US11536843B2
Jitter is removed from point cloud data of a target by fitting the data to 3-D models of possible targets. The point cloud data is de-jittered as a group by shifting the point cloud data in its coordinate system until a minimum fit error is observed between the shifted data and a 3-D model under analysis. Different 3-D models may be evaluated in succession until a 3-D model is identified that has the least fit error. The 3-D model with the least fit error most likely represents the identity of the target.
US11536836B2
A method includes flashing an object with a first illumination pulse at a first illumination power level, flashing the object with a second illumination pulse at a second illumination power level different from the first illumination power level, integrating at least a portion of a first return pulse which is the first illumination plus returning from the object to determine a first return time, and integrating at least a portion of a second return pulse which is the second illumination pulse returning from the object to determine a second return time. The method includes using the first and second return times to determine distance to the object independent of reflectivity of the object.
US11536835B2
A laser measuring set for measuring a distance from an object includes a pulse laser for emitting a laser pulse at the beginning of a measuring cycle; an optical sensor having at least one detection unit for generating detection signals; a coincidence recognition stage for generating coincidence signals, wherein during the measuring cycle, one of the coincidence signals is generated each time the detection signals generated by the detection unit reach at least a preset coincidence depth within a coincidence time; a coincidence time presetting stage for presetting the coincidence time for the coincidence recognition stage, the coincidence time presetting stage being configured such that the coincidence time monotonically increases during the measuring cycle; and travel-time measuring set for determining the distance on the basis of a travel-time measurement of the coincidence signals.
US11536823B2
A transceiver circuit included in a computer system may include multiple antennas, a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit may store an identifier number and generate multiple numbers using the stored identifier number. The transmitter circuit may also generate a transmit signal that include multiple pulses, where a. given pulse may include multiple chirps encoded with the multiple numbers. The receiver circuit may receive a reflected version of the transmit signal and generate an output signal using the reflected version of the transmit signal.
US11536821B2
An apparatus and a method for reducing collision risks between an entity and at least an obstacle, wherein the apparatus includes a transmitter adapted to emit a first beacon signal apt to avoid a collision, a receiver adapted to receive at least a second beacon signal that can be emitted by another apparatus which could dangerously approach to the apparatus, a processor configured for detecting at least the second beacon signal received through the receiver, detecting at least a property of at least the second beacon signal, determining, on the basis of the at least one property of the second beacon signal, at least a property of the first beacon signal, and emitting the first beacon signal through the transmitter in order to reduce collision risks.
US11536818B2
Aspects of the technology described herein related to an ultrasound processing unit (UPU) including gray-coding circuitry configured to convert standard binary-coded digital ultrasound signals to gray-coded digital ultrasound signals and gray-decoding circuitry coupled to the gray-coding circuitry and configured to convert the gray-coded digital ultrasound signals to standard binary-coded digital ultrasound signals. The UPU may include an analog portion, a digital portion, and a data bus configured to route the gray-coded digital ultrasound signals from the analog portion to the digital portion subsequent to converting the standard binary-coded digital ultrasound signals to the gray-coded digital ultrasound signals. The analog portion may include multiple analog front-ends (AFEs), the gray-coding circuitry, and an analog-to-digital converter. The digital portion may include the gray-decoding circuitry. A data bus from one AFE may pass over another AFE.
US11536817B2
A system and method from improving the image quality achievable with an ultrasound transducer by using a composite aperture for receiving ultrasound echoes. By using two receive cycles per vector, twice as many transducers may be used for receiving ultrasound imaging data than there are physical channels available in the ultrasound probe. An ultrasound probe utilizing a composite aperture can achieve high image quality from a system have reduced power, size, cost and complexity.
US11536814B2
A distance measuring apparatus includes a reference object distance calculation section which calculates a distance to a reference object based on a two-dimensional image in which the reference object, which includes a plurality of feature points having obvious three-dimensional coordinate correlations, is captured, and a correction amount calculation section which calculates a correction amount for correcting a distance image by comparing the calculated distance to the reference object with a distance measurement value to the reference object in the distance image.
US11536812B2
This document describes techniques and systems to increase the dynamic range of time-of-flight (ToF) lidar systems. The described lidar system adjusts, based on the energy of a first return pulse, the bias voltage of a photodetector for other return pulses of the object pixel. The bias voltage can be adjusted down for highly-reflective or close-range objects. Similarly, the bias voltage can be increased for low-reflectivity or long-range objects. The ability of the described lidar system to adjust the bias voltage of the photodetector for each object pixel increases the dynamic range of the lidar system without additional hardware or a complex readout. The increased dynamic range allows the described lidar system to maintain a long-range capability, while accurately measuring return-pulse intensity for detecting close-range or highly-reflective objects.
US11536804B2
A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus includes one or more optical elements configured to direct incident light in one or more directions, and a detector array including a plurality of detector pixels configured to output detection signals responsive to light provided thereto by the one or more optical elements. The light includes scattered light that is redirected relative to the one or more directions. A circuit is configured to receive the detection signals and generate corrected image data based on the detection signals and an expected spread function for the light. Related devices and methods of operation are also discussed.
US11536798B2
A method and transmit/receive apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting ranging capability are provided. The method and the transmit/receive apparatus comprises: identifying ranging apparatuses; identifying a ranging control message (RCM) including a ranging device management information element (RDM IE) and roles of the ranging apparatuses, the RDM IE including a content field, wherein the ranging apparatuses include the transmit apparatus and at least one receive apparatus; and transmitting, to the ranging apparatuses over a broadcast channel, the RCM including the RDM IE in a ranging round (RR).
US11536791B1
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit acquires a plurality of echo signals not to be encoded corresponding to a plurality of respective shots about acquisition of a plurality of echo signals having been encoded by magnetic resonance imaging for a subject, compares the echo signals not to be encoded with each other about the shots, and identifies a shot to be removed about generation of a magnetic resonance image about the subject out of the shots based on a comparison result of the echo signals not to be encoded.
US11536783B2
A semiconductor device includes a vertical Hall element provided in a first region of a semiconductor substrate, and having the first to the third electrodes arranged side by side in order along a first straight line; a circuit provided in a second region of the semiconductor substrate different from the first region, and having a heat source; and a second straight line intersecting orthogonally a current path for a Hall element drive current which flows between the first electrode and the third electrode. The second line passes a center of the vertical Hall element, and a center point of a region which reaches the highest temperature in the circuit during an operation of the vertical Hall element lies on the second straight line.
US11536778B2
A method and a system for fault verification of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a device to-be-verified. The method includes the following. A first power-supply voltage is applied to the electronic device until the device to-be-verified satisfies a material-failure condition. A second power-supply voltage is applied to the electronic device to determine whether the electronic device has safety risk. The first power-supply voltage is higher than the second power-supply voltage, and the safety risk is caused by material failure in the device to-be-verified. The method and the system for fault verification of an electronic device can verify safety risk caused by material failure in internal components of the electronic device.
US11536776B2
A low voltage system and method for servicing welding equipment including a service tool that may provide a low voltage power source to the welding equipment, enabling the welding equipment to be tested in a low voltage mode of operation. The service tool may also run various test sequences on the welding equipment operating in a low voltage mode of operation to troubleshoot and diagnose any issues with the circuitry of the welding equipment.
US11536770B2
The present invention provides a chip test method, apparatus, device, and system. The chip test system may include: a test equipment, including n chip selection signal lines, m sets of first signal lines, and m*n sets of second signal lines; and m*n chip test sites, wherein each chip test site may be coupled to one of the n chip selection signal lines and one of the m sets of first signal lines, each of the m*n chip test sites may correspond to a unique combination of a chip selection signal line and a first signal line coupled thereto, and each chip test site may be correspondingly coupled to one of the m*n sets of second signal lines. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the limited pins of a test equipment may be used to implement individual control of multiple chips.
US11536754B2
Techniques for implementing a fault-tolerant power supply are described. In an example, a system converts an alternating-current (AC) voltage to an initial direct current (DC) voltage. The system further converts the initial DC voltage to a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage. The system applies the first DC voltage to a high-priority device such as a metrology device. The system applies the second DC voltage to a low-priority or peripheral device. When the initial DC voltage is outside a voltage range, the system deactivates the second DC voltage to the lower-priority device and maintains the first DC voltage to the metrology device.
US11536751B2
The present disclosure provides a circuit comprising: a 4-20 mA transmitter; a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a first current-sense resistor connected in series with the primary winding and a current regulator, wherein the current-sense resistor is configured to measure a first voltage and provide the measured first voltage to the current regulator, the current regulator being configured to output a current proportional to the measured first voltage; and a second current-sense resistor connected in series with the secondary winding, wherein the current-sense resistor is configured to measure a second voltage such that a current associated with the 4-20 mA transmitter is determined based on the second voltage.
US11536746B2
The disclosure relates to a test and measurement instrument. The test and measurement instrument comprises a digitizer for digitizing an analog input signal, thereby generating a digitized input signal. The test and measurement instrument also has a digital trigger for detecting a trigger event in the digitized input signal. The test and measurement instrument also comprises an acquisition memory for acquiring the digitized input signal at least segmentally upon a first trigger event detected by the digital trigger. The acquisition memory is configured to acquire a first signal segment prior to the first trigger event. The acquisition memory is further configured to acquire a second signal segment starting at the first trigger event. The length of the second signal segment is dynamically adjustable. Moreover, a method of analyzing an input signal by a test and measurement instrument is described.
US11536745B2
A method for detecting electric meter installation issues includes: determining an initial orientation of an electric meter based on initial acceleration measurements from an accelerometer positioned in the electric meter. Subsequent acceleration measurements from the accelerometer may be continuously monitoring, and a subsequent orientation of the electric meter may be determined based on the subsequent acceleration measurements. A difference between the initial orientation and the subsequent orientation based on the initial acceleration measurements and the subsequent acceleration measurements may be determined and compared to a threshold value. Based on the difference exceeding the threshold value, a notification of a change in orientation of the electric meter may be generated to a head-end system.
US11536738B2
The invention relates to a laboratory instrument for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample. The invention moreover relates to a system containing a plurality of such laboratory instruments, wherein the system serves for the instrument-controlled handling of a problem containing a plurality of these partial problems in the treatment process of at least one laboratory sample. And the invention relates to a method for the instrument-controlled handling of a partial problem in a treatment process which contains treatments of at least one laboratory sample.
US11536733B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for the analysis of endogenous biomarkers, such as 11-oxo androgens, in a sample. The 11-oxo androgens may comprise at least one of 11-hydroxyandrostendione (11OHA), 11-hydroxytestosterone (11OHT) or 11-ketotestosterone (11KT). More specifically, the methods, systems, and computer program products are described for detecting and quantifying the amount of an 11-oxo-androgen in a sample.
US11536729B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to methods of identifying pharmacophores and inhibitors against protein aggregation. The present disclosure also provides pharmacophores themselves and medical uses of agents in the treatment of diseases associated with protein aggregation.
US11536721B2
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a first carbon nanotube array that is patterned to define a first electrode having a first plurality of electrode segments. The apparatus can also include a second carbon nanotube array that is patterned to define a second electrode having a second plurality of electrode segments. The second plurality of electrode segments can be interdigitated with the first plurality of electrode segments. The apparatus can further include a biorecognition agent disposed on a surface of the first electrode and disposed on a surface of the second electrode. The first plurality of electrode segments can each have a height-to-width aspect ratio of at least 1 to 1.
US11536720B2
The present invention relates to an optoelectronic device (1) for detection of a target substance dispersed in a fluid (50). The optoelectronic device comprises:—a light source (2) adapted to emit a light radiation (LE) having an adjustable wavelength λS;—an integrated electronic circuit (100) comprising a photonic circuit (10) operatively coupled to said light source;—a control unit (9) operatively coupled to said light source and to said photonic circuit.
US11536717B2
The present invention provides a particle enhanced agglutination immunoassay including the steps of: mixing a sample solution containing an analyte with a solution containing insoluble carrier particles carrying a binding partner or binding partners for the analyte to prepare a mixed solution; determining a variation (i) in intensity of light scattered from the mixed solution based on a difference in intensity of scattered light between first and second time points; determining a variation (ii) in absorbance of the mixed solution based on a difference in absorbance between third and fourth time points; and correlating the determined variation (i) in intensity of scattered light and the determined variation (ii) in absorbance with an amount of the analyte present in the sample using a calibration curve plotted based on the variation in intensity of scattered light and a calibration curve plotted based on the variation in absorbance. The present invention employs measurements of the intensity of scattered light and the absorbance in combination for a single assay, and thus provides a particle enhanced agglutination immunoassay which achieves higher sensitivity and a wider dynamic range than conventional assays.
US11536716B2
The present invention relates to a new cell based assay for combined determination of antibody or ligand binding and function in the same vial.
US11536715B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, methods and compositions (e.g., conjugates) for imaging, at high spatial resolution, targets of interest.
US11536713B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide non-human animal models of cancer pathology, which mimic the hierarchical organization, cancer progression process, or biological property of human cancer tissues, and uses thereof. To achieve the objective described above, first, the present inventors transplanted cells of NOG-established cancer lines into NOG mice and morphologically observed the resulting tissue organization. As a result, the non-human animal models were demonstrated to exhibit pathologies (the hierarchical organization, cancer progression process, or biological properties of the cancer cells) similar to that of human cancer. Specifically, the present inventors succeeded in preparing non-human animal models exhibiting pathologies more similar to a human cancer, and cell culture systems using NOG-established cancer cell lines where the in vitro cell morphology is more similar to that of human cancer.
US11536706B2
A method for actively calculating and monitoring the oil debris monitor phase angle includes sensing a noise from an in-line oil debris monitor sensor in an oil flow path, generating a polar plot of an I and Q channel data from only the noise. Linear regression of noise is then utilized from the I and Q channel data for calculating a slope of regression form the linear regression and converting the slope to a phase angle.
US11536698B2
Development of non-destructive testing method to evaluate bond condition of reinforced concrete beam
A system for non-destructive testing of a bond condition of concrete beams reinforced by steel rods is described. The system includes a transducing transmitter, a transducing receiver, and an ultrasonic pulse generator configured to generate drive signals for the transducing transmitter and receive a plurality vibrational waves at the transducing receiver. The system further includes a computing device including a measurement circuit configured to record a transit time for each vibrational wave and divide a distance between the transducing transmitter and the transducing receiver by the transit time to determine a pulse velocity of each vibrational wave, a comparison circuit configured to identify a highest pulse velocity of the vibrational waves and compare each highest pulse velocity to a first reference pulse velocity, and a decision circuit including an artificial neural network configured to identify a compromised bond condition around a steel rod.
US11536688B2
A high data rate integrated circuit, such as an integrated circuit including a large sensor array, may be implemented using clock multipliers in individual power domains, coupled to sets of transmitters, including a transmitter pair configuration. Reference clock distribution circuitry on the integrated circuit distributes a relatively low speed reference clock. In a transmitter pair configuration, each pair comprises a first transmitter and a second transmitter in a transmitter power domain. Also, each pair of transmitters includes a clock multiplier connected to the reference clock distribution circuitry, and disposed between the first and second transmitters, which produces a local transmit clock.
US11536686B2
A method of manufacturing membranes consisting essentially of an ion-selective material is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a spreadable base material; dispensing a quantity of the base material onto a top side of a tray, wherein the top side includes a set of coplanar flat surface segments, each having a surface area corresponding to a disc area of one of the membranes to be manufactured, and wherein at least the top side of the tray consists essentially of a non-adhesive material; distributing the dispensed base material across the top side of the tray such that a thickness of the distributed base material covering the coplanar surface segments corresponds to a predetermined thickness; transforming the thus-distributed base material into ion-selective material comprising one or more coplanar sheets covering the coplanar surface segments; and removing individual membranes from the tray, each defining a disc-shaped section of the ion-selective material.
US11536683B2
A half cell for an electrochemical sensor includes: a housing having a chamber, wherein the chamber includes an electrolyte; an electrically conductive lead in contact with the electrolyte; and a closure element connecting the lead to the housing, wherein the lead has a coating, and the coating includes molecules including a first functional group, which enables the molecule to interact chemically with the lead, and a second functional group different from the first functional group, which enables the molecule to interact chemically with the closure element, wherein a first portion of the molecules with the first functional group are in an intermolecular connection with the lead and the first portion of the molecules and/or a second portion of the molecules with the second functional group are in an intermolecular connection with the closure element.
US11536682B2
Various apparatus, systems, and methods for measuring a solution characteristic of a sample comprising microorganisms are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor apparatus is disclosed comprising a sample container comprising a sample chamber configured to receive the sample and a reference sensor component comprising a reference conduit having a reference conduit cavity defined therein. The reference conduit cavity can be at least partially filled with a reference buffer gel, buffer solution, or wicking component. A segment of the reference conduit can extend into the sample chamber. A reference electrode material can be positioned at a proximal end of the wicking component or extend partially into the reference conduit cavity. The sensor apparatus can also comprise an active sensor component having an active electrode in fluid contact with the sample. The sample in the sample chamber can be aerated through an aeration port defined along a surface of the sample container.
US11536677B2
A gas detection device includes a gas sensor and a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes a measurement circuit, a power supply circuit, and a control circuit. The gas sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a metal-oxide layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating film that covers the first electrode, the second electrode, and the metal-oxide layer, and has an opening that exposes part of a main surface of the second electrode. A resistance value of the metal-oxide layer decreases when gas containing hydrogen atoms contact the second electrode. When the resistance value of the metal-oxide layer falls outside a predetermined range, the drive circuit applies a predetermined voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode to restore the resistance value of the metal-oxide layer back into the predetermined range.
US11536675B2
There is provided an analytical method capable of generating a high resolution spectrum of X-rays with an intended energy. The analytical method is for use in an analytical apparatus having a diffraction grating for spectrally dispersing X-rays emanating from a sample, an image sensor for detecting the spectrally dispersed X-rays, and an incident angle control mechanism for controlling the incident angle of X-rays impinging on the diffraction grating. The image sensor has a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in the direction of energy dispersion. The analytical method starts with specifying an energy of X-rays to be acquired. The incident angle is adjusted based on the specified energy to bring the focal plane of the diffraction grating into positional coincidence with those one or ones of the photosensitive elements which detect X-rays having the specified energy.
US11536674B2
Methods and systems for measuring structural and material characteristics of semiconductor structures based on combined x-ray reflectometry (XRR) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) are presented herein. A combined XRR and XPS system includes an x-ray illumination source and x-ray illumination optics shared by both the XRR and XPS measurement subsystems. This increases throughput and measurement accuracy by simultaneously collecting XRR and XPS measurement data from the same area of the wafer. A combined XRR and XPS system improves measurement accuracy by employing XRR measurement data to improve measurements performed by the XPS subsystem, and vice-versa. In addition, a combined XRR and XPS system enables simultaneous analysis of both XRR and XPS measurement data to more accurately estimate values of one of more parameters of interest. In a further aspect, any of measurement spot size, photon flux, beam shape, beam diameter, and illumination energy are independently controlled.
US11536670B2
An optical imaging and processing system includes an optical element and a processor configured to process the plurality of image frames to generate a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the turbine component interior. The system may also include a display coupled to the processor to display the three-dimensional model. An operator may view and analyze the three-dimensional model on the display for defects. The processor may further be configured to automatically navigate the three-dimensional model to determine defects within the turbine component interior. The system may also include a repositioning device configured to reposition the optical element such that the optical element may capture the plurality of image frames from multiple vantage points within the turbine component interior.
US11536654B2
An acoustic scatterometer has an acoustic source operable to project acoustic radiation onto a periodic structure and formed on a substrate. An acoustic detector is operable to detect the −1st acoustic diffraction order diffracted by the periodic structure and while discriminating from specular reflection (0th order). Another acoustic detector is operable to detect the +1st acoustic diffraction order diffracted by the periodic structure, again while discriminating from the specular reflection (0th order). The acoustic source and acoustic detector may be piezo transducers. The angle of incidence of the projected acoustic radiation and location of the detectors and are arranged with respect to the periodic structure and such that the detection of the −1st and +1st acoustic diffraction orders and discriminates from the 0th order specular reflection.
US11536647B2
A measurement system and a method for measuring a coefficient of friction on a slidable conveyor belt in a direction of movement are provided. The system includes a disk floatingly placed on the conveyor belt and having a bottom surface, wherefrom projects at least one rounded element that rests on the conveyor belt, having a shape that, regardless of the relative orientation of the disk and the conveyor belt, at least one rounded element extends along a direction not parallel to the direction of movement, a pair of abutment elements maintaining the disk fixed with respect to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt, and a pair of load cells operatively associated with the abutment elements and with the disk, to measure a thrust force exerted by the disk on each load cell by effect of the relative sliding of the conveyor belt with respect to the disk.
US11536645B2
Devices, systems, and associated methods for detecting drops dispensed by a dropper are provided. For example, a drop detection device may include a light source and a light detector configured to be coupled to a drop dispenser such that the light source and light detector are disposed proximal of a distal dispensing tip of the drop dispenser. The light detector may be configured to receive a reflected portion of a beam of light from the light source, which is reflected by a drop dispensed through the dispensing tip of the drop dispenser. In some embodiments, a processing circuit is configured to analyze a signal provided by the light detector to detect the dispensed drop.
US11536644B2
A gas detection device manufactured by a semiconductor process includes a substrate, a microelectromechanical element, a light-emitting element, a particle-sensing element, a gas-sensing element, a driving-chip element and an encapsulation layer. The driving-chip element controls driving operations of the microelectromechanical element, the light-emitting element, the particle-sensing element and the gas-sensing element, respectively. When the microelectromechanical element is enabled to actuate transportation of gas, the gas is introduced into the gas detection device through an inlet aperture of the substrate. Scattered light spots generated by the light beam of the light-emitting element irradiating on suspended particles contained in the gas are received by the particle-sensing element to generate a detection datum of the suspended particles. The gas-sensing element detects the gas passing through and generates a detection datum of hazardous gas contained in the gas. Finally, the gas is discharged from an outlet aperture of the encapsulation layer.
US11536641B2
Described herein are apparatuses for analyzing an optical signal decay. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes: a source of a beam of pulsed optical energy; a sample holder configured to expose a sample to the beam; a detector comprising a number of spectral detection channels configured to convert the optical signals into respective electrical signals; and a signal processing module configured to perform a method. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving the electrical signals from the detector; mathematically combining individual decay curves in the electrical signals into a decay supercurve, the supercurve comprising a number of components, each component having a time constant and a relative contribution to the supercurve; and numerically fitting a model to the supercurve.
US11536636B2
A hardness tester includes an image acquirer (controller) acquiring an image of a surface (surface image) of a sample captured by an image capturer, an identifier (controller) identifying, based on the surface image of the sample, a non-conformity region inside the image that is unsuitable for the hardness test using predetermined conditions, and a test position definer (controller) defining a test position in an area outside the non-conformity region identified by the identifier.
US11536630B2
A computer-implemented method for detecting anomalies in sensor recordings of a technical system. The method including: ascertaining a first anomalous value which, with regard to all sensor recordings, characterizes whether or not an anomaly is present; ascertaining a plurality of second anomalous values, a second anomalous value from the second anomalous values corresponding to a sensor recording, and the second anomalous value, with regard to the sensor recording and under the condition of the occurrence of the other sensor recordings, characterizing whether or not an anomaly is present in the sensor recording; detecting an anomaly in a sensor recording of the sensor recordings if the first anomalous value characterizes the presence of an anomaly, and the second anomalous value corresponding to the sensor recording characterizes an anomaly, and the second anomalous value differs beyond a predefined extent from other second anomalous values of the second anomalous values.
US11536625B2
A tube leak detection device for detecting leak of at least one tube of a heat exchanger which increases a temperature of a liquid by heat exchange between the liquid flowing inside the at least one tube and a fluid flowing outside the at least one tube includes: an inlet opening-and-closing valve and an outlet opening-and-closing valve disposed at an inlet end and an outlet end of the at least one tube, respectively; and a pressure detection member for detecting a pressure inside the at least one tube between the inlet opening-and-closing valve and the outlet opening-and-closing valve.
US11536616B2
A sensor device includes at least one sensor, a digital signal processor and an amplifier. The at least one sensor is configured to measure a variable physical quantity and provide a raw sensor signal at an output of the at least one sensor. The digital signal processor is configured to preprocess the raw sensor signal output by the at least one sensor into a sensor signal and to further process the sensor signal into a pulse-width-modulated output signal having a duty cycle that is dependent on the measured quantity using a plurality of device-specific correction parameters stored in a memory to convert the sensor signal into the pulse-width modulated output signal. The amplifier is configured to convert the pulse-width modulated output signal into an analog voltage or current signal.
US11536615B2
An integrated circuit includes: a resistor terminal adapted to be coupled to a first end of a first resistor; a ground terminal adapted to be coupled to a second end of the first resistor; a second resistor in series with the first resistor and having a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to the resistor terminal; a first capacitor having a first capacitor terminal and a second capacitor terminal, the first capacitor terminal is coupled to: the first end of the second resistor via a first switch; and the ground terminal via a second switch; a second capacitor having a third capacitor terminal and a fourth capacitor terminal, the third capacitor terminal is coupled to: the first end of the second resistor via a third switch; the resistor terminal via a fourth switch; and the ground terminal via a fifth switch.
US11536614B2
A temperature detector is used to detect a temperature of a circuit under test, and includes a temperature coefficient component, a multiplier, an impedance component and a node. The temperature coefficient component is arranged in proximity to the circuit under test. A control terminal of the multiplier is coupled to a second terminal of the temperature coefficient component. The impedance component is coupled between the second terminal of the temperature coefficient component and the control terminal of the multiplier, or between a second terminal of the multiplier and a third voltage terminal. The node is formed between the second terminal of the temperature coefficient component and the control terminal of the multiplier. A voltage at the node and an amplified detection current flowing to a first terminal of the multiplier are positively correlated to the temperature of the circuit under test.
US11536612B1
The present invention is an apparatus for collecting infrared temperature readings. The proposed embodiment provides a unique approach for users to easily collect critical heat data. The embodiment may even be used for both medical and recreational purposes.
US11536605B2
An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may include a single-shot alignment-free spectrometer with no moving parts. The spectrometer may include a diffractive member, such as a grating, an aperture, and an image sensor that generates data in response to incident light. The diffractive member may diffract the incident light based on its wavelength and angle of incidence, and the aperture may further encode the light. The data generated by the image sensor may be used by control circuitry in combination with correlations between spectrometer measurements and known light profiles to determine the wavelength and angle of incidence of the light. These correlations may be determined using a deep neural network. Control circuitry may adjust one or more settings of the electronic device based on the wavelength and angle of incidence, or may use the wavelength and angle of incidence to determine information regarding an external object.
US11536603B2
The present disclosure describes a lift truck attachment system that includes a lift truck carriage with an upper carriage support and a lower carriage support secured between two support brackets. The lift truck carriage is dimensioned to fit at least partially between opposing masts of a lift truck, such that the upper and lower carriage supports do not extend substantially beyond a forward surface of the mast. A device assembly, is mounted to the lift truck carriage, the device assembly including a base portion removably secured to the upper and/or lower carriage supports via one or more attachments. The device assembly can include a carriage scale removably secured to the base portion, the carriage scale configured to support load handling fixtures, such as a lift fork. In some examples, a single carriage support is used.
US11536589B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a device for detecting the position of electromagnetic noise. The device includes a detector that includes coils that produce voltages in the presence of electromagnetic noise of a defined frequency. The device further includes a controller that senses the voltages and determines a position of the electromagnetic noise relative to the device according to the voltages.
US11536585B2
In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide an inside view that includes the physical layout and geometry of the venue's structure as well as the location, structure and layout of points of interest (e.g., stores, security check points, restrooms) within the venue. The views become more detailed as the user zooms into the venue to reveal points of interest and to give the user a feel for traversing the venue.
US11536582B2
Systems and methods are provided for estimating travel time and distance. Such method may comprise obtaining a vehicle trip dataset comprising an origin, a destination, a time-of-day, a trip time, and a trip distance associated with each of a plurality of trips, and training a neural network model with the vehicle trip dataset to obtain a trained model. The neural network model may comprise a first module and a second module, the first module may comprise a first number of neuron layers, the first module may be configured to obtain the origin and the destination as first inputs to estimate a travel distance, the second module may comprise a second number of neuron layers, and the second module may be configured to obtain the information of a last layer of the first module and the time-of-day as second inputs to estimate a travel time.
US11536578B2
Disclosed herein are methods for decoding path data. The methods may comprise providing a navigation database for storing topological information of a road network. The navigation database comprises a plurality of road links, and a plurality of link nodes, each link node defining a topological connection between two or more of the road links. The methods may further comprise receiving path data indicative of a path within the road network, wherein the path data comprises a start identifier, a link count, and at least one exit number. The methods may further comprise selecting, from the navigation database, one road link of the plurality of the road links as a start road link of the path based the start identifier. Moreover, the methods may comprise iteratively expanding the path with selected road links until the link count is equal to the number of road links of the path.
US11536557B2
A volume measuring apparatus is disclosed and includes a body having a working part and a holding part extended downward from the bottom of the working part, a processor arranged in the body, a first camera, a second camera, and a barcode capturing unit arranged on a front end of the working part, a first button arranged on one side of the holding part, and a second button arranged on a top of the working part. The first button and the second button are different types of button. By respectively operating the first button and the second button, the processor is controlled to perform a measuring action of the volume of a target box or to perform a decoding action of a target barcode based on the image captured by at least one of the first camera, the second camera, and the barcode capturing unit.
US11536555B2
Self-mixed interferometer (SMI) devices and techniques are described for measuring depth and/or velocity of objects. The SMI devices and techniques may be used for eye-tracking. A light source of an SMI sensor emits coherent light that is directed to a target location with a scanning module. One or more SMI signals are measured. The one or more SMI signals are generated by the SMI sensor in response to feedback light received from the target location. The feedback light is a portion of the coherent light that illuminated the target location.
US11536547B2
The present disclosure is directed to mobile correctional facility robots and systems and methods for coordinating mobile correctional facility robots to perform various tasks in a correctional facility. The mobile correctional facility robots can be used to perform many of the tasks traditionally assigned to correctional facility guards to help reduce the number of guards needed in any given correctional facility. When cooperation is employed among multiple mobile correctional facility robots to execute tasks, a central controller can be used to coordinate the efforts of the multiple robots to improve the performance of the overall system of robots as compared to the performance of the robots when working in uncoordinated effort to execute the tasks.
US11536540B2
A rigid ballistic-resistant composite includes large denier per filament (dpf) yarns. The yarns are held in place by a resin to form a rigid composite panel with improved ballistic performance. The large dpf yarns may be selected from aromatic heterocyclic co-polyamide fibers, polyester-polyarylate fibers, high modulus polypropylene (HMPP) fibers, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers, poly(p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole) (PBO) fibers, poly-diimidazo pyridinylene (dihydroxy) phenylene (PIPD) fibers, carbon fibers, and polyolefin fibers.
US11536534B2
A series of the relay of the electromagnetic launcher with a gun and a floating launch platform to launch projectiles in space, wherein the projectile is accelerated along a path using electromagnetic force until the projectile reaches a desired direction and position. The direction of the path is determined by orienting the path in the desired direction using a catcher. the catcher and rail gun projectile as high above as possible, coming close to near space. When the said projectile will reach the last platform, it will be launched by the railgun and ignite its rocket engine to take the payload in space or as required to eliminate the need for large rocket boosters to launch the projectile.
US11536532B1
An archery bow assembly is provided including an open sided spacer which is mountable to an axle on an archery bow and removable therefrom without removing the axle entirely or partially from a limb of the archery bow. The spacer can mount on the axle adjacent a cam rotatable on the axle, and can include an outer perimeter and an axle aperture. A recess can extend inward from the outer perimeter to the axle aperture so that the axle aperture and recess form a continuous opening. The spacer can be of a C-shape or E-shape so that it can be frictionally pressed onto the axle and removed therefrom without removing the axle from the limb arms adjacent the cam. Related methods also are provided.
US11536525B2
A firearm having a fixed magazine uses a latch to secure upper and lower receivers to one another in a closed position. The upper and lower receivers can be pivoted relatively to one another into an open position providing access to the magazine for loading by rotating the latch to release the upper and lower receivers from one another. The latch includes a hook spring biasing a hook contact surface of the latch to engage a hook receiving surface of a receiver when the receivers are moved from the open position to the closed position.
US11536523B2
A feed tray assembly for a belt-fed weapon includes a bottom tray portion configured for mounting at a top of the weapon. The feed tray assembly further includes a feed tray cover mounted to the bottom tray portion and configured for lateral sliding opening and closing movement, such as on laterally extending pins riding in corresponding channels of the bottom tray portion. The feed tray cover has (1) a closed position in which it covers the bottom tray portion to retain the belt of ammunition during operation, and (2) an open position laterally displaced from the closed position to enable insertion of the belt of ammunition. Due to this lateral sliding movement of the feed tray cover, a sighting optic may be mounted on the weapon with a forward portion directly above the feed tray assembly without any undesired mechanical interference.
US11536522B2
A gas-delayed blowback firearm includes a lower receiver and an upper receiver releasably coupled thereto. A barrel having a cartridge chamber, an axial bore, and a barrel gas port is secured to the upper receiver. A bolt assembly in the upper receiver reciprocates between a forward in-battery position and a rearward position. A timing block is secured to the bolt assembly. A cylinder housing with an internal gas chamber and a cylinder gas port is secured to the upper receiver. A gas passageway fluidly communicates the barrel gas port with the cylinder gas port. A plunger in the gas chamber is secured to the timing block. The plunger reciprocates with the bolt assembly. Discharge of a cartridge received in the cartridge chamber temporarily pressurizes the gas chamber, applying a forward force to the plunger which causes the plunger to delay rearward travel of the bolt assembly.
US11536521B2
An apparatus and method of forming a hybrid heat exchanger including a first manifold defining a first fluid inlet and a second manifold defining a second fluid inlet. A monolithic core body includes a first set of flow passages in fluid communication with the first manifold and a second set of flow passages is in communication with the second manifold. At least a portion of the first manifold or the second manifold has a tunable coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the structurally rigid monolithic core.
US11536518B2
A evaporator of a loop heat pipe includes a liquid inlet side portion that extends in a widthwise direction crossing with a lengthwise direction from a liquid inlet side to a vapor outlet side, a plurality of portions that continue to the liquid inlet side portion and extend in the lengthwise direction, a plurality of vapor flow paths that are provided between the plurality of portions and extend in the lengthwise direction, and a vapor outlet side vapor flow path that extends in the widthwise direction and continues to the vapor flow paths. Each of the plurality of portions includes a first groove communicating two adjacent ones of the vapor flow paths.
US11536517B2
A method for producing a heat pipe includes the steps: providing a pipe-shaped casing element having a length and an interior; filling a powder with particles into the casing element to form a capillary structure in the casing element; connecting the particles of the powder to one another, wherein the interior enclosed by the casing element is filled with the powder partially or in its entirety at least across a partial area of the length of the casing element, and subsequently the connection of the particles of the powder to one another and preferably also to the casing element in a layer lying against the casing element is established from the outside by inductive heat generation.
US11536516B2
A heat-treating furnace has: a rotary shaft; a rotary bottom surface pivotally supported by the rotary shaft and rotates; a plurality of workpiece storage chambers arranged on the rotary bottom surface in a multi-stage torus configuration around an axis of the rotary shaft as a center; a hollow bell-shaped hot-blast guide disposed in a center of the torus configuration on the rotary bottom surface around the axis of the rotary shaft as a center so as to decrease a volumetric capacity in the furnace and to adjust a quantity of a hot blast fed in from above itself into the workpiece storage chamber on each stage; a furnace body bottom surface spaced away from the rotary bottom surface; and a furnace body lateral surface disposed on the furnace body bottom surface.
US11536507B2
A chilled water distribution system includes a chilled water loop in fluid communication with a plurality of buildings and also in fluid communication with a plurality of chiller stations. A monitoring and control system communicates with one of the chiller stations, hereinafter referred to as a “controlled” chiller station because it is configured with one or more variable frequency drives that are controlled by the monitoring and control system to modulate the speed of at least one chiller station component such as, but not limited to, a pump or a fan. By way of this modulation process, a differential pressure of the chilled water loop may be maintained in a “sweet spot” so as to optimize chiller station output while minimizing chiller station energy consumption.
US11536506B2
A device for dispensing items includes a cabinet, and a drawer within the cabinet. The drawer includes one or more compartments for storing items and a cooling system within the drawer. The cooling system is configured to maintain the one or more compartments in the drawer at a temperature below the temperature of the environment surrounding the cabinet. The drawer further includes thermal insulation at sides of the drawer and thermal insulation beneath the one or more compartments. The refrigeration system may be a thermoelectric cooling system.
US11536505B2
The present invention is directed to a system (100) maintaining chilled temperature in a cold storage (102) comprising: a plurality of coolant layers 104 uniformly placed on the roof of said storage (102); each coolant layer comprising multiple coolant plates (106) stacked in rows and columns; a compressor (110) generating airflow and circulating airflow in a circular pattern from top to bottom in said (storage 102); thereby maintaining temperatures in the range −25° C. to +25° C. in said storage; said plurality of coolant layers (104) being placed in close proximity to said compressor (110) for effectively circulating airflow; a coolant holder frame (108) for uniformly adjusting said multiple coolant plates (106) in said plurality of coolant layers (104), and allowing efficient airflow from top to bottom in said storage (102); base of said storage being provided with, holes (112), throughout for sucking the air circulated by said compressor (110) to improve the circulation of airflow in said storage (102); and said storage (102) being insulated to increase the thermal insulation coefficient to maintain the desired temperature in said storage, thereby freezing said coolant layers.
US11536490B2
A water heater appliance, as provided herein, may include a casing, a tank, an inlet conduit, an electric heating system, a mixing valve, and a controller. The electric heating system may be in thermal communication with the tank to heat water within the tank. The mixing valve mounted to the casing downstream from the tank. The controller may be operably coupled to the electric heating system and the mixing valve to initiate a Sabbath cycle. The Sabbath cycle may include determining an anticipated Sabbath condition at the water heater appliance, directing a lower portion of the tank of the water heater appliance to a sub-cooking Sabbath temperature below 45 degrees Celsius based on the anticipated Sabbath condition, determining the sub-cooking Sabbath temperature is met, and directing a mixing valve of the water heater appliance to a Sabbath set-point temperature in response to determining the sub-cooking Sabbath temperature is met.
US11536489B2
A flue baffle for a water heater comprises a plurality of holes along a length of the baffle and a plurality of bent blades along the length of the baffle, where each hole of the plurality of holes is adjacent to a bent blade of the plurality of bent blades. The holes are configured to permit flue gas to pass through the holes. The bent blades can have an alternating pattern where a first bent blade extends from one side of the baffle and the next bent blade extends from an opposite side of the baffle. A press tool for forming the baffle comprises a piercing tool for forming the plurality of holes and a lance and fold die for forming the bent blades.
US11536474B2
An air-conditioning system includes a refrigerant system in which an outdoor unit, one or more indoor units, and one or more ventilators are connected by a refrigerant pipe and in which refrigerant circulates, and a control device configured to control the refrigerant system. The control device includes a target temperature adjustment unit configured to adjust a target evaporating temperature based on a detection value detected by a temperature and humidity detection unit provided to at least one of the indoor unit and the ventilator that satisfies a specific criterion, and an air-conditioning control unit configured to control the refrigerant system such that the evaporating temperature of each of the indoor unit and the ventilator is equal to the target evaporating temperature adjusted by the target evaporating temperature.
US11536473B2
A vertical humidifier with a stepped evaporator includes a housing. An evaporative water trough is provided inside the housing, and the stepped evaporator is provided in the evaporative water trough. A fan is mounted under the stepped evaporator, and an air inlet end of the fan is communicated with an air inlet of the housing. A water tank is further mounted at the upper portion of the evaporative water trough, the stepped evaporator is mounted around the lower portion of the water tank, and the water tank is further communicated with the evaporative water trough through a water inlet. An air outlet is provided at the upper portion of the housing, and the air outlet is communicated with an air outlet end of the fan. The stepped evaporator is arranged in an airflow channel between the air outlet and the air outlet end of the fan.
US11536468B2
A heat exchanger placed in front of an air blower is appropriately supported by a cabinet. In an indoor unit, the heat exchanger is placed only in front of a rotation center of an air-blowing fan. The cabinet includes: an upper left protrusion and an upper right protrusion protruding forward from an upper portion of the cabinet; and a lower left protrusion and a lower right protrusion protruding forward from a lower portion of the cabinet, so that the protrusions support the heat exchanger.
US11536466B2
The present disclosure relates to a gas valve assembly for a furnace. The gas valve assembly includes a gas valve including an inlet flange having an outer geometric profile and defining a gas inlet of the gas valve. The gas valve assembly also includes a bracket having a mounting panel, a first support flange, and a second support flange, where the mounting panel extends between and is integral with the first support flange and the second support flange. A slot is formed in the first support flange and defined by a portion of a perimeter of the bracket. The outer geometric profile of the inlet flange corresponds to a profile of the slot, and the slot is configured to receive and abut a portion of the outer geometric profile. A passage is formed in the second support flange and configured to receive a gas flow from the gas valve.
US11536459B2
The present disclosure relates to an electric cooktop safety system. More particularly, the electric cooktop safety system pertains to safety cookware vessels having special fastening components that secure these safety cookware vessels to an electric cooktop, preventing a user from accidentally tipping or pulling off the safety cookware vessels from the electric cooktop. In one implementation, the fastening components may include a safety stem having keyed members and stem locking members disposed on a safety cooktop to secure the safety cookware vessel to the safety cooktop. In another implementation, the fastening components may include electro-magnetic fastening components to secure the safety cookware vessel to the safety cooktop.
US11536457B2
The systems and methods described herein relate to a dome of a gas turbine assembly configured to suppress pressure pulsations. The systems and methods provide a dome having an aperture configured to surround an injector assembly of a combustor. The dome having a front panel extending radially from the aperture. The systems and methods couple a first cavity to the front panel. The first cavity includes a series of ducts. A first duct of the series of ducts is configured to receive airflow into the first cavity from a compressor and a second set of ducts of the series of ducts and a third duct of the series of ducts are configured to direct airflow to the combustor from the first cavity, wherein the third duct has a larger diameter than the second set of ducts.
US11536456B2
A fuel and air injection handling system for a rotating detonation engine is provided. The system includes a compressor configured to compress air received via a compressor inlet and configured to output the air that is compressed as swirling, compressed air through a compressor outlet. The system also includes an annular rotating detonation combustor fluidly coupled with the compressor outlet. The annular rotating detonation combustor has a detonation cavity that extends around an annular axis, the annular rotating detonation combustor configured to combust the compressed air from the compressor in detonations that rotate within the detonation cavity around the annular axis of the annular rotating detonation combustor. The annular rotating detonation combustor is fluidly and directly coupled with the compressor outlet.
US11536451B2
A rotary air preheater is provided, including: a rotor and a steam soot-blowing device arranged in a cold secondary air inlet channel of secondary air section. The steam soot-blowing device includes a steam sootblower, a first pipe communicating with the steam sootblower and extending in a radial direction of the rotor, and nozzle assemblies communicating with the first pipe. The nozzle assembly includes a first nozzle assembly and a second nozzle assembly, and the first nozzle assembly is located upstream of the second nozzle assembly in a rotational direction of the rotor. The first nozzle assembly includes a sprayer, and diameter of an inlet of the sprayer is smaller than diameter of an outlet thereof. The second nozzle assembly includes at least one nozzle, and steam jet velocity at the outlet of the sprayer is greatly smaller than steam jet velocity at an outlet of the nozzle.
US11536421B1
A multifunctional light source assembly and a multifunctional desk lamp are disclosed. The multifunctional desk lamp includes a base assembly, a lamp head assembly, and a lamp arm assembly; one end of the lamp arm assembly is connected with the base assembly, and the other end is connected with and supports the lamp head assembly; the lamp head assembly is internally provided with the multifunctional light source assembly, the multifunctional light source assembly includes an illumination LED chip, a plant grow light LED chip and an ultraviolet LED chip. The illumination chip, the plant grow light chip and the ultraviolet chip are respectively connected to a controller, which respectively controls the three chips, through the on and off of currents, so that functions such as illumination for reading and writing, sterilization, plant growth assistance can be achieved.
US11536420B1
A non-unitary light fixture having a housing, neck and wall panel that is affixed to a wall or other supporting structure. The fixture includes a separable neck that mounts to the housing and wall panel on opposite ends with a water-tight seal created by a flange on each end of the neck. The flange overlaps the perimeter of respective mounting apertures within the housing and wall panel and thereby prevents water from entering either the housing or wall panel. The fixture further includes a tube extending between the housing and wall panel for routing electrical wires to a lighting assembly housed within the shade.
US11536419B1
A lighting device with improved luminous performance is provided, which includes a first light path, a second light path and a plurality of first light sources and second light sources. The first light path includes a plurality of first bending portions and second bending portions arranged in staggered arrangement. Each first bending portion and each second ending portion protrude from one side and the other side of a first reference line respectively. The first light sources are distributed over the second bending portions. The second light path is connected to the first light path in parallel, and includes a plurality of third bending portions and fourth bending portions arranged in the staggered arrangement. Each third bending portion and each fourth bending portion protrude from one side and the other side of a second reference line respectively. The second light sources are distributed over the third bending portions.
US11536417B2
A bracket configured to hold an electrical junction box includes a plate-shaped back surface portion configured to abut on a back surface of the electrical junction box, and a plurality of holding portions which are erected from the back surface portion along an assembly direction of the electrical junction box. The plurality of holding portions are configured to hold at least two positions on side surfaces of the electrical junction box so as to sandwich the electrical junction box in a direction intersecting the side surfaces. The plurality of holding portions are configured to have a first inclination relative to the assembly direction before assembly of the electrical junction box, and have a second inclination which is smaller than the first inclination relative to the assembly direction after the assembly of the electrical junction box.
US11536415B2
A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support. The support includes a main support having a two-dimensional planar structure and crossing a space, and a first bar and a second bar, which respectively extend from both sides of the main support toward a first plate and a second plate, respectively.
US11536412B2
A line element includes an inner element, an outer element surrounding the inner element, and a damping element arranged between the inner element and the outer element. The damping element can be made, for example, of knitted wire fabric or a stripwound hose. The damping element can be made in particular of a more easily wearing material than the outer element and/or the inner element, for example of copper.
US11536406B2
A modular multiport pod missile includes a plurality of pipe sections securable together to form a conduit for transporting a fluid in a generally horizontal direction of travel, and at least one pod secured between two of the pipe sections forming the conduit. Each pod has a plurality of input ports extending radially outwardly at an angle from a perimeter of the pod. Each of the input ports is configured for connection to a high-pressure line for delivering a high-pressure fluid from a pump to the conduit. The input ports are angled such that, when connected to a high-pressure line, high-pressure fluid flowing through the input ports merges with the fluid in the conduit generally in the same direction of travel as the fluid in the conduit.
US11536404B2
A hydraulic coupling bush which is actuated in order to close or open the coupling includes a coupling housing and a bush body which displaceable therein and which has a plug space for receiving a coupling plug, a supply space for fluidic connection to an external supply channel, a low pressure space for fluidic connection to a pressure medium sink, and an interior space connected fluidically to the supply space, a supply seat valve device being provided, via the actuation of which a supply flow path can be configured between the supply space and the plug space, and a relief seat valve device being provided, via the mechanical actuation of which the interior space can be relieved of pressure toward the low pressure space, and via the hydraulic actuation of which, which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space, the pressure in the interior space can be limited.
US11536399B2
A spacer (3), for mutually spacing apart a first and a second pipeline in a mutually parallel manner, has a first and a second side (31, 32) for abutting against the two respective pipelines. At least two tensioning straps, which are extending in first and second longitudinal ranges (41, 42), are fixing the spacer relative to the first pipeline. The second side (32) has, in the first and second longitudinal ranges, a second abutment structure (52) for abutting against the second pipeline. Furthermore, the second side has, in a first intermediate longitudinal range (61), a first recessed intermediate surface portion (71). Thanks to the first recessed intermediate surface portion, the portions of the spacer which are extending in the first longitudinal range and the second longitudinal range are, under influence of tensioning forces of the tensioning straps, to a larger extent independently resiliently compressible relative to one another. This improves the effectivity of the tensioning straps.
US11536395B2
A cable clip for use with a medical instrument system comprises a base member; a first prong projecting from the base member; and a second prong projecting from the base member. The first prong and the second prong project in a spaced, parallel manner relative to each other and the first prong is offset from the second prong in at least two dimensions.
US11536394B2
A micro fluid actuator includes an orifice layer, a flow channel layer, a substrate, a chamber layer, a vibration layer, a lower electrode layer, a piezoelectric actuation layer and an upper electrode layer, which are stacked sequentially. An outflow aperture, a plurality of first inflow apertures and a second inflow aperture are formed in the substrate by an etching process. A storage chamber is formed in the chamber layer by the etching process. An outflow opening and an inflow opening are formed in the orifice layer by the etching process. An outflow channel, an inflow channel and a plurality of columnar structures are formed in the flow channel layer by a lithography process. By providing driving power which have different phases to the upper electrode layer and the lower electrode layer, the vibration layer is driven to displace in a reciprocating manner, so as to achieve fluid transportation.
US11536385B2
A fluid control device, capable of acquiring data related to an internal operation of a device, is provided. The Fluid control device V includes a bonnet part installing sensors for detecting the internal operation of the fluid control device and a valve body containing the bonnet part inside, and the valve body has a recess for containing the bonnet part and a slit, leading a communication cable connected to the sensors to the outside, opening one end on an opposite side of a base where a flow path is formed, and penetrating from an outside to the recess.
US11536372B2
A sealing device includes an elastic body configured to seal an annular gap between an inner member and an outer member in order to prevent a leak of an object through the annular gap. The elastic body includes an annular main body portion including a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other and being to be disposed in the annular gap with the first end portion being closer to the object than the second end portion, a seal lip portion extending from the first end portion and being to be in contact with the inner member, a flange portion extending outwardly from the second end portion and including a first side and a second side opposite to each other, a side lip portion extending from the second end portion in a direction away from the first end portion, and a projecting portion extending from the second side and circumferentially about the annular main body. The first side is to be closer to the object than the second side and to be in contact with the outer member. The projecting portion is located such that the projecting portion is not to be in contact with the side lip portion with a distal end portion of the side lip portion being tilted radially outwardly in response to a front surface of the side lip portion being pressed by a member.
US11536371B2
A sealing device includes: a housing; a seal ring configured to be axially displaceably inserted along an inner circumference of the housing, the seal ring including a front-end surface and a rear-end surface which defines packing mounting space; a packing configured to establish sealing between the housing and the seal ring, the packing being disposed in the packing mounting space; and spring means disposed on the rear-end surface side of the seal ring to elastically bias the seal ring toward the front-end surface side.
US11536369B2
A gasket having concentric or spiral serrations around the aperture on each side of the gasket, and wherein a facing is secured to such serrations, wherein each facing comprises a first layer which is in contact with a respective set of such serrations and a second layer which is in contact with the first layer. The first layer could be of a polyaryletherketone or polyimide, and the second layer could be of graphite or vermiculite. The serrations are designed to avoid damage to the first layer. An intact first layer can supply a property to the facing which may be absent in the second layer; for example, good dielectric properties.
US11536366B2
A shift mechanism switches power transmission paths among a first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft, and a third transmission shaft that are concentrically arranged on a rotational axis. The shift mechanism has a drive drum that is provided so as to be coaxial with the rotational axis and pivotable about the rotational axis, and a first driven drum and a second driven drum that are arranged on the rotational axis so as to be concentric with the drive drum and move along the rotational axis as the drive drum pivots. As the first driven drum moves, a first shift sleeve advances and retreats, and the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft are connected and disconnected. In addition, as the second driven drum moves, a second shift sleeve advances and retreats, and the second transmission shaft and the third transmission shaft are connected and disconnected.
US11536362B2
A transmission includes a fan assembly having a fan wheel, a cover, and a grating. The fan wheel is connected in a torsionally fixed manner to the input shaft of the transmission, and the fan cover is fixed in place on a holding frame, which, for example, includes multiple parts and is fastened to the housing of the transmission. The grating is formed by two grating parts, whose first separating line is a straight segment or is formed by two mutually aligned straight segments, and the cover includes two cover parts, whose second separating line is a plane curve, made up of straight segment sections.
US11536355B2
A ball screw assembly having a ball nut including a first end, a second end, a central bore, and a ball track defined by the inner surface, a ball screw shaft including an outer surface defining a ball track, the ball screw shaft being disposed in the central bore so that the ball tracks form a ball raceway, a first stopper disposed within the ball raceway, a plurality of main balls forming a ball train, the ball train being disposed in the ball raceway, and a main spring assembly disposed in the ball raceway between a first end of the ball train and the first stopper, wherein a spring constant of the first spring portion is greater than a spring constant of the second spring portion.
US11536354B2
Embodiments of an actuator assembly for a power tailgate system are disclosed. The actuator assembly includes an actuator having a housing, a guide with a first end extending from the housing and a second end opposite the first end, and a slide coupled to the guide so as to be movable with respect to the guide second end. The actuator assembly also includes a bellows having a first end attached to the guide first end, a second end opposite the first end and attached to an end of the slide, and a body extending between the first and second ends. At least one hole is formed in the bellows proximate the bellows second end and enables fluid communication between an interior of the bellows and an exterior of the bellows. The bellows may expel moisture collected therein during operation of the actuator.
US11536335B2
A backing plate and associated brake pad that includes a reinforcement plate and a retention plate. The reinforcement plate has an outboard surface, an inboard surface, and a mold hole. The retention plate has an outboard surface, an inboard surface, and a locking projection that cooperates with the mold hole of the reinforcement plate to mechanically lock the retention plate to the reinforcement plate so that the inboard surface of the reinforcement plate faces the outboard surface of the retention plate. A dampening layer may be included between the reinforcement plate and the retention plate.
US11536333B2
An electromagnetically operable brake arrangement for decelerating a rotationally mounted shaft, includes a magnet, a coil, a spring element, an armature disk, a brake pad support, a damping plate and a friction disk, the damping plate being situated between the armature disk and the magnet; the damping plate having projections; each of the projections extending further in a radial direction than in a circumferential direction; in particular, the projections each jutting out axially; in particular, at least a subset of the projections being evenly spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction.
US11536332B2
A torque generation apparatus includes a magnetic disc rotatable about a rotation axis, a first yoke, a second yoke, a magnetic viscous fluid placed between the magnetic disc and the first yoke and the second yoke, a coil, and a third yoke. The coil overlaps with the magnetic disc as viewed along the rotation axis. The third yoke constitutes a magnetic path of a magnetic field generated by the coil together with the first yoke and the second yoke. The magnetic disc includes a torque increasing portion at at least one of a surface facing the first yoke and a surface facing the second yoke. The torque increasing portion is provided in an outer circumferential area of the magnetic disc in a radial direction and causes a shearing force to a cluster of the magnetic viscous fluid to become larger than that in the inner circumferential area.
US11536331B2
The invention relates to a disc brake, comprising a brake carrier, a brake caliper, brake shoes, and an actuating piston. The brake carrier has at least one mounting point for mounting on a vehicle. The actuating piston is displaceably accommodated on the brake caliper and is actuatable for carrying out a service brake function of the disc brake. At least one further actuating piston is provided, which in the direction of its longitudinal axis is displaceably accommodated on the brake caliper. For carrying out the service brake function, the at least two actuating pistons are actuatable, and for carrying out a parking brake function, one of the actuating pistons is actuatable. The invention further relates to a disc brake system and a parking brake system.
US11536330B2
A caliper guide assembly having a guide pin, a guide bore, a cap, and a sensor arrangement. The guide bore is arranged to receive the guide pin. The cap may be secured to an open end of the guide bore proximate a free end of the guide pin. The sensor arrangement may include a first sensor component that is configured to provide an output indicative of relative axial displacement between a first sensor component and a second sensor component.
US11536327B2
The present disclosure describes a hydraulic control system comprising a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber, each pressure chamber configured to receive a hydraulic fluid, a first movable member configured to assume a position depending on a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the first pressure chamber and a second movable member configured to assume a position depending on a hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the second pressure chamber, a hydraulic command circuit configured to provide the hydraulic fluid and to control the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the first pressure chamber and/or the second pressure chamber, having a switchable valve in fluid communication with the first pressure chamber, wherein the switchable valve is configured to be pilotable depending on the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the second pressure chamber.
US11536322B2
An automatic transmission has a one-side clutch and an other-side clutch in an axial direction, the one-side clutch and the other-side clutch being aligned in the axial direction on an axis of a power transmission shaft. These clutches respectively include: drum sections; hub sections; friction plates that are engaged in an axially slidable manner between the drum sections and the hub sections; and pistons that press the friction plates. The friction plates in the one-side and other-side clutches are arranged in parallel in the axial direction. The pistons in the one-side clutch and the other-side clutch are arranged on one sides in the axial direction of the friction plates and are arranged such that axial positions thereof overlap. The piston in the other-side clutch penetrates the friction plate in the one-side clutch in the axial direction.
US11536319B2
A constant-velocity rotary joint includes an outer joint portion with outer ball tracks, an inner joint portion with inner ball tracks, balls guided in a track pair formed by one outer ball track and one inner ball track, and a cage with windows to accommodate and retain the balls. Each outer ball track has an outer ball track center line. Each inner ball track has an inner ball track center line. When the constant-velocity rotary joint is straight, the inner ball track center line and the outer ball track center line of the track pair intersect in an intersection point and are not mirror-symmetrical with respect to a mirror plane through the intersection point, and the inner portion of the inner ball track center line widens more, with respect to a longitudinal axis of the outer joint portion, than the outer portion of the outer ball track center line.
US11536317B2
Load-carrying apparatus, assemblies, and subterranean drilling systems may include a support ring with a plurality of contact elements coupled to the support ring. The plurality of contact elements may have a surface exhibiting a partially cylindrical shape.
US11536312B2
A sealing bellows made of an elastomeric material includes: a first end face; a second end face; and a casing having a central axis, the casing being arranged in an axial direction between the first and second end faces, the casing including at least one torsion-compensating element for absorbing torsional movements introduced into the sealing bellows substantially without torsional stress. The first end face includes a first static seal and the second end face includes a second static seal. The sealing bellows is made of a TPE material.
US11536297B2
A hydrostatic actuator system includes an electric motor for delivering a hydraulic fluid via a piston unit. The actuator system is operating using a method in which a change in volume caused by a temperature change is sensed by a pressure measurement. The method reliably identifies a state of the transfer of the hydraulic fluid from a planetary roller transmission compartment into the master piston. The pressure measurement is continuously evaluated, and, in the event of a negative signal of the pressure measurement, suction of the hydraulic fluid by a planetary roller transmission lying in the hydraulic fluid between the electric motor and the piston unit into the piston unit is recognized and a fault signal is output.
US11536286B2
An impeller for a centrifugal blower includes at least one blade oriented in a radial direction of the impeller. The blade has an airfoil section with a radially inward end and a radially outward end that are thinner than at least one point between the radially inward end and the radially outward end.
US11536285B2
An apparatus for diagnosing and controlling the aerodynamic stability of a compressor and method there of are provided. The apparatus includes a measurement device (100), a signal processing device (200) and a control and execution device (300), wherein the measurement device (100) is configured to measure the pressure or velocity fluctuations of air flows in different positions inside a compressor in real time, and to transmit real-time measurement signals obtained from different positions to the signal processing device (200); the signal processing device (200) is configured to determine, according to the real-time measurement signals, a type and spatial distribution of instability precursor in the compressor, and to output corresponding control strategy signals to the control and execution device (300); and the control and execution device (300) executes, according to the received control strategy signals, corresponding control actions to regulate the stability of the compressor (S3).
US11536259B2
A liquid material ejection device in which a plunger is efficiently accelerated. The device includes a liquid chamber communicating with an ejection port and being supplied with a liquid material, a plunger including a tip portion having a smaller diameter than the liquid chamber and is moved in the liquid chamber, an elastic member urging the plunger upward, an arm disposed in a state extending in a substantially horizontal direction, an arm driver serving as a driving source to operate the arm, and a base member on which the arm driver is disposed. The device further includes a rocking mechanism unit connected to the arm driver and rockingly supporting the arm, the arm driver includes a plurality of actuators, the arm includes a pressing portion pressing the plunger downward, the plunger is pressed by the pressing portion, and the plunger is linearly reciprocated with rocking motion of the arm.
US11536242B1
An adjustable multi-functional bottom-hinged flap-type wave energy utilization device includes at least three wave energy conversion devices arranged in parallel and with adjustable spacing. Each wave energy conversion device includes a wave energy conversion component, a direction adjustment component for adjusting a wave-facing direction of the wave energy conversion component, and a height adjustment component for adjusting a height of the wave energy conversion component. The wave energy conversion component includes a mounting base plate, a transmission shaft arranged on the mounting base plate, a wave energy flap that can drive the transmission shaft to rotate, a generator connected to the transmission shaft, a hydraulic oil cylinder positioned on a back surface of the flap for pushing the flap to reset, and a wave monitor arranged on the mounting base plate for monitoring a draught and a wave direction angle of the flap.
US11536239B2
A method of controlling an ignitor for a spark-ignition engine includes receiving, by a controller, at least one of fuel quality data regarding a fuel for the spark-ignition engine or a characteristic regarding the ignitor for the spark-ignition engine. The method additionally includes controlling, by the controller, an ignition energy characteristic of the ignitor in response to the at least one of the fuel quality data regarding the fuel or the characteristic regarding the ignitor for the spark-ignition engine.
US11536231B2
An apparatus and method are provided for an air filter configured to be mounted onto an air inlet of an internal combustion engine. The air filter comprises a first end cap configured to couple with a base which is configured to support a conventional air filter and provide an interface between the conventional air filter and the air inlet. A filter medium which is relatively thicker than the conventional air filter is configured to remove particulate matter and other contaminates from an incoming airstream. A second end cap is configured to couple with a cover which is configured to fasten the conventional air filter and the base onto the air inlet, such that the incoming airstream is directed through the filter medium. The air filter is configured to be installed in place of the conventional air filter without necessitating alteration of the base and cover.
US11536223B2
A thrust reverser actuation system for a jet propulsion engine for a vehicle, the thrust reverser actuation system comprising: a plurality of hydraulically-driven thrust reverser actuators for actuating one or more thrust reverser components of the jet propulsion engine, each actuator comprising: a hydraulic circuit; and a bi-directional electrically-driven pump configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic circuit, wherein the hydraulic circuit and the pump are configured such that the direction of the pump dictates the direction of the actuation of the actuator.
US11536208B2
A control method of a butterfly valve of an internal combustion engine, when said internal combustion engine is running, wherein said butterfly valve is controlled by means of a control signal, indicative of an angular position of said valve, the method comprising a step of applying a first limiting filter of a gradient of said control signal, when a ratio between a target pressure downstream of the butterfly valve and a measured pressure upstream of the butterfly valve is greater than a first predetermined threshold.
US11536200B2
A non-contact seal assembly for sealing a gap between relatively rotatable components in a gas turbine engine is presented. The non-contact seal assembly includes a primary seal having a radially movable seal shoe, a mid-plate, an aft secondary seal radially movable along with the seal shoe, a forward secondary seal and a U-shaped seal carrier for holding the components together using pins. The seal shoe includes a plurality of seal shoe segments. The aft secondary seal includes a plurality of aft secondary seal segments. Each aft secondary seal segment is attached to each seal shoe segment. Each aft secondary seal segment includes at least a notch at outer radial side to receive the pin for accommodating radial movement of the seal shoe segment.
US11536199B2
A method of manufacturing a motoring system for a gas turbine having the steps of: assembling a pinned mechanical fuse, the pinned mechanical fuse including at least one shear pin; forming an outer housing; installing a reduction gear train into the outer housing, the reduction gear train having an input and an output; operably connecting a motor to the input; operably connecting a clutch to the output using the pinned mechanical fuse, the clutch in operation engages and disengages the reduction gear train; operably connecting a starter to the clutch, the starter having an output shaft; and operably connecting an accessory gearbox to the output shaft of the starter. The clutch is operably connected to the accessory gearbox through the starter and the output shaft. The at least one shear pin in operation shears when torque on the pinned mechanical fuse is greater than or equal to a selected value.
US11536188B2
A marine cooling system performs a temperature adjustment of an object to be cooled such as an internal combustion engine of a marine vessel. The marine cooling system includes a water supply flow passage to supply cooling water to the object, a water drain flow passage to drain the cooling water from the object to reduce an amount of the cooling water that contacts the object, and a flow passage controller to shut off the water to the drain flow passage.
US11536187B2
An engine control system for an engine includes: a pump control module configured to control a coolant pump; a block control module configured to control opening of a block valve; a fuel control module configured to control fueling of the engine; a coolant control module configured to control a position of a coolant valve; and an adjustment module configured to, when the coolant pump is pumping, the block valve is open, and the coolant valve is positioned such that an input is connected to an output, adjust the fueling of the engine such that fueling of the engine is fuel rich.
US11536183B1
An exhaust aftertreatment system and associated system for purifying an exhaust gas feedstream of a lean-burn engine includes an oxidation catalyst that is arranged upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst. A first NOx sensor is arranged upstream, and a second NOx sensor is arranged downstream of the oxidation catalyst. A controller is arranged to monitor the oxidation catalyst based upon inputs from the first and second NOx sensors. A first NOx parameter is determined via the first NOx sensor, and a second NOx parameter is determined via the second NOx sensor. An NO2 parameter is determined based upon the first NOx parameter, the second NOx parameter, a first relationship for the first and second NOx sensors, and a second relationship for the first and second NOx sensors. The NO2 production of the oxidation catalyst is evaluated based upon the NO2 parameter.
US11536173B2
A blow-by gas filtration assembly (1) fluidly connects an internal combustion engine crankcase ventilation circuit to receive blow-by gases and filter from the gases the suspended particles contained therein. The filtration assembly (1) includes a hollow cylindrical filter group (2) which can be radially crossed by the blow-by gases. In addition, the filtration assembly (1) has a control group (3) that supports and commands in rotation the filter group (2) including: i) a hollow shaft (4) extending along the axis (X-X) in the filter group (2), defining an inner duct (400) fluidly connected with the central cavity (200) for the circulation of the blow-by gases. An electric motor (5) includes a stator (51) and a hollow rotor (52) operatively connected to the hollow shaft (4) to receive an electromagnetic control action from the stator (51) and command in rotation the hollow shaft (4) and thus the filter group (2).
US11536161B2
A gas turbine engine including: an exhaust diffuser including an inner tube and an outer tube that form therebetween an annular exhaust passage; a bearing chamber formed radially inside the inner tube for accommodating a bearing that supports a rotor of a turbine; a plurality of hollow struts extending across the exhaust passage; an oil introduction passage extending through one of the struts for introducing oil to be supplied to the bearing chamber; an oil drain passage extending through one of the struts for draining the oil from an exhaust oil inlet opened on a bottom surface of the bearing chamber; and an oil discharge passage for discharging a portion of the oil having passed through the oil introduction passage toward the oil drain inlet.
US11536153B2
The turboshaft engine for a rotorcraft includes a low pressure spool having a low pressure compressor and a low pressure turbine section, and a high pressure spool having a high pressure compressor and a high pressure turbine section. The spools are independently rotatable relative to one another. The low pressure compressor section includes a mixed flow rotor. A set of variable guide vanes (VGVs) are discposed upstream of each of the low pressure and high pressure compressors, the VGVs being configured to be independently operable relative to one another.
US11536151B2
An abrasive coating system for a substrate of an airfoil in a turbine engine high pressure compressor, comprising a plurality of grit particles adapted to be placed on a top surface of the substrate; a matrix material bonded to the top surface; the matrix material partially surrounds the grit particles, the matrix material consisting of unalloyed chromium and unalloyed aluminum distributed throughout the matrix material, wherein the grit particles extend above the matrix material relative to the top surface; and a film of oxidant resistant coating applied over the plurality of grit particles and the matrix material.
US11536147B2
A vane arc segment includes an airfoil fairing that has first and second fairing platforms and an airfoil section therebetween. The airfoil section has a pressure side, a suction side, and an internal cavity. The first fairing platform defines suction and pressure side circumferential mate faces, forward and aft faces, a gaspath side, a non-gaspath side, and a flange that projects from the non-gaspath side. The flange extends along one of the suction or pressure side circumferential mate faces. There is a rib that has a rib section in the internal cavity that spans the pressure and suction sides and a rib extension section that extends from the rib section in the internal cavity and along the non-gaspath side of the first fairing platform. The rib extension intersects the flange to form a gusset for reinforcing the flange.
US11536146B2
A guide vane arrangement configured for use in a turbo pump, wherein the guide vane arrangement includes a first guide vane and a second guide vane, wherein the second guide vane is arranged adjacent to the first guide vane such that a flow channel is defined between a leading surface of the first guide vane and a trailing surface of the second guide vane. The trailing surface of the second guide vane comprises a trailing portion which is arranged adjacent to a trailing edge of the second guide vane and which is arranged at a first angle with respect to a virtual plane defined by a trailing edge of the first guide vane and the trailing edge of the second guide vane, a leading portion which is arranged adjacent to a leading edge of the second guide vane and which is arranged at a second angle with respect to the virtual plane defined by the trailing edge of the first guide vane and the trailing edge of the second guide vane, the second angle being larger than the first angle, and an intermediate portion which is arranged between the trailing portion and the leading portion and which is arranged at a third angle with respect to the virtual plane defined by the trailing edge of the first guide vane and the trailing edge of the second guide vane, the third angle being smaller than the first angle.
US11536143B1
An endwall assembly disposed at one end of a vane assembly may comprise an endwall spar that includes an cold side, an hot side, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an axis extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge perpendicular to the leading edge. The endwall assembly may include a coversheet on the hot side of the endwall spar and a cooling channel that includes a cooling fluid inlet disposed in the endwall spar, and a cooling fluid outlet. The endwall assembly may include a structure protruding from the cold side of the endwall spar, wherein the structure is located between the cooling fluid inlet and the cooling fluid outlet along the axis; and a cooling fluid source cavity on the cold side of the wall, the cooling fluid source cavity in fluid communication with the cooling fluid channel via the cooling fluid inlet.
US11536130B2
Logging while drilling (LWD) mechanical calipers are disclosed. An example apparatus to characterize a bore includes a drill collar, a sliding sleeve that moves longitudinally relative to the drill collar, and a sliding block operatively coupled to the sliding sleeve and movable relative to the drill collar. The example apparatus also includes a caliper arm operatively coupled to the sliding block, where the caliper arm is to displace radially outward towards an inner diameter of the bore based on movement of the sliding block, and a caliper sliding sensor to measure a movement of the sliding block.
US11536123B1
The present invention discloses a method for enhancing the recovery factor of heavy oil by in-situ oil-water emulsion with high phase inversion point, and the method is aimed at the development of heavy oil reservoir by water injection under the condition that the performance parameters of crude oil emulsion meet the following three specific requirements: (A) The viscosity of the crude oil is less than 6,000 mPa·s; (B) At the reservoir temperature, the phase inversion point of the crude oil emulsion is greater than or equal to 70%, and the emulsion viscosity corresponding to the phase inversion point is 2-6 times of the crude oil viscosity; (C) At the reservoir temperature, when the water cut is less than or equal to the phase inversion point, the flow rate ratio of crude oil emulsion to crude oil is 0.2 to 0.9.
US11536111B2
The present invention provides a downhole tool deployment assembly (1) for use in particular in oil/gas wells. The assembly comprises a heater (2) with a tubular heater body having an internal cavity configured to receive a heat source (6). The assembly also has a tubular heat conducting member (3) configured to surround the tubular heater body leaving an annular clearance, wherein the tubular heat conducting member does not extend along the entire length of the tubular heater body. In addition, a collar (4) is mounted adjacent to the region of the assembly where the tubular heat conducting member ends. The collar is configured to prevent access to the annular clearance between the tubular heat conducting member and the tubular heater body. A eutectic/bismuth based alloy (5) covers the collar and at least a portion of the tubular heater body and the tubular heat conducting member such that the alloy holds the heater and the tubular heat conducting member together until the alloy is melted.
US11536105B2
A ferromagnetic disk is removably installed in a wellbore. The disk can be installed in the wellbore during oil and gas well completion and production activities to maintain pressure within the wellbore and then can be dislodged. More specifically, a strong magnet is installed within a magnetic tool to dislodge and remove a ferromagnetic disk without breaking the disk. The strong magnet can be a neodymium magnet, electromagnet, or other types of strong magnets.
US11536097B2
A system including an elevator to move a tubular, the elevator including two or more remotely operable latches that can configure the elevator to handle various tubular diameters. A portion of the latches can be laterally offset from each other and another portion can overlap adjacent latches. The elevator can be Atmosphere Explosible (ATEX) certified or International Electrotechnical Commission for Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx) certified according to explosive (EX) Zone 1 requirements with an electronics enclosure contained within a sealed chamber. The elevator can be rotated greater than 90 degrees relative to a pair of links that support the elevator. The elevator can use rotary actuators to operate the latches and rotate the housing of the elevator.
US11536090B2
A method of communication along a shared voltage line is disclosed. In pulse power drilling, a generator charges applies voltage to a shared voltage line, which capacitively charges electrodes for formation drilling. While the generator controls the charging rate, charge voltage, and post-delay time between the charging cycles, a pulse power controller determines the pre-delay time by firing electrodes to discharge the stored voltage. Communication from the pulse power controller to the generator is encoded in the pre-delay time, where pre-delay times longer than a minimum pre-delay time correspond to time bins with pre-determined communications between the pulse power controller and the generator. The generator can also communicate to the pulse power controller via manipulation of the post-delay time.
US11536080B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and, more specifically, a refrigerator which enables a user to easily open a door thereof. The present invention relates to a refrigerator and method for controlling the same, which can prevent a door thereof from opening by itself due to a malfunction. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a refrigerator may comprise: a cabinet having a storage chamber; a door for closing or opening the storage chamber; a sensor provided to sense whether a user is within or out of a sensing distance, to enable discrimination between sensing-on and sensing-off; a door opening device provided to automatically open the door; and a control unit for determining an operation condition of the door opening device on the basis of a time interval from the sensing-on to the sensing-off and a duration for which the sensing-on continues in the sensor, so as to control the operation of the door opening device.
US11536072B2
An assistance apparatus for opening and closing a scissor door for a vehicle includes: a door hinge having one side installed at a vehicle body to be rotated vertically through a hinge shaft, and having a door mounted at an opposite side thereof; a gas lifter having a first side installed at the vehicle body, and having a second side installed at the door hinge to assist a rotational force of the door hinge or keep a posture thereof through compression and elongation; and an opening and closing assistance unit for providing the rotational force to the door hinge in interlocking with the pressing operation of a vehicle passenger.
US11536070B2
A dish treating appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior with an access opening. A door is hingedly mounted to the cabinet for pivoting movement about a pivot axis between closed and opened positions to selectively close and open the access opening. A door opener includes a housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a pin opening facing the door. An opening pin is located within the housing and aligned with the pin opening. A lever is rotatably mounted to the housing to define a rotation axis and is selectively operably coupled to the opening pin. An actuator having a reciprocating shaft is connected to the lever.
US11536043B2
A small modular building system and method for establishing a small scale retail business in an existing parking lot. The building system includes three building modules sized to fit on two trailers, which when assembled form a building with a one-story main service area and an attached tower with a lower story bathroom and an upper story mechanicals/utility room above the bathroom. A further component of the system is a rigid carport arch dimensioned to fit in complementary fashion with one or more of the building modules onto the delivery trailer. A method is also disclosed for delivering, assembling, and installing the modules in an existing parking lot to form a functional, well-anchored building with minimal disruption to the parking lot.
US11536039B2
An apparatus includes a first platform, a second platform disposed above the first platform, a scaffolding connecting the first and second platforms including an upper support beam, a middle support beam, and a lower support beam, and a cable attached to the upper support beam. The lower support beam supports the first platform. The middle support beam supports the second platform. The upper support beam is disposed above the second platform.
US11536035B2
A method of applying a protective film to a construction panel comprising: (a) selectively applying an adhesive composition to a peripheral region of a surface of the construction panel; and/or selectively applying an adhesive composition to a peripheral region of a surface of the protective film; and (b) applying a protective film to the surface of the construction panel to bond the protective film to the construction panel. A construction panel comprising a protective film layer on a surface of the panel and a peripheral adhesive composition layer located between said surface of the panel and the protective film layer, wherein the peripheral adhesive composition layer extends from an edge of the panel and across from about 0.1% to about 25% of the width of the surface.
US11536032B2
A tile replacement flashing is used with a tile hook. A bottom tile replacement flashing is shaped for placement on a lower portion of a location where a tile is removed from a roof. A top tile replacement flashing is shaped for placement on an upper portion of a location where the tile is removed from the roof. The top tile replacement flashing includes an elevated region at a lower portion of the top tile replacement flashing, the elevated region. The bottom tile replacement flashing is shaped so that after attachment of the bottom tile replacement flashing on the roof, the tile hook can be attached to a rafter of the roof, the attached tile hook extending over an upper portion of the bottom tile replacement flashing and having a portion that, past the upper portion of the bottom tile replacement flashing, extends upwards. The top tile replacement flashing is shaped so that after attachment of the top tile replacement flashing on the roof, at least part of the elevated region of the top tile replacement flashing extends over the bottom tile replacement flashing. A height of the elevated region is sufficient to allow room for the tile hook to extend over the bottom tile replacement flashing and under the elevated region of top tile replacement flashing.
US11536026B2
The present invention provides a panel sheathing for making wall and roof structures in which the panels (e.g., wood boards, oriented strand boards, plywood, etc.) are pre-coated at a factory, before installation at the building/construction site, using a polymeric barrier coating having specific water permeability, self-sealing properties with respect to penetrated metal fasteners (e.g., nails) in accordance with ASTM D7349 (modified using 1.5-5.0 inches water depth in hydrostatic head testing over sample of coated panel in which a steel nail is driven to within ⅛ inches of being flush with the panel and conditioning the test specimen for 24 hours at 23° C. prior to hydrostatic loading), as well as anti-blocking properties whereby the coated panels can be transported in stacked configuration without sticking or disintegration of the polymeric barrier coating. The coated panels do not require the use at the installation site of felt paper, house wrap, or additional applied barrier coating to provide excellent weather barrier properties. The present invention also provides methods for constructing the panel sheathing structure as well as for making the coated panels.
US11536024B2
The present invention is directed to an acoustic ceiling panel having a first major exposed surface opposite a second major exposed surface, the acoustic ceiling panel comprising: a first layer having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, the first layer comprising: a first body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, the first body being air-permeable; and a first attenuation coating applied to the first body; a second layer having an upper surface opposite a lower surface, the second layer comprising: a second body comprising a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending between the first and second major surfaces, the second body being air-permeable; and a second attenuation coating applied to the second body; and an adhesive present between the first and second layers.
US11536017B2
A modular precast concrete structure system to form a modular precast concrete structure as a portion of a subsurface storage basin is provided, the system including a concrete slab having a first edge and opposite second edge, and a first concrete side wall having an outer surface extending from the first edge substantially perpendicularly to the concrete slab, and a second concrete side wall having an outer surface extending from the second edge substantially perpendicularly to the concrete slab, the outer surfaces of the first and second concrete side walls being configured to be substantially parallel, each of the first and second side walls being configured with canted inner surfaces such that the first and second side walls taper in thickness away from the slab, and a plurality of footings each configured with a footing groove along an upper surface thereof, the footing grooves configured to receive a bottom edge of at least one of the first and second side walls therein.
US11536015B2
A separating toilet including a pan having a pipe section, which is connected in the outflow region and has vertical side walls at least in certain portions, and having a main discharge line connected downstream of the pipe section. An odor trap is provided between the pipe section and the main discharge line. At least one separate auxiliary discharge line for separating urine is provided. The inlet opening of the auxiliary discharge line is arranged on a side of the vertical side wall of the pipe section and thus below the pan and above the odor trap.
US11536014B2
A flush valve includes a valve housing defining a fluid passageway between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The fluid passageway includes a diaphragm valve seat disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The flush valve additionally includes a diaphragm assembly including a diaphragm and a disc. The diaphragm includes a primary opening and a bypass opening. The primary opening receives the disc therein and the bypass opening allowing water under pressure supplied to the fluid inlet to pass from a fluid inlet side of the diaphragm into a chamber in the fluid passageway. The flush valve additionally includes a relief valve configured to selectively control fluid flow from the chamber to the fluid outlet. The relief valve comprises a stationary valve element and a rotatable valve element each having at least one opening and being rotationally positionable relative to one another to regulate fluid flow.
US11536010B2
Provided herein are atmospheric water harvesting systems that are tailored with an optimal adsorption threshold, based on energy cost and water availability considerations. The systems include a plurality of adsorbent modules, each containing metal organic frameworks of various adsorption thresholds. Such a design enables real time adjustment to achieve optimal harvesting conditions in changing atmospheric conditions, whether for daily or seasonal humidity variations.
US11536009B2
A monitoring system for a work vehicle having a lift system to which an implement is attachable via a connection assembly includes a weight detection subsystem operable with the lift system and configured to transfer signals representative of a weight supported by the lift system. The monitoring system also includes a position detection subsystem operable with the connection assembly and configured to transfer signals representative of a state of the connection assembly. A controller is in operable communication with the weight detection subsystem and the position detection subsystem and is configured to receive signals from the weight detection subsystem and from the position detection subsystem, determine a condition of the connection assembly based on the signals received, and output a signal based at least in part on the determined condition.
US11535995B2
A pile guide has a collar with a void therein. A planar flange extends from a side of the collar. A bracket has opposing guides constructed and arranged for receiving the planar flange of the pile guide therein. The planar flange is in a slidable relationship with the bracket, and the bracket is constructed and arranged for mounting to a floating dock. The distance of the collar from the floating dock can be adjusted to accommodate for distances of piles from the floating dock.
US11535990B2
A two-stage energy dissipation type shed tunnel support structure connected by a principle of Dougong and a design method thereof are provided. The two-stage energy dissipation type shed tunnel support structure includes a Dougong joint domain, crossbeams and columns. The Dougong joint domain includes section steel members, wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers, U-shaped sliding connecting troughs and high-strength bolts. Multiple layers of the section steel members are orthogonally stacked to form a Dougong shape, the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers are arranged between adjacent layers of the section steel members, and the U-shaped sliding connecting troughs are arranged at upper and lower ends of the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers, which realizes a connection between the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers and a section steel in two orthogonal directions. Under an impact of small energy rockfalls, an elastic deformation of the Dougong joint domain is used to achieve a buffering.
US11535982B2
A cord (50) comprises: an internal strand (TI) comprising an internal layer (C1), and an external layer (C3); and L>1 external strands (TE) comprising an internal layer (C1′) of Q′=1 internal wire (F1′), an intermediate layer (C2′) of M′ intermediate wires (F2′) wound around the internal layer (C1′) with a pitch p2′, and an external layer (C3′) of N′ external wires (F3′) wound around the intermediate layer (C2′) with a pitch p3′. The external layer (CE) of the cord is wound around the internal layer (CI) of the cord in a direction of winding of the cord (50). Each external layer (C3, C3′) of each internal and external strand (TI, TE) is wound in the same direction of winding that is the opposite to the direction of winding of the cord (50). The external layer (CE) of the cord (50) is desaturated, and 0.36≤(p3′−p2′)/p3′≤0.57.
US11535981B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a defined three-dimensional texture on a textile, in which the texture is provided on a textile with a defined area and a defined height, the texture is formed with at least one texture layer, wherein the height and the area of the texture are adjusted by at least one defined height and at least one defined area of the at least one texture layer, at least one variable-volume ink is applied to the textile in the form of individual ink droplets, wherein a plurality of ink droplets are provided on the textile according to the area of the texture, and the applied ink droplets are activated, whereby a predefined volume increase of the ink droplets is produced and the at least one texture layer is formed on the textile. To provide the defined height of the at least one texture layer at least one defined distance between the applied ink droplets for the texture layer is adjusted, which distance is smaller than and/or equal to a diameter of activated ink droplets of the texture layer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a three-dimensional texture for a textile with an area and a height, and at least one texture layer which is formed from at least one variable-volume ink in the form of individual ink droplets and which can be applied to the textile and can be activated for a defined volume increase. The ink droplets of the at least one texture layer are provided with at least a distance from each other that is smaller than or equal to the diameter of activated ink droplets.
US11535975B2
A clothing treatment apparatus includes a plurality of inverters for controlling the motors of a drum, a compressor, and a blowing fan, a converter for converting input power input from an external source and outputting the converted power to the inverters, and a control unit for controlling the plurality of inverters and the converter.
US11535973B2
A laundry treatment appliance having a drawer adapted to slide within a drawer seat along a sliding direction. The drawer has: a handle forming the drawer front; at least one compartment adapted to contain multiple doses of at least one treatment agent; at least one channel associated with the at least one compartment for channeling water and at least one treatment agent dose of the at least one laundry treatment agent towards a mixing region of the drawer seat allowing a mixture between the water and the at least one treatment agent dose; and at least one pump actuation part having a suction side in fluid communication with the at least one compartment for drawing up the at least one treatment agent dose therefrom, and a delivery side in fluid communication with the at least one channel for delivering the at least one treatment agent dose thereto.
US11535961B2
A multi-ply woven gauze that has loft, a soft texture, and superior heat retention, permeation resistance, and lightness of weight. The multi-ply woven gauze includes a front surface layer formed with a plain-weave structure, an intermediate layer formed with a waffle-weave structure, and a rear surface layer formed with a plain-weave structure. The front surface layer and the intermediate layer are joined together, and the rear surface layer and the intermediate layer are joined together. Wrinkles form at the connections between the front surface layer and the rear surface layer due to the difference in contraction between the plain-weave structures and the waffle-weave structure. The intermediate layer is formed from at least one layer. The weave density of a single layer in the intermediate layer is equal to or half the weave density of the front surface layer and the rear layer.
US11535960B2
A woven textile for shoe upper includes a main body. The main body includes a woven portion and at least one braiding portion. The main body defines a horizontal direction and a longitudinal direction. The woven portion includes a plurality of longitudinal threads aligned along the horizontal direction. Each of the longitudinal threads extends along the longitudinal direction. Two ends of the woven portion along the longitudinal direction are a first end and a second end. At least one of the longitudinal threads extends and is knotted itself from the first end or the second end of the woven portion away from the woven portion to form the at least one braiding portion.
US11535921B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for controlling flow of liquid zinc (2) in a zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization. Under the blowing effects of an air knife above the zinc pot (1) for hot-dip galvanization onto strip steel (3), the liquid zinc (2) diffuses and flows outwards to zones (zones I, II, III and IV) comprising the left side, the right side, the front end of the zinc pot, respectively, and a zone between the strip steel (3) and a furnace snout (4), and surface dross rapidly generated on the surface of the liquid zinc (2) is driven to flow outwards to the zones (zones I, II, III and IV). On edge sides of the zones (zones I, II, III and IV), travelling magnetic field generators (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 712, 756) are arranged in multiple sections above the surface of the liquid zinc (2) in the zinc pot (1), so as to excite a travelling magnetic field to generate an electromagnetic driving force on the liquid zinc (2) to drive the flow of the liquid zinc (2). The flow of the liquid zinc (2) caused by the travelling magnetic field generators (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 712, 756) is engaged with the blowing flow of the air knife, driving the surface liquid zinc (2) in the zinc pot (1) to flow in order towards a rear end (zone V) of the zinc pot (1). The surface dross floating on the surface of the liquid zinc (2) is driven by the flowing liquid zinc (2) to flow in a controlled direction.
US11535919B2
The invention concerns a method for producing a 6xxx series aluminium sheet comprising the steps of homogenizing an ingot made from a 6XXX series aluminum alloy; cooling the homogenized ingot with a cooling rate in a range of from 150° C./h to 2000° C./h directly to the hot rolling starting temperature; hot rolling the ingot to a hot rolling final thickness and coiling at the hot rolling final thickness with such conditions that at least 50% recrystallization is obtained; cold rolling to obtain a cold rolled sheet. The method of the invention is particularly helpful to make sheets for the automotive industry which combine high tensile yield strength and good formability properties suitable for cold stamping operations, as well as high surface quality and high corrosion resistance with a high productivity.
US11535918B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, capable of preventing a burning crack from occurring due to processing heat generated during plasticity processing while maintaining a solution-treatment temperature of an aluminum alloy material for ensuring a mechanical strength thereof. A method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plastically-processed article, includes a step of performing a solution treatment for an aluminum alloy material by heating and maintaining the aluminum alloy material at a solution-treatment temperature, a step of performing plasticity processing for the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment, and steps of cooling the plastically-processed aluminum alloy material at a time at which the step of the plasticity processing is completed, and aging the cooled aluminum alloy material. The method further includes pre-plasticity-processing cooling step of cooling the aluminum alloy material subjected to the solution treatment.
US11535911B2
Formation of CaSO4 and Fe2O3 containing deposits is reduced in a pressure oxidation autoclave and/or adjacent circuits during pressure oxidation of gold-containing ore. The gold-containing ore is combined with water to create an aqueous slurry that is heated and introduced into the autoclave. The method includes providing a scale inhibitor that is free of an organic polymer and includes an inorganic phosphate according to formula (I), (XPO3)m, wherein X is Na, K, H, or combinations thereof, and m is at least about 6, an inorganic phosphate according to formula (II), Yn+2PnO3n+1, wherein Y is Na, K, H, an organic phosphonate; or combinations thereof, and n is at least about 6. The method includes the step of combining the scale inhibitor and at least one of the gold-containing ore, the water, and the aqueous slurry to reduce scale.
US11535909B2
A steel sheet product and a method for manufacturing the steel sheet product are described, the method includes the steps: providing at least two steel sheets extending in a longitudinal direction (A), cleaning longitudinal edges of the steel sheets by removing any surface oxide layers therefrom, joining the steel sheets along the cleaned longitudinal edges using butt welding without filler material to form a weld, wherein inert gas protection is applied on both a top side and a root side of the weld during welding, thereby obtaining a welded steel sheet product, removal of excess material from the weld, and hardening of the welded steel sheet product by means of heat treatment and subsequent quenching.
US11535905B2
The invention relates to the use of a Q&P steel for production of a formed component (2) for high-wear applications, wherein the Q&P steel has a hardness of at least 230 HB, especially at least 300 HB, preferably at least 370 HB, and a bending angle α of at least 60°, especially at least 75°, preferably at least 85°, determined to VDA238-100, and/or a bending ratio of r/t<2.5, especially r/t<2.0, preferably r/t<1.5, where t corresponds to the material thickness of the steel and r to the (inner) bending radius of the steel.
US11535904B2
A cooling box for a metallurgical furnace including an elongated hollow body extending from a front end, to an opposite rear end, the rear end being, in use, connected to a wall of the furnace; the body includes an inner chamber having a cooling circuit configured to receive a flow of coolant fluid therein between at least one inlet and at least one outlet; the cooling box further including at least one partition plate fitted in the inner chamber through a form-fit connection to form the cooling circuit.
US11535896B2
The present invention concerns the analysis of cell-free nucleic acids to determine the contribution of cell-free nucleic acids from specific tissues. In addition, the invention provides methods for diagnosing diseases based on cell-free nucleic acid analysis. The methods of the invention are also useful to detect quality defects in samples containing cell-free nucleic acids.
US11535878B2
The present invention is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of fermentation of metabolically engineered microorganisms. The present invention describes engineered microorganisms able to synthesize sialylated compounds via an intracellular biosynthesis route. These microorganisms can dephosphorylate N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate to N-acetylglucosamine and convert the N-acetylglucosamine to N-acetylmannosamine. These microorganisms also have the ability to convert N-acetylmannosamine to N-acetyl-neuraminate. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for the large scale in vivo synthesis of sialylated compounds, by culturing a microorganism in a culture medium, optionally comprising an exogenous precursor such as, but not limited to lactose, lactoNbiose, N-acetyllactosamine and/or an aglycon, wherein said microorganism intracellularly dephosphorylates N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate to N-acetylglucosamine, converts N-acetylglucosamine to N-acetylmannosamine and convert the latter further to N-acetyl-neuraminate.
US11535870B2
Modified G6PC (glucose-6-phosphatase, catalytic subunit) nucleic acids and glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α) enzymes with increased phosphohydrolase activity are described. Also described are vectors, such as adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, and recombinant AAV expressing modified G6Pase-α. The disclosed AAV vectors and rAAV can be used for gene therapy applications in the treatment of glycogen storage disease, particularly glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD-Ia), and complications thereof.
US11535864B2
This invention comprises: compositions comprising a derivative, plasmids, a reagent kit and methods of making these compositions a derivative, vaccine- and non-vaccine-compositions of above for causing death of cancer cells that form part of a tunoour and virus infected Denguue, Measles and other diseased cells; the derivative comprising replicating as well as non-replicating dervivaties of an attenuated negative stranded RNA virus belonging to family paramyxoviridae, including Measles Virus, comprising a single additional transcriptional unit carrying either only one or two or more non-viral genes, and the non-replicating derivatives being free from contaminating replicating Measles Virus (b) a Measles Virus packaging cell line for making above compositions, expressing the M, F and H proteins of MV stably. And (c) a reagent kit for producing the Measles Virus derivatives describved above.
US11535852B2
Described herein are aptamers capable of binding to growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) protein; compositions comprising a GDF11 binding aptamer with a GDF11 protein; and methods of making and using the same.
US11535845B2
Disclosed are methods for identifying bio-molecules with desired properties (or which are most suitable for a round of directed evolution) from complex bio-molecule libraries or sets of such libraries. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for virtually screening proteins for beneficial properties. Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods for virtually screening enzymes for desired activity and/or selectivity for catalytic reactions involving particular substrates. Some embodiments combine screening and directed evolution to design and develop proteins and enzymes having desired properties. Systems and computer program products implementing the methods are also provided.
US11535819B2
A unit dose detergent pack is disclosed. The unit dose detergent pack includes a pouch formed from a water-soluble film and a liquid detergent composition releasably disposed within the pouch. The liquid detergent composition includes an alkanolamine, an acid, a copolymer formed from first and second monomers with the first monomer being diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC), and an alkali metal sulfite or bisulfite. The copolymer and the alkali metal sulfite or bisulfite interact with at least one of the alkanolamine and the acid to reduce discoloration of the liquid detergent composition.
US11535815B2
A composition for removing a cosmetic material from a substrate includes glycerin ethoxylate and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LABS). An application of the composition to a stain including a deposit of a cosmetic material at a white polyester-cotton blend fabric to provide a stained polyester-cotton blend fabric exhibits an increased stain removal measured as reflectance observed at 460 nm by at least about 35% compared to a reflectance observed at the stained polyester-cotton blend fabric prior to the application. A treatment including the composition applied to the stained polyester-cotton blend fabric provides a reflectance at the stained polyester-cotton blend fabric that is greater than a reflectance observed at a white polyester-cotton blend fabric stained with a deposit of a cosmetic material and that has been treated with either the glycerin ethoxylate alone or that has been treated with the linear alkyl benzene sulfonate alone.
US11535813B2
The present invention provides for interesterified high oleic vegetable oil and vegetable fat characterized by low trans fat content and characteristics suitable for use in baking, frying and icing applications.
US11535802B2
Methods and systems for reducing sulfur content in crude oil are provided. The methods and systems apply a first alkaline aqueous solution to crude oil to produce alkaline-treated crude oil, apply an acid aqueous solution to the alkaline-treated crude oil to produce acid-treated crude oil, apply a second alkaline aqueous solution to the acid-treated crude oil to produce neutralized crude oil; and separate residual water that contains sulfur from the neutralized crude oil to produce treated crude oil that has less sulfur content than the crude oil before the treatment.
US11535792B2
Mobility control polymers can be used to increase recovery of crude oil from a subterranean hydrocarbon-containing formation. A flooding fluid comprising the polymer are injected into a well that is in contact with the subterranean hydrocarbon-containing formation. The polymers are derived from reacting a crosslinking agent with a polymer and the crosslinking agent comprises a polyvalent metal ion having a weight/weight ratio of polymer to crosslinking agent of at least 60:1. These flooding fluids have improved injectivity into the well; the improved injectivity can be measured in terms of the flooding fluid's filter ratio, flow rate, and viscosity.
US11535788B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to cement activator compositions for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including placing in the subterranean formation a liquid cement activator composition including water, an alkali sulfate salt, a polyphosphate salt, and a stabilizer polymer.
US11535782B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a resin member comprising a copolymer of ethylene and an olefin having 3 or more carbon atoms, and a straight-chain saturated hydrocarbon compound.
US11535775B2
An adhesive film and a display member, the adhesive film being formed of an adhesive composition that includes a monomer mixture comprising a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a comonomer, wherein the adhesive film has a recovery rate of about 40% to about 99%, the recovery rate being determined according to Method A as described herein, and wherein the adhesive film has a bubble generation area of about 0%, the bubble generation area being determined according to Method B as described herein.
US11535772B2
Sidechain functionalized organosiloxane compounds are provided having a first end and a second end; a polysiloxane backbone; and a first plurality of sidechains covalently attached to the polysiloxane backbone and a second plurality of sidechains covalently attached to the polysiloxane backbone; wherein the first plurality of sidechains comprise polyalkylene glycol sidechains; wherein the first plurality of sidechains and the second plurality of sidechains comprise a tethered end covalently attached to the polysiloxane backbone and a free end opposite to the tethered end; and wherein the free end in one or both of the first plurality of sidechains and the second plurality of sidechains comprises a reactive end group. Compositions comprising the sidechain functionalized organosiloxane compounds are also provided, as well as coated articles. Sidechain functionalized lubricants are also provided that can be used with compositions and coated articles herein.
US11535767B2
The present invention provides a silver paste containing at least a silver powder, a binder resin, and an organic solvent, wherein the silver powder contains a first silver powder having a D50 of 3.50 to 7.50 μm and a second silver powder having a D50 of 0.80 to 2.00 μm, where D50 represents a 50% value of a volume-based cumulative fraction obtained by laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement; a copper content of the whole silver powder is 10 to 5000 ppm by mass; a copper content of the second silver powder is 80 ppm by mass or more; and the first silver powder contains substantially no copper. The present invention provides a silver paste containing a powder in a high concentration and excellent in printability, and provides a silver conductor film that has a high filling factor, a high film density, high electrical conductivity, and excellent migration resistance.
US11535766B2
[Problem to be Solved] Provided is a curable composition for inkjet printing, a coating film obtained from which has higher heat resistance than conventional coating films. [Solution] It is a curable composition for inkjet printing, comprising (A) a (meth)acrylate monomer having a cyclic skeleton and having a number of alkylene oxide modifications of one or more and six or less, (B1) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having two or more alkylene glycol structures, (B2) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having a monoalkylene glycol structure, and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. Accordingly, an obtained coating film does not crack, has excellent adhesion to a conductor, and maintains sufficient hardness even after a thermal history that corresponds to a plurality of times of soldering. The above problem to be solved is also solved by a curable composition for inkjet printing, comprising (A′) a (meth) acrylate monomer having a cyclic skeleton and having a number of alkylene oxide modifications of one or more and six or less, (B1′) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having two or more alkylene glycol structures, (B2′) a bifunctional (meth)acrylate monomer having no cyclic skeleton and having a monoalkylene glycol structure, and (C′) a photopolymerization initiator.
US11535750B2
There are provided a thermosetting resin composition for a semiconductor package and a prepreg and a metal clad laminate using the same. More particularly, there are provided a thermosetting resin composition for a semiconductor package capable of improving desmear characteristics by using a cyanate based ester resin and a benzoxazine resin in a thermosetting resin composition based on an epoxy resin and improving chemical resistance by using a slurry type filler to have high heat resistance and reliability, and a prepreg and a metal clad laminate using the same.
US11535747B2
The invention relates to the use of PMMI copolymers for reducing the decrease in molecular weight of the polymer induced by addition of talc in compositions based on aromatic polycarbonate. At the same time, the mechanical, optical and rheological properties of the thermoplastic composition, in spite of the addition of the PMMI copolymer, remain good and are in some cases even improved.
US11535743B2
Thermoplastic compounds include elastomer, modified polyolefin polymer including a polar functional group, and unmodified polyolefin polymer. The melt flow rate of the modified polyolefin polymer is greater than the melt flow rate of the unmodified polyolefin polymer. The thermoplastic compounds exhibit excellent bonding when overmolded onto rigid substrates such as metals, while also providing desirable aesthetic properties and good processability.
US11535742B2
A polymer composition comprises (a) 50 to 100 phr of one or more branched thermoplastic elastomers each comprising an unsaturated elastomer block and at least three thermoplastic styrene blocks, the thermoplastic styrene blocks of each branched thermoplastic elastomer representing from 15% to 75%, preferably from 15% to 50%, by weight of the weight of each branched thermoplastic elastomer, and (b) 10 to 100 phr of one or more thermoplastic styrene polymers having a molecular mass of between 25,000 and 300,000 g/mol, preferably between 50,000 and 200,000 g/mol.
US11535740B2
Provided are crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVPP) compositions and their use in beverage treatment. Provided is a dry, direct compressed tablet comprising at lease 70 wt % crosslinked PVPP. Also provided is the use of said tablet for the filtering and/or removing polyphenol of a liquid, preferable a beverage.
US11535732B2
A polyethylene composition having increased environmental stress crack resistance (ESCR) is comprised of a polymer blend of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) and a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer. The polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer is present in the polymer blend in an amount of from 0.5 wt. % to 15 wt. % by total weight of the polymer blend. In a method of forming a polyethylene composition having increased ESCR, a HDPE is modified by combining the HDPE with a polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer in a polymer blend, the polycarbonate-siloxane copolymer being present in an amount of from 0.5 wt. % to 15 wt. % by total weight of the polymer blend. The polymer blend can be formed into an article of manufacture, such as a bottle cap.
US11535718B2
A method for preparing a color masterbatch with a natural dye is disclosed. The new method uses a phase change material tetradecane as one of the solvents to extract the natural dye, the extracted natural dye as a core material, and polybutylene succinate as a wall material to microencapsulate the natural dye containing the phase change material by a solvent evaporation method to prepare natural dye microcapsules, then melt-blends with a carrier resin, extrudes and granulates to obtain the color masterbatch with the natural dye. The microencapsulation improves the thermal stability of natural dye and compatibility with carrier resin The obtained color masterbatch with natural dye has excellent heat resistance, and the fabric obtained after spinning with it has good color fastness to hot pressing.
US11535708B2
A method for preparing a polyol comprises the following steps of: (1) dissolving 2,3 -epoxybutane and an acid catalyst in an inert solvent to obtain a solution A; dissolving triethylene glycol in an inert solvent to obtain a solution B; and dissolving epoxy vegetable oil in an inert solvent to obtain a solution C; (2) respectively and simultaneously pumping the solutions A and B into a first micromixer for mixing; (3) pumping the solution C and an effluent of the first microreactor into a second micromixer for mixing while carrying out step (2); and (4) dissolving the vegetable oil polyol in an inert solvent to obtain a solution D; dissolving epoxypropane and an alkaline catalyst in an inert solvent to obtain a solution E; and pumping the solution D and the solution E into a tank reactor for reaction, thereby obtaining the polyol.
US11535706B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polymerization systems for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides comprising 1) a catalyst including a metal coordination compound having a permanent ligand set and at least one ligand that is a polymerization initiator, and 2) a chain transfer agent having two or more sites that can initiate polymerization. In a second aspect, the present disclosure encompasses methods for the synthesis of polycarbonate polyols using the inventive polymerization systems. In a third aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polycarbonate polyol compositions characterized in that the polymer chains have a high percentage of —OH end groups and a high percentage of carbonate linkages. The compositions are further characterized in that they contain polymer chains having an embedded polyfunctional moiety linked to a plurality of individual polycarbonate chains.
US11535705B2
A method for preparing a polycarbonate ester includes feeding a monomer mixture containing (i) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds of the following Formulae 1 and 3; (ii) a compound of the following Formula 2; and (iii) a 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol to a polycondensation reactor and allowing the monomers and the 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol to react to prepare the polycarbontate ester. The prepared polycarbonate ester has improved mechanical properties including tensile strength and impact strength:
US11535701B2
Solvent-linked porous covalent organic polymers (COPs) and a method of preparing the same are described. The porous covalent organic polymers are linked by a solvent and are thus suitable for the transportation and storage of natural gas. A method of preparing the porous covalent organic polymers by conducting alkylation polymerization between an aromatic monomer and a chlorine-based solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst is described. Porous stretchable covalent organic polymers having pores with various sizes can be synthesized simply and quickly at room temperature and atmospheric pressure without a heating or purification step. The covalent organic polymers have very high natural gas storage capacity due to the flexible porous network structure thereof and thus are suitable for storage and transportation of natural gas and useful as a natural gas adsorbent.
US11535687B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing a rubber composition comprising the steps of (a) blending in at least one preparatory mixing step at least one natural or synthetic rubbery polymer, a silica filler, a silica coupling agent, and at least one vulcanization accelerator; and (b) subsequently blending therewith in a final mixing step a sulfur curative, wherein the average glass transition temperature of the polymer(s) is −55° C. or less.
US11535684B2
Disclosed is a method of preparing N-alkylated chitosan derivatives by treating chitosan with an acid and subsequently reacting the chitosan with an alkylating agent in the presence of a base. Also provided are novel N-alkylated chitosan derivatives.
US11535682B2
Sulfate ester modified cellulose nanofibers having an average fiber diameter in the range of 1 nm to 500 nm, and having sulfate ester modified hydroxyl groups on surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers that are nanosized, that have a high crystallinity degree, and that have large aspect ratios, the method being a chemical method that does not require any physical pulverization, that is energy-saving, and that can be performed under mild reaction conditions. A method of producing modified cellulose nanofibers including modifying the surfaces of the cellulose nanofibers through esterification or urethanization. A method of producing cellulose nanofibers includes impregnating cellulose with a fibrillation solution containing dimethylsulfoxide, at least one carboxylic acid anhydride selected from acetic anhydride and propionic anhydride, and sulfuric acid to fibrillate the cellulose.
US11535679B2
Provided are methods of clinical treatment of follicular lymphoma (for example, relapsed and/or refractory follicular lymphoma) in human subjects using a bispecific antibody which binds to CD3 and CD20 in combination with standard of care regimens of rituximab and bendamustine.
US11535674B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for expressing and preparing a bivalent bispecific antibody. In the present disclosure, each portion of a bivalent bispecific antibody and an immune hybrid protein thereof is respectively expressed in a suitable prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell system, separated and purified by high-performance affinity chromatography, and then spliced in vitro by trans-splicing reaction mediated by an intein, to prepare the bivalent specific antibody and an immune hybrid protein thereof.
US11535666B2
This disclosure belongs to the field of biomedical technology, and particularly refers to a trifunctional molecule and the application thereof. The structure of the trifunctional molecule includes a first functional domain, a second functional domain and a third functional domain. These domains are capable of simultaneously binding to CD19, CD3, and T cell positive (negative) costimulatory factors, thereby producing the first and second signal required for T cell activation. The trifunctional molecule is a recombinant protein peptide chain, which can be produced by a eukaryotic cell expression system. The product has a single structure, simple purification process, high protein yield, and preparation process and product stability. The trifunctional molecule is superior to the anti-CD19/anti-CD3 BiTE bispecific antibody in killing CD19-positive target cells. Compared with the CAR-T technology targeting CD19, the trifunctional molecule is more convenient to use, the dose is controllable, and the side effects of CAR-T are avoided.
US11535665B2
AAV vectors expressing anti-influenza antibodies are provided. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions useful in delivery same for prophylactic or anti-viral purposes. Methods of delivering such vectors are provided.
US11535664B2
This disclosure provides a multimeric hepatitis B virus (HBV) protein binding molecule, e.g., a dimeric IgA or a pentameric or hexameric IgM binding molecule, comprising at least two bivalent binding units, or variants or fragments thereof, each comprising at least two antibody heavy chain constant regions or fragments thereof, wherein each heavy chain constant region or fragment thereof is associated with an HBV antigen binding domain. The disclosure also provides compositions comprising the multimeric binding molecules, polynucleotides encoding the multimeric binding molecules, and methods to make and use the multimeric binding molecules.
US11535658B2
The disclosure features fusion proteins that are conditionally active variants of IL-2. In one aspect, the full-length polypeptides of the invention have reduced or minimal cytokine-receptor activating activity even though they contain a functional cytokine polypeptide. Upon activation, e.g., by cleavage of a linker that joins a blocking moiety, e.g., a steric blocking polypeptide, in sequence to the active cytokine, the cytokine can bind its receptor and effect signaling.
US11535656B2
Provided is a cytokine combination for treating a tumor and/or preventing recurrence or metastasis of the tumor. The cytokine combination comprising at least three cytokines selected from the following groups: IL(interleukin)12 or a functional variant thereof, GMCSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor) or a functional variant thereof, FLT3L (FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand) or a functional variant thereof, IL2 or a functional variant thereof, IL15 or a functional variant thereof, IL21 or a functional variant thereof, and IL7 or a functional variant thereof. Also provided is a nucleic acid molecule encoding the cytokine combination and a vector thereof, a cell, a pharmaceutical composition, and a application thereof for the manufacture of a drug for treating the tumor and/or preventing recurrence or metastasis of the tumor.
US11535645B2
A compound has the following formula (I) or formula (II), an isomer thereof, a tautomer thereof, a pharmaceutical acceptable solvate thereof, or a pharmaceutical acceptable prodrug thereof.
US11535644B2
The invention relates to a crystalline methanol or dimethyl sulfoxide solvated form of regadenoson and an anhydrous polymorph of regadenoson. The invention is also directed to the preparation of the methanol or dimethyl sulfoxide solvated and anhydrous solid-state forms of regadenoson. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of the anhydrous polymorph of regadenoson in a stable form from the dimethyl sulfoxide solvated form of regadenoson, which preparation is purifiable and scalable.
US11535636B2
Composition and methods of applying potassium mixtures are disclosed. Applications include: fertilizer and fertilizer additives, freeze conditioning, dust control, coating oil, and fire prevention.
US11535635B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of PI5P4K inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory disorders, and metabolic diseases, having the Formula: where A1, A2, G, R1, R2, R3, R4, and W are described herein.
US11535634B2
The present disclosure provides, e.g., compounds, compositions, kits, methods of synthesis, and methods of use, involving epipolythiodiketopiperazines and polythiodiketopiperazines.
US11535623B2
Disclosed herein is a method for coupling a first compound having the formula (I) with a second compound that contains a carbonyl group. Also disclosed herein are compounds that can be formed by this method, and uses for such compounds.
US11535622B2
A compound of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, deuterated analogs thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of treating disease using a compound thereof, wherein the variable substituents are disclosed herein.
US11535616B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US11535615B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I′), methods of using the compounds as immunomodulators, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders such as cancer or infections.
US11535606B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and their use in prevention and treatment of cancer and related diseases and conditions. In some embodiments, the compounds disclosed herein exhibit androgen receptor degradation activity.
US11535593B2
The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US11535587B2
The present invention relates to a hydrated crystalline form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid having a 2-theta powder X-ray diffraction diagram comprising peaks at 10.58°, 11.2°, 12.65°, 13.66°, 16.28°, 18.45°, 20°, 20.4°, 22.5°, 25.5°, 25.88°, 26.47°, 28.52°, 30.28°, 30.8°, 34.09°, 38.19°, 40.69°, 41.82°, 43.74°, 46.04° degrees (+/−0.1°). The present invention also relates to a production method for this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and a preparation method for an aqueous solution A of a salt of this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and the (co)polymer of this form of -acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid.
US11535582B2
The present invention refers to a process for the purification of levulinic acid, an aqueous solution comprising levulinic acid and a process for the production of levulinic acid.
US11535578B2
This disclosure provides improved processes for converting aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzene/toluene, alkylation, transalkylation, or isomerization. In an embodiment, a process comprises utilizing a passivated reactor to reduce deactivation of a molecular sieve catalyst. Additional measures such as the use of an auxiliary catalyst and/or an elevated reactor pressure may be used to further reduce deactivation of the molecular sieve catalyst.
US11535571B2
An environmental barrier coating, comprising a substrate containing silicon; an environmental barrier layer applied to said substrate; said environmental barrier layer comprising a rare earth composition.
US11535568B2
This invention provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and pyrolyzing to produce a ceramic matrix composite. The resin formulations contain a solid-phase filler, to provide high thermal stability and mechanical strength (e.g., fracture toughness) in the final ceramic material. The invention provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer loaded with a solid-phase filler, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic matrix composite with potentially complex 3D shapes or in the form of large parts. Other variations provide active solid-phase functional additives as solid-phase fillers, to perform or enhance at least one chemical, physical, mechanical, or electrical function within the ceramic structure as it is being formed as well as in the final structure. Solid-phase functional additives actively improve the final ceramic structure through one or more changes actively induced by the additives during pyrolysis or other thermal treatment.
US11535563B2
A method of making a porous cordierite ceramic article using chlorite raw material is described herein. The method includes mixing materials to form a cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture includes a chlorite raw material in an amount of about 5% to about 60% by weight and a platy aluminum silicate raw material in an amount of 0% to about 30% by weight of the total inorganic content of the cordierite-forming mixture. The cordierite-forming mixture is then formed into a green body and fired to form the porous cordierite ceramic article. In some cases, the porous cordierite ceramic article exhibits a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), which provides the article with high thermal shock resistance.
US11535562B2
A particulate mixture, suitable for use in ceramic article production, wherein the mixture includes from 30 wt % to 80 wt % recycled aluminium silicate material. The particulate mixture has a particle size distribution such that: (i) the d50 particle size is from 10 μm to 30 μm; (ii) the d70 particle size is less than 40 μm; and (iii) the d98 particle size is less than 60 μm.
US11535559B2
The present invention relates to a compact and highly dense engineered concrete binder composition and a method of producing the same. In particular, the engineered concrete binder composition comprises at least one mechano-chemically modified component.
US11535557B2
A retarder mixture for oil and gas well cementing includes a lignosulfonate compound and at least one hydrolyzed carbohydrate. A method includes blending the retarder mixture and a cement precursor to form a cement precursor mixture and introducing water into the cement precursor mixture to form a cement mixture. The cement mixture is pumped down a well and cures to form a cement sheath containing the cement precursor and the retarder mixture.
US11535547B2
Known heating burners for producing a welded joint between components of quartz glass include a burner head in which at least one burner nozzle is formed, a burner-head cooling system for the temperature control of the burner head and a supply line connected to the burner nozzle for a fuel gas. Starting from this, to modify a heating burner in such a way that impurities in the weld seam between quartz-glass components to be connected are largely avoided, it is suggested that the burner head should include a base body of silver or of a silver-based alloy.
US11535545B2
There is disclosed a system and process for the anaerobic and aerobic treatment of landfill wastewater, including landfill condensate, landfill leachate and mixtures thereof.
US11535542B2
A method for quickly converting organic waste into energy, including the following steps of S1, performing anaerobic fermentation on organic waste to convert macromolecular organic matter in the organic waste into soluble small molecular organic matter to obtain fermentation liquid; S2, performing solid-liquid separation on the fermentation liquid to obtain a solid-phase part and a liquid-phase part, respectively; and S3, disposing or reusing the solid-phase part as residues, and enabling the liquid-phase part to enter a flow-catalyzed fuel cell to convert organic matter in the liquid-phase part into electrical energy. The present application can quickly and efficiently convert the organic waste into electrical energy.
US11535541B2
The methods disclosed generally relate to treatment of process water using chlorine dioxide. Specifically, reactants may be fed asynchronously into a diluent line or a tank where the reactants may mix and react to form chlorine dioxide. The chlorine dioxide levels may fluctuate in the diluent line or the tank thereby inhibiting or reducing the growth of microbes.
US11535539B2
A method for treating a wastewater or a wastewater sludge includes adding performic acid to the wastewater and/or the waster sludge as an odor controlling agent and/or corrosion controlling agent.
US11535535B2
An apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water is disclosed. An aspect of the present disclosure may provide an apparatus for manufacturing hydrogen containing water, comprising: housing having first receiving space formed therein; cylinder coupled to the housing to form second receiving space; connecting passage penetrating the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and the second receiving space; ion exchange membrane closing the connecting passage; electrolysis part comprising an anode and a cathode, the anode being disposed in the first receiving space and the cathode being disposed in the second receiving space; exhaust pipe penetrating the housing to interconnect the first receiving space and an external space; and first waterproof membrane closing the exhaust pipe and inhibiting water from being discharged while allowing gas to be discharged.
US11535524B2
A material of formula LiaTib(AxS3-x)c wherein A is a metalloid element chosen from selenium, tellurium and mixtures thereof, and the stoichiometric coefficients a, b, c and x are such that 0
US11535520B1
A method of processing a polycrystalline diamond body includes positioning an electrode near the polycrystalline diamond body such that a gap is defined between the electrode and the polycrystalline diamond body, the polycrystalline diamond body having a metallic material disposed in interstitial spaces defined within the polycrystalline diamond body. The method includes applying a voltage between the electrode and the polycrystalline diamond body, and passing a processing solution through the gap. The electrode is a cathode and the polycrystalline diamond body is an anode. An assembly for processing a polycrystalline diamond body includes the polycrystalline diamond body, an electrode positioned such that a gap is defined between the electrode and the polycrystalline diamond body, a processing solution passing through the gap such that the processing solution is in electrical communication with each of the polycrystalline diamond body and the electrode, and at least one power source.
US11535510B2
A sub-centimeter structure includes a first structural component, a second structural component arranged proximate the first structural component, and a joint connecting the first and second structural components. The joint includes a material that has a first phase that is substantially rigid to hold the first and second structural components in a substantially rigid configuration while the material is in the first phase. The material of the joint has a second phase such that the joint is at least partially fluid to allow the first and second structural components to move relative to each other while the material is in the second phase. The joint interacts with the first and second structural components while the material is in the second phase to cause the first and second structural components to move relative to each other. And, the first and second structural components include a polymer.
US11535508B2
Pressure sensor including a microelectromechanical transducer and relating pressure-detection method
A pressure sensor including: a structure which delimits a main cavity of a closed type, the structure being at least partially deformable as a function of a pressure external to the structure; and a MEMS device, which is arranged in the main cavity and generates an output signal, which is of an electrical type and is indicative of the pressure inside the main cavity.
US11535494B2
In an embodiment, a door detection system may include a transmitter, a receiver, a reflector, and one or more processors. The transmitter positioned on an elevator car door transmits a signal towards a reflector on a hoistway door and the reflector reflects the signal towards the receiver when the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator door. The one or more processors determine whether the hoistway door is properly positioned with respect to the elevator car door based on the reflected signal received by the receiver. If the hoistway door is not properly positioned, the elevator car is prevented from moving. If the hoistway door is properly positioned, the elevator car is free to move.
US11535492B2
An overspeed safety braking mechanism for lift cars and elevator systems is described herein. The safety mechanism may comprise a safety kit secured to an overhead portion of a lift car, and configured to engage a cable to prevent a downward movement of the lift car. Engagement of the cable may occur when a threshold speed is reached. The overhead portion of the lift car is detachable upon a predetermined upward force resulting from an engagement of the safety cable from the safety kit. A primary brake system may be positioned beneath the safety kit, on or near a lift platform, configured to engage the safety cable in response to an activation of the safety kit and a detection of the threshold speed.
US11535486B2
Methods and systems for determining elevator car locations are provided. Aspects includes operating, by a processor, a machine room sensor to collect vibration data associated with one or more components in a machine room of an elevator system, wherein the elevator system comprises an elevator car and a hoistway and analyzing the vibration data to determine a position of the elevator car in the hoistway.
US11535484B2
A hose reel for coiling a hose includes a frame and a reel assembly rotatably connected to the frame about an axis of rotation. The reel assembly includes a drum assembly having a drum surface configured to receive and support the hose as the drum assembly is rotated about the axis of rotation to coil the hose around the drum surface. The drum assembly includes a hose fitting defining a fluid outlet. The hose fitting is configured to be connected to one end of the hose to fluidly connect the hose to the fluid outlet. The drum assembly defines a recess in the drum surface in which the fluid outlet of the hose fitting is disposed such that at least a portion of the fluid outlet is disposed between the axis of rotation and the drum surface.
US11535482B1
A bungee spool for collecting and storing bungee cords in a portable manner comprising a core and two rims where at least one has multiple slots radiating and the slots have raised inner edges outward from the point where the rim joins the top of the cylinder.
US11535479B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes a rotating body pair capable of transporting a sheet in a first direction for nipping the sheet transported to a transport path thereby drawing the sheet for folding processing, and in a second direction for switching back the sheet to return to the transport path, a push member that pushes the sheet transported to the transport path to a nip portion of the rotating body pair, and a press member pressing one end portion of the sheet folded by the rotating body pair to guide, and including a press portion that presses the one end portion of the sheet in a direction of the transport path where the other end portion of the sheet exists, and a guide portion that guides the sheet pressed by the press portion to the guide face of the transport path where the other end portion of the sheet exists.
US11535477B2
A medium processing device includes a conveyance guide that forms first, second and third conveyance paths that intersect, a blade configured to be rotatable around a blade center point, and that switches a conveyance route of the medium by connecting any two of the three conveyance paths with each other, and a first pair, second pair and third pair of conveyance rollers that are rotatable and are configured to hand off the medium between two conveyance paths connected by the blade. The first pair of conveyance rollers includes a first roller and a second roller. The second roller is closer than the first roller to the third pair of conveyance rollers. A radius of the second roller is larger than a radius of the first roller. A first center holding distance is different from one or both of a second center holding distance and a third center holding distance.
US11535475B2
There is described a web alignment device for aligning a web comprising an engagement surface for supporting the web, a clamp assembly for clamping the web on at least a clamp portion of the engagement surface, an alignment control assembly for controlling a correct alignment of the web. The alignment control assembly comprises a control unit for generating a trigger signal if the web is correctly aligned, a first sensor device for detecting and/or determining a desired position of a first section of the web and to send at least a first signal to the control unit if the first section is positioned in the desired position, and a second sensor device for detecting and/or determining a desired position of a second section of the web and to send a second signal to the control unit if the second section is positioned in the desired position.
US11535470B2
Provided is a transport device including a feeding unit on which a roll-type medium is set and which feeds the medium by rotating the medium, and an endless transport belt that transports the medium in a transport direction by supporting the medium fed out from the feeding unit and rotating. When seen from a support direction in which the transport belt supports the medium, the feeding unit is configured to change the posture thereof so as to incline a rotating shaft of the medium with respect to a width direction that is a direction intersecting the transport direction.
US11535467B2
A sheet guiding device includes a cover unit, a swing guide, a link member, and a contact member. The cover unit is configured to be openably disposed on a housing of an image forming apparatus. The swing guide is configured to move between a guide position at which the swing guide is open to guide a sheet and a retracted position at which the swing guide is closed. The swing guide is configured to move from the retracted position to the guide position along with closing movement of the cover unit. The link member has one end configured to be held by the housing and an opposite end engaged with the swing guide. The contact member is disposed on the cover unit. The contact member is configured to contact the link member to rotate the link member in the closing movement of the cover unit.
US11535466B2
A loading dock having a sensing device to determine proximity of a vehicle to the loading dock is disclosed. The loading dock includes a loading bay. The loading dock also includes a driving platform that receives a vehicle approaching the loading dock. The driving platform is positioned beneath the loading bay. The loading dock include a loading platform extending from the loading bay. The loading dock is equipped with a sensing device attached to the loading platform. The sensing device determines and monitors a distance between the vehicle and the loading platform. The loading dock also includes an indicating device that generates a signal when the distance between the vehicle and the loading platform is less than a threshold distance.
US11535464B2
A load lifting and carrying apparatus that has a base with a distal end designed to horizontally couple to a vehicle frame. A dividable vertical frame has a top and a bottom end, the bottom end coupled to a proximal end of the base and supported by a horizontal bracket support. The upper portion of the vertical frame is narrower than and designed to slide at least partly into the lower portion, at least one pair of holes aligned on the upper and lower portion and coupled by at least one bolt assembly. A vertically foldable cantilevering coplanar arm is coupled to a proximal and distal rotatable pully assembly, the middle portion of the coplanar arm assembly removably coupled to a support arm. A winch assembly mounted to the lower portion of the vertical frame is designed to pull a cable over the pulleys to provide a lifting force for towing.
US11535460B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a frame and a transport apparatus connected to the frame. The transport apparatus has an upper arm link, a forearm link rotatably coupled to the upper arm link about an elbow axis, at least a third arm link rotatably coupled to the forearm about a wrist axis, and an end effector rotatably coupled to the third arm link about a knuckle axis. A two degree of freedom drive system is operably connected to at least one of the upper arm link, the forearm link, and the third arm link for effecting extension and retraction of the end effector wherein a height of the end effector is within the stack height profile of the wrist axis so that a total stack height of the end effector and wrist axis is sized to conform within a pass through of a slot valve.
US11535459B2
A method and a device for buffering containers in a container treatment system are disclosed. The containers enter into storage on an infeed conveyor belt in the infeed direction, are moved in a single row onto a transversely adjoining buffer area by rail-guided and individually driven shuttles with row pushers in a buffering direction running transverse to the infeed direction, and are removed from storage on an outfeed conveyor belt transversely adjoining in the buffering direction. The shuttles and the infeed/outfeed conveyor belts are controlled in dependence of target positions, target speeds and/or target accelerations stored specifically for the container type, and/or the shuttles are controlled in dependence of target positions, target distances and/or target speeds stored specifically for modes of operation for initializing and reading out the shuttles, for following preceding shuttles, and for moving to route positions.
US11535453B2
An automatic electromechanical braking roller system includes a power drive unit (PDU) comprising a sensor configured to detect a speed of a unit load device (ULD), a controller configured to receive a speed signal corresponding to a speed of the ULD from the sensor, and an electromechanical braking roller (EBR) spaced apart from the PDU and configured to receive a braking signal from the controller in response to the speed of the ULD being greater than a threshold value. In response to the speed of the ULD being less than the threshold value, the EBR is configured to rotate freely about an axis in a first state. In response to the speed of the ULD being greater than the threshold value, the EBR is configured to reduce the speed of the ULD in a second state.
US11535447B2
A storage silo for storing granular material has a container supported by a base, the container having a roof and at least one side wall for defining a storage space beneath the roof. The storage silo includes: (a) a feed port for receiving the granular material at a feed-port height lower than the roof; (b) an auger for moving the granular material toward the roof within the storage space, the auger receiving the granular material via the feed port; and (c) first and second auger motors for cooperatively driving the auger, the first and second auger motors being disposed at opposing ends of the auger. A processor determines power levels for the first and second auger motors to minimize torsional strain on the auger. Granular material can be discharged from a first storage silo into a second storage silo positioned for cascading with the first storage silo.
US11535444B2
A glass slide set according to one or more embodiments may include: a stack of glass slides; and a packaging box that houses the stack. The packaging box may include: an exit opening through which the stack exits; and a push opening through which the stack is pushed, so that the stack exits through the exit opening.
US11535443B2
Insert container for a shipment carrier, which insert container comprises at least one side wall and a bottom, which enclose a receiving space which can be closed with a lid, the at least one side wall and/or the bottom having a multilayer wall structure comprising at least one layer of at least one vacuum insulation panel and at least one layer of a particle foam, such as in particular expanded polypropylene (EPP), and wherein the at least one layer of particle foam is formed at each point with a thickness in the range from 2 mm to 12 mm.
US11535441B2
A consumer product packaging kit comprising a closure (1), an outer container (2) and an inner container (3) capable of releasably engaging with and inside of the outer container (2), wherein; C) the outer container (2) comprises: a) an open mouth (21) at the top of the outer container (2), b) a shoulder (22), c) a body (23), d) an open base (24) at the bottom of the outer container (2), e) an annular extension (26) longitudinally offset from the open mouth (21), and f) an engagement structure (27); and D) the inner container (3) for containing consumer product comprises: (v) an open top end (31) releasably engaging with the annular extension (26), (vi) a side wall (32), (vii) a closed bottom end (33), and (viii) an engagement coupler (34) cooperating with the engagement structure (27).
US11535440B2
The invention is directed to a polymeric film web, a carrier film, and a magnetic member. The carrier film comprises an inner polyethylene terephthalate layer and an outer plastomer layer. The magnetic member and the carrier film are layered onto the polymeric film web to form a closure member. The outer plastomer layer is adjacent the magnetic member and the carrier film extends beyond an upper edge and/or a lower edge of the magnetic member. The closure is heat sealed such that the seal at the interface of the first carrier film and the second carrier film is a peelable seal, the seal at the interface of the first film web and the first carrier film is a permanent seal, and the seal at the interface of the second film web and the second carrier film is a permanent seal.
US11535437B2
A gas barrier film that includes at least a film base material including a polyester resin having a butylene terephthalate unit as a main constituent unit, and one or more metal oxide layers wherein the gas barrier film has a heat shrinkage rate in the machine direction (MD direction) after heating for 30 minutes at 150° C. of 0.6% or more but less than 3.0%, the heat shrinkage rate being represented by the following formula: Heat shrinkage rate={(Length before heating−Length after heating)/Length before heating}×100(%).
US11535430B1
A single draw container insert having two metered flow outlets is described. The valve of the single draw container includes a lower support member and a valve member rotatably positioned therein. The valve member has a central metering opening formed therein and a metering opening formed therein at the periphery thereof. The flow rates may be changed by changing the diameter of the central opening in the valve member or the opening in the periphery of the valve member. The opening at the periphery of the valve member may be controlled by the apparatus associated therewith.
US11535429B2
The invention relates to a locking cap for a container comprising a neck, intended to block a stopper in the neck of the container and comprising: an external body having a breakable part, a cage that is configured to fit into and lock axially in the external body, and having a breakable zone, the cage further comprising: an upper ring, a plurality n of branches that are connected to the upper ring and define therewith a generally cylindrical shape, n/2 first bridges and n/2 second bridges, each interconnecting two adjacent branches, at least one opening tab, which is supported by a second bridge, which is inclined toward the outside of the cage and is oriented toward the upper ring, the opening tab being adjacent to the breakable zone, which is located on the second bridge.
US11535421B2
A packaging for a bioprocessing bag includes a housing having an open interior space, and a support base attached to an external side of the housing, the support base having a recess for receiving an impeller base plate of a bioprocessing bag.
US11535416B2
An expandable container includes a substantially horizontal base, four side walls, and a rim defining a container opening having a larger cross section than the base. At least one of the four side walls is configured as a movable side wall, having an upwardly extending side portion and a substantially horizontal base portion. An upper edge portion of the side portion is connected to the rim by a hinge such that the movable side wall is movable between a nesting position, in which the side wall is inclined to facilitate nesting of the container inside another container, and an expanded position, in which the side wall is moved outwardly to increase the storage space of the container, when compared to the nesting position. A system includes a main tote in which a plurality of expandable containers as described above may be nested.
US11535412B2
A method for unpacking a workpiece, in particular an optical lens or an optical lens blank, from a package, includes an automated cutting open step of a first package side of the package, and an automated sliding of the workpiece out of the package step on the first package side. An unpacking apparatus for unpacking a workpiece from a package, has a feed station for receiving a package in which a workpiece is arranged, a cutting-open station having a first cutting or sawing tool for the automated cutting open of a first package side of the package downstream of the feed station, and a slide-out station downstream of the cutting-open station. A relative movement can be produced between the package and the workpiece in an automated manner so that the workpiece slides out of the package on the first package side.
US11535409B1
A liquid cannabis blending and dispensing oil printer system. The 6D Liquid Cannabis Printer (6 cartridges) enables a user to create and save a unique blend of cannabis oils (THC, CBD terpenes, etc.) online, based on their cartridge set, and print it to the 6D oil printer at home via proprietary print driver. By enabling the user the ability to select and load the unit with personal favorites (THC, CBD terpenes, etc.), the 6D oil printer offers infinite combinations. This empowers users with a variety of combinations to accommodate the wide range of personal formulas and or recipes as desired.
US11535407B1
A thermal management system adapted to vent a two-phase working fluid into an environment having a higher pressure than a vapor pressure of a working fluid corresponding to a set point of the system including a secondary vessel containing a secondary species. The system includes a primary vessel containing the working fluid and the secondary species, and at least one valve to selectively control venting of a mixture of the working fluid and the secondary species from the primary vessel to the environment. The system includes at least one valve connected between the primary vessel and the secondary vessel to selectively control charging of the secondary species into the primary vessel.
US11535400B2
A fairing skin repair method based on measured wing data includes fairing skin registration. Data set P1 through denoising and filtering wing point cloud data is reorganized to obtain a key point set P. A histogram feature descriptor in a normal direction of any key point in set P and a skin point cloud data Q is calculated. Euclidean distance between feature descriptors of two points is calculated through K-nearest neighbor algorithm, and points with high similarity are added into a set M. A clustering is performed on set M using a Hough voting algorithm to obtain a local point cloud set P′ in set P. The method includes fairing skin repair. The boundary line of the point frame is projected onto Q, and a distance between a projection line on the point cloud and the boundary line is calculated to obtain an amount of skin to be repaired.
US11535394B2
The present disclosure provides a landing assistance system that, in response to determining that an aircraft is within a deceleration and descent profile, displays a zero speed indicator that indicates a location where the aircraft is calculated to reach zero horizontal speed and zero altitude according to a reference glide path based on flight characteristics of the aircraft. The landing assistance system provides the symbols described herein by determining flight characteristics for an aircraft; calculating where to locate a zero speed indicator based on the flight characteristics; and projecting the zero speed indicator on a display in the aircraft. Low and high speed solutions, as well as azimuth dependent and azimuth independent solutions thereof, quickly and accurately provide the calculations based on the current flight characteristics of the aircraft to thereby provide pilots with landing aids that provide relevant landing information based, in part, on relative locations of the symbols.
US11535392B2
A hybrid propulsion system includes a heat engine configured to drive a heat engine shaft. An electric motor is configured to drive an electric motor shaft. A transmission system includes at least one gearbox. The transmission system is configured to receive rotational input power from each of the heat engine shaft and the electric motor shaft and to convert the rotation input power to output power.
US11535382B2
An overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin, including a conduit defining a plenum having an inlet, upper outlets and lower outlets, the upper outlets spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the aircraft, the lower outlets spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, the inlet being located between the upper outlets and the lower outlets, and a baffle extending within the plenum along the longitudinal direction, the baffle being located between the upper outlets and at least part of the inlet along a transverse direction normal to the longitudinal direction, the baffle having openings defined therethrough, the baffle configured to restrict airflow from the at least part of the inlet toward the upper outlets. A method of balancing a flow in an overhead flow distribution assembly for an aircraft cabin is also discussed.
US11535377B2
A method for enabling autonomous emergency assistance for one or more communication device, CD, registered in a regular cellular network. The method is performed in an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, and comprises emulating a cellular network in a geographical region, wherein the UAV and the one or more CD are without connectivity with the regular cellular network, sending an information message in the geographical region, the message comprising an emergency response trigger, receiving an automatic emergency data response from the one or more CD in the geographical region, in response to the sent message, and determining an action based on the received automatic emergency data response. A CD, a UAV, a computer program and a computer program product are also presented.
US11535372B2
A method of navigating a detached cabin of an UAV over water. The UAV having a plurality of lift propellers; a cabin engaged with a plurality of lift propellers; a water propulsion system engaged with the cabin to push the cabin in a forward direction when the cabin is at least partially immersed in water; at least one water inlet engaged with the water propulsion system; the cabin is a cargo hold or a passenger cabin. The UAV provided by the disclosure can realize vertical takeoff and landing in the water area, and fly, drive and navigate freely in the whole area.
US11535370B2
An exemplary blade lock for a tiltrotor aircraft to enable and disable a folding degree of freedom and a pitching degree of freedom of a rotor blade assembly includes a link pivotally connected to a lever and a bellcrank, where the link is in a center position when the lever is in a locked position disabling the folding degree of freedom and the lever is secured in the locked position when the link is positioned in an over-center position.
US11535369B2
A propeller assembly includes propeller blades that self-fold when not in use, which reduces the overall footprint of the propeller assembly and enables efficient storage. During flying conditions, the propeller blades unfold and extend to a flight configuration that enables the generation of lift on the propeller blades and consequently to an attached aerial vehicle. In various embodiments, the transitioning of the propeller blades between a flight and folded configuration may be enabled by torsion springs coupled to each propeller blade. For example, the torsion springs cause each propeller blade to rotate and self-fold when no external forces are applied. Alternatively, during flying conditions, centrifugal forces that arise as the propeller assembly rotates counteract the torsion springs, enabling each propeller blade to achieve an extended flight configuration. Therefore, the propeller blades of the propeller assembly are optimally oriented without the need for human intervention.
US11535364B2
A process and machine configured to predict and preempt an undesired load and/or bending moment on a part of a vehicle resulting from an exogenous or a control input. The machine may include a predictor with an algorithm for converting parameters from a state sensed upwind from the part into an estimated normal load on the part and a prediction, for a future time, of a normal load scaled for a weight of the aerospace vehicle. The machine may: produce, using a state upwind from the part on the aerospace vehicle and/or a maneuver input, a predicted state, load and bending moment on the part at a time in the future; derive a command preempting the part from experiencing the predicted load and bending moment; and actuate the command just prior to the part experiencing the predicted state, thereby alleviating the part from experiencing the predicted load and bending moment.
US11535360B1
Some variations provide a leading-edge heat pipe comprising: (a) an envelope fabricated from a shell material, wherein the envelope includes at least one edge with a radius of curvature of less than 3 mm, and wherein the envelope includes, or is in thermal communication with, at least one heat-rejection surface; (b) a porous wick fabricated from a ceramic or metallic wick material, wherein the porous wick is configured within a first portion of the interior cavity, wherein at least a portion of the porous wick is adjacent to the inner surface, and wherein the porous wick has a bimodal pore distribution comprising an average capillary-pore size from 0.2 microns to 200 microns and an average high-flow pore size from 100 microns to 2 millimeters (the average high-flow pore size is greater than the average capillary-pore size); and (c) a phase-change heat-transfer material contained within the porous wick.
US11535358B2
An aircraft windshield wiper system includes a wiper arm, a wiper blade coupled to a distal end of the wiper arm, and a drive shaft coupled to a proximal end of the wiper arm. The wiper blade is configured to clean water, dirt, and other debris from the windshield of the aircraft. The drive shaft is configured to rotate and cause the wiper arm with the coupled wiper blade to sweep across the windshield. The wiper arm includes both composite and metal components to reduce the weight of the windshield wiper system while also providing lightning strike protection.
US11535350B2
An anti-sedimentation system can implement a method in which a pump pumps seawater to a discharge nozzle positioned under the seawater and facing an under keel clearance of a marine vessel docked at a dock. Sediments are flowed away from the under keel clearance by the discharge nozzle discharging the seawater toward the under keel clearance.
US11535348B2
A sailing assisting system is provided in which a sailing assist for a vessel which enters a specific water area where sailing of the vessel is limited is realized through a simple configuration and in which a steersman is prevented from having strange feeling. A sailing assisting system includes movable controlling devices (a shift and throttle controller, a steering device, a trim switch), actuators (a rotational shaft drive unit, a shaft drive unit, a switch drive unit) for driving these controlling devices, and a control unit for executing a notification operation and controlling the actuators to limit movable ranges of the controlling devices if a hull is determined to stay within a specific water area where the sailing of the hull is limited based on information on the specific water area and information on the position of the hull.
US11535346B2
The present disclosure relates to a houseboat assembly formed from a cabin assembly secured to a hull assembly. In some version of the houseboat assembly, the hull assembly may include a runoff flange. The runoff flange may include an inner flange, an outer flange, and a riser extending between the inner flange and the outer flange. The outer flange may extend along an imaginary longitudinal outer flange axis and the riser may extend along an imaginary longitudinal riser axis whereby the riser axis intersects the outer flange axis at an angle. In some versions of the houseboat assembly, the angle is an acute angle. More specifically, the angle may be between thirty and sixty degrees. In some versions of the houseboat assembly, the cabin assembly is secured to the inner flange of the runoff flange. Cross-members and deck boards may be secured to a roof of the cabin assembly.
US11535340B2
An anchor winch system includes a support arm, an end effector, a guide channel, a winch, a cable and an anchor. The anchor winch system enables a user to deploy an anchor that is stored within the C or Z channels of a pontoon or tritoon boat. The support arm is mounted along the C or Z channel and the end effector is mounted onto an end of the support arm. The end effector is a holding apparatus that retains the anchor in a stowed position when not deployed. The guide channel traverses through the support arm, and the cable is threaded through the guide channel. The winch is tethered to one end of the cable and the anchor is tethered to the opposite end. Thus, the winch is able to deploy or retract the anchor by paying out or reeling in the cable.
US11535330B2
A folding bicycle and method for folding the folding bicycle is provided. The folding bicycle comprises a frame having a first end and a second end; a first wheel connected to the second end of the frame, the first wheel and the frame being located in a first plane; a fork having a first end and a second end, the second end of the fork pivotally connected to the first end of the frame thereby allowing the fork to pivot about the first plane; a second wheel connected to the first end of the fork, the second wheel and the fork being located in a second plane; a first pivot member having a first pivot axis to allow the first end of the fork to pivot towards the second end of the fork about the first pivot axis; a second pivot member having a second pivot axis to allow the first end of the frame to pivot towards the second end of the frame about the second pivot axis; and a third pivot member having a third pivot axis to allow the second end of the frame to pivot towards the first end of the frame about the third pivot axis.
US11535326B2
Electric power can be generated by using an existing bicycle without impairing the durability of the tire of the bicycle. The bicycle generator device (50) comprises a housing (52) configured to be attached to a frame (18) of a bicycle (10), a generator (54) attached to the housing (52), an annular rotational input member (81) for rotationally driving the generator (54), the rotational input member being rotatably mounted on the housing and positioned around a crank axis line which is a rotational center line of a crankshaft (24) and a crank arm (26) for a pedal of the bicycle, and a connecting member (90, 130) connecting the rotational input member (81) to the crankshaft (24) or the crank arm (26) in a torque transmitting relationship.
US11535324B2
A seat post assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube disposed movably in the outer tube, a sealing element disposed on the top end of the outer tube to fill the gap between the outer and inner tubes, and a bushing rotatably disposed on the top end of the outer tube and penetrated by the inner tube. The bushing has an exposed portion located in the sealing element or the outer tube in such a manner that the exposed portion isn't shielded and can be touchable, and a barrel portion coaxially connected with the exposed portion and located in the outer tube and having a bottom abutted against a protrusion of the inner tube for limiting the ascending height of the inner tube. Therefore, the present invention allows a rider to touch the bushing without taking it out, thereby facilitating the total height adjustment of the inner tube.
US11535322B2
Aspects are provided for retaining components of an assembly to a support, including additively manufactured (AM) parts of a vehicle chassis to an assembly table. A cartridge for securing the component to the assembly table is provided which includes a housing including at least one compartment, an adhesive disposed within the at least one compartment, a fastener removably attached to the assembly table, and a membrane lid enclosing an opening of the housing. The membrane lid is configured to receive a protruding member from the component such that the protruding member becomes adhered to the adhesive upon penetrating the membrane lid. The cartridge thus allows the component to be quickly retained in any selected position while constraining movement of the component along six degrees of freedom, thereby allowing AM and non-AM parts to be securely retained to accommodate strict tolerance and precise fit between the components of the assembly.
US11535315B2
A trailer stand positionable by a shunt truck is disclosed. The trailer stand includes a leg assembly having a front pair of legs and a back pair of legs, the front pair of legs connected by a front cross support and the back pair of legs connected by a back cross support, a wheel assembly having a wheel assembly frame that has a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the back pair of legs, the second end retaining an axle, the axle rotatably retaining at least two wheels, a stepped assembly having a front end, a back end, a top, and a bottom, the front end connected to the front cross support, the back end connected to the back cross support, the top of the stepped assembly providing a plurality of landing areas for an end of the semi-trailer, and a lifting frame.
US11535311B2
A vehicle includes a rear lamp, a side surface, and a rear surface. The rear lamp is disposed on a rear end and an upper end of a lower side surface and a rear end and a side end of the vehicle, and includes a lamp body extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The side surface includes the lower side surface bulging toward a vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the rear lamp at a front side of a height position overlapping with the rear lamp. The rear surface includes an extending surface extending toward the vehicle-width-direction outer side with respect to the lamp body in a top view of the vehicle from a lower portion of the lamp body. A side surface airflow is directed toward a vehicle-width-direction inner side through the extending surface and the generation of a large trailing vortex is suppressed.
US11535307B2
A reinforcing element for reinforcing structural elements including at least one channel on an outer side. The outer side forms a shoulder next to the channel. Furthermore, the reinforcing element is provided for forming an open system in terms of an adhesion of the reinforcing element in the structural element, wherein, in a use state of the reinforcing element in the structural element, a space is formed between the shoulder of the reinforcing element and the structural element, which is open relative to an adjacent cavity of the structural element.
US11535306B2
An exemplary multi-dimensional load structure may include a base panel having a tiered structure with an upper layer, a lower layer, and at least one interior layer therebetween. The load structure may also have a glass layer applied to at least surfaces of each of the upper layer, the lower layer, and the at least one interior layer not in contact with an adjacent layer. The load structure may further have a coating applied to the exterior of the glass layer. The at least one interior layer may be configured to withstand a greater compressive force than the upper layer and the lower layer and/or the upper layer and the lower layer may be lighter than the at least one interior layer.
US11535296B2
A device is provided for operating a vehicle which can be driven in an at least partly automated manner, having a steering wheel which can be operated by a driver and which is also designed to carry out a substantially manual driving mode for controlling at least the lateral control of the vehicle. The device has at least one first operating mode which differs from a substantially manual operating mode in that one or more operations initiated by the driver in a first time interval at the steering wheel are not carried out in the first time interval, but instead are carried out in a second time interval in accordance with a predetermined condition.
US11535289B2
A cleaning and maintenance cart has a frame with a base on wheels, a handle arrangement connected at a lower end to the base and having control input mechanisms at an upper end configured to control elements of the cleaning and maintenance cart, a vacuum plenum coupled to a blower, a power plant coupled to and driving the blower, a collection container coupled to the plenum, the collection container having an internal filter, and a collection hose coupled to the collection container trough a removable lid. With the blower running a partial vacuum is produced in the plenum and in the collection container, and the collection hose is movable to collect dirt and debris that is confined to the collection container by the internal filter in the collection container.
US11535288B2
Four types of telescoping modules are disclosed wherein the first type has a pair of opposed female ends, the second type has a pair of opposed female ends, and the third type has a female end and an opposed male end. The fourth type has two opposed male ends between which a positionable threaded rod and retaining components stably extend the length between the male ends of the telescoping module. Alternatively, the fourth type of telescoping module may have a female end and a male end. Each of the male ends of the second, third, and fourth types of telescoping modular components comprises a cylindrical body with one or more linear set(s) of two or more spaced-apart prongs on the circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. Each of the female ends has a cylindrical receptacle with one or more linear channels and/or prong-retaining slots for receiving therein the cylindrical body.
US11535287B2
In a rail system and method for operating a rail system having a rail-guided mobile part and having a central control system, the mobile part includes a device for acquiring the position of the mobile part, the mobile part has a first drive, in particular a traction drive, the mobile part has a current acquisition device, the mobile part has a processor for evaluating the current-value profile acquired between a first position and a second position, the processor as a device for evaluating the current-value profile is configured such that the processor determines as an evaluation value tuples which include at least an item of position information and a value determined from the current-value profile, the processor is connected with the aid of a data transmission channel to the central control system for the transmission of the value tuples, the central control system is adapted to monitor the value tuples and monitors the respective value determined from the individual current profile for an exceeding of a permissible measure of a deviation from a predefined value, in particular a setpoint value.
US11535286B2
A system (e.g., a target activation system for a transportation network) includes one or more processors configured to be operably coupled onboard a vehicle system having one or more vehicles. The processor(s) are further configured to determine an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle system at a first target location associated with a forward route of the vehicle system, determine a gap time between when the vehicle system leaves the first target location and is estimated to arrive at a second target location, and, based at least in part on the estimated time of arrival, a dwell time of the vehicle system at the first target location, the gap time, an allowable speed or acceleration of the vehicle system, and a designated warning time, generate an activation message configured to control at least one device associated with the second target location.
US11535264B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle having a camera device that records the area ahead of the vehicle and an associated control device for evaluating images taken by the camera device, wherein the control device evaluates the images in order to detect at least one hand gesture performed by a person shown in the images, wherein, when a hand motion describing a calling gesture that indicates a stop request is detected, in the case of a self-driving motor vehicle, the motor vehicle is controlled to stop in the vicinity of the person, or in the case of a non-self-driving motor vehicle, the driver of the motor vehicle is given a signal indicating the stop request.
US11535261B2
Virtual humans exhibit behaviors associated with inputs and outputs of an autonomous control system for medical monitoring of patients. To foster the awareness and trust, the virtual humans exhibit situational awareness via apparent (e.g., rendered) behaviors based on inputs such as physiological vital signs. The virtual humans also exhibit situational control via apparent behaviors associated with outputs such as direct control of devices, functions of control, actions based on high-level goals, and the optional use of virtual versions of conventional physical controls. A dynamic virtual human who continually exhibits awareness of the system state and relevant contextual circumstances, along with the ability to directly control the system, is used to reduce negative feelings associated with the system such as uncertainty, concern, stress, or anxiety on the part of real human patients.
US11535253B2
In various embodiments, methods, systems, and vehicles are provided controlling a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes: monitoring an eye gaze of a driver of the vehicle; monitoring current traffic conditions surrounding the vehicle; predicting an intention of the driver to perform a lane change maneuver based on the eye gaze, a history of the eye gaze of the driver, and the current traffic conditions; and controlling, by the processor, the vehicle based on the predicted intention of the driver to perform a lane change maneuver.
US11535243B2
A remote parking system includes: a terminal configured to transmit a ranging signal; plural reception units provided with a reception surface to receive the ranging signal and configured to detect an arrival direction of the ranging signal with respect to the reception surface; and a control device configured to acquire a distance from the terminal to a vehicle based on the arrival direction of the ranging signal and a reference posture of each of the reception units and to move the vehicle toward a parking position based on an operation input to the terminal in a case where the control device determines that the acquired distance from the terminal to the vehicle is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold. The control device is configured to cause the terminal to display an intensity of the ranging signal received by at least one of the reception units.
US11535242B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting at least one object present on a motor vehicle, wherein by way of a control device, at least one camera image is captured by means of a camera, wherein a detection region of the camera is directed to an outer region of the motor vehicle, and partially or entirely to an outer surface of the motor vehicle. The invention proposes that for a clearance test in the at least one camera image, it is checked by an image analysis device of the control device, if at least one predetermined intrinsic structure of the motor vehicle is imaged, and in the event that at least one intrinsic structure cannot be found by the image analysis device, a blocking signal, which indicates that an object is present on the motor vehicle is generated.
US11535241B2
A vehicle includes a transmission, an engine, a clutch, and a controller. The transmission has an input. The engine is configured to generate and deliver torque to the input. The clutch is configured to connect and disconnect the engine from the input, and to crank the engine during an engine start. The controller is programmed to, in response to a command to adjust a torque of the clutch during an engine start and a presence of first condition of the clutch, drive a clutch actuator pressure to a first desired value based on a first transfer function. The controller is further programmed to, in response to a command to adjust the torque of the clutch during the engine start and a presence of a second condition of the clutch, drive the clutch actuator pressure to a second desired value based on a second transfer function.
US11535236B2
A method of controlling a vehicle hybrid propulsion system is provided. The propulsion system includes an internal combustion engine, first and second clutches, an electric motor, and a gearbox having an input shaft and an output shaft connected to drive wheels. The method includes a first operating mode of starting the engine by the motor, a second operating mode of actuating a gear shift, and a third operating mode which actuates starting of the engine and the gear shift. The method includes passing from the first to the third operating modes even if starting of the engine has not been completed, or passing from the second to the third operating modes even if actuation of the gear shift has not been completed, so that the transition from one operating mode to another can be freely actuated at any time, depending upon operating conditions of the hybrid propulsion system.
US11535235B2
Methods and systems for calibrating a hybrid vehicle system for simplified control of the powertrain to optimize fuel efficiency of the hybrid vehicle and for operating a hybrid vehicle powertrain accordingly. The optimization mechanism reduces the optimized control problem to a single degree-of-freedom. Accordingly, during real-time operation of the hybrid vehicle, the system is able to quickly identify and apply optimized operating settings for a particular driver demand and, in some implementations, to provide a particular rate of change of the state-of-charge of the battery of the hybrid vehicle.
US11535229B2
A controller includes a control unit configured to perform stepwise shift that upshifts a CVT in a stepped manner to accelerate a vehicle. The control unit performs a downshift control configured to downshift the continuously variable transmission in a case in which an accelerator pedal is continuously stepped on from before prohibition of the stepwise shift to after prohibition of the stepwise shift.
US11535225B2
A brake caliper comprising: a set of brake pads positioned on each side of a brake disc; a first actuator including a first drive gearwheel driving a first mobile piston pressing against a first portion of brake pad in order to move same; a second actuator including a second drive gearwheel driving a second mobile piston pressing against a second portion of the pad in order to move same, with a mode of operation that is the opposite of that of the first actuator; a first and a second worm screws which are secured to one another and of opposite hand to one another, rotationally driven and capable of translational movement in their longitudinal direction and in mesh with the first and second gearwheels respectively in order to turn these in opposite directions.
US11535220B2
A fluid container for releasable connection to a vehicle component, wherein the fluid container has at least one fastening lug with an opening which is aligned with a plug-through opening in the vehicle component and the connection is secured by a locking pin which can be extended into the plug-through opening and the opening and/or opening and can be locked in an end position by a rectilinear plug-in movement in a plug-in direction; in order to increase the load-bearing capacity of the connection and to simplify the installation, it is proposed that the fastening lug has a locking device which is arranged in alignment with the respective opening and the locking device includes at least two elastically resilient tabs which act in a latching manner on a thickened locking portion of the locking pin and thereby secure the locking pin in its axial direction.
US11535216B2
An electrohydraulic actuator assembly for use in a brake-by-wire hydraulic brake system. The electrohydraulic actuator assembly includes a pair of electrohydraulic actuator EHA units. One EHA unit provides fluid to front brakes and the other EHA unit provides fluid to rear brakes. Each EHA unit includes an electric motor, a reduction gear unit, a pair of magnetorheological clutches, and a pair of fluid pumps. The system further including an ECU that actuates the electric motor and controls engagement of the clutches to cause the fluid pump to pump brake fluid to at least one of the front and rear brakes. The system further includes a regeneration system for providing supplemental electricity to the electric motors.
US11535210B2
A wheel carrier assembly for a front axle or rear axle of a motor vehicle, with a wheel carrier part on which a link for a control arm assembly, a fixing device for a damper strut and a recess for a wheel bearing are provided. The wheel carrier part includes an air guide device for supplying air to a disk brake assembly, which as brake parts has at least a brake disk and a brake caliper. The wheel carrier part has a circumferentially hollow wheel carrier housing part. The air guide device includes at least one air inlet opening and at least one air outlet opening directed onto a brake part.
US11535209B2
The wheel chock includes a locking mechanism that can be held in a locked state when properly positioned on a base plate. The locking mechanism includes a positioning unit having at least one tooth provided to engage a side of a corresponding one of the blocking elements in a latched engagement when the positioning unit is in the fully locked position. The locking mechanism also includes first means for moving the positioning unit from the unlocked position towards the fully locked position, and second means for selectively holding the positioning unit in the fully locked position.
US11535203B2
Provided is an air cleaner for vehicles, configured so that objects to be cleaned can be easily maintained in as clean state. This fair cleaner (1) for vehicles is provided with: ejection openings (20, 30) for ejecting air toward the surfaces (21, 31) to be cleaned of objects (2, 3) to be cleaned and a non-positive displacement blower means (10) for continuously delivering air to the ejection openings (20, 30).
US11535197B2
A vehicle theft-prevention apparatus can include a body, a computing device, sensors, and a speaker. The body can include a first and second portion and a light emitting portion. The first portion can move relative to the second portion. The second portion can include perforations to facilitate sound transmission from the speaker. The light emitting portion can be positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The light emitting portion can be configured to emit light based on a signal from the computing device. A lens can include a concentric structure protruding from the body. The lens can cover the sensor.
US11535196B2
A device localization system for a vehicle and a mobile device configured as a Phone-as-a-Key (PaaK) is described. The system includes a fob-free mode for performing remote control vehicle features using a selective mobile device localization technique that reduces motive functionality of the vehicle, based location of a user performing the vehicle control during the remote-control operation. The system determines a geographic position of a user using a single Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) antenna, and establishes establish a high-fidelity zone based on a change in mobile device position. The system reduces a motive functionality of the vehicle, based on the selective mobile device localization, from a first motive mode having a full motive functionality to a second motive mode responsive to determining that the mobile device is not present in the high-fidelity zone.
US11535188B1
An airbag assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes a housing coupled to the support structure of a vehicle. An airbag module is coupled to and supported by the housing. The airbag module includes an airbag deployable from an undeployed condition to a deployed condition, and an inflator configured to inflate the airbag from the undeployed condition to the deployed condition. An air duct that is configured to transmit an airflow is at least partially integrally coupled to the housing.
US11535187B2
The disclosure relates to an airbag module that comprises an inflatable airbag, an inflator for inflating the airbag and a plurality of securing units for attaching the airbag module to a vehicle. The airbag has a C-shaped configuration including two juxtaposed legs in an imaginary cross-sectional plane that is transverse to its longitudinal extension. The disclosed design of the airbag is configured to improve deployment behavior such that in a mounting situation of the airbag 10 a central plane defined between the two legs intersects a vertical plane extending through the longitudinal extension of the airbag. A manufacturing method for an airbag module is disclosed.
US11535178B1
The vehicle dash-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser is configured for use with a vehicle. The vehicle is further defined with a passenger compartment and a vent. The vehicle dash-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser mounts on the vent. The vehicle dash-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser is configured for use with a hand sanitizer. The vehicle dash-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser stores and dispenses the hand sanitizer. The vehicle dash-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser comprises a reservoir structure and a control circuit. The reservoir structure forms the fluidic connection necessary to: a) contain the hand sanitizer; and, b) discharge the hand sanitizer into the passenger compartment. The control circuit is an electric circuit. The control circuit provides the motive forces necessary to pump the hand sanitizer into the passenger compartment. The control circuit initiates the operation by detecting motion near the discharge point of the hand sanitizer.
US11535166B1
A custom roof top cargo carrier kit is disclosed that enables an end user to assemble and mount a cargo carrier demonstrating a desired custom length suitable for a variety of roof top mounting. The carrier utilizes multiple side rail segments in a wide range of predetermined lengths enabling assembly of cargo carriers having a wide range of fore/aft length while, at the same time, enabling the kit to be packaged in a relatively compact form. The custom roof top cargo carrier utilizes tubular shaped side rail segments joined via centrally placed assembly studs aligned with the longitudinal axis of each segment so as to form complete side rails. This means of affixation provides a solid butt joint yielding increased resistance to forces that ordinarily cause failure of prior art side rails.
US11535165B2
A sliding type glove box including a housing mounted to an instrument panel and a storage part provided in an inner space of the housing so as to be slidably withdrawn therefrom includes: a pair of outer rails arranged under the storage part and fixedly mounted to the housing; inner rails having lengths shorter than lengths of the outer rails and provided at the outer rails to move therealong, each of the inner rails being connected to a first-side bottom surface of the storage part in a longitudinal direction thereof; and a support part supporting a bottom surface of the storage part by being in contact with the bottom surface of the storage part.
US11535150B2
A powering surface assembly includes an electric power transfer arrangement connected to a power source, and having at least one of a conductive fabric, a conductive foam, or an inductive transmitter coil. A light assembly includes an electric power receiving arrangement, which electrically couples with the electric power transfer arrangement when the light assembly is attached to the surface assembly, such that power is transferred from the power source to the light assembly. The electric power receiving arrangement includes at least one of electrical contacts which contact the conductive fabric or the conductive foam, or an inductive receiver coil that inductively couples with the inductive transmitter coil.
US11535147B2
A locking bar for a load securing system with lashing points includes at least two telescopic sections which are linearly movable to one another and two end fittings which are arranged at ends of the locking bar which are opposite one another, each for engaging into a lashing point, and a spring element which is arranged in the locking bar, is coupled to the telescopic sections and is designed to force the telescopic sections into an extended position. The locking bar includes a locking unit which is designed to releasably arrest the telescopic sections in the retracted position for the insertion of the locking bar into two lashing points which are opposite one another.
US11535137B2
A vehicle seat includes: a pressure sensor capable of measuring a pressure distribution on a surface of the vehicle seat; a plurality of actuators provided in the vehicle seat; and a controller that controls vibrations generated by the plurality of actuators based on the pressure distribution output by the pressure sensor.
US11535124B2
A vehicle seat comprising a seat part, an adjustable backrest part attached to the seat part, and a floor assembly supporting the seat part and arranged on a vehicle floor. The seat part is connected to the floor assembly in a pivotal manner about a first axis, and the backrest part is connected to the seat part in a pivotal manner about a second axis. The vehicle seat has a first adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the seat part relative to the floor assembly about the first axis and a second adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the backrest part relative to the seat part about the second axis.
US11535117B2
Provided are a method and device for estimating the utility of replacement of a battery pack for an electric vehicle, and a charging management method and system based on the method and device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring state data associated with a first battery pack and a second battery pack, the state data comprising usage history of the first battery pack and performance parameters of the first battery pack and the second battery pack; and determining a utility value according to the state data, wherein the utility value is used to characterize a degree of impact of an operation of replacing the first battery pack with the second battery pack on the service efficiency and service life of a battery pack set to which the first battery pack and the second battery pack belong. The method facilitates improving the service efficiency of a managed battery in a battery swap mode and extending the overall service life thereof.
US11535110B1
An electric aircraft charging connector, including a set of pins, a sensor, a controller, and a locking mechanism. The set of pins may include an AC pin, the AC pin configured to supply AC power to a charging port and/or a DC pin, the DC pin configured to supply DC power to the charging port. The sensor can detect power flow from the pins to the charging port. The controller is communicatively connected to the sensor and configured to receive a signal from the sensor and send a locking signal to a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is communicatively connected to the controller, having an engaged state wherein the charging connector is mechanically coupled to the charging port and a disengaged state wherein the charging connector is mechanically uncoupled form the charging port, the locking mechanism configured to receive a locking signal from the controller and enter the engaged state.
US11535109B2
A throttle valve for adjusting the feeding of a gas to a fuel cell, which includes: a valve body, divided into a first and a second portion; a gas feeding duct obtained in the first portion; a throttle plate arranged in the feeding duct; a shaft which is rotatably mounted in the first portion and supports the throttle plate; and an actuator which is mounted in the second portion and is configured to rotate the shaft. The throttle valve further comprises a magnetic joint, which transmits the motion from the actuator to the shaft and is divided into a first half coupled to the shaft, and a second half facing the first half and coupled to the actuator. The throttle valve also includes an insulating wall which insulates the first partition, in a pneumatically sealed manner, from the second portion of the valve body and is arranged between the two halves of the magnetic joint.
US11535104B2
A train, comprising a train formation consisting of a head car, a power car and an intermediate car, end walls of the head car, power car and intermediate car having thereon oppositely disposed connectors 2 extending perpendicular to a direction of travel of the train; all connectors 2 on the end walls of the train are connected by means of wiring; the head car, power car and intermediate car connect electric power wiring of the whole train by means of the connectors when in any formation state; the train has disposed thereon two parallel power supply wires penetrating the entire train and multiple auxiliary power supply systems. The present invention can decrease different voltage standard conversion equipment of a multiple unit, lowering in-vehicle equipment costs.
US11535103B2
The invention is a robust lensless instrument cluster configured for installation in a vehicle. The instrument cluster comprises an outer case, a PCB and lighting structure, an inner frame, an optical bonding assembly, halo lighting portions, a seamless display comprising tell-tale indicators and gauges, and an outer visor. The instrument cluster further comprises a plurality of LEDs for compartmentalized and indirect lighting of the tell-tale indicators on the seamless display and the halo lighting portions around the edges of the seamless display. Because the instrument cluster is lensless and otherwise exposed to the environment, it comprises a seal system to prevent the ingress of water and dust into the interior components. The seal system can also eliminate the risk of mura in the optical bonding assembly.
US11535100B2
A voice recognition apparatus in a motor vehicle is configured to recognize at least one voice command, which is linked to at least one condition and which is related to the actuation of at least two functional units of the motor vehicle by a control device to provide voice-based operation of the motor vehicle by a vehicle occupant. The control apparatus is configured to generate, in accordance with the voice command, which is recognized by the voice recognition apparatus, a rule for actuating the at least two functional units according to the generated rule.
US11535098B2
A wheel unit for an electric vehicle with a disengageable drive includes a wheel support, a wheel hub rotatably supported by the wheel support, and a wheel pin carried by a member driven by the electric motor and rotatably mounted within the wheel hub, by means of two rolling bearings. A coupling device connects in a releasable way the driven member to the wheel hub. The two rolling bearings that support in rotation the wheel pin have respective outer rings mounted by interference fit within a cylindrical wall of a central opening of the wheel hub, and respective inner rings rigidly connected together by means of a spacer sleeve having a predetermined length. The wheel-hub unit with the two rolling bearings and the spacer sleeve can be assembled before being mounted on the wheel pin.
US11535090B2
Systems and methods for mitigating wind throb in vehicles are disclosed herein. An example method includes detecting wind throb in a cabin of a vehicle due to opening of a first window of the vehicle, determining when a seat that is adjacent to a second window of the vehicle is unoccupied, opening the second window when the seat is determined to be unoccupied so as to compensate for the wind throb, determining that the first window has been closed, and closing the second window in response to closing of the first window.
US11535086B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a heating rod comprises: a first thermal diffusion plate; a ceramic substrate arranged on the first thermal diffusion plate and having a heating element arranged therein; and a second thermal diffusion plate arranged on the ceramic substrate, wherein the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are respectively stacked in a plurality of layers. Since the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are stacked in the plurality of layers, a heating rod having a high thermal efficiency and being capable of fast heating and a vehicular heating device including the same can be obtained.
US11535084B2
A motor-vehicle includes one or more electrically-operated valves, arranged on the structure of the motor-vehicle in a lower position with respect to the windows, for providing a communication between a passenger compartment and the external environment, and one or more electronic control units programmed to activate a ventilation mode of the passenger compartment when the motor-vehicle is parked with the engine off, even with the driver outside the vehicle. The ventilation mode includes controlling at least partial opening of one or more windows and the opening of one or more of the valves to generate a flow of natural air from the bottom upwards through the passenger compartment of the motor-vehicle.
US11535081B1
A fluid delivery module includes a housing defining a fluid flow path between an inlet and an outlet. The housing includes a top surface portion and a bottom surface portion that are movable to vary a flow direction of a fluid flow along the fluid flow path. The fluid delivery module includes an outlet treatment movable to vary a flow rate of the fluid flow exiting the outlet and a control unit configured to send commands to move at least one of the top surface portion, the bottom surface portion, or the outlet treatment according to a fluid delivery profile that dictates a flow pattern of the fluid flow.
US11535079B2
Torsion beam axles for vehicles are disclosed. An example torsion beam axle disclosed herein includes a first side assembly, the first side assembly including a longitudinal member and a receiver. The example torsion beam axle further including a second side assembly, and a cross strut extending transversely between the first side assembly and the second side assembly.
US11535075B2
An independent suspension system includes a steering unit configured to be controlled to adjust the steering angle of a wheel, a shock absorber engaged with the wheel in order to absorb external impacts applied to the wheel and including first and second shock absorbers, each of the first shock absorber and the second shock absorber arranged in a forward-rearward direction on opposite side surfaces of the wheel, respectively, and a link unit disposed between the shock absorber and the steering unit in order to vary the distance between the wheel and the steering unit. The link unit includes a first upper arm disposed between the first shock absorber and the steering unit, a second upper arm disposed between the second shock absorber and the steering unit, and a ground clearance adjustment unit engaged with the first and second upper arms and configured to vary the distance therebetween while varying the distance between the wheel and the steering unit at the same time.
US11535060B2
A heavy duty pneumatic tire in which occurrence of uneven wear is inhibited is provided. In the tire, each shoulder land portion includes a groove wall portion forming a wall of a shoulder circumferential groove, and a cap portion located outward of the groove wall portion in an axial direction. A wear resistance index of the groove wall portion is lower than a wear resistance index of the cap portion. A ratio of a distance in the axial direction from an outer edge of the shoulder circumferential groove to a boundary between the groove wall portion and the cap portion on an outer surface of the shoulder land portion, to a width in the axial direction of the shoulder land portion, is not less than 20% and not greater than 30%.
US11535059B2
A motorcycle tyre includes a tread portion, a pair of bead portions, a toroidal carcass extending between the pair of bead portions, and a band layer disposed outward in a tyre radial direction of the carcass and inside the tread portion. The band layer includes a band ply having one or more steel cords spirally wound in a tyre circumferential direction. The tyre has a parameter (A) in which a load index LI (kg) of the tyre is divided by a bending/compression stiffness ratio that is obtained by dividing a bending stiffness (g·cm) of the steel cords by a compression stiffness (N/mm) of the steel cords being in a range of 1500 to 6000.
US11535039B2
An ejection-material ejection apparatus and an imprinting apparatus are provided which are capable of quickly detecting damage of a flexible membrane and avoiding contact between an ejection material and an operating liquid even if part of the flexible membrane is damaged. The flexible membrane includes a first film (1) covering a first storing space (5) for the ejection material, a second film (2) covering a second storing space (6) for the operating liquid, and an inter-film space 4 situated between the first film (1) and the second film (2). A change in state of the inter-film space (4) resulting from communication between at least one of the first storing space (5) and the second storing space (6) and the inter-film space (4) is detected with a liquid sensor (41), a flow speed sensor (77), and a liquid leakage sensor (42).
US11535036B2
A method for filling a reservoir of a printing device that includes conducting an unattended refill process of an internal reservoir in response to a detection of a fluid supply unit. In an example, the supply dock fluidically, electrically, and mechanically couples to the fluid supply unit to the printing device.
US11535033B2
A liquid discharge head includes a common flow channel extending along a first direction, and individual flow channels arranged along the first direction. Each individual flow channel includes a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber arranged along the first direction, each of which communicates with the common flow channel, a nozzle located away from the first and second pressure chambers in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a connection flow channel connecting the first pressure chamber, the second pressure chamber, and the nozzle with each other. One end of the connection flow channel in the second direction communicates with the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and the other end thereof in the second direction communicates with the nozzle. The connection flow channel extends along the second direction from the one end to the other end thereof in the second direction.
US11535032B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head and circuitry. The liquid discharge head includes a nozzle to discharge liquid. The circuitry is configured to: generate and output a common drive waveform including a drive pulse for discharging liquid from the nozzle of the liquid discharge head; select a waveform portion of the drive pulse to be applied to a pressure generating element of the liquid discharge head; and output a selection signal for designating the waveform portion selected. The drive pulse includes at least an expansion waveform element for expanding a pressure chamber of the liquid discharge head and a holding waveform element for holding a state expanded by the expansion waveform element. The selection signal includes a deselection signal for deselecting at least a part of a waveform portion preceding the expansion waveform element having, as a terminal, a state held by the holding waveform element.
US11535030B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a liquid discharge head; a relative movement mechanism performing relative movement between the liquid discharge head and a medium; a velocity signal output circuit; and a controller performing a constant velocity discharge operation and an acceleration/deceleration discharge operation. In the constant velocity discharge operation, the controller determines a discharge timing based on information about a representative value of relative velocity obtained based on a plurality of pieces of preceding velocity information. Further, in the acceleration/deceleration discharge operation, the controller obtains approximate information in which a change in the relative velocity is approximated based on distribution of the relative velocity, and the controller determines a discharge timing based on the approximate information.
US11535024B2
A component part for use in printing presses or paper- and substrate-processing machines, wherein the component part has at least one first region made of a first material with first physical properties, and wherein the at least one first region has a functional surface, which is in contact with a web- or sheet-shaped substrate and which is subject to wear. The component part provides a solution, by means of which the reaching of degrees of wear or also of wear limits can be easily determined without using aids. The component part is configured such that adjacent to and/or spaced apart from the at least one functional surface, at least one second region is at least partially enclosed by the first region.
US11535023B2
A doctor blade, intended for a doctor blade chamber (6) for a flexography printing unit (1) equipped with a screened cylinder (4), presents in the form of a rectangular blade, with a functional longitudinal side (34) of which a longitudinal edge is capable of making contact with the screened cylinder (4), a longitudinal fastening side (33) and two lateral sides (36, 37). The doctor blade comprises at least one opening located towards the functional longitudinal side (34) and towards the first of the two lateral sides (36, 37).
US11535015B2
To provide a molded product, a metal-clad laminate and a printed wiring board, each of which contains a tetrafluoroethylene type polymer, whereby an decrease in electrical characteristics is inhibited and a hole can be easily bored with UV-YAG laser; and methods for their production. A molded product containing a tetrafluoroethylene type polymer, in which the content of components other than the tetrafluoroethylene type polymer is at most 0.9 mass %, and which has a wavelength range where the extinction coefficient becomes to be from 1.2 to 4.5 at from 200 to 380 nm; and a method for its production. A metal-clad laminate having a conductive metal layer and a layer of the molded product; and a method for its production. A printed wiring board provided with the metal-clad laminate and having through-holes in the thickness direction of the polymer layer.
US11535007B2
Bendable resin having patterned elements for improving penetration of wireless communication signals
A device attachable to a substrate for improving penetration of wireless communication signals is provided. The device is a bendable resin configured to enhance penetration of an incidental radio wave from a first region through the substrate to a second region by forming one or more communication signal beams in the second region. The bendable resin includes a base layer of a first material, and one or more patterned elements each formed by providing a meta-pattern of a second material on the base layer. The first and second materials are different and selected from the group consisting of a dielectric material and a metallic material. Each individual patterned element is configured to tilt the incidental radio wave to form the one or more communication signal beams, wherein each individual communication signal beam is beam-focused at a predetermined focal point or a predetermined focal area in the second region.
US11534999B1
A press base assembly, a strengthening ring for use with press bases and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a press base assembly includes a press base having a body that includes a piston cavity at one end. The body, at a second end opposite that of the piston cavity, may exhibit a desired geometry. A strengthening ring may be shaped, sized and configured to substantially mate with the geometry of the second end of the body and be placed thereover. For example, the geometry of the second end may be substantially circular exhibiting a particular diameter and circumference. The strengthening ring may have substantially circular internal surface sized and configured such that the strengthening ring is positioned on the second end of the body in a manner that results in an interference fit between the two components.
US11534998B2
A baling assembly includes a housing defining an interior and having an access opening selectively covered by a closure, a baling chamber within the housing and having a first wall movable along a first axis for compression of material within the baling chamber, and a ram adjacent the baling chamber. The ram includes a driving mechanism operably coupled to a support structure.
US11534993B2
Described are methods and systems for repair of composite components without the use of vacuum bagging. The systems described herein include a composite repair structure with a repair laminate and a film sealant. The film sealant covers the repair laminate to prevent intrusion of air and other volatiles during bonding of the composite repair structure to the composite being repaired. As the film sealant prevents intrusion of air and other volatiles, the composite repair structure can be bonded to the structure to be repaired without the use of a vacuum bag. Thus, vehicle components can be repaired without disassembly from the vehicle.
US11534984B2
A metallic-composite joint fitting is provided. The fitting may comprise a composite structure, an integral bearing comprising a first frustoconical portion and a second frustoconical portion each having a complimentary shape to the composite structure, a sleeve comprising a third frustoconical portion coupled to a cylindrical bearing surface of the integral bearing, and a metallic end fitting coupled to the third frustoconical portion, wherein the metallic end fitting comprises a bearing portion contacted with the cylindrical bearing surface.
US11534976B2
A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a melting section providing a shaping material to a channel, a nozzle ejecting the shaping material to a shaping region of a shaping table, an ejection-amount adjusting mechanism adjusting an amount of the shaping material from the nozzle, a suction member sucking the shaping material in the channel, a memory configured to store a program, and a processor configured to execute the program so as to control the three-dimensional shaping apparatus. The processor is configured to stop the ejection of the shaping material and, thereafter, prior to resumption of the ejection of the shaping material, execute material purge processing for discharging the shaping material remaining in the melting section to a region different from the shaping region. The suction member is located closer to the nozzle than the ejection-amount adjusting mechanism in the first channel.
US11534961B2
A system and method of monitoring a powder-bed additive manufacturing process using a plurality of energy sources is provided. A layer of additive powder is deposited on a powder bed and is fused using a first energy source, a second energy source, or any other suitable number of energy sources. The electromagnetic energy emissions at a first melt pool are monitored by a melt pool monitoring system and recorded as raw emission signals. The melt pool monitoring system may also monitor emissions from the powder bed using off-axis sensors or from a second melt pool using on-axis sensors, and these emissions may be used to modify the raw emission signals to generate compensated emission signals. The compensated emission signals are analyzed to identify outlier emissions and an alert may be provided or a process adjustment may be made when outlier emissions exceed a predetermined signal threshold.
US11534957B2
Apparatus for forming microscopic features on a film layer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a tool having an outer surface defining a first microscopic pattern. The outer surface of the tool to engage a thermoplastic film applied to a surface of a structure. The outer surface is structured to frictionally engage the thermoplastic film and rotate relative to the thermoplastic film with a rotational speed that is sufficient to generate heat via friction between the outer surface and the thermoplastic film to heat the thermoplastic film to malleability to form a second microscopic pattern in the thermoplastic film.
US11534956B1
The present disclosure provides a filament winding device, which includes a helical winding device, a circumferential winding device, and a fixing device, a workpiece is clamped through the fixing device that drives the workpiece to rotate radially and move axially, the workpiece is performed helical winding through the helical winding device, and the workpiece is performed circumferential winding through the circumferential winding device.
US11534945B2
This patent application claims the use of directed energy in the form of electronically scanned ion beams to form plastic parts by selectively curing commodity or engineering resin in the shape of the part. Polymerization is limited to the vicinity of the controlled Bragg-peak of the ion beam (i.e., where linear energy transfer is maximized), if necessary, by the use of chemical polymerization inhibitors or conditions that inhibit polymerization.
US11534943B2
A production method of a mold having a recessed pattern includes: a plate precursor preparation step of preparing a plate precursor having a pedestal on which a protruding pattern is disposed; a resin plate preparation step of preparing a thermoplastic resin plate having a recessed step portion; and a resin plate precursor production step of producing a thermoplastic resin plate precursor, the resin plate precursor production step including a positioning step of positioning the protruding pattern of the plate precursor and a center position of the recessed step portion, and a recessed pattern forming step of forming a recessed pattern having an inverted shape of the protruding pattern on the thermoplastic resin plate by pressing the protruding pattern of the heated plate precursor and the pedestal against the recessed step portion, thereafter cooling the plate precursor, and separating the plate precursor from the thermoplastic resin plate.
US11534940B2
The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a pellet and an apparatus for producing a pellet, including a conveyor belt that conveys a strand formed by melting a composition containing a thermoplastic resin and an additive and then ejecting the molten composition from a feeder, a liquid-spraying device spraying a liquid toward the strand conveyed, a gas-blowing device blowing a gas toward the strand conveyed, a strand cutter cutting the strand conveyed into a pellet, the liquid-spraying device, the gas-blowing device, and the strand cutter being disposed in this order in the conveying direction of the strand, a measurement device measuring a surface temperature of the strand, the measurement device being disposed upstream of the strand cutter in the conveying direction, and an adjustment mechanism adjusting driving of at least one of the liquid-spraying device and the gas-blowing device in accordance with the surface temperature measured.
US11534939B2
A system for applying a building material, including: a movement device for modifying a site of application in a space; a first component of the building material; a second component of the building material; a mixer for mixing the first component and the second component, the mixer including a drive module with a first coupling element and a mixing chamber module with a second coupling element, the drive module and the mixing chamber module being detachably embodied, and the drive module and the mixing chamber module being actively interconnected in an application state of the system by means of the coupling elements.
US11534934B2
The present disclosure provides a film cutting method, a film cutting device, a composite film, a backlight module and a display device. The film material cutting method includes: using a cutting tool provided with a viscous material to cut a composite film that includes at least two laminated optical films, with the viscous material on the cutting tool being transferred to a cutting end surface of the composite film during cutting; and, curing the viscous material on the cutting end surface.
US11534931B2
A blade assembly for a hair cutting apparatus includes a first blade having teeth extending along a first blade edge, and a second blade having teeth extending along a second blade edge. A distance between the first and second blade edges defines a blade gap. A yoke is coupled to the second blade and configured to convert motion of a drive into reciprocation of the second blade relative to the first blade to cut hair. A spring includes a spring base and at least one spring arm configured to reciprocate with the second blade. A guide assembly includes a guide and a spring retainer, the guide being positioned between the first blade and the second blade, and the spring retainer fixing the spring base relative to the first blade, wherein in response to moving the guide relative to the first blade, the blade gap changes.
US11534928B2
A suction apparatus includes a suction unit, a negative pressure detection unit, a suction abnormality determination unit, and a notification unit. The suction unit suctions and holds merchandise with a negative pressure. The negative pressure detection unit detects a negative pressure value in the suction unit whenever the suction unit suctions the merchandise. The suction abnormality determination unit determines that the suction unit is abnormal in a case where the detected negative pressure value is lower in negative pressure degree than a predetermined suction determination negative pressure value continuously by a predetermined number of times of determination or more. The notification unit provides a notification in a case where the suction unit is determined to be abnormal.
US11534926B2
Provided are systems and methods for the post-treatment of dry adhesive microstructures. The microstructures may be post-treated to comprise mushroom-like flaps at their tips to interface with the contact surface. In some aspects, a change in material composition of the microstructures in a dry adhesive may affect mechanical properties to enhance or diminish overall adhesive performance. For example, conductive additives can be added to the material to improve adhesive performance. In other aspects, microstructures comprising conductive material may allow for preload engagement sensing systems to be integrated into the microstructures.
US11534923B1
A package imaging system can be configured to utilize unused or idle degrees of freedom associated with a robot to collect identification and modeling information. One or more sensors can be attached to the robot and configured to track a package between a first location and a second location. A final joint of the robot can be configured to cause one or more rotations of the package within the reference frame. The one or more sensors can capture one or more images of the package within the reference frame. Based on the one or more images, the package imaging system can determine a package identity from an identifier associated with the package. The package imaging system can also generate a three-dimensional model of the package by combining the one or more pictures.
US11534917B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve resource utilization for binary tree structures. An example apparatus to improve resource utilization for field programmable gate array (FPGA) resources includes a computation determiner to identify a computation capability value associated with the FPGA resources, a k-ary tree builder to build a first k-ary tree having a number of k-ary nodes equal to the computation capability value, and an FPGA memory controller to initiate collision computation by transferring the first k-ary tree to a first memory of the FPGA resources.
US11534909B2
A displaying method of a robot simulator for intuitively recognizing the working direction of a tool is provided. A displaying method on a robot simulator includes displaying a real image of a robot to mount a tool at an end effector of a robot arm, displaying a tool coordinate system indicating an operating direction of the tool at the end effector of the robot arm which is displayed in the displaying of the real image of the robot, displaying a virtual reality (VR) image having a three-dimension image at the end effector of the robot arm which is displayed in the displaying of the real image of the robot.
US11534908B2
An operation adjustment apparatus includes a camera arranged so as to capture images of a robot and a hand. The robot controller includes an operation control unit that sends an operation command to the robot at a predetermined control cycle. The camera captures images at a time interval that coincides with the control cycle. A determination unit of the robot controller determines whether an operation of the hand is appropriate based on a result of image processing performed by an image processing unit. If the determination unit determines that the operation of the hand is not appropriate, a correction unit of the robot controller corrects a command statement included in an operation program so that the operation of the hand is an appropriate operation.
US11534903B2
A power tool (130) may include an end effector (200) configured to engage an object to be worked by the tool, a power unit (230), a drive assembly (210) configured to drive the end effector responsive to application of input power thereto, and a motor (220) configured to supply the input power to the drive assembly selectively based on operation of a power control assembly (240) that controls coupling of the motor to the power unit. The power control assembly includes a trigger (300) having a full range of motion (310) between a rest position and an actuated position. The power control assembly further defines a transition point (316) between a first region (312) and a second region (314) of the full range of motion. The power control assembly includes a first biasing assembly (330) that opposes movement of the trigger in the first region, and a second biasing assembly (340) that opposes movement of the trigger at least at the transition point.
US11534902B2
A handheld power tool with a rotatable tool, in which the handheld power tool is a saw blade or milling cutter. The handheld power tool includes a sensor device for detecting a mechanical vector quantity. The mechanical vector quantity includes a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress and the mechanical vector quantity depends on a force emanating from the handheld tool. The handheld power tool also includes a control device which is communicatively coupled to the sensor device and is adapted to recognize an event and/or a state of the power tool according to a direction and/or change of direction of the mechanical vector quantity detected by the sensor device.
US11534894B2
A socket assembly may include a fastener socket and a contact member. The contact member may extend through a window formed in the fastener socket in a first direction to engage a fastener head and lock the socket assembly to the fastener head in a locked position. The contact member may also retract at least partially into the window in a second direction to disengage the contact member from the fastener head and unlock the socket assembly from the fastener head in an unlocked position. A threaded actuator may be rotated to transform the socket assembly between the locked position and the unlocked position. The contact member may comprise a tang having first and second tang projections configured to engage first and second surfaces of the fastener head and lock the socket assembly to the fastener head.
US11534893B2
A clamping system useful in miter edge fabrication. Two separate units, each including a vacuum plate may be placed on'separate slabs. The units are connected with a knuckle that can be rotated to provide connection of the slabs in a variety of angles. The units are vacuum sealed to the slabs via pressure tubes. The vacuum plates may include various sections of varied sizes to connect to different sized slabs. When the knuckle is locked, a worm gear will provide for lateral movement, relative the knuckle, to provide precision fitting of slabs.
US11534892B2
In methods and systems of making an abrasive article, abrasive particles are loaded to a distribution tool including a plurality of upper walls defining a plurality of spacing slots, and a plurality of lower walls defining a plurality of distribution slots. The spacing slots are open to the distribution slots, which are open to a lower side of the tool. The loaded particles are spaced and distributed from the distribution tool to a major face of a backing web below the lower side and moving relative to the tool in a machine direction. The upper walls space the particles in the machine direction. The particles distributed by the lower walls undergo an orientation sequence in which each particle is oriented into a column aligned along the machine direction. The upper walls can be disposed oblique to the lower walls. The upper and lower walls can have pointed upper portions.
US11534881B2
A method of assembling a modular machine on-site. The modular machine includes a first container frame including a first machine module attachable to the first container frame, and a second container frame including a second machine module releasably attachable to the second container frame. Further, the first machine module and the second machine module are connectable to each other. The method includes arranging the first container frame on top of a support. Further, the second container frame is arranged to be in contact with the first container frame, wherein alignment means of the first container frame and alignment means of the second container frame are arranged in connection with each other. Moreover, the second machine module is released from the second container frame and moved from a transportation position to a working position. Additionally, the second machine module is connected to the first machine module.
US11534878B2
A processing apparatus 1 includes: a workpiece-set-position recognition unit 114 that moves an arm distal-end portion to a specified position measurement point to measure a shape of a workpiece in a workpiece set state in which the workpiece is positioned by a workpiece positioning unit, and thereby recognizes a set position of the workpiece; a processing-point-information generation unit 115 that, based on the set position of the workpiece and processing-target-portion information 124 indicating a position of a target portion of the workpiece for specified processing, generates processing-point information 125 indicating a processing point which is a movement point of the arm distal-end portion to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using a processing tool in the workpiece set state; and a workpiece-processing control unit 116 that moves the arm distal-end portion to the processing point based on the processing-point information 125 to perform the specified processing on the workpiece using the processing tool.
US11534869B2
A system for performing exothermic operations or oxygen delivery uses a rod and handle configuration to create a flowpath of oxygen. The rod includes cables having stainless steel fibers that burn using the oxygen within a hollow center area. While burning, the rod cuts through material. A sheath covers the covers to contain the gases and prevent unraveling of the cables. The handle attaches to the rod and provides control of the flow of oxygen to the rod. A manifold fixing in place bottles of oxygen connects to the handle and can be fixed to provide different mixtures from different bottles. The rod is disconnected when needed to fix a mask thereto for delivering breathable oxygen to a patient.
US11534867B2
A method for manufacturing a display module includes preparing a display module comprising a plurality of layers and forming a through-hole in the display module. The forming the through-hole includes performing a first irradiation process of irradiating a first laser beam along a first boundary defining the through-hole, performing a second irradiation process of irradiating a second laser beam along a second boundary after the first irradiation process, and performing a third irradiation process of irradiating a third laser beam along a third boundary after the second irradiation process. A time interval between the first irradiation process and the second irradiation process may be different from a time interval between the second irradiation process and the third irradiation process.
US11534865B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for performing an Additive Manufacturing (AM) fabrication process on a powdered material (PM) forming a substrate. The system uses a first optical subsystem to generate an optical signal comprised of electromagnetic (EM) radiation sufficient to melt or sinter a PM of the substrate. The first optical subsystem is controlled to generate a plurality of different power density levels, with a specific one being selected based on a specific PM forming a powder bed being used to form a 3D part. At least one processor controls the first optical subsystem and adjusts a power density level of the optical signal, taking into account a composition of the PM. A second optical subsystem receives the optical signal from the first optical subsystem and controls the optical signal to help facilitate melting of the PM in a layer-by-layer sequence of operations.
US11534863B2
A method for treating a surface of a contoured titanium substrate used for adhesively bonded engine components. The method including applying energy from a fiber laser system to a contoured surface of a titanium substrate, the laser energy is distributed to the contoured titanium surface by at least one of direct light of sight, reflection, or scattering of one or more laser beam.
US11534856B2
Moulding assembly for aluminothermic welding of rails and method for aluminothermic welding of rails
A moulding assembly for aluminothermic welding of metal rails includes at least one mould part configured to come into contact with at least one other mould part and rails to be welded to form a mould cavity in which the ends of the metal rails to be welded are arranged and into which a molten metal is cast to weld the metal rails, wherein each mould part comprises includes a seating configured to be placed in contact least one of the rails, the seating including a groove into which a sealing product made of intumescent material is applied.
US11534855B2
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a friction stir processing tip is provided for a friction stir processing device. The friction stir processing tip includes a body having a central longitudinal axis, a friction stir processing portion of the body, and a connecting portion of the body configured to connect to a tip holder of the friction stir processing device. The connecting portion includes splines configured to receive a torque from the tip holder for rotating the body about the central longitudinal axis.
US11534841B2
A hole-saw, including a sidewall and an endcap, is provided. The endcap includes projections that fit within notches of the sidewall to form a brazed or welded joint that couples the endcap to the cylindrical sidewall. The projections extend through the notches and are brazed or welded to the base of the sidewall. The endcap couples to the sidewall to form a cylindrical hole saw body. The endcap rotates and supports the hole-saw during operation.
US11534838B1
In a cutting tool having an indexable lay-down cutting insert with a central body portion and three circumferentially spaced apart cutting portions, the cutting insert is removably secured to an elongated holding portion of an insert holder. Each cutting portion has a cutting edge with first and second cutting end points, the cutting edge formed at the intersection of an upward facing rake surface and a radially outward facing relief surface. In a top view of the cutting insert, parallel imaginary first and second vertical planes containing the first and second cutting end points, intersect the central body portion at first and second body side points, which are located first and second cutting distances from the first and second cutting end points, respectively. Each of the first and second cutting distances is greater than twenty-five percent of the first radius of an imaginary first circle circumscribing the cutting insert.
US11534820B2
A crystallizer copper plate and a continuous casting crystallizer. The crystallizer copper plate is provided with a metal continuous casting die surface and a rear-side cooling fixed surface. The fixed surface is provided with fixing screw holes in a vertical column connected to a fixed water tank or an adapter backplate and mesas forming the surrounding of the screw holes. Reinforced bars are connected between multiple mesas of each column. Cooling channels lower than the fixed surface are provided between any two adjacent two columns of fixing screw holes. Flow-diverting cooling bars are provided at the middle of meniscus regions of the cooling channels. Either the top end or the bottom end of the flow-diverting cooling bar is a cone used for altering the direction of movement of a cooling medium.
US11534812B2
A device for applying coiling-tension to a slit band sheet includes an upper structure that is disposed on the upper side of a band sheet which has been passed through a slitter line and slitted; and a lower structure that is disposed on the lower side of the band sheet and faces the upper structure vertically. In addition, an upper belt is stretched on an outer peripheral surface of the upper structure. A lower belt is stretched on an outer peripheral surface of the lower structure. The upper structure has a first reversing portion, an upper pressing portion, and a second reversing portion. The first reversing portion and the upper pressing portion are integrated with each other. A tension adjusting mechanism is installed on side surfaces of the first reversing portion and the upper pressing portion and a side surface of the second reversing portion.
US11534807B2
The application discloses a tension system optimization method for suppressing vibration of a cold tandem rolling mill. The method aims to suppress vibration occurring in a high-speed rolling process of a cold tandem rolling mill, and provides a rolling machine vibration determination index coefficient for effectively determining whether vibration occurs in a rolling machine. The method employs a target optimization function F(X) such that a mean square error between an optimal value ψ0i of the rolling machine vibration determination index and a vibration determination index ψi of each machine frame acquired in an actual rolling process is at a minimum, and such that a maximum value of the rolling machine vibration determination index coefficient of each individual machine frame is also at a minimum, employs a constraint in which an upper threshold ψi+ of the vibration determination index is acquired during a rolling process in an over-lubricated state in which a neutral angle γi coincides with a bite angle αi and a constraint in which a lower threshold ψi− of the vibration determination index is acquired during a rolling process in an under-lubricated state in which the neutral angle γi is half the bite angle αi, thereby ultimately optimizing a tension system of a rolling process of a cold tandem rolling mill.
US11534787B2
A paint distribution system comprising a circulating pump configured to supply pressure to the system, in which the circulating pump has an input, configured to receive input data signals; a measuring device for measuring one or more parameters of a paint, in which the measuring device has an input, configured to receive input data signals, and has an output, configured to transmit output data signals, and in which the measuring device is positioned on a paint supply line in fluid communication with a paint color change assembly; and a controller having an input, configured to receive input data signals, and an output, configured to transmit output data signals. The output data signals from the controller are transmitted to the circulating pump to maintain or adjust circulating pump settings to control supply pressure to the system and maintain or adjust the parameters of the paint within a predetermined range.
US11534778B2
An apparatus for preparing a cosmetic composition containing an emulsion substance formed by instant emulsification through a microfluidic channel is provided. The apparatus includes a housing defining the appearance of the apparatus and installed with a pump on one side, the pump being operated by a user; an external-phase chamber provided in the housing, and storing an external-phase fluid forming the external phase of the emulsion substance; a dispersed-phase chamber provided in the housing, and storing a dispersed-phase fluid forming the dispersed phase of the emulsion substance. The apparatus further includes a microfluidic channel providing a path for the external-phase fluid and the dispersed-phase fluid to flow for forming the emulsion substance by combining the external-phase fluid with the dispersed-phase fluid; and a tube for discharging the emulsion substance from the microfluidic channel.
US11534777B2
The invention relates to a sprayer, comprising an air guiding element and means for fastening the air guiding element on a fixed member of the sprayer. The fastening means comprise at least one magnetic attraction means mounted on a first component from among the air guiding element and the fixed member and at least one part made from a ferromagnetic material, which is intended to cooperate with the magnetic attraction means and which is mounted on or formed by the other component from among the air guiding element and the fixed element.
US11534756B2
Disclosed are cartridge components, cartridges, systems, and methods for isolating analytes from biological samples. In various aspects, the cartridge components, cartridges, systems, and methods may allow for a rapid procedure that requires a minimal amount of material from complex fluids.
US11534755B2
The present disclosure relates to a micro-channel device. The micro-channel device may include a micro-channel structure and a semiconductor junction. The micro-channel structure may include a base layer, a plurality of rails distributed on the base layer at intervals, and a cover layer comprising a plurality of columns. The cover layer and the base layer are configured to form a plurality of micro-channels. The semiconductor junction may include a P-type semiconductor layer, an intrinsic semiconductor layer and a N-type semiconductor layer stacked in a first direction.
US11534754B2
A method for producing a cavity in a substrate composed of hard brittle material is provided. A laser beam of an ultrashort pulse laser is directed a side surface of the substrate and is concentrated by a focusing optical unit to form an elongated focus in the substrate. Incident energy of the laser beam produces a filament-shaped flaw in a volume of the substrate. The filament-shaped flaw extends into the volume to a predetermined depth and does not pass through the substrate. To produce the filament-shaped flaw, the ultrashort pulse laser radiates in a pulse or a pulse packet having at least two successive laser pulses. After at least two filament-shaped flaws are introduced, the substrate is exposed to an etching medium which removes material of the substrate and widens the at least two filament-shaped flaws to form filaments. At least two filaments are connected to form a cavity.
US11534751B2
A wafer for carrying a biological sample includes a pair of circular discs, at least one of the discs being transparent. The wafer also includes a gap between the discs adapted to receive a biological sample. The compact circular shape of the wafer makes it particularly suited for use in a portable device in which the wafer is rotated to enable a camera to image different areas of the sample between the discs. The gap may be sized to pull a biological sample into the gap by capillary action.
US11534738B1
A preparation method and application of a zero-valent aluminum/iron-bearing clay composite for catalyzing a persulfate to oxidize organics are provided, which belongs to the field of water environmental treatment. A novel catalyst is prepared by an iron-bearing clay and a zero-valent aluminum through a simple ball milling method, for achieving the effect of activating a persulfate to efficiently oxidize and degrade refractory organics in water. The preparation method and operation process thereof are simple. Compared with a chemical synthesis method, the method of the present disclosure brings about less secondary pollution, and has a shorter synthesis time, higher yield and lower cost. The modified material is the natural iron-bearing clay, which is widely available, non-toxic and stable as a heterogeneous catalyst.
US11534728B2
A nozzle including a first end and a second end. The first end includes at least a first inlet and a second inlet and the second end includes a plurality of outlets. An exterior surface extends from the first end to the second end of the nozzle. A plurality of vanes are disposed on the exterior surface and extend from the first end to the second end of the nozzle. A plurality of channels form along the exterior surface of the nozzle.
US11534725B2
A zeolite membrane complex comprises: a support; and a zeolite membrane formed on the support. The membrane is of SAT-type zeolite, and in an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray irradiation to the zeolite membrane, a peak intensity around 2θ=13.9° is 1.5 times or more a peak intensity around 2θ=8.5°.
US11534724B2
A drying method for a separation membrane includes supplying a gas for drying to the separation membrane so that a value obtained by dividing the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of a flow rate of the gas for drying on a membrane surface of the separation membrane by the minimum value of the flow rate is less than or equal to 15%. The gas for drying is less than or equal to 40 degree C. and contains a water-soluble gas that has a solubility in 1 cm3 of water of greater than or equal to 0.5 cm3 in conditions of 40 degree C. and 1 atmosphere.
US11534719B1
A serial filtration system for liquid purification includes a preliminary-stage reverse-osmosis (RO) module and a first-stage, high-permeability, reverse-osmosis (HiRO) module. Both modules include (a) a chamber including an inlet, a retentate outlet, and a permeate outlet, and (b) at least one membrane separating the chamber into a retentate side on an upstream side of the membrane and a permeate side on a downstream side of the membrane. The membrane in the preliminary stage is an RO membrane, while the membrane in the first stage is an oxidized membrane. The first-stage inlet is in fluid communication with the preliminary-stage, retentate outlet; and the oxidized membrane in the first stage, comprises an oxidized polyamide active layer coated on a porous support, wherein the oxidized polyamide active layer has an atomic oxygen/nitrogen ratio of at least 1.5.
US11534713B2
Product manifolds for use with portable oxygen concentrators and portable oxygen concentrators including such product manifolds. A product manifold for use with a portable oxygen concentrator includes a first product port, a second product port, an accumulator port, an output port, and a flow path. The flow path operatively coupling each of the first product port, the second product port, the accumulator port, and the output port to one another. The product manifold includes a plurality of control ports. Each of the control ports fluidly coupling the flow path. The product manifold includes a first orifice disposed in a first portion of the flow path; a second orifice disposed in a second portion of the flow path; and a third orifice disposed in a third portion of the flow path. Each of the first orifice, the second orifice, and the third orifice being formed by an electrical forming process and having a thickness of between about 0.0025 inches and about 0.004 inches.
US11534712B2
Provided herein are metal organic frameworks comprising metal nodes and N-donor organic ligands which have high selectivity and stability in the present of gases and vapors including H2S, H2O, and CO2. Methods include capturing one or more of H2S, H2O, and CO2 from fluid compositions, such as natural gas.
US11534710B2
A broom vacuum cleaner for cleaning swimming pools including a main body, pumping means, a suction head and an upstream filter, placed inside the main body and upstream of the pumping means, the suction brush includes a downstream filter placed outside the main body and downstream of the pumping means, and the upstream and downstream filters are coaxial.
US11534708B2
The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for filtering a liquid, e.g., water. The compositions herein may include a filter aid comprising a filter medium and packaging having at least one water-soluble portion. When the filter aid is introduced into the liquid to be filtered, the water-soluble portion(s) may dissolve or otherwise degrade in order to expose the filter medium to the liquid.
US11534699B2
A distributor tray (100) for a column for contact between a gas (G) and a liquid (L) is provided wherein the distributor tray has a plurality of compartments defined on one face of the tray by secant partitions (104) which are perforated (105) to allow the flow of liquid between adjacent compartments. Each compartment includes at least one passage of the liquid through the tray or a chimney (102) projecting from the tray for the exclusive passage of the gas (G) through the tray. The shape of the chimney is identical to the shape of the compartment containing it, and the chimney has an internal volume at least equal to the volume of the compartment containing it.
US11534698B1
The present invention provides a luminous balloon, including a balloon, a connection piece and a light-emitting assembly. The balloon has an inflation opening and a connection opening. The connection piece is fixed at the connection opening and connected with the light-emitting assembly. The light-emitting assembly includes a controller and a light-emitting lamp, the controller is exposed outside the balloon, and the light-emitting lamp passes through the connection piece to wholly or partially protrude into the balloon. In this design, the luminous balloon has an independent inflation opening, the controller exposed outside the balloon controls the light-emitting lamp, and the light-emitting lamp protrudes into the balloon to entirely illuminate the balloon or an irregularly-shaped balloon, thus achieving good decorative effect.
US11534693B2
An example of an information processing system gives an in-game virtual reward associated with a first designated game stage to a user on condition that a result of a first game played by the user satisfies the reward giving condition. The information processing system gives the in-game virtual reward associated with a second designated game stage to the user on condition that a result of a second game played by the user satisfies the reward giving condition. Regardless of whether an in-game virtual reward is given based on the result of the first game played by the user or the result of the second game played by the user, the information processing system changes an in-game element in the first game mode from a state where it is not permitted to be played by the user to a state where it is permitted to be played by the user.
US11534690B2
According to a first aspect of this specification, there is disclosed a computer implemented method comprising: training, based on an initial behavior goal and using reinforcement-learning, a reinforcement-learning model for controlling behavior of a non-playable character in a computer game environment; converting the trained reinforcement-learning model into a behavior tree model for controlling behavior of the non-playable character; editing, based on a user input, the behavior tree model to generate an updated behavior tree model for controlling behavior of the non-playable character; and outputting a final model for controlling non-player character behavior for use in the computer game environment, wherein the model for controlling non-player character behavior is based at least in part on the updated behavior tree model.
US11534683B2
A game system is disclosed that enables users to play a multi-user game on their respective user devices while viewing a projection view on a separate screen, such as a movie theater screen. The projection view may be generated by a game control system by running game client that controls a special character in the game. The special character acts as a camera, generating a view that can be used as, or included in, the projection view. The game control system may control the position of the special character in a game world to generate views of selected game events.
US11534682B2
Disclosed herein is an input device including: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.
US11534679B2
An immersive amusement system features a path to be traversed by participants, a first array of devices mounted on a first side of said path, and a second array of devices mounted on an opposing second side of said path. Each device comprises either a beam emitter operable to transmit a respective visible beam, or a beam receiver operable to detect receipt thereby of a visible beam. The arrayed devices are setup in co-operable pairs, of which each co-operable pair comprises a beam emitter in one of said arrays and a corresponding beam receiver in the other of said arrays. A controller operably connected to the arrayed devices is configured to selectively activate and deactivate said beam emitters to cause transmission of visible beams from said beam emitters to said corresponding beam receivers, and to monitor for breaking of any of said visible beams by any of said participants.
US11534674B2
A skate includes an inverted groove-shaped base secured to a boot and including front and rear pins; an elongated frame including front and rear sets of a transverse inner groove and a transverse open groove communicating with the transverse inner groove, and a threaded hole on the transverse open groove of the front set wherein either pin is disposed in the transverse inner groove and the elongated frame abuts an underside of the base; and a locking device including a spring biased block member disposed in the transverse open groove of the front set and having two projections at two ends respectively, a screw driven through a positioning member into the threaded hole to fasten the positioning member in the transverse open groove of the front set so that the block member abuts the front pin to block same in an assembled state.
US11534661B2
Systems and methods are for production, management, syndication and distribution of digital assets through a network such as the Internet or wireless network. Digital media assets are distributed to consumers through a syndicated network of Outlets under control of a central platform. Distribution is format agnostic. There is a single platform between the B2B2C, wherein a platform allows, through a single access for each stakeholder, the ability to each have control over availability dates and pricing specifications to a plurality of merchants and/or subscription outlets or channels. Subscription channels can support micro-subscriptions with diversely curated and priced offerings, including acceptance of crypto-currency. The delivered media assets may include content associated with an exercise apparatus, including content for an exercise session including computer generated content and computer augmented content created in response to exercise session data.
US11534660B2
An exercise device comprising a bendable pole with spring-like properties. The bendable pole has grips at opposing ends and in a midsection. The exercise device is configured to be used for a variety of exercise methods. The exercise device provides personal fitness tracking in conjunction with a mobile software application.
US11534658B2
The present disclosure discloses an exercise bike capable of folding and changing at multiple angles. The exercise bike includes a base unit, a stand unit pivotally connected to a front end of the base unit, and a first resistance unit and a second resistance unit arranged on the stand unit and suitable for providing resistance for limbs when moving. The stand unit includes a lower riser that rotates in a first angle range relative to the base unit, and an upper riser that rotates in a second angle range relative to the lower riser.
US11534653B2
A yoga block includes panels forming a quadrilateral tube and secured to one another by hinges such that the tube may be collapsed. Endcaps secure to ends of the quadrilateral tube and engage the quadrilateral tube to resist collapse when in place. Panels may define protrusions engaging recesses on edges of the endcaps. Magnets in the endcaps may engage the hinges to secure the endcaps in place. Rotating or sliding tabs may also be used to lock the endcaps. Inner surfaces of top and bottom panels may define grooves for receiving a weight plate. Endcaps may be secured to panels by hinges. The hinges securing panels or endcaps may be double hinges.
US11534647B2
A method is provided for preventing back injuries related to sport motions or swings that includes setting an attachment height of a distal end of an elastic of a warmup and training device, the attachment height set to define an angle α backwards from vertical above center of a practice motion specific to a sport to be practiced, attaching a handle to a proximal end of the elastic where a type of the handle corresponds to the sporting activity to be performed, performing the practice motion while holding the handle and stretching the elastic, and returning to the beginning of the practice motion to repeat the activity.
US11534645B2
A weight lifting support shirt includes a chest support portion, a first arm support portion, a second arm support portion, a neck relief portion, a torso support portion, a first lateral extension, and a second lateral extension. A grid plate is disposed about a center of the chest support portion. The grid plate resists stretching of material of the chest support portion when a weight is lowered by a lifter and stores energy of the weight when the weight is lowered during a workout. The grid plate rebounds the stored energy into a chest portion and arms of the lifter when the weight is lifted by the lifter during the workout. The grid plate comprises a figure eight stitching. The figure eight stitching directs load and energy received from multiple angles during the workout, towards the center of the chest support portion.
US11534642B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein pertain to compositions for extinguishing or suppressing fires, systems for using the same, methods of making compositions for extinguishing or suppressing fires, and/or methods of using the same. In some embodiments, the compositions disclosed herein are suitable for use on Class D fires (e.g., suppressing or extinguishing the fires). In some embodiments, the compositions disclosed herein comprise a botanical material. In some embodiments, the compositions lack sugar alcohols and/or halogenated compounds.
US11534640B1
A two-piece connection between a supply pipe from a source of water and a connection to a fire sprinkler with the connector having a first or rear section entirely above a ceiling and a second or front section connected to the first section with the connection entirely above a ceiling and the forward portion of second section connected to the fire sprinkler. The first connector section, located entirely above a ceiling, has a spherical male sidewall with a rounded leading edge and a rear portion of the second connector section has a spherical female interior surface.
US11534639B2
The present invention relates to a fire extinguishing system comprising a pressurized detection conduit (115), an extinguishing line (108) separate from the detection conduit (115), and a control module (105) adapted for sensing a pressure drop in the detection conduit (115) and for opening supply of extinguishing medium from a storage (103) to the extinguishing line (108). The detection conduit (115) is gas-permeable and filled with a detection liquid. The fire extinguishing system further comprises a liquid-gas interface (117) fluidly connecting the detection conduit (115) to a pressurized gas source (103, 106), wherein the liquid-gas interface (117) comprises an interface container (123) defining a gas space (131) which communicates with the pressurized gas source (106) and a liquid space (133) which communicates with the detection conduit (115).
US11534633B2
Harnesses for supporting a person working at height are disclosed. They include a back, leg loops, two forward connection arrangements and a flexible load-bearing member that extends between the connection arrangements, the forward connection arrangements serving to transferring load from the back and the leg loops to the load-bearing member. Each forward connection arrangement includes: a base that is permanently connected to the harness and retention components that can be removably and rigidly connected to the base to removably secure the flexible load-bearing member to the body.
US11534628B2
The present invention is a method of radiation position, which includes: placing a locking bar member on a proper position of a treatment bed; selecting positions respectively on two sides of the treatment bed to be joined with two ends of the locking bar member; and providing a calibration device, wherein the calibration device is provided with at least one positioning point, so that the bottom part of the calibration device is buckled with at least two positioning elements on the locking bar member; and calculating an offset distance between an irradiation point of a radiation and the at least one positioning point of the calibration device to obtain a value, wherein if the value is less than a deviation value, it represents completion of a positioning. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method of quick and precise radiation position, which can not only reduce time cost but also increase the daily use frequency of a radiological apparatus to facilitate cost recovery.
US11534620B2
A magnetic stimulation device having planar coil structure is disclosed. It contains a power supply module, a current control module, a plurality of planar coil modules and a plurality of electrical connection modules. In the planar coil module of the present invention, the coil structure has a flat and thin design and can be modularized. Compared with the existing magnetic stimulation devices, the overall structure of the present invention is light, thin, short, convenient to carry and use, and can be installed on clothing or built in a mobile device to provide a convenient magnetic stimulation treatment.
US11534618B2
Status messages are wirelessly broadcast from medical devices (e.g., defibrillators) as advertisements that don't require the establishment of a wireless connection with listeners. The listeners are configured to act on, or forward, received status messages as appropriate. The listeners may optionally include supplemental information supplied by the listener when forwarding a status message to a management server. The listener may optionally analyze received status messages to determine whether an action should be taken based at least in part on status information in the message. Actions performed by the listener may include initiating a connection with the transmitting device to facilitate uploading new information from the medical device, updating the medical device's firmware, etc. Optionally, some of the advertisements are configured as beacons. The advertisements/beacons may be transmitted using a Bluetooth Low Energy or other suitable protocols. In another aspect, advertisement based arrangements for spreading responder network incident alerts are described.
US11534615B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems relating to a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) system capable of logging event data and/or broadcasting state changes and/or system status information to external clients are described. In an embodiment, a processor stores data corresponding to one or more event markers in memory in response to occurrence of an event. Occurrence of the event is detected based at least in part on detection of one or more parameters by one or more sensors or a signal to be generated by one or more of electrodes of the WCD system. A communication device transmits at least a portion of the stored data to a remote device. A patient condition or a WCD system condition can then be detected based at least in part on analysis of the stored data and/or the transmitted portion of the stored data.
US11534610B2
A method of downregulating and/or upregulating neural activity by applying a high frequency alternating current electrical signal to a nerve in a subject is disclosed. The signal comprises more than one microsecond cycle comprising one or more periods, each period comprising a charge recharge phase, and optionally, a pulse delay, each period having a frequency of at least 1000 Hz; and a microsecond inactive phase. In embodiments, an electrical signal treatment comprises more than one microsecond cycle to form a millisecond cycle, each millisecond cycle separated by a millisecond inactive phase during an on time. In embodiments, the electrical signal patterns can differ in amplitude.
US11534607B2
A shield layer is added to an existing lead or lead extension by applying the shield layer to the lead body between the proximal contact and distal electrode of the lead body. The shield layer may be covered with an outer insulative layer. An inner insulative layer may be applied over the lead body prior to adding the shield layer and the outer insulative layer. The shield layer may have a terminator applied to the end of the shield layer to prevent migration of the shield layer through the outer insulative layer. The shield layer may be of various forms including a tubular braided wire structure or a tubular foil. The tubular braided wire structure may be applied to the lead body by utilizing the lead body as a mandrel within a braiding machine.
US11534602B2
Implantable devices and systems include one or more leads adapted to be emplaced in the internal thoracic vein (ITV) of a patient. The lead may include features to adapt the lead for such placement. An associated device for use with the lead may include operational circuitry adapted for use with a lead having an electrode for sensing and/or therapy purposes coupled thereto. Methods for implantation and use of such devices and systems are disclosed as well.
US11534585B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a liquid delivery apparatus. A non-limiting example of the apparatus includes a substrate including a cavity formed in a surface of the substrate. The apparatus can also include a membrane disposed on the surface of the substrate covering an opening of the cavity. The apparatus can also include a hydrophobic layer disposed on the membrane. The apparatus can also include a seal disposed between the membrane and the substrate, wherein the seal surrounds the opening of the cavity. The apparatus can also include an electrode layer coupled to the membrane.
US11534579B2
An introducer sheath assembly having a handle portion including a front end and a rear end, and a introducer sheath extending outwardly from the front end of the handle portion, the introducer sheath including a device lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding device, a guidewire lumen configured to slidably receive a corresponding guidewire, a first steering cable lumen, a second steering cable lumen, a first steering cable disposed in the first steering cable lumen and a second steering cable disposed in the second steering cable lumen, wherein the first steering cable lumen, the second steering cable lumen and the guidewire lumen are disposed radially outwardly from the device lumen.
US11534575B2
A system of devices for treating an artery includes an arterial access sheath adapted to introduce an interventional catheter into an artery and an elongated dilator positionable within the internal lumen of the sheath body. The system also includes a catheter formed of an elongated catheter body sized and shaped to be introduced via a carotid artery access site into a common carotid artery through the internal lumen of the arterial access sheath. The catheter has an overall length and a distal most section length such that the distal most section can be positioned in an intracranial artery and at least a portion of the proximal most section is positioned in the common carotid artery during use.
US11534571B2
Systems and methods of treating a sleep disorder of a subject include providing a therapeutic stimulation device comprising a transducer configured to emit transcutaneous vibratory output to a body part of the subject; generating physiological data with a worn sensor and providing it to a processor; providing a stimulation pattern for transcutaneous vibratory output to be emitted by the transducer comprising a perceived pitch, a perceived beat, and an intensity; causing the transducer to emit the transcutaneous vibratory output in the stimulation pattern; determining if the subject is in a pre-sleep state or a sleep state based on the physiological data; and altering the stimulation pattern based on determining the subject is in at least one of a pre-sleep state or a sleep state comprising at least one of (i) reducing a frequency of the perceived pitch, (ii) increasing an interval of the perceived beat, or (iii) reducing the intensity.
US11534552B2
A syringe finger ring and finger ring inserts, that in various embodiments, provides or connects to a syringe that comprises a syringe body capable of having a volume of material therein and a plunger disposed to enter the syringe body and dispense material from the syringe body by movement of plunger, and a novel a finger ring and related structures having an open area and connected, by various structures, to the plunger adapted to receive a finger within the finger ring open area, including a spacer of various embodiments inserted within the open area to selectively reduce the open area and provide more controllable engagement of the syringe plunger by the operator finger in distal and proximal strokes.
US11534547B2
Systems and methods for drug delivery with pressure sensitive control are disclosed. A drug delivery system may include a reservoir filled or fillable with a drug, a drug delivery device coupled to the reservoir to deliver the drug from the reservoir to a patient, a pressure sensor, an output device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine if the drug delivery device has completed delivering a dose of the drug to the patient, and if delivery of the dose of the drug is complete, to measure tissue back pressure using the pressure sensor. Subsequently, the controller may be configured to determine if the tissue back pressure is below a first predetermined value, and if so, control the output device at least once and/or control a mechanism to retract an administration member from the patient.
US11534544B2
A device for conveying a biological material includes a body including an aperture configured to enable connection with an outside of the body and a chamber configured to store a biological material, a plurality of conveyors accommodated in the body and configured to convey the material, and a driver configured to select one of the plurality of conveyors, align the selected conveyor with the aperture, and move the selected conveyor to the outside of the body through the aperture.
US11534543B2
A method for making a fluid delivery device including a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion is adapted to be secured to a user and includes a conduit fluidly connecting a reservoir containing a fluid and a moveable pumping member. The moveable pumping member can expand an expandable structure with the fluid. The reusable portion is selectively engageable to the disposable portion and contains a drive device for engaging the moveable pumping member of the disposable portion. The drive device has a rotatable pumping actuation member with a plurality of projections for engaging the moveable pumping member and thereby moving the fluid to expand the expandable structure.
US11534542B2
A fill adapter system for an infusion pump assembly. The system includes a reusable fill adapter base, the base including a volume control mechanism to adjust an available fill volume of a reservoir of the infusion pump assembly and a pump mechanism configured to pump air into a fluid vial. The system also includes a vial adapter assembly including a first needle configured to penetrate a septum of the fluid vial for fluidly coupling the pump mechanism to the fluid vial and a second needle having a first end configured to penetrate the septum of the fluid vial and a second end configured to penetrate a septum of the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly to allow transfer of fluid from the fluid vial to the reservoir of the infusion pump assembly in response to air being pumped into the fluid vial and a needle carriage adapted to carry the first needle and the second needle, wherein the needle carriage slidably attached to the interior of the vial adapter assembly, wherein the needle carriage adapted to slide from a vial end of the vial adapter to a receptacle end of the vial adapter.
US11534537B2
Described herein are systems and methods for performing peritoneal dialysis. According to one aspect, the disclosure provides a sterile interface connection for connecting a water purification system to a disposable source of dialysate concentrates. The sterile interface connection can include a chamber comprising an inlet adapted to be connected to the water purification system on a proximal end and a valve on a distal end. The sterile interface connection can also include spring-loaded needle disposed in the chamber. The spring-loaded needle can move between a retracted configuration in which the spring-loaded needle is fully retracted into the chamber and the valve is closed and sealed, and an extended configuration in which the spring-loaded needle extends through the valve into the disposable source of dialysate concentrates.
US11534536B2
A heat exchanger for a blood circulation circuit comprises a hollow fiber membrane layer having a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, and a fixing portion fixing both end portions of the hollow fiber membranes from outsides of the hollow fiber membranes. The fixing portion mainly contains polyurethane, and each of the hollow fiber membranes has a heat conductive layer containing high density polyethylene, and an adhesion layer provided on an outside of the heat conductive layer, bonded to the fixing portion, and mainly containing a modified polyolefin resin.
US11534534B2
Apparatus and methods for processing blood are disclosed in which one variation generally comprises a tube defining a channel and an access tube extending into the channel. An open cell matrix configured to entrap red blood cells may be positioned within at least a portion of the channel. Another variation generally comprises a cylindrical tube and a plunger slidably positioned within the channel. The plunger also has a funnel positioned upon the plunger and is movable therewith. Both the plunger and funnel define a fluid channel through and in communication with the cylindrical tube.
US11534533B2
Apparatus and methods for processing blood are disclosed in which one variation generally comprises a tube defining a channel and an access tube extending into the channel. An open cell matrix configured to entrap red blood cells may be positioned within at least a portion of the channel. Another variation generally comprises a cylindrical tube and a plunger slidably positioned within the channel. The plunger also has a funnel positioned upon the plunger and is movable therewith. Both the plunger and funnel define a fluid channel through and in communication with the cylindrical tube.
US11534514B2
An illustrative expendable or reconstructable ozone generator cartridge for an aqueous ozone delivery device, for example, for antimicrobial sanitizing and/or medical treatment, includes a housing for a water treatment manifold providing parallel and operably fixed water pathways through ozone generating cells coupled to the manifold, and optionally a data logging and authentication feature.
US11534511B2
An ultraviolet emitting device comprising a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of arms on which the plurality of light sources are mounted, wherein: each arm is expandable between a first position and a second position, each arm is fully collapsed in the first position and fully expanded in the second position, and when each arm is transitioning between the first position and the second position, a length of the arm maintains a fixed proportionality with respect to a spacing of the plurality of light sources on the arm.
US11534508B2
A method for producing a sterilized oxygen-absorbing multilayer body is provided. The method may include: irradiating with radiation an oxygen-absorbing multilayer body comprising at least an oxygen-absorbing layer containing a transition metal catalyst and a thermoplastic resin (a) having a tetralin ring as a structural unit and a layer containing a thermoplastic resin (b); and heating the oxygen-absorbing multilayer body which has been irradiated with radiation in the sterilizing step at a temperature of the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin (a) minus 20° C. or more and lower than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin (a) for 50 hours or more.
US11534504B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for stabilizing coelenterazine and analogs or derivatives thereof, and for improving the solubility and reconstitution efficiency of coelenterazine and analogs and derivatives thereof.
US11534502B2
The present disclosure relates to the genetically modified non-human animals that express a human or chimeric TIGIT (e.g., humanized TIGIT), and methods of use thereof.
US11534496B2
Compositions and methods relating to T peripheral helper cells in autoantibody-associated conditions
This disclosure provides methods and compositions for detecting Tph cells and/or reducing the number (or frequency) and/or activity of such cells in order to provide therapeutic benefit to a subject having or at risk of developing an autoantibody-associated condition such as an autoantibody-associated autoimmune disease.
US11534495B2
A tissue factor (TF)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a method for preparing the ADC. The ADC is capable of binding to TF antigen with high specificity, and has high affinity, low immunogenicity, high cytotoxicity, and significant anti-tumor activity.
US11534493B2
The low aqueous solubility of roflumilast in parenteral preparations and topical emulsions, suspensions, gels or solutions can be improved by including a blend of water-miscible solvents in the pharmaceutical composition. The blend of water-miscible solvents can include diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (Tradename Transcutol®; abbreviated DEGEE) and water. The ratio of diethylene glycol monoethyl ether to water is from 1:10 to 20:1. The resulting composition has improved bioavailability and efficacy and can be used to inhibit phosphodiesterase 4 in a patient in need of such treatment.
US11534484B2
A method of treating a synucleinopathy with a peptide (C)DQPVLPD (SEQ ID NO: 59), (C)DMPVLPD (SEQ ID NO: 60), (C)DSPVLPD (SEQ ID NO: 61), (C)DQPVLPDN (SEQ ID NO: 64), (C)DMPVLPDN (SEQ ID NO: 65), (C)DSPVLPDN (SEQ ID NO: 66), (C)HDRPVTPD (SEQ ID NO: 70), (C)DRPVTPD (SEQ ID NO: 71), (C)DVPVLPD (SEQ ID NO: 72), (C)DTPVYPD (SEQ ID NO: 73), (C)DTPVIPD (SEQ ID NO: 74), (C)HDRPVTPDN (SEQ ID NO: 75), (C)DRPVTPDN (SEQ ID NO: 76), (C)DVPVLPDN (SEQ ID NO: 78), (C)DTPVYPDN (SEQ ID NO: 79), (C)DQPVLPDG (SEQ ID NO: 81), (C)DMPVLPDG (SEQ ID NO: 82), (C)DSPVLPDG (SEQ ID NO: 83), (C)DHPVHPDS (SEQ ID NO: 86), (C)DMPVSPDR (SEQ ID NO: 87), (C)DRPVYPDI (SEQ ID NO: 90), (C)DHPVTPDR (SEQ ID NO: 91), (C)DTPVLPDS (SEQ ID NO: 93), (C)DMPVTPDT (SEQ ID NO: 94), (C)DAPVTPDT (SEQ ID NO: 95), (C)DSPVVPDN (SEQ ID NO: 96), (C)DLPVTPDR (SEQ ID NO: 97), (C)DSPVHPDT (SEQ ID NO: 98), (C)DAPVRPDS (SEQ ID NO: 99), (C)DMPVWPDG (SEQ ID NO: 100), (C)DRPVQPDR (SEQ ID NO: 102), (C)YDRPVQPDR (SEQ ID NO: 103), (C)DMPVDADN (SEQ ID NO: 105), DQPVLPD(C) (SEQ ID NO: 106), and DMPVLPD(C) (SEQ ID NO: 107.
US11534483B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising antigenic material of keratinophilic fungi and/or keratinophilic yeasts for use in a method of treating and/or preventing hoof- and claw diseases in animals and a new Trichophyton verrucosum strain which can e.g. be used in such a method of treatment and/or prevention.
US11534475B2
The present invention relates to a carbohydrate-based peritoneal dialysis fluid, containing a compound selected from the group consisting of glutamine, preferably L-glutamine; a dipeptide capable of releasing glutamine, L-glutamine in free form, preferably selected from the group consisting of glutaminyl-glycine, glycinyl-glutamine, glutaminyl-alanine, alanyl-glutamine; an oligopeptide consisting of two to seven glutamine, preferably L-glutamine residues; and mixtures thereof. The peritoneal dialysis fluids of the present invention are useful for inhibition of technical failure in a person undergoing peritoneal dialysis treatment.
US11534471B2
The present disclosure relates to the isolation, preservation, compositions and uses of extracts from a newly discovered species of Justicia plants. The present disclosure also relates to compositions comprising the extracts of the new species of Justicia plant, as well as methods of producing and using such compositions for treating blood disorders and/or for other health, food and industrial uses.
US11534470B2
A topical formulation comprising a Cannabis derived botanical drug product, wherein the concentration of each, cannabidiol and tetrahydrocannabinol, in the topical formulation is greater than 2 milligrams per kilogram.
US11534465B2
The use of fecal matter in the treatment of a subject having autoimmune disease, wherein the fecal matter is autologous to the subject, and preferably administered to the small intestine, preferably the duodenum, of the subject. The fecal matter can be one or more constituents of autologous feces, preferably chosen from the group consisting of bacteria, viruses, bacteriophages, fungi, metabolites, microRNAs, proteins, antibodies, and/or antigens.
US11534464B2
A method for promoting conversion of cells into cardiomyocytic tissue is carried out by contacting fibrotic tissue (e.g., scar tissue) with a microRNA oligonucleotide or combination of microRNA oligonucleotides. The methods lead to direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes or cardiomyoblasts.
US11534462B2
The present invention relates to a new antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof for use in the treatment of cancer by targeting a B cell malignancy, a chimeric antigen receptor comprising the same, and a use of the same. The antibody of the present invention is an antibody for specifically binding to CD19 that is highly expressed in cancer cells (particularly, blood cancer), has very low homology to a CDR sequence thereof compared to a CDR sequence of a conventional CD19 target antibody so that the sequence thereof is unique, and specifically binds to an epitope that is different from a FMC63 antibody fragment binding to CD19 of the conventional art. A cell expressing the chimeric antigen receptor comprising an anti-CD19 antibody or the antigen binding fragment of the present invention induces immune cell activity in response to a positive cell line expressing CD19.
US11534454B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutical formulations and pharmaceutical compound salts which utilize complexing agents as counterions. Such formulations and salts are useful for treating a variety of disease and disorders.
US11534447B2
The present invention relates to an emulsion composition for chemoembolization comprising a nanoparticle comprising a drug and a biocompatible polymer, a water-soluble contrast agent and a water-insoluble contrast agent, and a water-insoluble drug as well as an aqueous drug can be administered in a form of stable emulsion, and drugs are slowly released, thereby enhancing the effect of chemoembolization.
US11534444B2
The present invention relates to 7-(4,7-diazaspiro[2.5]octan-7-yl)-2-(2,8-dimethylimidazo[1,2-b]pyridazin-6-yl)pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one for use in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), its pharmaceutical composition to be used in the treatment of SMA, its methods of treatment thereof.
US11534441B2
One embodiment of the disclosure is a compound represented by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The variables in Formula I are defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are selective MAP4K1 inhibitors, which can be used to treat a diseases or disorders in a subject that benefits from control of MAP4K1 activity.
US11534440B2
An Axl inhibitor and one or more immune checkpoint (activity) modulators and/or one or more oncolytic viruses, for use in the prevention, treatment or management of cancer, wherein the Axl inhibitor and the one or more immune checkpoint (activity) modulators and/or the one or more oncolytic viruses are administered concurrently, separately or sequentially; compositions containing such components in combination; and methods of treating cancer in a patient by administering such components in combination.
US11534439B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from RSV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an RSV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US11534436B2
The present application relates methods for treating a depressive symptom comprising administering an effective amount of a μ opioid receptor agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof. Non-limiting examples of such agonist include the compounds of Formulas I, II, III, and IV, as well as the compounds of Table A.
US11534425B2
Disclosed herein are novel compounds and methods for the treatment of acute organ injury, including injuries resulting from ischemic events. The compounds may be used to treat organ including the brain, heart, or kidney, which have injured as a result of events such as stroke, cardiac arrest, traumatic brain injury, hemorrhagic shock, or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
US11534419B2
Method for preventing paresthesia in a human is disclosed. The method includes administering to the human an effective amount of N-Acetyl Beta Alanine or an N-Acetyl Beta Alanine composition.
US11534417B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for enhancing expression from RNA expression vectores. The invention is based upon the observation that reducing the frequency of the dinucleotide CpG and UpA has a significant effect on expression from such vectores. Aspects of the invention include, amongst others, synthetic RNA vectores, virions, cells, methods of producing vaccines and methods of treatment or immunisation.
US11534415B2
Use of colchicine to inhibit tumor growth and metastases in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the compositions and formulations are provided. The described colchicine compositions and formulations include sustained release, and multimodal release compositions and formulations suitable for alone or in combination with additional pharmaceutically active agents useful in treating tumor growth and metastases.
US11534414B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11534411B2
Provided is a composition for forming a coating film directly on the skin by an electrostatic spray, the composition being capable of forming a coating film having excellent skin compatibility, adhesion, and scratch resistance, having a good feel, and being easy to peel. A composition for forming a coating film, for forming a coating film composed of fibers directly on the skin by an electrostatic spray, the composition comprising the following Components (a), (b), (c), and (d): (a) a polymer having a coating film forming ability (b) one or more volatile substances selected from the group consisting of an alcohol and a ketone (c) a plasticizer (d) a feel modifier other than Component (c).
US11534409B2
Described are immediate release oral dosage forms that contain abuse-deterrent features. In particular, the disclosed dosage forms provide deterrence of abuse by ingestion of multiple individual doses. In addition, the disclosed dosage forms provide protection from overdose in the event of accidental or intentional ingestion of multiple individual doses.
US11534406B2
In a delayed release formulation comprising a core containing a drug and a delayed release coating for providing intestinal release, release of the drug in the colon is accelerated by including an isolation layer between the core and the delayed release coating. The delayed release coating comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. The outer layer comprises a pH dependently soluble polymeric material which has a pH threshold at about pH 5 or above. The inner layer comprises a soluble polymeric material which is soluble in intestinal fluid or gastrointestinal fluid, said soluble polymeric material being selected from the group consisting of a polycarboxylic acid polymer that is at least partially neutralised, and a non-ionic polymer, provided that, where said soluble polymeric material is a non-ionic polymer, said inner layer comprises at least one additive selected from a buffer agent and a base.
US11534405B2
The present invention is directed to a storage-stable formulation of long-chain RNA. In particular, the invention concerns a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule. The present invention is furthermore directed to methods for preparing a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule by spray-freeze drying. The invention further concerns the use of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines, to a method of treating or preventing a disorder or a disease, to first and second medical uses of such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule and to kits, particularly to kits of parts, comprising such a dry powder composition comprising a long-chain RNA molecule.
US11534404B2
Multilayer beads for pharmaceutical use having a drug-in-polymer layer are disclosed. The disclosed multilayer beads for pharmaceutical use have (a) a core particle; (b) an optional barrier layer coated on the surface of the core particle; (c) a drug-in-polymer layer coated on the surface of the core or the barrier layer, (d) an optional sealant layer coated on the surface of the drug-in-polymer layer; and (e) optionally one or more outer layers external to the drug-in-polymer layer or the sealant layer. The drug-in-polymer layer consists essentially of (i) a drug selected from the group consisting of a 15-keto prostaglandin drug, a 13,14-dihydro prostaglandin drug, and a 13,14-dihydro-15-keto prostaglandin drug; and (ii) a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone, vinylpyrrolidone-vinylacetate copolymer or a mixture thereof. The drug-in-polymer layer may be solid dispersion of the drug in the polymer. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a plurality of multilayer beads and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and methods of treating a gastrointestinal disorder are also disclosed.
US11534398B2
The present invention belongs to the field of medicine, relates to an inhaled preparation of isoglycyrrhizic acid or a salt thereof, and in particular relates to an inhaled preparation of magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate and the use thereof in preparing drugs for treating respiratory system diseases.
US11534394B2
Method for treating a disease, condition, or syndrome in a subject comprising administering, to a subject in need thereof, a solid or liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising: (a) a high purity botulinum neurotoxin or a complex comprising botulinum neurotoxin, wherein the botulinum neurotoxin is of type A, B, C, D, E, F or G; and (b) a surfactant; wherein the composition does not comprise albumin or a polysaccharide.
US11534390B2
A dispersion containing a dispersed phase comprising drops and a continuous aqueous phase, preferably in the form of gel, in which the drops comprise a fatty phase containing at least one gelling agent, and in which the fatty phase comprises at least one non-volatile hydrocarbon oil H1 containing more than 90%, and preferably more than 95%, fatty acids having at least 18 carbon atoms and preferably at least 20 carbon atoms.
US11534388B2
The invention provides compositions, methods and kits for the removal of harmful or irritating substances from bodily surfaces. Kits may include a composition containing capsaicin and a capsaicin-cleansing composition, e.g., a composition in which capsaicin is soluble.
US11534384B2
The present invention concerns a method to prepare a filler with a hyaluronic acid, which has improved properties of chemical-physical stability over time and optimal viscosity for cutaneous injection. In particular the method comprises a first step in which the hyaluronic acid is crosslinked, and a subsequent step for the neutralization and hydration of the crosslinked hyaluronic acid.
US11534383B2
Keratin protein cosmetic compositions are provided that include at least one keratin protein derived from human hair and a base cosmetic solution. Methods of treatment are also provided.
US11534380B2
The present invention relates to a hair treatment method including the following step (i) and step (ii) in this order: Step (i): a step of applying a composition containing the following component (A) on a hair: (A) a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein a broken line represents the presence or absence of a π bond; R1 represents a hydroxy group or an acetoxy group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or —COOR (R is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group); and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, an acetyl group, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; and Step (ii): a step of giving a shape to the hair while applying a temperature of 140° C. or higher and 220° C. or lower to the hair.
US11534379B2
Hair dye composition and method of dyeing hair that targets only at least one grey part using a permanent hair dye component comprising a specific volume percentage of a particulate pigment to permanent hair dye component. The purpose of some embodiments of the invention is to delay the need for women to dye their hair in full. At least one pigment particle (about 0.0770 ml or about 1/64th of a teaspoon) may be added to a bottle of 71 ml of permanent hair dye, which allows the permanent hair dye composition to become visible and allows for more accuracy during application. Using small quantities of 5 cc per application (hair dye: 2.5 ml; developer: 2.5 ml) reduces the amount of dye applied to needless areas of the hair. The use of a make-up sponge stick allows for better accuracy. The composition is multi-use, and provides for 28 applications (71 ml bottle of dye and 71 ml of developer), and will save users time and money. All these characteristics provide for a hair dye composition that significantly reduces the amount of harmful chemicals applied to users' hair.
US11534378B2
A hair-colouring composition comprising an estolide ester derived from ricinoleic acid and direct dyes.
US11534376B2
Provided is an antibacterial deodorant containing a titanium dioxide photocatalyst, including: a titanium dioxide photocatalyst; and a composition for antibacterial deodorization, wherein the titanium dioxide photocatalyst includes titanium dioxide (TiO2), copper (Cu), and magnesium (Mg).
US11534374B2
The present invention relates to topical compositions comprising panthenol, hydroxyacetophenone and a micronized UV filter.
US11534368B2
Disclosed is a massage chair capable of performing acupuncture point massage. More particularly, disclosed is a massage chair comprising: a seat 200; a back support portion 100 rotatably mounted on one side of the seat 200; a calf massage portion 400 rotatably mounted on the other side of the seat 200; and a manipulation portion 600 capable of adjusting movements of the back support portion 100 and the calf massage portion 400, in which the manipulation portion 600 includes: a shoulder height measurement module 610 for measuring the shoulder height of the user; a hip bone location prediction module 620 for predicting the hip bone location by using a preset first method with reference to the shoulder height measured by the shoulder height measurement module 610; a massage location determination module 630 for determining a plurality of massage locations based on the hip bone location predicted by the hip bone location prediction module 620; and a massage mode selection module 640 for selecting one massage mode of a plurality of previously-stored massage modes based on the plurality of massage locations determined by the massage location determination module 630, thereby massaging the plurality of massage locations determined by the massage location determination module 630 in accordance with the massage mode selected by the massage mode selection module 640.
US11534367B2
An irrigation system for use with a spa includes a water heating circuit, an automatic water fill valve connected to a water source, and an irrigation pump in fluid communication with the spa through a first irrigation line and electrically connected to a power source through a switch arrangement. The irrigation pump is adapted to pump water to at least one irrigation head. The automatic water fill valve then refills the spa from the water source. The system may include a fertilizer injector, a skin-product injector, a water softener, and various sensors running through an irrigation application on a smart phone to control the irrigation system and operation of the spa.
US11534366B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device (1) for enhancing the delivery of CPR to a patient. The device (1) comprises: a patient side (3) for engagement with the chest of the patient; and a user side (2) for engagement with the hands of a user delivering CPR to the patient. One or more of the patient side (3) and the user side (2) is at least partially formed of a non-Newtonian fluid, the viscosity of which is configured to vary in response to the application of energy so as to regulate a force distribution profile of the device (1) from a force applied to the device (1) by the user and transferred through the device (1) to the patient. According to other aspects, there is provided a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device and a computer program which, when executed on a computing device, carries out a control method for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, device.
US11534365B2
A system for monitoring performance of a resuscitation activity on a patient by an acute care provider is provided. The system includes: a first wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a first portion of an acute care provider's hand; a second wearable sensor configured to sense movement of a second portion of the acute care provider's hand; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive and process signals representative of performance of a resuscitation activity from the first sensor and the second sensor; identify from the processed signals information indicative of at least one of a relative distance, a relative orientation, a change in relative distance and a change in relative orientation between the first sensor and the second sensor during performance of the resuscitation activity; and determine at least one resuscitation activity parameter based, at least in part, on the identified information.
US11534363B2
Systems and methods for affecting metabolism, such as the treatment of metabolic syndrome are disclosed. A method for treating metabolic syndrome can include one or more of the steps including identifying a region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue; positioning the region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue into an enclosed chamber; adjusting the relative humidity of the enclosed chamber sufficient to create a physiologic metabolic effect; and activating a convection fan within the chamber to promote heat transfer from the glabrous tissue. The method need not involve altering the temperature within the enclosed chamber.
US11534361B2
An eyesight training device for cognition correction which includes a display unit; a user input unit; and a controller for controlling the display unit to overlap a recognition restraining image, which restrains a visual recognition of a recognition image, with the recognition image and to gradually change a concentration value of the recognition restraining image, and for storing, as recognition level information, information corresponding to a concentration value of the recognition restraining image as of a time when a visibility change confirmation input is input through the user input unit of the visibility change confirmation input is input.
US11534358B2
Rehabilitating an impaired body part of a subject such as a stroke patient includes systems, devices, and methods using an orthosis system configured to attach to the impaired body part and to move or assist in movement of the impaired body part. A control system is configured to operate the orthosis system in a mode in which the orthosis system first allows the subject to move volitionally or attempt to move volitionally the impaired body part in a predefined motion and then operates to move or assist in the predefined motion of the impaired body part. Additional modes of operation include a brain computer interface mode of operation and a mode in which the orthosis system operates in a continuous passive mode of operation comprising a plurality of repetitions of an exercise to move the impaired body part.
US11534349B2
A packaged absorbent article having a body surface and a garment surface; and a wrapper sheet for wrapping the absorbent article so that at least a portion of the garment surface of the absorbent article can be seen through the wrapper sheet.
US11534338B2
The invention relates to a system for laser photocoagulation of the retina, comprising: a photocoagulation laser (1); an optical path (5) connecting the upstream photocoagulation laser (1) to a downstream laser outlet opening (6) intended to be positioned in front of the retina; an adaptive optical element (9) positioned in the optical path and configured to modify the wavefront of the laser beam being propagated in the optical path, in order to compensate for aberrations of the eye that occur as far as the retina; a position control loop (10) controlling a first actuator (14) positioned in the optical path downstream of the adaptive optical element in order to control the position of the laser outlet opening relative to the retina to be treated; and at least one imaging device (8) configured to obtain an image of the retina diverted from the optical path.
US11534334B1
An electric heating pad for warming a patient includes a heated underbody support or heated mattress. The heated underbody support or mattress includes a heater assembly having a flexible sheet-like heating element, conductive bus bars attached at or near side edges of the heating element, and fabric side edge extensions attached to heating element side edges. The heated underbody support or mattress also includes a layer of polymeric foam positioned under the heater assembly and a shell, including at least two sheets of flexible material, covering at least a portion of the heater assembly and the layer of polymeric foam. When the heater assembly is wrapped around the top surface of the layer of polymeric foam, side edges of the heating element extend partially down the two side walls of the layer of polymeric foam and the conductive bus bars lie adjacent those two side walls.
US11534320B2
A handle for a catheter having an inner shaft and a retractable shaft. The handle includes a housing, a pull cable and a release button mounted movably on the housing. A sleeve is secured in the housing and a brake hose is guided movably in the longitudinal direction in a continuous opening of the sleeve. The brake hose has a first continuous opening for arrangement of the pull cable and a second continuous opening for arrangement of the inner shaft. The brake hose configured and arranged such that its position relative to the sleeve in a first state is fixed by the release button, and such that the brake hose in a second state is displaceable after actuation of the release button together with the pull cable in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve and relative to the sleeve and the inner shaft in the proximal direction in order to retract the retractable shaft, such that the retractable shaft can be connected to the pull cable.
US11534312B2
An implantable orthopedic support device and methods of using the device are disclosed. The device can have rigid structural components that can translate longitudinally with respect to each other, and in so doing can change the vertical height of the device. The structural components can be driven by a drivescrew mechanism to change the vertical height of the device.
US11534305B2
An expanding, conforming interbody implant includes a plurality of superior and a plurality of inferior segments. The segments are adapted to individually expand, contact, and conform to endplates of vertebral bodies to distribute forces equally over the implant and across the vertebral endplates. Once a proper extension of the segments has been achieved, the segments are locked in position. The implant has a stiffness that approximates the stiffness of bone, and the implant minimizes problems with subsidence, endplate fractures, and stress shielding.
US11534303B2
Medical delivery system for accessing a tricuspid valve via an inferior vena cava, including an outer guide catheter, an inner guide catheter and an interventional catheter. The first deflection portion of the outer guide catheter is steerable to define a first outer-guide-catheter curve and the second deflection portion of the outer guide catheter is steerable to define a second outer-guide-catheter curve and the first deflection portion of the inner guide catheter is steerable to define a first inner-guide-catheter curve.
US11534294B2
A prosthetic heart valve is designed to be circumferentially collapsible for less invasive delivery into the patient. At the implant site the valve re-expands to a larger circumferential size, i.e., the size that it has for operation as a replacement for one of the patient's native heart valves. The valve includes structures that, at the implant site, extend radially outwardly to engage tissue structures above and below the native heart valve annulus. These radially outwardly extending structures clamp the native tissue between them and thereby help to anchor the prosthetic valve at the desired location in the patient.
US11534288B2
A device having an implantable body associated with at least two filaments or sutures and configured for use in soft tissue reconstructions is provided. One exemplary embodiment includes an implantable body, an adjustable filament loop for holding ligament grafts that is coupled to the body, and a shuttle suture removably coupled to the implantable body and configured for shuttling the body through at least a portion of a bone tunnel. The loop can be defined by a self-locking knot, and one or more loop-adjusting limbs can extend from the knot, with a portion of the limb(s) also extending into a hollow portion of the shuttle suture. In some embodiments having two adjustable limbs, an intermediate portion of each limb can be the portions disposed in respective hollow portions of the shuttle suture. Other configurations of devices and systems, as well as methods for performing ACL repairs, are also provided.
US11534287B2
Method of making a musculoskeletal tissue reconstruction implant by warp knitting an implant of a biodegradable polymeric material to form a porous matrix or scaffold having a tensile stiffness at least by 50% lower than the tensile stiffness of the musculoskeletal tissue the implant is configured to reconstruct.
US11534267B1
A method and a system for determining an orthodontic treatment plan including a tooth stripping step are provided. The method comprises: acquiring a 3D digital model of a first tooth and a second tooth of the subject, the second tooth being adjacent the first tooth; receiving a stripping request for stripping tooth material, from at least one of the first tooth along a first stripping plane and the second tooth along a second stripping plane; determining, along a surface of the first tooth, a first area of interest; determining, along the surface of the second tooth, a second area of interest; determining a distance between a first set of vertices associated with the first area of interest and a second set of vertices associated with the second area of interest; in response to the distance being greater than a predetermined distance threshold, denying, by the processor, the stripping request.
US11534265B2
The present disclosure includes computing device related, systems, and methods for IPR planning as described herein. One method includes identifying a first tooth and a second tooth in a digital dental model with an overlap in a target final position in a treatment plan and identifying a reference line on each of the first tooth and the second tooth; revising the treatment plan wherein a position of each of the first tooth and the second tooth is determined in which the reference line of each of the first tooth and the second tooth are aligned and the first tooth and second tooth are not overlapping; and prescribing IPR based on the determined position of each of the first tooth and the second tooth.
US11534257B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method of securing an implant into a body of a patient. Initially, the implant is placed into the body of the patient. Then, an impactor tool is used to apply a force to the implant. Subsequent to the application of force to the implant, a portion of an impaction pad on an end of the impactor tool is monitored. When the portion is observed to be deformed, the application of force onto the implant is discontinued.
US11534234B2
A method for treating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) utilizes an RF ablation electrode needle system that has an RF ablation generator, and an electrode needle. The electrode needle is introduced to puncture within myocardium and to reach the hypertrophic area of the interventricular septum. The RF ablation generator is then turned on to implement single-point or multi-point ablation on the hypertrophic area of the interventricular septum, and then the RF electrode needle is withdrawn from the patient.
US11534232B2
An electrosurgical end effector for a surgical tool to perform teleoperated surgical operations. The electrosurgical end effector comprises a first end effector jaw; a second end effector jaw coupled to the first end effector jaw; and a coupling pin configured to rotatingly couple the first end effector jaw to the second end effector jaw so as to cooperatively rotate open and close about an axis of rotation. The electrosurgical end effector further comprises an actuation mechanism coupled to an end of the first end effector jaw to rotate the first end effector jaw about the coupling pin; an otomy feature coupled to the second end effector jaw; and a first electrical conductor to electrically couple the otomy feature to a generator. In one embodiment, the otomy feature is electrically activated by contact with a cam portion of the first end effector jaw, when opened beyond a predetermined jaw angle.
