US11506626B2
An electrode composed of a substrate including a graphene layer coated on a first metal; and a complex including a second metal deposited on the substrate and a hydroxide of the first metal, where the complex is in the form of core-shell in which the second metal is a core and the hydroxide of the first metal is a shell, and the second metal has a higher standard reduction potential than the first metal. The graphene-coated metal foam of the present invention is the first case that proves not only theoretically but also by experiment that the remarkable catalytic ability reducing other metals (Au, Pt, Ag, and Cu, etc.) with a higher reduction potential than the metal by graphene coated on the metal surface it electroless deposition without additional reductant or electrical reduction conditions is due to the electrical double layer or interfacial dipole induced between the graphene and the metal.
US11506625B2
A sensor device is provided to sample data from a fluid in a sealed environment. The sensor comprises a housing and a diamond within the housing. The housing is formed such that the device is reversibly insertable into the sealed environment so that the diamond directly interfaces with the sealed environment.
US11506614B2
A device for inspection and authentication of gemstones (diamond pieces) includes a first member having a plurality of gemstone receiving portions, a second member having a plurality of diamonds covering portions which correspond to the gemstone receiving portions; each of the diamond covering portions having a viewing and inspection opening formed therein, a connection member disposed between end portions of the first and second members, a seal placement area formed on each of the first and second members; and an authentication seal configured to be placed on the seal placement area. The authentication seal is provided on the seal placement area without obstructing the viewing and inspection openings. The size of the viewing and inspection openings is less than size of gemstones placed in the gemstone receiving portion. The viewing and inspection opening includes one or more elongated portions for inserting a twizzer therethrough for holding and rotating diamond.
US11506612B2
A system and method for detecting pathogenetic analytes including exciting a large target input area with radiation to produce scattered light to form an input beam, reformatting, with an optical slicer system, the input beam to produce an output beam, dispersing the output beam to produce an output area, capturing excitation data from the output area; and determining, with a processor, a presence of a particular analyte in the input area based on the excitation data. The input area can be greater than 100 micron squared and less than one million microns squared. The optical slicer system can be a high throughput virtual slit system. SERS analysis detects analytes of interest with both high resolution and sensitivity simultaneously, and is applicable for detection of the presence of viruses.
US11506608B2
A device for exciting objects with an excitation radiation and for detecting a photoluminescence radiation emitted by the objects after the absorption of the excitation radiation. The device includes a wall in contact with the objects, an organic light-emitting diode for emitting the excitation radiation and transparent to the photoluminescence radiation, an optical resonator tuned to the wavelength of the photoluminescence radiation and located on the side of the organic light-emitting diode opposite to the wall, and at least one sensor of the photoluminescence radiation arranged on the side of the optical resonator opposite to the organic light-emitting diode.
US11506604B2
Disclosed herein is a super resolution imaging method and system for obtaining an image in a crystal material and/or device.
US11506603B2
The optical cell of an elongated shape has an inner space into which gas is introduced and includes: a cell main body forming the inner space; a manifold member being separably connected to an outer surface of the cell main body extending in a longitudinal direction; and a heating mechanism heating the manifold member, in which the cell main body has a through hole penetrating from the outer surface into the inner space, and the manifold member has a gas introduction path extending along the longitudinal direction and guiding the gas, which has been taken in from the outside, from one side to another side in the longitudinal direction and then guiding the gas to the inner space through the through hole.
US11506600B2
The present disclosure provides a terahertz biological detection method and a device comprising the same, in which biological samples with different molecular formulas have their characteristic peaks in the terahertz band. In the process of sweeping frequency with terahertz, when the terahertz frequency point corresponds to the characteristic peak frequency of the substance to be detected, resonant absorption occurs, and the transmitted/reflected terahertz wave electric field intensity will suddenly decrease. In the electromagnetically induced transparency spectrum corresponding to the Rydberg quantum state, the signal splitting amplitude is significantly reduced. Therefore, the characteristic peak frequency and specific content of the substance to be detected can be accurately determined by comparing the dependence of the Rydberg quantum state with the additional terahertz electric field intensity on the excitation energy level.
US11506584B2
A method for real time crush testing of proppants including loading proppant into an apparatus comprising: a body with a chamber to accept a piston and proppant; a pressure piston; a pressure transducer located in the bottom of the chamber; and a displacement sensor; compressing the proppant with the pressure; calculating the amount of proppant material in the proppant pack; increasing pressure on the proppant pack until the sample is crushed; calculating proppant strength from at least the displacement sensor data. An apparatus includes a body with a chamber to accept a piston and proppant; a pressure piston; a pressure transducer located in the bottom of the chamber; and a displacement sensor.
US11506571B2
A method for gathering flight load data for a gas turbine engine includes providing a plurality of blocker doors rotatably mounted to a translating sleeve and a plurality of blocker door islands, each blocker door island disposed between circumferentially adjacent blocker doors of the plurality of blocker doors and mounted to at least one mounting point of the translating sleeve, wherein a blocker door island of the plurality of blocker door islands is a data acquisition unit; and connecting the data acquisition unit to at least one sensor in communication with the translating sleeve.
US11506570B2
A method for sensing damage of bearing of engine using a vibration signal may include separating a vibration signal of an engine sensed by a vibration sensor installed at one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal by combustion knocking and a vibration signal of a bearing installed between a crank pin and a connecting rod; extracting, by a signal processing filter, a signal of a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal of the bearing; determining whether the vibration signal of the bearing is higher than a predetermined bearing damage threshold, in a predetermined engine state condition in order to sense breakage of the bearing during operation of the engine; and confirming that the bearing has been damaged.
US11506568B2
A synchronizing device includes: a machine data acquisition portion which acquires at least one type of machine data related to operation of a machine in a time series based on first time information; a measurement data acquisition portion which acquires at least one type of measurement data measuring the state of the machine in a time series based on second time information; a first extraction portion which extracts, from any of the machine data, a moment at which a feature set in advance indicating a predetermined event is expressed; a second extraction portion which extracts, from any of the measurement data, a moment at which a feature set in advance indicating the predetermined event is expressed; and an output portion which synchronizes a moment extracted by the first extraction portion and a moment extracted by the second extraction portion, and outputs the machine data and the measurement data.
US11506556B2
A polymeric fluid sensor includes an inlet configured to receive fluid and an outlet. A polymeric tube is fluidically interposed between the inlet and the outlet and has a first sensing location with a first sidewall thickness and a second sensing location, spaced from the first sensing location, with a second sidewall thickness. A sleeve is disposed about the polymeric tube. The first sidewall thickness is less than the second sidewall thickness and a first sensing element is disposed at the first location and a second sensing element is disposed at the second location. In another example, the first and second sidewall thicknesses are the same and a fluid restriction is disposed within the polymeric tube between the first and second sensing locations.
US11506553B1
We present a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) graphene-based pressure sensor realized by transferring a large area, few-layered graphene on a suspended silicon nitride thin membrane perforated by a periodic array of micro-through-holes. Each through-hole is covered by a circular drum-like graphene layer, namely a graphene “microdrum”. The uniqueness of the sensor design is the fact that introducing the through-hole arrays into the supporting nitride membrane allows generating an increased strain in the graphene membrane over the through-hole array by local deformations of the holes under an applied differential pressure. Further reasons contributing to the increased strain in the devised sensitive membrane include larger deflection of the membrane than that of its imperforated counterpart membrane, and direct bulging of the graphene microdrum under an applied pressure. Electromechanical measurements show a gauge factor of 4.4 for the graphene membrane and a sensitivity of 2.8×10-5 mbar-1 for the pressure sensor specific example described, with a good linearity over a wide pressure range. The present sensor outperforms most existing MEMS-based small footprint pressure sensors using graphene, silicon, and carbon nanotubes as sensitive materials, due to the high sensitivity.
US11506552B2
A pressure sensing device for sensing pressure. The pressure sensing device includes a sealed chamber, a second flexible diaphragm, and a protector member. The sealed chamber includes an upper portion comprising a first flexible diaphragm and a lower portion. The protector member includes a bottom surface with a fist concave shape, a top surface with a second concave shape, and a longitudinal hole between a lower cavity and an upper cavity. The lower cavity is between the first flexible diaphragm and a bottom surface of the protector member. The upper cavity is between the second flexible diaphragm and an upper surface of the protector member.
US11506543B2
A temperature sensor installing device for a power relay assembly is configured to be attached to a lower surface of a bus bar attached to a heating surface of the power relay assembly. The temperature sensor installing device includes: a body housing; a temperature sensor insertion recess formed in an upper portion of the body housing and accommodating a temperature sensor such that a temperature sensing surface of the temperature sensor faces upward; and a nut insertion recess formed in the upper portion of the body housing and accommodating a nut.
US11506520B2
An energetic material device is disclosed. The energetic material device can include a casing. The energetic material device can also include an energetic material in a solid state within the casing. In addition, the energetic material device can include an optical sensor encased within the energetic material to sense a condition of the energetic material. An energetic material monitoring system is also disclosed. The energetic material monitoring system can include an energetic material device. The energetic material device can include a casing. The energetic material device can also include an energetic material in a solid state within the casing. In addition, the energetic material device can include an optical sensor encased within the energetic material. The energetic material monitoring system can also include an interrogator in communication with the optical sensor via an optical fiber.
US11506513B2
Actuators for rotating an optical-path-folding-element with two, first and second, degrees of freedom in an extended rotation range around two respective rotation axes, folded cameras including such actuators and dual-cameras including a folded camera as above together with an upright camera.
US11506510B1
The present disclosure provides a method for identifying a confidence level of an autonomous driving system in an autonomous driving vehicle. The method includes determining hardware currently used by the autonomous driving system to realize required functions and environmental factors which affect the hardware capability of the hardware, and establishing a relationship between the hardware capability and the environmental factors; based on environmental factors on a future specific road section acquired in real time, calculating a degree to which the hardware capability will be affected on the specific road section; in consideration of acquired the environmental factors, judging an influence of the affected hardware capability on the realization of required functions of the autonomous driving system based on the acquired the environmental factors; and reflecting the influence on the realization of required functions of the autonomous driving system as a confidence level, and prompting the confidence level to a driver.
US11506507B2
A system and method is provided that creates a multimodal transportation routing that originates using a road-based vehicle which then requires parking. Parking is not necessarily near the destination, but is determined based on user preferences and specification of the relative importance of speed of travel and monetary cost and/or safety. Other factors can also influence the route selection and comprise: parking availability, user preference for parking type, vehicle restrictions, maximum distance a user is willing to walk or bike and what types of public transportation a user is willing to use. Monetary factors include: fuel costs, parking costs, tolls, and public transportation costs.
US11506506B2
A method for trajectory planning for a commercial vehicle at a traffic junction, in particular including a traffic circle, by a control unit is provided. Trafficability of a lane of the commercial vehicle within a lane width of the traffic junction is checked prior to traveling into the traffic junction, traveling through a center of the traffic junction via an alternative trajectory is checked when normal negotiating of the traffic junction is not possible, and detection and/or prediction of surrounding traffic and trajectory planning of the alternative trajectory are carried out, taking the detected and/or predicted surrounding traffic into account. Moreover, a control unit, a computer program, and a machine-readable memory medium are provided.
US11506504B2
A method, including providing a device for an individual, storing information regarding a travel schedule or itinerary of the individual, determining a location of the device with a global positioning device, automatically and continuously monitoring the location of the device, comparing the location of the device with the travel schedule or itinerary, detecting a deviation of the device from a travel schedule or itinerary, or detecting an absence of, or a leaving of, the device from an expected location on the travel schedule or itinerary, generating a travel route deviation message and transmitting the travel route deviation message to a first communication device.
US11506499B2
A method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium are provided for determining absolute altitudes of individual floors represented by an indoor map. In the context of a method, location data is obtained representing at least one track of one or more users at least partially in a structure. The location data includes horizontal and vertical location information with the vertical location information representing an absolute altitude. The method also includes obtaining indoor map data representing different floors and indicating structural elements on the floors and determining track sections of the at least one track represented by the location data such that each track section can be assumed to be on a single floor. The method further includes at least partially comparing determined track sections with floors represented by the indoor map data and determining an absolute altitude of at least some of the floors represented by the indoor map data.
US11506487B2
An X-ray imaging method includes the following steps: (a) performing a first object imaging and obtaining a first object intensity signal by detecting an X-ray passing through a first object; (b) performing baseline imaging process, obtaining a baseline intensity signal by detecting the X-ray when the first object is not in a FOV; and; (c) obtaining the first thickness of the first object by performing operations on the first object intensity signal, the baseline intensity signal, and the first attenuation coefficient of the first object.
US11506476B2
Disclosed are a portable surface characteristics measurement device and a control method thereof. The portable surface characteristics measurement device includes: a roughness sensor configured to convert a signal sensed from a surface of an object during movement of the portable surface characteristics measurement device on the surface of the object into an electric vibration signal; a movement measurement sensor configured to measure a movement physical quantity of the portable surface characteristics measurement device; and a processor configured to change a sampling interval depending on the measured movement physical quantity, and sample the vibration signal in real time, wherein the processor is configured to perform Fourier transform on the sampled vibration signal, and identify a peak frequency band shown in the Fourier-transformed vibration signal as surface roughness information of the object.
US11506469B2
A pack type body armor includes: first and second pack bodies, wherein when the pack type body armor has the function of a pack, each side of the first pack body and each side of the second pack body are detachably connected by a first connecting element; and when the pack type body armor has the function of a bullet-proof cloth, the first and second pack bodies are detachably connected by a second connecting element.
US11506459B2
A double pipe includes an inner pipe through an interior of which low pressure gaseous cooling medium flows and an outer pipe having the inner pipe in its interior, the outer pipe being configured such that high-pressure liquid cooling medium flows between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, wherein the inner pipe has a plate member that extending in the longitudinal direction so as to partition the interior of the inner pipe into a plurality of chambers. The plate member has a helical shape along the longitudinal direction.
US11506455B2
A material drying system provides for consistent and efficient drying of organic materials, such as cannabis. In certain embodiments, a partial vacuum drying system is used to dry the materials and includes a container, a heating system, a depressurization system, and a control system. Air in the container is heated to within a range of temperatures and a low vacuum is applied to assist with evaporation. In addition, the volume flow rate of air pulled out of the container is monitored and maintained at a predetermined rate, which pulls moisture away from the materials so as to prevent degradation of the materials during the drying process while also reducing drying time. A relatively high air volume flow rate is maintained at low pressure by adjusting the area of an opening in the chamber.
US11506453B2
A heat exchanger system includes a core-in-shell heat exchanger and a liquid/gas separator. The liquid/gas separator is configured to receive a liquid/gas mixture and to separate the gas from the liquid. The liquid/gas separator is connected to the core-in-shell heat exchanger via a first line for transmitting gas from the liquid/gas separator to a first region in the core-in-shell heat exchanger and connected to the core-in-shell heat exchanger via a second line for transmitting liquid from the liquid/gas separator to a second region of the core-in-shell heat exchanger.
US11506451B2
An apparatus for cooling bottled beverages may include an open-topped vessel defining a bottle chamber. The vessel may have a tubular wall and a base. The apparatus may further include a cooling device in thermal communication with the base of the vessel and with a heat exchanger. The apparatus may also include a tubular housing surrounding the vessel and enclosing the cooling device and the heat exchanger. Additionally, the apparatus may include a fan configured to provide an air flow along an airflow path. The airflow path may extend from an inlet of the housing, across the heat exchanger, to an outlet of the housing.
US11506445B2
A refrigerated delivery receiving furniture system includes a piece of furniture having a frame and a seat coupled to the frame. A container having an interior space is coupled to the piece of furniture. A lid is movably coupled to the container to selectively cover the interior space. The lid is movable between an open position and a closed position. A refrigeration assembly is coupled to the container includes a compressor such that the refrigeration assembly cools the interior space. A processor is coupled to the container and operationally coupled to said compressor. An interior camera is positioned within the interior space and operationally coupled to said processor. A panel is positionable within a selectable aligned pair of vertically oriented slots in the interior space to divide the interior space into compartments within said container.
US11506437B2
A refrigerating cycle device includes a compressor, a motor, and a wiring switch part. The compressor compresses a refrigerant. The motor generates power for compressing the refrigerant by rotating a rotor with voltage applied to a plurality of wirings. The motor is disposed in the compressor. The wiring switch part switches between a plurality of wiring states by changing connection between the plurality of wirings. When a rotational speed of the rotor exceeds a predetermined value, the wiring switch part switches to a first wiring state of the plurality of wiring states. The first wiring state differs from a second wiring state of the plurality of wiring state. Efficiency of the second wiring state is highest at the rotational speed.
US11506432B2
A cold water supply system cools water flowing through a water pipe, and supplies the water cooled to a cooling load, the cold water supply system including: an independent refrigerant circuit unit including a first compressor and a first water heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant and the water to cool the water; a composite unit configured to cool the water, and a controller configured to control operation of the independent refrigerant circuit unit and operation of the composite unit, wherein the composite unit includes a free cooling unit including a pump and a second water heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a heat medium and the water to cool the water, and a coupled refrigerant circuit unit including a second compressor and a third water heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between refrigerant and the water to cool the water, and the controller controls an operating frequency of the first compressor, an operating frequency of the second compressor, and an operating frequency of the pump based on a temperature of the water flowing out from the water pipe.
US11506424B2
An ejector-based cryogenic refrigeration system for cold energy recovery includes a first cryogenic refrigeration loop connected by a helium compressor and a cryogenic refrigerator and a second cryogenic refrigeration loop connected by the helium compressor, a regenerator, an ejector, a cold head of the cryogenic refrigerator, an end to be cooled and a pressure regulating valve. The cryogenic refrigerator is separated from the end to be cooled. The cryogenic refrigerator and the cryogenic helium cooling loop share a helium compressor, which improves the utilization efficiency of the device and reduces the cost. The ejector allows a part of fluids to circulate in the cryogenic loop, so as to maintain a required cryogenic condition, recover the pressure of the fluids, reduce the gas flowing though the compressor loop, and thus reduce the power consumption of the compressor.
US11506419B2
An indoor unit of an air-conditioning apparatus includes a shell in which a light-receiving window is formed; a display unit attached to an inner surface of the shell; and a cover attached to the display unit, the cover covering the light-receiving window. The cover includes a first end portion, a second end portion located opposite to the first end portion, one of a first engagement portion and a first engagement-receiving portion provided at the first end portion, the first engagement-receiving portion being engaged with the first engagement portion, and one of a first lug portion and a first lug-receiving portion provided at the second end portion, the first lug-receiving portion being engaged with the first lug portion. The display unit includes the other of the first engagement portion and the first engagement-receiving portion, and the other of the first lug portion and the first lug-receiving portion.
US11506418B1
Implementations of vent extenders may include a first portion including a back wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall and a second portion including a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second portion may be configured to extendably couple to the first portion. The vent extender may also include a pocket formed within the first portion and including a first pocket sidewall, a second pocket sidewall, a third pocket sidewall opposite the second pocket sidewall, an opening opposite the first pocket sidewall, and a base. The vent extender may also include a magnet coupled to the base of the pocket. The first pocket sidewall may be directly coupled to both of the second pocket sidewall and the third pocket sidewall. The magnet may be configured to secure the vent extender to a vent register.
US11506415B2
The disclosure relates to libraries used in conjunction with integrated ventilation and temperature controls for enclosed structures. Specifically, the disclosure is directed to libraries, systems and methods for minimizing pollution while simultaneously conserving energy and maintaining required levels of fresh air inside a multi-storied structure and its internal spaces, in an optimal manner, utilizing dynamic, user-defined threshold values and implementing strategies based on user defined goals.
US11506412B2
An air conditioning apparatus including an outdoor unit and an indoor unit comprises a converter main circuit that rectifies and smooths an AC power supply, and allows a DC voltage to be generated across a main circuit capacitor, an inverter main circuit that converts the DC voltage generated by the main circuit capacitor into an AC voltage, a compressor motor driven by the inverter main circuit, an outdoor fan, a fan motor that rotationally drives the outdoor fan, and a microcomputer that controls the outdoor unit. When the fan motor rotates due to outside wind hitting the outdoor fan and enters a power generating state during a standby power saving mode of the outdoor unit, the microcomputer prevents the outdoor unit from shifting to a non-operating state from the standby power saving mode.
US11506410B2
The present disclosure relates to a control system for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system. The control system includes a user interface configured to receive a first input indicative of a first expected operating range of a first parameter in a first zone and to receive a second input indicative of a second expected operating range of a second parameter in a second zone. A first set point for the first parameter is within the first expected operating range and a second set point for the second parameter is within the second expected operating range. The control system includes a controller configured to manage operation of the HVAC system and to provide a first alert in response to the first parameter being outside of the first expected operating range and a second alert in response to the second parameter being outside of the second expected operating range.
US11506409B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing thermal modeling. In one aspect, a method includes receiving monitoring data comprising temperature data measured inside a site, mode data, and state data, receiving weather data descriptive of weather at the site, and aligning the received temperature data, mode data, and state data with the received weather data. The method also includes determining an internal heat gain representing an amount of heat generated at the site irrespective of the heating or cooling system, determining at least one of a thermal product for the site or a thermal potential for the heating or cooling system, generating, based on the internal gain and the thermal product or the thermal potential, a thermal model for the site, and providing, as output, the generated thermal model.
US11506399B2
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heater comprising a heating element having a region that does not contain a surface heating portion. The apparatus further includes a thermostat positioned in the region. The thermostat includes a contact surface disposed to make contact with an object placed on the surface heating portion. The thermostat includes a switch configured to prevent a current from conducting through the heating element when the contact surface experiences a temperature equal to or greater than a temperature limit. The apparatus further includes a medallion coupled to the thermostat and positioned below a top surface of the heating element, the medallion comprising an aperture shaped to allow the contact surface to extend through the aperture to make contact with the object. The apparatus includes an urging element configured to provide vertical movement of the medallion in response to a downward force applied from the object.
US11506396B2
Provided is an oven comprising an air guide configured to guide the flow of air discharged from a discharge passage. The oven comprises: a main body having an open cavity; a door for opening and closing the oven cavity; a handle disposed on the upper portion of the front surface of the door; an air blower fan disposed on the top of the oven cavity so as to blow air suctioned from the outside of the main body; the discharge passage configured to discharge the air suctioned by the air blower fan to the outside of the main body; and the air guide disposed on one end of the discharge passage so as to divide the flow of air discharged through the discharge passage into an upper portion and a lower portion.
US11506395B2
A method for operating a connected oven based on subjective user feedback, wherein the connected oven includes a set of in-cavity sensors configured to monitor the foodstuff throughout a cooking session; the method comprising: executing a cooking session according to an initial set of operation instructions to achieve a target food output condition; collecting subjective feedback values from the user for the resulting food output condition of the foodstuff after the cooking session; and updating the initial set of operation instructions based on the feedback values from the user.
US11506392B2
A heat reflective apparatus for use on the ground adjacent to campfires. The apparatus include a plurality of separate panels. Each of the plurality of panels are configured for vertical orientation and have a top edge and an opposing bottom edge defining a height and opposing side edges defining a width. A plurality of vertically oriented hinges, with each being connected to a side edge of two adjacent panels of the plurality of panels. This allows each of the connected adjacent panels to move between a collapsed position facing the other adjacent panel and an open position in relation with the other adjacent panel. At least two of the plurality of panels have at least one ground spike secured to the bottom edges thereof. The ground spikes are configured to secure the plurality of panels to the ground.
US11506389B2
A loading/unloading method for a gas turbine system is disclosed. The gas turbine system includes a combustion section featuring a primary combustion stage with a first plurality of fuel nozzles and a downstream, secondary combustion stage with a second plurality of fuel nozzles. For loading, the method progresses through each of a plurality of progressive combustion modes that sequentially activate a higher number of at least one of the first or second plurality of fuel nozzles; and for unloading, the method progresses through each of a plurality of progressive combustion modes that sequentially activate a lower number of at least one of the first or second plurality of fuel nozzles. During each combustion mode, regardless of whether loading or unloading, a primary combustion stage exit temperature of a combustion gas flow is controlled to be within a predefined target range corresponding to the respective combustion mode.
US11506388B1
A pilot pre-mixer for a gas turbine engine has a pilot body that includes an internal mixing chamber, a first end on an upstream side of the internal mixing chamber, a second end on a downstream side of the internal mixing chamber, a fuel injector at the first end and communicable with the internal mixing chamber, a plurality of first oxidizer inlet ports arranged to provide an oxidizer agent from outside of the pilot body to the internal mixing chamber, and a plurality of pilot outlet ports at the second end and communicable with the internal mixing chamber, each of the plurality of pilot outlet ports having an outlet on the second end for dispensing a pilot fluid mixture into a combustion zone of a combustor.
US11506364B2
A connection system for a linear lighting system has channels of adjacent luminaires coupled together by a coupling arrangement having a first plate, a second plate and fixings for clamping the first and second plates around wall portions of the two channels. The fixings are slidable along slots so that the coupling arrangement can be slid into an operable position or to an out-of-the way position for disassembly. One of the first and second plates comprises a spring member having sprung projections for projecting into the apertures, to provide an automatic clamping function when the coupling arrangement is tightened. For example, there may be an outer coupling plate and an inner spring plate which forms the spring member.
US11506358B2
The present invention relates to an optical element (1), an optical module and a vehicle. The optical element (1) comprises: a light incident section (10) for receiving light directly from a light source; a light exit section (30) having a focal plane (P); and a third section (20) that directs light from the light incident section (10) toward the light exit section (30) in a predetermined manner to generate a predetermined low beam distribution or high beam distribution, where the optical element (1) is implemented integrally.
US11506354B2
A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting unit having a light source and a light guide lens, the light guide lens has an incidence section from which light emitted from the light source enters inside of the light guide lens, and an emission section from which the light entered inside of the light guide lens from the incidence section is emitted to an outside, the incidence section has a plurality of stepped portions which are radially arranged about an optical axis of a light emitted from the light source and which are inclined toward an advancing direction of the light, and the stepped portions have a form in which incidence surfaces, from which a light radially emitted from the light source enters inside of the light guide lens while parallelizing the entered light, and connecting surfaces, which are adjacent to the incidence surfaces, are alternately arranged in a radial direction.
US11506344B2
A light-emitting device comprises a casing including an upper surface portion having one or more first through holes, and a front surface portion having an opening; a transparent member that closes off the one or more first through holes; one or more light-emitting elements that face the one or more first through holes, respectively, within the casing; and a lid member provided so as to close off the opening, wherein the casing is integrally formed using one material.
US11506337B2
A manufacturing method of a high-pressure tank including a reinforcement layer configured of fiber reinforced resin including carbon fiber and a liner provided on an inner side of the reinforcement layer includes: a step (a) of preparing the reinforcement layer including a cylindrical portion and a pair of dome portions, the dome portions disposed at respective ends of the cylindrical portion; a step (b) of forming a film on an inner surface of each of the cylindrical portion and the dome portions without using a polymerization catalyst that is deactivated by a component contained in the reinforcement layer; a step (c) of applying a material of the liner to a surface of the film, the material being an uncured material of the liner and containing the polymerization catalyst; and a step (d) of forming the liner by curing the material of the liner applied through a polymerization reaction.
US11506336B2
A high pressure tank includes: a container body including dome parts; a reinforcement layer provided on an outer surface of the container body and including fiber-reinforced resin; and a protective member provided on an outer surface of the reinforcement layer, wherein the protective member includes a first layer disposed at the outer surface of the reinforcement layer that covers at least a part of the dome parts, and a second layer disposed outward of the first layer. The first layer is more deformable due to the same load applied from the outside than the second layer is.
US11506333B1
Provided in an adaptor and leveling base for mounting a grill to a utility vehicle and leveling the grill. Vertical legs of an adaptor may allow the adapter to mount via a mounting interface, such as spaced pockets of a side panel of a utility vehicle bed, or other vehicle mounted fixture, having pockets or brackets sized to receive and support the vertical legs. Support members coupled to the vertical legs may position a platform to which a grill is mounted in a use position, and alternatively, in a stowage position.
US11506331B2
A trussed suspended modular platform having uniform weigh distribution for use as a platform to construct a temporary shelter such as a tent or other structure or to hold or hang equipment and other materials off the ground. The modular geometric design includes a polygon shaped center cell, a plurality of polygon shaped body cells, and a plurality of polygon shaped edge cells forming the platform edge and corners, each corner having an anchor bar with attachment holes and hardware for attaching the platform to support posts and for attaching a center extended truss hub structure positioned over the center cell with truss cables extending from the hub to anchored platform corners. The modular design allows for use as a sturdy suspend able mobile platform with trussing system that allows for assembly and disassembly in the field without need for an even ground surface or footings.
US11506329B2
Aspects of the present invention provide a display support arm assembly that includes a proximal housing supporting at least one proximal shaft, a distal housing spaced from the proximal housing and supporting at least one distal shaft, and at least one link extending from the at least one proximal shaft to the at least one distal shaft. The at least one link is coupled for pivotal movement about an axis of the at least one proximal shaft. The display support assembly also includes a gas strut extending between the proximal housing and the distal housing. The gas strut provides substantially constant force throughout a range of the vertical adjustment of the display support arm. The display support assembly further includes at least one torque element associated with either or both of the at least one proximal shaft and the at least one distal shaft.
US11506328B2
The invention relates to pipelines and equipment useful in nuclear power plants, heat power engineering, manufacturing engineering, petrochemistry, water supply, chemical and aerospace industries, and other fields. The invention relates to a pipe heat insulation casing consisted of metal elements and assembly method ensuring reliable electrical insulation of all elements. The connection of the metal elements is with lapping, the elements are with openings in the lapping area where the electrically-insulating spacers are set made of resilient, elastic-plastic, plastic, fully viscous or partially solidified material ensuring electrical insulation between the adjacent elements. The electrically-insulating spacers are applied to the lapping areas of the metal elements to fill the openings of the lapping areas thus arranging reliable pin connections between the spacer and adjacent casing elements. Multiple pin connections ensure fixation of the adjacent metal elements without any failure to electrical insulation of each other.
US11506327B1
A pipe shield device includes an elongated main body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end, a second end and a pair of side edges. The main body is constructed from stainless steel spring metal having high impact resistance and cut resistance properties. The main body includes a resilient memory and transitions between a rolled position in a resting state and an unrolled position in a non-resting state. The main body includes a spring tension for self-securement onto a pipe via the rolled memory tension.
US11506321B2
There is provided a pipe heating device, including; a sensor installed in a gas pipe; a heating part having a heat generation portion arranged so as to cover the gas pipe except for a region of the gas pipe where the sensor is installed; and a heat conducting member attached between an outer peripheral surface of the gas pipe and the sensor and formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the gas pipe.
US11506318B2
A dual containment fitting may include a primary tubing, a secondary tubing, and a dual containment body. The secondary tubing may surround and be concentric with a first portion of the primary tubing forming a first leak containment space between the primary tubing and the secondary tubing. The dual containment body may include a flare fitting portion and a primary containment nut portion. The flare fitting portion may surround and be concentric with the primary tubing forming a second leak containment space between the primary tubing and the flare fitting portion. The primary containment nut portion may surround and be concentric with the flared end of the primary tubing forming a third leak containment space between the primary tubing and the primary containment nut portion. The primary containment nut portion may include at least one leak passage hole connecting the third leak containment space with the second leak containment space.
US11506310B2
A fluid transfer assembly is described that includes a fitting comprising a lumen having an opening, and at least one barb, the at least one barb extending circumferentially around the lumen proximate to the opening. The assembly also includes a flexible conduit, a deformable sleeve, and an elastomeric liner disposed between the sleeve and the conduit. The fitting extends at least partially into the conduit such that the conduit extends over the at least one barb. The elastomeric liner applies substantially 360 degree radial pressure to the conduit such that the conduit is sealingly compressed around the at least one barb of the fitting. The assembly is fluid tight up to a burst pressure of the conduit.
US11506298B2
The disclosure discloses a charging valve, an air conditioning system and an electric vehicle. The charging valve includes: an outer valve body including a first inner cavity, the outer valve body is provided with a connection port in communication with the first inner cavity; an inner valve body movably installed in the first inner cavity, the inner valve body has a sealing position for closing the connection port and a charging position for opening the connection port, and the inner valve body is provided with a second inner cavity; and a valve core assembly, installed in the second inner cavity. The inner valve body of such a charging valve realizes the isolation of the valve core assembly from the connection port. A problem that air enters the air conditioning system in a vacuum state or that leakage appears in the valve core assembly is avoided.
US11506293B2
The disclosure relates to valve assemblies having a valve body including a first port, a second port and a fluid passageway extending therebetween. A valve member, having a through port, is arranged in the fluid passageway and is moveable between an open and closed positions. A sealing arrangement is arranged between the first port and the valve member and includes a sealing member arranged to seal against the valve member such that fluid cannot flow around an outer surface of the valve member. The sealing arrangement includes a sleeve arranged in the fluid passageway between the first port and the valve member. A deformable, incompressible, medium is contained around the sleeve and arranged such that, in use, a fluid within the sleeve exerts an outward pressure on the sleeve causing the sleeve to deform and act on the medium to push the sealing member against the valve member.
US11506289B2
A regulator valve assembly is provided for use in connection with high pressure fluid systems. The regulator valve assembly includes a valve pin having an engagement portion with a tapered surface and a valve seat having a valve pin receiving aperture defining a tapered surface on the valve seat to sealingly mate with the engagement portion of the valve pin. At least one of the valve pin and the valve seat includes an asymmetrical surface feature sized and shaped such that, when the valve pin is displaced away from the seated configuration and fluid flows through an annular space created between the engagement portion of the valve pin and the valve seat, unbalanced hydrodynamic forces arise from an interaction of the fluid with the asymmetrical surface feature. Systems incorporating the regulator valve assembly are also provided.
US11506286B2
A seal including a first portion having a first width that extends in a radial direction of the seal, a second portion that is joined with the first portion and having a second width that is smaller than the first width, and a first recess that is located in the first portion to reduce a width expansion of the first portion when the seal is compressed in an axial direction of the seal.
US11506285B2
A piston of a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes: a piston skirt; a grooved ring belt on a first axial side of the piston skirt, the ring belt grooves being limited by, and separated from one another by, ring lands, the ring grooves for receiving a piston ring; and an oil collection channel between the piston skirt and the ring belt. The oil collection channel has a greater depth than in the circumferential position of a coupling side of the piston and/or in the circumferential position of a coupling opposite side of the piston. The oil collection channel has a gradient, the gradient emanating from an axial depth in a region of the coupling side and/or of the coupling opposite side in the direction of the axial depth in the region of the pressure side and/or of the pressure opposite side.
US11506277B2
An anti-theft device for a vehicle includes an approach prevention cover disposed in a shift lever housing to cover a shift cable connected to a shift lever so as to prevent the shift cable from being detached. Such an anti-theft vehicle makes is possible to easily and efficiently prevent theft of the vehicle by preventing a shift cable operated along with operation of a shift lever from being removed.
US11506276B2
A planet gear assembly comprising a planet carrier provided with at least one crankpin carrying a planet gear, the planet gear comprising a toothing provided with teeth, the toothing being situated around the crankpin and outside the crankpin. A planet gear bearing is arranged at least partially inside the crankpin, the planet gear comprising a foot that extends along an elevation axis at least partially into the crankpin, the planet gear comprising a rim connecting the foot and the toothing, outside the crankpin, the planet gear bearing extending radially from the foot to the internal face of the crankpin.
US11506266B2
The present invention relates to a class of over-constrained two-rotation parallel mechanism with same kinematics, which comprises a base, a moving platform and four branches connecting the base and the moving platform, wherein the base and the moving platform are equilateral triangles, both ends of each of the first branch, the second branch and the third branch are respectively connected to end points of the base and the moving platform, both ends of the fourth branch are respectively connected to center points of the base and the moving platform, the first branch and the third branch both consist of a first rotating pair. The parallel mechanism of the present invention has a large rotation space and high rigidity, and can be used for positioning equipment such as missile launchers.
US11506264B2
A tensioner that has a base adapted to be secured to an engine, and at least one arm hinged to a pin fixed to the base and bearing a pulley adapted to cooperate with a belt of a transmission of the engine, and elastic means for pushing the at least one arm in a direction so as to keep the pulley against the belt. The tensioner has sensor means for acquiring in real time a plurality of data relating to the tensioner to estimate the state of efficiency of the same.
US11506251B2
A damper includes a damper tube (a pressure tube or a reserve tube for a mono-tube or a double tube damper respectively) including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The damper includes a base member. The base member includes a cup portion at least partially enclosing the first end of the damper tube, and a sleeve portion extending from and integral with the cup portion. The sleeve portion surrounds a length of the damper tube. The sleeve portion is attached to the damper tube. Further, the damper includes a knuckle engaged with the sleeve portion such that the sleeve portion is disposed between the knuckle and the damper tube.
US11506249B2
The reverse input cutoff clutch comprises a pressed member having a pressed surface, an input member arranged coaxially with the pressed surface and having an input-side engaging portion arranged radially inside the pressed surface, an output member arranged coaxially with the pressed surface and having an output-side engaging portion arranged more radially inside than the input-side engaging portion, and an engaging element arranged radially inside the pressed surface and having a pressing surface facing the pressed surface, an input-side engaged portion that engages with the input-side engaging portions, and an output-side engaged portion that engages with the output-side engaging portion. The output-side engaged portion is configured by a recessed portion, and the interior surface of the recessed portion has a pair of guided surfaces. The output-side engaging portion has a pair of guide surfaces facing the pair of guided surfaces.
US11506248B2
A freewheel has a first ring which has a first blocking contour on a first axial side and a second ring which is rotatable relative to the first ring and which has a second blocking contour on a second axial side pointing toward the first axial side of the first ring. Tiltable blocking bodies can be caused to engage into the first blocking contour and into the second blocking contour. A switching element tilts the blocking bodies. A displacement unit axially displaces the second blocking contour relative to the first ring between an active setting, which is axially approximated to the first ring, and an inactive setting, which is axially remote from the first ring and in which torque-transmitting blocking of the first ring with the second ring is prevented in any setting of the blocking bodies.
US11506245B2
In a lateral cross section passing through a center of a trunnion in the form of a retaining member that constitutes part of a constant velocity joint, and an orthogonal site where a virtual tangent line at a contact region is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a guide groove, a curved surface having a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion is formed. The second arcuate portion is contiguous with the first arcuate portion, and has a smaller radius of curvature than the first arcuate portion. Further, the first arcuate portion and the second arcuate portion are arranged in this order from a side in proximity to an annular member of the trunnion.
US11506242B2
A lock nut is useable for setting a bearing to preload or endplay. A plurality of preload markings are circumferentially spaced apart on the nut. The distance between the preload marking corresponding to a preselected amount of preload applied or reduced on said bearing when the nut is (i) tightened to apply a preload force to said bearing or (ii) loosened to reduce a preload force on said bearing, respectively. A plurality of endplay markings are also circumferentially spaced apart on the nut. The distance between the endplay markings, corresponding to a preselected amount of endplay increased or reduced in said bearing when the nut is (i) tightened to reduce endplay on the bearing or (ii) loosened to increase endplay in said bearing. The use of endplay and preload markings enables setting of a bearing on an axle or spindle to either an endplay setting or a preload setting by adjusting the rotation of the lock nut according to the endplay markings or the preload markings, respectively.
US11506237B2
A fittable and releasable fastener includes a head which has a fitted and released portion and a fastening portion; and a fitting and releasing piece which has a fitting and releasing portion. Accordingly, when the fitting and releasing portion fits to the fitted and released portion, an external turning force is applied to the fitting and releasing piece or the head to make the fastening portion combine with at least one object. After the fastening portion is combined with the object, the fitting and releasing portion would release the fitted and released portion to limit the force or the force interval applied on the fastening portion for preventing excessively locking if the force is continuously applied.
US11506222B2
The invention relates to a fan housing (1), a fan and an operating system having a fan. The fan housing (1) has a volute shape and includes a volute tongue (2) and a cavity (16) between an air inlet and an air outlet, the volute tongue is provided with a protrusion (20) configured to extend in a direction substantially parallel to an axial direction of an impeller mounted in the cavity and has at least one peak (24) in a longitudinal section of the fan housing, and the peak is opposed to an annular projection (32) located at the circumferential outer surface of the impeller. The use of the invention can effectively reduce the noise level during the operation of the fan and improve fan performance, thereby considerably improving users' comfort and satisfaction.
US11506217B2
A seal includes a mating ring that rotates relative to a porous carbon primary ring at a seal interface. A buffer gas is provided into the seal and passes from the back of the primary ring to the seal interface. The seal can be used as a separation seal or in combination with another seal.
US11506211B2
A counter-rotating fan, comprising an impeller assembly and an air guide structure. The impeller assembly comprises a first stage impeller and a second stage impeller, of which the rotation directions are opposite. The pressure surfaces of first blades of the first stage impeller are configured to be opposite the suction surfaces of second blades of the second stage impeller, and from the blade root to the blade tip, each of the first blades and the second blades bends toward its own rotation direction. The air guide structure comprises a flow guide cover. The flow guide cover is provided at the center position of the air intake side of the first stage impeller, and the air intake side surface of the flow guide cover at least partially forms a flow guide surface, the flow guide surface extending along the axis of the first stage impeller in the direction away from the counter-rotating fan.
US11506205B2
A method for controlling a compressor towards an unloaded state, in which the compressor includes a compressor element (2) with an inlet (5), in which in the unloaded state, a residual flow (QD) is suctioned via the inlet (5) towards and into the compressor element (2), and in which for a transition from a loaded state of the compressor to the unloaded state, the inlet (5) of the compressor element (2) is partially closed in successive discrete transitional steps.
US11506203B2
Provided are a pump body assembly and an assembly method therefor. The pump body assembly includes a first cylinder assembly (10), a second cylinder assembly (20) and a third cylinder assembly (30) sequentially arranged in a vertical direction. At least one of the first cylinder assembly (10), the second cylinder assembly (20) and the third cylinder assembly (30) is provided with a positioning detection portion (40).
US11506202B2
A pump body assembly, a compressor and an air conditioner. The pump body assembly includes: an upper flange. The upper flange includes a disc portion and a neck portion extending upward from the disc portion, an outer peripheral surface of the disc portion is connected with a housing of the compressor, a height a1 of the disc portion and a distance b1 between an upper end surface of the neck portion and a lower end surface of the disc portion satisfy: 0.3≤a1/b1≤0.4, and the height a1 of the disc portion and a diameter d1 of the disc portion satisfy: 0.1≤a1/d1≤0.2.
US11506200B1
An example crescent seal assembly comprises: an outer crescent of a gear pump; an inner crescent of the gear pump mating with the outer crescent such that an exterior peripheral surface of the inner crescent interfaces with an interior peripheral surface of the outer crescent, forming: (i) a spring cavity, (ii) a first check valve cavity, and (iii) a second check valve cavity therebetween; a spring disposed in the at least one spring cavity; a first check pin disposed in the first check valve cavity; and a second check pin disposed in the second check valve cavity.
US11506192B1
A pulsatile fluid pump apparatus includes an integral pump assembly employing a flexible diaphragm in a diaphragm assembly; a pulsatile fluid pump system including a control housing, for removably receiving the integral pump assembly, the control housing and the integral pump assembly being configured for operation, in a first mode, so that the pulsatile fluid pump system reciprocally actuates the diaphragm assembly to cause pumping automatically; and a manual driver assembly, wherein the integral pump assembly is configured, in a second mode, in the absence of actuation of the diaphragm assembly by the pulsatile fluid pump system, to removably receive the manual driver assembly to support manual actuation and operation of the diaphragm assembly.
US11506187B2
An assembly includes a transformer tank that is arranged in a nacelle of a wind turbine, wherein the transformer tank is configured to be filled with a gas or a liquid to cool the active part of the transformer and the active part is enclosed by the transformer tank in a liquid-tight or gas-tight manner, such that use of the transformer tank as a reinforcement or a bracing of the steel construction of the nacelle with as little additional material expenditure as possible for the transformer is facilitated by integrating the transformer tank into the mechanical support structure of the nacelle such that the transformer tank forms a part of the mechanical support structure of the nacelle and by providing at least one bracing in the interior of the transformer tank, where bracing connects mutually opposing wall regions of the transformer tank.
US11506186B2
A set (200) of yaw claws (150) is provided comprising at least a first yaw (150a) claw and a second yaw claw (150b). The first yaw claw (150a) is to be used in a bearing ring (140) of a first yaw bearing (130) and the second yaw claw (150b) in a bearing ring (130) of a second yaw bearing (140). A circumference of the bearing ring (140) of the first yaw bearing (130) is substantially different from a circumference of the bearing ring (140) of the second yaw bearing (130). Each yaw claw (150) has a periphery, formed by a first side end (176), a second side end (178), an inner arc (172) and an outer arc (174), the inner arc (172) and the outer arc (174) being concentric with the respective bearing ring (140). At least two spring packs (166) are provided for pre-tensioning the yaw claw (150), respective spring pack centres (167) of the at least two spring packs (166) being arranged on a spring pack centreline (169) that is concentric with the inner arc (172) and the outer arc (174). A length of the spring pack centreline (169), measured from the first side end (176) to the second side end (178), of the first yaw claw (150a) is substantially equal to a length of the spring pack centreline (169) of the second yaw claw (150b).
US11506182B2
A wind turbine blade assembly comprising: a first wind turbine blade portion having a first attachment portion and a first metallic plate, a second wind turbine blade portion having a second attachment portion and a second metallic plate, and at least one tension member for coupling to the first and second attachment portions to join the first wind turbine blade portion to the second wind turbine blade portion, wherein the first and second metallic plates are configured to abut in compression due to tension in the tension member when the first wind turbine blade portion is joined to the second wind turbine blade portion with the at least one tension member. Also, a method of joining blade portions to construct a blade.
US11506180B2
An enclosure with a vortex-induced vibration suppression function and a method for suppressing vortex-induced vibration are provided. The enclosure is provided with suction through holes extending through a peripheral wall thereof, the suction through holes are distributed in a circumferential direction of the enclosure. The enclosure is further provided with a suction apparatus, and the suction apparatus can perform suctioning to the suction through holes from outside to inside, to restrain a boundary layer at an outer surface of the enclosure from being detached from the outer surface. By the suctioning, the boundary layer can be “adsorbed” on the outer surface of the tower, thereby restraining or directly preventing the boundary layer from being detached from the outer surface of the tower, and reducing or eliminating the cause of the vertex-induced vibration.
US11506179B2
Provided is a transport assembly for use in the transport of a large heavy load, including a frame unit realized to lie on a load platform of a transport vehicle; a number of first load-positioning beams, wherein a first load-positioning beam is realized to span a single frame unit; and/or a number of second load-positioning beams, wherein a second load-positioning beam is realized to span a pair of adjacent frame units; and a part adapter realized to engage with a load-positioning beam and to engage with the load. The embodiments further describe a method of securing a large heavy load on a load platform during a transport maneuver.
US11506177B1
The disclosed technology provides a system and methods for transforming kinetic energy from wind and solar energy from sunlight into three phase electrical energy for local use and available to supply to electrical grids. The system includes a solar panel system and a wind system, which through a gearbox translates kinetic energy from the wind into hydraulic energy in a hydraulic circuit. One or more generators are coupled with the hydraulic circuit to translate the hydraulic energy into three phase electrical energy. In embodiments, a pump motor runs off of a rechargeable battery to supply hydraulic energy to one of the generators when the wind is insufficient to provide sufficient hydraulic energy to the generator. The rechargeable battery may be recharged by diverting energy from, for example, the solar panel system.
US11506173B2
A method for providing grid-forming control of a double-fed wind turbine generator connected to an electrical grid includes receiving at least one control signal associated with a desired total power output or a total current output of the double-fed wind turbine generator. The method also includes determining a contribution of at least one of power or current from the line-side converter to the desired total power output or to the total current output of the double-fed wind turbine generator, respectively. The method also includes determining a control command for a stator of the double-fed wind turbine generator based on the contribution of at least one of the power or the current from the line-side converter and the at least one control signal. Further, the method includes using the control command to regulate at least one of power or current in the stator of the double-fed wind-turbine generator.
US11506171B2
A wind turbine blade mould extending longitudinally in a spanwise direction and transversely in a chordwise direction is provided and a spar cap (134, 136) is laid the mould. The spar cap comprises a plurality of strips (138) extending longitudinally in the spanwise direction and arranged side-by-side in the chordwise direction, said strips comprising one or more intermediate strips (158) arranged between peripheral strips (160, 162) which are inclined relative to the intermediate strips. A shear web (126) comprising a flange (130a) extending longitudinally in the spanwise direction is provided, the flange comprising a base (144) defining a primary bonding surface (164). A chordwise width of the primary bonding surface corresponds substantially to a chordwise width of the intermediate strips of the spar cap. The primary bonding surface of the flange is bonded to the one or more intermediate strips of the spar cap.
US11506168B2
An internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber with a cylinder head, a cylinder, and a piston. The internal combustion engine also includes at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve that are connected to the combustion chamber, a fuel injector that injects fuel into the combustion chamber, at least two ignition devices arranged in the combustion chamber, and control means that control the valves, the injector, and the ignition means. The control means operate the engine according to different combustion modes including a controlled ignition combustion mode, a compression ignition combustion mode, and an assisted compression ignition combustion mode. The control means activate the ignition means in the assisted compression ignition combustion mode.
US11506158B2
An air intake system for a combustion engine includes an air intake duct in fluid communication with an engine intake manifold and a conduit component inserted into the air intake duct along a first assembly direction. The air intake system also includes a hydrocarbon (HC) trap secured to the conduit component within the air intake duct. The conduit component defines at least one retention feature to maintain a position of the HC trap such that removal of the HC trap from the air intake duct results in structural compromise of the at least one retention feature. The air intake duct is also configured to shield the at least one retention feature from user access to inhibit user removal of the HC trap.
US11506155B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for an air box configured to cool an engine control unit (ECU) by way of an airstream being communicated to an air intake system of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle. The air box is comprised of a housing to support an air filter within an interior of the housing. An opening in the housing fixedly receives at least one surface of the ECU to transfer heat from the ECU to the airstream. A mount portion within the housing receives the air filter. A conduit to a clean side of the air filter is configured to be coupled with the air intake system. An inlet to the housing is configured to couple with an air inlet duct of the vehicle so as to direct the airstream into the interior of the housing.
US11506151B2
A dual purge ejector and a dual purge system using the same are provided. A first end of a main body is fully open and an ejecting end of a nozzle is located proximate to the opening hole. Therefore, even if the ejector is disconnected from an adapter, negative pressure is not formed in a main body, to prevent discharge of fuel evaporation gas into the atmosphere and a failure of the dual purge system may be reliably diagnosed.
US11506149B2
An evaporated gas leak diagnosis method using an active purge pump is provided to detect a leak of the evaporated gas from a canister in a fuel system. The method includes diagnosing a failure of an active purge pump based on a signal generated by a pressure sensor installed on a vent line that extends from the canister to the atmosphere. The active purge pump is mounted on a purge line for connecting the canister with an intake pipe.
US11506148B2
Provided is an opening/closing mechanism for an intake member which enables backlash suppression a working member and positioning of a choke lever. The opening/closing mechanism includes the intake member that accommodates a filter part and has an opening leading to a carburetor at an end wall portion facing the filter part; an opening/closing member that is disposed between the filter part and the end wall portion, and opens and closes the opening; and a working member that is disposed on a side opposite to the opening/closing member with the end wall portion interposed therebetween. The working member includes an arm portion that extends along the end wall portion and is coupled with the opening/closing member at one end by sandwiching the end wall portion therebetween, and a holding portion that is provided at the other end of the arm portion, the intake member has a guide hole into which the arm portion is inserted to guide movement of the arm portion, the guide hole has a first fixing portion that fixes the arm portion on one side in a movement direction of the arm portion, and a second fixing portion that fixes the arm portion on the other side in the movement direction of the arm portion, and widths of the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion of the guide hole are respectively equal to or less than a width of the arm portion.
US11506145B2
An exhaust diffuser hub disposed at a longitudinal center of an exhaust diffuser is provided. The exhaust diffuser hub includes a hub extension extending from a downstream end thereof in a longitudinal direction of the exhaust diffuser. A transverse cross-sectional area of the hub extension is smaller than a transverse cross-sectional area of the hub.
US11506144B2
A thrust reverser cascade for an aircraft nacelle includes a plurality of blades having a first and a second surface, the blades being connected to members connected to attachment flanges for attaching the thrust reverser cascade to the nacelle. At least one of the surfaces of the blades is covered with at least one layer of fibers, each layer including a plurality of fiber pieces which are pre-impregnated with resin. The fiber pieces are superimposed on one another, positioned parallel to the aerodynamic surface of the blade and oriented in different directions.
US11506141B2
A piston assembly includes a piston head for reciprocating back and forth within a cylinder of an engine, an upper rod coupled to the piston head at one longitudinal end of the upper rod and fixed relative to the piston head, and a lower rod rotatably coupled to an opposite longitudinal end of the upper rod, the lower rod configured to pivot about the opposite longitudinal end of the upper rod. The lower rod is configured to couple to a crankshaft at a longitudinal end of the lower rod opposite the upper rod. Methods of forming a piston assembly and engines incorporating such piston assemblies are also disclosed.
US11506133B2
A method of delivering fuel to an engine during operation of the engine, that includes, sensing the speed of sound in the fuel, determining a density or property of the fuel, and based on that density or fuel property adjusting the flow rate of the fuel. Further, an established fuel profile or determined energy density value can also be used to adjust the flow rate of the fuel.
US11506122B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods useful for power production. In particular, a power production cycle utilizing CO2 as a working fluid may be configured for simultaneous hydrogen production. Beneficially, substantially all carbon arising from combustion in power production and hydrogen production is captured in the form of carbon dioxide. Further, produced hydrogen (optionally mixed with nitrogen received from an air separation unit) can be input as fuel in a gas turbine combined cycle unit for additional power production therein without any atmospheric CO2 discharge.
US11506121B2
An airplane is provided. The airplane includes a pressurized medium, a turbine, and a valve. The turbine includes at least one nozzle. The valve is located upstream of the turbine. The valve provides the pressurized medium to the at least one nozzle of the turbine according to an operational mode.
US11506115B2
The invention provides a cogeneration system capable of adjusting a heat-to-electric power ratio not only in an increasing direction, but also in a decreasing direction. The cogeneration system includes: a power generation device configured to supply electric power; a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between exhaust of the power generation device and water, so as to lower a temperature of the exhaust and obtain steam from the water; a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas by the steam reacting with a fuel; a second heat exchanger configured to cool the reformed gas generated by the reformer by heat exchanging; a reformed gas supply device configured to supply the reformed gas cooled by the second heat exchanger to the power generation device; a distributor configured to supply the steam to at least one of the reformer and a heat utilization device; and a control device configure to adjust a heat-to-electric power ratio by changing a supply destination of the steam in the distributor.
US11506106B2
The present disclosure is directed to a flexible pipe assembly that includes a pipe, a sleeve, a first connection assembly, and a second connection assembly. The pipe of the flexible pipe assembly includes a first end portion that is coupled to an external vertical exhaust pipe that allows exhaust to escape from a truck and a second end portion that is coupled to a pipe to an outlet of an exhaust aftertreatment system (EAS). The pipe also includes a third portion, which is a bellows, coupling the first end portion to the second end portion of the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly. The first and second connection assemblies couple the sleeve to the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly by passing through holes in the sleeve and the pipe of the flexible pipe assembly.
US11506096B2
An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine and having at least an exhaust duct, which originates from the internal combustion engine and has an end part, which ends with an outlet opening, through which exhaust gases are released into the atmosphere. The end part of the exhaust duct has at least one movable wall, which can be moved to different positions to vary the width of the outlet opening. There are provided a motor-driven actuator device, which is configured to move the movable wall and can be electronically controlled, and a control unit, which is configured to vary, by controlling the actuator device, the position of the movable wall depending on a rotation speed of the internal combustion engine and on an engine load of the internal combustion engine.
US11506089B2
A combined cycle plant includes: a gas turbine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine; a supplementary firing burner configured to raise a temperature of an exhaust gas of the gas turbine; a heat recovery steam generator configured to generate a steam using an exhaust heat of the exhaust gas; a steam turbine configured to be driven by the steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator; and a control device configured to change both an output of the combustor and an output of the supplementary firing burner when an output of the combined cycle plant is to be changed.
US11506083B2
Composite liners (such as acoustic panels, fan track liners, and/or ice impact panels or boxes for turbofan engines) and techniques for forming composite liners. In some examples, the composite liner includes at least one region comprising a reinforcement architecture comprising a matrix material, a plurality of relatively tough polymer-based reinforcement elements, and a plurality of second reinforcement elements. The plurality of relatively tough polymer-based reinforcement elements and the plurality of second reinforcement elements are embedded in the matrix material.
US11506066B2
A fan module with variable pitch blades for a longitudinal axis propulsion assembly. The module includes a rotor through which a rotor shaft runs along the longitudinal axis X and carries the blades of the fan. A system for changing the pitch of the blades includes a mechanism connected to the blades of the fan and a controller acting on the mechanism. The controller has a fixed body and a movable body translatable along the longitudinal axis X relative to the fixed body, and a load transfer bearing arranged between the mechanism and the controller. The fan module includes a power shaft driving the rotor shaft via an epicyclic train speed reducer, the speed reducer including a sun gear connected to the power shaft and a satellite carrier including a fixed annular ferrule secured to a fixed casing. The fixed body of the controller is mounted on the annular ferrule.
US11506059B2
An impeller associated with a compressor of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of impeller blades. Each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades has a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge in a streamwise direction. Each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades extends in a spanwise direction from a hub at 0% span to a tip at 100% span, and each impeller blade of the plurality of impeller blades has a plurality of mean camber lines that each extend from the leading edge to the trailing edge at a respective spanwise location. The leading edge includes a partially swept leading edge surface defined between 70% span to 100% span that extends in the streamwise direction between 3% to 15% of a mean camber line at 100% span.
US11506053B2
Disclosed herein is a system for controlling a mining machine within an underground mine. A rotatable laser source sends laser light and return light sensor receives reflected laser light and provides an indication of distance and return light intensity at multiple different rotation angles. A co-ordinate reference point comprises a pattern of varying reflectivity and provides at least a 2D co-ordinate position. A processor determines an absolute co-ordinate position in space of the mining machine as the mining machine moves through the underground mine. The processor collects intensity values of reflected laser light for multiple respective rotation angles and detects the pattern of the reference point in the multiple intensity values of reflected laser light, and determines the absolute co-ordinate position in space of the mining machine based on spatial information of the detected pattern.
US11506050B2
A pressure-testing system for a tubular product. Preferably, the tubular product is a joint or a stand of production tubing. The pressure testing assembly includes a controller; a fluid reservoir configured to contain a test fluid; a pump in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir; a fluid hose having a first end configured to receive the test fluid from the reservoir, and a second end configured to be fluidically connected to a hydrotest tool for the tubular product; and a transducer. The transducer sends signals to the controller indicative of pressure within the fluid hose. The controller is programmed to automatically (i) store a pressure threshold value (T) such that when pressure in the fluid hose reaches (T), the controller sends a signal to the pump to discontinue pumping; and (ii) store a pressure test value (PT) such when pressure in the fluid hose reaches (PT), the controller sends a signal to the pump to discontinue pumping.
US11506046B2
An compact instrumented downhole coupling that includes a carrier and a set of sensors and electronics that are installed within the carrier. The carrier is a tubular structure having couplings at each end and a bore extending through the carrier from the first end to the second end, forming a carrier wall between the bore and the exterior surface of the carrier. The bore and couplings are offset from a central axis of the carrier (the axis of the cylindrical outer surface of the carrier), resulting in a thicker portion of the carrier wall on one side of the carrier. Cavities are formed (e.g., by drilling holes) within the thicker portion of the carrier wall. One or more sensors and corresponding electronics are then positioned within the cavities, so that the carrier wall itself forms a housing for the sensors and electronics.
US11506038B2
A modular fracing wellhead extension for use in a fracing system for enabling the connection of wells on a well pad that are out of reach of an articulated connection platform. The extension modules use the same connection interface as deployed on the wellheads in reach of the articulated connection platform so that an uninterrupted fracing operation can be carried out on two or more wells even if some of the wells are not within the usual reach of the articulated connection platform.
US11506031B2
A completion assembly having a wireless adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the sand screen base pipe to control flow of a fluid through a shunt tube assembly adjacent a sand screen. Each electronic flow control node includes a valve that can be adjusted by an electric actuator powered by a power harvesting mechanism disposed in a flow path of the completion assembly. A wireless transmitter receives a control signal to control the electric actuator. The control signal may be transmitted to open or close a packing tube or a transport tube of the shunt tube assembly.
US11506024B2
A unitary junction for deployment in a wellbore, wherein the unitary junction permits electrical power and communications signals to be established in both a lateral wellbore and a main wellbore utilizing. The unitary junction assembly generally includes a conduit having a first upper aperture, a first lower aperture and a second lower aperture where the first lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a primary leg extending from a conduit junction and the second lower aperture is defined at the distal end of a deformable lateral leg extending from the conduit junction. A lower wireless energy transfer mechanism is positioned along at least one of the legs between the distal end of the leg and the junction. The lower wireless energy transfer mechanism is in wired communication an upper energy transfer mechanism permitting electrical communication to be established across the intersection of wellbore branches utilizing the unitary junction.
US11506021B2
A method includes acquiring data associated with a field operation of equipment in a geologic environment; filtering the data using a filter where the filter includes, along a dimension, a single maximum positive value that decreases to a single minimum negative value that increases to approximately zero; and, based on the filtering, issuing a control signal to the equipment in the geologic environment.
US11506015B2
A cementing plug including a wiper portion, an engagement section attached to the wiper portion, the engagement section including an engagement feature configured to release at a selected threshold pressure related to cement forming an annular structure about a fracturing device.
US11506012B2
A method of installing or removing a subsea wellhead assembly is provided. The method comprising providing a suction anchor that in use acts as a subsea well foundation, wherein the suction anchor comprises an outer suction skirt; and an inner member, wherein the inner member comprises a high pressure wellhead housing; and installing or removing the suction anchor together with the high pressure wellhead housing on or from a seabed.
US11506011B2
A smart jarring system for freeing stuck equipment downhole is disclosed. The smart jarring system comprises a set of jars, at least one laser source and at least one laser receiver that corresponds to the at least one laser source. The laser receiver intercepts a laser beam that is emitted from the laser source. This interception helps determine when the set of jars fired and in which direction the set of jars fired. The smart jarring system further comprises one or more sensors selected from the group consisting of vibration sensors, temperature sensors, and torque/tensile sensors. These sensors are configured to diagnose downhole conditions and help free the stuck equipment downhole.
US11506009B2
An actuation assembly positionable within a wellbore may comprise a primary piston coupled to a first spring. The primary piston may be positionable in a first position in which it is coupled to a release latch for restraining the release latch from actuating a ball valve mechanism. The actuation assembly may also include a locking piston coupled to a second spring and a locking mechanism positioned between the primary piston and the locking piston. The locking mechanism may be moveable between a restrained position and an unrestrained position, wherein in the restrained position the locking mechanism prevents the primary piston from moving a predetermined amount in a first direction in response to an application of pressure from a surface of the wellbore that is greater than a predetermined amount of pressure.
US11506007B2
A modular fluid-carrying manifold apparatus is provided for use in hydraulic fracturing blenders and other devices. A manifold can include one or more interchangeable sections. Each section may have a flat front face with ports cut into the front face. Components such as valves and hammer unions are directly removably connected to the ports via bolts. This eliminates the need for welded-on piping. Removable, wear-resistant inserts can be located in the ports. The removable components may be considered consumable and replaced when worn out.
US11505985B2
The invention relates to a device for releasing and resetting a fire and smoke barrier. In a normal use state, a clutch member is held by an electromagnetic attraction unit, so that a push rod ejecting module cannot be actuated, and a door operator is controlled by a clutch module thereof. Upon power failure, for example upon an accident, the clutch member is released by the electromagnetic attraction unit, and a barrier release member is activated by the push rod ejecting module so as to shut the fire and smoke barrier. Upon power restoration, the clutch member is attracted and held by the electromagnetic attraction unit, and the push rod ejecting module is reset by a push rod resetting module. At the same time, the barrier release member is also reset.
US11505981B2
A sliding door for a vehicle, which is applicable to a door portion to which a straight rail is difficult to be applied, may include a door rail mounted in a door which is configured to be closed to a vehicle body in a vertical direction of the vehicle; a vehicle body rail mounted in the vehicle body to which the door is configured to be closed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a moving arm having one end portion which is movably coupled along the door rail in the vertical direction to open or close the door in a transverse direction of the vehicle body during moving, and the other end portion which is movably coupled along the vehicle body rail in a longitudinal direction to allow the door to be slidingly moved in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body during moving.
US11505977B2
A screen door for a cooling package of a vehicle that includes proximal and distal frame posts, screen surface, torsion bar, stationary support, torsion bracket and fastener. The proximal frame post is hingedly coupled to the cooling package, and the distal frame post can be hingedly coupled to a secondary door. Proximal end of torsion bar is fixedly attached to proximal frame post, and distal end is moveable relative to the distal frame post. Stationary support is fixedly attached to distal frame post. Torsion bracket is fixedly attached to distal end of torsion bar, and is moveable relative to stationary support. Fastener maintains torsion bracket in a desired position relative to stationary support. Movement of torsion bracket relative to stationary support applies an adjustable torsion on torsion bar, and fastener maintains the adjustable torsion. An adjustment member can be attached to fastener between torsion bracket and stationary support.
US11505976B2
A door locking device having a locking bar with a first section and a second section pivotally connected to the first section and, the second section being provided with a protrusion. There is also provided a housing having a first end comprising a face and a recess therein. The first section of the locking bar is received and retained, within the recess of the housing, and the pivotal connection is orientated with an axis of rotation that is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis of the locking bar.
US11505973B2
A spring assembly for a handle set assembly includes a housing and a gear rotatably positioned within the housing. The gear has a default position and at least one actuated rotated position. The spring assembly includes at least one rack positioned within the housing. The at least one rack is movable in a rack displacement direction that is normal to the axis of rotation of the gear in response to rotation of the gear between a neutral position and a displaced position. The spring assembly includes a slider positioned at a first end of the at least one rack, the slider being slidable along the rack displacement direction. The spring assembly includes at least one spring captured between the housing and slider. The at least one spring is positioned to apply a spring force to the at least one rack toward the neutral position when the at least one rack is in the displaced position.
US11505959B2
The invention relates to a swimming-pool cleaning apparatus which comprises: a body; at least one hydraulic circuit for circulating liquid between at least one liquid intake and at least one liquid outlet, and through a filtering device of the cleaning apparatus; a fluid-circulation pump installed in the hydraulic circuit downstream from the filtering device; means for adjusting the pressure inside the hydraulic circuit upstream from the circulation pump, in response to a detected variation of said pressure, said pressure-adjustment means comprising: at least one secondary liquid intake (21) connected to the hydraulic circuit, upstream from the circulation pump, said at least one secondary liquid intake (21) being provided with a valve (22) mounted rotatably movable about an axis of rotation, and with means for driving the valve from an open position to a closed position, said means for driving the valve comprising a float (26), the orientation and/or the force of which depend on the orientation of the cleaning apparatus relative to a horizontal plane.
US11505954B2
A tool device is for positioning a reinforcement mesh for concrete. The tool device may include a lever arm having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a pivot point between the first end and the second end. The tool device may include a pivoting vertical support coupled to the lever arm at the pivot point and cooperating with the pivot point to rotate about the pivot point, and a toe coupled to the first end of the lever arm and to engage the reinforcement mesh.
US11505951B2
A deck system including hold-down devices for attaching deck boards to deck support structures and a siding system including attachment devices for mounting siding boards to wall structures. Hold-down devices are attached to deck support structures by horizontally-extending fasteners and attach the deck boards to the deck support structures without fasteners providing paths for water to pass through the deck boards into the support structures. Deck board engagement members of the hold-down device extend into slots in deck boards. Siding board attachment devices are mounted on upright surfaces of wall structures using horizontally extending fasteners. Siding boards are mounted with a standoff distance providing ventilation space behind and between siding boards.
US11505932B2
A water supply mechanism includes a switching part that executes switching between water supply and water shut-off, a manual operation valve on the switching part that is capable of a manual operation thereof, and a pushing member that pushes the manual operation valve to provide a valve-closed state. The manual operation valve is pulled in a direction opposite to a pushing direction of the pushing member to provide a valve-opened state. The manual operation valve includes a plunger, an external cylinder member that encloses the plunger, a first engaging point in the external cylinder member, and a fixation part in the external cylinder member that fixes the plunger in the valve-closed state or the valve-opened state. The plunger moves beyond the first engaging point as the manual operation valve is pulled, and is fixed in the valve-opened state as a pull of the manual operation valve is released.
US11505923B2
A construction machine that can display various work devices including a bucket on a display device without causing a sense of discomfort is provided. A display controller is configured to deform a first drawing figure to create a first post-deformation drawing figure such that a triangle having vertexes at a first coupling point, a second coupling point and a first monitor point in the first drawing figure becomes congruent with a triangle having vertexes at the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in a coordinate system on an image on a display device, and arrange the first post-deformation drawing figure on a screen of the display device such that positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point in the first post-deformation drawing figure are arranged correspondingly to positions of the first coupling point, the second coupling point and the first monitor point, respectively, in the coordinate system on the image.
US11505921B2
A wheel loader configured to reduce the traveling distance required for a raise and run operation, and reduce fuel consumption includes: an engine 3; a torque converter 41; a forward and reverse switch 62; a stepping amount sensor 610; an operation amount sensor 73; and a controller 5. The controller 5 determines whether a specific condition for specifying an operation of the lift arm 21 in an upper direction during forward travel of the vehicle body, on the basis of a forward and reverse switching signal, the stepping amount on the accelerator pedal 61, and a pilot pressure Ti pertaining to the lifting operation amount for the lift arm 21. When the specific condition is satisfied, the vehicle speed is limited by reducing the maximum rotational speed of the engine 3 in response to increase in the pilot pressure Ti.
US11505915B2
The present invention is aimed to reduce power consumption of a measuring apparatus. A measuring apparatus according to the present invention is to be disposed in an excavation section of an underground excavator. The measuring apparatus according to the present invention includes a first measurement module, a second measurement module, and an information processor. The first measurement module includes a triaxial first accelerometer and a triaxial first magnetometer for performing highly-accurate measurement. The second measurement module includes a triaxial second accelerometer and a triaxial second magnetometer for performing measurement during excavation. The information processor controls the first measurement module and the second measurement module and obtains a position and an attitude of the excavation section based on output data of the first measurement module or the second measurement module. Further, the second accelerometer and the second magnetometer are MEMS sensors.
US11505913B2
A grading machine includes a machine body, a grading blade, a drawbar connecting the grading blade to the machine body, a blade sideshift cylinder and a blade sideshift cylinder rod, a user interface, and a control system. The control system may be configured to receive an input from the user interface and extend or retract the blade sideshift cylinder to adjust a sideshift of the grading blade to one of a plurality of predetermined sideshift positions based on the input.
US11505908B2
Provided is a drilling apparatus, comprising a PHC pipe cased pile having a drilling section for containing fluid and a hammer element arranged inside the cavity of the PHC pipe cased pile which moves along the drilling direction till the bottom of the drilling section. As the hammer element moves along the drilling direction till the bottom of the drilling section, a localized hydraulic force will be induced in the fluid contained in the drilling section of the PHC pipe cased pile by a sharp rise in the fluid pressure in addition to the impact force directly acted on the rock and soil by the hammer element. Under action of the hydraulic force and the impact force, the surrounding soft rock stratum could be crushed and the rock stratum with higher strength is left intact, that is, the drilling apparatus proceeds until harder rock. At this point, concrete casting will bond with the harder rock, resulting in a better bearing capacity of the PHC pipe cased pile foundation.
US11505898B2
The invention relates to a clothing (10) for a machine to manufacture or refine a fibrous web, in particular a paper, cardboard, or tissue web, comprising a substrate (40) and a grid structure (20) applied on the substrate (40), on which the fibrous web is transported when the clothing (10) is used as intended, wherein the grid structure (20′) comprises a plurality of first elements (24′), all of which aligned in a first direction, and a plurality of second elements (26′), all of which aligned in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, wherein the first elements (24′) penetrate the second elements (26′), forming the grid structure (20′), such that an underside of the first elements (24′) facing the substrate (40) and an underside of the second elements (26′) facing the substrate (40) are located in a common plane. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing such a clothing.
US11505880B2
A process is provided of yarn spinning and/or twisting, in which a yarn runs between a yarn feeder towards a yarn picker. A driver rotates the yarn picker at a predetermined speed, in which a stretch of balloon is generated in a point located between the yarn feeder and the yarn picker by the presence of a ring. A helical path with oscillating spiral diameters exists between the yarn feeder and the yarn picker, so that the path of the yarn through the ring, creates a body of revolution from a diameter generating a balloon that has at least a hyperboloid structure forming at least two stretches of balloons consecutive to each other. A machine for performing the process is also provided.
US11505879B2
Processes for making high-performance polyethylene multi-filament yarn are disclosed which include the steps of a) making a solution of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene in a solvent; b) spinning of the solution through a spinplate containing at least 5 spinholes into an air-gap to form fluid filaments, while applying a draw ratio DRfluid; c) cooling the fluid filaments to form solvent-containing gel filaments; d) removing at least partly the solvent from the filaments; and e) drawing the filaments in at least one step before, during and/or after said solvent removing, while applying a draw ratio DRsolid of at least 4, wherein in step b) each spinhole comprises a contraction zone of specific dimension and a downstream zone of diameter Dn and length Dn with Ln/Dn of from 0 to at most 25, to result in a draw ratio DRfluid=DRsp*DRag of at least 150, wherein DRsp is the draw ratio in the spinholes and DRag is the draw ratio in the air-gap, with DRsp being greater than 1 and DRag at least 1. High-performance polyethylene multifilament yarn, and semi-finished or end-use products containing said yarn, especially to ropes and ballistic-resistant composites, are also disclosed.
US11505874B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of tin electroplating. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for mitigating tin whisker formation on tin-plated films and tin-plated surfaces by doping the tin with germanium.
US11505870B2
The invention pertains to a method for efficiently spitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using a nanocomposite that includes ((BiVO4)x—(TiO2)1-x, wherein x ranges from 0.08 to 0.12, and optionally silver nanoparticles; methods for making a nanocomposite used in this method by a simple solvothermal method; and to photoanodes and photoelectrochemical cells and devices containing the nanocomposites.
US11505869B2
The invention discloses an offshore Tension Anode system and an installation method thereof. The system comprises a tension platform, a tension device, a composite cable integrated with auxiliary anodes and reference electrodes, and a gravity type foundation base, wherein the tension device is installed on the tension platform; the upper end of the composite cable is tensioned by the tension device, and the lower end of the composite cable sinks to a seabed along with the gravity type foundation base and is anchored by the gravity type foundation base; and the composite cable integrated with the auxiliary anodes and the reference electrodes is a main part of the system. The system is simple in structure and convenient to install and transport. The invention further discloses the installation method of the system, which can safely and reliably install the offshore tension anode system on an offshore platform. The installation method mainly comprises: (1) lifting the composite cable and the gravity type foundation base to an offshore platform; (2) installing the gravity type foundation base on a seabed; (3) installing the composite cable; (4) tension adjustment and lock fixation of composite cable.
US11505866B2
According to one embodiment, film formation apparatus includes: a carrying unit that includes a rotation table which circulates and carries a workpiece; a film formation process unit which includes a target formed of a silicon material, and a plasma producer that produces plasma of a sputter gas introduced between the target and the rotation table, and which forms a silicon film on the workpiece by sputtering; and a hydrogenation process unit which includes a process gas introducing unit that introduces a process gas containing a hydrogen gas, and a plasma producer that produces plasma of the process gas, and which performs hydrogenation on the silicon film formed on the workpiece. The carrying unit carries the workpiece so as to alternately pass through the film formation process unit and through the hydrogenation process unit.
US11505863B2
Methods and systems for forming films on substrates in semiconductor processes are disclosed. The method includes providing different materials each contained in separate ampoules. Material is flowed from each ampoule into a separate portion of a showerhead contained within a process chamber via a heated gas line. From the showerhead, each material is flowed on to a substrate that sits on the surface of a rotating pedestal. Controlling the mass flow rate out of the showerhead and the rotation rate of the pedestal helps result in films with desirable material domain sizes to be deposited on the substrate.
US11505858B2
Provided is a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy-plated steel material that can be used in automobiles and home appliances and the like and, more particularly, to a Zn—Al—Mg-based alloy-plated steel material that can suppress the generation of cracks in a plating layer that are generated during processing.
US11505852B2
The present disclosure discloses an yttrium (Y)-added rare-earth permanent magnetic material and a preparation method thereof. A chemical formula of the material expressed in atomic percentage is (YxRE1-x)aFebalMbNc, wherein 0.05≤x≤0.4, 7≤a≤13, 0≤b≤3, 5≤c≤20, and the balance is Fe, namely, bal=100-a-b-c; RE represents a rare-earth element Sm, or a combination of the rare-earth element Sm and any one or more elements of Zr, Nd and Pr; M represents Co and/or Nb; and N represents nitrogen. In the preparation method, the rare-earth element Y is utilized to replace the element Sm of a samarium-iron-nitrogen material. By regulating a ratio of the element Sm to the element Y, viscosity of an alloy liquid can be reduced, and an amorphous forming ability of the material is enhanced.
US11505849B2
An alloy contains the following elements, the proportions being indicated as percentage by weight of the alloy (limit values included): Cr 20 to 35%, Fe 0 to 6%, W 3 to 8%, Nb 0.5 to 3%, Ti 0 to 1%, C 0.4 to 1%, Co 0 to 3%, Si 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn 0.1 to 1%, the remainder consisting of nickel and unavoidable impurities.
US11505841B2
A high-strength steel product is described that includes a composition consisting of, in terms of weight percentages, 0.02% to 0.05% C, 0.1% to 0.6% Si, 1.1% to 2.0% Mn, 0.01% to 0.15% Al, 0.01% to 0.08% Nb, 0.5% or less Cu, 0.5% or less Cr, 0.7% or less Ni, 0.03% or less Ti, 0.1% or less Mo, 0.1% or less V, 0.0005% or less B, 0.015% or less P, 0.005% or less S, and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the steel product has a microstructure comprising a matrix consisting of, in terms of volume percentages, 40% to 80% quasi-polygonal ferrite, 20% to 40% polygonal ferrite, 20% or less bainite, and the remainder being pearlite and martensite of 20% or less.
US11505840B2
A cooling plate for a metallurgical furnace including a body with a front face and an opposite rear face, the body having at least one cooling channel therein having an opening in the rear face and a coolant feed pipe is connected to the rear face of the cooling panel and is in fluid communication with the cooling channel, where in use, the front face is turned towards a furnace interior, and at least one emergency cooling tube is arranged within the cooling channel, the emergency cooling tube having a cross-section smaller than a cross-section of the cooling channel, the emergency cooling tube has an end section with connection means for connecting an emergency feed pipe thereto, and in an emergency operation, the emergency cooling tube is physically connected to an emergency feed pipe via the connection means; while, in a normal operation, the connection means of the emergency cooling tube is physically disconnected from the emergency feed pipe. The invention also concerns the use of such a cooling plate.
US11505838B2
An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biochemical production. In particular, after saccharification and prior to a sugar conversion process, a sugar/carbohydrate stream is removed from a saccharified stream. The sugar/carbohydrate stream includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose can be produced, with the such sugar stream being available for biochemical production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein and/or fiber. Sugar stream production occurs on the front end of the system and method.
US11505835B2
A method for detecting and characterizing a microorganism in a clinical sample includes introducing a clinical sample to a first culture vessel containing the culture medium; removing a test aliquot; separating DNA from the test aliquot; and performing nucleic acid tests on the DNA to identify the microorganism and to detect the presence or absence of one or more genetic antimicrobial resistance markers in the microorganism. If a microorganism is identified, an antimicrobial susceptibility test is performed wherein microbial growth in the antimicrobial susceptibility test is monitored by accessing growth or markers for growth and wherein the type and concentration of antimicrobial agents used in the antimicrobial susceptibility test is determined by the identity of the microorganism and the antimicrobial resistance markers detected. A device for performing the method is also provided.
US11505831B2
The present invention relates to gene expression signatures that predict response and resistance to targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
US11505825B2
The disclosure provides methods of synthesizing DNA using topoisomerase-mediated ligation, by adding single nucleotides or oligomers to a DNA strand in the 3′ to 5′ direction.
US11505822B2
Provided herein is the use of measurements of cell-free DNA, protein, and/or metabolite found in biofluid (e.g., urine) for identifying and treating organ injury. Provided herein are methods and compositions for monitoring, detecting, quantifying, and treating kidney injury in subjects suffering from or suspected of having an altered renal status by measuring amounts of cfDNA and one or more other markers, such as inflammation markers, apoptosis markers, protein, and DNA methylation.
US11505819B2
This present disclosure describes hybridization probes modularly constructed from several oligonucleotides with a pattern of designed complementary interactions, allowing the probes to sequence-specifically capture or analyze nucleic acid target sequences that are long and/or complex.
US11505817B2
Provided is a method for detecting and counting the relative content of a microorganism, comprising: adding a redox indicator to a growth medium to produce an indicating growth medium; the range of color variation of the redox indicator comprising three or more colors that can be easily recognized by the naked eye; diluting a sample to be tested, configuring multiple degrees of dilution, configuring multiple parallels for each degree of dilution, and growing the diluted test sample using the indicating growing medium; reading the color or absorbance of the indicating growth medium while growing and/or when growing is completed; and producing the relative content of a microorganism in the test sample on the basis of the level of color variation or the value of absorbance variation of the indicating growth medium.
US11505812B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method of producing ergothioneine. The present invention provides a method of producing ergothioneine comprising a step of culturing a microbe belonging to the genus Moniliella in a medium containing a carbon source to allow the microbe to produce ergothioneine.
US11505811B2
A method for the preparation of 2,4-dihydroxybutyric acid from homoserine includes a first step of conversion of the primary amino group of homoserine to a carbonyl group to obtain 2-oxo-4-hydroxybutyrate, and a second step of reduction of the obtained 2-oxo-4-hydroxybutyrate (OHB) to 2,4-dihydroxybutyrate.
US11505805B2
Provided are an isolated polynucleotide and a method for controlling insect invasion. The isolated polynucleotide is a plurality of target sequences for controlling target gene c35112 of a coleopteran pest, Monolepta hieroglyphica, comprising: a) a polynucleotide sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 1; or (b) a polynucleotide sequence having at least 15 or 17 or 19 or 21 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO: 1, a double-stranded RNA comprising at least one strand complementary to the polynucleotide sequence being capable of inhibiting the growth of coleopteran pests after being ingested by the coleopteran pests; or (c) any one of polynucleotide sequences shown as SEQ ID NO: 3 to SEQ ID NO: 20; or (d) a polynucleotide sequence that hybridizes under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide sequence as defined in (a), (b) or (c).
US11505798B2
The disclosure is directed to inhibitory agents that hybridize to a GAPLINC RNA and inhibit or reduce the expression of the GAPLINC RNA. The GAPLINC RNA is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) located on chromosome 18 between the protein-coding genes Tgif and Dlgap1. The disclosure also features pharmaceutical compositions including the inhibitory agents and methods of using the inhibitory agents to treat an inflammatory disease, such as sepsis.
US11505795B2
The invention provides methods for preparing DNA sequencing libraries by assembling short read sequencing data into longer contiguous sequences for genome assembly, full length cDNA sequencing, metagenomics, and the analysis of repetitive sequences of assembled genomes.
US11505792B2
Provided is a method for knocking in a gene of interest to a cell. The genome of the cell contains a negative selectable marker, e.g., a thymidine kinase gene flanked by a pair of recombinase recognition sites (RRS), e.g., attP. The method involves introducing into the cell a targeting construct that contains a gene of interest flanked by a second pair of RRS, e.g., attB. The targeting construct also contains in the vector backbone a negative selectable marker, e.g., thymidine kinase gene. When a recombinase recognizing the RRS is expressed, the recombination events between the two pairs of RRS result in the site-specific integration of the gene of interest in the genome of the cell. Upon selection based on the negative selectable marker, the parental cells, cells with undesired integration, e.g., random integration, or the integration of the vector backbone are removed.
US11505786B2
Provided is an application of a label gene sequence in the preparation of an H9 avian influenza vaccine strain which differentiates influenza A virus infection from vaccination, the label gene sequence containing a DNA sequence for coding an influenza B virus NA protein extracellular region amino acid sequence. Also provided are an H9 avian influenza vaccine strain which differentiates influenza A virus infection from vaccination, a preparation method therefor, and an application.
US11505785B2
Provided is a cell culture method comprising the step of culturing cells using a medium containing a laminin fragment having integrin binding activity, the method not comprising the step of coating a culture vessel with a laminin or a laminin fragment before seeding the cells in the culture vessel. The cell culture method of the present invention uses a smaller amount of a laminin fragment and still achieves a comparable culture efficiency as compared with the conventional cell culture method that uses a culture vessel precoated with a laminin or a laminin fragment.
US11505784B2
The present invention provides a basal cell culture medium and a feed medium with novel amino acid ratios and/or iron choline citrate as iron carrier that result in improved performance of mammalian cell culture processes, such as CHO cultivation and protein production processes, in particular in increased product titer (e.g. of monoclonal antibodies). Also provided are methods for culturing mammalian cells and producing a protein of interest using said basal cell culture medium and optionally feed medium. The invention also provides for a medium platform that comprises (i) the basal cell culture medium and (ii) the feed medium.
US11505783B2
The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells and the products related to or resulting from such methods. In particular, the present invention provides an improved method for the formation of pancreatic hormone expressing cells and pancreatic hormone secreting cells. In addition, the present invention also provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells without the use of a feeder cell layer and the products related to or resulting from such methods. The present invention also provides methods to promote glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in insulin-producing cells derived from pluripotent stem cells.
US11505782B2
Provided herein are carrier cells and virus combinations and methods for treatment of cancers. Also provided are modified carrier cells for such treatment, and methods of selecting carrier cells that are matched to subjects for such treatment.
US11505776B2
There is provided a connector, for introducing or extracting a material to or from at least one receptacle, comprising a housing extending between a distal end and a proximal end, the housing comprising, at least at one end, a pierceable seal; a hollow needle mounted, at least partially, within the housing between the distal end and the proximal end of the housing, a first end of the hollow needle being connected or connectable to a first corresponding receptacle, and a second end of the hollow needle facing the pierceable seal at an end of the housing; and an actuating mechanism acting on the housing or the hollow needle to enable the hollow needle to pierce the pierceable seal thereby forming a communication through the pierceable seal, such that material is able to transfer through the connector.
US11505775B2
A stirring device of a plug-flow fermentation device includes a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation which defines an axial direction. The stirring device further includes a boundary stirring element that defines the axial extent of a stirring volume covered by the stirring device. A nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element in the axial direction has an axial maximum width which is smaller than an axial maximum width of the boundary stirring element and which is larger than an axial maximum width of a next-nearest neighbor of the boundary stirring element.
US11505773B2
A device for simulating a function of a tissue includes a first structure, a second structure, and a membrane. The first structure defines a first chamber. The first chamber includes a matrix disposed therein and an opened region. The second structure defines a second chamber. The membrane is located at an interface region between the first chamber and the second chamber. The membrane includes a first side facing toward the first chamber and a second side facing toward the second chamber. The membrane separates the first chamber from the second chamber.
US11505771B2
The present disclosure provides methods and materials for the cultivation and/or propagation of a photosynthetic organism. Such methods may comprise the use of a lamp assembly that comprises a plurality of circuit boards, each comprising at least three edges, arranged in a substantially spherical shape defining an interior lamp assembly volume, wherein the plurality of circuit boards comprise a first planar surface in contact with the interior lamp assembly volume and an opposing second planar surface comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs); and a barrier that surrounds the plurality of circuit boards forming the substantially spherical shape.
US11505770B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of hulupones, in particular for the production of hulupones products, suitable for beer bittering, essentially free of compounds, typically formed as side-products during the lupulones oxidation, that can cause negative impact in terms of aroma, taste or haze upon brewing application. The invention also relates to hulupones products, suitable for beer bittering and obtainable by the method of the invention, essentially free of compounds with negative aroma, taste or haze impact upon addition of the hulupones products during the brewing process. The invention also relates to beer bittering with hulupones products, obtainable by the method of the invention, not causing an undesirable or unacceptable aroma, taste or haze impact in the bittered beer.
US11505768B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a spray-dried laundry detergent particle, wherein the process includes the step of contacting water-insoluble silicate salt to monomeric organic carboxylic acid in an aqueous mixture, wherein the aqueous mixture has a pH of 4.2 or less, wherein the aqueous mixture includes detersive surfactant, wherein the aqueous mixture is substantially free of carbonate salt, wherein the water-insoluble silicate salt reacts with the monomeric organic carboxylic acid to form silica, wherein the aqueous mixture is spray-dried to form a spray-dried laundry detergent particle, wherein the particle comprises: detersive surfactant; monomeric organic carboxylic acid; and silica, wherein the particle is substantially free of carbonate salt.
US11505767B2
The present invention relates to compositions such as cleaning compositions comprising a mix of enzymes. The invention further relates, use of compositions comprising such enzymes in cleaning processes.
US11505765B2
The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
US11505756B2
The present invention concerns an ethanol with an alcohol by volume between 85% and 99%, and comprising a Hydroxy-Alkyl-Cellulose, the dosage of Hydroxy-Alkyl-Cellulose being limited so as to obtain a dynamic viscosity of less than 100 Pa·s. This invention also concerns the use of such ethanol as combustible for cooking a foodstuff, or part of a foodstuff, in particular for safely cooking in the immediate vicinity of the person for whom the food is intended, so as to use cooking as a show.
US11505751B2
A reactor system for thermally treating a hydrocarbon-containing stream, that includes a pressure containment vessel comprising an interior chamber defined by a first end, a second end, and at least one side wall extending from the first end to the second end; and a ceramic heat transfer medium that converts electrical current to heat and is positioned within the interior chamber of the pressure containment vessel, wherein the heat transfer medium comprises an electrical resistor, an electrical lead line configured to provide electrical current to the heat transfer medium, a first end face, a second end face, and channels extending between the first end face and the second end face.
US11505746B2
A vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition comprising a mixture of mono-, di-, and/or triacyl alkoxylated glycerides and alkoxylated glycerin. A method of reacting a vegetable oil and an alkoxylated glycerin via a transesterification reaction to produce a vegetable oil-based alkoxylate composition.
US11505741B2
A sol-gel process for synthesizing a luminescent material has a general formulation: AxByFz:Mn. A is an element of group 1, 2, 4, NR4 or a combination of elements belonging to those groups, with R═H or an alkyl chain or a combination of chains. B is an element of group 5, 6, 13, 14 and 0
US11505738B2
The rapid reaction of hydrofluoric acid with siliceous materials can make it difficult to increase the permeability of subterranean formations containing siliceous minerals. Methods for stimulating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a latent hydrofluoric acid composition comprising a degradable matrix, and a hydrofluoric acid precursor dispersed in the degradable matrix; introducing a first treatment fluid containing the latent hydrofluoric acid composition in a non-dissolved form into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation comprising a siliceous material; differentially depositing the latent hydrofluoric acid composition upon a portion of the siliceous material in one or more locations; degrading at least a portion of the degradable matrix, thereby exposing at least a portion of the hydrofluoric acid precursor; converting the exposed hydrofluoric acid precursor into hydrofluoric acid; and reacting the hydrofluoric acid with the siliceous material where the latent hydrofluoric acid composition was deposited.
US11505735B2
Compositions and methods for use in fracturing treatments using friction reducing additives that include nanoparticles are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a treatment fluid that includes an aqueous base fluid and a friction reducing additive, the friction reducing additive including at least one polymer and a plurality of nanoparticles; and introducing the treatment fluid into a portion of a subterranean formation at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.
US11505734B2
A nonionic Gemini surfactant, (octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether disubstituted) dicarboxylic acid diphenyl ether has a structural formula of: and is prepared by a two-step reaction: S1, diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarboxylic acid is subjected to an acyl chlorination reaction to obtain diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarbonyl dichloride; S2, diphenyl ether 4,4′-dicarbonyl dichloride is subjected to an esterification reaction with octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (OP-10) to obtain the target product (octylphenol polyoxyethylene ether disubstituted) dicarboxylic acid diphenyl ether. The surfactant is expected to be applied in tertiary oil recovery as an alkali/surfactant, in polymer/surfactant binary composite flooding, in alkali/surfactant/polymer ternary composite flooding, as a microemulsion emulsifier and the like, and it can also be compounded with a common surfactant to reduce the use cost, and thus create conditions for its large-scale application.
US11505733B2
An aqueous acid composition that may be used, for example, in a matrix acidizing treatment can include an acid, a polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor, and an acid corrosion inhibitor intensifier. The acid corrosion inhibitor can include iodide ions and metal ions, with the metal ions being one or more of copper, silver, bismuth, or antimony. The molar ratio of metal ions to iodide ions can be 1:X, where X is greater than or equal to 2. The polymer of the polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor can have a molecular weight less than 100,000 g/mol.
US11505729B2
Materials from the group consisting of a) one or more hybrid materials containing an organic polymer from the group of the polyamides, polyimides and epoxy resins and an inorganic oligo- or polymer from the group of the oligo- and polysiloxanes and heterocondensates of Si with Ti, Zr and/or Al, wherein the organic and the inorganic component are covalently bound to one another, in combination with one or more inorganic sols based on silyl alkoxylates and/or titanium alkoxylates, wherein hybrid material and inorganic sol are crosslinked, b) one or more hybrid materials containing an organic polymer from the group of the polyamides, polyimides and epoxy resins and an inorganic oligo- or polymer from the group of the oligo- and polysiloxanes and heterocondensates of Si with Ti, Zr and/or Al, wherein the organic and the inorganic component are covalently bound to one another, c) one or more inorganic sols based on silyl alkoxylates and/or titanium alkoxylates and d) one or more polyamides, polyimides and/or epoxy resins mixed with oxidic and/or non-oxidic metal and/or metalloid particles, preferably from the group of the oxides, nitrides, carbides and mixtures thereof, are suitable as adhesive for the bonding of metals, plastics, concrete and/or ceramics.
US11505725B2
The present invention provides an adhesive composition including an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer; and a tackifier, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer has narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, uniform crystallinity, thereby showing excellent physical properties.
US11505724B2
Fiber-containing composites are described that include woven or non-woven fibers, and a binder that holds the fibers together. The binder may include the reaction product of a starch and a polycarboxylic acid. The starch has a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons. The fiber-containing composite has an unaged tensile strength of greater than 4.0 and an aged tensile strength greater than 3.0. Also described are methods of making the fiber-containing composites. The methods may include applying a binder composition to fibers to form coated fibers, measuring a moisture content of the coated fibers, and curing the coated fibers in a curing oven to form the fiber-containing composite. The binder composition may include a starch having a weight average molecular weight that ranges from 1×106 Daltons to 1×107 Daltons, and a polycarboxylic acid.
US11505721B2
The present disclosure relates to a stretchable adhesive film comprising a substrate layer comprising an elastomer; and a first adhesive layer provided on one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the stretchable adhesive film satisfies Equation 1, and a display device comprising the same.
US11505712B2
A copper-based ink contains copper hydroxide and diethanolamine. The ink may be coated on a substrate and decomposed on the substrate to form a conductive copper coating on the substrate. The ink is low cost and micron-thick traces of the ink may be screen printed and thermally sintered in the presence of up to about 500 ppm of oxygen or photo-sintered in air to produce highly conductive copper features. Sintered copper traces produced from the ink have improved air stability compared to traces produced from other copper inks. Sintered copper traces having sheet resistivity of about 20 mΩ/□/mil or less may be obtained for 5-20 mil wide screen-printed lines with excellent resolution.
US11505707B2
A fire protection composition contains a binder on the basis of an alkoxysilane-functionalized polymer and a liquid carbon supplier. The fire protection composition allows application in a simple and rapid manner of coatings having the layer thickness required for the particular fire resistance time, the layer thickness being reduced to a minimum while achieving a good fireproofing effect. The fire-protection composition is formulated as a multi-component system. The fire-protection composition is particularly suitable for fire protection, especially as a coating of construction elements such as steel carriers.
US11505705B2
The invention relates to a method for coating surfaces, to a corresponding coating, and to the use of the objects coated in accordance with said method. The invention relates to a method for coating metal surfaces of substrates, comprising or consisting of the following steps: I. providing a substrate having a cleaned metal surface, II. contacting and coating metal surfaces with an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension, IX. optionally rinsing the organic coating, and X. drying and/or baking the organic coating or XI. optionally drying the organic coating and coating with a coating composition of the same type or a further coating composition before a drying process and/or baking process, wherein in step II the coating is performed with an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension containing 2.5 to 45 wt % of at least one non-ionic stabilized binder and 0.1 to 2.0 wt % of a gelling agent, wherein the aqueous composition has a pH value in the range of 0.5 to 7 and forms, with the cations eluted from the metal surface in the pretreatment step and/or during the contacting in step II, a coating based on an ionogenic gel.
US11505692B2
In the (meth)acrylic resin composition of the present invention, when a sealed container is used, it is possible to achieve both storage stability in an atmosphere at 25° C. and low temperature curability in an atmosphere at 60 to 140° C., and further, properties thereof can be exhibited even in an electroconductive adhesive including electroconductive particles. The present invention is a (meth)acrylic resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): component (A): a urethane modified oligomer having a (meth)acrylic group, component (B): a monomer having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxylic group and one (meth)acrylic group in a molecule in which a surface tension is 25 to 45 mN/m, and component (C): an organic peroxide having a specific structure.
US11505686B2
New polypropylene composition which combines low sealing initiation temperature (SIT), high hot-tack and good mechanical properties, like high dart drop strength (DDI), and its use especially for film applications.
US11505685B2
Disclosed is a polypropylene with an MFR of at least 20 g/10 min comprising a homopolypropylene and within a range from 2 wt % to 20 wt % of a propylene-α-olefin copolymer by weight of the polypropylene, where the homopolypropylene has a MFR within a range from 30 g/10 min to 200 g/10 min, where the propylene-α-olefin copolymer comprises within a range from 30 wt % to 50 wt % α-olefin derived units by weight of the propylene-α-olefin copolymer, and has an IV within a range from 4 to 9 dL/g. The polypropylene may be obtained by combining a Ziegler-Natta catalyst having two transition metals with propylene in reactors in series to produce the homopolypropylene followed by a gas phase reactor to produce a propylene-α-olefin copolymer blended with the homopolypropylene.
US11505668B2
Embodiments of the present invention encompass methods of forming a foamed polyolefin and articles and materials of the foamed polyolefin. The foamed materials and articles may be used in applications requiring thermal insulation.
US11505667B2
The present invention provides a new member having a low refractive index as a substitute for an air layer, for example. The laminated film roll of the present invention includes a long laminated film roll including: an ultra-low refractive index layer having a refractive index of 1.20 or less; and a resin film, wherein the ultra-low refractive index layer is stacked on the resin film. The method of forming the long laminated film roll of the present invention includes steps of: preparing a liquid containing microporous particles; coating a resin film with the liquid; and drying the liquid applied on the resin film, for example.
US11505664B2
A thermoplastic polymer-based composite material and a preparation method thereof are provided. The thermoplastic polymer-based composite material is obtained by impregnating a reinforcing material with a mixture or oligomer of an epoxy resin, a bismaleimide resin, and a bifunctional amine (calculated based on active hydrogen), and then performing an in-situ polymerization. The thermoplastic polymer-based composite material has excellent impregnation effect, excellent secondary processing performance, relatively high heat resistance, excellent flame retardancy, and mechanical properties, and excellent comprehensive performance.
US11505651B2
A novel polymer having high glass transition temperature and an excellent balance between heat resistance, high refractive index and mechanical properties, and a composition and molded article containing the polymer are provided. The polymer according to the invention has a first structural unit represented by at least one of formulae (1-1), (1-2) and (1-3) below and a second structural unit having either a secondary amino structure or a tertiary amino structure at two or more terminals.
US11505640B2
Provided is an alicyclic epoxy compound product used in applications for forming a cured product excellent in heat resistance and transparency. The alicyclic epoxy compound product according to an embodiment of the present invention includes 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl(3,4-epoxy)cyclohexanecarboxylate, a purity of which is of not less than 98.5 wt. %, and each content of a compound represented by Formula (a) below, a compound represented by Formula (b) below, a compound represented by Formula (c) below, and a compound represented by Formula (d) below is not greater than 0.5 wt. %.
US11505635B2
A nanoparticle includes a copolymer comprising a vinyl-aromatic monomer and a heterocyclic monomer. The copolymer is crosslinked with a multifunctional crosslinking agent polymerizable through an addition reaction. A nanoparticle and elastomer composition is disclosed. Several methods of mixing heterocyclic and non-heterocyclic monomer nanoparticles into an elastomer are also disclosed. These methods include mixing in a multi-elements static mixer and an intermeshing mixer with venting, among others.
US11505633B2
A method of preparing PNVCL block polymers as the substrate for thermo-sensitive cultureware is provided. A hydrophobic polymer of poly n-butyl mathacrylate (PBMA) is obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) with typical haloalkane as an initiator. Further a thermo-sensitive block copolymer of poly n-vinyl caprolactam (PNVCL) is obtained by polymerization of N-vinyl caprolactam (NVCL) monomers using the hydrophobic PBMA polymer as a macroinitiator.
US11505629B2
The present invention relates to a vinyl chloride polymer and a production method thereof. More specifically, the present invention provides a vinyl chloride polymer having a polydispersity index of 2.0 to 2.3 and a porosity of 60% or greater and a production method thereof in which a vinyl chloride polymerization seed having a conversion rate of 5-20% is first prepared through preliminary polymerization and then a vinyl chloride monomer is introduced into the vinyl chloride polymerization seed to polymerize (main polymerization) a vinyl chloride polymer.
US11505625B2
A process for preparing an olefin polymer, including the steps of forming a particulate olefin polymer in a gas-phase polymerization reactor in the presence of a C3-C5 alkane as polymerization diluent, separating discharged polyolefin particles from concomitantly discharged gas at a pressure from 1 to 2.2 MPa, degassing the polyolefin particles at a pressure from 0.1 to 0.4 MPa with a gas made from or containing a C3-C5 alkane; and transferring the separated gas and the gas from the degassing to a work-up unit operated at a pressure from 0.001 to 0.2 MPa below the pressure of the separation, wherein the gas for degassing is continuously received from the work-up unit.
US11505618B2
Described and provided herein are novel antibodies for Claudin 18.2. Also described and provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the antibodies and methods of use for the treatment of cancer.
US11505611B2
Anti-FGFR3 antigen-binding proteins and antigen-binding binding fragments thereof are provided. Methods of inhibiting FGFR3 activity and methods of treating FGFR3-mediated diseases and disorders are also provided.
US11505608B2
The present invention relates to chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) against multiple but not all human leukocyte antigen (HLA-G) isoforms. More specifically, the invention concerns CARs that are specific for HLA-G β2M-free or β2M-associated immunosuppressive isoforms respectively.
US11505606B2
The present invention relates to human CD3 antigen-binding polypeptides and their preparation and use in the treatment and/or diagnosis of various diseases, and also relates to bispecific antibody molecules capable of activating immune effector cells and their use in diagnosis and/or treatment of various diseases.
US11505603B2
Disclosed are a novel antibody specifically binding to the tumor-immunosuppressant, TIGIT (T cell immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif [ITIM] domain) or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, a nucleic acid encoding the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof, a vector and a host cell including the nucleic acid, a method for producing the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof as an active ingredient, and uses of the pharmaceutical composition. The antibody specifically binding to TIGIT or the antigen-binding fragment thereof and the pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient are preferably used for the treatment of cancer or tumors.
US11505601B2
Novel antibodies, such as single domain antibodies (sdAbs), or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind a transferrin are described. Compositions, methods and systems for increasing the half-life of a target protein in a serum using an antibody or fragment thereof against a transferrin are also described.
US11505599B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides antigen-binding proteins (e.g., chimeric antigen receptors) and antibodies or antigen-binding portions thereof that bind to a Foxp3 peptide/MHC molecule complex. Such antibodies, fusion proteins and conjugates thereof are useful for inhibiting regulatory T cells and treating cancers.
US11505598B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to botulinum neurotoxins. The antibodies and derivatives thereof that specifically bind to the neutralizing epitopes provided herein can be used in methods to specifically bind and, in some embodiments, neutralize, botulinum neurotoxin and are therefore also useful in the treatment.
US11505596B2
A mutant cytochrome protein originated from a cytochrome protein having three heme-binding domains, which mutant cytochrome protein lacks the first heme-binding domain and the second heme-binding domain as counted from the N-terminus, is provided. The mutant cytochrome protein may lack a region(s) containing the first and second heme-binding domains.
US11505592B2
The serotonin receptor 5HT2A (5HT2aR) and membrane NADPH oxidases (NOX enzymes) are found to be a target of autoantibodies present in Multiple Sclerosis patients. The present invention refers to peptides comprised in the extracellular regions of the human 5HT2aR and/or NOXs for diagnosis and therapy of Multiple Sclerosis.
US11505583B2
The disclosure relates to therapeutic proteins and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said proteins, which have utility in treating various human diseases. In particular aspects, the disclosed therapeutic proteins are useful for treating human gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases and gastrointestinal conditions associated with decreased epithelial cell barrier function or integrity. Further, the disclosed therapeutic proteins are useful for treating human inflammatory bowel disease, including inter alia, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US11505582B2
The present invention provides a method for treating a human patient with a pathology by administering to the subject an effective amount of an agent selected from the group of: native full-length CCN3 proteins; analog CCN3 full-length proteins with native cysteine residues substituted by a replacement amino acid; CCNp native peptide fragments having from about 12 to about 20 amino acids; analog CCNp peptide fragments with native cysteine residues substituted with a replacement amino acid; and combinations thereof.
US11505574B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing or treating cancer in a subject. In some embodiments, the compositions comprise isolated peptides and/or isolated oligonucleotides. In other embodiments, peptides of the present invention are conjugated with cell-penetrating peptides. Vectors, cells, and kits for preventing or treating cancer are also provided herein.
US11505569B2
This invention generally relates to the field of phosphoramidite derivatives. In particular, the invention relates to N-Acetylgalactosamine phosphoramidite molecules and to conjugates of nucleic acid molecules with N-Acetylgalactosamine containing molecules. Also provided are methods for preparation of these molecules and possible uses thereof, in particular in medicine.
US11505567B2
It is provided i) an amorphous carbohydrate with improved chemical stability and/or physical features, ii) a method for producing an amorphous carbohydrate with improved chemical stability and/or physical features, and iii) a method for improving the chemical stability and/or the physical features of an amorphous carbohydrate.
US11505565B2
New Te-zwitterion compounds are provided, including photoactive tellurium salt compounds useful for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography.
US11505562B2
Described herein is a process for preparing inorganic metal-containing films including bringing a solid substrate in contact with a compound of general formula (I) or (II) in the gaseous state where A is NR2 or OR with R being an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group, E is NR or O, n is 1, 2 or 3, and R′ is hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a silyl group, wherein if n is 2 and E is NR or A is OR, at least one R in NR or OR bears no hydrogen atom in the 1-position.
US11505558B1
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) or Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) inhibitors. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HRSV or HMPV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HRSV or HMPV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US11505557B2
Discussed is an organic compound of Formula 1 and an organic light emitting diode and an OLED device including the organic compound. In the organic compound, Ar1 is a heteroaryl group comprising a nitrogen atom, and Ar2 is a C6 to C30 aryl group, and R is a C1 to C10 alkyl group. The organic compound may be included in an emitting material layer of the organic light emitting diode as a host such that an emitting efficiency and a lifespan of the organic light emitting diode and the OLED device are improved.
US11505552B2
A method for isolating cytisine from plant material includes dissolving the plant material in an alcohol to form a liquid mixture, acidifying the liquid mixture by addition of a mineral acid, and concentrating the liquid mixture to form a concentrated aqueous solution. The method also includes extracting the concentrated aqueous solution with a first extractant to form a purified aqueous concentrate, alkalizing the purified aqueous concentrate with an alkaloid to form an alkaline aqueous concentrate, and extracting the alkaline aqueous concentrate with a second extractant. The method further includes removing the second extractant to obtain cytisine.
US11505550B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods for treating diseases for which cysteamine is indicated and compounds useful in such methods.
US11505542B2
The present disclosure relates to a preparation method morpholinquinazoline compound and a midbody thereof. The preparation method for morpholinquinazoline compound comprises the following steps: S1, performing a Suzuki reaction of compound S and compound IV as represented by the following formula, so as to obtain compound V; step S2, performing a reaction of methylsufonyl chloride and compound V in an organic solvent as represented by the following formula, so as to obtain compound VI; and S3, performing a coupled reaction of compound VII and compound VI in a solvent as represented by the following formula, so as to obtain compound YY-20394. The preparation method has the advantages of higher yield, better selectivity, simple operation and mild reaction condition, and is applicable to industrial production.
US11505541B2
PKC inhibitors are disclosed. The PKC inhibitors are useful for treating PKC associated diseases, including certain cancers. The PKC inhibitors have improved efficacy at lower dosage amounts to achieve tumor regression, improved potency, PK profile, absorption, gastrointestinal tolerance and kinase selectivity.
US11505538B1
Provided are compounds useful for treating cancer and methods of treating cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound described herein.
US11505531B2
The present disclosure is concerned with piperazine-2,5-diones that are capable of inhibiting TGF-β and methods of treating cancers such as, for example, multiple myeloma and a hematologic malignancy, and methods of treating fibrotic conditions using these compounds. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US11505528B2
The present disclosure provides compounds useful for the prevention of amyloid formation and the treatment of amyloid related disorders, including synucleopathies such as Parkinson's Disease.
US11505524B2
A salt represented by formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydroxy group, —O—R10, —O—CO—O—R10 or —O-L1-CO—O—R10; L1 represents an alkanediyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R4, R5, R7 and R8 each independently represent a halogen atom, an alkyl fluoride group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group may have a substituent, and —CH2— included in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by —O—, —CO—, —S— or —SO2—; R10 represents an acid-labile group; X1 and X2 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; m1 represents an integer of 1 to 5, m2 and m8 represent an integer of 0 to 5, m4, m5 and m7 represent an integer of 0 to 4; and AI− represents an organic anion.
US11505518B2
The present invention describes a process for the production of (−)-cannabidiol (CBD) from industrial hemp by means of an extraction followed by two alternative working processes: a process A which provides extraction with solvents first to an alkaline pH and then to acidic pH to isolate the carboxyl form of the CBD which is then subjected to decarboxylation and a process B which provides the elimination of waxes and pitches and then purification by chromatography. At the end of both alternative working processes the CBD is crystallized obtained in high purity crystalline form.
US11505513B1
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst system comprising i) (a) an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine chromium salt or (b) a chromium salt and an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine and ii) an organoaluminum compound. The present disclosure also relate to a process comprising: a) contacting i) ethylene; ii) a catalyst system comprising (a) an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine chromium salt complex or (b) a chromium salt and an N2-phosphinyl bicyclic amidine; ii) an organoaluminum compound, and iii) optionally an organic reaction medium; and b) forming an oligomer product in a reaction zone.
US11505511B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a formulation F for reducing nitrification. The present invention also relates to a formulation F obtainable by the process of the invention. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process of preparing a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture, and to a fertilizer-nitrification inhibitor mixture obtainable by this process. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method of fertilizing agricultural soil.
US11505510B2
A biological inoculant having both fertilizing and fungicidal activity is disclosed. More particularly, a bio-inoculant having the said combined effects, comprising Bradyrhizobium japonicum and specific isolates from the Trichoderma genus is disclosed. The bio-inoculant is applied to soybean crops for preventing fungi borne diseases. More particularly, the bio-inoculant of the invention is useful for protecting soybean crops against infection by Fusarium sp., Colletotrichum sp., Cercospora sp., Sclerotinia sp. and Rhizoctonia sp.
US11505503B2
Batch mixtures comprising alumina trihydrate for forming ceramic honeycomb bodies comprised of cordierite and methods of manufacturing honeycomb bodies from such batch mixtures are provided.
US11505498B2
A plasterboard comprising a gypsum matrix having wood particles embedded therein in an amount of at least 2 wt % relative to the gypsum, the gypsum matrix further comprising glass fibres in an amount of at least 1 wt % relative to the gypsum.
US11505486B2
A bubbler device and method of its operation are disclosed. The bubbler device includes a bubbler tube that provides bubbles to a molten material in a furnace; a protective layer disposed on the bubbler tube; and a wire that is electrically coupled to the protective layer. The wire extends through the bore, and the protective layer and the wire partially form an electrical circuit for measuring integrity of the bubbler device based on at least one of conductivity or resistance in the electrical circuit. Sometimes, an inner protective material may be disposed on an inside surface of the tube and coupled to the protective layer, and the wire can be coupled to the inner protective material or multiple wires may be used. The use of dissimilar materials in these components may be used to form a thermocouple junction to measure the temperature of the molten material in a furnace.
US11505485B1
A supercritical water oxidation vortex reactor has a reactor shell configured to contain a pressurized and heated material including water, a burner assembly configured to create a supercritical core region in the material in the reactor shell, the supercritical core region including water above its critical point, an injector assembly configured to inject into the enclosed volume a subcritical wash stream including water below its critical point and an aspirator arranged in the enclosed volume and configured to remove a processed flow including purified water from an upper portion of the supercritical core region. The supercritical water oxidation vortex reactor is configured with an upward helical flow to transfer precipitated ionic compounds out of the supercritical core region, through a transcritical intermediate region, and into the subcritical wash stream where they re-dissolve.
US11505482B2
Mainstream partial nitritation was studied at 10° C. in a moving bed biofilm reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing both nitrogen (≈40 mg L-1) and organic carbon at COD/N ratio ranging from 1.3 to 2.2. Three different control strategies were investigated to achieve partial nitritation. Initially, biofilm age was controlled by incorporating a media replacement strategy. Next, separately from the media replacement, oxygen limited conditions were investigated and finally pH control was incorporated together with oxygen limitation. Successful partial nitritation was achieved only by combining oxygen limitation with pH control. The average NH4-N concentration was equal to 16.0±1.6 mg L-1 and average NO2-N concentration was equal to 15.7±2.4 mg L-1 during steady state partial nitritation. The average residual NO3-N concentration was equal to 2.6±2.2 mg L-1. The results obtained from this study prove for the first time that partial nitritation can be successfully controlled in a biofilm reactor treating wastewater with low nitrogen concentration, relatively high COD/N ratio and at low temperature. An algorithm for dynamic process control of partial nitritation has been also developed.
US11505478B2
The disclosure provides automated methods and systems for optimized dosing of chemicals, such as coagulants, acids, and/or bases, in water treatment processes. The methods and systems of the disclosure can provide a coagulant dosing regimen that mitigates turbidity and organic contaminant content while maintaining effective floc precipitation, agglomeration, and settling without significant human intervention.
US11505473B2
A predictive system for monitoring fouling of membranes of a desalination or water softening plant includes ultrafiltration (UF) membranes, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes, and/or nanofiltration (NF) membranes. In addition, the system includes one or more UF skids including a plurality of UF units. Each UF unit contains therein a plurality of UF membranes. Further, the system includes one or more RO/NF skids including one or more RO/NF arrays. Each of the one or more RO/NF arrays includes a plurality of RO units, with each RO unit containing therein a plurality of RO membranes, a plurality of NF units, with each NF unit containing therein a plurality of NF membranes, or a combination thereof. Still further, the system includes UF sensors and/or RO/NF sensors. The system also includes a controller comprising a processor in signal communication with the UF sensors and/or the RO/NF sensors.
US11505471B2
The present invention pertains to a process for preparing particles of rare earth sulfide comprising the steps of:—preparing a reaction mixture comprising at least one compound comprising at least one rare earth element (A) and at least one alkali metal sulfide (B),—submitting said reaction mixture to a mechanical stress so as to cause a chemical reaction that produces the particles of rare earth sulfide.
US11505453B2
A sensor includes a membrane electrode, a counter-electrode, and at least one spring. The sensor can include a structure; a membrane electrode, which is deformable as a consequence of pressure and which is in contact with the structure; a counter-electrode mechanically connected to the structure and separated from the membrane electrode by a gap; and at least one spring mechanically connected to the membrane electrode and the counter-electrode, so as to exert an elastic force between the membrane electrode and the counter-electrode.
US11505450B2
A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface; a stress-sensitive sensor disposed at the first surface of the substrate, where the stress-sensitive sensor is sensitive to mechanical stress; a stress-decoupling trench that has a vertical extension that extends from the first surface into the substrate, where the stress-decoupling trench vertically extends partially into the substrate towards the second surface although not completely to the second surface; and a plurality of particle filter trenches that vertically extend from the second surface into the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of particle filter trenches have a longitudinal extension that extends orthogonal to the vertical extension of the stress-decoupling trench.
US11505447B2
A repositionable radio frequency identification housing (18) for a fuel delivery nozzle (10) is disclosed. The RFID housing (18) is affixed to and is repositionable relative to the fuel delivery nozzle (10). A RFID reader is positioned within the housing (18) for communicating with a radio frequency identification tag associated with a vehicle. The RFID housing (18) is repositionable to accommodate vehicles of different physical geometries and to enhance wireless communication with the RFID tag.
US11505445B2
The present application provides a method, device and system for automatically fueling a vehicle. The method includes: determining fuel amount to be filled according to the information of vehicle status and the driving route of the vehicle; assigning a fueling device which conforms to a preset position rule to the vehicle according to the current position of the vehicle and the preset position rule; sending a feedback message carrying position information of the fueling device to the vehicle, so that the vehicle drives to the fueling device indicated by a position of the fueling device; and sending information of the fuel amount to be filled and the information of the identifier of the vehicle to the fueling device so that the fueling device offers fuel to the vehicle indicated by the identifier of the vehicle according to the information of the fuel amount to be filled.
US11505444B1
An appliance, such as a refrigerator appliance, and controller configured to perform operations of a method for measuring contents in a container are provided. The operations include receiving, from a sensor, one or more signals indicative of a height of contents in a container, and determining a contents volume in the container based at least on the height of contents in the container.
US11505443B2
A fluid mixture dispensing system using a membrane to seal multiple reservoirs is disclosed. The multiple reservoirs each contain a respective ingredient. The reservoirs are coupled to respective orifices in a plate. The respective ingredients are dispensable via the respective orifices. The membrane seals the respective orifices. The ingredients are dispensed into one or more channels formed between the membrane and the plate. In specific embodiments, the membrane is an integral part of a cartridge which contains the multiple reservoirs. In specific embodiments, the cartridge includes an inlet and an outlet. A solvent flows from the inlet to the outlet through the one or more channels, and the ingredients are dispensed into the solvent in the one or more channels.
US11505433B2
An access door arrangement of an elevator shaft, wherein at least one elevator car is moving, includes a door lock, whereby in connection with the door lock a reset switch of an inspection mode resetting device is located, whereby the door lock has a lock part movable between a lock position and an open position and whereby the reset switch is integrated in said door lock to be operated by the movement of the movable lock part or a related movable part. This solution allows an easy resetting of the inspection mode of the elevator.
US11505422B2
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a handling section and a plurality of housing units. The handling section includes an upstream conveyance mechanism and a validation section. The upstream conveyance mechanism conveys paper sheets. The validation section validates paper sheets conveyed by the upstream conveyance mechanism. The housing units each include a downstream conveyance mechanism and a housing section. The downstream conveyance mechanism conveys paper sheets conveyed from the handling section. The housing section houses therein paper sheets conveyed by the downstream conveyance mechanism. Each of the housing units can be coupled to another one thereof via the downstream conveyance mechanisms, and a group of the downstream conveyance mechanisms, which are coupled together, is coupled to a group of the housing sections in a manner that allows the group of the downstream conveyance mechanisms to integrally pivot with respect to the group of the housing sections.
US11505418B2
A turning station for metal sheets or metal sheet stacks, having a first support which forms a first support plane for a first side of the metal sheets, and having a second support which forms a second support plane for a second side of the metal sheets. The supports are rotatable about a horizontal rotation axis and provided with a plurality of detents which project beyond longitudinal edges of the metal sheets. The supports are part of a rotary installation with a frame having two end-side rotary bearings on a common rotation axis and a basket which is mounted in the two rotary bearings for motorized rotation about the rotation axis, the basket having end-side linear guides for the two supports. The supports by way of support planes which extend in parallel and are oriented toward one another are held in the basket such that the rotation axis is situated between the two support planes and the two supports in the end-side linear guides are in each case movable in a motorized manner in a movement direction toward and away from the rotation axis. Methods for unpackaging, storing, and turning metal sheet stacks are also provided.
US11505417B2
A document feeder includes a lift plate, a pickup roller, a lift motor, a retard roller, and a control unit. In a manual feed mode, the control unit rotates the retard roller to feed a document in a document conveyance direction. Further, the control unit causes the lift motor to start lowering the lift plate while the pickup roller is feeding a document after the rotation of the pickup roller is started.
US11505407B2
There is disclosed agiotage and retrieval system e.g. suitable for use in an airport and for aircraft baggage. In order e.g. to provide such system which improves usage and availability in view of the prior-art, a control system controls the system in two modes of operation. In a first mode of operation, a first rack region serving device (110) is only serving a first rack region 104 using a first feeding and extraction conveyor system (114), and a second rack region serving device (112) is only serving a second rack region (106) using a second feeding and extraction conveyor system (116). In a second mode of operation, only the first rack region serving device (110) is used for serving both the first and second rack regions (104, 106), and only the first feeding and extraction conveyor system (114) is used for feeding articles to the first rack region serving device (110) and for taking away articles from the first rack region serving device (110).
US11505405B2
A system for picking items from a containerised storage system is described. The items are stored in storage bins in stacks within a framework comprising a grid system disposed above the stacks of bins. Robotic devices are disposed on the grid, the devices acting so as to pick containers from the stacks of bins. The storage system is provided with at least one picking device for picking items from bins and depositing them directly in delivery containers DT.
US11505396B2
The invention comprises a dispensing device having an elongated body, a sidewall which is elliptical in at least a portion of its cross-section, an open top end, and a dispensing bottom end. The device comprises a ratchet, ratchet support member, dial, telescoping members, and an elliptical plunger. The ratchet support member and dial each engage the ratchet to allow movement in certain directions and prevent movement in other directions, beyond a certain point. A first telescoping member is affixed to the ratchet. The exterior diameter of a second telescoping member is smaller than the interior diameter of the first telescoping member, such that the second telescoping member is configured to nest within the interior of the first telescoping member. The second telescoping member may be extended a distance through the dispenser body via rotation of the ratchet. The plunger is affixed to the telescoping member having the smallest diameter.
US11505395B2
The present invention is a novel soft-sided beverage insulating device and system intended to be an improvement over prior art. The invention is designed to envelope, wrap, hold or otherwise secure a container with liquid content. The invention improves upon the prior art by improving upon liquid content temperature control, an over-cap or cap for protection of or to reseal a liquid content container, a frame to support a geometric shape and provide a compartment for novelty electronics such as LED lights or other low voltage electronics. The invention offers a leverage opening system to access the liquid content of the enveloped container and an attachment point for straps, harness or other attachment to increase transportability of the said device. Additionally, embodiments allow for bespoke modifications for cosmetic purposes, fit and novelty.
US11505394B2
A container enclosure for removably enclosing a container is provided. The enclosure includes a base component comprising an outer shell having a base wall and a sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, a support ring, and an interior sleeve. The enclosure further includes a cap component having a lower annular wall and a gasket. The gasket is disposed within a second cavity defined by the cap, and the gasket includes an aperture that is aligned with an opening of the cap component. The lower wall of the cap is configured to be inserted into the first cavity of the base component and the cap component is configured to be removably attached to the base component. The support ring is disposed around an upper end of the interior sleeve and configured to removably couple the interior sleeve to the outer shell. The interior sleeve is configured to receive a beverage container.
US11505389B2
A separating layer for the transport of pharmaceutical secondary packagings and to a transport system for transporting pharmaceutical secondary packagings which comprises the separating layer are provided. The separating layer is a polymer layer having a planar section extending in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis and an elevation extending normal to the longitudinal axis. The separating layer has in the axial direction a normal spring force that is 0.2 to 5 N.
US11505387B2
A cover sheet to be secured to the tray of a container is described. The cover sheet includes a first layer and a second layer. An adhesive layer is provided between the first and second layers. The first layer has a first cut line that extends across a corner of the cover sheet between a first edge and a second edge to define a tab portion of the first layer. The second layer has a second cut line that extends from the first edge to the second edge or a third edge to define a removable strip of the second layer. Removing the removable strip and the adhered tab portion exposes the adhesive layer on a securing portion of the first layer that can be used to secure the cover sheet to the tray.
US11505386B2
A bag in box container having one or more features for lifting the bag in box, deploying the tap dispenser of the bag in box conveniently, storing a dosing cup, or conveniently using the bag in box container.
US11505383B2
A package designed to prevent the leakage of its contents and to capture any leaked contents within a package reservoir, while permitting the package to be sealed for later access to the contents of the package.
US11505371B2
A closure may have a top wall and a side wall depending from the top wall. A plug seal device may depend from said top wall within the side wall. The plug seal device may have an upper section, a lower section, and a sealing section proximate the boundary between the upper section and the lower section. The sealing section is operable such that when the plug seal device is inserted in an opening to an inner cavity in a container, the sealing section engages with an inner container surface to provide a seal between an inner cavity of the container and the external environment.
US11505367B2
A container having a center portion and two side portions each situated at an angle to the center portion and extending in opposite directions such that the a left half of the container is substantially identical to a right half of the container. The container includes recesses and protrusions which enable the container to stack in two orientations generally perpendicular to each other.
US11505365B2
A resealable easy open lid that is composed of a lid and a pull ring riveted on the lid; the rear end of the pull ring is composed of an outer ring body and an inner tongue of the pull ring; the tongue is provided with an arched deformation area along the edge; the arched deformation area is an edge inclined to the inner side of the lid which is formed by die stamping on the tongue of the pull ring; the tongue is provided with a part arching to the outside of the lid; after the pull ring is rotated around the riveting point, the tongue of the pull ring covers the opening zone, and when the middle part of the tongue is pressed, the arched deformation area can be overturned and deformed to make it contact with the edge of the opening area to seal the area.
US11505364B2
A blank includes a front panel; a wing portion coupled to the front panel by a wing hinge, the wing portion including an attachment panel disposed opposite from the wing hinge, the attachment panel configured to couple to the front panel to at least partially form a cavity between the front panel and the wing portion; a lower telescoping panel coupled to the front panel by a lower telescoping hinge; and an upper telescoping panel coupled to the lower telescoping panel by an upper telescoping hinge, the upper telescoping panel and the lower telescoping panel configured to fold into the cavity in a closed configuration to at least partially enclose the cavity.
US11505356B2
A device is provided for arranging folds in a strip of flattened tubular shrink foil material in a container sleeving system for applying tubular shrink foil material around containers. The device includes a guiding element having an upstream guiding element part formed by a first flat plate extending in a first plane, a downstream guiding element part formed by a second flat plate extending in a second plane rotated with respect to the first plane, and an intermediate guiding element connected to or integrally formed with the upstream and downstream guiding elements and shaped so as to smoothly guide the flattened tubular shrink foil material moving over the first flat plate towards the second flat plate. The device also includes pressure rollers arranged to press at least one additional fold into the tubular shrink foil material.
US11505348B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a packaging machine for packaging articles, apparatus for a packaging machine and to a method of packaging articles. The packaging machine comprises an article manipulation apparatus. The article manipulation apparatus comprises a first conveyor for conveying packages. The packages each comprises a carton having at least one displaceable article disposed therein. An article orientation device comprises a tool head movable synchronously in a downstream direction with the first conveyor. The tool head has at least one article gripper for engaging with a displaceable article in the carton. The at least one article gripper is rotatably mounted to the tool head. An article displacement device comprises at least one article displacement tool. The article displacement tool is receivable in an opening in a carton to engage and displace the displaceable article such that it protrudes through a second opening in said carton.
US11505346B2
A packaging machine for producing packs with a group of cigarettes as pack content, having individual manufacturing units which are arranged adjacent to one another on a manufacturing line and which are (non-destructively) separable from one another in each case in the region of or along (imaginary) parting planes between them and are removable from the manufacturing line as required, wherein the packaging machine can be converted from a first configuration, in which a first pack type can be manufactured, into a second configuration, in which a second pack type which differs from the first pack type can be manufactured, by removing at least one separable manufacturing unit from the manufacturing line, by replacing at least one separable manufacturing unit with another separable manufacturing unit and/or by adding at least one further separable manufacturing unit to the manufacturing line.
US11505338B2
Systems and methods for launching a plurality of spacecraft, provided in a stack of spacecraft, from a launch vehicle traveling along an in-track path include releasing, in a first separation event occurring at a first time, a first spacecraft from the stack of spacecraft using a first separation force having a first separation force in-track component along the in-track path. Subsequently, in a second separation event occurring at a second time, a second spacecraft is released from the stack of spacecraft using a second separation force having a second separation force in-track component along the in-track path, wherein the second time occurs a first time delay after the first time. The first and second separation in-track components may be different, such as by varying a magnitude of the separation force or an angle at which the spacecraft is launched.
US11505336B2
A vacuum arc thruster device having a cathode rod disposed within a concentric insulator tube, and an anode electrode located at the distal edge of the insulator tube, separated from the cathode rod by the insulator tube. A controlled feeding mechanism moves the cathode towards the distal exit plane in a helical motion, the cathode rotating as it moves forward. The cathode rod is fixed in the center of a headless screw segment, which is rotated within a screw thread on the internal surface of a cylindrical wall of the device. As the erosion rate is concentrated at the exit plane, the screw action path enables uniform erosion around the cathode circumference, and cathode linear motion that can be matched to the radial erosion rate. The feeding rate and hence the thrust are proportional to the input power, which can be regulated by the pulse frequency.
US11505334B2
An installation system for a cabin of a vehicle includes at least one built-in component for installation in the cabin, multiple base elements for arrangement on a structurally fixed component of the vehicle and multiple holding devices that can be connected to the at least one built-in component. The holding devices each include a clamping unit with receiving space defined by at least two clamping members, wherein the receiving space can be moved between an open and a closed state through movement of at least one of the clamping members in the direction of the other clamping member in each case and wherein the clamping unit is configured to move the at least one clamping member by pressing the clamping unit onto a base element when the receiving space is in the open state and thereby closing the receiving space including the base element.
US11505332B1
A method, system, and device for predicting parachuting time in case of a sudden failure are provided to resolve a prior art problem that parachuting time of a parachutist in case of a sudden failure of an aircraft cannot be predicted accurately and efficiently. The method includes: obtaining input data; preprocessing the input data; determining whether an aircraft is in a sudden failure state; generating a movement track and a landing point range of parachuting; calculating a movement track and a falling point range of the aircraft after a parachutist performs parachuting, and impact force and a damage range after the aircraft falls; and obtaining a prediction result of parachuting time of the parachutist by a pre-constructed parachuting time prediction model. The method, system, and device can accurately and efficiently predict the parachuting time of the parachutist in case of the sudden failure of the aircraft.
US11505329B2
A component which is configured to be joined to a further component in a preselected relative orientation is disclosed. The further component has an interface surface and the component is configured to contact the interface surface when joined to the further component. The component includes a surface disposed on a side of the component intended to face the interface surface when the components are joined, a plurality of recesses formed in the surface, and a plurality of spacer elements. Each recess has a preselected orientation relative to the component, the preselected orientation being selected in dependence on the preselected relative orientation. Each spacer element comprises a contact surface configured to contact the interface surface when the components are joined. Each spacer element is disposed in one of the recesses such that the orientation of a given contact surface is defined by the orientation of the corresponding recess.
US11505322B2
An arm cap friction hinge mechanism may include a center link; a first top link, a top friction hinge link, a second top link, and a top pin link coupled to the center link; an upper hinge mount coupled to an arm cap, to the first top link, and to the top friction hinge link via a first friction hinge; an upper pin mount coupled to the arm cap of the aircraft seat, to the second top link, and to the top pin link. The center link may be coupled to at least one hinge mount via at least a second friction hinge. The arm cap may be configured to actuate between a closed position and a first open position around the first friction hinge, and between the first open position and a second open position about an axis through the at least a second friction hinge.
US11505314B2
The present disclosure relates to a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft (100) and a propulsion system (600) thereof. The propulsion system (600) comprises a primary rotor (108) configured to couple to an airframe (102) and oriented to generate a vertical thrust relative to the airframe (102), a drivetrain (626) operably coupled to an engine (602) and configured to mechanically drive the primary rotor (108), and a plurality of tiltable secondary rotor assemblies (114) configured to be disposed about the primary rotor (108). The primary rotor (108) comprises a plurality of collective-only variable-pitch blades. Each of the plurality of tiltable secondary rotor assemblies (114) may have a secondary rotor (116) and an electric motor (608) to drive the secondary rotor (116). An electric generator (606) operably coupled to the engine (602) or to the drivetrain (626) may be configured generate electric power for each electric motor (608) of the plurality of tiltable secondary rotor assemblies (114). Each of the plurality of tiltable secondary rotor assemblies (114) is configured to tilt between a vertical configuration (200b) and a horizontal configuration (200a) as a function of a phase of flight of the VTOL aircraft (100).
US11505294B2
A subsea garage for an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) has a body having a receptacle for the UUV, an open top providing a transit path for the UUV into and out of the receptacle and a base opposed to the open top, the base being arranged to lie on the seabed. At least one post is movable, subsea, relative to the body into a deployed position extending upwardly from the body above the open top. A lid may also be movable relative to the body between a closed position that closes the open top and an open position that allows the UUV to move along the transit path through the open top. A fixed post may extend upwardly from the body above the open top, in which case the lid may enclose the post when in the closed position and expose the post when in the open position.
US11505293B2
The underwater vehicle with variable configuration (1) comprises: a hull (2) consisting of at least four elongated elements (20), mutually articulated by means of joints (21), to form a first closed polygonal structure (F1), arranged on a plane; thrusters (3), associated in parallel with said elements (20) of the hull (2); actuating means (22), associated with said joints (21), provided for automatically modifying said first closed polygonal structure (F1), from an elongated shape configuration (AF1) to an expanded shape (EF1), corresponding to an elongated conformation of said hull (2), to determine a low hydrodynamic resistance and a longitudinal thrust of the thrusters (3) in the cruising of said underwater vehicle (1), and to a substantially isotropic conformation, wherein the same elements (20) of the hull (2), as well as the thrusters (3) are mutually angled, intended for the hovering of the same underwater vehicle (1), respectively. The latter can be suitably equipped with robotic arms (4) intended for performing maintenance or similar interventions in underwater locations.
US11505292B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide perimeter ranging for navigation of mobile structures. A navigation control system includes a logic device, a perimeter ranging sensor, one or more actuators/controllers, and modules to interface with users, sensors, actuators, and/or other elements of a mobile structure. The logic device is configured to receive perimeter sensor data from the perimeter ranging system. The logic device determines a range to and/or a relative velocity of a navigation hazard disposed within a monitoring perimeter of the perimeter ranging system based on the received perimeter sensor data. The logic device then generates a display view of the perimeter sensor data or determines navigation control signals based on the range and/or relative velocity of the navigation hazard. Control signals may be displayed to a user and/or used to adjust a steering actuator, a propulsion system thrust, and/or other operational systems of the mobile structure.
US11505289B2
Wakeboat fluid housing compartment fluid level sensing assemblies are provided. The assemblies can include: a wakeboat having a hull; a fluid housing compartment associated with the hull; a nonconductive sensor chamber positioned within the fluid housing compartment of the hull; and at least a pair of conductive electrodes associated with the sensor chamber, at least one of the pair of conductive electrodes being positioned within the nonconductive sensor chamber and electrically isolated from fluid within the fluid housing compartment. Methods for sensing a fluid level within a fluid housing compartment aboard a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can include: maintaining fluid communication between the fluid level within the fluid housing compartment and a sensor chamber; and determining the electrical communication between at least a pair of electrodes operatively associated with the sensor chamber.
US11505287B2
The present disclosure relates to a stand-alone buoy with a seawater battery, which includes a main body formed to have a predetermined buoyancy so as to float on seawater and provided with a seawater space therein and an inlet formed to introduce the seawater into the seawater space, a position notification part installed on the main body and configured to notify a user of a position of the main body, a solar cell part installed on the main body and configured to generate electricity using sunlight, and a seawater battery unit installed in the seawater space to be submerged in the seawater introduced into the seawater space and configured to react with the seawater to store the electricity provided from the solar cell part and to provide the stored electricity to the position notification part so as to operate the position notification part.
US11505277B1
A crank arm comprises an arm body, an axle fastener, and a biasing element. The arm body includes a crank-axle receiving opening and an axle-fastener receiving opening. The axle-fastener receiving opening has a second opening axis. The axle-fastener receiving opening is partly in communication with the crank-axle receiving opening by a connection opening. The axle fastener includes a fastener body having a splined portion. The splined portion is configured to engage with the splined end of the crank axle in a mounted state where the crank arm is mounted to the crank axle. The biasing element is configured to bias the axle fastener in a biasing direction parallel to the second opening axis.
US11505269B2
A bicycle water bottle system is provided. The system includes a mount having a mounting base and a mounting plate extending substantially perpendicular to the mounting base. The mounting base may be configured to connect to a bicycle frame using two fixed pre-formed mounting screw holes. The system also includes a water bottle having a slot formed in one side of the water bottle. The mounting plate is shaped and sized to fit tightly into the slot of the water bottle and the slot is correspondingly shaped and sized to receive the mounting plate to secure the water bottle to the mounting plate.
US11505266B2
The invention relates to a crossmember for motor vehicle construction, having at least two modules that can be arranged one above the other, wherein each module has an inner side wall and an outer side wall, which are connected to one another at their upper ends by an upper wall and at their lower ends by a lower wall, wherein the upper wall of the lower module has, over the longitudinal extent thereof, a raised portion or depression, which engages in a complementary depression or raised portion of the lower wall of the upper module.
US11505264B2
An information acquisition apparatus for acquiring information relating to a crawler configured to be wound around a rotationally driven sprocket connected to a rotation axle provided in a vehicle, the crawler having a meshing part configured to mesh with a tooth or a tooth base of the sprocket and being circulatorily driven in conjunction with rotation of the sprocket is provided. The information acquisition apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores, as initial information, the number of meshing parts of the crawler and information specifying the meshing part that is at a predetermined position, prior to the vehicle traveling. The processor acquires rotation information of the sprocket. The processor, while the vehicle is traveling, information specifying the meshing part that is at the predetermined position, based on the initial information and the rotation information.
US11505256B2
A vehicle roof assembly including a roof panel, a side panel coupled to the roof panel, thereby defining a roof ditch, a passage extending along the roof ditch, and a sealing member at least partially encasing the passage. The passage allows fluid to flow along the roof ditch.
US11505253B2
Provided is a vehicle body structure in which when a load acts on an impactor, the impactor is moved toward an inner wall, a slider is moved along the inner wall by means of direction-changing unit, and in the case where the load acting on a crushing member via the slider exceeds a set value, the moving slider crushes the crushing member.
US11505252B2
An automated vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a storage area located rearward of a rearmost vehicle seat in a front-rear direction of the automated vehicle. An interior structure is located in the storage area. The interior structure defines a storage compartment for housing an electronic component of the automated vehicle. The interior structure includes a removable floor panel overlying the storage compartment and a wall panel extended upward from the floor panel in a height direction of the automated vehicle. The storage compartment includes a dedicated space for the electronic component, the dedicated space located forward of a forward edge portion of the floor panel in the front-rear direction and between the wall panel and the rearmost vehicle seat in the front-rear direction.
US11505246B2
Disclosed is a system comprising a vehicle, a trailer, and a display screen. The system includes a trailer angle between a centerline of the vehicle and a centerline of the trailer. At least one time step after the vehicle is driven backward such that the trailer angle increases beyond a threshold value, a steering warning icon is displayed on the display screen. When the trailer angle decreases below the threshold value, the steering warning icon is removed from the display screen.
US11505244B2
A system and method for steering a machine. The system may comprise a controller configured to receive a steering command and determine a target angular turn rate for the body and a target turn direction for the body. The controller may be further configured to determine a steering mode based on a transmission output torque, the steering mode including Traction-steering, Assisted-steering or Implement-steering. When the steering mode is Assisted-steering, the controller is configured to steer the machine in the target turn direction and at the target angular turn rate by (a) moving an implement from a first position to a second position and (b) diverting or removing power from a first ground engaging traction member. When the steering mode is Implement-steering, the controller is configured to move the implement from a first position to a second position to steer the machine in the target turn direction and at the target angular turn rate without diverting or removing power from the first ground engaging traction member.
US11505240B2
A steering control device includes a first control system and a second control system. The first control system includes and a first microcomputer. The first microcomputer is configured to compute a first command value for controlling power supply to a first coil and a second command value for controlling power supply to a second coil. The second control system includes and a second microcomputer. The second microcomputer is configured to compute the first command value and the second command value. The first microcomputer and the second microcomputer are configured to communicate the first command value and the second command value with each other. The cycle of communication between the first microcomputer and the second microcomputer is set to be equal to or shorter than each of the cycles of computations of the first command value and the second command value by the first microcomputer and the second microcomputer.
US11505233B2
A vehicle steering wheel is provided that includes a rim having a core structure, a plurality of heaters surrounding at least a portion of the core structure to define a plurality of heating zones, at least one sensor for sensing location of a user's hand on the steering wheel, and a controller controlling the plurality of heaters to activate one or more of the heaters based on the sensed location of the hand.
US11505224B2
This invention is directed to a kit of coolers that offers a number of improvements over the prior art. The coolers are modified to specifically accommodate frozen gel ice packs instead of ice cubes. Because there is no spill water, the coolers open with front-facing pull-out drawers. The coolers stack atop one another with interlocking parts. Easy transport is provided by a handle and wheels, which are attached to the bottom (main) bin. Internally, the cooler bins are compartmentalized horizontally or vertically with dividers. Hollow spaces within the walls and dividers of the bins accommodate frozen gel ice packs. Overall, the coolers are easier to pack and unpack, stack, load into a car, and transport on the ground than conventional ice chest coolers.
US11505200B2
An agent management device includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: generate a response to an inquiry from an occupant of a moving body; determine whether or not a change in a control content of the moving body to correspond to the response is possible; output a question whether or not to execute the change to the control content to the occupant when determining that the change to the control content is possible; and execute the change to the control content when the occupant approves the change to the control content.
US11505191B2
The steering controller calculates a target steering angle for causing the own vehicle to travel along the target course acquired by the traveling road information acquirer. The braking/driving force controller calculates a target yaw moment for correcting the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course. The control ratio setter sets a control ratio of cooperative control of steering control and yaw moment control based on the deviation amount of a lateral position of the own vehicle from the target course. The control ratio is set so that when the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course is relatively small, the ratio at which the steering control occupies is reduced, and the yaw moment control is dominant, and when the positional displacement of the own vehicle from the target course is relatively large, the ratio at which the steering control occupies is increased.
US11505187B2
The present disclosure relates to an unmanned lane keeping method and device, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes that: a vehicle road image collected by a data collector of the vehicle is received; the vehicle road image is transmitted to a preset DNN model of the vehicle for processing to obtain a steering wheel angle corresponding to the vehicle road image, wherein the DNN model of the vehicle is established by deep learning, and is used for characterizing a correspondence between the vehicle road image and the steering wheel angle; and the vehicle is controlled to keep driving in a corresponding lane according to the steering wheel angle.
US11505183B2
A driver assistance system and method are disclosed. The driver assistance system includes a first sensor installed at a vehicle and configured to have a field of view directed forward from the vehicle to acquire front image data, a second sensor selected from a group of radar and LIDAR sensors, installed at the vehicle, and configured to have a field of view directed forward from the vehicle to acquire front detection data, and a controller having a processor configured to process the front image data and the front detection data, wherein the controller is configured to detect a lane, in which the vehicle is traveling, or detect a front object located in front of the vehicle, in response to the processing of the image data and the front detection data, output a braking signal to a braking system of the vehicle when a collision between the vehicle and the front object is expected, and output a steering signal to a steering system of the vehicle when a collision between the vehicle and the front object is expected even with braking control.
US11505179B2
The present invention relates to a parking assistance device, and includes: a surrounding detection part detecting surrounding information of a vehicle which is to be parked to detect a parking space where the vehicle can be parked; a parking route generation part generating a traveling route from a current position of the vehicle to the parking space; a travel controller making the vehicle travel to the parking space along the traveling route; an obstacle detection part detecting an obstacle around the vehicle; and a parking route regeneration part generating a new traveling route to avoid a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle and park the vehicle in the parking space in a case where the travel controller makes the vehicle travel to the parking space along the traveling route, wherein the travel controller makes the vehicle travel along the new traveling route when the new traveling route is generated.
US11505177B2
A control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a target yaw rate calculator; a primary limit yaw rate calculator; a yaw rate comparator; a secondary limit yaw rate calculator; and a vertical load controller. The target yaw rate calculator calculates a target yaw rate of the vehicle. The primary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a primary limit yaw rate on a basis of a vertical load on a wheel. The yaw rate comparator compares the target yaw rate with the primary limit yaw rate. The secondary limit yaw rate calculator calculates a secondary limit yaw rate in a case where a distribution of the vertical load on the wheel is changed in a case where the target yaw rate exceeds the primary limit yaw rate. The vertical load controller changes the vertical load on a basis of the secondary limit yaw rate.
US11505174B2
The present invention realizes a vehicle control device that, even when power characteristics of a power generation device and a power transmission device changes, senses degradation of vehicle components, corrects a drive instruction to the power transmission device, and is thereby capable of stabilizing vehicle behavior over a long term. The present invention, in a predetermined vehicle environment state, measures fluctuation in drive power and acceleration in a transient region by using vehicle behavior sensors 4, performs comparison with a reference fluctuation, and thereby senses degradation of vehicle components. The drive instruction to the transmission 16-side is corrected in accordance with the degradation of vehicle components that is sensed. Thus, it is possible to stabilize vehicle behavior (performance) over a long term even when, during automated driving, the power characteristics of the drive power source and the transmission 16 change due to factors such as time degradation of vehicle components.
US11505166B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for parking control of a vehicle and the method includes a step in which a control unit determines a driver's parking intention by receiving a brake signal, pressure of a master cylinder, and a position of a shift lever from a brake switch, a pressure detection unit, and a shift lever detection unit, respectively; a step in which the control unit determines a state of the vehicle by receiving an inclination, a wheel speed, and a vehicle speed from an inclination detection unit, a wheel speed detection unit, and a vehicle speed detection unit, respectively; a step in which the control unit determines a state of an electronic parking brake; and a step in which the control unit operates the electronic parking brake through an EPB driving unit.
US11505159B2
A seatbelt height adjuster includes a track elongated along an axis and including a plurality of holes spaced from each other along the axis, a slider slideably coupled to the track, a D-ring supported by the slider, a pin supported by the slider and releasably engageable with one respective hole, and a pyrotechnic actuator supported by the slider and engaged with the pin.
US11505155B1
A vehicle seat includes a seatback defining an occupant seating area and an airbag mounted to the seatback. The airbag has a top chamber inflatable above the occupant seating area and elongated from the seatback in a seat-forward direction. The airbag has two side chambers inflatable downwardly from the top chamber on opposite sides of the occupant seating area. The top chamber has a plurality of tubular segments each elongated in the seat-forward direction and disposed in a cross-seat direction relative to each other.
US11505142B2
A power distribution device includes a first switch configured to connect a power supply source or a first device to a second device, a second switch configured to connect the second device and a third device distributing predetermined power, and a control unit configured to control conduction and cutoff of the first and the second switches based on an output voltage of the power distribution device. The control unit switches the first switch to a conductive state and the second switch to a cutoff state when an input voltage of the second device does not drop to a predetermined control start voltage, and switches, when the input voltage of the second device temporarily drops to the control start voltage, the first switch to the cutoff state and the second switch to the conductive state, and supplies the power from the third device to the second device.
US11505140B2
A method for controlling two serially disposed relays that switch a load with two different safety levels depending on the driving situation in a vehicle includes querying state information that includes movement state information and/or coasting operation information of the vehicle, determining a safety level of the two different safety levels depending on the driving situation, using the state information, detecting a relay of the two serially disposed relays using a balancing rule when the safety level determined in step b) represents a lower safety level of the two safety levels, switching the selected relay into a non-conductive state and keeping the further relay in a conductive state when a first request signal for switching off the load is received, and switching the selected relay into a conductive state when a second request signal for switching on the load is received.
US11505136B2
An automobile interior trim includes: a resin core member formed to have a predetermined shape; a surface member bonded to a front surface of the resin core member; a plurality of reinforcement ribs provided at a back surface of the resin core member in a width direction of the resin core member; and a recess formed at an upper end surface of each of the reinforcement ribs as means for setting a terminal part of the resin core member as a base point of rupture so that, when a side airbag deploys on the back surface side of the resin core member, the terminal part of the resin core member ruptures by force of the deployment. A slit is formed at the terminal part of the surface member adjacent to the base point of the rupture of the resin core member.
US11505127B2
A method for assembling an electro-optic mirror reflective element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes providing a container having a plurality of holes for dispensing spacer beads, supporting the container over a dispensing area via an electrically powered shaking device, positioning a glass substrate at the dispensing area, and automatically shaking the container so that spacer beads fall through the holes in the container and onto the glass substrate. The shaking of the container is controlled so that the shaking device is deactivated after an appropriate amount of spacer beads are dispensed onto the glass substrate. The glass substrate is mated with another glass substrate with the dispensed spacer beads between the glass substrates and bounded by a perimeter seal. The cavity between the glass substrates is filled with an electro-optic medium, and the cavity is sealed with the electro-optic medium and spacer beads disposed therein.
US11505115B2
The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a housing (10); —a noise-reducing material (11); characterised in that: —the noise-reducing material (11) is partially disposed inside the housing (10) and is in contact with the housing (10); —the housing (10) has at least one hole (100) and the noise-reducing material (11) is configured to pass through the at least one hole (100) and extends projecting from the at least one hole (100) to the outside of the housing (10).
US11505113B2
The present disclosure relates an integrated module including a camera and a lamp, and may include a camera that acquires an image of a periphery of a vehicle and provide the image, at least one first lamp and at least one second lamp disposed at at least one location of an upper side and a lower side of the camera in a direction of a transverse axis of the camera, and a lamp controller that provides electrical energy for the first lamp to the first lamp and provides electrical energy for the second lamp to the second lamp according to daytime/nighttime determination information based on the image.
US11505107B2
Lift assemblies and methods of operating same. A lift assembly for a vehicle includes at least one support member having a longitudinal axis lying on a plane and which is configured for attachment to the vehicle. A mast having a proximal end, a distal end, and a mast axis is pivotably coupled with the at least one support member at the mast proximal end. At least one gear arrangement is coupled between the at least one support member and the mast proximal end. The mast is pivotable relative to the at least one support member about an axis parallel with the plane through an angular displacement greater than 90 degrees. A boom is pivotably coupled with the mast proximate the mast distal end, and a first lift line is coupled with the boom.
US11505100B2
The subject of the invention is a frame for seats in public transport vehicles, used in vehicles such as trams, school buses or other vehicles for transporting passengers on short distances, with low requirements for the comfort of travel. A frame for a seat in public transport vehicles in the form of shaped bent profile that creates a backrest and a seat pan, to which brackets for the seat pan and backrest pillows are attached, wherein the profile (1) in a section perpendicular to its longitudinal axis has an outline similar to an ellipse and its longer section axis is tilted upwards in an outside direction from the vertical plane, which forms the frame's perpendicular bisector, by angle α ranging from 10-30°, preferably 20°.
US11505098B2
A temperature control method for vehicle seat heating includes: when turning on or switching to a heating level, determining a heating period at present according to a temperature value corresponding to a current Negative Temperature Coefficient (NTC) sensor, the heating period including an initial heating stage, an approaching stage and a steady stage; and segmentally controlling the on-off of a seat heating apparatus according to a heating strategy corresponding to each heating period, so that the seat surface temperature reaches to and stabilizes at an expected target temperature of the level. Further disclosed are a corresponding temperature control apparatus for the vehicle seat heating and a temperature control system for the vehicle seat heating. By adopting the temperature control method for the vehicle seat heating, the seat surface temperature can quickly reach to and stabilize at the expected temperature value, and thus the use experience of a user is improved.
US11505087B2
An aircraft includes a first battery, provisions for transport that are powered by a second battery, and a management system for transferring energy between the first battery and the second battery.
US11505086B2
A speed control system to control retardation energy of a vehicle and a method of controlling retardation energy of a vehicle are provided. The system includes an energy storage device configured to absorb and store the retardation energy of the vehicle. The energy storage device includes a power absorption limit determined at least partially by a temperature and a state of charge of the energy storage device. The system further includes a non-energy-storing retarder configured to absorb the retardation energy of the vehicle and a controller configured to route the retardation energy to the energy storage device up to the power absorption limit and route a remaining portion of the retardation energy to the non-energy-storing retarder.
US11505083B2
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body assembly, and battery cells. The body assembly is coupled to the chassis and defines a refuse compartment. The battery cells are positioned between the body assembly and the chassis.
US11505081B2
A charge/discharge management apparatus for executing charge/discharge of a battery of a vehicle electrically connected to a facility, comprising an obtaining unit for obtaining use histories of a plurality of batteries corresponding to a plurality of vehicles electrically connected to the facility, and a selection unit for selecting a battery subjected to execution of charge/discharge from the plurality of batteries based on priority decided from the use histories.
US11505078B2
An apparatus for controlling optimization of a charging amount of a battery for a vehicle charged with external power includes: a map storage, a position detector, and a controller to control the map storage and the position detector. The controller acquires a current position of the vehicle when a driver's desired charging setting value is input, acquires altitude information of topography corresponding to a driving path, calculates a gain charging amount in an uphill or downhill section on the driving path based on the altitude information, calculates an optimum charging setting value based on the driver's desired charging setting value and the gain charging amount, calculates a final target charging amount based on the optimum charging setting value and a current residual charging amount, and performs optimum charging of the battery.
US11505066B2
An operating apparatus for a vehicle component comprises an operating panel (12) as well as an electric motor (34) mechanically coupled thereto with an unbalance mass. A detector (20) can capture the contact of the operating panel (12) by a user. A sensor (46) is provided in order to set exactly the number of revolutions of the electric motor in response to the contact of the operating panel by a user. The number of revolutions of the rotor is determined via this sensor.
US11505064B2
A pedal device for a vehicle includes: a pedal pad; a single reference hole formed in one of a base member and a supporting member comprising at least one of a panel or a bracket; a through-hole for fixing that is formed in the base member; a reference shaft member that is supported by the other of the base member or the supporting member, and is inserted into the reference hole while forming a first clearance between the reference shaft member and the reference hole, and whose extension line intersects the pedal pad; and a shaft member for fixing that is inserted into the through-hole for fixing while forming a second clearance that is larger than the first clearance between the shaft member for fixing and the through-hole for fixing, and that fixes the base member to the supporting member by being fixed to the supporting member.
US11505061B2
An axle assembly for a low floor vehicle is described herein. The axle assembly includes an axle housing and a drive unit for driving a wheel assembly. The axle housing including a first gearbox, a second gearbox and a cradle assembly coupling the first gear box to the second gear box. The axle assembly includes first and second hub assemblies that form a first axis of rotation. The first gearbox includes an electric motor that is coupled to a transmission used to rotate an output shaft. The first gearbox also includes a differential mounted for rotation with the transmission and a first drop box mounted for rotation with the differential. The axle assembly also includes a portal axle mounted for rotation with the first drop box and extends from the first gearbox to the second gearbox wherein the portal axle forms a second axis of rotation that is offset from the first axis of rotation of the hub assemblies. The second gearbox includes a second drop box mounted for rotation with the portal axle and is adapted to drive the second hub assembly.
US11505059B2
An active grille system having a linear actuation mechanism. The active grille system has vanes connected to a link arm. The vanes rotate between an open position and a closed position using force transmitted by the link arm. Connected to the frame is an actuator that has a mover that provides force to a linear actuation mechanism that is connected to the link arm.
US11505049B2
A locking device for a convertible top includes a locking support, a locking hook which can be translationally and rotationally shifted so as to be displaced between a disengaged position and an engaged position and which is engaged with a locking counterpart when in the engaged position, and a drive for the locking hook. The drive includes a driving element which is driven rotationally about an axis of rotation by a driving unit and which drives, via a link mechanism, a slide which can be moved on the locking support and which is connected to the locking hook, the locking hook being displaced when the slide is moved. The link mechanism includes a coupling link which is hinged to the slide and a support link which is hinged to the coupling link and which is guided in a guide track of the locking support when the driving element is actuated.
US11505039B2
A division bar that divides a front or rear windshield into an upper windshield and a lower windshield is provided, and the upper windshield is more fragile than the lower windshield.
US11505034B2
A heat pump system for a vehicle may control a temperature of a battery module by using one chiller in which a refrigerant and a coolant are heat-exchanged, and may increase a flow rate of the refrigerant by applying a gas injection device that selectively operates in a heating or dehumidifying mode of a vehicle, thereby maximizing heating performance.
US11505012B2
A vehicle wheel includes: a wheel body; a single Helmholtz resonator; and a suspension member slidably engaged with the wheel body and suspending the Helmholtz resonator inside a tire air chamber from the wheel body.
US11505010B2
A pneumatic tires includes a tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of bead portions that are arranged at intervals wider than a rim width of a corresponding regular rim in a non-rim-assembled state. Each of the pair of the bead portions includes a bead base at an inner diameter side end, a bead heel, and a bead back surface extending from an outer diameter side end of the bead heel, to the outer diameter side. In the non-rim-assembled state, the bead back surface is formed with a recess that is recessed inward in the width direction. In a rim-assembled state, the bead back surface is in close contact with substantially the entire surface of a radial portion of a rim flange of a regular rim.
US11505006B2
A tyre includes a tread portion provided with an outer main groove, an inner main groove, and a middle main groove. Each of the main grooves has a pair of groove edges arranged on both sides in a tyre axial direction and extending in a tyre circumferential direction. At least one of the groove edges includes circumferential portions extending in the tyre circumferential direction and axial portions inclined at larger angles than the circumferential portions with respect to the tyre circumferential direction. When an axial portion total length is a sum of axial lengths of the axial portions included in the main grooves, an axial portion total lengths L1, L2, and L3 of the outer main groove, the middle main groove, and the inner main groove, respectively, satisfy Expressions (1) and (2) shown below; L1>L3 Ex. (1) L1≥L2≥L3 Ex. (2).
US11505004B2
A flexible wheel may include a flexible tire section which is deformable in a radial direction from a circumference thereof, and an anti-bending guide section coupled with the flexible tire section. The anti-bending guide section is connected to a driving shaft, and the flexible tire section and the anti-bending guide section are concentric. The flexible tire section includes a ring-shaped outer layer, one or more inner layers, and a plurality of spokes. In addition, the anti-bending guide section includes a plurality of plates, a hub, and a plurality of guides.
US11505003B2
A non-pneumatic tire (10) comprising a tread band having a ground engaging surface, a first reinforcement layer (250) comprised of at least one reinforcement (251) oriented in the tire's circumferential direction, a second reinforcement layer (254), located radially outward from said first reinforcement layer (250), said second reinforcement layer (254) comprised of a plurality of reinforcements oriented at an angle in a first direction to said tire's circumferential direction, a third reinforcement layer (258), located radially outward from said second reinforcement layer (254), said third reinforcement layer (258) comprised of a plurality of reinforcements oriented at an angle in a second direction to said tire's circumferential direction and a fourth reinforcement layer (262), located radially outward from said third reinforcement layer (258), comprised of at least one reinforcement oriented in the tire's circumferential direction.
US11504998B2
A wheel (1) includes a rim (2) and a wheel center (3) made from a fiber reinforced composite material. The wheel center (3) includes a tubular middle section (6) having a center opening (7) extending in the direction of a wheel axis (19) and having a first and a second end (8, 9). A hub (5) includes a first flange ring (10) and a second flange ring (11). At least one of the flange rings (10, 11) and the tubular middle section (6) are interconnected to each other by a form fit interconnection (12, 13).
US11504995B1
A marker board system having a dark colored, low hardness, low surface energy solid silicone sheet to wet to a vertically oriented high surface energy substrate on a smooth, flat back-side of the solid silicone sheet. A front-side of the solid silicone sheet is able to be written upon by brightly colored marker ink. The brightly colored marker ink is able to be easily erased from the front-side of the solid silicone sheet after being written upon the front-side of the solid silicone sheet. The front-side is roughened to diminish beading of the brightly colored marker ink when written on the front-side.
US11504990B2
A security device is disclosed that has an image formed upon a substrate. The image has a first printed region and a second different printed region both printed with a same ink formulation of field alignable flakes. At least one of the printed regions has optically variable effects. One of the first and second printed regions at least partially surrounds the other. The second printed region is formed of thin parallel lines and the first printed region has substantially wider lines than are printed in the second printed region. The area density of the ink in a line in the first group of wider lines is greater than the area density of a line in the second group of narrower lines. A surprising effect of this image is that particles or flakes in the ink are field aligned so as to produce a visible kinematic dynamic effect visible in the first region and not visible in the second region when the image is tilted or rotated.
US11504989B2
An inkjet recording device has a head base, a head unit, and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has a guide screw, a moving member, the operation member for rotating the moving member, and an adjusting member. The moving member has a shaft hole screwed into the guide screw, and moves in an axial direction of the guide screw by rotating with respect to the guide screw. The adjusting member has a first contact portion in contact with the moving member and a second contact portion in contact with the head unit. The second contact portion moves in a direction toward the head unit and a direction away from the head unit, by moving the moving member in contact with the first contact portion in the axial direction of the guide screw.
US11504988B2
A sheet cassette configured to store a recording sheet and connectable to a printer includes a battery, a storage, a communication terminal, and an electrode terminal. The storage is configured to store information. The sheet cassette is configured to perform communications between the sheet cassette and the printer through the communication terminal. The sheet cassette is configured to supply the electric power of the battery to the printer through the electrode terminal.
US11504987B2
Disclosed is a label printer having a driven carrier tape drawing roller; and a guide unit for the carrier tape, said guide unit being pivotably supported about a pivot axle between an operating position and an insertion position for the carrier tape, wherein the guide unit includes a counter-element to the printhead, configured to hold the carrier tape with the labels in contact with the printhead in the operating position; wherein, in the operating position, the carrier tape is led between the printhead and the counter-element and between the carrier tape drawing roller and the respective carrier tape pressure roller and can in particular be transported along a predefined carrier tape transport path; and wherein, in the insertion position of the guide unit, the counter-element is pivoted away from the printhead and the respective carrier tape pressure roller is pivoted away from the carrier tape drawing roller.
US11504984B2
A printing apparatus provides a conveyance operation in which a conveyance unit conveys a print medium in a conveyance direction, and includes a control unit to control a printing unit such that, in a case where an image is to be printed onto a print medium of a first type in a first state in which the print medium of the first type is supported by a first conveyance member and not supported by a second conveyance member, the printing unit uses a printing element included in a first region from which a distance to the print medium of the first type in a height direction perpendicular to a surface where the printing elements are arrayed is a first distance, and does not use a printing element included in a second region from which a distance to the print medium of the first type in the height direction is a second distance greater than the first distance.
US11504979B2
Disclosed is a label printer, having a first receiver for a printhead; at least two mutually different printhead units, each configured as a replaceable module and that each have a printhead, wherein one of the two printhead units is selectively received by the first receiver in an assembled state; a second receiver for a guide unit for the carrier tape having a counter-element to the printhead that is configured to hold the carrier tape with the labels in contact with the printhead; and at least two mutually different guide units for the carrier tape, each configured as a replaceable module and that each have a counter-element to the printhead that is configured to hold the carrier tape with the labels in contact with the printhead, wherein one of the two guide units for the carrier tape is selectively received by the second receiver in the assembled state.
US11504974B2
An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.
US11504967B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing, a metal nozzle plate, in which is formed a nozzle for discharging a liquid and that is to be bonded with adhesive to a head chip provided with an actuator for discharging the liquid, the method including: forming the nozzle in a metal plate-like member; forming a groove in the metal plate-like member; and performing exterior processing with respect to the nozzle plate.
US11504966B2
A system and method for determining the operational status of a nozzle in an inkjet printhead having a piezoelectric actuator configured to cause the ejection of ink through the nozzle, the system comprising: a driving circuit configured to apply a driving signal to the piezoelectric actuator during a first time period; and a sensing circuit configured to measure the current within the piezoelectric actuator as a function of time during a second time period after the first time period; wherein the system is configured to determine the operational status of the nozzle in dependence on the time taken for the measured current to reach a predetermined condition during the second time period, or on the slope of the measured current as a function of time during the second time period.
US11504965B2
In the present liquid discharge method, in the driving step, the drive pulse in which a potential change rate during a change from the third potential to the first potential varies depending on the recording condition acquired in the acquisition step is applied to the drive element.
US11504964B2
A printing apparatus includes: power supply circuits including at least a first power supply circuit and a second power supply circuit, the power supply circuits having mutually different output voltages; and a head including nozzles, the nozzles forming groups arranged in a first direction, each of the nozzles being associated with any one of the power supply circuits. The groups include a first group and a second group adjacent to each other in the first direction. The first group is formed by nozzles associated with the first power supply circuit and nozzles associated with the second power supply circuit. The second group is formed by nozzles associated with the first power supply circuit and nozzles associated with the second power supply circuit.
US11504958B2
The invention relates to a method for transferring at least one layer of material, comprising: producing first and second separating layers (108, 110), one against the other, on a first substrate (104); producing the layer to be transferred on the second separating layer (110); securing the layer to be transferred to a second substrate (106), forming a stack of different materials; and performing mechanical separation at the interface between the separating layers; in which the materials of the stack are such that the interface between the first and second separating layers has the weakest adhesion force, and the method comprises a step reducing an initial adhesion force of the interface between the first and second separating layers.
US11504956B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of a coated paper, paperboard or film, wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a first suspension comprising cellulose fibers, applying the first suspension on a substrate to form a fibrous web, wherein the web has a first and a second side, providing a second suspension comprising micro fibrillated cellulose, applying the second suspension either to the first side of the fibrous web or to a surface of a drying equipment and conducting said fibrous web through the drying equipment whereby the second suspension is added to the first side of the web forming the coated paper, paperboard or film. The invention also relates to a paper, paperboard or film produced according to the method.
US11504954B2
a film composite for manufacturing a package for planar carriers of pharmaceutical active substances, for example transdermal patches, encompassing, in a direction from the outer side of the film composite toward its inner side: a metal layer; an acrylic-acid-containing joining layer; a polyethylene layer; and a COC layer made of cycloolefin copolymer, a side of the COC layer which faces away from the metal layer being an exposed surface of the film composite, wherein provision is made that the polyethylene layer encompasses metallocene polyethylene.
US11504953B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods pertaining to gloves for protection of a wearer's hand. According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, disclosed is a glove. The glove may include a glove body comprising a cuff portion, a palm portion, a thumb portion, and finger portions. The plurality of finger portions comprises at least one of an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a pinky finger portion. The glove may include a plurality of impact disbursement pads. The impact disbursement pads comprise finger pads, knuckle pads, metacarpal pads, and a thumb pad. The glove may include a webbing portion and knuckle pads. The glove body is formed from a first material, the webbing portion is formed from a second material, and the impact disbursement pads are formed from a third material.
US11504946B2
A device and a method for connecting lamination parts to form a lamination stack, in which lamination parts are punched out from an electrical strip that is coated on at least one of its flat sides with a hot-melt adhesive varnish layer, the lamination parts that have been punched out are stacked, and then connected in an integrally joined manner through thermal activation of the hot-melt adhesive varnish layer to form a plurality of lamination stacks. Before the lamination parts are punched out, the electrical strip is prepared in a subregion of the hot-melt adhesive varnish layer in such a way that after the lamination part is punched out, this lamination part facilitates separation of the stacked lamination parts into lamination stacks. In the preparation of the electrical strip, the layer thickness of the hot-melt adhesive varnish layer on the electrical strip is at least reduced through removal by laser light in order to produce the subregion.
US11504928B2
The present invention relates to an enhanced method for the manufacture of a plastic component (135), in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, the method comprising: opening a mold (100) by a predetermined amount into a loading position, wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (110, 112) and wherein the amount by which the mold is opened influences an available loading volume of the mold, loading a material comprising expanded particles (130) into the loading volume, closing the mold into a closed position, wherein during closing of the mold the mold parts are moved together over different distances (140) in different areas of the mold, compressing the expanded particles by closing the mold and fusing at least the surfaces of the expanded particles to mold the plastic component.
US11504924B2
An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a quarter panel comprised of a sheet molding compound and a fascia bracket. The fascia bracket includes a first flange integrated into the quarter panel, a second flange comprising a vehicle body mount interface, and a gripping feature configured to grip a portion of a fascia to be attached to the quarter panel.
US11504923B2
A method and apparatus (14) for assembling a reinforcement web (12) for use with a wind turbine blade (10) are provided. A pre-formed flange structure (20) to be integrated with laminate layers (58, 60) to form the reinforcement web (12) is clamped into position against a mould end surface (76) using one or more locating clamps (16). The locating clamps (16) include first and second clamp blocks (80, 82) that are shaped to provide an external profile that avoids resin collection and bridging during resin injection molding, while allowing for clamping to be applied to the flange structure (20) with an easily assembled and disassembled removable engagement of the clamp blocks (80, 82). The locating clamp (16) prevents undesirable dislodgment of the flange structure (20) during the assembly process for the reinforcement web (12), and without necessitating the use of complex or expensive molding equipment or processes.
US11504920B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a cuff including a first outer layer, a first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer, and a second outer layer, the method including disposing each of two non-bridge welded sheet members between the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first outer layer and the sheet member of the first intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second intermediate layer and between the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the first intermediate layer and the sheet member of the second intermediate layer bridge welded with the sheet member of the second outer layer, and welding the four sheet members constituting the intermediate layers.
US11504917B2
A high viscosity material is discharged in the form of a continuous thread from an application nozzle toward an end of a workpiece and a space S on the side of the workpiece so that the high viscosity material in the form of the thread adheres to a front surface of the workpiece and the high viscosity material discharged in the form of the thread into the space on the side of the workpiece pivots around an edge of the workpiece to a back surface of the workpiece and adheres to the back surface of the workpiece. The high viscosity material can thus be applied to both the front and back surfaces of the workpiece in one step of discharging the high viscosity material only from the front surface side of the workpiece.
US11504914B2
A system determines an object part density relative to a build region in a layer of build material used in an additive manufacturing machine, the object part density based on a relative portion of the build region where an energy absorbing agent is applied. The system controls a thermal characteristic of the build region in the layer of build material based on the determined object part density.
US11504911B2
Irradiation device (5) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, which Irradiation device (5) comprises at least one irradiation unit (6-8), preferably an optical unit, arranged in a housing (9) of the Irradiation device (5), wherein a stream generating device (10) is provided that is adapted to guide a gas stream (11) that is adapted to be charged with residues present inside the housing (9) through the housing (9) of the Irradiation device (5) along a streaming path in which the gas stream (11) at least partially streams alongside or through the at least one irradiation unit (6-8) for removing residues from the housing (9).
US11504906B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by means of a powder-based additive production method from at least one first powdery material, wherein the at least one first powdery material comprises at least one first compound having a first reactive group a). The first reactive group a) is selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate group, a blocked isocyanate group, or a mixture thereof. The invention further relates to a component produced using the method according to the invention, and to powdery material that is suited for the method according to the invention.
US11504902B2
Methods and apparatus to identify additively manufactured parts are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a body, formed of layers layered substantially parallel to a base layer, composed of a first material having a first density, a first indicium embedded internally in the body as a void, and a second indicium on an external surface of the body, the second indicium aligning with the first indicium.
US11504901B2
A method for forming a composite fluid conduit includes providing an inner pipe having a variation in cross-section between at least two different longitudinal sections thereof and applying a fiber reinforced composite material to the inner pipe. In some disclosed examples the variation in cross section may be provided intermediate opposing ends of the inner pipe. In other disclosed examples the variation in cross section may be provided at an end region of the inner pipe.
US11504900B2
A method of folding edges of trim parts includes the following steps. Place an inner surface of a substrate against a panel support so that an upper end of the substrate is disposed above a top end of the panel support. Press a backup blade against an outer surface of the substrate beneath the upper end of the substrate. A folder tool of an edge folding apparatus is urged against the inner surface of the upper end of the substrate in a horizontal direction which laterally folds the upper end 96 of the substrate. Remove the backup blade from the outer surface of the substrate. Then urge the folder tool of the edge folding apparatus against the inner surface of the substrate in a vertical direction and downwardly folding the upper end 96 of the substrate.
US11504899B1
The invention generally relates to shape memory films that are tri-functionally crosslinked and that comprise multiple, non-terminal, phenylethynyl moieties. In addition, the present invention relates methods of fabricating such films. Due to the improved properties of such SMPS, the SMP designer can program in to the SMP mechanical property enhancements that make the SMP suitable, among other things, for advanced sensors, high temperature actuators, responder matrix materials and heat responsive packaging.
US11504898B2
Method of forming, in particular a thermoforming method, a foil into a container, in particular a brewing container, especially a coffee capsule, using a plug assist and/or pressure difference in axial main forming direction, directing the foil into a forming tool creating a blank with a cavity and pressing the foil towards the forming tool bottom in order to create a floor for the blank and characterising the method in that the floor of the blank experiences a material distribution, especially a material shifting and/or material compression, during which a constant pressure difference within the blank's cavity is guaranteed and a circumferential annular gap is created.
US11504895B2
The invention relates to a filter device for a plastic melt or another highly viscous fluid, comprising a housing with an inlet plate and a discharge plate. At least one spacing element and a screen wheel which can be rotated by a drive device are arranged between the inlet plate and the discharge plate. The inlet plate and the discharge plate are clamped against each other with the inclusion of the spacing element via at least three housing clamping elements. An engagement point of the drive device on the screen wheel is arranged outside of the pretensioning surface. When viewed in the rotational direction, an angle α larger than 110° and smaller than 160° is formed on the screen wheel between a first line that extends between the pretensioning surface centroid on which a resulting frictional force FR acts and the center of the screen wheel and a second line between the center and the engagement point on which an advancing force Fv acts.
US11504890B2
An insert molding apparatus includes: a lower mold including a seating part on which an insert member including a through-hole is seated; an upper mold mounted on the lower mold to receive the insert member seated on the seating part; and a first fixing part including a first head provided in the lower mold and inserted into the through-hole of the insert member when the insert member is seated, and a first drive unit that moves the first head. The first drive unit is moved to adjust a length by which the first head is inserted into the through-hole.
US11504876B2
A thickness planer has a housing, a motor housed in the housing, a controller having a control board configured to control driving of the motor, at least one intake port provided in the housing, at least one outlet port provided in the housing, an air flow passage that is provided within the housing and configured such that air taken in from the at least one intake port flows therethrough toward the at least one outlet port via the motor, and a fan that is configured to generate flow of air from the at least one intake port to the at least one outlet port through the air flow passage. A particular region of the controller is arranged on the air flow passage.
US11504873B2
Dynamic regulation of contact pressures in a blade sharpening system is provided. An example multiphase grinding wheel has a grinding face with one or more abrasive concentric rings for sharpening the cutting blade of the log saw machine, and one or more padded concentric rings consisting of fiber padding. Sharpening with the multiphase grinding wheel improves cut quality, increases blade life, removes glues and varnishes from the cutting blade, reduces blade deformation, and hones the edge of the cutting blade. A pneumatic tensioning system uses air bladders to apply dynamic cushioning and processor-controlled contact pressure between the grinding wheels and the cutting blade during sharpening. The fiber-padded grinding wheels and the air bladder tensioner provide improved sharpness of the cutting blade and longer life for the mechanical components.
US11504870B2
Provided is a tape printing apparatus including a half cutter and a mounting portion lid. The half cutter has a half-receiving portion and a half-movable portion, the half-movable portion includes a half-movable blade and comes into contact with or separates from the half-receiving portion, a first side, which is one side of the half-movable blade in a blade length direction, is open between the half-receiving portion and the half-movable portion, and the mounting portion lid opens and closes a cutter mounting portion on which the half cutter is mounted. The mounting portion lid is provided with a lid-side half-receiving support portion that supports at least one of an end on the first side of the half-receiving portion and an end on the first side of a third frame portion that supports the half-receiving portion pressed by the half-movable portion when the mounting portion lid is closed.
US11504856B2
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementation for activating an animatronic device. Information about a user is obtained for whom an animatronic device is to be configured to carry out a dialogue with the user. The animatronic device includes a head portion and a body portion and the head portion is configured based on one of a plurality of selectable head portions. One or more preferences of the user are identified from the obtained information and used to select, from the plurality of selectable head portions, a first selected head portion. A configuration of the head portion of the animatronic device is then configured based on the first selected head portion for carrying out the dialogue.
US11504842B1
The collapsible sawhorse comprises a cross tie, a first vertical support member, and a second vertical support member. The collapsible sawhorse may be a sawhorse that separates and collapses for transportation and storage. When assembled, the collapsible sawhorse may be used to elevate and support a project. The collapsible sawhorse may be used in pairs to elevate both ends of the project. As non-limiting examples, the project may be a construction material such as a board to be sawed, a temporary work surface such as a sheet of plywood, or a tool such as a chop saw. The collapsible sawhorse may be fastenerless in that the collapsible sawhorse may be assembled and disassembled without using tools.
US11504837B2
The present disclosure provides various embodiments of a fastener-driving tool that includes a battery-charged supercapacitor as a power source. The fastener-driving tool includes first and second spaced-apart, conductive rails and a partially conductive piston slidably mounted on the rails. The rails and the piston are electrically connected to one another. The supercapacitor is electrically connected to the first rail. When the supercapacitor discharges electrical current, the electrical current flows from the supercapacitor, into the first rail, through the piston into the second rail, and from the second rail. The electrical current induces magnetic fields in the rails and the piston, and the combination of the electrical current and the magnetic fields induce a Lorentz force that acts on the piston to move the piston toward a nosepiece to drive a fastener.
US11504836B2
A novel nail stop block structure for nail stop and restraining comprises a nail head and a striker hole disposed in the nail head. The front orifice of striker hole is located in the front end face of nail head. A nail head cylinder is disposed on the left lower end of middle part of the nail head. A mobile hole is disposed in the center of upper surface of the nail head cylinder connected to the inner space thereof. An assorted nail feeding piston is disposed in the nail head cylinder. A piston rod coaxial with the mobile hole is disposed on the center of upper surface of the nail feeding piston. The upper end of the piston rod passes upwards through the mobile hole.
US11504835B2
A compressed air nailer comprises a control line configured to trigger a driving process when a valve pin is displaced relative to a valve sleeve into an actuated position. The valve sleeve is configured to move between a triggering position and a locked position. A switching surface is coupled to at least one of a trigger and a placing sensor and configured to actuate the valve pin. An outer sleeve is configured to guide the valve sleeve. The switching surface is positioned at a switching surface position relative to the outer sleeve when both the trigger and the placing sensor are actuated. The switching surface is configured to displace the valve pin into the actuated position when the valve sleeve is positioned in the triggering position. The switching surface does not displace the valve pin into the actuated position when the valve sleeve is positioned in the locked position.
US11504828B1
An adapter is provided which allows an external driving tool to drive a driven tool such as an intraosseous needle assembly, where the external driving tool would otherwise be incompatible with the needle assembly. The adapter includes a driver connector having a bore, where the bore is to receive an external driver of the external driving tool. The adapter further includes a driver attached to the driver connector. A cross-sectional shape of the bore is different than a cross-sectional shape of the attached driver. The attached driver includes resilient legs which assist in securing the adapter to the needle assembly. The resilient legs may include protuberances to secure the adapter.
US11504827B2
The invention comprises an adjustable box wrench that can provide a more accurate grasp and/or sufficient grip/contact with the faces of the head of a bolt, nut, and/or similarly related objects. The invention comprises a series of pins and links which form a loop within a hollow body and are folded onto each other to form a tight gripping surface at the wrench's box ends. The invention may also contain slide-switches and/or scroll knobs to help actuate link closure or guide links within the chamber of the body until the desired set of links is within a box end.
US11504824B2
A rotary wire brush, such as a wheel brush, e.g., double-stringer or dually brush, cup brush, bevel brush, or knotted end brush, composed of knotted brush wire tufts of multistrand construction each having at least a plurality of brush wire strands, preferably at least a plurality of pairs of, i.e., at least three, strands each formed of at least a plurality, preferably at least a plurality of pairs of, i.e., at least three, wires. The wires forming strands are twisted, braided, or twisted and braided, and the strands that form tufts are twisted, braided, or twisted and braided. A preferred brush employs a center disc, e.g., hub, with radially offset tuft anchor holes, which can have different sizes, from which twist knot tufts, which also can have different sizes, can outwardly extend from the disc different distances by being configured with an offset trim preferably having different trim lengths.
US11504821B2
An apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing includes a platen having a surface to support a polishing pad, a carrier head to hold a substrate against a polishing surface of the polishing pad, a pad conditioner to hold a conditioning disk against the polishing surface, an in-situ polishing pad thickness monitoring system; and, a controller configured to receive a signal from the monitoring system and generate a measure of polishing pad wear rate by applying a predictive filter to the signal.
US11504819B2
This control device of a machine tool is provided with: a storage unit which stores in advance a nominal diameter and a nominal length of a blade part of a rotary tool; an image-capturing instruction unit which outputs an image-capturing instruction to an image-capturing device; a model creation unit which generates model data of the blade part of the tool on the basis of the nominal diameter and the nominal length stored in the storage unit, generates model data of a tool shank and holder on the basis of an image stored in the image-capturing device, and creates model data of the rotary tool on the basis of the generated model data of the blade part and the generated model data of the tool shank and holder.
US11504817B2
A mounting system having a dual plunger arrangement wherein the side of each plunger has a pull down cam to provide a desired pull down action in relation to at least two studs, the cams moving relative to one another and axially aligning relative to one another relative to the two axially spaced pull down studs to allow the plungers to provide a maximum hold down force for the two pull down studs, balance the hold down forces thereby maximizing performance and reducing unlocking forces.
US11504815B2
A method for producing a cutting section from a closed tubular element (14) which is in the form of a hollow cylinder and from one or more drill segments (16) which are connected to the closed tubular element (14).
US11504814B2
A vertical bundle air-cooled heat exchanger, a finned tube assembly for an air cooled condenser and method for forming the same, and a system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials. In one aspect, an air cooled condenser sized for industrial and commercial application includes an inlet steam distribution header for conveying steam, a condensate outlet header for conveying condensate, an array of tube bundles each having a plurality of finned tube assemblies having a bare steel tube with an exposed outer surface and a set of aluminum fins brazed directly onto the tube by a brazing filler metal. The steel tubes may be spaced apart by the aluminum fins and have an inlet end fluidly coupled to the inlet steam distribution header and an outlet end fluidly coupled to the outlet header. A forced draft fan may be arranged to blow air through the tube bundles.
US11504813B2
A method comprises inspecting a ceramic matrix composite component assembled in a gas turbine engine to determine an extent of damage to the ceramic matrix composite component, determining a repair technique to repair the damage to the ceramic matrix composite component based on the extent of damage to the ceramic matrix composite component, and repairing the ceramic matrix composite component using the repair technique.
US11504806B2
A three-dimensional laser machine includes a machine head, a controller for positioning the machine head and controlling an orientation of a nozzle, and a sensor for detecting a distance between a workpiece and the nozzle. The controller is capable of performing a profile control of correcting the position of the machine head based on the detected distance. When the machine head has reached a predetermined position part way through an approach process of moving the machine head from an approach start position to a machining start position while controlling the pose of the nozzle, the controller performs the profile control to move the machine head to the machining start position.
US11504805B2
A method for machining at least one workpiece surface to apply a texture pattern to at least one section of the workpiece surface using a laser, based on image data specifying an image of the texture pattern applied to the at least one section of the workpiece surface and model data specifying a three-dimensional geometry of a surface form corresponding to the at least one section of the workpiece surface. Control data and segment data are generated based on the image and model data. The control data specify one or more segment sequences for each track line. Each segment sequence has track segments where the laser guides the texture pattern application to the at least one section of the workpiece surface; wherein the track segments of a segment sequence include one or more laser track segments where the laser travels in the switched-on state at a constant machining setpoint speed.
US11504803B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a light source which outputs a laser light, and a waveform control unit which controls a pulse waveform of the laser light irradiating the workpiece, in which the pulse waveform of the laser light controlled by the waveform control unit includes a main pulse and a foot pulse temporally preceding the main pulse, and a peak intensity of the foot pulse is smaller than a peak intensity of the main pulse, and a peak position of the main pulse is positioned in a retention time period of plasma generated due to an incidence of the foot pulse on the workpiece.
US11504802B2
A multifunctional laser processing apparatus includes a hollow milling shaft, a light path tool holder, a tool-holder-type melting module, a laser light source, and a temperature sensor. The hollow milling shaft includes a first light path channel and a connection portion. The light path tool holder can be connected to the connection portion. The light path tool holder has a second light path channel communicating with the first light path channel. The tool-holder-type melting module can be connected to the connection portion. The tool-holder-type melting module has a third light path channel communicating with the first light path channel. The laser light source is configured to emit a laser light beam toward the first light path channel. The temperature sensor is disposed on an outer surface of the hollow milling shaft and is configured to sense a temperature of a work piece during a multifunctional processing process.
US11504800B2
An ultrasonic welding system is provided. The ultrasonic welding system includes a support structure for supporting a workpiece. The ultrasonic welding system also includes a weld head assembly including an ultrasonic converter carrying a sonotrode. The ultrasonic welding system also includes a z-axis motion system carrying the weld head assembly. The z-axis motion system includes (i) a z-axis forcer for moving the weld head assembly along a z-axis of the ultrasonic welding system, and (ii) a z-axis overtravel mechanism disposed between the z-axis forcer and the weld head assembly.
US11504799B2
The invention relates to a heat-exchanger element for connection to tubes of a heat exchanger, the heat-exchanger element (1, 29, 32) consisting of a plurality of components (13, 14) welded to each other, and said components (13, 14) being interconnected by electron beam welding and being part of a heat exchanger head.
US11504798B2
A method of raster scanning a surface of an object using a particle beam comprises determining a basic set of raster points within a surface; determining a surface portion of the surface of the object, wherein the surface portion is to be raster scanned; ordering a set of raster points of the basic set located within the surface portion; and scanning of the surface portion by directing the particle beam onto the raster points of the ordered set in an order corresponding to an order of the raster points in the ordered set from the outside to the inside, i.e. starting from the boundary of the surface portion towards its center, or in the reverse order, i.e. from the inside to the outside.
US11504797B2
A method for manufacturing an electric resistance welded metal pipe by butting side ends of a metal strip against each other and then welding the side ends by high frequency heating to manufacture an electric resistance welded metal pipe, each side end being provided with an inner surface side corner portion located on an inner surface side of the electric resistance welded metal pipe, the method includes a step of forming an inclined surface at the inner surface side corner portion before butting the side ends of the metal strip, and wherein the side ends are butted and welded to each other such that the inclined surface remains on an excess metal of the metal pipe after electric resistance welding and a discharged metal is not welded to the excess metal.
US11504793B2
A wire feeding device configured to feed welding wire from a wire feeding source to a welding torch is provided with: an intermediate wire feeding source that is disposed between the wire feeding source and the welding torch and is configured to temporarily store the welding wire fed from the wire feeding source and to feed the stored welding wire to the welding torch; a first feeding part that feeds the welding wire at the wire feeding source to the intermediate wire feeding source; a second feeding part that feeds the welding wire stored in the intermediate wire feeding source to the welding torch; and a feed control unit that controls speed of feeding the welding wire by each of the first feeding part and the second feeding part.
US11504788B2
A welding or additive manufacturing system includes a power supply having a controller which controls operation of the power supply. The power supply provides a current waveform to a contact tip assembly having a first bore terminating at a first exit orifice and a second bore terminating at a second exit orifice. The first exit orifice is configured to deliver a first wire electrode and said second exit orifice is configured to deliver a second wire electrode. The exit orifices are separated from each other by a distance configured to facilitate formation of a bridge droplet between the wire electrodes while preventing solid portions of the first wire electrode delivered through the first bore from contacting solid portions of the second wire electrode delivered through the second bore, during a deposition operation in which the current waveform is conducted to both of the wire electrodes simultaneously through the contact tip assembly.
US11504776B2
The invention relates to a cutting tool comprising a main part which extends along a longitudinal center axis or rotational axis, at least one cutting insert holder mounted on the main part such that it can be radially adjusted, and an adjusting device for adjusting the position of the cutting insert holder relative to the main part. The adjusting device comprises a threaded sleeve which is non-rotatably but axially movably mounted in the main part and a screw drive driving the threaded sleeve.
US11504767B2
Method for preparing soft magnetic material by using liquid nitrogen through high-speed ball milling
The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a γ′-Fe4N soft magnetic material by using liquid nitrogen through high-speed ball milling, and belongs to the field of the soft magnetic material. According to the method of the disclosure, high energy in the liquid nitrogen is used for obtaining a nanometer material FexN with a nitrogen atom supersaturation degree through cryogrinding. At a low temperature, the material is very brittle, and a surface volume ratio is very high, so that a content of nitrogen atoms adsorbed on a surface of a sample is as high as 22%. Through 300° C. post-annealing, γ′-Fe4N is directly obtained from α-Fe through phase change, so that a nanometer crystal γ′-Fe4N soft magnetic material is prepared. The method of the disclosure has the advantages that an operation is simple and convenient, the cost is low, the large-scale industrialized production can be realized, and the method belongs to a novel alternative method for preparing a high-grade soft magnetic material with ideal magnetism. The γ′-Fe4N soft magnetic material prepared by the method of the disclosure has the advantages of high Ms, low coercivity and high surface resistivity, and can be used for a transformer and an inductor operated in a high-frequency semiconductor switch.
US11504766B2
A method includes moving a first part along a movement path. The method also includes introducing drops of a liquid metal onto the first part using a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The drops of the liquid metal solidify to form a second part that is joined to the first part. The method also includes mechanically joining the second part to a third part.
US11504763B2
An aluminum alloy wheel for a vehicle is provided, which includes: a wheel central portion, a rim portion, and a plurality of radial elements, wherein the aluminum alloy wheel is processed by centrifugal casting and forging to form a central portion with a morphology exhibiting a grain size variation with decreasing gradient in a lateral direction from an inner side of the wheel central portion to an outer side thereof.
US11504761B2
A feed mechanism for pocketed spring strands is provided with at least one index wheel having a plurality of blades. The feed mechanism is provided with a motor. The at least one index wheel includes a first support member which is rotatable about a first rotation axis and carries a first support element which supports a shaft element of the blade to be tiltable about a tilt axis extending in parallel to the first rotation axis. The at least one index wheel includes a second support member which is rotatable about a second rotation axis which extends in parallel to the first rotation axis and carries a second support element which is slidable along the shaft element of the blade and supports the shaft element to be tiltable about the tilt axis.
US11504758B2
A hot press processing apparatus 1 includes: a heating step of heating a workpiece W; a pressing step of press-molding, by an upper die 11 and a lower die 12, the workpiece W heated in the heating step after loading the workpiece W between the upper die 11 and the lower die 12; and a cooling step of bringing the coolant into contact with a front surface of the workpiece W that is molded and placed in a pressed state by the pressing step, to thereby cool the workpiece W and place the workpiece W in a quenched state. In the hot press processing apparatus 1, the workpiece W molded and placed in the pressed state by the pressing step forms gaps c2 with respect to both of the upper die 11 and the lower die 12 so as to allow deformation at time of the cooling step except for an accuracy-guaranteed section Wr in the workpiece W.
US11504757B2
An apparatus for forming an aluminum plate is provided. The apparatus includes an upper die that has a bottom surface that corresponds to a top shape of a product shape to be formed and descends by a press to press the aluminum plate. The apparatus also includes a lower die that has an upper surface that corresponds to a bottom shape of the product shape and an electrode unit that is inserted into the lower die and is exposed on the upper surface of the lower die to apply a current to a bent portion of the product shape.
US11504747B2
A medicine sorting device includes: a discrimination part for discriminating a type of a medicine based on an image captured by a first camera; and a conveyance/sorting unit for sorting, by each type, a plurality of types of medicines accommodated in a mixed state in a first accommodating part based on a discrimination result of the discrimination part, and storing the medicines in a second accommodating part.
US11504737B2
A pack comprising: a dispenser for anaerobically curable composition; and anaerobically curable composition held within the dispenser. The dispenser has (a) a reservoir in which anaerobically curable composition is held, the reservoir having an outlet through which the anaerobically curable composition can be dispensed; (b) a dispensing pump for pumping the anaerobically curable composition from the reservoir out through the outlet. The reservoir and pump together form an airless pump assembly. An applicator with an applicator surface, for example a roller, is in communication with the outlet, the applicator for applying to a substrate the anaerobically curable composition that is dispensed by the pump from the reservoir out through the outlet. The pack provides a convenient way of forming of applying anaerobically curable composition in a thin even layer.
US11504733B1
The autonomous paint spraying machine is an autonomous mobile system for making paint markings on surfaces. The autonomous paint spraying machine includes a chassis having longitudinally opposed first and second edges, where the first edge has a linear contour and the second edge has an arcuate contour. A linear track is mounted on the chassis adjacent the first edge, and an arcuate track is mounted on the chassis adjacent the second edge. A paint receptacle is mounted on an upper surface of the chassis, and a plurality of driven wheels are mounted on a lower surface of the chassis. A controller is configured for controlling actuation and orientation of the plurality of driven wheels. First and second spray nozzles each receive paint from the paint receptacle. The first spray nozzle is slidably mounted on the linear track, and the second spray nozzle is slidably mounted on the arcuate track.
US11504729B2
Embodiments include a bottle and method for cleaning a grill. An exemplary method may be applied to grills having an upper grill and a lower grill. Methods can include providing a bottle having a dosing chamber with a first outlet, a reservoir chamber configured to store a solution and including a second outlet, and a sprayer for dispensing solution via the second outlet. The sprayer includes a spray head and a trigger that, when actuated, draws solution from the reservoir chamber and dispenses it by spraying the solution from the spray head. Methods can include filing the dosing chamber with a predetermined dose of solution from the reservoir chamber and dispensing the solution onto the lower grill from the first outlet, and dispensing the solution onto the upper grill by spraying the solution onto the upper grill from the second outlet.
US11504725B2
A rotary sprinkler comprises a rotatable irrigation head with one or more nozzles, associated with liquid feed lines, which extend thereto from a sprinkler base housing, and further comprises a static biasing control base located below the irrigation head, e.g. between the sprinkler base housing and the irrigation head. The sprinkler can comprise a flow regulator arm, whose movement, at least indirectly, results in reducing the cross-sectional area of liquid flow towards at least one of the nozzles, and a flow deflector arm configured to interfere with a liquid jet discharged from at least one of the nozzles in order to affect the angle and range of the liquid jet. The static biasing control base can comprise an array of biasing elements, which can bias a cam follower configured to rotate together with the irrigation head and transfer its rotational displacement to the flow regulator arm and flow deflector arm, e.g. through respective gear elements. The gear elements can be adjusted to control a ratio between the extent of deflection of the two arms due to the rotation of the cam follower. The rotatable irrigation head can comprise a cover for preventing exposure of the dynamic control elements to the exterior of the sprinkler.
US11504721B2
The invention relates to a method for the chip-removing production or machining of a workpiece by means of a tool, in which method a liquid, which mixes and accumulates with the chips produced during the machining process, is used for lubricating and/or cooling the machining process, and the chips are discharged from the accumulation counter to the downhill force along a discharge path by means of a magnetic force, wherein a return flow of the liquid carried by the discharged chips occurs due to the downhill force, and the return flow is deflected out of the discharge path and/or the discharge path has at least one point at which the supporting surface is temporarily withdrawn from the discharged chips.
US11504716B2
Multiwell devices and methods of filtration using the multiwell devices are disclosed.
US11504711B2
Provided herein is a valve manifold comprising (a) an elastomer sheet attached to a plurality of magnetic pistons, wherein the magnetic pistons project from a first side of the elastomer sheet; (b) a foot component comprising a first surface and a plurality of shafts that orthogonally pass through the first surface; and (c) a body component comprising a second surface, a groove that laterally passes along the second surface, and a plurality of reservoir channels that orthogonally pass through the second surface, wherein the elastomer sheet is compressed between the foot component and the body component.
US11504708B2
A pipetting apparatus and method for pulsed dispensing of small metered-liquid doses of no more than 1 μl. The apparatus includes a pipetting conduit at least partly filled with working gas, a pressure-modifying apparatus for modifying the pressure of the working gas, and a control apparatus for applying control to the pressure-modifying apparatus. The control apparatus can control the pressure-modifying apparatus so as to generate in the pipetting conduit, with respect to a reference holding pressure in the pipetting conduit which is necessary for immovable holding of the metered-liquid quantity, an overpressure pulse having a pulse duration of no more than 40 ms.
US11504695B2
Provided is a water-absorbent resin which is capable of giving an absorbent material improved gel-shape stability and which has excellent water-absorption capacity. A water-absorbent resin of the present invention is a polymer of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and has the following properties (1) and (2): (1) A disintegration amount at 20-fold swelling is 30% by mass or less; and (2) a solubility in physiological saline is 25% by mass or less. (Determination Method for Disintegration Amount at 20-Fold Swelling) 5 g of the water-absorbent resin is added to 100 g of physiological saline to allow the water-absorbent resin to absorb the physiological saline, thereby obtaining a gel. The obtained gel is divided approximately equally into five portions, and these portions are introduced respectively into cylindrical molds having a length of 3.6 cm and a radius of 2.8 cm and molded. The masses of the five molded cylindrical gels are measured. The heaviest and the lightest of the five gels are removed, and the remaining three gels are used as samples. A mass Wa (g) of each sample is measured. Each weighed sample is placed on the uppermost sieve of a combination of JIS standard sieves having a mesh size of 5.6 mm and a receptacle in this order and shaken for 10 minutes using a Ro-Tap shaker (rotation speed, 290 rpm; number of taps, 165 rpm). A mass Wb (g) of the gel which has passed through the sieves is measured. The disintegration amount of each sample is calculated using the following equation: Disintegration amount of sample (%)=Wb (g)/Wa (g)×100. An average of the disintegration amounts for three samples to be measured is regarded as the disintegration amount at 20-fold swelling of the water-absorbent resin.
US11504694B2
A biochar-derived adsorbent preferably from Sargassum boveanum, macroalgae can be used for removing phenolic compounds, such as 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and 2,4-dimethylphenol, from aqueous solutions. The carbonization can improve the removal capability of the macroalgae adsorbent for such phenolic compounds with removal efficiencies of 60% or more from high salinity seawater and 100% from distilled water. The adsorption may occur through a mixed mechanism dominated by physisorption following pseudo second-order kinetics. The adsorption of the phenolic molecules may be spontaneous, endothermic and thermodynamically favorable.
US11504693B2
The present invention relates to an adsorbent comprising an alumina support and at least one alkali element, said adsorbent being obtained by introducing at least one alkali element, identical to or different from sodium, onto an alumina support the sodium content of which, expressed as Na2O equivalent, before the introduction of the alkali element or elements, is comprised between 1000 and 5000 ppm by weight with respect to the total weight of the support. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of said adsorbent and use thereof in a process for the elimination of acidic molecules such as COS and/or CO2.
US11504692B2
A packing device for mass and heat transfer with a subject fluid includes a housing having opposing ends, and subject fluid openings at each opposing end defining a subject fluid flow path for at least one subject fluid flowing through the packing device. A plurality of mass and heat transfer plates each include an interior heat exchange fluid channel disposed between interior heat transfer surfaces of the mass and heat transfer plates. A heat exchange fluid inlet and fluid outlet can supply and remove heat exchange fluid to the heat exchange fluid channels of the mass and heat transfer plates. The mass and heat transfer plates can be oriented to define there between fluid flow channels for the subject fluid. A method and system for mass and heat transfer with a subject fluid, and a method and system for the removal of CO2 from a gas stream are disclosed.
US11504690B2
An integrated circuit includes two or more rows of heating elements, two or more columns of heating elements, and a plurality of sensing areas. Each sensing area is between two adjacent rows of the rows of heating elements and between two adjacent columns of the columns of heating elements and includes a bio-sensing device and a temperature-sensing device.
US11504681B2
A microfluidic mixing device comprising two bellows pumps (105, 115), microfluidic cartridges comprising the same and methods for use of the same are provided. The disclosed device enables efficient mixing of samples at the microfluidic scale. More particularly, the microfluidic mixing device comprises: a first bellows pump (105); a second bellows pump (115); a first microchannel fluidly interconnecting the first bellows pump (105) with a sample inlet and a reagent reservoir, wherein the first microchannel comprises a valve (V10) interposed between the pump and the inlet, and a valve (V1) interposed between the pump and the reservoir; a second microchannel fluidly interconnecting the first bellows pump (105) with the second bellows pump (115), wherein the second micro channel comprises a valve (V11) interposed between the first and second pump; a third microchannel fluidly interconnecting the first bellows pump (105) with the second bellows pump, wherein the third micro channel comprises a valve (V11) interposed between the first and second pump; a first and second pneumatic member pneumatically connected to the first and second bellows pumps; wherein, the volume of the second bellows pump (115) is greater than the volume of the first bellows pump (105).
US11504676B2
A method for controlling the saturation level of gas in a liquid discharge includes obtaining temperature and pressure measurements of a solvent in a mixing vessel and obtaining a pressure measurement of a source feedstock in a feedstock tank, correlating the temperature and pressure measurements of the solvent to baseline data to generate a theoretical uptake rate for the source feedstock into the solvent and a theoretical flow rate of the source feedstock into the mixing vessel, and determining a required opening setting for a feedstock valve in the feedstock input line in order to achieve a desired liquid displacement in the mixing vessel. The method includes determining an uptake duration and achieving an uptake displacement equivalent to the reverse of the desired liquid displacement. The method includes generating a valve operating control law for how the feedstock valve should function in a cycle.
US11504675B2
A carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membrane having improved separation characteristics for separating olefins from their corresponding paraffins is comprised of carbon with at most trace amounts of sulfur and a group 13 metal. The CMS membrane may be made by pyrolyzing a precursor polymer devoid of sulfur in which the precursor polymer has had a group 13 metal incorporated into it, wherein the metal is in a reduced state. The pyrolyzing for the precursor having the group 13 metal incorporated into it is performed in a nonoxidizing atmosphere and at a heating rate and temperature such that the metal in a reduced state (e.g., covalently bonded to carbon or nitrogen or in the metal state).
US11504672B2
The present invention provides a room-temperature selective swelling method of pore-forming used for preparing separation membranes, comprising: treating a dense membrane of an amphiphilic block copolymer by a composite swelling agent at 15-30° C. for 1 min-24 h, removing the residual solvent, then leaving the membrane at room temperature to dry, so as to obtain an amphiphilic block copolymer separation membrane with a bi-continuous porous structure, wherein the composite swelling agent is composed of 60-96% of a first swelling agent and 4-40% of a second swelling agent, the first swelling agent is an alcohol solvent, the second swelling agent is selected from any one or a mixture of two or more of toluene, styrene, tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-dioxane and so on. In the method of the invention, selective swelling can be achieved at room temperature, abating the energy consumption in membrane-forming process. The method has universality and can be widely used in the pore-forming process of various amphiphilic block copolymers. The swelling level and morphology can be controlled by adjusting the composition of the solvent in the swelling agent and the second swelling agent content in the swelling agent.
US11504670B2
An apparatus and method for wet cleaning a gas stream has a housing with a gas inlet and a gas outlet, wherein, in the housing, there is at least a first washing segment that serves to clean the gas stream with a washing liquid and that is arranged in the flow path of the gas stream. Inside the housing of the apparatus, there is at least one fan that regulates air pressure along the flow path of the gas stream. A bypass channel for bypassing the flow path through the at least one washing segment as well as a regulator that is arranged in the bypass and that serves to discharge the gas stream being conveyed via the bypass channel are arranged inside the housing.
US11504668B2
Facility and method for membrane permeation treatment of a feed gas stream containing at least methane and carbon dioxide including first, second, and third membrane separation units each including at least one membrane that is more permeable to carbon dioxide than to methane, wherein a permeate from the first membrane separation unit is fed to the third membrane separation unit and a retentate from the first membrane separation unit is fed to the second membrane separation unit. A compressor B adjusts the third-permeate suctioning pressure as a function of the feed gas stream pressure and the second retentate methane concentration.
US11504665B2
A rotating coalescer having an ejected coalesced liquid separating device is described. The separating device prevents re-entrainment of liquid into a stream of filtered gas. The rotating coalescer includes a rotating filter element or coalescing cone stack positioned within a rotating coalescer housing. The outer surface of the rotating filter element or the outlet of the coalescing cone stack is displaced from the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing. The gap between the rotating filter element or the coalescing cone stack and the rotating coalescer housing allows for ejected coalesced liquid, such as oil, to accumulate on the inner surface of the rotating coalescer housing for drainage and allows for filtered gas, such as air, to exit through a clean gas outlet of the rotating coalescer housing.
US11504654B2
A ring filter element for a filter device may include a connecting region and an axially projecting pin. The pin may include an arm via which the pin is connected to the connecting region. The arm may include a predetermined breaking point disposed spaced apart from the connecting region.
US11504643B2
The present invention relates to a rotary evaporator (1) comprising an evaporator flask (10) and a heating bath (20), wherein the evaporator flask (10) can be dipped into the heating bath (20), further comprising a dipping control device (40) for controlling the dipping depth of the evaporator flask (10) into the heating bath (20), wherein the dipping control device (40) is set up to determine the level (25) of the heating bath (20) and wherein the dipping control device (40) is set up to control the dipping depth of the evaporator flask (10) into the heating bath (20) in dependence on the level (25) of the heating bath (20).
US11504642B2
Systems and methods for operating a mouth-operated moveable apparatus are described. The apparatus may include a case, a mechanism coupled to the case, and a curved band having a first end coupled to the mechanism and a free second end, wherein the mechanism includes a biasing element automatically holding the band in a first position, wherein the case and mechanism are configured such that when the apparatus is placed in the mouth of a user the mechanism is actuatable by a jaw movement of the user, and where the actuation of the mechanism moves the band from the first position to a second position.
US11504640B1
Systems and methods of detecting launch of a model rocket are described herein. A mechanically implemented launch accelerometer may be disposed on a model rocket. The launch accelerometer may detect acceleration of the rocket by a mass of the launch accelerometer moving relative to the rocket and against a spring force based on the rocket acceleration. The mass may comprise a first electrical contact that may contact a second electrical contact when the mass is accelerated beyond a threshold, which is indicative of launch of the rocket. The contact between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact may complete an electrical circuit. Furthermore, at least one pin may lock the mass in a position allowing the electrical circuit to remain complete.
US11504637B2
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively modifying audio associated with a user. In an audio system configured to output audio to a user, one or more audio control settings, for adjusting audio in the audio system, may be determined, with at least one of the one or more audio control settings being configured to adjust or modify a voice associated with a user. Audio generated or handled in the audio system during operation of the audio system by the user may then be processed, with the processing including applying the one or more audio control settings. At least one of the audio control settings may be determined based on information obtained from a database associated with the operation of the audio system by the user. At least one of the audio control settings may be determined based on reference data.
US11504633B2
A trained machine learning model(s) is used to determine scores (e.g., trust scores) for user accounts registered with a video game service, and the scores are used to match players together in multiplayer video game settings. In an example process, a computing system may access data associated with registered user accounts, provide the data as input to the trained machine learning model(s), and the trained machine learning model(s) generates the scores as output, which relate to probabilities of players behaving, or not behaving, in accordance with a particular behavior while playing a video game in multiplayer mode. Thereafter, subsets of logged-in user accounts executing a video game can be assigned to different matches based at least in part on the scores determined for those logged-in user accounts, and the video game is executed in the assigned match for each logged-in user account.
US11504632B1
A matchmaker (e.g., matchmaking software) may be implemented as a number of matchmaker shards, where each shard can potentially run on a different host within a service provider network. Disclosed herein are techniques and systems for dynamically adjusting a shard count associated with a given matchmaker of a subscriber during runtime, the shard count dictating a number of matchmaker shards used for assigning players to matches of a game. Adjustment of the shard count may be based on metrics that are usable to determine whether the current number of matchmaker shards is/are “overloaded”, and, if so, the shard count can be increased, or whether the current number of matchmaker shards are “underloaded”, and, if so, the shard count can be decreased.
US11504631B1
Systems and methods to provide in-game consequences for unique digital articles, the in-game consequences being based on real-world information, are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may execute instances of a game; manage player accounts associated with the players, including a first and a second player account associated with a first and a second player; record player-configurable sensitivity of player-owned unique digital articles to be exposed to in-game consequences of either receiving distributions of benefits or losing stakes; determine real-world information based on events that have occurred in the real world; evaluate whether to distribute the benefits or seize the stakes, based on the real-world information; and either provide the distributions of benefits or seize the stakes accordingly.
US11504616B2
An exemplary method of controlling a server that can provide a game can include associating a user with a group; determining, based on information related to activity of the user in at least one of the game and an event within the game, information related to activity of the group with which the user is associated; and providing a bonus to the group based on the information related to activity of the group.
US11504606B1
A system, method and apparatus for capturing data from a plurality of users for providing online gameplay based on captured user sensor data. User sensor data is captured from a plurality of sensor capture devices relative to an associated user so as to be transmitted to a gameplay server. The gameplay server executes instructions to generate a user interface on a user's client computing device for providing gameplay on each user client portable computing device utilizing, and pertinent to, the captured sensor data.
US11504603B2
Disclosed is the game apparatus using a train device constituted by cars of different sizes. The play ball lowered along the lane assembly may enter any one of the cars. Depending on the car into which the play ball enters, a predetermined reward may be provided to the player. The play ball entering the car deviates through the opening and rises through the elevating device. The raised play ball may be waited to descend again through the lane assembly.
US11504599B2
The invention relates to a clap skate (1) comprising a blade (4) having a rockering, a frame (3), holding the blade (4) in its bottomside and comprising, on its topside, a heel support (5) for the heel portion of a skating shoe (2) or bracket (8) and a forefoot support (6) connected to a front part of a skating shoe (2) or a bracket (8) via a pivot (7). The forefoot support (6) provides a fixed connection to the frame (3), which fixed connection extends in front of the pivot (7) and at the most 5 mm behind the pivot (7).
US11504598B2
A golf analysis assistance apparatus includes an input/output unit, a golf course data storage unit, a player data storage unit, a target score acquisition unit configured to acquire a target score throughout a course, the target score being set by a player, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to obtain an optimal solution at each hole that enables achievement of the target score throughout the course, the target score being set by the player, based on golf course data and player data.
US11504590B2
An adjustable golf tee comprises a body extending from a head, a plurality of bulbous portions extending radially from the body and spaced apart along a length of the body, and a flexible stop adjustably secured to the body between an adjacent pair of the plurality of bulbous portions. The flexible stop comprises a disc defining a central hole through which the body is configured to pass to releasably connect the flexible stop to the body.
US11504588B2
Described herein is a golf club head. The golf club head comprises a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, opposite the heel portion, a top portion, opposite the sole portion, a rear portion, and a front portion, opposite the rear portion and comprising a strike face. An outer surface of at least the rear portion and at most a limited part of the strike face is made of a non-oxidizable metal material. At least a part of the strike face is made of an oxidizable metal material.
US11504585B2
A golf club head having a laser-generated features to create contrast on the club face of the golf club head. The club face includes a central region, a toe region, and a heel region. The central region includes a first plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the central region, a width-intersection coverage of the central region, and a surface-area coverage of the central region. The toe region includes a second plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the toe region, a width-intersection coverage of the toe region, and a surface-area coverage of the toe region. The heel region includes a third plurality of laser-generated features that provide a height-intersection coverage of the heel region, a width-intersection coverage of the heel region, and a surface-area coverage of the heel region.
US11504573B2
An improved exercise machine has a stationary longitudinal monorail structure that extends between front and back end stationary exercise platforms, and an exercise platform mounted on a levitated carriage that is reciprocally movable along the monorail between the stationary platforms. Magnetic elements arranged on various opposing surfaces of the carriage and monorail generate magnetic forces that levitate and stabilize the carriage as it moves relative to the monorail thus substantially eliminating contact friction. Springs selectively attachable to the movable platform provide a resistance force for exercising. Pseudo-levitation and eddy brake elements on the carriage and monorail structure further stabilize the carriage and platform.
US11504569B2
The present invention is directed to a system and method for attaching exercise modalities such as elastic tubular resistance bands, elastic flat resistance loops, non-elastic suspension-type exercise systems in a plurality of different positions and orientations as well as other exercise, rehabilitation and stretching components that either require or benefit from a stationary anchor unit.
US11504558B2
A safety climb attenuation apparatus provides a more robust and visually inspectable apparatus for climbing safety. In an upper bracket, a pivot arm is attached to a base that is disposed upon a structure. The upper bracket includes an attenuation member such as an elastic bushing, mounted on the pivot arm or the base, that resists pivoting of the pivot arm relative to the base when a safety cable attached to the pivot arm causes the pivot arm to pivot. In a lower bracket, a similar attenuation member is attached to a base disposed on the structure, with an anchor bolt connecting the cable to the attenuation member so that the attenuation member resists upward movement of the cable.
US11504555B2
A breathing filter assembly for filtering breathing air includes a breathing unit that includes a mouthpiece that can be placed in a user's mouth. The breathing unit includes a pair of nose tubes that can each be positioned in a respective one of the user's nostrils when the mouthpiece is positioned in the user's mouth. A filter is removably insertable into the breathing unit. The filter is made of an air permeable material to pass air therethrough for breathing. The filter extends into the mouthpiece and each of the nose tubes to filter air inhaled through the user's mouth or the user's nose.
US11504554B2
A facemask-mounted augmented reality (AR) display device is disclosed. In embodiments, the display device is hard-mounted to a breathing apparatus (e.g., oxygen mask, smoke mask) fitted to a user's nose and mouth behind a partially or fully covering external face shield. The AR display system includes display surfaces aligned with the eyes of the user and capable of providing the user with a forward field of view that moves with the user's head. The AR display system synthesizes streaming images with additional overlay sources (e.g., mission data, position data) to generate augmented reality content presented to the user within the field of view of the display surfaces.
US11504550B2
A radiation therapy system comprising a therapeutic radiation system (e.g., an MV X-ray source, and/or a linac) and a co-planar imaging system (e.g., a kV X-ray system) on a fast rotating ring gantry frame. The therapeutic radiation system and the imaging system are separated by a gantry angle, and the gantry frame may rotate in a direction such that the imaging system leads the MV system. The radiation sources of both the therapeutic and imaging radiation systems are each collimated by a dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC) disposed in the beam path of the MV X-ray source and the kV X-ray source, respectively. In one variation, the imaging system identifies patient tumor(s) positions in real-time. The DMLC for the imaging radiation source limits the kV X-ray beam spread to the tumor(s) and/or immediate tumor regions, and helps to reduce irradiation of healthy tissue (e.g., reduce the dose-area product).
US11504547B2
Fractionation optimization receives inputs including a radiation dose distribution to be delivered by fractionated radiation therapy, maximum and minimum number of fractions, and Biologically Effective Dose (BED) constraints for one or more organs-at-risk. A two-dimensional (2D) graph is displayed of a parameter X equal to or proportional to (I) versus a parameter Y equal to or proportional to (II) where N is the number of fractions, D is a total radiation dose to be delivered by the fractionated radiation therapy, and dt is the fractional dose in fraction t. A constraint BED lines are displayed on the 2D graph depicting each BED constraint. A marker is displayed at a location on the 2D graph defined by a current fractionation and a current total dose. A new value for the current fractionation and/or the current total dose is received, and the marker is updated accordingly. Alternatively a second marker is displayed showing the new fractionation scheme along with its comparative advantages and disadvantages with respect to the current fractionation.
US11504545B2
Disclosures of the present invention describe a method for inhibiting melatonin secretion. In the present invention, an illumination device is particularly configured for emitting an illumination light with a specific wavelength that is in a range between 581 nm and 590 nm, and a variety of experimental data have proved that the illumination light functions as a melatonin secretion inhibitor. Therefore, the illumination device of the present invention is evidenced to be suitable for use in light therapy, so as to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD) by way of inhibiting melatonin secretion. Briefly speaking, after a SAD patient receives the irradiation of the illumination light having wavelength ranged in 581-590 nm for a treatment course, the SAD patient is eventually leaded to stay in good spirits and a stable condition of emotion, thereby curing the abnormal symptoms of sleepiness and emotional disorder.
US11504544B2
A personal therapy compartment includes a base of size to receive a human patient. The compartment includes a bed in the base said bed being made of a light transmissive material. An array of lights mounted is below the bed to transmit light onto a body supported on the bed. A control panel controls at least the wavelength, intensity and pulsation of the light.
US11504541B2
A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning of the electrode in the garment based on the electrical connection.
US11504538B2
A system includes a pulse generator including a can electrode and a lead couplable to the pulse generator, the lead including a distal coil electrode and a proximal coil electrode, wherein both of the coil electrodes are electrically uncoupled from the can electrode such that a unipolar sensing vector is provided between at least one of the coil electrodes and the can electrode.
US11504537B2
Systems and methods for monitoring chronic over-pacing (COP) to the heart are discussed herein. In an embodiment, a system includes a receiver circuit to receive information about pacing rates of a plurality of paced heart beats, and a pacing analyzer circuit to generate a pacing rate distribution using pacing rates of the plurality of the paced heart beats. The pacing rate distribution includes a pacing rate histogram. The pacing analyzer circuit may recognize a morphological pattern from the pacing rate distribution, and detect a COP indication using the extracted feature. A programmer circuit adjusts one or more therapy parameters in response to the detected. COP indication.
US11504536B2
An intracardiac ventricular pacemaker includes a pulse generator for delivering ventricular pacing pulses, an impedance sensing circuit, and a control circuit in communication with the pulse generator and the impedance sensing circuit. The pacemaker is configured to produce an intraventricular impedance signal, detect an atrial systolic event using the intraventricular impedance signal, set an atrioventricular pacing interval in response to detecting the atrial systolic event, and deliver a ventricular pacing pulse in response to the atrioventricular pacing interval expiring.
US11504520B2
A controller for an implantable blood pump includes processing circuitry configured to initiate a suction response algorithm if a combination of a number of detected suction events multiplied by a suction event variable and a number of non-suction events multiplied by a non-suction event variable exceed a predetermined threshold.
US11504514B2
A tattoo machine apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a grip adjuster, a grip guide, and a ratchet disc. The components are arranged so that the grip adjuster houses a cartridge receiver and allows for needle depth adjustment while the grip guide ensures that the needle cartridge maintains its orientation and accepts the ratchet disc which provides positive stop adjustment and prevents unwanted rotation and thus accidental adjustment of the needle depth. In use, a backstem portion of a tattoo machine grip is inserted into the receiving portion of a tattoo machine. The tattoo machine is tightened down onto the backstem of the tattoo machine grip and holds it in place.
US11504513B2
Various embodiments of a device, a kit and method for delivering a drug depot are disclosed. The device comprises a housing including a lower body, an upper body, a ring member; and a drug cartridge. The lower body defines a lower body channel. The upper body defines an upper body channel. The drug cartridge defines a depot channel. The ring member is disposed extending upward from an annular step surface of the lower body toward a housing upper end. The ring member includes indicia indicating a characteristic of one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge. A plunger has a push rod for expelling the drug depot through the cannula to a site in the patient. A kit comprises the above components. A method includes assembling the components including selecting a ring member having indicia corresponding to one or more drug depots in the drug cartridge.
US11504510B2
a dilatable balloon catheter, comprising: a guide wire inserted and disposed in the inside of the catheter, an operation portion is fixedly connected to one end of the catheter, a balloon is disposed at the outer side of the catheter remote from the operation portion, the lumen of the catheter and the inner cavity of the balloon are connected by a communication structure provided on the catheter, the guide wire includes a first guide wire and a second guide wire which are separated from each other, the rear end of the first guide wire is connected to insertion-extraction structure in the rear end of the operation portion, the second guide wire is fixed to the inside of the catheter by a fixing process. The guide wire of the dilatable balloon catheter and the liquid injection lumen can share the same lumen, greatly reducing the diameter of the catheter in the present invention, so that the dilatable balloon catheter can be inserted into a narrow duct or lumen that needs to be expanded in human body through an device channel of an endoscope, and realize visualization operation.
US11504503B2
A delivery device to deliver a guidewire through an intravenous catheter assembly may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a slot. The delivery device may include a guidewire, which may include a proximal end and a distal end. The delivery device may include a guidewire hub disposed within the housing. The guidewire may be secured to the guidewire hub, and the guidewire hub may be configured to move along the slot to advance the guidewire in a distal direction. The distal end of the guidewire may include a fluid permeable structure. For example, the fluid permeable structure may include an elongated core and a coil extending around the elongated core. In some embodiments, a space between the elongated core and the coil may be configured to receive blood in response to the guidewire being inserted into the vasculature.
US11504502B1
A suction catheter holder is provided. The holder can include a housing that defines an interior open-space compartment for receiving at least a portion of a suction catheter. The housing can have an elongate structure defined by a longitudinal and lateral axis. The housing can include a base panel having a substantially flat exterior surface, and a plurality of sidewalls, each extending upward from the base to a roof panel having an interior surface that faces, at least in part, an interior surface of the base panel. The housing can include a front sidewall panel extending laterally along the front edges of the base and roof panels, between a pair of longitudinal sidewalls. The front sidewall panel can include an insertion through-hole for receiving the suction catheter and a securing through-hole for retaining the suction catheter in place.
US11504499B2
A catheter is provided including a first lumen and a second lumen. A first member is disposed for relative movement within the first lumen and defines a cavity, A second member is disposed for relative movement within the second lumen. The cavity of the first member is configured for disposal of the second member. The catheter may include an elongated tubular body that includes the first lumen and the second lumen. The first member may have a distal portion that extends beyond the distal end of the body. The distal portion may include the cavity. The cavity may be defined by a member lumen. The first and second members may include tubular stylettes. The second member may include a guidewire.
US11504497B2
A relaxation mask includes: a main body that defines a pair of eye cavities; wiring; an earpiece that is coupled to the main body via the wiring; and a spring configured to bias the earpiece towards the main body.
US11504496B2
An apparatus for humidifying a flow of pressurised, breathable air includes varying a first pressure of the flow of breathable gas to vary a level of thermal engagement between the conductive portion of the reservoir and the heater plate, varying a height of the variable portion varies a level of thermal engagement between the conductive portion of the reservoir and the heater plate, use of a humidifier reservoir base component with a maximum water capacity substantially equal to the predetermined maximum volume of water of the humidifier reservoir or the use of intersecting inlet and outlet axes.
US11504494B2
An environment control system utilizes oxygen and humidity control devices that are coupled with an enclosure to independently control the oxygen concentration and the humidity level within the enclosure. An oxygen depletion device may be an oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell that reacts with oxygen within the cell and produces water through electrochemical reactions. A desiccating device may be g, a dehumidification electrolyzer cell, a desiccator, a membrane desiccator or a condenser. A controller may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of oxygen reduction and may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the dehumidification electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of humidity reduction. The oxygen level may be determined by the measurement of voltage and a limiting current of the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell. The enclosure may be a food or artifact enclosure.
US11504482B2
A precision steerable and angled medication delivery system is disclosed. The system may direct a delivery mechanism in connection with a control syringe to delivery sites within a patient's body. In this manner, therapeutic injections may be performed at precise locations as desired. The precision steerable and angled medication delivery system may have a structure configured to orient at least a portion of an elongate penetrative feature such as needle to be at least partially non-parallel to a longitudinal axis, further facilitating performance of therapeutic injections at precise locations.
US11504481B2
Apparatus is described for administering a substance to a subject. A vial contains the substance and a stopper is disposed within the vial and is slidably coupled to the vial. A first threaded element is (a) rotatable with respect to the vial and (b) substantially immobile proximally with respect to the vial during rotation of the first threaded element. A second threaded element is threadedly coupled to the first threaded element. At least a distal end of the second threaded element is substantially non-rotatable with respect to the vial, and the distal end of the second threaded element defines a coupling portion that couples the second threaded element to the stopper. The first threaded element, by rotating, linearly advances the stopper and at least the distal end of the second threaded element toward a distal end of the vial. Other embodiments are also described.
US11504471B2
A sensor system capable of detecting tissue counter pressure from patients that utilize infusion pumps to administer their medication is provided. Embodiments include a retrofitted piece that is placed between the user's infusion set and pump, as well as a “smart” infusion set configured for measuring characteristics of a fluid traveling therethrough. Hardware is provided that couples with the sensor to store, analyze, and compare data to distinguish between normal and non-normal injection/infusion profiles. An alert system notifies the user of a malfunction within the pump, within the infusion set, or at the injection/infusion site.
US11504469B2
A system and method for calibrating an IV pump infusion system tube comprises a fluid source, an infusion system comprising, an IV pump, a drive unit, a chamber with known constant volume, a control unit, and IV tubing with a known inner diameter tolerance, and a switch and magnetic floating object. The system administers medicinal fluid, calculates the flow rate of the medicinal fluid in the chamber by measuring the time the switch is activated as medicinal fluid rises in the chamber, compares the calculated flow rate with a set flow rate of the IV pump input in the control unit prior to infusion, and adjusts the IV pump and flow rate based on the compared deviations for more accurate delivery to a patient. This configuration may provide a more precise delivery rate of medicinal fluid, preventing harm to the patient and waste of medicine.
US11504468B2
A delivery device for intravenous delivery of microparticles to a patient. The delivery device is fluidly connectable to (i) a first source of an injection medium and (ii) a second source of an injection medium. The delivery device includes: a first fluid inlet fluidly connectable to the first source of the injection medium, a fluid outlet, a fluid mixer fluidly connecting the first fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, a second fluid inlet fluidly connectable to the second source of the injection medium, and a source of microparticles fluidly connecting the second fluid inlet to the fluid mixer. When fluid flows from the second source of the injection medium into the delivery device: the second injection medium fluidly drives microparticles from the source of microparticles into the fluid mixer, and the fluid outlet dispenses to the patient an injection medium that includes the microparticles.
US11504467B2
A liquid injection device includes: a syringe that comprises a barrel part configured to be filled with a liquid, and a needle attached to a distal portion of the barrel part and configured to discharge the liquid, a cap that covers the needle; a housing that covers at least a base end part of the syringe; and a step part that is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cap or between the housing and the cap, the step part protruding farther outward than a side surface of the barrel part. The step part is configured to engage with a lower surface of a notch part that extends laterally inward from an outer edge of a flange part of a container such that the cap is removable from the housing by the notch part.
US11504458B2
A system for blood treatment can include a dialysis machine and an ultrasonic authentication device connected to the blood treatment machine, the ultrasonic authentication device configured to scan a label and send signals containing label information to the dialysis machine.
US11504454B2
The invention is an improved biocompatible surface for a variety of medical purposes. The biocompatible surface employs a unique tight microstructure that demonstrates enhanced cellular response in the body, particularly when placed in contact with blood. As a blood contact surface, the present invention can be beneficially employed in a wide variety of implantable devices and in many other devices and equipment that come in contact with blood.
US11504451B2
A medical device and a method and process for at least partially forming a medical device, which medical device has improved physical properties.
US11504448B2
The subject matter of the invention is an autopolymerisable 2-component prosthetic base material, a kit containing the material as well as a method for its production comprising at least one liquid monomer component (A), and at least one powdered component (B), wherein the prosthetic material in component (A) besides methylmethacrylate contains at least one N-alkyl-substituted acryloyloxy carbamate having a molecular mass of less than or equal to 250 g/mol, optionally at least one at least di-functional urethane (meth)acrylate, a di-, tri-, tetra- or multi-functional monomer not being urethane (meth)acrylate, and optionally polymeric particles having a primary particle size of less than 800 nm, and the powdered component (B) comprises polymeric particles having at least three different particle size fractions, and both (A) and (B) contains at least one initiator or at least one component of an initiator system for autopolymerisation.
US11504444B2
A modified liquid electrical vaporiser is disclosed with a modified chimney that provides enhanced distribution of actives.
US11504435B2
This invention relates to polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a PPT1 polypeptide or a fragment thereof, vectors (viral or non-viral vectors) comprising the same, and methods of using the same for delivery of the open reading frame to a cell or a subject and to treat infantile neuronal lipofuscinosis (infantile Batten disease). The polynucleotides comprise an optimized CLN1 open reading frame.
US11504434B2
In one aspect, methods of targeted nanoparticles and cell delivery are described herein. In some embodiments methods described herein comprise coupling nanoparticles and cells to a carrier cell to form a nanoparticle-cell conjugate or cell-cell conjugate, disposing the nanoparticle-cell or cell-cell conjugate in a biological environment, and delivering the nanoparticles and cells to target cells or tissues located within the biological environment. The nanoparticles comprise a biodegradable photoluminescent polymer, and the nanoparticle-cell conjugate is formed using one or more click chemistry reaction products.
US11504431B2
Provided herein are fluid formulations for administration to a suprachoroidal space of an eye of a patient. The fluid formulations may include a pharmaceutical agent, a binding molecule, or a combination thereof. The pharmaceutical agent and the binding molecule may be bonded to each other covalently, non-covalently, or a combination thereof. The pharmaceutical agent may be configured to bond to an ocular tissue. The binding molecule may be configured to bond to an ocular tissue. Methods of administering the fluid formulations, methods of expanding a suprachoroidal space, and methods of reducing the minimum force to separate the sclera and choroid are provided.
US11504429B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US11504422B2
The present invention relates to a biodegradable nanocomplex. The biodegradable nanocomplex comprises a first electrically charged substance, a charge-redistribution substance, a second electrically charged substance and a carried substance, for holding the carried substance inside. The first electrically charged substance and the carried substance have the same electrical polarity, and the biodegradable nanocomplex has a nonuniformally and positively charge distribution along a radial direction thereof. The nonuniformally and positively charge distribution comprises a first electrically charged portion having substantially electrical neutrality, a second electrically charged portion surrounding the first electrically charged portion, and a third electrically charged portion surrounding the second electrically charged portion, in which the third electrically charged portion comprises an outermost surface of the biodegradable nanocomplex, thereby modulating the carried substance towards the desired immune responses via the nonuniformally and positively charge distribution.
US11504412B2
The disclosure provides a method of improving the cognitive function of an animal by providing a composition containing beta-casein, wherein at least 75% by weight of the beta-casein is a beta-casein variant that does not produce BCM-7 on digestion in the gut of the animal.
US11504410B2
Disclosed are means, compositions of matter, and protocols useful for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. In one embodiment the invention provides administration of pterostilbene alone or in combination with other ingredients to induce neuroprotection and/or neuroregeneration. The invention teaches protection/regeneration in conditions associated with neurological inflammation and/or other congenital or acquired neurodegenerative diseases.
US11504409B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure is a composition for improving skin damage caused by fine dust, which contains an Aureobasidium pullulans strain; a lysate thereof; a culture thereof; or an extract of the strain, the lysate or the culture as an active ingredient, and the composition has an effect of promoting the expression of keratinocyte differentiation markers and granular layer tight junction markers, thereby enhancing the skin barrier function and having skin-moisturizing, anti-aging and wrinkle-suppressing effects, and, thus, has an excellent effect in terms of improving skin damage caused by fine dust.
US11504408B2
A method for treating autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease includes a step of identifying a subject exhibiting symptoms of autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease administering a fasting mimicking diet. A probiotic composition for gastrointestinal autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease Bacteroides acidifaciens, Bifidobacterium choerinum, and combinations thereof is also provided.
US11504404B2
Microbes can be genetically modified to express biomolecules that are beneficial to mammals and/or to reduce, or eliminate, expression of harmful virulence factors. The growth and viability of such genetically modified microbes can optionally be controlled by inducible promoters that regulate the expression of proteins that are essential to their growth and survival. Compositions comprising such genetically modified microbes as well as methods of making and using the same are disclosed herein.
US11504403B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, e.g., formulations, used for gastric, gastrointestinal and/or colonic treatments or lavage, e.g., orthostatic lavage, e.g., for inducing the purgation (e.g., cleansing) of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including a colon; and methods for making and using them. Methods of the invention are used for the stabilization, amelioration, treatment and/or prevention of constipation, for the treatment of abdominal pain, particularly non-specific abdominal pain, and diarrhea, including diarrhea caused by a drug side effect, a psychological condition, a disease or a condition such as Crohn's Disease, a poison, a toxin or an infection, e.g., a toxin-mediated traveler's diarrhea, or C. difficile or the pseudo-membranous colitis associated with this infection.
US11504400B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating meningioma including administering a Chinese medicine composition to a subject in need thereof; wherein the Chinese medicine composition is an extract of a first mixture comprising Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron amurense, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Atractylodes lancea, Artemisia carvifolia, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and Cortex Lycii.
US11504393B2
The invention is to provide a hydrogen sulfide sustained releasing dressing and a manufacturing method thereof. The hydrogen sulfide sustained releasing dressing includes a hydrocolloid, a surfactant and sodium hydro sulfide. The manufacturing method includes (a) heating and stirring a hydrocolloid material; (b) adding a surfactant and sodium hydrosulfide into the hydrocolloid material; and (c) injecting the hydrocolloid material containing the surfactant and the sodium hydrosulfide into a mold for thermoforming a hydrogen sulfide sustained releasing dressing.
US11504391B1
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The antisense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a seed region; the dsRNA comprises at least four 2′-fluoro modifications, and the sense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises ligand, wherein the ligand is an ASGPR ligand. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA molecules suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA molecules, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.
US11504384B1
A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A method using a pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections is described herein. A pharmaceutical composition for treating skin infections may comprise, in 100 parts of the composition, 1-99 parts of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient; 99-1 parts of a keratolytic; 99-1 parts ethyl pyruvate; and 99-1 parts povidone iodine. A method for treating skin infections may comprise topical application of a composition to an infected skin cell for a treatment period.
US11504382B2
The present invention relates to compounds that are inhibitors of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Compounds of this invention are useful alone or in combination with other agents for treating, ameliorating, preventing or curing HBV infection and related conditions. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds.
US11504374B2
Disclosed herein are methods for the treatment of cancer, comprising administering to a subject β-catenin nucleic acid inhibitor molecule and a therapeutically effective amount of an MEK inhibitor or a c-Myc nucleic acid inhibitor molecule. Also disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of β-catenin nucleic acid inhibitor molecule; a therapeutically effective amount of an MEK inhibitor or a c-Myc nucleic acid inhibitor molecule and at least one pharmaceutical carrier.
US11504366B2
The present invention relates to efflux inhibitor compounds, compositions, and methods of using the same. More specifically, the instant invention comprises deuterated analogs of elacridar with superior pharmacokinetic properties such that it is now possible to facilitate accumulation and distribution of therapeutic agents to effective levels in cells or compartments protected by efflux transporter proteins such as Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) and P-Glycoprotein (P-GP). Such transporter protected compartments include brain, spinal cord, nerves, cerebrospinal fluid, testis, eyeballs, retina, inner ear, placenta, mammary gland, liver, biliary tract, kidney, intestines, lung, adrenal cortex, endometrium, hematopoietic cells, stem cells, and solid tumors. In other embodiments, the present invention comprises methods of using the instant deuterated analogs.
US11504360B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treating a neurological disorder in a subject, the method including administering to the subject in need of such treatment a composition including a therapeutically effective amount of a CCR5 antagonist. The CCR5 antagonist may be, for example, maraviroc. The neurological disorder may be, for example, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies or multiple system atrophy.
US11504356B2
The invention provides mebendazole for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of a chronic inflammatory disease, and in particular wherein the chronic inflammatory disease is an autoimmune disease, for example sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Huntington's disease, end stage renal disease, systemic sclerosis (also called scleroderma), myositis, diabetes type 1, multiple sclerosis, Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune hepatitis, Graves' disease, Addison's disease, tuberculosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's disease and coeliac disease. A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a chronic inflammatory disease, comprising administering an effective amount of a mebendazole or a pharmaceutical composition of mebendazole is also provided. The use of mebendazole for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a chronic inflammatory disease is also provided.
US11504355B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for maintaining and/or increasing vitamin C in a cell or organism. The methods and compositions are based, in part, on the synergistic effect of ergothioneine, or a derivative thereof, on vitamin C levels in cells or organisms.
US11504352B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition for ameliorating a circulatory system disease, which contains a green tea extract with modified ingredient content. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to effectively prevent, ameliorate and treat circulatory system diseases without side effects and, thereby, to greatly help patients with circulatory system diseases and contribute to the development of related industries.
US11504349B2
The present invention relates to: a 4-benzopyranone derivative and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, racemate, or stereoisomer thereof; a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating TNF-related diseases, containing the same as an active ingredient; and a method for treating TNF-related diseases, a reagent composition for inhibiting TNF, and a method for inhibiting TNF, all of which use the same. The compositions can be orally administered so as not to cause injection side effects, do not cause immunological tolerance, and can effectively inhibit a TNF activity by being directly bound to TNF while facilitating co-administering with a conventional oral preparation and dosage control.
US11504340B2
The invention provides methods of making microparticle and nanoparticle ocular implants from a compositions comprising: 99 to 60% (w/w) of a photopolymerizable composition selected from the group of fragments or monomers consisting of polyalkylene glycol diacrylate and polyalkylene glycol dimethacrylate, wherein the photopolymerizable composition has a molecular weight in the range of 100 to 20,000 Dalton; a biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyester-based polyurethanes, polylactides, polycaprolactones, polyorthoesters and mixtures, copolymers, and block copolymers thereof; a photoinitiator; and a therapeutic agent.
US11504334B2
Described herein are synthetic progestogens, such as 6β,7β:15β,16β-Dimethylene-3-oxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. Also described are methods of use.
US11504328B2
Provided are a method for preparing liposomes comprising ultrasound reactive microbubbles for drug delivery, comprising (a) a step of producing ultrasound reactive microbubbles comprising an inert gas therein and having a first shell formed on the outer surface thereof, followed by forming a uniform size distribution of the ultrasound reactive microbubbles through an extruder; and (b) a step of producing liposomes comprising the ultrasound reactive microbubbles distributed in a uniform size and a medicament therein and having a second shell formed on the outer surface thereof, followed by forming a uniform size distribution of the liposomes through an extruder; and a liposome using same.
US11504327B1
The present invention provides a nanoparticle dispersion for topical delivery to skin of a mammal. The nanoparticle dispersion includes: one or more hydrophobic bioactive agents or one or more hydrophobic drugs; one or more surfactants; one or more water immiscible oils; and water. Methods of preparing nanoparticle dispersions by hot melt extrusion are also provided.
US11504319B2
The process of coloring keratinous material comprising the use of an organosilicon compound, an effect pigment, a further coloring compound and a film-forming polymer III The subject of the present disclosure is a process for dyeing keratinous material, in particular human hair, comprising the following steps: applying an agent (a) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (a) comprises: (a1) at least one organic silicon compound selected from the group of silanes having one, two or three silicon atoms, and (a2) at least one first colorant compound comprising at least one substrate platelet-based pigment comprising a vacuum metallized pigment, and applying an agent (b) to the keratinous material, wherein the agent (b) comprises: (b1) at least one film-forming polymer and (b2) at least one second colorant compound selected from the group of pigments and/or direct dyes.
US11504318B2
The present invention relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, in one or more steps, comprising the application to said keratin fibres of a composition comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) and/or (II), and also to the use thereof for dyeing keratin fibres, and to a device: in which formula (I) or (II) R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, and n are as defined in the description. The compounds of formula (I) according to the invention can give powerful, chromatic and sparingly selective colourings with good colour build-up, which are resistant to the various attacking factors to which keratin fibres may be subjected, such as inclement weather, light, washing and perspiration.
US11504316B2
The present invention relates to a composition, especially a cosmetic composition, characterized in that it comprises, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: (a) at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation; (b) one or more carboxylic acid esters, said ester comprising at least 24 carbon atoms; (c) at least one C8-C30alkyl(poly)glycoside. The present invention also relates to the use of a carboxylic acid ester in a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one photoprotective system capable of screening out UV radiation.
US11504311B2
Compositions contain boron nitride nanomaterials at least partially coated with biomolecules.
US11504305B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for mineralizing a dental surface or subsurface including providing a composition including stabilized ACP and a source of fluoride ions.
US11504296B2
Disclosed embodiments provide an improved personal massager device. The massager device includes a stimulator, which is G-spot stimulator or a prostate stimulator. The stimulator includes an enclosure having an opening. A threaded post is disposed within the enclosure. The threaded post has a plurality of pitched threads. A roller is disposed within the plurality of pitched threads. The roller protrudes outside the opening of the enclosure. The threaded post is rotated back and forth by a motor, and as it does so, the roller traverses a path. A sheath is disposed tightly over the enclosure. The roller presses the sheath against the G-spot or prostate of the user, providing stimulation. In some embodiments, one or more of a start position of the roller and an end position of the roller are defined by user input.
US11504294B2
An apparatus for promoting vascular circulation, including a garment configured to at least partially surround an anatomical structure of a patient. A compression element is coupled to the garment and configured to compress at least a portion of the anatomical structure when the compression element is actuated. A controller is configured to selectively actuate the compression element over a plurality of cycles. Each cycle has an actuated time during which the compression element is arranged to exert a first pressure and an unactuated time during which the compression element is arranged to exert a second pressure different than the first pressure, and the controller is configured to use a random value in determining the deflated time of one or more of the cycles.
