US11514043B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing, at a client computer, schema blueprint data comprising a plurality of different service definitions, each of the service definitions composed in a domain specific language (DSL), each service definition comprising identification of an endpoint and one or more schema definition language elements; generating, based on the schema blueprint data, a combined schema in a graph query language processing system, the combined schema indicating which querying operations and mutating operations that a graph endpoint of the graph query language processing system can execute, the generating the combined schema comprising: automatically mapping a first resource of a first plurality of digitally stored resources from the endpoint of a first service definition of the plurality of service definitions to a first field in the combined schema; automatically mapping a second resource of a second plurality of digitally stored resources from the endpoint of a second service definition of the plurality of service definitions to a second field in the combined schema; generating and submitting a query to the graph endpoint based on the combined schema that causes, by traversing the mappings, retrieving the first resource from the endpoint of the first service definition and the second resource from the endpoint of the second service definition.
US11514039B2
A global dictionary is described that corresponds to a database or table stored across multiple partitions. The global dictionary can be used to identify which partitions of the database contain records that are relevant to a user's query on the database. The global dictionary is made up of variable tables. Each variable table corresponds to a column of the database. A given variable table includes value tables where each value table corresponds to a defined value that has been assigned to a record in the database. A value table can include a list of partitions that contain a record having the related defined value.
US11514037B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for data object publishing/subscribing via a multicast key-value protocol.
US11514032B2
Techniques for splitting a query into native query operations and post-processing operations are provided. In one embodiment, a user query including a plurality of search parameters is received. Expressions representing the plurality of search parameters in the user query are determined. A first subset and a second subset of the expressions are identified. Each expression of the first subset corresponds to one of a plurality of native query operations executable by a database platform, and each expression of the second subset corresponds to one of a plurality of predefined post-processing operations not executable by the database platform. A database query is generated based on one or more expressions of the first subset, and a post-processing query is generated based on each expression in the second subset. The database query is executed by the database platform, then the post-processing query is executed on the results from database platform.
US11514030B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for automated materialized view table generation and maintenance are provided. A log, comprising queries and latencies of processing the queries, is evaluated to identify a list of combinations of fields that occur greater than a threshold frequency and/or occur in queries having latencies greater than a threshold latency. A materialized view generation script is executed against a main database to generate a materialized view table associated with a combination of one or more fields from the list. A middleware component is configured to selectively direct a query to the main database or to the materialized view table based upon whether the materialized view table comprises preliminary query results for fields specified by the query.
US11514025B2
Performing snapshot conscious internal file modification for network-attached storage is presented herein. A file system can comprise a first component configured to modify, during a service request, storage for a subset of data blocks of a file—the service request not being recognized by an external entity as a change of content of the file. Further, the file system can comprise a second component configured to prevent, based on the service request, a copy of the storage from being created for servicing of a snapshot—the snapshot comprising a point-in-time copy of the file system.
US11514023B1
Provided herein are systems and methods for a stream object configuration, including configuring and processing streams on views. For example, a method includes configuring by at least one hardware processor at a first computing node, a view on a source table for shared access with at least a second computing node. The view includes a query associated with the source table. The query associated with the source table is executed to obtain a plurality of query results. A stream object is generated on the view. The stream object includes the plurality of query results of executing the query and a corresponding plurality of time stamps associated with times the plurality of query results are obtained. The generated stream object is configured for the shared access with at least the second computing node.
US11514021B2
Embodiments herein relate to replacing a legacy Pick environment with a modern microservice architecture. A legacy database and a modern database may be operated in parallel for data validation. Part of the data validation may include scanning the legacy database for updates to items stored thereon. Embodiments herein may generate an update message by combining item keys from across the multiple files that correspond with a same business object.
US11514020B2
A method includes obtaining a first snapshot of a source system and deriving a set of key-value pairs reflecting the first snapshot. A mirror operation of the source system is performed to obtain CDC change operations. The method obtains a first CDC log as a first sequence of key-value pairs. A second snapshot of the source system is obtained and a set of key-value pairs is derived, which reflects the second snapshot. The first sequence of key-value pairs is compared with the set of key-value pairs to derive corrective CDC operations, captured as a set of key-value pairs. The corrective CDC operations represent corrections to be performed with respect to the first sequence of key-value pairs. A second CDC log is obtained as a second sequence of key-value pairs. The corrective CDC operations ensure that the second sequence of key-value pairs are coherent with the set of key-value pairs.
US11514017B2
Systems and methods for provisioning a new secondary IdentityIQ instance to an existing IdentityIQ instance are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: receiving a request to provision the new secondary IdentityIQ instance; creating a primary IdentityIQ instance for the existing IdentityIQ instance and the new secondary IdentityIQ instance; aggregating data from the existing IdentityIQ instance to the primary IdentityIQ instance; deploying an event handler to the primary IdentityIQ instance to handle incoming requests for the existing IdentityIQ instance; changing a reconciliation process and an audit process from the existing IdentityIQ instance to the primary IdentityIQ instance thereby changing the existing IdentityIQ instance to the secondary IdentityIQ instance for the primary IdentityIQ instance; deploying the new secondary IdentityIQ instance to the primary IdentityIQ instance; and deploying at least one application to the new secondary IdentityIQ instance based on an operation processed by the new secondary IdentityIQ instance.
US11514014B2
At least one aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a systems and methods of maintaining key-value stores. The method can include establishing a first run of data records indexed by a key value. The method can include tracking, using an index, a merging of the data records of the first run onto a merge level on a database. The method can include establishing, concurrent to the merging of the first run, a second run of data records indexed by a key value. The method can include determining that the index tracking the merge of the data records of the first run onto the merge level satisfies a quantile condition. The method can include adding the subset of the second plurality of records of the second run to the merging of the first plurality of records of the first run onto the merge level maintained on the database.
US11514013B2
A computer-implemented method includes: reading a vector of a first table in a database, the vector including counts of a plurality of keywords in the first table, the plurality of keywords including a first keyword and a second keyword; determining a first custom attribute describing the first table, the first custom attribute having a vector including counts of at least a first portion of the plurality of keywords in the first table; determining a multiplier of the first custom attribute, the multiplier being a number of other tables that reference the first custom attribute; and revising the vector of the first table based on the first custom attribute.
US11514011B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining column ordering of a data storage table for search optimization are described herein. In some examples, a computing system is configured to receive input containing statistics of a plurality of queries. The computing system can then determine a new column order (i.e., layout) based at least in part on the statistics. In some example techniques described herein, the computing system can determine the new column order based at least in part on the hardware components storing the data storage table, storage system parameters, and/or user preference information. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to data subsequently added to the data storage table. Example techniques described herein can apply the new column order to existing data in the data storage table.
US11514005B2
The invention concerns a No-SQL repository dataBase (RepoDB (12B)) for handling multiple legacy environments and registering a wide variety of configurations (software and hardware, and cloud) by storing technical data to support the end-to-end (E2E) automation and authorization of standard service requests (SSR) and wherein a table stored in RepoDB (12B) is configured to hold data in No-SQL format and for providing managed services (standard service requests) in very complex environments using at least one other database (Oracle or Mysql or MS SQL or DB2) and for the automation of database SSR.
US11514004B2
Systems and methods provide a simple and flexible data access layer for an application. The systems and methods receive, at a data access layer associated with an application, a request for accessing data in memory; identify a pattern of the data of the request; determine whether the data access layer includes a table having a structure of one of key/value pair, sorted set, map, or event that is suitable for accessing the data of the request based on the identified pattern. If the data access layer includes a table with suitable structure, using that table for accessing the data of the request. If the data access layer does not include a table with suitable structure, generating a table having the structure of one of key/value pair, sorted set, map, or event; and using the generated table for accessing the data of the request.
US11514002B2
A method, apparatus, and system for transmitting file system metadata from an indexing splitter running in a VM to a source side RPA is disclosed. The operations comprise: capturing one or more file system events in a production virtual machine (VM) at an indexing splitter; transmitting file system metadata representing the captured file system events from the indexing splitter to a data splitter, the data splitter being an agent running on a host system hosting the VM; transmitting the file system metadata inside one or more special input/output (I/O) commands associated with a predetermined tag from the data splitter to a source side replication protection appliance (RPA) alongside regular storage system I/O command data; identifying the special I/O commands at the source side RPA based on the predetermined tag; and recovering the file system metadata from the special I/O commands at the source side RPA.
US11514001B2
Techniques for CPU cache efficiency may include performing concurrent processing, such as for first and second data operations, in a synchronized manner that prevents loading the same data chunk into the CPU cache more than once. Processing may include synchronizing the first and second data operations with respect to a first data chunk to ensure that both the first and second data operation processing has completed prior to proceeding with performing such processing on a second data chunk. The first and second data operations may be any two of deduplication, encryption, and compression, performed inline as part of the data path. In one embodiment, the first and second data operations for the first data chunk may be performed in parallel or sequentially where neither data operation proceeds with another data chunk until processing of the first and second data operations is complete for the first data chunk.
US11513996B2
An index associates fingerprints of file segments to container numbers of containers within which the file segments are stored. At a start of migration, a boundary is created identifying a current container number. At least a subset of file segments at a source storage tier are packed into a new container to be written to a destination storage tier. A new container number is generated for the new container. The index is updated to associate fingerprints of the at least subset of file segments to the new container number. A request is received to read a file segment. The index is queried with a fingerprint of the file segment to determine whether the request should be directed to the source or destination storage tier based on a container number of a container within which the file segment is stored.
US11513992B2
An example replaceable print material supply cartridge that is removably couplable to a host printer is disclosed. The example replaceable print material supply cartridge includes an ink reservoir and a logic circuitry package. The logic circuitry package includes logic circuitry and a serial data bus interface, wherein the serial data bus interface is to interface with a serial data bus of the host printer. In response to a first command sent to the logic circuitry package via the serial data bus connected to the serial data bus interface, the first command including a time period, the logic circuitry is to cause generation of a low voltage condition on the serial data bus for a duration based on the time period, and, after the duration, cause a return to a default voltage condition on the serial data bus.
US11513986B1
To improve data throughput and data transfer rate, a contiguous block of host memory can be allocated for data transfers between the host system and an integrated circuit device such as a peripheral component. By using a contiguous block of memory that acts as a circular buffer, the memory address field of memory descriptors can be eliminated because the host system only need to inform the data movement engine of the length of each data transfer. The data movement engine can maintain pointers to keep track of the memory address in the host memory to read from and write to. After each data transfer, the relevant pointer can be incremented by a value corresponding to the length indicated in the memory descriptor for the transfer. As such, it is not necessary for the host system to provide the data movement engine with the memory address of each transfer.
US11513974B2
A block of a storage device of a plurality of storage devices is allocated for storage of data, wherein the allocation comprises identifying a nonce associated with the block of the storage device. An erase command for the block is transmitted to the storage device, the erase command comprising the nonce, wherein the storage device is to erase the block upon determining that the nonce matches a corresponding nonce stored locally at the storage device.
US11513973B2
A processor in a system is responsive to a coherent memory request buffer having a plurality of entries to store coherent memory requests from a client module and a non-coherent memory request buffer having a plurality of entries to store non-coherent memory requests from the client module. The client module buffers coherent and non-coherent memory requests and releases the memory requests based on one or more conditions of the processor or one of its caches. The memory requests are released to a central data fabric and into the system based on a first watermark associated with the coherent memory buffer and a second watermark associated with the non-coherent memory buffer.
US11513969B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hierarchical memory systems are described. An example method includes receiving a request to store data in a persistent memory device and a non-persistent memory device via an input/output (I/O) device; redirecting the request to store the data to logic circuitry in response to determining that the request corresponds to performance of a hierarchical memory operation; storing in a base address register associated with the logic circuitry, logical address information corresponding to the data responsive to receipt of the redirected request; asserting, by the logic circuitry, an interrupt signal on a hypervisor, the interrupt signal indicative of initiation of an operation to be performed by the hypervisor to control access to the data by the logic circuitry; and writing, based at least in part, on receipt of the redirected request, the data to the persistent memory device and the non-persistent memory device substantially concurrently.
US11513965B2
A high bandwidth memory system. In some embodiments, the system includes: a memory stack having a plurality of memory dies and eight 128-bit channels; and a logic die, the memory dies being stacked on, and connected to, the logic die; wherein the logic die may be configured to operate a first channel of the 128-bit channels in: a first mode, in which a first 64 bits operate in pseudo-channel mode, and a second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, or a second mode, in which the first 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels, and the second 64 bits operate as two 32-bit fine-grain channels.
US11513961B2
A method and system for assessing sequentiality of a data stream is disclosed. Specifically, the method and system disclosed herein may entail receiving an incoming request to access a page in a cache memory, wherein the page is identified by a page address of an address space in a main memory; identifying, in a memory, a bin corresponding to an address range including the page address of the page of the incoming request, wherein the bin includes k address ranges of the address space of the main memory; determining whether to update an occupation count of the bin in the memory; locating the bin in a heuristics table to obtain an estimated total number of expected proximal accesses based on an updated occupation count of the bin; and determining, based on the estimated total number of expected proximal accesses, sequentiality of the data stream to device in order to generate a policy for the cache memory.
US11513954B2
During a concurrent Relocation Phase, a GC thread relocates live objects, as an application thread executes. References in a frame on a call stack are remapped if the application thread attempts to access the frame. References on the call stack remains stale if no application thread attempts access. The GC thread may proceed with a subsequent phase of a GC cycle, even if a frame has stale references and therefore has not assumed a remap state. During a concurrent Mark/Remap Phase, the call stack may include frames in different frame states. The GC thread selects appropriate operations for processing each frame based on the respective frame state. When the GC thread encounters a frame not in the remap state, references therein are first remapped, and then identified as roots. Hence, root reference remapping and identification are performed in a single concurrent phase of a GC cycle.
US11513951B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying, by a computing device, a list of objects containing a plurality of physical layer blocks (PLBs). One or more next PLBs of the plurality of PLBs may be allocated from a selected free object of the list of objects. One or more additional free objects from the list of objects may be generated. Garbage collection may be performed between an inactive object of the plurality of objects and the selected free object.
US11513949B2
The memory system comprises nonvolatile memory devices each including plural superblocks and a controller. The controller is configured to select a victim superblock including a smaller number of valid pages than any among remaining superblocks, exchange a greater-valid-pages block with a smaller-valid-pages block, and control the memory device to perform a garbage collection operation on the victim superblock, wherein the greater-valid-pages block is included in the victim superblock and the smaller-valid-pages block is included in one among the remaining superblocks, and wherein the smaller-valid-pages block has a smaller number of valid pages than the greater-valid-pages block.
US11513948B2
A memory system includes a first memory device including a plurality of first physical blocks; a second memory device including a plurality of second physical blocks; a first core suitable for managing a plurality of first super blocks that store data associated with a first logical address, the plurality of first super blocks being mapped to the plurality of first physical blocks; a second core suitable for managing a plurality of second super blocks that store data associated with a second logical address, the plurality of second super blocks being mapped to the plurality of second physical blocks; a global wear-leveling manager suitable for changing mapping between the first physical blocks, which are mapped to one among the first super blocks, and the second physical blocks, which are mapped to one among the second super blocks based on degrees of wear of the first and second super blocks.
US11513947B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to establishing and verifying an index file. The method for establishing an index file includes: in response to receiving a data block to be stored, determining first verification information for verifying the data block and a first storage address for storing the data block. This method further includes: based on the first verification information, determining an index entry for the data block and a second storage address for storing the index entry, wherein the index entry includes the first verification information and the first storage address, and the index entry will be included in the index file. This method further includes: based on the index entry and the second storage address, determining second verification information. This method further includes: based on the second verification information and historical verification information for the index file, determining third verification information for verifying the index file.
US11513943B2
Disclosed herein is a movable platform (MP) for moving freight during cross-dock operations. The MP comprises a mechanical actuation assembly used to deploy a plurality of roller assemblies used for moving the MP. Also disclosed is an actuating attachment used to deploy the mechanical actuation assembly of the MP. The actuating attachment can be attached to a conveyance vehicle, such as a forklift, or built in to an automated guided vehicle.
US11513941B2
A system and method for flexible read-access of a set of procedures during runtime of a regulated system, the system comprising a set of procedures each defining a respective set of systematic data and an executable operation, a specialized data store configured to receive at least a subset of procedures, at least one memory including at least one set of data relating to the set of procedures, a receiving component communicatively coupled to the regulated system, and a flexible reader authorized for read-access to the specialized data store and the at least one memory.
US11513939B2
Improved mechanisms and techniques for recording and aggregating trace information from multiple computing modules of a storage system may be provided. On a storage system having multiple computing modules, where each computing module has multiple processing cores, processing cores may record trace information for I/O operations in dedicated local memory—i.e., memory in the same computing module as the processing core that is dedicated to the computing module. One of the processing cores may be configured to aggregate trace information from across multiple computing modules into its dedicated local memory by accessing trace information from the dedicated local memories of the other computing modules in addition to its own. The aggregated information in one dedicated local memory then may be analyzed for functionality and/or performance and additional action taken based on the analysis.
US11513931B2
An anomaly with a disk array enclosure (DAE) of a set of DAEs connected to a host server is detected. Each DAE is chained to another DAE by first and second chains and includes a serial attached SCSI (SAS) expander and a peer SAS expander. The SAS expander in a DAE forms part of the first chain. The peer SAS expander in the DAE forms part of the second chain. Upon detection, DAE log collection is triggered to obtain logs for storage in a repository, separate from the DAEs. The logs are tagged with an anomaly class of a set of anomaly classes. For each anomaly class, a number of logs stored in the repository is limited to a threshold number.
US11513921B1
A method and system for leveraging file-based backups to facilitate bare-metal recovery (BMR) and/or system-state recovery (SSR) operations. In leading to a BMR operation (which may include, but is not limited to, data protected under a SSR operation), logical groupings of data, each including multiple files and/or directories that span across one or more file-systems, may be written to backup media to comply with data backup, archiving, and/or disaster recovery strategies. Backing up said logical groupings of data relies on block-based backup technologies, which upon requiring a subset of a given logical grouping of data to be restored, makes the restoration process impossible to fulfill since determining which blocks of data belong to which files and/or directories are not tracked. Accordingly, the disclosed method and system propose an intelligent scheme through which file-based backup technology may be employed to enable BMR and/or SSR from any single BMR-compliant backup copy.
US11513913B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for storage management, an electronic device, and a computer program product. According to an exemplary implementation of the present disclosure, a method for storage management includes: generating, at a client, a first backup block for recovering first target data, the client backing up the first target data to a first server and backing up metadata of the first target data to a second server, and the client together with at least one other client and the second server maintaining the same backup chain which includes at least one backup block; adding the first backup block to the backup chain maintained by the client; and distributing the first backup block to the at least one other client and the second server to add the first backup block to the backup chain maintained by the at least one other client and the second server. Therefore, the storage security can be improved.
US11513896B2
Techniques manage data of a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). Such techniques involve: obtaining a first parity of checksum pair, which is determined based on a first checksum when user data of data disks in the RAID are predetermined values; determining, based on current checksums of the data disks in the RAID, a second parity of checksum pair of the RAID, the first parity of checksum pair and the second parity of checksum pair respectively comprising a row parity of checksum and a diagonal parity of checksum; and determining, based on the first parity of checksum pair and the second parity of checksum pair, a third parity of checksum pair for updating parity data of parity disks of the RAID.
US11513887B1
A memory controller includes an interface and a processor. The interface communicates with memory cells that store data in predefined Programming Voltages (PVs). The processor is configured to produce observation samples that each includes (i) a target sample read from a target memory cell in a target Word Line (WL), and (ii) neighbor samples read from neighbor memory cells. Based on the observation samples, the processor is further configured to jointly estimate Cross-Coupling Coefficients (CCFs), by searching for CCFs that aim to minimize a predefined function of distances calculated between transformed observation samples that have been transformed using the CCFs and combinations of PVs that are closest to the respective transformed observation samples, to apply, based on the CCFs, cross-coupling cancelation to readout samples retrieved from the memory cells to produce enhanced readout samples, and to perform a storage operation related to reading data, using the enhanced readout samples.
US11513882B2
At least one processing device is configured to detect a failure event impacting at least a first storage node of a plurality of storage nodes of a distributed storage system, and responsive to the detected failure event, to modify an input-output (IO) shaping mechanism in each of the storage nodes in order to at least temporarily reduce a total number of IO operations that are concurrently processed in the distributed storage system. For example, modifying an IO shaping mechanism in each of the storage nodes illustratively comprises transitioning the IO shaping mechanism in each of the storage nodes from a first operating mode to a second operating mode that is different than the first operating mode. The second operating mode of the IO shaping mechanism illustratively has a relatively faster responsiveness to changes in IO operation latency as compared to the first operating mode of the IO shaping mechanism.
US11513877B2
A method may include receiving, via a first computing node, a first pod from a second computing node. The method may also include retrieving a first image file that may include a first set of containers from a registry based on the first pod. The first set of containers may cause a control system to halt operations. The method may then involve generating a first package based on the first set of containers and storing the first package in a filesystem, receiving a second pod from the second computing node, and retrieving a second image file having a second set of containers from the registry. The second pod may include the second set of containers may cause the control system to update software components. The method may also involve generating a second package based on the second set of containers and storing the second package in the filesystem.
US11513873B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for providing restock notification, comprising a memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions. The processor may be configured to receive, from a user interface associated with a user, a first request for a restock notification associated with a product, and modify a database to assign a first status to the product. The processor may further be configured to receive a message indicating that the product is available for purchase, and modify the database to assign a second status to the product. The processor may configure a batch framework to periodically analyze the database to identify product with the second status assigned, and determine a notification schedule for sending the restock notification to the user. The processor may be configured to send the restock notification to the user based on the determined notification schedule.
US11513871B2
Retention of events of an ordered event stream according to at least one triggered retention policy is disclosed. Expiration of events stored in a segment of an ordered event stream (OES) can be desirable. New events can be added to a head of an OES segment, and pruning events from a tail of the OES segment can be desirable. Processing applications can predicate event retention, e.g., restricting expiration of an event, on at least one triggered retention policy. In some embodiments, an additional fixed retention policy can be combined with the triggered retention. The disclosed retention can be performed at the event-level or at less granular levels, e.g., segment-level, OES-level, etc., e.g., via batching of events.
US11513870B2
A task in an application node is managed. For instance, based on a type of a predetermined task that is to be executed on a data object in the application node, an address range of a group of objects on which the predetermined task is to be executed is determined in the data object. The predetermined task is executed on the group of objects in an order of addresses of the group of objects. A progress indicator is created for indicating an address of an object that is currently being processed in the group of objects. The predetermined task is managed based on the progress indicator. Thus, an address of an object that is currently being processed may be indicated based on the progress indicator, so that the predetermined task may be managed more easily and effectively based on the progress indicator in subsequent operations.
US11513869B2
A system for returning synthetic database query results. The system may include a memory unit for storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving a query input by a user at a user interface; determining, based on natural language processing, a type of the query input; determining, based on the received query input and a database language interpreter, an output data format; returning, based on a generation model and the output data format, a result of the query input; providing, to a plurality of training models and based on the determined query type, the query input and the result; and training the training models, based on the query input and the result.
US11513868B2
A method includes detecting, by a computing device, activation of a link to content served by a remote server, and in response to detecting activation of the link, attempting to load a passive mixed content item from the computing device. The method also includes determining whether the passive mixed content item successfully loaded. The method further includes, in response to determining the passive mixed content item successfully loaded, accessing, using an application on the computing device, the content from the remote server. In addition, the method includes, in response to determining the passive mixed content item did not successfully load, accessing, using a web browser, the content from the remote server.
US11513862B2
A deployment manager includes storage for storing a state repository including a state transitions associated with event descriptions generated by a computing device and a computing device manager. The computing device manager obtains a new event description associated with the computing device, and a workload performed by the computing device; in response to obtaining the new event description: matches the new event description to a state transition of the state transitions; and manages the workload based on a predicted next state associated with the state transition.
US11513852B2
A data transferring apparatus and a method for transferring data with overlap are provided. The data transferring apparatus includes a command splitter circuit and a plurality of tile processing circuits. The command splitter circuit splits a block level transfer command into a plurality of tile transfer tasks. The command splitter circuit may issue the tile transfer tasks to the tile processing circuits in a plurality of batches. The tile processing circuits may execute the tile transfer tasks in a current batch, so as to read data of a plurality of corresponding tiles among a plurality of source tiles of a source block to the tile processing circuits. After all the tile transfer tasks in the current batch have been executed by the tile processing circuits, the command splitter circuit issues the tile transfer tasks in a next batch of the batches to the tile processing circuits.
US11513848B2
In an embodiment, a system includes rate limiter circuits corresponding to various agents that issue transactions in a virtual channel. At least one agent may be identified as a critical agent, and different rate limits (e.g., lower limits) may be selected for other agents when the critical agent is on than when the critical agent is off (e.g., higher limits).
US11513845B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for scheduling threads comprising of code blocks in a graph streaming processor (GSP) system. One system includes a scheduler for scheduling plurality of prefetch threads, main threads, invalidate threads. The plurality of prefetch threads includes prefetching data from main memory required for execution of the main threads of the next stage. The plurality of main threads includes a set of instructions operating on the graph streaming processors of GSP system. The plurality of the invalidate threads includes invalidating data location/s consumed by the plurality of the main threads of the previous stage. A portion of the scheduler is implemented in hardware.
US11513836B2
Dynamic scheduling is disclosed. A plurality of physical nodes is included in a computer system. Each node includes a plurality of processors. Each processor includes a plurality of hyperthreads. In response to receiving an indication of an event occurring, a search is performed for a queue in a set of queues on which to place a virtual processor that had been waiting on the event. Queues in the set of queues correspond to hyperthreads in a physical node in the plurality of physical nodes. The queues in the set of queues are visited according to a predetermined traversal order.
US11513821B2
A computer system for dynamic adaptation of a user interface according to data store mining includes a data store configured to index event data of a plurality of events. A data analyst device is configured to render the user interface to a data analyst and transmit a message that identifies a selected identifier of the plurality of identifiers. A data processing circuit is configured to train a machine learning model based on event data stored by the data store for a first set of identifiers from within a predetermined epoch. An interface circuit determines an interface metric for the selected identifier based on the determined output of the selected identifier and transmits the interface metric to the data analyst device. The data analyst device is configured to, in response to the interface metric from the interface circuit, selectively perform a modification or removal of a second user interface element.
US11513818B1
An approach includes the use of a description of instructions for invoking hardware accelerator and for a hardware accelerator to execute those instructions. In some embodiments, the instructions for invoking hardware accelerator and for a hardware accelerator to execute those instructions are described using a single language. These descriptions are then compiled into other languages for use in tool chains for generating simulators (a hardware and instruction set simulator and a hardware accelerator simulator). In some embodiments, the approach illustrated herein can be combined with state machine functionality to manage the execution of instructions that require multiple states. In some embodiments, the approach illustrated herein can be combined with an external register file for transferring information between a processor and a hardware accelerator.
US11513810B1
A method of configuring a display device interface (DDI) detects a trigger signal, generated by a display device. If the trigger signal is associated with a power on event, a full configuration of the DDI is performed, including loading display device capability information provided by the display device into DDI configuration registers and setting one or more DDI configuration parameters accordingly. If the trigger signal is associated with resume event, rather than a power on event, a modified fast link resume operation may be performed to route the trigger signal to a controller configured to explicitly write display device capability information to the appropriate DDI configuration registers before setting the corresponding DDI configuration parameter accordingly. The DDI may include a re-timer, between the DDI source and sink, configured to snoop the explicit write transaction such that the re-timer configuration is also updated.
US11513796B2
A data processing apparatus, a method of operating a data processing apparatus, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and an instruction are provided. The instruction specifies a first source register, a second source register, and a set of N accumulation registers. In response to the instruction control signals are generated, causing processing circuitry to extract N data elements from content of the first source register, perform a multiplication of each of the N data elements by content of the second source register, and apply a result of each multiplication to content of a respective target register of the set of N accumulation registers. As a result plural (N) multiplications are performed in a manner that effectively provides a multiplier N times the register width, but without requiring the register file to be made N times larger.
US11513786B2
A system and method for providing commodity firmware packages for updating firmware in a network of servers is disclosed. A deployment server executes an update framework to provide firmware to target servers. A target server includes different hardware components and a baseboard management controller. Each of the hardware components have an associated firmware image. A management network connects the deployment server and the target server. A data network connects the deployment server and the target server. The deployment server sends a bootable disk image via virtual media redirection through the management network. The deployment server sends an upgrade framework to upload at least one firmware image associated with one of the hardware components through the data network to the remote server.
US11513785B2
An information handling system may be configured for: receiving first information from a plurality of other remote information handling systems indicative of a success or a failure of a corresponding upgrade event that was performed at such other remote information handling systems; receiving second information from the plurality of other remote information handling systems indicative of scores for such other remote information handling systems in a plurality of metrics; determining, based on the first and second information, a ranking of the metrics based on their criticality to the upgrade event; receiving third information from the particular remote information handling system indicative of scores for the particular remote information handling system in the plurality of metrics; and determining a likelihood of success for the upgrade event based on the determined ranking of the metrics and the scores for the particular remote information handling system in the plurality of metrics.
US11513784B2
The present invention includes a CP monitoring unit configured to monitor a CP voltage applied through a CP line from the controller of the slow charging cable when the slow charging cable is connected to an inlet, a mode switching request unit configured to request mode switching to the controller of the slow charging cable by converting the monitored CP voltage to a preset mode switching voltage; a communication switching unit configured to connect a LIN transceiver for LIN communication to the CP line when the controller of the slow charging cable is switched to a LIN communication mode for software update, and a control unit configured to control the LIN transceiver to transmit a pre-stored software update file to the controller of the slow charging cable, so that the controller's software can be updated without disassembling or damaging the controller of the slow charging cable.
US11513781B2
A computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for a container deployment simulation. The method may include performing a container deployment simulation. The method may include detecting a container deployment simulation error. In response to detecting the container deployment simulation error, the method may include providing one or more recommendations to a user. In response to receiving an acceptance of the recommendation from the user, the method may include implementing the recommendation. In response to receiving a rejection of the recommendation from the user, the method may include receiving a user recommendation. The method may include implementing the user recommendation and performing the container deployment simulation. The one or more recommendations may have a weight value. The weight value of the one or more recommendations may be increased when the user accepts the one or more recommendations or reduced when the user rejects the one or more recommendations.
US11513776B2
A solution providing for the dynamic design, use, and modification of models is provided. The solution can receive an electronic communication identifying a request or event and process the electronic communication in a runtime environment by binding a model of the collection of models to dynamically construct an implementation of the model. Collective properties of the set of related models can emerge dynamically. The binding can comprise late-binding of an application associated with the collection of models to enable at least one user to perform at least one interaction using the environment without disrupting any of the environment or the application.
US11513766B2
A device can perform device arbitration, even when the device is unable to communicate with a remote system over a wide area network (e.g., the Internet). Upon detecting a wakeword in an utterance, the device can wait a period of time for data to arrive at the device, which, if received, indicates to the device that another speech interface device in the environment detected an utterance. If the device receives data prior to the period of time lapsing, the device can determine the earliest-occurring wakeword based on multiple wakeword occurrence times, and may designate whichever device that detected the wakeword first as the designated device to perform an action with respect to the user speech. To account for differences in sound capture latency between speech interface devices, a pre-calculated time offset value can be applied to wakeword occurrence time(s) during device arbitration.
US11513763B2
A computing device is configured to perform functions comprising: receiving via a network microphone device of a media playback system, a voice command detected by at least one microphone of the network microphone device, wherein the media playback system comprises a plurality of zones, and the network microphone device may be a member of a default playback zone. The computing device may be further configured to perform functions comprising: dynamically selecting an audio response zone from the plurality of zones to play an audio response to the voice input and foregoing selection of the default playback zone. The selected zone may comprise a playback device, and the dynamically selecting may comprise determining that the network microphone device is paired with the playback device. The computing device may cause the playback device of the selected zone to play the audio response.
US11513760B2
A machine is configured to identify a media file that, when played to a user, is likely to modify an emotional or physical state of the user to or towards a target emotional or physical state. The machine accesses play counts that quantify playbacks of media files for the user. The playbacks may be locally performed or detected by the machine from ambient sound. The machine accesses arousal scores of the media files and determines a distribution of the play counts over the arousal scores. The machine uses one or more relative maxima in the distribution in selecting a target arousal score for the user based on contextual data that describes an activity of the user. The machine selects one or more media files based on the target arousal score. The machine may then cause the selected media file to be played to the user.
US11513755B2
In a display control device, a first display control unit displays values of a plurality of molding conditions in a first display area, on the basis of layout information including a display size and a display position of the plurality of molding conditions. A data setting unit sets as molding data the values of the plurality of molding conditions that are displayed in the first display area. On the basis of the layout information, and in the same layout as that of the first display area, a second display control unit displays for inspection in a second display area the values of the plurality of molding conditions based on the molding data which are stored in a storage unit.
US11513740B2
A hybrid memory system provides rapid, persistent byte-addressable and block-addressable memory access to a host computer system by providing direct access to a both a volatile byte-addressable memory and a volatile block-addressable memory via the same parallel memory interface. The hybrid memory system also has at least a non-volatile block-addressable memory that allows the system to persist data even through a power-loss state. The hybrid memory system can copy and move data between any of the memories using local memory controllers to free up host system resources for other tasks.
US11513735B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller configured to execute a patrol process, in response to a first command set from a host device. In the patrol process, the memory controller is configured to read first data from the nonvolatile memory, and not to output the first data to the host device.
US11513733B2
A processing-in-memory (PIM) system includes a PIM device and a PIM controller. The PIM device includes a first storage region, a second storage region, and a multiplication/accumulation (MAC) operator configured to receive first data and second data from the first and second storage regions, respectively, to perform a MAC arithmetic operation. The PIM controller controls a memory mode and a MAC mode of the PIM device. The PIM controller is configured to generate and transmit a memory command to the PIM device in the memory mode. In addition, the PIM controller is configured to generate and transmit first to fifth MAC commands to the PIM device in the MAC mode.
US11513732B2
A method includes defining a lookup table having multiple compressed data values and, for each compressed data value, a range of one or more raw data values associated with the compressed data value. The method also includes compressing raw data using the lookup table. Each raw data value is associated with one of the compressed data values in the lookup table based on a distance ratio involving (i) a distance of the raw data value from a minimum value and (ii) a distance of the raw data value from a maximum value.
US11513730B2
A memory device includes a first memory area including a first memory cell array having a plurality of first memory cells each for storing N-bit data according to an M-bit data access scheme, where N is a natural number, and a first peripheral circuit for controlling the first memory cells and disposed below the first memory cell array, a second memory area including a second memory cell array having a plurality of second memory cells each for storing M-bit data according to an M-bit data access scheme, where M is a natural number greater than N, and a second peripheral circuit for controlling the second memory cells and disposed below the second memory cell array, the first memory area and the second memory area are included in a single semiconductor chip and share an input and output interface, and a controller configured to generate calculation data by applying a weight stored in the first memory area to sensing data in response to receiving the sensing data obtained by an external sensor, and store the calculation data in one of the first memory area or the second memory area according to the weight.
US11513726B2
A storage device includes a memory device including a plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones having a plurality of memory blocks, a buffer memory device including a host buffer receiving write data to be stored in one of the plurality of zones, and a memory buffer temporarily storing the write data transmitted from the host buffer, a buffer controller configured to control the buffer memory device to transmit the write data to the memory device, and a write operation controller configured to control the memory device to store the write data in the one of the plurality of one zones. The write operation controller controls the memory device to obtain the previously stored data and a corrected write data and to store the previously stored data and the corrected write data in a second memory block group after the write operation controller detects an error in the write data.
US11513724B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing data on a memory controller. One of the methods comprises obtaining a first request and a second request to access respective data corresponding to the first and second requests at a first memory device of the plurality of memory devices; and initiating interleaved processing of the respective data; receiving an indication to stop processing requests to access data at the first memory device and to initiate processing requests to access data at a second memory device, determining that the respective data corresponding to the first and second requests have not yet been fully processed at the time of receiving the indication, and in response, storing, in memory accessible to the memory controller, data corresponding to the requests which have not yet been fully processed.
US11513713B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for partitioned parallel data movement. An example apparatus includes a memory device that includes a plurality of partitions, where each partition of the plurality of partitions includes a subset of a plurality of subarrays of memory cells. The memory device also includes sensing circuitry coupled to the plurality of subarrays, the sensing circuitry including a sense amplifier. A controller for the memory device is configured to direct a first data movement within a first partition of the plurality of partitions in parallel with a second data movement within a second partition of the plurality of partitions.
US11513712B2
Techniques for storage management involve: determining expected usage time of a first storage disk in a set of storage disks, at least a part of the set of storage disks being configured to form at least one redundant array of independent disks (RAID); moving data in a first storage block, associated with a first RAID in the at least one RAID, in the first storage disk to a second storage block in a second storage disk in the set of storage disks based on a determination that the expected usage time is less than a predetermined threshold value; and replacing the first storage block with the second storage block, so that the second storage block is associated with the first RAID. Based on this manner, the stability of a storage system can be improved.
US11513697B2
A control system for a storage apparatus includes two input/output modules (IOMs), and two non-volatile memory (NVM) devices that are electrically connected to the IOMs, respectively, and that each store a firmware code. Each of the IOMs is configured to execute a firmware corresponding to the firmware code stored in the corresponding NVM device, and to enter an active mode or a passive mode after executing the firmware. The IOMs are configured such that when one IOM operating in the passive mode detects abnormal operation of the other IOM operating in the active mode, the one IOM sends, to the other IOM, the firmware code stored in the NVM device electrically connected to the one IOM, in order to update the firmware code in the NVM device electrically connected to the other IOM.
US11513693B2
One example method includes a splitter for data protection operations including replication operations. The splitter is located on or integrated into a smart network interface card and operates in two modes. The splitter is controlled by a replication controller. In one mode, the control path and the data path both go to the replication controller. In another mode, the data path is directly from the splitter to one or more targets without passing through the replication controller.
US11513686B2
Accesses between a processor and its external memory is reduced when the processor internally maintains a compressed version of values stored in the external memory. The processor can then refer to the compressed version rather than access the external memory. One compression technique involves maintaining a dictionary on the processor mapping portions of a memory to values. When all of the values of a portion of memory are uniform (e.g., the same), the value is stored in the dictionary for that portion of memory. Thereafter, when the processor needs to access that portion of memory, the value is retrieved from the dictionary rather than from external memory. Techniques are disclosed herein to extend, for example, the capabilities of such dictionary-based compression so that the amount of accesses between the processor and its external memory are further reduced.
US11513684B1
Data storage management may include configuring a stretched volume in a metro cluster configuration using a first volume and a second volume both configured as a same logical volume, L1; receiving I/O operations at the metro cluster configuration directed to L1, wherein the I/O operations include a write operations that are received at a first system of the metro cluster configuration and that write first data to the first volume; viewing values of a metric regarding data replication performed for the first volume to replicate data between systems of the metro cluster configuration for writes directed to the first volume; responsive to said viewing, determining whether the first metric values denote a problem has occurred in the metro cluster configuration at a first point in time; and responsive to determining that the problem has occurred at the first point in time, performing one or more corrective actions.
US11513680B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display unit, a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and detects contact with an object on the display unit, a main system, and an embedded system. The embedded system generates image data of an input area for a virtual input device, output image data of the input area to the main system by using a first general-purpose interface protected by the main system, and output input information, which is based on detection information detected in the input area by the touch sensor, via the virtual input device to the main system by using a second general-purpose interface protected by the main system. The main system displays, on the display unit, the image data of the input area output by the embedded system.
US11513676B2
A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.
US11513665B2
A design engine implements a probabilistic approach to generating designs that exposes automatically-generated design knowledge to the user during operation. The design engine interactively generates successive populations of designs based on a problem definition associated with a design problem and/or a previously-generated population of designs. During the above design process, the design engine generates a design knowledge graphical user interface (GUI) that graphically exposes various types of design knowledge to the user. In particular, the design engine generates a design variable dependency GUI that visualizes various dependencies between designs variables. The design engine also generates a design evolution GUI that animates the evolution of designs across the successive design populations. Additionally, the design engine generates a design exploration GUI that facilitates the user exploring various statistical properties of automatically-generated designs.
US11513664B2
A system and method for summarizing suggested content and sharing the summarized suggested content is described. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes performing an analysis of text of a document, searching a document library for content elements and documents based on the analysis of the text, identifying candidate documents and candidate content based on the searching, presenting a list of candidate documents or candidate content with the document authoring application, receiving a selection of a candidate document or candidate content from the list in the document authoring application, and providing the selected candidate document to a collaborative content sharing platform, the collaborative content sharing platform configured to generate a graphical user interface that displays a list of shared documents, the shared documents includes candidate documents selected by one or more users of a group of users that share access to the collaborative content sharing platform.
US11513659B2
A method for executing a function of an electronic device is provided. The method includes the operations of displaying a virtual clock user interface (UI) indicating a virtual time, and an icon list UI including icons corresponding to a plurality of functions, respectively, acquiring first input data according to a user input for selecting one time by using the displayed virtual clock UI, and second input data according to a user input for selecting one icon from the icon list UI, performing control, on the basis of the first input data and the second input data, so that a function corresponding to the selected icon is executed at the selected one time, and highlighting the selected icon as the virtual time reaches the one time, and executing the function corresponding to the selected icon as the current time reaches the one time.
US11513658B1
Methods and systems for implementing a custom query of a media universe database. A plurality of content items are generated based at least in part on a media universe database. The media universe database is configured to store a plurality of elements of media universe content related to a media universe. The content items are sent to a client. From the client is received input indicating a combination of the content items. The combination comprises a selection of two or more of the content items. The media universe database is queried for additional content relevant to the two or more of the content items in the combination. The additional content is sent to the client.
US11513654B2
The present disclosure discloses an electromagnetic handwriting system and electromagnetic handwriting input method. An electromagnetic handwriting system includes an electromagnetic handwriting tablet configured to receive a drive signal, the drive signal drives the electromagnetic handwriting tablet to be in a suspension state or an enable state. A frequency value at which the electromagnetic handwriting tablet enters the suspension state is set as a suspension state frequency threshold f0, A frequency value at which the electromagnetic handwriting tablet enters the enable state is set as an enable state frequency threshold f1. If an actual frequency value of the drive signal received by the electromagnetic handwriting tablet is set to ft, and a virtual frequency value fx is set to satisfy |f0−f1|>|f0−fx| and |f0−f1|>|fx−f1|, then when ft satisfies |f0−fx|>|f0−ft| and |f0−fx|>|ft−fx|, ft is adjusted to fx in response to driving the electromagnetic handwriting tablet.
US11513652B2
A display device includes a display layer on which a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area are defined and a sensor layer on which a plurality of sensor units are defined. The plurality of sensor units includes a first sensor unit overlapping the display area and a second sensor unit overlapping the display area and the non-display area. The second sensor unit includes a first portion and a second portion expanded from the first portion, and the first portion has a shape that is the same as a shape of which a portion is removed from the first sensor unit, and a width of the second sensor unit in a first direction is greater than a width of the first sensor unit in the first direction.
US11513638B2
A silver nanowire (SNW) protection layer structure includes a substrate; a SNW layer, disposed on the substrate and covering only a partial region of a surface of the substrate, the SNW layer including a plurality of SNW channels; and a SNW protection layer, disposed on the SNW layer and covering a region corresponding to the plurality of SNW channels, the SNW protection layer including a light-resistant antioxidant. A manufacturing method for the SNW protection layer structure above is further provided. The SNW protection layer structure and the manufacturing method thereof are applicable in a touch sensor.
US11513633B1
An input device comprising a set of electrodes configured to detect a user input of a user and a processing system is provided. The processing system comprises a signal level monitor configured to detect burst noise or impulse noise and one or more processors configured to: perform a scan step of a plurality of scan steps by driving one or more first transmitter electrodes of the plurality of transmitter electrodes with one or more sensing signals; obtain one or more first resulting signals corresponding to the one or more sensing signals used to drive the one or more first transmitter electrodes; detect, based on the one or more first resulting signals, the burst noise or the impulse noise corresponding to the scan step; and in response to detecting the burst noise or the impulse noise, restart the scan step.
US11513624B2
The present disclosure provides a touch display device including: a plurality of emitting elements; an adhesive layer over the emitting elements; a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode over the adhesive layer and in an active area; a pad electrode over the adhesive layer and in a touch pad region; and a protection layer over the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the pad electrode, wherein the first and second touch electrode are insulated by an insulating layer, and the protection layer includes at least one contact hole corresponding to the pad electrode, and wherein the pad electrode includes a plurality of electrode layers, and one of the plurality of electrode layers extends from the first touch electrode or the second touch electrode.
US11513620B2
A method to adjust the height of a display is provided. One terminal of the telescopic trolley is connected to a first surface of the display and is separated from the lower edge of the display by a first distance. The lower edge of the display is away from the ground by a second distance. The method includes: obtaining a first height value indicating a user's height, an eye height or a shoulder height, searching for a second height value corresponding to the first height value in the look-up table according to the first height value, calculating the sum of the first distance and the second distance, comparing the sum with the second height value to obtain a comparison result, and adjusting the length of the telescopic trolley according to the comparison result, so that the sum is equal to the second height value.
US11513616B1
A stylus, including a pen body, and a battery module and an electrically conductive structure disposed in the pen body, is provided. The pen body has a charging port. The battery module has at least one electrode. The electrically conductive structure includes a first electrically conductive assembly, a second electrically conductive assembly and a first electrically conductive elastic element. The first electrically conductive assembly is connected to the electrode, the second electrically conductive assembly is disposed between the first electrically conductive assembly and the charging port, and the first electrically conductive elastic element is connected to the second electrically conductive assembly and has a contact end. The contact end is in contact with the first electrically conductive assembly by an elastic force of the first electrically conductive elastic element, and the contact end is adapted to be separated from the first electrically conductive assembly by an external force.
US11513613B2
An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
US11513610B2
An athletic performance monitoring system, including a gesture recognition processor configured to execute gesture recognition processes. Interaction with the athletic performance monitoring system may be based, at least in part, on gestures performed by a user, and may offer an alternative to making selections on the athletic performance monitoring system using physical buttons, which may be cumbersome and/or inconvenient to use while performing an athletic activity. Additionally, recognized gestures may be used to select one or more operational modes for the athletic performance monitoring system, such that a reduction in power consumption may be achieved.
US11513597B2
A human-machine interface system comprises a sensor configured to generate data associated with a human movement, such as measured electrical signals or data from an accelerometer. A measurement unit of the human-machine interface measures user movement over time to generate a sequence of measured user movement data. A processor processes the data associated with a human movement from the sensor using a trained neural network to determine one or more predicted user actions. A comparison unit compares the one or more predicted user actions with one or more user actions obtained from the sequence of measured user movement data. A control unit uses the predicted user actions to control a process in an information processing apparatus in dependence upon the comparison performed by the comparison unit.
US11513594B2
A method for operating smart glasses includes an input unit and/or output unit and a gaze detection arrangement, wherein the gaze detection arrangement detects any eye movement of an eye including the steps of irradiating at least one wavelength-modulated laser beam to the eye, detecting an optical path length of the emitted laser beam based on laser feedback interferometry of the emitted laser radiation with backscattered radiation from the eye, detecting a Doppler shift of the emitted and backscattered radiation based on the laser feedback interferometry, and detecting an eye velocity based on the Doppler shift, and wherein the input unit and/or output unit is operated based on the optical path length and/or the eye velocity.
US11513590B2
Systems and methods are presented for discovering and positioning content into augmented reality space. A method includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) map of surroundings of a user of an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD); determining a depth-wise location of a gaze point of a user based on eye gaze direction and eye vergence; determining a visual guidance line pathway in the 3D map; guiding an action of the user along the visual guidance line pathway at one or more identified focal points; and rendering a mixed reality (MR) object along the visual guidance line pathway at a location corresponding to a direction of the user's gaze.
US11513589B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product maintains the ability of an electronic headset to localize and orient itself in space upon a loss of tracking by a SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) system by switching to an auxiliary tracking mode upon detection of a loss of accurate tracking by the SLAM system. In one example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon detection of a fingerprint on a flat surface imaged by one or more cameras in the headset. The fingerprint is defined by a pattern of photographically-identifiable features on the flat surface, such as a pattern of colors and/or textures. In another example, the auxiliary tracking mode is based upon a location of the headset as obtained from an external LPS (local positioning service) and an orientation of the headset as measured by an IMU (inertial measurement unit) provided in the headset.
US11513581B2
Example techniques related to portable playback device power management. An example implementation includes a main SoC comprising main processor(s), an auxiliary processor, and a kernel that executes on the one or more main processor cores. During kernel suspend of the kernel, a power management microcontroller monitors a battery for conditions corresponding to respective wake-on-battery triggers, detects that the monitored conditions correspond to a particular wake-on-battery trigger; and in response, sends, to the auxiliary processor, an interrupt corresponding to a particular wake-on-battery trigger, wherein the interrupt causes the auxiliary processor core to enable the main processor(s) and resume the kernel from kernel suspend. After resuming from kernel suspend, the kernel adds a first kernel resume source event indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to a power event queue. A power coordinator background process reads the power event queue and sends data indicating the particular wake-on-battery trigger to one or more client programs.
US11513575B1
An information handling system includes a USB-C port and a USB-C power delivery controller. The USB-C power delivery controller includes connection preference information, and is configured to detect that a device has been plugged into the USB-C port, determine that the device supports a first connection type and a second connection type, determine that the first connection type has a higher connection priority than the second connection type, and establish a connection between the information handling system and the device utilizing the second connection type based upon the connection preference information.
US11513567B2
An electronic device is provided, including a first module, a second module, a hinge member, a first rotary member, a second rotary member, and a wire. The first module and the second module are hinged to the hinge member. The first rotary member and the second rotary member are connected to the hinge member and rotatable around a first axis and a second axis relative to the hinge member, respectively. The wire extends through the first rotary member and the second rotary member to electrically connect the first module and the second module.
US11513564B2
A casing structure including a plastic casing, at least one metal component, and a conductive layer is provided. The at least one metal component is disposed on the plastic casing, and at least one side surface of the at least one metal component is covered by the plastic casing. The conductive layer is disposed on the metal component and extends to the plastic casing. In addition, a manufacturing method of the casing structure is also provided.
US11513563B2
Disclosed is a glass protective film for covering a curved surface which protects display areas of a portable display including a flat display area and a curved display area. The glass protective film for covering the curved surface includes a glass film member having a flat area portion corresponding to the flat display area and a curved area portion corresponding to the curved display area and an adhesive layer adhering the entire area of the lower surface of the glass film member to the display area of the portable display.
US11513561B2
A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes: a display; a sensor configured to detect at least one rolling characteristic in response to the display being rolled; and a controller configured to perform a first function of the flexible display device based on the detected at least one rolling characteristic.
US11513560B2
The present disclosure relates to a support substrate for a flexible display device, and a flexible display device, the support substrate comprises a bending area, a transition area, and a non-bending area, wherein the transition area is located between the bending area and the non-bending area, the bending area has a plurality of first through holes and the transition area has a plurality of second through holes, wherein an area ratio of the plurality of first through holes in the bending area is greater than an area ratio of the plurality of second through holes in the transition area.
US11513559B2
Disclosed is a laptop having dual monitors that are arranged vertically, the laptop comprising: a main monitor 210 having a vertical width of a first size; a body 220 having, on one side thereof, a first hinge unit 221 formed so as to fold the main monitor 210, and a keyboard 222 spaced from the first hinge unit 221 so as to be arranged on the lower end of an upper plate; and a folder-type sub monitor 230 which has a vertical width of a second size that is relatively smaller than the vertical width of the first size, and which is adjacent to the keyboard 222 so as to ascend at a certain inclined angle on the basis of a second hinge unit 231 formed on the upper end of the upper plate of the body 220, and thus the present invention divides a screen so that different UIs may be respectively provided through the main monitor 210 and the sub monitor 230.
US11513549B2
An activation circuit which can realize both of area reduction and current consumption reduction by more preferred embodiments. The activation circuit has an N-type MOS transistor having a gate terminal connected to a ground and having a threshold voltage in a vicinity of 0 V and a resistor interposed between a source terminal of the MOS transistor and a ground, wherein an electric potential of a drain terminal of the MOS transistor is controlled depending on a first signal output from a device serving as a drive target, and transmission of a second signal for activating the device is controlled depending on the electric potential of the drain terminal.
US11513546B2
A current generation circuit includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor having a source terminal coupled to one line of a power supply line and a ground line, a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first voltage corresponding to a resistance value of wiring between the one line and the source terminal, and a control circuit configured to cause the MOS transistor to generate a predetermined current based on the first voltage.
US11513539B2
An autonomous mobile object includes an imaging unit, a positional information sender to acquire and send positional information to a server, and an operation controller to cause the autonomous mobile object to move autonomously based on an operation command. The server includes storage to receive and store the positional information from the autonomous mobile object, a commander to send the operation command to the autonomous mobile object, and a receiver to receive information relating to an emergency report including a target location. When the receiver receives the information relating to the emergency report, the commander sends an emergency operation command to the autonomous mobile object located in a specific area including the target location. The emergency operation command causes the autonomous mobile object to capture an image of a person or a vehicle moving away from the target location, and the autonomous mobile object sends the image to the server.
US11513531B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a map which is mounted on a vehicle to provide map data to a plurality of electric components equipped in the vehicle. The apparatus for providing a map comprises: a communication unit for performing communication with the electric components and receiving, from a server, an original map including a plurality of layers; and a processor for calculating the reliability of information relating to the electric components using the original map and electric component information, which is received from at least one of the electric components, and performing controls relating to the electric component information based on the reliability.
US11513525B2
A main server for controlling laser irradiation of a movement path of a robot, the main server including a communication unit configured to communicate with a camera module and a laser irradiation module; and a controller configured to: receive, via the communication unit, an image of a robot captured by the camera module, identify a location of the robot in the image captured by the camera module, generate a movement path of the robot based on sensing information, and transmit, via the communication unit, movement path information to the laser irradiation module for outputting the movement path to a vicinity of the robot with a laser for the robot to follow, in which the sensing information includes first information about an obstacle sensed by the camera module or second information about the obstacle sensed by the laser irradiation module.
US11513514B2
A location processing device includes a selection member configured to select multiple flight vehicles to form a flight group. The location processing device also includes a determination member configured to determine first relative location information of the multiple flight vehicles of the flight group while instructing an operation device configured to control the multiple flight vehicles to perform operations.
US11513513B2
A method for invoking a teleoperated driving session for a transportation vehicle equipped with an automated driving function, hereinafter called teleoperated driving session, wherein the transportation vehicle is equipped with a number of environment detection sensors and a communication module for communicating to a control center computer. The method includes determining a quality of service prediction for the communication between the transportation vehicle and the control center computer for the time when the teleoperated driving session is invoked, and selecting the class of data to be exchanged with the control center computer during the teleoperated driving session based on the QoS prediction. The method includes selecting the control category for the teleoperated driving session based on at least the available end-to-end latency presented in the QoS prediction and starting the teleoperated driving session with the selected control category and selected data class to be exchanged with the control center computer.
US11513508B2
A method, a component, and an electronic device relating to the field of industrial automation technology, particularly relating to the creation of a human machine interface, and are used for automatically creating an HMI of a system. The method for creating an HMI comprises: a first component of a system receives, via an HMI, a first command for creating an HMI for the system; the first component obtains, from each searched and found second component of the system an HMI resource of each of the second components; and the first component creates, on the basis of an HMI resource of the first component and the obtained HMI resource from each of the second components, the HMI for the system. One component of the system collects the HMI resource of another component of the system and creates the HMI for the whole system, providing a method for automatically creating the HMI for the system.
US11513506B2
A method (400) for configuring an industrial automation system (1) for internet-of-things accessibility involves a computing device (101) which a) receives (410) a first user input indicative of a functional object (70) representing one or more low-level devices (10) and/or automation devices (20) and/or supervising and production control devices (30). The computing device (101) also b) receives (420) a second user input indicative of a cloud object (72) representing a cloud service provider (3) being external to the industrial automation system (1). The computing device (101) further c) receives (430) a third user input indicative of a user terminal object (74) representing a user terminal device (4) being external to the industrial automation system (1). The computing device (101) then d) causes (440) the cloud service provider (3) to enable communication between the user terminal device (4) and at least one (2) of the devices (10, 20, 30) in the industrial automation system (1) as represented by the functional object (70) via the cloud service provider (3).
US11513501B2
An object is to read the information of a feature shape included in a machining program so as to calculate a control command suitable for machining processing on the feature shape. A numerical controller (300) includes: a feature detection unit (302) which detects the feature of a machined shape from a machining program that commands the movement of a tool or a workpiece; an inward-turning amount calculation unit (303) which calculates, based on a servo parameter of a servo controller (400) that drives the tool or the workpiece, the feature of the machined shape detected from the machining program and a machining requirement that specifies a machining condition, a relation formula that determines the inward-turning amount of a machining path with respect to a program path; and a feedrate determination unit (304) which determines a feedrate that is optimized with the relation formula.
US11513498B2
A controller may configure the machine to operate in a plurality of modes including a manned control mode, a remote control mode, and an autonomous control mode. The controller may receive a request to cause the machine to perform an action; and determine a requested mode of operation of the machine associated with the request. The requested mode of operation may be one of the plurality of modes. The controller may selectively deny the request or enable the machine to perform the action based on a priority assigned to a current mode of operation of the machine and a priority assigned to the requested mode of operation.
US11513491B2
A system for production of liquid food (P) comprises a food processing arrangement (2) and a computer device (3), e.g. a PLC. The computer device (3) sequentially executes a control program (5A) to control the food processing arrangement (2) to perform processing steps for producing the liquid food (P) from one or more ingredients in accordance with a predefined recipe. The program comprises command instructions that each allocates a respective processing step to a predefined control command among a predefined set. To enable parallelism, despite the sequential execution by the computer device (3), the set of control commands comprises a start command which is associated, by the computer device (3), with an action of: starting the food processing step that is allocated to the start command and proceeding, without waiting for the food processing step to be completed, to a subsequent instruction in the list of instructions.
US11513490B2
A safety instrumented system (SIS) includes safety controllers, and safety input/output (I/O) modules coupled to safety field devices that are coupled in parallel with a process control system's field devices to processing equipment which is configured and controlled to run a process. An I/O mesh network between the safety controllers and the safety I/O modules is configured for selecting any safety controller to become coupled to any safety I/O module to function as a pool of safety I/O modules so that any safety controller is configurable to receive sensor signals from and transmit control signals to any safety field device. The safety field devices are for monitoring process variable(s) for the process so that when one of the safety controllers recognizes a hazardous condition regarding the processing equipment, the SIS independently takes action to keep the processing equipment under control or bring it to a safe state.
US11513488B2
Among other things, techniques are described for controlling power of electronic devices of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle includes a power source, a power distribution unit configured to control power to at least one electronic device from the power source, a first processor configured for communicating power commands to the power distribution unit. The power distribution unit comprises a second processor configured to execute computer executable instructions stored in computer-readable medium for carrying out operations including adjusting a power distribution from the vehicle power source to the at least one electronic device based on a power command received from the first processor.
US11513460B2
When sheets having the same surface property and grammage are registered on a size basis, adjustment value registration operations need to be repeated for the respective sheets as many as these sizes. An image forming apparatus that includes a display unit and forms an image on a sheet sets a setting value of adjustment influenced by the characteristics of the image forming apparatus upon forming an image by using a sheet, and then displays a sheet list which displays a list of a plurality of types of sheets on a display unit and reflects the set setting value on at least one sheet selected from the sheet list.
US11513455B1
A conductive roller includes a support member, an elastic layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support member, and an outer layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer. The elastic layer includes a cylindrical elastic foam and has a Young□s modulus of 150 kPa or less.
US11513454B1
A conductive roll includes a support member, an elastic layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support member, a surface layer disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the elastic layer and the surface layer, the intermediate layer having a Poisson ratio of 0.40 or less.
US11513453B2
According to one embodiment, the developing device includes a developing case containing toner, a mixer configured to diffuse the toner in the developing case, and a developing roller configured to develop a latent image formed on an image carrier. The developing case includes a circulation path through which air containing the toner flows. The developing roller is partially exposed from the developing case. The developing roller includes a sleeve rotating along with the movement of the image carrier and a plurality of magnetic pole portions disposed inside the sleeve. The developing roller holds the toner on the sleeve and supplies the toner to the image carrier to develop the latent image. The developing device further includes a magnet disposed apart from the developing roller. The magnet faces one of the magnetic pole portions across the sleeve.
US11513452B2
A developing cartridge may include a developing roller, a casing capable of containing a developer therein, a developing electrode movable with the casing and the developing roller and pivotable about a developing roller shaft of the developing roller in a direction, a first lever movable relative to the casing, and a holder configured to hold the first lever relative to the casing, in case where the developing electrode pivots from one side of the direction to an other side of the direction, the first lever stops the pivotable movement of the developing electrode from one side of the direction to the other side of the direction and the holder prevents the first lever from coming off the holder from the one side of the direction to the other side of the direction.
US11513450B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; an optical scanner configured to cause a plurality of light beams to scan simultaneously on a surface of the photoconductor; a pixel size calculator configured to calculate a pixel size corresponding to a scanning position of each of the light beams; a light-quantity value quantization converter configured to quantize a light-quantity value corresponding to the scanning position of each of the light beams; a storage configured to store conversion data for conversion from image density data into a light beam driving signal; a signal converter configured to perform, with the conversion data, conversion from the image density data into the light beam driving signal; a selector configured to select the conversion data, according to the pixel size calculator and the light-quantity value quantization converter; and a light source configured to emit the plurality of light beams, based on driving data obtained through conversion by a driving data converter with the conversion data selected by the selector, in which a number of pieces of the conversion data correspond to a number resulting from a number of obtainable pixel size values×a number of obtainable light-quantity quantized values×a number of light beams.
US11513448B2
Provided is a liquid developer containing a carrier liquid with an SP value of not more than 8.20, a toner particle that is insoluble in the carrier liquid, and a toner particle dispersing agent, wherein the toner particle contains a polyester resin with an acid value of from 5 mg KOH/g to 50 mg KOH/g, a number-average molecular weight of the polyester resin is from 3,500 to 20,000, the toner particle dispersing agent is a polymer having a primary amino group, an amine value of the polymer having the primary amino group is from 30 mg KOH/g to 200 mg KOH/g, and a ratio of a total number of acid groups in the polyester resin relative to a total number of amino groups in the polymer having the primary amino group is from 1.0 to 10.0.
US11513444B2
The present disclosure provides a system. The system includes a metrology tool configured to collect overlay errors from a patterned substrate; and a controller module coupled to the metrology tool and configured to generate an overlay compensation from the collected overlay errors, wherein the generating of the overlay compensation includes identifying a portion of the overlay errors as a set of outliers, identifying inside the set of outliers overlay errors not due to reticle effects, thereby creating a set of noise, excluding the set of noise from overlay errors, thereby creating a set of filtered overlay errors, and calculating the overlay compensation based on the set of filtered overlay errors.
US11513442B2
A method for determining a metric of a feature on a substrate obtained by a semiconductor manufacturing process involving a lithographic process, the method including: obtaining an image of at least part of the substrate, wherein the image includes at least the feature; determining a contour of the feature from the image; determining a plurality of segments of the contour; determining respective weights for each of the plurality of segments; determining, for each of the segments, an image-related metric; and determining the metric of the feature in dependence on the weights and the calculated image-related metric of each of the segments.
US11513434B1
A projector mount assembly for a sports enclosure includes a frame structure mountable to rear and front cross beams of a sports enclosure, at least one extension bracket secured to the frame structure and mountable to the front cross beam, and a projector mounting arm mounted to the at least one extension bracket and extending forwardly therefrom. The projector mounting arm is adapted to support, and facilitate front-to-back adjustment of, a projector. The projector mounting arm is pivotable relative to the at least one extension bracket to facilitate adjustment of an elevation of the projector.
US11513428B1
A camera built into a cylindrical housing couples to a stand with a stand member that inserts into an opening having a magnet attracted to ferromagnetic material integrated in the stand member. The stand member may couple to a bracket that holds the camera at a display or to a tripod that places the camera between the display and an end user participating in a video conference. A lens cover couples over a front face of the camera with magnetic attraction and is stored at a rear face of the camera with magnetic attraction. In various embodiments, sensors detect lens cap and/or stand member position to control camera power and/or camera visual image capture operations.
US11513422B2
A lens apparatus includes an aperture stop, a driving device configured to drive the aperture stop, a storage storing a driving instruction value for driving the aperture stop, and a controller configured to perform control of the driving device based on the driving instruction value. The storage stores the driving instruction value, among a plurality of ones of the driving instruction value, by which an absolute value of a difference, between a target aperture value and an actual aperture value obtained by the control, that is largest with respect to a plurality of ones of the drive amount is minimized.
US11513420B2
A radiation source for emitting terahertz radiation (6) is specified, comprising at least two laser light sources emitting laser radiation (11, 12) of different frequencies, and a photomixer (5) comprising a photoconductive semiconductor material (51) and an antenna structure (52), the photomixer (5) being configured to emit the laser radiation (11, 12) of the laser light sources (1, 2) and emitting terahertz radiation (6) with at least one beat frequency of the laser light sources, and wherein the at least two laser light sources are surface-emitting semiconductor lasers (1, 2) which are arranged in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array on a common carrier (10).
US11513417B2
A reconfigurable integrated optical microswitch device (1) comprises a base layer (100), an adhesive layer (102) made of non-conducting material, a first layer of driving electrodes (104) arranged above the non-conducting adhesive layer (102), a layer of electro-optical material (106) arranged on the first layer of driving electrodes (104), a plurality of waveguides (50) afforded in the layer of electro-optical material (106), and a second layer of driving electrodes (110), arranged above the layer of electro-optical material (106) and connected to the plurality of waveguides (50). The device further comprises a layer of dielectric insulating material (108) arranged between the layer of electro-optical material (106) and the second layer of driving electrodes (110).
US11513415B2
A foldable electrophoretic display that is flexible and may be folded in a book-like fashion. Foldable electrophoretic display modules that can be separately manufactured and incorporated into a variety of foldable devices with differing functionality as needed by the consumer. In some embodiments, the resulting foldable electrophoretic display may include touch sensing, a front light, color, and a digitizing layer to record interactions with a stylus. In some embodiments, the display includes a color filter array.
US11513405B2
A display device capable of improving image quality is provided. A display device includes a plurality of pixel blocks in a display region. The pixel blocks each include a first circuit and a plurality of second circuits. The first circuit has a function of adding a plurality of pieces of data supplied from a source driver. The second circuit includes a display element and has a function of performing display in accordance with the added data. One pixel has a configuration including one second circuit and an component of the first circuit that is shared. When the first circuit is shared by a plurality of pixels, the aperture ratio can be increased.
US11513399B2
The present application discloses a display panel, a display device, and a manufacturing method. The display panel includes a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, where a color of each first pixel is different from that of each second pixel; the first pixels are configured as a high domain region, and the second pixels are configured as a low domain region; the number of alignment regions of the high domain region is greater than that of alignment regions of the low domain region; and the lightness of the first pixels is higher than that of the second pixels.
US11513394B2
A dual-die device, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The dual-die device includes: a first light emitting die for emitting light containing short-wave blue light; a second light emitting die for emitting light from which short-wave blue light is filtered out; and a control circuit. The control circuit is connected to the first light emitting die and the second light emitting die, and configured to control the first light emitting die or the second light emitting die to be turned on.
US11513391B2
An optical structure includes a high refractive-index layer and a low refractive-index layer laminated on the high refractive-index layer and having a refractive index lower than that of the high refractive-index layer, and is disposed on a display surface of a display device. An interface between the layers has a concave-and-convex shape, and each of a concavity and a convexity in the shape has a flat portion extending in a surface direction of the layers. A side surface of the concave-and-convex shape, which extends between the flat portions of the concavity and convexity, is a curved surface or a folded surface that is convex to the low refractive-index layer. A difference between a maximum angle and a minimum angle, which are defined between the side surface of the concave-and-convex shape and a normal direction of the layers, is not less than 3 degrees and not more than 60 degrees.
US11513390B2
A display device including a lower cover; a circuit substrate on the lower cover; a plurality of light sources disposed on the circuit substrate; a reflection layer disposed on the lower cover; a light regulating pattern disposed close to an edge of the reflection layer; and an optical sheet disposed on the light sources. Further, a width of the light regulating pattern changes along the edge of the reflection layer.
US11513389B2
A light emitting module according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lightguide plate having an upper surface in which a first hole is defined, and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface; and a light emitting element on a lower surface side of the lightguide plate, the light emitting element facing the first hole. The upper surface of the lightguide plate includes a first region defining a plurality of protrusions and/or recesses. A ratio of an area occupied by the plurality of protrusions and/or recesses per unit area in a plan view increases concentrically in an outward direction from the light emitting element.
US11513387B2
A polarizing plate for IPS mode and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a first protective layer on an upper surface of the polarizer; and a second protective layer on a lower surface of the polarizer, wherein, assuming an axis of the polarizer having a high index of refraction in an in-plane direction of the polarizer is a reference axis (0°), an angle of an axis of the first protective layer having a low index of refraction in the in-plane direction thereof is in a range of about −5° to +5°, the first protective layer has an in-plane retardation Re of about 5,000 nm or more at a wavelength of 550 nm, the second protective layer includes a positive C plate layer, and the second protective layer satisfies at least one of Relations 1 and 2.
US11513380B2
Embodiments of a dual-sided transparent display panel are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a first layer of electro-optic material, the first layer of electro-optic material including an outer surface and an inner surface; a second layer of electro-optic material, the second layer of electro-optic material including an outer surface and an inner surface; a waveguide disposed between the inner surface of the first layer of electro-optic material and the inner surface of the second layer of electro-optic material; one or more light sources disposed along an edge of the waveguide that is perpendicular to the inner and outer surfaces of the first and second layers of electro-optic material; a first grating coating adjacent to the outer surface of the first layer of electro-optic material; and a second grating coating adjacent to the outer surface of the second layer of electro-optic material.
US11513375B2
A thermo-optic phase shifter comprises an optical waveguide comprising a P-type region comprising a first contact, an N-type region comprising a second contact, and a waveguide region disposed between the P-type region and the N-type region and having a raised portion. The thermo-optic phase shifter further comprises one or more heating elements. The one or more heating elements include one or more discrete resistive heating elements or the P-type and N-type regions driven as resistive heating elements.
US11513364B2
Provided is a lens driver including a shake correction part, a lens module capable of driving in a direction horizontal to an optical axis of a reflected light, a shaft for supporting the lens module, an upper cover, a lower cover, a magnet, a coil, and a yoke. The shake correction part is provided with a prism, a prism cover, a second holding frame, a support part that performs double-shaft supporting, a shaft a of the shake correction part, and another shaft b of the shake correction part. The prism is rotatable in a direction a and a rotation direction b with respect to an optical axis of an incident light. The prism is mounted on the first holding frame on the fixture base. The lens driver provided can adjust movement of the optical axis, thereby achieving anti-dithering and thus obtaining good image quality.
US11513357B2
An image display device includes, an imaging light generation part configured to generate an imaging light having a single color, a light-guiding plate, an incident side diffraction element provided at a light incident part of the light-guiding plate, and configured to cause the imaging light to enter the light-guiding plate, an exit side diffraction element provided at a light emitting part of the light-guiding plate, and configured to cause the imaging light propagating within the light-guiding plate to exit, and an angle dependent reflective film provided between the light-guiding plate and the exit side diffraction element, and having a reflectance varying depending on magnitude of a propagation angle of the imaging light, in which the reflectance for the imaging light propagating at a relatively small propagation angle is larger than the reflectance for the imaging light propagating at a relatively large propagation angle.
US11513356B2
Optical combiners are provided. The optical combiner may have a see through optically transparent substrate and a patterned region included in the optically transparent substrate and disposed along a wave propagation axis of the substrate. The patterned region may be partially optically reflective and partially optically transparent. The patterned region may comprise a plurality of optically transparent regions of the optically transparent substrate and a plurality of optically reflective regions inclined relative to the optical transparent substrate wave propagation axis. Augmented reality optical apparatus, such a head up display, may include the optical combiner.
US11513354B2
A light guide for guiding light for an HMD includes at least one input coupling structure and at least one output coupling structure. The output coupling structure can be oriented such that for all the rays that are coupled out by the output coupling structure and for which the wave vector k has a negative ratio ky/kxz after they have been coupled out, the wave vector k in the light guide has a ratio of ky/kxz of greater than −0.2, and/or that for all the rays that are coupled out by the output coupling structure and for which the wave vector k has a positive ratio ky/kxz after they have been coupled out, the wave vector k in the light guide has a ratio of ky/kxz of less than +0.2.
US11513347B2
A laser scanning unit includes a light source portion, a scanning portion, a first correction portion, and a second correction portion. The light source portion outputs a plurality of light beams. The scanning portion scans the plurality of light beams to form a plurality of electrostatic latent images, respectively corresponding to a plurality of colors including at least one reference color and at least one non-reference color, in an image forming portion. The first correction portion applies an external mechanical force to an optical element located in a path of a reference beam, corresponding to the reference color, among the plurality of light beams to correct distortion of a scan line of the reference beam. The second correction portion controls the light source portion to correct distortion of a scan line of a non-reference beam, corresponding to the non-reference color, among the plurality of light beams.
US11513339B2
An optical module includes a support layer, a device layer which is provided on the support layer, and a movable mirror which is mounted in the device layer. The device layer has a mounting region which is penetrated by the movable mirror, and a driving region which is connected to the mounting region. A space corresponding to at least the mounting region and the driving region is formed between the support layer and the device layer. A portion of the movable mirror is positioned in the space.
US11513332B2
Provided is a microscope apparatus including: a microscope section configured to perform magnified observation of a subject's eye while obtaining a red reflex caused by irradiating a fundus of the subject's eye with illuminating light; a holding section configured to hold the microscope section; and a tilting section configured to tilt an illumination optical axis which is an optical axis of an illumination optical system, and an observation optical axis which is an optical axis of an observation optical system in the microscope section, around a tilt reference point in an interior of the subject's eye as a base point, while maintaining a substantially coaxial state between the illumination optical axis and the observation optical axis.
US11513324B2
A camera module includes a circuit board; an image sensor mounted on the circuit board and electrically connected with the circuit boards, the image sensor comprising an array of focal planes; a barrel mounted on the circuit board with a cavity formed between the barrel and the circuit board, the image sensor being received in the cavity; and a lens stack array mounted to the barrel and spaced from the image sensor, the lens stack array comprising a plurality of first lens stacks, second lens stacks, third lens stacks, each of the lens stacks corresponding to one of the focal planes. The first lens stacks, the second lens stacks and the third lens stacks have different field of view and are combined in a single camera module, which enables a compact solution in a form of single camera module that traditionally requires multiple camera modules.
US11513322B2
Provided is a camera optical lens, which includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens having a negative refractive power; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a negative refractive power; a sixth lens having a negative refractive power; a seventh lens having a positive refractive power; and an eighth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.50≤f1/f≤6.50; f2≤0.00; and 1.55≤n5≤1.70, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; and n5 denotes a refractive index of the fifth lens. The present disclosure can achieve high optical performance while achieving ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having a big aperture.
US11513321B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of optical lenses and provides a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens; a seventh lens; and an eighth lens. The camera optical lens satisfies following conditions: 3.50≤f1/f≤6.50; f2≤0; and 1.55≤n7≤1.70, where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f1 denotes a focal length of the first lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; and n7 denotes a refractive index of the seventh lens. The present disclosure can achieve ultra-thin, wide-angle lenses having a big aperture.
US11513320B2
There is provided a compact imaging lens configured to properly correct aberrations. The imaging lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens L1 having negative refractive power, a second lens L2 having positive refractive power, a third lens L3 having negative refractive power, a fourth lens L4, a fifth lens L5, a sixth lens L6, a seventh lens L7, and an eighth lens L8 having negative refractive power. The eighth lens L8 has an aspheric image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
US11513309B2
A lens apparatus attachable to an imaging apparatus via an accessory, the lens apparatus includes an acquirer configured to acquire first power information indicating power available for the accessory, a determiner configured to determine second power information indicating power available for the lens apparatus based on the first power information, and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the imaging apparatus, the second power information or power information relating to the first power information and the second power information.
US11513308B2
A camera module includes: a magnet disposed on a lens module; a bearing member disposed in a ball guide portion formed between the lens module and a housing that accommodates the lens module; a coil disposed in the housing to face the magnet; and a yoke member disposed on the housing to interact with the magnet to generate a biased magnetic force.
US11513304B2
A connector box has a housing forming a space and a cover configured to provide access to the space, a plurality of connectors configured to enable selective connection of fiber optic cables within the enclosed space, and a drop cable entrance assembly configured to provide an opening for one or more drop cables to enter the space in the housing. The drop cable entrance assembly has a housing opening portion providing access to the space from an exterior of the housing and having a removable plate and a grommet, and a cable clamp portion configured to hold the one or more drop cables in place via contact pressure.
US11513296B2
An optical component having an NA conversion function which enables arraying without lowering a product yield, with small size and a simple assembly process. There is provided an optical component using a capillary type lens array in which plural graded index lenses each of which is surrounded with glass capillary in all circumferential directions, in which a refractive index distribution constant of the plurality of graded index lenses at one end of the optical component in an optical axis direction of the graded index lens is smaller than a refractive index distribution constant of the plurality of graded index lenses at other end of the optical component in the optical axis direction of the graded index lens.
US11513293B2
A system for positioning an optical preform in a furnace is provided that includes an upper muffle and a downfeed handle assembly with a tube defining a first end and a second end, the second end extending into the upper muffle. A handle is disposed within the tube. A second end of the handle extends into the upper muffle and a seal assembly is positioned around both the tube and the handle. The first end of the handle extends through the seal assembly and a drive assembly is coupled with the downfeed handle.
US11513287B2
The present disclosure provides a waveguide structure including an optical component. The optical component includes a plurality of grating coupler teeth over a semiconductive substrate and a plurality of grating coupler openings between adjacent grating coupler teeth, wherein the grating coupler openings are configured to receive a light wave. Each of the grating coupler teeth includes a dielectric stack and an etch stopper embedded in the dielectric stack, wherein the etch stopper has a resistance to a fluorine solution that is higher than that of the dielectric stack. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is also provided.
US11513273B1
Disclosed is an optical fiber lantern, which aims to provide an optical fiber lantern with good integrity, simple structure, strong stability and high aesthetics. The key points of the technical solutions are that the lamp beads are directly powered by a low-voltage power supply or a plug-in power supply, and after the lamp beads emit light, the light is transmitted to a periphery of the petals or the flower core part of the bouquet by optical fiber rods. The low-voltage power supply mode adopted has small use limitation, strong practicability and simple structure, and the present invention is suitable for the technical field of handicraft lanterns.
US11513270B2
An optical body including: a first optical layer which has a surface having a convex profile in which a plurality of one-directionally extending elongated convex portions are one-dimensionally aligned in one direction; an inorganic layer disposed on the surface of the first optical layer on a side having the convex profile and a second optical layer disposed on a side of the inorganic layer so that the convex profile is embedded; wherein the convex profile meets at least one of the following (1) to (4): (1) a height varies in an extending direction in each of the elongated convex portions, (2) a ridge portion meanders in a direction perpendicular to both the extending direction and a height direction of the convex portion in each of the elongated convex portions, (3) heights of the elongated convex portions adjacent to each other are different from each other, and (4) a triangular prism-shaped convex portion and an elongated convex portion having a curved surface are adjacent to each other.
US11513268B2
The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a modulated optically diffractive grating and a corresponding grating. The method comprises providing a substrate and manufacturing a plurality of temporary elements onto the substrate, the temporary elements being arranged in a periodic pattern comprising at least two periods having different element characteristics. Next, a first deposition layer is deposited so as to at least partially cover the temporary elements with the first deposition layer and the temporary elements are removed from the substrate in order to form onto the substrate a modulated diffractive grating of first grating elements made of the first deposition layer, the pattern comprising within each period a plurality of first grating elements and one more gaps between the first grating elements. The invention allows for producing high-quality gratings with locally varying diffraction efficiency.
US11513263B2
A light-diffuser includes a transparent resin and transparent particles dispersed in the transparent resin. The transparent resin has a refractive index different from that of the transparent particles, and at least one portion of an outer perimeter of each of the transparent particles, respectively, is made compatible with the transparent resin disposed in the vicinity of the transparent particles, respectively.
US11513261B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a light source lens that makes it possible to improve unevenness in a luminance distribution, an illumination unit, and a display unit. A light source lens (1) according to the present disclosure includes an incident surface on which light from a light-emitting device is incident, and an exit surface (20) that has a diffusing function at a center part (21) for light incident through the incident surface as well as a light-condensing function at at least a portion of an intermediate part (22) and a peripheral part (23) for the light incident through the incident surface.
US11513256B2
Described herein are methods and systems for locating lightning activity. A server computing device receives, from a satellite that detects lightning activity occurring in a geographic region, location coordinates and time data associated with lightning activity detected by the satellite. The server captures, from at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors that detect lightning activity, lightning feature data for lightning activity detected by the at least one of one or more ground-based lightning sensors. The server computing device determines a location of the lightning activity within the geographic region using the lightning feature data and the location coordinates and time data. The server computing device transmits the determined location of the lightning activity to one or more remote computing devices.
US11513255B2
Disclosed is a method of conditioning one or more parametric models. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of candidate parametric models, each describing a sequence of domains characterising a subsurface region and determining whether each sequence of domains described by one or more of said candidate parametric models is a valid sequence of domains. For each valid sequence of domains, each candidate parametric model describing that valid sequence of domains (or a subset of these models) is conditioned simultaneously, for example by using an Ensemble Kalman Filter or artificial neural network.
US11513250B2
Systems and methods are described for extended foreign object detection (FOD) signal processing. In aspects, an oscillator reset is implemented in a FOD system to mitigate the effects of intermodulation products. In addition, dynamic frequency allocation is implemented to avoid high noise desensitizing the FOD system. Also, a slow sampling mode is implemented to increase a tolerance to transient foreign objects. Reference tracking and auto-recovery is implemented to bridge power outages. Additionally, the FOD system is configured to support position finding for determining an alignment between the vehicle pad and the base pad using a passive beacon transponder circuit and to perform beacon response cancellation as needed in concurrent FOD operation.
US11513245B2
An artificial intelligence calculation method and apparatus for monitoring an earthquake in real time based on edge cloud cooperation is applied to a micro-earthquake data processing system. The micro-earthquake data processing system includes an edge calculation device and a remote server in communication connection with the edge calculation device. The remote server deploys a micro-earthquake data analyzing model based on an artificial intelligence to the edge calculation device in advance. The method includes steps of receiving, by the remote server, effective event data related to the micro-earthquake from the edge calculation device; performing a transfer training to the micro-earthquake data analyzing model by the remote server according to the effective event data; and updating the model after the micro-earthquake data analyzing model that has been transfer-trained is transmitted to the edge calculation device by the remote server.
US11513244B1
A system that considers meteorological data and geophysical data on a recursive basis to generate advanced warning of conditions which may cause imminent damage to infrastructure as a result of upcoming or recent meteorological and geophysical characteristics for any given geographic region is provided. A set of novel seismic risk factors, surficial geology rating factors, expansive soils rating factors, soil hydrology rating factors, topography rating factors, climatic rating factors, seismic activity rating factors, seismic fault rating factors and global weighting factors is provided.
US11513241B2
Detection substrate, detection panel and photoelectric detection device are provided. The detection substrate includes: a detection region and a non-detection region surrounding the detection region, wherein the detection region includes a plurality of detection units in an array and a plurality of bias voltage lines; each of the detection units includes: a driving circuit, and a photoelectric conversion circuit electrically connected with the driving circuit; wherein the bias voltage lines are electrically connected with the photoelectric conversion circuits; the non-detection region comprises: input terminals electrically connected with the bias voltage lines, and voltage compensation circuits electrically connected between the input terminals and the bias voltage lines; and the voltage compensation circuits are configured to offset a voltage generated by the photoelectric conversion circuits under ambient light in a manufacturing process of the detection substrate.
US11513231B2
The technology described herein recalibrates a structured light sensor in the field using time-of-flight sensor data. Structured light sensors are sensitive to mechanical changes that result in decreased accuracy. A structured light system calculates the range to an object by comparing a reference image to the actual image of the scene. The reference image is what the projected light pattern would look like on a flat object at a known distance. When the projected image changes, the reference image no longer matches the projected pattern. The calibration technology described herein captures a new reference image based on the current sensor characteristics using a time-of-flight capable sensor as the structured light imaging sensor.
US11513227B2
A system includes a target illumination laser (TIL) configured to generate a TIL beam that illuminates a target and a beacon illumination laser (BIL) configured to generate a BIL beam that creates a spot on the target. The system also includes an imaging sensor configured to capture both (i) first images of the target containing reflected TIL energy from the TIL beam without reflected BIL energy from the BIL beam and (ii) second images of the target containing reflected TIL energy from the TIL beam and reflected BIL energy from the BIL beam. The system further includes at least one controller configured to perform target tracking using the first images and boresight error compensation using the second images.
US11513222B2
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels and photo gate controller circuitry. Each pixel may transmit a pixel signal, corresponding to a photoelectric signal, in response to a photo gate signal in a frame. The photo gate controller circuitry may generate photo gate signals and transmit photo gate signals to the pixels. The photo gate controller circuitry includes a first delay circuit configured to transmit first delay clock signals each being delayed with respect to a reference clock signal by a certain amount of time and a second delay circuit configured to transmit second delay clock signals each being delayed with respect to the reference clock signal by a certain amount of time. The pixels are each configured to selectively receive signals, as the photo gate signals, among the delay clock signals output from the first delay circuit and the delay clock signals output from the second delay circuit.
US11513213B2
A method for processing a radar signal is provided. The method may include receiving chirps of a radar signal, sampling the radar signal, dividing the samples that correspond to the chirp of the radar signal into at least two virtual chirps, and processing the radar signal based on the at least two virtual chirps. Also, a corresponding device is provided.
US11513210B2
A sensor cluster device including a radar sensor configured to receive electromagnetic waves reflected from an object so as to acquire information on the object, a lidar sensor configured to receive laser beams reflected from the object so as to acquire information on the object, a camera sensor configured to acquire information from an image in which surroundings of the object are captured, an infrared sensor that detects heat radiated from peripheral objects in the surroundings of the object to observe the object and the peripheral objects, a body member having a front surface on which the radar sensor, the lidar sensor, the camera sensor, and the infrared sensor are installed, and a heat dissipation member configured to discharge heat, which is transferred to the body member, to the outside.
US11513209B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe mechanisms for radio frequency (RF) ranging between pairs of radio units based on radio signals exchanged between units. An exemplary radio system may include a first radio unit, configured to transmit a first radio signal, and a second radio unit configured to receive the first radio signal, adjust a reference clock signal of the second radio unit based on the first radio signal, and transmit a second radio signal generated based on the adjusted reference clock signal. Such a radio system may further include a processing unit for determining a distance between the first and second radio units based on a phase difference between the first radio signal as transmitted by the first radio unit and the second radio signal as received at the first radio unit. Disclosed mechanisms may enable accurate RF ranging using low-cost, low-power radio units.
US11513207B2
Display control devices and methods are provided. Vital functions of a person are detected using a radar circuit, and power consumption of a display is controlled based on the detected vital functions.
US11513204B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to combine frames of overlapping scanning systems are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a time delay controller to determine a first time value and a second time value, the first time value different from the second time value; a capture synchronizer to, in response to the first time value corresponding to a first time, capture a first frame from a first scanning system and, in response to the second time value corresponding to a second time, capture a second frame from a second scanning system; and a capture combiner to combine the first frame and the second frame into a third frame, the third frame including data from the first frame and data from the second frame.
US11513202B2
An electronic distance meter comprises a coupler located between a laser source and a target and adapted to divert a portion of measurement light emitted by the laser source into a calibration portion connected to a photodetector and comprising an attenuator between said coupler and said photodetector for varying the luminance value of the light passing through the calibration portion, said calibration portion having a known length and said processor being configured to perform distance measurements through the calibration portion at a variety of luminance values achieved by said attenuator to derive calibration values from said distance measurements and said known length, said processor being further configured to use said calibration values for determining a target distance based on a return pulse signal.
US11513200B2
The present technology relates to a distance measuring device and a distance measuring method that inhibit possible noise in a pixel signal based on reflected light from an object to allow accuracy of distance measurement to be maintained. A distance measuring device according to an aspect of the present technology includes a light emitting section emitting irradiation light, a light receiving section receiving reflected light corresponding to the irradiation light reflected at an object, a calculation section calculating a distance to the object on the basis of a time from emission of the irradiation light until reception of the reflected light, and a control section controlling emission of the irradiation light. The light receiving section includes a plurality of AD converting section AD-converting pixel signals read from the pixels. A first pixel signal and a second pixel signal respectively read from a first pixel and a second pixel of the plurality of pixels forming the light receiving section are AD-converted by an identical AD converting section of the plurality of AD converting sections, the first and second pixels being adjacent to each other. During a process of calculating the time, the calculation section calculates a difference between the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal AD-converted by the identical AD converting section.
US11513190B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to test RADAR integrated circuits. A radar circuit comprising a local oscillator (LO), a transmitter coupled to the LO and configured to be coupled to a transmission network, a receiver configured to be coupled to the transmission network, and a controller coupled to the LO, the transmitter, and the receiver, the controller to cause the LO to generate a frequency modulated continuous waveform (FMCW), cause the transmitter to modulate the FMCW as a modulated FMCW, cause the transmitter to transmit the modulated FMCW via the transmission network and the receiver to obtain a received FMCW from the transmission network, and in response to obtaining the received FMCW from the receiver, generate a performance characteristic of the radar circuit based on the received FMCW.
US11513186B2
A system may include a computing device including a processor. The processor may be configured to: for correlation threads having populated queues, execute at least some of the correlation threads in parallel, wherein execution of each of the at least some of the correlation threads results in at least one of: at least one new radar track or at least one updated existing radar track; and output each new radar track and each updated existing radar track.
US11513181B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of radio frequency chains at a wireless device in a block based modulation environment, recording subcarrier phases and differences between the subcarrier phases, and using the subcarrier phase differences to construct a feature vector for use in angle of arrival calculated positioning of a mobile device.
US11513150B1
A system detects cracks in solder joints on a printed circuit board (PCB). The system includes a device, a signal generator, a termination resistor, and a detector. The device includes a first contact and a second contact coupled to the first contact. The device is soldered to the PCB by a first solder joint at the first contact and by a second solder joint at the second contact. The signal generator has a test signal output coupled to the first solder joint. The termination resistor has a first terminal coupled to the second solder joint, and a second terminal coupled to a ground plane of the PCB. The detector receives a reflected signal that is a reflection of the test signal from at least one of the first solder joint, the second solder joint, and the termination resistor. The detector provides an indication as to whether or not at least one of the first solder joint and the second solder joint is cracked based upon a magnitude of the reflected signal.
US11513148B2
A method, a system and a tangible product and non-transitory computer program are provided to automatically identify electrical installations in an electrical distribution system that are likely to exhibit an electrical non-conformity (ENC). The method requires only electrical profiles collected from meters and IT tools, without the need for any other sub-metering equipment. The method includes the steps of recovering electrical profiles generated by the meters; applying algorithmic processing associated with indicators of an ENC on the profiles; and identifying electrical installations likely to exhibit an ENC, according to the indicators that have met their target conditions. The method may include the recovery of local meteorological data and nominal data related to the electrical installations to confirm or deny that the identified electrical installations are likely to be non-conforming.
US11513147B2
A noise detection circuit includes a first transistor configured to receive a delayed version of a clock signal; a second transistor configured to receive a delayed version of a reference clock signal; and a latch circuit, coupled to the first transistor at a first node and coupled to the second transistor at a second node, and configured to latch logic states of voltage levels at the first and second nodes, respectively, based on whether a timing difference between transition edges of the clock signal and the reference clock signal exceeds a pre-defined timing offset threshold.
US11513146B2
A method for generating a calibration curve of asphalt concrete of a known mix. Initially, a single sample of the known asphalt concrete mix is obtained. The single sample has a known percent voids. A dielectric measurement of the single sample is obtained. Using only the dielectric measurement of the single sample, the sample's known percent voids, and a dielectric of air, a theoretical ideal dielectric for the asphalt concrete mix at 0% voids is computed. A dielectric vs. percent voids calibration curve is generated based on the computed ideal dielectric.
US11513145B2
A semiconductor test device for measuring a contact resistance includes: first fin structures, upper portions of the first fin structures protruding from an isolation insulating layer; epitaxial layers formed on the upper portions of the first fin structures, respectively; first conductive layers formed on the epitaxial layers, respectively; a first contact layer disposed on the first conductive layers at a first point; a second contact layer disposed on the first conductive layers at a second point apart from the first point; a first pad coupled to the first contact layer via a first wiring; and a second pad coupled to the second contact layer via a second wiring. The semiconductor test device is configured to measure the contact resistance between the first contact layer and the first fin structures by applying a current between the first pad and the second pad.
US11513139B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosing whether a charging and discharging switching element provided on a charging and discharging path of a battery pack operates normally. A charging and discharging switching unit having a charging and discharging switch and a fuse is installed on a charging and discharging path between a battery cell and a pack terminal. The apparatus includes a first diagnosing path a second diagnosing path, a third diagnosing path, an integrated diagnosing path having a diagnosis switching unit and a diagnosis resistor, a voltage measuring unit, and a control unit configured to turn on and off the diagnosis switching unit and determine whether the charging and discharging switching unit is operating abnormally based on the diagnosis voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit.
US11513138B2
Provided is a semiconductor inspection device capable of high-speed response analysis as defect analysis of a fine-structured device constituting an LSI. Therefore, the semiconductor inspection device includes a vacuum chamber 3, a sample table 4 which is disposed in the vacuum chamber and on which a sample 6 is placed, an electron optical system 1 disposed such that an electron beam is emitted from above the sample, a plurality of probe units 24 connected to external devices 11 and 12 disposed outside the vacuum chamber via a coaxial cable 10, and an electrode 5 provided on or in the vicinity of the sample table. The probe unit 24 includes a measurement probe 8 configured to come into contact with the sample, a GND terminal 9 configured to come into contact with the electrode 5, and a probe holder 7 configured to hold the measurement probe and the GND terminal, connect a signal line of the coaxial cable to the measurement probe, and connect a GND line of the coaxial cable to the GND terminal. When the measurement probe of the probe unit comes into contact with the sample, the GND terminal comes into contact with the electrode.
US11513134B2
A container for receiving vessels for use in an automated analyzer is presented. The container comprises a wall assembly including a first wall and a second wall. The wall assembly forms a receptacle for receiving a vessel having one or more covers or lids. At least one of the first and second walls moves to provide a first open configuration for receiving the vessel and a second closed configuration. The container further comprises an actuator configured to translate the vessel from a first position after being received in the container to a second position and the wall assembly in the second closed configuration is positioned so that at least one engaging element attached to the wall assembly engages with the covers or lids of the vessel to open the covers or lids while the vessel is being translated by the actuator from the first position to the second position.
US11513130B2
Methods are described for measuring the amount of one or more of vitamin A, α-tocopherol, and the combination of β-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying one or more of vitamin A, α-tocopherol, and the combination of β-tocopherol and γ-tocopherol in a sample.
US11513129B2
The present application relates to a method for detecting and monitoring the level of thyroid hormones in an individual and a device for carrying out the same.
US11513128B2
The present invention relates to biomarkers associated with the clinical response to an FGF-18 compound before or during treatment of a cartilage disorder. The present invention more particularly relates to specific proteins present in the blood, serum, synovial fluid or in the urine, which can be used for the diagnosis and treatment of cartilage disorders. The invention further discloses specific proteins that are related to cartilage response to an FGF-18 compound treatment as well as diagnostic tools and kits based on their expression profile. Thus, the invention can be used in predicting the response to an FGF-18 compound treatment, before starting the treatment with FGF-18 or during the treatment. It could be used for selecting/identifying subjects to be treated by intra-articular administration of an FGF-18 compound. The use of these biomarkers in diagnostics could result in increased benefit and reduced risk in subjects.
US11513127B2
The present invention provides a cell-based assay for measuring T cell activation mediated by a T cell-dependent bispecific antibody (TDB). In some aspects, the assay is useful for detecting a TDB in a composition, quantitating the amount of TDB in a composition, determining the potency and/or specificity of a TDB, or determining if a population of cells expresses a target antigen. Compositions and kits are also contemplated.
US11513122B2
The invention is concerned with a method of predicting response to a PD-1 axis inhibitor such as anti-PD-L1 antibody by determining the abundance of dendritic cells (DCs) in a tumor tissue sample. The abundance of DCs characterized by enhanced expressions of XCR1, IRF8, BATF3 and FLT3 predicts clinical response to the PD-L1 blockade 5 treatment.
US11513109B2
Biological toxicity test method for evaluating the ecological safety of advanced oxidation processes
A biological toxicity test method for evaluating an ecological safety of an advanced oxidation process comprising the following steps: (1) collecting (preparing) a waste water to be determined; (2) collecting the waste water and a tap water after the advanced oxidation process treatment; (3) subjecting Koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) to the water after treatment for exposure to poison; (4) Determining an anti-oxidation enzyme activity of a liver of the Koi after exposure; (5) Data analyzing. By comparing the changes of liver enzyme activities in different water, the present method evaluates the toxicity changes of micro-pollutant containing water before and after treatment, which fills in the gap of the ecological risk assessment for advanced oxidation technology.
US11513102B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor includes a first structure body, a second structure body, and a detector. The first structure body includes a supporter, a deformable part supported by a first portion of the supporter, and a membrane part. At least a portion of the membrane part is connected to the deformable part and a second portion of the supporter. The second structure body is connected to the first structure body. A liquid is provided between the first structure body and the second structure body. The detector outputs a signal corresponding to a deformation of the deformable part.
US11513094B2
An electrochemical detection electrode includes: a plurality of electrode structures; and a plurality of groups of detection structures on the plurality of electrode structures; wherein: the plurality of groups of detection structures include a first group of detection structures and a second group of detection structures, each of the first group of detection structures on one of the plurality of electrode structures having a first shape in a plane parallel to a surface of one of the plurality of electrode structures is configured to combine with a first detection object, each of the second group of detection structures on one of the plurality of electrode structures having a second shape in a plane parallel to a surface of one of the plurality of electrode structures is configured to combine with a second detection object; and wherein the first shape is different from the second shape.
US11513085B2
Methods and systems for measuring the orientation of a wafer at or near an X-ray scatterometry measurement location are described herein. In one aspect, an X-ray scatterometry based metrology system includes a wafer orientation measurement system that measures wafer orientation based on a single measurement without intervening stage moves. In some embodiments, an orientation measurement spot is coincident with an X-ray measurement spot. In some embodiments, an X-ray scatterometry measurement and a wafer orientation measurement are performed simultaneously. In another aspect, signals detected by a wafer orientation measurement system are filtered temporally, spatially, or both, to improve tracking. In another aspect, a wafer orientation measurement system is calibrated to identify the orientation of the wafer with respect to an incident X-ray beam. In another aspect, a wafer under measurement is positioned based on the measured orientation in a closed loop or open loop manner.
US11513083B2
A photolithography method includes dispensing a first liquid onto a first target layer formed over a first wafer through a nozzle at a first distance from the first target layer; capturing an image of the first liquid on the first target layer; patterning the first target layer after capturing the image of the first liquid; comparing the captured image of the first liquid to a first reference image to generate a first comparison result; responsive to the first comparison result, positioning the nozzle and a second wafer such that the nozzle is at a second distance from a second target layer on the second wafer; dispensing a second liquid onto the second target layer formed over the second wafer through the nozzle at the second distance from the second target layer; and patterning the second target layer after dispensing the second liquid.
US11513081B2
A substrate inspection method in a substrate treatment system including a plurality of treatment apparatuses each performing a predetermined treatment on a substrate, includes: imaging a surface of a substrate before being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a first substrate image; extracting a predetermined feature amount from the first substrate image; selecting an inspection recipe corresponding to the feature amount extracted from the first substrate image, from a storage unit in which a plurality of inspection recipes each set corresponding to the feature amount in a different range are stored; imaging the surface of the substrate after being treated in the treatment apparatuses to acquire a second substrate image; and determining presence or absence of a defect of the substrate, based on the selected inspection recipe and the second substrate image.
US11513073B2
A light transmission structure is provided for use, in conjunction with a light source and detector, for selective detection of biomolecule interactions and/or absorption of infrared light. The light transmission structure includes a substrate having a bottom surface adapted to couple the light source and detector to the light transmission structure, a coupling and enhancing layer disposed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the substrate, a first near-critical angle anti-reflective coating (NCA-ARC) layer disposed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the coupling and enhancing layer, and a second NCA-ARC layer disposed on at least a portion of an upper surface of the first NCA-ARC layer. An upper surface of the second NCA-ARC layer is functionalized and textured so that transmitted incident light is scattered out of the light transmission structure. A difference in refractive index between adjacent NCA-ARC layers is less than about 0.01.
US11513068B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a pulsed THz beam includes emitting, by THz emitter, pulsed THz radiation of outgoing pulse shape for interacting with target body; detecting, by THz detector, incoming THz radiation comprising THz pulses, and outputting, by THz detector, a raw detector data of pulse shapes of incoming THz pulses; and determining, by pulse shape reconstruction module, a reconstructed incoming pulse shape based on the raw detector data, measuring, by sensor, a time-of-flight quantity (d) affecting the time of flight of the THz radiation; and adjusting operation of at least one of THz emitter, THz detector and pulse shape reconstruction module using the time-of-flight quantity (d), for correcting for variations in time of flight of the THz radiation.
US11513062B2
It is disclosed a method for calibrating an electronic device for measuring the concentration of a biological compound, in particular bilirubin. The method comprises the step a) of performing (10) a plurality of reflectance measurements for each reference strip of a plurality of reference strips (110-1, 110-2, . . . 110-8) having respective predefined concentration values of the biological compound, the step b) of calculating (20), for each reference strip, a respective value of a statistical reflectance indicator as a function of the plurality of reflectance measurements, generating a plurality of values of the statistical reflectance indicator, the step c) of subdividing the plurality of values of the statistical reflectance indicator into at least two subsets (I, II, III), the step d) of interpolating (41) the values of the statistical reflectance indicator of each subset so as to generate an interpolation curve for each subset, the step e) of calculating (43), for each pair of interpolation curves relative to two adjacent subsets (I, II), a reflectance threshold value for which the difference of the reflectance values of the pair of interpolation curves is minimum, the step f) of selecting, for each interpolation curve, a portion delimited at least in part by the respective reflectance threshold values, said portion being associated with the respective plurality of values of the statistical reference indicator, and the step g) of generating (50) a calibration curve of the electronic device by combining the selected portions of the interpolation curves.
US11513061B2
A device for monitoring at least one parameter of a fluid specimen obtained from a patient. The device has a fluid conduit holder comprising a clamp configured to position a fluid conduit, which holds the fluid specimen obtained from the patient, in a position for optical analysis, and an optical analyzer having a light source and a light detector. The optical analyzer is configured to expose the fluid specimen contained within the fluid conduit to an illuminant and measure light received at the detector. The device has an optical alignment mechanism mechanically coupling the light source, the clamp, and the light detector together, and configured to align at least the light detector with the fluid conduit at the position for optical analysis.
US11513059B2
A contamination sensor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The contamination sensor is made of a selected composition of material and includes a base alloy, an alloy for improving oxide formation, and at least one element from the transition metal group. The composition of the contamination sensor can be adjusted to react with specific contaminants at specific temperature ranges.
US11513056B2
A dual light source lens-free dielectrophoresis (DEP) flow cytometer for massively parallel single cell analysis. Each cells dielectric is inferred from measuring their altitude and subsequently velocity change due to DEP actuation in a microfluidic channel. Dual LED sources facilitate velocity measurement by producing two shadows for each cell passing through the channel. These shadows are detected using a linear optical array detector. Massively parallel analysis is possible as each pixel of the detector can independently analyze the passing cells. The DEP cytometer is composed of simple modular components and has the potential to be scaled to achieve a significantly high throughput label-free single-cell analyzer.
US11513052B2
Determination of transport phenomena properties in porous media is one major objective of core analysis studies in petrophysics, reservoir engineering, and groundwater hydrology. Porosity measurement may be considered as a key factor to identify the hydraulic performance of a low permeable porous medium (e.g. rock or concrete). Additionally, the rate of absorption under pressure depends on the permeability, which is related to the connectivity between the existing pores within the porous structure. An alternative Gas Expansion Induced Water Intrusion Porosimetry (GEIWIP) method and apparatus is useful to measure the total porosity and pore size distribution, using a gas/water intrusion apparatus for water tight materials.
US11513049B2
A system for detecting microbes is provided. In the system for detecting microbes, light is emitted to a sample through a light emission module, a sensor module detects speckles generated when the emitted light is scattered by motion of bacteria or microbes contained in the sample, and a controller stores and analyzes images detected by the sensor module to test microbial detection, wherein controller may include a light emission controller connected to the light emission module and configured to control an emission period and an emission intensity of light emitted by the light emission module; an imaging collector connected to the sensor module and configured to store a speckle image generated through multiple scattering by the bacteria or microbes contained in the sample; a corrector configured to correct a deviation caused by a difference in the amount of light when the light emission module emits the light; and an estimator configured to estimate, in real-time, presence or absences of the bacteria or microbes in the sample or a concentration of the bacteria or microbes.
US11513047B2
The present invention comprises methods and apparatus utilizing multiple detectors to measure properties related to light scattered by particles. Characteristics of particles are determined from the measured properties.
US11513045B2
A tension testing apparatus and system is disclosed in which the tension testing apparatus includes a first box including a first outer plate and a first inner plate, a second box including a second outer plate and a second inner plate, and a test sample holding system coupled to the first inner plate and the second inner plate. The first outer plate and the first inner plate may be coupled together by at least two rods. The second outer plate and the second inner plate may be coupled together by at least two other rods. The test sample holding system may be configured to hold a test sample. The at least two rods of the first box may be configured to pass through the second inner plate. The at least two rods of the second box may be configured to pass through the first inner plate.
US11513038B2
The application relates to a sample holder (110) and a system (100). The application also relates to a method for processing a biological sample (S) and use of the sample holder or of the system in an analytical method or a diagnostic method. The sample holder (110) comprises a tubular member (111) with a wall that is at least locally transparent and at least locally permeable for reagents, wherein the tubular member consists at least partially of a transparent material.
US11513037B2
The concepts herein relate to a device for collecting, transferring and storing samples of biological and/or chemical material. The device includes a support body extending along a main longitudinal direction between a first and a second end opposite each other and a collecting portion engaged with one of said ends of the support body and suitable for collecting an amount of a sample of biological and/or chemical material. The support body is defined by at least a first sub-body and a second sub-body extending longitudinally and configured to be selectively engaged and separated with and from each other. The support body is configured to operate between an assembled condition, wherein the first and the second sub-body are engaged with each other, and a separated condition, wherein the first and the second sub-body are separated and bear, respectively, a first and a second sub-collecting portion of the collecting portion.
US11513036B1
Systems and methods that allow a smartphone to be used as an imaging device for undercarriage inspection of a moving vehicle are provided. The method may include locating the smartphone on the ground via one or more sensors of the vehicle. The vehicle may generate a path for the vehicle to drive over the smartphone based on the location of the smartphone, and optionally display the path to facilitate manual driving of the vehicle by the driver over the smartphone. Alternatively, the vehicle may self-drive to follow the path. The smartphone may capture image data indicative of the undercarriage of the vehicle, inspect and analyze the image data to identify one or more issues of the undercarriage of the vehicle, and transmit the analyzed image data to the vehicle for display. The driver may confirm the one or more issues and transmit the data to an inspection professional for additional assistance if needed.
US11513033B2
A gas turbine engine propulsion system includes a gas turbine engine, a fuel storage tank and a pump unit. The gas turbine engine provides propulsive forces to move a vehicle. The fuel storage tank stores a fuel that can be used to power the gas turbine engine. The pump unit displaces a fuel flow from the fuel storage tank and delivers the fuel flow to the gas turbine engine.
US11513030B2
The present disclosure provides a tidal simulation test device and a method of use thereof. The tidal simulation test device includes a water supply pool, a water level adjustment pool, a subtidal zone simulation pool, an intertidal zone simulation pool, a supratidal zone simulation pool and a two-way water flow adjustment control box. The two-way water flow adjustment control box is provided therein with an electromagnetic flow control meter, a forward frequency conversion self-priming pump, a reverse frequency conversion self-priming pump and an intelligent time-controlled three-way controller. In the method, the start and stop of the forward frequency conversion self-priming pump and the reverse frequency conversion self-priming pump are controlled through an intelligent switch, and a water flow is adjusted through the electromagnetic flow control meter, thereby realizing periodic changes in a water level to simulate different types of tides and coastal wetlands.
US11513024B2
Apparatus and methods for determining operational health of a pump. An example method may include commencing operation of a processing device to monitor operational health of a pump for pumping a fluid at a wellsite, wherein the pump may be a reciprocating pump. During pumping operations of the pump, the processing device may receive pressure measurements of the fluid at a fluid inlet manifold and/or a fluid outlet manifold of the pump, receive position measurements of fluid displacing members of the pump, detect irregular pressure measurements based on the received pressure measurements, determine operational phase of the pump based on the received position measurements, and determine which of fluid inlet and outlet valves of the pump is leaking based on operational phase during which the irregular pressure measurements are detected.
US11513020B1
A pressure sensitive pad configured to be placed under a mattress and configured to identify presence and absence of a threshold weight on the mattress. The pressure sensitive pad comprises a signal generator, a sensing zone, at least one variable matching resistor, a microcontroller unit (MCU). The signal generator configured to generate an electrical signal. The sensing zone has a sensing resistor with a first resistance which varies depending on a pressure applied on sensing zone. The variable matching resistor is in series with the sensing resistor and the signal generator, the variable matching resistor having a second resistance. The MCU has an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured for receiving and measuring a portion of the signal at an electrical junction between the sensing resistor an the at least one variable matching resistor, the MCU being configured to control the second resistance of the at least one variable matching resistor.
US11513019B2
A baseline unit for use in a sensor system, the sensor system comprising N force sensors which output N sensor signals, respectively, where N≥1, the baseline unit configured to: monitor a measure of a rate of change of a sensor test signal, the sensor test signal being one of said N sensor signals or a signal derived from one or more of said N sensor signals; and in dependence upon the measure of the rate of change, control a stored baseline setting to control how a baseline test signal is calculated from said N sensor signals using a baseline-calculation method, the baseline-calculation method configured by the currently-stored baseline setting.
US11513018B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to field device housing assemblies and field devices that include the housing assemblies. One embodiment of the field device housing assembly includes a main housing, a cover having a proximal end connected to the main housing, a transparent panel and a retainer ring. An interior wall of the cover includes a threaded section that is concentric to a central axis, and a flange extending radially inward from the interior wall toward the central axis. The transparent panel is received within a socket defined by the interior wall and the flange. The retainer ring is secured to the threaded section of the interior wall. The transparent panel is clamped between the retainer ring and the flange.
US11513016B2
A semiconductor device for ambient sensing including: a cap traversed by a hole; and a main body mechanically coupled to the cap so as to delimit a cavity, which is interposed between the main body and the cap. The main body includes a semiconductor body and a coupling structure, which is interposed between the semiconductor body and the cap and laterally delimits a channel, which fluidically couples the cavity and the hole. The channel performs a mechanical filtering that is finer than the mechanical filtering performed by the hole.
US11513012B2
A thermal sensor with non-ideal coefficient elimination is shown. The thermal sensor has a bandgap circuit, a dual-phase voltage-to-frequency converter, and a frequency meter. The bandgap circuit outputs a temperature-dependent voltage. The dual-phase voltage-to-frequency converter is coupled to the bandgap circuit in the normal phase to perform a voltage-to-frequency conversion based on the temperature-dependent voltage, and is disconnected from the bandgap circuit in the coefficient capturing phase to perform the voltage-to-frequency conversion based on the supply voltage. The frequency meter is coupled to the dual-phase voltage-to-frequency converter to calculate the temperature-dependent frequency corresponding to the normal phase of the dual-phase voltage-to-frequency converter. The frequency meter also calculates the temperature-independent frequency corresponding to the coefficient capturing phase of the dual-phase voltage-to-frequency converter. The temperature-dependent frequency and the temperature-independent frequency are provided for temperature evaluation with non-ideal coefficient elimination.
US11513005B2
A device for measuring optical spectra at high speed and with high resolution using tunable optical laser comb sources. In one embodiment there is provided a first tunable comb laser source and a second tunable comb laser source whereby the wavelength of each comb laser source is chosen such that the combination of the two sources provides a continuous spectral coverage over a band in an optical spectrum under a selected wavelength tuning condition. By overlapping the two comb sources in the manner described the deadzone issue is overcome in the most spectrally efficient way possible.
US11513000B2
Provided are a waveform analysis method and a waveform analysis device capable of preventing, in advance, a breakage accident during operation and preventing stoppage due to breakdown of machinery and performing efficient maintenance work by specifying a degraded part from among the parts that constitute the machinery. A waveform analysis device 30 is provided with; a signal analysis unit 31 for performing fast Fourier transform for a signal transmitted from a sensor 28 that detects a physical phenomenon in the machinery an impulse extraction unit 32 for extracting an impulse component from spectrum data generated by the signal analysis unit 31; a display unit 35 for displaying waveform data including the impulse component extracted by the impulse extraction unit 32; and a data editing unit 33 for editing, from data of a waveform including the impulse component displayed by the display unit 35, waveform data in a range selected via an input unit 36 by a worker, generating a graph displaying a frequency, a time, and the intensity of the impulse component, and displaying the graph on the display unit 35.
US11512999B1
A draft survey apparatus for gauging a barge by determining a weight of bulk materials loaded and discharged from the barge in water wherein the water level is provided. The draft survey apparatus includes a light source for emitting photons radially outward from the light source, a receiver for receiving the photons reflected off of the barge and surface, the receiver operable to sense a return angle of the photons, and a processor operable to determine a position of the objects and surfaces in three dimensional space based on the return angle of the photons and a time delay of photons between emission and receipt. The processor is operable to determine the weight of the bulk materials on the barge based on a height of barge above the water level.
US11512996B2
The present application discloses a flow speed detection circuit and a related chip and flow meter. The flow speed detection circuit includes: a transmitter, configured to provide a front signal and a main signal to a first transducer, wherein the first transducer transforms the front signal and the main signal into a transduced signal to a second transducer, the second transducer transforms the transduced signal into a receiving front signal and a receiving main signal to a receiver; and the receiver includes: a front signal detection circuit, configured to enable the main signal processing circuit after the receiving front signal; and the main signal processing circuit, configured to determine the flow speed based on the receiving main signal after being enabled.
US11512992B2
A meter wheel system for a dry agricultural product applicator can include a bank of meter assemblies made from modular meter units. In one aspect, each meter assembly in the bank can be made from modular meter units. The modular meter units can be connected in a stacked configuration to provide a specific overall length to achieve a corresponding flow rate and then banked together to form the system. A bank of meter assemblies made from modular meter units can be secured between top and bottom plates. The plates can be bolted to each other and have receptacles that receive protrusions from top and bottom surfaces of the meter assemblies. Lengths of meter assemblies can be picked based on particular delivery rates for the section it feeds. An overall length of each meter assembly can be a multiple of a length of the modular meter unit.
US11512991B2
Provided is a thermal flow meter including a conductive measurement tube including an inlet through which liquid enters and an outlet through which the liquid exits and including an internal flow passage extending along an axis, and a sensor substrate including a heating resistance wire and a temperature detecting resistance wire formed on a detection surface along the axis, and in the detection surface, an insulation area is formed where the heating resistance wire and the temperature detecting resistance wire are coated with a thin-film insulating material, and the insulation area is joined to the measurement tube along the axis.
US11512984B2
A dynamic displacement error compensation system by which detection error information obtained based on calibration detection of first and second axes, is respectively made into first and second compensation tables for compensating displacement on the axes by using positional information of the axes as variables, the first compensation table is stored in a first driver of a first motor device for driving a first moving element to move linearly on the first axis, the second compensation table is stored in a second driver of a second motor device for driving a second moving element to move linearly on the second axis, the drivers simultaneously or successively obtain a first dynamic positional information of the first moving element on the first axis and a second dynamic positional information of the second moving element on the second axis, and the moving elements are respectively displaceably compensated according to the compensation tables.
US11512982B2
A measuring arrangement for distance or angle measurement and a corresponding measuring method are described. In accordance with one example, the measuring arrangement comprises a scale having magnetization which varies along a measuring direction and which brings about a correspondingly varying magnetic field. The measuring device furthermore comprises at least one scanning head which is permeated by the varying magnetic field depending on the relative position with respect to the scale in the measuring direction. The scanning head comprises the following: at least one ferromagnetic film having, on account of the magneto impedance effect, a local electrical impedance that is dependent on the magnetic field and varies along the measuring direction, and at least one sensor unit configured to generate at least two phase-shifted sensor signals which are dependent on the local electrical impedance of the film.
US11512978B2
Aspects of the present invention include a system and method for differentiating a plurality of objects detected behind an opaque surface, including, a plurality of sensors, controlled by one or more processors, configured to collect in parallel, sensor data of the plurality of objects behind an opaque surface, the one or more processors are configured to analyze the sensor data to identify estimated regions of the plurality of objects behind the opaque surface, the one or more processors are further configured to differentiate the estimated regions of the plurality of objects behind the opaque surface, and, the one or more processors are further configured to inform a user, via a user interface, of the plurality of objects within the estimated regions behind the opaque surface.
US11512973B2
A vehicle driving assistance device includes: a sensing unit configured to capture a front image of a running vehicle; a processor configured to detect a lane by using the front image and estimate the lane by detecting objects around a road, on which the vehicle is running, by using the sensing unit; and an output unit configured to output the estimated lane.
US11512966B2
An information processing apparatus, a control method, and a program which improve usability of techniques for generating a travel plan for a vehicle are provided. The information processing apparatus such as a server includes a controller. In a case in which information on a departure place is accepted, the controller selects at least one destination from one or more destination candidates and generates a travel plan for a vehicle from the departure place to the at least one destination.
US11512965B2
The present invention provides a technique to accurately recognize a position of a vehicle even in a vicinity of a branch road or a junction road, neither of which is included in map data. The present invention provides a vehicle control device. When a vehicle is traveling on a road that is not described in map data, the vehicle control device is configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is traveling on a junction road or a branch road, based on a positional relationship between a position of the vehicle and a starting point of the junction road or a starting point of the branch road.
US11512963B2
Embodiments are directed to a system and methods for ingesting location event data and encoding location data in the event data to a proximity. The encoding includes geohashing latitude and longitude for each event to a proximity for analysis and throughput.
US11512948B2
A metrology system may include an imaging sub-system to image a metrology target buried in a sample, where the sample is formed from bonded first and second substrates with a metrology target at the interface. The metrology system may further include an illumination sub-system with an illumination field stop and an illumination pupil, where the illumination field stop includes an aperture to provide that a projected size of the field-stop aperture on a measurement plane corresponding to the metrology target matches a field of view of the detector at the measurement plane, and where the illumination pupil includes a central obscuration to provide oblique illumination of the metrology target with angles greater than a cutoff angle selected to prevent illumination from the illumination source from reflecting off of the bottom surface of the sample and through the field of view of the detector at the measurement plane.
US11512946B2
The disclosure provides an improvement to digital fringe projection techniques in which the optimal focal length settings are automatically determined for reconstructing a 3D profile. In a pre-calibration phase, geometric parameters of the system are calibrated using a few discrete focal length settings. These discretely calibrated geometric parameters are fitted onto a continuous function model. In a 3D autofocusing phase, a set of optimal focal length settings for a scene are determined using a 2D autofocusing technique. Calibrated geometric parameters for each optimal focal length setting are automatically calculated using the continuous geometric parameter model. Finally, a 3D profile of objects in the scene is reconstructed using the calibrated geometric parameters for each optimal focal length setting.
US11512941B2
An analysis apparatus includes an acquisition part that acquires a plurality of interference images based on lights having a plurality of different wavelengths from an interference measurement apparatus, a removing part that outputs an interference component by removing a non-interference component included in an interference signal for each pixel in the plurality of the interference images, a conversion part that generates an analysis signal by performing a Hilbert transformation on the interference component, and a calculation part that calculates a distance between a reference surface and a surface of an object to be measured by specifying a phase gradient of a wavelength of light radiated onto the reference surface and the surface of the object to be measured on the basis of the interference component and the analysis signal.
US11512917B2
A wiped muzzle device, such as a compensator, brake or flash suppressor. The wipe improves the function of the muzzle device by forcing muzzle blast gases through the ports or vents to either counter the force vector created by the muzzle blast gases or alter the mixing of gases to reduce muzzle flash.
US11512916B2
A rate reducer is provided that can be employed in a firearm capable of fully automatic fire to reduce the cyclic rate of firing. The rate reducer can be employed in newly manufactured firearms or in existing firearms by replacing the conventional automatic sear of the firearm with the rate reducer.
US11512912B2
The present application discloses two-phase cooling devices that may include at least three substrates: a metal with a wicking structure, an intermediate substrate and a backplane. A fluid may be contained within the wicking structure and vapor cavity for transporting thermal energy from one region of the thermal ground plane to another region of the thermal ground plane, wherein the fluid may be driven by capillary forces within the wicking structure. The titanium thermal ground plane may be adapted for use in a mobile device, such as a portable device or smartphone, where it may offer compelling performance advantages.
US11512911B2
The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger flat tube and a heat exchanger with the heat exchanger flat tube, the heat exchanger flat tube includes two plates opposite to each other, a fluid passage is formed between the two plates, a turbulence structure is provided in the fluid passage and has a gradually expanding portion and a gradually narrowing portion, both an extension direction of the gradually expanding portion and an extension direction of the gradually narrowing portion are consistent with a flow direction of a fluid, and the gradually narrowing portion is located downstream of the gradually expanding portion along the flow direction of the fluid.
US11512905B2
A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions having varying size scales. According to one embodiment, an accumulation of dust or particles on a surface of the heatsink is reduced by a removal mechanism. The mechanism can be thermal pyrolysis, vibration, blowing, etc. In the case of vibration, adverse effects on the system to be cooled may be minimized by an active or passive vibration suppression system.
US11512902B2
An axial flow baffle for a shell and tube heat exchanger includes a substantially planar body configured for transverse arrangement in a longitudinally elongated shell of the shell and tube heat exchanger, a plurality of axial flow tube apertures each comprising a central tube hole configured to receive a tube of the heat exchanger, and an array of peripheral primary flow holes circumferentially spaced apart around the tube hole. The primary flow holes each interrupt the central tube hole and formed a radially inward projecting tube support protrusions between the primary flow holes which engage a single tube. Each primary flow hole has a non-polygonal configuration, which may be semicircular in some embodiments. The primary flow holes create axial flow around the periphery of the tubes through the baffles. In another aspect, a hybrid cross-flow baffle includes a combination of axial flow tube apertures and circular tube support holes.
US11512897B2
A process for recovering at least one fluid (e.g. argon gas and/or nitrogen gas, etc.) from a feed gas (e.g. air) can include utilization of a compression system, primary heat exchanger unit, plant processing units to separate and recover at least one desired fluid (e.g. nitrogen gas, argon gas, etc.). In some embodiments, the process can be configured so that fluid flows output from a low pressure column and/or high pressure column of the plant can provide a condensation duty or refrigeration duty that is utilized to process certain fluid flows for recovery of argon and/or nitrogen gases. Some embodiments can be configured to provide an improved recovery of argon and/or nitrogen as well as an improvement in operational efficiency by reducing an amount of power (e.g. electrical power) needed to recover the nitrogen and/or argon.
US11512895B2
The refrigerator includes a door including a door body and a front panel coupled to a front surface of the door so to cover a front surface of the door body. The front panel includes a display including a screen on which an image is displayed, and a glass panel provided in front of the display. The glass panel includes a glass member and a decorative layer formed in an area other than an area corresponding to the screen of the display among an entire area of the glass member. The front panel includes a support plate coupled to the glass panel and including a display mounting portion on which the display is mounted.
US11512884B2
A method of detecting electrical failure in a refrigeration system is provided. The method includes determining whether a present superheat of the refrigeration system is between a maximum superheat and a minimum superheat for the refrigeration system, the maximum superheat and the minimum superheat defining a normal operating range. The method also includes detecting an electrical property of an expansion valve assembly of the refrigeration system responsive to the superheat being outside the normal operating range. The method further includes determining whether the expansion valve assembly as experienced an electrical failure based on at least the electrical property. A signal indicating that the expansion valve has experienced an electrical failure is generated based on a determination that the expansion valve assembly has experienced the electrical failure.
US11512879B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) system includes an evaporator coil and a compressor fluidly coupled to the evaporator coil via a suction line. A condenser coil is fluidly coupled to the compressor via a discharge line and fluidly coupled to a metering device via a liquid line. A charge compensator is fluidly coupled to the liquid line via a connection line. A charge compensator re-heat valve is disposed in the connection line.
US11512868B2
An air control system 20 and associated methods including a flexible duct 30 having air exit holes 40, 42 and a flexible liner 50, 60 sheet within the duct 30 and extending longitudinally along the duct, the liner 50 sheet having opposite longitudinal edges 52, 54 connected to the duct 30 along the longitudinal length of the duct 30, the liner 50 sheet being permeable in one aspect and regulating air flow through the exit holes 40, 42 when the sheet is pressed against the portion of the duct having the exit holes, and an air deflector positioned externally the duct to modify airflow exiting the duct. The duct 30 may also have multiple liner sheets 50, 60 arranged end-to-end and/or layered in various duct segments such that the different liners may be independently controlled to regulate the outflow of air from the duct as desired. The duct having a liner which closes or inhibits air flow from the exit holes may also be rotated to accommodate use of a single duct for different seasons and where the internal liner adjusts to assist with the downward control of air flow based on alignment of various perforations with the different exits holes.
US11512854B2
A gas cooking assembly comprises: (a) a base part (10) comprising: (a1) a burner body (14) for installation in a cooktop surface (16); (a2) a gas outlet (20) in the burner body (14); and (a3) an ignition source (22) in the burner body (14); and (b) an upper part (12) comprising: (b1) at least one foot (36) for supporting the upper part (12) on the cooktop surface (16); (b2) a grate (26) for supporting a cooking vessel; (b3) an annular flame spreader (28); and (b4) a gas inlet (46) at the bottom side of the flame spreader (28); wherein the upper part (12) is an integral unit that is removable from the base part (10), wherein when the upper part (12) is connected to the base part (10), the gas inlet (46) of the upper part (12) connects to the gas outlet (20) of the base part (10).
US11512851B2
A wick-burning and ventilation and flow-guide structure includes a wick tray, a heat isolation cover, and a wick. The heat isolation cover has support sections that are extended to form protrusion sections insertable into and mounted in mounting holes of the wick tray for secured combination and easy separation. The wick tray and the heat isolation cover provide a dual-layered heat isolation effect and also achieve an effect of heat dissipation. The wick is made of a metallic or ceramic material and has a surface over which a flame-blocking heat-isolating sleeve is fit to prevent downward spreading of flaming. A wind-shielding hood is provided on the fuel container to define therebetween a flow-guide opening for smooth ingress of air, preventing flaming from jumping.
US11512850B2
A double swirl burner including an annular air nozzle, an annular fuel nozzle coaxially disposed within the annular air nozzle, and a central air nozzle coaxially disposed within the annular fuel nozzle. An annular air nozzle may include at least one first inlet port on a peripheral wall of the annular air nozzle, where the first inlet port may be configured to allow for tangentially injecting a first air stream into the annular air nozzle. A first air stream may be tangent to a circular cross-section of the exemplary annular air nozzle, and a first axial inlet that may be configured to allow for axially injecting a second air stream into the annular air nozzle along a centerline of the annular air nozzle.
US11512846B2
A headset includes two earplug components each including an earphone shell defining an accommodating cavity and a control device in the accommodating cavity, a connecting member connecting two earphone shells, a first light emitting component includes a first light source in the accommodating cavity of at least one earphone shell and electrically connected with the control device and a light emitting tube, and a second light emitting components configured in the accommodating cavity and electrically connected with the control device. Each earphone shell is connected with both ends of the light emitting tube, an optical adjusting member is to transmit light from the first light source to the light emitting tube. A surface of one earphone shell away from the other earphone shell is defined with an emitting channel communicating with the accommodating cavity. Light from the second light emitting component is emitted through the emitting channel.
US11512843B2
The present invention provides a lamp capable of preventing an increase in weight and dissipating heat of the LED module. The lamp of the present invention includes an LED module serving as a light source, a heat transfer unit, a light distribution unit, a casing including an opening, and a light transmissive cover. The LED module includes plural LEDs and an LED substrate having an LED-mounting surface on which the plural LEDs are mounted. The light distribution unit is disposed on a light emitting side of the LED module. The LED module and the light distribution unit are disposed in the casing. The light transmissive cover is disposed over the opening of the casing. The LED module is disposed in the casing to be distanced from the casing. The heat transfer unit is disposed such that heat of the LED module can be dissipated into the casing.
US11512838B2
According to at least one aspect, a lighting device is provided. The lighting device comprises a circuit board, an LED mounted to the circuit board that is configured to emit light with an angular CCT deviation, a lens assembly mounted to the circuit board over the LED and configured to receive the light emitted from the LED and reduce the angular CCT deviation of the light received from the LED to make a color temperature of the light received from the LED more uniform, and an elastomer encapsulating at least part of the circuit board that is separate and distinct from the lens assembly.
US11512836B2
The illumination module for emitting light (5) can operate in at least two different modes, wherein in each of the modes, the emitted light (5) has a different light distribution. The module has a mode selector (10) for selecting the mode in which the module operates, and it has an optical arrangement. The arrangement includes—a microlens array (LL1) with a multitude of transmissive or reflective microlenses (2) which are regularly arranged at a lens pitch P (P1);—an illuminating unit for illuminating the microlens array (LL1). The illuminating unit includes a first array of light sources (S1) operable to emit light of a first wavelength L1 each and having an aperture each. The apertures are located in a common emission plane which is located at a distance D (D1) from the microlens array (LL1). In a first one of the modes, for the lens pitch P, the distance D and the wavelength L1 applies P2=2·L1·D/N wherein N is an integer with N≥1.
US11512832B2
The present disclosure discloses a light bulb and a crystal lamp. The light bulb includes a light emitting module and a light-transmitting cover; the light emitting module includes a mounting column and a plurality of LED lamp beads, the mounting column includes a circumferential surface and a top surface, and the plurality of LED lamp beads are arranged at least on the circumferential surface; the light-transmitting cover is arranged to cover a periphery of the light emitting module and distributes light for the plurality of LED lamp beads, the light-transmitting cover includes a plurality of micro-lens units, and each of the plurality of micro-lens units has a light incident surface and a light exit surface, and is in a configuration of converging light from the light incident surface to the light exit surface.
US11512828B2
The present invention relates to an automotive optical system; the optical system includes one or more first optical elements that reflect light rays emitted from a number of first light sources that are configured to perform a first lighting function and a second optical element; the second optical element is configured to project a light beam from the first optical elements configured to perform the first lighting function where a portion of the second optical element is made of a diffusive material. Furthermore, the optical system includes a number of secondary light sources where the second optical element is configured to receive light ray emissions from the secondary light sources and perform a second lighting function by scattering light rays received from secondary light sources.
US11512819B1
Disclosed is a shearable lamp strip, comprising a light-emitting body, a first bus, a second bus, an outer sheath and a shearing indication area, wherein the light-emitting body comprises a substrate, and a first LED lamp bank and a second LED lamp bank which are sequentially arranged on the substrate along a length direction of the substrate, the first LED lamp bank is electrically connected with the first bus and the second bus respectively, the second LED lamp bank is electrically connected with the first bus and the second bus respectively, the outer sheath is wrapped on the light-emitting body, the first bus and the second bus, the shearing indication area is arranged on the outer sheath and located between the first LED lamp bank and the second LED lamp bank, the shearing indication area at least comprises a first shearing mark and a second shearing mark.
US11512815B2
A mount is configured for attachment to a neck of a pressure vessel that has a body having a height and width. The mount includes a central plate, and first and second flanges. The central plate has a height and width, both of which are approximately equal to or less than the respective height and width of the pressure vessel body, and an aperture. The first and second flanges are located at opposed first and second sides of the central plate, respectively, are oriented substantially perpendicular to the central plate, and are configured to extend toward the body. The central plate has a cut-out portion that borders at least one of the first and second flanges.
US11512814B2
A gas cylinder mobility aid is provided. A gas cylinder mobility aid for attachment to a collar of a gas cylinder, comprising a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface. One or more coupling members affixed to the lower surface of the base plate wherein the one or more coupling members are positioned to form a frictional fit with the collar of the gas cylinder. A vertical member affixed at the center of said base plate and a handle rotatably attached to the vertical member such that the handle is present above the upper surface of the base plate and the handle rotates about the vertical member.
US11512809B2
A rotatable connection for a stand apparatus to be arranged in an operating room and including an adaptable stop mechanism which can be arranged between a first connection component and a second connection component mounted rotatably around a rotational axis relative to the first connection component and is configured to define at least two different relative rotational angles of the connection components or at least two different rotational ranges is provided. A carrier system or a stand apparatus having such a rotatable connection is also provided.
US11512807B2
A method of fabricating a conduit comprises steps of attaching a first tubular-outboard-ply end of a tubular outboard ply to a first inner collar portion of a first collar with a third weld and attaching a second tubular-outboard-ply end to a second inner collar portion of a second collar with a fifth weld. The method additionally comprises steps of interconnecting the first inner collar portion and a first outer collar portion of the first collar with a first weld and interconnecting the second inner collar portion and a second outer collar portion of the second collar with a sixth weld. The method also comprises attaching a trimmed first corrugated-inboard-ply end to the first outer collar portion with a second weld, attaching a trimmed second corrugated-inboard-ply end to the second outer collar portion with a fourth weld, and communicatively coupling a first sensor with an interstitial space.
US11512806B1
A restraint system for use in securing temporary flow lines that include multiple pipe sections, each pair of pipe sections connected together with a fitting or coupling such as a hammer joint coupling. The system includes multiple pluralities of endless loop slings connected end to end with a cow hitch or girth hitch knot. Disconnectable fittings (e.g., shackles) are placed every three or more slings so that easy disassembly is afforded in case of leakage or other failure. In one embodiment, a waterproof sleeve is an outer layer that surrounds or encapsulates an inner layer so that the inner layer remains dry and thus will not freeze.
US11512794B2
A pressure relief valve includes a valve body, a valve seat, a bonnet, and a valve actuator. The valve body has an open top, a bottom, a back and a front with a cavity formed within. A cap with a first vent is removably attached to the open top. An inlet opening and a discharge opening are in fluid communication with the cavity is formed at the bottom and front of the valve body respectively. The valve seat is circumferentially disposed around the inlet opening within the cavity. A recessed area is formed on a surface on the distal end of the valve seat that is configured to receive a lip seal. The bonnet has a closed top end with a second vent. The valve actuator is coupled within the bonnet to a set-pressure enabling means that is not a mechanical spring.
US11512789B2
Disclosed is a check valve and a modulator block including the same. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a check valve comprising a valve housing including first and second internal flow passages each formed to pass through an interior of the valve housing and having an inlet through which a fluid is introduced and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged; a first opening and closing member provided in the first internal flow passage and opened and closed by a hydraulic pressure of the fluid; a second opening and closing member provided in the second internal flow passage and opened and closed by the hydraulic pressure of the fluid; and a stopper member press-fitted to the valve housing.
US11512788B2
A thermostatic valve includes a valve body formed by die casting. The valve body includes: a valve main body forming a valve cavity; a plurality of connection tube portions; and installation base portions adjacent to the connection tube portions. Each of the connection tube portions includes a straight tube section connected to the valve main body. A reinforcement member is provided between the straight tube section of the connection tube portion and the installation base portion adjacent to the connection tube portion. The valve body is formed by die casting, and respective parts of the valve body can be processed according to actual size requirements with no redundant material, thereby realizing a light weight of the thermostatic valve. Providing the reinforcement member satisfies a strength requirement when using die casting.
US11512785B2
An electrically operated valve capable of quickly achieving reliable switching between multiple flow paths. The electrically operated valve includes a driving mechanism, an executing mechanism and a valve body assembly, wherein the driving mechanism includes a bushing and an output shaft located in the bushing, the executing mechanism includes a valve stem connected to the output shaft and a valve core connected to the valve stem, and the valve core is provided with a first flow channel and a second flow channel; the valve body assembly includes a valve body and a valve seat, the bushing forms a space isolated from the outside, the output shaft and a connecting portion between the valve stem and the output shaft are located in this space, and the valve body has a cavity, four through holes and a plug port.
US11512778B2
A rotary seal seals a high-pressure region from a low-pressure region and has an assembly sleeve made of a rubber elastic material and at least one pressure-activatable rotary seal element with a seal edge. When a specified differential pressure value is exceeded, the seal edge of the rotary seal element rests sealingly against the seal surface of a machine part, thereby directly displacing a support element elastically supported on the rubber elastic assembly sleeve. When the specified differential pressure value is undershot, the support element is moved rearwards axially in the direction of the high-pressure region such that the seal edge of the rotary seal element is moved backwards into the seal edge rest position in which the rotary seal element lies against the seal surface without contact surface pressure or substantially without contact surface pressure or is arranged at a distance from the seal surface.
US11512773B2
A selector unit includes a panel, and a dial member that protrudes in a first direction from an opening of the panel. A surface of the panel includes a concave surface having a depth that increases toward the opening. The dial member has an operation portion gripped by a user, and a base shaft portion that extends from the operation portion through the opening of the panel. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the base shaft portion is an inclined surface that is inclined radially outward as being away from the panel, and the inclined surface is opposed to the surface of the panel in the first direction. The distance from the surface of the panel to the inclined surface of the dial member in the first direction continuously increases, as a radial distance from the opening to the inclined surface increases.
US11512772B1
A planetary gear apparatus for a power transmission apparatus including a transmission housing includes a sun gear provided on a first shaft, first and second planet carriers rotatably supporting pinion gears gear-engaged with the sun gear, and a ring gear gear-engaged with the pinion gears, where an internal circumference of the sun gear is spline-engaged with an external circumference of the first shaft, where first and second support shafts are fixed to first and second side surfaces of the ring gear, respectively, where the first support shaft is rotatably supported by a supporting frame fixed to the transmission housing, interposing a first bearing, where the second support shaft is rotatably supported by the transmission housing, interposing a second bearing, where the first planet carrier is rotatably supported by the first support shaft interposing a third bearing, and where the second planet carrier is fixedly connected to a connection end portion of a second shaft.
US11512766B2
A vibration damping apparatus including a support member rotatable together with a rotational element, a restoration force generating member coupled to the support member to transmit and receive a torque with the support member, an inertial mass coupled to the support member via the restoration force generating member, a first guide surface on the restoration force generating member, a second guide surface on the inertial mass, and a coupling member having first and second rolling portions. The first and second guide surfaces are formed so that the first rolling portion rolls along the first guide surface and the second rolling portion rolls along the second guide surface along with rotation of the support member causing the restoration force generating member to swing about a rotation center of the rotational element along a radial direction of the support member and causing the inertial mass to swing about the rotation center.
US11512761B2
A propeller shaft (1) that is a power transmission shaft has a shaft member (2) as a tubular body made of iron-based metal and a balance weight (3) made of iron-based metal and welded to an outer peripheral surface of this shaft member (2). At least a part of the balance weight (3) of the propeller shaft (1) is covered with a sacrificial metal coating (4) made of sacrificial corrosion prevention material that contains metal whose ionization tendency is higher than that of metal forming the shaft member (2). With this, it is possible to suppress local progression of corrosion at a periphery of the balance weight (3) and improve durability of the propeller shaft (1).
US11512758B2
A bracket comprises a body extending along a center axis between a first end and a second end. The body defines a first groove and a second groove. The first groove, located at the first end and flaring radially outwardly, presents a first slanted surface. The second groove, located at the second end and flaring radially outwardly, presents a second slanted surface. A pair of coupling members including a first and a second coupling member are respectively located in the first and second grooves for engagement with a housing of a hydraulic damper assembly. The first end includes at least one first deformation for retaining the first coupling member. The second end includes at least one second deformation for retaining the second coupling member. A hydraulic damper assembly including the bracket and a method of joining the bracket and the hydraulic damper assembly are also disclosed herein.
US11512753B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a binder-free, sintered friction lining, for a friction component of a friction assembly, having a friction lining body, which comprises a metallic matrix, at least one abrasive, solid lubricants, and optionally at least one filling material, wherein the solid lubricants are formed by at least two different solid lubricants, which are selected from a group consisting of hexagonal boron nitride and metal sulfides with at least one metal from the group of tungsten, iron, tin, copper, bismuth, antimony, chromium, zinc, silver, manganese, molybdenum.
US11512748B2
This clutch control apparatus includes: a clutch device that connects and disconnects a power transmission between an engine and a drive wheel; a clutch actuator that drives the clutch device and changes a clutch capacity; a driven mechanism that is arranged between the clutch actuator and the clutch device, is operated by a drive of the clutch actuator, and operates the clutch device; a control part that calculates a control target value of the clutch capacity; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the driven mechanism, wherein the control part corrects the control target value based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.
US11512746B2
A clutch locking mechanism is a clutch locking mechanism (80) mounted in a saddle type vehicle (1) and includes a clutch (26) which enters an engaged state where power can be transmitted when an actuator (28) is operated and returns to a disengaged state where power cannot be transmitted when the actuator (28) is not operated, and a locking mechanism (100) having an operator (101) which is able to bring the clutch (26) into the engaged state separately from an operation of the actuator (28).
US11512736B2
The invention relates to a bearing unit for a turbocharger rotor. The bearing unit comprises a bearing housing and a bearing bush which is arranged in a central bore for radially mounting a turbocharger rotor in the bearing housing. In the region of a first axial end, the bearing bush has a radially outwardly extending projection. The projection is designed to interact with the bearing housing as an anti-rotation safeguard for the bearing bush.
US11512728B2
A system and method are provided for coupling a hub to a main shaft of a wind turbine. Accordingly, a plurality of fasteners are arranged within corresponding through holes of the hub of a wind turbine. At least one circumferential ridge segment is arranged radially adjacent to the head sections of the plurality of fasteners so as to resist a torque applied to each of the plurality of fasteners. A connection mechanism is utilized to secure the plurality of fasteners within the plurality of through holes so as to limit an axial translation of the plurality of fasteners prior to the coupling of the hub to the main shaft.
US11512716B2
A closed-circuit, self-contained hydraulic axis includes an electric motor, a hydraulic cylinder configured to be connected to a load and a main pump driven by the electric motor to pump hydraulic fluid through the circuit. Pressure connections of the pump are connected to the respective chambers of the cylinder such that the cylinder rod is configured to extend and retract depending on a direction of flow of the hydraulic fluid through the main pump. The hydraulic axis includes a main accumulator connected to the pump via first control valve, an energy storage accumulator connected to the pump via a second control valve, and a charge pump. The hydraulic axis is switchable between a first operating mode that is free of energy storage in the energy storage accumulator, and a second operating mode in which energy is stored in the energy storage accumulator.
US11512705B2
The present disclosure provides a vacuum pump with which size and weight reduction, improvement of workability, and cost reduction can be realized. Electrical connection between a pump main body that has a rotor supported by a magnetic bearing and a control unit that controls the drive of the pump main body is established by a flexible printed wiring board configured by printing an electric circuit on a surface of a sheet-like insulating substrate.
US11512695B2
A pump includes a casing defining an interior volume. The pump casing includes at least one balancing plate that can be part of a wall of the pump casing with each balancing plate including a protruding portion having two recesses. Each recess is configured to accept one end of a fluid driver. The balancing plate aligns the fluid displacement members with respect to each other such that the fluid displacement members can pump the fluid when rotated. The balancing plates can include cooling grooves connecting the respective recesses. The cooling grooves ensure that some of the liquid being transferred in the internal volume is directed to bearings disposed in the recesses as the fluid drivers rotate.
US11512693B2
A linear compressor includes a shell, a motor in the shell, a mover coupled to the motor and configured to perform a reciprocating motion in an axial direction, a cylinder disposed in the shell, a piston coupled to the mover and configured to reciprocate in the cylinder, a spring that supports the piston in the axial direction, and a spring cap inserted into an end portion of the spring. The spring cap defines a space portion that is defined inside the spring cap and has a volume separate from the inner space of the shell, and a passage portion that extends through an axial side surface of the spring cap and is configured to provide communication between the space portion and the inner space of the shell.
US11512689B2
The present invention relates to an undulating-membrane fluid circulator having an intake port (3), a pump housing (4) delimiting a propulsion chamber (5), a discharge port (6), and an undulating membrane (2) paired with a drive means permitting an undulating movement of the membrane (2) between the upstream (8) and downstream (9) edges thereof, the undulating membrane (2) being capable of moving a fluid towards the discharge port (6). According to the invention, the circulator further comprises at least one means (7) for guiding the fluid, said means being disposed in the fluid propulsion chamber (5) near one of the edges (8, 9) of the undulating membrane (2) and making it possible to channel the fluid flow in a direction substantially parallel to the displacement of the wave along the membrane (2).
US11512686B2
Provided herein is a mechanical resonant system, comprising a frame; at least one pump disposed on the frame; one or two masses coupled to the frame by a first plurality of resilient members; and at least one voice coil actuator disposed within the frame and coupled to the at least one pump or to the one or two masses; wherein when the system comprises two masses, a second plurality of resilient members couple the masses to each other. Also provided are methods for using these mechanical resonant systems to evacuate a chamber, to compress air, or sense changes in pressure.
US11512685B2
An air inflation device includes an inflation unit having a chamber in which air can be compressed to generate a high pressure air, and an air outlet channel communicating with the chamber. A pressure gauge unit includes a pressure gauge, a shaft extending outwardly from the pressure gauge and inserted into the air outlet channel, and a check valve sleeved on the shaft and movable between an open state for allowing the high pressure air in the chamber to flow into the air outlet channel, and a closed state for preventing the high pressure air in the air outlet channel to flow back into the chamber. An air guide unit is connected to the inflation unit for guiding the high pressure air to flow out of the air outlet channel.
US11512679B2
Methods and systems for operating a stable platform in a far-offshore deep-sea environment. The platform can advantageously be a wind power generation station. A structural framework carries (for example) the wind turbine in an elevated position. Multiple points on the floating structure are connected both to a surface float and to a deep mass (e.g. an enclosed volume of seawater).
US11512676B2
A detection apparatus for detecting a cam angle of a 4-stroke multi-cylinder engine in which explosion intervals are unequal intervals, includes a detection target member configured to rotate in synchronism with a camshaft, and first and second cam angle sensors configured to detect rotation of the detection target member. The detection target member includes a plurality of first detection target portions arranged, at equal pitches, as many as the number of cylinders of the multi-cylinder engine. The second cam angle sensor is arranged while being shifted in the rotation direction with respect to the first cam angle sensor such that any one of detection signals of the plurality of first detection target portions by the first cam angle sensor and the second cam angle sensor is output at a timing corresponding to each explosion interval.
US11512675B2
An internal combustion engine is described, including at least one starter (1) having a starter transmission that is situated at the opposite end of the crankshaft or at the same end to transfer the rotation of the starter (1) to the crankshaft, the starter (1) being situated at the crankcase (4) of the internal combustion engine and the starter (1) being inserted into a receiving hole (7) and being situated in a fastenable manner at the crankcase (4) with the aid of at least one screw (2), and a holder (5) being situated at the starter (1).
US11512669B2
A rocket engine nozzle manufacturable and applicable to tactical missile designs includes an aerospike having a plurality of airfoil fins distributed around a central longitudinal axis of a rocket engine combustion chamber. The aerospike is integrated on an exit plane at an exit end of the combustion chamber. The airfoil fins and an inner perimeter of the combustion chamber define a plurality of apertures which choke an airflow exiting the combustion chamber and cause the airflow to expand supersonically along the airfoil fins. The aerospike rocket engine nozzle requires less machine precision and achieves packing benefits over conventional bell and aerospike nozzle geometries. The configuration of the aerospike rocket engine nozzle also removes the producibility and heating constraints typically encountered with conventional aerospike nozzles in tactical missile applications while improving thrust performance of the rocket engine across a wide range of altitudes.
US11512667B2
Vehicles, such as aircraft, may include turbine-based combined cycle power plants (TBCC) for power to achieve high-mach speeds. An anti-unstart configuration provides control for transitioning between the amount of air directed to either engine during operation of gas turbine engine and scramjet engines, to avoid unstart during operation above sonic speeds.
US11512660B2
A system for detecting and controlling misfire and/or AFR imbalance conditions in cylinders of an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders is disclosed.
US11512659B2
A system and method for self-adjusting engine performance parameters in response to fuel quality variations that includes an exhaust sensor for measuring a level of carbon dioxide present in an exhaust manifold, at least one of a knock sensor and a cylinder pressure transducer for determining a location of peak pressure and a centroid, respectively, a controller in communication with the exhaust sensor and the at least one of the knock sensor and the cylinder pressure transducer, the controller correlating a methane number of the fuel used by the engine to a brake specific carbon dioxide value calculated using the level of carbon dioxide measured by the exhaust sensor and the at least one of the centroid and the location of peak pressure, and an adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism adjusts an engine performance parameter based on the determined methane number.
US11512642B1
Described herein are embodiments of systems and methods for the removal of a direct drive unit (DDU) housed in an enclosure, such as a direct drive turbine (DDT) connected to a gearbox for driving a driveshaft connected to a pump for use in hydraulic fracturing operations.
US11512641B2
A nacelle for use in an aircraft having a turbojet engine (the turbojet engine including a fan casing and a suspension pylon) includes a D-shaped structure downstream section embedding a thrust reverser device. The D-shaped structure downstream section includes a movable cascades vane. The D-shaped structure downstream section also includes two D-shaped half-structures each having an outer half-cowl movable in translation along a longitudinal axis, a connector between the cascades vane and the outer half-cowl, a twelve o'clock half-bifurcation, an inner half-structure defining an inner portion of the annular flow path, and a twelve o'clock half-beam mounted on the twelve o'clock half-bifurcation articulated on the pylon. The nacelle further includes an axial retention device of the downstream section of the nacelle, relative to the turbojet engine, configured to provide a connection defining an axial retention between the twelve o'clock half-beam and a fixed element of the fan casing.
US11512629B2
The invention relates to an adjustable-length connecting rod for a reciprocating piston engine, to a reciprocating piston engine, and to a vehicle, where an effective connecting rod length of the connecting rod can be changed, and the connecting rod has a hydraulic length adjustment device which has a hydraulic working chamber, a hydraulic duct, a valve recess with a valve recess longitudinal axis, and a valve device which is arranged in the valve recess and has a valve chamber, where the valve device is configured for opening and/or shutting of a hydraulic medium outflow from the hydraulic working chamber, and the hydraulic duct opens into the valve recess at an orifice opening in an inner wall section of the valve recess. The valve device has at least one closed outer wall section which lies opposite the orifice opening and surrounds the valve chamber of the valve device, where the outer wall section of closed configuration of the valve device configures a flow duct together with that inner wall section of the valve recess, where the flow duct is configured to divert hydraulic medium, which exits from the hydraulic duct with a first flow direction and enters into the valve recess, in a second flow direction which is different from the first flow direction before the entry into the valve chamber.
US11512626B2
An electric power dissipater assembly for an electrically-actuated turbocharger that includes: a power switch configured to be electrically connected to an electric power output of an electrically-actuated turbocharger; at least one resistor that is electrically connected to the power switch such that, when the power switch is in a closed position and connected to the electric power output, the at least one resistor is electrically coupled to the electric power output so that electric power provided by the electrical power output is received at and dissipated by the at least one resistor; a controller that controls whether the power switch is in the closed position or an open position; and a substrate that is physically coupled to the at least one resistor and that includes a coolant path that is used to cool the at least one resistor when coolant is received within the coolant path.
US11512622B2
An exhaust gas sensor that detects a specific component included in an exhaust gas includes a sensor element including a detector, an element cover that accommodates the sensor element and has a gas ventilation hole, a heater that heats the sensor element, a heater control section, and an installation state diagnosis section that diagnoses a state of an element cover based on a sensor temperature detected by a sensor temperature detection section. The installation state diagnosis section includes a temperature variation amount calculation section that calculates a sensor temperature variation amount, a temperature variation amount integration section that sums the sensor temperature variation amounts, and an abnormality determination section that determines presence or absence of an abnormal installation based on a comparison result between variation amount integration information of the sensor temperature and a diagnosis threshold value.
US11512614B2
A transfer for a four-wheel drive vehicle, the four-wheel drive vehicle configured to disconnect a propeller shaft from a power transmission path between an auxiliary drive wheels and a driving power source when the four-wheel drive vehicle travels by two-wheel drive, includes a second output rotating member and an oil pump. The second output rotating member is configured to output a driving power to the propeller shaft. The oil pump is configured to rotationally drive in conjunction with rotation of the second output rotating member via a first one-way clutch. The first one-way clutch is configured such that the oil pump supplies a lubrication oil to a wet clutch when the four-wheel drive vehicle travels forward by the four-wheel drive. The oil pump is configured to stop supplying the lubrication oil to the wet clutch when the four-wheel drive vehicle travels forward by the two-wheel drive.
US11512613B2
Extra heat in a closed cycle power generation system, such as a reversible closed Brayton cycle system, may be dissipated between discharge and charge cycles. An extra cooling heat exchanger may be added on the discharge cycle and disposed between a cold side heat exchanger and a compressor inlet. Additionally or alternatively, a cold thermal storage medium passing through the cold side heat exchanger may be allowed to heat up to a higher temperature during the discharge cycle than is needed on input to the charge cycle and the excess heat then dissipated to the atmosphere.
US11512610B2
A clamp for securing a component to an isogrid case of a gas turbine engine includes a top having an attachment feature for coupling the clamp to the component. The clamp further includes a bottom. The clamp further includes two sides extending from the top towards the bottom, each of the two sides being thicker at the bottom than at the top, and the two sides defining a shaped slot closer to the bottom than the top for receiving a rib of the isogrid case.
US11512608B2
A passive transpirational flow acoustic liner assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a guide vane assembly and a conduit configured to deliver airflow received from the guide vane. The guide vane assembly includes an airfoil having a transpirational flow acoustic liner. The acoustic liner includes a face sheet defining a portion of an outer surface of the airfoil and having a plurality of first apertures, a segmented member coupled to the face sheet and having a plurality of chambers in fluid communication with the outer surface via the plurality of first apertures, a backing sheet having a plurality of apertures and being coupled to the segmented member such that the segmented member is positioned between the face sheet and the backing sheet, and a plenum coupled to the backing sheet opposite the segmented member and fluidly connected to the conduit.
US11512605B2
The invention relates to an assembly comprising a turbomachine casing (7) and a nozzle made of ceramic matrix composite material having a blade (21), the frontside and backside surfaces of which delimit an internal cavity, and which is connected at its radially external end by a connecting part (31) of the nozzle to the casing (7), said connecting part (31) extending substantially radially outwards, the blade (21) and said connecting part (31) being formed in one piece, said assembly being characterized in that the connecting part (31) is fastened to a first radial wall (51) integral with the casing (7) by fastening means (53).
US11512603B2
The present invention describes a ring fastener (10) comprising a discontinuous band (11) having a first end (14) and a second end (16). The first end (14) comprises a pair of spaced-apart elongate finger members (15a,15b) (having a first finger member (15a) and a second finger member (15b)), and the second end (16) comprises an elongate tongue member (17). The finger members (15a,15b) and the tongue member (17) are interlockable, such that when interlocked, the band (11) comprises a continuous circumference. The ring fastener (10) further comprises a closed configuration wherein the finger members (15a,15b) and the tongue member (17) are substantially aligned with a circumferential surface (13) of the band (11); and an open configuration wherein the first finger member (15a) is radially and/or axially deflected from its substantially aligned position, so that it is angled with respect to the circumferential surface (13) of the band (11). The invention also describes a method of assembling a bore (40) and a component (42), and the use of such an assembly.
US11512593B2
A propeller. The blades of the propeller are characterized by a blade center axis which corresponds to a generator line of a cone to which the blade, or blade thrust surface, conforms. The propeller hub is fixed to the blade at the root, in line with the blade center axis, such that the hub axis and blade center axis lie in the same plane, and the leading edge of the blade is positioned forward (referring to the upstream direction of movement caused by the propeller) of the trailing edge of the blade.
US11512575B2
A technique facilitates the production of well fluid. According to an embodiment, an inflow assembly may be deployed downhole with, for example, completion equipment used in the production of well fluid. The inflow assembly comprises a first inflow control device and a second inflow control device disposed in series along a flow path routed between an exterior and an interior of the inflow assembly. As well fluid flows into an interior of the inflow assembly along the flow path, the first inflow control device and the second inflow control device perform different tasks with respect to controlling fluid flow. The different tasks may be selected to, for example, facilitate production of well fluid while protecting the completion equipment.
US11512573B2
A method for performing a fracturing operation in a subterranean formation of a field. The method includes obtaining, during the fracturing operation, distributed optical fiber data from a downhole sensor of a treatment well in the subterranean formation, and determining, based on the distributed optical fiber data, an active perforation location from a number of pre-determined perforation locations of the treatment well. The active perforation location is a location of fluid flow into the subterranean formation during the fracturing operation. The method further includes generating, based at least on the active perforation location, a fracturing model for the subterranean formation, and performing, based on the fracturing model, modeling of the fracturing operation to generate a modeling result.
US11512565B2
A downhole perforating gun having a weight assembly formed of a plastic shell containing a weight material enclosed or encased in the plastic shell so that upon detonation of a perforating charge, the plastic shell may deform but will function to contain the weight material of the weight assembly preventing interference with formation fluid flow. In an alternative embodiment, the plastic shell is consumed by the detonation of the charges. In one or more embodiments, the plastic shell is hollow, forming a cavity into which a flowable weight material may be charged. The flowable weight material may be a granular material or a liquid, and may be selected based on the density characteristics of the flowable weight material and the weight requirements for a particular internally orienting perforating gun.
US11512560B2
A downhole tool which allows the selective operation of a second fluid pressure activated tool below a first fluid pressure activated tool on a tool string in a well. The downhole tool has a piston sleeve moveable inside a cylindrical body between a first position in which a small flow area is provided through the tool and a second position in which a larger flow area is provided. The piston sleeve is held in the first position by a magnet and the first fluid pressure activated tool can be operated by increasing fluid pressure above the tool up to a cracking pressure level which matches the pulling strength of the magnet. Increasing fluid pressure to the cracking pressure therefore selectively moves the piston sleeve to the second position in which the second fluid pressure activated tool can be operated. The downhole tool is resettable.
US11512556B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing flow induced vibration in at least one subsea structure. The method comprises the steps of, via at least one subsea acoustic sensor (190), detecting at least one characteristic associated with acoustic energy in sea water proximate to the sensor (190), responsive to the detected characteristic, varying at least one operational parameter of a fluid flowing along a fluid flow pathway associated with a pipe member (160).
US11512552B2
A sealing apparatus includes a swellable metal. The swellable metal, when exposed to a fluid, is transitionable from an initial configuration having an initial volume to an expanded configuration having an increased volume. The swellable metal, upon transitioning to the expanded configuration in an annulus of a fluid channel, forms a seal against a surface of the fluid channel such that fluid communication across the swellable metal in the annulus is at least partially restricted.
US11512546B2
A bottom hole assembly (BHA) operable to be conveyed within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation from a wellsite surface via coiled tubing. The BHA may operable to receive a fluid pumped from the wellsite surface via the coiled tubing. The BHA may include a fluid control tool comprising a first fluid passage extending longitudinally through the fluid control tool and a plurality of first fluid outlets extending radially between the first fluid passage and the wellbore. The fluid control tool may be selectively operable to close the first fluid passage and open the plurality of first fluid outlets to pass the fluid into the wellbore via the plurality of first fluid outlets, and close the plurality of first fluid outlets and open the first fluid passage to pass the fluid through first fluid passage. The BHA may further include a tractor operable to move the BHA along the wellbore coupled downhole from the fluid control tool. The tractor may have a second fluid passage fluidly connected with the first fluid passage. The BHA may also include a fluid outlet sub coupled downhole from the tractor having a plurality of second fluid outlets fluidly connected with the first fluid passage and extending radially outward to fluidly connect the second fluid passage and the wellbore, and a bent sub coupled downhole from the fluid outlet sub and operable for steering the BHA.
US11512545B2
Valve systems for inserting into casings used in downhole environments are provided. The valve system includes a mandrel, a check valve assembly, and a setting system. The setting system includes a sealing element, a pair of wedges, and a pair of slips, each located on an outer surface of the mandrel. The wedges are separated from each other by the sealing element. Each wedge includes an inner surface configured to slide along the outer surface of the mandrel and an angled surface having a first set of ratchet teeth. The slips are separated from each other by the pair of wedges. Each slip includes an inner surface having a second set of ratchet teeth configured to engage the first set of ratchet teeth. Also, each slip includes an outer surface having gripping elements configured to grip an inner surface of the casing.
US11512544B2
A flow diverter for connecting a central bore to an outer conduit. The flow diverter defines a portion of the central bore and angled flow passages connecting the portion of the central bore to the outer conduit. Rounded edges between the central bore and angled flow passages reduce cavitation and/or turbulence. The rounded edges and an adjacent portion of the central bore may be defined by an insert.
US11512540B2
A method of mitigating whirl on a rotating device includes detecting force on a outer surface of the rotating device and switching the rotating device between a rotating mode and a non-rotating mode. In the rotating mode, the outer surface may rotate with an inner sleeve. In the non-rotating mode, the outer surface may be rotationally isolated from the inner sleeve. The rotating device may include a stabilizer with an active or passive system for switching modes. The stabilizer can include an outer collar, an inner sleeve, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is changeable between a first mode in which the outer collar is rotationally fixed to the inner sleeve and a second mode in which the outer collar is rotationally isolated relative to the inner sleeve. An example passive device may include a magnetic clutch where the detected force overcomes magnetic forces to change mode.
US11512533B2
Bearing assemblies that include a plurality of polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) bearing elements, bearing apparatuses including such bearing assemblies, and methods of operating and fabricating such bearing assemblies and apparatuses are disclosed. In an embodiment, the plurality of PCD bearing elements of one or more of the bearing assemblies disclosed herein include at least one first PCD bearing element. At least a portion of the first PCD bearing element exhibits a coercivity of about 125 Oersteds or more and a specific magnetic saturation of about 14 Gauss·cm3/gram or less. The first PCD bearing element includes a bearing surface with at least one groove formed therein. In an embodiment, the plurality of PCD bearing elements also include at least one second PCD bearing element. The second PCD bearing element exhibits a coercivity that is less than and a specific magnetic saturation that is greater than the first PCD bearing element.
US11512532B2
A drilling rig is adapted to perform drilling and/or other wellbore related activities. The drilling rig includes a drilling tower, a drill floor with a well center, a slip device arranged at the well center, a tubulars connection makeup and breaking device near the well center, and a top drive system. The top drive system includes a traveling carriage that is vertically mobile along one or more vertical rails of the drilling tower by a vertical motion drive. The system also includes a top drive unit supported by said carriage and including a top drive motor and a rotary torque output member. The system further includes a tripping operation elevator that is adapted to be engageable with a drilling tubulars string or drilling tubulars stand, e.g. with the top end thereof, in order to perform tripping operations. The top drive unit and the tripping operation elevator are each mobile relative to the traveling carriage, and wherein the top drive system is provided with one or more actuators adapted to cause said relative motion of the top drive unit and of the tripping operation elevator so as to provide a drilling mode and a tripping mode.
US11512531B2
An opening/closing direction restriction mechanism for a manual shutter device and an opening/closing direction restriction mechanism for a suspended sliding door device. This opening/closing direction restriction mechanism is provided with: a flange fixedly mounted on a fixed shaft; a bracket which is loosely fitted to the fixed shaft and can be integrally rotated with a winding member; and a two-way clutch which can be switched between a reverse rotation inhibited state in which the revolution of a planetary external gear along a winding direction of the winding member is allowed and the revolution of the planetary external gear along an unwinding direction is inhibited, and a forward rotation inhibited state in which the revolution of the planetary external gear along the winding direction of the winding member is inhibited and the revolution of the planetary external gear along the unwinding direction is allowed.
US11512529B2
In one aspect, a mounting assembly for mounting an architectural covering to a support structure may include a bracket configured to be coupled to the support structure and a bracket adapter configured to be coupled to the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly may include an end mount configured to be coupled to both an adjacent end of the covering and the bracket adapter. In accordance with aspects of the present subject matter, the various components of the mounting assembly may be configured or adapted to provide one or more advantages over known mounting assemblies.
US11512527B1
A gate apparatus that includes a gate, an elongate member or gate base for the ends of the gate, and a stairway post adapter such that a wooden stairway post can serve as a base for a gate without harming the wood of the stairway post. The stairway post adapter includes a vertical or longitudinally running channel for receiving the gate base, a horizontally or laterally extending channel for receiving a strap, and a recess or receptor or face for confronting a section of a stairway post. The gate base includes an upper and lower eyelet. Each of the ends of the gate includes upper and lower pins for engaging the upper and lower eyelets of the gate bases. On the hinge side of the gate, the pins are relatively long and remain in the eyelets as the gate is lifted and swung. On the latch side of the gate, the pins are relatively short such that that latch side of the gate can be lifted and disengaged from the eyelets and then swung open. The gate is extendable and retractable in length, and is reversible.
US11512519B2
An automated door system includes a first door control module configured to be mounted in a fixed position relative to a powered door and a second door control module configured to be carried by a user and configured to be in electronic communication with the first door control module to control at least one of an opening actuation and a closing actuation of the powered door. A method of controlling the powered door may include wirelessly electronically connecting a second door control module to a first door control module, determining a proximity of the second door control module to the first door control module, an automating the opening and closing of the powered door in response to a position of the second door control module relative to the first door control module.
US11512518B2
In example implementations, a method is provided. The method includes determining, by a processor, that a vehicle is approaching a door of a building based on a velocity vector of the vehicle, calculating, by the processor, a time of arrival of the vehicle at the door based on the velocity vector of the vehicle and a distance of the vehicle from the door, and controlling, by the processor, the door to begin opening at a time based on the time of arrival and an amount of time for the door to open such that the door is opened when the vehicle arrives at the door.
US11512513B2
An item of furniture includes a first furniture part, a second furniture part, and furniture hinges for pivotally connecting the first furniture part and the second furniture part. The furniture hinges are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the first furniture part and the second furniture part, and a gap is defined between the first furniture part and the second furniture part. A cover portion extends at least between the furniture hinges so that the gap can be at least partially covered. The first furniture part and the second furniture part can be moved by the furniture hinges into a position in which the first furniture part and the second furniture part are aligned so as to be substantially coplanar relative to each other whereby the cover portion is substantially covered by the first furniture part and/or the second furniture part.
US11512512B2
An aircraft door translation hinge assembly connects a passenger door of an aircraft to the aircraft fuselage structure and enables the passenger door to move through a desired opening motion. The opening motion of the passenger door is controlled by a simplified mechanism that utilizes a pair of linkages connected by a cam surface follower that engages in sliding engagement with a cam surface. The simplified mechanism controls a pivoting movement of the passenger door as the passenger door is first opened, and then controls a translation movement of the passenger door as the passenger door is continued to be opened from a passenger door opening in the aircraft fuselage.
US11512511B2
A locking mechanism comprises an S-shaped locking member which comprises respective locking hooks arranged at the end of opposed arms of the locking member. A pivot is arranged between the arms of the locking member. The locking member rotates around the axis (A) of the pivot. The locking mechanism further comprises a coupling for coupling the locking member to an actuator for rotating the locking member around the pivot axis (A). The coupling comprises at least one coupling element, an actuator coupling for coupling the at least one coupling element to the actuator and first and second drive couplings for coupling the at least one coupling element independently to each arm of the locking member for transmitting rotational movement thereto, such that failure of one arm of the locking member will not cause loss of drive to the other arm of the locking member.
US11512501B2
Securing systems and methods of securing a transport container to an attachment point. In one embodiment, the securing system includes an actuator, an attachment structure, and an electronic controller. The attachment structure is dimensioned to complement the actuator. The electronic controller is operably coupled to the actuator for attaching and releasing the actuator to the attachment structure.
US11512496B2
Disclosed is an invention that relates to a breakage prevention type card key. A breakage prevention type card key of the present invention includes: a substrate part installed inside a case part, a key accommodation part connected to the substrate part and having a groove into which an auxiliary key part is inserted, a locking part located inside the key accommodation part and elastically pressurizing a side surface of the auxiliary key part stored in the key accommodation part to restrain the movement of the auxiliary key part, and a reinforcement part extended from key accommodation part and coupled to the case part and augmenting the rigidity of the case part located on both sides of the entrance of the key accommodation part.
US11512487B2
A wave generating system is provided. The system includes an enclosure having a base and plurality of sidewalls extending orthogonally upward from edges thereon, wherein a plurality of pistons are disposed over the surface area of the base therein. A covering layer of a waterproof and flexible construction is pivotally affixed to a top end of the plurality of pistons and attached to the plurality of sidewalls. The plurality of pistons is operably connected to a circuit board disposed within a control panel via a grid connection and programmed to create patterns and contours in the covering layer via the plurality of pistons. The patterns of ocean floor conditions ideal for surfing, as well as other geometric patterns, may be programmed and operated using a display screen or remote control.
US11512485B2
A column bracket assembly is provided. The column bracket assembly comprises a bottom base bracket and a top base bracket, each including a bracket body adapted to receive an end of support element (e.g. a wooden column) and a mounting bracket/plate pivotally coupled to the bracket body and adapted to be coupled to a structural element (e.g. a footing, pile, header, beam etc.). The column bracket assembly optionally includes mounting brackets for installing cross brace brackets and/or tension rods to the bracket bodies. A method of installing the column bracket assembly, and a method of repairing, resettling, shoring, and/or leveling a structure with the column bracket assembly are also provided, along with structures comprising the column bracket assembly.
US11512476B2
A shielding device for shielding against weather influences that includes a textile sheet material which is stretched two-dimensionally or can be rolled out and which forms a shield against weather influences, in particular, against solar radiation and/or rain. The textile material has warp threads and weft threads connected together in a lattice-like manner so as to form a fabric. A foam layer which has foam pores that are separated from one another by solid foam walls is applied onto the textile sheet material on at least one side of the textile sheet material.
US11512474B2
A mounting device or clamp is provided that can be secured to a roof joint without damaging the roof joint. Two roof panels can be joined at a roof joint that extends away from the roof. The clamp has a body with a slot to receive the roof joint. An insert of the clamp is rotatable relative to the body from a first position to a second position. The clamp body can be positioned over the roof joint, and the insert can rotate or pivot from the first position to the second position relative to the body to secure the clamp to the roof joint. In one embodiment, a body of the clamp has a first arm that is concave and the insert has a concave portion to engage the roof joint. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the insert can be connected to the clamp body such that either a first projection or a second projection of the insert faces a roof joint.
US11512473B2
A resistant, UV resistant, vapor permeable, air barrier roofing underlayment assembly for use on sloped roofs comprising a substrate of permeable polyester, a permeable copolymer acrylate coating bonded to the permeable polyester substrate and a pressure sensitive permeable copolymer adhesive secured to the permeable acrylate coating.
US11512472B2
A shingle assembly for installation on a roof structure is provided. The shingle assembly can include an insulative substrate, a surface sheet coupled to and extending across a substantial portion of the insulative substrate, and a hook-and-loop fastening system comprising a hook portion and a loop portion. The hook portion or the loop portion can be coupled to and extend along the insulative substrate adjacent the surface sheet. The other of the hook portion or the loop portion can be coupled to and extend along the surface sheet. The hook portion can be configured to mate with a loop portion of a first adjoining shingle assembly and the loop portion can be configured to mate with a hook portion of a second adjoining shingle assembly.
US11512470B1
A stackable rebar chair includes a one-piece body of molded plastic that includes four vertical support legs and four vertical leg receiving sockets. The one-piece body also includes first and second concave rebar cradles that are oriented perpendicular to each other. Each of the support legs has a cross section that defines a first polygon, and each of the leg receiving sockets defines a partial second polygon that is both larger, and differently shaped, that the first polygon. When the rebar chairs are stacked, the four supporting legs of the upper chair are received in the leg receiving sockets of the lower chair in such a manner that a plurality of vertices of the first polygon are positioned, shaped and oriented to simultaneously match respective vertices of the partial second polygon.
US11512467B2
A ceiling module for the construction of a clean room cell, where the ceiling module includes at least a module support for arrangement on and connection to a support structure, a technical device including at least one filter unit, and a ceiling support which is spaced apart from the module support such that a technical space is formed between the ceiling support and the module support, wherein the technical device is arranged inside the technical space.
US11512464B2
Robust multi-purpose, multi-layer, building construction tapes and building construction framing members and related wall assemblies are disclosed that comprise a sheet metal framing member (all profiles) in combination with a new and more robust type of multi-layer building construction tape for fire safety and sound reduction. The multi-layer building construction tape comprises a flexible thermal barrier layer attached to (1) a flexible intumescent material layer having a lesser width (thereby enabling flex-lock rollover) and/or (2) a resilient unfoamed cross-linked polyethylene layer. In combination, the thermal barrier layer is on a surface of the sheet metal framing member, whereas the thermal barrier layer is attached to the intumescent layer or polyethylene layer (as the case may be) such that the thermal barrier layer is between the sheet metal framing member and the intumescent layer or the polyethylene layer. The multi-layer building construction tapes disclosed herein slow and impede the spread of fire and smoke (during a fire) and also reduces sound transmission between adjacent rooms in a building.
US11512463B2
There is provided an article that includes a polymeric layer disposed on and covering a first major surface of an porous layer, an adhesive layer disposed on a second major surface of the elastic layer opposite the polymeric layer; and a liner disposed on a major surface of the polymeric layer opposite the first major surface of the elastic layer. The polymeric layer and the porous layer together form an air and water barrier that is water vapor permeable. The liner is water vapor impermeable. In a preferred embodiment the polymeric layer comprises a polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one end group derived from an alkoxy silane. A method of applying the article to a surface of a building component is also provided.
US11512462B2
A method includes forming a cutout in a bamboo pole, the cutout having a non-uniform perimeter, and in which the perimeter increases towards a region of the bamboo pole where fibers of the pole are stronger than other regions of the bamboo pole.
US11512454B2
A system for controlling an engagement operation between first and second movable machines includes a separation sensor, a relative speed sensor and a controller. The separation sensor determines a separation distance between the first and second machines. The relative speed sensor determines a relative difference in speed between the first and second machines. The controller determines the separation distance between the first and second machines, decelerates the first movable machine when the separation distance is within a deceleration zone, determines a relative difference in speed between the first and second machines, and generates an engagement speed command to operate the first movable machine at a first ground speed equal to a second ground speed of the second movable machine plus a relative engagement speed when the separation distance is within a buffer zone.
US11512453B2
A mobile work machine includes a frame; ground engaging elements movably supported by the frame and driven by a power source to drive movement of the machine; a moveable element movably supported by the frame to move relative to the frame; an actuator coupled to the moveable element to controllably drive movement of the moveable element; a control system that generates an actuator control signal, indicative of a commanded movement of the actuator, and provides the actuator control signal to the actuator to control the actuator to perform the commanded movement; a terrain identifier configured to identify a characteristic of terrain in a geographic area around the machine; and a stability system that determines whether the commanded movement will result in an unstable state of the machine based on the characteristic of the terrain and, if so, generates a restriction signal, restricting the commanded movement to avoid the unstable state.
US11512440B2
A vertical member for a vehicle restraint system is intended for attaching a guard rail of the vehicle restraint system. The vertical member includes a profiled support and a reinforcing support within the profiled support, and the longitudinal axis of the reinforcing support runs substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the profiled support.
US11512438B2
Disclosed is an infill for an artificial turf field, the infill comprising: from about 40 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of a polyvinyl chloride resin; from about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a plasticizer derived from a naturally occurring source; from about 2 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of a reflective pigment; from about 0.01 wt. % to about 0.1 wt. % of a blowing agent; and from about 5 wt. % to about 30 wt. % of a filler. The infill is pelletized and maintains the temperature of an artificial turf field, when disposed throughout the artificial turf field, at a temperature about 15° F. to about 25° F. less than a temperature of a comparative artificial turf under substantially similar ambient and environmental conditions, wherein a comparative infill of the comparative artificial turf consists essentially of crumbed rubber infill.
US11512436B2
A system for extracting polluted air in the vicinity of a road surface, the system comprising at least one inlet assembly arranged to be recessed into the road surface and to be connected to an extraction duct, said at least one inlet assembly comprising: a pod arranged to protrude above the level of the road surface and to be driven over; and one or more intakes located within the pod, the pod defining a passage arranged to be connected to an extraction duct.
US11512435B2
A system for and method of stabilizing rail track structures using a load transfer apparatus is disclosed. The load transfer apparatus includes a vertical load transfer element and a top load transfer element, wherein the top load transfer element is used to transfer applied locomotive and rail car loads to the vertical load transfer element. In one embodiment, the top load transfer element includes helical flights. In another embodiment, the top load transfer element includes a flared top. In yet another embodiment, the top load transfer element includes a load transfer cap. In a further embodiment, the top load transfer element includes two or more support legs each with a top support attached thereto. The railroad stabilization system can comprise any one type or any combinations of types of the aforementioned load transfer apparatuses.
US11512424B2
A carbon fiber is obtained by sequentially performing: a step (I) of dissolving a fullerene mixture including fullerenes C60 and C70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution; a step (II) of immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and a step (III) of extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber.
US11512414B2
A method and a device for the automated transport of weaving accessories is disclosed. A device is provided which has at least one rail and at least one rail carrier. The at least one rail carrier carries the weight of the at least one rail, on which weaving accessories can be movably disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The method is characterized in that the at least one rail carrier is displaced relative to the at least one rail, in the longitudinal direction thereof, in order to move weaving accessories disposed at the rail along the rail in the longitudinal direction thereof.
US11512413B2
The invention relates to a flexible belt comprising a woven fabric. The woven fabric has approximately parallel straight sides and ends, where the ends are releasably or permanently securable to one another to form an endless loop. The woven fabric contains a set of warp yarns and a set of weft yarns. The set of warp warps are in a warp yarn direction and the warp yarns comprise monofilament warp yarns having a first denier. The set of weft yarns are in a weft yarn direction which is approximately perpendicular to the warp yarn direction. The weft yarns are in a repeating pattern of at least one monofilament weft yarn followed by at least one multifilament weft yarn. The monofilament weft yarn has a linear mass density of at least about 2,500 denier and at least about 5 times the denier of the monofilament warp yarn.
US11512408B2
Disclosed are cup assemblies for holding, sealing, and providing electrical power to a semiconductor substrate during electroplating which may include a cup bottom element having a main body portion and a moment arm, an elastomeric sealing element disposed on the moment arm, and an electrical contact element disposed on the elastomeric sealing element. The main body portion may be such that it does not substantially flex when a substrate is pressed against the moment arm, and it may be rigidly affixed to another feature of the cup structure. The ratio of the average vertical thickness of the main body portion to that of the moment arm may be greater than about 5. The electrical contact element may have a substantially flat but flexible contact portion disposed upon a substantially horizontal portion of the sealing element. The elastomeric sealing element may be integrated with the cup bottom element during manufacturing.
US11512406B2
Crystal plane orientation enrichment compounds are applied to copper to modify copper grain orientation distribution to the favorable crystal plain orientation to enhance copper electroplating. Electroplating copper on the modified copper enables faster and selective electroplating.
US11512405B2
The present invention concerns a metal or metal alloy deposition composition, particularly a copper or copper alloy deposition composition, for electrolytic deposition of a metal or metal alloy layer, particularly for electrolytic deposition of a copper or copper alloy layer, comprising at least one type of metal ions to be deposited, preferably copper ions, and at least one imidazole based plating compound. The present invention further concerns a method for preparation of the plating compound, the plating compound itself and its use in a metal or metal alloy deposition composition. The inventive metal or metal alloy deposition composition can be preferably used for filling recessed structures, in particular those having higher diameter to depth aspect ratios.
US11512404B2
Printhead for a 3D manufacturing system that uses metal electrodeposition to construct parts; embodiments utilize a grid of anodes to achieve high quality parts with features that may be small and detailed. To support grids with thousands or millions of anodes, the printhead may use matrix control with row and column drivers similar to display backplanes. Unlike display backplanes where the design goal is to display images using minimal current, the printhead may be optimized for high current density for fast electrodeposition, and for anode longevity. Current density may exceed 1000 mA per cm-squared, at least an order of magnitude greater than that of display backplanes. Anode longevity may be enhanced by using relatively large anodes compared to the grid pitch of the printhead, by lengthening the conductive paths through anodes, or both. Embodiments may be constructed by adding anode and insulation layers on top of matrix-controlled switching circuits.
US11512401B2
There is disclosed a process for synthesis of a C2-8 alkane comprising: (a) providing an electrolyte formulation comprising from about 3N to about 6N C2-C5 carboxylic acid and from about 2 M to about 4 M alkali C2-C5 carboxylate, wherein the C2-C5 carboxylate and carboxylic acid have the same carbon alkyl length into a pressure vessel having an electrode cell or stack; (b) adding electrical current to the electrode cell or stack; (c) pressurizing the pressure vessel; and (d) recovering a gas stream from the pressure vessel comprising a C2-8 alkane, CO2 and H2. Preferably, the carboxylic acid is acetic acid and the alkane is ethane.
US11512400B2
A method and an electrocatalytic electrode for electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to methanol are provided. An exemplary electrocatalytic electrode includes copper (I) oxide crystals electrodeposited over an atomically smooth copper electrode.
US11512396B2
A doping method using an electric field includes stacking a sacrificial layer on a doped layer, disposing a doping material on the sacrificial layer, disposing electrodes on the doping material and the doped layer, respectively, and doping the doping material into the doped layer through oxidation, diffusion, and reduction of the doping material by the electric field.
US11512394B2
The present invention concerns an electroless gold plating bath comprising a) gold ions; b) sulfite ions; c) iodide ions; d) at least one phosphonate compound according to formula (1) wherein each X is independently an alkanediyl group; R1, R2, R3 and each R4 are independently alkanediyl groups; M is independently hydrogen, a metal atom or a cation forming radical; each n is a rational number and selected in accordance with the valency of the respective M; and b is an integer ranging from 1 to 10. The invention further is directed to the use of the bath and a method for depositing a gold layer on a surface of a substrate. The bath is particularly suitable in the manufacture of printed circuit boards, IC substrates, semiconducting devices, interposers made of glass and the like.
US11512384B2
Analyte sensors and methods for fabricating analyte sensors are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a planar flexible analyte sensor includes sputtering platinum onto a polyester base layer to form a layer of platinum. The method includes patterning the layer of platinum to form working electrodes and additional electrodes. Further, the method includes forming an insulating dielectric layer over the base layer, wherein the insulating dielectric layer is formed with openings exposing portions of the working electrodes and portions of the additional electrodes. Also, the method includes partially singulating individual sensors from the base layer, wherein each individual sensor is connected to the base layer by a tab. The method further includes depositing an enzyme layer over the exposed portions of the working electrodes and coating the working electrodes with a glucose limiting membrane.
US11512381B2
The invention relates to a carbonitriding facility (IC) which includes: a heating chamber (CC), for heating at least one steel part (PA) to a first temperature, in the presence of a neutral gas and under a selected pressure; a first enriching chamber (CE1) for enriching the heated part with nitrogen, by nitriding same in α-phase at a second temperature no higher than the first temperature; a second enriching chamber (CE2) for enriching the nitrogen-enriched part with carbon, by carburising same at a third temperature higher than the second temperature; a quench chamber (CT) for quenching the nitrogen- and carbon-enriched part under pressure; a transfer airlock (ST) communicating with the chambers and suitable for temporarily receiving the part in a controlled atmosphere; and transfer means (MT) for transfer-ring the part from one chamber to another chamber via the transfer airlock (ST).
US11512379B2
In one example, a method for forming a coating system including a bond coat and an environmental barrier coating on a ceramic or CMC substrate, e.g., with an abradable coating on the environmental barrier coating. The method may include depositing a bond coat on a ceramic or ceramic matrix composite (CMC) substrate to form an as-deposited bond coat; heat treating the as-deposited bond coat following the deposition of the as-deposited bond coat on the substrate to form a heat treated bond coat; depositing an environment barrier coating (EBC) layer on the heat treated bond coat to form as deposited EBC layer; and heat treating the as-deposited EBC layer to form a heat treated EBC layer.
US11512370B2
This free-cutting copper alloy contains Cu: 58.5 to 63.5%, Si: more than 0.4% and 1.0% or less, Pb: 0.003 to 0.25%, and P: 0.005 to 0.19%, with the remainder being Zn and inevitable impurities, a total amount of Fe, Mn, Co and Cr is less than 0.40%, a total amount of Sn and Al is less than 0.40%, a relationship of 56.3≤f1=[Cu]−4.7×[Si]+0.5×[Pb]−0.5×[P]≤59.3 is satisfied, constituent phases of a metal structure have relationships of 20≤(α)≤75, 25≤(β)≤80, 0≤(γ)<2, 20≤(γ)1/2×3+(β)×(−0.5×([Si])2+1.5×[Si])≤78, and 33≤(γ)1/2×3+(β)×(−0.5×([Si])2+1.5×[Si])+([Pb])1/2×33+([P])1/2×14, and a compound including P is present in β phase.
US11512364B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a hot-rolled strip composed of a bainitic multi-phase steel and having a Zn—Mg—Al coating, comprising the following steps: melting a steel melt containing (in weight percent): C: 0.04-0.11, Si: <=0.7, Mn: 1.4-2.2, Mo: 0.05-0.5, Al: 0.015-0.1, P: up to 0.02, S: up to 0.01, B: up to 0.006, and at least one element from the group Nb, V, Ti in accordance with the following condition: 0.02<=Nb+V+Ti<=0.20, the remainder being iron including unavoidable steel-accompanying elements resulting from the melting process, casting the steel melt into a preliminary material, in particular a slab or a block or a thin slab, hot rolling the preliminary material into a hot-rolled strip having a final rolling temperature in the range of 800 to 950° C., cooling the hot-rolled strip to a winding temperature less than 650° C., winding the hot-rolled strip at a winding temperature less than 650° C., cooling the wound hot-rolled strip to room temperature in still air, wherein the microstructure of the wound hot-rolled strip then has a bainite fraction greater than 50% after the hot rolling, heating the hot-rolled strip to a temperature greater than 650° C. and less than Ac3, in particular less than Ac1+50° C., cooling the hot-rolled strip to zinc bath temperature, hot-dip coating the heated hot-rolled strip in a zinc alloy molten bath containing (in weight percent): Al: 1.0-2.0, Mg: 1.0-2.0, the remainder being zinc and unavoidable impurities. The invention further relates to the hot-rolled strip produced in accordance with the method above and to shaped, dynamically highly loadable components, in particular motor vehicle parts, that are produced from said hot-roiled strip and that are resistant to corrosive and abrasive influences.
US11512361B2
Provided is an electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube having excellent fatigue durability after rapid and short-time heating quenching treatment. An electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube comprises: a base metal being a steel sheet having a specific chemical composition and an electric resistance weld portion having a bond width of 40×10−6 m or more and 120×10−6 m or less, wherein C0-C1 is 0.05 mass % or less, where C0-C1 is a difference between C1 in mass % which is a minimum C content of the electric resistance weld portion and C0 in mass % which is a C content of the steel sheet, and a depth of a total decarburized layer in each of an inner surface layer and an outer surface layer of the electric resistance welded steel pipe or tube is 50×10−6 m or less.
US11512360B2
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a metallographic structure after secondary-recrystallized annealing including matrix grains of Goss-oriented secondary recrystallized grains, wherein an existence frequency of Goss-oriented crystal grains having a major diameter of 5 mm or less in the matrix grains is 1.5 grains/cm2 or more and 8 grains/cm2 or less, and the magnetic flux density B8 is 1.88 T or more, and wherein deviation angles from a rolling direction of [001] direction of the Goss-oriented crystal grains having the major diameter of 5 mm or less are 7″ or less and 5° or less, in terms of a simple or arithmetic average of α angle and β angle, respectively, wherein the α angle represents an angle formed by a longitudinal direction and a projection of the [001] on a specimen surface, and the β angle represents a tilt of the [001] out of the specimen surface.
US11512351B2
Gene expression is measured in a sample of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from a subject and used to predict organ function recovery. A Function Recovery Potential (FRP) score is assigned to a sample that reflects the measured expression level of the genes identified herein in a direction associated with recovery from organ failure. Treatment of the subject with optimal medical management (OMM) and/or palliative care (PC) is advised when the FRP score is lower than the reference value, and referring the subject for treatment with therapies including—but not limited to—mechanical circulatory support (MCS) surgery, heart transplant (HTx) surgery, or other intervention for advanced heart failure is advised when the FRP score is greater than the reference value. A method for developing an FRP scoring algorithm that predicts a subject's ability to recover from medical intervention for organ failure is also described.
US11512349B2
Methods for measuring subpopulations of ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules are provided. In some embodiments, methods of generating a sequencing library from a plurality of RNA molecules in a test sample obtained from a subject are provided, as well as methods for analyzing the sequencing library to detect, e.g., the presence or absence of a disease.
US11512339B2
An example of an array includes a support, a cross-linked epoxy polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) resin film on a surface of the support, and a patterned hydrophobic polymer layer on the cross-linked epoxy POSS resin film. The patterned hydrophobic polymer layer defines exposed discrete areas of the cross-linked epoxy POSS resin film, and a polymer coating is attached to the exposed discrete areas. Another example of an array includes a support, a modified epoxy POSS resin film on a surface of the support, and a patterned hydrophobic polymer layer on the modified epoxy POSS resin film. The modified epoxy POSS resin film includes a polymer growth initiation site, and the patterned hydrophobic polymer layer defines exposed discrete areas of the modified epoxy POSS resin film. A polymer brush is attached to the polymer growth initiation site in the exposed discrete areas.
US11512334B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolysed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an amount corresponding to at least 30 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, more preferably in an amount corresponding to at least 40 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, and most preferably in an amount corresponding to at least 50 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material is consumed.
US11512331B2
Provided are a cAMP receptor protein variant, a microorganism including the same, and a method of producing an L-amino acid using the same.
US11512329B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for production of organic acids. In particular, provided herein are consolidated bioprocessing compositions and methods for single reactor production of organic acids.
US11512328B2
A combination of an electrochemical device for delivering reducing equivalents to a cell, and engineered metabolic pathways within the cell capable of utilizing the electrochemically provided reducing equivalents is disclosed. Such a combination allows the production of commodity chemicals by fermentation to proceed with increased carbon efficiency.
US11512327B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for the preparation, manufacture, formulation and therapeutic use of adeno-associated virus (AAV) particles for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases.
US11512322B2
The present invention is directed to a transgenic plant and a method for producing the same. In particular, the present invention is directed to a transgenic plant or a plant cell in which a nucleic acid molecule encoding an m6A demethylase is introduced, wherein said m6A demethylase has the following two domains: i) N-terminal domain (NTD) having the function of AlkB oxidation demethylase; and ii) C-terminal domain (CTD). The present invention is also directed to a method for producing said plant, comprising introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an m6A demethylase into a regenerable plant cell, and regenerating a transgenic plant from the regenerable plant cell.
US11512318B2
Disclosed is a method for producing 3-fucosyllactose using a wild Corynebacterium glutamicum strain. In addition, using the Corynebacterium glutamicum strain, which is a GRAS strain, 3-fucosyllactose can be produced at a high concentration, high yield and high productivity.
US11512314B2
Compositions and methods disclosed herein can help provide improved delivery of non-natural therapeutic nucleotides for the treatment of diseases such as cancer. An example composition includes an assembly of amphiphilic polynucleotides, where each amphiphilic polynucleotide includes an aptamer portion, a first nucleotide portion, and a second nucleotide portion.
US11512312B2
Described are compounds and methods useful in the treatment of Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD).
US11512309B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating patients having an ophthalmic condition, methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing an ophthalmic condition, methods of detecting human angiopoietin like 7 (ANGPTL7) variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides, and ANGPTL7 variant nucleic acid molecules and variant polypeptides.
US11512308B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for removing a portion of a sequence in a member of a nucleic acid library.
US11512307B2
Provided herein is a 3-dimensional lattice microarray system for DNA sequence detection and analysis. The system has a plurality of bifunctional polymer linkers, on one end of which are attached nucleic acid probes where each have a sequence complementary to signature nucleotide sequences in pathogens, plants or animals. The other end of the bifunctional polymer linker is attached to a solid support by non-covalent or covalent means. Each of the nucleic acid probes have terminal thymidine bases at the 5′ and 3′ ends that permit attachment of the probes to the bifunctional polymer linkers. Also provided is a customizable microarray kit is provided that contains the solid support, linkers, probes, solvent mixture and instructions to use the kit.
US11512301B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition for producing tagatose, comprising fructose-6-phosphate-4-epimerase, and a method of producing tagatose using the same.
US11512288B2
Provided herein are methods of activating immune cells. The method includes providing a population of immune cells and contacting the population of immune cells with a first agent and a second agent. The first agent includes an immune cell activator attached to a first binder moiety, and the second agent includes at least one capture oligomer. The at least one capture oligomer is capable of associating with the first binder moiety. Also provided are kits for activating immune cells.
US11512287B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for inactivating TCR and/or HLA genes, using engineered nucleases comprising at least one DNA binding domain and a cleavage domain or cleavage half-domain in conditions able to preserve cell viability. Polynucleotides encoding nucleases, vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding nucleases and cells comprising polynucleotides encoding nucleases and/or cells comprising nucleases are also provided.
US11512285B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing induced neural stem cells which are reprogrammed from differentiated cells. The method of producing the induced neural stem cells according to the present invention enables preparation of the induced neural stem cells from non-neuronal cells using only two inducing factors of SOX2 and HMGA2. Therefore, the method of the present invention can prepare induced neural stem cells in a more efficient manner than the conventional methods, which use four or five inducing factors. Additionally, the method of the present invention shows significantly higher inducing efficiency and proliferation capacity than when only a single SOX2 gene is used, thus increasing its potency to be used for therapeutic purposes.
US11512279B2
A system for generating and using an assay key comprising growth conditions for a set of microorganisms for a set of diverse QAC-based culture media under a variety of incubation conditions known to modulate the effect of QAC on growth of some microorganisms in the set. Each culture medium is characterized by a pH and includes one or more QACs and one or more growth supplements. The set of culture media includes media comprising various combinations of pH, QAC type, QAC concentration, growth supplement type, and growth supplement concentration. The assay key can be used to identify a microorganism by inoculating a variety of growth media within the key and incubating the inoculated media under conditions within the key and comparing the resulting pattern of microorganism growth across the media and conditions with growth patterns for various known microorganisms across the media and conditions that are within the key.
US11512251B2
The present invention provides a rare-earth halide scintillating material and application thereof. The rare-earth halide scintillating material has a chemical formula of REaCebX3, wherein RE is a rare-earth element La, Gd, Lu or Y, X is one or two of halogens Cl, Br and I, 0≤a≤1.1, 0.01≤b≤1.1, and 1.0001≤a+b≤1.2. By taking a +2 valent rare-earth halide having the same composition as a dopant to replace a heterogeneous alkaline earth metal halide in the prior art for doping, the rare-earth halide scintillating material is relatively short of a halogen ion. The apparent valence state of a rare-earth ion is between +2 and +3. The rare-earth halide scintillating material belongs to non-stoichiometric compounds, but still retains a crystal structure of an original stoichiometric compound, and has more excellent energy resolution and energy response linearity than the stoichiometric compound.
US11512240B2
Methods of cementing include providing a geopolymer cement composition that includes a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM), a metal silicate, an alkaline activator, and a carrier fluid, introducing the geopolymer cement composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the geopolymer cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The MAHBM includes silica or alumina core particulates coated with an amorphous calcium silicate hydrate.
US11512230B1
An adhesive tape product incorporating foam that is stitch-bonded with a stitching yarn to provide substantial dimensional stability in the machine direction without sacrificing the sound dampening and insulation properties of the foam. A pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed in overlying relation to at least one face of the foam. One or more fibrous layers may be positioned between the foam and the adhesive.
US11512224B2
A water-based coating composition including: a polyol; a polyisocyanate; a hydrophobic curing catalyst which is made of an organometallic compound containing at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of Sn, Bi, Zr, Ti, and Al and of which solubility in water under conditions of atmospheric pressure at 20° C. is 1 g/100 ml or less; and a nonionic surfactant of which an HLB value determined by a Griffin method is 10 to 15.
US11512223B2
A surface coating material includes a first material and a second material having a different structure. The first material includes a linking group represented by *—(CF2)nO—* between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is a trifluoroalkoxy group and another terminal end is a silane group. The second material includes an oxyalkylene group or a *—NH—* linking group between two terminal ends, where one terminal end is an alkoxy group or an amino group, and another terminal end is a silane group. The first material is included in the surface coating material in an amount of less than or equal to about 5 mol % relative to a total amount (100 mol %) of the first material and the second material in the surface coating material.
US11512206B2
A sealant for screwing members contains: (a) a self-cross-linking aqueous emulsion; (b) a nanofiberized aramid fiber substance; and (c) a film-forming aid containing a mixture. The mixture contains a compound represented by formula 1: CH3O—(CH2CH2O)n—H. In formula 1, n is 4 or more. An equilibrium reflux boiling point of the overall mixture is 280° C. or higher.
US11512197B2
The purpose of the present invention is to establish a more precise method for evaluating long-run moldability and, based on this method, improve long-run moldability of a resin composition containing an EVOH-based resin and a nylon 6-based polyamide. Provided is a resin composition having improved long-run moldability and containing an EVOH-based resin and a nylon 6-based polyamide, wherein the amount of ε-caprolactam is 200 ppm or less. When the resin composition comprises an EVOH-based resin and a nylon 6-based polyamide, contacting the resin composition with water can reduce the amount of ε-caprolactam.
US11512194B2
The invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition having (A) a thermoplastic polymer comprising (a1) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of a propylene polymer having a melting point of 150° C. or higher, (a2) 10 mass % to less than 60 mass % of an ethylene polymer, (a3) 5 mass % to less than 50 mass % of, for example, a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, and (a4) 1 mass % to less than 30 mass % of, for example, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-modified olefin polymer; (B) a softener for nonaromatic rubbers; (C) a metal hydrate; (D) an organic peroxide; (E) an antioxidant; and (F) a coupling agent.
US11512189B2
The present invention is directed to a polyethylene-polypropylene composition comprising a blend (A) being a recycled material, said blend comprising polypropylene and polyethylene, and a compatibilizer (B) being a copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene. Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said polyethylene-polypropylene composition and a process for preparing said polyethylene-polypropylene composition. The present invention is also directed to the use of a compatibilizer (B) being a copolymer of 1-butene and ethylene for improving the impact-stiffness balance and the morphology of the blend (A).
US11512184B2
A thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, comprising a first phase bi-continuously intertwined with from about 10 wt % to 80 wt % of a second phase throughout the composition, and from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % of a curative system, the first phase comprising polypropylene and the second phase comprising an at least partially cured elastomeric rubber composition, comprising from about 10 wt % to about 40 wt % ethylene, from about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of a conjugated diene having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and from about 50 wt % to about 85 wt % of a C4-C8 alpha olefin, based on the total weight of the elastomeric rubber composition present. A process for making is also disclosed.
US11512179B2
A supported elastomeric foam (100) includes an elastomeric matrix (102) formed of an elastomer and including a reinforcement region (104) and a foamed region (106). The foamed region includes gas filled cells (108) in the elastomer, and the reinforcement region includes a porous layer (204) having an interconnected network of pores at least partially imbibed with the elastomer. The foam can include an adhesive at a surface of the foam. A compressible seal (802) including a compressible body, which can be elastomeric foam, can also include a pattern of discontinuous adhesive regions about which the compressible body can deform to form a sea. The supported elastomeric foam can form a gas tight seal in an interface when placed under minimal compression.
US11512178B2
There are provided a reactivity-introduced compound that imparts reactivity capable of bonding of a solid to another material, can perform imparting to a solid with high efficiency, and has high adhesion of bonding, a manufacturing method thereof, a surface-reactive solid using the same, and a manufacturing method of a surface-reactive solid. There are provided a reactivity-introduced compound provided on a surface of the solid for bonding the solid to another material, the reactivity-introduced compound including a triazine ring, an alkoxysilyl group (including a case where an alkoxy group in the alkoxysilyl group is OH), and a diazomethyl group in one molecule, a manufacturing method thereof, a surface-reactive solid using the same, and a manufacturing method of a surface-reactive solid.
US11512177B2
A reforming device (1) is provided with, on one end side of a chamber (2), a gas supply part (3) and, on the other end side of the chamber (2), a gas discharge part (4). A support part (5) for supporting a porous material (10) is provided between the gas supply part (3) and the gas discharge part (4) inside the chamber (4). Then, the unsaturated hydrocarbon gas of an unsaturated hydrocarbon supply device (31) and the ozone gas of an ozone generation device (32) are supplied into the chamber (2) via the gas supply part (3) so as to reform the outer-peripheral-side surface and the inner side surface of the porous material (10) accommodated inside the chamber (2). The gas inside the chamber (2) is sucked by the gas discharge part (4) and discharged to the outside of the chamber (2).
US11512176B2
One embodiment provides a hard coat laminated film, comprising, in order from a surface layer side, a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a transparent resin film layer, where the first hard coat is formed of a coating material including: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate; (B) 0.01 to 7 parts by mass of a water repellent; (C) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent; and (D) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of resin microparticles having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm, and containing no inorganic particles, and where the second hard coat is formed of a coating material containing inorganic particles. Another embodiment provides a hard coat laminated film having, in order from a surface layer side, a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a resin film layer. The first hard coat includes a coating material that does not include inorganic particles. The second hard coat includes a coating material including inorganic particles. The adhesive film fulfills the conditions: (i) a total light transmission rate of at least 85%; (ii) a pencil hardness for the first hard coat surface of at least 5H; and (iii) a Y value for an XYZ color system of 1.5%-4.2%.
US11512174B2
Disclosed herein are a fiber-reinforced material and an article made of the same. The fiber-reinforced material includes a fiber assembly and a matrix material coating the fiber assembly, the matrix material is a thermoplastic resin composition obtained by blending a polyolefin resin, a polyamide resin, and a modified elastomer that reacts with the polyamide resin. When a puncture test is performed at a striker speed of 1-4 msec and when a maximum impact force is applied is defined as PM and a deflection at break is defined as PB, PB/PM≥4. When the amount of energy absorbed before a maximum impact force is applied is E1, the amount of energy absorbed after a maximum impact force is applied and before break is E2, and a total amount of absorbed energy of E1 and E2 is ET, the ratio of E2:ET is 70% or more.
US11512166B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for continuously manufacturing an ester-based composition and a manufacturing system therefor, the method improving a manufacturing yield by optimizing process variables of each reactor of a reaction unit in which a plurality of reactors are connected in series.
US11512163B2
A two-component polyurea compositions including a polyisocyanate component and a hardener component. The hardener component includes at least a derivative of aspartic acid and at least one salt hydrate with a decomposition temperature of between 30° C. and 150° C. This composition allows to be applied to a large area and/or thick layers or high volume casts and shows fast curing triggered by heat but long pot life at application temperature.
US11512155B2
A method for producing a fluoropolymer of the invention which includes polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a surfactant to provide a fluoropolymer. The surfactant includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a surfactant represented by R1a—CO—R2a—CO—R3a-Aa and a surfactant represented by R1b—CO—(CR2b2)n—(OR3b)p—(CR4b2)q-L-Ab.
US11512149B2
A method for producing a polymer from a first component and a second component using a reactor (50) offers technical advantages, wherein reaction heat produced in the reactor (50) is discharged via a boiling cooler (40) by supplying gaseous vapors produced in the reactor (50) to the boiling cooler (40). A product flow containing condensed vapors is returned to the reactor (50) from the boiling cooler (40) via a separation vessel (60), and an aqueous phase is separated from the product flow in the separation vessel (60). A system is provided for producing a polymer from a first component and a second component, comprising a reactor (50) and a boiling cooler (40) for discharging reaction heat produced in the reactor (50). A separation vessel (60) is arranged between the boiling cooler (40) and the reactor (50) such that a product flow containing condensed vapors is returned to the reactor (50) from the boiling cooler (40) via the separation vessel (60).
US11512145B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject suffering from a deficiency in α-L-Iduronidase in the CNS. The methods include systemic administration of a bifunctional fusion antibody comprising an antibody to a human insulin receptor and an α-L-Iduronidase. A therapeutically effective systemic dose is based on the specific CNS uptake characteristics of human insulin receptor antibody-α-L-Iduronidase fusion antibodies as described herein.
US11512141B2
Provided herein are anti-FGL2 monoclonal antibodies. Further provided herein are methods to reverse suppressive immune mechanisms, such as for the treatment of cancer or infectious diseases.
US11512140B2
Isolated monoclonal antibodies which bind to human c-Met, the hepatocyte growth factor receptor, and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the antibodies are also disclosed.
US11512137B2
CD37-specific bispecific antibody molecules binding to different epitopes of the human CD37 antigen which bispecific antibody molecules have enhanced Fc-Fc interactions upon binding to CD37 on the cell surface. The invention also relates to the monoclonal parental antibodies from which the first or the second binding region of the bispecific antibody molecules is obtained. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these molecules and the treatment of cancer and other diseases using these compositions.
US11512121B2
Methods of synthetically producing, formulating and using secretoglobins SCGB1A1, SCGB3A2, and SCGB3A1 are provided. Methods of using secretoglobins SCGB1A1, SCGB3A2, and SCGB3A1 as therapeutic agents to affect long term patient outcomes, such as preventing severe respiratory exacerbations of underlying conditions that require medical intervention, including hospitalization are provided. Methods of producing recombinant human secretoglobins, analytical methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use to prevent the long term sequelae of acute and chronic respiratory conditions are provided.
US11512120B2
The present disclosure discloses an antimicrobial peptide Scyreprocin of Scylla paramamosain and a method thereof, wherein an amino acid sequence of the antimicrobial peptide Scyreprocin comprises a sequence shown in SEQ ID NO 01, and the antimicrobial peptide is expressed and purified by using genetic engineering technology. The recombinant antimicrobial peptide Scyreprocin has advantages of wide antimicrobial spectrum, good antimicrobial effect, and rapid germicidal rate, shows great application significance, and has good application in preparation of antimicrobial agents. The recombinant antimicrobial peptide Scyreprocin has no cytotoxicity to mouse hepatocytes AML12, human liver cells L02, and can be safely used for medical treatment or can be used as a feed composition.
US11512114B2
A compound includes cytotoxic agents such as microcystin and nodularin. More specifically, a modified microcystin and/or nodularin compound contains one or more modified substrates, wherein one or more modified substrates include an anchor group directly accessible or transformable for use in conjugation chemistry (incl. click chemistry), for the attachment of a targeting moiety. This compound is useful for cancer treatment.
US11512113B2
Provided herein are cleavable linkers, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as nucleic acids, and methods for making and discovering the same. The cleavable linkers described herein have improved efficacy and safety.
US11512111B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods suitable for treating acute leukemia by inhibiting π π π stacking in the YEATS protein domain. YEATS protein domains are typically found in a variety of chromatin modification molecular complexes. Cancer cells are characterized by aberrant epigenetic landscapes and often exploit chromatin machinery to activate oncogenic gene expression programs. Quantitative analysis of the inhibitory activity of YEATS domain inhibitors by use of a fluorescence-based assay revealed that several of the tested inhibitors achieved 50% inhibition at the submicro/nanomolar level. As such, provided is the use of small molecule inhibitors that target the ENL YEATS domain to selectively kill leukemic MLL-r cells.
US11512104B2
The present invention relates to a new process for the preparation of the crystalline polymorph of sodium neridronate in form hemihydrate F, comprising the following steps: a) reacting the 6-aminohexanoic acid with a mixture of phosphorous acid and methanesulfonic acid at a temperature in the range from 60 to 80° C., under stirring, until a clear solution is obtained; b) adding phosphorus trichloride to said solution of step (a) under stirring at a temperature in the range of 60 to 80° C.; c) diluting with water the reaction mixture obtained from the previous step (b) and heating said water diluted mixture at a temperature in the range from 80 to 120° C.; d) cooling the heated mixture obtained in step (c) up to room temperature, diluting it with water, then slowly adding an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution up to a pH in the range from 4.2 to 4.6, to obtain a neutralized solution; e) bringing the neutralized solution of step (d) up to a temperature of about 70° C., then subjecting it to a temperature increase in the range from 70 to 140° C., until evaporation of at least 70% of the initial volume of the neutralized solution of step (d), thus obtaining a suspension to be kept under stirring for at least 1 hour; f) cooling the suspension of step (e) up to a temperature in the range from around 5 to 25° C.; and g) recovering the crystalline sodium neridronate in hemihydrate form F by filtering the suspension of the previous step (f). The process is particularly simple, scalable and environmentally sustainable.
US11512101B2
The present invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising a light-emitting layer B containing at least one host compound H of Formula (I) wherein each of X′1 and X′2 is independently from another selected from the group consisting of nitrogen and an optionally substituted carbon atom, and wherein at least one of R′1—R′10 is CN and at least one of RA—RE is a substituted silane residue.
US11512095B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that function as inhibitors of BCL6 (B-cell lymphoma 6) activity: wherein X1, X2, R1, R2, R30, R31 and Ring A are each as defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer, as well as other diseases or conditions in which BCL6 activity is implicated.
US11512090B2
Provided herein are compounds which are useful as antagonists of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions.
US11512081B2
Provided herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions for use, inter alia, in methods of reducing Wnt-mediated effects and treating cancer.
US11512074B2
A substituted amino heterocyclic carboxamide compound as represent by formula (Φ), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a prodrug, a hydrate or a solvent compound, a crystal form, a stereoisomer or an isotopic variant of the compound, and a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and the use thereof as an FLT3/AXL kinase inhibitor for treating acute myelocytic leukemia.
US11512065B2
This disclosure is directed, at least in part, to GPR119 agonists useful for the treatment of conditions or disorders involving the gut-brain axis. In some embodiments, the GPR119 agonists are gut-restricted compounds. In some embodiments, the condition or disorder is a metabolic disorder, such as diabetes, obesity, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), or a nutritional disorder such as short bowel syndrome.
US11512063B2
A method for synthesizing functionalized bio-based crosslinkers including forming a first mixture by mixing a bio-based carboxylic acid with an alkaline solution and forming a second mixture containing a functionalized bio-based crosslinker by reacting the bio-based carboxylic acid with a modifier. The modifier includes at least one of an epoxide group and an acrylate group. Reacting the bio-based carboxylic acid with the modifier includes forming a reaction mixture by mixing the first mixture with the modifier and exposing the reaction mixture to at least one of heating, ultrasound radiation, and microwave radiation.
US11512062B2
Process for the industrial synthesis of the compound of formula (I):
US11512061B2
An ammonium salt having a saccharin anion, which is represented by formula (1), exhibits excellent thermal stability even though no halogen atom is contained therein. (In the formula, each of R1-R4 independently represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms or an alkoxyalkyl group that is represented by —(CH2)n—OR (wherein R represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 or 2). Incidentally, any two of the R1-R4 may combine with each other to form a ring together with a nitrogen atom.
US11512058B2
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The compounds, compositions, methods and kits of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, cough, itch, and neurogenic inflammation.
US11512043B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing N-methyl(meth)acrylamide and to the uses thereof.
US11512042B2
The present invention describes compounds and uses thereof in applications relating to absorption of electromagnetic energy. Preferred compounds are double bond-containing compounds capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation energy and having improved properties.
US11512041B2
Disclosed herein is a method of forming a compound of formula I: wherein the substituents are defined in the specification. In particular, the compounds of formula I can be converted to amino acids bearing quaternary stereocenters with exceptional optical purities.
US11512035B2
The present disclosure provides a method for forming oxygenates from olefins which includes hydroformylation of aldehydes as a formyl source alternative to syngas. In at least one embodiment, a hydroformylation process is performed at low-temperature and at or near ambient pressure for the conversion of olefins into aldehydes, thus reducing the formation of by-products such as via double bond or skeletal isomerization of the feedstock; or via further conversion of the formed aldehydes and alcohols. In at least one embodiment, the use of gaseous olefinic products (e.g., ethylene) instead of strained olefins (e.g., norbornene) improves the control equilibria in transfer hydroformylation reactions.
US11512031B2
Linear alpha olefins (LAOS) may be formed by oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of a Ziegler-type catalyst. The presence of trace water during oligomerization can result in unwanted formation of insoluble higher oligomers or polymer. Methods for limiting the presence of water during ethylene oligomerization reactions may include separating residual ethylene and 1-butene from an LAO product stream to form a higher LAO-enriched stream comprising C6+ LAOs, separating 1-hexene as an overhead stream from the higher-LAO enriched stream using a first distillation column, obtaining separated solvent as a side stream from the first distillation column or as a side stream from a first of one or more downstream distillation columns, and returning the separated solvent to a reactor in a recycled solvent stream. The recycled solvent stream passes through one or more driers before returning to the reactor.
US11512023B2
In a silicon nitride substrate including a silicon nitride sintered body including silicon nitride crystal grains and a grain boundary phase, a plate thickness of the silicon nitride substrate is 0.4 mm or les, and a percentage of a number of the silicon nitride crystal grains including dislocation defect portions inside the silicon nitride crystal grains in a 50 μm×50 μm observation region of any cross section or surface of the silicon nitride sintered body is not less than 0% and not more than 20%. Etching resistance can be increased when forming the circuit board.
US11512018B2
An optical fiber manufacturing method includes a first process of passing a glass fiber through a fiber path. The fiber path is formed through a cooling tube that is housed in a first casing. The method also includes a second process of leading the glass fiber into a second casing before leading into the first casing. The first process includes supplying a first dry gas, having a dew point lower than the temperature of the cooling tube, into a first dry space formed between the first casing and the cooling tube. The second process includes supplying a second dry gas into a second dry space formed inside the second casing so as to cause air pressure in the second dry space to be higher than air pressure in an external space. The dew point of the second dry gas is lower than the dew point in the external space.
US11512009B2
A floatation separation apparatus includes a stirring tank, a stirring pump installed in the stirring tank, a floatation tank into which flocculated water flows from the stirring tank through an overflow dam, a scraping device (scraper) configured to scrape floating substances in the floatation tank, a treated water tank into which treated water in the floatation tank flows, and a pump and a hose for returning the treated water in the treated water tank to a raw water tank. The stirring pump sucks air and water inside the stirring tank, and discharges water mixed with air bubbles to a lower part of the stirring tank. The height of the overflow dam is adjustable.
US11511991B2
Process for the production of a product gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen from ammonia comprising the steps of non-catalytic partial oxidation of ammonia with an oxygen containing gas to a process gas containing nitrogen, water, amounts of nitrogen oxides and residual amounts of ammonia; cracking of at least a part of the residual amounts of ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen in the process gas by contact with a nickel containing catalyst and simultaneously reducing the amounts of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen and water by reaction with a part of the hydrogen formed during cracking of the process gas by contact of the process gas with the nickel containing catalyst; and withdrawing the hydrogen and nitrogen containing product gas.
US11511979B2
A method of retrofitting a trailer having a crank jack with a jack housing and a jack leg into a hydraulic jack includes removing mechanical components from within the jack housing, the mechanical components comprising gearing of the crank jack, placing a hydraulic cylinder within the jack housing, wherein the hydraulic cylinder comprises a main cylinder and a ram piston extending outwardly therefrom as the main cylinder is filled with pressurized fluid, securing the hydraulic cylinder by fastening a top portion of the hydraulic cylinder to the jack housing using a fastener inserted through a hole in a platform positioned within the jack housing, and further securing the hydraulic cylinder by fastening the ram piston to the jack leg using a bolt extending through a pre-existing hole in the jack leg.
US11511971B2
A lifting system may comprise a rod comprising a threaded portion and a lifting bracket assembly configured to be moved up and down the threaded portion. The lifting bracket assembly may comprise a bushing component, a lifting bracket comprising a receiving portion that includes a receiving hole, and a threaded component configured to be inserted over the bushing component. The receiving portion may be configured to be inserted over the bushing component via the receiving hole.
US11511970B2
An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator sheave liner includes a liner body having an inner surface configured to be received against a sheave and an outer surface configured to engage an elevator tension member. The liner body comprises a polymer material and a plurality of wear resistance particles in the composite material. The wear resistance particles are nanoparticles or microparticles. At least some of the wear resistance particles establish a traction characteristic of the outer surface of the sheave liner.
US11511967B2
A structure having limited supportable portions has been difficult to isolate from vibration in the direction in which a load is applied. A base isolation apparatus includes a Z-axis base isolation unit, an X-axis base isolation unit, and a Y-axis base isolation unit. The base isolation unit includes a vibration-source connector, an isolated-object connector, a lock device disposed between the isolated-object connector and the vibration-source connector for switching between a state of fixing the isolated-object connector and a state of making it movable, a distance recovery device for generating a force to cause an amount of change in distance to approach zero, depending on the amount of change, and a vibration damper for generating a force in an orientation of hindering the change, depending on the rate of change in distance.
US11511960B2
A stapling device of a paper finishing device of one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a stapler including an entrance into which one side of paper is inserted, a moving part including a stapler moving bracket on which the stapler is seated and a moving roller installed on the stapler moving bracket, a driving part which moves the stapler moving bracket, a base frame on which the stapler moving bracket and the driving part are installed, and which includes a horizontal guide surface extending along the one side of the paper, a first corner stapling guide surface spaced apart from the horizontal guide surface, and a first inclined guide surface which diagonally connects the horizontal guide surface and the first corner stapling guide surface, and a position guide part which is installed on the base frame and includes a second corner stapling guide surface and a second inclined guide surface which diagonally connects the horizontal guide surface and the second corner stapling guide surface and is inclined to be opposite to the first inclined guide surface.
US11511942B2
Systems for automatically leveling a base frame of a bulk material transport conveyor include radial travel wheels mounted on generally opposing sides of the base frame that can move from a raised position above the ground to a lowered position in contact with the ground to permit radial travel of the conveyor. Actuators normally used to raise or lower the radial travel wheels may be actuated automatically by a controller in response to a signal from an inclination and/or limit sensor mounted on the conveyor that represents a non-level orientation of the conveyor, to level the base frame.
US11511941B2
The invention relates to a set-down belt for a palletizing apparatus, comprising a circulating conveyor belt that defines a conveying face for conveying goods, a first deflection roller that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation, and a tensioning roller that is rotatable about a tensioning axis and is movable in a tensioning direction (S). Here, a second deflection roller that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation is provided, wherein the second axis of rotation extends parallel to the first axis of rotation. The tensioning roller is movable such that the tensioning axis extends in an inclined manner with respect to the first axis of rotation and in an inclined manner with respect to the second axis of rotation. The invention also relates to a palletizing apparatus that comprises at least one set-down belt according to the invention.
US11511937B2
An automated kiosk includes a front panel positioned in front of a conveyor with conveyor slots sized to receive clothing hangers. Dividers separate each conveyor slot from the adjacent conveyor slots, forming a compartment for each conveyor slot. Two doors are positioned in the front panel. An electronic controller moves a conveyor in order to reposition a desired compartment in front of the doors. The doors open inwardly, and are of sufficient length that the extended edge of the doors engages with and overlaps the outer edge of each of the dividers. With each door engaging the divider on each side of the compartment, a user is blocked from being able to access items that are in adjacent compartments.
US11511930B2
A packaged assembly of a hermetically sealed container and cigarette, and method of forming the assembly. The container is hermetically sealed for airtight conditions for freshness, whereby an interior space is either filled with an inert gas or is evacuated down to a pressure close to 0 atm to remove substantially all air (oxygen) from within. The container may be clear glass to afford good visibility of the cigarette within an interior space thereof. However, a relatively large label may be affixed to the exterior of the container to occlude most of the light from reaching the cigarette.
US11511929B2
Methods and apparatus for forming a metallic dome are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metallic dome that may be used to seal an aerosol container. The metallic dome includes a novel flattened relief panel and an inwardly oriented arch configured to deform in response to pressure within the aerosol container exceeding a predetermined amount. In one embodiment, the flattened relief panel is substantially planar. Optionally, the metallic dome includes at least a first inwardly oriented arch with a first radius of curvature and a second inwardly oriented arch with a second radius of curvature.
US11511912B2
The present application discloses a container, having a housing with a housing bottom wall and a housing sidewall, and a liner having a liner bottom wall and a liner sidewall. The liner is detachably connected to the housing sidewall, so that the liner is received in the housing chamber. At least a portion between the housing sidewall and the liner sidewall has a gap therebetween. This application discloses a double-layer container having a liner and a housing detachable with each other, so that the housing can use a combination of different shapes of the liner. At the same time, the liner of the container in the present application is made of a flexible material to facilitate cleaning of the liner. On the other hand, the double-layer container of the present application can directly use the liner as a seal, which is convenient for cleaning.
US11511898B1
An article feeder assembly having a pocketed separator and a discharge tube configured to deliver articles to the pocketed separator. Some embodiments include an initial feeder assembly in overlying relation with a track extending from the initial feeder assembly to the discharge tube. Articles are oriented in end-to-end orientation in the initial feeder assembly and delivered to the pocketed separator in vertical end-to-end orientation. As pocketed separator rotates with respect to discharge tube, vertical retention members pass through a tunnel in the discharge tube and rotate articles out of the discharge tube. The discharged articles are secured in pockets delineated by the retention members. Some embodiments use one or more cam mechanisms to properly orient the discharged articles as the pocketed separator rotates. Properly oriented articles are then delivered to an advancing mechanism, such as a conveyor system.
US11511897B2
An assembly jig comprises a platform, first and second parallel posts projecting from the platform, and a pillar projecting from the platform in a position equidistant from each of the posts and forward of an imaginary line between the posts such that the posts and the pillar are in a triangular arrangement. The pillar is shorter than the posts.
US11511896B2
A method for operating a sealing station of a packaging machine, wherein the method may include one or more of the following steps: filling a packing volume of a package with a gas to create a desired atmosphere to a preset gassing target pressure for a finished package, wherein the packaging volume may be defined by a lower and an upper packaging material; discharging a partial amount of the gas introduced into the packaging volume from the packaging volume into a collection volume while retaining the packaging volume generated by the preceding filling, which reduces the pressure within the packaging volume; and reducing the packaging volume by moving the upper packaging material to an end position that corresponds to a desired appearance such that the pressure inside the package increases again to near the gassing target pressure. A sealing station that performs this method is also described.
US11511895B1
A system for packaging two or more containers with a paperboard carrier having two or more apertures. Each aperture has a plurality of tabs formed at an inside edge thereof that bend upward when contacting a lower edge of a chime of one of the containers. The system includes a platen having apertures for pressing the carrier down uniformly onto the containers and a carrier support configured for maintaining the carrier in the flat configuration as the platen presses the carrier onto the containers substantially simultaneously. Some embodiments of the system include a one-piece manual applicator, while other embodiments include a semi-automatic apparatus that includes a carrier support with retractable carrier support plates and a linear actuator for pressing the platen and carrier down on the containers. A method of use is also disclosed.
US11511889B1
A sensor assembly for monitoring a heater system for an aircraft probe sensor includes a current sensor module with a current sensor core and a high electromagnetically permeable enclosure around the current sensor core. An input wire pathway extends through the current sensor core and is configured to receive a heater input wire. A return wire pathway extends through the current sensor core and is configured to receive a heater return wire. A high electromagnetically permeable tube extends through the current sensor core and is configured to extend around one of the input wire and the heater return wire.
US11511886B1
An unmanned aerial vehicle's (UAV) take-off and landing platform. It includes a driving device, a bottom plate, a movable plate and a tractor. The tractor is connected to the front end of a bearing platform, and the tractor can drive the bearing platform to move; the bearing platform comprises the bottom plate and the movable plate. The movable plate has a first side plate, a second side plate and a third side plate. The first side plate and the second side plate are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the bottom plate, and the third side plate is arranged at the tail end of the bottom plate. The movable plate movably connects with the bottom plate and can move relative to the bottom plate with the drive of the driving device, so that the bearing platform can switch between the folded state and the unfolded state.
US11511884B2
A ground station for aerial vehicles including a protective casing, at least one charging mechanism, and an extendable landing pad. The extended landing pad is operable to transition between a closed configuration having dimensions suitable to be contained within said protective casing, and an open configuration having dimensions suitable to land the aerial vehicle.
US11511882B2
A method for identifying aircraft faults, comprising: receiving a dataset comprising a plurality of low priority messages and a plurality of high priority messages, each low priority message identifying a minor aircraft fault and each high priority message identifying a major aircraft fault; for each low priority message, generating an embedding vector which maps the low priority message in an embedding space; for each high priority message, generating an embedding vector which maps the high priority message in the embedding space; providing, to a machine learning unit, the embedding vector for each low priority message of the plurality of low priority messages and the embedding vector for each high priority message of the plurality of high priority messages; and obtaining, from the machine learning unit, a probability of a target high priority message occurring based on each low priority message of the plurality of low priority messages.
US11511877B2
A system and method for providing inerting gas to a protected space is disclosed. The system includes an air separation module that includes an air inlet, a membrane with a permeability differential between oxygen and nitrogen, a nitrogen-enriched air outlet, and an oxygen-enriched air outlet. The system also includes an air flow path between an air source and the air separation module inlet, and an inerting gas flow path between the air separation module nitrogen-enriched air outlet and the protected space.
US11511866B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for temporarily increasing, on demand, the relative humidity of an area located proximate to a user in environments having lower than ambient relative humidity are provided by integrating a personal humidification circuit into a water delivery circuit to provide a diverted flow of water, and provide a flow of water vapor to a user, and returning the relative humidity-enhanced environment to a predetermined relative humidity by purging the environment.
US11511865B2
The disclosure describes a system that includes an auxiliary power unit (APU), an APU throttle valve, and an environmental control system (ECS) bypass valve. The APU is configured to receive cabin discharge air from an aircraft cabin and receive ECS supply air from an air pressurization system (APS). The APU throttle valve is configured to control flow of cabin discharge air from the cabin to the APU. The ECS bypass valve configured to control flow of ECS supply air from the APS to the APU.
US11511856B2
A drone delivery system provides to send or to receive the package conveniently and safely without going out of the building by using the platform installed at the vicinity of the window. The drone delivery system includes the drone having a first docking device, a standard box having a second docking device corresponding to the first docking device and a third docking device and a platform having a fourth docking device corresponding to the third docking device.
US11511854B2
An aircraft employs articulated, variable-position electric rotors having different operating configurations and transitions therebetween, as well as variable-pitch airfoils or blades, for generating vectored thrust in the different configurations. Control circuitry generates rotor position signals and blade pitch signals to independently control rotor thrust, rotor orientation and rotor blade pitch of the variable-position rotors in a manner providing (i) the transitions among the operating configurations for corresponding flight modes of the aircraft, which may include both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) mode as well as a forward-flight mode, and (ii) commanded thrust-vectoring maneuvering of the aircraft in the different configurations, including tailoring blade pitch to optimize aspects of aircraft performance.
US11511851B2
A method for improving performance in an aircraft having a winglet coupled to a wing, the winglet having a leading edge and a trailing edge continuously transitioning from a leading edge and trailing edge of the wing. The method includes coupling a wing tip to the winglet. The wing tip may include a curved leading edge from the winglet leading edge to a leading end point, a curved trailing edge from a winglet trailing edge to a trailing end point, and an end segment connecting the leading end point and the trailing end point. The end segment may be swept back from the trailing end point to the leading end point at an end segment angle.
US11511841B2
A steering system for a marine craft includes a steering input shaft. The steering system also includes an electric power steering (EPS) system operatively coupled to the steering input shaft, the EPS system having an electric motor that drives rotation of a system output shaft. The steering system further includes a hydraulic pump operatively coupled to the system output shaft with a gear set, the hydraulic pump having a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to a steering input shaft axis. The steering system yet further includes a fluid reservoir located remotely relative to the hydraulic pump.
US11511826B2
An axle assembly for a bicycle includes an axle having an inner wall extending along a length of the axle between a first end and a second end of the axle. The inner wall at least partially defines a first volume and a second volume within the axle. The first volume has a first diameter, and the second volume has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The first volume is closer than the second volume to the first end of the axle. The axle assembly also includes a sensor attached to the inner wall of the axle within the second volume of the axle.
US11511825B2
A bicycle handlebar stem or stem/handlebar assembly has an inclined linear travel approximately 45 degrees from horizontal. This inclined path mimics a rider's natural arm inclination and pitching moment. 45 degrees is nearly ideal for most dropped bar road bicycles but different style bicycles may have an ideal angle between 30 and 60 degrees.
US11511818B2
A track drive for outdoor power equipment has a support frame with a centerline and a hub bearing attached to the support frame. A drive sprocket having a nesting interior half and exterior half is attached to the hub bearing, which enables the drive sprocket to rotate relative to the support frame. The drive sprocket is attached to an associated drive hub of a piece of outdoor power equipment. Drive sprocket teeth are spaced radially about the drive sprocket, with a first set of drive teeth attached to the interior half sprocket and located on an interior side of the support frame. A second set of drive teeth are attached to the exterior half sprocket and located on an exterior side of the support frame. The drive sprocket transmits a rotational force to an endless track to rotate the endless track and propel the outdoor power equipment.
US11511813B2
A tire skirt support assembly for a compactor comprising a bracket and one or more skirt support members. The bracket can be oriented horizontally, and each skirt support member can have a body that is elongate with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. For each said skirt support member, the first end can be fixed to the bracket, and the second end can be below the bracket and is a free end configured to removably engage a skirt via an attachment opening in the skirt.
US11511811B2
A vehicle frame structure has a front side member that extends forward from a dashwall. An engine cradle is attached to the front side member with a lateral side portion of the engine cradle being located beneath and spaced apart from a lower surface of the front side member. An engine installed to the engine cradle with a portion of the engine extending upward from the engine cradle adjacent to an inboard surface of the front side member, A push-off structure is attached to an outboard surface of the front side member adjacent to a front end surface of the front side member. A portion of the push-off structure extends outboard from the outboard surface. Another portion of the push-off structure extends downward below the lower surface of the front side member toward the lateral portion of the engine cradle and the engine.
US11511808B2
An apparatus for a vehicle body including a rocker insert is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle body including a plurality of metallic structure members and a lower portion operable to provide support to a floor surface within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and a rocker insert mounted to an in-vehicle side portion of the lower portion. The rocker insert includes an elongated bar portion including a hollow center portion including internal reinforcing web features. The rocker insert is oriented with respect to the vehicle body such that a longitudinal axis of the elongated bar portion of the rocker insert is parallel to an in-vehicle forward direction of the vehicle body.
US11511806B2
A vehicle may include: a floor panel; a rocker extending along a side edge of the floor panel; a rear side member located on a rear side of the rocker and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a suspension. The suspension may include a trailing arm; and a bracket connected to the trailing arm via a bush. The bracket may be fastened to the rocker at a first fastening point by a first bolt and fastened to the rear side member at a second fastening point by a second bolt.
US11511781B1
A system for modeling risk of rail buckling in railroad infrastructure is presented. The system can receive a myriad of data related to railroad tracks and/or railroad operations, and weight the data using specially-designed weighting factors that can be unique to each data type. The weighted data can be transformed via specialized algorithms to generate location scores reflective of a risk isolated to a particular area. The system can further utilize additional specialized algorithms to elucidate how such isolated risk can be extrapolated from one location to another. The system can implement a multilayer approach, formulating one or more layers of risk models and aggregating such models into an overarching risk model that can more-accurately forecast risk of rail buckling in a railroad track.
US11511777B2
A friction wedge with improved bond characteristics may include a friction wedge body and a friction wedge liner. The friction wedge body may include a pattern formed by a ridge or elevation disposed on a connecting face of the friction wedge body. The friction wedge liner may include a complementary pattern formed by a channel disposed on a bonding surface of the friction wedge liner.
US11511776B2
A system and method for loading railcars of a train wherein the railcars are provided with upper lids having latches for securing the lids in a closed position. The system comprises at least one sensing system for determining the position of the latches and the lids in order for one or more robot arms to perform operations such as unlatching, latching, lid opening and lid closing. At least one velocity sensor measures individual railcar velocity rather than overall train speed to enable engagement of the one or more robotic arms, as adjacent railcars may move at differing velocities due to slack in the connections between them.
US11511772B2
A neural processing unit (NPU) includes a controller including a scheduler, the controller configured to receive from a compiler a machine code of an artificial neural network (ANN) including a fusion ANN, the machine code including data locality information of the fusion ANN, and receive heterogeneous sensor data from a plurality of sensors corresponding to the fusion ANN; at least one processing element configured to perform fusion operations of the fusion ANN including a convolution operation and at least one special function operation; a special function unit (SFU) configured to perform a special function operation of the fusion ANN; and an on-chip memory configured to store operation data of the fusion ANN, wherein the schedular is configured to control the at least one processing element and the on-chip memory such that all operations of the fusion ANN are processed in a predetermined sequence according to the data locality information.
US11511770B2
A system and corresponding method for autonomous driving of a vehicle are provided. The system comprises at least one neural network (NN) that generates at least one output for controlling the autonomous driving. The system further comprises a main data path that routes bulk sensor data to the at least one NN and a low-latency data path with reduced latency relative to the main data path. The low-latency data path routes limited sensor data to the at least one NN which, in turn, employs the limited sensor data to improve performance of the at least one NN's processing of the bulk sensor data for generating the at least one output. Improving performance of the at least one NN's processing of the bulk sensor data enables the system to, for example, identify a safety hazard sooner, enabling the autonomous driving to divert the vehicle and avoid contact with the safety hazard.
US11511767B2
Techniques described herein include utilizing a mobile device as a proxy receiver for a vehicle in a V2X environment. In some embodiments, the mobile device may be configured to obtain vehicle and/or occupant metadata and store such data in memory at the mobile device. At a subsequent time, the mobile device may receive a V2X data message from a remote device (e.g., a V2X capable vehicle, another proxy device, a roadside unit, or any suitable device of the V2X environment that is different from the mobile device). The mobile device may process the data message based at least in part on the vehicle metadata and/or occupant metadata and perform one or more operations in response to processing the data message.
US11511764B2
A communication apparatus is mounted on a first vehicle. The communication apparatus comprises: a communication interface configured to perform wireless communication with a communication apparatus mounted on a vehicle other than the first vehicle; and a controller configured to: determine, when event information is received by the communication interface, the event information indicating occurrence of an event and having been transferred from a communication apparatus mounted on a second vehicle different from the first vehicle, a status of a third vehicle different from the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and decide, based on result of the determination, whether to cause the communication interface to perform transfer of the event information to a communication apparatus mounted on the third vehicle.
US11511756B2
A vehicle system is disclosed herein. A display panel is disposed on the exterior of the vehicle and is configured as a user interface for receiving inputs from a user. An occupant detection device is configured to detect the position of an occupant of the vehicle. A controller is configured to receive a request for pickup from a potential passenger via a first communication; register authorization information based on the first communication; receive a request for vehicle access via a second communication that includes authorization information; and control one or more doors of the vehicle to allow the potential passenger access to the vehicle via the one or more doors in response to the authorization information registered based on the first communication corresponding to the authorization information from the second communication, wherein the controller allows access via the one or more doors based on the position of the occupant detected by the occupant detection device.
US11511747B2
A control device (100) can communicate with a first sensor (300) for detecting an object around a first vehicle and is equipped on the first vehicle (500). The control device (100) includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a detection unit, and a determination unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a sensing result being a result of detecting an object around the first vehicle (500) from the first sensor (300) equipped on the first vehicle (500). The second acquisition unit acquires positional information of a specified object being an object for performance measurement of the first sensor (300). The detection unit detects the specified object existing within a reference distance from the first vehicle (500), by use of positional information of the first vehicle (500) and positional information of the specified object. The determination unit determines performance of the first sensor (300), based on the sensing result of the specified object by the first sensor (300).
US11511745B2
A method or system for adaptive vehicle spacing, including determining a current state of a vehicle based on sensor data captured by sensors of the vehicle; for each possible action in a set of possible actions: (i) predicting based on the current vehicle state a future state for the vehicle, and (ii) predicting, based on the current vehicle state a first zone future safety value corresponding to a first safety zone of the vehicle; and selecting, based on the predicted future states and first zone future safety values for each of the possible actions in the set, a vehicle action.
US11511742B2
A vehicle control device includes an acceleration rate feedback processor, a target driving force processor, a requested torque processor, a supercharging determination torque processor, a requested speed processor, and a supercharging operation determination processor. The requested torque processor calculates requested torque of an engine on the basis of target torque obtained from a target driving force and a transmission ratio of a transmission. When determining the requested torque is in the vicinity of supercharging determination torque, the acceleration rate feedback processor inhibits calculation of an amount of acceleration rate feedback. When determining that the requested torque is in the vicinity of the supercharging determination torque, the requested speed processor corrects a target speed in accordance with an altitude, to set a requested speed at a smaller value than on flat ground as the altitude becomes higher.
US11511740B2
A movable carrier auxiliary system includes at least one optical image capturing system disposed on a movable carrier, at least one warning module, and at least one displaying device. The optical image capturing system includes an image capturing module and an operation module, and has at least one lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power. The image capturing module captures and produces an environmental image surrounding the movable carrier. The operation module electrically connected to the image capturing module detects at least one lane marking in the environmental image to generate a detecting signal. The warning module electrically connected to the operation module receives the detecting signal to determine whether a moving direction of the movable carrier deviates from a lane, and generate a warning signal when the moving direction deviates from the lane. The displaying device electrically connected to the warning module displays the warning signal.
US11511739B2
In a method for ending shoulder driving, it is detected by means of a detection unit of a motor vehicle that a wheel is located on a shoulder. By means of a sensor unit, a driver's reaction is recorded, and by means of a computing unit, the driver's reaction is assigned to one of at least two intensity classes. By means of a control unit, an intervention in controlling the vehicle is undertaken counteracting the driver's reaction when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a first intensity class, and an intervention supporting the driver's reaction is undertaken when the driver's reaction has been assigned to a second intensity class.
US11511733B2
A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a height of a curb that is at least one of within or bordering a parking area having a specified length and width. The instructions include instructions to identify a location of the curb. The instructions include instructions to determine a parking position within the parking area based on the height of the curb and the location of the curb. The instructions include instructions to park a vehicle at the parking position within the parking area.
US11511732B2
A system for preventing rolling-over of vehicles is disclosed: The system may include: at least one camera attached to a portion of the vehicle such that images capture by the camera include a portion of the vehicle and a portion of a surrounding area; a communication module; and a controller configured to: receive from the camera, via the communication module, at least one image; receive data related to the parameters of the vehicle; calculate a relative position between the vehicle and a ground based on the received at least one image; calculate a location of the vehicle's center of gravity based on the received at least one image and the data related to the parameters of the vehicle; and determine a probability of rolling-over the vehicle based on the calculated center of gravity and the relative position.
US11511729B2
An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a hybrid starter & generator (HSG) controller that determines whether an HSG has failed, and a hybrid vehicle controller that controls reverse drive by controlling locking up an engine clutch and maintaining a main relay of a battery to be continuously turned on, based on whether a request for the reverse drive is input from a user. The hybrid vehicle controller changes and applies a vehicle torque control calculation method based on a state of charge (SoC) of the battery, when the HSG has failed.
US11511727B2
A system for sensing the angular position of a caster wheel includes a sensor mounted on a bearing which supports a shaft aligned with the rotational axis of the caster. A target on the shaft is detected by the sensor which generates signals indicative of the presence or absence of the target. The position of the target is coordinated with the position of the caster wheel such that the signals are indicative of the angular position of the caster wheel. The target may be a groove extending partially around the shaft and a remaining ungrooved portion of the shaft.
US11511713B2
An electronic device for stopping a vehicle can be activated automatically in the presence of an emergency stopping instruction. A module calculates at least one automatic movement setpoint of the vehicle in order to follow an emergency stopping trajectory comprising a plurality of successive emergency stopping vectors each associated with a separate segment of a portion of the successive segments of the predefined trajectory, from at least for each emergency stopping vector: a stored last actual movement vector of the autonomous vehicle, the predefined movement trajectory of the autonomous vehicle, and a stored last location datum of the autonomous vehicle, and delivered by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle. An emergency steering module is capable of steering the vehicle according to said at least one setpoint.
US11511697B2
A vehicle body structure includes an interior side wall, a floor structure and an airbag support member. The interior side wall defines a first door opening. The floor structure at least partially defines a passenger compartment of a vehicle along with the interior side wall. The floor structure defines seat supporting section adjacent to the first door opening. The airbag support member has an upper end and a lower end and an airbag attachment portion. The lower end is attached to the interior side wall at a first location above the floor structure between the first door opening and the seat supporting section, the upper end being attached to the interior side wall structure at a second location above the first location.
US11511691B2
A vehicle includes: a bumper assembly defining opposite lateral ends and an overall width extending therebetween, the bumper assembly defining a recessed area located between the opposite lateral ends thereof; an electronic sensor supported by the bumper assembly in cantilevered relation; and an energy absorber positioned within the recessed area to protect the electronic sensor and reduce dislocation of the electronic sensor by absorbing energy resulting from an impact between the vehicle and an external object. The energy absorber defines opposite lateral ends and an overall width extending therebetween less than that the overall width of the bumper assembly such that the opposite lateral ends of the energy absorber are spaced inwardly from the opposite lateral ends of the bumper assembly.
US11511689B2
A supplementary power supply for a vehicle that includes a main power supply is disclosed. The supplementary power supply includes at least one supplementary power unit dedicated as backup power supply for safety relevant components such as controllers and/or actuators.
US11511677B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicle-mounted bicycle carrier, specifically to a rotation-facilitating vehicle-mounted bicycle carrier, which includes a fixed rod; one end of the fixed rod is provided with two connecting tabs; one end of a rotating rod is rotatably provided between the two connecting tabs through a screw rod; a connecting slot is fixed at the other end of the rotating rod; the connecting slot includes two support plates; a cross rod is fixed at two horizontal ends of the connecting slot in a penetrating manner. The bicycle carrier can be adjusted, according to an actual situation, to be in a state of being placed in a plurality of angles, and the fixing stability is improved by means of threaded connection and plug pin fixing. The bicycle carrier is applicable to various vehicles.
US11511656B2
A child restraint system includes a shell including an aperture formed therein. The child restraint system further includes a head support member disposed with at least a portion of the shell. The child restraint system further includes a bumper configured to extend through the aperture and contact a part of the head support member when a force is applied to the bumper.
US11511648B2
A coolant passage, which is included in a cooling plate thermally coupled to a plurality of battery cells and includes longitudinal coolant passages connected to an inlet side and an outlet side for a coolant and lateral coolant passages connecting the longitudinal coolant passages in parallel with each other, cools the battery cells by allowing the coolant to flow in both the longitudinal coolant passages and the lateral coolant passages via the cooling plate.
US11511645B2
A display device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a use status of a battery that stores electric power for traveling of a vehicle; a display unit configured to display an image; and a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display an image in which a state of the battery is represented by an anthropomorphic character based on an acquisition result of the acquisition unit.
US11511642B2
A concrete mixer truck includes a chassis, a plurality of tractive assemblies coupled to the chassis, a mixing drum rotatably coupled to the chassis, the mixing drum defining an internal volume configured to contain material and an aperture through which the material can enter and exit the internal volume, an energy storage device positioned at a rear end of the chassis and configured to provide electrical energy, and an electromagnetic device electrically coupled to the energy storage device, where the electromagnetic device is configured to receive the electrical energy from the energy storage device and provide mechanical energy to drive at least one of the plurality of tractive assemblies to propel the concrete mixer truck.
US11511640B1
A data transfer method for autonomous vehicles includes autonomously positioning a vehicle to achieve an alignment condition in which a vehicle-mounted directional antenna coupled to a vehicle radio is aligned with a curbside antenna coupled to a curbside radio. A peer-tip-peer radio link is established between the vehicle radio and the curbside radio, and data is transferred from the vehicle radio to the curbside radio using the peer-to-peer radio link. The peer-to-peer radio link may be a millimeter-wave radio link. Data is transferred at high speed, for example at least tens of gigabits per second or even hundreds of gigabits per second. The vehicle may be an electric vehicle, and electric charging of the vehicle may be performed while transferring the data. In one embodiment, the vehicle is configured to proceed to a recharging location when a given low state of charge is reached. Transferring data may be performed at a rate such that during recharging from the low state of charge to a target state of charge, all data to be transferred from the vehicle is transferred, or at least a terabyte of data is transferred.
US11511639B2
A charging station for charging a plurality of electric vehicles, in particular electric cars, comprising: a supply device, in particular for connecting to an electricity supply grid, for supplying the charging station with electric power, a plurality of charging terminals each for charging at least one electric vehicle, and each charging terminal comprises a supply input for drawing electric power from the supply device, a charging output having one or more charging terminals each for outputting a charging current for respectively charging a connected electric vehicle, and at least one DC current controller, arranged between the supply input and the charging output, for generating a respective controlled current from the electric power from the supply device, wherein each charging current (IL1, IL2) is formed from a controlled current or from a plurality of controlled currents (IS1, IS2, IS3), and wherein the charging terminals are connected to one another at exchange terminals by way of electrical exchange lines in order to exchange controlled currents with one another by way of said exchange lines.
US11511632B2
A battery system includes high-voltage switches, including a multi-pole contactor. Multiple packs are connectable in a series or parallel configuration via the switches. The contactor includes first and second pairs of electrical terminals separated by a respective circuit gap, with respective contactor arms simultaneously closing or opening the gaps. At all times, internal switches formed by the gaps and arms have the same ON/OFF state corresponding to the circuit gaps both being closed or both being open. Two of the contactors may be used to connect the battery packs to a DC fast-charging station, and to connect electrode terminals of the battery packs to a bus rail, respectively. An electric powertrain includes the battery system and an electrical load, including a rotary electric machine, that is connected to a power inverter and to a mechanical load.
US11511616B2
A transmission arrangement for a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, in particular a utility vehicle, having change-speed transmission (G) with a drive output shaft (AW), a retarder (RE) with a retarder shaft (RW), an electric machine (EM) with a rotor shaft (RO) and a first gear ratio step (Ü1) between the drive output shaft (AW) and the retarder shaft (RW). The retarder (RE) is driven by way of the first gear ratio step (Ü1). The electric machine (EM) is arranged with its axis parallel to the retarder (RE) and can be coupled to the retarder shaft (RW) by way of a second gear ratio step (Ü2).
US11511612B2
Disclosed herein is a vehicle body with a battery connected thereto including a lower panel of a vehicle which extends in a horizontal direction, and to which a battery case in which a battery is provided in an upper portion or a lower portion is coupled, a seat cross member configured to extend in a direction parallel to a transverse direction of the vehicle and located on an upper surface or a lower surface of the lower panel, a battery cross member provided in the battery case, configured to extend in the direction parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle, and located to correspond to the seat cross member in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and a coupling device configured to simultaneously pass through to couple the lower panel, the seat cross member, and the battery cross member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
US11511611B2
A weather strip assembly which is applied to a door of a commercial vehicle for passenger transport is provided. The weather strip assembly includes a body weather strip installed along a circumference of a portion in which a door is installed in a body of a vehicle and brought into contact with the door in two or more portions when the door is closed, and a door weather strip installed in the door along a circumference of the door and brought into contact with the body weather strip when the door is closed.
US11511610B2
A door carrier includes a body formed of a first material, the body including an edge extending around a perimeter of the body. The door carrier includes a seal having a proximal end affixed to the edge and a distal end spaced from the proximal end, the seal being formed of a second material more resilient than the first material.
US11511609B2
A wind-deflecting baffle attachment has a planar main body, at least one baffle, and at least one mounting member. Each baffle is angularly connected to the main body, and the at least one baffle includes at least one central baffle centrally positioned on the main body. The at least one mounting member is connected to the main body and is configured to attach the main body atop an open-air vehicle frame in order to deflect incoming wind away from the occupants of the vehicle.
US11511608B1
A dual acting gas strut system for a vehicle such as a sports utility vehicle that allows for easier and safer opening and closing of the soft top roof as well as the rear cargo access area. The gas strut attaches to the soft top frame using a ball stud or pin and clevis, at each end, the ball stud or pin and clevis, which is either attached directly to the soft top frame, or is attached to a bracket which attaches to the soft top frame. Alternatively, the gas strut only attaches to the soft top frame at one end and is attached to the vehicle at the other. Each end is attached using a ball stud or pin and clevis, which is either attached directly to the soft top frame or vehicle, or is attached to a bracket which, is attached to the soft top frame or vehicle.
US11511607B2
An opening-closing body control device for a vehicle includes: an opening-closing control unit configured to control an operation of an opening-closing body provided in an opening portion of a vehicle by controlling energization of a motor serving as a drive source. When the opening-closing body being moved based on a driving force of the motor is to be stopped, the opening-closing control unit sets a free running period during which free rotation of the motor is allowed, and executes brake control for generating a braking force in the motor after the free running period elapses.
US11511603B2
A dust reduction device for a vehicle includes an inlet aperture for receiving airflow created as a result of forward movement of the vehicle. The dust reduction device provides a primary airflow path leading from the inlet aperture to a vehicle opening, and a secondary airflow path leading from the inlet aperture to a ventilation exit. During forward movement of the vehicle, the primary airflow path is substantially blocked by airflow from the secondary airflow path such that airflow from the primary airflow path is provided to the vehicle opening and into the vehicle thereby minimising dust ingress in the vehicle.
