US11210537B2
In various examples, detected object data representative of locations of detected objects in a field of view may be determined. One or more clusters of the detected objects may be generated based at least in part on the locations and features of the cluster may be determined for use as inputs to a machine learning model(s). A confidence score, computed by the machine learning model(s) based at least in part on the inputs, may be received, where the confidence score may be representative of a probability that the cluster corresponds to an object depicted at least partially in the field of view. Further examples provide approaches for determining ground truth data for training object detectors, such as for determining coverage values for ground truth objects using associated shapes, and for determining soft coverage values for ground truth objects.
US11210536B2
A moving object recognition system includes: closed space entry/exit detection means for detecting moving objects entering a closed space and exiting the closed space, the closed space being formed of detection regions of a sensor configured to detect the moving objects and a blind spot region formed outside and between the detection regions; closed space total amount calculation means for calculating a closed space total amount based on the moving objects entering the closed space and exiting the closed space; region entry/exit detection means for detecting the moving objects entering the detection regions and the moving objects exiting the detection regions; and a blind spot total amount calculation means for calculating a blind spot total amount by subtracting the region total amount from the closed space total amount, the blind spot total amount being a total number of the moving objects present within the blind spot region.
US11210533B1
A method of predicting a trajectory of a target vehicle with respect to an ego vehicle includes receiving a first image having a target object representing a target vehicle on a road from a camera mounted on the ego vehicle, generating a bounding box associated with the target vehicle, the bounding box surrounding a contour of the target object, extracting tire contact information of the target object with a road surface from the first image, wherein each tire contact information represents coordinates, in the first image, of contact between a corresponding tire and the road, mapping the plurality of tire contact information from the first image to a bird's eye view image of the first image, and calculating the trajectory, with reference to a moving direction of the ego vehicle, of the target object using the mapped tire contact information on the bird's eye view image.
US11210532B2
An off-road vehicle that travels on the off-road ground includes: a sensor group configured to detect unevenness of the ground; a camera configured to capture the unevenness of the ground; a ground unevenness degree calculation unit configured to calculate a ground unevenness degree indicating an unevenness degree of the ground based on an input parameter; an input parameter setting unit configured to set, as the input parameter, data selected from among data detected by the sensor group and image data captured by the camera; an unevenness-position data generation unit configured to associate the actual vehicle position with the ground unevenness degree to generate ground unevenness-position data; and a data storage unit configured to store the ground unevenness-position data.
US11210531B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first setting unit configured to set a plurality of observation necessity degrees of positions in a real space and times, a first display unit configured to display the plurality of observation necessity degrees mapped based on a position in the real space and a time, a second display unit configured to display a plurality of targets detected from a captured image, based on observation necessity degrees each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of targets, and a receiving unit configured to receive an input of information corresponding to at least one target of the plurality of targets. The first setting unit resets at least one observation necessity degree of the plurality of observation necessity degrees based on the input information.
US11210528B2
An information processing apparatus associates a registration image with first clock time at which a person of the registration image has passed through a gate in a first direction with use of tracking, performs matching, based an image containing a person who is tracked starting with a state of being situated inside a predetermined region and the registration image, to determine whether the person and a person of the registration image are an identical person, determines whether a person who is tracked has passed through the gate in a second direction, associates a person determined as an identical person by matching with second clock time at which the person has passed through the gate in the second direction with use of tracking, and derives a time during which the person has stayed in the predetermined region, based on the first clock time and the second clock time.
US11210519B2
Systems and methods described herein provide augmented reality images to an operator of a machine. A pose of an augmented reality device relative to a cab of the machine is determined using image information. A pose of the augmented reality device in a real world coordinate frame is determined using a pose of the machine in the real world coordinate frame and the pose of the augmented reality device relative to the cab of the machine. Digital content is provided on one or more displays of the augmented reality device. The digital content is arranged on the one or more displays based on the pose of the augmented reality device in the real world coordinate frame.
US11210512B2
An example operation may include one or more of scanning, by a mobile node, a physical object to generate a scan data, extracting, by the mobile node, a set of features from the scan data, generating, by the mobile node, a feature vector based on the set of the features, applying, by the mobile node, a cryptographic hash function to the feature vector to produce a hash value, encrypting, by the mobile node, the set of the features with the hash value, and executing a smart contract to store the encrypted set of the features on a blockchain.
US11210509B2
Systems and methods for automatic enrollment and identity verification based upon processing a captured image of a document are disclosed herein. Various embodiments enable, for example, a user to enroll in a particular service by taking a photograph of a particular document (e.g., his driver license) with a mobile device. One or more algorithms can then extract relevant data from the captured image. The extracted data (e.g., the person's name, gender, date of birth, height, weight, etc.) can then be used to automatically populate various fields of an enrollment application, thereby reducing the amount of information that the user has to manually input into his mobile device in order to complete the enrollment process. In some embodiments, a set of internal and/or external checks can be run against the data to ensure that the data is valid, has been read correctly, and is consistent with other data.
US11210508B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for extracting information of an unlabeled image within a document and aligning the information to text of the document. The method includes one or more processors identifying an image that is not associated with a corresponding label in a document that includes text. The method further includes determining a feature of an object of the image. The method further includes identifying an alignment candidate of the text of the document based at least in part on the feature of the object, wherein the alignment candidate is a segment of the text of the document identified as corresponding to the feature of the object. The method further includes aligning the feature with the alignment candidate of the text of the document.
US11210494B2
Method and apparatus for segmenting a cellular image are disclosed. A specific embodiment of the method includes: acquiring a cellular image; enhancing the cellular image using a generative adversarial network to obtain an enhanced cellular image; and segmenting the enhanced cellular image using a hierarchical fully convolutional network for image segmentation to obtain cytoplasm and zona pellucida areas in the cellular image.
US11210493B2
A fingerprint recognition card is provided to perform authentication and security functions by recognizing a fingerprint of a user and includes a fingerprint recognition unit configured to detect a fingerprint of a user, a control unit configured to perform registration authentication for the detected fingerprint of the user, a communication unit configured to perform tagging to an external reader depending on the registration authentication of the control unit, and an inductive current generator configured to generate an inductive current in response to approaching the external reader. The inductive current generator generates the inductive current when a distance to the external reader is within a predetermined distance, converts the generated inductive current to a direct current (DC), and supplies the output voltage, which is generated by reducing the input voltage of the converted DC, to the fingerprint recognition unit, the control unit, and the communication unit.
US11210481B1
A bioptic barcode reader has a housing having a lower housing portion with an upper surface and an upper housing portion extending above the lower housing portion. A generally horizontal window is positioned at the upper surface and a generally upright window is positioned in the upper housing portion. An illumination assembly has an illumination field-of-view and an imaging assembly, including an image sensor, has an imaging field-of-view with a centerline that is directed at an angle relative to the upper surface. A mirror arrangement is configured to split the imaging field-of-view along a horizontal axis into first and second portions, redirect the first portion of the imaging field-of-view through the generally upright window, and redirect the second portion of the imaging field-of-view and the illumination field-of-view through the generally horizontal window such that the second portion is uniformly covered by the illumination field-of-view at the generally horizontal window.
US11210480B2
Methods and devices for performing dynamic compensation of a phased array RFID reader are disclosed herein. An example method includes configuring an RFID reader having an antenna array to compensate for determined antenna element phase-shift errors. The method includes exciting a reference antenna element of the antenna array, emitting an emitted signal, receiving the emitted signal via a receiver antenna element of the antenna array, and generating a received signal. The method further includes determining, by a processor, a phase shift of the received signal relative to the emitted signal, and determining a phase-shift error. The method then includes configuring the RFID reader to compensate for the determined phase-shift error associated with the receiver antenna element in response to receiving an RFID tag signal.
US11210479B2
A system for assessing at least one characteristic of a device within a recipient is provided. The system includes a device removably insertable into the recipient where the device includes at least one of a treatment element and implant, and at least one wireless tag positioned within at least one portion of the device. The system includes a tracking device that includes processing circuitry configured to: if the device is inserted into the recipient, interrogate the at least one wireless tag positioned within at least one portion of the device; determine at least one characteristic of at least one portion of the device in three dimensional space based at least in part on the interrogation of the at least one wireless tag; and cause the at least one characteristic of the at least one portion of the device relative to the recipient to be indicated.
US11210470B2
Methods and systems are provided for identifying subparts of a text. A neural network system can receive a set of sentences that includes context sentences and target sentences that indicate a decision point in a text. The neural network system can generate context vector sentences and target sentence vectors by encoding context from the set of sentences. These context sentence vectors can be weighted to focus on relevant information. The weighted context sentence vectors and the target sentence vectors can then be used to output a label for the decision point in the text.
US11210464B2
Methods and systems are presented for automatically detecting positions of various webpage elements within a webpage when the webpage is rendered, based on analyzing the programming code of the webpage. A position detection system obtains and parses the programming code of the webpage to identify webpage elements within the webpage. A group of related webpage elements is identified based on a shared programming structure. The position detection system generates a DOM tree based on the programming code, and determines relative positions of the webpage elements within the group by traversing the DOM tree using a breadth-first search algorithm.
US11210459B1
A method comprising displaying a first GUI to a first client comprising an option to check-out and a check-in a spreadsheet comprising at least one row comprising a statement a statement, a data type identifier, and a logic; checking-out the file such that the file cannot be modified by a second client; receiving from the first client, a modification request and a modification input; modifying the checked-out spreadsheet based on the modification input; checking-in the file; generating a set of rendering instructions corresponding to a second GUI based on the modified spreadsheet; and transmitting the set of rendering instructions to a computing device associated with a third client, whereby the set of rendering instructions causes the computing device associated with the third client to display the second graphical user interface.
US11210449B2
There are provided a page display method and device and a storage medium. The page display device includes a JavaScript execution layer, a conversion layer, and a native layer. The conversion layer converts multiple elements in a virtual tree structure into multiple first views recognizable for the native layer, and sends the multiple first views to the native layer. When a view structure corresponding to view structure data of a first view is cached in a resource pool, the native layer acquires the view structure from the resource pool, and adds the view data of the first view into the view structure to implement page display.
US11210437B2
A method includes rendering, by a user interface of a computing device, a plurality of antenna mount options. The method includes receiving a selection of an antenna mount option. The method includes generating a geometry of a tower and the antenna mount option including a relative position of each of a plurality of tower components based on a load bearing capacity of the tower and the antenna mount option. The method includes rendering the generated geometry. The method includes generating, using the geometry and the load bearing capacity, an input file for a modeling program. The method includes importing the input file to the modeling program and running the modeling program, wherein the modeling program performs a structural analysis of the tower and the antenna mount option. The method includes rendering a result of the structural analysis including a stress and strain of the tower and the antenna mount option.
US11210432B2
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for securing otherwise unsecured computer communications that addresses the above shortcomings among others. According to certain aspects, the invention relates to methods and apparatuses for implementing device snooping, in which some or all traffic passing between a host and a connected device is captured into memory and analyzed in real time by system software. According to other aspects, the invention relates to real time capture of certain types of traffic and communication of the captured traffic to a remote management system. According to still further aspects, the invention relates to detecting security threats in real time. Upon threat detection, possible actions are blocking individual devices or alerting a system administrator. According to certain additional aspects, the security functions performed by methods and apparatuses according to the invention can be logically transparent to the upstream host and to the downstream device.
US11210421B1
The disclosed embodiments can be used to manage access to a plurality of secure records, thus rendering access to the secure records more efficient and secure. In accordance with certain disclosed embodiments, the secure records access management system may be configured to grant and revoke access to secure records upon the occurrence of certain events. In some disclosed embodiments, a secure record may comprise a third-party mention to indicate to the system that a third party should be granted access to the secure record. After detecting such a third-party mention, the system may grant the third party temporary access to information in the secure record, where such temporary access comprises the same access permissions as other users having access to the same secure record. The system may revoke the third party's access to the secure record.
US11210419B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for protecting user data. In one aspect, an exemplary method comprises, by a hardware processor, detecting user files created by a first user and stored on a user device, the user files containing personal information associated with the first user, generating user transactional data associated with one or more detected network-based interactions with a service provider, generating user behavior data based on one or more user interactions with a graphical user interface of the user device, applying a machine learning model to user data to generate a classification of the first user, the user data comprising the user files, the user transactional data, and the user behavior data, and when the user is identifiable based on the generated classification, modifying at least one of (i) user files stored on the user device and (ii) user behavior during an operation of the user device.
US11210414B2
The present invention relates to a biometric system (FBS) comprising a sensor (FS) and a secure execution environment (SEE) as separate physical components, said biometric system being intended to be used in cooperation with a biometric application (BA), wherein said secure execution environment (SEE) comprises a data processing component (DP) and a secure memory (SEM) storing data enabling to access calibration data as determined at the time of the physical pairing of the sensor (FS) and the secure execution environment (SEE), said data processing component (DP) using the calibration data as retrieved when raw biometric data are received from the sensor (FS) to produce biometric sample to be used in the biometric application (BA).
US11210412B1
Systems and methods for permitting software presence/configurations to function as a factor in a multi-factor authentication scheme so that a user's access to a different software program/application is conditioned on the presence of certain pre-specified software or software configurations that would otherwise not be necessary for access and/or operation of the different software program/application. Generally, by confirming the presence/configuration of the pre-specified software on a computing device, the system ensures that a user, in one embodiment, may only access the different software program/application with the proper configuration of the pre-specified software.
US11210408B2
An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.
US11210404B2
A technique includes determining, by a computer, entries of a software vulnerability database that is associated with a plurality of components associated with a release of a software product. The technique includes determining, by the computer, a block of a blockchain representing a vulnerability state of the plurality of components; and associating, by the computer, the block of the blockchain with the product release.
US11210398B2
An activity sensing circuit includes an ammeter circuit configured to monitor a supply current drawn specifically by a webcam. A hardware trigger circuit receives a webcam supply current monitoring signal from the ammeter circuit, and detects when the webcam supply current monitoring signal indicates the supply current drawn specifically by the webcam exceeds a first threshold supply current level. In response to detection of the supply current exceeding the first threshold supply current level, the trigger circuit notifies an indicator circuit to provide a user-perceptible indication. The indicator circuit is immune to control by a processor of an information handling system of which it is part.
US11210392B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for enabling the automatic detection of executable code from a stream of bytes. In some embodiments, the stream of bytes can be sourced from the hidden areas of files that traditional malware detection solutions ignore. In some embodiments, a machine learning model is trained to detect whether a particular stream of bytes is executable code. Other embodiments described herein disclose systems and methods for automatic feature extraction using a neural network. Given a new file, the systems and methods may preprocess the code to be inputted into a trained neural network. The neural network may be used as a “feature generator” for a malware detection model. Other embodiments herein are directed to systems and methods for identifying, flagging, and/or detecting threat actors which attempt to obtain access to library functions independently.
US11210386B2
A technique for managing a right of access to a service for a communicating device. A security element of the device authenticates a security element of an electrical power supply module subsequent to a detection of a start of distribution of electrical energy to the device so as to power it electrically. These security elements are then associated. The security element of the power supply module then configures the security element of the device, the latter having, once configured, a right of access to a valid service allowing it to access the service and this right of access remaining valid as long as the device is powered by this electrical power supply module.
US11210383B2
Authentication tokens, systems, and methods are described. An illustrative method is disclosed to include receiving an electronic file including a digital image, receiving biometric information that is associated with a person, modifying the electronic file with the biometric information such that one or more pixels in the digital image are replaced with the biometric information, and storing the modified electronic file as a digital authentication token to be used in connection with authorized publications of original digital work.
US11210381B2
A control system including a detection device and a control host is provided. The detection device is configured to detect a biometric characteristic to accordingly identify a user ID, and output an ID signal according to the user ID. The control host is configured to receive the ID signal to accordingly perform an individualized control associated with the user ID.
US11210380B2
Systems and methods are provided for authorizing a user to access an access-controlled environment. The system includes a system server platform that communicates with fixed PC's, servers and mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) operated by users. The systems and methods described herein enable a series of operations whereby a user attempting to access an access-controlled environment is prompted to biometrically authenticate using the user's preregistered mobile device. Biometric authentication can include capturing images of the user's biometric features, encoding the features as a biometric identifier, comparing the biometric identifier to a previously generated biometric identifier and determining liveness. In addition, the authentication system can further authorize the user and electronically grant access to the access-controlled environment. In this manner the secure authentication system can, based on biometric authentication, authorize a user's access to devices, online services, physical locations or any networked environment that require user authorization.
US11210378B2
This disclosure relates generally to authenticating humans based on behavioral pattern. The method and system proposed provides a continuous/seamless monitoring platform for authenticating humans by continuously monitoring routine activities of subjects (Activities of Daily Living (ADL)) in a smart environment using plurality of passive, unobtrusive, binary, unobtrusive non-intrusive sensors embedded in living infrastructure. The proposed method and system for authenticating humans based on behavioral pattern is provided. The daily routine activities of humans/subjects, housed in a smart environment is continuous monitored by plurality of non-intrusive sensors embedded in living infrastructure. Further the collected sensor data is processed in several stages, which includes pre-processing of sensor data, behavioral pattern prediction, error detection based on predicted behavioral pattern and so on for authenticating humans based on behavioral pattern.
US11210376B2
Provided is a disclosure for user authentication using biometric features such as detection of micro-expressions of a user.
US11210373B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an authenticating service of a chip having an intrinsic identifier (ID). In a typical embodiment, an authenticating device is provided that includes an identification (ID) engine, a self-test engine, and an intrinsic component. The intrinsic component is associated with a chip and includes an intrinsic feature. The self-test engine retrieves the intrinsic feature and communicates it to the identification engine. The identification engine receives the intrinsic feature, generates a first authentication value using the intrinsic feature, and stores the authentication value in memory. The self-test engine generates a second authentication value using an authentication challenge. The identification engine includes a compare circuitry that compares the first authentication value and the second authentication value and generates an authentication output value based on the results of the compare of the two values.
US11210367B2
A secret value estimation device is provided for determining an estimate of at least one secret value used by at least one cryptographic mechanism implemented in a cryptographic system from a statistical distribution of a set of multivariate leakage traces determined by a leakage traces statistical distribution unit. Each leakage trace being a vector comprises a plurality of random values, the number of said random values being an integer number superior or equal to 1, the statistical distribution being a function of parametric linear combinations of a set of leakage model basis vectors representing a multivariate leakage model, the number of basis vectors being an integer number superior or equal to 1, and the linear combinations being defined by a matrix of real values.
US11210363B1
An online system provides content items including URLs of third party websites to client devices. The client devices prefetch data from the third party website via the URL. The online system controls the prefetch rate for the client devices based on information received from the client devices. The online system may reduce the prefetch rate if an aggregate number of prefetches from the third party website during a time interval exceeds a prefetch quota. The online system may reduce the prefetch rate if the client devices indicate poor performance of the third party. The online system may determine whether to prefetch data from a URL included in a content item based on a likelihood of the user ignoring the content item if here is a delay in loading of the content item in the client device.
US11210360B2
Systems and techniques for edge-cache optimization of personalized webpages are described herein. A request may be received for a web page from a content delivery network. Requests may be received for user fragments, page layout fragments, personalization decisions fragments, and page content fragments. Directives may be generated in response to the requests including user fragment directives, page layout fragment directives, user data storage directives, a set of fixed section directives, and a set of personalized section directives. The generated directives may be used to construct content fragment caching directives for the page fragments. The content fragment caching directives are transmitted to the content delivery network to provide cashing instructions for the page fragments.
US11210356B1
An information system using active context technology allows a user to view and interact with a large amount of data disposed within multiple objects with relative ease, minimal time, and minimal interaction. An active context object allows an active context window to display labels, identifiers, and links for objects that are actively (e.g. presently) contextually associated with each other. Contextual association of objects can be determined by a user, inferred by the nature of each object, or automatically determined by an information system. In another embodiment, an active context window is persistently displayed to a user to allow the user to easily obtain information about contextually associated objects and easily allow the user to navigate among contextually associated objects. In one embodiment, the active context object can be transmitted to other users to allow each user to access contextually related objects and, thus, contextually related information.
US11210355B2
Affinity scores are computed for a plurality of user accounts, each affinity score quantifies an affinity of a user account to a content creator of one or more digital objects hosted in a content hosting platform. Each affinity score is computed by collecting interaction data for the user account corresponding to the content creator, normalizing the collected interaction data using a total activity data of the user account on the content hosting platform and attribute data associated with the content creator, and generating the affinity score using the normalized interaction data.
US11210346B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating a predictive system that obtains and processes data describing terms for different medical concepts to generate commands from a user query. An entity module of the system determines whether a term describes a medical entity associated with a healthcare condition affecting an individual. When the term describes the medical entity an encoding module links the medical entity with a specified category based on an encoding scheme. The system receives the user query. A parsing engine of the system uses the received query to generate a machine-readable command by parsing the query against terms that describe the medical entity and based on the encoding scheme for linking the medical entity to the specified category. The system uses the command to query different databases to obtain data for generating a response to the received query.
US11210345B2
Techniques are described related to for generating/distributing state machines that are implemented within a security zone to obtain private information from one or more resources within the security zone. In various implementations, an automated assistant client implemented by processor(s) within the security zone may receive a free form natural language query (“FFNLQ”) that is answerable using private information available from resource(s) within the security zone. Data indicative of the FFNLQ may be provided to a semantic processor outside of the security zone, and the online semantic processor may return a state machine that is implemented by processor(s) within the security zone to obtain the private information from resource(s) within the security zone. Based on the state machine and the obtained private information, natural language output may be generated and presented to convey information responsive to the FFNLQ.
US11210342B2
System and method for providing improved interfaces for data operations based on a connections graph
A system and method for providing an improved user interface for executing data operations. The method includes: identifying a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is selected from a first connections graph and the second node is selected from a second connections graph, wherein each node is associated with a user account having a plurality of attributes, wherein the first and second nodes share at least one common attribute; generating an influence indicator for each of the first node and the second node; identifying a data operation executed by the first node on a dataset when the influence indicator of the first node is higher than the influence indicator of the second node, wherein the identified data operation is not executed by the second node; and sending, to a device of the second node, a notification indicating the identified data operation.
US11210332B2
Systems and methods for mapped views of digital content are provided. A map structure for a collection of digital content streams from a content provider may be stored in memory. Such map structure may include a predetermined plurality of slots arranged in one or more tiers. A browsing request may be received from a spectator device over a communication network, and such browsing request may be identified as pertaining to the collection of digital content streams. A mapped view of the requested collection may be generated that illustrates the predetermined plurality of slots arranged in the tiers in accordance with the stored map structure. Further, information regarding browsing activity by the spectator device within the generated mapped view may be received and evaluated to identify when the spectator device selects one of the illustrated slots. As such, one of the digital content streams in the collection may be identified as being associated with the selected slot, and the identified digital content stream may be launched.
US11210314B2
A device for generating a pivot drug database implemented in a computer system, the device includes an extraction unit configured for extracting the data from a set of elementary drug data sources, the elementary drug data sources storing drug-related data, each elementary data source being associated with a representation of the data; a structuring unit configured for structuring the extracted data by applying a pivot ontology to the extracted data, the pivot ontology defining classes derived from one or more ontologies of the drug and relationships between the classes, which provides structured data associated with a graph representing the relationships between the classes corresponding to the structured data; the device being configured for generating the pivot drug database according to the graph and the structured data, the pivot database storing the structured data. Applications: drug interaction analysis tools, tool for assisting medical prescription.
US11210311B2
An apparatus includes a display, a memory, and a hardware processor. The processor accesses a database that includes initial assumptions, current assumptions, values of a life insurance policy over time, transactions, and payments. The processor displays on a first region of the display a baseline curve, a historical performance curve, and an in-force curve. The processor further displays on various other regions of the display a series of points representing the transactions, a current policy value, a first link to download a first file, a second link to display the current assumptions, a third link to download a second file, a fourth link to display the initial assumptions, a fifth link to open an in-force illustrator used to generate an illustration, a sixth link to create or update a new baseline, a seventh link to display the payments, and an eighth link to display the transactions.
US11210307B2
Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and wired and wireless network communications to provide an interface between repositories of disparate datasets and computing machine-based entities that seek access to the datasets, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that facilitates consolidation of one or more datasets, whereby a collaborative data layer and associated logic facilitate, for example, efficient access to, and implementation of, collaborative datasets. In some examples, a system may include data ingestion controller configured to format datasets to form a first and a second atomized dataset, the second atomized dataset including the first atomized dataset and one or more other atomized datasets. The system may include a dataset query engine configured to identify a portion of a dataset relevant to a query, and to retrieve query results from at least one of different data repositories.
US11210296B2
Systems and methods for structuring unstructured data according to a data object structure that enables fast query look-ups across a variety of space and time dimensions. Furthermore, many embodiments optimize the storage of the data objects using a set of compression techniques that configure the data types used for the data objects based on properties of the stored data. Furthermore, many embodiments provide are able to service query look-up requests without having to deserialize data within the byte stream format as stored in memory by encoding information that provide memory locations for requested data, thereby allowing for the immediate retrieval of the data as it is stored in the persistent memory.
US11210293B2
In one embodiment, a first entry in a first database is modified to include data from a highest-ranked one of one or more available data tables that correspond to the first entry. Each of one or more characters fields of the modified first entry are converted into a respective one or more first-entry tokens, and each of one or more character fields of each of a plurality of second entries in a second database is converted into a respective one or more second-entry tokens. The first-entry tokens are compared to the second-entry tokens, and, in response to the comparison, it is determined whether the first entry matches one of the second entries. In response to determining that the first entry matches one of the second entries, the first entry and the matching second entry are associated with one another in one or both the first and second databases.
US11210284B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a system, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium for sharing account resources. The method for sharing account resources comprises: acquiring an account of an original user satisfying a preset recycling condition; saving user information of the original user to a resource library, and adding the account of the original user to an allocatable account library; receiving a request for allocating an account from a requesting user, and allocating an account for the requesting user from the allocatable account library.
US11210281B2
Disclosed is a computer program stored in a computer-readable storage medium including encoded commands according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. When the computer program is executed by one or more processors, the computer program allows the one or more processors to perform a method for managing undo information in a database management system (DBMS). The method may include: forming undo information corresponding to an update request by a first transaction in response to the update request by the first transaction in the database management system (DBMS); determining an undo memory chunk to be allocated to the undo information from an undo memory pool on a memory, the undo memory chunk having a variable size; and maintaining the undo information on a space of the memory by using the determined undo memory chunk.
US11210271B1
In one aspect, there is provided a system. The system may store instructions that result in operations when executed by the at least one data processor. The operations may include receiving raw transactional data, collating, and reading the raw transactional data from the plurality of data sources. The operations may further include randomly sampling the raw transactional data. The operations may further include transforming the raw transactional data into at least one resilient distributed dataset. The operations may further include mapping the at least one resilient distributed dataset with a corresponding unique key. The operations may further include aggregating the at least one resilient distributed dataset on a key field. The operations may further include iterating over a lookup table. The operations may further include aggregating the data lines corresponding to the unique key associated with the at least one resilient distributed dataset. The operations may further include appending in-memory data lines serially to form a consumer level data string.
US11210268B2
A database system includes a processing sub-system having an electronic hardware controller that receives first formatted data, and an electronic file formatting sub-system having an electronic hardware controller that assigns coordinate values corresponding to a second data format to the first formatted data. The file formatting sub-system generates a dual-format data file that fuses together the first formatted data with the coordinate values corresponding to a second data format. The database system further includes a storage sub-system having a data storage unit configured to store the dual-format data file.
US11210263B1
Embodiments are described for a multi-node file system, such as a clustered or distributed file system, with a file system buffer cache and an additional host-side tier non-volatile storage cache such as 3DXP storage. Cache coherency can be maintained by one of three models: (i) host-side tier management, (ii) file system management, or (iii) storage array management. performing a storage tier-specific file system action in a file system that comprises a namespace that spans multiple tiers of storage.
US11210259B1
A module for asynchronous differential serial communication on a bus is disclosed. The module is connectable to the bus in a first connecting mode, wherein a non-inverting terminal of the module is connected to a non-inverted bus signal line and an inverting terminal is connected to an inverted bus signal line, and a second connecting mode given by an inverse of the first connecting mode. The module includes a detector determining the connecting mode based on the binary state of a start bit of a reception signal provided by a transceiver of the module based on a received communication signal and a binary state of a first bit of a reference signal corresponding to a voltage difference between the voltages of the signals received via the non-inverted and the inverted terminal during reception of this communication signal.
US11210257B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be executable by a processor to receive a designation of a message bus producer, a set of business logic to be stored in a set of containers, a designation of a message bus consumer, and a designation of a set of message-handling functions. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may generate a serverless application stack, based upon the message bus producer, the set of business logic, the message bus consumer, and the set of message-handling functions. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may cause the serverless application stack to receive a message stream from the message bus producer as streaming data, process the message stream according to at least one function, stored in the set of containers, perform at least one message-handling function of the set of message-handling functions on the message stream, and transport the set of messages to the message bus consumer.
US11210250B2
A semiconductor apparatus may include a command receiving circuit, a multiplexing circuit, and a DQ circuit. The command receiving circuit may be configured to latch signal bits of a command according to a clock signal, and output the latched signal bits as latched signals. The multiplexing circuit may be configured to receive the latched signals from the command receiving circuit, and selectively output the latched signals according to a flag signal which is internally generated within the semiconductor apparatus. The DQ circuit may be configured to receive the selectively outputted latched signals from the multiplexing circuit and receive the flag signal, and configured to output the selectively outputted latched signals and the flag signal as a feedback command to the outside of the semiconductor apparatus through a plurality of DQ pins.
US11210246B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for routing interrupts on a coherency probe network are disclosed. A computing system includes a plurality of processing nodes, a coherency probe network, and one or more control units. The coherency probe network carries coherency probe messages between coherent agents. Interrupts that are detected by a control unit are converted into messages that are compatible with coherency probe messages and then routed to a target destination via the coherency probe network. Interrupts are generated with a first encoding while coherency probe messages have a second encoding. Cache subsystems determine whether a message received via the coherency probe network is an interrupt message or a coherency probe message based on an encoding embedded in the received message. Interrupt messages are routed to interrupt controller(s) while coherency probe messages are processed in accordance with a coherence probe action field embedded in the message.
US11210244B2
A memory controller interfaces with one or more memory devices having configurable width data buses and configurable connectivity between data pins of the memory devices and data pins of the memory controller. Upon initialization of the memory devices, the memory controller automatically discovers the connectivity configuration of the one or more memory devices, including both individually selected and jointly selected devices. After discovering connectivity of the connected devices, the memory controller configures the memory devices according to the discovered connectivity and assigns unique addresses to jointly selected devices.
US11210238B2
An apparatus including non-volatile memory to store a forensic key and data, the data received from a host computing system. A processing device is coupled to the non-volatile memory and is to: allow writing the data, by the host computing system, to a region of the non-volatile memory; in response to a lock signal received from the host computing system, assert a lock on the region of the non-volatile memory, the lock to cause a restriction on access to the region of the non-volatile memory by an external device; and provide unrestricted access, by the external device, to the region of the non-volatile memory in response to verification of the forensic key received from the external device.
US11210233B2
A method and system of managing addresses translations where in response to a request to invalidate an address translation, the scope of the address translation invalidation operation is determined; an address translation invalidation probe is installed or activated in a memory management unit (MMU) pipeline; whether an address translation undergoing a table walk operation is within a scope of the address translation invalidation probe is determined; and in response to the address translation undergoing a table walk operation being within the scope of the address translation invalidation probe, preventing or blocking the table walk operation from writing data to a translation buffer in the MMU. The probe also performs an address translation comparison to determine whether an address translation request coming down the MMU pipeline is within the scope of the probe, and if within the scope of the probe, prevents, blocks and/or rejects the address translation.
US11210228B2
Techniques perform cache management. Such techniques involve: obtaining a first cache page of the cache to be flushed, the first cache page being associated with a target storage block in a storage device; determining from the cache a set of target cache pages to be flushed, each of the set of target cache pages being associated with the target storage block; and writing data in the first cache page and data in each of the set of target cache pages into the target storage block simultaneously.
US11210226B2
A data storage device is provided. The data storage device includes a flash memory, a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and a memory controller. The flash memory is configured to store a logical-to-physical mapping (L2P) table that is divided into a plurality of group-mapping (G2P) tables. The memory controller includes a first processing core and a second processing core. The first processing core receives a host access command from a host. When a specific G2P table corresponding to a specific logical address in the host access command is not stored in the DRAM, the first processing core determines whether the second processing core has loaded the specific G2P table from the flash memory to the DRAM according to the values in a first column in a first bit map and in a second column of a second bit map.
US11210223B2
A storage device for outputting a program completion response before a program operation is completed includes a buffer memory for storing data from a host, a memory device for storing data from the buffer memory, and a memory controller for controlling the buffer memory and the memory device. The buffer memory stores the data according to mapping information. The memory controller includes a response controller for outputting a remapping request for changing mapping in the buffer memory, when the data and a storage request corresponding thereto are received, and outputting a storage completion response, when a remapping operation is completed, and a mapping controller for outputting, based on the remapping request, the mapping information on usable storage areas except an unusable area, by performing a remapping operation of changing an area in which the data is stored among the usable storage areas of the buffer memory to the unusable area.
US11210219B1
Servicing I/O operations directed to a dataset that is synchronized across a plurality of storage systems, including: receiving, by a follower storage system, a request to modify the dataset; sending, from the follower storage system to a leader storage system, a logical description of the modification to the dataset; receiving, from the leader storage system, information describing the modification to the dataset; processing, by the follower storage system, the request to modify the dataset; receiving, from the leader storage system, an indication that the leader storage system has processed the request to modify the dataset; and acknowledging, by the follower storage system, completion of the request to modify the dataset.
US11210216B2
Techniques to facilitate a hardware based table look of a table maintained in or more types of memories or memory domains include examples of receiving a search request forwarded from a queue management device. Examples also include implementing table lookups to obtain a result and sending the result to an output queue of the queue management device for the queue management device to forward the result to a requestor of the search request.
US11210214B2
A storage system including a storage controller for compressing a data from a host and a plurality of nonvolatile memory drives for writing the compressed data. The storage controller provides the host with a first logical address space as a logical storage area and includes a plurality of first physical address spaces corresponding to the first logical address space and manages storage areas of the plurality of nonvolatile memory drives. Each of the plurality of nonvolatile memory drives includes a second physical address space that manages a physical storage area of the nonvolatile memory and a second logical address space that corresponds to the second physical address space and to each of the plurality of first physical address spaces. The second logical address spaces and the first logical address space are managed with a common size and a common management size, and leading addresses are aligned with the management size.
US11210209B2
Method for managing flash memory module and associated flash memory controller and electronic device
The present invention provides a method for managing a flash memory module, wherein the flash memory module includes a plurality of flash memory chips, each flash memory chip includes a plurality of blocks, and each block includes a plurality of pages, and the method includes the steps of: using a time management circuit to generate current time information; when data is written into any one of the blocks, recording the time information generated by the time management circuit; and determining at least one specific block according to quantity of invalid pages within each block and the time information of each block.
US11210206B1
A service testing system is disclosed to enable consistent replay of stateful requests on a service whose output depends on the service's execution state prior to the requests. In embodiments, the service implements a compute engine that executes service requests and a storage subsystem that maintains execution states during the execution of stateful requests. When a stateful request is received during testing, the storage subsystem creates an in-memory test copy of the execution state to support execution of the request, and provides the test copy to the compute engine. In embodiments, the storage subsystem will create a separate instance of execution state for each individual test run. The disclosed techniques enable mock execution states to be easily created for testing of stateful requests, in a manner that is transparent to the compute engine and does not impact production execution data maintained by the service.
US11210204B2
Disclosed are systems, computer-readable media and methods for monitoring performance data across microservices. One example method includes establishing a service policy configured on a centralized switch controller, applying the service profile to a virtual interface associated with a microservice, mapping a microservice name for the microservice to an IP address and a port number, tracking a protocol flow for the microservice, wherein the protocol flow is associated with a virtual switch, to yield data, aggregating the data to yield aggregated data and presenting the aggregated data on a user interface.
US11210200B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to validating autonomous control software for operating a vehicle autonomously. For instance, the autonomous control software is run through a driving scenario to observe an outcome for the autonomous control software. A validation model is run through the driving scenario a plurality of times to observe an outcome for the model for each of the plurality of times. Whether the software passed the driving scenario is determined based on whether the outcome for the software indicates that a virtual vehicle under control of the software collided with another object during the single time. Whether the validation model passed the driving scenario is determined based on whether the outcome for the model indicates that a virtual vehicle under control of the model collided with another object in any one of the plurality of times. The software is validated based on the determinations.
US11210172B2
An information handling system includes a processor complex and a baseboard management controller (BMC). The processor complex provides boot status information in response to a system boot process of the processor complex. The BMC receives first boot status information from the processor complex in response to a first system boot process, compares the first boot status information to baseline status information to determine first boot status difference information, compares the first boot status difference information to baseline boot status difference information to determine that the information handling system experienced an anomaly during the first system boot process, and sends an alert that indicates that the first system boot process experienced the anomaly.
US11210171B2
Methods that can boot a target computing device and/or target computing system from a checkpoint image for the target computing device and/or target computing system generated at a source computing system are disclosed herein. One method includes generating, by a processor on a source computing system, a checkpoint image for a target computing device and distributing the checkpoint image from the source computing system to the target computing device. Here, the checkpoint image is stored in the host computing system and is configured to enable the target computing device to restore itself from the checkpoint image and the source computing system and the target computing device are separate computing entities. Apparatus, systems, and computer program products that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also disclosed herein.
US11210166B1
A method for error correction of logical pages of an erase block of a solid state drive (SSD) memory, the method may include determining an erase block score of the erase block, wherein the calculating is based on a program erase (PE) cycle of the erase block and one or more erase block error correction parameter; determining, based on (a) the erase block score, and (b) a mapping between the erase block score and one or more page error correction parameters for each page type out of multiple pages types, the one or more page error correction parameter for each page type; and allocating, within each page of the erase block, an overprovisioning space and an error correction space, based on at least one page error correction parameter related to a page type of the page.
US11210162B2
A method, apparatus, and system for decompressing data with a hardware compression/decompression accelerator is disclosed. The operations comprise: submitting compressed data from a plurality of stored compression units in a compression region to a hardware compression/decompression accelerator in a single submission for decompression, wherein each compression unit stores a checksum calculated based on corresponding uncompressed data; decompressing, at the hardware compression/decompression accelerator, the compressed data from the plurality of stored compression units, the decompressing generating combined decompressed data corresponding to the compressed data; calculating, at the hardware compression/decompression accelerator, a first combined checksum based on the combined decompressed data; calculating a second combined checksum based on individual checksums stored in the plurality of compression units; determining whether the first combined checksum matches the second combined checksum; and if the combined checksums match, forwarding the combined decompressed data to a storage device for storage as uncompressed data.
US11210161B2
In some embodiments, a processing system includes at least one hardware block configured to change operation as a function of configuration data, a non-volatile memory including the configuration data for the at least one hardware block, and a configuration module configured to read the configuration data from the non-volatile memory and provide the configuration data read from the non-volatile memory to the at least one hardware block. The configuration module is configured to: receive mode configuration data; read the configuration data from the non-volatile memory; test whether the configuration data contain errors by verifying whether the configuration data are corrupted and/or invalid; and activate a normal operation mode or an error operation mode based on whether the configuration data contain or do not contain errors.
US11210159B2
A failure detection and correction module (FDCM) uses statistical measurement to detect failures in a distributed computing system caused by hardware, software, workflow, deployment, environmental factors, etc. in a component of the computing system, the computing system, or multiple computing systems and produces corrective actions. The FDCM identifies issues from various components, correlates the estimated failures in each level of components and rolls up failures and estimated failures from each level of components to system level estimations of failures, reevaluates the system reliability factors, readjusts the system reliability and system functions from the adjusted reliability factors, and produces intelligent corrective actions to improve both system reliability and the system efficiency. Corrective action includes changing slice storing parameters and rebuild priorities on a dispersed storage system.
US11210157B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process including creating a frequent message group based on an appearance frequency of each message included in a message group that is generated in the past, in response to a generation of an error message; extracting, as an error periphery log, a message group within a predetermined time period before and after the error message from an accumulated message group; determining whether or not the error message is included in the frequent message group based on a degree of relation between the error periphery log and the frequent message group; and outputting a message that is not included in the frequent message group in the error periphery log as a related message associated with the error message based on a result of the determining.
US11210156B1
An approach for distributed tracing is provided. The approach for distributed tracing comprises receiving a user request for a transaction by one or more processing units, and extracting feature data from the received user request by one or more processing units. Further, if the extracted feature data matches at least one policy generated based on at least one error response received from at least one service is determined by one or more processing units and the at least one service is instructed to collect tracing data for the transaction in a head-based fashion responsive to the extracted feature data matching at least one policy by one or more processing units.
US11210148B2
A data processing system arranged for receiving over a network, according to a data transfer protocol, data directed to any of a plurality of destination identities, the data processing system comprising: data storage for storing data received over the network; and a first processing arrangement for performing processing in accordance with the data transfer protocol on received data in the data storage, for making the received data available to respective destination identities; and a response former arranged for: receiving a message requesting a response indicating the availability of received data to each of a group of destination identities; and forming such a response; wherein the system is arranged to, in dependence on receiving the said message.
US11210141B2
A method, computer program product, and computing system for executing a first sub-thread of an operating system thread on a central processing unit (CPU) of the computing device. The CPU may be released for a defined period of time. One of an application and a second sub-thread of the operating system thread may be executed based upon, at least in part, an execution priority of the operating system thread and an execution priority of the application.
US11210137B2
Method and apparatuses for communicating instruction data items from a control apparatus to a device to be controlled are disclosed. The control apparatus receives a request for at least one instruction data item from a device and responds the request by sending a response message. The responding comprises selectively including at least one instruction data item in the response message based at least partly on determination whether the requested at least one data item has been sent before.
US11210134B2
A computer-implemented method for translating file system operations to object store operations may include necessary steps to receive a plurality of file system operations for operating files in a file system; determine corresponding objects and object store operations in an object store for the files and the file system operations; determine an order of the object store operations based on time of the file system operations received in the file system; determine dependency of the object store operations, and assign the object store operations to a first queue based on the order and dependency; determine priority of the object store operations, and transfer an entry containing an object store operation with the priority from the first queue to a second queue; and execute the object store operations in parallel and asynchronously based on organization of the object store operations in the first and second queues.
US11210120B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein manage volumes and virtual machines using a location database gathered from a hypervisor management system. In one example, a method of operating a volume attachment service to manage volumes and virtual machines includes transferring a location request to a hypervisor management service to identify locations of one or more virtual machines. The method further provides, receiving the locations of the one or more virtual machines and storing the locations in a location database. The method also includes identifying a volume action request for a first virtual machine, and directing the volume action request to a hypervisor of the first virtual machine based on the locations in the location database.
US11210113B2
Methods and systems for persisting a protocol state from a first instance of a virtual desktop application to a second instance of the virtual desktop application are described herein. In some embodiments, a computing platform may establish, by a first virtual desktop instance, a secure session with a virtual delivery agent (VDA), resulting in a protocol state of the first virtual desktop instance. Further, the computing platform may persist, using the first virtual desktop instance, the protocol state. Next, the computing platform may transmit, from the first virtual desktop instance to a second virtual desktop instance, the protocol state. Additionally, the computing platform may authenticate, using authentication tokens comprising the protocol state, a connection between the second virtual desktop instance and a gateway device. Subsequently, the computing platform may re-establish, after the authenticating, the secure session, wherein the secure session comprises a connection between the VDA and the second virtual desktop instance.
US11210112B1
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may receive first user input that indicates a first graphical user interface (GUI) profile, which includes first multiple GUI zones that are adjacent and non-overlapping; receive second user input that associates first multiple graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with the first multiple GUI zones; receive third user input that indicates a second GUI profile, which includes second multiple GUI zones that are adjacent and non-overlapping; receive fourth user input that associates second multiple GUIs with the second multiple GUI zones; display the first multiple GUIs within the first multiple GUI zones of the first GUI profile; determine that an event has occurred; determine that the event is associated with the second GUI profile; and display, via the display, the second multiple GUIs via the second multiple GUI zones of the second GUI profile.
US11210110B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide for systems and methods of identifying package files in an application. The systems and methods include a static scan, a library-dependent archive scan, and a dynamic scan, where, at the conclusion of the scans, a list including each of the unused and/or potentially conflicting libraries in an application may be provided to a user.
US11210105B1
A system to support data gathering for a machine learning (ML) operation comprises a memory unit configured to maintain data for the ML operation in a plurality of memory blocks each accessible via a memory address. The system further comprises an inference engine comprising a plurality of processing tiles each comprising one or more of an on-chip memory (OCM) configured to load and maintain data for local access by components in the processing tile. The system also comprises a core configured to program components of the processing tiles of the inference engine according to an instruction set architecture (ISA) and a data streaming engine configured to stream data between the memory unit and the OCMs of the processing tiles of the inference engine wherein data streaming engine is configured to perform a data gathering operation via a single data gathering instruction of the ISA at the same time.
US11210099B2
A processor includes at least one memory controller, and a decode unit to decode a persistent commit demarcate instruction. The persistent commit demarcate instruction is to indicate a destination storage location. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit and the at least one memory controller. The execution unit, in response to the persistent commit demarcate instruction, is to store a demarcation value in the destination storage location. The demarcation value may demarcate at least all first store to persistent memory operations that are to have been accepted to memory when the persistent commit demarcate instruction is performed, but which are not necessarily to have been stored persistently, from at least all second store to persistent memory operations that are not yet to have been accepted to memory when the persistent commit demarcate instruction is performed.
US11210095B2
A system includes a memory-mapped register (MMR) associated with a claim logic circuit, a claim field for the MMR, a first firewall for a first address region, and a second firewall for a second address region. The MMR is associated with an address in the first address region and an address in the second address region. The first firewall is configured to pass a first write request for an address in the first address region to the claim logic circuit associated with the MMR. The claim logic circuit associated with the MMR is configured to grant or deny the first write request based on the claim field for the MMR. Further, the second firewall is configured to receive a second write request for an address in the second address region and grant or deny the second write request based on a permission level associated with the second write request.
US11210090B2
Apparatuses, methods, programs, and complex number processing instructions are provided to support vector processing operations on input data vectors comprising a plurality of input data items at respective positions in the input data vectors. In response to the instructions at least one first set of data items is extracted from alternating positions in a first source register and at least one second set of data items is extracted from alternating positions in the second source register, wherein consecutive data items in the first and second source registers comprise alternating real and imaginary components of respective sets of complex numbers. A result set of complex number components is generated using the two sets of data items as operands, and the result set of complex number components is one of a real part and an imaginary part of a complex number result of the complex number operation applied to the two sets of complex numbers. The result set of complex number components is applied to the destination register.
US11210089B2
Methods and systems for conducting vector send operations are provided. The processor of a sender node receives a request to perform a collective send operation (e.g., MPI_Broadcast) from a user application, requesting a copy of data in one or more send buffers by sent to each of a plurality of destinations in a destination vector. The processor invokes a vector send operation from a software communications library, placing a remote enqueue atomic send command for each destination node of the destination vector in an entry of a transmit data mover (XDM) command queue in a single call. The processor executes all of the commands in the XDM command queue and writes the data in the one or more send buffers into each receive queue of each destination identified in the destination vector.
US11210081B2
Aspects of the invention are directed towards systems for upgrading the firmware of one or more controllers in a system. One or more embodiments of the invention describe receiving an upgraded firmware for the supervisory controller and one or more associated controllers by the supervisory controller via a first interface. The supervisory controller identifies whether the firmware update is for the supervisory controller or for one or more associated controllers based on an identifier. The firmware update is transmitted to the supervisory controller and/or the one or more associated controllers based on the identification via a second interface.
US11210073B1
Translating text encodings of machine learning models to executable code, the method comprising: receiving a text encoding of a machine learning model; generating, based on the text encoding of the machine learning model, compilable code encoding the machine learning model; and generating, based on the compilable code, executable code encoding the machine learning model.
US11210071B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for transforming program source code using a rematerialization operation. The devices and methods may identify at least one hot spot with high register pressure in a program source code for an application and identify a plurality of live variables within the at least one hot spot. The devices and methods may group the plurality of live variables by a basic block that has contained a define or single use of the plurality of live variables. The devices and methods may build a directed acyclic graph (DAG) for each basic block that has a grouped plurality of live variables. The devices and methods may save the DAG as a candidate instruction to move in the program source code and may generate transformed program source code for the application by moving the candidate instruction.
US11210064B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, using a processor, a decimal floating point number; and using a floating point unit within the processor to convert the decimal floating point number into a binary coded decimal number, wherein the floating point unit starts a conversion loop subsequent to a rounding loop starting, wherein the rounding loop and the conversion loop run in parallel once started.
US11210062B1
A method for modifying user-interface using voice commands. Method includes receiving first and second voice commands of first type respectively at first and second moments of time for creating first and second user-interface elements including first and second information having at least one information attribute associated therewith; receiving third voice command of second type at third moment of time for initiating modification process for modifying first or second user-interface elements; and rendering modified user-interface element on user-interface. Modification process includes extracting, from third voice command, first or second information or information attribute associated therewith; identifying corresponding first or second user-interface element based on extracted information or information attribute; extracting, from third voice command, modifying-intent or modifying-intent attribute; and modifying identified first or second user-interface element based on modifying-intent or modifying-intent attribute. Disclosed also is apparatus and system for modifying user-interface using voice commands.
US11210057B2
The Multi-User Media Player GUI is a user interfaces designed to manage media players that allow group sessions.
US11210051B2
Disclosed are a display device and an operation method thereof. The display device includes a primary display screen, a secondary display and an optical function processor. The primary display screen has a display surface and includes a transparent region; the secondary display is located at a side of the primary display screen opposite to the display surface of the primary display screen, and is configured to project image light to the transparent region of the primary display screen for displaying in the transparent region; the optical function processor is located at the side of the primary display screen opposite to the display surface of the primary display screen, and is configured to perform the corresponding operation.
US11210047B2
An accessory device application executes on an accessory device of limited resources. The accessory device application includes an accessory device stub application and an interface definition. When a user interacts with the accessory device application, display changes are generated in response, in accordance with the interface definition, and are sent to a companion extension at an associated companion device. The companion extension receives the changes, and generates updated display values for the accessory device display. The updated display values are sent from the companion device daemon to the daemon of the accessory device, which displays the updated display values at the accessory device display. The functionality and operation of the accessory device application permit an accessory device of limited resources to leverage data processing and computational power of the companion device, to provide a more involving user experience at the accessory device.
US11210043B1
Disclosed herein is an industrial printing operation and associated printing instructions that make use a non-die cutter operation to subdivide a media sheet, followed by a series of die-cutter operations each subdivision to take advantage of industrial printer efficiency. This printing operation is enabled by planning and impositioning phases that generate print instructions allows a change in media size from printer apparatus to dies. Specifically, during the planning phase of the print order, a printer apparatus and a die or set of dies are selected where the media size used by the printer apparatus is larger than the die(s) is/are designed for.
US11210040B2
A setup support system having a plurality of image forming apparatuses, an information processing apparatus that generates an instruction sheet, and a license management server that manages a license of software; the image forming apparatus comprising: at least one processor and memory storing a program that makes the processor function as: an analysis unit configured to analyze an instruction sheet and identify the instruction sheet type; an acquiring unit configured to acquire software information of software installed in the image forming apparatus from the license management server if the analysis unit identifies that the instruction sheet type is a second type; a determination unit configured to determine a setup process and the order of execution of the setup process based on the software information and the instruction sheet; and an execution unit configured to execute the setup process in accordance with the determination of the determination unit.
US11210037B2
A method for formatting an image sized for use with jewelry includes selecting a jewelry design from among a plurality of designs, selecting an image for reproduction, editing the selected image to fit in a virtual display frame representative of and corresponding to a physical frame of the selected locket, and generating a cutout layout of the edited image on a printable media of a predetermined size, which when printed, includes a reproduction of the selected image sized to fit the selected jewelry. Selecting an image may include selecting a digital image from a user's social media account. Also, the method may include generating user-directed queries related to at least one of lifestyle, passions, and interests, receiving responses from the user to the user-directed queries, and based on the received responses, generating suggested indicia for selection by the user.
US11210029B2
Methods, systems, and devices for generating memory array control signals are described. A timing component may be configured to generate signals for operating a memory array. The timing component may include first logic that indicates when input signals are different, second logic that indicates when at least one of the input signals has a particular state, and third logic that indicates when the input signals have the same state. The output of the second logic and third logic may be controllable by other input signals. An output of the timing component may be set by one of the input signals and reset by the other input signals using the first logic, second logic, and third logic.
US11210019B2
Methods, systems, and devices for memory with a virtual page size are described. Memory cells may be accessed in portions or page sizes that are tailored to a particular use or application. A variable page size may be defined that represents a subset or superset of memory cells in a nominal page size for the array. For example, memory cells associated with a page size of a memory array may be accessed with commands to a memory array. Each command may contain a particular addressing scheme based on the page size of the memory array and may activate one or more sets of memory cells within the array. The addressing scheme may be modified based on the page size of the memory array. Upon activating a desired set of memory cells, one or more individual activated cells may be accessed.
US11210012B2
A data storage device includes: a first level memory including a first zone and a second zone, a size ratio of the first zone to the second zone being dynamically adjusted; a second level memory including a third zone and a fourth zone, a size ratio of the third zone to the fourth zone being dynamically adjusted according to the size ratio of the first zone to the second zone; and a controller configured to control data movement among the first to fourth zones, compare a counting value obtained based on the data movement with a reference value, and dynamically adjust the size ratio of the first zone to the second zone and the size ratio of the third zone to the fourth zone according to a result of comparing.
US11210009B1
Staging data in a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, at the cloud-based storage system integrating a first tier of cloud storage and a second tier of cloud storage, a data storage operation from a computer device; storing data corresponding to the data storage operation within the first tier of cloud storage in accordance with a first storage format; and responsive to detecting a condition for transferring data between the first tier of cloud storage and the second tier of cloud storage, transferring the data in the first storage format from the first tier of cloud storage to a second data format within the second tier of cloud storage.
US11209994B2
A memory device includes a data path having a data bus. The memory device further includes a first one-hot communications interface communicatively coupled to the data bus, and a second one-hot communications interface communicatively coupled to the data bus. The memory device additionally includes at least one memory bank, and an input/output (I/O) interface communicatively coupled to the at least one memory bank via the first one-hot communications interface and the second one-hot communications interface, wherein the first one-hot communications interface is configured to convert a first data pattern received by the I/O interface into one-hot signals transmitted via the data bus to the second one-hot communications interface, and wherein the second one-hot communications interface is configured to convert the one-hot signals into the first data pattern to be stored in the at least one memory bank.
US11209990B2
An apparatus including a control unit, a memory having computer program code, and N groups of storage units electrically connected to the control unit is disclosed. Each of the N groups of storage units has N storage units, each of the N storage units has N storage regions, wherein N is a positive integer. The memory and the computer program code configured to, with the control unit, cause the apparatus to perform: storing a first data segment into an ith storage region of a first storage unit of a kth group of storage units; storing a fourth data segment into an ith storage region of a first storage it of a (k+1)th group of storage units; storing a fifth data segment into an ith storage region of a second storage unit of the (k+1)th group of storage units; and storing a sixth data segment into an ith storage region of a third storage unit of the (k+1)th group of storage units. Wherein the first data segment is associated with the fourth data segment, the first data segment is independent of the fifth data segment, and the first data segment is independent of the sixth data segment.
US11209982B2
Operating a data storage system comprising a plurality of disk drives and a storage controller connected to the disk drives. A first subset and a second subset of the plurality of disk drives are operated as short stroked disk drives and non-short stroked disk drives, respectively. Priority storage spaces are defined including a high priority storage space, a medium priority storage space, and a low priority storage space. Data is received including associated access rates for each portion of the data. One of the priority storage spaces is identified to store a portion of the data, based on the access rates for each portion of the data. Data accessed most frequently is stored in the high priority storage space, data accessed least frequently is stored in the low priority storage space, and the remaining data is stored in the medium priority storage space.
US11209981B2
Apparatuses and methods for configurable memory array bank architectures are described. An example apparatus includes a mode register configured to store information related to bank architecture and a memory array including a plurality of memory banks. The plurality of memory banks are configured to be arranged in a bank architecture based at least in part on the information related to bank architecture stored in the mode register.
US11209979B2
Techniques for obfuscating selection of an option during user-input of sensitive information, involving displaying several targets, such as via a virtual keyboard, on a device display, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. When a first visual indication of a current user target moves to a first target in response to a first user navigation input, an obfuscation system can concurrently or soon thereafter move a second visual indication of a first distractor target to another target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators move through the targets.
US11209976B2
A system, method, and computer program product for managing editing of content on computing devices are provided. An input field for accepting input of a first type is displayed on an interface. An interaction field for accepting input of a second type displayed in place of the input field based on detection of a first interaction with the interface is displayed on the interface, wherein the interaction field displays first content based on the first input type. A second interaction with the first content is detected based on recognition of the second type input. The first content is modified based on detected second interaction.
US11209974B2
An example of an information processing apparatus causes an object displayed on a display device to move based on a drag operation performed by a user. The information processing apparatus acquires input coordinates of the drag operation performed on the object. The information processing apparatus calculates a change amount of the input coordinates from when the drag operation has been started. The object moves based on the input coordinates during the drag operation. The information processing apparatus causes the object to move while performing a correction to make the object away from the input coordinates so that a distance between the input coordinates and coordinates of the object becomes larger in a case where the change amount is large than in a case where the change amount is small.
US11209965B2
Disclosed is a method for displaying a handler by an electronic device, the method includes displaying a handler for selecting a character on a screen of the electronic device; receiving a user's touch drag input to touch and move the handler; and highlighting and displaying an area regarding a character corresponding to a position of a touch with respect to the character and displaying the handler independent from the highlighted area with respect to the position of the touch, while the handler is touched as per the user's touch drag input.
US11209963B2
A system and method to access one or more insights to display in a context-specific display pane based on PIM application context data, filter the one or more insights to display in the context-specific display pane, and display the filtered one or more insights in the context-specific display pane.
US11209962B2
A system and method to display Personal Information Management (PIM) application content in one or more PIM application display panes of a graphical user interface (GUI). Some portion of the displayed RIM application content is selected for which to obtain one or more insights. The system obtains PIM application context data relating to selected PIM application content and generates the one or more insights to display in a context-specific display pane based on the received PIM application context data. The generated one or more insights is then displayed in the context-specific display pane.
US11209958B2
A content access device ranks content that is available to be accessed based at least on previous user content selection behavior information compared to a current situation. The content access device generates and presents a content access (or navigation) menu that indicates content selected based on the ranking. The menu may include a primary menu element that corresponds to and presents a highest ranked of the content, a secondary menu element that corresponds to and presents still images of a secondary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the primary menu element, and a tertiary menu element that corresponds to and presents text descriptions of a tertiary ranked group of the content that are all smaller than the still images.
US11209954B2
A surgical robotic system comprising a processor configured to obtain a state signal associated with an instrument, obtain a state signal associated with an imaging device, determine an image pose position of the instrument in dependence on the obtained signals and determine an icon for display in dependence on the determined image pose position.
US11209953B2
In an object switching method based on visual programming that is applicable to a terminal device, an object switching instruction is obtained through an object management region of a target interface. The object switching instruction carries an object identifier of a first object. According to the object switching instruction, a second operable interface corresponding to a second object is switched to a first operable interface corresponding to the first object in a visual layout region of the target interface, and a programmable interface corresponding to the second object is switched to a programmable interface corresponding to the first object in a visual programming region of the target interface. The first object and the second object are comprised in the object management region, and the first object and the second object have different object identifiers.
US11209952B2
A system for providing information technology (IT) assistance packages enables a graphical user interface that can be launched from a single application icon and that can be customised on an individual user basis to provide a locally-branded system for servicing the user's IT needs. The system includes: a networked plurality of computer processors; computer memory operatively connected to the networked plurality of computer processors, wherein the memory stores computer program code that when executed by the processors is operable for: providing, via a first entity, a software application to a second entity, wherein the software application defines an end user graphical user interface; customizing, via the second entity accessing a web portal of the first entity, the graphical user interface; providing, via the second entity, the software application to a third entity device, whereby the software is resident on the third entity device; executing, via the third entity device, the software application, wherein the software application is executed by an executable icon for launching the end user graphical user interface; generating, via the end user graphical user interface, a service request; and lodging, via the third entity device, the service request with the second entity.
US11209946B2
A touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate layer, and sensing electrodes arranged on the substrate layer. The sensing electrodes includes a stacked structure of a transparent oxide electrode layer and a metal layer, and has an optical ratio of 5 or less. A structure of high transmittance and low reflectance can be implemented by a control of the optical ratio of the sensing electrodes.
US11209944B2
An electronic device may have a display and a rear housing. A coating may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer for the display or on an inner surface of the rear housing. The coating may include one or more inorganic layers such as inorganic layers in a thin-film interference filter or other layer of material. A buffer layer having a polymer with adhesion promotion additive and embedded silicon oxide particles may be interposed between the coating and a glass layer forming the rear housing or between a patterned indium tin oxide coating on a display cover layer and an adhesive layer that attaches a pixel array to the display cover layer.
US11209939B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to user interface control of a head-worn computer.
US11209936B2
Methods of mitigating noise in a FMT sensing system. Noise and touch events are identified in the system. Noise and touch events can be identified and determined to be aperiodic or periodic. After establishing the type of noise in the system. The frame rate or processing of frames can be adjusted in order to remove the noise during the processing of touch events.
US11209934B2
The present disclosure provides a voltage driving method and device for a touch display panel, and a touch display panel, which includes a common electrode extending in a first direction and a plurality of columns of touch electrodes extending parallel to each other in a second direction. The voltage driving method includes: applying a first scanning voltage to two outermost columns of touch electrodes during a first period of a first touch cycle including a plurality of periods, the first scanning voltage being equal to a reference voltage; detecting a first output voltage output by the two outermost columns of touch electrodes during the first period; and adjusting, based on the detected first output voltage, the scanning voltage applied to the two outermost columns of touch electrodes during a first period of a second touch cycle immediately after the first touch cycle, to a second scanning voltage.
US11209929B2
A portable electronic communication device including a display, a pressure sensor array including a plurality of pressure sensors, and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the pressure sensor array. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the pressure sensor array, a plurality of stress tensor measurements corresponding to a user interaction with the display, perform an interpolation of the plurality of pressure measurements, and determine, based on the interpolation, a faulty sensor of the plurality of sensors.
US11209924B2
The present disclosure relates to a bezel-less touch display module and a manufacturing method thereof. The bezel-less touch display module includes: a display panel, a touch layer configured on the display panel, at least one flexible circuit board electrically connected to two sides of the touch layer, and packaging glue configured to enclose a lateral side of the touch layer and two sides of the flexible circuit board. As such, appearance of the touch display module may be improved by replacing the bezel by the packaging glue, and the demands of the appearance of the bezel-less products may be satisfied.
US11209902B2
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for controlling input focus based on eye gaze. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to determine a location of a user's eye gaze on the display device. The code is executable by the processor to determine an application window presented on the display device that corresponds to the determined location of the user's eye gaze. The code is executable by the processor to ignore input in response to the determined application window that corresponds to the location of the user's eye gaze not having focus.
US11209898B2
Systems and methods for eye image set selection, eye image collection, and eye image combination are described. Embodiments of the systems and methods for eye image collection can include displaying a graphic along a path connecting a plurality of eye pose regions. Eye images at a plurality of locations along the path can be obtained, and an iris code can be generated based at least partly on at least some of the obtained eye images.
US11209896B2
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for operating the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes a low power condition module which determines whether a system operated by a battery satisfies enter and exit conditions of a low power mode; an address module which identifies a predetermined own address; a low power set module which sets a detailed operation mode of the low power mode in accordance with the address identified by the address module; a debounce module which executes a debounce operation before the system entering the low power mode; and a low power enter/exit module which executes entry and exit of the low power mode of the system.
US11209891B2
An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor, a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller, clock gating logic, and security gating logic. The CAN controller having a status and configured to receive data and control signals from the processor, and a clock signal, package the data to create a CAN protocol frame held in at least one transmit buffer, and shift the CAN protocol frame to a CAN transceiver that is configured to transmit the CAN protocol frame to a CAN bus. The clock gating logic may be configured to selectively disable a clock signal to the CAN controller based on a control signal from the processor. The security gating logic configured to, in response to the status of the CAN controller being active, inhibit disabling the clock signal.
US11209884B2
The present disclosure provides novel and improved information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program with which it is easy for a user to predict a future remaining battery amount. According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control to calculate a future prediction value of remaining battery amount on the basis of a use history of an information processing apparatus by a user and to present prediction value related information related to the prediction value to the user. According to the present disclosure, the user can easily predict the Future remaining battery amount. Note that the effects described above are not necessarily limitative. With or in the place of the above effects, there may be achieved any one of the effects described in this specification or other effects that may be grasped from this specification.
US11209883B2
Some embodiments include a Power Over Ethernet (POE) monitor system powered by a POE signal. Some embodiments include a snap on POE module that is coupled to a monitor of the POE monitor system via a single connector without cabling. Some embodiments include creating and implementing a POE profile that specifies how power is utilized when the POE touchscreen system is powered by a POE-DC signal (e.g., reducing one or more of: a number of active USB ports, active audio devices, or touchscreen brightness to a %.) Some embodiments include detecting a power loss, and using one or more POE super capacitors to provide power for completion of critical functions that enable a graceful shut down. One or more of the POE super capacitors may be located in the snap on POE module, or in a main unit of the monitor.
US11209882B2
A system for mechanically indicating a power consumption level is provided. The system includes a solid-state drive (SSD) device and a circuit board contained in the SSD device. The circuit board contains a power consumption capacity selector accessible from outside the SSD device wherein the power consumption capacity selector is configurable to open and close a circuit. The system further includes a mechanical structure configured to insert into the SSD device from outside the SSD device. The mechanical structure is positioned to contact the power consumption capacity selector and to open and close the circuit using the power consumption capacity selector.
US11209881B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first interface, a second interface, and a controller configured to receive first power source information related to a power source of a first external device connected to the first interface, receive second power source information related to a power source of a second external device connected to the second interface, select one of the first external device and the second external device to which a power request is to be transmitted based on the first power source information and the second power source information, and transmit a power request to the selected external device based on a result of the selection processing of one of the first external device and the second external device.
US11209879B2
An information handling system includes a processor, an embedded controller (EC) and a battery system. The EC sends a request to the processor based upon a temperature of the battery system. The request includes power limit recommendation that is received by the processor. The processor adjusts a workload based upon the received power limit recommendation from the EC. The adjustment in the workload may correspond to a decrease in discharging rates of the battery system.
US11209876B1
The present application provides a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel includes display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The non-display region includes: an insulating substrate; a first wiring layer disposed on the insulating substrate, and the first wiring layer includes a plurality of first metal wirings arranged in parallel; a first insulating layer covering the first wiring layer and the insulating substrate; a second wiring layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and the second wiring layer comprises a plurality of second metal wirings arranged in parallel; and a second insulating layer covering the second wiring layer and the first insulating layer; wherein a minimum distance defined between the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer is greater than or equal to a preset distance.
US11209870B1
Accessory units for electronic devices are described. The accessory units can include a panel that has a flexible substrate with a network of structural elements that are arranged to fold the panel into different forms and shapes similar to origami. For example, the panel can be bent along one or more fold lines that are defined by adjacent structural elements. In some cases, the panels are configured to fold at preferred fold lines, sometimes in non-parallel orientations with respect to each other. In one case, the accessory can be unfolded into a flat configuration and serve as a cover for the electronic device. In some cases, the accessory units can be brought behind and support an electronic device at different angles with respect to a support surface. The accessory units can also include features such as keyboards, touch pads, or other input devices for the electronic devices.
US11209867B2
This application relates to a supporting structure applied to a flexible display panel and a display device. The supporting structure includes: a bendable region having a plurality of first hollowed-out holes, a bendable axis corresponding to the bendable region extending in a first direction; and at least two fixed regions at opposite sides of the bendable region in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The fixed region has a rigid holding portion and a buffer portion having a plurality of second hollowed-out holes. The buffer portion is connected to the bendable region, and rigidity of the buffer portion is greater than or equal to rigidity of the bendable region. At least part of the rigid holding portion is provided at a side of the buffer portion away from the bendable region, and rigidity of the rigid holding portion is greater than rigidity of the buffer portion.
US11209866B2
A foldable electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge structure and a foldable display. The hinge structure includes a first frame, a second frame, a plurality of first hinge block sets and a plurality of second hinge blocks, wherein the first frame is connected to the first casing and the second frame is connected to the second casing. The two adjacent first hinge block sets are connected by one of the second hinge blocks. The foldable display includes a first bonding portion secured to the first casing, a second bonding portion secured to the second casing and a foldable portion located between the first bonding portion and the second casing, wherein the foldable portion is aligned with the hinge structure.
US11209864B2
A flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate including a flexible substrate body and at least one flexible substrate extension, in which the flexible substrate body is contiguous with the at least one flexible substrate extension. A plurality of touch units are provided on the flexible substrate body. A plurality of signal lines are disposed on the flexible substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of touch units. Each of the plurality of signal lines includes a first portion on the flexible substrate body and a second portion on the flexible substrate extension, so that each of the plurality of signal lines directly connects to an external driving circuit, and some of the plurality of signal lines include a material different from others of the plurality of signal lines.
US11209861B2
Methods and apparatus relating to a dual side dockable keyboard base with bidirectional wireless charging function for 2 in 1 devices are described. In an embodiment, a 2 in 1 device base provides data input functionality to a tablet portion of the 2 in 1 device and/or wireless charging functionality. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11209857B2
An integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) is disclosed, which is configured to be connected to an antenna module (3) having multiple antenna elements (17). The integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) comprises a plurality of communications circuits (50j), each of which is configured to be connected to an antenna element (17) of the antenna module (3). It also comprises a first clock input terminal (551) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a first clock-distribution network (601) connected between the first clock input terminal (551) and a first subset (651) of the communication circuits (50j). Furthermore, it comprises a second clock input terminal (552) configured to receive a reference clock signal from outside the integrated circuit (10, 10a-d) and a second clock-distribution network (601) connected between the second clock input terminal (552) and a second subset (652) of the communication circuits (50j).
US11209855B2
A load control device may control the amount of power provided to an electrical load utilizing a phase control signal that operates in a reverse phase control mode, a center phase control mode, and a forward phase control mode. A load control device may be configured to determine that the electrical load should be operated via a phase control signal operating in a forward phase-control mode. After determining to operate the electrical load via the phase control signal in the forward phase-control mode, the load control device may provide the phase control signal in a reverse phase-control mode for a predetermined period of time to the electrical load, for example, to charge a bus capacitor of the electrical load. Subsequently, the load control device may be configured to switch the phase control signal to the forward phase-control mode and provide the phase control signal in the forward phase-control mode to the electrical load.
US11209850B2
A termination voltage regulation apparatus with transient response enhancement includes a termination voltage regulator and a transient response enhancer. The termination voltage regulator provides a termination voltage at a termination voltage terminal, including first and second switching units. The transient response enhancer, coupled to the termination voltage regulator, is utilized for enhancing transient response of the termination voltage regulator, including a first enhancement circuit for sensing a first signal associated with the first switching unit and enabling a first control terminal of the first switching unit to be at a first voltage in response to the first signal in a sinking mode; and a second enhancement circuit for sensing a second signal associated with the second switching unit and enabling a second control terminal of the second switching unit to be at a second voltage in response to the second signal in a sourcing mode.
US11209849B1
A circuit includes a regulation module having a threshold input to receive a clamp threshold voltage and a feedback input to monitor a swing-limited output voltage. The regulation module generates a difference signal that indicates a difference between the clamp threshold voltage and the swing-limited output voltage. A current compensation module includes a clamp port and an input port. The clamp port to controls the swing-limited output voltage and the input port receives the difference signal. The clamp port generates an adjustment current to control the swing-limited output voltage based on the difference signal. An adjustment network receives an input voltage and the adjustment current from the clamp port. The adjustment current to generate a voltage across the adjustment network such that the swing-limited output voltage at the clamp port is adjusted within a voltage range of the input voltage.
US11209847B2
Example apparatus, systems, and methods receive, by a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of a shunt regulator, a first digital code indicative of a first programmable power supply command specifying a first programmable output voltage (Vbus) to be delivered to a voltage bus of a USB-compatible device. The programmable power supply command is compatible with a universal serial bus—power delivery (USB-PD) standard. Responsive to receipt of the first digital code, adjust, by the current DAC, a sink current delivered to a feedback node to adjust an output voltage to the first Vbus for dynamic programmability. The feedback node is coupled to a first input of an amplifier of the shunt regulator and the first Vbus is programmable.
US11209842B1
Embodiments provide a surge suppression device, a surge suppression system, and methods for operating the same. The surge suppression device includes a valve body and a plug. The plug is rotatably positioned in a hollow space of the valve body. The plug includes two surge suppression openings defining a fluid flow directed to surge suppression. Each of the two surge suppression openings includes a circular plate having a plurality of orifices. The plurality of orifices allows reduction of surge pressure when the water passes the first fluid flow path. The circular plate has a concave or convex geometry.
US11209841B2
A pressure regulator for a fuel cell system may include: a housing having an inlet port into which gas is introduced, an outlet port through which gas is discharged, and an regulated pressure chamber connected to an outside through the outlet port; a piston moving up and down in the housing, having a main flow path penetrating through an inside of the housing and a pressure acting portion applying a pressure of gas in the regulated pressure chamber of the housing, and selectively communicating between the inlet port and the regulated pressure chamber of the housing through the main flow path as the piston moves up and down; and a spring provided in the housing to elastically support the pressure acting portion of the piston on an opposite side of the regulated pressure chamber.
US11209831B2
A vehicle system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to identify an area of interest from a plurality of areas on a map, to determine that a detected sound is received in a vehicle audio sensor upon determining that a source of the sound is within the area of interest and not another area in the plurality of areas, and to operate the vehicle based at least in part on the detected sound.
US11209823B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to arranging a pick up and drop off locations between a driverless vehicle and a passenger. As an example, a method of doing so may include receiving a request for a vehicle from a client computing device, wherein the request identifies a first location. Pre-stored map information and the first location are used to identify a recommended point according to a set of heuristics. Each heuristic of the set of heuristics has a ranking such that the recommended point corresponds to a location that satisfies at least one of the heuristics having a first rank and such that no other location satisfies any other heuristic of the set of heuristics having a higher rank than the first rank. The pre-stored map information identifying a plurality of pre-determined locations for the vehicle to stop, and the recommended point is one of the plurality of pre-determined locations. The recommended point is then provided the client computing device for display on a display of the client computing device with a map.
US11209815B2
A drone includes technology for tracking controllers. A controller registration module (CRM) in the drone enables the drone to receive a first controller identifier from a first remote device. In response to receiving the first controller identifier, the CRM registers the first remote device as the current controller for the drone. Registering comprises adding the first controller identifier to a drone control registration record (DCRR) in the drone. Also, the DCRR is added to a block chain in remote storage. The CRM then receives a second controller identifier from a second remote device. In response, the CRM registers the second remote device as the current controller. Registering comprises creating an updated DCRR that identifies the second controller as the current controller. The updated DCRR is then added to the block chain. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US11209808B2
A method for generating a multi-layer predictive model includes collecting historical observable data from one or more pieces of equipment of a same type, wherein the historical observable data is collected at different hierarchical levels of the one or more pieces of equipment; collecting operational state indications of the pieces of equipment corresponding to the collected historical observable data; generating, from the collected historical observable data, a set of operational state models, wherein each operational state model corresponds to one of the different hierarchical levels; and generating, from outputs of the set of operational state models, a top-level operational model for the piece of equipment. The top-level operational model is operable to determine maintenance and replacement timing for the piece of equipment.
US11209794B2
To provide an abnormality determination apparatus, a computer readable medium, an abnormality determination system and an abnormality determination method which can simply detect an abnormality of a temperature in a machine tool without incurring cost. An abnormality determination apparatus which determines abnormality of a temperature sensor in a plurality of machine tools, in which the plurality of machine tools is equivalent machine type, is arranged in equivalent environments, are provided with a temperature sensor at equivalent positions, the abnormality determination apparatus including: a temperature data acquisition unit which acquires temperature data outputted by the temperature sensors from each of the plurality of machine tools; a comparison unit which compares the temperature data acquired by the temperature data acquisition unit; and an abnormality determination unit which determines abnormality of the temperature sensor based on a comparison result by the comparison unit.
US11209788B2
Systems are provided for a “loadable module” architecture for industrial controllers in which new control program modules which provide updated functions or features may be loaded to extend or modify the underlying operating system and/or other services without updating the firmware and without disrupting or otherwise compromising the ability of the industrial controller to maintain continuous control over the controlled process. Control program modules and libraries may be delivered to the industrial controller in object code format and an embedded linker in the industrial controller may be used to efficiently create fully linked and executable files locally. Loadable libraries may be provided to the industrial controller during runtime to extend functionality and/or provide desired fixes. As a result, a system is provided that is more efficient and that enables significant flexibility in adding new capabilities.
US11209785B2
A front adapter for connecting to a control device, has a connection device connected to a predetermined system cable for connecting at least one field component, at least one wireless communication interface for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals to or from at least one wireless one transmitting and/or receiving device which can be connected to a first field unit, and/or at least one bus-capable communication interface for transmitting and receiving signals via a signal bus to or from at least one bus-capable transmitting and/or receiving device which can be connected to a second field device, and a control and/or evaluation device which is adapted to control the transmitting of signals between the control device and the at least one wireless transmitting and/or receiving device and/or the at least one bus-capable transmitting and/or receiving device.
US11209784B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method, including determining a plurality of constraints for a system in a first format wherein at least one constraint of the plurality of constraints comprises a discrete constraint associated with a discrete variable; converting the plurality of constraints in the first format into a set of formatted constraints in a second format; determining a near feasible solution that satisfies a first subset of formatted constraints of the set of formatted constraints; determining an optimal solution by performing an optimization technique on the near feasible solution based on the first subset of formatted constraints; converting the optimal solution of the first subset of formatted constraints into an optimal solution of the plurality of constraints in the first format; and implementing the optimal solution within the system.
US11209781B2
An electronic device includes first and second processors, and first and second display units. While the first and second processors cooperate with each other and perform a display operation including a time display, the first processor can be set to a normal mode, a low power mode in which a power consumption is lower than a power consumption in the normal mode, or a pause mode in which a power consumption is lower than the power consumption in the low power mode, and the first processor is stopped. In the normal or low power modes, the first processor controls such that the first display unit displays a time, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit does not display a time. In the pause mode, the first display unit is turned off, and the second processor controls such that the second display unit displays a time.
US11209779B2
There is provided a timepiece including a high-load rotation position detection unit that detects a high-load rotation position that is a rotation position of a wheel when a rotational load of a rotor that transmits rotor's rotation to the wheel and rotates a pointer clockwise is greater than that during normal hand movement and a drive signal output unit that outputs a sub-drive signal having energy greater than that of a main drive signal that is output during the normal hand movement and less than that of an auxiliary drive signal that is output when the rotor does not rotate by the main drive signal in a case where the rotation position of the wheel is the high-load rotation position.
US11209773B2
A cartridge includes a drum unit and a development unit. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum, a frame, a transfer roller, and a cleaning member. The development unit includes a development roller, and a memory. The cleaning member is configured to come into contact with the photosensitive drum at a region between a development nip portion and a transfer nip portion in a circumferential direction of the photosensitive drum and at an end portion of the photosensitive drum in a direction of the rotational axis. The frame has an exposing hole through which the memory is exposed from the frame, and a recessed portion that is adjacent to the exposing hole in the direction of the rotational axis, and stores foreign matters removed from the photosensitive drum by the cleaning member.
US11209769B2
A recovery container includes a container body that is removably attached to an attachment target and that is capable of recovering powder; a projection provided at a distance from the container body in a direction intersecting with an attachment direction of the container body and having a slip-off preventing portion that is formed at a portion on a side opposite to an attachment direction side and that is engaged with an engaging part provided at the attachment target; an urging member that is provided between the container body and the projection and that urges the projection away from the container body; and an inclined portion formed at the projection and inclined so as to be gradually separated from the container body, in the attachment direction from the slip-off preventing portion.
US11209768B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller.
US11209766B2
A cleaning device includes a conveyance member, an agitation member, and an accommodation unit. The conveyance member extends in a width direction of an image bearing member orthogonal to a moving direction of the image bearing member, and conveys toner in the width direction by rotation. The accommodation unit includes a wall portion located inside a rotation orbit of an outermost peripheral portion of the agitation member, downstream of the collection member and upstream of the conveyance member in a rotation direction of the agitation member when viewed in a rotation axis direction of the conveyance member.
US11209763B2
A paper guide member includes plural thread-shaped protrusions extending in a passing direction of paper to guide the paper after a toner image is transferred so that the paper passes with a distance secured from a static eliminator that eliminates static electricity in proximity to the paper in a width direction of the paper. The plural thread-shaped protrusions adjoin each other across a slit in the width direction of the paper. The plural thread-shaped protrusions include first thread-shaped protrusions each having a height at which the paper is supported and guided, and second thread-shaped protrusions each having a height smaller than the height of each of the first thread-shaped protrusions and present in regions on an outer side of both ends in the width direction of each passing region where paper having each width passes.
US11209759B2
The image forming apparatus including a fixing unit having a heat generation member; a switch unit configured to connect or disconnect a power supply path from an AC power supply to the heat generation member; a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature of the heat generation member; a control unit configured to perform operations to supply power to the heat generation member by controlling the switch unit according to a detection result of the temperature detection unit; a setting unit configured to set the switch unit to a state in which the switch unit cuts off the power supply path upon detecting an overheating state of the heat generation member based on a detection result of the temperature detection unit; and a first switch configured to supply or cut off a first driving voltage that drives the setting unit.
US11209755B2
An image forming apparatus includes a storage container in which toner is stored, a replenishment port configured to allow replenishment of toner from a replenishment container outside the image forming apparatus to the storage container therethrough, a replenishment restriction portion, and a drive source configured to supply a driving force A drive transmission portion is configured to take a first operation state, in which the drive transmission portion transmits the driving force of the drive source to the replenishment restriction portion to switch the replenishment restriction portion between a restricting state and an allowing state, and a second operation state, in which the drive transmission portion transmits the driving force of the drive source to a toner conveyance portion to cause the toner conveyance portion to convey toner.
US11209746B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first urging member including a first end portion and a second end portion positioned on an opposite side of the first end portion, the first urging member configured to urge a first pressing member to a first pressing position, and a second urging member including a third end portion and a fourth end portion, the second urging member configured to urge a second pressing member to a second pressing position. The second end portion is arranged more distant from the first pressing member than the first end portion and is arranged between the first pressing member and the second pressing member in an axial direction, and the fourth end portion is arranged more distant from the second pressing member than the third end portion and is arranged between the first pressing member and the second pressing member in the axial direction.
US11209744B2
An image forming apparatus, having first, second, and third photosensitive drums, a first developing cartridge including a first developing roller, a second developing cartridge including a second developing roller, a third developing cartridge including a third developing roller, an exposure device, a conveyer, and a moving mechanism, is provided. The first developing roller, the second developing roller, and the third developing roller are arranged in the recited order from upstream to downstream in a moving direction for the sheet to be conveyed. When the second developing roller is at the separated position thereof, the second developing cartridge coincides with a light path of the laser beam for scanning the first photosensitive drum. When the third developing roller is at the separated position thereof, the third developing cartridge coincides with a light path of the laser beam for scanning the second photosensitive drum.
US11209742B1
An image carrier unit includes an image carrier, a charging device including a charging member, a cleaning member, a pair of bearing members rotatably supporting the charging member and the cleaning member, a biasing member biasing the bearing members in an approaching direction to the image carrier, and a charging housing holding the charging member and the cleaning member, and a pair of separation members. The bearing members each include a first bearing portion supporting a first rotary shaft of the charging member, a second bearing portion supporting a second rotary shaft of the cleaning member, and an engaged portion. The first bearing portion has an elongated hole shape having a greater inner diameter in an approach/separation direction. The separation members are each inserted between the charging housing and the engaged portion, thus causing the bearing members to move in such a direction as to separate from the image carrier.
US11209732B2
A near infrared absorbing composition includes: a squarylium compound represented by the following Formula (1) and having an absorption maximum of 700 nm or longer; and a resin. In Formula (1), Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent a divalent conjugated group which has a heteroaryl ring having a chalcogen atom, and R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. The film and the infrared cut filter are formed of the near infrared absorbing composition. The solid image pickup element includes the infrared cut filter.
US11209718B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses, and discloses a lens module. In the present disclosure, the lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens disposed in the lens barrel, and a light shading member disposed in the lens barrel and abutting against the first lens. The first lens includes an optical portion for imaging and a supporting portion surrounding the optical portion. The supporting portion is recessed from an object side towards an image side to form a receiving portion. The light shading member is at least partially disposed in the receiving portion in a direction of an optical axis. The lens module according to the present disclosure can facilitate achieving a miniaturized design.
US11209717B2
Apparatus and methods for generating controllable, narrow-band radiation at short wavelengths, driven by two colors injected into a structured waveguide. The use of multicolor excitation with the structured waveguide allows the use of very small guided beam diameters, without damaging the waveguide. Reduced guided wave mode area combined with low intensities required to drive wave-mixing frequency conversion allow the use of very compact, high average power, moderate peak intensity femtosecond fiber laser technology to drive useful conversion efficiency of laser light into the deep-UV and vacuum-UV at MHz repetition rates.
US11209715B2
Optical apparatus includes a Fresnel lens (40), including an array of refractive bands (37) bordered by abrupt phase steps (39) of a height selected so as to focus light in different, first and second wavelength ranges from an object plane (35) toward an image plane (36) with a modulation transfer function (MTF) in excess of a predefined threshold, while focusing light in a third wavelength range, intermediate the first and second wavelength ranges, with MTF less than the predefined threshold. A display (32) is configured to generate, at the object plane of the Fresnel lens, an image including first and second pixel colors within the first and second wavelength ranges, respectively.
US11209714B2
Devices, methods and systems for generating wideband, high-fidelity arbitrary radio frequency (RF) passband signals are described. A voltage tunable optical filter for arbitrary RF passband signal generation includes a first input configured to receive a broadband optical pulse train, a second input configured to receive a first control voltage representative of an amplitude signal, an electrooptic modulator to receive the broadband optical pulse train and the first control voltage, to modulate the broadband optical pulse train in accordance with the amplitude signal, and to produce two complementary optical outputs that form two arms of an interferometer, an optical delay component to impart an optical path difference into one of the complementary outputs of the electrooptic modulator, and a combiner or a splitter to receive two complementary optical outputs of the electrooptic modulator after impartation of the optical path difference and to produce an output interference pattern of fringes.
US11209701B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, an active switch array, at least one gate driving circuit, at least one group of secondary spacing columns and a sealing section; the first substrate includes an active area and a peripheral area; the second substrate is opposite to the first substrate; the active switch array is located in the active area; the gate driving circuit is located in the peripheral area and connected to the active switch array; the secondary spacing columns are disposed on the second substrate and opposite to the peripheral area; the sealing section is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and located in the peripheral area. The sealing section, the first substrate, the second substrate and the secondary spacing columns together form a circuit disposition space.
US11209695B2
A backlight device is provided and includes case having bottom plate; light guide including front surface as emission surface, rear surface opposed to front surface, and incidence surface provided between front surface and rear surface; and light-emitting elements facing incident surface of light guide, wherein light-emitting elements include first surface provided at bottom of light-emitting elements, and light-emitting surface facing incidence surface of light guide, first surfaces and rear surface are arranged side by side, and fixed to fixing tape attached over first surfaces and rear surface of light guide, and light-shielding tape facing fixing tape through light guide and light-emitting elements.
US11209693B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal cell; an upper polarizing plate provided on one surface of the liquid crystal cell and including a first polarizer and a low moisture-permeable film disposed on one surface of the first polarizer so as to face the liquid crystal cell; and a lower polarizing plate provided on the other surface of the liquid crystal cell and including a second polarizer, wherein a ratio of a shrinkage force in a direction parallel to the absorption axis of the second polarizer of the low moisture-permeable film to a shrinkage force in an absorption-axial direction of the second polarizer is 30% or more.
US11209692B2
A color filter including a substrate and colored parts formed on the substrate. The substrate has a surface having rectangular unit regions defined by evenly dividing the surface along a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Each of the rectangular unit regions has four rectangular sub-regions which are three colored regions and one uncolored region. A first colored region has a first boundary with the uncolored region and a second boundary with a second colored region. A first colored part is formed in the first colored region with a first gap being formed in the first direction between the first boundary and a side of the first colored part facing the first boundary, and with a second gap greater than the first gap being formed in the second direction between the second boundary and a side of the first colored part facing the second boundary.
US11209690B2
A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: color photoresist patterns, black matrix patterns for spacing the color photoresist patterns from each other; and a plurality of light-modulating components on sides of the color photoresist patterns and the black matrix patterns away from a light-emitting surface of the display panel, wherein each of the color photoresist patterns corresponds to at least one of the light-modulating components, and the light-modulating components are configured to converge light incident thereon, and to transmit the converged light to the color photoresist patterns corresponding thereto.
US11209689B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and spacers. The first substrate includes a light-shielding layer having a matrix portion and widened portions, and each widened portion is disposed at an intersection of at least one column and at least one row of the matrix portion. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The spacers are disposed on the first substrate. Each spacer is covered with each widened portion respectively, and an end of each spacer abuts against a surface of the second substrate. A slidable scope on the surface of the second substrate, within which the end of each spacer abuts against the second substrate, is not greater than coverage of a corresponding widened portion.
US11209686B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first common electrode and a second common electrode arranged in a first direction and separated from each other, a signal line located between the first common electrode and the second common electrode and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the signal line and overlapping the first common electrode, and a first metal line located between the first common electrode and the second common electrode, overlapping the signal line, and extending in the second direction. The first metal line is applied a predetermined voltage from a plurality of connection portions.
US11209684B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: first and second liquid crystal cells; first and second circuit boards connected to the first and second liquid crystal cells through first and second flexible wiring boards, respectively; a frame disposed on an opposite side to the first liquid crystal cell with respect to the second liquid crystal cell; and a holder that holds the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are disposed on an opposite side to the second liquid crystal cell with respect to the frame. The second circuit board is located closer to the frame than the first circuit board, and the holder sandwiches the first circuit board, and stores the second circuit board between the frame and the holder.
US11209681B2
According to one implementation, a dual-mode augmented reality and virtual reality viewer (AR/VR viewer) includes a device configured to provide AR and VR effects, the device including a display screen, a VR shield, and a transparency control unit coupled to the VR shield. The AR/VR viewer also includes a computing platform for generating the AR and VR effects communicatively coupled to the device. The display screen has a user facing first surface for receiving the AR and VR effects, and a second surface opposite the user facing first surface. The display screen or a transmissive layer adjoining the display screen is configured to have a variable transparency. The VR shield is configured to be one of substantially transparent in an AR mode and substantially opaque in a VR mode under the control of the transparency control unit.
US11209675B1
An optically biased photonic link receives a radio frequency (RF) signal and includes a signal laser joined to an optical intensity modulator. A low noise amplifier receives the RF signal and provides an amplified signal to the modulator. The modulator converts the signal into an optical signal. The amplifier and modulator are powered by a photovoltaic array. The array receives power from a remotely located power laser. The optical signal is received by a link receiver which provides an analysis signal and an output signal. A bias logic circuit uses the analysis signal to provide an optical bias signal to an optical detector joined to modulator. The optical detector provides a responsive bias voltage to the modulator.
US11209672B1
A contact lens may include a body of contact lens material extending between a first surface and a second surface. An electromechanical component may be supported in the contact lens material between the first surface and the second surface. A support comprising a plurality of pillars may be formed of the contact lens material and may extend from at least one of the first surface and the second surface to the electromechanical component.
US11209671B2
Progressive lenses designs are disclosed having optical parameters such as the width of a far vision zone, the width of a near vision zone, the width of a corridor, the maximum residual cylinder, the maximum gradient of residual cylinder, that vary with addition. Such lens designs may provide improved performance for individuals requiring different amounts of addition (such as individuals having different ages) who spend more time performing different types of activities such as viewing hand-held devices like smart phones and tablets or reading books.
US11209669B2
Nosepiece for eyeglass frames, which comprises a plate, to which an appendage is fixed that is provided with a first through hole, and a cup which is provided with two second through holes and houses at its interior the appendage with the first through hole aligned with the second through holes. The nosepiece also comprises a screw having the stem inserted in the first through hole of the appendage and screwingly engaged in one of the second through holes of the cup. The screw is provided with an annular groove made on the stem, and the appendage comprises at least one retention tooth projecting into the first through hole and housed within the annular groove of the screw for the retaining of the latter.
US11209666B2
An eyewear retention apparatus is configured for use with an eyeglass frame having a pair of temples, each temple having a first extremity configured to attach to a lens holder and a second extremity configured to rest behind an ear of a wearer. The eyewear retention apparatus includes a strap formed of a flexible material and having a length extending between first and second ends, wherein each of the first and second ends includes a first hole extending through the strap. The eyewear retention apparatus also includes first and second fittings, each of the first and second fittings includes an end region having an opening configured to receive a respective one of the second extremity of the pair of temples and a tab having a second hole. The eyewear retention apparatus further includes a fastener extending through the first hole and the second hole.
US11209664B2
A 3D imaging system includes an optical modulator for modulating a returned portion of a light pulse as a function of time. The returned light pulse portion is reflected or scattered from a scene for which a 3D image or video is desired. The 3D imaging system also includes an element array receiving the modulated light pulse portion and a sensor array of pixels, corresponding to the element array. The pixel array is positioned to receive light output from the element array. The element array may include an array of polarizing elements, each corresponding to one or more pixels. The polarization states of the polarizing elements can be configured so that time-of-flight information of the returned light pulse can be measured from signals produced by the pixel array, in response to the returned modulated portion of the light pulse.
US11209656B1
A method including determining a maximum luminance location of a display based on a field of view of an eye of a user of the display, and driving a plurality of light sources in the display based on locations of the plurality of light sources with respect to the maximum luminance location of the display. The plurality of light sources is controlled to have different luminance levels in different display zones corresponding to different zones on the retina of the eye of the user. In some examples, the display zones of the display system that have higher luminance levels can be dynamically changed based on the field of view or the gaze direction of the eye of the user.
US11209655B2
A system for displaying, on a see-through display located within a moving platform, a frame, while at least partially correcting a rolling display effect.
US11209653B2
A near-eye display apparatus including at least one display unit having a display element and an optical system is provided. The display element provides a light beam. The light beam includes a first light beam and a second light beam having different image information and different polarization states. The optical system includes a first semi-reflective element, a first polarization conversion element, and a polarization reflector, arranged in sequence along an optical axis. The polarization reflector allows a light beam having a first polarization state to pass and reflects a light beam having a second polarization state. The light path and the image distance of the second light beam are greater than the light path and the image distance of the first light beam, and the first light beam and the second light beam are emitted by at least one display unit to form a combined light beam.
US11209640B2
A lens for a distal end of an optical channel of an endoscope shaft is provided, wherein the lens defines an outer side and an inner side as well as a circumferential surface connecting the two sides, wherein a light-absorbing coating is applied to the circumferential surface and an area of the inner side connected thereto, and wherein a solderable layer is applied to the light-absorbing coating in the area of the circumferential surface with the result that the lens can be soldered in the distal end such that the distal end is sealed.
US11209639B2
The disclosure includes a monopod adapted for a pack or harness. It utilizes a simple mechanism which is lightweight, self-contained and easy to set-up and take down. The user never has to access another piece of equipment, nor assemble or disassemble any parts in use. Indeed, the user can access or store binoculars while on the move. The user can also shift to other fields of view instantly, without having to turn, re-level or adjust the set-up, as would be required with a tripod. The disclosure comprises a scope bracket configured to rotatably attach to a scope mount. A telescoping arm attaches to the scope bracket in a first angle relative to the telescoping arm. A telescoping arm bracket rotatably attaches to the telescoping arm in a second angle relative to the telescoping arm. A back plate supports the telescoping arm bracket against a chest of a user.
US11209633B2
An iris image acquisition system for a mobile device, comprises a lens assembly arranged along an optical axis and configured for forming an image comprising at least one iris of a subject disposed frontally to the lens assembly; and an image sensor configured to acquire the formed image. The lens assembly comprises a first lens refractive element and at least one second lens element for converging incident radiation to the first refractive element. The first refractive element has a variable thickness configured to counteract a shift of the formed image along the optical axis induced by change in iris-lens assembly distance, such that different areas of the image sensor on which irises at different respective iris-lens assembly distances are formed are in focus within a range of respective iris-lens assembly distances at which iris detail is provided at sufficient contrast to be recognised.
US11209632B2
According to an embodiment, a projection optical system for an image projection device, that includes a plurality of lenses. The projection optical system satisfies conditional expression (1): where fw is a focal length of a lens having the weakest refractive power in the lenses and f is a focal length of the whole projection optical system. 0.01 ≤ f f w < 0.34 ( 1 )
US11209617B1
The present invention provides a camera optical lens including, sequentially from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 1.00≤R10/(R11+R12)≤10.00; 0.60≤R9/(R7+R8)≤1.80; and 1.00≤R5/R3≤3.00, where R3, R5, R7, R9, and R11 denote curvature radiuses of object side surfaces of the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lenses, respectively; and R8, R10 and R12 denote curvature radiuses of image side surfaces of the fourth, fifth and sixth lenses, respectively. The camera optical lens can achieve high optical performance while satisfying design requirements for ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having large apertures.
US11209612B2
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; a second lens having a positive refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.00≤f1/f≤10.00; and −20.00≤R3/d3≤−5.00. The camera optical lens can achieve a high performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11209611B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of optical lens and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.50≤f1/f≤7.00 and −20.00≤R9/d9≤−17.00, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; R9 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the fifth lens; and d9 denotes an on-axis thickness of the fifth lens. The camera optical lens can achieve a high imaging performance while obtaining a low TTL.
US11209606B2
The present disclosure includes: an optical fiber ribbon including a plurality of optical fibers having an outer diameter of 0.2 mm or less and a ribbon resin that integrates the plurality of optical fibers in a parallel state; and a coating resin that covers the optical fiber ribbon. The optical fiber ribbon is in an assembled form in which the plurality of optical fibers are assembled so that a length in an arrangement direction is shorter than that of a case where the optical fibers are arranged in a row, and the optical fiber ribbon is covered with the coating resin in the assembled form.
US11209605B2
An optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are integrated by a common coated layer includes: an intermittent connection portion in which a connection portion formed from the common coated layer and a non-connection portion including no common coated layer are alternately formed in a longitudinal direction between every predetermined number of optical fibers equal to or greater than two; and a continuous connection portion in which a connection portion formed from the common coated layer is continuously formed in a longitudinal direction between optical fibers other than the predetermined number of optical fibers equal to or greater than two. A thickness of the connection portion of the intermittent connection portion is thinner than a thickness of the continuous connection portion.
US11209594B2
A fiber optic cable includes a plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers, with a polymeric overcoating extending over a fusion splice region as well as over a stripped section of each optical fiber proximate to the fusion splice region, wherein the plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers has a non-coplanar arrangement at the fusion splice region. A method for fabricating a fiber optic cable includes fusion splicing first and second pluralities of optical fibers arranged in a respective one-dimensional array to form a plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers, and contacting the fusion splices as well as stripped sections of the fusion spliced optical fibers with polymeric material in a flowable state. Either before or after the contacting step, the method further includes altering a position of at least some of the spliced optical fibers to yield a configuration in which the plurality of fusion spliced optical fibers have a non-coplanar arrangement at the fusion splice region. The method further includes solidifying the polymeric material.
US11209581B2
An entertainment enhancement system includes an infrared projection system configured to output an infrared image to a target surface. The infrared projection system includes a controller configured to coordinate projection of the infrared image with a separate action by generating instructions for projecting the infrared image based on data received by the controller indicative of an active status of the separate action and an infrared emitter configured to receive the generated instructions and emit the infrared image to the target surface. The system also includes a viewing device configured to be wearable by a user. The viewing device includes at least one lens and a filter assembly configured to shift the infrared image from an infrared frequency to a visible light frequency such that the infrared image is viewable on the target surface via the viewing device.
US11209580B2
In an embodiment, an article comprises an infrared blocking layer comprising a host material (18) and a plurality of composite fibers (20); wherein each of the composite fibers of the plurality of composite fibers comprises a contrast material and a matrix material; wherein the contrast material forms a photonic crystal in the matrix material that when exposed to an infrared radiation manifests a photonic band gap. In another embodiment, a method of making an article comprises mixing a host material or a host polymer precursor and a plurality of composite fibers to form a mixture; and forming an infrared blocking layer from the mixture. In another embodiment, a method of making an article comprises one or both of forming a layered stack and co-extruding a host layer, a fiber layer, and an optional polymer layer.
US11209575B2
Provided are a laminate including: a glass substrate; a layer (ca) including a binder; a particle (a2) having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm to 380 nm; and a layer (b) including a pressure sensitive adhesive, in which the layer (ca) is present on a side closer to the glass substrate than the layer (b), and the particle (a2) is buried in layers obtained by combining the layer (ca) and the layer (b) and protrudes from an interface of the layer (ca) on a side opposite to an interface of the layer (ca) on the glass substrate side, an antireflection product using the laminate, and a method of manufacturing the laminate and an antireflection product.
US11209572B2
Methods, computing systems, and computer-readable media for modeling a subterranean volume, of which the methods include receiving data representing a geology of the subterranean volume, calculating a mesh for a digital model of the subterranean volume, generating the digital model using the mesh and the data, wherein generating the digital model comprises defining an implicit function for isostratigraphic surfaces of the subterranean volume. calculating values for a plurality of data points in the model using the implicit function, determining a discrepancy value for the individual data points, identifying a sample domain in the digital model, determining a refined implicit function for the sample domain, and modeling the subterranean volume using the refined implicit function for the sample domain and the implicit function for an area outside of the sample domain in the digital model.
US11209566B2
The present disclosure relates generally to signal comparison in seismic/acoustic imaging and data processing. In particular, this disclosure relates to a new nonlinear signal comparison (NLSC) approach which obtains a uniform resolution across a frequency band. The overall resolution in NLSC can be controlled over the frequency band by an adjustable parameter.
US11209565B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for high precision acoustic logging processing for compressional and shear slowness. The method comprises measuring, by a sonic logging tool, sonic data associated with a formation within a borehole, attempting a detection of a first arrival within the sonic data determining whether the attempted detection of the first arrival is accurate, and in response to an accurate detection of the first arrival determining a travel time of the first arrival, generating a coherence map including the first arrival, and determining, based on the coherence map, a characteristic of the formation.
US11209563B2
A data optimization method and an integral prestack depth migration method are provided, including acquiring a target matrix to be optimized; generating a first sequence according to the target matrix; rarefying the first sequence according to a preset grid density to obtain a value position of each element of a second sequence, and working out a value of each element of the second sequence on the basis of the principle of least squares; performing interpolation on the second sequence to obtain a third sequence; calculating a target matrix corresponding to the third sequence; calculating an error between the target matrix to be optimized and the target matrix corresponding to the third sequence; recording, when the error is less than the first error threshold, the target matrix corresponding to the above second sequence as an optimized target matrix of the target matrix to be optimized.
US11209552B2
GNSS receiver which includes RF front end, connected to GNSS antenna, an ADC converting the satellite signals into digitized signals, a digital section, including a processor receiving the digitized signals, forming raw measurements with pseudoranges measured between the antenna and satellites, and estimating target parameters, including receiver position and receiver time offset by (i) extrapolating the target parameters from previous epoch to current epoch using a dynamic model; (ii) computing a quasi-measurement for each satellite based on extrapolated target parameters and GNSS satellite positions; (iii) detecting and rejecting raw measurements with anomalous errors by testing differences between the raw measurements and respective quasi-measurements against predefined thresholds; (iv) substituting quasi-measurements for rejected raw measurements; (v) estimating target parameters using unrejected raw measurements and substituted quasi-measurements; (vi) outputting estimated target parameters.
US11209548B2
Embodiments relate to methods for efficiently encoding sensor data captured by an autonomous vehicle and building a high definition map using the encoded sensor data. The sensor data can be LiDAR data which is expressed as multiple image representations. Image representations that include important LiDAR data undergo a lossless compression while image representations that include LiDAR data that is more error-tolerant undergo a lossy compression. Therefore, the compressed sensor data can be transmitted to an online system for building a high definition map. When building a high definition map, entities, such as road signs and road lines, are constructed such that when encoded and compressed, the high definition map consumes less storage space. The positions of entities are expressed in relation to a reference centerline in the high definition map. Therefore, each position of an entity can be expressed in fewer numerical digits in comparison to conventional methods.
US11209545B2
An auxiliary positioning system includes a mobile platform and a plurality of reflective stickers. The reflective stickers are disposed in a navigation space. The mobile platform includes a map-establishing module, a positioning module, a laser scan and analysis module, a coordinate-processing module, a comparison module and a calibration module. The map-establishing module is utilized to generate a global map. The positioning module is utilized to locate a position coordinate. The laser scan and analysis module is utilized to scan the navigating space to generate a scan direction and distance vector. The coordinate-processing module is utilized to generate a position direction and distance vector. The comparison module is utilized to compare the scanning coordinate with the mapping coordinate. The calibration module is utilized to calibrate the position coordinate.
US11209541B1
A device comprises a processor coupled with an ultrasonic transducer coupled which is configured to emit an ultrasonic pulse and receive returned signals received after a ringdown period of the transducer and corresponding to the emitted ultrasonic pulse. The processor is configured to evaluate the returned signals to find a candidate echo, from an object located in a ringdown blind spot area, in a time window between one and two times the ringdown period; locate multiple echoes from the object of higher order than the candidate echo; validate the candidate echo as at least a secondary echo associated of the object; and determine, based on analysis of the returned signals, an estimated distance from the transducer to the object in the ringdown blind spot area, wherein the ringdown blind spot area is located between the transducer and a closest distance at which objects can be sensed by the transducer.
US11209540B2
A SAR imaging method for interferometric analyses is provided, including: receiving raw SAR data related to two or more SAR acquisitions of one and the same area of the earth's surface carried out by one or more synthetic aperture radars; and processing the raw SAR data to generate SAR images. For each SAR acquisition, the respective raw SAR data is processed based on two different sets of processing parameters: a first set that is the same for all the SAR acquisitions and which comprises focusing Doppler parameters computed based on physical Doppler parameters related to all the SAR acquisitions; and a second set which comprises respective radiometric equalization Doppler parameters related to the SAR acquisition and computed based on respective physical Doppler parameters related to the SAR acquisition. Processing includes: focusing the raw SAR data related to all SAR acquisitions based on the focusing Doppler parameters and, for each SAR acquisition, applying a respective radiometric equalization, based on the respective radiometric equalization Doppler parameters, to the respective SAR data to compensate for possible differences in pointing of the synthetic aperture radar(s), without degrading azimuth resolution and without introducing radiometric distortions.
US11209535B2
A vehicle radar sensor unit (2) arranged to acquire a plurality of radar detections, and including an antenna arrangement (3), a transmitter unit (4), a receiver unit (5) and a processing unit (6). The antenna arrangement (3) has at least two transmitter antennas (7, 8) and at least two receiver antennas (9, 10, 11, 12), where two transmitter antennas (7, 8) have a vertical spacing (h) between their respective phase centers (17, 18) that exceeds half the free-space wavelength of the transmitted signal. The processing unit (5) is arranged to determine a first radial velocity of each radar detection by tracking the change of radial distance (r) to each radar detection for a plurality of radar cycles; determine a second radial velocity that best matches the first radial velocity; track a plurality of measured heights (z) as a function of radial distance (r); and to choose a measured height (zGT) among the tracked measured heights (z) that has a minimal change from radar cycle to radar cycle.
US11209531B2
There are provided an ultrasonic diagnostic device and an ultrasonic image generation method in which the direction of a beam formed in a subject is not changed even if at least one of set sound speeds used in transmission focusing processing and reception focusing processing is changed. When at least one of the set sound speeds used in the transmission focusing processing and the reception focusing processing has been changed by a set sound speed changing unit, a focusing processing correction unit corrects a delay of at least one of the transmission focusing processing and the reception focusing processing based on the changed set sound speed such that the direction of the beam formed in the subject is not changed.
US11209528B2
Time of Flight (ToF) depth image processing methods. Depth edge preserving filters are disclosed with superior performance to standard edge preserving filters applied to depth maps. In particular, depth variance is estimated and used to filter while preserving depth edges. In doing so, filter strength is calculated which can be used as an edge detector. A confidence map is generated with low confidence at pixels straddling a depth edge, and which reflects the reliability of the depth measurement at each pixel.
US11209518B2
A radar device includes a radar transmitting circuit that transmits radar signals from a transmission array antenna, and a radar receiving circuit that receives returning wave signals, where the radar signals have been reflected at a target, from a receiving array antenna. One of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple first antennas of which phase centers are laid out along a first axis direction. The other of the transmitting array antenna and the receiving array antenna includes multiple second antennas of which phase centers are laid out at a second spacing along a second axis direction that is different from the first axis direction. The multiple first antennas include multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a first spacing, and multiple antennas of which the phase centers are laid out at a third spacing that is different from the first spacing.
US11209516B2
A measuring device for providing an angle of departure determining test signal to a device under test, is provided. The measuring device comprises a signal generator and a single output port. The signal generator is adapted to generate the angle of departure determining test signal, emulating an antenna array angle of departure determining signal, comprised of a plurality of individual array antenna signals, thereby emulating an angle of departure of the angle of departure determining test signal. The single output port is adapted to output the angle of departure determining test signal to the device under test.
US11209514B2
A method for diagnosing errors in the correct operation of a sensor system. A positive signal amplifier saturation threshold value and a negative signal amplifier saturation threshold value less than the positive signal amplifier saturation threshold value are provided, and at least one signal comparator threshold value. A current value of a first amplified input signal at a first time is provided and a current value of a second amplified input signal obtained at a second time later than the first time, but in the same measurement cycle. The measured values of the first and second amplified input signal are compared to the current signal comparator threshold value. A new output state is determined via the measured first and second amplified input signals. From a previous comparison of the first and second amplified input signal a current output state is provided, from which an expected new output state is determined.
US11209513B2
In a method for compensating stray magnetic fields in a magnetic resonance imaging system with two or more examination areas: a value for a predefined first magnetic field to be applied in a first examination area, in addition to a basic magnetic field is provided; information defining a predefined sequence control pulse to be applied in a second examination area is provided; a stray magnetic field in the second examination area resulting from application of the first magnetic field in the first examination area is determined; a compensated sequence control pulse for the second examination area is calculated from the predefined sequence control pulse and the determined stray magnetic field; and the compensated sequence control pulse is applied to the second examination area.
US11209509B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system having a resistive, solenoidal electromagnet for whole-body MRI may include ferromagnetic material within an envelope of the electromagnet. The system can be configured to have a field strength of at least 0.05 Tesla and its main electromagnetic field can be generated by layers of conductors instead of bundles. Certain electromagnet designs may be fabricated using non-metallic formers, such as fiberglass, and can be constructed to form a rigid object with the layers of conductors by fixing all together with an epoxy. The electromagnet may be configured to have two separated halves, which may be held apart by a fixation structure such as carbon fiber. The power supply for certain electromagnets herein may have current fluctuations, at frequencies of 180 Hz or above, of at least one part per ten thousand without requiring an additional current filter.
US11209507B2
The present application provides a switching power supply and a magnetic resonance imaging system. The switching power supply is used for supplying power to a radio frequency coil control device, wherein the radio frequency coil control device is used for controlling a flow direction of radio frequency power output by a radio frequency amplifier of the magnetic resonance imaging system. Moreover, the switching power supply comprises a first power unit, a second power unit, and an air-cored transformer, the second power unit and the first power unit being electrically coupled through the air-cored transformer, wherein the switching power supply is configured to operate at a preset frequency, and frequency multiplication of the preset frequency is beyond a reception bandwidth of the magnetic resonance imaging system.
US11209506B2
The present application provides a magnetic resonance imaging scan method, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The magnetic resonance imaging scan method comprises indicating in real time values of parameters associated with an implant device in a tested object and safety status of one or a plurality of the parameters during performing an imaging scan.
US11209505B2
A method of fabricating a TMR based magnetic sensor in a Wheatstone configuration includes conducting a first anneal of a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) and conducting a second anneal of the MTJ. The MTJ includes a first antiferromagnetic (AFM) pinning layer, a pinned layer over the first AFM pinning layer, an anti-parallel coupled layer over the pinned layer, a reference layer over the anti-parallel coupled layer, a barrier layer over the reference layer, a free layer over the barrier layer, and a second antiferromagnetic pinning layer over the free layer. The first anneal of the MTJ sets the first AFM pinning layer, the pinned layer, the free layer, and the second AFM pinning layer in a first magnetization direction. The second anneal of the MTJ resets the free layer and the second AFM pinning layer in a second magnetization direction. An operating field range of the TMR based magnetic sensor is over ±100 Oe.
US11209504B2
A magneto-resistive effect element includes a magnetization free layer, an intermediate layer, and a magnetization pinned layer. The magnetization free layer extends along a first plane. The intermediate layer extends along the first plane, and is stacked on the magnetization free layer. The magnetization pinned layer extends along the first plane, and is provided on side opposite to the magnetization free layer with the intermediate layer being interposed therebetween. Here, the magnetization free layer includes an end surface that has a maximum inclination angle of 42° or less relative to the first plane.
US11209498B2
Automotive lighting unit is provided that includes a lighting device equipped with one or more OLED light sources, and an electronic device configured to determine a malfunctioning condition of an OLED light source. The electronic device is suitable to determine a leakage resistance of the OLED light source and determines a malfunctioning condition of the OLED light source based on the leakage resistance.
US11209481B2
A system includes a multiple input signature register (MISR) to receive outputs from M different scan chains in response to N test patterns applied to test an integrated circuit. The MISR provides N test signatures for the integrated circuit based on the outputs of the M different scan chains generated in response to each of the N test patterns. Each of the scan chains holds one or more test data bits that represent behavior of the integrated circuit in response to each of the N test patterns. A shift register is loaded from an interface and holds one of N comparison signatures that is used to validate a respective one of the N test signatures generated according to a given one of the N test patterns. A comparator compares each of the N test signatures with a respective one of the N comparison signatures to determine a failure condition based on the comparison.
US11209478B2
A system for verifying the operation of RF generators and resulting pulse waveforms in semiconductor processes includes a process chamber, a profile sensor, an optical sensor and a controller. A process implemented by the controller of the system for verifying the operation of RF generators and resulting pulse waveforms in semiconductor processes includes generating a pulse profile of a pulse shape of an RF generator under test, selecting a stored, representative profile of an RF generator known to be operating correctly to compare to the profile generated for the RF generator for a same pulse mode, defining a quantitative metric/control limit to identify similarities and/or differences between pulses of same pulse modes between the generated profile of the RF generator and the stored profile, comparing the generated profile and the selected stored profile, and determining if the RF generator under test is operating properly based on the comparison.
US11209469B2
A method includes performing by a processor: receiving a plurality of synchrophasor measurements of a power system signal associated with a time interval from a phasor measurement unit (PMU), each of the plurality of synchrophasor measurements including a phase angle, frequency value, and a timestamp associated with the synchrophasor measurement, determining a plurality of relative phase angles based on the plurality of phase angles, determining a correlation coefficient between the plurality of relative phase angles and a plurality of corresponding frequency values of the power system signal, and detecting an error in the plurality of timestamps based on the correlation coefficient; estimating the error in the plurality of timestamps based on the plurality of relative phase angles and the plurality of corresponding frequency values.
US11209468B2
An apparatus for detecting object features can include: a probe signal transmitter configured to load a digital intermediate frequency signal onto a carrier signal, and to transmit a loaded signal outwards; an echo signal receiver configured to receive an echo signal, and to extract an object feature signal by performing respective down conversions on a quadrature signal of the carrier signal and a quadrature signal of the digital intermediate frequency signal; and a signal processor configured to identify object features according to the object feature signal.
US11209466B2
A current sensor includes a plurality of unit groups mounted in a first case and a current sensor includes a first case that is made of a resin and includes a first opposing part, a second case that is made of a resin and includes a second opposing part, a substrate mounted in at least one of the first case and second case, and a plurality of unit groups mounted in the first case and second case, each unit group measuring an induced magnetic field. second case, each unit group measuring an induced magnetic field. Each of the plurality of unit groups includes one or more measurement units arranged in a second direction. A current path and a first magnetic shield, each of which is formed integrally with a first opposing part, are positioned so as to be separated by a first distance. In all unit groups, all first distances are substantially the same. The current path and a magneto-electric conversion element, which is formed integrally with a second opposing part, are positioned so as to be separated by a second distance. In all measurement units included in a unit group shared among them, all second distances are substantially the same. The second distance differs for each unit group. The thickness of the first opposing part in a first direction is substantially constant. The thickness of the second opposing part in the first direction is substantially constant.
US11209465B2
The present disclosure relates to a capacitor bank control system that uses a combination of line post sensors and wireless current sensors for control operations. For example, a capacitor bank controller may include one or more inputs that electrically couple to a line post sensor to allow the capacitor bank controller to obtain line post sensor measurements. The capacitor bank controller may include a transceiver that receives wireless current sensor measurements from first and second wireless current sensors. The capacitor bank controller may include a processor that controls one or more switching devices of a capacitor bank based at least in part on a combination of line post sensor measurements and wireless current sensor measurements.
US11209463B2
A probe card for a testing apparatus of electronic devices comprises a probe head housing a plurality of contact probes, each contact probe having at least one contact tip adapted to abut onto contact pads of a device under test, as well as a main support and an intermediate support connected to the main support and adapted to realize a spatial transformation of distances between contact pads on its opposite faces as a space transformer, the probe card suitably also comprising at least one connecting element adapted to link the space transformer and the main support, this connecting element having a substantially rod-like body and being equipped with a first end portion comprising at least one terminal section adapted to be engaged in a corresponding housing realized in the space transformer and with a second terminal portion adapted to abut onto an abutment element linked to the main support.
US11209462B1
The present application provides a testing apparatus. The testing apparatus includes a base; a first printed circuit board, disposed above the base; a stiffener, disposed adjacent to the base, located at a center of the base and passing through the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board, disposed at a center of the stiffener; and a probe card, one part thereof disposed adjacent to the stiffener and the other part thereof passing through the base, the first printed circuit board, the stiffener and the second printed circuit board. The base, the stiffener and the second printed circuit board are integrated and the base carries the first circuit board.
US11209448B2
A high-throughput automatic analyzer integrates a biochemical analysis section and a blood coagulation analysis section. The analyzer is capable of achieving a reduction in size, system cost, and lifecycle cost. The automatic analyzer includes: a reaction disk; a first reagent dispensing mechanism that dispenses a reagent to reaction cells on the reaction disk; a photometer that irradiates a reaction solution in the reaction cell with light; a reaction cell cleaning mechanism; a reaction vessel supply unit that supplies a disposable reaction vessel for mixing and reacting a sample and a reagent with each other; a second reagent dispensing mechanism that dispenses a reagent to the disposable reaction vessel; a blood coagulation time measuring section that irradiates a reaction solution in the disposable reaction vessel with light to detect transmitted or scattered light; and a sample dispensing mechanism that dispenses a sample to the reaction cell and the disposable reaction vessel.
US11209447B2
Methods of operating a gripper are provided. The methods include providing a robot including the gripper, the gripper moveable by the robot and including gripper fingers, providing a sample rack including receptacles accessible by the gripper, at least some of the receptacles adapted to contain specimen containers, providing data, obtained by imaging, regarding the sample rack and the specimen containers therein, and determining, based on the data, an accessible target receptacle for one of a pick operation or a place operation. Apparatus and systems configured to carry out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.
US11209434B2
The present invention is directed toward novel methods to identify as well as to treat a subject having an inflammatory disease resistant to corticosteroids.
US11209431B2
The present invention relates to an immunoassay for the detection of Borrelia specific IgG, IgM and IgG/IgM antibodies in biological samples suspected of Lyme infection. The immunoassay can be performed via a standard immunoassay format or on an automated platform. In various embodiments, the immunoassay uses one or more Borrelia specific chimeric peptides VlsE-FlaB (designated pFlaB-mV), VlsE-ErpP (designated pErp59-mV), VlsE-P35 (designated pP35-mV) alone or in combination with one or more outer surface protein C (Osp C) types B or I, p58 and DbpA. Other aspects of the invention provide antigen/substrate combinations and compositions comprising combinations of the disclosed peptides and/or proteins for use in the immunoassays described herein.
US11209428B1
The present invention encompasses a diagnostic test and method to authenticate the veracity of a vaccine. The diagnostic test and method are especially useful in a specific and sensitive immunochromatographic assay, performable within about 15 minutes for the authentication, validation, and veracity of a vaccine, such as a COVID-19 vaccine, in a vial prior to administration to a human.
US11209427B2
Devices and methods are provided for the detection of CSF in a biological sample. In certain embodiments the device is a lateral flow device comprising: a porous substrate; a sample addition zone disposed on or in said porous substrate; a detection zone disposed on or in said porous substrate where said detection zone comprises at least a first test line (T1) and a second test line (T2) each test line comprising binding moieties that bind a complex formed between beta-trace protein (betaTP) and an indicator attached to a betaTP binding molecule; wherein said porous substrate defines a flow path through which a sample applied to the sample addition zone flows under capillary action away from said sample addition zone into said detection zone.
US11209417B2
Breath sensor apparatus and methods of use are described herein where a flow control apparatus may generally comprise a sampling chamber defining a volume and one or more openings into the sampling chamber, at least one sensor in fluid communication with the sampling chamber, wherein the at least one sensor is configured to detect the analyte. The sampling chamber may also be configured to receive the breath sample into the sampling chamber and into contact with the at least one sensor via diffusion into the sampling chamber.
US11209413B2
A method of application to provide a workable solution for tracking the hardness of water utilizing an ion selective electrode by tracking the relative hardness of water at the outflow or egress of an ion exchange column. A monovalent cation exchange membrane (ion selective electrode) distinguishes hard water and softened water in a water flow stream. A voltage is applied across the membrane, facilitating the movement of sodium though the membrane (such that anions and divalent ions are excluded), and the current is measured. The change in current (delta current) is used to determine the hard water concentration or level of hardness in an influent stream. A second application estimates or detects the exhaustion of an ion exchanger, and/or determines the regeneration time/cycle of the ion exchanger through the use of an ion selective membrane. Blending of the influent hard water and effluent soft water allows a user to control hardness levels of the effluent.
US11209411B2
The invention generally relates to methods for analyzing stability of an active pharmaceutical agent. In certain aspects, the methods involve obtaining an active pharmaceutical agent, and distributing the active pharmaceutical agent into one or more microdroplets. The one or more microdroplets including the active pharmaceutical agent are then subjected to one or more conditions that force degradation of the active pharmaceutical agent in each of the one or more microdroplets. The one or more microdroplets are then analyzed to determine a ratio of the active pharmaceutical agent to that of a degradation product of the active pharmaceutical agent, thereby analyzing stability of an active pharmaceutical agent.
US11209406B2
A data processing device that processes three-dimensional data having time, intensity, and wavelength collected from a sample serving as a measurement target includes: a chromatogram generator configured to generate a chromatogram from the three-dimensional data; a target peak determiner configured to determine a target peak from peaks appearing on the chromatogram; a time point specifier configured to specify a time point at which the size of a spectrum matches the size of a reference spectrum from a time range during which the target peak appears in the three-dimensional data; and a target spectrum generator configured to extract data at the time point from the three-dimensional data, thereby generating a spectrum at the time point. With this configuration, a spectrum that is not affected by distortion, saturation, or noise can be readily and reliably obtained from the three-dimensional data obtained through sample analysis.
US11209404B2
A data storage section stores LC/MS analysis data for a large number of culture-medium samples acquired with an LC-MS. Based on those data, a quantitative analyzer calculates concentration values of a large number of compounds in each sample and stores the result in an analysis result storage section. A result display processor retrieves analysis results with the same culture name and different sampling date from the analysis result storage section, creates a table in which concentration values are arranged for each compound and for each sampling date, as well as a graph showing a temporal change in the concentration value of one compound, and displays the table and graph on the same window on a display unit. An operator using an operation unit selects a compound on the displayed table. The result display processor creates a graph for the selected compound and renews the graph on the display.
US11209400B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to devices, systems and methods for conducting non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of a wooden specimen, where structural integrity of the wooden specimen is assessed without being compromised. A non-limiting example of a wooden specimen is a wooden utility pole. One or more NDE devices, attached to the wooden specimen, are configured to transmit and/or receive ultrasonic signals to execute NDE of the wooden specimen. An exemplary NDE device may be controlled by another computing device via a data transmission connection. Examples described herein pertain to a variety of coverages that comprise but are not limited to: coverage for a single NDE device; coverage for a system of two or more NDE devices that are utilized to conduct NDE of the wooden specimen; and coverage where one or more NDE devices interface with one or more computing devices to conduct NDE of the wooden specimen.
US11209396B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and system for removing water build-up in a hydrocarbon storage tank. An oil-water interface sensor is located in the hydrocarbon storage tank and includes a first probe and a second probe. The first probe is located at a bottom portion of the hydrocarbon storage tank. The first probe generates a first input data stream. The second probe is located above the first probe. The second probe generates a second input data stream. The first and second input data streams are processed to determine a vertical displacement of an oil-water interface, which is compared against a predetermined value. An output data stream responsive to the comparison is generated including instructions to maintain a controllable valve either in an open position or in a closed position. The output data stream is communicated to the controllable valve, fluidly connected to a drain line connected to the bottom portion of the hydrocarbon storage tank, to be in the open position or in the closed position. Water build-up is removed via the drain line as the controllable valve is maintained in the open position.
US11209391B2
There is provided a system including a monitoring unit that analyzes, using a sensor, components of a first gas which may include first components and a pre-separation unit disposed upstream of the monitoring unit. The pre-separation unit includes: a first supply line that supplies the first gas to the monitoring unit; a second supply line that supplies a second gas, which includes components obtained by removing the first components from the first gas using a first separator, to the monitoring unit; and an automatic valve station that periodically switches between the first supply line and the second supply line to alternately supply the first gas and the second gas to the monitoring unit.
US11209389B2
A method of handling a fluidic sample in a sample separation device includes at least partly immobilizing the fluidic sample by an immobilizing agent inhibiting spatial broadening of the fluidic sample, and subsequently at least partly releasing the fluidic sample from the immobilizing agent.
US11209381B2
A medical detection substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a medical detection chip and a medical detection system are provided. The medical detection substrate includes: a substrate, and a detection unit on the substrate; the detection unit includes two groups of test electrodes, the substrate includes a plurality of recessed portions, and the at least two groups of test electrodes are located in the plurality of recessed portions and spaced apart by insulation bank portions. The two groups of test electrodes are insulated and spaced apart by the insulation bank portions, so as to effectively avoid a transverse interference electric field to be generated between the two groups of test electrodes, thereby effectively improving the detection accuracy and sensitivity of the medical detection substrate, and providing a reliable basis for disease diagnosis.
US11209378B2
The invention pertains to a CellDrum electrode arrangement for measuring mechanical stress, comprising a mechanical holder (1) and a non-conductive membrane (4), whereby the membrane (4) is at least partially fixed at its circumference to the mechanical holder (1), keeping it in place when the membrane (4) may bend due to forces acting on the membrane (4), the mechanical holder (1) and the membrane (4) forming a container, whereby the membrane (1) within the container comprises an cell-membrane compound layer or biological material (3) adhered to the deformable membrane 4 which in response to stimulation by an agent may exert mechanical stress to the membrane (4) such that the membrane bending stage changes whereby the container may be filled with an electrolyte, whereby an electric contact (2) is arranged allowing to contact said electrolyte when filled into to the container, whereby within a predefined geometry to the fixing of the membrane (4) an electrode (7) is arranged, whereby the electrode (7) is electrically insulated with respect to the electric contact (2) as well as said electrolyte, whereby mechanical stress due to an agent may be measured as a change in capacitance.
US11209374B2
An optical characteristics measuring device includes a first light source capable of irradiating a sample with light and a second light source capable of irradiating the sample with microwaves. A measuring device measures microwave power of the reflection of the microwaves from the sample. A calculation unit calculates a parameter relating to the electrical conductivity of the sample using the microwave power of the reflected waves measured by the measuring device. A control unit controls the intensity of the light of the first light source so that the parameter becomes approximately a predetermined value. The calculation unit specifies first to n-th intensities of the light at which the parameter becomes approximately the predetermined value for each of the first to n-th wavelengths of the light and obtains relationships between the first to n-th wavelengths and the first to n-th intensities corresponding to the respective first to n-th wavelengths.
US11209360B2
A color tone quantification device for a glossy color, in which the correlation with the color tone of the glossy color visually perceived by humans is further enhanced, is provided. The device comprises a coefficient calculation unit that calculates a coefficient calculated in consideration of a spatial distribution which is to be used to correct the chromaticity measured by a method including a specular reflection component obtained by measuring the reflection light obtained by reflection of measurement light to an area of an object; a chromaticity calculation unit that calculates an effective chromaticity obtained by weighting the chromaticity measured by the method including the specular reflection component with the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculation unit; and an output unit that outputs the effective chromaticity as a stimulus value representing a glossy color of the area in a color space.
US11209358B2
Device for improving an optical detecting smoke apparatus and implementing thereof. Apparatus and methods for detecting the presence of smoke in a small, long-lasting smoke detector are disclosed. Specifically, the present disclosure shows how to build one or more optimized blocking members in a smoke detector to augment signal to noise ratio. This is performed while keeping the reflections from the housing structure to a very low value while satisfying all the other peripheral needs of fast response to smoke and preventing ambient light. This allows very small measurements of light scattering of the smoke particles to be reliable in a device resistant to the negative effects of dust. In particular, geometrical optical elements, e.g., cap and optical defection elements, are disclosed.
US11209346B2
The invention relates to a liquid cell (1) for the microscopic image capture and Raman spectroscopic material analysis of a particle suspension in a reflected light microscope, having at least the following components: a measuring chamber (2) which has a base (3), a measuring window (5) opposite the base (3), and a seal (6), wherein the base (3) has a planar design at least in one region of the support of the seal (6), and the base (3) has a reflective surface (4) which is provided such that Raman excitation light incident through the measuring window (5) is reflected on the reflective surface (4) in a directed manner such that the background signal in a Raman measurement is reduced and the Raman signal of a particle in a suspension is increased. The invention further relates to a microscope which has such a liquid cell.
US11209341B2
A soil sampler including an elongated barrel having an inner surface defining a piston chamber with open top and bottom ends; a plunger shaped to be slidably received in the chamber and including a piston shaped to frictionally engage the inner surface of the chamber and a plunger cap joined to the piston by a shaft; and at least one longitudinally extending rib projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the chamber and having a bottom surface spaced from the open bottom end to block the piston from moving further towards the open top end, and wherein the plunger cap has at least one notch shaped to receive the at least one rib. A method of assembling a soil sampler includes aligning a notch of a plunger cap of a plunger with a rib in a piston chamber and passing the plunger cap through the chamber.
US11209335B2
A monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor terminals installed for a target to be measured, a base station wirelessly communicating with the sensor terminals, and a calculator communicable with the base station. The sensor terminal includes a sensor element which acquires vibration information of a target to be measured, an arithmetic unit which performs an arithmetic operation for data including the vibration information of the sensor element, and a wireless communication unit. The arithmetic unit performs a reduction process for reducing an amount of data of the sensor element. The wireless communication unit transmits data processed by the arithmetic unit to the base station. After the transmitted data is received, the base station transmits it to the calculator. The calculator includes a signal processing unit. The signal processing unit complements the reduction-processed data to acquire vibration information, and averages the vibration information for a predetermined period of time.
US11209333B2
A flow detector for detecting flow rates of fluid in pipes by measuring the temperature of the pipe and the ambient temperature and determining from the signals whether there is a flow in the pipe, by the shape of the temperature signals without providing any heat input to the pipe or fluid.
US11209323B2
In some embodiments, a sensor package includes: a substrate including a sensing area; a terminal portion disposed on a side of the sensing area of the substrate and including at least one terminal connected to the outside; a first outer wall disposed on the substrate and including a main wall surrounding at least some outer portions of the sensing area; at least one wire patterned and disposed on the substrate and configured to connect the sensing area and the terminal portion to each other; and a cover disposed on the first outer wall to correspond to the sensing area. Part of the main wall is disposed between the sensing area and the terminal portion, and the main wall includes an opening through which the at least one wire passes. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US11209317B2
Aspects and examples described herein provide a lightweight radiation shielding structure for infrared cameras. In one example, a top radiation shielding element and a bottom radiation shielding element are placed as close as possible to an infrared detector to minimize excess weight added to the infrared camera while providing optimal radiation shielding. Such aspects and examples provide important functionality for numerous weight-sensitive applications in high-radiation environments.
US11209316B2
A method of determining a temperature of a subject while not in physical contact with the subject. The method includes providing an infrared sensor oriented to receive the infrared radiation emanating from a subject and to generate at least one output that corresponds to the received infrared radiation, providing a processor to process the at least one output into a computed temperature of the subject, adjusting the computer temperature based on an emissivity of the subject, the emissivity determined at least in part by a luminance value based at least in part on an image of the subject providing a memory module to store a first plurality of computed temperatures in a predetermined sequence, and selecting a first maximum from among the first plurality of computed temperatures. A display is provided to display the temperature of the subject.
US11209314B2
A cavity buildup dispersion spectrometer includes a shutter that modulates coherent electromagnetic radiation at a shutter frequency; and produces modulated electromagnetic radiation; a frequency shifter that frequency shifts the modulated electromagnetic radiation to a shifter frequency and produces frequency shifted radiation; a resonator that produces cavity radiation from the frequency shifted radiation and the coherent electromagnetic radiation, receives an analyte; subjects the analyte to cavity radiation, and transmits the cavity radiation as transmitted electromagnetic radiation; and a receiver that: produces a detector signal from the transmitted electromagnetic radiation, such that the detector signal includes a beat frequency that corresponds to a change in a motion of resonator that includes a change in the distance between the mirrors or a change of refractive index of the analyte in the intracavity space.
US11209311B2
An optical device may comprise an array of sensor elements that includes a plurality of pixels and a multispectral filter disposed on the array of sensor elements. The multispectral filter may be configured to pass a first transmission percentage of light of a particular spectral range to a first set of pixels of the plurality of pixels and pass a second transmission percentage of light of the particular spectral range to a second set of pixels of the plurality of pixels.
US11209306B2
Systems and methods directed toward acoustic analysis can include an acoustic sensor array comprising a plurality of acoustic sensor elements, an electromagnetic imaging tool, and a processor in communication with the acoustic sensor array and the electromagnetic imaging tool. The processor can be configured to analyze acoustic data to extract one or more acoustic parameters representative of acoustic signals at one or more locations in an acoustic scene and generate a display image that includes electromagnetic image data and acoustic image data. The display image can further include information indicative of the one or more acoustic parameters at one or more locations in the acoustic scene, such as including acoustic image data in the display image at locations in the scene at which the one or more acoustic parameters satisfies a predetermined condition.
US11209299B2
A meter electronics (20) having a notch filter (26) configured to filter a sensor signal from a sensor assembly (10) in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes the notch filter (26) communicatively coupled to the sensor assembly (10). The meter electronics (20) is configured to receive the sensor signal from the sensor assembly (10), the sensor signal being comprised of a first component at a resonant frequency of the sensor assembly (10) and a second component at a non-resonant frequency and pass the first component and substantially attenuate the second component with the notch filter, wherein the first component is passed with substantially zero phase shift.
US11209296B2
A system for non-intrusively measuring process fluid pressure within a process fluid conduit is provided. The system includes a measurement bracket configured to couple to an external surface of the process fluid conduit. The measurement bracket generates a variable gap based on deformation of the process fluid conduit in response to process fluid pressure therein. A gap measurement system is coupled to the measurement bracket and provides an electrical signal based on a measurement of the variable gap. A controller is coupled to the gap measurement system and is configured to calculate and provide a process fluid pressure output based on the electrical signal and information relative to the process fluid conduit.
US11209283B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a controller, and a provision unit. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire behavior information and a request for route retrieval from the vehicle. The controller is configured to decide a plurality of temporary routes in a case where the request for route retrieval is acquired, recognize a manner reference score of each of the temporary routes, recognize an evaluation score of each of a plurality of manner items based on the behavior information acquired from the vehicle having requested the route retrieval, calculate a total evaluation score by using the evaluation score of each of the manner items, and select some of the temporary routes as proposal routes based on comparison between the manner reference score and the total evaluation score. The provision unit is configured to provide the proposal routes to the vehicle having requested the route retrieval.
US11209282B2
A vehicle includes a camera configured to capture an image; and a controller programmed to analyze quality of the image to calculate a lens cleanliness, responsive to detect the lens cleanliness being below a predefined threshold, identify a carwash station within a predefined distance from a navigation route, indicate the carwash station to a vehicle user, and responsive to receiving user input selecting the carwash station, set the carwash station as a navigation destination.
US11209273B2
A celestial navigation system includes an optical device for receiving light from a celestial object, a spectrometer for measuring a spectrum of the light in sufficient detail to identify absorption and/or emission features, and a processor for processing the spectrum to match the spectrum, or a processed version thereof, against a set of reference spectra information in a database, a device for measuring the pointing direction of the optical device and a clock. The matching may be on a maximum likelihood basis. The system is thus able, on identification of a single star, and, using commonly available navigational almanacs, to calculate a geographical position. Celestial navigation takes place even when only one celestial object (that is also within the database) is visible, although improved accuracy may be obtained with multiple observations. Advantageously, the database includes stars of the K and/or M type, that have more characteristic spectral content.
US11209268B2
A depth measuring method and system applicable to a first binocular camera having a zoom lens is provided. The method includes: obtaining a current depth of a target object (S101); determining a focus with which the current depth is measured as a current focus (S102); determining, according to the preset correspondence between depth ranges and focuses, a current reference focus corresponding to a current reference depth range; wherein, the current reference depth range is a depth range in which the current depth falls (S103); determining whether the current focus is the same as the current reference focus; (S104); if the current focus is the same as the current reference focus, determining the current depth as the target depth of the target object (S105); or if the current focus is not the same as the current reference focus, adjusting the current focus to the current reference focus, measuring a current depth of the target object with the adjusted current focus (S106), and proceeding to the operation (S103) of determining, according to preset correspondence between depth ranges and focuses, a current reference focus corresponding to a current reference depth range. An object in various depth ranges is measured with a varying focus. The accuracy of the depth measurement of the target object is thus improved.
US11209262B2
An electronic apparatus, comprises a projection unit configured to project an image, a measurement unit configured to measure a distance to an object, a projection control unit configured to control, based on the distance to the object measured by the measurement unit, projection of the image by the projection unit so that the image projected onto the object has a preliminarily set actual size length.
US11209258B2
A touch trigger probe interface for a machine tool is described that includes a probe communication portion for receiving probe event information from a touch trigger probe. A machine tool communication portion is also provided for outputting probe event information to a numerical controller of the machine tool. The machine tool communication portion outputs the probe event information as digital data packets, for example over a digital data bus. The digital data packets may include a time stamp and/or the touch trigger probe interface may receive timing information from the machine tool. A touch trigger probing system and a machine tool system including the probe interface are also described.
US11209256B2
The present invention provides a primer insert for a polymer ammunition cartridge comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface opposite the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the coupling element comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface comprises: a convex transition region that transitions from the bottom surface to a second segment wherein the transition region has an overall convex shape; a first segment extending from the second segment and terminates at a tip, wherein the first segment has a first segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches and the second segment has a second segment distance from 0.02 to 0.18 inches, wherein the second segment has a second segment angle from +3 to −3 degrees relative to the first segment angle and the first segment has a first segment angle from +6 to −6 degrees from perpendicular to the top surface; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface; a primer flash aperture positioned in the primer recess through the bottom surface; and a flash aperture groove in the primer recess and positioned around the primer flash aperture and adapted to receive a polymer overmolding through the primer flash aperture.
US11209254B2
A new and novel non-lethal pellet shaped marking round for use with air rifles or air pistols, which utilizes the technology and ballistics of a bullet-shaped pellet projectile, and is designed to travel through a rifled barrel or a polygonal rifling barrel. Also disclosed is a novel non-lethal marking round pellet designed with grooves which imitate the spiral caused by a rifled barrel while utilizing a smooth bore barrel.
US11209253B2
In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a shaft, a nock and a deflector. The shaft comprises a cavity and the nock comprises a boss. The deflector surrounds the shaft and comprises a deflecting surface oriented at an angle to a surface of the shaft. The boss is positioned within the cavity and the deflector overlaps the boss.
US11209240B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide locking systems and/or retention mechanisms for an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example). Additionally, an implement holster having one or more locking systems and/or retention mechanisms is also described. Locking systems and retention mechanisms may be used individually with a holster or combined for multi-level security of the implement. The one or more locking systems can provide obstruction to the removal of the implement from the holster until intentionally unlocked by the user. Locking systems include hood locks, ejection port locks, and sight covers. Adjustable retention mechanisms can provide a desired retention of the implement while holstered, retaining the implement until a sufficient force is applied to remove the implement.
US11209235B2
At a second fitting part, inclination of the limb can be easily adjusted and corrected by an eccentric locator. The archery bow is characterized in that: the limb-side second fitting part of a limb has a projection with a convex cross section protruding from the surface of the limb of the limb-side second fitting part; the handle riser-side second fitting part of a handle riser has a housing part with a concave cross section to house the projection with a convex cross section; in the housing part, a side face near a bottom is smaller in diameter than an opening; and the limb and the handle riser are joined by joining the limb-side first fitting part and the handle riser-side first fitting part and joining the limb-side second fitting part and the handle riser-side second fitting part. The limb and handle are prevented from vibrating left and right.
US11209233B1
A muzzle device mounting system having an outer collar; an inner collar attached or coupled to the outer collar, wherein the outer collar is in a fixed rotational position relative to the inner collar; a muzzle device positioned at least partially between the inner collar and the outer collar, wherein the muzzle device is rotatable relative to the outer collar and the inner collar; and a pawl lever pivotably positioned relative to the outer collar and the inner collar, wherein the pawl lever includes an engagement surface for engaging one or more splines of a muzzle adapter, and wherein the pawl lever is slidable relative to the outer collar and the inner collar along a longitudinal axis of the outer collar and the inner collar.
US11209229B2
A linear-to-rotary converter assembly includes a housing having a first portion, a second portion, and a bore in which a plunger is slidably disposed. The plunger includes a plunger body having threads and a plunger boss extending from the housing. At least one of a one-way bearing or a disk is disposed within the housing bore. A rod is disposed within the housing bore and has a first portion having threads engaging the plunger threads and a second portion extending through the at least one of the one-way bearing or the disk. At least one magnet is disposed within the housing adjacent to the one-way bearing or the disk. Linear movement of the plunger between a firing position and a recoil position rotates the rod and the one-way bearing or the disk in a first direction as the magnet acts on the at least one of the one-way bearing or the disk.
US11209227B2
A method of regulating a temperature associated with a heat exchanger assembly of a turbine engine, the method includes, in a single cycle: measuring the temperature of an air stream at the outlet from a heat exchanger; receiving a setpoint temperature for the air stream at the outlet from the heat exchanger; estimating a theoretical temperature for the air stream at the outlet from the heat exchanger as a function of an estimate of the shutter position of a controlled valve bleeding off a cooling air stream for the heat exchanger; determining a correction current from the difference between the measured temperature and the theoretical temperature; and determining a control current for the shutter from the difference between the measured temperature and the setpoint temperature and the correction current determined during the preceding cycle, the shutter position being determined from the control and correction currents determined during the preceding cycle.
US11209214B2
A heat dissipation device includes two connected components and a flexible metal conduit. Each connected component is selected from a manifold, a quick connector, an evaporator, a condenser or a pump. The two connected components are in communication with each other through the flexible metal conduit. The use of the flexible metal conduit is effective to absorb the designing tolerance. In addition, the flexible metal conduit is recyclable.
US11209206B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a refrigerator including: a cabinet which has a storage chamber therein; an inner door which is rotatably connected to a front surface of the cabinet, opens and closes a portion of the storage chamber, and has an access hole of a predetermined size; an accommodation case which is mounted on a rear surface or the inner door, and has a front surface which is opened so as to communicate with the access hole and a rear surface which has a plurality of cool air holes which are vertically spaced apart from each other; an outer door which is rotatably connected to the inner door at a front side of the inner door and selectively opens and closes the access hole; a shielder which is movably coupled to the rear surface of the accommodation case to selectively shield the plurality of cool air holes; and a driver which is provided in the accommodation case for vertically moving the shielder.
US11209203B2
To provide an ice making device including an ice making tray, a drive unit configured to turn over the ice making tray, a frame including a frame body, the frame configured to support the ice making tray, and a fan motor configured to send wind to the ice making tray. The frame includes a block unit configured to contact a part of the ice making tray turning over to partially disturb the turning over of the ice making tray, and the fan motor is fixed only to a first frame part including one of a plurality of frame parts constituting sides surrounding a periphery of the ice making tray in a plan view of the frame.
US11209197B2
The present invention provides a refrigerating/heating device that efficiently refrigerates and heats while suppressing device costs. This refrigerating/heating device for efficiently heating and refrigerating is provided with: a refrigeration chamber; a Peltier-type cooler for supplying cold air to inside the refrigeration chamber; a heat radiation member for radiating Peltier heat; fans for air-cooling the heat radiation member; an exhaust duct through which waste heat from the fans and the heat radiation member passes; and an installation part to which a subject to be heated can be installed. The subject to be heated is installed in the waste heat flow path of the exhaust duct and heated.
US11209193B2
A Gifford-McMahon cryogenic refrigerator comprises a reciprocating displacer within a refrigeration volume. The displacer is pneumatically driven by a drive piston within a pneumatic drive volume. Pressure in the pneumatic drive volume is controlled by valving that causes the drive piston to follow a programmed displacement profile through stroke of the drive piston. The drive valving may include a proportional valve that provides continuously variable supply and exhaust of drive fluid. In a proportionally controlled feedback system, the valve into the drive volume is controlled to minimize error between a displacement signal and a programmed displacement profile. Valving to the warm end of the refrigeration volume may also be proportional. A passive force generator such as a mechanical spring or magnets may apply force to the piston in opposition to the driving force applied by the drive fluid.
US11209185B2
An air handling system includes a housing, a blower, a sensor, an air intake valve, and a controller. The housing includes an outlet to a passenger compartment, a fresh air inlet providing fresh air into the housing and a recirculated air inlet that guides air flow from the passenger compartment into the housing. The blower moves air through the housing. The air intake valve moves between a closed position blocking air flow from the fresh air inlet into the housing and an open position unblocking air flow from the fresh air inlet into the housing. The controller positions the air intake valve relative to the fresh air inlet controlling the flow of fresh air into the housing and thereby maintaining moisture density of the air flow entering the passenger compartment within a prescribed range based on humidity and temperature values from the sensor.
US11209184B2
A control system for a central energy facility with distributed energy storage includes a high level coordinator, a low level airside controller, a central plant controller, and a battery controller. The high level coordinator is configured to perform a high level optimization to generate an airside load profile for an airside system, a subplant load profile for a central plant, and a battery power profile for a battery. The low level airside controller is configured to use the airside load profile to operate airside HVAC equipment of the airside subsystem. The central plant controller is configured to use the subplant load profile to operate central plant equipment of the central plant. The battery controller is configured to use the battery power profile to control an amount of electric energy stored in the battery or discharged from the battery at each of a plurality of time steps in an optimization period.
US11209180B2
A control module configured to control operation of a damper assembly includes an air damper configured to be disposed within an air duct and movable between an open end position and a closed end position, the air duct providing conditioned air to a register boot proximate the air duct. The control module includes a control module housing that is securable to the register boot. A controller is disposed within the control module housing and is configured to generate damper position control signals, the controller providing the damper position control signals to the damper assembly via a control cable that operably couples the control module with the damper assembly. An antenna extends from the control module housing and is operably coupled to the controller, and is configured to extend through an opening formed within a wall of the register boot to be positioned exterior to the register boot.
US11209177B2
A method is provided for controlling an outdoor air conditioner formed outside of a structure, the method including: drawing outdoor air into the outdoor air conditioner; cooling the outdoor air to a dehumidification temperature to provide dehumidified air in the outdoor air conditioner; determining whether an air conditioning load exists in an air conditioning space inside the structure; heating the dehumidified air to generate supply air if it is determined that no air conditioning load exists in the air conditioning space; passing the dehumidified air at the dehumidification temperature as the supply air if it is determined that an air conditioning load exists in the air conditioning space; and providing the supply air to the air conditioning space.
US11209175B2
An outdoor unit for a refrigeration apparatus includes: a casing that houses a plurality of devices including a first device and a second device; a plurality of electric components including a first electric component and a second electric component; an electric component box disposed in the casing and that houses the plurality of electric components; a first wire that carries a first voltage or current between the first electric component and the first device; a second wire that carries a second voltage or current between the second electric component and the second device; and a cover part that suppresses entry of liquid into the electric component box. The second voltage or current is lower than the first voltage or current.
US11209172B2
A hob device, in particular an induction hob device, includes a variable cooking surface, a user interface and a control unit which in the presence of a heating type divides the cooking surface into a plurality of heating zones in at least one dividing direction, associates heating parameter to each of the heating zones, in a manner dependent on location, for heating at least one cooking pot placed on the heating zone, and forms a cooking zone that is associated with the cooking pot and is heated using the heating parameter. In the event of a request of the heating type for the cooking pot, the control unit is provided to wait for at least one operating action by a user by way of the user interface.
US11209165B2
An exhaust gas treatment device includes an exhaust gas line through which a combustion exhaust gas discharged from a power generation facility flows, a waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the combustion exhaust gas, a branch exhaust gas line provided to be connected between a front stage and a downstream stage of the waste heat recovery boiler on a main exhaust gas line, a nitrogen oxide removal unit removing nitrogen oxide in an integrated combustion exhaust gas into which a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the main exhaust gas line and a combustion exhaust gas flowing through the branch exhaust gas line are integrated, an integrated waste heat recovery boiler recovering waste heat of the integrated combustion exhaust gas from which nitrogen oxide has been removed, and a CO2 recovery unit recovering CO2 in the integrated combustion exhaust gas.
US11209164B1
A fuel injector system for a torch igniter includes an injector body centered on an axis, a receiving aperture formed in a cap of the torch igniter, an injector aperture, an air channel, a fuel channel, and a purge passage formed in a housing of the torch igniter and fluidly connected to a cooling air source. The injector body includes an axial wall at a first axial end of the injector body, an outer wall connected to the axial wall and extending along the axis transverse to the first wall, and an inner portion connected to the axial wall and extending along the axis transverse to the axial wall. An outer surface of the inner portion is spaced a distance from an inner surface of the outer wall, forming an insulating space between the outer wall and the inner portion.
US11209158B2
A boiler construction includes a boiler pressure body having a bottom and a roof at a height H from the bottom and at least four planar watertube walls forming a polygonal horizontal cross section with at least four corner sections, and a rigid support steel structure, the boiler pressure body being supported to the rigid support steel structure at a height between the bottom and roof. A vertical corner column is attached exteriorly to at least four of the at least four corner sections at a height region between the bottom and roof, and the supporting of the boiler pressure body is provided by supporting each of the vertical corner columns to the rigid support steel structure at a height from 0.1 H to 0.9 H from the bottom so as to balance vertical loads of the boiler pressure body.
US11209151B2
A lighting apparatus includes a driver box, a driver module and a light module. The driver box includes a surrounding wall and a top cover. The surrounding wall has multiple rectangular plates. A hinge structure is disposed for connecting the surrounding wall and the top cover so that the top cover is rotatable with respect to the surrounding wall to expose a container space enclosed by the surrounding wall. An elastic clip has a first clip end fixed to the surrounding wall and has a second clip end for elastically deformed to either lock or release the top cover to rotate with respect to the surrounding wall. The driver module is disposed in the container space of the surrounding wall. The driver module is connected to a power wire via a wiring hole disposed on the surrounding wall. The light module receives a driving current from the driver module.
US11209148B2
A security lighting system for a perimeter fence includes a plurality of light fixtures. Each light fixture has a lower end secured to a vertical fence post, an upper end including a low voltage LED for generating light, an extension tube extending from the lower end of the light fixture to the upper end of the light fixture for locating the low voltage LED above top horizontal fence pipes of the perimeter fence, and a light directing element covering the low voltage LED for directing light generated by the low voltage LED in a downward direction toward the ground. Low voltage electrically conductive wiring interconnects the light fixtures to low voltage current provided by a power source. The low voltage electrically conductive wiring is strung along the top horizontal fence pipes and is exposed as it extends horizontally between the light fixtures at the top of said perimeter fence.
US11209147B2
An apparatus can include a lens that can shape light emerging from a light emitting diode (LED). The emergent light from the LED can be substantially centered around an LED axis. An incident surface of the lens can be positioned to face the LED. The incident surface can include a concave portion. The concave portion can be substantially smooth, so as not to substantially scatter light that strikes the concave portion. The concave portion can be substantially centered around a concave portion axis that is non-coaxial with the LED axis. The incident surface can include a scattering portion, positioned away from the concave portion, which can be textured so as to scatter light that strikes the scattering portion. An exiting surface of the lens can optionally include a generally planar portion that at least partially surrounds a substantially smooth convex portion.
US11209146B2
A miniaturized structured light projection module is provided. The miniaturized structured light projection module includes a light source assembly and a projecting lens. The light source assembly has a plurality of light source units, each of which is provided with a default projected pattern on its surface. The projecting lens is disposed above the light source units. The default projected patterns of the light source units are disposed on a front focal plane of the projecting lens.
US11209145B2
An optical unit includes: a light source; a first reflector that reflects emitted light emitted from the light source, at a first reflection region of which the reflecting direction is periodically changed; and a second reflector that further reflects first reflected light reflected by the first reflector, at a second reflection region of which the reflecting direction is periodically changed. The first reflector is configured such that the second reflection region is scanned with the first reflected light. In the second reflector, the second reflection region is formed such as to reflect the first reflected light to provide second reflected light with which scanning is performed to produce a light distribution pattern.
US11209142B2
A daylight illumination system for integration into a building or larger vehicle comprises a translucent facade element (800) containing a glass sheet and a light redirection element (302 or 708), and a light transport channel (801) for guiding light about horizontally into an interior of the building, the light transport channel comprising one opening attached to the interior side of said facade element and at least one opening towards the interior of the building, characterised in that the light redirection element (302 or 708) is formed as a structured polymer film or sheet attached to a glass sheet of the facade element (800) and is configured for changing the direction of incident light into the about horizontal light transport channel.
US11209138B2
A lighting fixture appears as a skylight and is referred to as a skylight fixture. The skylight fixture has a sky-resembling assembly and a plurality of sun-resembling assemblies. The sky-resembling assembly has a sky-resembling optical assembly and a sky-specific light source, wherein light from the sky-specific light source exits a planar interior surface of the sky-resembling light optical assembly as skylight light. The plurality of sun-resembling assemblies are arranged adjacent one another and extend downward from a periphery of the sky-resembling assembly. Each of the plurality of sun-resembling assemblies has a sun-resembling optical assembly and a sun-specific light source, wherein light from the sun-specific light source exits a planar interior surface of the sun-resembling optical assembly as sunlight light.
US11209130B2
A method for producing a tube lamp uses at least one leadframe. A leadframe is a flat structure which has two opposing surfaces extending substantially parallel and spaced apart by the sheet thickness. One or more stabilizing sections are applied to the leadframe. The leadframe is fastened with the stabilizing sections in a tubular housing of the tube lamp.
US11209125B2
A transport container for helium, with an inner container for receiving the helium, a coolant container for receiving a cryogenic liquid (N2), an outer container, in which the inner container and the coolant container are contained, a thermal shield, in which the inner container is contained and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid (LN2), the thermal shield having at least one first cooling line, in which the liquid phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received for actively cooling the thermal shield, and an insulating element, which is arranged between the outer container and the thermal shield and which can be actively cooled with the aid of a gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid (GN2), the insulating element having at least one second cooling line, in which the gaseous phase of the cryogenic liquid can be received.
US11209124B2
An apparatus according to which a power end of a reciprocating pump assembly includes a block having bores formed therethrough, and crossheads disposed in the bores and adapted to reciprocate therein. A lubrication pump is in fluid communication with the bores. The pump is operable to pump lubrication fluid into each of the bores so that the crossheads are lubricated as they reciprocate within their respective bores. In another aspect, a power end includes a crosshead block and a power frame connected thereto, the frame including rib plates and supporting the crosshead block. In yet another aspect, a method includes casting a crosshead block; fabricating rib plates; connecting the rib plates to form a frame; and connecting the cast crosshead block to the frame. In some embodiments, the power ends may be used in oilfield operations such as, for example, the cementing, acidizing, or fracturing of a subterranean wellbore.
US11209122B2
Devices and methods for attaching objects to living trees. Various forms of the devices employ a flexible member and mounting member that are configured to be looped and secured around a tree portion at a beginning of a predetermined time period. The mounting member and flexible member are configured to slide relative to each other to accommodate growth of the tree portion such that the device remains secured to the tree portion for at least the duration of the predetermined period of time without the need for human intervention. In other embodiments, the mounting member is integrally formed with the object or no mounting member is employed.
US11209121B2
A lifting support device that includes a linear actuator including a first end configured to support an object, and a load sensor positioned to determine application of a first load on the load sensor by at least the object. The linear actuator is maintained in equilibrium when supporting the first load. The lifting support device further includes a controller coupled in communication with the load sensor, and the controller is configured to selectively actuate the linear actuator in response to application of a second load on the load sensor.
US11209120B1
A system comprises a pole, a conduit track, and a sliding assembly that slides along the conduit track. The pole is configured to support an optical system that includes a camera or antenna. The sliding assembly and conduit track are disposed within an interior of the pole. The sliding assembly supports electrical components used in operation of the optical system, such as power components, storage devices, and communication modules. Cables extend from the optical system, through the conduit track, and to the electrical components supported by the sliding assembly. An access opening along the pole provides an operator easy access to the electrical components. Moreover, all of the electrical components and cables are disposed within the pole and protected from outside elements. The system allows electronic systems power and optics to be deployed in a cost effective, efficient and secure manner in locations alongside roads and other access ways.
US11209117B2
A transportation pipe includes a main-body vacuum insulated pipe, a central pipe, and a connecting vacuum insulated pipe. The main-body vacuum insulated pipe including a double pipe structure includes a vacuum part in a region between an inner pipe and an outer pipe. The central pipe through which a fluid to be transported flows, is arranged in the main-body vacuum insulated pipe. The connecting vacuum insulated pipe having a double pipe structure includes a vacuum part in a region between an inner pipe and an outer pipe. In a state in which two main-body vacuum insulated pipes are inserted into the connecting vacuum insulated pipe from respective ends of the connecting vacuum insulated pipe, ends of the main-body vacuum insulated pipes are away from one another, and the main-body vacuum insulated pipes are connected to one another via the connecting vacuum insulated pipe.
US11209114B2
A device for traversing a conduit includes a body having a first member that is receivable within a second member. The first member is slidable relative to the second member. A first actuator is coupled to a first end of the body. A second actuator is coupled to a second end of the body. A third actuator is coupled to the body between the first actuator and the second actuator. The third actuator is also spaced apart from the first actuator and the second actuator. The device also includes a pneumatic system that is configured to change the pressure of the actuators.
US11209113B2
A reinforced pipe and a method of preparing the reinforced pipe are provided. The reinforced pipe has repair area where a circumferential defect is present in a center section of the repair area. The reinforced pipe comprises a unidirectional fabric circumferentially wrapped around the repair area of the pipe so as to result in multiple layers of the unidirectional fabric around the repair area. The unidirectional fabric is composed of high-performance fibers with at least 90% of the high-performance fibers oriented in the 90° direction, and the unidirectional fabric is wrapped such that the high-performance fibers run in the axial direction. The reinforced pipe further comprises a bidirectional fabric wrapped of over the unidirectional fabric such the at least one layer of bidirectional fabric is wrapped over the unidirectional fabric.
US11209106B2
In one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure a fluid coupling assembly defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction is provided. The fluid coupling assembly includes a male coupling including a first MC attachment interface, a second MC attachment interface, and an outer surface extending along the circumferential direction; a ferrule coupling including an FC attachment interface pressed against the first MC attachment interface, a lip extending along the radial direction, and an outer surface extending along the circumferential direction to define a circular shape; and a nut coupling including an NC attachment interface rotatably engaged with the second MC attachment interface, a flange extending along the radial direction and pressed against the lip of the ferrule coupling, and an inner surface extending along the circumferential direction to define a circular shape; wherein the outer surface of the male coupling, the outer surface of the ferrule, or the inner surface of the nut coupling includes a plurality of non-resilient protrusions spaced along the circumferential direction for contacting an opposing surface and increasing a loosening resistance of the fluid coupling assembly.
US11209099B2
A pressure safety valve (PSV) indicator arranged to be secured to a PSV discharge pipe over a first through-bore arranged therein, the PSV indicator including a connection including a first radially inward facing surface, an indicator cylinder, including a radially outward facing surface, a first end connected to the connection, a second end, and a second radially inward facing surface extending from the first end to the second end, a plunger slidably arranged in the indicator cylinder, the plunger including a head, and a neck having a third end, and an inductive proximity sensor operatively arranged to determine the position of the plunger.
US11209096B2
A valve, includes a valve body comprising a bore having a first seal plate and a second, opposed seal plate, therein, the first seal plate including a first seal plate opening therethrough, a first port in fluid communication with the bore through the first seal plate opening, a second port in fluid communication with the bore, a third port in fluid communication with the bore, the second port disposed intermediate of the first and third ports, a bilateral sealing assembly comprising a tubular body having a first outer surface adjacent a first end face thereof, and a second outer surface adjacent a second end thereof opposite of the first end face. The bore includes a first inner cylindrical surface extending inwardly thereof from a first end thereof and a first tapered surface angled away from the first inner cylindrical surface, and a first inner cylindrical surface extending inwardly thereof from a first end thereof and a first tapered surface angled away from the first inner cylindrical surface, and with the first surface of the bilateral sealing sleeve in contact with the first seal plate, a first annular gap between the first outer surface of the bilateral sealing assembly and the first inner cylindrical surface.
US11209083B2
A sealing membrane assembly including a flange having a body with a through passage. A first sealing membrane defines a first flexible panel with a first axial sealed opening extending therethrough. The first axial sealed opening extends at an acute angle. A second sealing membrane defines a second flexible panel with a second axial sealed opening extending therethrough. The second axial sealed opening extends at an obtuse angle. The first and second sealing membranes are secured relative to the flange such that the first and second axial sealed openings crisscross one another and the first and second sealing membranes seal the through passage except through the first and second sealed openings.
US11209063B2
A friction material composition of the present invention includes a fibrous base, a friction regulator, and a binder and has a copper content of 0.5 mass % or less in terms of copper element amount. The friction material composition contains regenerated cellulosic fibers as the fibrous base. In an embodiment of the friction material composition, the regenerated cellulose fiber has a fiber length of 2 mm to 20 mm.
US11209058B2
A spring brake actuator is for braking a wheel of a vehicle. The spring brake actuator has an axially elongated housing having a parking brake chamber and a service brake chamber; a main compression spring in the parking brake chamber; a flexible diaphragm in the parking brake chamber; and a pressure plate in the parking brake chamber, the pressure plate located axially between the main compression spring and the flexible diaphragm. The flexible diaphragm has a contoured portion that inhibits radial shifting of the pressure plate with respect to the flexible diaphragm.
US11209056B2
A friction lining assembly having a backing plate and a sheet metal restoring spring fixed thereto, for a partially lined sliding-caliper type disk brake having a brake holder fixed with respect to the vehicle, on which friction lining assemblies arranged on both sides of a brake disk are slidably guided. A housing, which extends over the brake disk and the friction lining assemblies, is slidably mounted on the brake holder. The restoring spring is clamped axially between the brake holder and the friction lining assembly by at least one spring leg and applies a release clearance to the friction lining assembly. The spring leg extends over a hammer-head-shaped claw of the backing plate. The spring leg is plastically deformable in a defined manner under braking actuation as a result of a reduction in the friction-material thickness in order to impose a constantly dimensioned release clearance on the friction lining assembly.
US11209052B2
A meshing engagement device includes a movable member; a first engaging element; a spring member; first engaging teeth formed on the first engaging element; and a second engaging element having second engaging teeth which engage with the first engaging teeth. Further, the meshing engagement device switches between an engagement state and a disengagement state, and the engagement state includes: a first engagement state where the spring member is brought into a state where the spring member is contracted in the axial direction; and a second engagement state where the spring member is brought into a state where the spring member is further contracted in the axial direction compared to the spring member in the first engagement state.
US11209047B1
A liquid guiding structure for a fluid dynamic pressure bearing, comprising: a fluid dynamic pressure bearing having an inner recess chamber and a liquid guiding trench which is formed between two sides of the inner recess chamber so as to form a circular close liquid guiding structure; wherein the liquid guiding trench includes at least two small V shape paths and at least one large V shape path; the large V shape path is larger than the small V shape paths and is located between the at least two small V shape paths. First angles at tip ends of the at least two small V shape paths are equal. A second angle between connections of the small V shape path and a respective large V shape path is larger than the first angle at tip ends of the at least two small V shape paths.
US11209045B2
A journal bearing assembly for rotatably supporting at least one gear, comprising a pin and a journal shaft. The journal shaft includes an inner cavity receiving the pin and an outer surface including a plurality of contact surfaces supporting the at least one gear and at least one annular groove separating adjacent contact surfaces. The pin is configured to support the journal shaft at a support position in the inner cavity.
US11209040B2
A self-clinching fastener for attachment to a plastically deformable metal panel includes a body portion with a central axis, the body portion has an outer peripheral surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the central axis. A punch portion is coaxial with the central axis and extends from the body portion such that the annular-shaped surface encircles the punch portion, the punch portion includes an outer peripheral surface extending in the direction of the central axis. A plurality of spaced apart lugs encircle the punch portion and axially projecting outwards from the annular-shaped surface, one of the lugs has a contact face configured to engage the metal substrate, the contact face declining, relative to an imaginary horizontal plane on which the annular-shaped surface lies, in a radially outwards direction of the self-clinching fastener.
US11209039B2
A cage nut fastener, capable of installation against a frame member without the aid of tools, includes a spring cage and a nut retained within a space defined by the spring cage and prevented from rotation therein. The spring cage includes a back wall with a wall aperture therethrough, a cage arm extending in a forward direction from a side of the back wall, and a lever arm disposed at a side of the back wall that is opposite the cage arm. The nut includes a nut aperture therethrough that is generally aligned with the wall aperture of the back wall. The lever arm includes an extension portion that extends in a rearward direction behind the back wall of the spring cage. Application of a compression force upon the lever arm, without the aid of tools, manipulates the spring cage to a compressed state that facilitates positioning of a distal end of each of the cage arm and the lever arm through an aperture of a frame member so that, upon release of the compression force, the spring cage and the nut are secured against the frame member.
US11209033B2
A plastic component with a substrate including a plastic and at least one first fastening piece that is embodied for a form-fitting engagement with a complementarily formed second fastening piece and has at least one anchoring element embedded and fixed in a position in the substrate; the substrate includes soft foam with a weight per unit volume of 120 kg/m3 to 300 kg/m3 and a Shore A hardness of 5 to 100 and the fastening element includes a thermoplastic plastic.
US11209031B2
A single shear attachment device with an eccentric axis and an eccentric sleeve, a mechanical assembly including such a device and an assembling process. The attachment device includes an eccentric axis as well as an eccentric sleeve intended to be mounted on the eccentric axis in order to correct, by an appropriate positioning in rotation of the eccentric sleeve on the eccentric axis, the possible clearance between superposed circular holes of mechanical components that have to be linked together by means of the attachment device, the attachment device also includes blocking means configured to be able to block in rotation the eccentric axis and the eccentric sleeve, said attachment device thus allowing to generate a quick and clear attachment, that is able to correct clearances locally.
US11209021B2
This centrifugal rotary machine includes an impeller having a disk, blades, and a cover. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a casing which accommodates the impeller radially inward and forms a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the cover and the casing. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a sealing device which seals the gap. The casing includes an end wall surface which is disposed to face one axial side of a cover end surface facing one axial side of the cover, extends in the radial direction and forms a radial flow path between the end wall surface and the cover end surface. The casing further includes a foreign matter introduction path which is formed inside the casing and communicates with a radially outer side of the radial flow path.
US11209012B2
The invention proposes a fan, in particular for a turbomachine of small size such as a jet engine, having a hub ratio which corresponds to the ratio of the diameter of the inner limit of the incoming air stream at the radially inner ends of the leading edges of the fan blades, divided by the diameter of the circle around which the outer ends of the fan blades pass, having a value of between 0.20 and 0.265.
US11209000B2
A compressor may include a shell assembly, first and second scrolls, a piston, and a piston-retention member. The piston engages the first scroll and may be partially received within a recess defined by the shell assembly. The piston and the shell assembly may cooperate to define a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber may be in selective fluid communication with a source of working fluid to control movement of the piston relative to the shell assembly. The piston-retention member may engage the piston and a rotationally fixed structure. The piston-retention member allows rotation of the piston relative to the first scroll in a first rotational direction and restricts rotation of the piston relative to the first scroll in a second rotational direction.
US11208999B2
A downhole pumping apparatus comprising a positive displacement rotary gear pump (RGP), driven by a rotating rod string or a submersible electric motor.
US11208996B2
A power end assembly includes a crankshaft section, a crosshead section, and a connector section coupled together by one, two, or more sets of stay rods. The power end may include one or more support plates that are coupled to the crankshaft section and/or crosshead section. The crosshead section includes a plurality of individual crosshead frames. The connector section may include a plurality of individual connector plates or may be a unitary connector plate. The power end is configured to be coupled to a fluid end assembly by coupling the fluid end assembly to the connector plates.
US11208992B2
A wastewater sump assembly for receiving and disposing of undesired fluid and, in some cases, solid waste (collectively “wastewater”). A sump basin includes an upstanding wall a base and a top. A sensor in the form, e.g., of a float switch extends into the basin and is operable to actuate a pump to remove collective wastewater from the basin. The sensor depends from a sensor support that is supported distally within the basin in a vertical manner and is supported proximately within the basin in a horizontal manner, with securement of the sensor support not requiring traversal of the basin top and with the distal basin support not needing to be accessed vertically through a pump access aperture in the top.
US11208964B2
Methods, devices, estimators, controllers and algorithms are described for estimating the torque profile of an engine and/or for controlling torque applied to a powertrain by one or more devices other than the engine itself to manage the net torque applied by the engine and other device(s) in manners that reduce undesirable NVH. The described approaches are particularly well suitable for use in hybrid vehicles in which the engine is operated in a skip fire or other dynamic firing level modulation manner—however they may be used in a variety of other circumstances as well. In some embodiments, the hybrid vehicle includes a motor/generator that applies the smoothing torque.
US11208961B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having at least one fuel injector that is activated for opening and closing via a solenoid valve of a respective fuel injector. Commencing with the activation of the fuel injector for opening, structure-borne sound waves emitted by the fuel injector over the time are detected by measurement. A structure-borne sound wave signal detected by measurement over the time is evaluated such that dependent on the amount of at least one maximum of the structure-borne sound wave signal and/or dependent on the number of the maximums of the structure-borne sound wave signal and/or in the presence of multiple maximums dependent on the time sequence and/or on the amount of the maximums, an operating state of the respective fuel injector is deduced.
US11208960B2
A method and system of controlling a turboprop engine are described. The method comprises obtaining a propeller speed and a pressure-based measurement signal from a torque pressure transducer coupled to the turboprop engine, determining an output power of the turboprop engine from the pressure-based measurement and the propeller speed, calculating a gas generator speed request based on an error between the output power and a reference power, determining a fuel flow command based on the gas generator speed request, and issuing the fuel.
US11208958B2
A method of assembling a fan drive gear system for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes the steps of providing a unitary carrier defining a central axis and that includes spaced apart walls and circumferentially spaced mounts defining spaced apart apertures at an outer circumference of the carrier, gear pockets defined between the walls and extending to the apertures, and a central opening in at least one of the walls. The method includes the steps of inserting a plurality of intermediate gears through the central opening, moving the intermediate gears radially outwardly relative to the central axis into the gear pockets, inserting a sun gear through the central opening, moving the plurality of intermediate gears radially inwardly relative to the central axis to engage the sun gear, and coupling a fan shaft to the carrier such that the fan shaft and intermediate gears are rotatable about the central axis. A fan drive gear system is also disclosed.
US11208950B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, the compressor section including a variable inlet guide vane which is movable between distinct angles to control the airflow approaching the compressor section. A control is programmed to position the vane at startup of the engine to direct airflow across the compressor section. The engine includes a fan for delivering bypass air into a bypass duct positioned outwardly of a core engine including the compressor section. The position of the vane is configured to direct airflow across the compressor section while an aircraft associated with the gas turbine engine is in the air, and to increase a windmilling speed of the compressor section and the turbine rotors. A method and variable inlet vane are also disclosed.
US11208949B2
The present invention is a system, method and computer program for operating a land-or marine-based multi-spool gas turbine system for generating electrical power to supply a load, wherein the system comprises a multi-spool gas turbine engine, and the method comprises controlling the rotational speeds of the at least two generators independently of each other so as to directly control the rotational speeds of the shafts of the spools, the at last two generators being operable to generate electrical current to supply the load, and regulating the amount of heat generated the first heat generating equipment. A computer program to perform the method is also disclosed.
US11208948B2
The power generator comprises an engine, an alternator to be driven by the engine, and shrouds that cover at least a part of the engine, and each of the shrouds is formed of a shroud main body member and a sound absorbing member.
US11208936B2
An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a filter 23 arranged in an exhaust passage 23 of an internal combustion engine in which a plurality of cylinders 61, 62, 63, 64 cooled by cooling water are provided and trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, a wall temperature calculation part 51 configured to calculate or detect wall temperatures of a predetermined number of equal to or more than two cylinders among the plurality of cylinders, and a PM amount calculation part 52 configured to calculate an amount of particulate matter discharged from the plurality of cylinders to the exhaust passage based on the wall temperatures calculated or detected by the wall temperature calculation part.
US11208929B2
A control device comprises an estimated temperature calculation part calculating an estimated temperature of a conductive base based on an engine operating state, an electrical heating permission judgment part judging if to permit warmup of a catalyst device by electrical heating, and a catalyst warmup control part warming up the catalyst device by electrical heating when electrical heating is permitted and warming up the catalyst device by heat of exhaust discharged from the internal combustion engine when electrical heating is prohibited. The electrical heating permission judgment part prohibits warmup of the catalyst device by electrical heating when it is predicted that the actual temperature of the conductive base has diverged from the estimated temperature, when the estimated temperature is low in reliability, or when it is not possible to calculate the estimated temperature.
US11208926B2
A system and method for monitoring the negative impact of a filtration system on the fuel economy of an internal combustion engine. A filter monitoring controller receives engine operating parameters of the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines an amount of power generated by the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the engine operating parameters. The filter monitoring controller determines a filter hydraulic power consumption of a filtration system providing a fluid to the internal combustion engine. The filter monitoring controller determines a fuel economy impact of the filtration system on the internal combustion engine based at least in part on the filter hydraulic power consumption of the filtration system. The filter monitoring controller compares the fuel economy impact of the filtration system to a threshold fuel economy impact to determine whether a filter element of the filtration system requires servicing.
US11208922B2
An actuation transmission apparatus for actuating a latching arrangement for latching and unlatching a first body and a second body of a switchable valve train component of an internal combustion engine, the latching arrangement being biased from an unlatched position where the first body and the second body are unlatched towards a latched position where the latching arrangement latches the first body and the second body together, the actuation transmission apparatus including: a shaft rotatable by an actuation source; a contacting element for contacting the latching arrangement; and a biasing device for biasing the contacting element rotationally with respect to the shaft. In use, the biasing device becomes biased by the shaft when the actuation source rotates the shaft when the actuation source attempts to actuate the latching arrangement to the unlatched position, via the contacting element, when the latching arrangement is in an un-actuatable state.
US11208919B2
The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbine, comprising a turbine rotor (12) having a plurality of turbine rotor blades (2) with a turbine rotor blade height H. The exhaust gas turbine further comprises a diffuser arrangement (20) having a transverse diffuser (1) and an exhaust gas collection chamber (9). The transverse diffuser (1) is arranged downstream of the turbine rotor blades (2). The transverse diffuser (1) has a curved diffuser channel (13) which opens into the exhaust gas collection chamber (9) at a diffuser channel outlet (17). A M/H ratio between an axial extension M of the exhaust gas collection chamber (9) and the turbine rotor blade height H has a value of 1.0≤M/H≤4.6 and a P/H ratio between a radial extension P of the diffuser arrangement (20) and the turbine rotor blade height H has a value of 2.7≤P/H≤4.9. A D/H ratio between a radial expansion D of the diffuser channel section (13) and the turbine rotor blade height H has a value of 2.5≤D/H≤3.0 and a R/H ratio between a turbine hub radius R and the turbine rotor blade height H has a value of 1.1≤R/H≤1.5.
US11208904B2
A method for manufacturing a vane from a composite material with a fitted metal leading edge includes the successive draping, on a template of the leading edge of the vane to be manufactured, of a first layer of a base material and of a second layer of an adhesive material, the transfer of the first and second draped layers in the recess of a metal foil, the positioning of the foil including the first and second draped layers alongside the leading edge of a vane preform including a fiber reinforcement impregnated with a precursor of a matrix, the co-curing of the vane preform and of the first and second draped layers so as to obtain a vane made of composite material including on its leading edge a bonded metal foil.
US11208901B2
A component for a gas turbine engine comprises an airfoil having an outer surface. One or more cooling passages can be disposed within the airfoil, having a cooling passage extending along a trailing edge. A plurality of cooling channels can extend from the cooling passage through the trailing edge. At least one flow element and at least one film hole can be disposed in the cooling channel or the trailing edge passage adjacent the cooling channel. The flow element and the film hole can be in a predetermined relationship with one another providing improved flow to the film hole.
US11208889B2
A roadway conduit system includes a roadway conduit section that includes a floor portion with roadway surface configured to receive traveling vehicles, a ceiling portion, and at least one sidewall portion coupled to the floor portion and the ceiling portion such that the floor, ceiling, and at least one sidewall portions define a roadway conduit volume through which the traveling vehicles traverse the roadway conduit section. The roadway conduit section includes at least two fixedly connected preformed segments. The roadway conduit system also includes a roadway conduit ingress coupled to a first location of the roadway conduit section; a roadway conduit egress coupled to a second location of the roadway conduit section; and at least one air mover configured to circulate an airflow in the roadway conduit volume in a direction of at least one of the traveling vehicles.
US11208888B2
A process for supporting an anchor bolt and an anchor cable on a continuous mining working face is provided. A four-arm top anchor bolt drill carriage serves as a front carriage, a six-arm side anchor bolt and top anchor cable and top anchor cable drill carriage serves as a rear carriage, and the two carriages are arranged in a front-rear direction to work in parallel. Four anchor bolt drill machines of the four-arm top anchor bolt drill carriage face to a top plate. Two drill machines are disposed in front of the six-arm side anchor bolt and the top anchor cable drill carriage. At a distance of four meters away, another two drill machines are disposed. Two top anchor cable drill machines are disposed in a middle of the anchor bolt drill machines and face to the top plate.
US11208887B2
A tool holder insertion device includes a frame extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the frame including first and second longitudinal arms extending between the distal end and the proximal end. The frame also includes a distal transverse arm connected to respective distal ends of the first and second longitudinal arms, a proximal transverse arm opposite the distal transverse arm, and an internal space extending from the distal transverse arm, the internal space forming an insertion opening. The tool holder insertion device also includes a drive assembly fixed to the frame, the drive assembly including a pushing surface that is movable within the internal space toward the distal end of the frame.
US11208885B2
A system for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore is provided. The system includes a cement tool, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The cement tool is operable to be deployed down the wellbore through a casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore. The cement tool includes a tool sensor. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The fiber optic cable is communicatively coupled with the tool sensor. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the tool sensor via the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.
US11208881B1
Methods, systems, and controllers for detecting and mitigating well screen outs may include a controller configured to operate a fracturing pump to supply fluid at a discharge rate to a wellhead at a fracturing well site. The controller may also operate a blender positioned to deliver a blend of proppant and fluid to the fracturing pump. The controller may compare a fluid pressure increase rate to a preselected increase rate indicative of a potential well screen out. The controller may incrementally decrease the discharge rate of the fracturing pump and a flow rate of a blender when the fluid pressure increase rate of the wellhead exceeds the preselected increase rate and the fluid pressure is within a preselected percentage of a maximum wellhead pressure until the fluid pressure of the fluid supplied to the wellhead is stabilized.
US11208878B2
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation includes a support structure that includes an electric powered pump, arranged in a first area, the electric powered pump powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in a second area proximate the first area, connected to the at least one electric motor to control the speed of the at least one electric motor. The system includes a transformer, arranged in a third area proximate the second area. The system also includes a cooling system, arranged in a fourth area proximate the third area, the cooling system providing a cooling fluid to the VFD via one or more headers.
US11208876B2
A system includes a reception interface that receives sensor data of an artificial lift system disposed at least in part in a well; an analysis engine that, based at least in part on a portion of the sensor data, outputs values of state variables of the artificial lift system; and a transmitter interface that transmits information, based at least in part on a portion of the values of state variables, to a surface controller operatively coupled to the artificial lift system.
US11208873B2
A switch sub adapter configured to connect a switch sub to a perforating gun assembly. The switch sub adapter includes a tubular body having first threads that connect to the switch sub and second threads that connect to the perforating gun assembly; a first internal chamber formed at a first end of the adapter; a second internal chamber formed at a second end of the adapter; a conduit connecting the first internal chamber to the second internal chamber; and a dart having a tip located in the conduit and a base part located in the second internal chamber. The dart is formed from a compliant material that deforms in response to pressure resulting from detonation of charges associated with the perforating gun.
US11208856B2
A well stack connector has the following features. A drive ring is carried by a housing and is rotatable relative to the housing. A clamp is within the housing. The clamp is moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In the engaged position, the clamp engages the first well device to the second well device. In the disengaged position, the clamp allows the first well device to become unrestrained from the second well device. A linkage is coupled to the drive ring, the housing and the clamp. The linkage is moveable, by rotation of the drive ring, between a first position supporting the clamp in the engaged position and a second position supporting the clamp in the disengaged position.
US11208850B1
A downhole tubular system including a tubular defining a wall having an inner radial surface and an outer radial surface, the outer radial surface having a circumferential channel formed therein extending 360 degrees defining a punch portion, the inner radial surface defining an inner bore; a sleeve attachable around the tubular; and at least a portion of a control fluid chamber passageway defined between the sleeve and the outer radial surface, the wall occluding fluidic communication between the control line passageway and the inner bore until the punch portion has been punctured.
US11208849B2
A cutter element includes a base portion having a central axis, a first end, and a second end. In addition, the cutter element includes a cutting layer fixably mounted to the first end of the base portion. The cutting layer includes a cutting face distal. The cutting face includes a planar central region centered relative to the central axis and disposed in a plane oriented perpendicular to the central axis. The cutting face also includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced cutting regions disposed about the planar central region. Each cutting region extends from the planar central region to the radially outer surface of the cutting layer. Each cutting region slopes axially toward the base portion moving radially outward from the planar central region to the radially outer surface of the cutting layer. Further, the cutting face includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced relief regions disposed about the planar central region. Each relief region extends from the planar central region to the radially outer surface. Each relief region slopes axially toward the base portion moving radially outward from the planar central region to the radially outer surface of the cutting layer. The plurality of cutting regions and the plurality of relief regions are circumferentially arranged in an alternating manner such that one relief region is circumferentially disposed two circumferentially adjacent cutting regions of the plurality of cutting regions.
US11208848B1
A downhole tool, or earth-boring bit, for use in disintegrating structures in a cased wellbore includes a tool body having a central axis about which the tool body rotates and an outermost gage surface on the tool body. At least one gage cutting element on the gage surface has a blunt outermost projection and a sharp cutting edge recessed from the blunt outermost projection, wherein, during rotation of the tool body, the blunt outermost surface contacts the cased wellbore and the sharp cutting edge does not. The blunt outermost projection may be on a leading element while the sharp cutting edge is on a separate, trailing element.
US11208840B1
A roll-up door with fall protection preferably includes a door web, a pair of guide tracks, a pair of lower track brackets, a plurality of upper track brackets and a door web roller. The door web includes a plurality of screen web panels and wind bars. Opposing ends of the door web are retained in the pair of guide tracks. A first wind bar is arraigned to be 42 inches off a floor to meet OSHA fall protection standards. The door web includes at least two upper wind bars above the first wind bar and at least one lower wind bar below the first wind bar. The pair of guide tracks are secured to a wall with the pair of lower track brackets and the plurality of upper track brackets. A top of the pair of lower track brackets are located at least 42 inches above the floor.
US11208837B2
A door system with a deceleration mechanism may be adapted to control an opening of a door module that separates compartments of an aircraft and includes a door panel and a door frame. During the opening of the door module, the door panel performs a rotational movement 389 above a floor structure of the aircraft. The deceleration mechanism is operable in a normal operation mode and a deceleration mode and comprises a hinge, a wedge-shaped component that is rotatably attached to the hinge, and an activation device. The activation device is coupled to the wedge-shaped component and switches the deceleration mechanism from operating in the normal operation mode to operating in the deceleration mode when a difference in pressure between the compartments exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US11208833B2
The invention relates to a device for securing panes of glass for sliding doors, made up of a rear plate (3) on which a rolling element (2) is supported which is configured to enable the movement of the securing device (1) along a profile (F) of a sliding door (P); and a first front plate (4) and a second front plate (5) facing the rear plate (3) and able to be coupled to it, defining an intermediate mortise (7) for securing a pane of glass (H). Said securing device (1) comprises a third front plate (6) facing the rear plate (3) and able to be coupled to it, arranged between the first front plate (4) and the second front plate (5).
US11208829B2
A connector for pivotably connecting two structural members together includes a generally planar member having a plurality of semi-circular tabs extending from the planar member. The tabs are semi-circular to pivotably receive a vertically extending rod member of one of the structural elements. The connector may include a semi-cylindrical wall portion that is adapted to receive and capture a horizontally extending rod member of one of the structural members.
US11208828B2
Anchoring means for anchoring a guy line of a tent to the ground are formed by two equally large elongated tent pegs which two are in contact with a main surface and can be moved in longitudinal direction relative to each other. This tent peg is in contact with the ground only with one of its main surfaces and with the other main surface is relatively easily movable over the other tent peg. After the tent peg has been extracted from the ground along the tent peg, the tent peg will be extracted from the ground by further pulling at tent peg. This tent peg is also clear of the ground on a main surface, where the tent peg has just been located and can therefore be pulled out of the ground in a simple manner.
US11208819B2
Example aspects of an indicator for a compression post, a compression post for a building, and a method for using a compression post are disclosed. The indicator for a compression post can comprise a leg configured to engage a support plate of the compression post; and an indication portion supported by the leg and comprising; a first visual indicator configured to indicate that the compression post is in an uncompressed configuration; and a second visual indicator configured to indicate that the compression post is in a compressed configuration.
US11208798B2
A trip lever assembly for a toilet includes a body and an infrared sensor. The body is configured to be mechanically coupled to a flush valve assembly of the toilet. The infrared sensor is coupled to the body, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the flush valve assembly. The body is configured to be manually actuated to control the flush valve assembly. The infrared sensor is a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect the distance of an object in a detection region of the infrared sensor to control the flush valve assembly.
US11208793B2
A sanitary equipment with a water supply system, a water route system, and a hand washing table are provided. The sanitary equipment includes a machine having a machine water outlet; a movable hand washing table pivoted on the machine and located below the machine water outlet, the movable hand washing table being capable of opening or retracting with respect to the machine; and a water route system disposed in the machine and connected to the machine water outlet to discharge potable water and non-potable water from the machine water outlet.
US11208790B1
Portable water delivery apparatuses and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a portable frame trailer having: a base; and at least two wheels, a tank configured to be transported on the portable frame trailer, a pump for delivering water in the tank to an interface, means for coupling the pump to a water input in a structure, and a portable power supply delivering power to the pump.
US11208780B2
Tubular segments may be nestably interconnected, with the lower end of one tubular segment inserted into the upper end of another tubular segment. A mat formed of such tubular segments, and a system formed of a plurality of such vertically stacked mats for containing fluids and particulate material, are also disclosed.
US11208769B2
A system for attaching a mounting wall of a screed extension to a screed assembly including a first mounting component configured to be engaged within a first receptacle provided on the mounting wall. The first mounting component includes a first fastening member. The system further includes a second mounting component configured to be received within a second receptacle provided on the mounting wall. The second mounting component includes a second fastening member to engage with the first mounting member on the mounting wall and a mounting catch to engage with a mating wall of the screed assembly.
US11208767B2
A portable railroad spike remover comprises an extractor that is shaped to engage and secure a railroad spike previously installed into a rail tie. A drive shaft is connected to the extractor such that as the drive shaft is rotated, the extractor is vertically raised and lowered within a main column. The extractor may have an opening extending through at least one side to engage the railroad spike.
US11208764B2
A clothing for a machine for producing a fibrous web, especially a paper, cardboard, tissue or cellulose pulp web. The clothing has a basic structure with a top side and a running side as well as a nonwoven support at least on one side. The nonwoven support has a functional zone, which extends over more than 50 μm in the thickness direction of the clothing and which includes a first portion and a second portion of nonwoven fibers. The nonwoven fibers of the first portion are formed of, or include, a polyurethane, especially a thermoplastic polyurethane, while the nonwoven fibers of the second portion are a polymer material not including a polyurethane. The first portion makes up between 10 wt. % and 60 wt. %, of the functional zone. There is also described a method for production and a suitable nonwoven fabric.
US11208763B2
Dispersers and disperser plate segments configured to be mounted in dispersers, wherein the disperser plate segments comprise rows of teeth and wherein bridges span gaps between adjacent teeth in at least one of the rows of teeth, wherein the bridges are separated from a substrate of the front face by an open space in the gap. In other exemplary embodiments, a buttress extends from at least one face of the tooth to support the tooth.
US11208758B2
A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.
US11208749B2
A washing machine control method is provided. A washing machine has a remote control function. After the washing machine is powered off and then restarted, the remote control function is controlled to be enabled/disabled according to an unlocked/locked state of a door lock. The washing machine control method is applicable to the field of Internet of Things (Internet of Things) washing machines, and may effectively guarantee the safety of an Internet of Things washing machine in remote control and avoid occurrence of safety accidents. Meanwhile, a washing machine using the washing machine control method is further disclosed.
US11208748B2
Washing machine technology, in which an initial speed in a drainage process is determined after a rinsing mode is finished, and a laundry distributing operation is performed in which a rotational speed of the motor is maintained at the determined initial speed. The washing machine determines whether a degree of laundry distribution satisfies an allowable range by comparing information detected by a vibration sensor with previously stored reference information. The initial speed is determined to be a rotational speed of the motor at an intersection time point at which vibration of a fundamental wave and vibration of higher harmonics detected by the vibration sensor intersect with each other.
US11208743B2
A seam connecting fabric edges is formed by surrounding a first fabric edge with a first plush material strip suitable for the attachment of a hooked material. The first plush material strip defines a first front surface and a first rear surface. A second fabric edge is surrounded with a second plush material strip having a second front surface and a second rear surface. A single strip of a hooked material is deployed behind the first rear surface and the second rear surface. Then, with the first surrounded edge substantially in contact with the second surrounded edge, a force is applied to engage hooks of the single strip of hooked material with said first rear surface and said second rear surface.
US11208731B2
An electrolyte solution for iron-tungsten plating is prepared by dissolving in an aqueous medium a divalent iron salt (e.g., iron (II) sulfate) and an alkali metal citrate (e.g., sodium citrate, potassium citrate, or other alkali metal citrate) to form a first solution, dissolving in the first solution a tungstate salt (e.g., sodium tungstate, potassium tungstate, or other potassium tungstate) to form a second solution, and dissolving in the second solution a citric acid to form the electrolyte solution. An iron-tungsten coating is formed on a substrate using the electrolyte solution by passing a current between a cathode and an anode through the electrolyte solution to deposit iron and tungsten on the substrate.
US11208730B2
There are provided a composite plated product, which has little uneven appearance and good wear resistance, and a method for producing the same without the need of any cyanide-containing silver-plating solutions and any silver-plating solutions containing silver nitrate as a silver salt. A sulfonic-acid-containing silver-plating solution, to which a carbon particle dispersing solution (preferably containing a silicate) is added, is used for electroplating a base material (preferably made of copper or a copper alloy) to form a composite plating film of a composite material, which contains the carbon particles in a silver layer, on the base material to produce a composite plated product.
US11208722B2
A device for performing ALD includes a housing having a vacuum chamber that surrounds a horizontal flow reactor. The device further includes a gas distribution system for delivering gases to the reactor. The gas distribution system includes at least one of a high temperature valve and a high temperature filter disposed inside the vacuum chamber. The high temperature valve (and/or filter) controls (and/or filters) a supply of a precursor/reactant gas, inert gas, or precursor/reactant and inert gas mixture before it enters the horizontal flow reactor.
US11208721B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes an inner tube configured to accommodate a plurality of substrates and having a first opening portion; an outer tube surrounding the inner tube; a movable wall movably provided in the inner tube or between the inner tube and the outer tube and having a second opening portion; a gas supply part configured to supply a processing gas into the inner tube; an exhaust part provided outside the movable wall and configured to exhaust the processing gas supplied into the inner tube through the first opening portion and the second opening portion; and a pressure detection part configured to detect a pressure inside the inner tube.
US11208706B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for using a pressurized oxy-fired configuration to conduct metal reduction. The invention discloses a process for production of metal from metal oxide ore through reduction, comprising: (a) feeding a mixture of metal oxide ore, fuel and supply of oxygen into the inlet of a metallization reactor, (b) heating the mixture of metal oxide ore, oxygen and fuel in a primary reduction zone of the metallization reactor at a pressure exceeding ambient pressure to produce a product mixture; and (c) separating the product mixture in a gas separation unit at the bottom or downstream of the metallization reactor.
US11208699B2
The present invention provides novel Epstein Barr virus (EBV) variants including those associated with increased risk for developing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).
US11208689B2
The invention relates to a method for enriching a target polynucleotide sequence containing a genetic variation said method comprising: (a) providing two primers targeted to said target polynucleotide sequence; (b) providing a target specific xenonucleic acid clamp oligomer specific for a wildtype polynucleotide sequence; (c) generating multiple amplicons using PCR under specific temperature cycling conditions; and (d) detecting said amplicons. We introduce a novel molecule, Xenonucleic Acid (XNA) for the NGS library preparation. XNA is able to selectively suppress amplification of DNA with wild type alleles and amplify DNA containing mutant alleles. Mutants with low allelic frequency will be easily detectable without deep sequencing after enrichment by adding XNA in multiplex PCR. The 17 actionable mutants related to lung or colorectal cancer diseases at different variant allelic frequency (VAF) % were investigated. Clinical sensitivity is significantly improved with XNA in various types of samples.
US11208684B2
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
US11208671B2
A recombinant cell and a method of producing itaconic acid using such recombinant cell. The recombinant cell is of the genus Methylorubrum and includes a first polynucleotide sequence as defined in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a homologue thereof operably linked to a regulatory sequence.
US11208669B2
Novel lentivirus packaging systems engineered with a synthetic gene network having a positive feedback loop to amplify the expression of virus genes are provided. When co-transfected into a host cell with a transfer plasmid and envelope vector, extremely high viral titers are achieved when compared to transfection of a host cell with conventional third generation packaging systems. Methods for enhancing production of lentivirus, compositions comprising high titer lentivirus, and therapeutic methods based on delivery of lentiviral nucleic acid to target cells are also provided.
US11208662B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the expression of alpha-ENaC, and more particularly to the downregulation of alpha-ENaC expression by chemically modified oligonucleotides.
US11208660B1
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., dsRNA agents, targeting the coronavirus genome. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of a coronavirus genome and to methods of treating or preventing a coronavirus-associated disease in a subject.
US11208656B2
The present invention relates to a compound inhibiting the expression and/or the activity of a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) selected from GADLOR 1 and GADLOR 2 for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodelling, wherein GADLOR 1 comprises or consists of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs 1 to 3 and sequences being at least 75% identical thereto, and GADLOR 2 comprises or consists of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs 4 to 6 and sequences being at least 75% identical thereto.
US11208655B2
Functionally-modified oligonucleotide analogues comprising modified intersubunit linkages and/or modified 3′ and/or 5′-end groups are provided. The disclosed compounds are useful for the treatment of diseases where inhibition of protein expression or correction of aberrant mRNA splice products produces beneficial therapeutic effects.
US11208653B2
Methods and compositions for increasing RNAi efficiency through single nucleotide mismatches.
US11208648B2
Techniques regarding measuring a position and transcriptome of one or more cells from a biological sample are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a method, which can comprise covalently bonding a probe to a molecular structure located on a cell to label the cell according to a position of the cell with regards to a biological sample comprising the cell. The probe comprises an oligonucleotide sequence that can be indicative of the position.
US11208647B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates generally to the delivery of electrical stimuli via cell-penetrating nanoelectrodes. Such electrical stimuli leads to differentiation of cells, including but not limited to adipose derived stem cells, to neural lineage, specifically to neural cells.
US11208632B2
Antibodies that include a sulfatase motif-containing tag in a constant region of an immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain polypeptide are disclosed. The sulfatase motif can be converted by a formylglycine-generating enzyme (FGE) to produce a formylglycine (fGly)-modified Ig light chain polypeptide. An fGly-modified Ig light chain polypeptide of the antibody can be covalently and site-specifically bound to a moiety of interest to provide an antibody conjugate. The disclosure also encompasses methods of production of such tagged Ig light chain polypeptides, fGly-modified Ig light chain polypeptides, and antibody conjugates, as well as methods of use of same.
US11208631B1
A composition including two exogenous enzymes from animals for consumption by human being before and/or after consuming alcohol to prevent, treat and/or alleviate veisalgia and/or symptoms associated therewith arising from or caused by excessive consumption of alcohol through a dual-enzyme based breakdown of the excess alcohol is provided, wherein a first enzyme of the two exogenous enzymes is capable of converting alcohol into a first metabolite while a second enzyme thereof is capable of converting the first metabolite into a second metabolite which is excretable to systemic circulation after an oxidation reaction of the alcohol in the presence of the two exogenous enzymes and NAD+/NADH; the first enzyme to the second enzyme is in a molar ratio that maintains a ratio between the first and second metabolites in the human being so as to avoid local elevation of the first metabolite in the human being after consumption of excess alcohol.
US11208626B2
The present invention provides a method for culturing cells in a cell culture container having a base section, a top section arranged in parallel with the top section and a wall element arranged between the top section and the base section and defining an internal lumen of the container, in which the wall element of the container is compressible with respect to the top and bottom section, and in which the top section of the container has an optionally sealable inlet, in which the container is composed of a flexible material, comprising culturing cells in a culture medium in the cell culture container. Also provide is a cell culture container having a base section, a top section arranged in parallel with the top section and a wall element arranged between the top section and the base section and defining an internal lumen of the container, in which the wall element of the container is compressible with respect to the top and bottom section, and in which the top section of the container has an optionally sealable inlet, in which the wall element of the container is composed of a flexible material.
US11208624B2
A device for centering of petri dishes, where the petri dishes include a bottom container with a lateral surface and a lid with a lid diameter, including an elevator with an elevator axis and an elevator drive, and the conveyor includes concentrically along the elevator axis a frustoconical through-hole tapering downwards, and the elevator drive is built to move a substantially flat plate from a neutral position downwards into a first position, which is reached as soon as the petri dish rests with its weight on the inner surface of the through-hole, and the elevator drive is built to rotate the plate during a movement of the plate from the neutral position into the first position.
US11208622B2
Processing and use of fluids from the reproductive tract (biofluids) to improve the in vitro production of mammalian embryos comprising the following steps: a) fractionation and processing of biofluids through a sorting, purification, lyophilization and subsequent storage; b) a method of sperm capacitation in a culture medium supplemented with biofluids; c) in vitro fertilization in a medium enriched with biofluids and d) subsequent in vitro culture with development of the obtained embryos to any stage of preimplantational development in culture media supplemented with biofluids.
US11208620B2
The present invention relates to a beer-taste beverage having a malt ratio in materials of 66.6% by mass or less, a protein content greater than 0.31 g/100 ml, and sugars content of 2.5 g/100 ml or less.
US11208611B2
A lubricating oil composition comprising at least 50 percent by mass, based on the mass of the composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.01 to 25 percent by mass, based on the mass of the composition of a polymer comprising units (a) and one or both units (b) and (c): —N(COR1)(CH2)x— (a) —NH(CH2)y— (b) —N(CH2CH2-k(CH3)kCOOR2)(CH2)z (c) where the total number (n) of units (a), (b) and (c) is an integer between 4 and 500; wherein x, y and z are independently 2 or 3; wherein k is zero or 1. The polymer shows good solubility in the lubricating oil and provides friction modification. A method of synthesising a polymer is also disclosed.
US11208608B2
In an aspect, the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising a poly(meth)acrylate as a base oil, wherein the poly(meth)acrylate comprises a hydrogenated poly(meth)acrylate, a content of a unit having a carbon-carbon double bond present at a terminal in the poly(meth)acrylate is 6% by mole or less relative to total units constituting the poly(meth)acrylate, and a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of the hydrogenated poly(meth)acrylate is 1 to 1000 mm2/s, the refrigerating machine oil being used with a refrigerant comprising a refrigerant selected from difluoromethane, a mixture of difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane, a mixture of difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, and 1, 1, 1, 2-tetrafluoroethane, a mixture of pentafluoroethane, 1, 1, 1, 2-tetrafluoroethane, and 1, 1, 1-trifluoroethane, an unsaturated hydrofluorocarbon, a hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide.
US11208606B2
To provide a lubricating oil composition achieving both of high traction coefficient and excellent low temperature fluidity at a higher level and having a high flash point, which contains a naphthene-based synthetic oil (A) having a flash point of 140° C. or higher, a longifolene (B), and a predetermined monoester-based synthetic oil (C), a method for producing the lubricating oil composition, and a continuously variable transmission using the lubricating oil composition.
US11208604B2
Described herein is a method for isolating high carbon chipped wood charcoal fuel suitable for grilling food. According to one aspect, the method involves removing pyrolyzed wood charcoal from a kiln wherein the pyrolyzed wood charcoal comprises lumps, chips, smaller pieces, and dust particles. The pyrolyzed wood charcoal is passed over a first sieve that is configured to separate the lumps from the chips, smaller pieces and dust particles. The chips, smaller pieces and dust particles are then passed over a second sieve that is configured to separate the chips from the smaller pieces and dust particles. The resulting chipped wood charcoal is consistently sized to be small enough to pass through a food supporting grill grate and supportable by an underlying grid support, thereby allowing refueling while grilling without interruption.
US11208597B2
The invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support also containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst having been prepared by introducing at least one hydrocarbon organic compound of formula CxHy. The invention also relates to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.
US11208594B2
Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula G and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and components comprising these media, are suitable for use in high-frequency technology, in particular, in phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
US11208591B2
Compositions and methods for coated or uncoated particulates, such as proppants, are provided that can, among other things, provide a hydrophobic surface that can enhance well productivity and other compositions and methods are disclosed.
US11208565B2
Processability of a paint film is improved and a water-soluble paint in which coloring during heating to a high temperature is minimized and which has excellent productivity and a coated can having a paint film of such a water-soluble paint are provided. A water-soluble paint including a polymer emulsion (C) and a phenolic resin (D) is provided; wherein the polymer emulsion (C) includes a shell part containing an acrylic polymer (A) having a carboxyl group and a core part containing an acrylic polymer (B) having an amide group, wherein the phenolic resin (D) includes a bifunctional phenolic resin (D2) based on a bifunctional phenol and a trifunctional phenolic resin (D3) based on a trifunctional phenol, and a mass ratio ((D2)/(D3)) between the bifunctional phenolic resin (D2) and the trifunctional phenolic resin (D3) is 95/5 to 40/60.
US11208526B2
The present application relates to a curable composition. The curable composition of the present application exhibits excellent adhesion ability and liquid crystal orientation ability simultaneously before or after curing, so that it can be effectively applied to various optical uses.
US11208523B2
A polycarbodiimide compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R1 and R3 are defined in the specification; R2 comprises a group represented by formula (i) or (ii) as defined in the specification; the proportion of the groups represented by the formula (i) relative to all the R2 groups in the polycarbodiimide compound is 30 to 70 mol %, and the proportion of the groups represented by the formula (ii) relative to all the R2 groups in the polycarbodiimide compound is 30 to 70 mol %; X1 and X2 each represent a group formed by the reaction of the organic compound and isocyanate, and X1 and X2 may be the same as or different from each other; and n represents an integer of 2 to 50.
US11208514B2
Silica-coated alumina activator-supports, and catalyst compositions containing these activator-supports, are disclosed. Methods also are provided for preparing silica-coated alumina activator-supports, for preparing catalyst compositions, and for using the catalyst compositions to polymerize olefins.
US11208504B2
The present invention relates to an injection-molded article, comprising at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin comprising at least two metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene fractions A and B, wherein the at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin comprises: at least 40% to at most 50% by weight of polyethylene fraction A based on the total weight of the at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin, wherein fraction A has a melt index MI2 of at least 100.0 g/10 min as determined according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg; and wherein the at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin has a density of at least 0.940 g/cm3 to at most 0.950 g/cm3 as measured on pellets according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; a melt index MI2 of at least 1.4 g/10 min to at most 2.5 g/10 min as measured on pellets according to ISO 1133, condition D, at 190° C. and under a load of 2.16 kg. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said injection-molded article, comprising the steps of a) providing at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin as described herein; and b) injection-molding said polyethylene resin into an article.
US11208500B2
A process and equipment assembly for reacting a substituent precursor with a cyclodextrin starting material to provide a raw product comprising a cyclodextrin derivative and 1% or less of an initial amount of the substituent precursor is provided. The process of the present invention provides cyclodextrin derivatives in substantially shorter time and with fewer side products than previous processes that utilize substantially the same starting materials.
US11208498B2
Methods for treating or preventing a cancer in a subject are disclosed, wherein the cancer comprises cells having a mutation resulting in increased expression of a ligand for HER3, wherein the method comprises administering a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of an antigen-binding molecule which is capable of binding to HER3 to the subject.
US11208496B2
Anti-CD19 B4 antibodies with modified variable regions are disclosed. The modified anti-CD19 variable region polypeptides have alterations to one or more framework regions or complementarity determining regions of the heavy chain variable region or light chain variable region, thereby to reduce a T-cell response.
US11208482B2
The invention provides antibodies specifically binding to c-Kit and methods of using such antibodies in stem cell replacement and treatment of cancer.
US11208481B2
High affinity SIRP-α reagent are provided, which (i) comprise at least one amino acid change relative to the wild-type protein; and (ii) have an increased affinity for CD47 relative to the wild-type protein. Compositions and methods are provided for modulating phagocytosis in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a high affinity SIRPα reagent, which blocks the physiological binding interaction between SIRPα and its ligand CD47.
US11208478B2
Therapeutic treatments of a tumor expressing pT346 PDK1, including glioma expressing pT346 PDK1, are disclosed.
US11208477B2
The present invention relates to specific antibodies and use thereof, such as for identifying and/or quantifying liraglutide fibrils and/or semaglutide fibrils.
US11208473B2
The invention relates to an anti-human p53 antibody suitable for specifically binding a linear epitope which is exposed only in a conformationally altered isoform of the characteristic p53 protein of patients with Alzheimer's disease or prone to develop Alzheimer's disease or cognitive impairment during ageing. Methods and diagnostic and prognostic kits are also described.
US11208462B2
Provided are agents that specifically bind a ligand of ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTFR). In certain aspects, an agent of the present disclosure is a soluble CNTFR polypeptide. The soluble CNTFR polypeptide may have an altered (e.g., reduced) binding affinity for one or more ligand-CNTFR complex subunits, an altered (e.g., increased) binding affinity for one or more CNTFR ligands, or any combination thereof. Compositions that include the agents of the present disclosure are also provided, as are methods of using the agents (e.g., for treating a cell proliferative disorder) and methods of identifying an individual as having a cell proliferative disorder associated with CNTFR signaling.
US11208456B2
Disclosed is an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR) having antigenic specificity for mutated Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) presented in the context of an HLA-Cw*0802 molecule. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.
US11208448B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US11208425B2
A process for preparing a composition (C1) represented by the formula (I): HO—CH2—(CHOH)n—CH2—O-(G)x-H, in which G represents the remainder of a reducing sugar, n is an integer equal to 2, 3 or 4 and x, which indicates the mean degree of polymerization of the remainder G, represents a decimal number greater than 1 and less than or equal to 5, characterized in that the process includes at least one step a) of reacting a polyol of formula (A1): HO—CH2—(CHOH)n—CH2—OH, in which n is an integer equal to 2, 3 or 4, with a reducing sugar of formula (II): HO-G-H, in which G represents the remainder of a reducing sugar, in the presence of an acid catalyst (Ca), and in that the acid catalyst (Ca) is chosen from phosphorous acid, phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acid.
US11208423B2
The invention provides novel pyridinamine-pyridone and pyrimidinamine-pyridone compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using such compounds in treatment of diseases including cancer, type II diabetes, inflammatory disease, neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular disorders, autoimmune diseases and viral infections; (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and Z are as defined in the specification.
US11208421B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound and a pharmaceutical composition which exhibit strong antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria and drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. According to the present invention, a compound represented by General Formula [1] (the reference signs in the formula have the same definitions as those described in the present specification) or a salt thereof has strong antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria including multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the pharmaceutical composition containing the compound or a salt thereof is useful as an antibacterial agent.
US11208420B2
This invention outlines a method for synthesizing a blended resin system in a one pot reaction that may utilize, for example, bio-based anhydrosugars such as isosorbide as a principle component to produce isosorbide dimethacrylate and other monomeric materials for thermosetting applications. This invention establishes a one-pot procedure for reacting a hydroxy group containing compound with methacrylic anhydride in the first step and using the by-product methacrylic acid to react with glycidyl ethers to form additional methacrylate compounds in the second step. This methodology can be formulated to produce a wide array of resin systems that have controlled ratios of hydroxy group containing compound/crosslinker/reactive diluent. Additionally, the novel resin systems may be partially to fully biobased, promoting global sustainability and reducing costs, and when free radically polymerized have properties that meet or exceed their petroleum derived counterparts.
US11208410B2
In crop production in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and the like, the damage caused by insect pests etc. is still immense, and insect pests resistant to existing insecticides have emerged. To solve the problems, the present invention has been made, and an object of the present invention is to develop and provide a novel agricultural and horticultural insecticide. The present invention provides a heterocycle-bound condensed heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): {wherein R1 represents an ethyl group, R2 represents a haloalkyl group, A1 represents a N-methyl group, A2 and A3 represent a nitrogen atom, n represents 1, m represents 2, and Q represents an oxadiazole}, or a salt thereof; an agricultural and horticultural insecticide comprising the compound or a salt thereof as an active ingredient; and a method for using the insecticide.
US11208405B2
The invention provides compounds of the formula (3): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof, wherein: Z is a 5-membered heteroaryl ring containing one or two nitrogen ring members and optionally one further heteroatom ring member selected from N and O; ring X is a benzene or pyridine ring; ring Y is a benzene, pyridine, thiophene or furan ring; Ar1 is an optionally substituted benzene, pyridine, thiophene or furan ring; m is 0, 1 or 2; n is 0, 1 or 2; R1 is selected from various substituents: R2 is selected from hydrogen and a C1-4 hydrocarbon group; R3 is selected from hydrogen and a C1-4 hydrocarbon group; R4 is selected from various substituents; R5 is selected from various substituents; Ar2 is an optionally substituted phenyl, pyridyl or pyridone group; R6 is a group Q1-Ra—Rb; Q1 is absent or is a C1-3 saturated hydrocarbon linker; Ra is selected from O; C(O); C(O)O; CONRc; N(Rc)CO; N(Rc)CONRc, NRc; and SO2NRc; Rb is selected from hydrogen and various substituents; and R7 is selected from R4. The compounds are useful in the treatment of cancers.
US11208390B2
The present application relates to functionalized 1,2,4,5-tetrazine compounds. The compounds are useful in compositions and methods using bioorthogonal inverse electron demand Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions for the rapid and specific covalent delivery of a “payload” to a ligand bound to a biological target.
US11208381B2
The present invention relates inter alia to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3, are as defined in the specification and to compositions comprising the same and to the use of the compounds and to compositions of the compounds in treatment, for example in the treatment of fibrotic diseases or interstitial lung diseases, in particular idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
US11208376B2
The invention pertains to the use of a supplement for making metals (nutritionally) available to animals, said supplement comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid N,N-diacetic acid (GLDA), a metal complex of GLDA, a sodium salt of GLDA, a potassium salt of GLDA, methylglycine-N,N-diacetic acid (MGDA), a metal complex of MGDA, a sodium salt of MGDA, a potassium salt of MGDA, ethylenediamine N,N′-disuccinic acid (EDDS), a metal complex of EDDS, a sodium salt of EDDS, a potassium salt of EDDS, iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), a metal complex of IDS, a sodium salt of IDS, and a potassium salt of IDS.
US11208371B2
The invention provides compounds and methods of treating autophagy mediated diseases and disorders and related pharmaceutical compositions, diagnostics, screening techniques and kits.
US11208365B2
Processes and apparatuses for benzene and/or toluene methylation under conditions of low temperatures in one of a vapor phase, a liquid phase or a mixed vapor-liquid phase, in an aromatics complex for producing para-xylene are described. More specifically, a process for producing a xylene isomer comprising reacting oxygenates with an aromatic feedstock comprising toluene and/or benzene in a methylation zone operating under alkylation conditions including one of a vapor, a liquid phase or a mixed vapor-liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst to provide a product stream comprising the xylene isomer is described.
US11208361B2
In embodiments, the present invention relates to liquid formulations containing hydrophobic, biodegradable polymers dispersed within a Non-aqueous Organic Solvent Delivery System (NOSDS) that is designed to coat fertilizer granules with a hydrophobic film utilizing simple application equipment such as mixers, blenders and tumblers. This film can impede the dissolution of fertilizer components by water improving fertilizer efficiency. The NOSDS can be aprotic solvents, protic solvents and mixtures of protic and aprotic solvents which are environmentally friendly, have flashpoints above 145° F., and are inherently rated safe for contact with humans and animals. The hydrophobic polymers are the reaction product of aldehyde(s) and nitrogen containing compounds.
US11208358B2
Provided is a cubic boron nitride sintered body including more than or equal to 85 volume percent and less than 100 volume percent of cubic boron nitride particles, and a remainder of a binder, wherein the binder contains WC, Co, and an Al compound, the binder contains W2Co21B6, and, when IA represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (111) plane of the cubic boron nitride particles, IB represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (100) plane of the WC, and IC represents an X-ray diffraction intensity of a (420) plane of the W2Co21B6, a ratio IC/IA of the IC to the IA is more than 0 and less than 0.10, and a ratio IC/IB of the IC to the IB is more than 0 and less than 0.40.
US11208351B2
Electromagnetically-induced cement concrete crack self-healing diisocyanate microcapsules include raw materials, in parts by weight, comprising 15-55 parts of petroleum resin, 5-10 parts of paraffin, 5-10 parts of polyethylene wax, 3-10 parts of magnetic iron powder and 20-67 parts of diisocyanate. The diisocyanate microcapsules use the diisocyanate as a core material, and the petroleum resin/paraffin/polyethylene wax/magnetic iron powder mixture as the shell of the capsule. When micro cracks occur in the concrete, the crack propagation can break partial of the microcapsule inside, the diisocyanate inside the microcapsules flows out and diffuses into the crack and is subjected to a solidifying reaction with water in the concrete, so that the crack is repaired in time; and for the microcapsules that are not broken by cracks, external electromagnetic field can be applied to melt the shell to release the diisocyanate inside, thereby diffusing into cracks and solidify with water to repair them.
US11208348B2
As described herein, a polyimide chemical composition may be used for coating glass articles. According to embodiments, a coated glass article may include a glass container which may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a low-friction coating bonded to at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container. The low-friction coating may include a polyimide chemical composition. The polyimide chemical composition may be halogenated and the polyimide chemical composition may include a siloxane moiety.
US11208346B2
A process for forming a textured 3-D glass-based substrate includes texturing a first surface of a glass-based substrate and shaping the glass-based substrate into a three-dimensional shape. The surface profile of the substrate is non-planar. In some embodiments, texturing the first surface of the glass-based substrate provides the first surface with an average roughness of 10 nm to 2000 nm.
US11208337B2
Devices systems and methods for conserving resources by treating liquids with electromagnetic fields
Resources, such as water, energy, power, amount of de-scaling chemicals, device lifetimes, data analytics and system depreciation may be conserved through the use of dual-field electric and magnetic probes that create and apply electromagnetic fields to liquids, such as water.
US11208330B2
In various embodiments functionalized graphene oxide(s) are provided that demonstrate improved antimicrobial activity, where the graphene oxide(s) are functionalized to increase carbon radical (.C) density.
US11208327B2
A method for the large-scale synthesis of a zeolite-templated carbon (ZTC). The method includes the steps of: introducing a bed material comprising a zeolite to a fluidized bed reactor and heating the bed material to a temperature between 550° C. and 800° C.; fluidizing the bed material with a fluidizing gas and maintaining the temperature of the bed material between 550° C. and 800° C.; introducing an organic carbon precursor while fluidizing the zeolite for a period of time such that carbon is deposited on the zeolite by chemical vapor deposition to produce a zeolite-carbon composite; and treating the zeolite-carbon composite with an acid solution such that the zeolite template is dissolved and the ZTC is obtained.
US11208317B2
Systems and methods for a flexible container for transport and storage of a working material are described herein. The material can be a viscous or liquid material when dispensed. The flexible container can be configured to move between a first shape and a second shape. The first shape can allow for efficient transport of the flexible container while the second shape can allow for the flexible container to couple to a dispenser. In certain examples, the flexible container can be cooled for transport and heated for dispensing.
US11208311B2
A device for influencing the volume flow of a filling product in a filling plant for filling with filling products includes a valve body with a valve seat and a valve cone which can be displaced relative to the valve seat, an actuator for positioning the valve cone relative to the valve seat, an electronic controller for controlling the actuator, and a housing which is directly connected to the valve body and in which the actuator and the electronic controller are disposed. An arrangement for reducing a heat input into the electronic controller is provided.
US11208300B2
The present invention discloses a super large tonnage detachable hook. The hook comprises: a hook rod, a hook shaft, a hook body, a spherical roller bearing, and a thrust spherical roller bearing. The hook also contains a connection component which connects the hook rod to the hook body. The split-type self-locking sleeve is integrally connected to the hook rod via the hook hoop holder. Meshing of the sleeve with the toothed sleeve of the hook rod is adopted to transmit the load, and the bearing capacity is greatly improved compared with the traditional screw connection. The hook of the present invention can withstand the downward and upward bi-directional load, which solves the problem that the traditional hook is prone to damage once it hits the ground. The hook is forged with 30CrNiMo8, which can lift an extremely large weight of more than 5,000 tons.
US11208298B2
A side lift spreader main beam (22) comprises a vertical carrier plate (58) having a first vertical height (H1) and being made of steel plate having a first thickness (T1); a C-beam (60) comprising a first horizontal flange (64) and a second horizontal flange (66) interconnected by a vertical web portion (68), the C-beam (60) having a second vertical height (H2) lower than the first vertical height (H1) and being made of steel plate having a second thickness (T2) thinner than the first thickness (T1), wherein the C-beam (60) defines, together with the carrier plate (58), a closed channel beam with a first flange (74) of the carrier plate (58) extending vertically from the closed channel beam; and an inclined support plate (62) welded to the carrier plate, and to an outer face of the first flange (64) of the C-beam (60) at a distance from the carrier plate (58).
US11208292B2
The folding roller includes a rotation axis and at least a gripping member extending longitudinally along the folding roller, controlled by at least a piezoelectric actuator. The piezoelectric actuator causes a pivoting movement of the gripping member about its pivoting axis parallel to the rotation axis of the folding roller.
US11208289B2
A dish cart includes a top with a slot for receiving a lift arm that may be lifted up through the slot to raise or lower dishes. Lobe openings emanating from the slot receive lobes of a lift paddle secured to the lift arm. The cart may define a gap below the top for permitting insertion of the lift paddle and the lift arm. The cart may be adjusted to receive differently sized dishes by means of rails of different sizes or adjustable vanes. A dish drop station includes the lift arm and lift paddle and a lift mechanism for raising and lower the lift arm. The dish drop station may include a cart present sensor and include a lock for retaining the cart. The controller may be programmed to the lower the lift arm to an unlock position that disengages the cart lock.
US11208284B2
A banknote handling device is provided with which it is possible to constantly demonstrate sufficient device processing performance, and which prevents collisions between a transportation direction switching means and a banknote even when the operation speed of the transportation direction switching means changes. Accordingly, a paper sheet handling device for handling a plurality of paper sheets and switching the transportation direction includes: a transportation path for transporting at least one paper sheet and a transportation direction switching means for switching the direction of transportation of the paper sheet; and a paper sheet handling control means for controlling, in accordance with the constantly-changing operation speed of the transportation direction switching means, at least one of the operation timing of the transportation direction switching means, the speed of transportation of a paper sheet, and the distance between a paper sheet and a preceding paper sheet.
US11208283B2
The invention relates to a receiving means (200) for receiving film material (250) for use in a winding machine (IO), wherein the receiving means (200) comprises at least one bearing region (210) for attaching the receiving means (200) to a winding unit (20) of the winding machine (IO) and comprises a wall (220) having an outer surface region (230), wherein the wall (220) is designed in such a way that the surface region (230) can be placed onto a transport device (30) of the winding machine (10) and the film material (250) can be received onto the surface region (230).
US11208282B2
A system has first and second winding drums and a core feeder for inserting a core into a winding nest for forming a convoluted roll. The leading edge of the web is engaged with a threading belt and directed around the first winding drum and through the winding nest to a position where the leading edge is beyond where the core feeder inserts the core into the winding nest thus providing an excess portion of the web between the leading edge and the core feeder core insertion position. A thread-up core is inserted into the winding nest and rotated with the winding drums so that the excess portion moves around the thread-up core. The leading edge is separated from the threading belt, the excess portion of the web is wound around the thread-up core, and the web from the supply is wound around the thread-up core.
US11208275B2
Shuttle robots (107) are used that are suitable for moving trolleys (106, 106′) under the control of a monitoring and control unit (190) for handling objects so as to move them from a collection point (110) to a palletizing station (151) remote from the collection point, the shuttle robots being autonomously movable and being suitable for hitching to and unhitching from the trolleys, the monitoring and control unit controls the shuttle robots so that they move the objects on trolleys from the collection point to a buffer storage zone (141) where the articles on the trolleys are grouped together into batches of articles for palletizing, and the monitoring and control unit controls the shuttle robots so that they take the objects on trolleys grouped together in batches from the buffer storage zone and move them in sequence to the palletizing station.
US11208274B2
A conveyor system for conveying electrically conductive articles such as aluminum bottles or cans. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of coils below the top surface of an electromagnetic conveyor at a junction between an infeed conveyor and a discharge conveyor. The coils propagate electromagnetic flux waves that induce currents in the electrically conductive articles that force the articles to follow a conveying path from the infeed to the discharge conveyor. Dead spots on the electromagnetic conveyor can be eliminated by adjusting the coil drive waveforms. And a long electromagnetic conveyor driven by a train of narrow pulses is used to singulate electrically conductive articles.
US11208273B2
A device and a plurality of methods for transporting are disclosed. One method includes moving a plurality of transport movement devices (14) along a guide track (22) by use of a linear motor system. A long stator (16) of the linear motor system has, along a portion of the guide track (22), a predetermined functional region. The method includes portion-wise varying of a magnetic field generation of the long stator (16) within the predetermined functional region (46) for successive transport movement devices of the plurality of transport movement devices (14). It is thus possible to achieve various advantages, such as for example prolonging the motor service life, preventing emergency shut-offs, increased performance of the long stator linear motor and/or allowing smaller dimensioning of the long stator (16).
US11208266B2
An automated storeroom system includes a plurality of automated storerooms including a rack extending in a first horizontal direction and having a plurality of shelves, and a stacker crane configured to travel on a crane passage along the rack, the automated storerooms disposed adjacent to each other in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction with back parts of the racks being close to each other; a transport vehicle configured to travel along a transport vehicle travelling passage provided in a lower portion of the rack and extending in the first horizontal direction; and a travelling restriction member disposed between the crane passage and a front part of the rack facing the crane passage, the travelling restriction member being movable between a travelling restriction position that restricts travelling of a worker and a travelling non-restriction position adapted to remove the restriction.
US11208261B2
A container is provided. The container comprises a cover, a base, and a body, which includes one or more spine structures and one or more door panels which may open and allow substantially lateral access to the interior of the container. The one or more door panels may be secured in a closed position by a latch mechanism. In a first mode, the latch mechanism is not released. In a second mode, the latch mechanism is released. The first mode and the second mode may operate concurrently and can be accessed separately via different mechanisms. A switch mechanism may alternate between the first mode and the second mode. Alternatively, a pedal includes a first pedal mechanism corresponding to the first mode and a second pedal mechanism corresponding to the second mode.
US11208257B2
A pipe coil skid includes a plurality of beams affixably connected together to form a rectangular shaped base and a platform disposed within the base. The platform has a concave upward shape on its upward facing side when the skid sits on a horizontal surface, such that a coil of pipe positioned upon the platform contacts the platform within the base. The pipe coil skid also includes a first side rail coupled to at least one of the plurality of beams. The first side rail is configured to block movement of the coil of pipe beyond a boundary of the rectangular shaped base.
US11208256B2
The present invention relates to a spraying vessel and a valve assembly comprising the same, the spraying vessel comprising: a housing provided with an upper sealing cap for sealing an upper portion and a receiving space for receiving contents; a mount cup, mounted on the upper sealing cap, having a through hole formed in a central portion thereof; a stem housing provided with a mounting portion, mounted to the mount cup, having a hollow portion formed therein, and a communication flow path for making the hollow portion be in communication with the receiving space; a valve stem which is installed to pass through the through hole and slide in the hollow portion, and is provided with an orifice being configured to selectively communicate with the hollow portion by a sliding motion; and a flow path blocking valve formed to block an inlet of the communication flow path.
US11208255B2
A certain amount of contents is easily sprayed by one pressing operation. A metered spray unit 10 being mounted on a stem 23 of a valve 22 that is provided on the upper portion of a container body 21, configured to spray a certain amount of contents in a container body 21, includes an outer cylinder 30 which is provided with a stem insertion hole 30a into which the tip of the stem 23 is inserted and the inner wall thereof is fixed to the stem, a metering chamber 35 connected to the stem insertion hole 30a, the metering chamber being an internal space having a predetermined capacity, connected to the stem insertion hole 30a, and an spray port 33 communicating with the metering chamber 35, a plug member 40 that is inserted from the inside of the metering chamber 35 into the spray port 33 for blocking the spray port 33, a push button 51, an elastic member 60 for supporting the push button 51 on the outer cylinder 30, and a shaft member 50 connected to the push button 51. The elastic member 60 has an amount of displacement due to the pressing force applied to the push button 51, being smaller than the amount of displacement when applying the same pressing force to the spring for urging the stem 23 within the valve 22.
US11208252B2
A packaging material includes: an outer box that accommodates an article to be packaged; and a cushioning material including: a sealed bag body with gas confined inside; a partition that divides an inside of the bag body into a first chamber and a second chamber each in an equal volume; and a ventilation passage communicating the first and second chambers, the cushioning material being disposed in a gap between an outer surface of the article and an inner wall of the outer box.
US11208248B2
A container for smoking articles has an outer housing including a hinged lid rotatable between open and closed positions. An inner package has an access opening through which smoking articles can be removed. The access opening can be covered by a reclosable flap when the hinged lid is in the closed position. With the lid in the closed position, the reclosable flap forms an overlap region with a surface of the inner package that extends around the periphery of the access opening. The overlap region includes a first adhering region to releasably affix the surface of the inner package and the reclosable flap, and a first non-adhering region. The first non-adhering region includes a portion of the periphery of the access opening.
US11208247B2
Melatonin tablets with a high concentration of citric acid are packaged in a blister package that enhances storage stability. Such a packaging material includes a blister film forming a cavity holding the tablet therein. The blister film includes a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film having a thickness of 180 μm to 270 μm coated with a polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) coating having a coating weight of 110 g/m2 to 130 g/m2. An aluminum foil lid closes the cavity and encapsulates the tablet within the blister film and lid. The lid has a thickness of 20 μm to 30 μm.
US11208236B2
A nestable and stackable straight wall tote with an expandable bottom is provided. The tote includes a bottom wall connected to each of a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall and a second side wall by an expandable and collapsible linking portion. The expandable and collapsible linking portions allows for expanding the bottom portion of the tote outward to enable the tote to either stack on a like tote when expanded or nest with a like tote (when collapsed. The tote can include a lock mechanism in the bottom to keep the walls in an expanded position.
US11208232B2
A multivariable perforated adjustable height box is provided with improved folding, bending, and separation of adjacent panels. The multivariable perforated adjustable height box may include a box, columns, rows, glue tabs, column scores, row scores, perforations, cuts, skips, and bundle breakers. Perforation patterns may be irregular, angled, shifted, or otherwise configured to increase usability, strength, and/or other aspects of the packaging. A method to produce a packaging device with improved folding, bending, and separation of adjacent panels using the multivariable perforated adjustable height box is also provided.
US11208231B2
Systems and methods for transporting quarry. One apparatus includes a basket with webbing and a pair of handles, a coupler, and a stabilizer. The basket couples to the rear of a vehicle via the coupler and, optionally, a stabilizer installed on the vehicle. The method includes placing the basket into a substantially horizontal position, loading the basket with quarry, fixing the quarry into the basket via webbing, rotating the basket as needed to place the quarry in the proper position, and raising the quarry to a substantially vertical position relative to the back of the vehicle, optionally using the handles for leverage. Once positioned, the basket may be locked in place in a position in which the quarry is not in contact with the vehicle. The bagged game does not rest on the vehicle but remains in the basket in the vertical position behind the vehicle.
US11208228B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for wrapping bales in a harvester that uses wrapping material stored in flat, folded layers instead of conventional round tubes or rolls, and specifically to a system for positioning and cutting the wrapping material during and after the process of wrapping a bale, the system comprising: a first feed roll, configured for dispensing a portion of wrapping material from a bundle; a feed plate system, configured to receive wrapping material and capable of applying a first amount of tension to the portion of wrapping material; and at least one cutting knife, positioned between the feed plate system and the bale chamber, such cutting knife independently movable from a first position to a second position; and a wrapping material channel positioned in operable communication with the bundle of wrapping material, the wrapping mechanism and the bale chamber.
US11208222B2
A bag-making and packaging machine has a film supply unit that supplies film to a bag-making and packaging unit. The film supply unit has holding mechanisms each having a shaft that holds a film roll, a holding mechanism support frame supporting the holding mechanisms, a moving mechanism that rotates the holding mechanism support frame to move each holding mechanism between a film roll setting position and a film supply position, a splicing mechanism splicing a trailing end portion of the film of the roll of one of the holding mechanisms and a leading end portion of the film of the roll of another one of the holding mechanisms, and a film drawing mechanism that rotates the shafts of the holding mechanisms to draw the film independently from the film rolls attached to the shafts of the holding mechanisms and changes the drawing speed of the film during bag-making and packaging.
US11208214B2
A selection is made between single stage and multistage parachute deployment for a vehicle based at least in part on vehicle state information. In the event multistage parachute deployment is selected, a drogue parachute is deployed during a first deployment stage and afterwards, a main parachute is deployed during a second deployment stage. In the event single stage parachute deployment is selected, at least the main parachute is deployed in a single stage where in the event the drogue parachute is deployed during the single stage, the drogue and main parachute are deployed simultaneously.
US11208210B2
The invention provides a firefighting float plane having a fuselage and two floats mounted to the fuselage. The fuselage has a water tank with open and closed configurations. In some embodiments, the water tank is integrated into the fuselage, and/or both the water tank and the fuselage have a generally triangular cross-sectional configuration. The water tank has a closed bottom in its closed configuration and an open bottom in its open configuration. In some embodiments, the plane has specified ratio of water tank holding capacity to total power of two engine assemblies. It can optionally also have the above-noted fuselage configuration, tank configuration, or both. In some embodiments, the plane has dual propellers, two engine assemblies, and two tail booms, optionally together with specified ratio of water tank holding capacity to total power of two engine assemblies. It may also have the above-noted fuselage configuration, tank configuration, or both.
US11208206B1
An aircraft for fixed pitch lift includes a fuselage, a plurality of flight components attached to the fuselage, wherein the plurality of flight components further comprises at least a lift propulsor component, wherein the lift propulsor component comprises a plurality of blades configured at a fixed angle of attack, and a pusher component, wherein the pusher component is configured to produce a forward thrust.
US11208205B2
A rotorcraft including a main rotor, flight controls connected to the main rotor the main rotor, a plurality of engines connected to the main rotor and operable to drive the main rotor, a main rotor revolutions per minute (RPM) sensor, and a monitoring system operable to determine an engine failure of the plurality of engines. The monitoring system is further operable to engage an automated autorotation entry assist process in response to at least determining the engine failure and according to the measured main rotor RPM, where the automated autorotation entry assist process comprises the monitoring system generating one or more rotor RPM related commands according to at least a target main rotor RPM and the measured main rotor RPM, where the automated autorotation entry assist process further comprises controlling the one or more flight controls according to the one or more rotor RPM related commands.
US11208203B2
Disclosed herein is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft having three lifting surfaces and separate lift and cruise systems. The VTOL aircraft may include a fuselage having a roll axis, a thrust rotor to produce a propulsion thrust, first and second rotor booms, first and second canard surfaces, first and second wing surfaces, first and second tail surfaces, and a plurality of lift rotors to produce a lifting thrust force. The plurality of lift rotors includes a first plurality of lift rotors positioned on the first rotor boom and a second plurality of lift rotors positioned on the second rotor boom. The first and second rotor booms may be substantially parallel to the roll axis of the fuselage, where the fuselage is positioned between the first and second rotor booms. Each of the first and second rotor booms may be secured to the aircraft at three locations.
US11208192B2
The present invention relates to an aerospace vehicle comprising an airplane or spacecraft, operatively coupled to an airship balloon containing lighter than air gas adapted to elevate the vehicle. A control system adapted to deflate the balloon upon reaching a predetermined altitude by directing the gas for powering the vehicle at greater speed. The balloon can be re-inflated for decreasing the speed of the vehicle upon reaching a destination and deflated in a controlled manner for landing the vehicle or disengaged from the vehicle upon transferring the gas from the balloon to a propulsion system of the vehicle.
US11208187B1
The present disclosure is directed generally toward sailing vessels. One example is a catamaran with one or more pivoting masts per hull member, which may pivot from a generally perpendicular upright position, to a generally flat stowed position toward the bow of the hulls. The masts are capable of sustaining a plurality of sails, which may travel 180 degrees with respect to the hulls.
US11208182B2
A device for preventing staining of a boat hull includes: a thru hull mounted through the boat hull, the thru hull including a thru hull body, a flange located on an end of the thru hull body, and a lip protruding from a face of the flange; a drainage device mountable on the thru hull, the drainage device including a drainage device body, an inwardly projecting rim located at least partially around the drainage device body, and a drainage lip protruding from the drainage device body. The inwardly projecting rim is shaped such that the drainage device is secured on the thru hull by locating the inwardly projecting rim around at least a portion of the lip protruding from the face of the flange of the thru hull.
US11208176B1
A central floating device with a plurality of peripheral connection points and tethers. The tethers may be retractable, and are of sufficient length to allow the users some amount of spacing distance from each other. Each individual user thus maintains a separation from each other so as not to interfere with each other in the pool, lake, or body of water while remaining tethered together. The floating device may further include cup-holders, lights, storage compartments, and an anchor.
US11208167B2
A bicycle rack is described with an actuated arm that pivots to an open position in response to user activation of the actuator. The actuator is attached to the rack and the arm and exerts a force on the arm by extension to pivot the actuated arm to the open position. The actuator extends only when a release mechanism has been actuated by a user, but a user may pivot the actuated arm back to a closed position, or a position securing a bicycle, without actuating the release. The actuated arm will then be retained at a position selected by the user until the release is actuated by the user again.
US11208165B2
A tensioning system includes an idler wheel, a yoke coupled to the idler wheel, a set of crawler drive tracks that extends around at least a portion of the idler wheel, a mobile base supported by the crawler driver tracks that defines a frame, a pre-load actuating element attached to the mobile base, and a spring element pre-loaded by the pre-load actuating element.
US11208153B2
A connecting reinforcement is provided between a hinge pillar and a wheel house so as to reinforce at least around a rear face portion of the wheel house. The connecting reinforcement extends in the vertical direction along a rear face portion of the wheel house and has a closed-cross section space, in a sectional view perpendicular to the vertical direction, inside thereof. A gusset including a slant face portion which is provided at a front face thereof and configured to extend obliquely rearwardly-and-outwardly is provided in the closed-cross section space. A gap space which forms a part of the closed-cross section space is provided between the slant face portion and the rear face portion of the wheel house provided on a wheel-house side so as to face the slant face portion.
US11208149B2
A reinforcing element (10) for a motor vehicle body (1) comprising protection means (30, 31, 40, 41, 42) for protection against an impact at the rear of the vehicle, characterised in that it comprises at least two tubes (20, 22) to be positioned, generally, in the length direction of the vehicle, and a rigid contact surface (30, 31, 70) turned towards the rear, the rigid contact surface (30, 31, 70) and the two tubes (20, 22) being arranged with respect to each other in order to allow the vehicle to move in case of an impact at the rear.
US11208142B2
A steering feel control apparatus of an MDPS may include: a release steering detection unit configured to detect release steering using column torque or motor current; a reverse steering detection unit configured to detect reverse steering using a steering angular velocity or motor angular velocity; a compensation gain detection unit configured to detect a compensation gain using the steering angular velocity or the motor angular velocity; a high frequency input unit configured to filter the column torque or the motor current and input a high frequency; and a compensation gain compensation unit configured to apply the compensation gain detected by the compensation gain detection unit to the high frequency inputted by the high frequency input unit, when release steering is detected by the release steering detection unit or reverse steering is detected by the reverse steering detection unit.
US11208136B2
A child stroller includes a stroller frame and a first seat. The stroller frame has two sections capable of being folded and unfolded relative to each other. The first seat is disposed on one of the two sections in a detachable manner. The first seat includes a supporting unit and a first seat frame. The first seat frame is adapted to hold the supporting unit. The first seat frame includes a seat hub, an upper seat tube and a lower seat tube. The seat hub is disposed on the stroller frame. The upper seat tube is disposed on the seat hub, and the supporting unit is slidably disposed on the upper seat tube. The lower seat tube is disposed on the seat hub and detachably connected to the supporting unit.
US11208131B2
A railroad crossing warning circuit includes a lamp and a signal generator for generating a first signal of a selected frequency. Divider circuitry divides the frequency of the signal to generate second signal at a flashing frequency. A switch responsive to the second signal controls current flow through the lamp and cause the lamp to flash at the flashing frequency.
US11208130B2
A switch reporting device including at least one display screen, a high resolution camera, a code reader, at least one memory and one or more processors, the switch reporting device configured to determine a position of an unmonitored switch in a railway by capturing an image of one or more portions associated with the unmonitored switch, generating switch position data based on the image of one or more portions associated with the unmonitored switch, and updating a switch position record for the unmonitored switch with the switch position data. The switch reporting device includes one or more mobile computers or an EOT device for monitoring and reporting switch position data for an unmonitored switch.
US11208126B2
A DC feeder voltage computing device includes a model information storing unit, a run history information storing unit, and a voltage setting value computing unit. The model information storing unit stores model information. The run history information storing unit stores, on a per train basis, run history information that indicates locations and power situations of a plurality of trains that run in a DC-electrified section on or before a preceding day. The voltage setting value computing unit computes, on the basis of the model information and the run history information, a voltage setting value for controlling a substation voltage to cause an amount of power consumption in the DC-electrified section to satisfy a preset condition.
US11208117B2
The method for autonomous vehicle control preferably includes sampling measurements, determining refined sensor poses based on the measurements, determining an updated vehicle pose based on the measurements and operation matrix, optionally determining evaluation sensor poses based on the refined sensor poses, optionally updating the operation matrix(es) based on the evaluation sensor poses, and/or any other suitable elements. The system for autonomous vehicle control can include one or more vehicles, one or more sensors, one or more processing systems, and/or any other suitable components.
US11208111B2
The technology relates to partially redundant equipment architectures for vehicles able to operate in an autonomous driving mode. Aspects of the technology employ fallback configurations, such as two or more fallback sensor configurations that provide some minimum amount of field of view (FOV) around the vehicle. For instance, different sensor arrangements are logically associated with different operating domains of the vehicle. Fallback configurations for computing resources and/or power resources are also provided. Each fallback configuration may have different reasons for being triggered, and may result in different types of fallback modes of operation. Triggering conditions may relate, e.g., to a type of failure, fault or other reduction in component capability, the current driving mode, environmental conditions in the vicinity of vehicle or along a planned route, or other factors. Fallback modes may involve altering a previously planned trajectory, altering vehicle speed, and/or altering a destination of the vehicle.
US11208110B2
The disclosure relates to a method that models a motor vehicle sensor in a virtual test environment by way of definition. Using a sensor support, a raycast distribution shape, a group of raycast properties, a raycast reflection factor, and a raycast echo, a sensor in reality may be tested in a virtual environment to calibrate the sensor in reality. The sensor support is a virtual sensor support for a virtual sensor model, which forms a three-dimensional or two-dimensional avatar of the sensor in reality, in the virtual test environment. The sensor support has a sensor starting point that is used as an origin for a raycast distribution shape. The method extracts a special application of the sensor in reality in an application case, which is particularly useful for testing scenarios.
US11208108B2
An information providing system for a vehicle includes: first and second mobile terminals worn by a driver and fellow passenger, respectively of the vehicle, and an information providing device, which are communicated with each other. Further, the information providing device includes a control unit that executes information provision control for generating information indicating that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state and transmitting the generated information to the first mobile terminal, in a case where it is determined that the physical condition of the fellow passenger is the predetermined state.
US11208099B2
Disclosed is a vehicle traveling controller that performs emergency evacuation traveling in the case of an emergency for proper traveling control. The vehicle traveling controller determines whether the vehicle traveling in accordance with a normal traveling rule is not dangerous and becomes proper traveling or not on the basis of environmental information around a vehicle (S18), when it is determined that the vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule becomes proper traveling, executes normal traveling control for instructing the vehicle to travel in accordance with the normal traveling rule (S20), and when vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule does not become proper traveling, executes emergency evacuation traveling control for instructing the vehicle to perform emergency evacuation traveling which is not in accordance with the normal traveling rule (S22). Therefore, emergency evacuation traveling with high safety can be performed, as compared with vehicle traveling in accordance with the normal traveling rule, so the safety of vehicle traveling can be improved.
US11208098B2
An advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) provides collision avoidance control for a host vehicle. The system can include one or more sensors mounted to the host vehicle and configured to sense a driving lane in which the host vehicle is traveling and to sense an external vehicle partially engaged in the driving lane. A controller controls steering, braking, or acceleration of the host vehicle on the basis of sensing information received from the sensor. The controller determines the external vehicle partially engaged in the driving lane as a target vehicle having at least a part thereof overlapping with a lane mark of the driving lane, and performs longitudinal braking or acceleration control or lateral steering control on the host vehicle based on lateral and longitudinal positional relationships between the host vehicle and the target vehicle.
US11208097B2
Methods include electronically monitoring sensor or transceiver location information to detect a location of a machine. Responsive to detection of the machine, determining if the machine is located within a first geographic region, and if the machine is located within a first geographic region, electronically sending a command to an actuator that is coupled to the machine to initiate a first response. The first response includes limiting a height of an implement that is coupled to a chassis of the machine. The implement being height-adjustable relative to the chassis by action of the actuator.
US11208096B2
Techniques for generating trajectories and drivable areas for navigating a vehicle in an environment are discussed herein. The techniques can include receiving a reference trajectory representing an initial trajectory for a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, to traverse the environment. Portions of the reference trajectory can be identified as corresponding to actions to navigate around a double-parked vehicle or to change lanes, for example. In some cases, a portion of the reference trajectory can be identified based on a proximity to an object in the environment. A weight can be associated with the portions of the reference trajectory, and the techniques can include evaluating a reference cost function at points of the reference trajectory based on the associated weights to generate a target trajectory. Further, the techniques can include controlling the autonomous vehicle to traverse the environment based at least in part on the target trajectory.
US11208089B2
A drive-force control apparatus for a vehicle including a first drive apparatus for driving a first pair of wheels and a second drive apparatus for driving a second pair of wheels. Each of the first pair of wheels is one of front and rear wheels of the vehicle, and each of the second pair of wheels is the other of the front and rear wheels. During running of the vehicle on a wave-like road, the control apparatus reduces a drive-force share ratio of one of the first and second drive apparatuses, and to increases a drive-force share ratio of the other of the first and second drive apparatuses, wherein the one of the first and second drive apparatuses includes a weakest part that is to be damaged the most easily among parts composing the first and second drive apparatuses, by resonance caused by the running on the wave-like road.
US11208082B1
An assembly for correcting an attitude of at least a selected portion of a structure, where the assembly includes a controller affixed to a structure operatively coupled with one or more jacks operable to change the attitude of the structure; and a remote device configured to communicate wirelessly with the controller to change the attitude of a selected portion of the structure. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting an attitude of a movable structure.
US11208081B2
The present application discloses a hydrogen station for supplying hydrogen to a tank of a tank-equipped device. The hydrogen station includes: an integrated controller for integrally controlling devices provided in the hydrogen station; a sensing portion for sensing leaked hydrogen which has leaked inside the integrated controller; a ventilation device performing a high ventilation measure of performing ventilation for air inside the integrated controller or an explosion prevention device performing an internal pressure-based explosion protection measure of creating a pressure-increased state inside the integrated controller; and a compressor unit including a compressor, which is used as one of the devices, and a housing, in which the compressor is stored. The integrated controller is mounted on the housing, and is electrically connected to the compressor via a through-hole formed in the housing to control the compressor.
US11208080B2
A cleaning system includes a straight pipe defining an axis, an inlet fluidly connected to the pipe and in line with the axis, and at least three outlets fluidly connected to and elongated from the pipe. The outlets extend parallel to each other and transverse from the pipe. The pipe has an increasing cross-sectional area along the axis from the outlet closest to the inlet to the outlet farthest from the inlet.
US11208076B2
A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed.
US11208059B2
Structural element for a motor vehicle, in particular a frame part for a chassis or a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, having at least a first and a second fiber layer forming a rigid fiber composite, the fiber layers being laminated to one another at least in sections, and at least one electrical flat conductor arranged between the fiber layers and laminated to the fiber layers. The flat conductor has a relief structure on at least one surface facing at least one fiber layer.
US11208054B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing a view of an environment around a vehicle. The system includes a camera configured to detect image data of the environment around the vehicle. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the camera and configured to render an image based on the image data detected by the camera. The system also includes a display configured to display the image rendered by the ECU. The system also includes a connector coupling the camera and the ECU, the connector configured to be connected or disconnected at a location proximal to a cargo storage area of the vehicle.
