US11663263B2
A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
US11663255B2
A primary chatbot may receive a query from a user. The primary chatbot, using natural language processing techniques, may analyze the query. The primary chatbot may identify, from the analyzing, one or more key features of the query. The primary chatbot may push the one or more key features to one or more secondary chatbots. The primary chatbot may identify which one of the primary chatbot and the one or more secondary chatbots is to respond to the query. The primary chatbot may transmit the response to the user.
US11663252B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the connection, operation, automation, and autonomation of disparate computing systems, networks, and databases. The present disclosure further relates to a method for operating a plurality of legacy systems, comprising: receiving a user input string from a user; parsing the user input string into a plurality of terms; generating, for each of the plurality of legacy systems, based on the user input string, one or more legacy input strings, each of the one or more legacy input strings being executable by each of the plurality of legacy systems and comprising a syntactical arrangement of one or more of the plurality of terms; and instructing the plurality of legacy systems to execute the one or more legacy input strings.
US11663247B2
A content management system may instantiate, from the same super class defined in a database schema, principal objects representing users and groups and content objects representing documents and folders. The principal objects and the content objects share the same social interaction functions. When a content object is modified, the system can create a message in which the content object identifies itself as a first person, update a message table such that any follower of the content object is notified of the message, and update a profile or feed associated with the content object. At least because content objects can “socialize” like principal objects, the system can generate a social graph containing content objects as nodes, map relationships among principal objects and content objects, and make recommendations to perhaps change/enhance such relationships.
US11663246B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to apply a spectral clustering technique to at least a portion of a similarity graph to generate clusters of geographic sub-regions constituting geographic regions. A tf-idf technique is performed to determine pages of a social networking system associated with a geographic region as potential local suggestions for a user associated with a geographic sub-region in the geographic region. References to at least a portion of the pages are presented as local suggestions to the user.
US11663238B2
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.
US11663226B2
There is provided a computer-implemented method of providing a set of alternative search results, the method including the steps of: (i) receiving a search request; (ii) searching a database to provide a first set of a plurality of search results, each search result including a plurality of attributes; (iii) identifying a best search result as the initially highlighted result; (iv) providing the highlighted search result for display; (v) receiving a selection of an attribute in the highlighted search result; (vi) providing the set of alternative search results, in which the selected attribute is varied with respect to the highlighted search result, and (vii) providing the set of alternative search results for display. Related computer program products, servers and systems are also provided.
US11663218B2
A method of associating dual-path resource locators with streaming content includes receiving at least an identifier of a first third-party remote device, providing the at least an identifier in a data structure to a streaming content provider operating a second third-party remote device, receiving from the streaming content provider operating the second third-party remote device a selection of the at least an identifier in the data structure, generating a dual-path resource locator, wherein the dual-path resource locator identifies a first path to the first third-party remote device and a second path to the second third-party remote device which performed the selection, receiving from the second third-party remote device a continuous data stream containing audio content, detecting in the continuous data stream at least a data element relating to the dual-path resource locator and associating the dual-path resource locator with the continuous data stream.
US11663208B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for providing a current row position query language construct and array processing query language constructs and associated processing.
US11663207B2
Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for translation of tenant identifiers. A record may be received. A value of a tenant identifier for the record may be determined from a key for the record or a scan descriptor. The value of the tenant identifier in the key for the record may be replaced with a new value for the tenant identifier. A bitmap stored in a record header of the record may be used to identify columns of the record that stored an encoded value of the tenant identifier. An encoded new value of the tenant identifier may be stored in columns identified by the bitmap stored in the record header that include an attribute indicating that tenant identifier translation is enabled.
US11663205B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for asynchronous (async) querying are described. In embodiments, a system may convert a user-issued query into a distributed execution instruction set (DEIS), and issue the DEIS to data stores that may have various database structures. The system may obtain database objects from the data stores, and store a result set indicating the obtained database objects in a location specified by the user-issued query. The system may also provide mechanisms to allow users to view progress of their async query jobs and/or cancel ongoing async query jobs. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US11663204B1
A system and method for data aggregation and process automation is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first data object from a first integration point through a first smart adapter, identifying an appropriate rules library from a plurality of rules libraries using a rules engine, the appropriate rules library being identified using the first data object, and applying the appropriate rules library through the rules engine. The rules are applied by instructing a transformation module to transform the first data object into a transformed data object, instructing a validation module to validate at least one of the first data object and the transformed data object, and instructing an aggregation module to perform a statistical analysis on one of the first data object and the transformed data object. Finally, the method includes sending the transformed data object to a second integration point associated with a second smart adapter.
US11663202B2
Enabling auto-completion of database commands includes receiving, at a database command execution device from a client device, a request to execute a database command where the request includes a first indicator of a first set of tokens of the database that is available at the client device; executing the database command; transmitting, from the database command execution device to the client device, a response to the request that includes a status of the execution of the database command and a second indicator of a second set of tokens of the database that is different from the first set of tokens; receiving, at the database command execution device and from the client device, an update-tokens request that includes the first indicator; and transmitting, from the database command execution device and to the client device, data indicative of differences between the second set of tokens and the first set of tokens.
US11663201B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media related to generating query variants for a submitted query. In many implementations, the query variants are generated utilizing a generative model. A generative model is productive, in that it can be utilized to actively generate a variant of a query based on application of tokens of the query to the generative model, and optionally based on application of additional input features to the generative model.
US11663199B1
Systems and methods automatically generate a low input visualization of data updated in a workbook. One aspect describes a computer-implemented method comprising obtaining a request to update data in an application workbook for an application. The request comprises an indication of a type of update being requested and at least a subset of the data being updated. The method further comprises performing the update of the data in the application workbook and determining that the performed update of the data in the application workbook results in a change to a visualization of the data. The method also comprises generating an updated visualization based on the received request and the updated application workbook and generating a confirmation message that the updated visualization has been generated, wherein the updated visualization is generated automatically based on the update of the data.
US11663195B2
In one example, a method includes receiving, at a cloud storage site, chunks that each take the form of a hash of a combination that includes two or more salts and a file object, and one of the salts is a retention salt shared by the chunks, monitoring a time period associated with the retention salt, when the time period has expired, removing the chunks that include the retention salt, and depositing the removed chunks in a deleted items cloud store.
US11663191B2
Techniques perform log management. Such techniques involve obtaining a count value of a counter associated with a log entry in the log, the count value of the counter incrementing at a predetermined frequency. Such techniques further involve determining a rough time instant when the log entry is created based on the count value, a reference count value of the counter associated with the log entry, a reference time corresponding to the reference count value and the frequency. Such techniques further involve correcting the rough time instant based at least in part on the frequency and a set of count values of the counter corresponding to a set of time instants, to determine a corrected time when the log entry is created. Accordingly, the log backed up to the external storage device has accurate time information.
US11663183B2
A method includes generating from a time-series dataset multiple corresponding time-slice datasets. Each time-slice dataset has a corresponding time-slice time index and includes field-value data strings and associated field-value-time-index data strings, or pointers indicating the corresponding strings in an earlier time-slice dataset, that are the latest in the time-series dataset that are also earlier than the corresponding time-slice time index. A query of the time-series dataset for latest data records earlier than a given query time index is performed by using the time-slice datasets to reduce or eliminate the need to directly access or interrogate the time-series dataset.
US11663178B2
A deduplicated storage system is provided according to certain embodiments that uses one or more mechanisms to assign the deduplication databases based on the type of the client device and automatically create a new deduplication database when critical thresholds are reached. In other embodiments, deduplication databases are further split into multiple database partitions. Based on a data block distribution policy, each data block is then further assigned to a particular database partition within the deduplication database to further improve efficiency and speed of the deduplication process.
US11663173B2
Methods and systems for redirection of requests received by a service or an API are provided. According to one embodiment, a request, relating to a domain or a focal point of related data (e.g., an OData entity), is received from a client by a service (e.g., an OData service) operable to serve data from a data source or an in-memory cache. When the request involves manipulation of a portion of the data, automatic updating of values of the data that are dependent thereon is facilitated by directing fulfilment of the request to the cache; otherwise: it is determined whether to fulfill the request based on the in-memory cache. When the determination is affirmative, then the portion of the data is retrieved from the in-memory cache. When the determination is negative, then the portion of the data is retrieved from the data source.
US11663171B2
A portion of contents of a database is received from a first server. The received contents of the database is stored in a secondary storage system that tracks changes between different backup versions of contents of the database. A request to migrate the contents of the database to a second server is received. A version of contents of the database is provided to the second server using the secondary storage system. The secondary storage system is configured to determine an amount of changes to the database content from one of the versions of the database content provided to the second server and the amount of changes is utilized in determining whether to quiesce the database hosted on the first server.
US11663161B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to classify a first file are disclosed herein. Example apparatus include a feature hash generator to generate respective sets of one or more feature hashes for respective features of the first file. The number of the one or more feature hashes to be generated is based on an ability of the feature to distinguish the first file from a second file. The apparatus also includes a bit setter to set respective bits of a first fuzzy hash value based on respective ones of the one or more feature hashes, a classifier to assign the first file to a class associated with a second file based on a similarity between the first fuzzy hash value and a second fuzzy hash value for a second file.
US11663157B1
A system and method are provided for interfacing JESD204-to-PCIe communications. The method transceives JESD204 link layer messages with a JESD204 link layer. The method converts between JESD204 link layer messages and PCIe scrambled messages. The method converts between PCIe scrambled messages and PCIe encoded messages. The PCIe encoded messages are transceived at a JESD clock rate. The PCIe encoded messages transceived at the JESD clock rate are buffered and PCIe encoded messages are then transceived at a PCIe clock rate. The PCIe encoded messages at the PCIe clock rate are transceived with a PCIe physical layer. That is, PCIe encoded messages are either transmitted to the PCIe physical layer at the PCIe clock rate (the transmission path), or received from the PCIe physical layer (at the PCIe clock rate) and buffered (the receive path). The system and method also enable conventional JESD link layer-to-JESD physical layer communications.
US11663156B1
A system can include a serial, full-duplex, synchronous peripheral communication interface composed of four communication lines that communicatively couple a host processor to an optical sensor, the four communication lines including: a clock (CLK) line; a chip select (CS) line; a host output (MOSI) line; and a sensor output (MISO) line, the MISO line operating according to the following conditions when the CS line is selected: provide a service register data indicating when one or more predetermined conditions have occurred prior to receiving any commands from the host processor; provide a state register data defining the one or more predetermined conditions that occurred; and in response to receiving a command from the host processor received after the service register data and state register data is provided, the command requesting input device operational data, provide the operational data to the host processor.
US11663134B2
Techniques involve implementing a file system. According to such techniques, a storage system creates a plurality of files in advance, each of which maintains a continuous space to simplify the process of processing read/write requests in the file system. When there is data to be written, an appropriate pre-created file is selected. Further, according to such techniques, a file system address is mapped to a physical address using a memory management unit. In this way, the file system performance is improved greatly.
US11663132B2
A technique is provided for prefetching data items. An apparatus has a storage structure with a plurality of entries to store data items. The storage structure is responsive to access requests from processing circuitry to provide access to the data items. The apparatus has prefetch circuitry to prefetch data and correlation information storage to store correlation information for a plurality of data items. The correlation information identifies, for each of the plurality of data items, one or more correlated data items. The prefetch circuitry is configured to monitor the access requests from the processing circuitry. In response to detecting a hit in the correlation information storage for a particular access request that identifies a requested data item for which the correlation information storage stores correlation information, the prefetch circuitry is configured to prefetch the one or more correlated data items identified by the correlation information for the requested data item.
US11663129B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for determining tracks to prestage into cache from a storage. Information is provided related to determining tracks to prestage from the storage to the cache in a stage group of sequential tracks including a trigger track comprising a track number in the stage group at which to start prestaging tracks and Input/Output (I/O) activity information to a machine learning module. A new trigger track in the stage group at which to start prestaging tracks is received from the machine learning module having processed the provided information. The trigger track is set to the new trigger track. Tracks are prestaged in response to processing an access request to the trigger track in the stage group.
US11663128B1
In at least one embodiment, processing can include acquiring a spinlock on a cached copy of a metadata (MD) page includes a field stored in two cache lines; updating a register to include an updated value of the field; determining whether a first portion of the updated value of the register is non-zero, wherein two portions of the updated value of the field as stored in the register correspond to the two cache lines; and responsive to determining that the first portion of the updated value of the register is non-zero, performing processing including: storing the first portion of the updated value of the field from the register in the first cache line; and subsequent to performing storing the first portion, storing the second portion of the updated value of the field as stored in the register in the second cache line.
US11663126B1
Embodiments include storing return addresses for a branch-target-buffer. Aspects include receiving a first instruction and based on a determination that the first instruction is a branch instruction and potentially a call, storing a return address associated with the branch instruction in a prediction return address table, wherein the prediction return address table includes an entry that corresponds to an index value that is created based on a target address of the first instruction, and wherein the entry includes the return address that is created based on an address of a sequential instruction of the first instruction. Aspects also include receiving a second instruction and based on a determination that the second instruction is predicted to be a return instruction with a predicted return address table index value from the branch-target-buffer, using the index value to select the return address to predict as the target address.
US11663121B2
A memory module comprises a volatile memory subsystem including DRAM, a non-volatile memory subsystem including Flash memory, and a module control device. The Flash memory includes main Flash providing a main Flash memory space and scratch Flash providing a scratch Flash memory space. The module control device is configured to receive a request from the memory controller to move one or more segments of data in a first Flash block in the main Flash to the DRAM and to, for each respective segment of data: select a respective set of pages in the DRAM; transfer respective data stored in the respective set of pages from the DRAM to a corresponding segment in the scratch Flash; and transfer the respective segment of data to the respective set of pages in the DRAM. Thus, data can be moved segment by segment between the DRAM and the Flash memory.
US11663116B2
Systems and methods for automated test data microservices are provided. Test versions of software (such as an Application Programming Interface (API)) may be configured to automatically generate test data and to call a microservice to manage the test data. The microservice may automatically add and remove the test data from an operational data store to facilitate the testing process and to automatically perform setup and teardown stages of the testing process.
US11663107B2
A computer implemented method, performed in a data processing system comprising a performance monitoring unit. The method comprises receiving a set of computer-readable instructions to be executed by the data processing system to implement at least a portion of a neural network, wherein one or more of the instructions is labeled with one or more performance monitoring labels based upon one or more features of the neural network. The method further comprises configuring the performance monitoring unit to count one or more events occurring in one or more components of the data processing system based on the one or more performance monitoring labels.
US11663096B1
System detects failed storage domain in servers cluster, controlled by master node to execute applications and store data, in service tiers, corresponding to server performance characteristics, in storage domains, corresponding to server racks, in cluster. System identifies, by accessing database, applications installed on servers in service tiers in failed storage domain and any affinities that identified applications have for server types, service tiers, and/or storage domains. System updates, based on current configuration of cluster, identified affinities for identified applications. System enables, by providing updated affinities for identified applications in cluster database, master node to identify first and second set of replacement servers, for identified applications, corresponding to server rack and first and second set of server performance characteristics, and install identified applications in first and second set of replacement servers, enabling first and second set of replacement servers to substitute for failed storage domain and store data.
US11663078B1
Various embodiments described herein provide for in-service scanning and correction of stored data for achieving functional safety. For some embodiments, a data scanning and correction system periodically reads data from different portions (e.g., addresses) of a storage device (e.g., memory) implemented with ECC to detect any errors in the data. If an error is detected, the data scanning and correction system generates corrected data and rewrites the corrected data to the portion of the storage device. The data scanning and correction system may continuously cycle this process through different portions of the storage device to detect and correct errors while the storage device is in-service.
US11663077B2
Systems and methods for implementing data protection techniques with symbol-based variable node updates for binary low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are described. A semiconductor memory (e.g., a NAND flash memory) may read a set of data from a set of memory cells, determine a set of data state probabilities for the set of data based on sensed threshold voltages for the set of memory cells, generate a valid codeword for the set of data using an iterative LDPC decoding with symbol-based variable node updates and the set of data state probabilities, and store the valid codeword within the semiconductor memory or transfer the valid codeword from the semiconductor memory. The iterative LDPC decoding may utilize a message passing algorithm in which outgoing messages from a plurality of multi-variable nodes are generated using incoming messages (e.g., log-likelihood ratios or L-values) from a plurality of check nodes.
US11663072B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a computing system, an update for a computer program executing on the computing system. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, a data structure that is affected by the update by checking a structure change information included in the update. The method further includes checking, by the computing system, instance-count of the data structure, the instance-count representing a number of instances of the data structure in a memory of the computing system. The method further includes based on a determination that the instance-count is zero, applying, by the computing system, the update to the computer program.
US11663071B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to application assessment. A computing platform may receive content information and manual input data corresponding to hierarchical content. The computing platform may establish a content tree indicating relationships between pages of the hierarchical content. The computing platform may receive starting/ending pages of the hierarchical content and application assessment commands. Using the content tree and in response to receipt of the application assessment commands, the computing platform may generate error information based on the starting page and the ending page by performing a holistic error analysis of the hierarchical content between the starting page and the ending page, which may include automatically populating manual input fields using the manual input data. The computing platform may send the error information and commands to display an error notification based on the error information, which may cause the administrator computing device to display the error notification.
US11663066B2
Clustering structured log data by key-values includes receiving, via a user interface, a request to apply an operator to cluster a set of raw log messages according to values for a set of keys associated with the request. At least a portion of each raw log message comprises structured machine data including a set of key-value pairs. It further includes receiving a raw log message in the set of raw log messages. It further includes determining whether to include the raw log message in a cluster based at least in part on an evaluation of values in the structured machine data of the raw log message for the set of keys associated with the request. The cluster is included in a plurality of clusters. Each cluster in the plurality is associated with a different combination of values for the set of keys associated with the request. It further includes providing, via the user interface, information associated with the cluster.
US11663063B2
Embodiments for reducing panic shutdown of components in a pipelined data processing system. Components are monitored for health, processing progress, and dependencies during normal system operation. A directed graph is generated showing non-circular dependencies of components in the pipeline. Deadlock of a particular component may or may not signal a panic condition depending on whether any of its presently downstream and depended on components are operating properly. The continuously monitored knowledge of proper operation of all downstream components is thus used to intelligently apply or defer panic alerts to keep the system operating uninterrupted from panic conditions that might soon or eventually be fixed by continued operation of the system pipeline.
US11663061B2
A training dataset is used to train an unsupervised machine learning trained model. Corresponding gradient values are determined for a plurality of entries included in the training dataset using the trained unsupervised machine learning model. A first subset of the training dataset is selected based on the determined corresponding gradient values and a first threshold value selected from a set of threshold values. A labeled version of the selected first subset is used to train a first supervised machine learning model to detect one or more anomalies.
US11663058B1
A probabilistic data structure such as a bloom filter may be used to provide a space efficient representation of rules that define events of interest to sources and may be used to reduce the number of events ingested by an event bus system. An event bus system may generate a probabilistic data structure based on the rules that may be used at the event source as a filter. The probabilistic data structure predetermines whether the events to be sent to the event bus system will be of interest to any event targets and if an event is of no interest to any of the event targets, the event will not be sent.
US11663057B2
Mechanisms are provided to implement a multi-layer analytics framework. The multi-layer analytics framework obtains a plurality of analytics from one or more analytics source computing systems, at least two analytics being written in different computer programming languages. The multi-layer analytics framework applies a wrapper to each of the analytics in the plurality of analytics to thereby generate wrapped analytics. The wrapper provides a unified interface for executing the analytics in the plurality of analytics regardless of the particular computer programming language used to create the analytics. The multi-layer analytics framework registers the wrapped analytics in an analytics registry, and executes an analytics pipeline comprising wrapped analytics in the analytics registry to perform an analytics operation based on the unified interface of the wrappers of the wrapped analytics.
US11663054B2
To enhance the scaling of data processing systems in a computing environment, a number of data objects indicated in an allocation queue and a first attribute of the allocation queue are determined, where the allocation queue is accessible to a plurality of data processing systems. A number of data objects indicated in the allocation queue at a subsequent time is predicted based on the determined number of data objects and the first attribute. It is determined whether the active subset of the plurality of data processing systems satisfies a criterion for quantity adjustment based, at least in part, on the predicted number of data objects indicated in the allocation queue and a processing time goal. Based on determining that the active subset of data processing systems satisfies the criterion for quantity adjustment, a quantity of the active subset of data processing systems is adjusted.
US11663044B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for second offloads in a graphics processing unit (GPU). The apparatus includes an engine; and a compute unit (CU). The engine is arranged operably to store an operation table including entries. The CU is arranged operably to fetch computation codes including execution codes, and synchronization requests; execute each execution code; and send requests to the engine in accordance with the synchronization requests for instructing the engine to allow components inside or outside of the GPU to complete operations in accordance with the entries of the operation table.
US11663040B2
The computer system includes a node including a processor and a memory, and the processor and the memory serve as arithmetic operation resources. The computer system has an application program that operates using the arithmetic operation resources, and a storage controlling program that operates using the arithmetic operation resources for processing data to be inputted to and outputted from a storage device by the application program. The computer system has use resource amount information that associates operation states of the application program and the arithmetic operation resources that are to be used by the application program and the storage controlling program. The computer system changes allocation of the arithmetic operation resources to the application program and the storage controlling program used by the application program on the basis of an operation state of the application program and the use resource amount information.
US11663038B2
Systems and methods are described for migrating a workflow from a source system to a target system. The systems and methods receive metadata defining a workflow configured for processing by the source system. A set of rules associated with transforming the metadata for processing by the target system are identified. A first rule is applied to the metadata to execute a first transformation of an element of the metadata. A second rule is applied to the metadata to execute a second transformation of a position of an element of the metadata. The systems and methods generate a transformed workflow including the first transformation and the second transformation. The transformed workflow is displayed via the target system.
US11663037B2
The application discloses a service information processing method, apparatus, device, and computer storage medium, relating to the technical field of cloud computing. The specific implementation scheme is: sending polling information to a target process of a service running in a container according to a set time interval, wherein the target process is one of a plurality of processes running in the container; receiving reply information returned by the target process in response to the polling information; and obtaining the survival status of the target process according to the reply information.
US11663035B2
An agent control device configured to execute a plurality of agents and including a processor, the processor being configured to: request execution of each of the agents at a prescribed trigger; store an interruptibility list that stipulates interruptibility of execution for each function of a given agent being executed or for an execution status of the given agent; reference the interruptibility list in order to set permissibility information relating to executability of another one of the agents in conjunction with execution of the given agent; and perform management such that, in a case in which there is a request for execution of the other agent while the given agent is executing and the permissibility information indicates that the other agent is not executable, execution of the given agent continues without responding to the request.
US11663030B2
A gateway performs silent authentication refreshes with an identity management platform in order to extend the expiration of a cookie provided to an endpoint that accesses network applications through the gateway.
US11663027B2
There is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive from at least one further apparatus information associated with at least two virtual network functions, compare the information associated with the at least two virtual network functions to a determined rule, generate at least one function control based on the comparing, and assign the at least one function control to at least one of the at least two virtual network functions.
US11663026B2
A resource use method, an electronic device, and a computer program product are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes determining a plurality of jobs requesting to use accelerator resources to accelerate data processing. The plurality of jobs are initiated by at least one virtual machine. The method further includes allocating available accelerator resources to the plurality of jobs based on job types of the plurality of jobs. The method further includes causing the plurality of jobs to be executed using the allocated accelerator resources. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, accelerator resources can be dynamically allocated, thereby improving the overall performance of a system.
US11663018B2
An unavailable memory device initialization system includes a memory controller device that is configured to determine whether a memory system includes unavailable memory devices during initialization operations. During the first initialization operations, a BIOS engine identifies unavailable memory device(s) in the memory system that were determined to be unavailable by the memory controller device during the first initialization operations and, in response, stores respective unavailable memory device identifier(s) associated with each unavailable memory device in a non-volatile storage subsystem. Subsequently, during second initialization operations and based on the respective unavailable memory device identifier(s) stored in the non-volatile storage subsystem, the BIOS engine generates a memory overlay that hides each unavailable memory device from the memory controller device such that the memory controller device determines that the memory system does not include any unavailable memory devices during the second initialization operations.
US11663015B2
A messaging system receives a registration from a first microservice for one or more event types to publish, and the registration includes an event report policy. The messaging system receives a first event, and the first event is described by the event report policy. The first event is monitored as it is processed by a second microservice. An event report describing the results of the monitoring is delivered to the first microservice.
US11663008B2
A memory device includes a memory having a memory bank, a processor in memory (PIM) circuit, and control logic. The PIM circuit includes instruction memory storing at least one instruction provided from a host. The PIM circuit is configured to process an operation using data provided by the host or data read from the memory bank and to store at least one instruction provided by the host. The control logic is configured to decode a command/address received from the host to generate a decoding result and to perform a control operation so that one of i) a memory operation on the memory bank is performed and ii) the PIM circuit performs a processing operation, based on the decoding result. A counting value of a program counter instructing a position of the instruction memory is controlled in response to the command/address instructing the processing operation be performed.
US11663001B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing a family of lossy sparse load single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instructions are disclosed. A lossy sparse load unit (LSLU) loads a plurality of values from one or more input vector operands and determines how many non-zero values are included in one or more input vector operands of a given instruction. If the one or more input vector operands have less than a threshold number of non-zero values, then the LSLU causes an instruction for processing the one or more input vector operands to be skipped. In this case, the processing of the instruction of the one or more input vector operands is deemed to be redundant. If the one or more input vector operands have greater than or equal to the threshold number of non-zero values, then the LSLU causes an instruction for processing the input vector operand(s) to be executed.
US11662992B2
An algorithm download method, a device, and a related product. The method includes: obtaining an algorithm identifier of an algorithm and a capability description of a client; sending the algorithm identifier and the capability description to a cloud; and receiving a version code that is of the algorithm and that is returned by the cloud, where the version code is obtained by the cloud by searching based on the algorithm identifier and the capability description. According to the foregoing solution, an algorithm can be easily downloaded.
US11662987B2
A method for receiving a first portion of object code, analyzing a first portion of object code in a static manner to determine a call tree hierarchy, dividing, by a synthetic compiler, the first portion of object code into a plurality of modules; and starting to run the first portion of object code to start a runtime phase, with the running of the first portion of the object code including: (i) lazy loading of the modules of the plurality of modules of the first portion of object code, and/or (ii) eager unloading of the modules of the plurality of modules of the first portion of object code.
US11662986B1
A computer program compiled for a machine learning accelerator hardware and associated with a default input data size is received. An execution of an operation of the computer program is initiated. It is identified that a data size of an input data of the operation is smaller than the default input data size. The smaller data size of the input data of the operation rather than the default input data size is caused to be transferred to the machine learning accelerator hardware for the input data of the operation.
US11662985B2
Vehicle developer devices, systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vehicle developer device includes a management computing device, a plurality of electronic control units, and a plurality peripheral devices, wherein one or more individual peripheral devices of the plurality of peripheral devices is a physical representation of an actual vehicle peripheral device. The vehicle developer device further includes a plurality of ports for receiving one or more of at least one additional electronic control units and at least one additional peripheral devices. The management computing device configures the plurality of electronic control units, and simulates operation of a full-scale simulated vehicle. The vehicle developer device is smaller in size than the full-scale simulated vehicle.
US11662984B2
A data mining technique is used to find large frequently-occurring source code patterns from methods/APIs that can be used in code development. Simplified trees that represent the syntactic structure and type and method usage of a source code fragment, such as a method, are mined to find closed and maximal frequent subtrees which represent the largest frequently-occurring source code patterns or idioms associated with a particular type and method usage. These idioms are then used in an idiom web service and/or a code completion system to assist users in the development of source code programs.
US11662978B2
A modular operation circuit includes a controller, a modular multiplier and a modular adder. The controller divides a first number into K segments. The modular multiplier performs modular multiplication operations and the modular adder performs modular addition operations to the K segments in (K−1) iterations for deriving a remainder of a division of the first number by a second number.
US11662974B2
In one aspect a device-side audio handling input/output unit (DIO) of a hardware device writes audio data generated by the hardware device within a ring buffer. An input provided by a user for activation of a software program is received, and a notification that the software program is ready to accept the audio data is generated. A system-side audio handling input/output unit (SIO) additionally provides past audio data from the ring buffer to the software program. Other aspects also are described.
US11662973B2
Systems and methods are provided for audio session management for workspaces operating on an Information Handling System (IHS), where the workspaces utilize virtualization to operate in isolation from a portion of the hardware and software of the IHS. Audio capabilities of the IHS are registered with a remote workspace orchestration service that manages deployment of workspaces on the IHS. A workspace is instantiated on the IHS according to a workspace definition provided by the orchestration service that also provides a handle for operating the audio capabilities of the IHS on behalf of the first workspace. An audio context is determined based on utilization of the workspaces operating on the IHS. The handle is utilized for modifying audio settings of the first workspace based on the audio context. The handle is also utilized for operating the audio capabilities of the IHS based on user inputs to the plurality of workspaces.
US11662971B2
The disclosure provides a display apparatus and a cast method, including: a display; a rotation assembly; and a controller configured to receive image information sent from a terminal device. When the terminal is in a portrait mode, the image information includes effective area information and left and right black area information. The effective area information corresponds to content displayed on a current screen of the terminal device. The display is controlled to present a cast image based on the effective area information. The cast image is obtained by enlarging the effective area information by preset times.
US11662963B2
A control method for an information processing apparatus which comprises a memory that stores a graphical user interface (GUI) application capable of providing a GUI in a case where a driver that does not have a function of providing a GUI is selected, the control method includes causing the GUI application to acquire drawing data generated by a drawing application, acquiring, by the GUI application, at least either of data including information indicating a setting and data including information indicating a capability of the driver, and providing, the GUI application, a first display item.
US11662958B2
A system and method for identification and location of user identified, feature specific printers works in conjunction with a user's smartphone or tablet computer. A user inputs their desired printer features into their device, and a listing of candidate printers within a search perimeter is rendered. A distance between the user device and each candidate printer is calculated from a determined location user device relative to locations of each of the candidate printers. The user selects their desired printer from the candidates, and directions for the user to walk to the selected printer are generated and displayed.
US11662956B2
In a printing system, a smartphone reads a printer ID and transmits a smartphone's print command that includes the read printer ID and a user ID to a server; the server transmits a server's print command that includes the printer ID included in the received smartphone's print command to an office PC associated with the user ID included in the received smartphone's print command; the office PC creates print data based on the print job received from the server, according to the received server's print command; and a printer performs printing according to the received print data.
US11662951B2
A Solid State Drive (SSD) is disclosed. The SSD may include an interface to receive read and write requests from an application on a host. Storage, including at least one chip, may store data. An SSD controller may process the read and write requests from the application. A configuration module may configure the SSD. Storage may include a reliability table which may include entries specifying configurations of the SSD and reliabilities for those configurations.
US11662949B2
A storage server and a method of driving the storage server are provided. The storage server includes a processor configured to: generate a plurality of flush write commands based on a write command of first data provided from a host, provide a replication command corresponding to the write command to an external storage server, and receive an operation completion signal of the replication command from the external storage server; a memory storing a program of a log file to which the plurality of flush write commands are logged; and a storage device configured to receive a multi-offset write command including one or more flush write commands logged to the log file, and perform a flush operation on the multi-offset write command. The processor is further configured to provide the multi-offset write command to the storage device based on the log file after receiving the operation completion signal.
US11662923B2
A programmable semiconductor system includes a programmable integrated circuit (“PIC”) and storage capable of facilitating a multi-boot with backup default configuration (“MBC”) process. The PIC, in one embodiment, includes configurable logic blocks (“LBs”), routing connections, and a configuration memory for performing logic functions. The storage includes a first and a second memory. While the first memory stores a user configuration data representing user-defined logic functions, the second memory stores a backup default page (“BDP”) containing default configuration data (“DCD”) for programming or booting PIC to its default setting when the user configuration data fails to boot or program PIC. In one aspect, the user configuration data contains the address of the second memory containing DCD.
US11662910B2
A data storage system has multiple tiers of data storage including an upper tier having a lower access latency and a lower tier having a higher access latency. A storage controller of the data storage system receives, via an interface, an access request of a workload for a target file system object, where the target file system object has an associated temperature. In response to the access request for the target file system object, the storage controller accesses the target file system object in the data storage and conditions update of the associated temperature of the target file system object based on at least one of a set including the interface and the workload. The storage controller distributes a collection of file system objects including the target file system object among the multiple tiers based on respective heats of file system objects in the collection.
US11662908B2
An amount of storage space required to maintain counter information for a storage system is reduced without reducing a temporal granularity or tracking granularity of the counter information. Rather than periodically recording actual (i.e., raw) counter values for counters, difference (i.e., delta) values may be recorded. For a given counter, a difference (delta value) between a value of the counter for a given point in time (PIT) and a value of the counter for a previous PIT may be determined, and this delta value may be stored as opposed to storing the raw counter value. This delta value may be a significantly smaller value than the raw value. To further reduce the amount of storage space required, no value may be stored for a counter for a given PIT if it is determined that there is no difference between a counter value for the given PIT and a previous PIT.
US11662892B2
Method and systems of collaborative content creation performed in a network. Selection data is received from a first computing device at a computing resource. The computing resource selects, based on the selection data, at least one data record of a plurality of data records stored in a database. The selected at least one data record has a first data size. The computing resource creates user interface information of the at least one data record and is configured to allow a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices to display a representation of the selected at least one data record in a user interface of the second computing device. The user interface information has a second data size that is smaller than the first size. The computing resource transmits the user interface information to the second computing device.
US11662889B2
A reader platform system generates a display of a document that is formed based on a tree structure from a structured document template with an idea type attribute and content of a supporting idea type attribute that is based on the idea type attribute. The idea type attribute and the content of the supporting idea type attribute are validated based on taxonomy rules for the structured document template. The reader platform system receives a reader feedback of the document via a feedback user interface of the display. The profile of a reader of the document and the profile of an author of the document are updated based on the reader feedback. The feed of another reader related to the reader of the document is updated based on the updated profile of the reader of the document.
US11662884B2
An evaluation system for personal characteristics is provided. There is disclosed an evaluation system for personal characteristics installed in a mobile terminal of a user through an application including: an evaluation target selection unit displaying a plurality of stored profile information so that the user selects an evaluation target; an evaluation item unit including a reference point and a plurality of characteristic items so that the user selects a characteristic for an action of the evaluation target and gives a score; and a data storage unit storing the characteristic and the score of the evaluation target given by the user in the evaluation item unit, wherein in the evaluation item unit, a characteristic item and a score of the evaluation target are given by performing a drag from the reference point toward a corresponding characteristic item by the user through a user's finger or a touch pen.
US11662878B1
A computer programming system includes a processor configured to receive computer code in a textual format, and cause a 3-D visual representation of a portion of an immersive 3-D environment to be displayed via a 3-D visual instrumentation, where the 3-D visual representation comprises a visualization of the computer code in the textual format. The system also includes the three-dimensional (3-D) visual instrumentation, communicatively coupled with the processor, and configured to receive the 3-D visual representation, and to present the 3-D visual representation. The system also includes a motion detection instrumentation communicatively coupled with the processor, where the motion detection instrumentation is configured to receive a motion input, and where the 3-D visual representation within the immersive 3-D environment is adjusted based on the motion input. The system also includes an input device communicatively coupled with the processor, where the input device is configured to enable modifications to the computer code, and where the processor is configured to incorporate the modifications to the computer code into the immersive 3-D environment.
US11662874B2
Conventional methods for developing responsive application screens or UI screens, as per the desired wireframes is a time consuming and erroneous. The embodiments herein provide a method and system for automatically transforming wireframe screens to responsive application screens using a User Interface (UI) editor. The UI editor supported by a model editor enables user to select the controls that are present in the wireframe with its text, text properties, layout, color, background, borders and many more properties which are related to its visual appearance. Further, corresponding specification for the user selected requirements of the wireframe is generated automatically. The user can edit the specifications, for any changes required. Further, the UI editor converts the specifications to a technological independent model, which can be imported into UI models and followed by code conversion to the required technology stack. User can modify the imported specifications before going to code conversion.
US11662873B2
A gaming system and processor module are therefore adapted to support simultaneous execution of two or more operating system instances. Program code is provided for play of the game uses two or more cooperating component processes partitioned such that at least one of the component processes executes using a first operating system instance, and at least one other cooperating component process executes using a further operating system instance. Each operating system instance may execute in its own virtual machine.
US11662869B2
Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.
US11662862B2
An input sensing device includes a base layer. A first electrode member includes first sensing electrodes arranged along a first direction on the base layer. Each of the first sensing electrodes includes a first opening exposing the base layer. A first pressure sensing electrode is disposed in the first opening and is insulated from the first sensing electrodes. The first pressure sensing electrode includes a first sensing cell and a second sensing cell. The first sensing cell includes first branch electrodes each extending in a third direction. The second sensing cell includes second branch electrodes each extending in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction.
US11662860B2
A reference position setting method includes: a process of displaying at least three markers on an operation surface; a process of acquiring coordinate values of a sensor coordinate system; a process of transforming the acquired coordinate value into coordinate values of a temporary coordinate system; and a process of transforming the transformed coordinate values into coordinate values of a screen coordinate system. At least one of parallel movement and rotation is performed with respect to the sensor coordinate system to transform the sensor coordinate system into the temporary coordinate system. Movement of the temporary coordinate system in a direction parallel to a plane including a second X-axis and a second Y-axis, and enlargement or reduction of the temporary coordinate system are performed to transform the temporary coordinate system into the screen coordinate system.
US11662858B2
A terminal device such as a smartphone displays a first image on a display unit, and outputs a second image including the first image as a part to a display device such as a navigation device. Also, the terminal device obtains relative position information indicating a relative positional relation of the first image with respect to the second image from an external server. When a user makes a touch input to the second image displayed on the display device, the input position is transmitted from the display device to the terminal device. The terminal device obtains the conversion necessity information indicating whether or not the input position on the second image needs to be converted based on the relative position information, and converts the input position on the second image to the input position on the first image based on the relative position information when the conversion is necessary.
US11662857B2
The embodiment applies a two-level coding/decoding technology using a spread spectrum code and an orthogonal code, whereby touch sensing can be robust against noise, a touch sensing time can be reduced, and touch sensitivity can be enhanced.
US11662847B2
A touch screen display includes a display, a video graphics processing module, electrodes integrated into at least a portion of the display, and drive-sense circuits coupled to the electrodes. The drive-sense circuits, when enabled and concurrent with the display rendering frames of data into the visible images, detect changes in electrical characteristics of electrodes. At least some drive-sense circuits monitor sensor signals on at least some electrodes. A sensor signal includes a drive signal component and a receive signal component. The at least some drive-sense circuits generate the drive signal components of the sensor signals. The receive signal component is a representation of a change in an electrical characteristic of an electrode of the at least some electrodes when a corresponding drive signal component is applied to the electrode. The change in the electrical characteristic of the electrode is indicative of a proximal touch to the touch screen display.
US11662842B2
The present application provides a transmitter including a first sensor and a processing module electrically coupled to the first sensor. The processing module is configured to transmit a first electric signal during a first time period. The first electric signal represents at least one part of a digital sensing value of the first sensor.
US11662839B1
An information handling system stylus includes components to support active tip writing inputs at a touchscreen display with the active tip powered by a rechargeable battery. An accelerometer and microphone included in the housing cooperate to manage battery life with instructions executed on a processing resource included in the accelerometer and/or microphone. The instructions apply different wake behaviors to manage stylus power consumption based upon whether the stylus couples to and information handling system, such as monitoring stylus motion with different wake intervals and monitoring for predetermined acceleration profiles, such as walking, falling and rolling.
US11662816B2
A method and system for providing a user with virtual objects within an environment, characterizing interactions with the virtual objects using a brain computer interface, and modulating features of the virtual objects based upon improved classifiers associated with the interactions. The method and system can be used to rapidly customize virtual objects to a specific user in applications related to increasing engagement with traditional and new media content, virtual and augmented reality products, streamlining interactions with input devices in digital and physical environments, providing user authentication tools, providing more secure cybersecurity features, and delivering tailored content to users.
US11662814B2
A sight positioning method, a head-mounted display device, a computer device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: determining a first transform relation and a second transform relation, where the first transform relation is a transform relation between an image coordinate system and a light source coordinate system, and the second transform relation is a transform relation between the light source coordinate system and a display unit coordinate system; calculating coordinates of a pupil center in the image coordinate system according to an eye image of eyes of a user acquired by the image acquisition equipment; and obtaining coordinates of the pupil center serving as a fixation point position in the display unit coordinate system of the display unit according to the coordinates of the pupil center in the image coordinate system, the first transform relation and the second transform relation.
US11662811B2
A display system for a vehicle includes a display unit mounted to the vehicle and is selectively operable in a first mode as a holographic display and in a second mode as a mirror. Holographic images may include rear view images obtained from a camera or computer generated graphics. Holographic images are displayed at a virtual image plane behind the display to reduce the operator's eyes accommodation.
US11662809B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject image, a display unit configured to display image data generated with an output of the image sensor, a line-of-sight detector configured to detect a line of sight of a user viewing the display unit, a subject detector configured to detect a state of a subject from the image data, and a controller configured to control imaging according to the state of the subject at a gaze position corresponding to the line of sight in an imaging area of the image sensor.
US11662806B2
Systems and methods for predicting head pose for a rendering engine of an augmented or virtual reality device can include a recurrent neural network (RNN) that accepts a time series of head pose data and outputs a predicted head pose. The recurrent neural network can include one or more long short term memory (LSTM) units or gated recurrent units (GRUs). A fully connected (FC) layer can accept input from the RNN and output a 3 degree-of-freedom (DOF) head pose (e.g., angular orientation or spatial position) or a 6 DOF head pose (e.g., both angular orientation and spatial position). The rendering engine can use the predicted head pose to generate and display virtual content to the user at the time the user looks toward the position of the virtual content, which reduces system latency and improves user experience.
US11662804B2
Systems and methods for operating a controlled device via a wearable activation accessory that includes a sensor configured to detect relaxed and flexed conditions of muscles associated with clenching, flexing, and/or lateral displacement of a wearer's muscle, thereby allowing the wearer to generate control signals for a controlled element. The sensor is coupled to a controller, which has an output coupled to a control signal interface. The controller is programmed to receive and evaluate input signals from the sensor to determine whether or not they represent a command for the controlled device by assessing the input signals for a signal pattern indicative of a plurality of volitional muscle motion actions of a wearer of the wearable activation accessory. If/when the processor determines that the input signals represent a valid command, it decodes the command and transmits an associated control signal to the controlled device via the control signal interface.
US11662800B2
The electronic device with power-off partition includes a signal transmitting module, two repeater modules, and a working module. Each of the repeater modules includes a first power domain, a second power domain, and a transceiver circuit. A transmission path between the first power domain and the second power domain is maintained at a logic state when the second power domain is in power off mode. The transceiver circuit of one of the two repeater modules encodes a standby signal obtained from the signal transmitting module and transmits an encoded standby signal. The transceiver circuit of the other of the repeater modules decodes the encoded standby signal and transmits a decoded standby signal. The working module transmits, according to the decoded standby signal, a power-off signal to the transceiver circuits of the two repeater modules, so that the second power domains enter the power-off mode in response to the power-off signal.
US11662796B2
In some embodiments, an electronic device displays one or more representations of power usage of the electronic device, including across various periods of time and subperiods of time within those periods. In some embodiments, the displayed information reflects power usage both for periods of the display being on and periods of the display being off. In some embodiments, the displayed information includes power usage attributed to various mobile applications running on the electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays recommendations to reduce the usage of power by the electronic device, which a user has the option of applying. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays prose insight into power usage, indicating causes of the power usage.
US11662792B1
Determining utilization of a computing component, including: determining, of the power limits of the respective registers, a lowest power limit; determining an instantaneous power use of the computing component; determining a power-based utilization of the computing component based on i) the instantaneous power use of the computing component and ii) the lowest power limit indicated by the registers; identifying an instantaneous temperature and temperature limit of the computing component, and an ambient temperature of an environment of the computing component; determining a temperature-based utilization of the computing component based on the instantaneous temperature and the temperature limit of the computing component, and the ambient temperature of the environment; determining the utilization of the computing component based on a greater of the power-based utilization of the computing component and the temperature-based utilization of the computing component, and in response, adjusting execution of computer-implemented actions performed at the computing component.
US11662791B2
According to a first aspect, an industrial personal computer (IRC) (100) is provided. The IPC comprises: •a first housing module (10) having a first electronic component, an internal electric power supply device and a first electric connection portion; and •a second housing module (20′) having a second electronic component and a second electric connection portion, the first and the second housing modules being stacked along a stacking direction (SD), wherein the first and second connection portions form a connection bus along the stacking direction at least for transmitting electric power between the first and second housing modules; wherein •the second electronic component is an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) device (21); and •the IRC further comprising a power management controller (28).
US11662783B2
An electronic device having a detachable memory is provided with a docking connector, and includes a device body and a memory. The device body has an accommodating slot and a stopping portion provided corresponding to the accommodating slot, and the stopping portion and the accommodating slot jointly form a displacement space in between. The memory is provided with a connector and a protruding stopped portion. When the memory is accommodated in the accommodating slot, the stopped portion is moved along into the displacement space and is stopped by the stopping portion, and the connector is docked with the docking connector. Thus, the memory is provided with an anti-misplugging effect.
US11662778B2
A keyboard dock can include a keyboard coupling; a front surface; and a front spacer that extends outwardly from the front surface, where the front spacer and the front surface form a mobile device support.
US11662777B2
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.
US11662764B2
The invention is part of the field of computer technology. It describes the architecture of a secure automation system and a method for safe autonomous operation of a technical apparatus, in particular a motor vehicle. The architecture disclosed herein solves the problem that any Byzantine error in one of the complex subsystems of a distributed real-time computer system, regardless of whether the error was triggered by a random hardware failure, a design error in the software or an intrusion, must be recognized and controlled in such a way that no security-relevant incident occurs. The architecture includes four largely independent subsystems which are arranged hierarchically and each form an isolated Fault-Containment Unit (FCU). At the top of the hierarchy is a secure subsystem, which executes simple software on fault-tolerant hardware. The other three subsystems are insecure because they contain complex software executed on non-fault-tolerant hardware.
US11662761B2
A reference voltage circuit includes: a first and a second NPN transistor having a collector and a base shorted and diode-connected, the second NPN transistor having an emitter connected to a first potential node and operating at a higher current density; a first resistor connected in series with the first NPN transistor; a second resistor having one end connected to a circuit with the first NPN transistor and the first resistor connected in series; a third resistor having one end connected to the collector of the second NPN transistor; a connection point to which the other ends of the second and the third resistor are connected; an arithmetic amplifier circuit having an inverting input terminal, a non-inverting input terminal, and an output terminal respectively connected to the second resistor, the third resistor, and the connection point; and a current supply circuit connected to the collector of the first NPN transistor.
US11662747B2
An articulated fluid delivery unit (FDU) is disposed to deliver fluid remotely to, for example, a mating fluid connection housing assembly provided on a wellhead. Flow iron on the FDU preferably includes at least one swivel joint rated for high fluid pressure and high fluid volume flow. More preferably, the swivel joint has an internal diameter of not less than about 5 inches and is further capable of rotation while retaining an internal pressure of not less than about 10,000 psi.
US11662744B2
A system comprises a computer having a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to transmit a vehicle localization signal from a first vehicle, receive vehicle localization data for the first vehicle, the vehicle localization data generated based on receipt of the vehicle localization signal by a plurality of localization receivers of a vehicle movement space, determine, based on the vehicle localization data for the first vehicle, a position of the first vehicle in the vehicle movement space, determine a position of a second vehicle in the vehicle movement space relative to the position of the first vehicle, and command a first movement by the first vehicle based on the position of the first vehicle and the position of the second vehicle relative to the position of the first vehicle.
US11662737B2
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for validating location of a docking station for docking a mobile robot. In an example, a mobile robot system includes a docking station and a mobile cleaning robot. The mobile cleaning robot includes a drive system to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment including a docking area within a distance of the docking station, and a controller circuit to detect, from an image of the docking area, a presence or absence of one or more obstacles in the docking area. A notification may be generated to inform a user about the detected obstacles. The mobile device may generate a recommendation to the user to clear the docking area or reposition the docking station, or suggest one or more candidate locations for placing the docking station.
US11662736B2
Provided is a method for controlling movement of an autonomous mobile machine. The method includes that: a target path and a current state of the autonomous mobile machine are acquired; at least one preview distance is calculated according to a current speed; at least one preview point each corresponding to a respective one of the at least one preview distance is acquired according to the target path and the at least one preview distance; a lateral deviation from each preview point to a current position is calculated; a direction control angle parameter of a current control period is acquired according to the lateral deviation, the current speed and a preset parameter matching table; and the autonomous mobile machine is controlled to move according to the direction control angle parameter. Also provided are an apparatus for controlling movement of an autonomous mobile machine, a machine and a storage medium.
US11662733B2
A trajectory setting device that sets a trajectory of a host vehicle includes a first path generation unit configured to generate a first path by assuming all obstacles around the host vehicle to be stationary obstacles, a second path generation unit configured to generate a second path when the moving obstacle is assumed to move independently, a third path generation unit configured to generate a third path when the moving obstacle is assumed to move while interacting with at least one of the other obstacles or the host vehicle, a reliability calculation unit configured to calculate reliability of the second path and reliability of the third path, and a trajectory setting unit configured to set the trajectory for traveling from the first path, the second path, and the third path based on the reliability of the second path and the reliability of the third path.
US11662730B2
According to one embodiment, during a first planning cycle, a first lane boundary of a driving environment perceived by an ADV is determined using a first lane boundary determination scheme (e.g., current lane boundary), which has been designated as a current lane boundary determination scheme. A first trajectory is planned based on the first lane boundary to drive the ADV to navigate through the driving environment. The first trajectory is evaluated against a predetermined set of safety rules (e.g., whether it will collide or get too close to an object) to avoid a collision with an object detected in the driving environment. In response to determining that the first trajectory fails to satisfy the safety rules, a second lane determination boundary of the driving environment is determined using a second lane boundary determination scheme and a second trajectory is planned based on the second lane boundary to drive the ADV.
US11662727B2
A wide-area motion imaging system provides 360° persistent surveillance with a camera array that is small, light-weight, and operates at low power. The camera array is mounted on a tethered drone, which can hover at heights of up to 400′, and includes small imagers fitted with lenses of different fixed focal lengths. The tether provides power, communication, and a data link from the camera array to a ground processing server that receives, processes and stores the imagery. The server also collects absolute and relative position data from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) carried by the drone. The server uses this position data to correct the rolling shutter effect and to stabilize and georectify the final images, which can be stitched together and shown to a user live or in playback via a separate user interface.
US11662725B2
Provided is an electronic device including: a sensing device selected from a group including a radar and a lidar and installed in a vehicle to have a sensing zone directed to outside of the vehicle, the sensing device configured to obtain sensing data about an object; an image obtainer installed in the vehicle to have a field of view directed to the outside of the vehicle, the sensing device configured to obtain image data; and a controller including at least one processor configured to process the sensing data obtained by the sensing device and the image data obtained by the image obtainer, wherein the controller generates a first virtual driving path and a second virtual driving path based on the sensing data and the image data, and when a first boundary of the first virtual driving path and a second boundary of the second virtual driving path are located at different positions, provides a virtual driving path having a boundary closest to the vehicle between the first virtual driving path and the second virtual driving path as an actual driving path.
US11662712B2
A portable information handling system main housing portion has a transparent cover removeably coupled at an upper surface and sealed with an inflatable seal to aid desired cooling airflow. A pump fills the inflatable seal after the transparent cover closes over the housing and deflates the inflatable seal before release of the transparent cover to an open position. In one embodiment, the transparent cover integrates a liquid crystal display that presents operating condition of processing components visible within the housing through the transparent cover.
US11662707B2
A method for processing a part from a workpiece using an industrial cutting system. The method includes receiving first data corresponding to the part to be processed from the workpiece using the industrial cutting system. The method further includes receiving second data corresponding to expertise data generated over a time period. The method also includes identifying features of the part based on the first data and the second data. The method further includes generating a part program design including geometry data and processing parameters for at least one of the features of the part. The method also includes processing the part from the workpiece using the industrial cutting system based on the part program design.
US11662704B1
A control panel is used to control and/or monitor an automation system. The control panel may be removed from a mounted location to repair or replace the control panel. Replacement may be performed by a different provider of automation systems, potentially without prior notice to the current provider of the automation system. To alert the provider of the replacement, the control panel may use an anti-tamper switch to detect removal from the mounted location. A signal may be sent to a remote service system indicating the removal. If the control panel also loses AC power, or if the control panel loses all power, the remote service system may assume that the control panel is being replaced. In response, the remote service center may request that a customer service representative contact the customer to potentially retain the customer, recover equipment, or resolve any concerns about the automation system equipment.
US11662700B2
A simulation system comprising: a plurality of physical components, each corresponding to one of a plurality of physical component types, an attachment panel comprising an arrangement of attachment locations, such that one or more of the physical components are attachable to the attachment panel; a display system configured to provide a visualisation on or proximate one or both of the attachment panel and the plurality of physical components; a capture device configured to capture image data of a current status of the attachment panel and the plurality of physical components; and a controller, when at least one physical component is coupled to the attachment panel.
US11662686B2
An Oldham coupling having play in a rotational direction and being capable of transmitting a driving force. The Oldham coupling includes a developing drive gear as a first hub, a drive coupling as a second hub, and an intermediate member that transmits a driving force between the developing drive gear and the drive coupling. The developing drive gear includes a protruded portion that is fitted to a recessed portion of the intermediate member to transmit a driving force between the developing drive gear and the intermediate member. When seen in a rotational axis direction of the Oldham coupling, the shape of a protruded portion is a substantially rhombic shape.
US11662681B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a belt to be transported; an image forming body that forms an image on the belt or a recording medium that is transported by the belt; a moving mechanism that moves the belt in a movement direction extending in a thickness direction of the belt; a rotational member including a rotation shaft extending in the movement direction and a contact portion that is rotatable around the rotation shaft and that is in contact with a side surface of the belt regardless of a position of the belt in the movement direction; an acquirer that acquires a physical amount that changes due to rotation of the contact portion around the rotation shaft when the belt moves in a width direction; and a detector that detects a movement amount of the belt in the width direction based on the physical amount acquired by the acquirer.
US11662676B2
In an image forming apparatus, upon receipt of a printing instruction, a controller starts rotation of a heating member, starts rotation of a photoconductor drum when a standby time has elapsed from a time of the start of the rotation of the heating member, starts conveyance of a sheet after the start of the rotation of the photoconductor drum, and forms a toner image on the sheet after the start of the conveyance of the sheet. The controller is configured to be operated in one of selectable modes including a multicolor mode in which a toner image is formed using both of toner of a first color and a second color and a monochrome mode in which a toner image is formed using toner of the second color only. The standby time adopted in the monochrome mode is longer than the standby time adopted in the multicolor mode.
US11662675B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an apparatus body including a transfer member movable between a first position and a second position, an opening/closing member. The apparatus body includes a movement mechanism configured to move the transfer member in accordance with a movement of the opening/closing member. The movement mechanism includes a first movable member and a second movable member. The first movable member is configured to move a first end portion of the transfer member from the first position to the second position. The second movable member is configured to move a second end portion of the transfer member from the first position to the second position.
US11662667B2
The present application provides an exposure machine, relates to semiconductor integrated circuit manufacturing technologies. The exposure machine includes a machine platform, a shielding device, and a drive device; the machine platform is provided with a recess portion, the recess portion has a top opening, a base and a placement table are disposed in the recess portion, the placement table is configured to carry a mask carrier, and the mask carrier can be placed on the placement table through the top opening; and the machine platform is further provided with a drive device and a movable shielding device, when the shielding device is at an initial position, the shielding device covers the top opening, and when the mask carrier needs to be placed on the placement table through the top opening, the drive device opens the shielding device to expose the top opening.
US11662656B2
A mask includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer, an absorption layer and an absorption part. The substrate includes a mask image region and a mask frame region, wherein the mask frame region has a mask black border region adjacent to the mask image region. The reflective multilayer is disposed over the substrate. The absorption layer is disposed over the reflective multilayer. The absorption part is disposed in the reflective multilayer and the absorption layer and in the mask black border region, wherein an entire top surface of the absorption part is substantially flush with a top surface of the absorption layer.
US11662654B2
An illumination system for providing an illumination light beam is provided, which includes a light-source module, a scattering element and a light uniforming element. The light-source module emits an illumination light beam. The scattering element is between the light-source module and the light uniforming element, and has multiple scattering areas with different haze values. A haze value of a first scattering area that is close to a center of the scattering element is greater than a haze value of a second scattering area that is remote from the center. A projection device is also provided. A scattering element of the invention has multiple scattering areas with different haze values, and a haze value of one that is close to a center of the scattering element is greater than a haze value of the other that is remote from the center, thereby increasing light energy utilization.
US11662648B2
One embodiment of a lens driving device comprises: a housing supporting a first magnet; a bobbin provided on the inside of the first magnet, provided with a first coil on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and moving within the housing; a base disposed at the bottom of the bobbin; an upper elastic member provided at the top of the bobbin; and a supporting member disposed on a side surface of the housing, and having the bottom thereof coupled to the base, wherein a portion of the top of the supporting member may be coupled to the upper elastic member.
US11662647B2
The present invention provides an optical phase synchronization method characterized by involving applying a small phase modulation signal (dither signal) to local oscillator light, acquiring an error signal that is dependent on a phase shift, and controlling the phase shift. The present invention further provides an optical phase synchronization method characterized by involving inducing a specific phase pattern in dummy pulses in an optical resonator using injection light, applying phase modulation to the local oscillator light, and thereby acquiring a part of the measurement result of the dummy pulses as the error signal. The present invention is further characterized by arranging calculation pulses and phase synchronization dummy pulses in a distributed manner (for example, alternately) and increasing a pulse width using a narrow band electrical filter.
US11662645B2
A shaping encoder capable of improving the performance of PCS in nonlinear optical channels by performing the shaping in two or more stages. In an example embodiment, a first stage employs a shaping code of a relatively short block length, which is typically beneficial for nonlinear optical channels but may cause a significant penalty in the energy efficiency. A second stage then employs a shaping code of a much larger block length, which significantly reduces or erases the penalty associated with the short block length of the first stage while providing an additional benefit of good performance in substantially linear optical channels. In at least some embodiments, the shaping encoder may have relatively low circuit-implementation complexity and/or relatively low cost and provide relatively high energy efficiency and relatively high shaping gain for a variety of optical channels, including but not limited to the legacy dispersion-managed fiber-optic links.
US11662644B2
A frequency conversion laser system is configured with a single mode (SM) laser source outputting a pulsed pump beam at a fundamental frequency and a nonlinear optical system operating to convert the fundamental frequency sequentially to a second harmonic (SH) and then third harmonic (TH). The nonlinear optical system includes an elongated SHG crystal traversed by the SM pulsed pump beam which generates the SH beam. The SHG crystal has an output surface inclined relative to a longitudinal axis of the SHG crystal at a first wedge angle different from a right angle. The nonlinear optical system further has an elongated THG crystal with an input surface which is impinged upon by a remainder of the pump and SHG beams which propagate through the THG crystal at a walk-off angle therebetween to generate a third harmonic (TH) beam, the input surface of the THG crystal being inclined to a longitudinal axis of the THG crystal at a second wedge angle. The output and input surfaces of respective SHG and THG crystals are inclined so as to minimize the walk-off angle between SH and IR pointing vectors in the THG crystal thereby improving the conversion efficiency and TH output beam's ellipticity.
US11662638B2
An electro-optical device includes a wiring substrate including a wiring line, a common electrode, a conduction member that is electrically conductive, the conduction member being configured to electrically couple the wiring line and the common electrode, a pixel electrode disposed between the wiring substrate and the common electrode, and an electro-optical layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The wiring substrate includes: an insulating layer disposed between the wiring line and the common electrode, a conduction electrode between the insulating layer and the common electrode and in contact with the insulating layer, the conduction member being disposed at the conduction electrode, and a contact portion composed of a material different from the conduction electrode and penetrating the insulating layer, the contact portion being configured to electrically couple the conduction electrode and the wiring line.
US11662636B2
A display device includes a display panel including pixels, each including first, second, and third color pixels; a gate driver and a data driver connected to the pixel through a scan line and a data line, respectively. Each of the first, second, and third color pixels includes a color pixel electrode and a first transistor having a first electrode connected to the data line, a second electrode connected to the color pixel electrode, and a gate electrode connected to the scan line. A voltage distribution line is disposed to overlap the color pixel electrode of the third color pixel in a thickness direction extending in the second direction. A width of the second electrode of the first transistor of the third color pixel is greater than a width of that of each of the first and second color pixels in the first direction.
US11662630B2
A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area. The first display area includes a first liquid crystal layer and a driving circuit layer. The driving circuit layer includes a first driving unit group and a second driving unit. The first driving unit group is configured to drive the first liquid crystal layer. The second display area includes the second liquid crystal layer and the transparent connection layer, and the second driving unit group drives the second liquid crystal layer through the transparent connection layer, so to complete the display area of the display panel.
US11662621B2
Systems and methods for providing a display for an electronic device that includes a liquid crystal display panel assembly, a backlight assembly that includes a light source, and a spatially varying polarizer that provides phase retardation that varies as a function of propagation length away from the light source. The display may also include a linear polarizer and other optical components that improve the efficiency of the backlight assembly, thereby reducing power consumption, cost, space requirements, and provide other advantages.
US11662594B2
The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user's eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.
US11662590B2
An eye tracker having a first waveguide for propagating illumination light along a first waveguide path and propagating image light reflected from at least one surface of an eye along a second waveguide path. At least one grating lamina for deflecting the illumination light out of the first waveguide path towards the eye and deflecting the image light into the second waveguide path towards a detector is disposed adjacent an optical surface of the waveguide.
US11662588B2
A user may interact and view virtual elements such as avatars and objects and/or real world elements in three-dimensional space in an augmented reality (AR) session. The system may allow one or more spectators to view from a stationary or dynamic camera a third person view of the users AR session. The third person view may be synchronized with the user view and the virtual elements of the user view may be composited onto the third person view.
US11662583B2
A head mounted display includes a combiner configured to receive display light from a micro-display. The world-facing surface of the combiner has a curvature that corresponds to a user's vision correction prescription. The head mounted display also includes a corrective layer having a second curvature that corresponds to the user's vision correction prescription. The corrective layer is disposed on the eye-facing surface of the combiner such that the focal point of the display light is adjusted for the specific user as the display light exits the combiner towards the user's eye.
US11662577B2
To adjust the size or brightness of augmented reality information provided through an electronic device, the present disclosure provides an electronic device comprising an optical driving assembly including an image source panel for emitting image light, an optical element wherein the emitted image light is incident and totally reflected, a plurality of pin mirrors distributed in a region of the optical element and for deepening a depth of the image light reached, and a variable lens member provided at one point of an optical path before reaching the plurality of pin mirrors to vary a region where the image light reaches among the region where the plurality of pin mirrors are provided.
US11662564B2
A shield coating on a microscope slide, and particularly a selective application of a paraffin layer to shield biomaterials and inorganic chemical deposits from microbial attack and oxidation, and more particularly, an application of a paraffin layer on a microscope slide as an exposure shield over deposited biomaterial reactive targets. The paraffin shield layer blocks the biomaterial and chemical targets from exposure, which may lead to degradation due to oxidation and provides resistance to fungal growth, while using the existing stain processing steps to remove the paraffin from the shield and co-resident tissue section.
US11662560B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a rear unit including one or more lens units. Distances between adjacent lens units change during zooming. The first lens unit includes a negative lens made of resin. The rear unit includes a positive lens made of resin. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US11662558B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera lens group including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens having refractive power with a concave image-side surface; a stop; a second lens having positive refractive power with a convex image-side surface; a third lens having refractive power with a concave image-side surface; a fourth lens having positive refractive power with a convex image-side surface; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power with a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. A maximum effective radius DT11 of an object-side surface of the first lens and half of a maximal field-of-view Semi-FOV of the camera lens group satisfy: 2.50 mm−1
US11662552B2
An optical imaging system includes a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens, arranged in order from an object side. The first lens is shaped such that a length of a first axis, which intersects an optical axis, is greater than a length of a second axis, which intersects the optical axis and is perpendicular to the first axis. The optical imaging system satisfies 4.5
US11662551B2
An optical lens assembly includes four lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an imaging optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point in an off-axis region thereof.
US11662549B2
The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a substrate; a first image sensor disposed on the substrate; a second image sensor disposed on the substrate while being spaced apart from the first image sensor; a housing disposed on the upper side of the substrate; a first bobbin disposed on the upper side of the first image sensor inside the housing; a second bobbin disposed on the upper side of the second image sensor inside the housing; a first coil disposed in the first bobbin; a second coil disposed in the second bobbin; and a first magnet which is disposed between the first coil and the second coil and faces the first coil and the second coil.
US11662548B2
A lens driving apparatus includes an imaging lens assembly, a driving mechanism and a carrier element. The imaging lens assembly includes at least one plastic lens element. The plastic element includes an effective optical portion, a peripheral portion and a light-shielding layer. The peripheral portion surrounds the effective optical portion. The light-shielding layer is disposed on an object side of the peripheral and surrounds the effective optical portion. The driving mechanism includes at least one coil and at least one magnet. The magnet is disposed correspondingly with the coil. Both of the plastic element and the one of the coil and the magnet are directly connected with the carrier element. An outer surface of the carrier element includes an assembling structure. The assembling structure is directly contacted with one of the coil and the magnet. The assembling structure and the carrier element are made integrally.
US11662547B2
A multifocal display device has a focus tunable lens, a controller, and a storage. The controller selectively tunes the focus of the lens to a plurality of focal planes of different index during a frame per A focal plane of lower index has a shorter focal distance. The storage stores a plurality of focal plane groups, each group including the plurality of focal planes in a different sequence. The controller selects a first group and tunes, during a first frame period, the focus of the lens to each one of the focal planes in the first group according to their sequence, and selects a second group from groups allowed by a selection rule, and tunes, during a second frame period, the focus of the lens to each one of the focal planes in the second group according to their sequence.
US11662544B2
Disclosed is a lens holding block for positioning and retaining a lens substrate in a processing machine, including a bottom part that is able to immobilize the lens holding block in the processing machine and an upper part. The upper part includes a chamber wherein is housed and attached a porous article so as to receive the lens substrate to be processed and which is able to be impregnated with a fluid, and a method for positioning and retaining a lens substrate onto a lens holding block.
US11662543B2
A multi-group lens assembly (10), a camera module (100), and an electronic device (200) therefore are provided. The multi-group lens assembly (10) includes at least two group units (11 and 12). At least a first gap (15) is provided between the at least two adjacent group units (11 and 12) to compensate a difference between the multi-group lens assembly (10) and an optical design system, thus allowing an optical system of the multi-group lens assembly conform to the optical design system of the present invention.
US11662541B2
This disclosure describes optoelectronic modules with locking assemblies and methods for manufacturing the same. The locking assemblies, in some instances, can improve mounting steps during manufacturing and can increase the useful lifetime of the optoelectronic modules into which they are incorporated. The locking assemblies can include overmold protrusions, and optical element housing protrusions, as well as locking edges incorporated into overmold housing components.
US11662538B2
A telecommunications device includes a rack defining right, left, front, rear, top, and bottom sides, the rack defining mounting locations in a stacked arrangement from the bottom to the top, the mounting locations for receiving modules defining connection locations. A cable storage bay is located at one of the right and left sides of the rack and defines front and rear cable storage areas. Both the front and rear cable storage areas include cable management structures for managing and guiding cables toward and away from the connection locations. A trough is defined at the top of the rack, the trough configured for extending cables to other racks in a front to rear direction, the trough also defining a cable drop-off communicating with the cable storage bay for extending cables to either of the front or rear cable storage areas for further connection to the connection locations.
US11662531B2
A ferrule holder assembly can support groupings of a transceiver ferrules in an optical connector interface of an optical transceiver. A first holder body holds a first grouping of transceiver ferrules and has a holder-to-holder interface. A second, typically identical, holder body holds a second grouping of transceiver ferrules. The holder-to-holder interface of the first holder body engages the holder-to-holder interface of the second holder body to operatively align the first holder body with the second holder body to position the first grouping of transceiver ferrules and the second grouping of transceiver ferrules in the optical connector interface for making optical connections to one or more optical connectors plugged into the optical connector interface. The ferrule holder assembly can be used in combination with pre-terminated fiber arrays to couple an optical interface to a circuit board in a transceiver.
US11662529B2
A multi-fiber, fiber optic connector is provided having a housing having a first end for receiving a multi-fiber fiber optic cable and a second end having openings for the fibers from the cable. First and second keys for setting the polarity of the fibers within the connector located on opposing sides of the connector. The connector has either one of guide pins or guide pin receiving holes for guiding the connection with a second connector. The keys are movable between a first active position and a second retracted position, such that when one of the keys is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a first polarity and when the second key is in the first active position, the fibers are presented within the connector in a second polarity reversed from the first polarity.
US11662526B1
An optical structure includes a grating coupler and a microlens. The grating coupler is configured to receive a laser light. The microlens is above the grating coupler, in which a metal shielding covers the microlens and has an opening to allow the laser light entering an effective coupling region of the grating coupler.
US11662522B2
An optical waveguide device includes first and second waveguides formed parallel to each other. The first waveguide includes a first rib and a first slab. The first slab is formed in a region between the first rib and the second waveguide. The second waveguide includes a second rib, a second slab and a third slab. The second rib is provided between the second slab and the third slab. The first and second slabs are integrally formed. At one end of the optical waveguide device, a first effective refractive index that indicates an effective refractive index of a TEi mode in the first waveguide is higher than a second effective refractive index that indicates an effective refractive index of a TEj mode in the second waveguide. At another end, the first effective refractive index is lower than the second effective refractive index.
US11662519B2
A tunable element for an optical waveguide device, such as an Optical Phased Array (OPA), is described. Tunable element comprises three waveguide sections arranged such that light propagates through the first waveguide section, then through the second waveguide section and then through the third waveguide section, with light being either evanescently or directly coupled from one waveguide section to the next. The tunable element further comprises one or more resistive heating pad formed proximate to the second waveguide section. The first and third waveguide sections are formed from a first material and the second waveguide section is formed from a second, different material and the second material is more thermo-optically sensitive than the first material.
US11662518B2
A hollow core photonic crystal fiber (PCF) including an outer cladding region and seven hollow tubes surrounded by the outer cladding region. Each of the hollow tubes is fused to the outer cladding to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region surrounded by the inner cladding region. The hollow tubes are not touching each other, but are arranged with distance to adjacent hollow tubes. The hollow tubes each have an average outer diameter d2 and an average inner diameter d1, wherein d1/d2 is equal to or larger than about 0.8, such as equal to or larger than about 0.85, such as equal to or larger than about 0.9. Also, a laser system.
US11662513B2
Methods based on growth pattern models are utilized to determine patterns of reflective dots in optical combiners or other components for augmented reality (AR), head mounted displays (HMD) and/or head up display (HUD) applications. Optical combiners including the reflective dots arranged in the grown patterns are provided.
US11662509B2
An article including a reflector with a reflectance band that is substantially constant as a function of an incidence angle; a polymeric multilayer film packet including a front surface partial reflector with a reflectivity that increases with an increasing incidence angle away from the normal; and a wavelength-selective absorber with a transmission band that at least partially coincides with the reflectance band of the reflector.
US11662503B2
Discloses is a precipitation measuring apparatus using a fiber Bragg grating sensor, which includes: a base horizontally installed at a position for measuring precipitation; a cylindrical cover fixedly installed on the base; a bucket for collecting a predetermined amount of water introduced into the cover to discharge the collected water; and a detecting unit for detecting the number of times of discharging the water from the bucket by using the fiber Bragg grating sensor, wherein the change in the load applied onto the water collecting tank at a predetermined amount of water discharged from the bucket is detected using the fiber Bragg grating sensor, and the amount of precipitation is precisely measured using the number of changes in the wavelength of the light outputted from the fiber Bragg grating sensor.
US11662498B2
A method of calculating the temperature of a geological structure is disclosed, wherein there is provided a magnetic parameter of the geological structure. The method includes inverting the magnetic parameter to estimate the temperature of the geological structure.
US11662497B2
An apparatus and methods for detecting drill pipe connection joints via magnetic flux leakage. An apparatus may include a magnet operable to magnetize a portion of a drill string extending out of a wellbore that extends into a subterranean formation below a drill rig and a sensor operable to facilitate magnetic flux measurements indicative of an amount of magnetic flux that leaked from the drill string along the magnetized portion of the drill string. The apparatus may further comprise a processing device having a processor and a memory storing a computer program code, wherein the processing device is operable to receive the magnetic flux measurements and detect a connection joint between adjacent drill pipes of the drill string based on the magnetic flux measurements.
US11662496B2
Methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for implementing acoustic logging and determining wellbore material characteristics. In some embodiments, a method may include determining a polar differential signal for each of one or more pairs of azimuthally offset acoustic measurements within a wellbore. A reference azimuth is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the polar differential signals to a modeled bonding differential signal within a target response window. The method further includes determining differences between an acoustic measurement at the reference azimuth and acoustic measurements at one or more other azimuths and determining a wellbore material condition based, at least in part, on the determined differences.
US11662495B2
An acoustic logging tool may comprise a center load carrying pipe, a receiver module connected to the center load carrying pipe, one or more transmitter modules connected to the center load carrying pipe, and one or more mass modules connected to the center load carrying pipe.
US11662494B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system to locate seismic data acquisition units in a marine environment. The system can include a first seismic data acquisition unit. The first seismic data acquisition unit can include a case having a wall defining an internal compartment, a power source, a clock, a seismic data recorder, and at least one geophone disposed within the case. The system can include a flexible connector and a telltale component, wherein the flexible connector and the telltale component can be stored adjacent to the first seismic data acquisition unit, wherein a second seismic data acquisition unit is coupled with the first seismic data acquisition unit.
US11662493B2
A method for enhancing properties of geophysical data with deep learning networks. Geophysical data may be acquired by positioning a source of sound waves at a chosen shot location, and measuring back-scattered energy generated by the source using receivers placed at selected locations. For example, seismic data may be collected using towed streamer acquisition in order to derive subsurface properties or to form images of the subsurface. However, towed streamer data may be deficient in one or more properties (e.g., at low frequencies). To compensate for the deficiencies, another survey (such as an Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN) survey) may be sparsely acquired in order to train a neural network. The trained neural network may then be used to compensate for the towed streamer deficient properties, such as by using the trained neural network to extend the towed streamer data to the low frequencies.
US11662491B2
Methods and apparatus are described for performing a 4D monitor marine seismic survey that repeats a previous survey. A number of sources may be used during the 4D monitor survey that differs from a number of sources that were used during the previous survey. Shot points from the previous survey are repeated by the 4D monitor survey, and additional shot points may be produced during the 4D monitor survey that were not produced during the previous survey. Embodiments enable efficiency and data quality improvements to be captured during 4D survey processes, while preserving repeatability.
US11662489B2
There is described a method of making an acoustic sensor having a frequency response approximating a desired frequency response. The method comprises wrapping optical fiber around a core according to a wrapping pattern. The wrapping pattern is determined from an impulse response of the acoustic sensor. The impulse response is determined from the desired frequency response of the acoustic sensor.
US11662481B2
A radiation detection apparatus can include a scintillator to emit scintillating light in response to absorbing radiation; a photosensor to generate an electronic pulse in response to receiving the scintillating light; an analyzer to determine a characteristic of the radiation; and a housing that contains the scintillator, the photosensor, and the analyzer, wherein the radiation detection apparatus to is configured to allow functionality be changed without removing the analyzer from the housing. The radiation detection apparatus can be more compact and more rugged as compared to radiation detection apparatuses that include a photomultiplier tube.
US11662480B2
The present disclosure provides an image sensor and electronic equipment. The image sensor includes: a pixel array, comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein a light-transmitting part is disposed between adjacent pixels; a protective layer, covering at least a part of a surface of the pixel; a conversion layer, configured to convert X-ray into visible light; wherein when X-ray is incident from a side of the image sensor, a portion of the X-ray is incident on the protective layer, another portion of X-ray transmits through the light-transmitting part between the pixels, reaches the conversion layer, and is converted into visible light by the conversion layer and received by the pixel. With the above solution, the pixels can be protected from the damage of X-ray high-energy photons while improving the resolution of the captured X-ray image.
US11662475B2
A navigation receiver, a navigation system and a method of time stamping asynchronous sensor measurements is provided. Sensor measurement data is received at a first port. A signal pulse is received at a second port. The signal pulse represents a time of measurement according to a first time domain of the received sensor measurement data. Based on the received signal pulse, a timestamp according to a second time domain is generated. The generated timestamp is associated in the second time domain with the received sensor measurement data.
US11662467B2
A LIDAR system including a MEMS scanning device is disclosed. The LIDAR system includes a light source, a light deflector, a sensor, and a processor. The light deflector deflects light from the light source or light received from an environment outside a vehicle in which the LIDAR system is installed. The sensor detects the light received from the light source or the environment. The processor determines a distance of one or more objects in the environment from the vehicle based on the signals from the sensor. The light deflector includes one or more actuators, which include one or more actuating arms. Connectors connect the actuating arms to an MEMS mirror or other deflector. The actuating arms move when subjected to an electrical field in the form of a voltage or current. Movement of the actuating arms causes movement of the MEMS mirror or deflector causing it to deflect light.
US11662459B2
A synthetic-aperture-radar-signal processing device includes a range bin selection unit which selects, from an observed image, range bins including a signal from an isolated reflection point, a phase evaluation unit which evaluates phases in an azimuth direction in the range bins, a window function multiplication unit which designs a window function on the basis of results of the evaluation by the phase evaluation unit and multiply the range bins by the window function, and a phase error correction unit which corrects the observed image by estimating a phase error from the range bins multiplied by the window function.
US11662455B2
A radar data processing device includes at least one analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to digitize a plurality of input signals, wherein each input signal includes radar chirp and radar chirp reflection information received at one of a plurality of receiver antennas. The radar data processing device also includes Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) logic configured to generate FFT output samples based on each digitized input signal, wherein at least some of the generated FFT output samples are across antenna FFT output samples associated with at least two of the plurality of receiver antennas. The radar data processing device also includes a processor configured to determine a plurality of object parameters based on at least some of the generated FFT output samples, wherein the processor uses a neural network classifier trained to provide a confidence metric for at least one of the plurality of object parameters.
US11662454B2
Systems and methods for operating radar systems. The methods comprise, by a processor: receiving point cloud information generated by at least one radar device and a spatial description for an object; generating a plurality of point cloud segments by grouping data points of the point cloud information based on the spatial description; arranging the point cloud segments in a temporal order to define a radar tentative track; performing dealiasing operations using the radar tentative track to generate tracker initialization information; and using the tracker initialization information to generate a track for the object.
US11662452B2
A method with three-dimensional (3D) position measuring using a radio detection and ranging (radar) sensor includes: transmitting, through the radar sensor, a transmission signal of which a carrier frequency varies over time; obtaining, through the radar sensor, a reflected signal from the transmission signal being reflected by an object; obtaining a beat frequency signal indicating a frequency difference between the transmission signal and the reflected signal; and estimating 3D position information of the object based on groups of sample data of different frequency bands extracted from the beat frequency signal.
US11662450B2
An occupant detection device (e.g., sensor) may include an occupant detection circuit (e.g., a radar occupant detection circuit) and a control circuit. The occupant detection circuit may determine the location of an occupant in a space with reference to a global coordinate associated with the detection circuit and the control circuit may transform the location of the occupant into a local coordinate system associated with a region of interest in the space. The control circuit may use the location information to determine whether the occupant has entered or left the region of interest and adjust an occupant count for the region of interest based on the determination. The control circuit may acquire knowledge about the region of interest during a configuration or commissioning procedure.
US11662445B2
In one embodiment, a computing system may transmit, using one or more light emitters, light beams of different wavelengths simultaneously into a surrounding environment. The system may determine a characteristic of the surrounding environment based on reflections of the light beams. In response to a determinization that the characteristic of the surrounding environment satisfies a criterion, the system may configure the one or more light emitters to transmit light beams of different wavelengths sequentially into the surrounding environment for measuring distances to one or more objects in the surrounding environment.
US11662438B2
An apparatus in the field of optics technology, can include a reflector, a reflector substrate, and an extinction component. The reflector can be mounted on the reflector substrate. The extinction component can be arranged on a front surface of the reflector substrate. The reflector can be configured to reflect incident light signals. The extinction component can be configured to reduce the scattered light produced by the incident light signal on the reflector substrate. An optical scanning device (for example, lidar) having such features may greatly reduce the scattered light inside the lidar, reduce the detection blind area caused by the stray light, and greatly improve the receiving and detecting capabilities of the lidar.
US11662435B2
In one embodiment, a chip-scale LiDAR device can include a chip with three layers. The first layer includes a number of micromechanical system (MEMS) mirrors. The second layer includes a laser source; a beam splitter connected to the laser source; a number of waveguides, each connected to the beam splitter; and a number of beam deflectors, each beam deflector coupled with one of the number of waveguides. The third layer includes a receiving unit for receiving and processing reflected laser signals of one or more laser beams from the laser source. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are vertically attached to each other using either wafer bonding and/or solder bonding.
US11662433B2
In a distance measuring apparatus, an irradiating unit irradiates a measurement region with a pattern light comprised of first and second luminous patterns. The second luminous pattern has a relatively low intensity lower than the intensity of the first luminous pattern. A light receiving sensor receives, for each pixel, a return light component based on reflection of the pattern light by a target object. A measurement controller determines whether an intensity of each return light component received by the corresponding pixel satisfies a measurement condition, and obtains, as effective distance information, at least one distance value of at least one pixel of the light receiving sensor when it is determined that the intensity of the return light component received by the at least one pixel satisfies the measurement condition.
US11662432B2
A survey tool for determining position and orientation (P&O) thereof relative to a construction site is provided herein. The survey tool may include: a moveable platform wherein the moveable platform is configured to rotate at least one two-axis electro-optic deflection unit mounted on the moveable platform; at least one light source coupled to the two-axis electro-optic deflection unit configured to project a light beam, wherein steering of the light beam is carried out by operating at least one of: the two-axis electro-optic deflection unit, and the moveable platform, and wherein the light beam forms a projection onto surfaces within the construction site; at least one sensor configured to record at least one of: a steering angle and, a distance between the survey tool and said point; and at least one computer processor configured to determine the P&O of the survey tool relative to the construction site.
US11662430B2
In an embodiment, a method for testing a millimeter-wave radar module includes: providing power to the millimeter-wave radar module; performing a plurality of tests indicative of a performance level of the millimeter-wave radar module; comparing respective results from the plurality of tests with corresponding test limits; and generating a flag when a result from a test of the plurality of test is outside the corresponding test limits, where performing the plurality of tests includes: transmitting a signal with a transmitting antenna coupled to a millimeter-wave radar sensor, modulating the transmitted signal with a test signal, and capturing first data from a first receiving antenna using an analog-to-digital converter of the millimeter-wave radar sensor, where generating the flag includes generating the flag based on the captured first data.
US11662429B2
There are provided methods and systems configured to perform calibration of antenna array systems, for example during production, avoiding the use of external setups or external measurements. The method comprising: (i) measuring the delay of a dedicated calibration transmission line for each SUT, for example during production, using internal built-in system capabilities; (ii) comparing the measured delay to a known delay of an identical transmission line of a reference system; (iii) computing, based on this comparison, compensation values with respect to the reference system of delay (or phase), for all transmission lines of the SUT; (iv) calibrating the SUT using the computed compensation values for all transmission lines of the SUT.
US11662424B2
A radar apparatus and a leakage correction method thereof are provided. The radar apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes a sinewave signal generator. The sinewave signal generator generates a sinewave signal. The receiver includes another sinewave signal generator and a correcting circuit. The receiver receives transmitting signals including the sinewave signal from the transmitter. The sinewave signal generator of the receiver generates another sinewave signal according to the amplitude of the transmitting signals or received transmitting signals. The correcting circuit corrects leakage situation on the received transmitting signals according to another sinewave signal. The phasor of sinewave form corresponding to the leakage situation relates to the phasor of another sinewave signal. Accordingly, the performance of receiver may be improved effectively.
US11662419B2
Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) transmits a request for a first set of base stations to transmit on demand positioning reference signals (PRS) in a first band, measures the on demand PRS from the first set of base stations in the first band, measures periodic PRS from a second set of base stations operating in a second band, and sends, to a positioning entity, positioning measurements of at least the on demand PRS and the periodic PRS.
US11662409B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for determining a valid parameter dataset for a protocol for an MRT examination by a MRT facility. The apparatus includes an input facility for importing a set of parameters to be used for performing the MRT examination; an interface for capturing at least one system value which represents an availability of a system resource for the MRT examination; a processor for calculating system resources required to perform the MRT examination using the imported parameters, and for executing a prepare function, which checks whether, with regard to the captured system values, the imported parameters are implementable in the MRT examination. If the parameters are not implementable, the processor is configured to calculate a modifying function for modifying the imported parameters based on the current system values and the required system resources and modify the imported parameters in accordance with the calculated modifying function.
US11662402B2
A radio-frequency (RF) coil for use in a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system and methods of making the same are provided. The RF coil may include a conductor arranged on a substrate in an arrangement such that symmetry in the arrangement cancels at least a portion of a common mode voltage when a current is passed through the conductor. The RF coil may be included in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for imaging a patient having at least one B0 magnet for generating a B0 magnetic field.
US11662391B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic adjustments to battery parameters using battery metrics. The device may be configured to determine a first value indicative of a battery voltage output during a first time interval, determine a second value indicative of a temperature during the first time interval, and determine a first acceleration factor for the battery during the first time interval based at least in part on the first value and the second value. The device may determine an adjusted number of charge cycles completed during the first time interval using the first acceleration factor, determine a total adjusted number of charge cycles of the battery, determine that the total adjusted number of charge cycles is equal to or greater than a first threshold, and cause the first maximum output voltage value to be reduced.
US11662389B2
Sensors and methods for determining the state of charge of a battery are described. The state of charge is determined in some instances by applying a current perturbation having a frequency to the battery terminals, monitoring the response signal, and determining the phase of the response signal. The phase may be correlated to the state of charge of the battery, so that once the phase is determined, a determination of the state of charge of the battery may be made. In some situations, the state of charge may be used to determine the operating condition of a load connected to the battery. In some embodiments, the state of charge may be used to determine whether the battery is defective.
US11662386B2
A method for inspecting self-discharge of a power storage device includes: a) continuously applying a continuous power-supply voltage to the power storage device that has been charged in advance from an external power supply to a first device voltage), the continuous power-supply voltage being higher than the first device voltage and having a constant magnitude; b) detecting a power-supply current flowing from the external power supply to the power storage device; and c) determining a self-discharge state of the power storage device based on the detected power-supply current.
US11662383B2
An integrated circuit (IC) device and a method for communicating test data utilizes test control circuitry, and a test controller. The test controller is coupled with the test control circuitry and decodes packetized test pattern data to identify configuration data for the test controller and test data for the test control circuitry. The test controller further communicates the test data to the test control circuitry, and packetizes resulting data received from the test control circuitry. The resulting data corresponds to errors identified by a test performed based on the test pattern data.
US11662381B2
Aspects of the invention include a phase rotator, that is located at a built-in self-test (BIST) path of a receiver, receiving a clock signal from an on-chip clock. The phase rotator shifts the phases of the clock signal. The phase rotator transmits the shifted clock signal to a binary sequence generator, that is located at the receiver. The binary sequence generator outputs a binary sequence, where the binary sequence generator is driven by the shifted clock signal.
US11662376B2
An on-die early lifetime failure detection system with a reliability mechanism isolation circuit provides an early lifetime failure detection. The system measures and monitors reliability at time-0 (t0) and end-of-life. The measurements enable detection of latent reliability or marginality issues during the lifetime of the product. The system includes: a stress controller to adjust voltage for a power supply and voltage for a ground supply in accordance with one or more sensors; and an aging detector circuitry coupled to the stress controller, wherein the aging detector circuitry comprises a ring oscillator having delay stages, wherein each delay stage comprises an aging monitor circuitry, wherein the stress controller to adjust voltage for a power supply and voltage for a ground supply of the delay stage.
US11662373B2
A method of diagnosing a load port includes identifying a plurality of entities for a plurality of substrate storage containers by a plurality of load ports capable of transferring a substrate into and out of the plurality of substrate storage containers; detecting directly or indirectly a plurality of states of the plurality of substrate storage containers by a plurality of sensors provided at the plurality of load ports; associating the plurality of load ports, the plurality of entities and a plurality of sensor values, with each other; accumulating, in a database, data associated in the act of associating the plurality of load ports, the plurality of entities, and the plurality of sensor values; and analyzing the data in the database and determining a state of each of the plurality of load ports.
US11662370B2
A frequency spectrum detection system including: a frequency-scan light source, a phase modulator, an optical filter, an optical fiber, a photodetector, a power divider, an electric amplifier, a combiner, an electric filter, and an oscilloscope. The frequency-scan light source, the phase modulator, the optical filter, the photodetector, and the electric amplifier form a ring-shaped optoelectronic oscillator resonant cavity, which is configured to generate a frequency-scan signal. The combiner is configured to receive a signal to be measured. The phase modulator is configured to modulate the combined electrical signal onto a frequency-scan optical signal. The optical filter is configured to selectively attenuate or amplify one sideband of double sidebands of the double-sideband phase-modulated optical signal. The photodetector is configured to detect a signal filtered by the optical filter.
US11662369B2
A split core current transformer (CT) includes a first CT core half and a first housing that houses the first CT core half. The split core CT includes a second core half and a housing that houses the second CT core half. The split core CT includes a first set of bushings configured to flexibly couple the first insulative body to the first housing to maintain contact between faces of the first CT core half and faces of the second CT core half.
US11662367B2
An inspection apparatus includes: a probe card having a probe to be in contact with an object to be inspected; an upper module having a mounting portion on which the object to be inspected is mounted; a movement mechanism that is configured to support the upper module to be liftable and lowerable and that is able to move the upper module in a horizontal direction; and a lifting and lowering mechanism that is provided under the movement mechanism and that is able to push up the upper module toward the probe card, wherein an axis passing through a point of action of a pushing force when the lifting and lowering mechanism pushes up the upper module and an axis passing through a point of action of a load received by the probe card are arranged at positions to be common.
US11662366B2
A wafer test device includes a test interconnect to interface with a microcircuit of the wafer at a first side and an interposer to interface with the test interconnect at a second side of the test interconnect, opposite the first side. The interposer connects the test interconnect, via a printed circuit board (PCB), to a test apparatus that determines and controls test patterns that are applied to the microcircuit via the test interconnect. A support structure supports the test interconnect and the interposer. The support structure includes an inner bearing to tilt the test interconnect to match a tilt of a surface of the microcircuit. An elastomer between the test interconnect and the interposer reduces deflection of the test interconnect during a process of connecting the test interconnect to the microcircuit.
US11662361B2
A capacitive accelerometer includes a proof mass, first and second fixed capacitive electrodes, and a DC biasing element arranged to apply a DC voltage (VB) to the proof mass based on a threshold acceleration value. A first closed loop circuit is arranged to detect a signal resulting from displacement of the proof mass and control the pulse width modulation signal generator to apply the first and second drive signals V1, V2 with a variable mark:space ratio. A second closed loop circuit keeps the mark:space ratio constant and to change the magnitude, VB, of the DC voltage applied to the proof mass by the DC biasing element so as to provide a net electrostatic restoring force on the proof mass for balancing the inertial force of the applied acceleration and maintaining the proof mass at a null position, when the applied acceleration is greater than a threshold acceleration value.
US11662360B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a substrate, a movable body that faces the substrate, a fixed portion that is fixed to the substrate, and a support beam that couples the movable body to the fixed portion. The movable body is displaceable with the support beam as a rotation axis, and includes, in a plan view, a first mass that is located on one side of a second direction with respect to the rotation axis, and a second mass that is located on the other side. Each of the first mass and the second mass has a plurality of through-holes which penetrate through the movable body and each of which has a square shape as an opening shape. When damping is indicated by C, and a minimum value of the damping is indicated by Cmin, C≤1.5≤Cmin.
US11662343B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying immunosuppressive TR1 regulatory T cells, including in methods of diagnosing the presence of immune tolerance, methods of producing immunosuppressive regulatory T cells, and methods of eliciting immune tolerance in a subject. These methods include screening T cells to detect Eomes+IL-10+ T cells or expressing recombinant Eomes in T cell populations to generate immunosuppressive regulatory T cells.
US11662340B1
An exemplary breath analysis system may include a sampling chamber having a molecule collector disposed therein. The molecule detector may be configured such that volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in a breath sample introduced to the sampling chamber adhere to the molecule collector. A heating element may introduce heat within the sampling chamber, causing release of at least a portion of the VOCs adhered to the molecule collector. An analysis device (e.g., a mass spectrometer or Terahertz (THz) spectrometer) may identify one or more target VOCs from among at least the portion of the VOCs released from the molecule collector and generate an output representative of the identified one or more target VOCs. The output may include information that quantitates a concentration of the one or more target VOCs with respect to a source of the breath sample.
US11662338B2
A device for aging a drilling fluid includes a housing. The device also includes a lower cap that is configured to be coupled to or integral with a lower end of the housing. The device also includes an upper cap that is configured to be coupled to an upper end of the housing. The upper cap has an upper cap hole formed therethrough. The device also includes a piston that is configured to be positioned within the housing and between the lower and upper caps. The piston is configured to move axially within the housing in response to a pressure differential across the piston. The piston has a first piston hole formed therethrough.
US11662334B2
A technique facilitates tracking and assessing a fatigue life of a tubing string utilizing, for example, estimation of cycles to failure when used in a wellbore operation. The technique may comprise initially determining a fatigue life of a tubing string. Additionally, the technique comprises utilizing a sensing device, e.g. a magnetic flux leakage (MFL) device, to monitor the tubing string. When an anomaly, e.g. a new defect, is detected by the sensing device, a new fatigue life of the tubing string is determined based on the change. The new fatigue life may be used to estimate a fatigue life in terms of cycles to failure.
US11662325B2
Embodiments herein include a kinetic response system for measuring analyte presence on a chemical sensor element. The chemical sensor element includes one or more discrete binding detectors, each discrete binding detector including a graphene varactor. The kinetic response system includes a measurement circuit having an excitation voltage generator for generating a series of excitation cycles over a time period. Each excitation cycle includes delivering a DC bias voltage to the discrete binding detectors at multiple discrete DC bias voltages across a range of DC bias voltages. The kinetic response system includes a capacitance sensor to measure capacitance of the discrete binding detectors resulting from the excitation cycles. The kinetic response system includes a controller circuit to determine the kinetics of change in at least one of a measured capacitance value and a calculated value based on the measured capacitance over the time period. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US11662320B2
Various embodiments include a method for facilitating tomographic reconstruction comprising: emitting an x-ray beam from an x-ray unit; ascertaining an attenuation of the x-ray beam during transmission through an object situated in a beam path of the x-ray beam; ascertaining structure data of the object based at least in part on the attenuation of the x-ray beam; and ascertaining a pose of the x-ray unit relative to the object using a digital model of the object and based at least in part on the attenuation of the x-ray beam.
US11662317B2
An apparatus for determining a characteristic of a photoluminescent (PL) layer comprises: a light source that generates an excitation light that includes light from the visible or near-visible spectrum; an optical assembly configured to direct the excitation light onto a PL layer; a detector that is configured to receive a PL emission generated by the PL layer in response to the excitation light interacting with the PL layer and generate a signal based on the PL emission; and a computing device coupled to the detector and configured to receive the signal from the detector and determine a characteristic of the PL layer based on the signal.
US11662316B2
A fluorescence observation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a stage, an excitation section, and a spectroscopic imaging section. The stage is capable of supporting a fluorescently stained pathological specimen. The excitation section irradiates the pathological specimen on the stage with a plurality of line illuminations of different wavelengths, the plurality of line illuminations being a plurality of line illuminations situated on different axes and parallel to a certain-axis direction. The spectroscopic imaging section includes at least one imaging device capable of separately receiving pieces of fluorescence respectively excited with the plurality of line illuminations.
US11662312B2
The present invention relates to a method for the quantification of a polysorbate in a sample, comprising the steps of a) providing a sample, comprising at least one polysorbate; b) combining the sample with a carbocyanine dye; c) measuring fluorescence of the mixture; and d) correlating said fluorescence with the amount of polysorbate.
US11662308B2
A system for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing, an asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor, and a method for biomolecule identification by terahertz sensing are presented. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor includes three gap areas which highly confine an electric field. The biosensor includes an E-shaped structure facing an inverted E-shaped structure with gaps between the respective legs. Each leg has a specially designed extension on either side which increases the electric field. A terahertz laser interrogates an analyte upon the metamaterial structure with a plurality of frequencies. The amplitude difference is estimated by an amplitude difference referencing technique. The amplitude difference is matched to a database record to identify the biomolecule analyte. The asymmetric triple split-rectangular (ATSR) metamaterial biosensor in combination with the amplitude difference referencing technique detects the type of biomolecule with a high degree of accuracy and requires only small analyte samples with sub-micron thicknesses.
US11662301B1
Disclosed are a mine dust real-time detection system based on double-photoacoustic spectrometry and a detection method. The mine dust real-time detection system based on double-photoacoustic spectrometry includes a first sampling unit, a first photoacoustic detection cavity, a second sampling unit, a second photoacoustic detection cavity, a signal unit and a processing unit; the first sampling unit is used for sampling in respective, the first photoacoustic detection cavity provides a photoacoustic effect field to substances sampled by the first sampling unit, the second sampling unit is used for sampling in respective, the second photoacoustic detection cavity provides the photoacoustic effect field to substances sampled by the second sampling unit, the signal unit is used for providing a laser signal, and the processing unit is used for collecting and processing a photoacoustic signal.
US11662291B1
A feed validation measuring system for monitoring and controlling the quality of aquaculture feed, and a method for validating feed by utilizing such a system. The system includes the utilization of a high contrast surface, which receives a predetermined number of feed pellets and a measurement reference object, a lighting assembly to light the high contrast surface, a camera assembly to capture images of objects on the high contrast surface, and a software component which analyzes images and calculates the size of each of the predetermined number of feed pellets by referencing the size of the measurement reference object.
US11662289B2
An apparatus for measuring viscosities of fluids is described, comprising: a measuring system (1) having at least one measuring tube (5), which in measurement operation is filled with a fluid or through which fluid is flowing, and which has at least one tube section (4, 7) excitable to execute oscillations; an exciter system (1) for exciting at least two wanted oscillation modes of different frequencies, at each of which at least one of the tube sections (4, 7) is excited to execute oscillations, especially resonant oscillations; a sensing system (3), which is embodied in such a manner that it determines for the wanted oscillation modes excited in measurement operation, in each case, a frequency and a damping, especially a frequency, an amplitude and a damping, of a resulting oscillation of at least one tube section (4, 7) excited to execute oscillations of one of the wanted oscillation modes, and an evaluation system (15), which is embodied in such a manner that it determines based on calibration data stored in a memory (17) for the individual wanted oscillation modes excited in measurement operation, in each case, based on an excitation determined frequency and damping, especially frequency, amplitude and damping, of the resulting oscillation a measured shear rate value and a viscosity measured value, wherein the viscosity measured value corresponds to the dynamic viscosity of the fluid at a static shear rate corresponding to the shear rate value.
US11662287B2
Example monitoring devices, systems and methods for use are provided. The devices can comprise one or more paths. In an embodiment, a first fluid path is connected to a sensor manifold, the sensor manifold comprising one or more sensors for sensing one or more characteristics of a fluid, and a second fluid path connected to a second sensor component, the second sensor component comprising a density sensor for sensing the density of the fluid.
US11662278B2
An air sampling system is disclosed. The air sampling system includes: an air inflow channel having an air inlet portion at a top end, the air inflow channel being oriented substantially vertically; a fan configured to cause air in a sampling environment to flow into the air inflow channel via the inlet portion; a cooling unit for cooling air in the air inflow channel, the cooling unit disposed downstream of the inlet portion; a collection chamber for collecting liquid water condensed from air in the air inflow channel, the collection chamber being fluidly connected to the air inflow channel; and a sensing unit for determining a volume of liquid in the collection chamber, wherein the cooling unit is controlled in response to signals generated by the sensing unit.
US11662274B2
The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of automobile chassis suspension system tests, and provides a wheel acceleration torque system and test equipment for an automobile chassis simulation road test. The automatic connection and separation mechanism is connected with a transmission shaft of a wheel; the automatic connection and separation mechanism can apply acceleration torque of the torque shaft to the transmission shaft, and can separate the acceleration torque applied to the transmission shaft; and the wheel acceleration torque system and the test equipment can adapt to the requirement for applying the acceleration torque in a test of a test bench, simulate to apply the acceleration torque which the wheel bears in the actual road running process, ensure that a test state of a tested wheel and suspension system is close to a test state of a real automobile test field.
US11662268B2
In one or more embodiments, a device may include a printed circuit board that includes at least two exposed conductor traces on a first side of the printed circuit board that are not in contact with each other; a material, that includes a substance that forms an electrically conductive solution when dissolved by a polar solvent, in contact with the at least two exposed conductor traces and fastened to at least one of the printed circuit board and the at least two exposed conductor traces; and a fastener on a second side of the printed circuit board, opposite the first side of the printed circuit board, among others.
US11662267B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for water monitoring are disclosed. A system includes one or more processors and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include determining with a leak sensor that a water leak is occurring at a property; after determining that the water leak is occurring at the property, determining that a water usage profile of a particular water consuming device matches characteristics of the water leak; based on determining that the water usage profile of a particular water consuming device matches characteristics of the water leak, identifying a water consuming device that is likely leaking; and in response to identifying the water consuming device that is likely leaking, performing a system action.
US11662266B2
A water heater includes a tank assembly that defines an insulation cavity between an inner storage tank and an outer jacket. The water heater includes a bottom pad that supports the tank assembly thereon. The bottom pad is disposed in a bottom pan. Gaskets are disposed between the bottom pad and the bottom pan of the water heater. The bottom pad and at least one of the gaskets include apertures that are configured to internally route a leak sensor assembly of the water heater from the bottom pan to a controller of the water heater through the insulation cavity while preventing a leak of insulation material from the insulation cavity to the bottom pan. The water heater also includes a mounting bracket that is coupled to the inner storage tank to securely hold and route a portion of the leak sensor assembly disposed in the insulation cavity to the controller.
US11662263B2
A pressure sensor includes a housing, an isolator positioned at a first end of the housing, and a first cavity formed between the first end of the housing and the isolator. The pressure sensor further includes a second cavity formed in the housing and a channel with a first end fluidly connected to the first cavity and a second end fluidly coupled to the second cavity. A pressure sensor chip is positioned in the second cavity and includes a first diaphragm positioned at a top side of the pressure sensor chip laterally outwards from the second end of the channel to prevent a fluid from jetting onto the first diaphragm.
US11662259B2
A baseline unit for use in a sensor system, the sensor system comprising N force sensors which output N sensor signals, respectively, where N≥2, the baseline unit configured to: monitor measures of gradients of the respective sensor signals; and, in dependence upon the measures of the gradients, control a stored baseline setting to control how a baseline signal for at least one of said sensor signals is calculated using a baseline-calculation method, the baseline-calculation method configured by the currently-stored baseline setting.
US11662258B2
A Internet of Things (IoT) tag for measuring transmitted force applied on the IoT tag, including a substrate, a force sensor integrated on the substrate, and a sensing circuit integrated on the substrate and configured to output a digital word measurement in response to an applied force on the force sensor.
US11662252B2
A printing apparatus includes a control unit configured to generate color chart data, a transport unit configured to intermittently transport a medium, a printing unit configured to print a colorimetric patches on a processing unit region, a drying unit configured to dry the processing unit region, and a colorimetric unit configured to measure a color of the colorimetric patches in the processing unit region subjected to the drying, wherein the control unit is configured to acquire, based on a printing setting, a drying holding time during which the processing unit region is held at the drying unit, calculate a color-measurable patch number which is measurable by the colorimetric unit within the drying holding time, and generate the color chart data for printing a number of the colorimetric patches in the processing unit region, the number being less than or equal to the color-measurable patch number.
US11662251B1
An imaging optical system including a plurality of imaging optical sub-systems, each having at least one optical element and receiving light from a source, and a plurality of spectrometer optical sub-systems, each spectrometer optical sub-system receiving light from at least one of the imaging optical sub-systems, each imaging optical sub-system and spectrometer optical sub-system combination having a spatial distortion characteristic, each spatial distortion characteristic having a predetermined relationship to the other spatial distortion characteristics.
US11662250B2
Described herein is a wavelength reference device comprising a housing defining an internal environment having a known temperature. A broadband optical source is disposed within the housing and configured to emit an optical signal along an optical path. The optical signal has optical power within a wavelength band of interest. An optical etalon is also disposed within the housing and positioned in the optical path to filter the optical signal to define a filtered optical signal that includes one or more reference spectral features having a known wavelength at the known temperature. The device also includes an optical output for outputting the filtered optical signal.
US11662248B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure may disclose a vibration sensor, including: an acoustic transducer and a vibration assembly connected with the acoustic transducer. The vibration assembly may be configured to transmit an external vibration signal to the acoustic transducer to generate an electric signal, the vibration assembly includes one or more groups of vibration diaphragms and mass blocks, and the mass blocks may be physically connected with the vibration diaphragms. The vibration assembly may be configured to make a sensitivity degree of the vibration sensor greater than a sensitivity degree of the acoustic transducer in one or more target frequency bands.
US11662242B2
Flow sensors are provided that can monitor flow conditions. The flow sensor includes a gauge that provides a first level of information about flow through the sensor, and an indicator associated with the gauge that can provided a second level of information about flow through the sensor. The indicator might be in the form of a dial that can rotate about the gauge and might include a locked position for monitoring flow and an unlocked position to rotate the dial about the gauge to reposition the dial. A twisted shaft with varying twist rate is provided to convert linear motion to rotational motion for the gauge.
US11662235B2
A probe head of an air data probe includes a body extending from a first end to a second end of the probe head and a rod heater. The body includes an inlet adjacent the first end of the probe head, an air passageway extending through the body from the inlet to a second end of the probe head, a water dam extending radially through the body such that the air passageway is redirected around the water dam, a heater bore extending within the body, and an enhanced conduction area between heater bore and an exterior surface of the probe head. The inlet, the air passageway, the water dam, and the heater bore are all unitary to the body. The rod heater is positioned within the heater bore.
US11662228B2
A surface shape determination system includes a surface shape sensor in the form of a flexible and stretchable elastomeric substrate with strain/displacement sensing elements embedded in it. The sensor may be a single-core optical fiber with a series of fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) located at predetermined positions along its length. A light source provides an incident light spectrum at one end of the fiber. Each grating of the fiber has index modulation which causes particular wavelengths of the light spectrum that do not satisfy the Bragg condition to be reflected back in the fiber. The refractive index of each grating changes with strain on the substrate due to deflection of it. An interrogator captures the reflected wavelengths and retrieves signal information therefrom. A processor receives the output of the interrogator and performs non-linear regression analysis on the information using a neural network to reconstruct the surface morphology in real-time.
US11662214B2
A dynamic navigation coach system is programmed to monitor and assist drivers while keeping them engaged en route to the destination. The system may provide driver navigation assistance and training that monitors user navigational skills, driving habits, and environmental factors, and provides dynamically adjustable tools to provide varying levels of navigation assistance in a game play format. The system may selectively provide navigational directions or corrections to the driver when the driver deviates from a scheduled travel route, instead of providing instructions at every driving event.
US11662210B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a system comprises a grid cell neural network and an action selection neural network. The grid cell network is configured to: receive an input comprising data characterizing a velocity of the agent; process the input to generate a grid cell representation; and process the grid cell representation to generate an estimate of a position of the agent in the environment; the action selection neural network is configured to: receive an input comprising a grid cell representation and an observation characterizing a state of the environment; and process the input to generate an action selection network output.
US11662203B2
A slope detection device includes a structure provided with a spherical surface, multiple optical sensors provided on a spherical surface of the structure in a manner that face different directions, the optical sensors measuring a quantity of sunlight, an optical sensor receiving unit receiving output information of each of the optical sensors, a time providing unit providing calendar information on a date and a time when the output information is received, and an operation unit configured to analysis an incidence angle of the sunlight from the collected pieces of the output information, calculate a horizontal coordinate system from the analyzed incidence angle of the sunlight, the calendar information, and a sun path equation, and calculate a three-dimensional slope information for a current location in comparison with the horizontal coordinate system.
US11662201B2
A calibration apparatus for a rotational angle measuring system includes a measuring system shaft and a measuring system housing. The calibration apparatus includes a shaft holding device which, in a calibration position, rotates about an axis of rotation and is co-rotatably connected to the measuring system shaft, and, in a load position, is decoupled from the measuring system shaft, a rotationally static housing holding device which, in the calibration position, is co-rotatably connected to the measuring system housing, and, in the load position, is decoupled from the measuring system housing, and a drive motor which drives the shaft holding device. In the calibration position, the shaft holding device has clamping jaws which are pressable onto the radial outer side of the measuring system shaft, and/or, the rotationally static housing holding apparatus has movable pistons which are pressable onto the radial outer side of the measuring system housing.
US11662180B1
A thermal camouflage fabric has a first side and a second side and at least the first side of the fabric comprises a printed layer. The printed layer contains at least a first, second, and third color paste in a camouflage pattern. At least a portion of the first, second, and third color pastes are in discrete locations in the printed layer. The first, second, and third color pastes each contain at least one pigment, a plurality of metallic particles, and a binder. The first color paste contains at least about twice the amount by weight of metallic particles than the third color paste and the first color paste contains less pigment by weight than the third color paste.
US11662177B2
A target dot sight includes a target illumination sensor that senses the amount of illumination at a target, rather than merely sensing the ambient sight of the entire operating environment. Then, based on the sensed target illumination, the target dot sight may automatically compensate for the brightness of the target.
US11662172B2
The disclosed Integrated Barrel and Muzzle Device System (IBMDS) is a firearm suppressor having an interchangeable projectile tube attached to a muzzle endcap and to a gas block endcap proximal a threaded muzzle of the firearm. The disclosure also includes a suppressor tube body configured to receive the muzzle endcap and the gas block front endcap located against a distal face of the threaded muzzle. The disclosure additionally includes a suppressor element received into the suppressor tube body proximal the muzzle endcap, wherein the suppressor element channels propellant gases from openings defined in the interchangeable projectile tube through an array of open cells.
US11662171B2
Methods and apparatus are described for extracting and storing electrical energy from the gaseous discharge of a firearm. In one embodiment a muzzle device is provided comprising of at least one thermoelectric generator which generates electric power, to be stored in a battery, using heat transferred from the gaseous discharge of a firearm to the thermoelectric generator by a heat sink.
US11662164B2
Magazine holders for firearms, including two actuating elements and a spring, where the first actuating element-has a locking extension for the temporary attachment of a magazine and a first actuating extension, the second actuating element has a second actuating extension, and where the two actuating elements are (operatively) connected to one another such that the locking extension releases the fastening of the magazine counter to the tension of the spring during a release movement onto one of the two actuating elements. Each actuating element is designed as one piece, in that the second actuating element has a bearing extension on an end section facing away form the second actuating extension and connected by a connecting section, and the first actuating element has a substantially shape-complementary bearing opening for receiving the bearing extension in an assembling position.
US11662157B1
An enclosed storage tank for the simultaneous addition and removal, and storage, of two liquid layers of different density has a bottom wall, a cylindrical side wall, a roof, and a central column extending from the bottom wall to the roof. An upper perforated flexible tensile fabric diaphragm is disposed in the upper portion of the tank, and a low-density liquid conduit extends from outside the tank into communication with the upper portion of the tank above the upper diaphragm. A lower perforated flexible tensile fabric diaphragm is disposed in the lower part of the tank, and a high-density liquid conduit extends from outside the tank shell into communication with the lower portion of the tank below the lower liquid diaphragm. The diaphragms minimize internal mixing through thermoclines as liquid is introduced into and/or discharged from the tank, and reduce overall costs of tank installations and operations.
US11662156B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for a latent-heat exchanger chamber, usable in distillation devices, which comprises an evaporator in a capillary evaporation regime on the inner face thereof and a condenser in a capillary condensation regime on the outer face thereof, with a system for the dosed supply of liquid into microgrooves or micro undulations of the inner evaporator face, preventing the formation of thin films of water on the evaporator face, the arrangement achieving high latent-heat transfer coefficients.
US11662142B2
An exemplary process air recirculation system, and an electric heater mixing apparatus is disclosed herein. Exemplary process air recirculation systems comprise the electric heating mixing apparatus. An exemplary electric heating mixing apparatus comprises: walls defining a first chamber having a first upstream opening and a first downstream opening, and a second chamber having a first upstream opening and a first downstream opening, wherein the second chamber is adjacently disposed to the first chamber, a first inlet damper disposed at the first upstream opening, a second inlet damper disposed at the second upstream opening, and a resistance-type electric air heater disposed in the first chamber.
US11662140B2
Raw material gas liquefying device and method of controlling this raw material gas liquefying device
A raw material gas liquefying device includes a feed line; a refrigerant circulation line; and a controller. In a refrigerant liquefaction route, a refrigerant flows through a compressor, a heat exchanger, a circulation system JT valve, a liquefied refrigerant storage tank, and the heat exchanger, and returns to the compressor. In a cryogenic energy generation route, the refrigerant flows through the compressor, the heat exchanger, an expansion unit, and the heat exchanger, and returns to the compressor. The controller determines if a refrigerant storage tank liquid level is within an allowable range, manipulates a feed system JT valve opening rate to control refrigerant temperature at the high-temperature-side refrigerant flow path exit side of the heat exchanger, and manipulates the opening rate of the feed system JT valve to control the refrigerant storage tank liquid level so that the refrigerant storage tank liquid level falls into the predetermined allowable range.
US11662130B2
A refrigeration appliance includes a cabinet that defines a cabinet outlet and a cabinet inlet in fluid communication with a freezer compartment. A door is pivotally coupled to the cabinet. The door defines a door inlet in fluid communication with the cabinet outlet and a door outlet in fluid communication with the cabinet inlet when the door is in a closed position. An icemaker compartment is disposed in the door. The icemaker compartment is fluidly coupled with the freezer compartment. A retainer is at least partially disposed in each of the door inlet and the door outlet. Each retainer includes a rim that defines ribs. Each rib is spaced apart from adjacent ribs. A gasket is coupled to each retainer. Each gasket includes an abutment surface that abuts a cabinet surface when the door is in the closed position to seal airflow passages between the freezer compartment and the icemaker compartment.
US11662118B2
Provided are a flexible insulated air duct and a modular flexible insulated air-duct system; the flexible insulated air duct includes an air-duct main body (1); the air-duct main body (1) includes an inner air-duct layer (5) and a heat-insulating layer (4) integrally formed on the inner air-duct layer (5); the inner air-duct layer (5) is arranged inside the heat-insulating layer (4), and the heat-insulating layer (4) is a rubber/plastic material. The modular flexible insulated air-duct system made by assembling a main air duct (7), a branched air duct (8), and a connecting air duct (9) may be rapidly connected on-site using a zip fastener to form an air-duct system having any configuration.
US11662117B2
Provided is a fan control apparatus which includes: a first sensor; a second sensor; an RF fan; and a controller. The first sensor is provided in a first room, and is configured to acquire a measured value of at least one condition selected from conditions of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity for the first room, the second sensor is provided in a second room adjacent to the first room, and is configured to acquire a measured value of the same condition as the at least one selected condition for the second room, the RF fan is placed at a boundary between the first and second rooms, and the controller is configured to control a rotational speed and rotational direction of the RF fan in such a manner that the measured values of the first and second sensors are the same.
US11662116B2
A ventilator (1) includes: an air supply fan (2) to supply outdoor air to a room; an air exhaust fan (3) to exhaust indoor air, out of the room; and a total heat exchanger (4) which is made with partition boards (41) being moisture-permeable flat parts and with spacer boards (42) being corrugated parts, the partition boards and the spacer boards being alternately stacked, the total heat exchanger exchanging heat between the outdoor air and the indoor air; and thereby suppresses ice formation. The ventilator (1) includes: an indoor temperature sensor (7); an indoor humidity sensor (8); an outdoor temperature sensor (6); and a control unit (5) to control operation of the air supply fan (2) and the air exhaust fan (3) on a basis of at least one state quantity estimated by substituting the indoor air temperature, the indoor air humidity, and the outdoor air temperature in a total heat exchanger model formula (51a) representing characteristics of the total heat exchanger (4).
US11662111B2
An air-conditioning system includes: an air conditioner including a refrigerant circuit formed by connecting an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units together, the air conditioner being configured to condition air in a plurality of indoor spaces; at least one countermeasure device provided in correspondence with at least one of the plurality of indoor spaces and configured to operate during leakage of a refrigerant; a plurality of detectors configured to detect a concentration of the refrigerant, at least one of the detectors being provided in each of the plurality of indoor spaces; and a control unit configured to operate all of the at least one countermeasure device if at least one of the concentrations of the refrigerant respectively detected by the plurality of detectors exceeds a predetermined value.
US11662100B2
The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) with an integrated down-draft hood. The down-draft hood includes at least one downstream channel (40) extending from an air inlet (18) to an air outlet (36). The air inlet (18) is arranged within and/or beside a cooking panel (12) of the induction cooking hob (10). The air outlet (36) is arranged in a bottom wall and/or side wall of a chassis of the induction cooking hob (10). At least one heat sink (28) is arranged in and/or at the down-stream channel (40). The heat sink (28) is thermally connected to at least one power circuit for at least one induction generator. The heat sink (28) provides a heat exchange between the power circuit and an air stream through the downstream channel (40), so that the power circuit is cooled down.
US11662087B2
The present disclosure provides a power supply device and a high-power illumination system. The power supply device includes: a housing, where the housing includes a first bottom plate having a first surface on which a first heat sink is provided and a second surface on which a thermal conductive potting layer is provided; and a printed circuit board, where the printed circuit board is located in the housing, the printed circuit board includes a circuit board body and multiple electronic components arranged on the circuit board body, at least part of the multiple electronic components is arranged facing the second surface of the first bottom plate, and the electronic component of the at least part of the multiple electronic components is partially immersed in the thermal conductive potting layer to conduct heat dissipated by the electronic component to the first heat sink for natural heat dissipation of the electronic component.
US11662085B1
A lamp and a lamp fixing device are provided. The lamp includes a lamp body and a clamping mechanism. The lamp body is connected to the clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes a first clamping plate, a second clamping plate, and an elastic component. The first clamping plate includes a first pressing portion and a first clamping portion, and the first pressing portion is connected with the first clamping portion. The second clamping plate is hinged to the first clamping plate. The second clamping plate includes a second pressing portion and a second clamping portion. The second pressing portion is connected with the second clamping portion. The elastic component is disposed between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion, so that the first clamping portion is close to the second clamping portion. The first clamping portion includes a connecting structure and a turning sheet.
US11662066B2
An optoelectronic device including light-emitting components, each light-emitting component being adapted to emit a first radiation at a first wavelength, and photoluminescent blocks, each photoluminescent block facing at least one light-emitting component and comprising a single quantum well or multiple quantum wells, photoluminescent blocks being divided into first photoluminescent blocks adapted to convert by optical pumping the first radiation into a second radiation at a second wavelength, second photoluminescent blocks adapted to convert by optical pumping the first radiation into a third radiation at a third wavelength and third photoluminescent blocks adapted to convert by optical pumping the first radiation into a fourth radiation at a fourth wavelength.
US11662064B2
A pressure vessel system for a vehicle includes a pressure vessel and a fuel line. The system also includes a blocking unit which, in an inoperative state, prevents fuel from passing out of the pressure vessel into the fuel line. A control unit for the blocking unit is designed, under the action of electrical energy, to transfer the blocking unit from the inoperative state into an active state in which fuel can pass out of the pressure vessel into the fuel line. Furthermore, the system includes an electrically conducting connection to an electrical system of the vehicle via which electrical energy can be provided for controlling the blocking unit. In addition, the system includes an access interface unit via which electrical energy for controlling the blocking unit can be provided from an external energy supply if no electrical energy is available from the electrical system of the vehicle.
US11662062B2
A cryogenic energy storage system comprises at least one cryogenic fluid storage tank having an output; a primary conduit through which a stream of cryogenic fluid may flow from the output of the fluid storage tank to an exhaust; a pump within the primary conduit downstream of the output of the tank for pressurising the cryogenic fluid stream; evaporative means within the primary conduit downstream of the pump for vaporising the pressurised cryogenic fluid stream; at least one expansion stage within the primary conduit downstream of the evaporative means for expanding the vaporised cryogenic fluid stream and for extracting work therefrom; a secondary conduit configured to divert at least a portion of the cryogenic fluid stream from the primary conduit and reintroduce it to the fluid storage tank; and pressure control means within the secondary conduit for controlling the flow of the diverted cryogenic fluid stream and thereby controlling the pressure within the tank. The secondary conduit is coupled to the primary conduit downstream of one or more of the at least one expansion stages.
US11662060B2
An accumulator includes a tank body having a communication port that communicates the lubricant accommodating space capable of accommodating lubricant with the outside, the tank body extending around an axis, a piston that moves in the axial direction in the tank body to vary the size of the lubricant accommodating space, a spiral spring mechanism having a spiral spring, and a rotational force transmission member that converts a linear movement of the piston into a rotational force around the axis to transmit the converted rotational force. The rotational force transmission member converts a rotational movement due to a restoring force of the spiral spring into a force in the axial direction to move the piston in the axial direction.
US11662058B2
An orthotic device is coupleable to a fastener installation tool and is configured to be worn on an appendage of a user of the fastener installation tool. The orthotic device is configurable between a relaxed state and a rigid state, and includes at least one activation component responsive to an activation signal output by a controller in communication with the fastener installation tool. The at least one activation component changes the orthotic device from the relaxed state to the rigid state in response to operation of the fastener installation tool.
US11662056B2
The invention refers to the two-axis direct-drive rotation mechanism for observation device with design drive block inside assembly tilt-axes for a multi-sensor surveillance device used for unmanned vehicles. This is mechanical mechanism performs rotate pan-tilt axis by direct drive motor. This mechanism include of main components: assembly pedestal, assembly pan-axis and assembly tilt-axis. Electronic circuits, encoders, mechanism, motor are optimized arranged and scientific designed the layout space and the weight of the structure. This mechanism can integrate optical sensors such as infrared cameras, high resolution camera, laser rangefinder.
US11662050B2
An inline inspection vehicle includes an auto-adjustable, self-adaptive structure. The inline inspection vehicle includes a plurality of self-adjustable carrier racks carrying inspection device carts with positioning rollers, and self-adaptive driving turbine wheels at a front part and a back end for auto-adjustable driving speeds. The inline inspection vehicle also includes intelligent self-control mechanisms implemented using self-adaptive schema and algorithms for a finite set of control states to integrate the adaptive controller and actuators. Furthermore, it may conduct virtual pressure tests by carrying intelligent inline data acquisition devices to converge the Pipeline Integrity Management with SCADA monitoring system.
US11662042B2
A clamp assembly for securing a conduit to a strut, the clamp assembly includes a pair of brackets, each bracket having a head section and a tail section. The respective tail sections of the pair of brackets being configured to be received within the strut and the pair of brackets having respective apertures formed in the respective head sections thereof. A bolt has a shank that is configured to be received within the respective apertures of the pair of brackets. A nut has a bore therein, the bore is configured to receive the shank of the bolt. Each of the respective apertures includes a pair of opposite, rounded surfaces spaced from each other and connected by a pair of opposite, elongated surfaces.
US11662037B2
A fluid flow control valve includes a valve body having a bore configured to convey fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port. The inlet and outlet ports, and the bore therebetween, define a fluid flow path through the valve body. A gate element is disposed in the bore. The gate element is positionable in the bore from a first position, which allows fluid flow through the bore, to a second position which restricts fluid flow through the bore. An actuator is coupled to the gate element and is configured to urge the gate element from the first position toward the second position. A fuse consisting of a transformable retainer is configured to retain the gate element in the first position, while the retainer is in a first condition, and to allow the gate element to move toward the second position when the retainer transforms to a second condition. The transformable retainer may be configured to transform from the first condition to the second condition responsive to a signal, e.g., a signal indicative of a thermal change or a fluid leak. The innovative valves are especially but not exclusively suited for governing flow in a heat transfer system, particularly a heat transfer system for dissipating heat from a plurality of computer servers. The innovative valves may be embodied in systems, methods, apparatuses, and components.
US11662035B1
A relief valve device having a spring, a valve bonnet, a valve stem, a disc holder, a valve disc, a huddling chamber, a blowdown ring, and a nozzle. In the valve device, the valve disc is positioned above the nozzle; the spring is disposed in the valve bonnet; the spring surrounds the valve stem such that a longitudinal axis of the spring and a longitudinal axis of the valve stem are coaxial; the disc holder surrounds an outer periphery of the valve disc and is adjacent and in direct contact with a surface of the valve disc around an entire perimeter of the valve disc; the blowdown ring is disposed at a top section of the nozzle; a bottom section of the nozzle is connected to a bottom surface of a valve body and the top section of the nozzle is connected to the valve disc; and the disc holder is filled with oil.
US11662027B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for mitigating fluid loss or leakage from a fluid pump with a rotating shaft driving a pumping mechanism. A packing gland component can have an internal seal formed by two dynamic O-rings that allows for use of lubricants at high pressures, as well as an outer seal for greater prevention of fluid loss. Further, the packing gland component can be a retrofit for existing packing gland components to provide for greater life and efficiency as compared to the existing packing gland components. Additionally, in some implementations, a sleeve may be fixedly attached to the rotating shaft between the packing gland and the shaft to provide a wear point for the packing gland.
US11662018B1
A method and a system of diagnosing a vehicle oil leak are capable of detecting an oil leak state of transmission oil on the basis of logic. The method includes an operating condition determination step of determining, by a controller, whether a minimum operating condition of a vehicle is satisfied. The minimum operating condition is required to normally generate a target line pressure by operating an EOP. The method includes a counting step of counting, by the controller, an operating time of the EOP when the minimum operating condition is satisfied and includes an oil leak diagnosis step of diagnosing, by the controller, an oil leak when the counted continuous operating time of the EOP is a permissible time or more.
US11662015B2
An arrangement for lubricating a gear in a toothed gearing comprising a shaft on which the gear is arranged is provided. An engaging ring with a central portion is arranged around said shaft and comprises a surface facing and spaced from an end surface of the gear creating a gap for guiding lubricant to the gear, and at least one first duct for lubricant, whereby said duct has at least one opening into the gap. The component comprises an annular portion with an inner peripheral surface mounted onto an outer peripheral surface of a shoulder on the gear; where axial discontinuities are provided between the shoulder and the annular portion of the component for guiding and distributing lubricant to the roots of the gear.
US11662009B2
The present invention relates to a multi-component gear (1) with an axis of rotation (X) and a first end face (11) and a second end face (12), having an inner part (20) and an outer part (30) made of a plastic with at least one injection-molding section (32), wherein the outer part (30) is arranged on an outer lateral surface (24) of the inner part (20) in a form-fitting and/or integral manner on the inner part (20), and wherein the outer part (30) on the first and/or the second end face (11, 12) has at least one tab (40) which is free-standing in the circumferential direction around the axis of rotation (X) and which protrudes over the relevant end face (11, 12) of the inner part (20). The present invention also relates to a gear (2) and a planetary gearset (3).
US11662005B1
A drive system includes an electric machine that generates a torque. An output shaft rotates bi-directionally and receives the torque. A coupling is disposed between the electric machine and the output shaft. The coupling includes a torque converter that multiplies the torque. One clutch transfers the torque from the electric machine to the torque converter, when the electric machine operates in a first rotational direction. Another clutch transfers the torque from the electric machine to the torque converter, when the electric machine operates in a second rotational direction that is opposite to the first rotational direction. A gearset includes a number of meshing gears and is disposed between the electric machine and the output shaft to transfer the torque to the output shaft.
US11662004B2
A disconnection assembly has a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch serves to either connect or disconnect the power connection of a vehicle. The disconnection assembly is installed in a reducer including an intermediate shaft, a bushing, an outer gear and a one-way clutch. The bushing is secured to the intermediate shaft by spline. The one-way clutch is disposed between the bushing and the outer gear. The one-way clutch is locked to drive the rotation of the intermediate shaft through the bushing when the outer gear rotates in a first direction, and the one-way clutch is released to allow the outer gear rotates freely when the outer gear rotates in a second direction.
US11662001B2
A redundant load transmission includes an input shaft configured to receive a rotational torque from a primary drive, an output shaft configured to transmit the rotational torque to an actuator, and a coupling assembly configured to connect the input shaft to the output shaft to transmit the rotational torque. The input shaft is configured to receive the rotational torque from the primary drive and transmit the rotational torque through the coupling assembly when the coupling assembly is in a primary drive configuration. The coupling assembly is configured to be disconnected from the input shaft and transmit a rotational torque to the output shaft from a secondary drive when the coupling assembly is in a secondary drive configuration.
US11662000B2
A chain guide is provided that can improve the work efficiency during assembly and transportability with a simple structure. The chain guide includes a bushing structure where a bushing member is attached to a guide body at least in one location. The guide body includes a cylindrical insertion hole through which a bushing cylindrical part is inserted, and a backside restricting part that restricts movement of a flange part to the back side in the guide width direction. The guide body is provided, in each bushing structure, with a front-side restricting portion that restricts movement of the flange part to the front side in the guide width direction only in one location on the outer circumference of the cylindrical insertion hole when viewed in the guide width direction.
US11661997B2
An example flywheel energy storage device includes a fiber-resin composite shell having an elliptical ovoid shape. The example device also includes an axially oriented internal compressive support between the axial walls of the shell. The example device also includes an inner boss plate and an outer boss plate on each side of the shell. The example device also includes a plurality of radially oriented, fiber-resin composite helical wraps forming the shell and coupling the shell to the inner and outer boss plates for co-rotation and torque transfer. The example device also includes boss plate attachments on internal boss plate supports to mount the shell for co-rotation and torque transfer via resin bonding, friction, and compression between the inner and outer boss plates.
US11661991B2
Gas spring and gas damper assemblies include a gas spring and a gas damper. The gas spring includes a flexible spring member with opposing end members secured thereto and at least partially defining a spring chamber. An elongated damping passage having a spiral configuration extends through one of the end members. The gas damper includes a damper housing that at least partially defines a damping chamber in fluid communication with the spring chamber through the elongated damping passage. A damper piston assembly is received within the damping chamber and secured to the other of the end members. Suspension systems and methods are also included.
US11661990B2
A formation method for liquid rubber composite nodes with a tubular flow channel is provided. The formation method includes adding a middle spacer sleeve between an outer sleeve and a mandrel, bonding the middle spacer sleeve and the mandrel together through rubber vulcanization and assembling the integrated middle spacer sleeve and the mandrel into the outer sleeve; installing a tubular flow channel in the mandrel; hollowing the middle spacer sleeve to form a plurality of spaces; after vulcanization, forming a plurality of interdependent liquid cavities by using rubber and the plurality of spaces; and arranging liquid in the plurality of liquid cavities and communicating the plurality of liquid cavities through the tubular flow channel.
US11661984B2
A brake caliper (1, 1′) for a vehicle brake, in particular a disc brake of a commercial vehicle, includes a pressure piece (110, 110′), a thrust piece (120, 120′) configured to move axially relative to the pressure piece (110, 110′) in a thrust direction (A) to transmit a braking force and a guiding member (130a,b, 130′a,b) configured to limit the movement of the thrust piece (120, 120′) relative to the pressure piece (110, 110′) in at least one direction orthogonal to the thrust direction (A). The brake caliper (1, 1′) may further include a lever (140) pivotally supported between the thrust piece (120, 120′) and the pressure piece (110, 110′), wherein the guiding member (130a,b, 130′a,b) is configured to limit the movement of the lever (140) relative to the pressure piece (110, 110′) and/or the thrust piece (120, 120′) in at least one direction orthogonal to the thrust direction (A).
US11661974B2
A torque-transmitting apparatus for a drive assembly includes: a first coupling device for transmitting torque and compensating a shaft offset, and a second coupling device for transmitting and limiting torque, the first and second coupling devices being connected in series. The second coupling device includes an inner hollow part and an outer hollow part. The inner hollow part radially outwardly includes a first frictional surface and the outer hollow part radially inwardly includes a second frictional surface, which is connected to the first frictional surface and interacts therewith. The inner hollow part includes a fillable pressure chamber.
US11661967B2
A mounting device includes a first mount portion and a second mount portion. The first mount portion is in communication with a first pin extending along a first axis. The second mount portion is in communication with a pair of opposing second pins extending along a second axis different than the first axis. The second pins are in rotational communication with and extend outward from the first pin. The first and second mount portions are configured to translate along the first and second axes and rotate about the first and second axes with respect to one another.
US11661950B2
A diagnostic system includes a fan control circuit coupled to an electric fan and a microcontroller, and a sense line coupled to the fan control circuit and the microcontroller. The fan control circuit outputs a fan command sense signal at a duty cycle through the sense line to the microcontroller. A tachometer generates a tachometer signal at a frequency indicative of the rotational speed of the electric fan. A fan tachometer circuit receives the tachometer signal and outputs the tachometer sense signal at a frequency to the microcontroller in response to the tachometer signal. The microcontroller sets a second diagnostic flag to an error value indicating that the sense line has impaired operation if the frequency of the tachometer sense signal is within a desired frequency range, and a first diagnostic flag is equal to a first error value.
US11661949B2
Centrifugal compressors can incorporate a side stream flow of intermediate pressure vapor between stages of that compressor. The side stream flow can be controlled by a side stream injection port controlled by a capacity control valve that has a curved surface facing a flow of refrigerant from the first stage to the second stage. The capacity control valve can allow or obstruct flow through the side stream injection port. The capacity control valve can extend and retract in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow from the first stage impeller to the second stage impeller. The side stream injection port and the capacity control valve can be ring-shaped. The side stream injection port and the capacity control valve can allow at least some of the side stream to be introduced on a side of the capacity control valve opposite the curved surface.
US11661937B2
A method for determining a current wear (w) of a hydrostatic pump, particularly of a radial piston pump, with a variable-speed drive, where the pump is connected to a fluid passage, in which a fluid is pumped by the pump to create a current actual volume flow in the fluid passage. A current actual volume flow (Qact) is determined, by measuring the volume flow in the fluid passage at a predetermined drive-vector, a computed volume flow (Qcomp) is determined, by a first computational method, at the predetermined drive-vector, and the current wear (w) of the pump is determined, by a second computational method, which relates the current actual volume flow (Qact) to the computed volume flow (Qcomp).
US11661933B2
A vibration suppressing piping member suppresses vibration caused by a pulsating discharged gaseous fluid. The piping member includes a tubular portion and flange portions at both ends of the tubular portion. A bent portion is formed between the two flange portions. The two flange portions are directly connected to each other.
US11661931B2
A cryopump includes a cryopanel, a main body, and a baffle plate. The cryopanel is connected to a refrigerator. The main body accommodates the cryopanel. The baffle plate is located in a gas inlet of the main body. The baffle plate includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a center of the baffle plate and a first hole extending through the baffle plate. The second portion includes an edge of the baffle plate and a second hole extending through the baffle plate. The second portion has a greater conductance than the first portion.
US11661925B2
This disclosure includes various embodiments of apparatuses for encapsulating and stopping a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) to extract the kinetic energy from the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of systems comprising a plurality of the present apparatuses coupled together and/or one or more of the present apparatuses in combination with one or more flow resistance modifiers (FRMs). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of methods of extracting kinetic energy from a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) by stopping the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes embodiments of mechanical energy-storage or accumulation devices.
US11661923B2
A lift system mountable in a nacelle of a wind turbine has a mounting interface removably securable to a generator in the nacelle of the wind turbine, and a knuckle boom rotatably and removably mounted on the mounting interface. The knuckle boom has an extendable boom arm having a translatable boom section slidably mounted on the boom arm. Modularity of the lift system permits lifting components of the lift system up to the nacelle using an existing service crane of the wind turbine, and rapidly dismounting the knuckle boom to permit closing doors of the nacelle in the event of inclement weather without dismounting all of the lift system components.
US11661919B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine connected to an electrical grid includes receiving, via a controller, a state estimate of the wind turbine. The method also includes determining, via the controller, a current condition of the wind turbine using, at least, the state estimate, the current condition defining a set of condition parameters of the wind turbine. Further, the method includes receiving, via the controller, a control function from a supervisory controller, the control function defining a relationship of the set of condition parameters with at least one operational parameter of the wind turbine. Moreover, the method includes dynamically controlling, via the controller, the wind turbine based on the current condition and the control function for multiple dynamic control intervals.
US11661918B2
The present invention relates to a wind turbine rotor blade assembly comprising a rotor blade and a noise reducer (70) configured on the rotor blade. The noise reducer (70) comprises a plurality of aligned spine members (72), each spine member having a length and comprising a first section (74) extending along a first part of the length of the spine member, and a second section (76) extending along a second part of the length of the spine member, wherein the first section (74) has a higher stiffness than the second section (76).
US11661910B2
A mixing tube with multiple shapes is provided, allowing additional injection of gas in order to keep the flow detached from the second shape in an ascent phase and to bring about, in a descent phase, a controlled detachment as a result of the change of slope between the two shapes. A propulsion nozzle for an engine of a spacecraft or aircraft is provided including such a mixing tube and a method for controlling the speed transition of the propulsion gases in such a nozzle in accordance with the altitude. Also, a method is provided for vectorising the thrust in such a nozzle by radial and asymmetrical injection of gas and a control method which prevents re-attachment of the jet to the second shape of such a propulsion nozzle for an engine of a spacecraft when it is in the take-off or landing phase.
US11661908B2
A hybrid airbreathing rocket engine module (70) comprises an air intake arrangement (62) configured to receive air and a heat exchanger arrangement (63) configured to cool air from the air intake arrangement (62); a compressor (64) configured to compress air from the heat exchanger arrangement (63); and one or more thrust chambers (65). The air intake arrangement (62), the compressor (64), the heat exchanger arrangement (63), and the one or more thrust chambers (65) are arranged generally along an axis (69) of the engine module (70). The heat exchanger arrangement (63) is arranged between the compressor (64) and the one or more thrust chambers (65).
US11661900B2
A method for monitoring a fuel supply system in an internal combustion engine includes the steps of: recording a first pressure value in the fuel supply system in a region of the fuel supply system associated with a pre-filter and upstream of a low pressure pump; recording a second pressure value in the fuel supply system downstream of the low pressure pump in a region of the fuel supply system associated with a primary filter; monitoring the first pressure value and the second pressure value for an error state of the fuel supply system; and recognizing the error state only if the error state is plausible on a basis of both the first pressure value and the second pressure value.
US11661892B2
A planetary gear box for a gas turbine engine, has a planet carrier with a carrier element and a planet gear. The planet gear is mounted rotatably via a plain bearing on the carrier element. An oil feed pocket is provided in the region of an outer side of the carrier element, via which feed pocket oil can be passed into a bearing gap between the outer side of the carrier element and an inner side of the planet gear. In the circumferential region of a main load direction of the plain bearing, the carrier element is formed with at least one channel carrying transmission oil. The channel extends in the carrier element radially inside the outer side of the carrier element, extending in the axial direction of the carrier element, and includes a cross section closed with respect to the bearing gap.
US11661889B1
Aircraft propulsion systems include a fan shaft connected to a fan, the fan shaft defining a centerline axis of the aircraft propulsion system, one or more offset cores arranged at an angle to the centerline axis, the one or more offset cores each comprising a hydrogen burning combustor, a centerline cavity defined along the centerline axis, and a heat exchanger arranged within the centerline cavity. In operation, a portion of air is directed from the fan into the centerline cavity to provide a first working fluid to the heat exchanger within the centerline cavity.
US11661884B2
A jet for lubricating a piece of a turbomachine for an aircraft such as an airplane, including a circulation duct for flowing a pressurised fluid, includes a first duct chamber, a second duct chamber, a first nozzle for passing between the first duct chamber and the second duct chamber, the first nozzle having a fixed minimum passage cross-section, and a second nozzle for passing from the second chamber to the outlet port formed by the second nozzle, the second nozzle including a fixed minimum passage cross-section. The ratio of the cross-section of the first nozzle to the cross-section of the second nozzle is between 0.16 and 3.61.
US11661866B2
A combined-cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine engine for generating exhaust gas, an electric generator driven by the gas turbine engine, a steam generator receiving the exhaust gas to heat water and generate steam, and a duct burner system configured to heat exhaust gas in the steam generator before generating the steam and that comprises a source of hydrogen fuel, a fuel distribution manifold to distribute the hydrogen fuel in a duct of the steam generator, and an igniter to initiate combustion of the hydrogen fuel in the exhaust gas. A method for heating exhaust gas in a steam generator for a combined-cycle power plant comprises directing combustion gas of a gas turbine engine into a duct, introducing hydrogen fuel into the duct, combusting the hydrogen fuel and the combustion gas to generate heated gas, and heating water in the duct with the heated gas to generate steam.
US11661863B2
An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.
US11661860B2
A turbomachine compressor module comprising an annular array of struts provided with pivotable flaps. The struts can define inter-strut spaces between two circumferentially adjacent struts, and variably oriented stator vanes are disposed at least partially in the inter-strut spaces. Also, a turbomachine having such a module and a row of rotor blades directly downstream of the module.
US11661850B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil section that has an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, and first and second convex sides that join the leading end and the trailing end. The first and second convex sides span in a longitudinal direction between first and second ends. The first and second convex sides define lateral bounds of an internal core cavity, and the first and second convex sides converge toward each other at each of the first and second ends such that the internal core cavity constricts at the first and second ends. A multi-piece baffle is disposed in the internal core cavity and has a shape that is complementary to the first and second convex sides.
US11661849B2
An alpha-alumina coated turbocharger turbine wheel includes a hub portion, a plurality of blades disposed about the hub portion, each blade of the plurality of blades having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a centerline passing axially through the hub portion, and a back-side wall defined radially between the leading edge of each blade of the plurality of blades and the centerline. The turbocharger turbine wheel is made of a metal alloy and a surface coating layer of alpha-alumina. The surface coating layer of alpha-alumina may be disposed only on the hub portion, the plurality of blades, and a radially-outer portion of the back-side wall. The radially-outer portion is defined between a radial distance from the centerline and the leading edge of each blade of the plurality of blades. Alternatively, the surface coating layer of alpha-alumina may be disposed on the hub portion, the plurality of blades, and an entirety of the back-side wall.
US11661843B2
A method is provided for determining a lithology of a subterranean formation into which a wellbore has been drilled. The method includes receiving a set of measurement logs including one or more measurement logs, each representing a measured characteristic of the wellbore plotted according to depth. The method also includes segmenting the wellbore into regions based on identified change of trend in one or more of the measurement logs of the set, and sub-segmenting at least one region into zones based on detection of appearance or disappearance of a rock type in the cuttings percentage log, The method also includes determining, in each zone, a location, length and rock type of one or more layers based on a total percentage of each rock type in the zone in the cuttings percentage log and at least one of the additional measurement logs.
US11661841B2
An inexpensive electrically conductive carrier is added to well bore fluids thereby allowing for a closed loop real-time data communication system for topside management of all downhole equipment including drilling, completion, production, logging, and workover equipment. Conductive carrier fluid provides a “real-time” digital and analog bi-directional data and communication solution between the surface operations of a well-bore and downhole tools. Conductive carrier fluid provides for the application of more sophisticated software essential for exact control requirements of sophisticated downhole equipment, thereby achieving optimized tool performance as well as future downhole tools.
US11661835B2
An advanced real-time drilling control system can comprise circuitry configured to continuously monitor, in real time, drilling performance of an electric drilling machine as the electric drilling machine drills a blasthole using a rotary tricone drill bit. The continuous monitoring can include continuously collecting, according to a predetermined sampling rate, drill performance data from one or more sensors of the electric drilling machine in real time. The circuitry can also be configured to adjust, in real time, pulldown pressure/rate and rotary speed of the rotary tricone drill bit of the electric drilling machine to optimize penetration rate of the rotary tricone drill bit based on the drill performance data and output of one or more machine learning operations applied to the drill performance data.
US11661830B2
A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir using laterally displaced and substantially vertically coplanar injection and production wells, in which at least one annulus-flow restrictor is positioned within the injection well diagonally opposed to a production inlet on the production well, so that injecting mobilizing fluid into the subterranean reservoir and producing mobilized hydrocarbons from the subterranean reservoir creates a transverse pressure gradient between the injection well and the production well.
US11661825B2
This application relates to systems and methods for stimulating hydrocarbon bearing rock formations using a downhole hybrid tool for discharging a fracturing solution to a wellbore in the formation and for delivering an output laser beams to the rock formation.
US11661823B2
A perforating gun may include a gun carrier extending in an axial direction and a tandem seal adapter (TSA). The gun carrier having a maximum outer carrier diameter. The TSA may include a first TSA region having a first TSA outer diameter, a second TSA region having a second TSA outer diameter, and a shoulder surface formed between an outer surface of the first TSA region and an outer surface of the second TSA region. The second TSA outer diameter may be larger than the first TSA outer diameter and smaller than the maximum outer carrier diameter. A portion of the gun carrier may abut with the shoulder surface.
US11661806B2
A downhole valve is described. The downhole valve has a pilot valve section and a tool section. The pilot valve section has a first tube. The tool section has a second tube slidably coupled to the first tube of the pilot valve section so as to provide fluid communication between the pilot valve section and the tool section. The tool section can be in the form of a signal valve section of a mud pulse telemetry valve, a reamer, a vertical steerable tool, a rotary steerable tool, a by-pass valve, a packer, a whipstock, or stabilizer.
US11661805B2
A flow measurement apparatus can include a main flow passage, a bypass flow passage having an inlet and an outlet connected with the main flow passage, a mass flowmeter connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet, and a flow restrictor connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. A method can include connecting the flow measurement apparatus, so that a fluid flow in the well also flows through the flow measurement apparatus, and determining at least one rheological parameter of a non-Newtonian fluid, based on an output of the flow measurement apparatus.
US11661802B1
A cross BOP swivel joint for crossing over a blowout preventer of a drilling apparatus includes a swivel housing, an internal pipe received through the swivel housing. The internal pipe includes an upper loading shoulder and a lower loading shoulder. The cross BOP swivel joint includes an upper journal bearing, lower journal bearing, and at least one central bearing between the swivel housing and the internal pipe. The central bearings are axially disposed between the journal bearings. When engaged, the BOP contacts the outer surface of the swivel housing of the cross BOP swivel joint. The journal bearings allow the internal pipe to rotate relative to the swivel housing when the BOP is engaged with the swivel housing. This allows rotation of the drill string during well control events. The central bearing provides radial support to the swivel housing to reduce inward deflection of the swivel housing.
US11661799B2
Disclosed is a drill bit for cutting formation comprises a bit body, a plurality of cutters, a plurality of blades with pockets to accommodate the cutters respectively. Each of the plurality of cutters has at least one alignment structure to align with at least one counter-alignment structure on each of the pockets to locate the rotary orientation between each of the plurality of cutters and each of the corresponding pockets.
US11661798B1
Embodiments relate to a polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to a cemented carbide substrate including tungsten carbide grains having a fine average grain size to provide one or more of enhanced wear resistance, corrosion resistance, or erosion resistance, and a PDC with enhanced impact resistance. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate having a cobalt-containing cementing constituent cementing tungsten carbide grains together exhibiting an average grain size of about 1.5 μm or less. The substrate includes an interfacial surface and a depletion zone depleted of the cementing constituent that extends inwardly from the interfacial surface to a depth of, for example, about 30 μm to about 60 μm. The PDC includes a PCD table bonded to the interfacial surface of the substrate. The PCD table includes diamond grains bonded together exhibiting an average grain size of about 40 μm or less.
US11661796B2
A bearing assembly having independently rotatable concentric inner and outer tubes. A bearing chamber containing multiple bearings is disposed between the tubes, allowing thrust but not rotation to be transferred between them. The bearing chamber is sealed from the inside of the inner tube. To prevent high pressure fluid from leaking from the inner tube to an exterior of the tool through the bearing chamber, damaging components, a flow path is formed. An annular piston responds to high pressure within the bearing chamber and the inner tube, opening a flow path from the inner tube to the environment.
US11661790B2
A door includes a first skin, a second skin, two stiles, a core, and a gas permeable membrane. The first skin provides a first outer door surface. The second skin provides a second outer door surface. The two stiles are disposed at least partially between the first skin and the second skin. At least one stile defines a vent therein. The core comprises a foam material and is disposed between the first skin and the second skin. The gas permeable membrane, which is permeable to gas but not to the precursors of a foam material, is disposed on the at least one stile covering the vent. The gas permeable membrane contacts the foam material in the core, and separate the foam material in the core from the vent.
US11661787B2
Systems and methods to indicate whether a safe is locked or unlocked.
US11661786B2
A retrofit module configured for use with a door closer having a pinion. The retrofit module generally includes a case, an output shaft, a motor, and a control assembly. The output shaft is rotatably mounted in the case, and is configured for rotational coupling with the pinion. The motor is mounted to the case, and is operable to rotate the output shaft in a door-opening direction. The control assembly is mounted to the case, and is configured to operate the motor to drive the output shaft in the door-opening direction in response to an actuating signal.
US11661784B2
A method of using detection devices for hazard detection when activating a physical closure member of an automobile generates a combined output signal from a first-detection device having a first-operational range and a second-detection device having a second-operational range. The combined output signal is generated for activity detected within a full-operational range, wherein the full-operational range is a mathematical union of the first-operational range and the second-operational range. A cumulative safety threshold is determined for the physical closure member using processing circuitry. Hazard-related data within the combined output signal is analyzed using processing circuitry. If the hazard-related data exceeds the cumulative safety threshold, a current state of the physical closure member is changed. If the hazard-related data does not exceed the cumulative safety threshold, a current state of the physical closure member is maintained.
US11661781B2
The present invention relates to reliably performing an opening portion operation and a closing operation without using a cam and a member sliding on the cam, by including a body-side member fixed to a box body; a door-side member fixed to a door, a link mechanism connecting the body-side member to the door-side member, and a catch mechanism interposed between the link mechanisms, between the body-side member and the link mechanism, or between the door-side member and the link mechanism, and configured to bias the door-side member in a closing direction or an opening portion direction, wherein the catch mechanism includes a coil spring provided on one side of two members that are connected so as to be rotatable relative to each other through a shaft member, and a transfer arm configured to transfer an elastic restoring force of the coil spring to an other side of the two members, and the transfer arm is connected to be rotatable at a point spaced apart from the shaft member on the other side of the two members.
US11661779B2
The present invention relates to a floor pit covering system comprising a cover plate (1) and a pivoting system (2). The pivoting system (2) is adapted for arranging the cover plate (1) in a first end position (P1) or in a second end position (P2) in response to an internal force (FI), or an internal force (FI) and an external force (FE), being applied onto the cover plate (1). The cover plate (1) is arranged in the first end position (P1) when force FE≤FI and in the second end position (P2) when force FE>FI. The present invention further relates to a method of operating such a system.
US11661778B2
The invention relates to an overhead door for covering a door opening comprising a door blade (11) with a plurality of panels (17), said door blade (11) being movable between a vertical, closed position and a horizontal, opened or overhead position within a side frame (12) comprising double-sided a vertical track (13) and a horizontal track (14), connected by a connecting portion (15), respectively, and with a belt (20) or a chain associated with one side each of the said side frame (12) to lift the panels (17) from said vertical position to said horizontal position. To develop the stated overhead door in a way that the advantages of a high speed rollup door and an overhead door are combined, to offer an overhead door with a low space requirement, low maintenance requirements and a high speed closing possibility, the stated overhead door comprises driving means (27) for simultaneously driving a plurality of said panels (17).
US11661771B2
An electronic drive for a lock assembly includes a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, and at least one link bar coupled to the motor. The at least one link bar at least partially extends out of the housing. The electronic drive also includes a driven disk coupled to a first end of the at least one link bar and rotatable about a rotational axis. The driven disk is adapted to couple to the lock assembly, and upon rotation, extend and retract at least one locking element. In operation, the motor selectively drives substantially linear movement of the at least one link bar to rotate the driven disk about the rotational axis.
US11661766B2
A wireless ultra-low power portable lock may be realized as a lock apparatus including: a locking mechanism having at least locked and unlocked states, the locking mechanism operable to provide physical resistance to being unlocked when in the locked state; an actuator operable to move the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state in response to a received signal; and a controlling unit configured to control the actuator and to receive one or more signals from one or more devices external to the lock apparatus.
US11661761B2
A mobile tower for transportation to and rapid deployment at remote sites where the mobile tower can be engaged with the ground, the mobile tower including an extendable and retractable tower secured to a mobile support structure including a frame having a plurality of rapidly deployable outriggers, wherein the tower includes three series of pivotally interconnected tower sections or segments, sections or segments of which engage with segments of each of the other series when the tower is assembled; the mobile tower including a plurality of guy wires secured between the extendable and retractable tower and the respective outriggers to stabilize the tower after the tower is assembled. The guy wires are preferably secured to the extendable and retractable tower at first and second connecting positions that are displaced from one another about an outer perimeter. Methods of deploying the mobile tower are also disclosed.
US11661760B1
The disclosure relates to the technical field of building structure engineering, in particular to a longitudinal seam caulking and monitoring restore device and a longitudinal seam caulking restore method. The longitudinal seam caulking and monitoring restore device includes: a first panel, on which a plurality of guide seats are arranged; a second panel, which is arranged to be opposite to the first panel; stranded wires, which are wound on the guide seats, wherein first ends of the stranded wires are connected to stranded wire end seats, the stranded wire end seats are fixedly connected to the second panel, second ends of the stranded wires extend out of a space between the second panel and the first panel and are connected to fastening devices, and the fastening devices are capable of tightening and releasing the stranded wires; a plurality of elastic components, wherein the elastic components are arranged between the first panel and the second panel, first ends of the elastic components are fixedly connected to the first panel, and second ends of the elastic components are fixedly connected to the second panel; and two groups of air columns, wherein a connection line of one group of air columns intersects another connection line of the other group of air columns to form a cross, each group of the air columns includes at least two air columns.
US11661753B2
A device for manipulating a board is provided, the device comprising: a body having an upper side and a lower side; the body having a proximal end comprising an angled face, wherein the angled face is formed on the upper side, and wherein the angled face includes an aperture extending into the angled face and through the body; the body having a distal end including a U-shaped board engagement member including a pair of legs; and the body having at least one joist alignment member extending downwardly from the lower side.
US11661747B2
There is provided a gutter assembly comprising: a gutter and a gutter guard. The gutter has a front portion including an outwardly inclined segment and a front inverted hook member defining an inward recess. The gutter guard is engageable with the gutter to cover an opening thereof. The gutter guard includes a front portion operatively engageable with the front portion of the gutter. The front portion comprises a recess-engaging portion and an inclined segment abutting portion, the recess-engaging portion being insertable in the inward recess and abuttable against the front inverted hook member with the inclined segment abutting portion abutting against the outwardly inclined segment when the recess-engaging portion is inserted in the inward recess with a rear portion of the gutter guard extends spaced-apart from a bottom wall of the gutter even if unattached to a rear portion of the gutter. There is also provided a method for mounting a gutter assembly to a supporting surface.
US11661745B2
A roofing shingle includes a head lap and at least one solar cell. The head lap includes at least one handle located between a first end and a second end of the shingle and proximate to a first edge thereof. The at least one handle includes at least one cutout and a gripping portion. The at least one cutout is sized and shaped to receive an external object to facilitate transporting the shingle by a user.
US11661744B2
A roofing shingle includes an overlay sheet, an underlay sheet, and a reinforcement member. The overlay sheet includes a headlap portion and a tab portion, wherein the overlay sheet has an overlay sheet height. The underlay sheet is secured to a bottom surface of the overlay sheet such that a region of the underlay sheet overlaps a region of the headlap portion of the overlay sheet. The reinforcement material is secured to a top surface of the headlap portion of the overlay sheet, wherein the reinforcement material is configured to improve nail pull-through, wherein the reinforcement material extends beyond the overlapping regions of the headlap portion and the underlay sheet.
US11661742B2
A steel reinforced concrete column for a high rise building comprises a plurality of hot-rolled steel sections extending longitudinally through the concrete column. Each of these steel sections has an outward flange with an outer surface turned outwards in the concrete column, an opposite inward flange with an outer surface turned inwards in the concrete column, and a web connecting the outward flange to the inward flange. The steel sections are arranged in the concrete column so that the outer surfaces of their inward flanges at least partially delimit therein a central concrete core with n lateral sides and a transversal cross-section that forms an n-sided polygon, n being at least equal to three, and each of then lateral sides of the central concrete core being coplanar with the outer surface of the inward flange of at least one steel section.
US11661736B2
Modular wall panels having a frame of a plurality of frame components and at least one wall sheet affixed to the frame. The frame components may have angled ends, straight ends, or a combination thereof to collectively form a frame which may include corners. Each frame component includes an outer surface with at least one aperture configured to receive and retain an insert therein. The apertures are also configured to permit a cable(s) to pass therethrough for running cables and such through the interior of the wall panel. Connectors and spacers may be inserted into the apertures as inserts and bridge between adjacent panels to selectively connect the panels. Caps may be placed in empty apertures to cover the openings for aesthetic purposes. A wall system includes a plurality of such wall panels connected to one another along the outer surfaces of the frame components of their respective frames.
US11661726B2
A tooth attachment structure for a bucket includes a tooth, a pin member, and a lock member. The tooth includes a guide groove provided on an inner surface of the tooth and a pin hole provided in the guide groove. The pin member is disposed in the pin hole. The lock member is disposed in the guide groove. The lock member locks the pin member. The lock member engages the pin member by sliding toward the pin member.
US11661725B2
A loaded machine information acquisition unit acquires position information and azimuth direction information of a transport vehicle. An earth removal position-specifying unit specifies an earth removal position for loading a load target onto the transport vehicle, based on the position information and the azimuth direction information. A bucket position-specifying unit specifies a position of a bucket. An operation signal generation unit generates an operation signal for moving the bucket from the specified position to the earth removal position.
US11661707B2
Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products comprising a non-crosslinked binder that are durable and dispersible. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3″. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the present invention surprisingly provides a tissue product having a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.
US11661706B2
Provided are tissue webs, and products produced therefrom, that are generally durable, flexible and have improved cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as CD tensile energy absorption (CD TEA), CD stretch and CD modulus. The inventive tissue products generally comprise a single tissue ply that has been prepared by through-air drying and more preferably by through-air drying without creping. Moreover, the products may be produced using a transfer fabric positioned between the forming fabric and the through-air drying fabric where the transfer fabric imparts the nascent web with a high degree of CD strain.
US11661702B2
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a case that accommodates raw material pieces including fibers, a rotator that rotates inside the case to stir the raw material pieces, a stirring motor that rotates the rotator, a transport apparatus that transports the raw material pieces through a transport path coupled to a side wall of the case, and a control apparatus that controls rotation states of the rotator and the transport apparatus, in which the transport apparatus includes a discharge pipe that rotates on a central axis along the transport path, and a transport motor that rotates the discharge pipe.
US11661700B2
A clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; a single valve disposed on the air flow path, that changes the air flow path by rotating around a predetermined rotational axis; a valve actuating module for rotating the valve; and a control part for controlling the angle of rotation of the valve to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths comprise: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.
US11661675B2
The present disclosure provides high-purity semi-insulating single-crystal silicon carbide wafer and crystal which include one polytype single crystal. The semi-insulating single-crystal silicon carbide wafer has silicon vacancy inside, wherein the silicon-vacancy concentration is greater than 5E11 cm{circumflex over ( )}-3.
US11661672B2
A method of forming crystalline sheets using a Horizontal Ribbon Growth process, where the sheet of material formed in the process is withdrawn from a crucible in a specified manner to reduce instabilities in the process and to regulate crystal growth dynamics.
US11661669B2
Provided is a technique configured to cause a first actual operation to be started in a short time when the actual operation of a substrate processing component group is performed a plurality of times. A substrate processing system 10 includes a substrate processing apparatus 11 having a substrate processing component group 20 and a controller 40. The substrate processing component group 20 is configured to perform a test operation and an actual operation. The substrate processing component group 20 has a first substrate processing component and a second substrate processing component. When the actual operation is performed a plurality of times, the controller 40 causes the first substrate processing component to perform the test operation and causes the actual operation of the first substrate processing component to be started after completion of the test operation of the first substrate processing component.
US11661666B2
Electrolyte solutions for electrodeposition of zinc alloys and methods of electrodepositing zinc-iron alloys. An electrolyte solution for electroplating can include an alkali metal hydroxide, a zinc salt, a condensation polymer of epichlorohydrin, a quaternary amine, an aliphatic amine, a polyhydroxy alcohol, an aromatic organic acid and/or salts thereof, an amino alcohol, a bisphosphonic acid and/or salts thereof, an iron salt, an alkali metal gluconate, and an amine-based chelating agent. Electrodepositing zinc alloys on a substrate can include introducing a cathode and an anode into an electrolyte solution comprising an alkali metal hydroxide, a zinc salt, a condensation polymer of epichlorohydrin, a quaternary amine, an aliphatic amine, a polyhydroxy alcohol, an aromatic organic acid and/or salts thereof, an amino alcohol, a bisphosphonic acid and/or salts thereof, an iron salt, an alkali metal gluconate, and an amine-based chelating agent.
US11661658B2
Systems and methods for electrochemical ammonia synthesis comprise electrolytes which have greater efficiency than water, thus leading to cost reductions; and/or cathode catalysts which have lower costs and higher efficiencies in comparison to the iron/nickel catalysts noted above. The electrolyte may be composed primarily of a combination of non-aqueous hydrogen bond donors and acceptors, with high nitrogen solubility and high conductivity. The cathode catalyst may be composed of either a manganese-doped oxide or carbonate material or a two-dimensional carbide or nitride material.
US11661641B2
A hydrogen storage system includes a hydrogen storage alloy containment vessel comprising an external pressure containment vessel and a thermally conductive compartmentalization network disposed within the pressure containment vessel. The compartmentalization network creates compartments within the pressure vessel within which a hydrogen storage alloy is disposed. The compartmentalization network includes a plurality of thermally conductive elongate tubes positioned within the pressure vessel forming a coherent, tightly packed tube bundle providing a thermally conductive network between the hydrogen storage alloy and the pressure vessel. The hydrogen storage alloy is a non-pyrophoric AB2-type Laves phase hydrogen storage alloy having: an A-site to B-site elemental ratio of not more than 0.5; and an alloy composition including (in at %): Zr: 2.0-5.5, Ti: 27-31.3, V: 8.3-9.9, Cr: 20.6-30.5, Mn: 25.4-33.0, Fe: 1.0-5.9, Al: 0.1-0.4, and/or Ni: 0.0-4.0.
US11661637B2
A method for forming a cold rolled, coated and post batch annealed steel sheet is provided. The method includes cold rolling a steel sheet; coating the cold rolled steel sheet with a zinc or zinc alloy coating, the cold rolled, coated steel sheet having an initial hole expansion and an initial yield strength and post batch annealing the cold rolled, coated steel sheet at a tempering temperature in a range from 150 to 650° C., the post batch annealed steel sheet having a final hole expansion and a final yield strength. The steel sheet includes (in wt. %)C-0.1-0.3%, Mn-1-3%, Si-0.5-3.5%, Al-0.05-1.5% and Mo+Cr being between 0-1.0%. The final hole expansion is at least 80% greater than the initial hole expansion and the final yield strength is at least 30% greater than the initial yield strength.
US11661635B2
A method for purifying a mixture in a multicolumn chromatography system. The method successively and cyclically collects a raffinate, injects the mixture to be separated, collects an extract, and injects eluent. The mixture to be separated contains fructose and has a dry matter mass concentration of 45 to 55%. The method is carried out at a temperature of 50 to 62° C.
US11661634B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing RNA. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for producing RNA, which is scalable and provides RNA at a high purity. The present invention provides a method for producing RNA under GMP and/or cGMP-compliant conditions. The invention further provides specific processes for use as a quality control in the manufacturing of a template DNA and/or in a method for producing RNA, in particular by in vitro transcription.
US11661632B2
Methods and compositions are provided for diagnosing lung cancer in a mammalian subject by use of 10 or more selected genes, e.g., a gene expression profile, from the blood of the subject which is characteristic of disease. The gene expression profile includes 10 or more genes of Table I or Table II herein.
US11661630B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for determining the quality of stored blood and detecting Autologous Blood Transfusions (ABT) and blood doping.
US11661625B2
Disclosed herein include systems, methods, compositions, and kits for immune repertoire profiling. There are provided, in some embodiments, primer panels enabling the determination of the nucleotide sequence of the complete variable region of nucleic acids encoding mouse B cell receptor (BCR) and T cell receptor (TCR) polypeptides. In some embodiments, the method comprises single cell transcriptomic analysis.
US11661614B2
A fermentation process for producing magnesium lactate from a carbon source including the steps of: providing a fermentation medium including a fermentable carbon source in a fermentation reactor; fermenting the fermentation medium by a lactic acid producing microorganism in the presence of an alkaline magnesium salt to provide a fermentation broth including magnesium lactate; and recovering solid magnesium lactate from the magnesium lactate containing fermentation broth, wherein during at least 40% of the operating time of the fermentation process, the concentration of solid magnesium lactate in the fermentation broth is maintained in the range of 5-40 vol. %, calculated as solid magnesium lactate crystals on the total of the fermentation broth. The process allows stable operation at high productivity, in combination with efficient product separation.
US11661613B2
Methods and materials for the production of hydroxy fatty acid anions, including 2-hydroxyisobutyric acid (2-HIBA), and/or derivatives thereof and compounds related thereto are provided. Also provided are products produced in accordance with these methods and materials.
US11661612B2
Disclosed herein are polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding, cells and organisms comprising novel DNA-binding domains, including TALE DNA-binding domains. Also disclosed are methods of using these novel DNA-binding domains for modulation of gene expression and/or genomic editing of endogenous cellular sequences.
US11661611B2
The present disclosure is in the field of genome engineering, particularly targeted genetic modification of a CISH gene.
US11661610B2
Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel insecticidal proteins having toxicity Coleopteran and/or Lepidopteran insect pests are provided. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the novel insecticidal proteins are also provided. Methods of making the insecticidal proteins and methods of using the insecticidal proteins and nucleic acids encoding the insecticidal proteins of the invention, for example in transgenic plants to confer protection from insect damage, are also disclosed.
US11661604B2
This disclosure relates to oligonucleotides, compositions and methods useful for reducing LDHA expression, particularly in hepatocytes.
US11661589B2
Provided are modified microorganisms which are modified such that their growth can be controlled using exogenously provided compounds. The microorganisms can be modified by genetic alterations that include a promoter inducible by a first exogenously supplied compound. The promoter can be configured to drive expression of an RNA coding sequence that may be essential to growth of the microorganism. The microorganisms may also be modified to include site specific recombinase recognition sites flanking or within the RNA coding sequence so that expression of the corresponding site specific recombinase will disrupt transcription of the RNA. The site specific recombinase can be configured such that it expression and/or activity is suppressed by a second exogenously supplied compound. Methods of making the modified microorganisms and kits that contain reagents for making and using the modified microorganisms are also provided.
US11661588B2
The present invention refers to hyperactive variants of a transposase of the transposon system Sleeping Beauty (SB). The invention further refers to corresponding nucleic acids producing these variants, to a gene transfer system for stably introducing nucleic acid(s) into the DNA of a cell by using these hyperactive variants of a transposase of the transposon system Sleeping Beauty (SB) and to transposons used in the inventive gene transfer system, comprising a nucleic acid sequence with flanking repeats (IRs and/or RSDs). Furthermore, applications of these transposase variants, the transposon, or the gene transfer system are also disclosed such as gene therapy, insertional mutagenesis, gene discovery (including genome mapping), mobilization of genes, library screening, or functional analysis of genomes in vivo and in vitro. Finally, pharmaceutical compositions and kits are also encompassed.
US11661586B2
Compositions comprising (i) lactate oxidase (LOX) and Catalase (CAT), preferably in a 1:1 molar ratio; or (ii) a fusion polypeptide comprising both LOX and CAT, e.g., LOXCAT, and methods of use thereof for reducing blood lactate levels, increasing blood pyruvate levels, and/or decreasing blood lactate/pyruvate ratio in a subject.
US11661584B2
Provided is a method of culturing mesenchymal stem cells as a cell construct while maintaining undifferentiation thereof, the method including subjecting mesenchymal stem cells to shaking culture.
US11661581B2
Methods for using cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors to enhance growth and self-renewal of progenitor cells, in vitro and in vivo.
US11661577B2
Provided herein are devices and methods that enable co-incubation of microorganisms. Also provided are methods of making such devices for co-incubation of microorganisms, and various applications of such devices.
US11661576B2
A cell culture matrix is provided that has a substrate with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a thickness separating the first side and the second side, and a plurality of openings formed in the substrate and passing through the thickness of the substrate. The plurality of openings allow flow of at least one of cell culture media, cells, or cell products through the thickness of the substrate, and provides a uniform, efficient, and scalable matrix for cell seeding, proliferation, and culturing. The substrate can be formed from a woven polymer mesh material that provides a high surface area to volume ratio for cells and good fluid flow through the matrix. Bioreactor systems incorporating the cell culture matrix and related methods are also provided.
US11661573B2
A microfluidic chip for culturing and real-time monitoring of multicellular tissues and use method thereof. The chip comprises a glass substrate layer, and a PDMS microchannel layer located on the glass substrate layer, wherein the glass substrate layer comprises a glass substrate, and a plurality of microelectrodes thereon; the PDMS microchannel comprises a plurality of independent microfluidic channels; the microelectrodes on the glass substrate are in one-to-one correspondence with the microfluidic channels in the PDMS microchannel layer; and the microelectrodes are electrically connected to an external circuit. The use method comprises: cell capture, cell or tissue culture, electrical impedance spectroscopy detection, and tissue release.
US11661563B2
An extremely rheopectic sulfonate-based grease composition and method comprising adding overbased calcium sulfonate, overbased magnesium sulfonate, and a facilitating acid, using a particular type of overbased calcium sulfonate and/or methods for adding overbased calcium sulfonate relative to the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid to favor the reaction between the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid. A preferred overbased calcium sulfonate comprises benzene rings having multiple alkyl groups. Preferred methods comprise (1) adding all calcium sulfonate after adding the magnesium sulfonate and facilitating acid, (2) adding a first portion of calcium sulfonate with the magnesium sulfonate before adding the facilitating acid and a second portion of calcium sulfonate after the facilitating acid, and/or (3) one or more calcium sulfonate delay periods relative to adding the facilitating acid. The extremely rheopectic grease is fluid and pourable and only takes on a grease structure after milling or shearing.
US11661561B2
A cardboard structure is foldable to form a consumable chimney. The cardboard structure comprises four side wall panels that are connected to each adjacent side wall panel by a longitudinal fold line. The cardboard structure further comprises four floor panels that are each connected to the one of the side wall panels by a lateral fold line. Two locking floor panels secure the floor panels in place to form a floor extending inward from the side wall panels and form a central opening in the floor. The cardboard structure may be formed into an assembled chimney by a few simple folding operations. The cardboard chimney then supports the burning of an accelerant, such as newsprint, which then ignites a solid fuel source, such as charcoal, that is received in the chimney.
US11661556B2
The present invention relates to a sequential thermo-chemical treatment along with adsorption-based pre-treatment process for residual oils having a very high naphthenic acid content. First stage of the process is a thermal pre-treatment step which results into generation of hydrocarbon stream with a reduced naphthenic acid content due to high temperature. In second stage of pre-treatment, generated hydrocarbon stream from stage-1 is subjected to esterification reaction with alcohol, such as methanol, to further reduce the TAN of hydrocarbon stream. After recovery of alcohol from the reaction mixture, depending on TAN reduction required reaction mixture may be subjected to an adsorption stage, third stage pre-treatment, where an adsorbent mixture comprising of FCC spent catalyst is used to adsorb the TAN of feed hydrocarbon stream. The treated hydrocarbon stream is then co-processed with DCU feed stock for producing lighter hydrocarbons.
US11661550B2
A quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor nanocrystal comprising zinc, selenium, and optionally tellurium; and a shell disposed on the core and comprising a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, and comprising zinc and at least one of sulfur and selenium, wherein the shell comprises at least three branches extending from the core, wherein at least one of the branches has a length of greater than or equal to about 2 nm, the quantum dot emits blue light comprising a maximum emission peak at a wavelength of less than or equal to about 470 nm, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum emission peak is less than about 35 nm, and the quantum dot does not comprise cadmium.
US11661547B2
A quantum dot, including a core including a first semiconductor material that includes indium; and a shell including a second semiconductor material, and disposed on the core, wherein the first semiconductor material and the second semiconductor material are different, wherein the shell has at least two branch portions and a valley portion connecting the at least two branch portions, at least one of the at least two branch portions comprises Zn, Se, and S, and a content of sulfur in the at least one branch portion increases in a direction away from the core.
US11661530B2
A method of preparing a polishing composition includes forming a dispersion solution containing ceria particles, and irradiating ultraviolet (UV) light onto the dispersion solution.
US11661529B2
A heat dissipating paint composition for forming a heat dissipating coating is disclosed. The heat dissipating paint includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer includes a main chain containing an epoxy resin and a linear side chain bonded to the main chain and having 5 to 101 carbon atoms.
US11661512B2
A colorized and tribologically modified polyoxymethylene polymer composition is disclosed. The polyoxymethylene polymer composition is comprised of a polyoxymethylene polymer in combination with at least one tribological modifier. The tribological modifier may include a fluoropolymer. The polymer composition further contains at least one coloring agent in combination with a color stabilizer. The color stabilizer has been found to dramatically improve color consistency. Polymer articles molded from the polymer composition not only have excellent surface appearance but have excellent low friction characteristics when tested against aluminum.
US11661504B2
An extrusion composition containing at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene homopolymers, polypropylene random copolymers, and polypropylene impact copolymers. The extrusion composition also contains at least one benzoic acid salt-based nucleating agent provided in the composition at a use level of between about 0.01 and 0.15 parts by weight, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin and at least one co-additive selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) and copolymers containing segments of ethylene oxide, wherein the co-additive has a number average molecular weight of about 300 or more, and wherein the use level of the co-additive is about 0.005 parts by weight or more, in relation to 100 parts by weight of the resin.
US11661503B2
The present invention relates to a cross-linkable polyolefin composition comprising a first olefin polymer (A) comprising a first comonomer comprising epoxy groups, and a second olefin polymer (B) comprising a second comonomer comprising carboxylic acid groups and/or precursor thereof.
US11661502B2
A resin composition contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) an olefin polymer; and (C) a sorbic acid ester; wherein the sorbic acid ester (C) is present in an amount of 0.00001 to 10 ppm based on the weight of the resin composition. The resin composition exhibits reduced susceptibility to coloration.
US11661494B2
An aluminum nitride particle including at least a first truncated six-sided pyramid (1-a) and a second truncated six-sided pyramid (1-b), the aluminum nitride particle having a shape such that a lower base (3) of the first truncated six-sided pyramid (1-a) and a lower base (3) of the second truncated six-sided pyramid (1-b) face each other, the first truncated six-sided pyramid (1-a) and the second truncated six-sided pyramid (1-b) each having an upper base (2) with an area S1 of not less than 60 μm2 and not more than 4800 μm2, and each having a ratio (S1/S2) of the area S1 to an area S2 of the lower base (3) being not less than 0.5 and less than 1, the first truncated six-sided pyramid (1-a) and the second truncated six-sided pyramid (1-b) respectively having a height h1 and a height h2 each being not less than 5 μm and not more than 20 μm.
US11661492B2
A white polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method for manufacturing the white polyester film includes: providing a recycled polyester material; physically regenerating a part of the recycled polyester material to form physically regenerated polyester chips having a first intrinsic viscosity; chemically regenerating another part of the recycled polyester material to form chemically regenerated polyester chips having a second intrinsic viscosity less than the first intrinsic viscosity; mixing white regenerated polyester chips, the physically regenerated polyester chips, and the chemically regenerated polyester chips according to a predetermined intrinsic viscosity so as to form a polyester masterbatch material; melting and extruding the polyester masterbatch material to obtain the white polyester film having the predetermined intrinsic viscosity.
US11661491B2
The instant application discloses, among other things, ways to manufacture reduced density thermoplastics. A rapid foaming process which may create a polymer product by saturating thermoplastic sheet or preforms, heating, and then forming into final shape, is described. The polymer product may include an integral solid skin. This method may be utilized with any thermoplastic. The material handling, saturation methods, and end products are also described.
US11661488B2
An article comprising a polymeric foam, wherein the polymeric foam contains a continuous polymer matrix defining cells therein, the polymer matrix containing: (a) from 25 to 65 weight percent of one or more olefin block copolymer having a melt index of two grams per ten minutes or more, (b) from 65 to 25 weight percent of one or more chlorinated olefin polymer having a Mooney viscosity less than 60 (ML 1+4, 125° C.), and (c) from 5 to 30 weight parts of antimony trioxide relative to 100 weight parts of polymers in the polymeric foam, with weight percent values relative to total polymer weight in the polymeric foam; a process for preparing the article.
US11661483B1
A method of making a polysilylether (PSE) polymer includes: cooling a solution of diethylamine to 0° C. under argon; adding cold dialkyldichlorosilane to form a first mixture; slowly warming the first mixture to form dialkylbis(diethylamino)silane; diluting the first mixture with hexane then filtering via cannula; evaporating the hexane and excess diethylamine; purifying the dialkylbis(diethylamino)silane under vacuum distillation; adding the dialkylbis(diethylamino)silane to a solution of diol dissolved in tetrahydrofuran to form a second mixture; heating the second mixture to 60° C. while reflux condensing, and cooling and concentrating the second mixture under vacuum to form a resultant mixture containing the polysilylether (PSE) polymer.
US11661481B2
Provided are a polyimide-based film, a window cover film, and a display panel including the same. More particularly, a polyimide-based film having excellent visibility, a window cover film using the same, and a display panel including the same are provided.
US11661478B2
A fluorine-containing ether compound of the present invention is represented by the following General Formula (1). (In the General Formula (1), X is a trivalent atom or a trivalent atom group, A is a linking group including at least one polar group, B is a linking group having a perfluoropolyether chain, and D is a polar group or a substituent having a polar group at the end.) [Chem. 1] XA-B-D)3 (1)
US11661473B2
A blocked polyisocyanate composition containing a blocked polyisocyanate obtained from a polyisocyanate and at least one blocking agent, wherein the blocking agent contains a compound represented by general formula (I) shown below, and the amount of methane tetracarbonyl structures represented by general formula (II) shown below, relative to the total molar amount within the blocked polyisocyanate of bonded structures in which the compound represented by general formula (I) is bonded to the polyisocyanate, is at least 0.5 mol % but not more than 10 mol %.
US11661468B2
Provided herein are systems and processes to control multiple temperatures in additive manufacturing. Such temperature control adjusts polymer properties and facilitates processing of materials to form 3D objects. The systems and processes disclosed herein also facilitate the processing of typically difficult-to-process materials and deliver such materials to a photocuring zone configured to photopolymerize materials into 3 dimensional objects with a layer-by-layer process. Such processes can include the steps of heating a resin to a flowable temperature, applying the resin to a carrier, cooling the film to increase viscosity or to solidify the resin, and applying the film containing the resin onto an area being printed, then photocuring the film. Also provided herein are resins and related polymer materials having properties that are tunable with exposure to more than one temperature zone. The formed polymers can include multiple regions of polymer material, each independently having distinct properties. Processes and systems are also provided herein that are configured to produce polymeric materials having multiple regions with distinct properties from a single-component formulation.
US11661467B2
The present disclosure discloses a high-performance rubber damping material and a method for preparing the same, relating to the technical field of damping materials. The method for preparing the high-performance rubber damping material includes: grafting hydroxyethyl methacrylate and lignin to a rubber molecular chain of natural rubber latex through graft copolymerization reaction, so as to obtain a high-performance rubber damping material. This method adopts natural rubber latex as a base material, the hydroxyethyl methacrylate and lignin are grafted to the rubber molecular chain of natural rubber latex through graft copolymerization reaction, to form a semi-interpenetrating network structure.
US11661462B2
The present invention provides to a bispecific single chain antibody construct binding to a target cell surface antigen via a first binding domain and to the T cell surface antigen CD3 via a second binding domain, wherein serum albumin is fused to the C-terminus of the antibody construct. Moreover, the invention provides a polynucleotide encoding the antibody construct, a vector comprising said polynucleotide and a host cell transformed or transfected with said vector. Furthermore, the invention provides a process for the production of the antibody construct of the invention, a medical use of said antibody construct and a kit comprising said antibody construct.
US11661461B2
In one aspect, antibodies that specifically bind to a phosphorylated Rab protein are provided. In some embodiments, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a phosphorylated human Rab10 protein and recognizes an epitope within or comprising the sequence AGQERFH(pT)ITTSYYR (SEQ ID NO:123). In some embodiments, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a phosphorylated human Rab8a protein and recognizes an epitope within or comprising the sequence QERFR(pT)ITTAY (SEQ ID NO:125). Methods and materials for detecting LRRK2 and Rab protein are also provided.
US11661459B2
Provided are polynucleotides encoding inactivated cell surface receptors. Also provided are genetically engineered induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and derivative cells thereof expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and methods of using the same. Also provided are compositions, polypeptides, vectors, and methods of manufacturing.
US11661455B2
The present invention relates, in part, to chimeric proteins that find use in various immunotherapies. Particularly, the present invention provides targeted therapeutic agents that modulate the immune system for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US11661446B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for the affinity purification of proteins of interest in a single step, based on the lectin activity of the CRD (Carbohydrate Recognition Domain) of a galectin or part of said domain retaining the ability to bind β-galactosidase derivative.
US11661429B2
The present invention provides compounds and topical formulations including the compounds for the treatment of vascular malformations, wherein the compounds are according to formula (I): wherein subscript m, L1, R1, and L1-R1 are as described herein.
US11661427B2
The present disclosure provides certain tetrazole derivatives that are inhibitors of transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1), and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of TRPA1. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and processes for preparing the same.
US11661421B2
The invention provides an indolizine compound represented by formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method and a use thereof. The indolizine compound has an inhibitory effect on wild-type and/or mutant EZH2 or EZH1, and is expected to be developed into a novel drug for anti-tumor or for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
US11661420B2
Disclosed are a compound containing a fused ring, a use thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing same. Provided are a compound as shown in formula I-A, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a solvate thereof, a solvate of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a crystal form thereof. The compound can significantly reduce the levels of HBsAg, HBeAg and HBV DNA, and can be used for preparing a drug for treating hepatitis B, and has good market prospects. (I-A)
US11661418B2
The present disclosure provides, inter alia, compounds with MASP-2 inhibitory activity, compositions of such compounds, and methods of making and using such compounds.
US11661416B2
A method for producing an aromatic dianhydride includes reacting an aromatic diimide with a substituted or unsubstituted phthalic anhydride in an aqueous medium in the presence of an amine exchange catalyst to provide an aqueous reaction mixture including an N-substituted phthalimide, an aromatic tetraacid salt, and at least one of an aromatic triacid salt and an aromatic imide diacid salt. The method further includes removing the phthalimide from the aqueous reaction mixture by extracting the aqueous reaction mixture with an organic solvent in a first extractor for a first time period, at a first extraction temperature and subsequent to the first time period, extracting the aqueous reaction mixture with an organic solvent in a second extractor for a second time period, at a second extraction temperature. The aromatic tetraacid salt is converted to the corresponding aromatic dianhydride. Aromatic dianhydrides prepared according to the method are also described.
US11661414B2
Forms of cerdulatinib and salts or co-crystals thereof were prepared and characterized in the solid state. Also provided are processes of manufacture and methods of using the forms cerdulatinib and salts or co-crystals thereof.
US11661411B2
Provided herein are compounds having a structure of formula (I) and methods of using the disclosed compounds to inhibit IKKβ activity.
US11661410B2
The present disclosure provides certain tricyclic compounds that are histone methyltransferases G9a and/or GLP inhibitors and are therefore useful for the treatment of diseases treatable by inhibition of G9a and/or GLP such as cancers and hemoglobinopathies (e.g., beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease). Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds.
US11661399B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for inhibiting degradation of dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS) in solution. Concentrate compositions include DMTS and polar inorganic or organic solvent. The compositions can be stored in containers for at least 2 weeks at 54° C. or at least one year at room temperature and less than 50% of the DMTS degrades. The concentrate compositions can be diluted for use and combined with other components to form various solutions.
US11661397B2
The present invention provides a 1,4-disubstituted imidazole derivative of formula (1′) wherein ring Q1 is optionally-substituted C6-10 aryl group, etc.; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen atom, etc.; W1 is optionally-substituted C1-4 alkylene group; W2 is —NR3aC(O)— wherein R3a is hydrogen atom or C1-6 alkyl group, etc.; ring Q2 is 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, etc.; W3 is optionally-substituted C1-4 alkylene group, etc.; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; R4 is independently halogen atom, optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, etc.; R5 is hydroxy group, etc.; and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, which have a potent inhibitory effect on the sphere-forming capacity of cancer cells and are useful as an orally-available anti-tumor agent.
US11661393B2
Provided is a method of producing various 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid derivatives in high yields with no need to load a raw material in a large excess for improving a reaction conversion ratio, and without use of a catalyst having high toxicity or a strong acid catalyst. Also provided are powder compounds that may be utilized as raw materials for synthesizing various chemical products. A method of producing a 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid derivative includes causing the powder of a salt of a 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid anion and an alkali metal cation (component A), and a halide (component B) to react with each other to produce a 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid derivative. The 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid alkali metal salt powder is the powder of a salt of a 2-((meth)allyloxymethyl)acrylic acid anion and an alkali metal cation, and has a bulk density of 0.50 g/mL or more, or a water content of 0.05 wt % or less.
US11661392B2
An improved process can be used for the production of methacrylates, in particular methacrylic acid and/or methyl methacrylate (MMA). Specific embodiments of this process can be used for the safe and efficient production of these products from C-4-based raw materials, in particular those based on isobutylene or tert-butanol as raw materials. With this novel process, it is possible to operate such processes for a longer period of time without any safety or cleaning related shutdowns. This makes it possible to carry out such processes as simple, economic, and environmentally friendly as possible.
US11661388B2
A process produces sodium and/or potassium alkoxides in countercurrent by reactive rectification. Alcohol is reacted in countercurrent with the respective alkali metal hydroxide. The vapours containing alcohol and water are separated into at least two serially arranged rectification columns. The energy of the vapour obtained in the first rectification is utilized for operating the second rectification. This specific energy integration coupled with establishing a certain pressure difference in the two rectification stages makes it possible to cover a particularly large proportion of the energy required for the rectification through electricity and to save heating steam.
US11661387B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing high-purity 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane and a composition containing mainly 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane, suitable for use as a cleaning agent in the semiconductor industry.
US11661384B2
A device and a process to propagate molecular growth of hydrocarbons, either straight or branched chain structures, that naturally occur in the gas phase of a first gas to gas phase molecules of a second gas having higher molecular chain lengths than the hydrocarbons of the first gas. According to one embodiment, the device includes a grounded reactor vessel having a gas inlet, a product outlet, and an electrode within the vessel; a power supply coupled to the electrode for creating an electrostatic field within the vessel for converting the first gas to a second gas.
US11661366B2
Water containing selenium, for example flue gas desulfurization (FGD) blowdown water is treated with a combination of biological and chemical treatment and membrane filtration. The biologically treated water is dosed with a dithiocarbamate compound and flocculated prior to membrane filtration. Optionally, the treatment may be enhanced with one or more adsorptive agents prior to, or in conjunction with, membrane filtration. Membrane concentrate may be re-circulated to one or more biological treatment zones. The biological treatment may be by way of suspended growth, fixed growth on a moving bed, or both. One or more biological treatment zones may be controlled considering their oxygen reduction potential (ORP). Optionally, the biological treatment includes an aerobic zone following one or more anoxic or anaerobic zones. The non-aerobic zones remove selenium and optionally nitrogen and sulfur. The aerobic zone removes carbon, which may include carbon added as a nutrient in a non-aerobic zone.
US11661365B2
A composition and method of inhibiting corrosion and white rust on metal components in a water system. The composition preferably comprises an amino-acid based polymer (most preferably a polyaspartic acid or a salt thereof), hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid, and a second phosphonic acid (preferably a phosphonocarboxylic acid), and does not require the use of regulated metals. The composition is effective even in the presence of biocides. A preferred method of inhibiting white rust comprises adding an amino-acid based polymer or hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid or both to the water system. A preferred method of inhibiting corrosion or white rust comprises adding an amino-acid based polymer, hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid, and a phosphonocarboxylic acid to the water system. Preferably the active concentrations are at least 3 ppm each of the amino-acid based polymer and hydroxyphosphonoacetic acid when added to a volume of water in the water system.
US11661361B2
An enhanced coagulation method for removing microplastics in water is provided. First, a certain amount of inorganic suspended particles are added to microplastic wastewater to increase the number of particles and thereby improve a collision probability among the particles; and then a natural polymer flocculant and a polysilicic acid are added. The polysilicic acid is used as coagulant aid, so that the three materials can comprehensively achieve the purpose of removing the microplastics in the wastewater. The enhanced coagulation method can combine respective characteristics and advantages of the three materials, so that the three materials can mutually complement each other and give full play to the role of charge neutralization and bridging and net capturing, strengthen the sedimentation performance and enhance the actual microplastic removal effect. Therefore, it is a green and environmentally-friendly enhanced coagulation technology.
US11661348B2
The invention discloses a sound-absorbing material particle and a preparation method thereof. The method for preparing the sound-absorbing material particle comprises: mixing a sound-absorbing raw material with a solvent to form a sound-absorbing slurry; filling the sound-absorbing slurry into a mechanical compression die, and performing compression molding on the sound-absorbing slurry to form a particle; performing a hydrothermal crystallization reaction on the particle to crystallize the sound-absorbing raw material in the particle; and drying the particle to produce the sound-absorbing material particle.
US11661347B2
Graphene oxide aerogel beads (GOABs) are formed that have a core/shell structure where a smooth shell covers a multi-layer core. The smooth shell and the layers of the multilayer core comprise graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide. The GOABs can include a phase-change material encapsulated within the multi-layer core. The GOABs can be combined or decorated with Fe3O4 nanoparticles or MoS2 microflakes for various applications. The GOABs are formed from aqueous slurries of graphene oxide that is extruded as drops into an aqueous solution of a coagulant where GOABs are formed. The GOABs are washed and freeze dried, after which, the GOABs can be reduced as desired by chemical or thermal means. Impregnation can be carried out with the phase-change material.
US11661343B2
A process for preparing a porous carbon material. The process comprises the process steps: providing a carbon source; providing an amphiphilic species; contacting the carbon source and the amphiphilic species to obtain a precursor; and heating the precursor to obtain the porous carbon material; wherein the carbon source comprises a carbon source compound, wherein the carbon source compound comprises an aromatic ring having one or more attached OH groups and an ester link.
US11661340B2
Heat exchanger-reformer for use in a hydrogen production plant for producing syngas, for instance by means of a steam methane reforming method, wherein the reformer comprises vessel with a first inlet for supplying feed and a second inlet for supplying hot reformer effluent, preferably coming from a main steam methane reformer, wherein the heat exchanger-reformer further comprises a heat exchanging section that is arranged in fluid connection with the first and second inlets for exchanging heat between the feed and reformer effluent to effectuate steam reforming of hydrocarbon to produce syngas, wherein the heat exchanging section comprises a plate heat exchanger assembly for heat exchange between said feed and said reformer effluent.
US11661334B2
Disclosed herein is a MEMS ASIC. In some examples, the MEMS ASIC can include a MEMS, an analog front end (AFE) amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), an overload detector, and a high-ohmic (HO) block. The HO block and the MEMS can form a high-pass filter (HPF). The impedance of the HO block can be related to the DC operating level of the AFE amplifier and the cutoff frequency of the HPF. In some examples, an overload event can occur, and the overload detector can be configured to adjust the impedance of the HO block to reduce the settling time of the MEMS ASIC. Methods of using the MEMS ASIC to reduce the settling time of the MEMS ASIC due to an overload event are disclosed herein.
US11661332B2
Methods and systems for reducing stiction through roughening the surface and reducing the contact area in MEMS devices are disclosed. A method includes fabricating bumpstops on a surface of a MEMS device substrate to reduce stiction. Another method is directed to applying roughening etchant to a surface of a silicon substrate to enhance roughness after cavity etch and before removal of hardmask. Another embodiment described herein is directed to a method to reduce contact area between proof mass and UCAV (“upper cavity”) substrate surface with minimal impact on the cavity volume by introducing a shallow etch process step and maintaining high pressure in accelerometer cavity. Another method is described as to increasing the surface roughness of a UCAV substrate surface by depositing a rough layer (e.g. polysilicon) on the surface of the substrate and etching back the rough layer to transfer the roughness.
US11661330B2
A dispensing apparatus is described having a beverage source, containing a carbonated beverage liquid, and a dispensing tap. The dispensing apparatus includes a dispense tube disposing the beverage source in fluid communication with the dispensing tap and an infusion chamber arranged in connection with the dispense tube and configured to infuse an infusing ingredient with the carbonated beverage liquid. The dispensing apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to determine a level of carbon-dioxide in the liquid downstream of the infusion chamber. The dispensing apparatus includes a carbon-dioxide source coupled to the dispense tube via a valve. The dispensing apparatus further includes a control unit configured to operate the valve to allow flow of carbon-dioxide gas based on the determined level of carbon-dioxide in the carbonated beverage liquid, so as to bring the level of carbon-dioxide to a pre-defined level.
US11661329B2
A method and computer program product for defining a PWM drive signal having a defined voltage potential. The PWM drive signal has a plurality of “on” portions and a plurality of “off” portions that define a first duty cycle for regulating, at least in part, a flow rate of a pump assembly. At least a portion of the “on” portions of the PWM drive signal are pulse width modulated to define a second duty cycle for the at least a portion of the “on” portions of the PWM drive signal. The second duty cycle regulates, at least in part, the percentage of the defined voltage potential applied to the pump assembly.
US11661326B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to conduits, devices, systems and methods, which may include a dispensing device including a valve configured to interact with an inlet stream, the inlet stream having a first pressure, the valve having an outlet area with an outlet stream, the outlet stream having a second pressure; and a solenoid configured to interact with the outlet stream.
US11661323B2
A device for lifting a load includes: a column with a carriage sliding along the column; a structure, which is associated with the carriage, for supporting the load to be lifted; and an actuator that moves the carriage causing the load supporting structure to rise and/or descend. The supporting structure of the load includes: a single supporting arm; a longitudinal arm, having first and second ends, which is associated with the supporting arm, at the other end of the supporting arm, so as to be rotatable with respect to the supporting arm, the longitudinal arm being telescopic at one or both ends; and arms provided at one or both ends of the longitudinal arm and which develop in a transverse, or angled, direction with respect to the longitudinal arm, the arms being provided and/or configured to be engaged by members to support and/or sustain the load to be lifted.
US11661315B2
A sill gap monitoring system includes a sensor assembly configured to sense a sill gap between an elevator sill and at least one of a bottom surface of an elevator door and a bottom surface of a gib. The sill gap monitoring system generates an alert when the sill gap is greater than a sill gap limit.
US11661306B2
An elevator system includes an elevator car; a guide rail; and a linear synchronous reluctance motor including: a primary circuit having a plurality of primary poles and windings about the primary poles; a secondary circuit having a plurality of secondary poles; the primary circuit coupled to one of the elevator car and the guide rail, the secondary circuit coupled to the other of the elevator car and the guide rail.
US11661305B2
A core for winding sheet material is proved. The core comprises a cylindrical tube having a longitudinally oriented slot formed therein, and a strip of soft material located in the slot. Because of the geometry of the slot and the strip, the strip may be softer in the central region but firmer where the core transitions from the relatively soft strip to the relatively hard tube. The leading edge of the sheet material imbeds itself into the soft central region of the strip as additional layers are wound around the core.
US11661298B2
A medium transport unit includes an upstream route in which a print sheet is transported, a first switchback route, a second switchback route, a first guide route, a second guide route, a guide flap configured to switch the route so that the print sheet in the upstream route is transported either toward the first guide route or toward the second guide route, a first discharge route from which the print sheet in the first switchback route is discharged, a second discharge route from which the print sheet in the second switchback route is discharged, and a downstream route passing between the first switchback route and the second switchback route and having an upstream end connected to a junction of downstream ends of the first discharge route and the second discharge route.
US11661291B2
A support apparatus includes a frame assembly with an elevated load surface for supporting a modular proppant container in a position above a ground level. A chute assembly is supported by the frame assembly beneath the elevated load surface. A gate actuator has a coupling configured to engage with a gate assembly of the modular proppant container supported on the elevated load surface and a drive mechanism extending between the frame assembly and the coupling to selectively position the coupling for adjusting the gate assembly. The support apparatus may include a base frame section having a recessed region beneath the elevated load surface providing a feed station, an on-board subsystem attached to the frame assembly for operating the support apparatus in a stand-alone mode or an in-situ weigh station configured to measure the weight of the modular proppant container supported on an elevated surface in the rectangular container bay.
US11661287B2
The invention relates to a hopper, in particular for a rock-crushing plant, a screening plant or the like having a side wall that bounds the hopper space, a wall broadening portion being pivotably coupled to the side wall, an auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state being assigned to the wall broadening portion in order to move the wall broadening portion from a folded-down transport position to an upright working position, and wherein the auxiliary means for positioning in an upright state has an actuator that is coupled to a pivotably mounted lever. In the context of such a hopper, in order to be able to easily move the wall broadening portion in a controlled and reliably manner between the transport position and the working position, it is provided according to the invention that the lever is pivotably coupled to an equalizing lever, and that the equalizing lever is pivotably coupled to the wall broadening portion.
US11661285B2
An apparatus/method for a conveyor belt lifter apparatus that can be manually-configured to accommodate differently-sized conveyor belts of conveyor systems. The apparatus includes a pair of lifts in between which a trough-shaped adjustable conveyor belt support arm is releasably-secured. An adjustable shaft coupler connects the lifts to allow simultaneous activation and movement of both lifts by an operator engaging only one lift. An adjustable base also allows the apparatus to be adjusted for the conveyor system size. These adjustable components comprise segments that can be releasably secured using quick-release pins. The height of the ends of the conveyor belt support arm can also be manually adjusted to eliminate any gap between the conveyor belt and the support arm before lift activation. Each lift comprises a manually-controlled screw jack with an extender formed thereon to allow the lifter apparatus to raise or lower the particular conveyor belt once the lifter apparatus is installed.
US11661283B2
In one aspect, a gap blocker having a body with an upper blocking portion and leg portions of the body connected to the upper blocking portion at longitudinally spaced apart locations. The leg portions of the body have an initial, undeflected configuration with at least one of the leg portions having a first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The leg portions of the body have an operating configuration with the body in a gap between rollers wherein the at least one of the leg portions has the first orientation relative to the upper blocking portion. The upper blocking portion has upper contact portions and the leg portions have lower contact portions for contacting the rollers. The body also has outer surface portions intermediate the upper and lower contact portions configured to be in clearance with the rollers.
US11661275B2
A maintenance system is disclosed for assisting in maintaining an automated carrier system for moving objects to be processed. The maintenance system includes a plurality of automated carriers that are adapted to move on an array of discontinuous standard track sections, each said automated carrier including a carrier body that is no larger in either a length or width direction that a standard track section, and an automated maintenance carrier that is adapted to move on the array of discontinuous track sections, said automated maintenance system including a maintenance body that is larger in at least one of a length or width direction than the standard track section.
US11661259B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a cosmetic arrangement can be provided, which can include a first structure that can enclose a cosmetic active ingredient(s), a second structure that can enclose a solvent solution, a third structure(s) that can separate the solvent solution from the cosmetic active ingredient(s), a medium that can be configured to absorb a mixture of the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and solvent solution, and an indicator structure that can be configured to indicate whether the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution have come in contact with one another. Upon an application of a particular amount of pressure on a portion(s) of the arrangement, the cosmetic active ingredient(s) and the solvent solution can be caused to come into direct contact with one another.
US11661258B2
A packaging system that maintains the free flowing characteristic of solid materials contained therein. The packaging system includes a container, a cover, a vapor permeable bag, a vapor impermeable liner and at least two desiccant snakes. The vapor permeable bag has an opening for receiving solid materials and is formed from cloth or continuous fibers of high-density polyethylene that are randomly distributed and non-directional. The vapor impermeable liner surrounds the vapor permeable bag and provides a moisture barrier. The desiccant snakes are disposed between the vapor permeable bag and the liner. Each snake includes two or more desiccant packages formed from a vapor permeable material through which moisture can freely pass. The desiccant packages contain clay, silica, or molecular sieves.
US11661248B2
A backward-folded opening-resistant container structure includes first and second casing members combinable with each other. The first casing member has an outer side to which a foldable member that includes an insertion trough and an engaging member is connected. The second casing member includes a grip portion having a notch. A break-away unit includes a planar portion connected to the notch by means of a perforation line and a fastening portion in the form of a hollow cylindrical body having an end formed with an opening connected to the planar portion. The insertion trough and the fastening portion are combinable with each other, and the foldable member is foldable to have the engaging member inserted into the opening. When the first casing member and the second casing member are separated, the perforation line is broken and the break-away unit detaches from the second casing member.
US11661246B2
A carton with a removable lid, the carton may include a floor panel; a plurality of side panels extending about a periphery of the bottom panel. The one or more of the side panels may include one or more tabs extending from an upper edge thereof. The carton may further include foldable corner gussets extending between adjacent side panels. The bottom panel, side panels, and foldable corner gussets may be configurable to form a compartment region; and a removable lid. The removable lid may include a lid panel and one or more slots formed in the lid panel, wherein the lid panel may be configured to cover the compartment region, and wherein the one or more slots may be sized, shaped, and positioned such that when the removable lid is installed atop the compartment region, the one or more tabs align with the one or more slots and are received therethrough.
US11661245B2
A cover (52) for protection of a neck (44) and a closure member (46) of a bottle (42), wherein the cover (52) comprises a sleeve (54); wherein the sleeve (54) comprises a stretchable paper material (12); wherein the sleeve (54) is configured to enclose the neck (44); and wherein the stretchability according to ISO 1924-3:2005 of the stretchable paper material (12) the sleeve (54) is at least 5% in the machine direction (MD) and at least 5% in the cross direction (CD). A bottle (42) comprising a cover (52), a method of forming a cover (52) for a bottle (42), and a method of attaching a cover (52) to a bottle (42), are also provided.
US11661244B2
Cream dispenser for topically dispensing liquid onto the skin of a user including a liquid store, a discharge head that has a discharge opening and a hinged lid to protect the discharge opening. The dispenser has a multi-part design of the discharge head in order to limit, in a haptically satisfactory way, the movability of a release button of the discharge head and a special relative arrangement of the locking edges on the discharge head and on the hinged lid opposite a joint of the hinged lid in order to prevent the sharp-edged locking edges from coming into contact with the skin while cream is being discharged onto the skin.
US11661243B2
A securable clip includes a first elongated rectangular portion and a second elongated rectangular portion connected along a common edge. The clip includes at least one locking peg, at least one receiving hole configured to receive the at least one locking peg, and a frangible portion. The frangible portion provides a visual indication that the clip has been opened. The releasing of the locking peg prevents the clip from being reclosed, reused, or sealed again.
US11661242B2
A securable clip includes a first elongated rectangular portion and a second elongated rectangular portion connected along a common edge. The clip includes at least one locking peg, at least one receiving hole configured to receive the at least one locking peg, and a frangible portion. The frangible portion provides a visual indication that the clip has been opened. The releasing of the locking peg prevents the clip from being reclosed, reused, or sealed again.
US11661237B1
A pallet having: a pallet body having a first side and an opposing second side; at least one formed portion located on the first side of the pallet body and shaped to receive a rigid elongate first item thereon, the formed portion oriented substantially along a lengthwise axis of the pallet body. When the elongate first item is substantially retained on the formed portion of the pallet body such that when the elongate first item is secured thereon, a lengthwise rigidity of the pallet body is enhanced by the rigid elongate first item.
US11661230B2
A carton for holding at least one article includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton, the plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a front panel, a back panel, and at least one side panel, and a plurality of end flaps foldably connected to a respective panel of the plurality of panels, the plurality of end flaps includes at least one top end flap foldably connected to the top panel. The at least one top end flap is upwardly folded relative to the top panel to at least partially maintain a closed configuration of the carton in which the top panel is recessed below a portion of each of the front panel, the back panel, and the at least one side panel to form a recessed top portion for receiving a portion of a vertically adjacent carton.
US11661227B2
A carton sizing system that has a frame, a controller, one or more cutters movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller, one or more markers movably mounted to the frame and operatively connected to the controller. The carton sizing system also has a measuring means that is operatively connected to the controller and configured to determine, in use, the footprint of an open top carton and to determine the height of one or more objects contained within the carton. The controller is configured to position the one or more cutters based on the determined footprint and to cut vertical edges of the carton based on the determined height and also to position the one or more markers based on the determined footprint and height and to score or crease vertical walls of the carton between the vertical edges to at least partially define foldable panels.
US11661226B2
The present invention provides a wrapping robot with enhanced safety and reliability, the wrapping robot being able to prevent a safety accident that occurs when a worker or another object hits against a handle protruding outward from a robot body while the robot revolving around a product to perform wrapping by biasing the handle toward the product to be wrapped; and being able to improve reliability of wrapping by stopping operation of the wrapping robot when a wrap is loosened or cut during wrapping, using a sensor that senses loosening or cutting of a wrap.
US11661221B2
A system for evacuating and sealing containers filled with product, for example, food product, includes an enclosed, sealed housing wherein the pressure level and the atmospheric content can be controlled. A vacuum shroud is positioned in registry with a container entrance opening in the housing, the shroud connectible to a vacuum source and to a source of replaceable gas to replace the ambient air to be removed from the container. The shroud is advanceable to seal the container entrance opening and is retractable from the container entrance opening. A container transport system inserts the container through the housing entrance opening and into the shroud. Thereupon, a sealing system seals the housing from the ambient after the container has been inserted into the shroud. After the air in the container has been replaced with an inert gas and then the shroud retracted, a closure subsystem applies a cover to the evacuated container. Thereafter, an out feed subsystem removes the closed container from the housing while maintaining the atmospheric content and pressure level within the housing.
US11661219B2
A tray (100) for accommodating a coiled medical device, such as a catheter assembly (700), includes a first compartment (101), a second compartment (102), and a third compartment (103). The catheter assembly (700) and devices associated with a catheterization procedure, such as syringes (701,702) containing sterile water and lubricating jelly and a specimen container (703) can be disposed within the tray. Printed instructions (1001) can be included with the tray (100). One or more layers of wrap material (2200) can be folded about the tray (100) to enclose the tray (100) and other items, such as an additional layer of wrap material (2701), packaged liquid hand sanitizer (2401), and packaged gloves (2402). When a health care services provider (3101) unfolds the wrap material, the same can be used to create a sterile field beneath a patient (3201).
US11661211B2
A method includes receiving a component history for a processor module, the component history including identities of host vehicles in a set of host vehicles in which the processor module was installed; receiving an operational history for the set of host vehicles for a time period the processor module was installed on the set of host vehicles; receiving indirect sensor measurements related to the set of host vehicles for the time period; receiving a part survival model that is based at least in part on a part status of a plurality of historical processor modules, the plurality of historical processor modules having a historical component history, a historical operational history, and historical indirect sensor measurements; and determining a survival probability of the processor module based at least in part on the component history, the operational history, the indirect sensor measurements, and the part survival model.
US11661208B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle launch tube that has a tube, a sabot disposed in an interior of said tube, said sabot having a first clasp tab, and a clasp detachably coupled to said first clasp tab and contacting an inner circumferential wall of said tube so that said clasp is rotationally constrained by the inner circumferential wall and said first clasp tab.
US11661207B2
The invention relates to an electronic device for the centralized computation and diffusion of the state(s) of an aircraft, configured for at least calculate the value of one or more aircraft state(s), generate a list of aircraft state(s) the value of which is accessible via the electronic device, the list comprising, for each state, information representative of the said state, diffuse the list to each consumer avionics device, of at least one value of at least one state, receive, from at least one consumer avionics device, at least one request for transmission of one or more values of at least one first state selected from the list, the request comprising the said representative information related to the said at least one first selected state, and transmit, to at least one consumer avionics device, only the value or values of the at least one selected state.
US11661199B2
An air conditioning system that is designed to be retroactively added to, and removed from, an existing aircraft, vehicle, boat or similar confined space. The air conditioning system includes a cooler module that is carried into a first compartment to circulate and cool the air. The cooler module contains a condenser, an evaporator and a compressor. A heat exchanger module is mounted into a vented second compartment. The heat exchanger is capable of exchanging heat with the ambient air. The heat exchanger module is connected to the cooler module with tubes that contain a heat exchanger fluid. In order for the tubes to pass through a compartment barrier, fluid couplings are mounted through the barrier. The tubes connect to the fluid couplings on either side of the barrier. A control unit is provided within the pressurized cabin and/or cockpit for controlling the operations of the cooler module.
US11661190B2
A system for inspecting an aircraft includes a drone, a base station, and a controller. The drone includes one or more cameras. The base station has a storage compartment configured to store the autonomous drone therein. The controller has a processor and a memory. The memory has instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the processor, cause the base station to drive to a first predetermined location relative to the aircraft, and cause the drone to fly from the storage compartment of the base station to a first predetermined position relative to the aircraft so that the drone can record image data of at least portions of the aircraft with the one or more cameras.
US11661189B2
There are provided mechanisms for upgrading a piece of network equipment. A method is performed by a monitoring unit operatively connectable to the piece of network equipment. The method includes obtaining an indication of a need to upgrade the piece of network equipment. The method includes providing a request towards an unmanned aerial vehicle for the unmanned aerial vehicle to upgrade the piece of network equipment.
US11661182B2
Aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing, hovering, and efficient forward flight are described. An aircraft includes two side mounted tiltable proprotors and a central rotor disposed above the proprotors. The proprotors are tiltable between at least a horizontal position for forward flight and a vertical position for vertical or hovering flight. The central rotor may be powered for vertical and transitional flight modes and may turn by free autorotation during forward flight. The proprotors may be differentially tilted during vertical or hovering flight to counter torque effects of the central rotor. The central rotor may be foldable and/or easily detachable from the aircraft to facilitate storage and transportation. Left and right proprotors may provide both forward thrust and attitude control. Control inputs to left and right proprotors may be connected directly to an autopilot creating closed loop actuation using motor RPM feedback.
US11661180B2
An electric aircraft includes rotors for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft, proprotors that are tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft, a first battery pack for powering a first rotor and a first proprotor, a second battery pack for powering a second rotor and a second proprotor, a first electric power bus electrically connecting the first battery pack to the first rotor and proprotor, and a second electric power bus electrically connecting the second battery pack to the second rotor and proprotor, wherein the second electric power bus is electrically isolated from the first electric power bus.
US11661175B2
A wireless autopilot system includes a mounting plate for securement onto a flight control surface of an aircraft, an airfoil, and a flight control device. The flight control device is connected to the mounting plate, and an elongated bracket functions as an anti-flutter counterbalance. A servomotor is connected to the airfoil by the elongated bracket, and a controller having a wireless transceiver for communicating with an application on an externally located processor enabled device is located within the main body. Changes in the position of the servomotor during flight are instructed by the application, and result in a change to the orientation of the aircraft.
US11661171B2
An internal cladding part for cladding a fuselage structure of an aircraft is disclosed having a first cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a second cover layer that extends in a planar manner, a core layer which is disposed between the first and the second cover layer and is connected to the first and the second cover layer and defines a receptacle cavity, and an insulation structure having a porous insulation core and an evacuated film sheath that encases the insulation core in a gas-tight manner. The insulation structure is disposed in the receptacle cavity between the first and the second cover layer.
US11661170B2
Assemblies and methods for facilitating the assembly of aircraft wings to a fuselage are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wing unit includes features that are configured to define one of more parts of a pressure vessel that is partially defined by the fuselage portion. In some embodiments, the aircraft assemblies disclosed herein comprise one or more first structural interfaces that permit positional adjustment between the wing unit and the fuselage portion so that one or more second structural interfaces may be finished only after such positional adjustment. In some embodiments, the aircraft assemblies disclosed herein comprise one or more structural interfaces that are disposed outside of the wing unit in order to eliminate or reduce the need for assembly personnel to access the interior of the wing unit to carry out the structural assembly of the wing unit to the fuselage portion.
US11661169B2
A floor structure for an aircraft includes a rail that defines a recess having an opening and a bottom and designed to receive one or more attachment elements, a covering element arranged above a segment of the recess so as to provide a complementary bearing surface above the opening, and a cellular supporting structure having a first end that rests on the bottom of the recess, and a second end supporting the covering element. Thus, the covering element can be sufficiently thin to avoid or limit the formation of steps at the surface of the floor structure.
US11661166B2
A coaxial pressure lock assembly of an aircraft door, the coaxial pressure lock assembly comprises a pressure panel positioned adjacent an opening formed in the aircraft door such that the pressure panel is seated in the opening when the pressure panel is in a closed position, and a latch shaft extending through a clevis of the pressure panel. The latch shaft is configured to rotate about a latch shaft rotational axis extending through the latch shaft. The pressure panel is rotatable between the closed position and an open position about the latch shaft rotational axis. The latch shaft is a portion of a latch assembly configured to allow or prevent unlatching the aircraft door.
US11661162B2
A ship propulsion system provides a first power transmission device that transmits power from an internal combustion engine to a propeller, a second power transmission device that transmits power from an electric motor to a propeller and that is mounted to the hull so as to be able to turn up and down independently from the first power transmission device, an actuator for causing the second power transmission device to turn up and down, and a control device. The control device is configured so as to be able to select a first drive mode in which the internal combustion engine is driven and the electric motor is not driven, and a second drive mode in which the internal combustion engine is not driven and the electric motor is driven. When the first drive mode is selected, the actuator is operated so that the second power transmission device turns up.
US11661151B2
Mooring tensioning arrangement (10) on a vessel (60), comprising a moonpool (20) having a through miming vertical channel with an upper moonpool opening (22) in proximity to a deck (62) of the vessel (60), and a bottom moonpool opening (24) open to surrounding sea (30). A winch (14) is located above the moonpool (20), wherein a first anchor wire pennant (42) runs from the winch (14), over a stern (64) of the vessel (60) and into sea (30), and a second anchor wire pennant (46) runs from the winch (14), through the moonpool (20) and into the sea (30). A wire/chain stopper (18) securing the second anchor wire pennant (46) is placed in the moonpool (20), and the bottom moonpool opening (24) is curved to match bending 0radius and to provide a transition in direction of the second anchor wire pennant (46).
US11661150B1
A windshield cover and method for protecting a windshield of a towed vehicle, such as a boat, can be removably secured over the windshield when being pulled on a trailer. The cover matches the size and shape of the windshield and is flexible to conform to a curvature of the windshield. The cover has a soft, cushion layer and a waterproof and oil-resistant and non-absorbent material. The cover can have bifurcated panels with a partition corresponding to a passthrough of a boat windshield.
US11661149B2
A boat, having a stern, includes one or more inclined seats. Each inclined seat includes a seat bottom that is inclined at a downward angle in a direction extending from aft to fore and a seat back. The inclined seat may be movable to allow access to a compartment associated with the inclined seat. The inclined seat may be an aft-facing seat. The inclined seat may also include a headrest positioned above an upper portion of the seatback.
US11661148B2
A pontoon boat is provided that includes a deck and a plurality of pontoons running longitudinally beneath the deck and providing buoyancy to the pontoon boat. The plurality of pontoons include a multi-chine configuration that increases the stability of the pontoon boat and provides handling characteristics similar to that of a hulled boat. The plurality of pontoons may include two outer pontoons and a third pontoon positioned laterally intermediate the outer pontoons. The third pontoon may include a plurality of chines, and each of the outer pontoons may include at least one chine. At least a portion of each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons may be positioned vertically below the plurality of chines of the third pontoon. The chines on the third pontoon may extend longitudinally further than each of the at least one chines of the outer pontoons.
US11661147B2
A system and method for deploying scratchers for a tracked vehicle, such as a snowmobile, are described. The scratchers can be deployed in response to the engine temperature of the tracked vehicle exceeding a predetermined threshold. Alternatively, the scratchers can be deployed via actuation of a switch by an operator.
US11661139B2
An electromechanical control system for a bicycle has a switch device, the switch device operating a switch between at least three positions. A control communication device transmits signals responsive to operation of the switch. The electromechanical control system includes an operation device configured to respond to signals transmitted by the control communication device. Signals transmitted by the control communication device include commands to listen and commands to operate.
US11661137B2
A drive unit includes a decelerator rotatably supported by a housing, the decelerator including a first transmission gear, a second transmission gear having teeth of a smaller number than that of the first transmission gear, and a transmission shaft to transmit a rotation of the first transmission gear to the second transmission gear; and a bearing supporting the first transmission gear in the housing such that the first transmission gear is rotatable. A distance, in a first direction in which the transmission shaft extends in the housing, from a reference plane to teeth of the first transmission gear is less than a distance in the first direction from the reference plane to an innermost portion of the bearing, in which the reference plane passes through an outermost portion of the bearing and is perpendicular to the first direction.
US11661130B2
A dropper post assembly includes a lower tube and an upper tube slidably mounted to the lower tube. The assembly includes a motor with a motor shaft that rotates bi-directionally. The assembly also includes a lead screw that is directly or indirectly mounted to the motor shaft such that the lead screw rotates in unison with the motor shaft. The assembly also includes a lead screw nut threaded onto the lead screw and mounted within the upper tube such that the lead screw nut is unable to rotate relative to the upper tube. The assembly further includes a lead screw sheath configured to receive at least a portion of the lead screw that extends past an upper end of the lead screw nut.
US11661109B2
A method increases fidelity of a lane localization function aboard a motor vehicle by receiving input signals indicative of a relative position of the vehicle with respect to a roadway. The input signals include GPS and geocoded mapping data, and an electronic turn signal indicative of activation of the turn signal lever. Sensor-specific lane probability distributions are calculated via the lane localization function using the input signals. The various distributions are fused via the localization function to generate a host lane assignment. The host lane assignment corresponds to a lane of the roadway having a highest probability among a set of possible lane assignments. An autonomous steering control action is performed aboard the motor vehicle using an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) in response to the host lane assignment. A motor vehicle has a controller that performs the method, e.g., by executing instructions from computer-readable media.
US11661095B2
A child seat includes a base and a seatback movable relative thereto between a retracted position, in which the seatback preferably is flush with a top of the base, and an extended position, in which a sitting area of the child seat is exposed for sitting and in which the seatback serves to support a child's back. The seatback of the child seat preferably includes a seat belt for restraint of a child when seated in the sitting area. A shopping cart includes the child seat. The seatback includes a gate movable between a retracted position, in which the gate preferably is flush with the seatback, and an extended position, in which the gate extends in a generally upright manner and partially blocks leg openings of the basket to keep items from falling there through when the seatback is in the retracted position.
US11661094B2
A switching apparatus comprising a point detector connecting rod connected at one end to a switch machine and to at least one point at the opposite end. The point detector connecting rod is attached to the point via an angled block that permits a sliding motion relative to the point.
US11661091B2
A line bypass system includes a support structure including a first support portion and a second support portion spaced apart from the first support portion. The support structure includes an attachment portion that attaches the first support portion to the second support portion. The first support portion and the second support portion define a first opening on a first side of the attachment portion and a second opening on a second side of the attachment portion. The first opening movably receives a first guide wire and the second opening movably receives a second guide wire.
US11661090B2
The apparatus for automated driving includes a processor configured to: determine whether a change of a travel condition or a controller of a vehicle that is being automatically driven is necessary; when the change is necessary, detect a predetermined feature that is visible to a driver, predetermined notification that is recognizable to the driver, or a predetermined situation around the vehicle; and when the feature, the notification or the situation is detected, control the vehicle so as to make the change, or notify the driver of the change with a notifying device.
US11661084B2
An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present technology includes an estimation unit, a generation unit, and a frequency control unit. The estimation unit estimates at least one of a location or a posture of a mobile object. The generation unit generates a movement plan for moving the mobile object. The frequency control unit controls frequency of update of the movement plan to be performed by the generation unit, on the basis of load index information serving as an index of a load on the estimation unit.
US11661070B2
A driving consciousness estimation device includes a driver state estimation unit configured to estimate a state of a driver of a host vehicle, a manual driving ability estimation unit configured to estimate a manual driving ability of the driver based on at least one of a travel state of the host vehicle, a traveling environment around the host vehicle, and a reaction of the driver, and a driving readiness calculation unit configured to calculate a driving readiness relating to a driving consciousness of the driver based on the state of the driver and the manual driving ability of the driver.
US11661068B2
A vehicle system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to execute a first program, a second program, and a third program. The first program is configured to recognize an object present around a vehicle, the second program is configured to store information related to the recognized object as time-series map data, and the third program is configured to predict a future position of the object based on the stored time-series map data. The first program and the third program are configured to be (i) first, individually optimized based on first training data corresponding to output of the first program and second training data corresponding to output of the third program, and (ii) then, collectively optimized based on the second training data corresponding to the output of the third program.
US11661060B1
A proximity-detection and speed-control system for a materials-handling vehicle, such as a lift truck, is provided with a recommended direction of travel for the vehicle. A proximity sensor is provided to determine the vehicle's proximity to a restricted member, such as another vehicle, a high-value object, a dangerous location, or a pedestrian. If the vehicle is traveling in the recommended direction of travel, the speed control function is disabled. If, however, the vehicle is not travelling in the recommended direction and the proximity sensor indicates the vehicle is within a restricted distance of the restricted member, the speed control function is triggered to restrict the maximum speed of travel of the vehicle and to slow the vehicle if needed.
US11661057B2
A vehicle control device includes a recognizer that is configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a host vehicle and a driving controller that is configured to control acceleration or deceleration and steering of the host vehicle on the basis of a recognition result of the recognizer. The driving controller is configured to cause the host vehicle to operate in at least any of a first driving state and a second driving state in which a rate of automation is higher or tasks required of an occupant are fewer than in the first driving state, and is configured to transition a driving state of the host vehicle to the first driving state on the basis of movement of a rearward vehicle that travels rearward of the host vehicle recognized by the recognizer in a direction of a vehicle width in a case where the host vehicle is operating in the second driving state.
US11661053B2
A vehicle adapted to an automated valet parking service in a parking lot includes a recognition sensor that recognizes a mark around the vehicle. The vehicle performs a self-position estimation process for identifying a vehicle position in the parking lot based on an installation position and a recognition result of the mark by the recognition sensor. The vehicle performs vehicle traveling control for causing the vehicle to automatically travel in the parking lot based on the vehicle position. The automated valet parking service includes an additional service implemented on the vehicle during a period in which the vehicle is left in the parking lot. When restarting the vehicle traveling control after completion of the additional service, the vehicle executes the self-position estimation process in a return space where the mark is installed to acquire a latest vehicle position, and restarts the vehicle traveling control based on the latest vehicle position.
US11661051B2
A hybrid vehicle of the disclosure includes an engine, a motor that outputs a torque to a driving system, a hydraulic clutch that connects the engine with the motor and disconnects the engine from the motor, and a control device that performs slip control of the hydraulic clutch in response to satisfaction of a start condition of the engine and controls the motor to output at least a cranking torque to the engine. The control device sets a target value of a rotation speed difference between the engine and the motor during execution of the slip control, and increases at least one of a hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic clutch, an output torque of the motor and an output torque of the engine when a difference between the rotation speed difference and the target value is out of an allowable range. This configuration ensures good startability of the engine.
US11661041B2
A parking brake controller comprises at least one input for receiving a signal indicative of at least one vehicle factor, a control input for receiving a request to unpark the vehicle, an output for transmitting a control signal to a parking brake valve and control logic. The control logic determines the at least one vehicle factor indicates the vehicle can be unparked, determines an unpark request has been received, and transmits a control signal to the parking brake valve only in response to the unpark request being received while the at least one vehicle factor is being met.
US11661039B1
A parking brake apparatus of a vehicle, includes: a support plate fixed on a vehicle; a ratchet including a gear unit including a plurality of teeth and provided adjacent to the support plate; an operation lever connected to a rotation shaft passing through the ratchet, wherein the rotation shaft is rotatable in operation of the operation lever; and a pawl coupled to the operation lever, and including an edge portion elastically in contact with the teeth, wherein the operation lever is provided with a locking jaw for preventing contact between the pawl and the gear unit, wherein the locking jaw is provided between the gear unit and the pawl.
US11661038B2
Work machines, control systems for work machines, and methods of operating work machines are disclosed herein. A work machine includes a frame structure, a work implement, a camera, a cleaning system, and a control system. The work implement is coupled to the frame structure and includes at least one ground engagement tool configured for interaction with an underlying surface in use of the work machine. The camera is coupled to the frame structure and configured to provide camera input indicative of one or more images captured by the camera in use of the work machine. The cleaning system is coupled to the frame structure and configured to clean the camera in use of the work machine. The control system is coupled to the frame structure and includes a controller communicatively coupled to the camera and the cleaning system.
US11661035B2
A windshield wiper system (WWS) is provided. The WWS includes a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor, a wiper arm and blade, a gearbox/converter operably interposed between the BLDC motor and the wiper arm and blade and a smart motor drive configured to determine a WWS failure condition and to operate the BLDC motor according to the determination.
US11661032B2
In some implementations, a device may receive an indication of a code associated with granting authenticated access to a door. The device may transmit, to a user device, presentation information to cause an augmented reality image of an input pad to be displayed by the user device, wherein the augmented reality image is displayed over an area of an image of an exterior of the door via a user interface. The device may detect, via a camera device, one or more user inputs to the area of the exterior of the vehicle based on tracking a movement of a user. The device may identify an input code based on the one or more user inputs. The device may perform an action to cause the door to be unlocked based on the input code matching the code.
US11661020B2
A vehicle battery mount structure includes: a battery module fixed to a vehicle body; a through pipe disposed in the battery module; a fixing member configured to fix a lower case and an upper case of the battery module; and a through bolt configured to fix the battery module to a vehicle body bottom frame. The through bolt passes through the through pipe and the fixing member and is coupled to the fixing member.
US11661019B2
A vehicle may include: a body including a front compartment; a hood panel covering the front compartment and including a recess in an upper surface of the hood panel; a hood garnish mounted at the recess; a drainage outlet disposed at a bottom of the recess and penetrating the hood panel; and a drainage channel disposed below the hood panel and including an inlet configured to receive drainage water from the recess.
US11661017B2
An actuator for adjusting a display terminal and a vehicle are provided. The actuator includes: a mounting unit configured to mount a display terminal; a clutch unit, a first engaging portion of the clutch unit being connected to the mounting unit, and a second engaging portion of the clutch unit being normally interlocked with the first engaging portion; and a drive unit, an output end of the drive unit being connected to the second engaging portion.
US11661012B2
The invntion provides a tonneau cover device. The tonneau cover device includes a tonneau cover installed on the rear portion of the vehicle and a tonneau cover bracket attached to the rear end portion of the tonneau cover, and the tonneau cover bracket extends in the width direction of the vehicle. A columnar portion serving as a rotation axis of the tonneau cover and a handle portion arranged in front of the columnar portion in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and extending downward are included.
US11661010B2
An emergency exit door assembly for a vehicle. The door assembly can include a door panel that is movably coupled to the wall of the vehicle. The door panel can have an inner surface and an outer surface. The door panel can be configured for selective movement between a closed position and an open position in which an opening within the wall is exposed. A headboard component can be incorporated into the door panel, and a bed pedestal within the vehicle can be positioned in proximity to the headboard component when the door panel is in a closed position.
US11660999B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for controlling a vehicle. The device may include a camera for obtaining an image of a region around the vehicle and outputting image information, a navigation for outputting a current location of the vehicle as map information, a front radar for sensing an object in front of the vehicle and generating front radar information, a front-lateral radar for sensing an object in front of and lateral to the vehicle and generating front-lateral radar information, a lamp controller that generates a shadow zone code based on at least one of the image information, the map information, the front radar information, or the front-lateral radar information, and a lamp for forming a shadow zone in a light irradiation pattern based on the shadow zone code.
US11660994B2
Described are table assemblies for a passenger seat. The table assemblies may include a paddle arm, a table support, and a leveling assembly. A first end of the paddle arm may include a paddle arm tab extending outwards from the paddle arm. The table support may be pivotably connected to the first end and configured to support a table. The table support may include a top side that defines a latch receiving area. The leveling assembly may include a latch and a latch adjuster. The latch may be pivotably supported on the table support within the latch receiving area. The latch adjuster may selectively engage a first end of the latch and control a tilt angle range of the table support. The latch adjuster may engage the latch at a first tilt angle, and the paddle arm tab may engage the latch at a second tilt angle.
US11660986B2
The present invention provides a powered rail apparatus for a vehicular seat. A stationary rail is mounted to a floor panel so as to be hidden, and a movable rail, which is to be assembled with a seat, is coupled to the stationary rail via a rack-and-pinion mechanism so as to be moved anteroposteriorly. A power cable, which is configured to supply the power required to move the movable rail anteroposteriorly, to a motor, is disposed in the stationary rail so as to be hidden and so as to be moved together with the movable rail such that the movable rail can be smoothly moved forwards and backwards. Since the stationary rail and the power cable are embedded in the floor panel, it is possible to realize planarization of the floor panel.
US11660984B2
A hardness adjustment unit includes an elastic frame, a barrier, and a field generator. An enclosed space is provided inside the elastic frame and filled with a fluid filling. The barrier is arranged in the enclosed space and divides the enclosed space into an upper space and a lower space. The upper space communicates with the lower space. The field generator is arranged outside the elastic frame and used to apply a field to the fluid filling to adjust a viscosity of the fluid filling, thereby adjusting a flow damping of the fluid filling in the upper space and the lower space to control a deformation of the elastic frame.
US11660978B2
A system including a vehicle having a motive electrical power path, and a power distribution unit having a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path. The current protection circuit includes a first leg of the current protection circuit comprising a thermal fuse, a second leg of the current protection circuit comprising a contactor. The first leg and the second leg may be coupled in a parallel arrangement. The system further has a controller that includes a current detection circuit structured to determine a current flow through the motive electrical power path, and a fuse management circuit structured to provide a contactor activation command in response to the current flow. The contactor may be responsive to the contactor activation command.
US11660977B2
A system includes a vehicle comprising a motive electrical power path; a power distribution unit comprising a current protection circuit disposed in the motive electrical power path, the current protection circuit comprising a fuse; a current source circuit electrically coupled to the fuse and structured to inject a current across the fuse; and a voltage determination circuit electrically coupled to the fuse and structured to determine at least one of an injected voltage value and a fuse impedance value.
US11660968B2
A drive system with one or more electrically driven axles, a transmission subsystem, which is drivingly coupled to a drive gearbox of each of the electrically driven axles, first and second motors, which are each drivingly coupled to the transmission subsystem and have different motor characteristics, and a controller. The drive gearbox of each axle transmits rotary power to an associated set of vehicle wheels. The controller controls the first and second motors responsive to at least a torque request. Over a significant portion of the operating range of the drive system, the controller is configured to vary the respective magnitudes of the rotary power provided by the first and second motors to satisfy the torque request in a manner that maximizes a combined efficiency of the motors in a predetermined manner.
US11660962B2
A vehicle includes: a battery; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a charging state, a discharging state, or a performance state of the battery; a display configured to display the state of the battery; and a controller configured to judge a cause of discharge of the battery based on the detection result of the sensor, to determine at least one of the charging voltage, charging current, or charging time of the battery based on the determination result, and to control the display to display a charging mode of the battery based on the determined charging voltage, charging current, or charging time.
US11660954B2
A fuel tank device for a vehicle that includes a plastic fuel tank having a conductive outer layer, a plastic filler pipe for filling the fuel tank, at least one metallic component, and an electrical connector to connect the metallic component to the conductive outer layer of the filler pipe. The metallic component is grounded via the electrical connector and the conductive outer layer of the filler pipe.
US11660939B2
A vehicle body structure includes a door, a latch mechanism and a secondary reinforcement member (an attenuation member). The door has an inner door panel and a reinforcement member installed thereto the inner door panel. The latch mechanism is installed the inner door panel such that in a latching orientation the latch mechanism retains the door in the closed orientation and in a release orientation the door can move to the open orientation. A rearward portion of the reinforcement member is outboard and level with a portion of the latch mechanism. The secondary reinforcement member is fixedly attached to a central area of the reinforcement member spaced apart from the rearward area of the inner door panel and spaced apart from a forward area of the inner door panel. In response to an impact event, the reinforcement member deforms and contacts the latch mechanism preventing movement of the latch mechanism.
US11660937B2
A vehicle register assembly includes a register duct that has an end opening and the register duct directs air. A housing is coupled to the register duct proximate the end opening. A barrel is disposed within the housing and defines an upstream aperture and a downstream aperture. A plurality of vanes includes individual vanes and the individual vanes extend in a first direction between first opposing sides of the barrel. A linking vane is coupled to each of the individual vanes and extends between second opposing sides of the barrel. The linking vane includes a guide body that extends upstream from the plurality of vanes.
US11660935B2
A vehicle thermal management system including an electric powertrain, a single thermal loop, and a controller is provided. The electric powertrain includes a high voltage battery. The single thermal loop is for managing thermal conditions of the high voltage battery and a vehicle cabin and may include a climate control system, a blower, and a front evaporator in fluid communication with the vehicle cabin. The controller is programmed to, responsive to detection of a climate control system off request, output a command to direct the blower to push air through a heater core to the vehicle cabin at a predetermined temperature such that a temperature within the vehicle cabin is maintained at a predetermined temperature and refrigerant continues to flow through the front evaporator. The system may include a vehicle cabin temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor, each in electrical communication with the controller.
US11660934B2
A control module for a refrigeration system includes a startup mode control module that receives an off time of a compressor and an ambient temperature, determines whether the off time and the ambient temperature indicate that the compressor is in a flooded condition, and selects, based on the determination, between a normal startup mode and a flooded startup mode. A compressor control module transitions from the flooded startup mode to the normal startup mode after a predetermined period associated with operating in the flooded startup mode and operates the compressor at a first speed in the normal startup mode and operates the compressor at a second speed less than the first speed in the flooded startup mode.
US11660929B2
A vehicle headliner air duct assembly includes a headliner having a first surface and a second surface. A radiused edge is defined between the first surface and the second surface. A headliner duct is coupled to the first surface and the second surface of the headliner. The headliner duct defines an inlet. The inlet is disposed on the radiused edge. A connector duct is coupled to a vehicle body and at least partially overlaps the headliner duct proximate to the inlet to form a duct interface. The connector duct defines an outlet disposed on the radiused edge. The outlet is in fluid communication with the inlet via the duct interface. The duct interface is disposed on the radiused edge.
US11660928B2
An air conditioner includes an air conditioning case, a blower fan, and a facing wall portion. The air conditioning case configures an air passage through which air to be blown into an interior flows. The blower fan is disposed inside the air conditioning case. The facing wall portion is disposed on an air flow upstream side of the blower fan to face a suction port of the blower fan. The air conditioning case has a facing surface that faces the facing wall portion and in which through holes are formed. The air conditioning case has a closed space formed therein on an opposite side of the facing surface with respect to the air passage and communicating with the air passage via the through holes. The through holes and the closed space form a resonator having a predetermined resonance frequency.
US11660920B2
The current technique provides an unmanned vehicle that is capable of travelling in the air, on the ground and/or in the water. The driving force of the unmanned vehicle is provided by at least one propelling module that includes a motor, a shaft and a propeller. The propelling module is coupled to a chassis. The chassis includes one or more support elements that each couples to one or more aileron member. An aileron member is configured to tilt with or about the support element to change fluid flux about the aileron member and thus change a position of the propelling force.
US11660910B2
An axle tube assembly includes an axle tube, a first tube reinforcement apparatus disposed in the axle tube at one end and a second identical tube reinforcement apparatus disposed into the axle tube at the second end the reinforcement apparatuses welded in place to the axle tube, a first spindle assembly coupled to the first tube reinforcement apparatus, a second spindle assembly coupled to the second tube reinforcement apparatus, and an elongated connector rod or tube connected to the first and second reinforcement apparatuses inside the axle tube and disposed between the reinforcement apparatuses the first and second spindle assemblies having spindle bodies welded to the cylindrical ends of the axle tube.
US11660894B2
Provided is a medicine packaging device. The medicine packaging device includes: a reader-writer that reads information from an IC tag installed at a supply core of an ink ribbon roll detachably installed to an ink ribbon cassette as well as writes information to the IC tag; a motor control unit that controls a winding motor for rotating a winding core, based on a used length of the ink ribbon which is information read from the IC tag, so that the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon roll runs in a winding direction at a higher speed than a feeding speed of a continuous sheet for packaging; and a written information output unit that outputs information showing the used length of the ink ribbon which has been changed due to use of the ink ribbon, to the reader/writer as information written on the IC tag.
US11660892B2
Embodiments include a method performed by a system operative to determine a condition related to a printed section printed by a shuttle-based printer. The method includes printing a portion of an image on a section of a medium, thereby providing a printed section. The section of the medium can have a size defined by at least a step size taken by the shuttle-based printer to advance the medium in a downstream direction. The method also includes scanning at least the printed section to capture a sample image of the printed section. The sample image can be captured by using an imager moving in a direction perpendicular to the downstream direction. The method also includes inspecting at least the sample image to determine a value indicative of a condition related to the printed section.
US11660878B2
Provided is a print system including: a moving body supporting a can body and moving; an annular moving route that is an annular-shaped moving route, along which the moving body moves, including at least one of a linear moving route extending from an upper side toward a lower side and is formed linearly, and a linear moving route extending from the lower side toward the upper side and is formed linearly; and an image forming unit performing image formation onto the can body supported by the moving body.
US11660877B2
For a multi-pass printing, an image of a unit area is printed by M printing scans of M print regions of first and second nozzle arrays. Each of N pieces of column data is printed by a different printing scan. Ejection data for the first nozzle array is generated using a first mask pattern and ejection data for the second nozzle array is generated using a second mask pattern different from the first mask pattern, for each of the N pieces of column data. On that basis, the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern have a complementary relationship in each of the M print regions. Further, in each of the first mask pattern and the second mask pattern, a combination of print regions, of the M print regions, for printing dots at the same position on the print medium has a mutually complementary relationship.
US11660876B2
A detection method for a liquid level of a storage tank is provided. The detection method determines that an optical sensor is for a liquid level detection purpose when a sensing value to a tank object is consistent with a first threshold condition. The detection method further determines the optical sensor as valid on liquid level detection when sensing values respectively corresponding to statuses of print material and non-print-material are consistent with a second threshold condition. During printing, the detection method starts/stops pouring print material into a storage tank when the sensing value of the optical sensor is consistent with a third threshold condition correspondingly.
US11660875B1
A printing system receives print jobs having pages that are separated by different levels of ink use to print the pages. The number of pages for different ink use levels are determined as well as the cost estimation to print the different pages. Ink use and cost estimates are provided on a granular level as opposed to overall ink use and costs for printing a print job. Modifications are made to one or more pages to lower ink use for those specific pages as opposed to the print job as a whole. The printing system displays the different ink use levels as well as the cost estimates.
US11660872B2
A printer and corresponding method of printing an image on a surface of a plurality of food products by providing a system having a printer with an extendable and retractable receiving arm and a rotating food product delivery tray for continuously and automatically providing delivery of unprinted food products which are retracted into the printer, printed on, and returned by the receiving arm to the rotatable delivery tray and the tray further moves to deliver subsequent food products for printing.
US11660871B2
A repair chip, an ink cartridge, and a printer are provided. In the repair chip, a first surface of a substrate is provided with a first contact point and a second contact point. A repair resistor, a first tin point, and a second tin point are provided on a second surface of the substrate. Each of the first tin point and the second tin point is connected to both ends of the repair resistor. Each of the first contact point and the second contact point is electrically connected to the printer. The first contact point is connected to the first tin point, and the second contact point is connected to the second tin point; each of the first tin point and the second tin point is connected to the chip contact points of an ink cartridge chip.
US11660870B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head including a wiped surface that includes a first region including nozzles and a second region outside the first region; and a wiping mechanism that wipes the wiped surface, in which a first wiping operation in which the wiping mechanism moves relative to the wiped surface in a first direction to thereby wipe the first region and the second region is performed, and a second wiping operation in which, before the first wiping operation, the wiping mechanism moves relative to the wiped surface in a direction different from the first direction to thereby wipe a region including an upstream portion of the second region, the upstream portion being arranged, with respect to the first region, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, is performed.
US11660866B2
The first nozzle channel includes a first portion including an end of the first nozzle channel and a second portion including another end of the first nozzle channel, and a width of the second portion in the second direction is larger than a width of the first portion in the second direction.
US11660864B2
A liquid discharging head is provided with: individual channels; a first common channel; and a second common channel. The individual channels include: first individual channels which have first pressure chambers and which are aligned in a second direction to form a first individual channel array, and second individual channels which have second pressure chambers and which are aligned in the second direction to form a second individual channel array; the first individual channel array and the second individual channel array are arranged in a third direction. The first common channel communicates with both of the first individual channels and the second individual channels; and the first pressure chambers and the second pressure chambers do not overlap with the second common channel in a first direction, and do not overlap with each other in the second direction.
