first fixing unit is placed on the neck part. The second fixing unit is fixed to the first fixing unit. The bottom surface of the speaker module is fixed on a center position of the base plate. The top surface of the speaker module has an audio output end.
US11193662B1
A wireless headlight assembly for attachment to an eyewear frame is disclosed. The wireless headlight assembly comprises a battery pod containing a battery connected to a lower housing element, which controls the application of power from the battery to an attached headlight assembly containing a headlight.
US11193658B1
An illuminated decoration system includes light strings having elastic elements for coupling the lights to structures. The system includes a light strand assembly and an elastic assembly, the elastic assembly may be integral to the light strand or attached externally through clipping members. The light strand assembly includes illuminated elements which may be separated by a predetermined amount of space along the strand. The elastic assembly includes an elastic element which is attached, either integrally or externally to the light strand. The elastic elements allow for the system to store elastic energy when being mounted onto a structure. The stored elastic energy allows the light strand to stay mounted onto the structure without the need for staples, nails, hook and loop fasteners, glue, or silicone.
US11193649B2
An optical lens capable of miniaturization and capable of easily implementing various optical characteristics and a lighting device using the same are provided. The optical lens includes a lens body including an incident surface and an emitting surface; and a plurality of nano holes that extend in a direction from the incident surface toward the emitting surface, and is formed to communicate with at least one of the incident surface or the emitting surface. In particular, the plurality of nano holes change a phase of light that is incident on the lens body.
US11193645B1
An apparatus for adjusting high and low beams of an automobile headlamp comprising: a lens and a cooling support frame; wherein a parabolic reflector and a LED light assembly are set in the cooling support frame; wherein an opening is set on one side of the lens and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting high and low beams wherein the adjusting mechanism is set in the opening; wherein the adjusting is further comprising a fixed plate wherein the fixed plate is set on the cooling support frame near adjacent to the opening; wherein a solenoid valve is installed on the fixed plate; wherein a plurality of connecting pieces are set on both sides of the fixed plate; wherein an adjusting plate is movably connected between the connecting pieces through a clamp spring; wherein a cross rod is set on the adjusting plate; wherein a valve rod of the solenoid valve is connected to the cross rod such that the adjusting plate moves from position A to position B when the valve rod moves wherein the adjusting plate in position a interferes with light transmission between the LED light assembly and the lens; wherein the adjusting plate in position B does not interfere with light transmission between the LED light assembly and the lens.
US11193629B2
A bracket assembly includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes one or more first retainers and the second body includes one or more second retainers. The retainers are shaped and arranged for mating engagement by relative movement of one or both of the first and second body. Interaction between the retainers causes the first and second bodies to become interlocked and forced towards one another. The first retainers can include first and second lug pairs and the second retainers can include first and second wedge portions.
US11193625B2
An active stabilisation system including: a first motor having a stator connected to a system mount and a rotor configured for rotation about a first axis in a first plane of rotation passing through the first motor; a second motor having a stator connected with a first connection link to the rotor of the first motor and a rotor configured for rotation about a second axis in a second plane of rotation passing through the second motor, the second plane of rotation intersecting with the first motor; a third motor having a stator connected with a second connection link to the rotor of the second motor and a rotor configured for rotation about a third axis in a third plane of rotation passing through the third motor; and a payload mount connected to the rotor of the third motor and configured for attachment to a payload.
US11193618B2
A thermal expansion compensating device has a conduit with a first opening and a second opening for connection to a first pipe and a second pipe of a hot water system, respectively, the first and second pipes being formed by removing a section from a length of pipe of the hot water system. A pre-tensioning force is applied to the device to axially displace the first opening from the second opening until after connection of the openings of the pipes. A resiliently deformable pipe segment defines a portion of the conduit between the first opening and the second opening and is resiliently deformed to a tensioned position by the application of the pre-tensioning force. Once the hot water system is activated, the pipes axially thermally expand such that the first opening moves towards the second opening and the pipe segment moves from the tensioned position towards a rest position decreasing the stress on the device.
US11193614B2
An apparatus comprising a sleeve. The sleeve has an outer surface and a flange extending from the outer surface. The flange has a first surface for engaging an edge of first flexible hose and a second surface for engaging a union. The first surface of the flange has a radial length substantially equal to a thickness of the edge of the first flexible hose. The sleeve counteracts a deflection of the first flexible hose and the second flexible hose into a flow path created through the first flexible hose and the second flexible hose when the first flexible hose and the second flexible hose are coupled together using the union, the sleeve, and a pair of fittings.
US11193613B2
The invention relates to a connection device comprising —a line portion (10) having, at its end, a radially outwardly projecting abutment flange (14) for butting against a corresponding abutment flange of a further line portion which is to be coupled to the line portion (10), and—a ring-segment chain (42, 22, 38) comprising a plurality of ring segments (22, 38) connected to one another in a pivotable manner in a common ring plane, wherein the ring-segment ends which formed the chain ends can be latched to one another to give a ring-form connection clamp (42). The invention is distinguished in that the line portion is designed in the form of a tubular connection stub (10) with first thread means (16) spaced apart axially from the abutment surface (141) of its abutment flange (14), and in that each ring segment (22, 38) has a radially inwardly projecting clamping flange (24) and second thread means (26), which are spaced apart axially from said clamping flange and correspond with the first thread means (16).
US11193609B2
A piping element assembly includes a coupling body and at least one gasket, the coupling body defining an interior cavity, the interior cavity in contact with the at least one gasket, the piping element assembly adapted for sealably connecting two lengths of pipe by insertion of the pipe lengths within the interior cavity and sealed by the at least one gasket.
US11193607B2
In a fluid control valve, a cylinder chamber includes a first pilot chamber extending from a piston in one of sliding directions. An opening of a first pilot port allowing supply and discharge of fluid is formed in the inner wall of the first pilot chamber. The fluid is accommodated in the first pilot chamber when the piston is in a valve open position, and discharged via the opening when the piston is displaced toward a valve closed position. At least one of the piston and a valve body includes a throttle portion forming, between the piston and the valve body, a throttle path having a cross-sectional area smaller than the area of the opening, after the piston starts being displaced from the valve open position toward the valve closed position.
US11193605B1
A recirculation valve for use with a tankless water heater in a system that includes hot and cold water fixtures and a cold water supply. The recirculation valve includes a valve body having an inlet connection, a pair of outlet connections and an internal chamber; a thermostatic element that is disposed in a first portion of the internal chamber of the valve body and includes an actuation body that is responsive to water temperature; wherein the valve body further has a port opening that is disposed between the thermostatic element and a second portion of the internal chamber; wherein the thermostatic element further includes a piston constructed and arranged to operatively extend from said actuation body when the actuation body is heated, and a plunger that is carried by and is moveably responsive to the actuation body; and whereby, when the actuation body is heated, the valve transitions from an open position to a closed position by the piston moving the actuation body and plunger so that the plunger moves to seal against the port opening of the valve body.
US11193596B2
An electric valve includes a valve body component, a transmission component, and a valve needle component. The valve body component includes a valve core sleeve, and the valve core sleeve includes a first inner guide wall. A movable connecting component is in a suspended connection with the transmission component, the movable connecting component includes a connecting body, the connecting body includes a first outer guide wall, the connecting body includes a lower opening portion and an accommodating hole in communication with the lower opening portion, and a hole wall of the accommodating hole includes a second inner guide wall. The valve needle component includes a valve needle, the valve needle includes a second outer guide wall, the second outer guide wall is slidably in clearance fit with the second inner guide wall. A manufacturing method for the electric valve is further disclosed.
US11193580B2
A control element for a vehicle is designed to change between a parking state and a driving state. In the parked state, the control element is designed to enable a driver to switch the vehicle from a parked state to a travel state. The control element also enables the vehicle driver to freely select a gear of the vehicle by changing from a parking state into a drive state.
US11193571B1
A differential actuator including: a shuttle supported for rotation around a central axis and including a body portion, a first pinion gear connected to the body portion, and a second pinion gear connected to the body portion; a first component including a first plurality of teeth meshed with the first pinion gear and supported for rotation around the central axis; and a second component including a second plurality of teeth meshed with the second pinion gear and supported for rotation around the central axis. For a first operating mode of the differential actuator: the shuttle is arranged to be rotated by an actuator in a first circumferential direction around the central axis; and the first pinion gear is arranged to rotate the first component in the first circumferential direction around the central axis.
US11193569B1
A two-pass torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeder including an impeller shell connected to the cover and at least one impeller blade fixedly connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade fixedly connected to the turbine shell; a lock-up clutch including a piston plate; and a flow control assembly including a first seal and a spring connected to the first seal and urging the first seal toward one of the cover or the piston plate. The cover, the piston plate, and the flow control assembly define, at least partly, a release pressure chamber. The cover, the impeller shell, the piston plate, and the flow control assembly define, at least partly, an apply pressure chamber.
US11193563B2
A synchronous belt drive system comprising a first obround sprocket having a toothed surface and at least one linear portion disposed between two arcuate portions, the arcuate portions having a constant radius, the linear portion having a predetermined length, a sprocket having a toothed surface, the sprocket engaged to the first obround sprocket by an endless toothed member, and the first obround sprocket having a magnitude and a phase such that an angular displacement timing error between the sprocket and the first obround sprocket is less than 1.5 degree peak to peak.
US11193555B2
Clamped connection for connecting two end sections of a conveyor belt which is to be set up as continuous and which has embedded tension members, with two moulded pieces that can be braced against each other, each having a contact surface for an end section of the conveyor belt, between which is arranged a spacer, and in each case an end section can be clamped in a clamping area between the spacer and a contact surface of a moulded piece, and wherein ends of the tension members can be secured in a cast block formed with a casting material and which is braced against the moulded pieces, characterised in that for each end section of the conveyor belt, its own separate cast block is formed, a conveyor belt connected to it, and a method of connecting a conveyor belt.
US11193552B2
A frequency tuned damper including at least one elastic element, and a method for the assembly of such a damper are disclosed. The damper comprises a deflection limiting mechanism arranged to prevent excessive movements of the elastic element if the damper is subjected to large external transient forces. The at least one elastic element forms part of the deflection limiting mechanism.
US11193549B2
A brake caliper comprising a body manufactured from ALM and having a skinned lattice structure. A method of designing and forming said brake caliper.
US11193546B2
A ball-ramp clutch includes two stamped ramp plates and at least one molded support ring. The molded support ring transmits axial force from one of the ramp plates to a thrust bearing, which, in turn, transmits the axial force to the pressure plate of a clutch pack. The molded support ring may radially locate one of the races of the thrust bearing. The molded support ring may be plastic.
US11193543B2
A seal arrangement for a wheel bearing having first bearing part and a second bearing part integrally connected to a wheel bearing flange, between which bearing parts rolling elements are guided. The sealing arrangement includes: a carrier element, which is connected to the first bearing part and an elastic element is provided on the carrier element. The elastic element has at least one sealing lip, and the carrier element has a fastening section, which is connected to the first bearing part. A stop part is fastened to the second bearing part with which the at least one sealing lip is in rubbing contact. The wheel bearing flange has an axial projection at least partially surrounds an axial projection of the first bearing part, and an inner surface of the axial projection of the wheel bearing flange forms a seat for the stop part.
US11193542B2
A sealed universal joint bearing includes a pot-shaped component having a disk-shaped base and a cylindrical wall projecting from a periphery of the base, and an inner surface of the base and an inner surface of the cylindrical wall define an interior of the pot-shaped body. At least one row of rolling elements are configured to roll along the inner surface of the cylindrical wall. A flange in the interior of the pot-shaped component has a flange surface against which end sides of the rolling elements are configured to slip during bearing operation, and the flange surface includes at least one formation configured to reduce a contact area between the flange surface and the end sides of the rolling elements.
US11193537B2
A bearing member (B1) having a coating layer (1) on an internal circumferential surface of a shaft hole (H) configured to mount a shaft body (P1), the coating layer (1) having a metal layer (2) whose surface is formed unevenly, and a resin layer (3) formed on the metal layer (2), the metal layer (2) having a part thereof exposed (2A) on a surface of the resin layer (3), to inhibit the increase in temperature caused by sliding contact with the shaft body (P1), and accomplishing improvement in seizure resistance.
US11193532B2
A variable stiffness bushing includes: inner and outer tubular members; an elastic member connecting these tubular members. At least one pair of circumferentially separated liquid chambers is defined in the elastic member such that first axial ends and second axial ends of the liquid chambers are defined by first and second end walls of the elastic member, respectively. The liquid chambers of each pair communicate with each other by a corresponding communication passage including a circumferential passage provided in one of the tubular members, which includes a coil wound coaxially therewith and a yoke provided with at least one gap constituting the circumferential passage. A magnetic fluid fills the liquid chambers and the communication passage(s). The first and second end walls are configured such that when the tubular members are axially displaced relative to each other, a difference is created between volumes of the liquid chambers of each pair.
US11193529B2
Disclosed herein is a thrust bearing for a turbo compressor, the thrust bearing has a structure that is modified in response to a portion where a deformation amount of a thrust runner is relatively large on the basis of magnitude of a force applied at the time of rotation of a shaft of a turbo compressor, to maintain a thickness of an oil film constantly and to increase a load supporting force of the thrust bearing, thereby ensuring improved durability of the thrust bearing.
US11193525B2
A connector end piece of a control cable from a vehicle transmission to a ball joint of a part of a gearshift or of a part of the transmission, where the end piece is intended to go over the cable and includes a radial window able to receive, by engagement, a cover having an inner threaded portion, where the cover is movable from a disengaged position to an engaged position in which it engages with a threaded end portion of the cable and locks said cable in position. The end piece comprises an end annular portion, coaxial with the cable, and receiving a security ring, said security ring being movable from an unlocked position to a locked position in which the cover is in disengaged position, the ring holds the cover in the disengaged position and prevents the cover from moving into the engaged position; and when the cover is in engaged position, the ring holds the cover in the engaged position and prevents the cover from moving into the disengaged position.
US11193513B2
In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a cavitation generation device that includes a dactyl plunger rotatable about an axis between an open position and a closed position and a propus socket having a channel. The propus socket is rigidly mounted below the dactyl plunger, and the dactyl plunger is received into the propus socket when the dactyl plunger is in the closed position. The cavitation generation device can also include a torsion spring that biases the dactyl plunger into contact with the propus socket. In another embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of inducing a cavitation including biasing a dactyl plunger via a torsion spring, and rotating the dactyl plunger, by action of the torsion spring, into a propus socket. The propus socket includes a nozzle-shaped channel. The method further includes ejecting a socket cavity volume through the nozzle-shaped channel thereby inducing a cavitation event.
US11193502B2
An ceiling fan comprising a motor system. The motor system is mounted around a motor shaft. The motor shaft couples to a downrod for suspending the ceiling fan from a structure. The motor shaft and motor are encased by a motor housing. The motor housing comprises hub arms for mounting a plurality of blade holders. The blade holders coupled to a plurality of blades rotatable about the motor during operation. The downrod comprises a wire disk mounting guy wiring to the downrod. A retention rod is utilized internal of the motor and downrod as a secondary retention method. An electrical connector is internal of the motor shaft and electrically couples to the stator to power the motor.
US11193497B2
A gas turbine engine includes a combustor section arranged between a compressor section and a turbine section. A fan section has an array of twenty-six or fewer fan blades. An airfoil includes pressure and suction sides and extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position to a 100% span position. The airfoil has a relationship between a leading edge angle and span position that defines a curve with the leading edge angle of less than 40° at 100% span.
US11193494B2
A compression wheel for a turbocharger includes: a wheel hub; and a plurality of blades that are arranged around the wheel hub in a spiral shape, where a round portion is provided at a tip of a leading edge of each of the blades.
US11193493B2
Provided is a water pump including: a housing; a support shaft fixed to the housing; an impeller disposed on an upper portion of the housing; a stator disposed inside the housing; a rotor rotatably supported to the support shaft; and a connecting member inserted in the supporting shaft to rotatably support the rotor and connecting between the rotor and the impeller, thereby reducing the number of parts and simplifying a manufacturing process.
US11193492B2
A molten metal pump comprised of a base defining a pumping chamber, an impeller disposed within said pumping chamber, an outlet passage extending from said pumping chamber, said outlet passage being defined by opposed top and bottom walls and opposed side walls, wherein said top and side walls terminate at an intersection with a boundary of the base and said bottom wall terminates inward from said boundary.
US11193491B2
A hydraulic power unit has a housing, at least one pump element, a pressure collecting plate and an electric motor. The electric motor has at least one end shield, a stator and a rotor fixed on a rotor shaft. The at least one end shield has at least one partially circumferential functional recess extending between an outer and an inner circumferential surface of the end shield in the direction of a rotor shaft bearing seat. The functional recess thus formed permits the arrangement of functional elements at a central point of the hydraulic power unit in a space-efficient manner without negatively influencing the overall size of the hydraulic power unit.
US11193490B2
A scroll compressor includes a balancer that rotates integrally with a rotary shaft. A bushing includes a cylindrical portion and an auxiliary weight portion. The auxiliary weight portion is arranged on the outer side of the cylindrical portion. The fitting hole is provided at a position where a moment about the eccentric shaft generated by a centrifugal force acting on the movable scroll due to rotation of the rotary shaft and a moment about the eccentric shaft generated by a centrifugal force acting on the auxiliary weight portion due to rotation of the rotary shaft are in the opposite directions. As viewed in the axial direction of the rotary shaft, the center of gravity of the bushing is located on the same side of a straight line including the center of the cylindrical portion and the center of the rotary shaft as the center of the eccentric shaft.
US11193486B2
A fluid moving apparatus includes an electric motor having a rotor and a stator and a fluid displacement member. The rotor rotates relative to the stator on a common axis to generate a rotational output. The rotational output is provided to the fluid displacement member to power the fluid displacement member to one of move linearly along and rotate about the common axis. The stator includes one or more coils configured to power rotation of the rotor. The one or more coils extend circumferentially around and can be coaxial on the common axis.
US11193474B1
Air powered electrical generator (APEG) motive parts are mounted on an axle carrying bilateral air turbines and two intermediate rotor subassemblies. Circular rotor blade plates have scalene triangularly shaped cavities with long leading edge sides receiving compressed air flow, short trailing edge sides and an open peripheral air portal. Adjacently mounted blades are offset such that one air portal then another air portal is presented to compressed air flow from nozzles during rotation. Each turbine shroud has a manifold feeding compressed air to the nozzle, as a venturi, due alternating presented air portals. Each rotor carries permanent magnets on its radially outboard segments. Bilateral stationary stators are transversely fixedly mounted outboard of the rotating rotor subassemblies. Electrical outputs carry power from the stators when the rotor subassemblies rotate.
US11193472B2
A method of controlling a wind power plant for generating electrical power from wind is provided. The plant comprises a rotor having rotor blades with adjustable blade angles and the rotor can be operated at a variable rotational speed. The method includes controlling the plant in a partial load mode when wind speed is below a nominal speed and, controlling the plant in a storm mode when the wind speed is above a storm commencement speed. An output power of the plant in the partial load mode and storm mode is adjusted according to an operating characteristic curve that determines a relationship between the rotational speed and the output power. A partial load characteristic curve is used as the operating characteristic curve for controlling the power plant in partial load mode, and a storm mode characteristic curve is used as the operating characteristic curve for controlling the plant in storm mode.
US11193468B2
An electric starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The starting system includes a battery, a starter motor, and a blower housing. The starter motor is configured to start the internal combustion engine. The battery is integrated with the blower housing.
US11193464B2
A fuel injection valve includes a needle valve that controls communication between a high pressure chamber and an injection hole, a follower valve provided inside a control chamber controlled by fuel pressure inside an intermediate chamber, and an open-close valve that controls communication between a first passage and a low pressure passage and communication between a second passage and the low pressure passage. The fuel injection valve is configured to control the gradient of the fuel injection rate from the injection hole with an improved configuration.
US11193461B2
A charge air line of an internal combustion engine for supplying multiple cylinders of a cylinder bank of the internal combustion engine arranged in-line with charge air, has multiple charge air line sections. Emanating from each charge air line section a branch leads to a cylinder, the branch screwable to a cylinder head of the respective cylinder. The charge air line has an upstream end, via which charge air is feedable to the charge air line, and a downstream end, which is closed by an end cap. At the downstream end, the charge air line has a larger flow cross section than at the downstream end.
US11193459B2
An air intake set for a motor vehicle engine, including an air intake hose, a flow meter and a device for directing an air flow positioned upstream of the flow meter with respect to the direction of circulation of the air flow in the hose. The device for directing an air flow is adapted to guide the air flow towards the flow meter and has a variable permeability so as to set the velocity of the air flow.
US11193458B2
An air suction device for a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine. The air suction device includes a device guiding purified suction air for combustion in the direction of the internal combustion engine, and an air filter element and a housing receiving the air filter element, and at least one air guiding device. The air guiding device is formed in the shape of a channel and is provided for guiding suction air to the housing. The air guiding device extends in the region between a holding device and the housing. The holding device is formed to receive at least one light source and has an air leading channel adjacent to the light source, which is connected in an air guiding manner to the air guiding device.
US11193456B1
An EGR system is configured to allow a part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an exhaust passage to flow as an EGR gas to an intake passage through an EGR passage to return to the engine. The EGR system includes a heating film provided on an inner wall of at least one of the intake passage through which the EGR gas flows, i.e., an intake manifold, and the EGR passage, at least one pair of a positive electrode and a negative electrode to energize the heating film, a water temperature sensor and an intake temperature for detecting a warm-up state of the intake passage and the EGR passage, and an electronic control unit configured to control energization of the heating film from before start of EGR based on the detected warm-up state.
US11193452B2
A carburetor drain valve, comprises a valve body and a valve center screw. The valve body further comprises a threaded inner portion and a plurality of carburetor screw threads. The valve center screw further comprises a threaded outer portion to couple to the valve body at the threaded inner portion. A valve screw handle is disposed at a lower portion of the valve center screw, and a plug portion is disposed at an upper portion of the valve center screw. An opening is disposed along the length of the valve center screw, and a cross-drilled hole is disposed within the plug portion.
US11193449B2
An engine apparatus, in which each piston assembly includes a piston attached to a connection member at a first end and a second end. Each piston of the piston assembly defines a first chamber and a second chamber separated by the piston. The first chamber and the second chamber are each defined at the first end and at the second end. Each first chamber of one piston assembly is fluidly connected to the second chamber at a different piston assembly. At least one first chamber at the first end is fluidly connected to a respective second chamber at the second end. At least one first chamber at the second end is fluidly connected to a respective second chamber at the first end.
US11193441B1
An intake adaption system for internal combustion engines of vehicles employing an aftermarket intake air assembly including high capacity intake ducting and a low resistance air filter. Intake air sensors provide intake air condition signals of filtered intake air to the engine. A CPU includes a routine for modifying the intake air condition signals of the filtered intake air to the ECM. Tables alter the appropriate sensor signal or signals to correct for the calibration and predictions made by the ECM based on the original equipment. A first table translates the intake air condition signals from the intake air sensors indicative of MAF into the engine to provide actual MAF into the engine. A second table generates a pressure offset responsive to MAF into the engine to provide the ECM with a lower pressure value than actual, avoiding a diagnostic trouble code.
US11193440B2
The occurrence of the misfire having a level at which exhaust purifying function of a catalyst is impaired (OT-level misfire) is detected. Upon the detection of the OT-level misfire, basic OT risk from the misfire is multiplied by a correction coefficient corresponding to the accumulated PM amount on the catalyst. The basic OT risk from the misfire is a basic value of OT risk from the misfire which is set based on the operating condition of the engine. The correction coefficient is set to a smaller value as the accumulated PM amount increases. Therefore, the OT risk from the misfire after the multiplication decreases as the accumulated PM amount increases. When a predetermined judgement condition with the OT risk from the misfire is established, it is judged that the misfire having the level occurs.
US11193439B2
A vehicle safety device for detecting vehicle tilt automatically shuts-off power to an ignition system and fuel pump and summons emergency assistance using a bistable switch circuit that toggles between a first bistable switch position in response to a reset signal and a second bistable switch position in response to an alert signal. The safety device can remain in the bistable switch positions without a power source and employ an encrypted bi-directional protocol to summon emergency assistance and generate the reset signal without vehicle operator intervention.
US11193418B2
The present invention relates to internal combustion engines, and discloses a double-cylinder internal combustion engine. The double-cylinder internal combustion engine of the present invention adopts a curved groove ball bearing mechanism to replace crank-connecting rod mechanisms since traditional internal combustion engines have a complicated structure, high material requirements, high processing difficulty, and the inertia effect and noises thereof are hard to be eliminated. Two inner rings of the curved groove ball bearing mechanism are fixedly connected, and a valve mechanism and an ignition mechanism are driven through a gear pair, so that the two sets of cylinders and pistons reciprocate in opposite directions to automatically balance reciprocating inertia thereof. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has simple motion forms which only consist of the rotary motion and the reciprocating motion, and low noises are produced. The inertia of the reciprocating motion is automatically offset, causing small vibrations.
US11193417B2
The present invention relates to a control device and to a control method for a vehicle drive mechanism including a moving body having a movability range regulated by two stoppers, and a sensor which senses a position of the moving body. The control device of the present invention learns an output of the sensor corresponding to a contact state of a high-rigidity stopper, and limits, to a lower level, an operation variable of the actuator for moving the moving body toward a low-rigidity stopper along with an increase in an amount of change in the output of the sensor from the contact state of the high-rigidity stopper. Then, the control device learns the output of the sensor corresponding to the contact state of the low-rigidity stopper, and controls the actuator based on the output of the sensor learned at both the stopper positions.
US11193416B2
Methods and systems are provided for a piston. In one example, system may comprise a piston comprising a chamber in which a piston bowl may actuated independent of an oscillation of the piston. The chamber may receive a hydraulic fluid in order to adjust a position of the piston bowl within the chamber, thereby adjusting a compression ratio of a combustion chamber in which the piston may oscillate.
US11193414B2
An exhaust system includes a mixer assembly unit (26a) with a mixer body (48a) with an incoming flow side (58a) and with an outflow side (60a) and with a plate shaped carrier element (24a) with a radially outward carrier element body (44a). The mixer body includes a plurality of flow deflection elements (62a) and a holding area (70a). The carrier element includes a counter-holding area (46a) connected in substance to a holding area. The mixer assembly unit is arranged in a junction area of two tubular exhaust gas guide elements (14a, 16a). The exhaust gas guide elements include flange shaped coupling sections. The carrier element body is arranged between the flange shaped coupling sections of the exhaust gas guide elements. A coupling element engages the flange shaped coupling sections and extends over the coupling sections on axial sides oriented facing away from one another radially inwards.
US11193411B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine charged by an exhaust gas turbocharger and spark-ignited by means of spark plugs has a particulate filter and a first three-way catalytic converter downstream from the particulate filter in a position close to the engine in an exhaust gas system connected to an outlet of the internal combustion engine and another three-way catalytic converter arranged in the underbody position of the motor vehicle, downstream from the first three-way catalytic converter. An exhaust gas burner is active from the start of the engine, introducing hot exhaust gas into the exhaust gas system downstream from the particulate filter, in order to heat at least one of the three-way catalytic converts to a light-off temperature, as quickly as possible after the cold start, thereby allowing an efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment. The exhaust gas burner can be switched off when at least one of the two three-way catalytic converters has reached its light-off temperature.
US11193405B2
A combined exhaust gas noise silencer consisting of a system of hollow elements with a mutual housing comprising a front face of the silencer connected to the supply pipe of exhaust gases, and a rear face of the silencer with an outlet from the rear face of the silencer, where the original—inlet exhaust gas (İp) carrying a noise wave is divided into at least two flows—an exhaust gas flow (İz) carrying a shifted noise wave with delayed wave length, and an exhaust gas flow (İn) carrying a non-shifted noise wave, which are subsequently combined into a common exhaust gas flow (İs).
US11193399B2
A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly for controlling angular positions of concentric camshafts. The VCT assembly includes an independent VCT device and a dependent VCT device. The independent VCT device is hydraulically- or electrically-actuated. The independent VCT device is coupled with a first concentric camshaft and has a first component that rotates during phasing movements. The first component has a first set of slots therein. The dependent VCT device is coupled with a second concentric camshaft. The dependent VCT device has a second component that lacks rotation during phasing movements, and has multiple phase lugs. The second component has a second set of slots therein. The phase lugs are received in the first set of slots and are received in the second set of slots.
US11193394B2
Methods and systems for generating power (and optionally heat) from a high value heat source using a plurality of circulating loops comprising a primary heat transfer loop, several power cycle loops and an intermediate heat transfer loop that transfers heat from the high-temperature heat transfer loop to the several power cycle loops. The intermediate heat transfer loop is arranged to eliminate to the extent practical the shell and tube heat exchangers especially those heat exchangers that have a very large pressure difference between the tube side and shell side, to eliminate shell and tube, plate type, double pipe and similar heat exchangers that transfer heat directly from the primary heat transfer loop to the several power cycle loops with very high differential pressures and to maximize the use of heat transfer coils similar in design as are used in a heat recovery steam generator commonly used to transfer heat from gas turbine flue gas to steam or other power cycle fluids as part of a combined cycle power plant.
US11193388B2
A method for determining an arrival-time of a rotor blade that includes attaching an RF reader to a stationary surface and an RF tag to the rotor blade. Time-of-flight data points are collected via an RF monitoring process that includes: emitting an RF signal from the RF reader and recording a first time; receiving the RF signal at the RF tag and emitting a return RF signal by the RF tag in response thereto; receiving the return RF signal at the RF reader and recording a second time; and determining the time-of-flight data point as being the duration occurring between the first time and the second time. The RF monitoring process is repeated until multiple time-of-flight data points are collected. A minimum time-of-flight is determined from the multiple time-of-flight data points, and the arrival-time for the rotor blade is determined as being a time that corresponds to the minimum time-of-flight.
US11193384B2
A method for preparing a seal assembly for a gas turbine engine, comprising a seal comprising a carbon material; and a seal seat positioned for rotation relative to the seal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: pre-filming a sealing surface of the seal seat with a carbon-based tribofilm; and assembling the seal seat relative to the seal in a gas turbine engine.
US11193381B2
A turbine vane assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a spar, a turbine vane, and load transfer pins. The spar comprises metallic materials and is configured to support other components of the turbine vane assembly relative to an associated turbine case. The turbine vane comprises ceramic matrix composite materials and is shaped to include an airfoil configured to direct the flow of hot gasses through a primary gas path of the turbine vane assembly.
US11193373B2
Apparatus and methods for obtaining a data response of a fluid as a function of pressure of the fluid, and estimating a dew point pressure of the fluid by detecting an inflection pressure, a downward curve pressure, a characteristic change pressure, and an intersection pressure of the function representative of the data response. The estimated dew point pressure of the fluid based on at least one of the inflection pressure, the downward curve pressure, the characteristic change pressure, and the intersection pressure.
US11193365B2
A desiccating module configured to be installed in a downhole tool is provided. The desiccating module includes a housing having a containment portion, and desiccant located in the containment portion of the housing capable of retaining moisture therein. The housing is configured to be retained in a downhole tool containing moisture sensitive electronics. The housing is configured to permit passage of moisture from outside the housing to the containment portion and to retain the desiccant within the containment portion. The desiccant have a retention capacity sufficient to hold a predetermined threshold amount of moisture.
US11193357B2
A casing patch includes a tubular that comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end, each of the first end and second end comprising an expandable wedge that is deformable into a wellbore casing; and a locating profile formed onto an inner surface of the tubular between the first and second ends.
US11193349B1
Dual path control fittings have a fitting body and a cylindrical plunger. The fitting body has a cylindrical bore, a first conduit, and a second conduit. The cylindrical bore provides a first inlet and an opening. The first conduit provides a second inlet. The second conduit provides an outlet. The cylindrical plunger is mounted for reciprocation in the bore and has a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit extends from one end of the plunger to a port on the circumference of the plunger. The second conduit extends transversely across the plunger. The plunger has a first position in which the port is aligned with the second fitting body conduit to provide a first path and a second position in which the plunger second conduit is aligned with the fitting body first and second conduits to provide a second path.
US11193345B2
A downhole tool, for removing sections of metal tubing, said downhole tool comprising at least one conductive element being arranged to corrode a section of metal tubing using an electrolytic process, said conductive element being made of electric conductive material, an apparatus to establish a connection to the metal tubing, and a source of electrical power.
US11193343B2
Method and apparatus for removing a downhole casing from a well on a single trip. A downhole tool assembly is arranged on a work string having a downhole pull tool, a spear tool, motor unit and cutting device. The downhole pull tool is set inside a first casing string and the spear tool, motor unit and cutting device are located inside a second casing string, located through the first casing string. The downhole pull tool and spear tool can be configured to grip the respective casings during cutting of the second casing string. The cut casing section can then be pulled using the downhole pull tool to dislodge the casing section, whereupon via attachment to the spear tool, the cut casing section can be removed from the well. The assembly can be re-set at shallower depths in the event that the cut casing section cannot be dislodged for removal.
US11193337B1
The connector body attaches to the bowl for a rotating head assembly. The connector body welded to the bowl secures the conductor pipe to the bowl. An inner aperture of the connector body accepts the bowl and the conductor pipe. Fasteners insert into the connector body to secure the conductor pipe within the connector body. An attachment shoulder that extends inward from the outer wall narrows the inner aperture. The bowl rests on top of the attachment shoulder. The bowl inserts vertically downward into an upper opening of the connector body to the attachment shoulder. The conductor pipe inserts into a lower opening of the connector body. The fasteners insert radially into the connector body to secure the conductor pipe within the connector body. The attachment shoulder limits movement of the bowl and the conductor pipe within the inner aperture of the connector body.
US11193336B2
A downhole tool connection comprises (i) a tool intended for downhole use and including a connection section protruding therefrom in use in an uphole direction, the connection section supporting two or more first connectors spaced from one another and operatively connected to the tool; and (ii) a cable carrier moveable in an in-use downhole direction towards the connection section. The cable carrier supports (a) one or more cables and (b) two or more second connectors spaced from one another and operatively connected to at least one cable. Pairs of the first and second connectors are mutually connectable, on movement of the cable carrier towards the connection section to increase the proximity of the connectors of the pairs, in a manner effecting electrical transmission between the connectors of each pair. At least one pair of the connectors connects inductively, and at least one pair of the connectors connects conductively.
US11193332B2
Systems and methods presented herein include a drilling system that includes a deflecting device having an internal passage extending therethrough, and a flexible drilling assembly configured to extend through the internal passage of the deflecting device, and to create a perforation lateral tunnel in a wellbore. The flexible drilling assembly includes a flexible drive shaft configured to rotate relative to the internal passage of the deflecting device. The flexible drilling assembly also includes a cutting bit disposed at a first axial end of the flexible drilling assembly. The flexible drilling assembly further includes a slider tube disposed at a second axial end of the flexible drilling assembly. In addition, the flexible drilling assembly includes a slider radially disposed within the slider tube. The slider is hydraulically configured to compensate for expansion and compression of the flexible drive shaft while the perforation lateral tunnel is being created in the wellbore by the flexible drilling assembly.
US11193329B1
A closure apparatus for covering a portal is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the closure apparatus includes a curtain assembly having one or more curtains and a spindle assembly mounted superjacent a portal on an exterior of the portal. The spindle assembly is operably engaged with the curtain assembly to extend the curtain assembly to cover the portal and retract the curtain assembly to uncover the portal. Channels disposed on lateral sides of the portal engage the curtain assembly when the curtain assembly is extended to cover the portal. Front channel members, which are pivotably connected to corresponding adjacent supports, pivot to release the curtain assembly from engagement with the channels upon application of sufficient force to the curtain assembly to allow egress or ingress through the portal when the closure apparatus is not operational, for example, during loss of power. Related methods of operation of the closure apparatus are also disclosed.
US11193324B2
A spacer construction for insulating glass for windows comprised of thin sheets of metal, such as stainless steel, formed with a first bottom side panel wherein the first bottom side panel joins first and second spaced, typically diverging, lateral side walls or panels. A second inside wall of the spacer assembly is spaced from the bottom side of the first section or channel and joins, typically by welding, to the lateral side walls of the first section thereby forming a tube or chamber into which desiccant may be placed. A cushion material layer is positioned over and on the bottom side panel and is covered by a polymeric sheet affixed or bonded to the lateral sides to form an internal chamber filled with desiccant. The desiccant is positioned to impact against the film or sheet bonded to the bottom side panel and at least a portion of the lateral side walls of the channel enabling the assembly to effectively accommodate bending forces and stress upon bending of the spacer.
US11193322B2
A manufacturing method of a glass panel unit of the present invention includes a bonding step, a pressure reduction step, and a sealing step. In the bonding step, a first substrate and a second substrate are hermetically bonded together with a seal having a frame shape. In the pressure reduction step, a pressure in an inside space formed between the first substrate and the second substrate is reduced through an exhaust port. In the sealing step, sealant melted is dropped toward the exhaust port, thereby sealing the exhaust port with the sealant.
US11193316B2
A hinge assembly for a shower door includes a first panel rotatably connected to a second panel. A first hinge member has a first body portion for attachment to the first panel and a first neck portion, the first hinge member being arranged to allow rotation of the first panel with respect to the second panel about a hinge axis. The first body portion is arranged to be connected to the first panel so as to lie at least partially within a recessed region thereof, such that the hinge axis lies within a footprint of the first panel. The hinge assembly further comprises a second hinge member having a second body portion for attachment to the second panel such that the hinge axis lies outside a footprint of the second panel, and a second neck portion arranged to be rotatably connected to the first neck portion to allow the rotation.
US11193314B2
An emergency escape apparatus includes a support frame that is configured to be installed on a door or a wall and that defines an exit opening, an escape door that is located at an inner side of the exit opening and configured to open and close the exit opening and that defines an accommodation space, a driving unit located in the accommodation space and configured to rotate relative to the escape door, and an unlocking device that is located in the accommodation space, that is configured to be pushed by the driving unit, and that is configured to release coupling between the escape door and the support frame based on rotation of the driving unit. The driving unit is configured to be controlled by a control unit based on a sensor detecting an event.
US11193311B2
A panic bar latch release assembly is disclosed having an inside latch release and an outside pull type handle latch. The handle latch includes a main housing having a pivotal pull handle. The inside latch release includes a first bar mount, a second bar mount, and an elongated push bar. The first bar mount has a support bracket with a floor with a first stop wall and an extended portion with a push rod guide hole extending therethrough. A body portion is coupled to the support bracket which includes a handle mount channel which is partially defined by a second stop wall. A handle mount is pivotally coupled to the body portion. An elongated push rod is positioned within a push rod channel of the door so as to extend through the push rod guide hole.
US11193307B2
A key, a lock core and a lock, relating to a key, a lock core and a lock are provided. The key includes: a column body, a first end of the column body being provided with a light emitting component; a first cathode component disposed on the column body and connected to one end of the light emitting component to be mated with a second cathode component in the lock core; a first piezoelectric electrode disposed on the column body and connected to the other end of the light emitting component to be pressed against a second piezoelectric electrode in the lock core. When the first cathode component is mated with the second cathode component in the lock core, and the first piezoelectric electrode is pressed against the second piezoelectric electrode in the lock core, a piezoelectric current is generated, to cause the light emitting component to emit light.
US11193305B2
A latch mechanism includes a hook-handle assembly coupled to a first panel and a clevis coupled to a second panel. The hook-handle assembly engages the clevis to secure the first panel relative to the second panel.
US11193300B2
A containment airlock, in particular an airlock for intervention on a site likely to be contaminated with radiation, asbestos and biological and/or chemical agents. The containment airlock includes a self-supporting frame and a flexible containment shell. The shell is configured to be assembled with the frame. The frame is articulated so as to be extensible between a folded storage position and an extended intervention position. The frame includes articulated reinforcement rods. The articulated reinforcement rods include rigid segments and at least one intermediate articulation connecting the segments.
US11193299B2
Provided is an emergency shelter that is able to occupy a first, folded position for storage and transport and a second deployed position that is suitable for sheltering at least one person, a method for reversibly converting the shelter from this first position to this second position, and a module of contiguous shelters of this kind. The emergency shelter includes an inflatable tent and a retention device in the form of a column that is preassembled with the inflated tent in said second position. The column is suitable for inflating the tent and holding it deployed around the former in said second position.
US11193297B2
A device and method for anchoring a device, such as a mast or pole, including a base having a space or opening for inserting a mast or pole and a wedge having a pointed end or a rounded end and a beveled edge, wherein the wedge is attached perpendicularly to the base. A method of installation of the device includes placing the device on a surface, exerting a downward force on the base, and plunging the wedge into the surface.
US11193290B2
A retrofit assembly for a chlorinator has a cylindrical disk portion having a lower region for insertion into a cylindrical opening of a chlorinator cylinder, a groove for receipt of a first O-ring and a flange at the top to abut the cylindrical opening, and an upper cylindrical member attached to the lower region having exterior threads thereon, a central bore passing through the cylindrical disk portion for passage of chlorine tablets into the chlorinator cylinder, a cylindrical collar with threads for engagement with threads on the chlorinator cylinder, the collar configured to fit over the lower region of the cylindrical disk portion, and a cap having a cylindrical section with internal threads for engagement with the exterior threads of the upper cylindrical member to cover the central bore of the upper cylindrical member, wherein a recess formed in the cap has a bottom for receipt of a second O-ring.
US11193282B2
A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
US11193279B2
A non-invasive roof attachment system for attaching structures to residential and commercial roofs without the use of penetrations to roofing shingles and sealing layers is described. The attachment system includes vertical and lateral array stays to attach roof mounted systems such as solar panels. The non-slip attachment system also allows for the quick removal of such roof mounted systems rapidly and without the need for repair of penetrations. The non-slip attachment system uses, among other things, an array-stay retainer comprising a vertical member and a horizontal member. A high friction foam polymer padding may further secure the array stays to the roof.
US11193271B2
A process for producing a recess (“negative base”) in the base region of a wall construction in the drywall technique, preferably a wall construction with fire protection and/or sound insulation, wherein for the wall construction on a stud frame, using board-shaped construction elements, preferably construction elements containing gypsum and/or cement, a paneling is attached on both sides of the stud frame, and wherein at least one side of the stud frame is provided with a double-layer paneling, the outer paneling layer of which is recessed in order to produce the recess in the base region, a compensating insulant is introduced into the intermediate space between the panelings of the stud frame at least over the vertical height of the recess in the base region in order to compensate the weakening of the base region resulting from the recessed paneling.
US11193268B2
A joist hanger typically includes one or more teeth which can be manually pressed into a header to hold the joist hanger in place on the header to free up a worker's hands so that a worker can nail the joist hanger to the header without having to manually hold the joist hanger in place while driving the nails. The joist hanger may also include a height-setting tab configured to engage the bottom of the header to set the height of the joist hanger relative to the header. The tab may be a break-off tab to allow the joist hanger to be used without the tab if desired.
US11193262B2
A combined flushing and filling unit comprising a flush valve and a filling valve, which are situated in an inlet chamber to which line pressure is to be applied, and, between the inlet chamber and a particular outlet line, form a compensation chamber, each of which is closed with the aid of a servo-diaphragm, wherein the inlet chamber communicates with the compensation chambers via a connection opening, in each case, in the servo-diaphragm, and the compensation chambers each have a control opening for generating a pressure decrease, which releases the particular outlet line, in the relevant compensation chamber. Furthermore, a method for the operation of a combined flushing and filling unit comprising a flush valve for triggering an emptying process of a cistern is disclosed.
US11193256B2
A lock assembly for an excavator wear assembly, the lock assembly a locking pin having at least one dowel extending outwardly therefrom. The lock assembly also includes a retaining member having a seat and a cavity and a biasing member located within the cavity of the retaining member. The biasing member is adapted to exert a biasing force on the dowel to releasably retain the dowel within the seat of the retaining member.
US11193253B2
A work vehicle is capable of readily knowing an amount of soil built up on a front surface of a blade. A motor grader includes a vehicular body frame, a blade, and an image pick-up apparatus. The blade is arranged between a front end of the vehicular body frame and a rear end of the vehicular body frame. The blade is supported on the vehicular body frame. The image pick-up apparatus is arranged in front of the blade. At least a part of the blade is included within an angle of view of the image pick-up apparatus. A revolving operation of the blade is automatically controlled based on the amount of soil built up on the front surface of the blade.
US11193250B2
A migratory fish passage arrangement arranges water flow past an obstacle upstream of the water's natural flow direction, and includes a hydraulic flow arrangement with a first intake tube from upstream of the dam from an intake point to a location downstream of the dam to a feeding point, where a fish gate allows fish to enter into an elevation tube, to enter from the feeding point in the water in the elevation tube to be transported in the elevation tube to an outlet upstream of the dam. The intake point is higher than the outlet. Also disclosed is a system to guide a migratory fish to pass a dam that includes the migratory fish passage arrangement and additionally a siphon tube from an upstream location with respect to the dam to a downstream location with respect to the dam to constitute a migratory fish return route.
US11193245B2
A machine train is composed of a road milling machine that travels in front and a road finisher that travels behind. The road milling machine has a profile data determining device configured so that a sequence of height profile data describing the height of the road surface in the longitudinal direction is determined while the road milling machine advances. For transmission of the height profile data, a data transmission device is provided on the road milling machine and a data receiving device is provided on the road finisher. To change the position of the screed, the road finisher has a levelling device that comprises at least one actuator and a control unit, which is configured so that the control unit generates a control signal for controlling the at least one actuator in accordance with a height profile data set.
US11193243B2
This invention is in the field of asphalt construction or pavement applications, compositions and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of asphalt treatment, such as a step of applying onto an asphalt surface, under treatment conditions, a composition containing a biobased ester, at least one monoterpene, propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, a liquid intermediate made from polystyrene foam, sulfuric acid, D-limonene and soy methyl ester; carbon black pigment and styrene-butadiene complex.
US11193241B2
The invention discloses a method of producing a filler composition to be used in paper or board production, said method comprising providing a suspension comprising calcium hydroxide and performing carbonation of the calcium hydroxide to form precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC). The invention is characterized in that starch and/or carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC) is added to the suspension during said carbonation of calcium hydroxide. The method of the invention enables an increased filler content in paper or paperboard without substantially increasing the dusting tendency or decreasing the strength of the paper or board.
US11193232B2
A washing machine includes a gasket including a gasket body that connects a casing to a tub, and a plurality of nozzles spraying water into a drum. The gasket body has a first area and a second area corresponding to bilateral areas. The nozzles include a first nozzle and a second nozzle disposed in the first area sequentially in a bottom-to-top direction. The washing machine includes a distribution pipe for distribution circulating water to the nozzles, and the distribution pipe includes a first outlet port and a second outlet port for supplying water to first and second nozzles, and a third outlet port and a fourth outlet port for supplying water to third and fourth nozzles. The first and second outlet ports extend parallel to each other, and the third and fourth outlet ports extend parallel to each other.
US11193217B2
A silicon-based molten composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is used in a solution growing method for forming silicon carbide single crystal, and is expressed in Formula 1 including silicon (Si), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), and aluminum (Al). SiaCrbVcAld [Formula 1] In Formula 1, a is equal to or greater than 0.4 and equal to or less than 0.9, b+c is equal to or greater than 0.1 and equal to or less than 0.6, c/(b+c) is equal to or greater than 0.05 and equal to or less than 0.95, and d is equal to or greater than 0.01 and equal to or less than 0.1.
US11193215B2
In a deposition method of Ni—P—B system plating film, electroplating is performed in a plating bath containing Ni ions, phosphorous acid ions, alkylamine borane, acetic acid, at least one sort of a primary brightening agent, and a secondary brightening agent including at least one sort of a surface active agent. In the above-mentioned plating bath, concentration of alkylamine borane in said plating bath is 1.37 mmol/L or more, and concentration of acetic acid in said plating bath is 0.70 mol/L or more and less than 2.80 mol/L. Thereby, plating film having high hardness of Hv 700 or more can be deposited with high manufacturing efficiency without baking processing, while reducing occurrence of poor appearance, such as burning and abnormal precipitation, even when current density is increased to 80 A/dm2 or more to raise deposition rate.
US11193214B2
Systems and methods for the recovery of noble metal from noble-metal-containing material are generally described. Certain embodiments related to systems and methods in which an electric current is transported between an electrode and the noble metal of a noble-metal-containing material to dissolve at least a portion of the noble metal from the noble-metal-containing material. The dissolved noble metal can subsequently be precipitated out of solution and recovered, according to certain embodiments. Noble metals can be recovered from any suitable noble-metal-containing material, including plated and/or filled scrap materials and/or other materials.
US11193211B2
A cathodic protection system for use with a wood veneer dryer is provided. The system includes a DC power supply and an anode mounted inside the dryer in a position to be electrolytically coupled to metallic structures or surfaces inside the dryer when an electrolytic medium is present inside the dryer. The electrolytic medium comprises a high-humidity atmosphere. A method for reducing the corrosion of metallic structures or surfaces inside the dryer is further provided. The method comprises mounting an anode inside the dryer in a position to be electrolytically coupled to the metallic structures or surfaces inside the dryer when an electrolytic medium is present. Wood veneer is conveyed through the dryer and heated to a temperature sufficient to produce a high-humidity atmosphere inside the dryer. A controlled amount of current is supplied by the DC power supply to electrolytically couple the anode to the metallic structures or surfaces.
US11193201B2
An apparatus with a deposition source and a substrate holder having a source mounting portion, which is rotatable about a first axis, a shielding element, which is disposed between the deposition source and the substrate holder, and a drive arrangement. The deposition source has a material outlet opening from which material is emitted. A longitudinal axis of an elongate central region of the material outlet opening extends parallel and centrally between the edges of the material outlet opening. The deposition source is mounted to the source mounting portion such that the longitudinal axis of the central region is parallel to the first axis. The shielding element has an aperture. The drive arrangement controls rotation of the source mounting portion, adjustment of a width of the aperture, and relative movement between the substrate holder and both the source mounting portion and the shielding element.
US11193200B2
Disclosed is a PVD processing method including a first process, a second process, a third process, and a fourth process. In the first process, an opening of a shield, which is provided between a first target containing a metal oxide and a second target containing a metal constituting the metal oxide, and a stage on which a substrate as a film formation object is placed, is made to coincide with the first target so as to expose the first target to the stage and the opening is brought close to the first target. In the second process, sputtering is performed using the first target. In the third process, the opening is made to coincide with the second target so as to expose the first target to the stage, and the opening is brought close to the second target. In the fourth process, sputtering is performed using the second target.
US11193199B2
A sputtering target comprising a flat part and a tapered part on a sputter surface, wherein of the tapered part includes a crystal distortion having an average KAM value of 0.5° or more. It is possible to lower the ignition failure rate of ignition (plasma ignition), and start the sputter process stably. Because the downtime of the device can thereby be shortened, it is possible to contribute to the improvement in throughput and cost performance.
US11193197B2
A workpiece made from a self-passivating metal and having one or more surface regions defining a Beilby layer as a result of a previous metal shaping operation is activated for subsequent low temperature gas hardening by exposing the workpiece to the vapors produced by heating a non-polymeric N/C/H compound.
US11193194B2
A coating method for a friction part according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: fabricating a wire comprising, by weight, 0.1% to 1.0% of La2O3 and a balance of Mo; and applying, by flame spraying, the fabricated wire to a surface of the friction part, whereby the friction part has improved wear resistance.
US11193193B2
A method of manufacturing a rolled wear-resistant aluminium alloy product including the steps of: (a) providing a rolling feedstock material of an aluminium alloy having Mg 4.20% to 5.5%, Mn 0.50% to 1.1%, Fe up to 0.40%, Si up to 0.30%, Cu up to 0.20%, Cr up to 0.25%, Zr up to 0.25%, Zn up to 0.30%, Ti up to 0.25%, unavoidable impurities and balance aluminium; (b) heating the rolling feedstock; (c) hot-rolling of the feedstock to an intermediate gauge in a range of 15 mm to 40 mm; (d) hot-rolling of the feedstock from intermediate gauge to a final gauge in a range of 3 mm to 15 mm and wherein the hot-mill exit temperature is in a range of 130-285° C.; (e) cooling of the hot-rolled feedstock to ambient temperature.
US11193192B2
The present invention relates to aluminum alloy products that can be riveted and possess excellent ductility and toughness properties. The present invention also relates to a method of producing the aluminum alloy products. In particular, these products have application in the automotive industry.
US11193187B2
A nickel superalloy has the following composition, the concentrations of the different elements being expressed as wt-%: Formula (I), the remainder consisting of nickel and impurities resulting from the production of the superalloy. In addition, the composition satisfies the following equation, wherein the concentrations of the different elements are expressed as atomic percent: Formula (II).
US11193180B2
A high-strength steel sheet having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.15% to 0.25%, Si: 1.00% to 2.20%, Mn: 2.00% to 3.50%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.01% to 0.50%, N: 0.010% or less, B: 0.0003% to 0.0050%, one, two, or more selected from Ti: 0.005% to 0.05%, Cu: 0.003% to 0.50%, Ni: 0.003% to 0.50%, Sn: 0.003% to 0.50%, Co: 0.003% to 0.05%, and Mo: 0.003% to 0.50%, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities and a microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 15% or less (including 0%) of ferrite, 2% to 15% of retained austenite, 10% or less (including 0%) of martensite, and the balance being bainite and tempered martensite, in which the average number of cementite grains having a grain diameter of 0.04 μm or more existing in the bainite and tempered martensite grains is 10 or more.
US11193177B2
An advantageous process for pre-treating lignocellulosic biomass to hydrolysable polysaccharide enriched biomass with reduced amount of inhibitors of catalysis comprising steps of: providing a feedstock comprising cellulosic biomass; chopping of cellulosic biomass to have a cellulosic biomass feed material of uniform size; feeding of uniform sized feed material to a horizontal counter current extraction unit; removing excess of water from the feed material obtained from the extraction unit; soaking the extruded feed material obtained from the extraction unit; optionally removing excess of water from the feed material obtained after acid soaking; steam pre-treating the feed material obtained after removing excess of water from the acid soaked feed material; neutralizing the slurry obtained from the steam pre-treating; and optionally saccharifying the neutralized slurry.
US11193175B2
Values for tumor mutation burden from different samples can be made more comparable to each other or control standards by a normalization regime that takes into account the minor allele fraction of highly rated mutations in a sample. Such analysis can provide an indication where the tumor mutation burden of a test sample lies on a distribution of tumor mutation burdens in a control population, and thus, whether the individual providing the test sample is likely to be amenable to immunotherapy to treat cancer.
US11193172B2
Novel means that enables prediction of prognosis of a patient with cancer or inflammatory disease is disclosed. In the method for prediction of prognosis of a patient with cancer or inflammatory disease according to the present invention, the expression level of the FROUNT gene in a sample collected from the patient is measured. Since FROUNT is a poor prognostic factor, the lower the expression level of the FROUNT gene is, the better the prognosis in the patient is predicted to be. Or, the expression level of the CC chemokine receptor/ligand gene in a sample collected from the patient is measured. Since the CC chemokine receptor/ligand gene such as CCR2 or CCR5 is a good prognostic factor, the higher the expression level of the CC chemokine receptor/ligand gene is, the better the prognosis in the patient is predicted to be.
US11193169B2
The present invention provides for methods of determining telomere length of an organism and correlating the measured telomere length with mortality risk associated with telomere length in a population. The presence of shorter telomeres is associated with an increased mortality rate and increased susceptibility to certain types of diseases for an individual member of a human population.
US11193158B2
Rapid methods that identify sepsis-causing bacteria or yeast aid the physician in critical therapeutic decision-making, thus decreasing patient mortality rates. The methods described herein employ plating microorganisms directly on to a MALDI-MS plate, adding concentrated formic acid, and identifying the microorganism by mass spectrometry. Optionally, an organic solvent may be combined with the formic acid, or added to the sample before or after the concentrated formic acid is added thereto. The methods enable direct extraction of proteins from microorganisms without the need for liquid protein extraction methods and yields positive identification results for gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and yeast in minutes.
US11193145B2
The invention relates to an enzyme composition, a process for the preparation thereof and the use of the enzyme composition in enzymatic hydrolysis.
US11193143B2
The present invention provides a process for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production. There is also provided a system for producing biogas and/or methane from solid spent cereal products derived from, for example, the mashing process of malt whisk(e)y and/or beer production.
US11193142B2
The present invention relates to an anaerobic process for biogas upgrading and hydrogen utilization comprising the use of acidic waste as co-substrate. In this process, H2 and CO2 will be converted to CH4, which will result in lower CO2 content in the biogas. The invention relates to both in situ and ex situ methods of biogas upgrading. The invention further relates to a bioreactor comprising hollow fibre membranes.
US11193138B2
Insecticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran and Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC3668, TIC3669, TIC3670, TIC4076, TIC4078, TIC4260, TIC4346, TIC4826, TIC4861, TIC4862, TIC4863, and TIC-3668-type proteins. DNA molecules and constructs are provided which contain a polynucleotide sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed TIC3668-type proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran and Coleopteran infestation are provided which contain polynucleotide sequences encoding the insecticidal proteins of the present invention. Methods for detecting the presence of the polynucleotides or the proteins of the present invention in a biological sample, and methods of controlling Coleopteran and Lepidopteran species pests using any of the TIC3668-type insecticidal proteins are also provided.
US11193137B2
The invention provides plants comprising transgenic event MON 88302 that exhibit tolerance to glyphosate herbicide. The invention also provides seeds, plant parts, cells, commodity products, and methods related to the event. The invention also provides DNA molecules that are unique to the event and were created by the insertion of transgenic DNA into the genome of a Brassica napus plant.
US11193128B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing expression of C9ORF72 antisense transcript in an animal with C9ORF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate neurodegenerative diseases in an individual in need thereof. Such C9ORF72 antisense transcript specific inhibitors include antisense compounds.
US11193124B2
A method of preparing a library of small interfering RNA (siRNA) expression systems for producing siRNA for silencing of target genes by inducing degradation of target gene RNA expression products includes: (i) isolating RNA of one or more target genes from a cell population; (ii) generating RNA fragments from the isolated RNA; (iii) converting the RNA fragments into dsDNA fragments; and (iv) cloning the dsDNA fragments into vectors for forming cloned vectors, each vector including one or more promoters and at least one restriction enzyme site capable of accepting the insertion of at least one dsDNA fragment such that siRNA can be produced. Methods for producing siRNA from the siRNA expression system and methods of identifying a functional target gene for treatment by using the siRNA produced from the siRNA expression system and for identifying RNAi therapeutics are also provided.
US11193122B2
Methods and systems are provided for sample preparation techniques and sequencing of macromolecular constituents of cells and other biological materials.
US11193120B2
The invention provides methods for isolating RNA from the soluble fraction of urine. The methods can be used for detecting the presence or absence of an RNA, or quantifying the amount of an RNA. The methods are useful for diagnosing an individual suspected of having a disease by detecting the level of RNA associated with the disease in the soluble fraction of urine. The methods are also useful for prognosing an individual diagnosed with a disease by detecting the level of RNA associated with the disease in the soluble fraction of urine.
US11193119B2
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for preparing a sample of nucleic acid molecules from a biological sample. The methods and devices may perform similarly to or better than standard sample preparation methods. The nucleic acid molecules prepared using the methods and devices provided herein may be utilized for downstream applications, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
US11193117B2
The present invention is directed generally to cell-targeted cytotoxic constructs comprising a targeting polypeptide, a linking polypeptide and a cytotoxic polypeptide. Preferably, (a) the targeting polypeptide is a R-spondin1 (RSPO1), R-spondin2 (RSPO2) or yoked chorionic gonadotropin (YCG), the linking polypeptide comprises LPXT (SEQ ID NO: 56) or NPXT (SEQ ID NO: 60) as well as others, where X is any amino acid, the linking polypeptide being positioned between the targeting ligand and (c) the cytotoxic moiety is an auristatin or a truncated serine protease, the serine protease having an IIGG (SEQ ID NO: 91), IVGG (SEQ ID NO: 92) or ILGG (SEQ ID NO: 93) at its N-terminus. Such constructs can be used in methods for targeted cell killing such as for treatment cell of proliferative diseases (e.g., cancer).
US11193110B2
A method of making a live cell construct is carried out by: (a) providing a non-cellular support having a top surface and a bottom surface, (b) contacting live undifferentiated cells to the non-cellular support, and then (c) propagating a gastrointestinal epithelial cell monolayer on said top surface. In some embodiments, the live cells in the monolayer include: (i) undifferentiated cells (e.g., stem or progenitor cells); and (ii) optionally, but in some embodiments preferably, differentiated cells (e.g., enterocytes, Paneth cells, enteroendocrine cells, tuft cells, microcells, intra-epithelial lymphocytes, and/or goblet cells). Constructs formed by such methods and methods of using the same (e.g., in high through-put screening) are also described.
US11193109B2
Provided is a method for making a biotransplant, comprising introducing autologous fibroblasts isolated from an oral mucosa of a patient into a platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) membrane using linear retrograde needle injection, where a needle is inserted into a thickness of the PRF membrane and a first puncture is made and then a series of punctures are made that are linearly aligned or arrayed with the first puncture and are spaced at a predetermined distance from a prior puncture. A method of treatment of a periodontal tissue and a biotransplant comprising a PRF membrane and autologous fibroblasts are also provided.
US11193104B2
A system for high-value utilization of organic solid waste includes an anaerobic digestion unit, a biogas measurement and collection unit and a methane purification and liquefaction unit. The anaerobic digestion unit includes an organic solid waste pretreatment system and an anaerobic digestion device. The biogas measurement and collection unit includes a gas flow meter and a high-pressure biogas collection device. The methane purification and liquefaction unit includes a high-pressure separation tank, a liquefaction pretreatment system, a heavy hydrocarbon and benzene removal device, a two-stage rectification system, a low-temperature pressure liquid storage tank device and a buffer storage tank. The organic solid waste undergoes an anaerobic digestion treatment to produce methane followed by collection, purification and liquefaction.
US11193103B2
A method of controlling a bioreactor system includes providing a cell culture in a bioreactor, wherein conditions in the bioreactor enable the cell culture to produce a protein of interest (POI), measuring process parameters (PPs) of the culture within the bioreactor by RAMAN, wherein the process parameters are selected from the group consisting of nutrient concentration, viable cell concentration, and protein attributes, measuring a predetermined weight of the bioreactor with the cell culture, removing cell-free spent media from the cell culture using a first output conduit at a first specified rate, removing cells from the cell culture using a second output conduit at a second specified rate, and introducing one or both of fresh media or nutrients into the cell culture using an input conduit at a third specified rate.
US11193099B2
Provided is a highly reliable temperature adjustment apparatus which uses a temperature adjustment element and quantitatively evaluates the temperature adjustment performance of the temperature adjustment element. The temperature adjustment apparatus is provided with: a temperature adjustment element; one or more temperature detection elements provided near the temperature adjustment element; a calculation unit for calculating the output of the temperature detection element; and a display unit for displaying at least one of a time calculated by the calculation unit as a time at which the temperature adjustment performance of the temperature adjustment is predicted to be below a desired level, the number of operations and the time of current conduction or a warning based on the result of calculation.
US11193096B2
Unit dose packs and methods of producing and using the same are provided, where the unit dose packs have reduced efflorescence. In accordance with one embodiment, the unit dose pack includes a wash composition encapsulated within a film. The wash composition includes a reverse poloxamer present in an amount of from about 8 to about 20 weight percent, glycerin present in an amount of from about 0 to about 30 weight percent, polyethylene glycol present in an amount of from about 0 to about 30 weight percent, an anionic surfactant present in an amount of from about 9 to about 18 weight percent, a non-ionic surfactant present in an amount of from about 15 to about 30 weight percent, and a linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid present in an amount of from about 4 to about 8 weight percent, all based on a total weight of the wash composition.
US11193092B2
Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin When the PVOH copolymer are selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, maintain acceptable clarity properties, and/or demonstrates acceptable band release without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.
US11193088B2
Cleaning agents, preferably dishwashing detergents, in particular the automatic dishwashing detergent, having at least one low-water, preferably substantially anhydrous gel-like phase which contains at least one water-soluble zinc salt, preferably zinc sulfate and/or zinc acetate, particularly preferably zinc acetate.
US11193077B1
Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a blended gasoline composition comprising: a) providing an automotive gasoline; and b) blending the automotive gasoline with an octane enhancer and with a pressurant, thereby making the blended gasoline composition; wherein the blended gasoline composition comprises an oxygen content, contributed by ethanol, in an amount that ranges from 0% by weight to 0.75% by weight, based on the total weight of the blended gasoline composition and the total oxygen content weight contribution of ethanol present in the blended gasoline composition; wherein the blended gasoline composition comprises an oxygen content, contributed by methanol, in an amount that ranges from 0% by weight to 0.1% by weight, based on the total weight of the blended gasoline composition and the total oxygen content weight contribution of methanol present in the blended gasoline composition; and wherein the blended gasoline composition comprises lead in an amount that ranges from 0 grams per gallon to 0.05 grams per gallon of the blended fuel composition. Also disclosed herein is the blended gasoline composition.
US11193075B1
A fuel for an internal combustion engine includes a fatty alkyl ether having a formula corresponding to formula (II): wherein x is 1-8, and y is 0 to 3; and the alkyl is an alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms that is less than the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain on the opposite side of the oxygen atom. The fatty alky ether can be used as a neat fuel or blend with biodiesel, diesel, ethanol or other fuels. The fatty alkyl ethers are improved in cetane number and cold flow properties over a biodiesel with fatty acid methyl acid methyl ester compounds. This is particularly valuable for compression ignition engines. A method of combustion in several types of engines is also disclosed.
US11193069B2
A coke plant includes multiple coke ovens where each coke oven is adapted to produce exhaust gases, a common tunnel fluidly connected to the plurality of coke ovens and configured to receive the exhaust gases from each of the coke ovens, multiple standard heat recovery steam generators fluidly connected to the common tunnel where the ratio of coke ovens to standard heat recovery steam generators is at least 20:1, and a redundant heat recovery steam generator fluidly connected to the common tunnel where any one of the plurality of standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator is adapted to receive the exhaust gases from the plurality of ovens and extract heat from the exhaust gases and where the standard heat recovery steam generators and the redundant heat recovery steam generator are all connected in parallel with each other.
US11193068B2
Compound, liquid crystal composition, cured substance, optical anisotropic body, and reflection film
A compound has a strong HTP and a high temperature dependence of HTP. In addition, a liquid crystal composition, a cured substance, an optical anisotropic boy, and a reflection film the above-described compound. The compound is represented by General Formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 each independently represent —CH═CH—or C≡C—.
US11193063B2
A compound having the structure of general formula I is useful as a liquid crystal composition and as a photoelectric display device including the liquid crystal composition. The compound having the structure of general formula I is chemically and physically stable, and has higher clearing point, and both large dielectric anisotropy and large optical anisotropy at the same time. The compound having the structure of general formula I is well compatible with other liquid crystal compounds when applied in a liquid crystal composition, the composition has good stability especially in a low-temperature environment, the characteristic of fast response and a wide range of applicabilities, especially applicable to the IPS-type and TN-TFT-type liquid crystal display devices.
US11193062B2
Disclosed are a quantum dot population including a plurality of cadmium free quantum dots, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and a display device including the same. The plurality of cadmium free quantum dots includes: a semiconductor nanocrystal core comprising indium and phosphorous, a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core and comprising zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell and comprising zinc and sulfur, wherein an average particle size of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is greater than or equal to about 5.5 nm, a standard deviation of particle sizes of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is less than or equal to about 20% of the average particle size, and an average solidity of the plurality of cadmium free quantum dots is greater than or equal to about 0.85.
US11193054B2
A method of enhancing carbonate precipitation in a downhole environment comprises introducing into the downhole environment a treatment composition comprising: a carbonate producing agent comprising a microbe, an enzyme, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and a substrate comprising N-oxyurea, semicarbazide, N,N-dioxyurea, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. An organic feedstock and a geobacter can also be used to treating a wellbore or a subterranean formation. Encapsulated carbonate producing agent such as encapsulated bacterial spores are used to form self-healing cemented structure in a downhole environment.
US11193044B2
An acidic slurry composition for use in chemical-mechanical polishing including an acid pH adjuster and a cationic polishing suppressant comprising a quaternized aromatic heterocycle. The quaternized aromatic heterocycle imparts a polishing selectivity of silica over crystalline silicon of at least 100.
US11193036B2
A neutral layer composition, which is capable of forming a neutral layer that can effectively control orientation characteristics of various block copolymers is provided.
US11193032B2
An ink composition contains pigment particles, inorganic oxide particles, and a lactam solvent. The content of the inorganic oxide particles is 5.0% to 10.0% relative to the total mass of the ink composition. The ink composition satisfies the following relationship: D50 of the pigment particles×0.1≤D50 of the inorganic oxide particles≤D50 of the pigment particles×1.5, wherein D50 represents the volume median diameter of the corresponding particles.
US11193030B2
Cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) is useful as a build material for 3D printing, especially desktop 3D printing.
US11193029B2
An ink contains water, a coloring material, and a polymer having a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a structure unit having an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L1 is an alkylene group having three to five carbon atoms having a hydroxyl group, L2 is an alkylene group having two to ten carbon atoms, and Ar represents a phenyl group, a biphenyl group, or a naphthyl group.
US11193028B2
A curable composition containing a magenta pigment; a polymerizable compound; and a polymer including an amino group, where the polymer including the amino group has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or more, wherein the polymer including the amino group is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group-including carboxylate ester, salts of a long-chain polyamino amide and acid ester having a high molecular weight, salts of polycarboxylic acid having a high molecular weight, salts of long-chain polyaminoamide and polar acid ester, unsaturated acid esters having a high molecular weight, modified polyurethanes, modified polyacrylates, polyether ester anionic surfactants, salts of naphthalenesulfonic acid formalin condensates, polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphoric acid ester, polyoxyethylene nonylphenylether, polyester polyamine, and stearylamine acetate.
US11193021B2
The present disclosure provides a hybrid coating composition including a siloxane-based polymer and an organic polymer. The composition can be applied to a wide variety of substrates include metals, ceramic materials, plastics, composites, minerals and the like. A process for making articles is also provided.
US11193011B2
A propylene-based resin composition containing components (A), (B), and (C) is provided. The content of (A) is 50 to 89 parts by weight, the content of (B) is 11 to 50 parts by weight, and the content of (C) is 0.05 to 1 part by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the total of (A) and (B). Component (A) is a propylene-based polymer, component (B) is a filler, and component (C) is a bis(3,4-dialkylbenzylidene)sorbitol represented by the formula (1) In formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. It is possible to produce a molded article which has high rigidity and in which the linear expansion coefficients in the MD and the TD are small from the composition.
US11193002B2
According to examples, a substrate may be moved through a magnetic field, in which the substrate includes a fluid carrier containing magnetically-orientable flakes. The magnetic field may influence the magnetically-orientable flakes to be respectively oriented in one of multiple orientations. In addition, during movement of the substrate through the magnetic field, radiation may be applied onto a plurality of selected portions of the fluid carrier through at least one opening in a mask to cure the fluid carrier at the plurality of selected portions and fix the magnetically-orientable flakes in the plurality of selected portions at the respective angular orientations as influenced by the magnetic field.
US11192995B2
A thermally expandable composition, including at least one polymer, cross-linkable by peroxide, at least one peroxide, preferably at least one antioxidant, at least one chemical blowing agent, and at least one activator, wherein the activator includes at least one compound selected from formula (I), wherein radicals R1 and R4 represent hydrogen atoms or monovalent alkyl radicals with 1 to 10 carbon atoms which optionally include oxygen atoms; R2 and R3 represent hydrogen atoms or monovalent alkyl radicals with 1 to 10 carbon atoms which optionally include oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms, and/or aromatic moieties or R2 and R3 together form a divalent alkyl radical with 1 to 10 carbon atoms which optionally includes oxygen atoms, nitrogen atoms or aromatic moieties. The composition shows excellent properties in terms of expansion stability over a wide temperature range, can be expanded at temperatures below 150° C. and is suitable for baffle and/or reinforcement elements.
US11192989B2
Compositions of matter described as urea (multi)-urethane (meth)acrylate-silanes having the general formula RA—NH—C(O)—N(R4)—R11—[O—C(O)NH—RS]n, or RS—NH—C(O)—N(R4)—R11—[O—C(O)NH—RA]n. Also described are articles including a substrate, a base (co)polymer layer on a major surface of the substrate, an oxide layer on the base (co)polymer layer; and a protective (co)polymer layer on the oxide layer, the protective (co)polymer layer including the reaction product of at least one urea (multi)-urethane (meth)acrylate-silane precursor compound. The substrate may be a (co)polymer film or an electronic device such as an organic light emitting device, electrophoretic light emitting device, liquid crystal display, thin film transistor, or combination thereof. Methods of making such urea (multi)-urethane (meth)acrylate-silane precursor compounds, and their use in composite films and electronic devices are also described. Methods of using multilayer composite films as barrier films in articles selected from solid state lighting devices, display devices, and photovoltaic devices are also described.
US11192986B2
An environmentally friendly, aqueous binder composition that includes a metal salt and a polyol is provided. The metal salt may be a water soluble salt, including salts of boron, aluminum, gallium, indium, tin, zirconium, thallium, lead, and bismuth. The polyol may include water miscible or water soluble polymeric alcohols including polyvinyl alcohol. The binder composition may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven mats, among other products.
US11192984B2
A method for producing a heat-resistant crosslinked fluorocarbon rubber formed body, comprising: (a) a step of melt-kneading 0.003 to 0.5 part by mass of an organic peroxide, 0.5 to 400 parts by mass of an inorganic filler, and more than 2.0 parts by mass and 15.0 parts by mass or less of a silane coupling agent, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a base rubber containing a fluorocarbon rubber, at a temperature equal to or higher than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide, to prepare a silane master batch; a heat-resistant crosslinked fluorocarbon rubber formed body obtained by the method, a silane master batch, a mixture and a formed body thereof, and a heat-resistant product.
US11192975B2
A crosslinked rubber is produced by crosslinking a polymer composition containing 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing a cyclopentene ring-opening polymer and 20 to 200 parts by weight of carbon black, wherein, when the crosslinked rubber is subjected to an ozone treatment in which the rubber is maintained at 40° C. and an ozone concentration of 50 pphm for 144 hours under a 20% tensile strain, the crosslinked rubber shows a rate of change in tensile strength before and after ozone treatment of within ±70%.
US11192973B2
This invention relates to compositions and a process for stabilizing or solubilize a phenolic resin containing a mixture of linear phenolic resins and calixarenes. The process comprises contacting the phenolic resin with an epoxide, to at least partially alkoxylate the phenolic hydroxyl groups of the calixarenes. This process forms a stabilized or solubilized phenolic resin with an increased solubility in a hydrocarbon solvent.
US11192951B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of modifying the isoelectric point of an antibody. The method includes providing an antibody comprising a first polypeptide comprising a heavy chain variable region and a second polypeptide comprising heavy chain variable region and substituting, in at least one of the first and second polypeptides of the antibody, one or more amino acid residues of the heavy chain variable region (VH) at positions 7, 9, 11, 14, 41, 70, 74, 82a, 84, and 113, according to the Kabat numbering system, wherein the substituting increases or decreases the isoelectric point of the antibody.
US11192941B2
This disclosure provides a multimeric human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protein binding molecule, e.g., an dimeric IgA or a pentameric or hexameric IgM binding molecule, comprising at least two bivalent binding units, or variants or fragments thereof, each comprising at least two antibody heavy chain constant regions or fragments thereof, wherein each heavy chain constant region or fragment thereof is associated with an HIV antigen binding domain. Also provided are compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides encoding the multimeric binding molecules, and methods to make and use the multimeric binding molecules.
US11192939B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for converting a first polypeptide into a chimeric polypeptide. The invention includes two vectors: a first vector including the sequence of the first polypeptide and a second vector including a second polypeptide. The vectors include complementary site-specific recombination motifs such that site-specific recombination between the two vectors results in the generation of a chimeric polypeptide including at least a portion of the first polypeptide and at least a portion of the second polypeptide. A site-specific recombination motif may be positioned within an intron or within a coding sequence on the first or second vector.
US11192937B2
This invention provides, and in certain specific but non-limiting aspects relates to: —assays that can be used to predict whether a given ISV will be subject to protein interference as described herein and/or give rise to an (aspecific) signal in such an assay (such as for example in an ADA immunoassay). Such predictive assays could for example be used to test whether a given ISV could have a tendency to give rise to such protein interference and/or such a signal; to select ISV's that are not or less prone to such protein interference or to giving such a signal; as an assay or test that can be used to test whether certain modification(s) to an ISV will (fully or partially) reduce its tendency to give rise to such interference or such a signal; and/or as an assay or test that can be used to guide modification or improvement of an ISV so as to reduce its tendency to give rise to such protein interference or signal; —methods for modifying and/or improving ISV's to as to remove or reduce their tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; —modifications that can be introduced into an ISV that remove or reduce its tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; —ISV's that have been specifically selected (for example, using the assay(s) described herein) to have no or low(er)/reduced tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal; —modified and/or improved ISV's that have no or a low(er)/reduced tendency to give rise to such protein interference or such a signal.
US11192936B2
The present invention provides a chimeric protein comprising a first polypeptide which comprises a FVIII protein and a first Ig constant region or a portion thereof and a second polypeptide which comprises a VWF protein comprising the D′ domain and D3 domain of VWF, a XTEN sequence having less than 288 amino acids in length, and a second Ig constant region or a portion thereof, wherein the first polypeptide and the second polypeptide are associated with each other. The invention also includes nucleotides, vectors, host cells, methods of using the chimeric proteins.
US11192926B2
Disclosed herein are nanostructures and their use, where the nanostructures include (a) a plurality of first assemblies, each first assembly comprising a plurality of identical first polypeptides; (b) a plurality of second assemblies, each second assembly comprising a plurality of identical second polypeptides, wherein the second polypeptide differs from the first polypeptide; wherein the plurality of first assemblies non-covalently interact with the plurality of second assemblies to form a nanostructures; and wherein the nanostructure displays multiple copies of one or more paramyxovirus and/or pneumovirus F proteins or antigenic fragments thereof, on an exterior of the nanostructure.
US11192925B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein that binds heparan sulfate proteoglycans, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells, altered tropism and/or the ability to bind and cross the inner limiting membrane following intravitreal injection. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease.
US11192924B2
Methods for making an arylomycin ring of formula t or salts or solvates thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R5, R10 and Pg1 are as defined herein.
US11192923B2
Provided herein are beta-TCP binding sequences and chimeric polypeptides that include one or more beta-TCP binding sequences and a mammalian growth factor, compositions comprising any of these chimeric polypeptides (and optionally, beta-TCP), and methods of promoting bone or cartilage formulation, methods of replacing and/or repairing bone or cartilage, and methods of treating a bone fraction or bone loss that include administration of any of these compositions.
US11192915B2
Metaphosphate compounds can directly phosphorylate other compounds to provide easy synthetic access to phosphorylated compounds, including cyclic phosphate compounds.
US11192912B1
This disclosure relates to bridged bis(N-heterocyclic carbene)palladium(II) complexes, methods of preparing the complexes, and methods of using the complexes in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions.
US11192911B2
The invention provides a new process for producing ruthenium complexes represented by the Formula 1. Invention provides also the use of ruthenium complexes represented by the Formula 1 as precatalysts and/or catalysts in olefin metathesis reactions.
US11192909B2
The present invention relates to processes for separating mixtures containing enantiomers of metal complexes with aromatic and/or heteroaromatic ligands, to metal complexes and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes.
US11192908B2
Methods for the synthesis of a polyoxometalate compounds include heating a metal precursor in the presence of an organic salt. The polyoxometalate compounds produced herein display high photoluminescence quantum yields and photoluminescence maximums in the blue and/or violet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US11192901B2
A nitrogen-containing heterocyclic organic compound and an organic electroluminescent device are provided. The nitrogen-containing heterocyclic organic compound has a structure represented by the following general formula (I): and X is N or CH; Y is a single bond, O, S, an imino, a methylene, a methylidenesilane group, a substituted imino, a substituted methylene, or a substituted methylidenesilane group, the substituents in the substituted imino, and the substituted methylene; L, Ar1, and Ar2 are each independently selected from one of a C6-C30 aryl, a C3-C30 heteroaryl, a substituted C6-C30 aryl, and a substituted C3-C30 heteroaryl; n is an integer from 0 to 3; R1 to R8 are each independently selected from one of a hydrogen, a deuteron, a halogen, a C1-C30 alkyl, a C1-C30 alkyl substituted with a heteroatom, a C6-C30 aryl, and a C3-C30 heteroaryl.
US11192894B2
Described are coelenterazine analogues, methods for making the analogues, kits comprising the analogues, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays.
US11192893B2
Compounds of formula: are useful as antitumor agents. In these compounds, R10 is (a) (C1-C10) hydrocarbyl, (C1-C10)halohydrocarbyl, (C1-C6)hydroxyalkyl, or or R10 is (b) in which Q and A are linkers and Ar is optionally substituted monocyclic or bicyclic aryl or heteroaryl.
US11192889B2
Tetrahydronaphthyridines of formula are disclosed. These compounds selectively inhibit αVβ3 without activating the αVβ3 receptor. They are useful for treating osteoporosis, acute myelogenous leukemia, sickle cell disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, fibrosis, supravalvular aortic stenosis associated with Williams syndrome, tumors expressing αVβ3, tumor metastasis, bone resorption, T-cell lymphoma, retinal disease, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinitis, and herpes simplex virus infection. They may also be used for inhibiting tumor angiogenesis.
US11192886B2
The present invention relates to a class of tricyclic compounds and an application thereof as a sphingosine 1-phosphate type 1 (S1P1) receptor agonist. The invention specifically relates to a compound represented by formula (II), and a tautomer and pharmaceutically acceptable salt of same.
US11192880B2
The present application relates to compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and/or prodrugs thereof, to compositions comprising these compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and/or prodrugs thereof, and various uses in the treatment of diseases, disorders or conditions that are treatable by inhibiting interactions with BCL6 BTB and/or by degrading BCL6, such as cancer.
US11192879B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods of use thereof for the modulation of certain chemokine receptor activity.
US11192877B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of Formula (I′): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, wherein Rx, X1, X2, and R1 are as defined herein, and methods of making and using same.
US11192874B2
The present invention relates to the use of galactose analogues of formula (I) with the capacity to stabilize the structure of the #-GalA enzyme, for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases and, in a preferred embodiment, for the treatment of Fabry disease. In addition, the present invention relates to pharmacological compositions having an effective amount of at least one of the galactose analogues described in the present document for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases and, in a preferred embodiment, for the treatment of Fabry disease.
US11192869B2
Provided herein are compounds that activate CFTR and methods for treating constipation, dry eye disorders or other diseases and disorders.
US11192861B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula I as described herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are disclosed to be inhibitors of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of the invention, and methods involving use of the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions characterized by unwanted plasma kallikrein activity.
US11192860B2
The present invention relates to a co-crystal of roxadustat with L-proline and to a process for its preparation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said roxadustat L-proline co-crystal, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and optionally at least one photostabilizing agent. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be used as a medicament, in particular for the treatment and/or prevention of anemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD).
US11192855B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing methionine capable of achieving an improvement in ammonia removal efficiency. The manufacturing method of the present invention comprises a removal step of supplying a liquid containing a methionine salt, which is obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, or a compound obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, with carbon dioxide and ammonia to obtain a liquid containing 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin and then hydrolyzing the 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin, to a diffusion tower from an upper portion thereof while supplying a stripping gas to the diffusion tower from a lower portion thereof to remove ammonia contained in the liquid through stripping, and the stripping gas contains a process gas generated in a process of manufacturing methionine.
US11192846B2
A preparation method of substituted primary amine is disclosed. The preparation method uses cyanophenyl and a derivative thereof as raw materials, nanoporous palladium as a catalyst, and H2 as a hydrogen source, and conducts selective hydrogenation to prepare the substituted primary amine. The molar concentration of the cyanophenyl and the derivative thereof in the solvent is 0.01-2 mmol/mL, and the molar ratio of the cyanophenyl to the derivative thereof to the catalyst is 1:0.01-1:0.5. The size of a pore framework of the nanoporous palladium is 1 nm-50 nm. The pressure of the H2 is 0.1-20.0 MPa. The obtained product has high selectivity; the present invention has mild reaction conditions, does not need any additive, and has simple operation and post-processing and good catalyst reproducibility. After repeatedly used, the catalytic activity of the present invention is not significantly reduced, thereby providing the possibility of realizing industrialization.
US11192844B2
In a method and a system for decolorizing and deodorizing a polyhydric alcohol according to embodiments of the present invention, a mixture liquid containing a first polyhydric alcohol obtained by a separation process is prepared. The mixture liquid is subjected to a distillation treatment to preliminarily remove substances with different colors and odors to generate a pre-treatment liquid. The pre-treatment liquid is subjected to an adsorption treatment. Through a combination of the distillation treatment and the adsorption treatment, the removing efficiency of the substances with different colors and odors can be increased.
US11192843B2
A method for producing methanol is disclosed. The method includes supplying a high oxygen content oxidant to combust hydrocarbons, in particular methane, and then using the resulting hot gases to heat natural gas so as to convert the natural gas to synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is used to produce methanol in a methanol synthesis reactor. At least some of the carbon dioxide from the hot gases is fed to the methanol synthesis reactor to make methanol.
US11192821B2
The subject of the invention is a material comprising a glass sheet coated on at least one portion of one of the faces thereof with a stack of thin layers comprising at least one layer based on a nitride, said stack being coated on at least one portion of its surface with an enamel layer comprising bismuth, said stack further comprising, in contact with the enamel layer, a layer, referred to as a contact layer, which is based on an oxide.
US11192814B2
A system includes an anaerobic digestion tank, a gas storage tank, a power generator, a power distribution system, and an electronic control system. The anaerobic digestion tank receives biological waste from a sewer line of a multi-unit building, and allows the received biological waste to be digested to produce a combustible gas. The gas storage tank stores the combustible gas. The power generator combusts the combustible gas to produce at least one of electrical power or heat. The power distribution system receives the electrical power from the power generator, stores at least some of the electrical power, and distributes at least some of the stored electrical power to one or more electrical devices. The electronic control system controls an operation of the system.
US11192808B2
The present invention relates to a method for production of potable water by removal from water of an aqueous environment selected from a river, a lake, a reservoir, a pond, a stream, groundwater, spring water, surface water, or combinations thereof, organic colloidal particles of biocontaminants. The method comprises applying to the water at least one nanocomposite consisting of a mineral platform, which is denser than water, and at least one polyelectrolyte polymer adsorbed to said mineral platform with charge opposite to the charge of the colloidal particles.
US11192807B2
Assemblies designed to facilitate detection of water flow in low water flow situations. In some embodiments, the assembly includes a channel that narrows from an inlet end of the assembly to an outlet end of the assembly to increase the velocity of water flowing through the channel. In some embodiments, the assembly may also include a water delivery mechanism that delivers water flowing through the channel to a flow sensor and enables the detection of water flow, even in low flow situations.
US11192804B2
A method of using a nanoporous carbon material for adsorption of one or more PAH and diesel fuel from an aqueous solution is described. The aqueous solution may comprise the one or more PAH at a concentration of 0.1 mg/L-1 g/L, and the diesel fuel at a concentration of 0.1-5 g/L. The nanoporous carbon material may adsorb at least 96 wt % of one or more PAH within 10 minutes. The nanoporous carbon material may be obtained by contacting a carbonized asphalt with a base.
US11192800B2
A vapor compression distillation assembly for distilling influent liquid, the vapor compression distillation assembly comprising a housing defining an interior and having an inlet for influent liquid, an evaporator and a condenser provided within the housing interior, an outlet for distillate, and at least one compressor fluidly coupled with the housing interior.
US11192797B1
A control valve (10) includes a valve body with a plurality of ports (A, B, C, D, E, F) and a plurality of annular flow passages (53, 55, 57). A piston (34) which includes a plurality of annular flow passages and a longitudinal flow passage is selectively movable within a bore (32) within the valve body through operation of a valve controller (70). The valve controller is selectively operative to control the position of the piston so as to enable liquid flow through a plurality of flow paths. The valve controller further includes a installable and removable valve controller housing (74) which is releasibly engageable with a valve base (72). The valve may include a changeable multi-piece piston and changeable injector and plug components to adapt the valve to different flow and fluid mixing requirements.
US11192785B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, processes, and systems for safely and reliably purifying hydrogen from a gas mixture containing hydrogen and oxygen.
US11192782B1
Provided are a method for preparing a silicon wafer with a rough surface and a silicon wafer, for solving the problem that a viscous force is likely to be generated when a smooth surface of the silicon wafer approaches another film layer. The method includes: depositing a porous oxide film layer on a surface of the first silicon planar layer that has been subjected to planar planarization, and then etching the porous oxide film layer by XeF2 vapor etching, during which XeF2 gas passes through the porous oxide film layer to etch the first silicon planar layer in an irregular way. Therefore, the first silicon planar layer has a greater surface roughness. When the silicon wafer approaches to another film layer, the viscous force generated therebetween is reduced, improving the sensitivity of the MEMS device and reducing the probability of out-of-work MEMS devices.
US11192779B2
Aspects are directed to a MEMS device configurable to receive signals from a first, a second, a third, and a fourth signal source operating at a first, a second, a third, and a fourth frequency, respectively. The MEMS device may be configured to combine the first signal with the second signal generating a first combined signal, and to combine the third signal with the fourth signal generating a second combined signal. The first combined signal may be coupled to the first terminal of the MEMS device while the second combined signal may be coupled to the second terminal of the MEMS device. The first common terminal may be configured to produce an output associated with the second and fourth frequencies. The MEMS device may be further configured to derive from the produced output a signal indicative of nonlinearities or of changes in capacitance related to the MEMS device.
US11192762B2
The present disclosure relates to a crane, in particular an offshore crane, having a slewing gear and a hydraulic slewing gear drive, wherein the slewing gear is held in its position via a holding torque applied by the hydraulic slewing gear drive, and wherein an overload safety device is provided having at least one detection means for detecting the outreach and/or the position of the crane hook and having at least one pressure relief valve, with the system pressure applied to the hydraulic slewing gear drive via at least one pressure relief valve can be regulated in dependence on the outreach and/or on the position of the crane hook.
US11192760B1
An assembly for rotating a workpiece including a locking side pull hoist ring removably attachable to a side surface of the workpiece. The locking side pull hoist ring comprises a load bearing structure, a rotation mechanism attached to the side surface of the workpiece that rotates about a rotation axis extending through the rotation mechanism, a locking mechanism configured to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state, and a support member connecting the load bearing structure and the rotation mechanism. The support member rotatably supports the rotation mechanism for rotation about the rotation axis and rotatably supports the load bearing structure for rotation about a second axis. In the locked state, the locking mechanism prevents rotation of the rotation mechanism by securing the rotation mechanism to the support member.
US11192759B2
Provided is a method for raising or lowering a load parallel to a wind turbine tower, including raising or lowering the load using a cable, and exerting a force acting on the load towards the tower using guiding means supported at the tower. In the present method, a raising or lowering operation is assisted and the undesired movements of the load during raising or lowering are reduced.
US11192756B2
A handrail safety control device, a transportation system and a handrail safety control method. The handrail safety control device is provided for a transportation system having a handrail, the handrail including a body and a handrail belt, the handrail belt being driven under power to move relative to the body and forming an engaged state or a disengaged state with the body. The handrail safety control device includes: a contact portion disposed in a preset section of the handrail, the contact portion being in a first state or a second state respectively when the handrail belt in the preset section is in the engaged state or the disengaged state, wherein in the first state, the contact portion is in contact with the handrail belt, and in the second state, the contact portion is at least partially out of contact with the handrail belt; and a signal generation portion.
US11192742B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a first conveyor, a second conveyor provided downstream of the first conveyor, a first motor configured to drive the first conveyor, a second motor configured to drive the second conveyor, a speed determining unit configured to determine a rotation speed of a rotor of the second motor, a command determining unit configured to determine a command speed representing a target speed of the rotor of the second motor, and a controller configured to control a drive current flowing through a winding of the second motor so that a deviation between the command speed determined by the command determining unit and the rotation speed determined by the speed determining unit is decreased. The command determining unit determines the command speed based on a value corresponding to a rotation speed of a rotor of the first motor.
US11192740B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying member; a guide portion configured to define a sheet conveying path; a pressing portion configured to press the sheet to curve the sheet as viewed in a sheet conveying direction in the sheet conveying path; and a moving portion movable by an edge of the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path and arranged so that at least a part of a movable range of the moving portion is overlapped with the pressing portion. The moving portion includes a first abutment portion configured to abut against the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path on one side in the width direction with respect to a conveyance center of the sheet conveying member and a second abutment portion configured to abut against the sheet passing through the sheet conveying path on the other side with respect to the conveyance center.
US11192734B2
A tank and a method of carrying a load and discharging a load therefrom. The tank includes a body having a first wall that bounds and defines a first compartment for carrying a load therein and a second wall spaced outwardly from at least a portion of the first wall; wherein a second compartment is defined between the first wall and the second wall. An air piping system is selectively actuated to place the first compartment and the second compartment under substantially similar or substantially equal air pressure. In one example the air piping system pumps air into the first compartment and the second compartment. In another example the air piping system evacuates air from the first and second compartments.
US11192721B2
A skate wheel conveyor system includes a pair of frame sides of a frame assembly. A plurality of preassembled rollers is received between the pair of frame members. Each of the rollers includes a plurality of wheels interposed between a plurality of spacers and a shaft receiving the plurality of wheels and the plurality of spacers. A quick assembly system retains the rollers between the pair of frame members and minimizing deflections of the preassembled rollers.
US11192718B2
A method of order fulfillment, and system for carrying out the method, includes storing individual items as inventory items in an automated storage and retrieval system and retrieving inventory items from the automated storage and retrieval system in response to an order for those inventory items. The retrieved inventory items are sorted into order batches and transported to an automatic induct for an automated put wall. The order batches are automatically inducted to the automated put wall as individual items. The individual items are segregated for each order at a location on the put wall that is assigned to that order. Individual items for an order are removed together from the automated put wall and transported together to a packing function.
US11192707B2
A container for holding a product such as snack food, wherein the container is transformable from a cylindrical shape to a bowl shape adapted to hold and provide easy access to the product. The container has a pleated sidewall comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending rigid sidewall panels and pleats, with each sidewall panel connected to adjacent pleats by frangible lines extending in the longitudinal direction.
US11192706B2
The wet sheet packaging body includes a plurality of wet sheets (1), a packaging container configured to house the wet sheets. The packaging container includes a top surface and a dispensing opening, on the top surface, configured to take out each of the wet sheets, an opening and closing lid (5) configured to open and close the dispensing opening (33) of the packaging container, and the wet sheets housed in a layered state in the packaging container. The inner bag (2) includes an opening part (24) and a bottom part (21). The wet sheets are housed in the inner bag. The inner bag is housed in the packaging container while the opening part is directed downward and the bottom part is directed upward. The inner bag is pulled out from the dispensing opening of the packaging container for removal when use of the wet sheet packaging body is started.
US11192701B2
A method is provided comprising loading shells into shell retention chambers of a shell management module, the shells including corresponding reservoirs configured to hold individual quantities of liquid, the shell retention chambers arranged in a predetermined pattern on a platform of the shell management module. The method further comprises orienting discharge ends of the shells along an actuation direction within the shell retention chambers, and covering the discharge ends with closure lids to seal bottoms of the corresponding reservoirs.
US11192696B2
A thermal pack including: a pouch containing a thermal source; and a bendable and deformable support one of attached to or disposed within the pouch, the support being configured such that the pouch is deformed into a shape matching a contour of a body part and the pouch is maintained in the shape while applied to the body part by the support. The support can include one or more deformable elongated members extending in at least one direction of the pouch.
US11192695B2
A hinged slider for a closure assembly of a bag includes a top wall and a pair of legs extending from the top wall. A first leg and a second leg of the pair each includes a top end attached to the top wall and a bottom end opposing the top end. A pair of wings is hingedly attached to the pair of legs. A first wing and a second wing of the pair of wings is each hingedly attached to the bottom end of the first leg and second leg, respectively, as a hinge mechanism. The first wing and the second wing hinge downwardly in order to install the slider onto the closure assembly.
US11192683B2
A double barrel for hazardous goods with an outer barrel of plastic and an inner barrel of plastic received in the outer barrel. The body of the outer barrel is formed of a first barrel part and a second barrel part. The first barrel part has a first connecting area and the second barrel part has a second connecting area that is complementary to the first connecting area. The first and the second barrel part are firmly connected to each other via the connecting areas in an assembled state by means of a circumferential plastic weld seam.
US11192679B2
A container for food and drink consisting of multiple compartments with an incorporated drinks holder made from a sheet comprising lateral walls with a lower support surface and an upper surface. The container consists of a main compartment with an outer face created by one of the container's side walls equipped with a rectangular opening in the middle thereof and an incorporated drinks holder on the upper surface of the container, which is an extension of one of the side walls of the container, equipped with a surrounding edge and with a cross-shaped die to form four triangles which, in turn, generate pressure upon inserting a cup. The container consists of different tabs which fit into the corresponding slots to provide stiffness, as well as different complements such as handles and die holes to incorporate different complements.
US11192674B2
Dispensing devices and methods are provided. A dispensing device comprises an opening accessing an insertion path thereof, two opposing surfaces configured to compress a flexible package inserted into the insertion path while moving across the flexible package in two directions, and an opener configured to bend an opening region of the package out of a plane defined by the flexible package and further configured to cut a distal portion of an opening region of the flexible package. A method of dispensing product from a flexible package is also provided.
US11192657B2
An evacuation slide may comprise a ballast bag attached to an underside of the evacuation slide. A first tension strap may be attached to the ballast bag. The tension strap may be configured to extend a bottom surface of the ballast bag away from the underside of the evacuation slide upon deployment of the evacuation slide.
US11192650B2
An overhead stowage compartment of a passenger aircraft includes a carrier and a pivoting part being pivotable about a pivot axis and rotatable in a pivoting range at least between an open position and a closing position. A resetting device brings about a closing force in the direction of the closing position at a gripping point of the pivoting part. The closing force is greater than and opposed to the gravitational force, which is effective at the gripping point, by using the unloaded pivoting part. The stowage compartment has a holding device through the use of which the pivoting part can be held at the open position.
US11192649B2
The present invention relates to a method, system, and apparatus of flight system for individual users using electric ducted fans. The flight system comprises a modular unit, which comprises a plurality of electric ducted fans, means for connecting electric ducted fans, and a pair of armpit supports. The flight system further comprises means for securing a modular unit around respective left and right shoulders of a user. In one embodiment, the flight system can be controlled to generate a horizontal acceleration of 20 MPH/second and a vertical acceleration of 10 MPH/second.
US11192645B2
A tethered uni-rotor network of satellite vehicles, is a novel aerial system which combines the best features of both fixed-wing and rotorcraft design methodologies, while minimizing their respective deficiencies. It is made up of a central hub with multiple tethers, where each tether arm radiates outward and attaches to a satellite vehicle; each having lifting airfoil surfaces, stabilizers, control surfaces, fuselages, and propulsion systems. The entire system operates in a state of rotation, which is driven by the propulsion units on each satellite. As the system rotates, centrifugal forces pull the satellite vehicles outward, which maintain tension on the tether arms. As the satellite vehicles move through space, the airfoils generate lift which supports each satellite and a distributed portion of the weight of the central hub.
US11192642B2
An orifice plate includes a wear-resistant inner diameter surface, an outer diameter surface, a first side surface extending between the wear-resistant inner diameter surface and the outer diameter surface, and a second side surface extending between the wear-resistant inner diameter surface and the outer diameter surface, the second side surface disposed opposite the orifice plate from the first side surface. The orifice plate may comprise a body portion comprising a first material. The wear-resistant inner diameter surface may comprise a second, wear-resistant material.
US11192625B2
Apparatus for improving flow characteristics around aircraft wings by obstructing air flow through an aperture formed in a wing skin for a movable duct or track are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substantially rigid panel movable at least partially across the aperture for at least partially occluding the aperture and for accommodating movement of a slat track extending through the aperture. In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hinged panel configured to swing outwardly from an outer side of the wing skin toward an open position to accommodate movement of an anti-icing duct extending through the aperture and to swing toward a closed position at least partially occluding the aperture.
US11192624B2
An airfoil structure comprising a torsion-box member with a cover and a spar web connected by at least one pivot joint to a leading-edge or trailing-edge member, wherein the pivot joint is configured to permit rotation of the leading-edge member, or trailing-edge member, relative to the torsion-box member between an installation position and an operational position.
US11192621B2
This disclosure provides improved nautical craft that can travel and navigate on their own. A hybrid vessel is described that converts wave motion to locomotive thrust by mechanical means, and also converts wave motion to electrical power for storage in a battery. The electrical power can then be tapped to provide locomotive power during periods where wave motion is inadequate and during deployment. The electrical power can also be tapped to even out the undulating thrust that is created when locomotion of the vessel is powered by wave motion alone.
US11192616B2
A device, such as a gangway, for transferring personnel and/or goods from a surface vessel to a fixed or floating structure, e.g. an offshore structure, such as a wind turbine, or to another vessel, the device comprising first and second telescoping elements and an intermediate platform for bridging the transition between the first and second telescoping elements, which platform is movable relative to both telescoping elements.
US11192611B2
A passively controlled fluid foil has a span; and a rigid spar extending in the spanwise direction, a cellular material and a flexible outer surface defining a profile of the outer surface of the foil and encapsulating the cellular material and the spar.
US11192608B2
A bicycle derailleur comprising a chain guide movable between intermediate positions. An actuation arm associated with the derailleur has a cable seat formed it. A cable-clamping washer includes with a cable-bending appendage that is insertable in the seat of the actuation arm. The actuation arm cooperates with the cable-bending appendage to lock an actuation cable in the desired position.
US11192606B2
A bicycle multi-gear cassette mountable to a wheel hub driver mechanism that includes truncated conical shell having a first opening proximate a small shell base and a second opening proximate a large shell base. The openings are coaxial with an axis of the shell. A plurality of toothed sprockets having different numbers of teeth are disposed on the shell and extend radially of the central axis. A torque load transmitting profile is configured on the shell proximate one of the small and large shell bases. A radial load transmitting profile is configured on the shell proximate one of the small and large shell bases. The shell, sprockets, and the load transmitting profiles embody a single piece.
US11192604B2
An electric drive motorcycle (100) is competed with a filter box in the rear portion thereof, without limiting the space available for the batteries, comprises: a front portion comprising one or more front wheels and a handlebar; a rear portion comprising a saddle (101), a shell body arranged below said saddle (101), and a rear wheel arranged below said shell body; an intermediate portion extending as a connection between said front portion and said rear portion; an electric drive unit (8) connected to said rear wheel (105); and a hybrid supply unit supplying said electric drive unit (8), comprising at least a battery unit (115) and a combustion engine (116) actuating an electric generator (120), said combustion engine (116) comprising an exhaust duct (133) with an expansion chamber (134) and a filter box (135) for feeding air to the combustion engine (116), wherein said electric generator (120) is apt to supply said battery unit (115) and/or said electric drive unit, wherein, inside the shell body (107) and below the saddle (101), a housing space is provided extending from one side to the other one of the shell body (107) and which receives the hybrid supply unit, in a first portion thereof, and wherein said filter box (135) and said exhaust duct (133) are arranged on the same side of the motorcycle.
US11192601B2
A step sporting equipment with a double transmission mechanism, wherein a transmission mechanism and a treading mechanism are located on both sides of a frame body respectively. Each transmission mechanism at least comprises a front wheel disc, a rear wheel disc and a driving piece. Each treading mechanism is connected to the corresponding transmission mechanism. When the user treads on each treading mechanism, each treading mechanism can compel the corresponding transmission mechanism to work. In addition, as the front wheel disc and rear wheel disc are linked by a driving piece, there is higher moving phase. Therefore, with two transmission mechanisms, the dimensional discrepancy of elements resulted from tolerance can be tolerated effectively, and the step sporting equipment can remain in normal operation.
US11192600B2
A robot leg (125) comprises an upper link (101) and a lower link (111). The upper link (101) operates nominally in a first vertical plane, for example the sagittal plane, while the lower link (111) operates nominally in a second vertical plane, nominally orthogonal to the first plane, for example the coronal plane. The leg (125) may also comprise a twist joint in the knee, and may comprise four-bar linkages (102a-b, 103a-d, 112a-b, 113a-d), such that the foot (106) stays parallel to the hip (102a). The leg (125) may be used in a robot to allow the construction of a robot capable of three dimensional movement, using a small number of actuators per leg.
US11192596B2
A vehicle body structure in a vehicle rear portion includes a second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle lateral direction and located near a pair of left and right damper support portions (54) supporting suspension dampers (55) and disposed in rear wheelhouses (52) behind side door openings (Es) in the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes coupling members (33) coupling a pair of left and right side pillars (42) constituting the second rear lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (RWC2) having the substantially ring shape to a pair of left and right wheelhouse reinforcements (53).
US11192595B2
A method of making a shock tower assembly includes forming a bracket from continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic, where the bracket has a load bearing portion and an overmolded portion. The method further includes placing the bracket in an injection tool, injecting a polymer composite material into the injection tool to surround the and overmolded portion of the bracket, and removing a finished component from the injection tool, wherein the finished component comprises the load bearing portion of the bracket extending outwardly from the finished component and the overmolded portion of the bracket that is surrounded by the polymer composite material.
US11192593B2
A vehicle body structure includes: a front lateral ring-shaped vehicle body framework (FWC) having a substantially ring shape in a vehicle lateral direction, disposed near suspension towers (65), and constituted by front subframes (66), suspension tower reinforcing members (65b), and a cowl box (62); and longitudinal ring-shaped vehicle body frameworks (SLC) disposed along side door openings (Es). The vehicle body structure includes: cowl side frames (64) coupling upper ends of hinge pillars (45) constituting the longitudinal ring-shaped vehicle body frameworks (SLC) to the suspension towers (65) in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and side part panels (71) connected to the cowl box (62) and coupled to the suspension towers (65).
US11192592B2
An upper vehicle-body structure includes a roof reinforcement having a width in a vehicle front-rear direction to serve as a bridge between a pair of roof side rails in a vehicle width direction and a reinforcement member on the roof reinforcement and diagonally extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. The brace is joined to the roof reinforcement at positions at which a front end portion and a rear end portion of the brace in the vehicle front-rear direction are offset from each other in the vehicle width direction.
US11192590B2
A battery case is joined to a rocker inner formed toward a vehicle width direction inner side of a rocker. The rocker is provided with rocker outer R/F and rocker inner R/F that respectively form a closed cross-section portion and a closed cross-section portion between themselves and a rocker panel that partitions a closed cross-section portion formed by a rocker outer and the rocker inner in the vehicle width direction.
US11192587B2
A vehicle support structure according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cross-member of a vehicle support structure. The cross-member extends longitudinally along a cross-member axis. The frame assembly further includes a rail of the vehicle support structure. The rail extends longitudinally along a rail axis that is transverse to the cross-member axis. The rail extends into a pocket of the cross-member such that a portion of the rail is nested within the cross-member.
US11192576B2
A steering device includes: a turning actuator drive command signal output section to output the turning actuator drive command signal, a turning actuator drive command signal including a drive command signal, and a test drive command signal, the drive command signal being outputted to the turning actuator when the vehicle is in a first state, the test drive command signal being outputted to the turning actuator when the vehicle is in a second state, the turning actuator operation signal input section to receive a signal relating to the operation of the turning actuator, and the abnormality diagnosis section to judge whether or not the steering device is in an abnormal state, based on the signal relating to the operation of the turning actuator with respect to the test drive command signal.
US11192575B2
A steering column for a steer-by-wire steering system include a steering shaft that is connectable to a steering wheel and is received in an inner steering column tube such that the steering shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. An outer steering column tube may receive the inner tube such that the inner tube can be displaced along the longitudinal axis. The outer tube may be connectable to a vehicle chassis. The steering column may also include a feedback actuator having an electric motor that drives the steering shaft via a drive component that is connected to the steering shaft for the transmission of torque. The drive component may have a recess with a maximum inscribed diameter that is greater than an external diameter of the inner tube, and the recess may be disposed on a side of the drive component that faces the inner tube.
US11192548B2
Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle speed limiter. In one example, a method may include decreasing a vehicle top speed in response to the vehicle being arranged in a geofenced area via the vehicle speed limiter. In at least one example, adjusting a magnitude of the vehicle top speed limiter to decrease a limiting of the vehicle top speed may be in response to an override request, where the override request is signaled via one or more of depression of a pedal of the vehicle in a pattern and a siren of the vehicle being activated. Further, in one or more examples, the vehicle may be the only vehicle of a plurality of vehicles comprising one or more of a solar cell and a wireless modem.
US11192547B2
A system includes a controller circuit configured to monitor, while a host vehicle is operated in a manual driving mode, a speed change response of an operator of the host vehicle based on a movement of a first vehicle traveling on a roadway, identify at least one speed parameter based on the speed change response, and apply, when the host vehicle is controlled in an autonomous driving mode, the at least one speed parameter based on the movement of a second vehicle traveling on the roadway.
US11192538B2
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an electrical energy store, an electric drive and an internal combustion engine, includes activating, by a driver of the hybrid vehicle, a battery control mode by actuating a defined operator control element. A special drive operating strategy for the internal combustion engine is triggered in the battery control mode with the electric drive switched off. An increased charging gradient is then obtained by the special drive operating strategy if a current state of charge of the electrical energy store is below one of a desired state of charge or a lower tolerance threshold with respect to the desired state of charge.
US11192528B2
A vehicle light assembly is provided. The vehicle lighting assembly includes a housing, a light source, a lens disposed in front of the light source, a light sensor disposed outside the lens for sensing light intensity of light output from the lens, and a controller controlling the light source to adjust intensity of the light based on the sensed light intensity. The controller may also control a lens cleaner based on the sensed light intensity.
US11192523B2
A power door system for a vehicle including a plurality of power-operated doors is provided. The system includes a passive remote entry device configured to emit a signal to one or more cooperating vehicle receivers and a controller configured to cause the power door system to open the at least one power-operated door when the passive remote entry device signal is received and an individual is detected in a predefined activation zone for a predetermined period of time. The system further includes a vehicle-mounted user detection device. The passive remote entry device may be selected from the group consisting of a key fob, a smart key, a key card, a cellular telephone or smartphone configured with a phone-as-a-key function, a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized cellular telephone, a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized smartphone, and a Bluetooth®-activated and vehicle-recognized smartwatch. Methods for controlling a power door system for a vehicle are described.
US11192520B2
A seat belt device for a vehicle seat, having a seat belt, the belt tongue of which in an engaged state is releasably connected to a seat-side belt buckle. The belt buckle is guided via at least one wire rope through a sleeve-like deflection element, which defines the course of the wire rope between its connection point on the seat side and its connection point on the belt buckle side. The sleeve-like deflection element has a predetermined deformation point, at which the deflection element is deformed in the event of a head-on collision, more specifically with the belt buckle being displaced from its use position into a crash position in which the tilt or twist moments acting on the belt buckle are reduced.
US11192518B2
Provided is a curtain air bag device including a cushion body provided with a main cushion part and a cushion moving part that is inflated by gas injected from an inflator when the cushion body is deployed and presses the main cushion part in a desired direction, a strap part configured to bind the cushion body such that the main cushion part and the cushion moving part keep a folded shape and to be broken when the cushion body is deployed, and a mounting part connected to the cushion body and coupled to a vehicle body.
US11192516B2
An airbag comprises a front panel (22), a rear panel (24) and an additional panel (26), the front panel (22) and the rear panel (24) being directly connected to each other in a first circumferential portion (28) and the front panel (22) being connected to the additional panel (26) and the additional panel (26) being connected to the rear panel (24) in a second circumferential portion (30). Further, an airbag module (16), a vehicle (10) and a method of manufacturing the airbag (18) are shown.
US11192502B2
Fastening construction for fastening an adjustment instrument to a carrying frame of an exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle, comprising first mounting parts on a fixing part of the adjustment instrument and second mounting parts on the carrying frame, wherein the first and second mounting parts comprise blocking parts on the fixing part and the carrying frame respectively, which in a first position can pass each other upon insertion of the parts into each other in an insert direction, and which by movement in a plane transverse to the insert direction are brought to a second position in which the blocking means cooperate and cannot pass each other upon movement opposite to the insert direction, and wherein furthermore there is provided a spring part which in mounted condition biases the first and second mounting parts against each other.
US11192496B2
A method for manufacturing a panel includes forming a path segment on a surface of a substrate from a photoluminescent material. The method further includes overlaying the path segment with an overlay material. The overlay material is configured to render the path segment substantially invisible under an ambient photopic condition and render the path segment visible under an ambient mesopic or scotopic condition.
US11192495B2
Techniques are disclosed to realize a self-adaptive multiresolution digital plate (SAMDP) system that facilitates sharing of vehicle state information via a dynamically generated binary two-dimensional multispectral pattern. The binary 2D multispectral pattern adjusts its resolution to adapt to the visual perception process while communicating vehicle state information without relying on wireless communications (i.e. V2V, V2X, etc.). The techniques as described herein leverage the use of a multichannel spectral means that helps lower the error present in sensing and representation models used by automated driving systems.
US11192493B2
Provided are an auto-regulated vehicle headlamp, an automatic regulation method and a vehicle. The auto-regulated vehicle headlamp includes: a projector assembly capable of projecting infrared rays, configured to project infrared stripes onto a traveling road-surface; the infrared stripes being constituted by alternate bright and dark stripes so that corresponding distorted stripes can be formed when an object, during appearing or disappearing on the traveling road-surface, has a changed contour; a camera configured to capture image information on the distorted stripes; an image processor in data connection with the camera and configured to acquire the image information and generate a headlamp control command accordingly; a matrix headlamp including a plurality of LED light sources; and a first controller in data connection with the matrix headlamp and the image processor, configured to acquire the headlamp control command and adjust the number of the LED light sources to be activated and their brightness.
US11192490B2
A maintenance/construction cart that facilitates wall and ceiling access while isolating the interior of the cart from the surrounding environment. The cart is configured such that its height can be easily adjusted by an operator to provide access to ceilings of different heights while maintaining the seal between the interior of the cart and the surrounding environment while structurally supporting a ladder leaning against a surface of the cart. In some embodiments, the cart includes an air filtration unit.
US11192488B2
A receptacle storage structure formed in an interior member of a sliding door movable in a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle, includes a bottom wall part and a peripheral wall part forming a storage space with an upward opening. The peripheral wall part includes a displacement wall part forming at least an upper part of a front-side wall part in the front-and-rear direction and displaceable to a front side in the front-and-rear direction. The displacement wall part is tiltable to the front side in the front-and-rear direction.
US11192483B2
A cable assembly has a link, a cable connector and a cable. The link has a slot near a distal end of the link. The cable connector comprises a shaft near a proximal end of the cable connector and an opening near a distal end of the cable connector. The shaft is engaged with the slot of the link. The cable has a stopper at an end of the cable. The cable extends through the opening, and the stopper extends above the opening.
US11192482B2
This disclosure generally relates to a headrest assembly for a seat in a vehicle. In particular, the headrest assembly includes a locking arrangement that reduces, if not completely eliminates, buzz, squeak, and rattle (BSR). An exemplary headrest assembly includes, among other things, a rod including a recess and which is configured to connect the headrest assembly to a seat back. The headrest assembly also includes a head restraint having a locking portion configured to selectively engage the recess to set a vertical position of the head restraint relative to the rod. Further, at least one of the recess and the locking portion is tapered. Tapering the recess and/or the locking portion ensures that there will be two opposed points of contact between the recess and the locking portion, thereby reducing, if not eliminating, BSR between the two elements.
US11192463B2
A method and system for providing a cooperative automotive mobile charging infrastructure are described. In one embodiment, a method for providing a cooperative automotive mobile charging infrastructure includes receiving a notification indicating an availability for providing mobile charging to electric personal transport devices. Each notification includes an identification of an electrified vehicle to provide the mobile charging and a location of the electrified vehicle. The method includes receiving a request for mobile charging from a user and determining a candidate electrified vehicle that is available to provide mobile charging to the user. The method also includes providing the location of the candidate electrified vehicle to the user to provide mobile charging at the location to an electric personal transport device associated with the user.
US11192461B2
An energy conversion arrangement configured to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. The energy conversion arrangement comprises plural cell groups 30, 32, 34, 36, each cell group being configured to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. The energy conversion arrangement also comprises at least one measurement arrangement 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 configured to make measurements at each of the plural cell groups 30, 32, 34, 36. Each energy conversion arrangement is configured to determine a condition of at least one of: each of the plural cell groups; and the energy conversion arrangement. The condition is determined in dependence on the measurements made at each cell group and a model of each cell group.
US11192434B2
A drive device for a vehicle axle, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle with an electric drive, wherein an electric machine is associated with every vehicle wheel of the vehicle axle, the electric machine shafts of which electric machine can be drivingly connected, by a first and a second shifting element, to a first and a second flange shaft of the vehicle wheels, and wherein in a first transmission gear, the first and the second shifting element are shifted and the electric machine shafts output directly to the flange shafts of the vehicle wheels via the first and the second shifting element. The vehicle axle has a transverse differential which, on the output side, outputs to the flange shafts of the vehicle wheels and, on the input side, can be drivingly connected to the electric machine shafts by means of a third and a fourth shifting element.
US11192433B2
A sealing assembly for a vehicle door may include a center bar rotatably installed on at least any one of a rear end of a front door and a front end of a rear door; a sealing member for sealing between the center bar and the rear end of the front door and between the center bar and the front end of the rear door; and an interlocking member for rotating the center bar in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of a door, among the front door and the rear door, on which the center bar has been installed so that the center bar is spaced apart from a door on which the center bar has not been installed when the door is opened or is in close contact therewith when the door is closed, when the door on which the center bar has been installed is opened or closed.
US11192419B2
A bearing spring/damper system of a vehicle wheel has a hydraulic vibration damper consisting of a damper cylinder and a damper piston guided therein, the piston rod of which hydraulic vibration damper is fastened to the vehicle body, whilst the damper cylinder is supported to a wheel guiding element. A pretension spring is clamped functionally between the damper piston and a pretension piston which can be displaced hydraulically in the longitudinal direction of the piston rod. The pretension piston is supported hydraulically with respect to the damper cylinder by a support chamber filled with the hydraulic medium of the vibration damper, and can be displaced by a conveying device, which conveys hydraulic medium into or out of the support chamber. The pretension spring is parallel-connected in every possible position of the pretension piston of a bearing spring ultimately clamped between the vehicle body and the wheel for force transmission.
US11192411B2
A trailer anti-theft device is disclosed which provides a protective coupler shell that surrounds an affixed hitch ball, and which surrounds a received hitch coupler. The protective coupler shell can be selectively disengaged, such as by unlocking, to allow access to and removal of the hitch coupler from the affixed hitch ball.
US11192409B2
The invention relates to a trailer coupling having a support arrangement adapted to be fastened, to a vehicle, on which a bearing is mounted, wherein on the bearing a coupling element is moveable between a use position which is suitable for coupling a trailer to the coupling element, and in which when the trailer coupling is mounted on the motor vehicle the coupling element projects rearwardly of the motor vehicle, and a non-use position in which the coupling element is back behind a bumper of the motor vehicle. On the coupling element, a connecting device for connecting an on-board network of the trailer to an on-board network of the motor vehicle is provided. The connecting device is connectable, to the on-board network of the motor vehicle by a cable comprising a flexible cable section, which at a first longitudinal end is attached to the coupling element in a fixed manner with respect to the carrier arrangement, and at a second longitudinal end is attached to the coupling element in a fixed manner, and which follows the movement of the coupling element between the use and non-use positions. The trailer coupling comprises a winding device for winding a winding section of the cable section onto a cable reel when the coupling element is moved between the use position and the non-use position.
US11192404B2
A tyre comprises a tread portion. The tread portion includes a shoulder main groove extending continuously in a zigzag manner in a tyre circumferential direction on a side of a tread edge, a plurality of middle lateral grooves each extending inwardly in a tyre axial direction from the shoulder main groove, and a plurality of middle blocks divided by the plurality of the middle lateral grooves. Each of the middle blocks has a ground contacting surface defined between a first edge and a second edge extending in the tyre circumferential direction. At least one of the middle blocks has a full sipe extending so as to connect between the first edge and the second edge and having at least one bent portion, and a semi-sipe extending linearly from the first edge or the second edge and terminating within the at least one of the middle blocks.
US11192399B2
A caster hub is provided that includes a housing having a wall with internal and external surfaces and an axial bore defined by the wall. First and second bearings are disposed coaxially in the bore of the housing. Each bearing has a cylindrical inner race and a cylindrical outer race, with the races separated by rolling elements, and the races defining interior and exterior radial end faces of the bearings. A seat is disposed in the bore that is connected to the internal surface of the wall between the first and second bearings. The seat is engageable with the outer races of the bearings at the confronting interior end faces of the bearings. An inner spacer is disposed in the bore between the first and second bearings, the inner spacer being engageable with the inner races of the bearings at the confronting interior end faces of the bearings.
US11192398B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an abrasion-resistant wood material panel that has a decorative layer, including the following steps: applying one first resin layer to the decorative layer on the top and bottom sides of the wood material panel, scattering abrasion-resistant particles onto the resin layer on the top side of the panel; drying the resin layer provided with abrasion-resistant particles onto the first resin layers on the top and bottom sides of the panel in a drying device; applying another resin layer to the dried resin layers on both sides of the panel; drying the second resin layers on both sides of the panel in the drying device; and pressing the layer structure. The invention further relates to a production line for carrying out the method and to a wood material panel that can be produced by means of the method.
US11192397B2
A gem applicator assembly including a dispenser supporting a plurality of gems and an applicator. Each gem has an adhesive backing. The applicator includes a body with a support assembly supported by the body and configured to receive and support the dispenser with one of the gems alignable with an application target area. A plunger is supported relative to the body and movable relative thereto between an initial position and an application position wherein the push rod engages the aligned gem and pushes the gem such that the adhesive backing of an aligned gem moves toward the application target area. The gem dispenser may include a disk configuration with a plurality of spaced apart gem openings extending through the disk. Each gem is aligned with a respective gem opening.
US11192396B2
There is provided a transfer type ink jet recording apparatus including: an image forming section forming an image by applying, onto a transfer body, a reaction liquid for increasing a viscosity of ink and ink containing an aqueous liquid medium and a coloring material; a liquid absorbing section having a porous body that absorbs at least a part of a liquid component from the formed image; a heating section heating the image treated by the porous body; a transfer section that transfers the heated image onto a recording medium; and a deterioration prevention treatment section including a deterioration preventing agent applying device that applies, onto the porous body provided in the liquid absorbing section, a deterioration preventing agent that prevents deterioration of the transfer body.
US11192395B2
Writing compositions capable of undergoing a color development when brought into contact with a specific substrate including a color change-inducing compound are provided. Writing instruments comprising such writing compositions are also provided. Application of the writing compositions to surfaces other than the intended substrate will avoid color development and prevent staining of the unintended surfaces. The writing compositions include at least one mineral filler, at least one leuco dye, one or more lipids including one or more waxes, one or more fatty acids, or one or more fatty acid esters or fatty amides, titanium dioxide, and optionally at least one additive.
US11192393B2
A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit, a movement mechanism, and a positioning portion. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning part that has a contact surface extending along an axial direction of a conveyance roller and cleans the conveyance roller, and a cleaning housing that supports the cleaning part. The movement mechanism moves the cleaning unit between a cleaning position and a mounting and removing position. The movement mechanism allows the cleaning part to be brought into contact with the conveyance roller at the cleaning position, allows the cleaning part to be disposed below the conveyance roller in a separated manner at the mounting and removing position and allows the cleaning unit to be mounted on or removed from the apparatus body. The positioning portion restricts a relative position between the cleaning part and the conveyance roller by being brought into contact with the cleaning unit.
US11192387B2
A thermal transfer print ribbon having radiation curable ink thereon is used to print on a surface of a plastic card. The use of radiation curable thermal transfer printing to print on the card surface increases the durability of the printing compared to regular (i.e. non-radiation cured) thermal transfer printing once the radiation curable ink is cured. As a result, a protective laminate or coating need not be applied to the card surface to protect the printing.
US11192369B2
A liquid discharging head, having a plurality of individual flow paths, a common flow path, a first member, and a second member, is provided. Each of the individual flow paths includes a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a connecting flow path arranged between the nozzle and the pressure chamber. The connecting flow path connects the nozzle with the pressure chamber. In the first member, a plurality of first holes each constituting the connecting flow path and a second hole constituting the common flow path are formed. The second member is arranged at a side of the connecting flow path opposite to the pressure chamber in an aligning direction, in which the nozzle, the connecting flow path, and the pressure chamber align with one another. The second member has a third hole that constitutes the common flow path but does not constitute the connecting flow path.
US11192367B2
There is provided a piezoelectric device including a pressure chamber, a piezoelectric element, and a diaphragm disposed between the pressure chamber and the piezoelectric element. The diaphragm has a vibration region that overlaps the pressure chamber in plan view. The piezoelectric element overlaps the vibration region in plan view. The diaphragm has a crystal plane {110} of a single crystal silicon base, or a crystal plane of a single crystal silicon base of which a Young's modulus and a Poisson's ratio vary according to a crystal orientation.
US11192358B2
A droplet ejecting device includes: a head including N-number drive elements; a driving circuit including N-number waveform signal selectors and N-number power supply circuit selectors; a plurality of power supply circuits connected to the driving circuit; and a control circuit. Each waveform signal selector selects a waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element from among a plurality of types of waveform signals. Each power supply circuit selectors selects a power supply circuit to be connected to the drive elements from among the plurality of power supply circuits. The control circuit serially transmits, to the driving circuit via a single control line: N-number items of waveform signal designation information each of which designates the waveform signal to be outputted to the corresponding drive element; and N-number items of power supply designation information each of which designates the power supply circuit to be connected to the corresponding drive element.
US11192349B2
The invention is a polymer composition for film layer comprising less than 50 wt % of a copolymer of ethylene with silane group(s) containing units and at least 50 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefine free from silane group(s) wherein the polymer composition has creep of less than 1 mm at 90° C., and an adhesion above 20 N/cm. The invention relates to a laminated article with at least one film layer of the polymer composition and a substrate.
US11192342B2
Interior and exterior materials for automobile comprising polyester resin foam layer and fiber layer
The present invention relates to interior and exterior materials for an automobile, comprising: a polyester resin foam layer; and a fiber layer laminated on one side or both sides of the polyester resin foam layer. The interior and exterior materials for an automobile can enhance durability and strength, reduce weight, and improve a work environment.
US11192339B2
One embodiment of the disclosure discloses a touch screen display including a first polarizing plate, a second polarizing plate disposed under the first polarizing plate, a touch panel disposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a display panel disposed under the second polarizing plate, and a photosensitive adhesive member disposed at least between the first polarizing plate and the touch panel or between the second polarizing plate and the display panel. Further, one embodiment of the disclosure discloses an electronic device including the touch screen display. In addition, various embodiments are possible which are understood through the specification.
US11192337B2
A method for making composite structure with porous metal comprising: S20, providing a substrate; S30, fixing a porous metal structure on the substrate to obtain a first middle structure; S40, fixing at least one carbon nanotube structure on the porous metal structure in the first middle structure to obtain a second middle structure; and S50, shrinking the second middle structure to form a composite structure with porous metal.
US11192329B2
A decorative sheet with adhesive according to the present disclosure comprises a decorative plate layer and an adhesive layer. The decorative plate layer includes a decorative layer and a mixed paper layer which includes a magnesium silicate mixed paper with bound water.
US11192325B2
A hygienic thin-leaf paper includes a first sheet (10) including first embossed regions (30) in each of which first embossed protrusions (31) and first non-embossed protrusions (32) are included, the first sheet including first non-embossed regions (50) in each of which a first embossed protrusion (31) and a first non-embossed protrusion (32) are not included; and a second sheet (20) including second embossed regions (40) in each of which second embossed protrusions (41) and second non-embossed protrusions (42) are included, the second sheet including second non-embossed regions (60) in each of which a second embossed protrusion (41) and a second non-embossed protrusion (42) are not included. The first sheet (10) and the second sheet (20) are integrally laminated, the first embossed protrusions (31) include multiple first dotted embossed protrusions (31A) and multiple first linear embossed protrusions (31B), and the second embossed protrusions (41) include multiple second dotted embossed protrusions (41A) and multiple second linear embossed protrusions (41B). Each first non-embossed region (50) faces a given second linear embossed protrusion (41B), and each second non-embossed region (60) faces a given first linear embossed protrusion (31B).
US11192321B2
A rigid sheet blank includes a first section configured to be bent about a first axis and a second section configured to be bent about a second axis. The first section has a peripheral edge and at least one tab extending from the peripheral edge. The at least one tab is bendable by hand. The second section defines at least one opening configured for receiving a respective one of the at least one tab during bending of the rigid sheet blank.
US11192312B2
Disclosed is a method of forming a 3D woven omega-shaped stiffener by flat weaving a plurality of layers of interwoven warp and weft fibers to form a flat woven fabric having a cap portion, a first and a second web portion, a first and second foot portion, and an inner wrap portion. The 3D woven fabric is woven so that least some of the weft fibers are continuous across a juncture between the web portion and the foot portions. The flat woven fabric is then formed into the omega shape.
US11192307B2
Disclosed is a shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional object, which includes a slice data generation step that generates slice data and a shaping execution step that shapes the three-dimensional object by a shaping apparatus based on the slice data. The shaping apparatus shapes the three-dimensional object using inkjet heads. The slice data generation step has a color cross-section data generation step that generates color cross-section data showing at least a cross-sectional shape of the three-dimensional object and a color at each position, a plate division data generation step that generates plate division cross-section data in which the color cross-section data is color-separated for each color of the material, and a plate division cross-section data change step that changes at least some plate division cross-section data. The slice data is generated based on the plate division cross-section data changed in the plate division cross-section data change step.
US11192305B2
The present disclosure describes a window cassette for a bottom-up additive manufacturing apparatus. The window cassette includes an optically transparent semipermeable member, on which the semipermeable member a three-dimensional object can be produced, a frame surrounding and connected to the semipermeable member, and a fluid supply bed in or adjacent the semipermeable member and configured to feed a polymerization inhibitor through the semipermeable member. The fluid supply bed has at least two opposing sides and includes a first channel array having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice and a second channel array interdigitated with but separate from the first channel array, and the second channel array having an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing utilizing a window cassette is also described.
US11192300B2
Disclosed are a system for and a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) structure. The method may include injecting a fluid with a first pressure toward a surface of a first output layer to form a softening layer in the first output layer, injecting the fluid with a second pressure toward the softening layer to form an uneven structure in the softening layer, the second pressure being higher than the first pressure, and forming a second output layer on the softening layer with the uneven structure.
US11192285B2
A molding method of a connector portion including an electric wire with a core wire, a terminal metal fitting and a mold portion, the molding method of insert-molding the mold portion with a plurality of molding dies forming a cavity corresponding to the mold portion, includes an injection step of closing the molding dies so that the insulating coating is compressed and deformed and injecting and filling a mold resin as a synthetic resin material of the mold portion into the cavity; and a mold opening step of separating the molding die in a mold opening direction while the mold resin has fluidity so that leakage of the mold resin is prevented by an elastic return pressure of the insulating coating.
US11192284B2
Method for producing a plastic component by an injection moulding process, which plastic component comprises a main body that includes at least one component section being a predetermined breaking region having a wall thickness smaller than the other sections of the main body. The method comprises: injecting a plasticized plastic compound into a mould cavity of an injection mould for forming the main body, the mould cavity being dimensioned so the region on the main body in which the component section is to be formed is formed with an excess wall thickness, moving at least one sliding element on the injection mould against the region on the main body in which the component section is to be formed in order to form the component section so that the wall thickness is smaller than the other sections of the main body, cooling and removing the plastic component from the mould cavity.
US11192272B2
A table saw includes a frame; a saw having a cutting blade supported by the frame; first and second rails extending along opposite sides of the frame; a table supported by the frame; and a fence extending across the table between the first and second rail. A fence holder removably secures the fence to the first rail. The fence holder has a housing and an alignment arrangement configured to balance opposing forces between the fence holder housing and the first rail to hold the fence in a fixed angle relative to the first and second rails.
