US11507727B2
A font rendering method, apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium. The font rendering method includes: receiving a character string that needs to be rendered and reading a font file; parsing the font file to obtain text character pattern information and template information corresponding to the character string; generating an animation unit according to the text character pattern information and the template information; rendering the animation unit. Through the above font rendering method, corresponding template effects can be customized according to different font effects and different rows and columns, and mixed arrangement of text size, customized text position, customized text color and special effects are supported, which are more suitable for scene matching and picture-text combining, fully expressing semantic priority, enhancing text visual impact, highlighting the focus of the language and the text artistic conception.
US11507724B2
An estimation method is performed by a computer for estimating a far field of electromagnetic waves or heat. The method includes: generating an emphasis pattern image obtained by emphasizing each target element of a pattern image of a target circuit by an emphasizing method that corresponds to a type of each target element, with respect to the target element which is at least a part of elements included in the target circuit; and estimating the far field of electromagnetic waves or heat radiated from the target circuit by an existing estimation model using the emphasis pattern image.
US11507714B2
Augmented reality apparatus and methods of use are provided with secure persistent digital content linked to a location coordinates. More specifically, the present invention links a physical location with digital content to enable a user interface with augmented reality that combines aspects of the physical area with location specific digital content. According to the present invention, digital content remains persistent with a location even if visual aspects of the location change.
US11507706B2
The application discloses a verification method and system. The verification method is for verifying content of a first volatile read-write memory of a chip. A first non-volatile read-write memory of the chip stores a firmware image, including predetermined calculation value. The chip includes a second volatile read-write memory. The verification method includes: at a bootloader mode, loading a first portion and a second portion of the firmware image to the first volatile read-write memory and the second volatile read-write memory respectively; performing a first specific operation to the first portion and the second portion to obtain a first calculation value; performing a second specific operation to the first calculation value to obtain a second calculation value and storing the second calculation value in the second volatile read-write memory.
US11507701B2
In an authentication system, when an electrical component with a temporary ID recorded by a temporary ID assignment device is connected to a switching hub, a temporary authentication device performs temporary authentication based on switching hub information describing the switching hub to which the electrical component is connected, the temporary ID of the electrical component, and temporary authentication inquiry information. A main authentication device performs main authentication based on the switching hub information of the switching hub to which the electrical component with a formal ID recorded by the formal ID assignment device is connected, and the formal ID of the electrical component, and main authentication inquiry information.
US11507697B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for defining and securely sharing objects for use in preventing data breach or exfiltration. Memory may be configured to store a plurality of objects for use in preventing data breach or exfiltration. A validation engine can validate the objects, incorporate into each object an object identifier and a signature, and generate a subset of the objects for use by a first user. The validation engine can store, in the memory, the plurality of objects as a superset of objects corresponding to the generated subset. An evaluation engine may, responsive to identifying that one or more object identifiers and signatures in a received set of objects belong to the subset corresponding to the stored superset, verify whether any object in the received set has been tampered with.
US11507695B2
A method includes receiving a request from an internet content provider to provide data about a subscriber associated with an IP address, where the data allows the internet content provider to maintain stateful and persistent information about an HTTP session with a user endpoint device associated with the IP address determining whether the Internet content provider is a trusted Internet content provider pre-authorized to receive at least some of the data about the subscriber, determining a subset of the data about the subscriber that is allowed to be shared with the Internet content provider, when the Internet content provider is determined to be a trusted Internet content provider, providing the subset of the data to the Internet content provider, when the subset of the data is determined, and denying the request to provide the data, when the Internet content provider is determined not to be a trusted Internet content provider.
US11507690B2
The present invention comprises an enrolment method comprising steps of: acquisition (100) of an image showing a photograph itself showing an individual, extraction (102), from the image of a characteristic of the image other than a biometric model, obtaining (104) personal data of the individual other than by the image-processing algorithm, generation (106) of a reference datum (W) from the characteristic of the image and the obtained personal data, calculation (108) of an encoded datum (s) by application of an encoding procedure to the reference datum (W) and to a random datum (c), calculation (110) of a hash (h(c) of the random datum, storage (112) in a database of the datum encoded (s) in association with the hash. The invention also comprises an identity-control method using such stored data.
US11507687B2
A secure enclave may be used to satisfy privacy requirements and audit requirements. Code may be loaded into the secure enclave. The code may generate a predefined report based on data and added noise. The pre-defined report may be subject to audit requirements. The data may be subject to the privacy requirements. The secure enclave may generate an encryption key and a decryption key based on the code. Only the secure enclave may have access to the decryption key. And the secure enclave may allow only a verified copy of the code to access the decryption key. With the added noise, the report may satisfy a pre-defined differential privacy guarantee. Encrypting the code and ensuring that the report satisfies the differential privacy guarantee may satisfy the privacy requirements. Retaining the report, the code, the secure enclave, and the encrypted data may satisfy the audit requirements.
US11507683B2
Provided are methods and systems for query processing with adaptive risk decisioning. An example method includes receiving a query by a client in communication with plurality of servers. The method further includes analyzing, by the client, the query to select at least one server being configured to provide data of a data source, the data being associated with a portion of the query. The method includes acquiring, by the client, a security profile of the data source. The method includes generating, by the client and based on the query, at least one subquery for the server. The method includes sending, by the client, the subquery to the server. The server processes, based on the security profile, the subquery over the data, to obtain a result of the subquery. The method includes generating, by the client and based on the result of the subquery, a result for the query.
US11507679B2
A method for authorizing form related information is provided including: selecting one or more grantees; selecting a form, and displaying candidate related information of said form, wherein when there is one grantee, items selected and saved in the candidate related information when the grantee is authorized last time are automatically shown as being selected, and modifying authorization or selecting a corresponding item from said candidate related information for authorization; when there are two or more grantees, no item is shown as being selected, selecting and authorizing a corresponding item from said candidate related information; and after authorizing the related information of the form to the selected one or more grantees, saving the authorization of the related information of the selected form.
US11507664B2
The present disclosure is directed to analyzing received sets of computer data. Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may forecast that a received set of computer data does not include malware after allowing instructions included in that set of computer data to execute for an amount of time that does not exceed an allocated amount of time. Methods consistent with the present disclosure may instrument a set of received program code and allow instructions in that received set of program code to execute as instrumentation code collects information about the set of program code. This collected information may be compared with sets of known good data when determining whether a received set of program code is likely not to include malware. This collected information may be associated with “behaviors” performed by the received set of program code that may be identified using sets of contextual data.
US11507659B2
Embodiments herein facilitate resisting side channel attacks through various implementations and combinations of implementations. In embodiments, this is accomplished by preventing sensitive data from consecutively following other data through potentially vulnerable resources which otherwise may cause data to leak. Where such vulnerabilities to attacks are known, suspected, or as a proactive precaution, a cleaner can be used to inhibit the sensitive data from passing through the vulnerable areas consecutively and thus inhibit the leakage. Embodiments also envision utilizing certain types of circuits to assist in preventing leakage. By using such circuits one can reduce or even potentially eliminate the requirement for cleaners as mentioned previously.
US11507658B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for cybersecurity are disclosed. The systems and methods may involve receiving, by an application capable of JavaScript execution, code for execution; executing, before execution of the received code, an intercepting code, wherein the intercepting code is configured to intercept at least one application programming interface (API) invocation by the received code; intercepting, by the intercepting code, an API invocation by the received code; determining that the intercepted API invocation results in a manipulation of a backing store object; and modifying an execution of the intercepted API invocation, wherein the modified execution results in at least one of: a non-predictable memory layout, a non-predictable memory behavior, or a non-predictable property of an object.
US11507653B2
A management service can be used to manage enterprise applications. Management agents can be installed in each enterprise application, e.g., in each virtual machine of each enterprise application. The management agent can check each process created by its host virtual machine against a local whitelist. If the local whitelist indicates the process is safe, the process can be executed. Otherwise, an alert including a process description is sent to the management service. An alert analyzer of t he management service can check information of the management service itself as well as third-party information to determine whether or not the process is safe. In the event the alert analyzer determines a process that was the subject of an alert is, in fact, safe, an indication that the process is safe is added to the local whitelist.
US11507650B2
A first behaviometric user profile for a first user is generated and stored, by detecting a position and velocity of the first user relative to the mobile device based on a received response from a radar transmission while the first user uses the mobile device, the received response over time indicating a position and velocity of the first user. Based on further received responses of additional radar transmissions an additional behavioral pattern of an unknown user is determined. The additional behavioral pattern is then compared to the first behaviometric user profile, and based on the comparison, a measure of similarity between the first behaviometric user profile and the additional behavioral pattern, measuring if the first user and the unknown user are a same user is heuristically determined. As a result of the comparison, operation or access to at least some data stored on the mobile device is prevented.
US11507648B2
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a first biometric sensor to detect first biometric information, a second biometric sensor to detect second biometric information, a security module to normalize a first decision score for the first biometric information and a second decision score for the second biometric information, generate a decision function model for combined matching of the normalized first and second decision scores, set a threshold score corresponding to a sensitivity level in the decision function model, and perform user authentication for the first and second biometric information based on the decision function model to which the threshold score is applied, and a controller configured to control an operation of the electronic device based on a result of the user authentication performed by the security module. According to the present invention, the electronic device may perform user authentication by an Internet of Things (IoT).
US11507646B1
A user may be authenticated at a device through analyzing video frames of acquired video data. Feature recognition may be used to determine that features in the video frames correspond to features of an authorized user. Moreover, successive frames of the video frames may be compared to determine whether the video data is representative of a video capturing the user, or a representation of the user, such as a digital image of or a video depicting the user.
US11507635B2
A system for performing recursive online searches is configured to: (a) receive a first attribute for building a summary profile for an entity, the first attribute being used as seed data in building the summary profile; (b) search at least one of a set of data sources using the seed data to obtain one or more subsequent attributes related to the seed data, the subsequent attributes being contextual information having a relational connection to the entity; (c) populate the summary profile with the first attribute and the subsequent attributes under specified fields in the profile; (d) determine that a set of attributes in the subsequent attributes does not result in a stopping condition; (e) search the set of data sources using each of the set of attributes to receive additional attributes; and (f) populate the summary profile with the received additional attributes.
US11507632B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing inducive searches across multiple products within a trusted domain. Products and/or services in the trusted domain are identified. Contextual information associated with the products and/or services is collected. Interrelationships and interoperations between the products and/or services is determined. An inducive search query as to a particular product and/or service is service. Contextual information is returned as to particular product and/or service and related products and/or services.
US11507631B2
Placing an event into a particular cluster can allow various inferences about the event. A new payment transaction that looks similar to a previously identified cluster of mostly fraudulent payment transactions, for example, may be higher risk. The present disclosure includes structural data improvements to the way that online clustering of events (which may include web events and not just payment transactions) occurs. A new event can be classified into a particular segment very quickly using feature table searching, which can allow for better decision making when a short timeframe is required (e.g. transaction processing, online advertising, etc.).
US11507623B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for representing a dynamic hierarchical system as a composite graph data structure. Members of a system are represented as primary nodes of a tree. Multiple system states have respective trees, which can be overlaid to obtain a composite graph. The composite graph can be augmented with secondary nodes for member attributes, and further nodes for state-dependent values of the attributes. Methods of processing bottom-up, top-down, and filtered queries are disclosed. Applications to military, manufacturing, and communication networks are provided.
US11507620B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with self-transformation objects are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a content object is to be rendered. The example method may also include evaluating attributes of a user to identify a content preference of the user. The example method may also include identifying a content transformation mapping that corresponds to the content preference. The example method may also include parsing the content object to identify a transformation script. The example method may also include executing the transformation script to parse the content object to identify elements that are tagged with a transformation tag. The example method may also include executing the transformation script to apply corresponding transformations from the content transformation mapping to the tagged elements. The example method may also include rendering the content object with the transformed elements.
US11507617B2
Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for extracting topics from a corpus of exchanges. The system generates vector representations of utterances of an entity common to the exchanges and uses the vector representations to cluster the utterances. The system labels the clusters and uses the labeled clusters to generate an exchange label sequence for each of the exchanges, where each exchange label sequence corresponds to a sequence of utterances generated by the entity. The system processes the exchange label sequences to generate one or more subsets of the utterances, where each of the subsets corresponds to a particular topic.
US11507615B2
A method and apparatus for image searching based on artificial intelligent (AI) are provided. The method includes obtaining first feature information by extracting features from an image based on a first neural network, obtaining second feature information corresponding to a target area of a query image by processing the first feature information based on a second neural network and at least two filters having different sizes, and identifying an image corresponding to the query image according to the second feature information.
US11507612B2
Documents, such as those that may or will be the subject of a litigation, may be managed by automatically determining that a document, such as an email or other communication, is privileged or producible such that superfluous documents may be removed to improve data storage and reduce the burden on storage, processing, and communication resources. Additionally, documents such as emails may comprise attached or embedded documents (e.g., attachments) which may be similarly or independently classified from their associated email. After determining privilege, such as via metadata associated with a sender/receiver of an email, similarly categorized documents may be grouped for presentation and/or storage. The documents may be indexed, such as by entries within a production log, to further facilitate accurate production and management of non-privileged documents, as well as, the exclusion of privileged documents. Documents not required for production may be indexed and/or purged from storage.
US11507606B2
Systems and methods for improving a search process by providing a visual guided search experience is provided. A networked system determines a location of a user device. A user interface (UI) is presented illustrating a map at a first level view of an area based on the location. The networked system receives, via the UI, a first touch input indicating a zoom selection. In response, the UI shows a second level view of the area that includes a plurality of nodes each representing a point of interest in the area. The second level view is a lower level view than the first level view. The networked system then receives, via the UI, a second touch input selecting a node of the plurality of node. In response to the selecting of the node, navigation information for a selected point of interest corresponding to the selected node is presented.
US11507603B2
An improvement of the functionality of a computerized automatic recommendation engine is provided. In particular, a method for identifying uncertain classifications made by a computerized recommendation engine through the utilization of historical solution data, such that they can be flagged for subsequent human review, thereby improving the training process for the recommendation engine, is disclosed.
US11507599B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a computer program product and apparatus for processing transactions in a synchronized replication system, wherein the method comprises, at a source site in the synchronized replication system: serializing commits of transactions in the synchronized replication system so that only one of the transactions can be committed at the same time; in response to initiating the commit of the one transaction, generating a log for each of transactions that are ongoing in the synchronized replication system, so as to record impact of all operations of a respective transaction on the synchronized replication system; marking transactions for which the logs have been generated; and completing commits of the marked transactions.
US11507596B2
An example method of live migration of distributed databases may include implementing a first database access mode with respect to a distributed database to be migrated from an original set of storage servers to a destination set of storage servers, wherein, in the first database access mode, database read requests are routed to the original set of storage servers and database update requests are routed to both the original set of storage servers and the destination set of storage servers. The method may further include copying a plurality of records of the distributed database from the original set of storage servers to the destination set of storage servers. The method may further include switching to a second database access mode, in which database read requests are routed to the destination set of storage servers and database update requests are routed to both the original set of storage servers and the destination set of storage servers. The method may further include switching to a post-migration database access mode, in which database read and update requests are routed to the destination set of storage servers.
US11507589B2
Systems and techniques for managing data in a relational database environment and a non-relational database environment. Data in the relational database environment that is static and to be maintained beyond a preselected threshold length of time is identified. The data is copied from the relational database and stored in the data the non-relational database. Access to the data is provided from the non-relational database via a user interface that accesses both the relational database and the non-relational database.
US11507573B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for performing A/B testing of service-level metrics. During operation, the system obtains service-level metrics for service calls made during an A/B test, wherein the service-level metrics are aggregated by user identifiers of multiple users. Next, the system matches the service-level metrics to treatment assignments of the users to a treatment group and a control group in the A/B test. The system then applies the A/B test to a first grouping of the service-level metrics for the treatment group and a second grouping of the service-level metrics for the control group. Finally, the system outputs a result of the A/B test for use in assessing an effect of a treatment variant in the A/B test on the service-level metrics.
US11507570B2
Systems, methods, and devices for scheduling of data processing tasks are disclosed. A method includes performing a modification on a first set of immutable partitions storing database data to generate a second set of immutable partitions. The second set is associated with a modified version of the database data. A change tracking entry is entered in a stream of tracking entries based on committing the modification. The change tracking entry includes an indication of the modification on the first set of immutable partitions. A stream offset of the stream of tracking entries is advanced based on the entering of the change tracking entry in the stream of tracking entries. The stream offset indicates a timestamp associated with a latest committed modification to the database data. A data processing task is scheduled for execution on the modified version of the database data based on the advancing of the stream offset.
US11507559B2
In some examples, a system provides a data structure containing an entry to store information for an object for sharing by a plurality of entities. The system allocates the object to a first entity of the plurality of entities based on an atomic access of the entry, the atomic access to update, in one operation, multiple information elements in the entry relating to allocation of the object. The system returns, to the first entity, a handle to the object, the handle based on a value in the entry.
US11507547B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, for receiving a request for instrumentation data describing one or more devices in the computing environment, the request received from a resource management interface; retrieving the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices from a resource database; identifying a schema associated with the resource management interface; converting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices based on the identified schema associated with the resource management interface; and transmitting the instrumentation data describing the one or more devices to the resource management interface.
US11507544B2
Techniques for efficiently storing client data blocks on a distributed-computing system are provided. The system includes a fast performance tier and a large capacity tier. The capacity tier stores the client data blocks in erasure encoded data stripes. The performance tier stores logical map data including an address map indicating a correspondence between logical addresses associated with a first layer of the system and physical addresses associated with a second layer. A method includes receiving a request to include additional client data blocks in the client blocks. The request indicates logical addresses for additional blocks. Corresponding physical addresses for additional block are determined. Each additional block is stored at the physical address. Additional logical map data is stored in the performance tier. Storing the additional logical map data includes updating the address map to indicate the correspondence between the logical addresses and the physical addresses for the additional blocks.
US11507532B2
Embodiments are directed to managing file systems over a network. A hierarchical index may be provided based on a file system and a plurality of objects stored in the file system A token index may be generated based on the hierarchical index. Each token may be a portion of the path of the objects Metric indices may be generated based on the hierarchical index and a plurality of metrics associated with the objects such that the metrics indices include one or more rows that corresponds to a place position for a metric value. Employing the token index and the metric indices to generate query results based on the plurality of metrics associated with the objects.
US11507530B2
A host-client data sharing system manages diabetes care data. A host database, preferably web or interne based, is implemented for storing diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics. A client or local database stores the diabetes care data relating to multiple diabetics on a personal appliance such as a PC, or a portable or handheld microprocessor-based computing device. The host database uses multiple servers for handling client interactions with the system.
US11507521B2
Memory allocation circuitry allocate a memory region in memory, and bounded pointer generation circuitry generates bounded pointers including a revocable bounded pointer that provides a pointer value and range information identifying an address range of the memory region. The memory allocation circuitry provides, at a header location in the memory, a header for the memory region with a first token field which is initialized to a first token value associated with the memory region. The memory allocation circuitry is responsive to the deallocation of the memory region to modify the stored value in the first token field of the header. In response to a request to generate a memory address using the revocable bounded pointer, a use authentication check prevents generation of the memory address when it is determined that the stored value in the first token field has been changed.
US11507510B2
In accordance with various aspects of the invention, a recall transaction is issued if a tag filter entry needs to be freed up for an incoming transaction. Directory entries chosen for a recall transaction are pushed into a fully associative structure called victim buffer. If this structure gets full, then an entry is selected from entries inside the victim buffer for the recall.
US11507508B2
The present disclosure generally relates to improving write cache utilization by recommending a time to initiate a data flush operation or predicting when a new write command will arrive. The recommending can be based upon considerations such as a hard time limit for data caching, rewarding for filling the cache, and penalizing for holding data for too long. The predicting can be based on tracking write command arrivals and then, based upon the tracking, predicting an estimated arrival time for the next write command. Based upon the recommendation or predicting, the write cache can be flushed or the data can remain in the write cache to thus more efficiently utilize the write cache without violating a hard stop time limit.
US11507477B2
System and method for providing fault tolerance in virtualized computer systems use a first guest and a second guest running on virtualization software to produce outputs, which are produced when a workload is executed on the first and second guests. An output of the second guest is compared with an output of the first guest to determine if there is an output match. If there is no output match, the first guest is paused and a resynchronization of the second guest is executed to restore a checkpointed state of the first guest on the second guest. After the resynchronization of the second guest, the paused first guest is caused to resume operation.
US11507475B2
A data processing apparatus (2) has scalar processing circuitry (32-42) and vector processing circuitry (38, 40, 42). When executing main scalar processing on the scalar processing circuitry (32-42), or main vector processing using a subset of said plurality of lanes on the vector processing circuitry (38, 40, 42), checker processing is executed using at least one lane of the plurality of lanes on the vector processing circuitry (38, 40, 42), the checker processing comprising operations corresponding to at least part of the main scalar/vector processing. Errors can then be detected based on a comparison of an outcome of the main processing and an outcome of the checker processing. This provides a technique for achieving functional safety in a high end processor with better performance and reduced hardware cost compared to a dual/triple core lockstep approach.
US11507474B2
A method for performing a backup operation includes obtaining, by a backup agent, a backup request for a file system, and in response to the backup request: generating a first application partition for an application associated with the file system, performing a dependency analysis on the application to identify application dependency information, populating a first application partition with a copy of the application dependency information and a copy of application data associated with the application, and initiating a storage of a backup to a backup storage system, wherein the backup comprises the first application partition.
US11507469B2
A method and system for risk score based asset data protection using a conformal framework. Concerning Internet-of-Things (IoT) environments, there is a growing challenge to ensure the availability and continuity of applications executing, as well as relevant application data maintained, on IoT devices, in order to mitigate potential operational failures and/or interruptions. The disclosed method and system address this growing challenge through risk-score assessments of the applications and their respective relevant application data (collectively referred to as assets), as well as the potential degradation of the underlying IoT device hardware. The aforementioned risk-score assessments employ clustering to identify, and a conformal framework to rank, high-risk (for failure) assets, which may subsequently be subjected to backup operations (overriding existing policies) to guarantee asset protection.
US11507461B2
Techniques providing I/O control involve: in response to receiving an I/O request, detecting a first set bits for a stripe in a RAID. The RAID is built on disk slices divided from disks. The stripes include extents. Each of the first set bits indicates whether a disk slice where a corresponding extent in the stripe is located is in a failure state. The techniques further involve determining, from the stripe and based on the first set bits, a first set of extents in the failure state and a second set of extents out of the failure state. The techniques further involve executing the I/O request on the second set of extents without executing the I/O request on the first set of extents. Such techniques can simplify storage bits in I/O control, support the degraded stripe write request for the RAID and enhance performance executing the I/O control.
US11507457B2
Techniques involve: writing, when a first disk for dirty page storage has a failure, a first target page description generated by a first node and associated with a first set of target dirty pages of the first node and a second set of target dirty pages of a second node to a first page description storage layer for the first node in a second disk; writing a second target page description generated by the second node and associated with the first set of target dirty pages and the second set of target dirty pages to a second page description storage layer for the second node in the second disk; and restoring, when the failure has been eliminated, the first set of target dirty pages and the second set of target dirty pages in the first disk based on at least one of the descriptions.
US11507448B2
A non-volatile memory device, a method of operating the non-volatile memory device, and a memory system including the non-volatile memory device are provided. A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells configured to be each programmed to one state of a plurality of states, a page buffer circuit including a plurality of page buffers configured to each store received data as state data indicating a target state of a corresponding one of the plurality of memory cells, the page buffer circuit being configured to perform a state data reordering operation of changing a first state data order into a second state data order during performance of a program operation on selected memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, and a reordering control circuit configured to control the page buffer circuit to perform the state data reordering operation simultaneously with the program operation.
US11507436B2
Methods of arbitrating between requestors and a shared resource are described. The method comprises generating a vector with one bit per requestor, each initially set to one. Based on a plurality of select signals (one per decision node in a first layer of a binary decision tree, where each select signal is configured to be used by the corresponding decision node to select one of two child nodes), bits in the vector corresponding to non-selected requestors are set to zero. The method is repeated for each subsequent layer in the binary decision tree, based on the select signals for the decision nodes in those layers. The resulting vector is a one-hot vector (in which only a single bit has a value of one). Access to the shared resource is granted, for a current processing cycle, to the requestor corresponding to the bit having a value of one.
US11507427B2
This application provides an application program management method and apparatus. The method is performed in a database cluster system including at least two database nodes, at least one database object is stored in each database node, and the method includes: running an application program on a first database node in a first time period; determining a target database node based on at least one historical database object accessed by the application program in the first time period, where the target database node stores the historical database object; and running the application program on the target database node in a second time period. According to this application, a database node on which an application program runs can be dynamically adjusted, to avoid overload of the database node.
US11507422B2
A method and system for intelligently provisioning resources in storage systems. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein entail throttling the allocation of resources aiding in the performance of background service tasks on a backup storage system. That is, throughout a predicted span of a background service task, resources may be dynamically allocated towards the performance of the background service task at discrete time intervals within the predicted span, thereby improving overall system utilization.
US11507417B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for job scheduling based on job execution history are disclosed. A request is received to schedule a workload comprising a plurality of jobs. A resource allocation score for the workload is determined. The resource allocation score represents (at least in part) an estimated likelihood of successful execution of the workload. A first portion of the workload is scheduled for execution, and a remaining portion (if any) of the workload is delayed. A quantity of jobs in the first portion of the workload is determined based (at least in part) on the resource allocation score. Execution of the first portion of the workload is initiated.
US11507413B2
A tracking method, an apparatus, a device, and a machine-readable medium are provided. The method specifically includes: writing a tracking result of an activity of an operating system and/or a running activity of a program into a buffer when an interrupt is disabled; and reading and sending the tracking result from the buffer when the interrupt is enabled. The embodiments of the present disclosure can effectively shorten the maximum time during which interrupts are disabled for an operating system, and thereby can effectively improve the performance of the operating system and/or a program.
US11507409B2
One example method to perform object-based load balancing in a distributed storage system of a virtualization system supported by a cluster of host machines may include determining, by a first host machine in the cluster, whether any host machine in the cluster has affinity to a site. The method may also include determining, by the first host machine, whether to distribute affinity Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) targets owned by the first host machine to at least the second machine based on a first balance objective associated with the site, and after having considered the first balance objective, determining, by the first host machine, whether to distribute iSCSI targets without affinity owned by the first host machine to other host machines in the cluster based on a second balance objective associated with the cluster.
US11507407B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for providing a set of common flat files in a composite image that can be mounted as a container (i.e. composite container) to support isolation and interoperation of computing resources. Container management is provided for a container management system based on a composite image file system engine that executes composite operations. In particular, a remote sharing manager operates with a composite engine interface to support generating composite images configured for split layer memory sharing, split layer direct access memory sharing, and dynamic base images. In operation, a plurality of files and a selection of a remote sharing configuration for generating a composite image are accessed. The composite image for the plurality of files and the remoting sharing configuration is generated. The composite image is communicated to cause sharing of the composite image, sharing of the composite image is based on the remote sharing configuration.
US11507403B2
Techniques for determining host computing systems to deploy virtual machines based on disk specifications are disclosed. In one example, a blueprint to deploy a virtual machine in a cloud computing environment may be received. Further, disk specifications required to deploy the virtual machine may be retrieved from the blueprint. Furthermore, candidate storage entities that support the retrieved disk specifications may be determined. A host computing system that has connectivity to the candidate storage entities may be determined. the determined host computing system may be recommended to deploy the virtual machine.
US11507401B2
Methods, computer-readable storage medium, and systems described herein facilitate registering and consuming network services on a virtual network. A virtual machine management server (VMMS) is configured to receive a service definition associated with a network service. The VMMS creates one or more service profiles based on the service definition. The VMMS configures a plurality of hosts based on the one or more service profiles such that the network service is usable, via a virtual network, by one or more virtual machines within the plurality of hosts.
US11507399B1
A method comprises: at a computer device configured with user applications grouped in multiple virtual desktops hosted on and displayed by the computer device: establishing an online meeting with remote computer devices over a network; responsive to user input, selecting one of the multiple virtual desktops to be a shared virtual desktop, such that all other ones of the multiple virtual desktops become unshared virtual desktops; sharing, with the remote computer devices, the shared virtual desktop, including first user applications of the user applications that are grouped in the shared virtual desktop; and not sharing, with the remote computer devices, any of the unshared virtual desktops and second user applications of the user applications that are grouped in the unshared virtual desktops.
US11507397B2
Systems and methods for zero-footprint and safe execution of quantum computing programs are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an electronic device comprising at least one computer processor, a method for cloud-based execution of quantum-computing programs may include: (1) receiving, from a user interface on a client device, a serialized file comprising a domain, an application, and an algorithm; (2) receiving, from the user interface, problem data and an identification of a quantum computing backend for executing the problem data; (3) instantiating a quantum program for execution and communicating the quantum program and the problem data to the quantum computing backend for execution; (4) receiving, from the quantum computing backend, an output of the execution; and (5) communicating the output to the user interface on the client device.
US11507396B2
Techniques perform storage management. In accordance with such techniques, in response to determining that there is an abnormal process in a process group of an application, and a first size of storage space occupied by the abnormal process exceeds a first threshold, an abnormal process is terminated. A second size of storage space occupied by other processes than the abnormal process in the process group after the abnormal process is terminated is determined. In response to the second size exceeding a second threshold, at least one process in the process group to reduce the second size is terminated, where the at least one process is different from the abnormal process.
US11507387B2
A system for controlling a processor, comprising a processor configured to load one or more instructions into a register for execution, a non-volatile memory coupled to the processor and configured to store data in a format that can be read by the processor and a description file stored in the non-volatile memory, the description file further comprising a plurality of information files, wherein each information file includes two or more types of predetermined data.
US11507386B2
A processing system comprises a first subsystem comprising at least one host processor and one or more storage units, and a second subsystem comprising at least one second processor. Each second processor comprises a plurality of tiles. Each tile comprises a processing unit and memory. At least one storage unit stores bootloader code for each of first and second subsets of the plurality of tiles of at least one second processor. The first subsystem writes bootloader code to each of the first subset of tiles of the at least one second processor. At least one of the first subset of tiles requests at least one of the storage units to return the bootloader code to the second subset of the plurality of tiles. Each tile to which the bootloader code is written retrieves boot code from the storage unit and then runs said boot code.
US11507384B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor may be configured to: display, on the display, the state of a storage resource of a first partition included in the memory, in a state in which first booting has been completed; in response to a first command for acquiring the storage resource of the first partition, perform second booting of the electronic device, different from the first booting; delete designated data from data stored in the storage resource of the first partition so as to acquire the storage resource during the performing of the second booting; and complete the second booting of the electronic device after the acquisition of the storage resource.
US11507378B1
In one example, an integrated circuit comprises: a memory configured to store a first mapping between a first opcode and first control information and a second mapping between the first opcode and second control information; a processing engine configured to perform processing operations based on the control information; and a controller configured to: at a first time, provide the first opcode to the memory to, based on the first mapping stored in the memory, fetch the first control information for the processing engine, to enable the processing engine to perform a first processing operation based on the first control information; and at a second time, provide the first opcode to the memory to, based on the second mapping stored in the memory, fetch the second control information for the processing engine, to enable the processing engine to perform a second processing operation based on the second control information.
US11507361B2
System to design and/or update programs for the operator interface of machines and/or plants that comprises at least one first calculation device dedicated to the management of a machine and/or plant, which contains at least one application program to manage the human-machine interface (HMI) of the machine and/or plant, and a second calculation device to execute a software, or development environment, to create a project file, wherein on the first calculation device and on the second calculation device respective communication programs are installed, suitable to transfer the project to the first calculation device, where the application program for the management of the HMI interface displays the project by means of a suitable OPC UA standard information model, by means of which it is possible to make modifications to the project dynamically, without interrupting the execution of the human-machine interface program, and so that every modification to the project, and therefore to the human-machine interface program, is immediately displayed and used by the human-machine interface.
US11507359B2
A method of data transfer over a communication network from a first information handling apparatus to a plurality of second information handling apparatuses includes generating, by the first information handling apparatus, an initial block and initializing, based on the initial block, a ledger. The method includes broadcasting the ledger to the plurality of second information handling apparatuses, and attempting to compute a new block, by each one of the plurality of second information handling apparatuses. Upon one of the plurality of second information handling apparatuses successfully computing said new block, the method then transmits data to the one of the plurality of second information handling apparatuses and updates the ledger based on the new block.
US11507358B2
A method, comprising: receiving, by an admission controller, a deployment object associated with code that is desired to be deployed to a production system; detecting, by a first responder, whether the deployment object is associated with a change ticket and, when the deployment object is not associated with a change ticket, submitting a change ticket that is associated with the deployment object, the change ticket being submitted by the first responder; detecting, by a second responder, whether the change ticket, that is associated with the deployment object, is allowed, and, when the change ticket is allowed, authorizing a deployment of the code, the deployment being authorized by the second responder; and deploying the code to a production system when the deployment of the code has been authorized by the second responder, the code being deployed by the admission controller.
US11507354B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enhancing operable functionality of input source code files from a software program by identifying a first code snippet and a first library function which generate similar outputs from a shared input by parsing each and every line of code in a candidate code snippet to generate a templatized code snippet data structure for the first code snippet, and then testing the templatized code snippet data structure against extracted library function information to check for similarity of outputs between the first code snippet and the first library function in response to a shared input so that the developer is presented with a library function recommendation which includes the first code snippet, the first library function, and instructions for replacing the first code snippet with the first library function.
US11507353B1
An approach is provided in which a method, system, and computer program product load a first program and a second program on a target host that includes a host kernel. The first program and the second program are both pre-compiled on a build system that is different from the target host. The method, system, and computer program product execute at least a subset of the first program on the host kernel and the subset of the first program captures a set of kernel structure information from the host kernel. The method, system, and program product load, at the target host, the set of kernel structure information into the second program at one or more placeholder locations. Then, the method, system and program product execute at least a subset of the second program with the set of kernel structure information on the target kernel.
US11507350B2
The present disclosure relates to a fused vector multiplier for computing an inner product between vectors, where vectors to be computed are a multiplier number vector {right arrow over (A)}{AN . . . A2A1A0} and a multiplicand number {right arrow over (B)} {BN . . . B2B1B0}, {right arrow over (A)} and {right arrow over (B)} have the same dimension which is N+1. The multiplier includes: N+1 multiplication sub-units configured to perform multiplication on each dimension of a vector respectively, and take lower n bits of the multiplier number vector for multiplication each time, where the n bits are removed from the binary number of each dimension of the multiplier number vector after the n bits are taken, and n is larger than 1 and less than N+1; an adder tree configured to perform addition on results of N+1 multiplication sub-units obtained from a same operation each time; and a result register configured to hold a result of every addition performed by the adder tree and send the result to the adder tree for next computation.
US11507345B1
Systems and methods to accept speech input and edit a note upon receipt of an indication to edit are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate presentation of a graphical user interface that includes a note, the note including note sections, the note sections including a first note section, the individual note sections including body fields; obtain user input from the client computing platform, the user input representing an indication to edit a first body field of the first note section; obtain audio information representing sound captured by an audio section of the client computing platform, the audio information including value definition information specifying one or more values to be included in the individual body fields; perform speech recognition on the audio information to obtain a first value; and populate the first body field with the first value so that the first value is included in the first body field.
US11507344B2
A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A group leader may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants.
US11507335B2
A method of controlling a communication terminal including a near-field communication unit includes setting, as operation settings of the communication terminal, whether to enable wireless communication functions by the near-field communication unit and controlling to display a predetermined notification before displaying a screen for performing a login request upon condition that a user operation to transition to a screen for performing a login request to an external device has been received, and that settings have not been made in the setting of the communication terminal at least to enable wireless communication functions by the near-field communication unit as operation settings of the communication terminal.
US11507334B2
There is disclosed a method for management of printing jobs. In the method user identification is requested to identify the user, who then selects an artwork for the labels. Data regarding the selected artwork is retrieved from a data storage. Printing properties are defined for the selected artwork, and a set of available unique codes for the labels is determined on the basis of the user identification. A printing file is constructed including information related to at least the selected artwork and printing material selected for the printing job. The printing file is stored into a cloud storage linked with the identified user. A unique code is assigned for each label from the set of available unique codes. The unique code is assigned either in the printing file or when printing the labels.
US11507332B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first acquisition unit that acquires setting information for performing a setting of a network of the apparatus, and first environment information of the network from an external management apparatus, through a communication line; a setting unit that performs the setting of the network using the setting information acquired by the first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit that acquires second environment information of the network after execution of the setting by the setting unit; and a notification unit that notifies that the network to which the apparatus is connected is incorrect, in a case where the first environment information and the second environment information do not match.
US11507325B2
A storage apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor provides a plurality of logical volumes each allowing input and output of data, and processes each data input to and output from a storage device via the logical volume. The processor acquires operational data associated with each of the plurality of logical volumes, and transmits the acquired operational data to a source of a operational data request. The processor adjusts, for each of the logical volumes, accuracy of the operational data to be acquired from each of the logical volumes, according to a status of each of the logical volumes.
US11507318B2
Disclosed is a storage device, which include a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, a buffer memory, and a storage controller that receives a first allocation request and first logical address information from a host, allocates logical addresses of the first logical address information to a first physical group of the plurality of memory blocks in response to the first allocation request, receives a first write request and first write data associated with the first logical address information, stores the first write data in the buffer memory, and writes the first write data stored in the buffer memory in memory blocks of the first physical group in response to the first write request. The first allocation request precedes the first write request.
US11507315B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a first disk, a second disk, a first head, a second head, a first actuator including the first head, a second actuator including the second head, a first arithmetic unit executing a first reordering process of a command stored in a first queue corresponding to the first actuator, and a second arithmetic unit executing a second reordering process of a command stored in a second queue corresponding to the second actuator, the first arithmetic unit executing the second reordering process, the second arithmetic unit executing the first reordering process.
US11507314B2
A message queue storage device includes: a non-volatile flash memory unit including one or more flash memory dies including one or more pages grouped into one or more flash blocks; a volatile memory; a data port; and a storage controller configured to: receive, via the data port, a message write command including a message and a queue identifier; identify a queue from one or more queues based on the queue identifier; determine that the message is a persistent message; select a write physical location in one or more pages of the flash memory dies in which to store the message; and store the message associated with the queue at the write physical location in the one or more pages of the non-volatile flash memory unit.
US11507312B2
A storage device that includes a nonvolatile memory device is described. The storage device includes areas and a controller. The controller receives a write command and data from an external host device. The controller then preferentially writes the data in an area associated with a turbo write based on a turbo write policy, or in an area not associated with a turbo write based on a normal write policy. The controller also receives a move command from the external host device and moves data stored in the area to a different area based on the move command.
US11507310B2
A memory controller may include: a request checker identifying memory devices corresponding to requests received from a host among the plurality of memory devices and generating device information on the identified memory devices to perform operations corresponding to the requests; a dummy manager outputting a request for controlling a dummy pulse to be applied to channels of selected memory devices according to the device information among the plurality of channels; and a dummy pulse generator sequentially applying the dummy pulse to the channels coupled to the selected memory devices, based on the request for controlling the dummy pulse. A memory controller may include an idle time monitor outputting an idle time interval of the memory device and a clock signal generator generating a clock signal based on the idle time interval and outputting the clock signal to the memory device through the channel to perform a current operation.
US11507309B2
Storage system and method for using memory allocated in a host for read data as a host memory buffer
A storage system and method for using memory allocated in a host for read data as a host memory buffer are provided. In one embodiment, a controller of a storage system receives a read request from a host for data stored in the memory, wherein the read request identifies a storage location in the host that is allocated by the host to store the requested data after it is received from the storage system. Prior to sending the requested data to the host, the storage system uses the allocated storage location in the host as a host memory buffer to store other data until the host needs the allocated storage location to store the requested data. Other embodiments are provided.
US11507301B2
A semiconductor memory module for shared memory access implements memory-centric structures using a quasi-volatile memory. In one embodiment, the memory module for shared memory access includes a memory cube providing high capacity memory coupled to multiple multi-port memories to support simultaneous memory access at multiple memory interfaces. In other embodiments, a memory module incorporates a processor to implement computational memory architecture. In some embodiments, a mini core memory system implements a memory architecture for providing direct and parallel memory access to a mini processor core array.
US11507300B2
A processing device detects a read operation at a memory device that is directed at a word line group from among multiple word line groups of the memory device. The processing device increments a read counter associated with the word line group based on the read operation being directed at the word line group. The processing device determines the read counter exceeds a read-disturb threshold and performs read-disturb handling on the word line group in response to determining the read counter exceeds the read-disturb threshold.
US11507296B2
Methods, systems, and devices for repair operation techniques are described. A memory device may detect a failure of a read operation associated with a physical row address of a memory die. The memory device may store information associated with the physical row address before performing a media management operation and after detecting the failure. Additionally or alternatively, the memory device may initiate a counter based on detecting the failure and may increment a value of the counter for each media management operation performed after detecting the failure. The memory device may send a command or other information to perform a repair operation for the physical row address. The memory device may determine the physical row address for the repair operation (e.g., despite media management operations) based on the stored information or the value of the counter, and may perform the repair operation on the physical row address.
US11507293B2
Techniques for managing storage blocks involve: according to a first request for allocating a target number of consecutive storage blocks from a storage device, querying an index table that is used to record index information of a plurality of groups of consecutive idle storage blocks in the storage device to determine a first group of consecutive idle storage blocks from the plurality of groups of consecutive idle storage blocks; allocating the target number of consecutive storage blocks from the first group of consecutive idle storage blocks; updating a bitmap that is used to record states of a plurality of storage blocks in the storage device; and updating first index information of the first group of consecutive idle storage blocks recorded in the index table. Accordingly, such techniques may reduce storage complexity and improve system performance.
US11507287B1
Protection group members from a cluster of W baseline size disks with RAID (D+P) protection groups associated with W partition indices, where W=D+P, are selected and relocated to a new baseline size disk using a W-by-W relocation sequence matrix. The same relocation sequence matrix is used to select and relocate protection group members from M clusters of baseline size disks to a new disk that has M times the storage capacity of each baseline size disk. A new cluster of multiple size disks is formed when W multiple size disks have been added, after which the W-by-W relocation sequence matrix is used to select and relocate protection group members from the new cluster to additional multiple size disks.
US11507263B2
Exemplary systems and methods associated with generating a customized touch screen configuration for a user of a wheelchair based on the user's disease state. The systems and methods determine the user's ability using various assessments. Generating a customized touch screen configuration includes modifying various touch screen feature settings in accordance with the user's capabilities. These settings include various techniques to better recognize touch screen input gestures from users with disabilities.
US11507261B2
A method and a terminal device for providing a suspend button display are disclosed in order to improve display flexibility of a suspend button. In the solutions, when a terminal device detects that a tap operation or a second touch and hold operation, the terminal device may the suspend button to present an effect that the graphic displayed in the suspend button is zoomed in or zoomed out, and then display the suspend button restored to the default state. Therefore, according to the method, the display flexibility of the suspend button can be improved, so that visual experience of a user is improved.
US11507259B2
Graphical element detection using a combined series and delayed parallel execution unified target technique that potentially uses a plurality of graphical element detection techniques, performs default user interface (UI) element detection technique configuration at the application and/or UI type level, or both, is disclosed. The unified target merges multiple techniques of identifying and automating UI elements into a single cohesive approach. A unified target descriptor chains together multiple types of UI descriptors in series, uses them in parallel, or uses at least one technique first for a period of time and then runs at least one other technique in parallel or alternatively if the first technique does not find a match within the time period.
US11507254B2
A client computing system (CCS) receives a download including (i) an image representative of a vehicle component, (ii) symbol data associated with a first symbol, (iii) a set of one or more selectable identifiers, and (iv) supplemental information associated with the vehicle component. Each selectable identifier can indicate a respective portion of the supplemental information. After receiving the download, the CCS displays the image and the first symbol without displaying the set and the supplemental information. While the image and the first symbol are displayed without the set, the CCS receives a first input corresponding to selection of the first symbol. The CCS then responsively displays the set. While the set is displayed, the CCS receives a second input corresponding to selection of a first selectable identifier from the set. The CCS then responsively displays the respective portion of the supplemental information indicated by the first selectable identifier.
US11507250B2
An electronic device may include: a housing; a flexible display which can be slid out from an inner space of the housing; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: control a first screen operation on the flexible display having a first size; determine whether the flexible display is slid out; control a second screen operation on the flexible display having a second size when the flexible display is slid out; and control the second screen operation such that a first page displayed during the first screen operation and at least some of icons included on a second page are displayed, and a user interface is displayed to allow the at least some of icons included on the second page to be distinguished from the first page.
US11507249B2
In one embodiment, a method includes navigating through levels in a breadcrumb path in a hierarchical dataset comprising a plurality of breadcrumb paths with a plurality of the levels, pinning a level within the breadcrumb path, navigating directly to the pinned level in another breadcrumb path, unpinning the pinned level, and navigating through the levels in one of the breadcrumb paths. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US11507245B1
Systems and methods for enhancing image content captured by a machine vision camera are disclosed herein. An example method includes receiving an image captured by a machine vision camera that includes a plurality of indicia, determining bounds of a bounding box for each respective indicia, and displaying a plurality of entries corresponding to the respective indicia. The example method further includes receiving a selection of an entry, and determining coordinate limits of the bounding box and a secondary box of the entry. The example method further includes displaying the image such that a center-point of the secondary box is positioned near a center-point of a display region, and scaling the image such that at least one of a vertical pixel count or a horizontal pixel count of the secondary box is within a ratio threshold of a vertical pixel count or a horizontal pixel count of the display region.
US11507230B2
Disclosed herein are a hybrid sensor and a method of operating the same. The hybrid sensor includes: a first sensing element located on the outer side of the hybrid sensor; a second sensing element disposed to face the first sensing element; a deformable intermediate part disposed between the first sensing element and the second sensing element; a first resonant circuit electrically connected to the second sensing element; a second resonant circuit; and a detection circuit configured to receive a first electrical signal formed in the first resonant circuit and the second sensing element, and a second electrical signal formed in the second resonant circuit. The detection circuit generates sensing information. It is determined whether the sensing information is caused based on the displacement of the first sensing element attributable to a user motion.
US11507221B2
An analog front-end circuit for a touch controller and an operating method thereof are provided. The analog front-end circuit includes an analog front-end, a first switch and a second switch. The analog front-end includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The first switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is coupled to the input terminal of the analog front-end, and the second terminal of the first switch is coupled to a panel routing. The second switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and the second terminal of the second switch is coupled to a reference voltage.
US11507210B2
Disclosed are a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes an array substrate, a light-emitting functional layer, an encapsulating layer and a touch control layer that are sequentially disposed. The touch control layer includes a plurality of touch electrode blocks arranged in an array and further includes a plurality of electrode lines connected to the plurality of touch electrode blocks in one-to-one correspondence. Each touch electrode block is provided with a hollow structure, and each touch electrode blocks is symmetrical at least with respect to a first axis and a second axis that are perpendicular to each other.
US11507201B2
A virtual reality apparatus includes a head mountable display (HMD); a detector to detect a deviation of a current orientation of the HMD from a base orientation of the HMD; and a generator to generate content for presentation to the wearer of the HMD to prompt the wearer of the HMD to turn his head so as to change the orientation of the HMD towards the base orientation.
US11507200B2
A KVM device supporting transmission of SuperSpeed USB signal and DisplayPort video signal is disclosed. The KVM device comprises a first USB Type-C connector, a first USB Type-C switch, a second USB Type-C connector, a second USB Type-C switch, a USB switch, a video switch, a control unit, a video connector, and at least one USB connector. When using this KVM device, the first USB Type-C connector and the second USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to a host electronic device through a first USB Type-C cable and a second USB Type-C cable, respectively. Therefore, the KVM device transmits DisplayPort video signal between the host computer and an external display device that is coupled to the video connector. Moreover, the KVM device also transmits SuperSpeed USB signal between the host computer and an external electronic device that is coupled to the USB connector.
US11507195B2
A method may include receiving, via a processor, image data associated with a user's surrounding and generating, via the processor, a visualization that may include a virtual industrial automation device. The virtual industrial automation device may depict a virtual object within image data, and the virtual object may correspond to a physical industrial automation device. The method may include displaying, via the processor, the visualization via an electronic display and detecting, via the processor, a gesture in image data that may include the user's surrounding and the visualization. The gesture may be indicative of a request to move the virtual industrial automation device. The method may include tracking, via the processor, a user's movement, generating, via the processor, a visualization that may include an animation of the virtual industrial automation device moving based on the user's movement, and displaying, via the processor, the visualization via the electronic display.
US11507190B2
A gesture control method applied to a virtual reality (VR) device, where gesture location information of a user of the VR device is obtained, a depth distance from a depth sensor to a hand of the user is detected using the depth sensor, and a hand movement area of the user is divided into a selection area and a command area based on a result of comparing the depth distance with a preset depth threshold. When the detected depth distance is not greater than the preset depth threshold, the user may select a to-be-operated object on a current display page, and when the detected depth distance is greater than the preset depth threshold, the user may perform a command operation on the to-be-operated object.
US11507187B2
A feedback system is provided. The feedback system includes a main body, a vibration module, a sensing module, and a control module. The vibration module includes a first vibration mechanism. The first vibration mechanism is used for providing a first vibration force to the main body at a first vibration position. The sensing module is used for detecting the status of the main body and providing a sensing signal. The control module is used for receiving the sensing signal and providing a driving signal to the first vibration mechanism to generate the first vibration force.
US11507185B1
In one aspect, a headset may include at least one processor, at least two electrodes accessible to the at least one processor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input from the at least two electrodes, receive input from the IMU, and normalize the input from the at least two electrodes based on the input from the IMU. The instructions may then be executable to perform eye tracking using electrooculography (EOG) based on the normalized input from the at least two electrodes.
US11507184B2
A head-mountable display (HMD) system includes at least one detector to detect movement of an eye of a user wearing the HMD, control circuitry to detect saccadic movement of the eye in dependence upon the detected movement of the eye, a display unit and a processor to generate images for display to the user by the display unit, in which the control circuitry is configured to control the processor in response to the detected saccadic movement, in which the control circuitry is configured to control the processor to adjust one or more image quality parameters for one or more of the images to be displayed by the display unit during the detected saccadic movement.
US11507183B2
The present disclosure relates to resolving natural language ambiguities with respect to a simulated reality setting. In an exemplary embodiment, a simulated reality setting having one or more virtual objects is displayed. A stream of gaze events is generated from the simulated reality setting and a stream of gaze data. A speech input is received within a time period and a domain is determined based on a text representation of the speech input. Based on the time period and a plurality of event times for the stream of gaze events, one or more gaze events are identified from the stream of gaze events. The identified one or more gaze events is used to determine a parameter value for an unresolved parameter of the domain. A set of tasks representing a user intent for the speech input is determined based on the parameter value and the set of tasks is performed.
US11507182B2
The present invention provides a method and a device for eyeball tracking operation. By providing a sensing unit under the eyeball recognition region of the display unit, compared with the structure in which the camera is disposed at the edge position independently of the display screen, the sensing unit of the present invention can emit infrared light or detect infrared light signals reflected by the human eye, so as to timely capture the user's eyeball activity. The information is compared with the presetting eyeball activity information, and the operation instruction corresponding to the eyeball activity information is executed, so that the user can quickly control the device through the eyeball activity, thereby effectively improving the user experience.
US11507179B2
A computing system may receive sensor data from one or more sensors coupled to a user. Based on this sensor data, the computing system may generate an upper body pose that corresponds to a first portion of a body of the user, which may comprise a head and an arm of the user. The computing system may process the upper body pose of the user using a machine learning model to generate a lower body pose that corresponds to a second portion of the body of the user, which may comprise a leg of the user. The computing system may generate a full body pose of the user based on the upper body pose and the lower body pose.
US11507173B2
According to one embodiment, the memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a data buffer, a volatile memory for storing a management table uniquely associates the user data with an address of the physical storage region of nonvolatile semiconductor memory, a controller that carries out a force quit process for writing the user data stored in a data buffer, the management table stored in volatile memory into the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and a storage battery. The controller starts the force quit process prior to the power supply of the internal power supply regulator is switched from an external power supply to the storage battery.
US11507170B1
A system includes a multicore chip configured to perform machine learning (ML) operations. The system also includes a power monitoring module configured to measure power consumption of the multicore chip on a main power rail of the multicore chip. The power monitoring module is further configured to assert a signal in response to the measured power consumption exceeding a first threshold. The power monitoring module is further configured to transmit the asserted signal to a power throttling module to initiate a power throttling for the multicore chip.
US11507154B2
A keyboard assembly for a portable information handing system. The keyboard assembly includes a plurality of keys, the plurality of keys being arranged in a typewriter style layout to allow a user to enter text content into the portable information handling system; and, a keyboard carrier, the plurality of keys being mounted to the keyboard carrier, the keyboard carrier determining when a key of the plurality of keys is actuated and generating information regarding the key of the plurality of keys, the keyboard carrier comprising a venting portion, the venting portion being located beneath a set of keys of the plurality of keys, the venting portion comprising a plurality of venting apertures.
US11507148B2
The present disclosure relates to a portable solid-state drive (SSD) module. The portable SSD module includes a case, an SSD, a light-emitting device (LED) module and a main bracket. The case may have a window. The SSD may be arranged in the case. The LED module may be arranged in the case to indicate an operation of the SSD through the window. The main bracket may be arranged in the case to support the LED module. Therefore, the LED module may be readily and firmly combined with the case.
US11507143B2
Various embodiments may provide an electronic device including: a housing; a first display configured to be slidable through the housing, wherein at least a portion of the first display is exposed to an outside through the housing, and a region of the first display, exposed to the outside, is capable of being changed based on sliding of the first display through the housing; a second display spaced a certain distance apart from the exposed at least portion of the first display and disposed to form a flat surface with the exposed at least portion of the first display; and at least one processor disposed in the housing, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display first content on the first display and second content on the second display. Various other embodiments are possible.
US11507142B1
A portable system for carrying a monitor and a computing device inside a case. The case can be made from two shells attached together by a hinge. A monitor can be housed in each shell, the monitors operatively connected to each other. The monitor and any other components in the first shell can be connected to the monitor and any other components in the second shell via cables fed through a conduit connecting the first shell to the second shell. The conduit is on the inside of the case to protect the cables when the case is in the closed configuration. One or both shells can further have an auxiliary door through which a thin component, such as a keyboard, tablet, laptop, and the like can be inserted into the case. One or both shells can be equipped with ports for power, and communicating and networking with other devices.
US11507140B2
A docking station according to embodiments provides power to an Information Handling System (IHS) coupled to the docking station. The docking station includes a first power circuit supporting a first power output according to a power delivery protocol limited to a first power level. The docking station also includes a second power circuit supporting a second power output for providing the input power of the docking station to the IHS. A controller of the docking station determines whether the IHS requires power using the power delivery protocol and selects the operation of the first or second power circuit. The docking station may support dual of such selectable power pathways using a docking cable joined from two individual cables, where each cable provides a separate power and/or data coupling. The docking station thus supports powering devices according to a power delivery protocol or using the input power to the docking station.
US11507135B2
A molecular scrivener reads data from or writes data to a macromolecule and includes: a pair of shielding electrodes; a scrivener electrode between the first and second shielding electrodes and that electrically floats at a third potential that, in an absence of a charged or dipolar moiety of the macromolecule, is intermediate between the first and second potentials and changes in a presence of the charged or dipolar moiety; a dielectric layer interposed between shielding electrodes and the scrivener electrode; and a nanopore that communicates the macromolecule through the electrodes and dielectric layers. Reading data from or writing data to a macromolecule includes: sequentially receiving, at the scrivener electrode, individual moieties of the macromolecule so that the third potential responds to individual moieties; communicating the macromolecule from the scrivener electrode to the second shielding electrode and from second shielding electrode to expel the macromolecule from the nanopore.
US11507121B2
A circuit includes a reference voltage generator circuit and a regulation loop circuit having an output voltage terminal. The regulator circuit further includes a fault detection circuit having a first input terminal coupled to the output voltage regulator terminal of the regulation loop circuit. The fault detection circuit asserts, on an output terminal of the fault detection circuit, a fault flag signal responsive to a voltage on the first input terminal falling below a first threshold. A programmable filter is coupled between the reference voltage generator circuit and the regulation loop circuit and is coupled to the fault detection circuit. The programmable filter has a programmable time constant. The programmable filter responds to an assertion of the fault flag signal by decreasing the time constant.
US11507120B2
In a linear regulator system, a pass element has a control terminal, an input terminal and an output terminal. The pass element is configured to provide an output voltage at the output terminal based on: an input voltage at the input terminal; and a control signal at the control terminal. A dropout error amplifier has an error output and first and second inputs. The first input is coupled to the output terminal, and the error output is coupled to the control terminal. The dropout error amplifier is configured to provide a dropout control signal at the error output based on a comparison between: the output voltage at the first input; and a dropout reference voltage at the second input. The pass element is configured to regulate the output voltage at the dropout reference voltage, responsive to the dropout control signal.
US11507114B2
A method including propelling a vehicle disposed in a medium. The vehicle includes a body, a propulsion mechanism connected to the body, and a direction control system. The vehicle is subject to advection caused by movement of the medium. The method also includes commanding the vehicle to perform a navigation course comprising a closed course-over-ground. The method also includes periodically adjusting navigation of the vehicle along the closed course-over-ground such that a course-through-the-medium turn-rate is varied in a manner that causes a course-over-ground turn-rate of the vehicle to be held constant, thereby minimizing the impact of medium advection on vehicle speed over ground.
US11507098B2
Methods and systems for identifying whether a vehicle is capable of safely traversing a road segment. The system includes a transceiver of the vehicle configured to receive vehicle capability data indicating vehicle specifications associated with the road segment, the vehicle specifications associated with a vehicle capable of traversing the road segment. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle configured to compare vehicle data including features of the vehicle with the vehicle capability data to determine whether the vehicle data meets or exceeds the vehicle specifications. The system includes an input/output device configured to provide a notification that the vehicle is not capable of traversing the road segment when the vehicle data does not meet or exceed the vehicle specifications associated with the road segment.
US11507089B2
The vehicle includes an operation switch for manually operating the operation state of the accessories. The vehicle control system includes a first controller that performs an evacuation traveling in response to a decrease in the driver's consciousness level, and a second controller that controls an operation state of the accessories based on a request from the first controller or operation information of the operation switch. The first controller is configured to transmit, to the second controller, a specific operation rejection request for performing a specific operation rejection process of rejecting the control of the accessories based on the specific operation of the operation switch in response to a decrease in the driver's consciousness level. The second controller is configured to perform the specific operation rejection process when the specific operation rejection request is received from the first controller.
US11507088B2
A feature is realized with which it is possible to determine the work entity by which each load should be transported. A simulator (1) is provided with a transport capacity acquisition portion (6) for acquiring the transport capacity of one or a plurality of types of work entity, a load information acquisition portion (5), a map information acquisition portion (4), a work entity situation acquisition portion (7), and a work entity determination portion (2) for determining a work entity.
US11507086B2
Vehicles may have the capability to navigate according to various levels of autonomous capabilities, the vehicle having a different set of autonomous competencies at each level. In certain situations, the vehicle may shift from one level of autonomous capability to another. The shift may require more or less driving responsibility from a human operator. Sensors inside the vehicle collect human operator parameters to determine an alertness level of the human operator. An alertness level is determined based on the human operator parameters and other data including historical data or human operator-specific data. Notifications are presented to the user based on the determined alertness level that are more or less intrusive based on the alertness level of the human operator and on the urgency of an impending change to autonomous capabilities. Notifications may be tailored to specific human operators based on human operator preference and historical performance.
US11507074B2
An asset management method for a substation in accordance with the present invention generates a unique reliability model for each element of the substation by comparing reliability of a reference reliability model for each substation type with a health index of the each element thereof generated based on state data and real-time monitoring data of the each element of the substation and compensating the reference reliability model for the each element of the substation; assessing system reliability index and economic feasibility for each maintenance scenario based on a reference system reliability model for each candidate element subject to maintenance among the elements of the substation; selecting a maintenance scenario as a result of the health index and the unique reliability model for the each element of the substation, the system reliability index, and the economic feasibility and updating the unique reliability model for the each element of the substation by executing maintenance.
US11507072B2
A system for diagnosing an additive manufacturing device is provided. The system includes a first module configured to: obtain one or more parameters for a digital twin of a component of the additive manufacturing device based on raw data from the component of the additive manufacturing device; and generate physics features for the digital twin of the component of the additive manufacturing device based on the one or more parameters and one or more transfer functions, a second module configured to obtain one or more classifiers for classifying the component as a first condition or a second condition based on physics features; and a third module configured to: determine a health of the component based on the generated physics features of the first model and the one or more classifiers.
US11507071B2
Increased robotic sophistication and more efficient autonomous operation is implemented by providing separate physical autonomous robots shared and remote access to the sensory array and information from the sensory array of one another. Each robot can access a sensor of any other robot, or scans or other information obtained from the sensor of any other robot. The robots leverage the shared sensory access in order to perform batch order fulfillment, dynamic rearrangement of item or tote locations, and opportunistic charging. These coordinated robotic operations based on the shared sensory access increase the efficiency and productivity of the robots without adding resources or hardware to the robots, increasing the speed of the robots, or increasing the number of deployed robots.
US11507066B2
A plant for manufacturing products, in particular for applying a coating on parts, includes apparatuses having radiofrequency transmitters, with a pre-set periodicity, of a radio signal containing a unique identifier of each apparatus; a portable device carried by an operator and receiving the radio signal; a program loaded on and performed by the portable device to extract a unique identifier of the apparatus and detect the operator-apparatus distance through an analysis of the trend of the radio signal, the radio-transmitters transmitting periodically their unique identifier and having a remote configuring/setting channel through radio-frequency communication with an external control device to exchange data packets; and a connecting procedure between the portable device and the radio-frequency transmitter to receive information on the operating status of the apparatuses, the signals being transmitted to a remote server or a cloud to monitor the operating conditions of the apparatuses.
US11507065B2
The systems and methods described provide improved process control operating range and capabilities and integrate process control monitoring and management with broader process automation (PA) systems process management, extending the real-time operation and control of a process control system to process handling of a PA system, and extending PA-style process management by adding real-time process controls and monitoring, and adding new functionality by permitting management of these processes to externally defined completion goals. This combination provides new functionality in dynamically determined process flexibility, extended operating range and extended process recipe definition capabilities for process control systems using this technology, and provides improved error recovery and exception handling of traditional PA systems.
US11507053B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for optimizing the manufacture of wooden furniture. The system is configured to receive a user selection of a furniture product; receive a user input associated with the one or more variables for each of the one or more components of the furniture product; generate a furniture plan for the one or more components associated with the at least one of the one or more furniture products; and transmit control signals based on the furniture plan to cause a manufacturing equipment to implement the furniture plan, wherein implementing the furniture plan further comprises manufacturing the one or more components.
US11507050B2
The invention relates to a method for machining a workpiece by means of a milling tool arranged on a rotatable spindle, the spindle being moved relative to the workpiece or the workpiece being moved relative to the spindle along a machining path and, at the same time, the spindle rotating about a spindle axis. In said method, an improvement in the surface quality is achieved by controlling the rotational speed and/or the phase position of the rotation of the spindle along the machining path, the machining path comprising linear parallel tracks and the phase position of the spindle along the machining path being substantially the same on adjacent tracks, the phase position being controlled by varying the rotational speed of the spindle and/or the advancing speed of the spindle relative to the workpiece along the machining path.
US11507036B2
A method includes obtaining data associated with operation of a model-based industrial process controller. The method also includes identifying at least one estimated impact of at least one operational problem of the industrial process controller, where each estimated impact is expressed in terms of a lost opportunity associated with operation of the industrial process controller. The method further includes presenting the at least one estimated impact to a user. The at least one estimated impact could include impacts associated with noise or variance in process variables used by the industrial process controller, misconfiguration of an optimizer in the industrial process controller, one or more limits on one or more process variables, a quality of at least one model used by the industrial process controller, a quality of one or more inferred properties used by the industrial process controller, or one or more process variables being dropped from use by the industrial process controller.
US11507033B2
A method includes operating equipment to affect a variable state or condition of a space and determining a set of learned weights for a neural network by modeling an estimated cost of operating the equipment over a plurality of simulated scenarios. Each simulated scenario includes simulated measurements relating to the space. The neural network is configured to generate simulated control dispatches for the equipment based on the simulated measurements. The method also includes configuring the neural network for online control by applying the set of learned weights, applying actual measurements relating to the space to the neural network to generate a control dispatch for the equipment, and controlling the equipment in accordance with the control dispatch.
US11507031B2
Apparatus and methods for recovering energy in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical plant as described. The invention relates to a recovered electric power measuring system comprising at least one processor; at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one receiver configured to receive data from a sensor on an electrical powerline connected to a generator of a power-recovery turbine, the power-recovery turbine located in a petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical process zone wherein a portion of a first process stream flows through the power-recovery turbine and generates recovered electric power as direct current, the power-recovery turbine electrically connected to a single DC to AC inverter and the output of the DC to AC inverter electrically connected to a first substation.
US11507028B2
A timepiece is provided which ensures connection reliability and improves antenna characteristics. This timepiece includes a wristwatch case which houses a timepiece module, and an antenna which is provided on the upper surface of the wristwatch case in a discontinuous annular shape along the circumferential direction of the wristwatch case and electrically connected to the timepiece module in the wristwatch case from outside the wristwatch case. As a result, since the antenna is electrically connected to the timepiece module in the wristwatch case from outside the wristwatch case, the antenna and the timepiece module are unfailingly and favorably connected to each other. Accordingly, the connection reliability of the antenna is ensured and radio waves are favorably received. In addition, the reception performance and the antenna gain are improved, whereby the antenna characteristics are improved.
US11507014B2
A development device is attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body in an inserting/drawing direction. The development device includes a holder portion, a hook, a lever portion, and an elastic arm portion. The holder portion supports a board connectable to a controller of the apparatus main body. The hook is engageable with a recess of the apparatus main body. The lever portion is provided with the hook. At least one elastic arm portion connects the holder portion and the lever portion. In a middle of an attachment to the apparatus main body, the hook interferes with the apparatus main body to shift the lever portion in a direction crossing the inserting/drawing direction and to elastically deform the elastic arm portion. When the hook is engaged with the recess, the elastic deformation of the elastic arm portion is released and the board is connected to the controller.
US11507004B2
A fixing device includes a heater, a heater holding member, a stay sheet-metal, and a belt holding member. The stay sheet-metal includes a top plate and side plates and is configured to control a load applied to the heater holding member, the side plates extending respectively from opposite sides of the top plate in a short-length direction of the top plate, toward the heater holding member. The belt holding member holds the fixing belt such that the fixing belt can peripherally rotate, the belt holding member holding at least one end of the heater holding member in a longitudinal direction thereof and at least one end of the stay sheet-metal in a longitudinal direction thereof. The top plate of the stay sheet-metal is formed to extend to at least one end of the stay sheet-metal in the longitudinal direction thereof.
US11507000B2
A sheet separation device separates a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at one end of the two-ply sheet. The sheet separation device includes a separator that includes a first separator and a second separator. The first separator is inserted into a gap between the two sheets of the two-ply sheet. The second separator is inserted between the two sheets at said another end of the two-ply sheet that is opposite to the one end of the two-ply sheet and moves in a width direction of the two-ply sheet after the first separator is inserted into the gap and relatively moves from the one end to said another end.
US11506993B2
To develop a conventional structure of a toner cartridge. Toner cartridge includes a container and an open/close member. The container includes an accommodating portion, a discharge opening and a cartridge side guide. the open/close member includes a closing portion and an engaging portion and is movable between a closing position and an opening position. When the toner cartridge is dismounted from a receiving apparatus, the engaging portion receives a force for moving the open/close member from the opening position toward the closing position, the engaging with a receiving apparatus side guide of the receiving apparatus.
US11506992B2
A powder container includes a container body, a spiral projection, and a convex portion. The container body stores powder and is rotatable around an axis of the container body. The spiral projection is inside the container body. The convex portion includes a flat surface portion and protrudes inward from an inner wall surface of the container body. A virtual plane including the flat surface portion passes through the axis.
US11506991B2
An example operation method of an image forming apparatus includes determining a state of a toner refill operation of injecting toner from a toner reload kit (TRK) into a cartridge in the image forming apparatus, based on completion of injecting toner from the TRK into the cartridge, controlling the TRK to store information indicating a toner refill completion in a memory of the TRK and updating information of an amount of remaining toner of the cartridge based on an amount of the toner injected into the cartridge from the TRK.
US11506990B2
A light emitting device includes a resin housing that extends in one direction and holds a light emitting unit emitting light upward in a height direction intersecting the one direction, the housing having, on an upper side and a lower side of each of both end portions in the one direction, a positioned portion, which comes into contact with a positioning member in the height direction, and a biased portion, which receives a biasing force from a biasing unit biasing the housing to bring the positioned portion into contact with the positioning member, and a suppressing member that extends in the one direction and is fixed to the housing to suppress deformation of the housing, at least one end portion of the suppressing member in the one direction being interposed between the biased portion and the biasing unit.
US11506989B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having an average circularity of 0.96 to 1.00 and organic particles having an aspect ratio of 0.4 to 0.9 as an external additive.
US11506981B2
Photoresist pattern trimming compositions comprise a polymer, an aromatic sulfonic acid, and an organic-based solvent system, wherein the polymer comprises polymerized units of general formulas (I) and (II): wherein: X independently represents a halogen atom; Q represents a single bond, —O—, or —C(O)O—; R1 independently represents hydrogen, a halogen atom, C1-C12 alkyl or C1-C12 fluoroalkyl; R2 represents C1-C3 alkyl or C1-C3 fluoroalkyl; and m is an integer from 0 to 4; and wherein the polymerized units of general formula (I) are present in the polymer in an amount of 10 to 90 mol % and the polymerized units of general formula (II) are present in the polymer in an amount from 10 to 60 mol %, based on total polymerized units of the polymer. The photoresist pattern trimming compositions and their use in pattern formation methods find particular applicability in the manufacture of semiconductor devices.
US11506980B2
Provided are: a resist underlayer film formation composition combining high etching resistance, high heat resistance, and excellent coating properties; a resist underlayer film in which the resist underlayer film formation composition is used and a method for manufacturing the resist underlayer film; a method for forming a resist pattern; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. The resist underlayer film formation composition is characterized by including the compound represented by Formula (1), or a polymer derived from the compound represented by Formula (1) (where: AA represents a single bond or a double bond; X1 represents —N(R1)—; X2 represents —N(R2)—; X3 represents —CH(R3)—; X4 represents —CH(R4)— etc.; R1, R2, R3, and R4 represent hydrogen atoms, C1-20 straight chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl groups, etc.; R5, R6, R9, and R10 represent hydrogen atoms, hydroxy groups, alkyl groups, etc.; R7 and R8 represent benzene rings or naphthalene rings; and n and o are 0 or 1). A semiconductor device is manufactured by: coating the composition on a semiconductor substrate, firing the coated composition, and forming a resist underlayer film; forming a resist film thereon with an inorganic resist underlayer film interposed therebetween selectively as desired; forming a resist pattern by irradiating light or electron radiation and developing; etching the underlayer film using the resist pattern; and processing the semiconductor substrate using the patterned underlayer film.
US11506977B2
A positive resist composition comprising a base polymer comprising recurring units (a) having the structure of an ammonium salt of N-carbonylsulfonamide having an iodized aromatic ring, and recurring units (b1) having an acid labile group-substituted carboxyl group and/or recurring units (b2) having an acid labile group-substituted phenolic hydroxyl group exhibits a high sensitivity, high resolution, low edge roughness and dimensional uniformity, and forms a pattern of good profile after exposure and development.
US11506976B2
A radiation-sensitive composition contains: a polymetalloxane including a structural unit represented by formula (1); a radiation-sensitive acid generator; and a solvent. In the following formula (1), M represents a germanium atom, a tin atom or a lead atom; Ar1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 ring atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group having 5 to 20 ring atoms; R1 represents a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a hydroxy group; and n is 2 or 3.
US11506974B2
The present invention provides an imprint apparatus including a control unit that feedback-controls a mold deformation unit based on difference data indicating a shape difference between a pattern region of a mold and a shot region on a substrate, target data indicating a relative target deformation amount between the pattern region of the mold and the shot region on the substrate, and time series data indicating a relative deformation amount between the pattern region of the mold and the shot region on the substrate which changes at each time while performing shape control on the shot region.
US11506952B2
Provided is an optical phased array including a light injector, a first splitter connected to the light injector, a first phase shifter connected to the first splitter, a plurality of waveguides connected to the first splitter, portions of the plurality of waveguides being connected to the first splitter via the first phase shifter, an antenna array connected to the plurality of waveguides, a single mode filter provided in each of the plurality of waveguides, and a first photodetector connected to the first splitter and configured to detect a portion of light radiated onto the antenna array.
US11506949B2
A liquid crystal display device having an outer shape of a display region formed other than a rectangle. A driver for supplying a video signal is disposed outside the display region. A selector with selector TFT is disposed between the display region and the driver. A video signal line is disposed between the driver and the selector, and a drain line is disposed between the selector and the display region. A scanning circuit for supplying a scanning signal to the scanning line is disposed outside the display region. The selector is disposed between the scanning line and the display region, and covered with ITO as the common electrode. The common bus wiring is disposed outside the selector.
US11506942B2
An electro-optical device includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a second substrate having translucency, an electro-optical layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electro-optical layer having an optical property that varies in accordance with an electric field generated by the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the spacer including a high refractive index portion having a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the electro-optical layer, the spacer being configured to define a distance between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US11506937B2
A planar light source includes a wiring substrate including an insulating layer comprising a first through-hole, a second through-hole, a first wiring layer, and a second wiring layer; a light source including a first electrode and a second electrode, a light guide member; a first wiring member including a first portion filling the first through-hole and electrically connected to the first electrode and a second portion disposed below the insulating layer, continuous with the first portion, and in contact with the first wiring layer; and a second wiring member including a third portion filling the second through-hole and electrically connected to the second electrode and a fourth portion disposed below the insulating layer, continuous with the third portion, and in contact with the second wiring layer. The first and second wiring layers are arranged at opposite sides of the first and second through-holes in a top plan view.
US11506936B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a frame located at the rear of the display panel, a light source configured to provide light to the display panel, an optical layer configured to transmit the light provided by the light source, and a support located between the frame and the optical layer, the support being mounted at the frame, the support being configured to support the optical layer, wherein the support includes a base extending long, the base being placed on the frame, a bridge extending from one end to the other end of the base, the bridge being spaced apart from the base, a tower extending from the bridge toward the optical layer, a shaft extending from the lower surface of the base toward the frame, and a bar extending from the shaft in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the base.
US11506931B2
A backlight module and a display device including the backlight module are provided. The backlight module comprises a substrate and a plurality of miniature LEDs arranged on the substrate. The plurality of miniature LEDs comprise a miniature LED array, the miniature LED array comprises a plurality of LED sub-arrays, and the lighting parameters of each LED sub-array in the miniature LED array are independently controlled.
US11506930B2
The present disclosure provides a curved-surface vehicle-mounted display module, a vehicle-mounted display device and a vehicle. The curved-surface vehicle-mounted display module includes a back plate, a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal panel. The back plate is configured to support the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel. The backlight assembly includes a flexible substrate and LEDs. The flexible substrate includes at least one backlight block, each backlight block is provided with a plurality of LEDs, and a distance between two adjacent LEDs is a predefined value.
US11506926B2
Optical film stacks are described. More particularly, optical film stacks including a half-wave retardation layer are described. Achromatic half-wave retardation layers, including achromatic half-wave layers formed from a quarter-wave and a three-quarters-wave retardation layer, are described. Film stacks including reflective polarizers tuned to reduce wavelength dispersion of the half-wave retardation layer are also described.
US11506920B2
A display device and a screen anti-peeping device are provided. The display device includes a display panel and the screen anti-peeping device. The display panel includes at least one bonding area, wherein the bonding area is configured to be coupled to an outer lead. The screen anti-peeping device overlaps with the display panel and includes a plurality of electrode sets, wherein each of the electrode sets includes a first electrode and a second electrode. At least one of the electrode sets is selected to be coupled to at least one control lead, and the selected electrode set is misaligned with the bonding area.
US11506910B2
An optical unit may include a movable body, a turning support mechanism turnably supporting the movable body around an optical axis, a gimbal mechanism turnably supporting the turning support mechanism, and a fixed body. The turning support mechanism includes a plate roll fixed to the movable body, a plate holder having a facing part facing the plate roll in the optical axis direction and is turnably supported by the gimbal mechanism, spherical bodies disposed between the plate roll and the facing part, and a magnetic attraction mechanism for generating an attraction force so that the plate roll and the facing part approach each other in the optical axis direction. The magnetic attraction mechanism includes an attraction part provided in one of the plate roll and the plate holder and an attracted part provided in the other, and the attraction part includes a magnet.
US11506904B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a presentation content update method, a head-mounted display device and a computer-readable medium. One specific embodiment of the method includes: determining three-axis attitude angles of a target device and three-axis attitude angles of a head-mounted display device based on first sensor data with respect to the target device sent by a first sensor and second sensor data with respect to the head-mounted display device sent by a second sensor; determining whether the three-axis attitude angles of the target device and the three-axis attitude angles of the head-mounted display device meet an attitude angle deviation detection condition; and updating presentation content on a display screen of the head-mounted display device in response to determining that the three-axis attitude angles of the target device and the three-axis attitude angles of the head-mounted display device meet the attitude angle deviation detection condition.
US11506902B2
An eyewear device that adjusts aspects of a displayed object as a function of a user's eyeglass prescription. A detector identifies object edges for displayed far objects. A correction chart stores brightness corrections as a function of eyeglass prescriptions. The object edges are brightened as a function of the brightness corrections to sharpen objects displayed for a user with nearsightedness and/or farsightedness.
US11506900B2
Thin, multi-focal plane, augmented reality eyewear are disclosed. An example lens structure includes a two-layer waveguide including a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The two-layer waveguide produces a virtual object based on light from an image source. The two-layer waveguide causes the virtual object to appear at a first virtual object focal plane. The first waveguide propagates more of the light in a first wavelength range than in a second wavelength range. The second waveguide propagates more of the light in the second wavelength range than in the first wavelength range. The first wavelength range is associated with longer wavelengths than the second wavelength range. The lens structure further includes an optical lens to cause the virtual object to appear at a second virtual object focal plane associated with a shorter apparent distance from a user than the first virtual object focal plane.
US11506885B2
A bonding laminated film for bonding, and a light transmission laminate are provided. The bonding laminating film and the light transmission laminate comprise a first layer comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a second layer disposed inside the first layer and comprising a wedge part whose cross section is triangular or trapezoidal in a part or a whole of the second layer. The refractive index of the second layer is higher than the refractive index of the first layer. The bonding laminated film has an overall even thickness, and has anti-double-image elements in a desired area though a bonding laminated film, and has a substantially non-wedge shape.
US11506884B2
An optical circuit switch device and method for using the device are provided. The device may include a fiber array including a set of optical fibers configured for transmitting optical signals. The device may include a collimator array coupled to the fiber array configured for aligning the optical signals received from the fiber array. The device may include a first mirror array for receiving the optical signals from the collimator array. The device may include a second mirror array for receiving the optical signals from the first mirror array. The device may include a lens located at the fiber array, the lens having a focal point at the second mirror array.
US11506883B2
An optical wavelength selecting filter-module into which light is incident from a prescribed direction determined in advance, the optical wavelength-selective filter module including: an optical filter of which an orientation can be changed; a frequency information acquiring unit which acquires frequency information that is information indicating a frequency of light to be transmitted through the optical filter; a temperature information acquiring unit which acquires temperature information that indicates a temperature of the optical filter; a determining unit which determines an orientation of the optical filter based on relationship information that is information associating, for each prescribed frequency, the temperature and an orientation of the optical filter at which light of the frequency is transmitted through the optical filter at transmittance equal to or higher than prescribed transmittance at the temperature, a temperature indicated by the temperature information, and a frequency indicated by the frequency information; and an actuator which points the optical filter in an orientation having been determined by the determining unit.
US11506876B2
Methods and systems for controlling a surgical microscope. Moveable optics of the surgical microscope are controlled using two sets of control parameters, to reduce jitter and image instability. Shifts in the image due to changes in temperature or due to the use of optical filter can also be compensated. Misalignment between the mechanical axis and the optical axis of the surgical microscope can also be corrected.
US11506871B2
An optical imaging system includes five lenses in which a first lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, and a second lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.
US11506865B2
A honeycomb sandwich panel having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient obtained by using carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is provided. The honeycomb sandwich panel includes: a first skin being a plate material made of a low expansion metal being a metal having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient of CFRP; a second skin being a plate material made of the low expansion metal and arranged to face the first skin; and a core made of CFRP or the low expansion metal, being bonded to the first skin and the second skin and including a plurality of tubular cells each having a hexagonal cross section, the tubular cells being formed adjacently to each other.
US11506857B2
The present invention provides a method for assembling a camera module, including: preparing a first sub-lens assembly and a second sub-assembly, wherein the second sub-assembly includes a second sub-lens assembly and a photosensitive assembly fixed together; arranging the first sub-lens assembly on an optical axis of the second sub-lens assembly to form an optical system capable of imaging; adjusting a relative position of the first sub-lens assembly with respect to the second sub-lens assembly, so as to increase an actual measured resolution of imaging of the optical system, obtained by using the photosensitive element, to a first threshold, and decrease an actual measured image plane inclination obtained by using the photosensitive element to a second threshold; and connecting the first sub-lens assembly and the second sub-lens assembly. The present invention further provides a corresponding camera module.
US11506855B2
A sliding tray is configured to support one or more optical communications modules and includes a body portion having one or more mounting locations for the one or more optical communications modules. A trough projects from the body portion and is configured to support optical fibers connected to the one or more optical communications modules. A cover is pivotably connected to the tray for selectively covering the trough. A front wall of the cover may include a labeling surface, with a removable lens covering the labeling surface. A stop to limit the sliding direction of said sliding tray in the rearward direction may also be provided.
US11506845B2
Protection elements are provided for protecting optical networking systems during shipment. In one implementation, a system includes a card having one or more sockets, each socket having a connector device. The system also includes a pluggable module having an interface configured to connect with the connector device of a respective socket when the pluggable module is fully seated in the socket. A first protection element is configured to be held in place near a front edge of the socket. The first protection element is configured to allow the pluggable module to be arranged in a partially inserted position within the socket. Also, the first protection element is further configured to block the pluggable module from being fully seated in the socket to thereby prevent the interface of the pluggable module from contacting the connector device of the socket.
US11506843B1
A semiconductor device including a singulated structure and an optical fiber assembly is provided. The singulated structure includes a photonic die, an electronic die connected to the photonic die and an optical element over the photonic die. The optical fiber assembly is disposed on a top of the singulated structure and includes a holder and an optical fiber structure. The holder keeps an air gap from the optical element. The optical fiber structure is carried by the holder and configured to be optically communicated with the photonic die through the optical element.
US11506839B2
A beam deflection device includes multiple light-emission structures arranged adjacent to each other in a first direction (X direction). The light-emission structures are each configured to be capable of emitting, from its device surface, a line beam that extends in the first direction in the far field. Furthermore, the light-emission structures are each configured to allow the line beam to be scanned in a second direction (Y direction) that is orthogonal to the first direction.
US11506838B2
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having a substrate in which vertically coupled photodetectors and in-line optical modulators are integrated to enable vertical coupling of light using a fiber assembly block (FAB), with the planar end surface thereof being attached to a substantially planar main surface of the substrate. In an example embodiment, the photodetectors are buried in deep vias formed in the substrate, and the in-line optical modulators are waveguide-connected to the corresponding vertical-coupling optical gratings. The photodetectors and optical gratings may be arranged in a linear array along the main surface of the substrate to enable uncomplicated optical alignment of end segments of the optical fibers in the FAB with the corresponding photodetectors and optical gratings for vertical coupling of light therebetween. In some embodiments, the FAB may have more than one hundred optical fibers. In some embodiments, the PIC can be implemented using the silicon photonics material platform.
US11506837B2
An optical fiber includes: a central core portion; an intermediate layer formed around an outer circumference of the central core portion; a trench layer formed around an outer circumference of the intermediate layer; and a cladding portion formed around an outer circumference of the trench layer. Further, when, relative to the cladding portion, a relative refractive-index difference of the central core portion is Δ1, a relative refractive-index difference of the intermediate layer is Δ2, and a relative refractive-index difference of the trench layer is Δ3, relationships Δ1>Δ2>Δ3 and 0>Δ3 are satisfied and Δ1 is equal to or greater than 0.34% and equal to or less than 0.40%, |Δ3| is equal to or less than 0.25%, and Δ1×|Δ3| is less than 0.08%2.
US11506835B2
The present disclosure provides optical fibers that exhibit low macrobend loss at 1550 nm at bend diameters greater than 40 mm. The relative refractive index profile of the fibers includes a trench cladding region having a trench volume configured to minimize macrobend loss at large bend diameters. The thickness and/or depth of the trench cladding region are controlled to reduce trench volume to a degree consistent with reducing macrobend loss at bend diameters greater than 40 mm. The optical fiber includes an outer cladding region that surrounds and is directly adjacent to the trench cladding region and an optional offset cladding region between the trench cladding region and the core region. In some embodiments, the core region is a segmented core region that includes inner and outer core regions. The low macrobend loss available from the optical fibers makes them particularly suitable for applications in submarine telecommunications systems.
US11506823B2
A wavefront sensor for determining a wavefront of an impinging light beam includes a microlens array formed by nanoimprint lithography. Each microlens of the microlens array includes a plurality of concentric ridges separated by concentric grooves. A ratio F of a width of the concentric ridges to a pitch p of the concentric ridges is a function of a radial distance r from a microlens center to the concentric ridges. An effective refractive index n of microlenses depends on a fill ratio of a binary pattern, which depends on the radial distance from the microlens center. A photodetector array is disposed downstream of the microlens array and configured for receiving the plurality of light spots at the focal plane. An imaging optical rangefinder includes the wavefront sensor, a pulsed light source for emitting probing pulses, and a photodetector for receiving reflected light pulses.
US11506813B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating subsurface feature prediction probability distributions from a subsurface feature as a function of position in a subsurface volume of interest. For example, a computer-implemented method may include: obtaining subsurface data and well data, generating subsurface feature values, generating subsurface feature realizations, generating subsurface feature realization uncertainty values, generating subsurface parameter values, generating subsurface parameter realizations, generating subsurface feature prediction probability distributions, generating a first representation of likelihoods of the subsurface feature values, and displaying the first representation.
US11506812B1
Systems and methods for selecting a logging deployment option are provided. One embodiment of a method includes providing a user interface that provides at least one user option regarding well data about a well, mud data about mud, and logging tools configuration data about logging tools at the well, receiving the well data about the well, the mud data about mud, and logging tools configuration data about logging tools at the well, and determining whether at least one of the well data, the mud data, or logging tools configuration data includes a trigger for determining a desired logging option. In response to determining that, at least one of the well data, the mud data, or logging tools configuration data includes a trigger for determining the desired logging option, selecting the desired logging option and providing the desired logging option for display.
US11506808B2
An ocean bottom node for collecting seismic data, the ocean bottom node including a compounded housing including an electronics housing and a pinger housing, electronics located inside the electronics housing, and a battery pack configured to supply electrical power to the electronics. The pinger housing is permanently open to an ambient water while the electronics housing is sealed from the ambient water, and the pinger housing is configured to selectively and directly attach to the electronics housing.
US11506800B2
Detector modules, detectors and medical imaging devices are provided. One of the detector modules includes: a support and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along an extension direction in which the support extends. Each of the detector sub-modules has a first area and a second area in the extension direction. A detecting device is disposed in the first area, and a functional module is disposed in the second area. The functional module is electrically connected to the detecting device for receiving an electrical signal from the detecting device. The plurality of detector sub-modules includes a first detector sub-module and a second detector sub-module that are arranged adjacent to each other in the extension direction, and the first area of the first detector sub-module at least partially overlaps with the second area of the second detector sub-module.
US11506794B2
Techniques are provided for GNSS carrier phase multipath mitigation using a blanked correlator in conjunction with a full correlator. A tracking loop may track a carrier of the GNSS signal utilizing the full correlator. A chip-edge accumulation (CEA) unit of the tracking loop may accumulate chip edges of a ranging code to generate CEA output. A blanked correlator may receive the CEA output to generate blanked correlator values. A running-sum filter may utilize the blanked correlator values to generate a running-sum value. A phase estimate may utilize the running-sum value to generate phase estimator output. In an exemplary embodiment, the blanked correlator operates as a monitoring correlator and the phases estimator output is the estimated carrier phase multipath error. In an exemplary embodiment, the blanked correlator provides input to the tracking loop and discriminator output is subtracted from the phase estimator output to generate the estimated carrier phase multipath error.
US11506791B2
A method includes providing a fixture including a target in a field of view of a sensor mounted to a vehicle. The target is detectable by the sensor. The fixture includes a first rangefinding device and a second rangefinding device spaced from the first rangefinding device. The method includes measuring a first angle and first distance from the first rangefinding device to a first known point on the vehicle; measuring a second angle and second distance from the second rangefinding device to a second known point on the vehicle; determining a position and orientation of the target in a coordinate system relative to the vehicle based on the first angle, the first distance, the second angle, and the second distance; and calibrating the sensor based on the position and orientation of the target.
US11506788B2
An optical sensing device is provided. The optical sensing device includes a first optical sensor and a filter layer. The first optical sensor is configured to receive a first optical signal. The filter layer covers the first optical sensor, and is configured to filter out the first optical signal when the first optical signal is incident on the filter layer at an incident angle not within a specific range.
US11506779B2
An outside sensor unit includes an outside sensor, a main bracket, a support bracket, a rotation device, and a position adjustment device. The outside sensor detects the outside of a vehicle. The main bracket is attached to a vehicle body. The support bracket supports the outside sensor and is attached to the main bracket. The rotation device has a rotation axis line which is substantially parallel to a roll axis of the vehicle and connects the support bracket and the main bracket together rotatably around the rotation axis line. The position adjustment device is capable of adjusting the relative rotation position between the support bracket and the main bracket around the rotation axis line.
US11506776B2
A method of increasing a resolution of radar data is provided. The method of training a radar resolution increase model comprises generating a high-resolution training ground truth and a low-resolution training input from original raw radar data based on information corresponding to at least one of dimensions defining the original raw radar data, and training the resolution increase model based on the high-resolution training ground truth and the low-resolution training input. A radar data processing device generates high-resolution output data from low-resolution input data based on a trained resolution increase model.
US11506763B2
Time-of-flight (TOF) systems and techniques whereby a first exposure obtains pixel measurements for a first subset of pixels of a pixel array, using a first reference signal. For a second exposure, the first subset of the pixels, e.g., every second line of the pixel array, are set to a “hold” state, so that values obtained from the first measurement are maintained. A second exposure using a second reference signal is performed for a second subset of the pixels. The first and second reference signals may have different phase shifts relative to a signal modulating an optical signal being measured. The result is an array of pixels in which the first and second subsets hold results of the first and second exposures, respectively. These pixel values can then be read out all at once, with certain calculations being performed directly as pixel values are read from the pixel array.
US11506758B2
Provided is a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device including an illuminance sensor configured to detect illuminance of light received by the LiDAR device, a photodiode array including a plurality of photodiodes that are connected in parallel, the plurality of photodiodes being configured to generate a current based on the light received, and a processor configured to determine a number of photodiodes included in the photodiode array to be activated based on the illuminance and activate the determined number of photodiodes.
US11506757B2
A projection optical system includes: a surface-emitting light source configured to emit light at an intensity in a Gaussian distribution; and an optical element configured to perform uniformization, at least in one direction and in a range of a projection angle, of the intensity of the light emitted from the surface-emitting light source. In the optical element, an incident surface on which the light is incident is sectioned into a plurality of regions having refractive actions different from each other, and among the plurality of regions, at least outermost regions on which outer edge portions, of the light, in the direction in which the uniformization is performed are incident, are planes that are each tilted, from a state of being parallel to a light emitting surface of the surface-emitting light source, to the direction in which the uniformization is performed.
US11506750B2
A dual or quad aperture radar array switches between states in between radiation cycles to acquire both sum and difference beams. The beams are then processed together to produce a central lobe enhanced beam and a side lobe enhanced beam via difference computations. During interleaved cycles, beams may be processed by Taylor weighting, split Taylor weighting, or Bayliss weighting. Multiple sets of switching cycles may be processed together to refine results.
US11506747B2
The present disclosure relates to an acoustic position determination system that includes a mobile communication device and at least one base transmitter unit. The mobile communication device is configured to transmit and receive acoustic signals. Due to relative movements between the mobile communication device and the base transmitter unit, frequencies of the received signals shift due to Doppler effect. The mobile communication device is configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts in the received acoustic signals prior to performing a deconvolution decoding process. The mobile communication device is further configured to compensate Doppler frequency shifts and perform deconvolution decoding process on acoustic signals received from multiple signal transmission paths.
US11506742B2
A system and method for autonomous distress tracking of an aircraft. An automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast transceiver is configured to transmit an automatic distress transmission. A system controller comprises a distress identifier that is configured to determine when the aircraft is in a distress condition. The system controller is configured to control the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast transceiver to transmit the automatic distress transmission in response to a determination that the aircraft is in the distress condition. The automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast transceiver and the system controller are contained within a housing attached to the aircraft on an outside of the aircraft.
US11506738B2
A delta-relaxation magnetic resonance imaging (DREMR) system is provided. The system includes a main field magnet and field shifting coils. A main magnetic field with a strength B0 can be generated using the main filed magnet and the strength B0 of the main magnetic field can be varied through the use of the field-shifting coils. The DREMR system can be used to perform signal acquisition based on a pulse sequence for acquiring at least one of T2*-weighted signals imaging; MR spectroscopy signals; saturation imaging signals and MR signals for fingerprinting. The MR signal acquisition can be augmented by varying the strength B0 of the main magnetic field for at least a portion of the pulse sequence used to acquire the MR signal.
US11506729B2
A magnetic sensor for detecting magnetism generated from a conductor in which a current flows in a first direction includes a magnetic detection unit capable of detecting the magnetism, a magnetization core, and a magnetic shield. The magnetization core includes a first core section, which is substantially parallel to the first direction, and a second core section and third core section, which are each continuous from both end portions of the first core section in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The second core section and the third core section each extend from an end portion of the first core section to follow a third direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. The magnetic detection unit has a sensitivity direction in the second direction and is positioned in a core gap sandwiched between the vicinity of the end portion of the second core section and the vicinity of the end portion of the third core section in the third direction. The magnetic shield includes a plate-shaped shield portion positioned to overlap the core gap when viewed along the third direction.
US11506727B2
Magnetic field generating unit 2 is fixed to object 7 that moves relative to magnetic field detecting means 3. Magnetic field generating unit 3 has magnetic field generator 4, first support structure 5 that is fixed to object 7 and second support structure 6 that is independent of first support structure 5. Second support structure 6 is supported by first support structure 5 and supports magnetic field generator 4. For example, second support structure 6 is formed of a nonmagnetic material, and magnetic field generator 4 is arranged away from first support structure 5.
US11506725B2
A USB interface detection module includes a detection unit and an adapting device. The adapting device is electrically connected between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. According to the interface specification of the first electronic device, the voltage value of a configuration channel pin is changeable through the use of the GND_DRAIN pin and the switching action of a field-effect transistor switch. Consequently, the interface specification of the first electronic device is acquired by the second electronic device.
US11506724B2
A capacitor bank which has a plurality of capacitor units, in which each capacitor has a plurality of electrical capacitor elements, and the capacitor units are divided into a plurality of groups of capacitor units. The arrangement has a plurality of group monitoring units, with one of the group monitoring units associated with each group of capacitor units. At least one of the group monitoring units is configured so that it monitors the respective group of capacitor units for a failure of a capacitor element in one of the capacitor units of the group and, when such a failure of a capacitor element is detected, transmits data which describe this failure of the capacitor element to a monitoring receiver.
US11506715B2
A switch diagnosing apparatus and method capable of effectively diagnosing a charging switch and a discharging switch provided to a battery pack. It is possible to effectively diagnose the state of a switch as at least one of a normal state, an open stuck state, a closed stuck state and a drift state, thereby improving the diagnosing efficiency.
US11506710B1
A circuit system includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a comparator. The second circuit and the first circuit have substantially identical structures. In a testing mode, the circuit system controls the first circuit and the second circuit to perform the same testing operation synchronously. During the process of the testing operation, the comparator keeps compares a first intermediate signal internally generated by the first circuit and a second intermediate signal corresponding to the first intermediate signal that is internally generated by the second circuit. When the first intermediate signal is different from the second intermediate signal, the circuit system controls the first circuit and the second circuit to stop the testing operation and controls the first circuit and the second circuit to perform a scan dump operation in order to record signals transmitting by the first circuit and signals transmitting by the second circuit.
US11506706B2
In some embodiments, a semiconductor wafer testing system is provided. The semiconductor wafer testing system includes a semiconductor wafer prober having one or more conductive probes, where the semiconductor wafer prober is configured to position the one or more conductive probes on an integrated chip (IC) that is disposed on a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer testing system also includes a ferromagnetic wafer chuck, where the ferromagnetic wafer chuck is configured to hold the semiconductor wafer while the wafer prober positions the one or more conductive probes on the IC. An upper magnet is disposed over the ferromagnetic wafer chuck, where the upper magnet is configured to generate an external magnetic field between the upper magnet and the ferromagnetic wafer chuck, and where the ferromagnetic wafer chuck amplifies the external magnetic field such that the external magnetic field passes through the IC with an amplified magnetic field strength.
US11506699B2
An EMC test system (1) and an EMC test method performed in the EMC test system (1) for testing a DUT (6), wherein the EMC test system (1) comprises an EMC test chamber (2), wherein the DUT (6) is positioned in the EMC test chamber (2), at least one measurement equipment (4) positioned in the EMC test chamber (2) and communication means (3) using LiFi for transmitting and receiving measurement data and/or control data by the measurement equipment (4).
US11506697B2
A measurement device for measuring performance of at least one antenna system in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band. The measurement device including an outer chamber having inwardly radio frequency reflective walls configured to enclose the antenna system, an inner chamber deployable inside the outer chamber, the inner chamber having radio frequency absorptive walls configured to enclose the antenna system, a first test antenna arrangement arranged inside the outer chamber and configured for a measurement operation in the first frequency band, and a second test antenna arrangement arranged inside the inner chamber and configured for a measurement operation in the second frequency band, thereby enabling measuring performance of the antenna system in a reflective radio frequency environment by the first test antenna arrangement and measuring performance in an essentially anechoic radio frequency environment by the second test antenna arrangement.
US11506686B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure use a customizable ganged waveguide that comprises a top metal plate and a bottom metal plate with trenches that come together in a way so as to form waveguide channels. The waveguide assembly of the present invention also comprises a waveguide adapter affixed to a first end of the ganged waveguide and operable to conduct the signal to a tester. Further, it comprises an air barrier affixed to a second end of the ganged waveguide to prevent air from flowing from the ganged waveguide to a printed circuit board connected at the second end. Finally, it comprises a tuning plate comprising double ridge slots configured to allow maximal signal to be transferred to the printed circuit board from the ganged waveguide.
US11506680B2
A speed sensor, a device for measuring a speed, and a method for measuring a speed are provided. The speed sensor includes: an imaging device; a liquid crystal lens on a side of the imaging device; and a controller configured to: apply different voltages to the liquid crystal lens, obtain, via the imaging device, images of a reference object formed through the liquid crystal lens under the different voltages, control, based on information of the images, the liquid crystal lens to realize focus for multiple times for the reference object, obtain a voltage that is correspondingly applied to the liquid crystal lens when each of the multiple times of focus is realized, and calculate a speed based on the voltages.
US11506666B2
A reliable assay to specifically detect CD155 in tissue sections has widespread use because CD155 is expressed widely among tumor types. Additionally, detected expression of CD 155 in glioblastoma cells is at levels commensurate with susceptibility to PVSRIPO (a poliovirus construct) infection and killing. An anti-CD155 antibody can achieve mono-specific detection of CD155 in immunoblots of tumor homogenates and immunohistochemistry of tumor formalin fixed, paraffin embedded sections. The assay can be used to determine appropriate use of PVSRIPO in oncolytic immunotherapy against cancers.
US11506661B2
The present invention relates to detecting serum anti-FadA antibodies in test samples from a patient. Additionally, aspects of the present invention provide the basis for detection of serum anti-FadA antibody levels from test samples and correlation with various conditions of clinical relevance.
US11506660B2
A method and system for determining the dissociation constant (Kd) of a reversible binding pair of a first compound and a second compound. The method comprises: injecting a sample into a capillary tube via one or more valves, wherein the sample comprises the first compound, the second compound, and a first compound-second compound complex; injecting a mobile phase into the capillary tube via said one or more valves, the sample flowing through the capillary tube under laminar flow conditions, wherein the second compound and the first compound-second compound complex is separated from the first compound by transverse diffusion; measuring time dependence of a signal that is proportional to the concentration of the first compound, both unbound and bound to the second compound using a measurement component; and determining the equilibrium dissociation constant based on the measured signal versus time dependence.
US11506659B2
A lateral flow assay (LFA) device includes a capillary pad and a sample port that holds the sample fluid before a hole is made in a cavity surface of the sample port. The LFA device includes a breaker with a tip to make a hole in the cavity wall of the sample port causing the sample fluid held inside the compartment to be applied to the capillary pad after the start of a test.
US11506657B2
The present invention provides a detection device comprises a testing element and a transparent area, wherein the testing element comprises a detection area which is configured to detect a presence of an analyte in a liquid sample; the transparent area is configured to read the test result on the detection area through the transparent area; a part of the transparent area contacts a part of the detection area, or the detection area and the transparent area are arranged in one sealed space, thus to make the air in the sealed space not exchange with the air outside the sealed space; the scheme can reduce the mist to ensure the test result is displayed clearly.
US11506655B2
A suspension composition for a hematology analysis control particularly useful for preserving relevant detectable characteristics of blood cells for a prolong stability period. The suspension may include at least one polysaccharide, which may include or derive from chitosan and/or chitin, as a stabilizing agent.
US11506647B2
A method is provided for operating a gas concentration monitoring system as well as a gas-measuring device, a central unit, a gas concentration monitoring system as well as computer program product. The safety of persons or the safety of a situation is determined with respect to at least one hazardous gas. The concentration of the gas is provided to a memory and analysis device. A measured value rating number is determined for a preset period of use. A number of instances, of the measured concentration values exceeding of a preset gas concentration limit value is input. A safety code is determined from at least one of: the measured concentration values, the measured value rating numbers and from the a total number of instances in which a gas concentration limit value was exceeded.
US11506642B1
The subject invention provides materials, devices and methods for detecting, determining, monitoring and/or extracting trace metals such as cadmium, lead, copper, chromium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, manganese, mercury, and vanadium in the environmental, biological, pharmaceutical, and potable water samples. The subject invention also provides formulations and method for synthesizing the trace metal-extracting materials.
US11506634B2
An ultrasonic phased array transducer assembly having a single housing in which a plurality of phased array transducer subassemblies are mounted at a skewed angle relative to a leading face of the housing and to each other, with each transducer mounted on composite wedge(s) at different orientations within the housing.
US11506632B2
The invention relates to a method for the nondestructive testing of steel rope parameters, particularly for predicting a residual operating life of a steel rope. The method for predicting the residual operating life of the steel rope comprises: —continuously monitoring and diagnosing a technical condition of the rope by continuously and simultaneously taking readings of Hall sensors, inductive coils, an eddy current sensor, a temperature sensor, a rope tension sensor and an odometer; —providing the readings to a control display unit (CDU) for cooperative processing; —based on the readings, determining an operating time and a safety factor of the rope; —comparing, by the CDU, the obtained values with allowable values; —making a conclusion on the technical condition of the rope; and—predicting the residual operating life of the rope.
US11506630B2
Described examples include devices and methods for measuring relative humidity of an environment using inductance. The devices can include a resonant circuit, including a capacitor and an inductor. The inductor includes a moisture-absorbing core with at least a portion thereof exposed to an environment, with at least one magnetic property of the core being variable in response to changing levels of moisture in the environment. An excitation circuit provides an AC excitation signal to the resonant circuit. A sense circuit determines an inductance of the inductor according to a sense signal from the resonant circuit. The sense circuit is coupled to generate an output signal that indicates a humidity level of the environment according to the sense signal.
US11506628B2
In a sensor element for a limiting-current type gas sensor measuring concentration of NOx in a measurement gas, an inner pump electrode located to face a first internal space communicating, under predetermined diffusion resistance, with a gas inlet through which a measurement gas is introduced from an external space is made of a cermet of a Pt—Au alloy and zirconia, and includes a first portion located on a surface farther from a heater part and a second portion located on a surface closer to the heater part from among surfaces opposing each other in the first internal space, an Au content with respect to the Pt—Au alloy as a whole of the second portion is 0.3 wt % or more smaller than that of the first portion, and a total area of the first portion and the second portion is 10 mm2 to 25 mm2.
US11506622B2
A gas detector includes metal-oxide semiconductor gas sensors and their driving circuit. The gas detector stores the ratio of initial gas sensor resistance in air and that in an atmosphere including Freon gas, for the gas sensors. The gas detector learns sensor resistance in air for a gas sensor in use and detects Freon gas by comparing the sensor resistance of the gas sensor in use with the learned resistance in air divided by the ratio. When the first gas sensor has been used for a predetermined period, both the first gas sensor and a second gas sensor are used for a learning period to continue detection of Freon by the first gas sensor and to learn the resistance in air of the second gas sensor. After completion of the learning period, Freon is detected by the second gas sensor.
US11506618B1
Method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for inspecting a joining feature on an object. A portable housing with an x-ray system is moved along the joining feature on the object. The x-ray system is controlled to direct an x-ray beam through an opening in the portable housing to scan an area of the object containing the joining feature as the portable housing moves along the joining feature on the object. Sensor data generated from a backscatter detected by a sensor system is received. The backscatter is generated in response to the x-ray beam encountering the area of the object including the joining feature. A determination is made as to whether an inconsistency is present in the area of the object including the joining feature using the sensor data.
US11506616B2
An inspection system is provided for the inspection of a lateral surface of a three-dimensional test object. The inspection system includes a conveying structure; (ii) a facet mirror; and (iii) an optical inspection device. In this context, the inspection system is arranged to rotate the conveying structure and the facet mirror in a coordinated manner and in opposite directions of rotation in such a way that each of a plurality of object carriers, as they pass through an inspection area, is imaged onto the inspection device by exactly one of the facets of the facet mirror. A corresponding method for inspection is also provided.
US11506615B2
A system is described for inspecting a container having a top surface using light reflections and positional data. The system comprises a radiation source arranged such that the light beam projects radiation onto the top surface, wherein the radiation radiates along the outer edge of the container; a sensor, wherein the radiation is collected by the sensor reflected from the container using positional data, wherein the positional data is used to create a reference plane of the top of the top surface; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor, the processor integrates the positional data to detect defects in the container and creates a reference plane of a top surface of the container, wherein sensor captures the positional data of the container as the container moves on the conveyor; and the positional data is integrated using software to produce a 3D topographical map of the container.
US11506609B2
The subject of the invention is the method of detecting and diagnosing the progression of diabetes using Raman spectroscopy which involves the examination of the changes in the composition of urinary extracellular vesicles which confirm the existence of the condition and its progression. The invention can be applied in clinical practice, in particular in the early clinical diagnostics of diabetes and in the monitoring of its progression, in particular diabetic nephropathy and advanced renal impairment caused by diabetes.
US11506605B2
An embodiment provides a method for measuring total chlorine in a solution, including: preparing a thiocarbamate indicator; introducing the thiocarbamate indicator to a solution, wherein the solution contains an amount of monochloramine; adding an additive to the solution, wherein the additive accelerates the reaction rate between the thiocarbamate indicator and monochloramine and causes a change in fluorescence of the solution; and measuring the amount of monochloramine in the solution by measuring an intensity of the fluorescence. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US11506598B2
A multiband IR adjunct (MIRA) sensor to spectroscopically determine the content and the concentration of chemical composition of a targeted object, includes a sensor housing, a first front optics in a first optical channel, a second front optics in the first optical channel, an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF), a photo detector (PD), a set of back optics in the first optical channel that focuses polarized narrow-band light beams received from the AOTF device onto the PD, the PD converting the polarized narrow-band light beams into an electrical signal, and a data acquisition unit signal-connected to the PD, the data acquisition unit collecting the electrical signals. Multiple optical channels can be provided within the housing to analyze UV/VIS/near infrared (NIR), short-wavelength infrared (SWIR), mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR), and LWIR wavelength ranges respectively.
US11506596B1
An inspection device and method produces a deformation in a panel body and reveals a defect in the panel body. A base and a collar define a chamber. A vacuum device connects with the chamber for evacuating the chamber after the panel body is positioned adjacent to the collar and deflects the panel body into the chamber for propagating the defect in the panel body.
US11506592B2
This disclosure provides an impedance cytometer which includes a carrier that can be attached to a living being, with a biosensor mounted thereto. The bio sensor includes a microfluidic flow channel, formed in the carrier, and an impedance circuit. The microfluidic flow channel accommodates passage of a particle therethrough. The impedance circuit, connected to the microfluidic flow channel, includes a signal generator that produces a high-frequency drive signal applied to the flow channel to produce a biosensor output signal having high-frequency variation resulting from the drive signal and low-frequency variation resulting from impedance variation within the flow channel during the particle's passage. A lock-in amplifier is disposed to (i) amplify the bio sensor output signal, (ii) mix the amplified signal with the drive signal, and (iii) frequency-filter the mixed, amplified signal to output an impedance signal representing the low-frequency impedance variation resulting from the passage of the particle. Embodiments enable wearable, personalized cytometry.
US11506589B2
An apparatus to determine the concentration of a target component in a mixture, the apparatus including at least one acoustic transducer located within the mixture, a controller generating a signal for the at least one acoustic transducer that's generating an acoustic signal in the mixture and transmitting same toward the target component within the mixture, wherein the acoustic signal is generated with a known power level, and a processor for measuring change in the power level of the at least one acoustic transducer as the acoustic signal is transmitted through the mixture, wherein the magnitude of the change in signal power determines the concentration of the target component in the mixture.
US11506588B1
A portable air quality monitoring device is disclosed that can identify the type of particles in the air. This device takes images of particles in the air and compares them with a library of particles in its memory to identify the type of particles. The device has a housing that draws ambient air into the system and takes microscopic images of the flowing particles and droplets using flash photography. The device can be stand alone or can connect to the back of a mobile phone and use the mobile phone camera and light. People can upload their local air quality data online for all to see the local air quality.
US11506577B2
An automated tape transfer apparatus including a tape feed mechanism feeding a continuous length of an adhesive tape through the automated tape transfer apparatus and a tape applicator applying the adhesive tape to a cutting face of a sample block, wherein a section of the sample block is adhered to the adhesive tape after cutting of the section from the sample block. A slide station transfers the cut section from the adhesive tape to a slide.
US11506572B2
A method for locating the position of each wheelset of a motor vehicle. Each wheelset including at least one wheel equipped with an electronic unit including at least one sensor to measure, for the wheel, the extent of the contact patch via which the tire is in contact with the ground, and a transmitter transmitting data regarding the extent of the tire contact patch to a control unit. The motor vehicle includes a load sensor for each of the wheelsets that measures and delivers to the control unit a value for the load supported by the associated wheelset. The method employing, on the one hand, data originating from a sensor able to determine the extent of the contact patch via which a tire is in contact with the ground and, on the other hand, a load sensor able to measure the load supported by a wheelset of the motor vehicle.
US11506569B2
A vibration measurement and analysis system identifies faulty bearings in a machine based on spectral vibration data. The system includes vibration sensors attached to the machine that generate vibration signals. A vibration data collector generates vibration spectral data based on the vibration signals. The vibration spectral data comprises vibration amplitude versus frequency data that includes peak amplitudes at corresponding peak frequencies. At least some of the peak amplitudes are associated with vibration generated by the faulty bearings. A vibration analysis computer processes the vibration spectral data to (1) locate the largest peak amplitudes, (2) search a bearing fault frequency library to generate a list of identified bearings having bearing fault frequencies matching the peak frequencies of the largest peak amplitudes, (3) determine a normalized accuracy error for each of the identified bearings, and (4) select from the list one of the identified bearings having a smallest normalized accuracy error.
US11506562B2
A fluid pipe 1 is monitored using a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) fibre 10 provided within pipe 1. The DAS fibre 10 is coupled at one end to a light emitter 101 and a light detector 102. The light emitter 101 emits light pulses into the DAS fibre. The light detector 102 detects backscattered light so as to provide an indication of the vibration experienced by each section of the DAS fibre 10 and thus of vibration characteristic of particular pipe events including leaks of the pipe 1. The DAS fibre 10 in a pipe 1 can also be used to locate the route of a buried pipe 1 by successively tamping the ground surface at a number of locations A-E in the vicinity of the suspected route of the pipe 1 and comparing the tamping vibrations detected from each location A-E.
US11506560B2
Examples provide for an apparatus, method, and computer program for comparing the output of sensor cells in an arrangement of sensor cells in an area A, including a set of at least two measurement units. A measurement unit includes at least two sensor cells, wherein at least one sensor cell of at least one measurement unit includes a sensitive sensor cell, which is sensitive with respect to a measured quantity. The sensor cells are intermixed with each other. The apparatus further includes means for selecting output signals of sensor cells of the arrangement and means for determining a measured quantity or determining an intact sensor cell by comparing output signals of different measurement units.
US11506558B2
An apparatus for inspecting a ventilation characteristic according to various embodiments may comprise: a seating unit to which an object to be inspected is attached, and which has a lower surface and an upper surface facing in a direction opposite to the lower surface and includes at least one through-hole passing through the lower surface and the upper surface; a measuring unit which includes a groove for accommodating at least a portion of the seating unit including the lower surface of the seating unit, and a fluid supply passage for supplying a fluid in a direction facing the object to be inspected which is attached to the seating unit; and a compressing unit which is disposed to apply a pressing pressure to the seating unit at a position opposite to the upper surface of the seating unit and includes a fluid discharge passage so that a fluid supplied from the measurement unit is discharged through the object to be inspected. Other embodiments are also possible.
US11506549B2
A force sensor includes a circuit board, a sensing element, and a first gel. The sensing element is disposed on the circuit board, wherein the sensing element has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other and has a sensing portion. The bottom surface faces the circuit board. The sensing portion is located at the top surface. The first gel is disposed on the top surface and covers the sensing portion, wherein the sensing portion is adapted to generate a sensing signal through an external force transferred from the first gel to the top surface.
US11506547B2
A multi-configuration electronic thermometer operates in any of a plurality of modes, including a rectal mode, an underarm mode and an oral mode. A probe arm swings about an axis that is located closer to one end of an elongate thermometer body than it is to the other end. In a first, rectal configuration, only a limited length of the probe arm extends beyond a front end of the thermometer body. In a second configuration, the probe arm is swung to a position such that its free end is farther from a second end of the body than it was from the first end while in the first configuration. The probe arm is spring-loaded to lock to a user-selected one of the configurations and is torsionally biased to the more compact, first configuration. Different sensing algorithms are used depending on the mode selected.
US11506544B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for determining the temperature, comprising a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and electronics which are configured to apply an electrical signal to the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor and to tap off at least one reception signal from the first temperature sensor and/or the second temperature sensor. The apparatus also comprises at least six connection lines for making electrical contact with the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, wherein the connection lines are arranged and configured such that the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor are connected in series and can have the transmission signal applied thereto such that the first reception signal can be tapped off from the first temperature sensor and/or the second reception signal can be tapped off from the second temperature sensor.
US11506541B2
A device comprises a plurality of temperature sensing elements and a control module. The plurality of temperature sensing elements are each arranged proximal to a respective current carrying blade of an electrical plug. The control module receives, from the plurality of temperature sensing elements, a plurality of temperature signals that each indicate a temperature associated with the respective current carrying blades of the electrical plug. The control module also determines a temperature condition of the electrical plug based on the plurality of temperature signals. The control module also communicates an indication of the temperature condition of the electrical plug via an electrical power carrying conductor that supplies electrical power via the electrical plug.
US11506540B2
A thermal imaging system for a cooking appliance is capable of being calibrated for any arrangement of cooktop burners disposed on a surface of a cooking appliance. A thermal imaging system can be calibrated by processing a received thermal scan of a surface of a cooking appliance having a particular cooktop arrangement to identify a plurality of cooktop burners on the surface of the cooking appliance for the particular arrangement, determine a number of cooktop burners in the particular arrangement, and determine one or more locations of the cooktop to assign to each of the cooktop burners. Further, the determined one or more locations assigned to each of the cooktop burners can be stored in association with a respective cooktop burner. Once calibrated, the thermal imaging system can calculate a temperature for each of the cooktop burners to be used in performing subsequent control and/or safety functions.
US11506539B2
Provided is a measurement device including a spectroscope, a movement mechanism configured to relatively move the spectroscope along a first direction with respect to the measurement target, and one or more processors configured to execute detecting a measurement error indicating that spectroscopic measurement processing by the spectroscope is not executed normally, and controlling the spectroscope and the movement mechanism, in which the one or more processors, when the measurement target is a plurality of color patches arranged along the first direction, cause the spectroscope to execute first measurement processing of measuring light with a specific wavelength set in advance while relatively moving the spectroscope in the first direction to acquire a measured value with respect to the specific wavelength obtained by the first measurement processing and a position of the spectroscope, and when the measurement error is detected, move the spectroscope to a position where an amount of variation of the measured value is greater than or equal to a threshold value in a second direction opposite to the first direction and then move the spectroscope in the first direction.
US11506538B2
A nano-structured optical wavelength transmission filter is provided. The optical filter includes a patterned substrate on which a high refractive index dielectric waveguide is arranged. A low index dielectric layer is arranged on the high refractive index dielectric waveguide, on which an array of metallic nanostructures is arranged. The layers of the optical filter have conformal shapes defined by a patterned surface of the substrate. An optical filter system includes the optical transmission filter and a detector array fixed to the substrate. A spectrometer includes at least one optical transmission filter and/or at least one said optical transmission filter system, and has a spectral resolution of lower than 30 nm for incident light having a wavelength between 300 nm and 790 nm. A method of fabrication of an optical filter, an optical filter system and a spectrometer is also described.
US11506533B2
A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate includes a silicon dioxide layer and a silicon layer. A detection region receives a detected optical mode coupled to an incident optical mode defined by an optical waveguide in the silicon layer. The detection region consists essentially of an intrinsic semiconductor material with a spacing structure surrounding at least a portion of the detection region, which comprises p-type, n-type doped semiconductor regions adjacent to first, second portions, respectively, of the detection region. A dielectric layer is deposited over at least a portion of the spacing structure. The silicon layer is located between the dielectric layer and the silicon dioxide layer. First, second metal contact structures are formed within trenches in the dielectric layer electrically coupling to the p-type, n-type doped semiconductor regions, respectively, without contacting any of the intrinsic semiconductor material of the detection region.
US11506529B2
Various embodiments include determining a level of a surface of a fluid and/or for determining a quality of the fluid in a fluid container. An example apparatus comprises a sound transducer module having two sound transducers designed to receive and emit sound signals in such a manner that a superimposition sound signal results when the sound signals are superimposed, and a reference element arranged in the fluid at a predefined distance from the sound transducer module and is designed to reflect the superimposition sound signal. The sound transducer module is designed, by superimposing the at least two sound signals, to emit the superimposition sound signal both in a first direction to the surface of the fluid and in a second direction to the reference element, said second direction running at a predetermined sound signal angle with respect to the first direction.
US11506523B2
In a light guide pointer, a vertex portion of a light control space is located on a sub-pointer portion side with respect to a center axis of a light entrance shaft, providing appropriate luminance balance between a main pointer portion and the sub-pointer portion. The light control space includes a circular arc portion, thereby broadening diffusion range of light that has passed through the light control space and preventing attenuation of light traveling along inclined portions. A center of the circular arc portion is located on the main pointer portion side with respect to the center axis, allowing strong light that has entered the light control space from the vertex portion to be diffused more. Local focusing and/or attenuation of light can be prevented, while providing appropriate luminance balance between the main pointer portion side and the sub-pointer portion side, thereby reducing luminance unevenness at the light emitting face.
US11506518B2
The photoelectric rotary encoder includes: a generally disk-shaped scale with a grating-like pattern formed with a predetermined period along a measurement direction, the measurement direction being a direction of rotation of a measurement target that rotates on a predetermined axis, the scale being plate-like and centered on an axis of rotation; and a head that detect, from the scale, the amount of displacement caused by the rotation of the measurement target. The head includes a light source, a diffraction unit with grating parts, and a light-receiving unit with light-receiving elements. The grating parts of the diffraction unit are formed as deformed grating parts that spread cut wide, from the center on the axis of rotation, along the grating-like pattern of the scale. The light-receiving elements are formed as linear grating parts.
US11506512B2
Feedback for map information is based on an integrated navigation solution for a device within a moving platform using obtained motion sensor data from a sensor assembly of the device, obtained radar measurements for the platform and obtained map information for an environment encompassing the platform. An integrated navigation solution is generated based at least in part on the obtained motion sensor data using a nonlinear state estimation technique that uses a nonlinear measurement model for radar measurements. The map information is assessed based at least in part on the integrated navigation solution and radar measurements so that feedback for the map information can be provided.
US11506511B2
A computer implemented method for determining the position of a vehicle, wherein the method comprises: determining at least one scan comprising a plurality of detection points, wherein each detection point is evaluated from a signal received at the at least one sensor and representing a location in the vehicle environment; determining, from a database, a predefined map, wherein the map comprises a plurality of elements in a map environment, each of the elements representing a respective one of a plurality of static landmarks in the vehicle environment, and the map environment representing the vehicle environment; matching the plurality of detection points and the plurality of elements of the map; determining the position of the vehicle based on the matching; wherein the predefined map further comprises a spatial assignment of a plurality of parts of the map environment to the plurality of elements, and wherein the spatial assignment is used for the matching.
US11506508B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed that execute machine vision operations to categorize a locality. At least one embodiment accesses a map image of a locality, where the map image includes geographical artefacts corresponding to entities within the locality; analyzes the map image to detect the entities in the locality using the geographical artefacts; assigns entity classes to detected entities in the locality; assigns a locality score to the locality based on entity classes included in the locality; retrieves street view images for one or more of the detected entities in the locality; and analyzes street view images of the detected entities to assign one or more further classifications to the detected entities. Other embodiments include corresponding computer systems, apparatus, and computer programs recorded on one or more computer storage devices, each configured to perform the actions of the method.
US11506505B2
A method for generation of a vehicle path for a vehicle. The method includes, using an excursion planning processor to perform generating a grid of attitude constraint masks, wherein each attitude constraint mask corresponds to a respective possible attitude of the vehicle. The method also includes defining a distance function between two points on a vehicle path, such that the vehicle path defines a change in orientation of the vehicle, determining a vehicle path component, of the vehicle path, between the two points having a selected cost, selecting a vehicle path in the grid of attitude constraint masks from the vehicle path component, and generating an excursion plan so that the vehicle travels along the vehicle path.
US11506502B2
According to one aspect, a system for robust localization may include a scan accumulator, a scan matcher, a transform maintainer, and a location fuser. The scan accumulator may receive a set of sensor data from a set of sensors mounted on a vehicle. The scan accumulator may generate a sensor scan point cloud output by transforming the set of sensor data from each sensor frame to a corresponding vehicle frame and calculate a fitness score, a transformation probability, and a mean elevation angle used to determine a scan confidence for the sensor data. The transform maintainer may receive GPS data, the scan confidence, and the matched sensor scan point cloud output and map tile point cloud data from the scan matcher, and determine whether the GPS data or the matched sensor scan point cloud output and map tile point cloud data is utilized for a map-to-odometer transformation output.
US11506497B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel prediction engine that (1) can formulate predictions about current or future destinations and/or routes to such destinations for a user, and (2) can relay information to the user about these predictions. In some embodiments, this engine includes a machine-learning engine that facilitates the formulation of predicted future destinations and/or future routes to destinations based on stored, user-specific data. The user-specific data is different in different embodiments. In some embodiments, the stored, user-specific data includes data about any combination of the following: (1) previous destinations traveled to by the user, (2) previous routes taken by the user, (3) locations of calendared events in the user's calendar, (4) locations of events for which the user has electronic tickets, and (5) addresses parsed from recent e-mails and/or messages sent to the user. In some embodiments, the prediction engine only relies on user-specific data stored on the device on which this engine executes. Alternatively, in other embodiments, it relies only on user-specific data stored outside of the device by external devices/servers. In still other embodiments, the prediction engine relies on user-specific data stored both by the device and by other devices/servers.
US11506492B2
A surveying target sphere for use in a three-dimensional measurement has a spherical surface having a constant radius from a center and includes a north pole, a south pole, and a central axis passing through the center of the surveying target sphere and linking the north pole and the south pole, and a level is mounted at the north pole.
US11506486B2
A laser alignment system for adjusting a mounting bracket of a lamp is disclosed. The laser alignment system includes an alignment bracket including a body portion defining one or more target features and a plurality of index features. The one or more target features include a target that is configured to align with a laser beam and the plurality of index features that are configured to position the alignment bracket along a surface. The laser alignment system also includes a laser alignment tool including a base, a mount, and a laser device. The mount holds the laser device in place and the laser device is configured to emit the laser beam, and the base of the laser alignment tool is shaped to fit within the mounting bracket for the lamp and the laser device directs the laser beam towards a corresponding one of target features of the alignment bracket.
US11506481B2
An apparatus and a method for rolling weight deflection measurement comprising a rolling wheel to be moved along a measuring surface in a first direction. The apparatus comprises a number of spaced apart range sensors arranged on at least one carrier and configured to measure a distance to said measuring surface at pavement locations passed by the apparatus. A first of said range sensors is arranged at a predetermined location with respect to said rolling wheel, and the remainder of the range sensors are arranged in spaced apart manner in line with said first range sensor in the in first direction. At least one inclination sensor is configured to measure at least a change in inclination of said at least one carrier, a curvature parameter value for said measuring surface is calculated using measurements from said range sensors and said inclination sensor.
US11506461B1
Embodiments of a magazine coupler include a coupler body, a first magazine attachment interface coupled to the coupler body and configured to removably mount a lower end portion of the first firearm magazine to the coupler body, a second magazine attachment interface coupled to the coupler body and configured to removably mount a lower end portion of the second firearm magazine to the coupler body, and a finger aperture extending formed through the coupler body. The finger aperture is sized and shaped to enable a user or firearm operator to spin the magazine coupler about a finger of the user when inserted through the finger aperture to vary which of the first firearm magazine and the second firearm magazine resides in an upright orientation for insertion into a well of a firearm when the magazine coupler resides in a deployed state.
US11506452B2
The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator including a main body in a storage compartment is provided, a rack to partition an inner space of the storage compartment in an up-down direction, a pair of support protrusions protruding from opposite inner sidewalls of the storage compartment to support the rack, and buffer members disposed on the support protrusions to elastically support opposite side ends of the rack.
US11506448B2
The application discloses a method for managing food in a refrigerator, including the steps of recognizing the type and quantity of the food placed in the refrigerator according to an image shot by an external camera of the refrigerator; determining a position of the food placed in the refrigerator according to images shot by internal cameras of the refrigerator; generating an AR label for recording information of the food with regard to the food placed in the refrigerator; displaying the AR label of the inquired food after receiving a food query request from a user; wherein the information of the food at least includes the type, quantity and position of the food; and displaying the images shot by the internal cameras in real time after receiving an image viewing request from the user. With the adoption of the application, the food in the refrigerator can be managed more efficiently.
US11506446B2
A shelf for a household refrigeration appliance includes a shelf plate having a first plate element and a separate second plate element. The second plate element is disposed next to the first plate element in a use position in the widthwise direction of the shelf to form the shelf plate and the second plate element can be removed non-destructively to make the shelf plate smaller. A carrier frame only borders the edges of the shelf plate. The shelf has a center web oriented in the depthwise direction of the shelf. Both plate elements rest on the center web in their use position.
US11506441B2
The present invention concerns a cooling device and method of forming and regenerating same for use in keeping perishable products cool. The cooling device includes a porous substrate that has been soaked in a first composition including at least one anti-freeze agent before being soaked in a second composition including at least one crosslinking agent and be exposed to UV irradiation. The cooling device further includes a substrate cover for sealingly covering the porous substrate after being soaked in the second composition and exposed to the UV irradiation. Prior to use, the cooling device is cooled to a desired temperature and exposed to further UV irradiation.
US11506438B2
An ice maker includes a dry compartment and a wet compartment adjacent to the dry compartment and including: an evaporator case sized to receive an evaporator, the evaporator case including: a plurality of interior panels joined to each other with snap-fit joints, each of the snap-fit joints including a tab and defining a slot, each of a plurality of seams formed between the interior panels defining a foam-tight seal and a water-tight seal; and a plurality of exterior panels, each of the plurality of exterior panels joined to a mating interior panel of the plurality of interior panels with slide joints, wherein the evaporator case is integrally insulated with blown foam insulation positioned between each of the plurality of exterior panels and a corresponding interior panel.
US11506435B2
A water regulator includes a water regulation valve, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a controller. The water regulation valve regulates a quantity of water flowing through water pipes. The first temperature sensor measures a temperature of one of the water pipes which is connected to an inlet of a heat exchanger. The second temperature sensor measures a temperature of one of the water pipes which is connected to an outlet of the heat exchanger. The controller controls an opening degree of the water regulation valve, based on a difference between the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor and the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor.
US11506429B2
A refrigeration apparatus (1) includes a main refrigerant circuit (2) including a positive displacement compressor (4), a condenser (6), an expansion valve (8), and an evaporator (10), through which a refrigerant circulates successively in a closed loop circulation, a lubrication refrigerant line (18) connected to the main refrigerant circuit (2) between the condenser (6) and the expansion valve (8) or to the condenser (6), in which circulates a portion of the refrigerant of the main refrigerant circuit (2) and connected to the compressor (4) for lubrication of said compressor (4) with the refrigerant, at least one lubrication refrigerant storing cavity (70) connected to the lubrication refrigerant line (18), the lubrication refrigerant storing cavity (70) being configured to store liquid refrigerant for lubrication of the compressor (4) said at least one lubrication refrigerant storing cavity (70) being provided within the compressor (4).
US11506428B2
In one aspect, a portable liquid pump with integrated chiller and heater system includes a pump component includes a pump, a liquid chamber, an inlet port and an outlet port. The pump component seals a liquid so that it does not escape except by the inlet port and the exit port. The pump component pressurizes and directs the liquid in a warm state from the inlet port over a Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger and through the outlet port. A Thermo-electric element component includes the Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger and a hot-side heat exchanger, wherein the Thermo-electric element component converts an electrical current into a temperature difference that in turn causes heat to flow from the Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger to the hot-side heat exchanger. A battery component includes an electrical energy storage component that provides electrical power to the Thermo-electric element component that in turn pumps heat from the Thermo-electric element-based cold-side heat exchanger to the hot-side heat exchanger.
US11506427B2
Provided is an air conditioning apparatus. The air conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit which includes a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger and through which a refrigerant is circulated, an indoor unit through which water is circulated, a heat exchanger in which the refrigerant and the water are heat-exchanged with each other, a water tube configured to guide the water circulated through the indoor unit and the heat exchanger, a pump installed in the water tube, and a controller configured to analyze an output signal of the pump so as to calculate a ration of an air layer in the water tube, the controller being configured to control a target supercooling degree or target superheating degree of the heat exchanger according to the calculated ratio of the air layer.
US11506413B2
Environmental data of an environment of the building and cooling load demand data are received as first training data, which are used for training a first machine learning model to predict a cooling load demand from environmental data. Furthermore, control signals for the chiller plant and cooling power data resulting from applying the control signals to the chiller plant are received as second training data which are used for training a second machine learning model to predict a cooling power from control signals. Actual environmental data are received, from which a cooling load demand is predicted by the trained first machine learning model. Furthermore, candidate control signals for the chiller plant are generated, and from which a resulting cooling power is predicted by the trained second machine learning model. From the candidate control signals, applicable control signals are selected for which a predicted cooling power fulfills the predicted cooling load demand.
US11506401B2
A ceiling type air conditioner including an indoor unit having a built-in heat exchanger and a built-in blower, and having a plurality of blowing passages for discharging, to the outside, air having passed through the heat exchanger; a discharge panel having a plurality of inlets into which air discharged through the plurality of blowing passages is delivered, an inner space at least partially communicating with the partiality of inlets, and a ring-or arc-shaped opening for discharging, into a room, air flowing into the inner space; and an air guide module mounted to the discharge panel, and moved upward and downward or rotated so as to vary airflow discharged through the opening.
US11506380B2
The location and morphology of an electrostatically manipulated flame can be controlled through the action of an electrostatic field on the flame, virtually independently of overall mixture composition and imposed strain rate. An electrostatically controlled burner can manipulate a position of a flame between an oxidizer source and a fuel source by way of one or more electrodes configured to produce an electrostatic field proximate to one of the fuel source and the oxidizer source.
US11506373B2
A lighting system includes a plurality of lighting fixtures coupled to a cooling pipe, each lighting fixture having an open sided pipe coupling portion and a lighting member connected to the coupling portion. The lighting member being thermally coupled to an inside portion of the pipe coupling portion. The lighting member having a light emanating away from the cooling pipe.
US11506371B2
In various embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp is provided along with a method of installing the LED tube lamp into a lighting fixture. In various embodiments, the LED tube lamp comprises: a tube; at least one LED positioned within the tube; and a passage formed through at least a portion of the tube, the passage configured to receive there-through a set of electrical connecting wires, wherein a first end of the electrical connecting wires comprises at least one of a two- or three-prong polarized plug. Various embodiments may further comprise a driver circuit positioned within the tube, the driver circuit comprising a second end of the electrical connecting wires. In various embodiments, the LED lamp tube may further comprise at least one end cap disposed on an end of the tube and at least one pin secured thereon wherein the pin is electrically isolated from the LED.
US11506362B1
The present invention discloses a Christmas lamp with a lamp core pull-out prevention structure and a forming process therefor. A lamp core is stably mounted so that a good pull-out prevention effect can be achieved, and the forming process is simple so that automatic production can be realized. A technical scheme consists in that the Christmas lamp includes: a lamp holder, a lamp core and a lamp shell. The lamp holder is connected to the lamp shell, and the lamp core passes through the lamp holder and is located in the lamp shell. The Christmas lamp further includes a fixing ferrule. The lamp holder is internally provided with a resilient clamping sleeve for radially clamping the lamp core, and the fixing ferrule is provided over the resilient clamping sleeve. When the lamp holder is mounted and connected to the lamp shell, the fixing ferrule is axially abutted between the lamp holder and the lamp shell, and the fixing ferrule radially locks the resilient clamping sleeve, such that the resilient clamping sleeve locks the lamp core. The present invention is applicable to the technical field of decorative lamps.
US11506359B2
A lamp assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted in or on the vehicle and arranged in a linear pattern. An elongated optical member is disposed longitudinally along the linear pattern of LEDs. The elongated optical member is configured to receive light emitted from the LEDs and project a corresponding plurality of lit images. A vehicle lamp assembly includes a plurality of LEDs mounted to a printed-circuit board to form a linear array. A primary light pipe is disposed adjacent to the linear array of LEDs and aligned longitudinally along the linear array of LEDs, such that light emitted from each of the LEDs of the linear array traverses radially through the primary light pipe.
US11506355B2
Disclosed are a lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same, the lamp including: a light source configured to emit light beams; a first optical part provided in front of the light source; and a second optical part provided in front of the first optical part, in which the second optical part includes: an MFL region including a plurality of facet lenses and having level differences on boundaries between the plurality of facet lenses; and a convex lens region provided at one side of the MFL region and having a shape convex forward.
US11506338B2
An internal casing for a pressurized fluid storage tank for a motor vehicle includes: a hollow body includes a layer made of a first polymer material; and a neck arranged on the hollow body and delimiting an opening of the hollow body, the neck receiving an interface part mounted on the neck in a sealed manner by a gasket arranged between the neck and the interface part. The neck is made of a composite material composed of a second polymer material loaded with reinforcing fibers, the composite material having a deformation resistance than that of the first polymer material. The neck is joined to the hollow body by molecular entanglement of polymer chains of the first polymer material and polymer chains of the second polymer material. Methods for manufacturing such an internal casing, and a storage tank including such an internal casing are disclosed.
US11506335B2
A plastic tank liner for the storage of a pressurized fluid includes: two ends; two elongated cylindrical sections, the two cylindrical sections having different diameters; and one connecting section connecting the two cylindrical sections. The connecting section has a concave portion connected to the cylindrical section of smaller diameter, and a convex portion adjacent to the cylindrical section of larger diameter. The convex portion has an isotensoid shape. Two convex domes are located on both ends of the plastic tank liner so that each of the domes is connected to a different cylindrical section.
US11506334B2
A lubrication distribution assembly is provided. The lubrication distribution assembly includes a lubrication metering device, which includes a piston. The lubrication distribution assembly also includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor automatically detects a piston stroke length of the piston over at least two movement cycles of the piston. The controller receives the piston stroke length from the sensor, sets an operating point of the piston based on the piston stroke length, and controls the lubrication metering device by utilizing the set operating point.
US11506326B2
A method of repairing an active leak in embodiments of the present invention may include one or more of the following steps: (a) identifying the active leak on a pipe structure, tank or pressure vessel, (b) setting cold spray system settings to repair the pipe structure, (c) administering pressurized gas and metal powder to an active pipe leak, (d) identifying any potential hazards surrounding the active pipe leak, (e) eliminating and/or reducing the potential hazards surround the active pipe leak, (f) inserting a wedge within an active leak pipe hole, (g) ceasing administration of pressurized gas and metal powder to the active pipe leak when it appears sealed, (h) verifying the active pipe leak is sealed, and (i) re-administering the pressurized gas and the metal powder to the active leak is the active leak is not fully sealed.
US11506323B2
A ventilation system for insulated pipe or pipeline to prevent corrosion thereof is discussed. The ventilation system can include an outer skin wrapped around the insulated pipe or pipeline, the outer skin separated from the insulation pipe by stand-off supports to form an annular chamber within the system. The system has a vent screen along a bottom side of the outer skin and a gable running along the top side of the outer skin, the gable having a number of openings therethrough to allow air to flow in through the vent screen, through the annular chamber and out through the gable openings, drawing moisture from the insulation thereby preventing corrosion of the pipe or pipeline.
US11506320B2
A connection device for plastic pipe elements (1) which allows performing pre-assembly and being finally assembled without requiring skilled labor, having a pipe element (1) with at least one end, a plastic connection element (2) which is connected to an outer surface of the pipe element (1) through the end, which has a resistance wire (3) wound on the outer surface of the pipe element (1) itself.
US11506316B2
A connection to releasably connect and disconnect to a pipe to a fitting provides a pipe fitting body for receiving a pipe and a retaining ring assembly located within the fitting body for retaining and releasing the pipe. The retaining ring assembly has axially extending inwardly angled resilient retaining tabs, each of which has a pipe retaining portion. When the pipe is inserted into the fitting body to an inserted position, the pipe retaining portions engage an indentation on the pipe to retain the pipe in the inserted position. Relative movement of the axially extending inwardly angled resilient retaining tabs with respect to the fitting body from the first locked position to a second unlocked position causes each axially extending inwardly angled resilient retaining tabs to disengage from the indentation on the pipe permitting removal of the pipe from the inserted position in the fitting body.
US11506313B2
A multi-petaled oblique-plane hoop and a pipe connector are described. The hoop is divided into two groups, and the hoop petals in each group are connected by means of pins, and the pins are parallel to a connecting pipe shaft. The groups are connected by using bolts, and the bolts are vertical to a pipe shaft. Each hoop petal is in a shape of a partial ring stud, in which an arc-shaped groove is formed. The upper surface and the lower surface of the groove are symmetrical partial inner cone surfaces, and the hoop petals are connected to form a clamping chain.
US11506308B2
The disclosure relates to a clamping device and method of securing a clamping device. The clamping device is suitable for clamping an elongate member, and includes a body portion for surrounding the elongate element and configured to apply a compressive force on the elongate member. The body portion includes at least two outwardly curved plates.
US11506307B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method of using that grips a rod of small diameter and uniform cross-section of metal, fiberglass, or composite material used to probe the soil to locate underground utilities in a manner that permits a user of any height or strength to ergonomically and safely advance the rod into the soil and retract the rod from the soil regardless of how deep the utility may be buried.
US11506290B2
A valve device is capable of precisely adjusting a flow rate variation due to aging, aging, etc. without using an external sensor. An adjusting actuator includes a piezoelectric element for adjusting the position of the operating member positioned at the open position, and the drive circuit of the adjusting actuator includes a detecting unit for detecting an electric signal related to the amount of strain generated in the piezoelectric element, and a control unit for controlling the adjusting actuator so that the opening degree of the flow path by the valve element becomes the target opening degree based on the electric signal related to the amount of strain of the piezoelectric element.
US11506288B2
The shaft seal device includes a seal cover formed in a tubular shaped and provided on an outer periphery of a rotation shaft which is inserted into an axial hole of a housing, a flexible member that connects the seal cover to the housing, an auxiliary seal portion provided on an interior side of the shaft seal device in an axial direction of the seal cover, a magnetic fluid seal portion provided on an exterior side of the shaft seal device from the auxiliary seal portion in the axial direction of the seal cover, and bearings that support a load of the magnetic fluid seal portion.
US11506282B2
An embodiment method of operating a vehicle comprises detecting a first position of a shift lever, determining whether the first position of the shift lever is in a normal state or an abnormal state, and, in response to the first position of the shift lever being in the abnormal state, moving a detent portion of a housing relative to a contact portion of the shift lever in accordance with pre-stored position data.
US11506275B2
The disclosure provides a hydraulic control device capable of suppressing an excessive increase in the rotation speed of a second pump and stabilizing the discharge pressure of the second pump. The target rotation speed of the second pump for making a pressure value of a first oil close to an estimated value of a pressure value of a third oil is calculated, and a feedback amount with respect to the target rotation speed is calculated by subtracting the estimated value of the pressure value of the third oil from the pressure value of the first oil detected by a hydraulic sensor. Time regions for performing calculation of the feedback amount include an update region in which the feedback amount with respect to the target rotation speed is updated, and a hold region in which update of the feedback amount with respect to the target rotation speed is temporarily stopped.
US11506273B2
The present disclosure provides a cooling system including a decelerator and a cooling line provided in a gear housing to cool at least one of a gear and a lubricant. The cooling system is configured to control the temperature of the lubricant inside the decelerator by circulating a coolant through the cooling line. The decelerator includes a gear set including the gear and the lubricant for accommodating a backlash and a gear housing configured to surround the gear set for transmitting a torque output from an electric motor through the decelerator to a drive shaft and vehicle wheels.
US11506270B1
A universal flywheel locking device which is configured to fit flywheels with a variety of sizes and tooth patterns. The device may feature an arched locking member and two guide members attached to the sides of the locking member. The locking member is configured to wedge the device between a fixed feature or bolt and a flywheel so as to prevent rotation of the flywheel. The first end of the locking member may be configured to fit within a gap between two of a plurality of teeth of the flywheel so as to lock the flywheel.
US11506260B2
A planetary gear is disclosed that provides at least a first hollow wheel with a helical gearing and a second hollow wheel with a helical gearing are adapted to rotate in a first rotational direction and a second opposite rotational direction, and a first double planet having a first wheel with a helical gearing meshing with the helical gearing of the first hollow wheel and having a second wheel with a helical gearing meshing with the helical gearing of the second hollow wheel. The disclosed configuration minimizes backlash between the helical gearings.
US11506250B1
Systems and methods of controlling a clutch in a vehicle are provided. With the goal of enabling autonomous/assisted control of the clutch by an electronic control unit while preserving the familiar mechanical feeling at the clutch pedal that driving enthusiasts prefer, embodiments of the disclosed technology use a shuttle valve to blend control of clutch engagement between a driver and an ECU. In these embodiments, a clutch pedal in the vehicle may be mechanically connected to a piston in a first hydraulic cylinder (just like in a traditional mechanical/hydraulic clutch actuation system), and an ECU may actuate a second hydraulic cylinder. Accordingly, a shuttle valve may be used to route the fluid coming from the cylinder with the greater pressure (i.e. the driver actuated cylinder or the ECU actuated cylinder), to a third hydraulic cylinder which adjusts engagement of a clutch by a mechanical linkage.
US11506247B2
Methods and systems are provided for an electromagnetic pulse disconnect assembly. In one example, an electromagnetic disconnect assembly includes an electromagnetic coil assembly including an electromagnetic coil, an armature cam including an annular ring and a plurality of bidirectional cam ramps extending in an axial direction from the annular ring, where the annular ring is adapted to have face-sharing contact with the electromagnetic coil assembly when the electromagnetic coil is energized and be spaced apart from the electromagnetic coil assembly when the electromagnetic coil is de-energized, and a cam follower a plurality of radially extending guides arranged around a circumference of the cam follower and spaced apart from one another via a plurality of elongate apertures, each of the plurality of elongate apertures adapted to receive one of the plurality of bidirectional ramps of the armature cam. The assembly may further include a latching system.
US11506233B2
The present disclosure relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first component and a second component, wherein the spring element comprises: at least two axial webs extending in the direction of a longitudinal center axis of the spring element and spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the spring element, each of which, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the spring element, has two opposite end sections connected by an intermediate section, wherein the end sections of an axial web have at least approximately the same radial distance from the longitudinal center axis of the spring element and the intermediate section arranged between these end sections has a different radial distance from the longitudinal center axis; and at least one connecting ring which connects the axial webs to one another.
US11506230B2
An actuator including a housing, an actuator rod and a snubber assembly. The actuator has an axis, the housing has a first end and an aperture positioned at the first end of the housing, and the actuator rod extends through the aperture along the axis of the actuator. The snubber assembly is mounted at the first end of the housing, and includes one or more energy absorbing devices. The snubber assembly is positioned on the housing such that an axis of each of the one or more energy absorbing devices is offset relative to the axis of the actuator. The snubber assembly is configured such that the one or more energy absorbing devices provide bidirectional end-of-stroke damping.
US11506229B2
A modular hydraulic device comprising: a housing having a receptacle having a first open end, a second end and a first port, the first port for facilitating an ingress and an egress of hydraulic fluid with respect to the housing; a sleeve configured to be received in the first open end and abut the second end; and an end cap for closing the first open end once the sleeve is inserted in the receptacle; the sleeve having: a body having a fourth lan (L4) positioned in the body for aligning with first port; a main cylinder for holding a main piston for reciprocation about a reciprocation axis; and a first bore portion fluidly coupled to the first lan, the first bore portion for receiving the ingress of the hydraulic fluid and for outputting the egress of the hydraulic fluid; wherein once assembled the main piston is coupled to a cam for facilitating said reciprocation.
US11506226B2
An exemplary hybrid accumulator includes a piston slidably disposed in a cylinder and separating a reservoir from a pressure chamber, in use, a hydraulic fluid disposed in the reservoir and a spring disposed in the pressure chamber to act on the piston and pre-charge the hydraulic fluid to a first pressure, and a heating element in communication with the pressure chamber to increase pressure in the pressure chamber when the heating element is initiated.
US11506223B2
An improved fan design with an impact absorbing structure is provided. The improved fan design includes a lower fan assembly connected to an upper fan assembly using a mounting bracket. The lower fan assembly may include a fan base having multiple supporting legs which are preferably rotatably connected to the lower fan assembly. The upper fan assembly of the present invention may include a fan motor and fan blades enclosed within a protective structure. The protective structure of the present invention may preferably include an outer fan cover, a fan grille, an external cage and a perimeter shock absorbing ring extending around the circumference of the outer fan cover. The perimeter shock absorbing ring may include an inner surface, an inner absorption layer and an outer surface. The inner absorption layer may preferably include one or more flexible ribs.
US11506221B2
An impeller includes Z blades, where Z is an integer equal to 5 or more, arranged in a circumferential direction of the impeller and extending radially, and pitch angles between adjacent blades are all different. In terms of an arbitrary pitch angle θ, when a pitch angle α1 adjacent to the pitch angle θ, and a pitch angle α2 adjacent to the pitch angle θ, different from the pitch angle α1, satisfy a relation, α1<α2, a pitch angle β1 different from the pitch angle θ adjacent to the pitch angle α1 and a pitch angle β2 adjacent to the pitch angle α2, different from the pitch angle θ, satisfy a relation, β2<β1.
US11506220B2
A fan wheel (1) has a bottom disc (4), a cover disc (3) and impeller blades (2) arranged around a rotation axis (RA) of the fan wheel (1). The blades, in each case, extend over a blade length from a blade leading edge (5) to a blade trailing edge (6). The impeller blades (2) are divided into a front section (10), rear section (12) and transition section (11). The front section (10), extends proceeding from the blade leading edge (5) in the direction of the blade trailing edge (6). The rear section (12) extends proceeding from the blade trailing edge (6), in the direction of the blade leading edge (5). The transition section (11) forms a transition between the front section (10) and the rear section (12). The impeller blades (2) are formed with opposite curvature in the course from the bottom disc (4) to the cover disc (3) in the front section (10) and the rear section (12).
US11506215B1
An apparatus for circulating air in a space using a fan, a sensor for sensing an ambient condition, and a user input for inputting a desired condition. A controller is configured for controlling the fan to operate substantially at a first fan speed for the desired condition, and controlling the fan to operate substantially at a second fan speed for the sensed ambient condition. Related methods are also disclosed.
US11506209B2
A charge gas compressor train for an ethylene plant includes: a steam turbine; and a compression unit that is configured to be driven by the steam turbine to compress a charge gas. The compression unit includes a closed impeller at each impeller of a plurality of compression stages. An outer diameter of blades of the closed impeller at least at an initial stage of the plurality of compression stages is 1,400 to 1,800 mm. A maximum operating peripheral speed of the blades of the closed impeller at the initial stage at an outermost diameter position is 350 to 400 m/s. An output of the charge gas compressor train is 100 to 140 MW.
US11506207B1
A portable vacuum pump with a lubricating oil system having a quick oil change system. The oil change system includes at least two containers of oil and a switch mechanism operable to initially place the first container in fluid communication with the vacuum pump to serve as the primary oil reservoir while isolating the second container from such fluid communication. Then in a snap action, the switch mechanism can be flipped to place the second container with clean oil in fluid communication with the vacuum pump to serve as the primary oil reservoir and isolate the first container from fluid communication when its oil becomes dirty, all while the vacuum pump is still operating to evacuate an AC/R system. The first container can then be removed, refilled with clean oil, and returned in place and the switch mechanism flipped back to it when the second container of oil becomes dirty.
US11506191B2
The invention relates to a refrigerant compressor, comprising a compressor housing (1) that can be hermetically capsuled, and a compressor-motor unit (4) arranged in the housing interior (3) of the compressor housing (1), which is elastically mounted on an inner side of the compressor housing (1) by way of at least one spring element (5), wherein at least one damping element (9) made of an elastomer is provided, in order to damp the transmission of vibrations caused by the compressor-motor unit (4) to the compressor housing (1). The at least one damping element (9) is made of an elastomer that is softer compared to polyamide (PA), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE).
US11506184B2
The present invention describes a wind turbine comprising a hub, at least one blade and at least one pitch bearing to connect the at least one blade to the hub, the at least one pitch bearing comprising at least an inner ring and an outer ring, and at least a rolling race, wherein the wind turbine further comprises at least a tensioning system configured to exert a radial compression force to at least a part of the outer ring of the at least one pitch bearing, thus increasing the resultant stiffness of the at least one pitch bearing.
US11506172B2
An improved turbine over the old horizontal and vertical axis turbines because of its ability to capture several times the amount of wind. The basic design and process of this new machine can also work in the ocean at capturing ocean currents. Being Omni-directional (not having to turn into the wind) gives it one efficiency over the 3 bladed turbine. Another efficiency all embodiments have is its frictionless exponent. This quality helps save on wear and tear and maintenance cost. Most if not all past turbines have a static presents, being built in one basic wind capturing position. This new turbine is more dynamic because it can hide from wind damage and then open to capture more wind than its predecessors.
US11506164B2
A control valve assembly of a fuel injector includes a first valve arrangement wherein a first valve spool is guided in a first hydraulic bore provided in a body of the assembly. The control assembly further includes a first tubular sleeve having a seating portion which end face defines the first seating face, the first sleeve being fixed in the first hydraulic bore and the first spool extending through the sleeve.
US11506162B2
A fuel system includes a fuel injector having a split check assembly with a control piece, an outlet piece, and a check sleeve. A trapped volume is formed between the control piece and the outlet piece within the check sleeve, to hydraulically couple the control piece to the outlet piece. A starting rate shape clearance fluidly connects the trapped volume to a fuel cavity and is formed between the check sleeve and one of the control piece or outlet piece received therein, and modulates a starting rate shape of fuel injection from the fuel injector. Related methodology is disclosed.
US11506161B2
A fuel injector has means to directly inject one type of fuel or two types of fuels collectively with fuel ratios on demand. Once being used as a single fuel injector, the injector can enable injection rate shaping. Once being used as a dual fuel injector, the injector can tailor fuel properties on demand. The fuel injector has the capability to enable tailored chemical and thermal-physical fuel properties to enable high efficiency clean combustion for different engine loads and speeds.
US11506159B1
A machine includes an engine compartment, an engine located within the engine compartment, a first compartment located on a first side of the machine, external to the engine compartment, and accessible via the engine compartment, as well as a second compartment located on a second side of the machine, external to the engine compartment, and accessible via the engine compartment. A first actuator is disposed on the first side of the machine and couples to a first linkage member that supports a work implement. A second actuator is disposed on the second side of the machine and couples to a second linkage member that supports the work implement. A first fuel tank is located in the first compartment, coplanar with the first actuator. A second fuel tank is located in the second compartment, coplanar with the second actuator.
US11506153B2
An exhaust gas recirculation system for an engine includes a conduit, and a U-shaped exhaust gas mixer. The conduit is configured to direct an exhaust gas away from an exhaust manifold. The U-shaped exhaust gas mixer is configured to direct exhaust gas from the conduit and into an engine air intake system. The U-shaped exhaust gas mixer is arranged with a pre-mixing cavity configured to disperse the exhaust gas and entraining the exhaust gas into an intake air flow prior to distribution into an intake manifold of an engine.
US11506140B1
A control apparatus of an engine for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine including at least one cylinder that generates power required for vehicle driving by fuel combustion, an injector that injects fuel into the cylinder, a driving motor that assists the power of the engine, and a controller that selectively performs a single injection mode in which fuel is injected once into the cylinder of the engine through the injector and a multiple injection mode in which fuel is injected a plurality of times into the cylinder of the engine through the injector, in a transition region that transitions from a theoretical air-fuel ratio operating region in which the engine is operated at a theoretical air-fuel ratio to a lean-burn combustion operating region in which the engine is operated leaner than the theoretical air-fuel ratio.
US11506139B2
The present disclosure envisages an engine control system (100) that enables multi-mode drivability in off-road vehicles. The system (100) comprises a mode selection device (101) and an electronic control unit (ECU) (104). The mode selection device (101) is configured to receive an input from an operator for selection of at least one mode of engine operation, and to generate a mode selection signal corresponding to the input. The electronic control unit (ECU) (104) is communicatively coupled with the mode selection device (101) to receive the mode selection signal and generate at least one control signal. The electronic control unit (ECU) (104) is further configured to control a fuel injection system (106) of the vehicle based on the selected mode according to the load requirement, thereby facilitating multi-mode drivability. The system (100) allows a vehicle to operate in different operating modes as per terrain conditions.
US11506137B2
A controller is configured to perform a process of obtaining an exhaust pressure upstream of a filter inside an exhaust passage and an intake air amount detected by an air flowmeter, when the filter in which a deposition amount of particulate matter is a specified amount is referred to as a reference filter, a calculation process of calculating an exhaust pressure rate that indicates a ratio of the obtained exhaust pressure to an exhaust pressure at the reference filter for the obtained intake air amount, and a setting process of setting the exhaust pressure rate that is maintained at a specific value during engine operation.
US11506136B1
An exhaust control system of a vehicle includes a fuel injector configured to inject fuel into a combustion chamber of a burner of an exhaust system upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst; an air pump configured to pump air into the combustion chamber of the burner; a spark plug configured to ignite an air/fuel mixture within the combustion chamber of the burner; a fuel control module configured to, while an engine is off before an engine startup, selectively actuate the fuel injector and begin fuel injection; a pump control module configured to, while the engine is off before the engine startup, selectively turn on the air pump; and a spark control module configured to, while the engine is off and before the engine startup, selectively apply power to the spark plug and begin providing spark.
US11506131B2
A thermal management system includes a first heat source assembly including a first heat source exchanger, a first thermal fluid inlet line extending to the first heat source exchanger, and a first thermal fluid outlet line extending from the first heat source exchanger; a second heat source assembly including a second heat source exchanger, a second thermal fluid inlet line extending to the second heat source exchanger, and second a thermal fluid outlet line extending from the second heat source exchanger; a shared assembly including a thermal fluid line and a heat sink exchanger, the shared assembly defining an upstream junction in fluid communication with the first thermal fluid outlet line and second thermal fluid outlet line and a downstream junction in fluid communication with the first thermal fluid inlet line and second thermal fluid inlet line; and a controller configured to selectively fluidly connect the first heat source assembly or the second heat source assembly to the shared assembly.
US11506120B2
Provided is a method for enabling high-density air to be efficiently manufactured without unnecessarily increasing the pressure and temperature. A method for manufacturing high-density air according to the present invention includes: mixing raw air A with fine water particles W to generate water-containing air A1 having a lower pressure than the raw air A; supplementing the water-containing air A1 with a differential pressure between the pressure of the raw air A and the pressure of the water-containing air A1; and consequently promoting vaporization of the fine water particles W in the water-containing air A1 and reducing the volume of the water-containing air A1 to manufacture high-density air A2. The density of air can be efficiently increased with this method.
US11506117B2
An outboard motor stabilizer of unitary construction has a cylindrical body and an axially oriented cylindrical orifice with an opening at the bottom end of the body. The orifice has a diameter sized to fit onto a tilt rod of an outboard motor and is of a length that is longer than the tilt rod of the outboard motor.
US11506116B2
A rotary engine has a rotor with a rotor pocket for receiving air-fuel mixture that is combusted therein to propel the rotor within the housing. The rotary engine may have one or more intake spray injectors that spray fuel into the rotor pocket and onto the rotor face within the intake chamber to effectively cool the rotor pocket and rotor face. An air channel extension of the rotor pocket may be configured in the housing and/or in the rotor to extend from the compression chamber into the ignition-combustion chamber to relieve some pressure in the trailing compression chamber of a rotor face to minimize negative work. A supplemental air-fuel conduit may be configured to supply high-pressure gas from the compression chamber to an ignition injector(s). A thrust nozzle may be configured within the rotor pocket to direct combustion gases therethrough to propel the rotor and increase efficiency.
US11506112B1
An object is to improve scavenging performance of a pre-combustion chamber connected to a main combustion chamber via an orifice and suppress reduction in combustion performance of an internal combustion engine. This control device for an internal combustion engine including a main combustion chamber and a pre-combustion chamber having at least one orifice between the pre-combustion chamber and the main combustion chamber, includes a first control device which controls operation of an ignition coil to generate spark discharge at a spark plug, thus combusting fuel gas, and a second control device which controls operation of the ignition coil at a timing other than the timing of combusting the fuel gas, to promote scavenging of the pre-combustion chamber.
US11506098B1
Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a method may include flowing bleed air to control a catalyst temperature. The bleed air is directed from a bleed port of a compressor of an engine system.
US11506093B2
Machine provided with a machine element (2) and an oil pump (4) and a motor (3) to drive the machine element (2) and the oil pump (4), whereby the oil pump (4) is provided with a shaft (13) with a rotor (12), whereby the oil pump (4) is provided to pump oil from an oil reservoir (5) via an inlet channel (8) to nozzles that lead into the motor (3) and/or machine element (2) to lubricate and/or cool one or more bearings or other machine components, characterized in that in the inlet channel (8), near the oil pump (4) a dam (16) is provided that is higher than the height (A) of the central axis (18) of the shaft (13) of the oil pump (4) minus the smallest diameter (B) of the rotor (12) of the oil pump (4) divided by two.
US11506085B2
A turbine shroud sector made of ceramic matrix composite, of longitudinal axis X and which includes a base with a radially internal face, a radially external face from which there extend upstream and downstream tabs for attachment to a shroud support structure. The base includes a first slot and a second slot, which is arranged radially on the outside of the first slot. The slots are formed in the lateral face. A first and a second sealing strip rest against a radially internal wall of the first and second slots. The first strip has the overall shape of an omega and the shroud sector exhibits a first clearance which is defined radially between a central part of the first strip and the radially internal wall of the first slot, and a second clearance which is defined radially between this central part and a radially external wall of the first slot.
US11506081B2
A filtration system is provided that includes a gearbox positioned in a geared turbofan engine. The system further includes an auxiliary lubrication system positioned in the geared turbofan engine and in fluid communication with the gearbox. The auxiliary lubrication system includes an auxiliary reservoir, an auxiliary pump in fluid communication with the auxiliary reservoir, an auxiliary return line extending between the gearbox and the auxiliary reservoir, the auxiliary return line configured to transport a lubricant from the gearbox to the auxiliary reservoir, and an auxiliary supply line extending between the auxiliary pump and the gearbox, the auxiliary supply line configured to transport the lubricant from the auxiliary pump to the gearbox. The system further includes a non-removable filter positioned in the auxiliary lubrication system. The non-removable filter is configured to prevent or limit debris that is suspended in the lubricant from flowing into the gearbox and/or the auxiliary pump.
US11506079B2
A diffuser for an oil drainback system drain tube includes a flow chamber configured for attachment to an open end of a drain tube, wherein the flow chamber has a side wall and an end wall, and openings in at least the side wall.
US11506078B1
A turbocharger includes a shaft, a compressor wheel, a turbine wheel, and a bearing assembly including an inner race, a first outer race spaced from the inner race, a second outer race spaced from the inner race, a first rolling element disposed between the first outer race and the inner race, and a second rolling element disposed between the second outer race and the inner race. The bearing assembly includes a first biasing member configured to bias the first outer race toward the second outer race and against the first rolling element, and preload the first rolling element with a preloading force, and a second biasing member configured to bias the second outer race toward the first outer race and against the second rolling element, and preload the second rolling element with a second preloading force. The first preloading force is different than the second preloading force.
US11506075B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for controlling a power generation system, the method including: detecting a heat distribution across a component of a power generation system from a thermal output of the component, during operation of the power generation system; calculating a projected heat distribution across the component based on a library of modeling data for the power generation system; calculating whether a difference between the heat distribution and the projected heat distribution exceeds a thermal threshold; adjusting the power generation system in response to the difference exceeding the predetermined threshold, wherein the adjusting includes modifying an operating setting of the power generation system.
US11506070B2
Methods of manufacturing a bladed stator element for a turbomachine include mounting a tool on a circumferential zone of an annular shell prior to welding vanes in the circumferential zone, welding radially outer ends of the vanes to the annular shell, dismantling the tool after welding the vanes in the circumferential zone, and repeatedly mounting and dismounting the tool on different circumferential zones of the annular shell so as to fix the vanes all around the annular shell.
US11506057B2
A tesla-type turbine for converting the enthalpy of a gas volume flow into mechanical energy, a method for operating the Tesla-type turbine, and an apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, a method for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy, and a method for converting thermal energy into electrical energy. The Tesla-type turbine has at least one disc which is positioned on an axis of rotation and is set into rotation by a gas volume flow flowing substantially tangentially, so that mechanical energy can be collected at a shaft coupled to the disc. A disc body that forms the disc has at least one cavity in which, for the purpose of cooling the disc body, a cooling medium, in particular a cooling liquid, is received or can be received.
US11506054B2
A method for mounting a roll of protective mesh material to an underground rock drilling machine comprising at least one drilling boom. The method comprises at least the following steps: inserting a first end of a first bar from a first lateral side of the roll of protective mesh material into a center of the roll of protective mesh material, fastening the first bar directly or indirectly to the drilling boom, inserting a first end of a second bar from a second lateral side of the roll of protective mesh material opposite the first lateral side into the center of the roll of protective mesh material, fastening the second bar directly or indirectly to the drilling boom in a location that is spaced apart from the first bar, securing the roll of protective mesh material against autonomous unrolling.
US11506049B2
Provided is an injection fluid that may include a nanoemulsion having an oil phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, and non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles that are present in the dispersed oil phase. Further provided is a method for preparing an injection fluid that may include preparing a nanoemulsion from an aqueous phase and an oil phase having non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles therein, and may be used to form nanodroplets of the non-superparamagnetic magnetic nanoparticles. Further provided is a method for tracking movement of an injection fluid. The method may include introducing a tagged injection fluid into a hydrocarbon-containing reservoir, the tagged injection fluid may be a nanoemulsion that includes: an aqueous phase, an oil phase dispersed in the aqueous phase, and non-superparamagnetic nanoparticles that are present in the dispersed oil phase; and tracking the movement of the tagged injection fluid.
US11506044B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: capturing, using an image sensor directed at a drilling system, an image feed of movement of a component of the drilling system with respect to a vertical reference line; converting the image feed into a digital representation of the movement of the component, the digital representation including a number of offset pixels from the component to the vertical reference line in the image feed; converting the digital representation into a machine learning (ML), the ML representation including a plurality of vectors each including the number of offset pixels from the component to the vertical reference line at a respective time; training a ML model using the ML representation to characterize the movement of the component as normal or abnormal; and using the trained ML model to characterize the movement of the component in real-time as normal or abnormal.
US11506042B2
An oil-water fractionation system is positioned within a wellbore on a subsurface end of a production tubing proximate to a production region. The fractionation system includes a permeable hydrophobic media for preferentially conveying an oil-enriched stream (reduced water-cut presence) from the production region into the production tubing, and a permeable oleophobic media for preferentially conveying a water-enriched stream (reduced oil-cut presence) into a second flow path. The permeable hydrophobic media and the permeable oleophobic media are in simultaneous hydraulic communication with the production region. The permeable hydrophobic media is manufactured with a relatively high effective permeability to oil, allowing the oil-enriched stream to flow through the permeable hydrophobic media into the production tubing. In contrast, the permeable oleophobic media is manufactured with a relatively high effective permeability to water, allowing the water-enriched stream to flow through the permeable oleophobic media into the second flow path.
US11506037B2
A method and system for pressurizing and stimulating a formation with a parent well therethrough, the method including storing and de-liquefying liquefied natural gas (LNG) at an on-site location near the parent well, injecting a first stream of de-liquefied LNG into the parent well to pressurize the formation, and injecting a second stream of de-liquefied LNG into the parent well at a fracturing pressure sufficient to fracture the pressurized formation.
US11506036B2
A system for improving a steam oil ratio (SOR) includes a boiler fluidly coupled with a downhole portion of a steam system via at least a boiler conduit, wherein the boiler is configured to schedule super-heat delivered to the downhole portion to optimize the SOR associated with the system.
US11506034B1
The method for enhancing shallow heavy oil reservoir production is an enhanced oil recovery method for shallow heavy oil reservoirs using cyclic steam polymer injection. The method involves injecting steam into the reservoir through an injection well, shutting down the well for three months to allow the steam to soak into the reservoir, then opening the well and injecting a viscous polymer concentration of 0.7 lb/STB into the reservoir. The cycle may be repeated three times over the life of the reservoir. The heated steam reduces the viscosity of the heavy oil, and the polymer displaces the oil to the production well. The method avoids the production rate drop normally associated with steam injection. Although continuous steam injection produces a higher cumulative oil production, cyclic steam polymer injection has lower capital cost and produces a better Net Present Value (NPV).
US11506033B2
Disclosed is an oil extraction and gas production method capable of in-situ sand control and removal by downhole hydraulic lift achieved by downhole oil extraction and gas production system and ground oil extraction and gas production system. The downhole systems mainly comprises a double-layer tube, a double-layer tube reducing joint, a double-layer tube packer, a hydrodynamic turbine motor, a sludge screw pump, a soil-sand separator and a negative pressure absorber; the ground system comprises a power fluid pressurizing module and a mix fluid treatment module. The present application lowers the difficulty of pumping and lifting downhole formation fluid; achieves downhole and in-situ sand control and sand discharge, alleviates the blockage and erosion of sand particles on equipments and reduces energy consumption; decreases the production cost and improves the operation efficiency, therefore is suitable for oil extraction and gas production in high sand content wells.
US11506032B1
A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite with two wellbore comprising determining a first pumping sequence for a first wellbore and determining a second pumping sequence for a second wellbore. The pumping sequences are comprised of a plurality of pump stages that are intervals based on time or volume. The intervals of the first pumping sequence and the second pump sequences are overlapped into a combined pumping sequence. At least one interval is identified wherein the combined pumping sequence exceeds an operating limit of at least one fracturing unit and the intervals from the second pumping sequence is offset from the intervals of the first pumping sequence to create a modified combined pumping sequence, wherein the interval of the modified combined pumping sequence is below the operating limit.
US11506025B2
A wellbore isolation system is disclosed. The wellbore isolation system includes a junction positioned at an intersection of a first wellbore and a second wellbore, and a deflector disposed in the junction such that a path into the first leg of the junction is obstructed and engaged with the first leg of the junction to form a fluid and pressure tight seal. The junction includes a first leg extending downhole into the first wellbore, and a second leg extending downhole into the second wellbore. The deflector includes a channel extending axially through the deflector, and a degradable plug disposed in the channel and engaged with the channel to prevent fluid flow through the channel.
US11506023B2
Apparatus and method for wellhead spill prevention are disclosed. The wellhead spill prevention apparatus includes a clamp-on portion that is configured to be clamped onto a tubular member of the wellhead, a crude oil reservoir for collecting oil coming from the wellhead, and a slanted wall slanting downwards and attached to the clamp-on portion on top and the crude oil reservoir at the bottom, thereby enabling oil coming from the wellhead to collect in the crude oil reservoir.
US11506019B2
A valve is for closing fluid communication between a horizontal or deviated well and a production string when a content of a first or a second undesired fluid in the fluid flow exceeds a predetermined level. The valve has a primary flow channel, and a piston arrangement movable within the valve between an inactive position allowing fluid flow through the primary channel and an active position preventing fluid flow through the primary channel. The piston arrangement further has a secondary flow channel and a bypass flow channel and inflow control elements exposed to the fluid flow upstream of the flow barrier and having different density and movable within independent paths in response to a density of fluid.
US11506018B2
Control valves can allow a well operator to steer a drill string. An exemplary control valve can include a valve body with an axial bore and a radial orifice in fluid communication with the axial bore, wherein flow passing through the axial bore passes through the radial orifice and into a piston flow channel to be in fluid communication with a piston bore to exert pressure against a piston movable within the piston bore, the piston being coupled a steering pad for applying force against the wellbore wall. A rotary valve element is disposed within the axial bore and including an actuation flow channel, wherein the rotary valve element is rotatable with respect to the axial bore to change flow through the actuation channel and the radial orifice to modify fluid pressure within the piston flow channel that is exerted against the piston.
US11506017B2
In well bores with included tubulars, it is often desirable to segregate a portion of the wellbore's pressure-driven fluid flowpath in the conduit portion formed by included tubulars to permit work to be completed in a pressure-controlled portion of that flowpath. The subassembly and included frangible device provided here does so with minimal exposure of seals to well fluid environments, and provides a field-adjustable variability to the pressure differentials required to open the conduit by removal of the frangible sealing device from the flowpath into which the subassembly is installed or included.
US11506016B2
A member that is a single element for controlling flow through an inflow control device, has anisotropic density configured to move the member relative to the inflow control device such that the inflow control device allows, fully blocks, or partially blocks flow from a zone to a production string based on a density of a fluid flowing into the inflow control device from the zone.
US11505990B2
The system has a pleated net run by ropes that begin from the same side of the retention case, cross the net and continue upwards to all upper fixed horizontal guide, and are fastened at the upper part of the system. This invention uses wire rope which has one edge fastened at the upper truck, passes horizontally above the net, then parses through the pulley at the upper part of the sliding case, follows a vertical course towards the second pulley at the lower part of the sliding guide, crosses the lower fixed horizontal guide and is fastened on the lower part of the vertical fixed side guide. In case of a system with two or more leaves, this invention uses a ropes' central end component, tension adjusters and a ropes' run component.
US11505989B1
A window blind includes a headrail, two lift cords, a blind body, a bottom rail, and two cord winding assemblies that are respectively installed on two opposite sides of the long axis of the bottom rail. The other ends of the lift cords are respectively tied to respective adjustment columns of the cord winding assemblies. When the window blind is folded or stretched, unfortunately, when the winding stroke is inconsistent, the blind body is not folded uniformly or skewed, and the adjustment column of the cord winding assembly on one side can be finely adjusted, so that one of the lift cords is gradually wound and covered on the adjustment column, and indirectly drives the bottom rail and the blind body to gradually adjust to substantially parallel to the bottom of the headrail, thereby effectively achieving the effect of fine-tuning and correcting the blind body.
US11505978B2
A hinge for the controlled rotatable movement of a closing element anchored to a stationary support structure includes a pivot, a hinge body and a hydraulic damping cylinder. The pivot has a first axis and includes a cam, and the hinge body is engaged to the pivot so as to be rotatably coupled to each other around the first axis. The hydraulic damping cylinder includes a jacket and a plunger element, and the jacket defines a second axis, houses a working fluid and is divided into a first and a second variable volume compartment in fluid communication with each other. The plunger has a first and a second end respectively inserted into the first and second variable volume compartment to slide sealingly in the jacket. The hinge body includes a working chamber defining a third axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and contains an elastic counteracting member.
US11505968B2
A padlock shroud is described for protecting a padlock. For example, one implementation of a padlock shroud comprises: a shroud body having a chamber with an opening accessible to a padlock body, the opening formed in a lower portion of the shroud body, wherein to engage a padlock with the shroud, the padlock body is inserted into the chamber through the opening, apertures formed through an upper portion of the shroud body and having a spacing substantially equal to a spacing of legs of a shackle to be engaged with the padlock through the apertures, a shackle protector having first and second connection points adjacent to the apertures and extending upward from the upper portion of the shroud body at a length at least substantially equal to a length of the legs of the shackle, and a press pin aperture formed on a side of the shroud body and positioned to allow a press pin to be inserted beneath the padlock body when the padlock body is fully inserted into the chamber.
US11505962B2
A method of manufacturing and using a five-device-in-one water-collecting-and-decelerating fruit-and-nut-collecting-and-decelerating wind-diffusing-and-redirecting multi-function-transversable-ridge-and-seam multi-function-twist-locking-base carapace, which has at least one first three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel, at least one second three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel, a water-ejecting fruit-and-nut-discharging wind-diffusing crown-carapace nozzle, at least one breadth-wise carapace-panel-connecting seam, at least one mid-panel water-directing water-decelerating fruit-and-nut-decelerating wind-diffusing ridge seam, a upper hub, rib-hinging intersectors, arched carapace-supporting ribs, a three-hundred-sixty-degree-rotatably-locking center-support stanchion, an adjustable stanchion-supporting twist-locking base, a shuttle hub, and actuating-and-supporting ribs, comprises the steps of: sewing said at least one first three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel and said at least one second three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel together such that said at least one breadth-wise carapace-panels-connecting seam and said at least one mid-panel water-directing water-decelerating fruit-and-nut-decelerating wind-diffusing ridge seams are formed between said at least one first three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel and said at least one second three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel for converging rain water therein-to repeatedly change the direction of rain water to decelerate the flowing speed of rain water to reduce water splash to avoid damaging irrigated vegetables, for converging harvested fruits therein to repeatedly change the direction of harvested fruits to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested fruits to reduce fruit bruises to avoid throwing away bruised fruits, for converging harvested nuts therein to repeatedly change the direction of harvested nuts to decelerate the rolling speed of harvested nuts to reduce nut bruises to avoid throwing away bruised nuts, for converging catched balls therein to repeatedly change the direction of catched balls to decelerate the rolling speed of catched balls to reduce ball damages to avoid throwing away damaged balls, for directing rain water therealong, for directing harvested fruits therealong, for directing harvested nuts therealong, for directing game balls therealong, for forming a collecting cistern to collect rain water to irrigate garden, for forming a diverting gutter to collect rain water to discharge said rain water away from house balcony and foundation, for forming a collecting device to collect harvested fruits to save labor and time, for forming a collecting device to collect harvested nuts to save labor and time, for forming a collecting device to collect game balls to save labor and time, for forming a tonneau cover for a truck bed, for forming a shade cover, for forming a free-standing projector screen, for forming a hitch-mountable projector screen, and for forming a sports-ball blocking device, and such that said water-ejecting fruit-and-nut discharging wind-diffusing crown-carapace nozzle is formed between said first-panel inner perimeter edge and said second-panel inner perimeter edge of said at least one first three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel and said at least one second three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel for ejecting collected-and-decelerated rainwater into containers, for discharging harvested-and-decelerated fruits and nuts into containers, for redirecting wind to power land-yachts, for diffusing wind to prevent wind from lifting said five-device-in-one water-collecting-and-decelerating fruit-and-nut-collecting-and-decelerating wind-diffusing-and-redirecting multi-function-transversable-ridge-and-seam multi-function-twist-locking-base carapace, for redirecting wind to cool users; attaching said at least one first three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel to said arched carapace-supporting ribs; attaching said at least one second three-hundred-and-sixty-degree-orientational-carapace panel to arched carapace-supporting ribs; and twist-locking said adjustable stanchion-supporting twist-locking base to another adjustable stanchion-supporting twist-locking base for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to increase volumes for collecting rainwater, or harvesting fruit, or harvesting nuts, for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to provide versatility with arranging multiple five-device-in-one carapaces together, a wind-powered boat for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to redirect wind to power said wind-powered boat, a wind-powered vehicle for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to redirect wind to power said wind-powered vehicle, a wind-powered marine kayak for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to redirect wind to power said wind-powered marine kayak, a wind-powered land-yacht for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to redirect wind to power said wind-powered land-yacht, a utility hole of a truck for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to function as a tonneau cover, a bumper of a truck for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to function as a projector screen, or a hand rail of a balcony for enabling said five-device-in-one carapace to provide shade, wind protection, and rain protection.
US11505953B1
A conduit guide for a concrete beam construction that enables an MEP line to pass through the concrete beam includes a body defining a through passage, a securement panel in the passage, and a pair of sealing flanges on open ends of the body. The securement panel enables securement and/or alignment of an MEP line extending through the passage.
US11505952B1
A level marking device for drywall installation is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the level marking device includes a body portion configured to be attached to a carpenter's level; and a pin member coupled to the body portion. In another embodiment, the level marking device includes a carpenter's level, the carpenter's level including a body portion and a level indicator for establishing a horizontal and/or vertical line or plane; and a pin member coupled to the carpenter's level. The pin member of the level marking device is configured to be positioned at the intersection of one side of a stud and an edge of drywall. The level marking device is configured to position one edge of the carpenter's level approximately aligned with a centerline of the stud so as to enable a guide line to be marked on the drywall that approximates the centerline of the stud.
US11505945B2
A roofing shingle (20) comprises a web (22) of roofing material configured with a first series of sealant material sites (60) and a second series of sealant material sites (62) provided on the roofing shingle (20). The web (22) of roofing material is configured with a length dimension (L) and a width dimension (W). The sealant material sites 60 of the first series are provided along a first axis (66) which is essentially parallel to the length dimension of the web. The sealant material sites (60) of the first series are discontinuous along the first axis (66) and separated from one another along the first axis by a first interval (70). The sealant material sites of the second series (62) are provided along a second axis (68) which is essentially parallel to the length dimension of the web and spaced apart from the first axis (66) with respect to the width dimension. The sealant material sites (62) of the second series are discontinuous along the second axis (68) and are separated from one another along the second axis (68) by a second interval (72), the second interval (72) being different than the first interval (70).
US11505929B2
A diverter seal member for a diverter structure of a tub spout structure includes a central body, a first seal extension, and a second seal extension. The central body includes a first side, a second side, and an aperture extending completely through the central body between the first side and the second side of the central body. The first seal extension extends from the first side of the central body and around a central axis that extends axially through a center of the aperture. The first seal extension includes a first extension side, a second extension side, and an extension end. The extension end of the first seal extension extends substantially perpendicularly to the first extension side and the second extension side of the first seal extension. The second seal extension extends from the second side of the central body around the central axis of the aperture.
US11505927B2
A pull-out faucet main body including a valve core seat assembly and a pull-out faucet are provided. The faucet main body is composed of a main pipe and a side wall branch pipe. The valve core seat assembly includes a valve core seat and a main body fixing seat. The main body fixing seat has a body that matches an included angle between the main pipe and the side wall branch pipe. A lug is additionally provided horizontally outward on an outer side of the body, and at least one water inlet channel and a water outlet channel which are independent from each other are provided in an inner cavity of the body, and the main body fixing seat is locked and fixed inside the main pipe by a nut, and the valve core seat is exactly engaged into the side wall branch pipe.
US11505925B2
A washing machine with movable auxiliary washing unit includes: a main washing machine body having an opening and a first main washing space communicated with the opening; and an auxiliary washing unit comprising a doorsets assembly configured over the opening to be pulled out or pushed in for opening or closing the opening, wherein the doorsets assembly further has an auxiliary washing space.
US11505906B2
A user interface for a snow groomer or other tracked vehicle, such as tracked carrier to carry and enable use of work equipment on various terrains, is provided. The user interface may comprise an input device, an output device and a controller. The controller is configured to receive from the input device an indication of a desired snow grooming distance, and the controller is further configured to measure a distance traveled by the snow groomer, and to cause the output device to convey a remaining distance to be traveled by the snow groomer, the remaining distance being the difference between the desired snow grooming distance and the distance traveled by the snow groomer.
US11505904B2
A road marker apparatus, system and lighting module and corresponding methods of manufacture, installation and replacement. There is a road insert having upwardly facing ridges and an internal cavity with interior surface textures and a tapered front cavity; a boot of incompressible material disposed within the internal cavity of the road insert and form-fit thereto; and a housing body removably disposed within the boot cavity and form-fit thereto. An array of exterior surface textures that operate as a forward operating taper lock between the housing body and the road insert that restricts forward movement and rotation of the housing body with respect to the road insert; and a housing cavity within which one or more physical modules may be disposed. There is a rear lock behind the housing body that prevents rearward displacement of the housing body with respect to the road insert.
US11505903B2
A two-layer retroreflective article construction is enabled that produces higher wide-entrance-angle performance for signs and pavement markings. A single-layer overlay is enabled for existing signs and pavement markers that improve their entrance angle performance. Materials used in the construction of an article or an overlay are transparent to radiation in the range of 400 to 1000 nanometers and utilize TIR (total internal reflection). Minimum performance specifications are proposed that extend sign sheeting retroreflectivity specifications to entrance angles of 60 degrees. An innovative traffic sign design is enabled that increases the positioning performance of safety systems and automated navigation systems.
US11505901B2
A sports field comprises a base structure and a cover. The cover is at least partly permeable to fluid, especially water. The base structure comprises voids for containing fluid. The base structure forms a substantially continuous deck supporting the cover. The cover comprises or is formed by an artificial sports layer, such as artificial grass. At least a number of the voids are in fluid communication with each other. Wick elements are provided fluidly connecting at least a number of the voids with the cover for supplying fluid from the voids to the top layer.
US11505893B2
A garment steaming device includes a housing having a reservoir for containing liquid therein, a head portion connected to the housing, and a steam generator contained within the head portion, the steam generator being in fluid communication with the reservoir for generating steam from the liquid contained in the reservoir. The steam generator includes a first layer and a second layer and at least one heating element sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer and the second layer define a steam flowpath that is configured such that steam flows back and forth between the first layer and the second layer before exiting the steam generator.
US11505892B1
Sensor units that includes a power source, a communication interface, and a sensor coupled to the power source and the communication interface. The sensor is calibrated to connect the power source to the communication interface upon an occurrence of a condition in an appliance. The sensor, thereby, permits the communication interface to transmit data indicating the condition to a computing device. Methods, systems, and apparatus, for monitoring such sensor units.
US11505891B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber configured to accommodate hanging clothes and a cycle chamber configured to house machinery, the cycle chamber being positioned vertically below the treatment chamber. The clothes treatment apparatus also includes a partition plate that partitions the treatment chamber from the cycle chamber, a door configured to open and close the cabinet, a door liner disposed at an inside of the door and configured to guide condensed water generated in the treatment chamber to an upper side of the partition plate, a condensed water guide member disposed at the partition plate and configured to guide the condensed water from the door liner into the treatment chamber.
US11505881B2
A weaving loom produces a fabric (F), with warp yarns and in-woven weft yarns. The weaving loom includes a warp delivery unit, heddles to form a shed, a shedding mechanism for moving each heddle vertically along a vertical path, a weft insertion means for inserting each weft yarn in a shed and for releasing each weft yarn at a given location along a weft axis, and a weft delivery means for delivering each weft yarn to the weft insertion means. The weaving loom also includes a programmable clamping means for picking up a first end of each weft yarn and for releasing each weft yarn at any predetermined position along the weft axis, and a programmable mechanism including actuators for semi-closing the shed around the inserted weft yarn at any predetermined position along the weft axis.
US11505878B2
A diamond crystal substrate has a substrate surface that is one crystal plane among (100), (111), and (110) and that has atomic steps and terraces structure at an off-angle of 7° or less excluding 0°.
US11505868B2
A method for providing composite phosphate conversion crystal coating, including the steps of: mixing powdered materials with metal oxide particles, thereby providing a composite metal oxide powder including particles of at least one additional powdered material, the at least one additional powdered material providing additional functionality to the phosphate conversion crystal coating; pretreating a substrate by depositing particles of the composite metal oxide powder on the substrate; treating the substrate with a phosphate coating solution, resulting in the composite phosphate conversion crystal coating forming on the substrate which contains fixed particles of the at least one additional powdered material.
US11505865B2
The present invention is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates, in particular atomic layer deposition processes. It relates to a process for preparing metal- or semimetal-containing films comprising (a) depositing a metal- or semimetal-containing compound from the gaseous state onto a solid substrate and (b) bringing the solid substrate with the deposited metal- or semimetal-containing compound in contact with compound of general formula (II), (III), or (IV), wherein E is Ge or Sn, R is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group, R′ are an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group, X is nothing, hydrogen, a halide, an alkyl group, an alkylene group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl oxy group, an amino group, or a amidinate group, or an guanidinate group, L is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group.
US11505862B2
A method for preventing contamination of a base plate having a step of, after producing polycrystalline silicon in a reactor having the base plate and a lid covering the base plate, removing the lid from the base plate; and a step of isolating space including the base plate by an isolation device.
US11505861B2
A substrate guide of the present invention is provided on a carrier frame of a carrier which holds a substrate substantially vertically so that a surface of the substrate is in a substantially vertical direction and supports the substrate by being in contact with at least a peripheral edge end surface portion of the substrate. The substrate guide includes a base attached to the carrier frame, a substrate support which comes into contact with the peripheral edge end surface portion of the substrate held by the carrier and is attached to the base to be movable in a normal direction of the peripheral edge end surface portion in a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate, and a force-applying member which applies a force to the substrate support toward the substrate with respect to the base.
US11505856B2
A copper-coated steel wire includes a core wire made of a steel and a coating layer made of copper or a copper alloy which covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer which is disposed in a region including the interface with the core wire and has a higher zinc concentration than a remaining region of the coating layer.
US11505854B2
The present disclosure relates to an iron-based prealloy powder having excellent strength and processability, and an iron-based alloy powder for powder metallurgy and a sinter-forged member using the same. The iron-based prealloy powder for powder metallurgy according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes 0.5 to 5.0 wt % of Cu, 0.1 to 0.5 wt % of Mo, and a balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. A Cu content (Cu %) and a Mo content (Mo %) satisfy the following Relational Equation (1): 0.3×Cu %+3×Mo %≤2.7 (1).
US11505848B2
Provided is an Ir alloy, which is further improved in Vickers hardness. Specifically, provided is a heat-resistant Ir alloy, including: 5 mass % to 30 mass % of Rh; 0.5 mass % to 5 mass % of Ta; and 0.003 mass % to 0.15 mass % of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: Sc; Hf; and W, with the balance being Ir.
US11505846B2
A blank material is formed from a steel sheet, a first quenching of the blank material is performed, and a second quenching of the blank material is performed after the first quenching. When the first quenching is performed, the blank material is heated to a first temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more, and the blank material is cooled from the first temperature to a second temperature of 250° C. or lower. When the second quenching is performed, the blank material is heated from the second temperature to a third temperature of not lower than (Ac3 point—50)° C. nor higher than 1200° C. at an average heating rate of 2° C./sec or more, and the blank material is cooled from the third temperature to a fourth temperature of 250° C. or lower. Forming of the blank material is performed in the first quenching or the second quenching or both of the above.
US11505842B2
Provided herein is a low-alloy high-strength seamless steel pipe. The steel pipe of the present invention has a composition that contains, in mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.50%, Si: 0.01 to 0.35%, Mn: 0.45 to 1.5%, P: 0.020% or less, S: 0.002% or less, 0: 0.003% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.08%, Cu: 0.02 to 0.09%, Cr: 0.35 to 1.1%, Mo: 0.05 to 0.35%, B: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, Ca: 0.0010 to 0.0030%, Mg: 0.001% or less, and N: 0.005% or less, and in which the balance is Fe and incidental impurities. The steel pipe has a microstructure in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by predefined formulae is 20 or less per 100 mm2, and in which the number of oxide-base nonmetallic inclusions satisfying the composition ratios represented by other predefined formulae is 50 or less per 100 mm2.
US11505832B2
Provided herein are methods for predicting chemotherapy benefit. The invention predicts chemotherapy benefit based on the expression analysis of biomarkers, e.g., RNA biomarker transcription analysis, taken from a tumor sample. The biomarker expression data can be combined with clinical variables, e.g., tumor size and nodal status, to generate a profile that predicts the benefit of including chemotherapy as a treatment decision.
US11505830B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for multiplex detection of a large number of actionable gene fusions with very high sensitivity and specificity. The present methods and compositions can detect ALK, RET, and ROS1 gene fusions, optionally in combination with other mutations and fusions.
US11505826B2
The present disclosure is directed to a single-end sequencing method for improved detection of genomic rearrangements such as deletions, insertions, inversions, and translocations that are present in a polynucleotide. A first priming event allows for sequencing of a target sequence, and a second priming event on an adapter allows for identification of the sequences amplified and tagged by selective amplification. The combination of priming events in the same direction facilitates read alignment and the identification of any genomic rearrangements.
US11505821B2
The present invention relates to improved processes for production of closed linear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), in particular cell-free enzymatic production of closed linear DNA molecules, preferably using a closed linear DNA as a template for DNA synthesis. The invention further relates to a novel closed linear DNA species, suitable for use as a template in the improved processes for production of closed linear DNA. Further, the invention pertains to the intermediate products of the processes, since this enables the production of larger quantities of closed linear DNA from the template than with methods known in the art.
US11505814B2
This document describes biochemical pathways for producing 7-aminoheptanoic acid using a β-ketoacyl synthase or a β-ketothiolase to form an N-acetyl-5-amino-3-oxopentanoyl-CoA intermediate. 7-aminoheptanoic acid can be enzymatically converted to pimelic acid, 7-hydroxyheptanoic acid, heptamethylenediamine or 1,7-heptanediol or corresponding salts thereof. This document also describes recombinant microorganisms producing 7-aminoheptanoic acid as well as pimelic acid, 7-hydroxyheptanoic acid, heptamethylenediamine and 1,7-heptanediol or corresponding salts thereof.
US11505802B2
The present invention is directed to a transgenic maize plant or a part thereof comprising as transgene a nucleic acid capable of expressing a cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, preferably a Chenopodium rubrum cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, wherein as a result of the expression of the cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof the transgenic maize plant exhibits an enhanced tolerance to abiotic stress and/or an increased yield, to a method of producing such transgenic maize plant, to method of enhancing the tolerance to abiotic stress of a maize plant and/or of increasing yield potential of a maize plant, to a nucleic acid capable of expressing a cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, preferably a Chenopodium rubrum cell wall invertase or a functional part thereof, to a vector comprising such nucleic acid, the use of the nucleic acid or vector for enhancing the tolerance to abiotic stress of a maize plant, for increasing yield potential of a maize plant and/or for protecting a maize plant against abiotic stress, and to a method for production of ethanol or methane from transgenic maize plant or a part thereof of the invention.
US11505800B2
A method for improving a bio-coupling efficiency between a protein and a nucleic acid based on an α-helix handle includes the following steps. First, the handle carrying the non-natural amino acid (H-tag) is designed. Then, a recombinant expression plasmid encoding a fusion protein containing the H-tag and the protein to be tested is constructed. Subsequently, the fusion recombinant protein containing the non-natural amino acid in the H-tag is expressed and purified. Finally, the non-natural amino acid in the H-tag-fused protein and the coupling group on the nucleic acid substrate are efficiently connected by click chemistry. Thea-helix handle is used to provide a controllable reaction condition on the protein surface for the non-natural amino acid, avoiding the complex structure, charge and polar nanoenvironment around the surface of the protein to be tested.
US11505797B2
The disclosure provides a guide RNA (gRNA) comprising a DNA-binding domain and a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease protein-binding domain, wherein the DNA-binding domain is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene found in a cancer cell but not in a non-cancerous cell. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequence encoding the gRNA. The disclosure further provides a method of treating cancer in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease and a guide RNA that is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene in the subject. Methods of treating cancer comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising: a DNA sequence encoding a guide RNA that is complementary to a target domain from a variant NRF2 gene in the subject; and a nucleic acid sequence encoding a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRISPR)-associated endonuclease, are also provided.
US11505788B2
The invention discloses oncogenic fusion proteins. The invention provides methods for treating gene-fusion based cancers.
US11505779B2
A novel method of growing fungi is disclosed which uses an engineered artificial media and produces high density filamentous fungi biomats that can be harvested with a minimum of processing and from which fungal products such as antibiotics, proteins, and lipids can be isolated, the method resulting in lowered fungus cultivation costs for energy usage, oxygenation, water usage and waste stream production.
US11505778B2
A control device performs control of a culture condition in production of an organic compound by a fermentation method. The control device executes processing a plurality of times to acquire culture data, to calculate, using the acquired culture data, a plurality of candidates for a culture condition set in advance, and a linear model set in advance that outputs a production amount of an organic compound at a future time, the production amount at the future time for each of the candidates, to determine an optimum candidate out of the candidates using the calculated production amount at the future time for each of the candidates and a target production amount of the organic compound at the future time set in advance, and to change the culture condition to the determined candidate. The linear model and the target production amount are set for each time.
US11505769B2
A wipe article includes a substrate, a cationic coating disposed on a surface of the substrate, distributed throughout the substrate, or both. The cationic coating contains a guanidinyl-containing polymer that is crosslinked and bound to the substrate. The substrate includes sponge, nonwoven fabric, or woven fabric. The wipes are useful for removing microorganisms from a microorganism-contaminated surface and also for reducing re-contamination of the cleaned surface or transfer to another surface of the removed microorganisms.
US11505766B2
Stable and clear liquid laundry detergent compositions having a DADMAC Acrylic Acid co-polymer, a surfactant system including alcohol ethoxysulfate anionic surfactant (AES) and at least one of a linear alkyl benzene sulfonic acid anionic surfactant (LAS) and a non-ionic surfactant (NI), and an aqueous carrier. In one embodiment, the aqueous composition includes water in an amount of 30% to 80% by weight, a surfactant system in an amount of 8% to 35% by weight, and DADMAC Acrylic Acid co-polymer. The surfactant system may include: (1) at least about 40 wt % alcohol ethoxylsulfate (AES), and (2) a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and/or a non-ionic surfactant. The liquid compositions have a turbidity less than 50 NTUs.
US11505761B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to diluent oils for viscosity modifiers and additive packages. Embodiments of the present disclosure also generally relate to lubricating oil compositions that include viscosity modifier concentrates and lubricating oil compositions that include additive package concentrates. Improved diluent oils capable of conveniently and cost effectively improving overall lubricant performance are provided.
US11505755B2
A volume of natural gas including a volume of methane and a volume of other alkanes may be cleaned of the other alkanes using a steam reformer system to create synthesis gas.
US11505754B2
According to one or more embodiments, petrochemical products may be formed from a hydrocarbon material by a method that includes separating crude oil into at least two or more fractions in an atmospheric distillation column, hydrotreating the atmospheric residue to form a hydrotreated atmospheric residue, combining steam with the hydrotreated atmospheric residue, and cracking at least a portion of the hydrotreated atmospheric residue in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a cracking reaction product.
US11505742B2
The purpose of the present invention to provide semiconductor nanoparticles substantially containing no Cd, and which have an increased absorption coefficient to blue light while maintaining high stability. Semiconductor nanoparticles having a core containing at least In and P, and a shell having one or more layers, wherein at least one layer of the shell is ZnSeTe (wherein Te/(Se+Te)=0.03 to 0.50); and the semiconductor nanoparticles cause, when the semiconductor nanoparticles are dispersed in a dispersion medium to yield a dispersion liquid with a concentration of 1 mg/mL in inorganic mass, the dispersion liquid to have an absorbance of 0.9 or higher with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm at an optical path length of 1 cm.
US11505739B2
An organic long-persistent luminescent composition containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound and a third organic compound and satisfying the following expression (1) is a long-persistent luminescent material that facilitates emission color control. ES1(A) represents a lowest excited singlet energy level of emission from the first organic compound and the second organic compound, ES1(B) represents a lowest excited singlet energy level of the third organic compound. ES1(B)−ES1(A)≤0.15 eV (1)
US11505736B2
A system may include: a source of water fluidically coupled to a fracturing blender; water testing equipment disposed between the source of water and the fracturing blender wherein the water testing equipment is operable to measure at least one property of the source of water; a plurality of friction reducing polymers operable to be added to the fracturing blender; and a control system comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the processor to provide software that configures the processor to receive an input signal from the water testing equipment and select at least one of the plurality of friction reducing polymers.
US11505728B2
An adhesive composition and a polarizing plate including an adhesive layer formed using the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an adhesive composition includes 3-ethyl-3-(2-ethylhexyloxy)methyloxetane, 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane, 3,3′-oxybis(methylene)bis(3-ethyloxetane), an aromatic epoxy compound, and an alicyclic epoxy compound, wherein the 3-ethyl-3-(2-ethylhexyloxy)methyloxetane is present in an amount of 20 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight, the 3-ethyl-3-hydroxymethyloxetane is present in an amount of 2 parts by weight to 8 parts by weight, the 3,3′-oxybis(methylene)bis(3-ethyloxetane) is present in an amount of 2 parts by weight to 8 parts by weight, the aromatic epoxy compound is present in an amount of 7 parts by weight to 38 parts by weight, and the alicyclic epoxy compound is present in amount of 10 parts by weight to 50 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the adhesive composition.
US11505726B2
An optical laminate is provided, wherein stable durability is secured even at a high temperature, particularly an ultra-high temperature of about 100° C. or more, other physical properties required for the optical laminate are also excellent, and even in the case of being disposed adjacent to the electrode, corrosion of the relevant electrode or the like is not induced.
US11505714B2
Provided are an aqueous resin dispersion of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer exhibiting excellent dispersion stability, a production method for the aqueous resin dispersion, a hydrophilization agent including the aqueous resin dispersion, a hydrophilization method using the hydrophilization agent, a metal material on which a hydrophilic coating has been formed, and a heat exchanger on which a hydrophilic coating has been formed. Specifically provided are: an aqueous resin dispersion comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a radical polymer (B) having a structural unit derived from a radical-polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer (B1-1), wherein the content of the radical polymer (B) is 10-80 mass % relative to the total content of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and the radical polymer (B); a production method for the aqueous resin dispersion; a hydrophilization agent including the aqueous resin dispersion; a hydrophilization method using the hydrophilization agent; a metal material on which a hydrophilic coating has been formed; and a heat exchanger on which a hydrophilic coating has been formed.
US11505713B2
The present invention relates to a composite material, in particular a switchable functional material, comprising (a) a porous carrier material and a swellable material, a method for its preparation and its use in coatings. The composite material is suitable for the production of water-repellent and water-vapor diffusion-open coatings, as well as the use of the composite material.
US11505709B2
The present invention relates to [1] a water-based ink containing water-insoluble polymer particles (A), an organic solvent (B) and water, in which a polymer constituting the water-insoluble polymer particles (A) is in the form of a crosslinked polymer; the organic solvent (B) contains a polyhydric alcohol ether; and a rate of change in viscosity of the organic solvent (B) as calculated according to the formula (1) is not more than 140%, and [2] a printing method of printing characters or images on a printing medium using the water-based ink described in the above [1], in which a water absorption of the printing medium per a unit surface area thereof as measured by contacting the printing medium with pure water for 100 milliseconds is not less than 0 g/m2 and not more than 10 g/m2.
US11505703B2
The present disclosure provides a curable silicone rubber composition containing 0.1 to 15 mass % of a biuret compound represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents the same or different alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbons, R2 represents the same or different alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbons, R3 represents the same or different alkylene groups having 2 to 6 carbons, and “a” represents the same or different integers of from 0 to 2. The curable silicone rubber composition may be cured by a condensation reaction, an addition reaction, or the like. The curable silicone rubber composition generally has good adhesion to plastics, metals, and the like.
US11505702B2
Polysulfide compositions having a polyether synergist are disclosed. Polysulfide compositions that contain polyether synergists exhibit a rapid onset of cure and have acceptable final properties. The polysulfide compositions can be used as sealants.
US11505700B2
The present invention provides a polyol composition that can secure the stability over time even when a large amount of water is blended in the polyol composition; a flexible polyurethane foam that uses the polyol composition, is low in density and is excellent in durability; and a method for producing the same. The above objects are solved by a polyol composition for molding a flexible polyurethane foam, comprising a polyol component; a catalyst; a foam stabilizer; a foaming agent; and a compatibilizing agent, wherein the compatibilizing agent is an anionic surfactant which has a hydrophilic portion having an alkali metal salt, and which has a hydrophobic portion having an aromatic ring or alternatively a hydrophobic portion not having an aromatic ring but containing 8 or more carbon atoms in total.
US11505698B2
The present invention relates to a production method of a poly(ester)carbonate, including subjecting a diol and a carbonate ester to a transesterification reaction in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aluminum or a compound thereof, and a phosphorus compound.
US11505696B2
In various aspects, the disclosure relates to polycarbonate compositions exhibiting improved impact strength, both multi axial and notched Izod, as well as thin-walled flame resistance while free or substantially free of bromine or chlorine flame retardant additives. The polycarbonate compositions may comprise non-bonding glass fiber, butyl tosylate, and/or a phosphorous based stabilizer.
US11505689B2
Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition that includes: a first copolymer including an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a second copolymer including an unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate-based monomer, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; a third copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.25 to 0.35 μm, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer; and a fourth copolymer including a conjugated diene-based polymer with an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 0.15 μm, an unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer, and an unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer, and can be used for producing a molded article exhibiting excellent basic properties while being capable of realizing selective transmittance.
US11505684B2
A vehicle tire rubber composite material, raw materials of the vehicle tire rubber composite material comprise the following components by weight: 30-40 weight distributions of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, 35-55 weight distributions of rare earth butadiene rubber, 10-30 weight distributions of phenyl modified natural rubber, 5-14 weight distributions of polyurethane elastomer, 3-9 weight distributions of acetylene carbon black, 2-5 weight distributions of multifunctional abrasion-resistant flame retardant Cu@HNT@MoS2-PZE, 3-6 weight distributions of elastic fiber, 1-3 weight distributions of heat stabilizer, 2-3 weight distributions of silane coupling agent, 1-2.5 weight distributions of anti-scorching agent, 1-2.5 weight distributions of turpentine oil, and 4-6 weight distributions of accelerator.
US11505674B2
The present invention is characterized by including an aromatic vinyl-based copolymer, glass fiber, and zinc oxide, wherein the zinc oxide has an average particle size (D50) of about 0.5 to 3 μm as measured by a particle size analyzer, and a size ratio (B/A) of peak B, spanning the range of 450 to 600 nm, to peak A, spanning the range of 370 to 390 nm, of about 0.01 to 1.0 when measuring photoluminescence. The thermoplastic resin composition exhibits excellent rigidity, antibacterial properties, weather resistance, external appearance and the like.
US11505670B2
This invention relates to rigid polyurethane foams which are co-blown with a mixture of a hydrocarbon blowing agent and a halogenated olefin blowing agent. This invention also relates to a process for preparing these rigid polyurethane foams, and to an isocyanate-reactive component containing a polyol blend and the mixture of blowing agents. Phase stable isocyanate-reactive blends are also described.
US11505669B2
The present application relates to a thermally expandable composition containing at least one peroxide cross-linking polymer, at least one peroxide and at least one endothermic, chemical blowing agent, the blowing agent comprising at least one solid, optionally functionalized, polycarboxylic acid or the salt thereof and at least one urea derivative according to the formula (I) as defined herein; as well as shaped bodies containing the composition and to a method for sealing and filling voids in components, for strengthening or reinforcing components, in particular hollow components, and for bonding mobile components using shaped bodies of this type.
US11505665B2
The present invention relates to a composite material comprising one or more fibre layers composed of a fibre material and an aromatic polycarbonate-based matrix material. The fibre layer(s) is/are embedded in the matrix material. The present invention further relates to a process for producing these fibre composite materials, to multilayer composite materials comprising several layers of fibre composite material, and to the use of the composite materials for production of components or housing components or housings, and to the components, housing components or housings themselves.
US11505658B2
The present invention relates to coatings for devices such as medical devices that are useful for coating a variety of different types of material surfaces, including polymer and metal surfaces. The present invention also includes the method of using the coated device and methods to make the coated device and coating.
US11505657B2
The system for preparing silica aerogel according to the present invention comprises a raw material supply part transferring at least one raw material of de-ionized water, water glass, a surface modifier, an inorganic acid, and an organic solvent to a mixing part, the mixing part mixing the raw materials transferred from the raw material supply part to produce silica wet gel, a drying part drying the silica wet gel to produce the silica aerogel, a recovery part recovering a portion of the vaporized raw material of the raw materials used in at least one of the mixing part and the drying part, and a heat transfer part transferring heat to at least one of the mixing part and the drying part, wherein the system further comprises a pulverizing part that pulverizes the raw material from the row material supply part to the mixing part.
US11505645B2
A solvent-less hybrid curable composition is prepared from grafting polyesters or polyamides onto a (meth)acrylic copolymer backbone. Besides the many benefits of a solvent-less system, the hybrid curable composition forms strong adhesion to polar substrates, widens the use temperatures, and enables faster processing speeds than conventional hybrid curable compositions. The solvent-less hybrid curable composition forms an optically clear single phase that is suitable as tapes and labels, or in electronic, optoelectronic, OLED and photovoltaic devices, and the like.
US11505643B2
The present invention provides benzylated triaminononane compounds, epoxy curing agent compositions comprising benzylated triaminononane compounds and methods of making such compositions. Amine-epoxy compositions and articles produced from these amine-epoxy compositions are also disclosed.
US11505637B1
A block copolymer is provided that includes a first block having pendant phosphate and/or phosphonate groups and a second block that contains pendant poly(dialkylsiloxane) groups. Compositions containing the block copolymer as well as articles that include the block copolymer are also provided. The block copolymer can be used to provide a surface that is easy to clean and/or that is resistant to oil and grease without the use of fluorinated materials.
US11505631B2
The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, and minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and in which a comonomer is uniformly present to show excellent physical properties, and a method for preparing the same.
US11505627B2
A continuous process for producing a halogenated isoolefin copolymer involves: polymerizing at least one isoolefin monomer and at least one copolymerizable unsaturated monomer in an organic diluent to produce a halogenatable isoolefin copolymer in an organic medium; contacting the organic medium with an aqueous medium comprising an LCST anti-agglomerant compound; removing or partially removing the organic diluent to produce an aqueous slurry of the halogenatable isoolefin copolymer; dissolving the aqueous slurry in an organic solvent in a closed apparatus to form an unsaturated halogenatable copolymer cement in water, and phase separating the water from the cement in the apparatus; contacting the separated halogenatable isoolefin copolymer cement with a halogenating agent and an aqueous solution of a C1-20 organic peracid oxidant to form a two-phase reaction medium having an organic phase and an aqueous phase, the organic peracid oxidant capable of converting hydrogen halide to free halogen; and, recovering halogenated isoolefin copolymer.
US11505626B2
This invention relates to novel and improved catalyst and catalysts systems for the oligomerization of the higher olefins, which produce lubricants having improved properties, such as end-saturated oligomer chains which are needless to hydrogenation process, low kinematic viscosity and/or high viscosity index, low pour point, and high flash point lubricants.
US11505623B2
The present invention provides a compounding agent which, when used in a rubber composition containing a reinforcing filler, exhibits excellent dispersibility, workability, toughness, low heat build-up, and wear resistance; and a rubber composition containing the compounding agent. A modified butadiene polymer of the present invention has a functional group containing a nitrogen atom and silicon atom at a terminal, a weight average molecular weight of the modified butadiene polymer being from 1000 to 15000, and a molecular weight distribution of the modified butadiene polymer being 2.0 or less.
US11505622B2
The present application discloses regioselectively substituted cellulose esters, films made from the regioselectively substituted cellulose esters and methods for making the same. The regioselectively substituted cellulose esters are synthesized using trifluoroacetic anhydride and cellulose with various acyl donors or acyl donor precursors.
US11505619B2
The invention relates to an inhibitor of Factor XII (FXII) for use in treating or preventing chronic kidney disease, renal fibrosis, glomerulosclerosis, renal scarring, ischemia/reperfusion injury in native or transplant kidneys and/or acute kidney injury, a kit for use in treating or preventing chronic kidney disease, renal fibrosis, glomerulosclerosis, renal scarring, ischemia/reperfusion injury in native or transplant kidneys, acute kidney injury, renal fibrosis as a result of rejection of a kidney transplant/allograft, and/or fibrosis of a kidney transplant/allograft as a result of rejection or recurrent underlying disease comprising one inhibitor of Factor XII, and an anti-Factor XII (FXII) antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof for use in treating or preventing chronic kidney disease, renal fibrosis, glomerulosclerosis, renal scarring, ischemia/reperfusion injury in native or transplant kidneys and/or acute kidney injury comprising one inhibitor of Factor XII.
US11505614B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind to soluble BCMA (sBCMA). Moreover, the invention relates to a detection system comprising such antibodies. The antibodies or the detection system may be used for detecting or quantifying sBCMA, for diagnosing a disease associated with sBCMA, for patient stratification, monitoring disease progression, and evaluating the therapeutic response.
US11505612B2
The present disclosure relates to AM-14 pharmaceutical formulations and therapeutic dosing regimens for the treatment of disease.
US11505610B2
Provided are antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human neuropilin-2 (NRP2) polypeptides, including those that modulate binding interactions between human NRP2 and at least one NRP2 ligand, for example, human histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HRS), and which thereby modulate subsequent NRP2-mediated downstream signaling events, including related therapeutic compositions and methods for modulating NRP2 activity and treating diseases such as NRP2-associated diseases.
US11505604B2
This invention relates to humanized antibodies that selectively bind the 31.1 epitope on the A33 protein differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages.
US11505587B2
Method of preparing a keratin-based biomaterial is provided. The method comprises a) reacting keratin with a polymer having at least one of an amine and carboxylic functional group in the presence of a carbodiimide cross-linking agent to form a cross-linked keratin-polymer material; and b) freeze drying the cross-linked keratin-polymer material to form the keratin-based bio-material. A keratin-based biomaterial thus prepared is also provided.
US11505584B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for treatment of damaged lung tissue, e.g., lungs of a patient with a viral infection (e.g., coronavirus) and/or a bacterial infection and/or a parasitic pathogen or a patient whose lung tissue was damaged by exposure to a chemical, and a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Also provided is a method for protecting the brain from neuro-invasion and preventing inflammatory damage to organs remote from the lungs, by blocking cytokine synthesis in the lungs. The treatment includes administering a leptin antagonist (LepA) locally to the upper airways and/or to the lungs of the patient. Typically, the LepA is administered in an inhalable composition, such as, an aerosol.
US11505572B2
The present invention provides benzothiadiazine and chroman derivatives and particularly diazoxide and cromakalim derivatives for use in treating glaucoma, retinopathy, treating age related macular degeneration, treating, stabilizing and/or inhibiting blood and lymph vascularization, and reducing intraocular pressure by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a prodrug disposed in an ophthalmically acceptable carrier to the eye, wherein the prodrug specifically modulates a KATP channel to reduce an intraocular pressure.
US11505564B2
This invention relates to the large-scale production of psilocybin for use in medicine. More particularly, it relates to a method of obtaining high purity crystalline psilocybin, particularly, in the form of Polymorph A. It further relates to a method for the manufacture of psilocybin and intermediates in the production thereof and formulations containing psilocybin.
US11505563B2
Provided are a metal-ligand complex, a catalyst composition for ethylene-based polymerization including the same, and a method for preparing an ethylene-based polymer using the same. Since the metal-ligand complex of the present invention in which a certain functional group is introduced to a certain position has high solubility and catalytic activity, the catalyst composition comprising the same for ethylene-based polymerization including the same may produce an ethylene-based polymer having excellent physical properties.
US11505546B2
Azaspirocycle compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, isotopes, N-oxides, solvates, and stereoisomers thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods of making them, and methods of using them including methods for treating disease states, disorders, and conditions associated with MGL modulation, such as those associated with pain, psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders (including, but not limited to major depressive disorder, treatment resistant depression, anxious depression, autism spectrum disorders, Asperger syndrome, bipolar disorder), cancers and eye conditions: wherein X, R1, R2a, R2b, R3, m, n, o, and p are defined herein.
US11505545B2
The present invention covers new quinoline compounds of general formula (I): in which A, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and Q are as defined herein, methods of preparing said compounds, intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and the use of said compounds for manufacturing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment, control and/or prevention of diseases, in particular of helminth infections, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US11505536B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating diseases, disorders, or medical conditions that are affected by the modulation of DHODH. Such compounds are represented by Formula (I) as follows: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X, and Y are defined herein.
US11505534B2
A diastereoselective method of preparing benzofuran-based 4,5-spirocycles via metal catalyzed alkenylation is described. The method can be used to provide compounds containing the benzofuranone-4,5-spirocyclic motif of the phainanoids, a class a natural products having immunosuppressive activity. Synthetic analogs of phainanoids, e.g., compounds that mimic the structure of the “western” part of the structure of the phainanoids and that contain the benzofuranone-4,5-spirocycle are described, as well as their synthetic intermediates, and their methods of synthesis.
US11505525B2
Disclosed are general and “substantially pure” branched discrete polyethylene glycol constructs useful in attaching to a variety of biologically active groups, for example, preferential locators, as well as biologics like enzymes, for use in diagnostics, e.g. imaging, therapeutics, theranostics, and moieties specific for other applications. In its simplest intermediate state, a branched discrete polyethylene glycol construct is terminated at one end by a chemically reactive moiety, “A”, a group that is reactive with a biologic material that creates “A”, which is a biologically reactive group, connected through to a branched core (BC) which has attached at least two dPEG-containing chains, indicated by the solid line, , having terminal groups, which can be charged, non-reactive or reactable moieties and containing between about 2 and 64 dPEG residues.
US11505519B2
Methods for syntheses of organic acids from α-keto acids, including methods for syntheses of isotopically enriched organic acids from α-keto acids are disclosed. The isotopically enriched organic acids are useful, for example, in metabolic flux analyses.
US11505517B2
The present invention relates to a process for purifying 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane, comprising the steps of: i) providing a composition A1 comprising 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane and 1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropane; ii) purifying, preferably distilling, said composition A1 under conditions that are sufficient to form at least two streams including a first stream comprising 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane and a second stream comprising 1,1,1,3-tetrafluoropropane. The present invention also relates to a process for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and a composition comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
US11505507B2
The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition comprising a first phosphate glass composition, with a primary flow modifier and a first carrier fluid, wherein the primary flow modifier comprises at least one of cellulose or calcium silicate; applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure to form a base layer; and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to adhere the base layer to the composite structure.
US11505506B2
An environmental barrier coating, comprising a substrate containing silicon; an environmental barrier layer applied to the substrate; the environmental barrier layer comprising an oxide matrix; an oxidant getter phase interspersed throughout the oxide matrix; and a self-healing phase interspersed throughout the oxide matrix.
US11505502B2
Hybrid composite materials including carbon nanotube sheets and flexible ceramic materials, and methods of making the same are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hybrid composite material is provided, the method including: placing a layer of a first flexible ceramic composite on a lay-up tooling surface; applying a sheet of a pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer on the flexible ceramic composite; curing the flexible ceramic composite and the pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet together to form a hybrid composite material; and removing the hybrid composite material from the lay-up tooling surface, wherein the first flexible ceramic composite comprises an exterior surface of the hybrid composite material.
US11505499B2
Green ceramic mixtures include at least one inorganic component, at least one organic binder, and a stable emulsion including at least one lubricant, at least one aqueous solvent, and at least one emulsifier. Methods for forming ceramic bodies include forming a green ceramic mixture including a stable emulsion and extruding the green ceramic mixture. The methods and green ceramic mixtures can be used to produce green and fired ceramic bodies.
US11505494B2
A silicone coating is provided for glass and other surfaces with improved glass clarity and maintenance requirements. In addition, a process for preparing a film with improved glass clarity and maintenance requirements. Further a method is provided for adhering an improved coating to a glass (or other) surface. Also a silicone coating is provided for granite, cement, and lexan/plastic.
US11505493B2
Disclosed is a method of treating the surface of a quartz member. The method can remove a masking material generated by a chemical reaction between the quartz member and an etching solution, thereby completely removing scratches on the surface of the quartz member without interrupting the treatment process unlike existing technologies. The method also embosses the surface of the quartz member, thereby increasing the frictional resistance and surface roughness of the surface of the quartz member depending on the shape or density of protrusions on the surface. In addition, the method prevents deposits on the surface of the quartz member from peeling off.
US11505492B2
Glass-based articles that include a compressive stress layer extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of compression are formed by exposing glass-based substrates to water vapor containing environments. The glass-based substrates have compositions selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process. The methods of forming the glass-based articles may include elevated pressures and/or multiple exposures to water vapor containing environments selected to avoid the formation of haze during the treatment process.
US11505491B2
The present invention relates to a glass ceramic including crystals, and including, in mol % in terms of oxides: 65-75% of SiO2; 3-6% of Al2O3; 15-25% of Li2O; 0.2-4% of P2O5; 0.5-5% of ZrO2; and 0.01-0.5% of HfO2, in which the crystals include one or more kinds of crystals selected from the group consisting of β-spodumene crystals, petalite crystals, and eucryptite crystals.
US11505483B2
An apparatus has a plurality of gas transfer membranes. The apparatus floats in water with the membranes submerged in the water. To treat the water, a gas is supplied to the membranes and is transferred to a biofilm supported on the membranes or to the water. Gas is also used to supply mixing or membrane scouring bubbles to the water. The mixing or scouring bubbles can be provided by a cyclic aeration or other gas supply system, which optionally provides gas at a variable pressure to the membranes in parallel or series with an aerator. Condensates can be removed from the membranes, and exhaust gasses from the membranes can be monitored, optionally through one or more dedicated pipes.
US11505475B2
The present disclosure is drawn to evaporation panel assemblies, systems, and methods. For example, a modular evaporation panel system can include a plurality of evaporation panels with individual evaporation panels including evaporation shelves that are laterally elongated, vertically stacked, and spaced apart; vertical support columns positioned along the evaporation shelves to vertically support and separate the evaporation shelves; female-receiving openings defined by multiple evaporation shelves and multiple support columns; and male connectors positioned at lateral ends of the evaporation panels. The male connectors can be releasably receivable by the female-receiving openings of an adjacent evaporation panel, thereby providing modular assembly and disassembly of multiple evaporation panels relative to one another.
US11505472B2
A method and system of providing source water and managing produced/flowback water during a hydraulic fracturing process in an oil and gas operation. The process is an environmentally friendly method of reducing use of fresh water and recycles frac water. The net result is that a volume of frac water is properly managed. Thus, less reliance on transportation vehicles and trucks reduces costs as well as reduction of piping systems. It further reduces a threat of seismic events from disposing of produced water and flowback.
US11505470B2
Described herein are compositions and methods relating to molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Described herein are methods of producing cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Described herein are cerium-oxide nanoclusters. Further described herein are cerium-oxide nanoclusters produced by methods as described herein. Methods as described herein can comprise providing a first cerium source, an organic acid, and a solvent; and mixing the cerium source and the organic acid in the presence of a solvent to create a reaction mixture at a temperature and a pressure for a period of time to create a composition of molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters containing a plurality of molecular cerium-oxide nanoclusters.
US11505468B2
A process of forming a sintered article includes heating a green portion of a tape of polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals in organic binder at a binder removal zone to a temperature sufficient to pyrolyze the binder; horizontally conveying the portion of tape with organic binder removed from the binder removal zone to a sintering zone; and sintering polycrystalline ceramic and/or minerals of the portion of tape at the sintering zone, wherein the tape simultaneously extends through the removal and sintering zones.
US11505465B2
Method of obtainment of nanomaterials composed of carbonaceous material and metal oxides. The present invention refers to a method of obtainment of nanomaterials composed of two or more components, wherein at least one of these components is a carbonaceous material and at least another of the components is a metal oxide. The method of the present invention permits preparing these nanomaterials in liquid medium at moderate pressures and temperatures, in industrial quantities, and controlling the physicochemical properties of said nanomaterials by means of control of the parameters of synthesis.
US11505463B2
A small-scale application apparatus including an ozone generation apparatus configured to generate ozone gas, the application apparatus being configured to perform ozone usage processing. The ozone generation apparatus includes a load-resonant high-frequency step-up transformer configured to obtain a stepped-up high-frequency voltage and an ozone generator configured to receive the stepped-up high-frequency voltage as an operating voltage to generate the ozone gas having an ozone concentration of at least 200 g/m3 from raw gas containing oxygen gas. The application apparatus receives the ozone gas under a pressure environment of at least 0.2 MPa.
US11505458B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for producing hydrogen and graphitic carbon from a hydrocarbon gas comprising: contacting at a temperature between 600° C. and 1000° C. the catalyst with the hydrocarbon gas to catalytically convert at least a portion of the hydrocarbon gas to hydrogen and graphitic carbon, wherein the catalyst is a low grade iron oxide.
US11505449B2
In order to manufacture an innerspring unit comprising pocketed springs and having an increased stability at its edge regions, in a first step, an innerspring main body comprising a plurality of first strings of pocketed springs is provided. In a subsequent second step, at least one second string of pocketed springs is attached to a lateral surface of the innerspring main body, so that the at least one second string of pocketed springs extends in a longitudinal direction of the innerspring main body. The springs of the at least one second string of pocketed springs have a spring characteristic or a spring geometry different from the springs of the plurality of first strings of the innerspring main body. The at least one second string of pocketed springs forms together with the innerspring main body the innerspring unit.
US11505426B2
A brake device includes: a fixed member; a moving member which is movable between a retracted position in which the moving member is adjacent to the fixed member and separate from a braking member, and a braking position in which a friction plate of the moving member contacts the braking member and provides a braking force to the braking member; an elastic member connected between the moving member and the fixed member; a coil disposed in the fixed member; and a controller which provides an operating current to the coil when the elevator is in normal operation, wherein the controller is configured to implement a test mode in which the controller provides a test current less than the operating current to the coil and determines whether the moving member has been attracted to the retracted position.
US11505424B2
A device that is used to rewind loose cable and wire that is typically accomplished by hand, that is, no power is available for driving such apparati. This device is adaptable to, and uses the already existing power on a service truck to power the device.
US11505423B2
A loading unit includes a processing tray, alignment units, and a paddle. In the processing tray, a medium is placed. The alignment units are disposed an interval in a Y direction to align a downstream tip end in a positive A direction of the medium. The paddle moves the medium that has been fed onto the processing tray toward the alignment units. A coefficient of friction of a contact surface of the alignment unit is higher than a coefficient of friction of a front face of the alignment unit, and the contact surface is positioned downstream of the front face in the positive A direction.
US11505419B2
A reel-holder unit for transporting reels of web material in a production plant, including a frame having two frame sections separated and spaced apart in order to leave a free passage space between the two frame sections, where the frame sections comprise respective reel support bars arranged so as to carry a plurality of reels with their respective axes aligned with each other along a common horizontal axis.
US11505411B2
A method of sorting baggage at an airport, the method comprising: acquiring a digital image of an identification label for identifying a piece of baggage, the label including an identification code designed to correspond to a set of items of data from a first database compiled as the baggage is being checked in; the method further comprising the following steps: retrieving information that is printed on the label from the image; comparing the information with data that is recorded in a local second database at the airport before the label is printed, the second database being distinct from the first database, the data from the second database being representative of a list of flights to or from the airport; and, in response to a match being detected, transmitting data representative of a flight number corresponding to the piece of baggage to a conveyor system.
US11505406B2
Among other things, a vehicle for transporting containers is disclosed. The vehicle can include a base, a rack, and at least one container. The base can include a platform, wheels, and a motor for driving one or more of the wheels. The rack can be mounted to the platform. The rack can include at least one rail. The at least one rail can include a channel defined therein and an end coupling for linking the at least one rail with an external rail. The at least one container can be configured to connect with the at least one rail and include a connection assembly. At least a portion of the connection assembly can be moveably disposed in the channel.
US11505404B2
A refuse vehicle comprises a chassis, a body assembly, a power source, and a side-loading lift assembly. The chassis is coupled to a plurality of wheels. The body assembly is coupled to the chassis and defines a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material. The side-loading lift assembly comprises a refuse container engagement mechanism and at least one electrically-driven actuation mechanism. The refuse container engagement mechanism is powered by the power source and is configured to selectively engage a refuse container. The at least one electrically-driven actuation mechanism is powered by the power source and is configured to selectively actuate the side-loading lift assembly between an extended position, a retracted position, and a refuse-dumping position.
US11505398B2
A packet of smoking articles and method for manufacturing the same, wherein the packet comprises: a group of smoking articles; a wrapping, which encloses the group of smoking articles and that comprises an extraction opening, defined by an edge, for extracting the smoking articles from the wrapping; a closing label, which is fixed to the wrapping and that is mobile between a closing position, in which it closes the extraction opening, and an opening position, in which the access to the group of smoking articles is allowed; a covering element, which is fixed to the closing label and that faces and covers the extraction opening when the closing label is in the closing position.
US11505377B2
A tamper-evident closure (101) for a container neck comprises a first portion (105, 106), a second portion (102, 104) comprising a window (103) through which a view of the first portion is visible, a locking mechanism, and an RFID device (107) associated with the first portion (105, 106). The second portion (102, 104) is rotatable relative to the first portion (105, 106) upon first opening of the tamper-evident closure (101) from a first position in which the first and second portions (105, 106; 102, 104) are in a first relative relation and the RFID device (107) is aligned with the window (103) and is readable, to a second position in which the first and second portions (105, 106; 102, 104) are in a second relative relation and the RFID device (107) is masked by the second portion (102, 104) and is not readable.
US11505373B2
A produce and foodstuff receptacle is disclosed containing a tamper evident locking mechanism to lock a separate lid and container. The receptacle has a fitted corner for allowing lid and container attachment in only one position. Lid and container matching connectors allow secure and reusable attachment. After locking, only a container tab is fully detached after the receptacle is initially opened to indicate use. The lid remains fully intact after opening and hides the detached container portion underneath a locking tab platform for protection against any perforated edges. Matching connectors allow re-sealing after initial opening of the locking mechanism. The lid also contains a lid lock ledge that matches with a container lock ledge that submerges the lid into the container. The locking tab platform allows re-opening of the lid and container after use and contains a hinge for flexibility of the platform during closing and opening of the lid.
US11505370B2
The closure cap for a container comprises an internal skirt (16) comprising a bore (16b) provided with at least one helical screw thread (19) for screwing said cap onto the container, an external skirt (18) radially surrounding said internal skirt at least partially, and a front wall (14) from which said internal and external skirts extend. The cap is produced by moulding at least one synthetic material. At least one recess (30) is formed on an outer surface (16a) of the internal skirt, remaining axially away from a front end face (16c) of said skirt.
US11505366B2
A bin assembly including: a container having a base and sidewalls extending upwardly and outwardly from the base; at least one locking portion disposed on the base; a pallet; and at least one locking mechanism disposed on the pallet, complementary to the at least one locking portion, wherein relative rotation between the container and the pallet engages or disengages the at least one locking portion and at least one locking mechanism to respectively lock or unlock the pallet and the container.
US11505362B2
A locking arrangement for a container that has a lid pivotally attached with a base includes a flap that is pivotally attached at a first end thereof to the lid at a peripheral edge of the lid. The flap has a tab projecting laterally away from a second end of the flap. A frangible portion of the lid is defined by a perforation that terminates to encompass the first end of the flap. A slot is formed through an upwardly-projecting peripheral wall of a base of the container. As such, with the lid of the container moving towards a closed position, and with the tab in a folded position, the flap and tab are inserted through the slot of the peripheral wall of the base, thereafter as the tab clears the slot the resilient material urges the tab into an expanded position to lock the container.
US11505354B1
A packaging/inspection system is provided for a nozzle pivot package including a collection of nozzles in various nozzle sizes. The packaging/inspection system includes a shelf assembly with a plurality of compartments, an operator load track, a verification section downstream of the operator load track, a marking section downstream of the verification section, and an operator unload track downstream of the marking section. Each compartment may store nozzles of a specific nozzle size. Features of the shelf assembly alert the operator as to which compartment should be accessed and how many nozzles from the compartment are required.
US11505351B2
A device for coating containers includes at least one vacuum device for generating a vacuum, and at least one treatment station for coating containers with a plasma, wherein the treatment station is in fluid communication with the vacuum device and wherein the treatment station has at least one treatment device which can be introduced into a container, a conveyor device for transporting containers on a transport path P and at least one support element to receive at least one container, wherein the support element is movable in a direction perpendicular to the transport path P of the containers and is suitable for introducing the container into a treatment station, wherein a closure element is arranged on the support element and the closure element is suitable for closing the treatment station in an airtight manner.
US11505350B2
A plant for vacuum packaging of products includes a plurality of packaging stations, a vacuum pump, a first circuit, an auxiliary pressure device, and a second circuit. The plurality of packaging stations are distinct from each other and configured to separately perform the vacuum packaging of products. The first circuit is configured to put said vacuum pump in fluid communication with said packaging stations. The second circuit is configured to put at least one of said packaging stations in fluid communication with the auxiliary pressure device. The auxiliary pressure device is configured to suction a gas through the second circuit from at least one of said packaging stations.
US11505347B2
A dosing and packaging apparatus (1) for long pasta comprising at least one dosing unit (2) and a cartoner (3) below the dosing unit. The dosing unit comprises a weighing device (21, 22) for doses of long pasta, and the cartoner comprises trays (31, 33) for containing doses of weighed long pasta, a chain conveyor (32) for horizontally moving the trays, and a device for forming and filling cartons with the doses of long pasta from the trays. The dosing unit comprises a rotor (23) with more than one compartment (25) for pouring doses of weighed long pasta directly into the trays. The rotation of the rotor and the horizontal motion of the trays are synchronized so that each compartment pours a dose of weighed long pasta into a respective tray placed immediately below the rotor.
US11505342B2
A thermoform packaging machine comprising a forming station, a sealing station, and a cutting station for separating sealed packaging troughs from one another. The cutting station may comprise at least one cutting unit which is adapted to be positioned within the cutting station at different positions in the production direction. The cutting station may comprise a support that supports bottoms of the sealed packaging troughs conveyed into the cutting station for the purpose of separation from below. The support may comprise a plurality of support elements arranged in a horizontal bearing plane and which form a gap at a position in the support at which a cutting operation takes place according to the position of the cutting unit. The gap may be repositioned by moving the support elements to different positions to position the gap to accommodate a different position of the cutting unit within the cutting station.
US11505341B1
A robotic case packer is provided. The packer includes a case conveying apparatus, a case set up station, a case loading station, downstream of the case set up station, and a loaded case closure station, downstream of the case loading station, the case conveying apparatus receiving and conveying a case blank for case set up, case loading and loaded case closure operations, a process flow path as to case operations delimited by the case conveying apparatus. The case set up station, characterized by a case set up robot operable in a process flow path direction, secures a case blank from a source of case blanks and transfers the blank to the case conveying apparatus. The case loading station, characterized by a case loading robot operable across the process flow path direction, transfers an article group for case loading into a set up case conveyed by the case conveying apparatus. The case closure station, characterized by a loaded case closure robot operable in the process flow path direction, effectuates a compressed sealed closure of a loaded case conveyed by the case conveying apparatus.
US11505340B2
A method for manufacturing in space a rigid structure having a lattice is disclosed. The method includes creating of at least two framework elements from a coil of metal strip or wire, and creating of the lattice by cold-connecting the framework elements.
US11505339B2
The present invention relates to a release system (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), that includes a segmented structural element (10) comprising: a first segment (10a) designed to be coupled to a first structure, a second segment (10b) designed to be coupled to a second structure, and a solder joint (11) joining respective ends of said first (10a) and second (10b) segments, thus holding down the first and second structures with respect to one another; wherein said solder joint (11) is electromagnetically heatable and includes a solder alloy having a predefined melting temperature. The release system (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) is characterized by further including magnetic field generating means (13, PW1, PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5) configured to, upon reception of a release command, generate a time-varying magnetic field through the solder joint (11) such that to cause heating thereof up to the predefined melting temperature of the solder alloy, thereby causing melting of said solder alloy; whereby separation of the first (10a) and second (10b) segments is caused, thus enabling release of the first and second structures from one another.
US11505324B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for supersonic flight entry/exit management. For instance, the method may include determining whether a transition between supersonic and subsonic flight is approaching; and in response to determining the transition between subsonic and supersonic flight is approaching, performing a supersonic flight entry/exit process. The supersonic flight entry/exit process may include: obtaining center of gravity (CG) information for the vehicle, drag information for the vehicle, and a planned trajectory of the vehicle (trajectory data); performing an analysis of the trajectory data to determine whether the planned trajectory is safe and consistent; based on a result of the analysis, adjusting the planned trajectory or confirming the planned trajectory of the vehicle; and based on the adjusted planned trajectory or the confirmed planned trajectory of the vehicle, generating actuator instructions to execute the adjusted planned trajectory or the confirmed planned trajectory.
US11505321B2
An apparatus for securing a raceway assembly within an aircraft, which includes a clip assembly associated with the raceway assembly, which secures the raceway assembly to a seat rail. The apparatus further includes a floor panel positioned in overlying relationship to the raceway assembly and the clip assembly.
US11505312B2
A damper assembly includes a housing defining at least one or more cavities. A piston is in operable communication with the housing. A rod end is operatively coupled to the piston, the rod end having at least two cartridges.
US11505311B2
A brake system for a vehicle is disclosed and includes an energy storage device configured to store and discharge energy, a plurality of wheels having an observer wheel, one or more processors operatively coupled to the energy storage device, and a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the brake system to determine the brake system is operating in a backup mode of operation. In response to determining the brake system is operating in the backup mode of operation, the brake system is caused to apply a first brake pressure command to the observer wheel. In response to determining the observer wheel is starting the skid condition, the brake system is caused to determine a second brake pressure command based on a target slip value.
US11505307B2
A phonic wheel having a body and a tooth is disclosed. An embodiment of the phonic wheel includes a body that is configured to rotate about a rotation axis. The tooth is attached to the body. The tooth has a first axial end relative to the rotation axis, a second axial end opposite the first axial end, and a mid portion extending between the first and second axial ends. The mid portion has a substantially axially uniform height from the body. The first axial end has a greater height from the body than the height of the mid portion.
US11505305B1
A composite airfoil is disclosed. In various embodiments, a composite airfoil as disclosed herein includes an outer skin comprising one or more layers of carbon fiber composite material, the outer skin defining an aerodynamic surface having a leading edge; and a reinforcement material comprising a roll of fiberglass reinforced fabric positioned behind the outer skin along at least a portion of the leading edge.
US11505303B2
An adjustable fixed structure attachment system 200 for an aircraft wing, the attachment system 200 including a bracket 210 having: a wall 212 for connection to a wing box, a protrusion 214 protruding from the wall 212, and a slot 216 extending through the protrusion 214, wherein the slot 216 has a height and a width, and a bush 220 having a bore 222 extending therethrough for receipt of a pin, wherein the bush 222 is insertable into the slot 216 and dimensioned relative to the slot 216 so that the bush 220 is substantially immovable in a width-wise direction of the slot 216, and is moveable in a height-wise direction of the slot 216 to thereby vary a position of the bush 220 within the slot 216.
US11505295B2
An adapter includes a waterproof container, a photoelectric conversion device housed in the waterproof container and connected to an optical cable, and an attachment structure provided at the waterproof container, for use in detachably attaching the adapter to an ROV.
US11505285B2
A boat mooring system utilizing a cylinder having an internal spring-like mechanism that allows a retaining rope to lengthen or shorten automatically to adjust for rising tide or high wind to retain a boat at a safe distance from a dock or pier.
US11505283B1
A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The vehicle can include a mechanisms that magnetically attach and release configurable elements from the vehicle.
US11505275B2
A bicycle handlebar system that ensures comfort, safety, and increased center of gravity control. An ergonomic bicycle handlebar system having a sweep angle in the range of 4 to 45 degrees, a slope angle in the range of 5 to 60 degrees or both accomplishes comfort, safety, and increased center of gravity control. The handlebar may be made of nano tube zlyte resin with graphene-impregnated carbon fibers. The interplay of sweep angle and slope angle is recognized.
US11505271B2
An operating device is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The operating device basically includes a base, a first operating member and a first electric switch. The first operating member is movably arranged with respect to the base from a first position to a second position. The first electric switch is provided to the base. The first operating member is configured to activate the first electric switch at least two distinct times in response to a progressive movement of the first operating member from the first position towards the second position.
US11505267B1
A bicycle parking rack includes a base with a first support unit and a second support unit connected thereto. The first support unit restricts one of two wheels of a bicycle that is not in upright pose. The second support unit is pivotably connected to the base and includes an outer tube pivotably connected to the base and an inner tube that is movably inserted in the outer tube. An extension rod is threadedly connected to the inner tube and movable with the inner tube relative to the outer tube, The extension rod is configured to extend through one of the two wheels of the bicycle, or to contact a seat post of the bicycle when the bicycle is in upright pose, while the first support unit supports another one of the two wheels of the bicycle.
US11505258B2
An embodiment rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody includes a reinforcing member coupled to an upper surface of a rear floor panel provided on the rear side of the upper body and connected to both chassis frames of the underbody through the rear floor panel.
US11505251B2
A system for managing lateral loads in a vehicle includes a crossmember and one or more structures that may be deformable. The crossmember is arranged laterally spanning a first longitudinal frame member, arranged on a first side of the vehicle, and a second longitudinal frame member of the vehicle, arranged on a second side of the vehicle. The structure is affixed to one lateral side of the vehicle, arranged longitudinally forward of the crossmember, arranged laterally outside of the first frame member, and is configured to deform during a small overlap collision. The structure, when under load, is configured to apply a lateral force on an end of the crossmember to cause lateral displacement of the vehicle. A vehicle may include a structure on each side of the vehicle to generate lateral displacement of the vehicle away from a colliding rigid barrier.
US11505248B2
A subframe structure includes a pair of left and right front-rear frames each mounted with a lower arm; and a transverse member connecting front portions of the front-rear frames. The front-rear frames each includes a rear horizontal portion formed substantially horizontally, an inclined portion extending frontward and upward from a front end of the rear horizontal portion, and a front horizontal portion extending horizontally frontward from a front end of the inclined portion. The transverse member is jointed at left and right ends thereof to the front horizontal portions respectively corresponding to the left and right ends, a rear end of the front horizontal portion is disposed to be positioned frontward of a front end of an engine, and the front-rear frames are deformed into a Z shape in vehicle side view in an event of a front-end collision and thereby energy of the front-end collision is absorbed.
US11505242B2
A steering system of a vehicle, including an operation member to be operated by a driver, a steering device configured to steer a wheel, and a controller configured to control the steering system, wherein the controller is configured to parallelly execute a main process including a process in which the controller controls the steering device to perform steering in accordance with an operation of the operation member and an auxiliary process relating to an operation of the steering system and configured to change an execution ratio of the main process and an execution ratio of the auxiliary process.
US11505232B2
A drive mechanism which is adapted for use with a swing device includes at least one electromagnetic driving unit and a control unit. The at least one electromagnetic driving unit is adapted to be pivotally connected to a bottom of the swing device. The control unit is electrically connected to the at least one electromagnetic driving unit for controlling the at least one electromagnetic driving unit to be activated and deactivated, so as to generate an intermittent magnetic force to drive swinging movement of the swing device. The swing device including the drive mechanism is also disclosed.
US11505231B1
Embodiments include strollers having removable seats. An example stroller may include rear wheels, front wheels, and a frame including a handle portion, a rear wheel support portion, a front wheel support portion and a folding mechanism connecting the front wheel support portion and the handle portion in both an unfolded configuration and in a folded configuration. The frame may include a stroller seat support portion positioned at a first vertical position adjacent the handle portion, and a front seat attachment configured for attachment to the front wheel support portion at a second vertical position substantially lower than the first vertical position. The front seat attachment may be configured to support the front stroller seat substantially over the front wheels so that a center of gravity of the stroller system is between the front wheels and the rear wheels.
US11505230B1
A wheeled platform has a base, a plurality of wheels, and a power supply. A connector extends from the wheeled platform. A motor assembly has at least one motor mounted on the connector to couple with a stroller. A controller assembly steers the stroller. The base includes an upper surface for supporting an operator. The base forms a wheel assembly for holding the wheels. The power supply sends power to the motor assembly through the control assembly to drive the stroller.
US11505219B2
A device for connecting a cross member for receiving pivot pins on two lower longitudinal members of a car body for a rail vehicle. The cross member has a transversal part that connects the two longitudinal members to each other in the region of the connection, and a longitudinal part that extends to the closest car front. The lower longitudinal members extend over the complete length of the car body and consist of multi-chamber hollow profiles made of a fibre composite material. The number of chambers of the multi-chamber hollow profile of each longitudinal member is reduced in the region of the connection such that the wall material of at least one chamber was removed in such a way that the webs to the adjacent chambers are exposed. At these places, load-introducing elements engage, to which load-introducing elements the cross member is attached.
US11505218B2
An electric machine comprises a housing (9) enclosing at least a rotor (5) and stator windings (4) of a stator (2) of the machine and comprising an end shield (10, 11) at each axial end of the machine. The housing has an air inlet (15) at a first axial end (12) of the machine and a peripheral air outlet (16) at the other, second axial end (13) of the machine. A fan (17) is arranged in the housing at said second axial end to rotate with the rotor for creating a flow of air through the housing from the air inlet to the air outlet for cooling parts of the electric machine. An air outlet channel (19) conducts air radially leaving the fan to the air outlet (16). This channel has a first channel portion with first walls (21) directing air leaving the fan (17) axially back in the direction of the first axial end (12) and a second channel portion with second walls (23) redirecting the air flow from the fan to assume a major radial component.
US11505216B2
Provided is a transfer cart that that has a simple structure, facilitates operation in front and back spaces of a moving direction, and does not take up a redundant transfer space in a locations where operation is not performed. The transfer cart includes a running frame, a main carrier capable of carrying thereon an object to be transferred, and moving-direction operation decks disposed at front and back of the moving direction on the main carrier and running frame. The moving-direction operation decks are configured to change angle with the main carrier in accordance with the radius of curvature of a track, and configured to have a variable height mechanism to be able to change height thereof in the up and down direction.
US11505215B2
A system and method to ensure a sufficient amount of electrical energy is supplied to a cable-drawn vehicle of a transportation device. Electrical loads of the vehicle are supplied with power outside a station by an electrical energy store of the vehicle or by both an electrical energy store and the generator during a first movement phase, in which the vehicle is accelerated to a limit speed or, conversely, decelerated from a limit speed into a station. In a subsequent second movement phase, the vehicle is supplied with electrical energy by the generator while the vehicle moves at a speed that is greater than the limit speed.
US11505209B2
An automated driving system with assistance for a driver in performing a non-driving activity includes an assistance device configured to assist the driver in performing the non-driving activity. The automated driving system, in a first operating state controls the vehicle in an automated manner, and in a second operating state hands over control of the vehicle to the driver. The assistance device is configured to assist the driver in performing the non-driving activity if the automated driving system switches from the first operating state to the second operating state.
US11505202B2
An autonomous vehicle (AV) maintenance system engages a user of an AV to assist in maintenance tasks. A sensor interface receives data captured by a sensor of the AV. An issue detector processes the sensor data to detect an issue in the AV. A user interface module instructs a user to perform a maintenance task addressing the detected issue. A verification module verifies that the user successfully completed the maintenance task.
US11505196B2
A start/stop device initiates an automatic activation process of an automatically deactivated drive machine of a motor vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle with an automatic transmission. The drive machine can be automatically deactivated when the motor vehicle is traveling, and the automatically deactivated drive machine can be activated on the basis of driver actions. The start/stop device is configured to initiate an automatic activation of the drive machine which is automatically deactivated when the motor vehicle is traveling on the basis of a detected drive dynamic desired by the driver.
US11505184B2
An apparatus for assistance avoidance steering is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform avoidance steering control based on Rear Wheel Steering (RWS) control when a head-on collision risk is sensed, and a storage configured to store data and an algorithm runnable by the processor. The avoidance steering control is based on the algorithm.
US11505182B2
A vehicle includes a communication device configured to request a neighboring vehicle for first data related to autonomous driving of the neighboring vehicle and to receive the first data from the neighboring vehicle while the vehicle is driving; a sensor device configured to sense second data regarding a state of a user of the vehicle and to detect third data regarding driving information of the neighboring vehicle; and a controller configured to classify risks of the vehicle into classes according to a preset criterion based on the first data, the second data, and the third data, and to score the risks based on the classified classes.
US11505178B2
A vehicle control device includes a communicator configured to communicate with a parking lot management device having a function of guiding a vehicle, a driving controller configured to perform driving control including at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, and an abnormality determiner configured to determine the presence or absence of an abnormality in the parking lot management device. The driving controller is configured to perform the driving control based on guidance of the parking lot management device on the basis of information received by the communicator from the parking lot management device and to restrict the driving control based on the guidance of the parking lot management device in a case where the abnormality determiner determines that the abnormality has occurred in the parking lot management device.
US11505173B2
A method for brake health monitoring may include sending, by a brake control unit (BCU), a brake command signal to initiate a braking maneuver, and receiving a first wheel speed signal and a second wheel speed signal corresponding to the speed of first and second wheels, respectively, during the braking maneuver. The BCU may detect that the speed of the first wheel is greater than the speed of the second wheel by a predetermined threshold, and, in response thereto, post an alert indicating a failure in a brake control component associated with the first wheel based upon the detection of the speed of the first wheel being greater than the speed of the second wheel by the predetermined threshold.
US11505170B2
A housing for an electropneumatic modulator for an electropneumatic brake system for a vehicle, includes: an electric chamber configured to receive at least one electrical and/or electronic component of the electropneumatic modulator from a first side of the housing; and a receptacle chamber which is arranged opposite the electric chamber and is configured so as to receive a relay piston and a guide device for guiding the relay piston from a second side, opposite the first side, of the housing, in which the housing is formed in one piece. Also described are a related electropneumatic modulator and a method for making the electropneumatic modulator.
